Practical Wisdom

For the past 2,555 days, we've been chasing one dream—to race around the world on the hit TV show, The Amazing Race. After getting rejected over and over again for seven years, we were on the verge of giving up... until something INSANE happened.

This bonus "Office Hours" episode of BSU reveals the untold story of our relentless pursuit, the 3 powerful lessons we learned along our journey, and how we finally turned our impossible dream into reality.

If you’ve ever faced rejection, if you’ve ever wanted to quit, this one’s for you.

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00:00 The dream we chased for 7 years

02:00 - Lesson #1

06:55 - The ballsy video message that finally got us noticed

10:19 - Lesson #2

15:22 - Why our first audition failed (and how we fixed it)

20:10 - Lesson #3

24:11 - The moment we finally got the call

28:32 - Bonus Lesson 1

29:52 - Bonus Lesson 2

31:19 - Premiere night: Watch us on The Amazing Race!

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Finally, an education that’s actually useful.

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Our guest today is Keith Ferrazzi, the man Larry King has called "the most connected person on the planet."

At just 32, Keith became the youngest CMO in Fortune 500 history. But growing up in a poor, blue-collar family, he had to hustle his way to success.

Now, drawing from his NYT bestselling books, he's revealing his insider secrets to networking like a billionaire.In this episode of BSU, you’ll learn:- How to break into the most ELITE circles in the world- Simple rules to DOMINATE your next networking event- The most common networking MISTAKES & how to avoid them-0:00 Intro2:17 How to break into “The Elite” Club9:40 How to create your own Nepotism13:15 The Cardinal Sin of Networking15:37 Networking Gold for Introverts21:38 How to Dominate any Conference26:31 Best Practices for Research28:06 The Winning Mindset for Networking30:06 Keith’s Networking Bootcamp32:02 Keith’s Final Message-📧 GET OUR (FREE) 1-MIN NEWSLETTERSign up for TGIM, an inspiring 1-minute email with the most valuable lessons we're learning and other cool stuff we've come across - delivered every Monday: https://www.fiobros.com/📖 LEARN MORE ABOUT KEITHKeith's NYT Bestselling Book: https://urlgeni.us/amzn/nevereataloneConference Commando PDF: https://medschool.vanderbilt.edu/career-development/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/public_files/Be_a_Conference_Commando.pdfBeyond Connections Bootcamp: https://www.connectedsuccess.com/beyond-connections📱 FOLLOW US ON IGhttps://www.instagram.com/fiobros/🎓 ABOUT BESTSELF UNIVERSITYFinally, an education that’s actually useful.Hang out with Brooklyn brothers Nick & Mike (aka The Fio Bros) as they dive inside the minds of the world’s highest achievers—from entrepreneurs and athletes to authors and beyond—to extract practical life-advice for mastering your health, wealth, and relationships.

Does depression really exist... or is it just one big marketing scheme? That's the question of today's episode with Eric Maisel.

Eric is a renowned psychologist, bestselling author, and the creator of Critical Psychology—a bold, paradigm-shifting approach to mental health that challenges everything we think we know about depression.

For decades, Eric has been helping creatives, entrepreneurs, and high performers find clarity, overcome despair, and take back control of their minds—but how does he do it? What’s his secret?

In this episode of BestSelf University, you’ll learn:

✅ Why everything we know about depression might be wrong

✅ The biggest mental health “scam” keeping people stuck

✅ Why antidepressants may not be the solution (and what to do instead)

✅ How to create your personal "Life Purpose List" and finally feel fulfilled

✅ The one morning habit that will transform your sense of meaning

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0:00 Does depression really exist?

6:12 Are you born with depression?

11:21 Why meditating & exercise don’t always work

13:04 Why finding your “Life’s Purpose” is total b.s.

13:22 How to stop waking up depressed everyday

18:22 How to cure depression (without medication)

20:53 How to Earn Your Relaxation Time

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Rethinking Depression:

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Choose Your Life Purposes:

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The Magic of Sleep Thinking:

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Finally, an education that’s actually useful.

Hang out with Brooklyn brothers Nick & Mike (aka The Fio Bros) as they dive inside the minds of the world’s highest achievers—from entrepreneurs and athletes to authors and beyond—to extract practical life-advice for mastering your health, wealth, and relationships.

Sahil Bloom had it all—before 30, he was managing $3.5 billion as an investment banker, living the dream most people chase. Then, he walked away from it all...

In this episode of BestSelf University, we dive into why he made that bold move—and what he discovered about REAL wealth along the way.

Today, Sahil reaches millions as a writer and creator, helping people rethink what it truly means to be rich. We break down his new book, The 5 Types of Wealth, and the powerful blueprint it offers for building not just financial success, but a deeply fulfilling life—on your terms.

