When you are bringing somebody on board in your business, the likelihood of them being successful is about 50%. If it goes right, fantastic, but if it goes wrong, your company could lose thousands, even millions of dollars in productivity. So it is vital that you hire the right employee.

Whether you are a solopreneur ready to go on to that next level of increasing your team or you are looking to increase your company’s growth, what I’m sharing with you today is crucial and can increase your company’s growth by 600%. I’m showing you how to hire superstar employees and build a team of successful A players, and what you need to keep in mind when it comes to hiring new people to join your business.

“Making a mistake when hiring somebody can cost a company 15 times their employee’s salary.” - Vikram Raya

In This Episode:

- There are 7 ways to find, hire, and evaluate A class superstar employees for your company. Here’s what they are…

- Discover what you’re going to learn on the podcast this week

- What is a resume really?

- I share the ultimate goal for any business

- Here are some effective tips to help you hire great employees

- There is one major cause of business failures. Here’s what it is…  

- You absolutely need to read this book before you make your next hiring decision

- Hear the top 10 reasons you make a mistake when hiring employees

- Discover the 4 step process to find A players for your company and how I used it in my own company

- I’m sharing 4 questions to ask potential candidates

- Find out how long you need to dedicate to an interview with a potential candidate