In this episode of BSU, you’ll learn:

- why money is the WORST way to measure wealth, and what EXACTLY to measure instead

- Lionel Messi's "lazy" approach to success (that surprisingly works)

- and 3 life-changing life wealth hacks you can apply TODAY--

00:00 How much money did Sahil ACTUALLY make?

01:31 Don't Fall Into The Money Trap!

03:07 The Conversation That Changed Everything

07:32 The Science Behind Our Obsession With Money

09:57 How Money CAN Buy Happiness

13:46 How to Measure Wealth (it's not Net Worth)

16:55 Actionable Frameworks from the Book

17:08 Actionable Framework # 1

23:58 Actionable Framework # 2

27:28 Lionel Messi's "Lazy" Approach to Success

28:59 Actionable Framework # 3

32:44 One final tear-jerker

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🎓 ABOUT BESTSELF UNIVERSITYFinally, an education that’s actually useful.

Hang out with Brooklyn brothers Nick & Mike (aka The Fio Bros) as they dive inside the minds of the world’s highest achievers—from entrepreneurs and athletes to authors and beyond—to extract practical life-advice for mastering your health, wealth, and relationships.

Patricia Ryan Madson is an 82-year-old Stanford professor emerita with over 40 years of experience teaching improvisation. She is the author of Improv Wisdom: Don't Prepare, Just Show Up and has shared the life-changing lessons of improv with top organizations such as Google, HP, Adobe, and Apple.In this episode, we dive into the 4 "A's" of the Improv Mindset and pull out SO MANY actionable ideas for reducing unnecessary stress and anxiety.-0:00 Intro

1:07 What is the Improv Mindset?

3:38 Why Smart People NEED Improv

7:26 The Four A’s of the Improv Mindset

8:47 The First “A”

15:10 The Second “A”

24:00 The Third “A”

29:07 The Fourth “A”

35:40 One Final Practical Takeaway-📖 LEARN MORE ABOUT PATRICIAGet Improv Wisdom on Amazon: https://urlgeni.us/amzn/improvwisdom

📱 FOLLOW US ON IGhttps://www.instagram.com/fiobros/🎓 ABOUT BESTSELF UNIVERSITYFinally, an education that’s actually useful.Hang out with Brooklyn brothers Nick & Mike (aka The Fio Bros) as they dive inside the minds of the world’s highest achievers—from entrepreneurs and athletes to authors and beyond—to extract practical life-advice for mastering your health, wealth, and relationships.

As a Harvard-educated neurosurgeon, Dr. Eben Alexander was a man of logic, dismissing the entire idea of an afterlife. But 17 years ago, a rare bacterial meningitis put him in a coma, taking him to the brink of death - and beyond. Now, he says can PROVE heaven exists...In this episode of BSU, you’ll learn:- What Dr. Eben saw on the other side- Why he believes death is not the end, but a new beginning- and the one thing that matters most in the end...-00:00 Intro1:06 Where does consciousness come from?4:14 Dr. Eben's journey into the afterlife8:03 What does Heaven look like?15:28 Scientific evidence proving the afterlife18:32 Do you need to believe in God to go to Heaven?22:32 Do we see departed loved ones when we die?23:40 How do we ACTUALLY get into Heaven?-📖 RESOURCES MENTIONEDDr Eben's books: https://urlgeni.us/amzn/AR9QFBigelow Essays: https://www.bigelowinstitute.org/index.php/bics-afterlife-proof/bics-essay-contest-winners-2/University of Virgina Reincarnation Study: https://med.virginia.edu/perceptual-studies/our-research/children-who-report-memories-of-previous-lives/📱 FOLLOW US ON IGhttps://www.instagram.com/fiobros/🎓 ABOUT BESTSELF UNIVERSITYFinally, an education that’s actually useful.Hang out with Brooklyn brothers Nick & Mike (aka The Fio Bros) as they dive inside the minds of the world’s highest achievers—from entrepreneurs and athletes to authors and beyond—to extract practical life-advice for mastering your health, wealth, and relationships.

Unless you’re really rich, $30,000 is a LOT of money. That much cash can buy you a new car, or even a year’s worth of rent. So obviously, when we chose to drop $30k — not on a car, not on a place to live — but to see Tony Robbins… we expected something pretty amazing. But one thing we definitely DIDN'T expect... was the pain. There were times during the event Mike cried so hard with sadness, there was literal snot dripping down his face. But here’s the thing — all that pain we experienced at these Tony Robbins events, also led to unbelievable growth.

So in this bonus episode of BSU, we’re sharing the top 3 life-changing lessons we learned from our Tony Robbins Unleash the Power Within (UPW) experience, and hopefully, how can they can change your life too.

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00:00 Intro

01:47 Life-Changing Lesson # 1

02:15 Our First Impression of Tony Robbins

19:59 Life-Changing Lesson # 2

30:47 How Tony Robbins Made Me Cry...

31:18 Life-Changing Lesson # 3

45:02 Should you go to a Tony Robbins event?

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Finally, an education that’s actually useful.

Hang out with Brooklyn brothers Nick & Mike (aka The Fio Bros) as they dive inside the minds of the world’s highest achievers—from entrepreneurs and athletes to authors and beyond—to extract practical life-advice for mastering your health, wealth, and relationships.

Brendan Backstrom (aka Low Back Ability) is known by many as the "back pain miracle worker." In 2019, Brendan's own back injuries nearly drove him to suicide. That's when he took matters into his own hands, and found a secret solution everyone else missed...

In this episode of BSU, you’ll learn:

• why EVERYTHING you think you know about pain is wrong
• his all natural and proven method for healing ANYONE's back pain
• the SINGLE best exercise you can do today to build a bulletproof back

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00:00 Intro

00:52 Luigi Mangione + The Greater Back Pain Epidemic

07:59 Brendan's Horrifying "Back" Story

11:36 The REAL Reason You Have Back Pain

15:08 How to Build a Bulletproof Back

18:20 The #1 Exercise to Eliminate Back Pain

29:11 Most Common Back Pain Misconceptions

29:25 Should you rest after a back injury?

29:45 Is lifting bad for your back?

30:38 Why you shouldn't stretch your back.

32:22 Should you ice or heat your back?

33:51 Brendan's Mission

35:00 The Dark Truth About Back Pain

37:00 Where to Get Help

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Brendan's Website: https://lowbackability.com/

Back Extension Equipment: https://lowbackability.com/rooting-for-ya/

Brendan's IG: https://www.instagram.com/lowbackability

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Finally, an education that’s actually useful.

Hang out with Brooklyn brothers Nick & Mike (aka The Fio Bros) as they dive inside the minds of the world’s highest achievers—from entrepreneurs and athletes to authors and beyond—to extract practical life-advice for mastering your health, wealth, and relationships.

Guy Winch is a renowned clinical psychologist and the world's #1 expert in fixing broken hearts.

Through his bestselling book and mega-viral TED Talk, Guy's practical advice has helped over 16 million people heal from heartbreak - in half the time.

In this episode of BSU, you’ll learn:

• Guy’s most actionable advice for healing faster
• How to Avoid The 5 most common post-breakup mistakes
• And what you can do today to make 99% of your heartbreak dissappear

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00:00 Intro

00:57 What Happens in Your Brain After a Breakup?

04:29 The Top 5 Post-Breakup Mistakes

05:29 Post-Breakup Mistake # 1

10:25 Post-Breakup Mistake # 2

14:47 Post-Breakup Mistake # 3

18:27 Post-Breakup Mistake # 4

26:38 Post-Breakup Mistake # 5

30:26 How To Make 99% of Your Heartbreak Dissappear

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📖 LEARN MORE ABOUT GUY

Guy's Book - How to Fix a Broken Heart: https://urlgeni.us/amzn/7qveW

Guy's TED Talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0GQSJrpVhM

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Finally, an education that’s actually useful.

Hang out with Brooklyn brothers Nick & Mike (aka The Fio Bros) as they dive inside the minds of the world’s highest achievers—from entrepreneurs and athletes to authors and beyond—to extract practical life-advice for mastering your health, wealth, and relationships.

Ron Carucci is the mastermind behind nine bestselling leadership books, a viral TED sensation, and a true genius in not only understanding human behavior, but predicting it. We call him the "CEO Whisperer" because he has a near God-like ability to not just read people like a book, but completely transform them. He’s been guiding CEOs of fortune 100 companies to breakthroughs for over 30 years… but how does he do it? What's his secret?

In this episode of BSU, you’ll learn: 

• The shocking truth behind what’s really controlling your behavior.
• Why you keep falling into the same bad habits over and over
• How to uncover the hidden reasons behind your worst decisions
• Ron's secret weapon for destroying bad habits at the source.
• And the single most important question Ron teaches every CEO

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00:00 Intro

00:57 Why Do We Make The Same Mistakes Over & Over?

02:26 Ron's Origin Story

08:34 The Hidden Force Controlling Your Behavior

12:50 Why Do We Lie to Ourselves?

15:30 Where Do Bad Habits Really Come From?

20:18 How to Use Bad Habits To Your Advantage

21:04 How to Find Your Origin Story

27:56 How to Stop Self Sabotage (Immediately)

31:28 Do THIS Before It's Too Late.

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📖 LEARN MORE ABOUT RON

Ron's Consulting Business: https://www.navalent.com/

Ron's Best-Selling Book: https://urlgeni.us/amzn/tobehonest

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Finally, an education that’s actually useful.

Hang out with Brooklyn brothers Nick & Mike (aka The Fio Bros) as they dive inside the minds of the world’s highest achievers—from entrepreneurs and athletes to authors and beyond—to extract practical life-advice for mastering your health, wealth, and relationships.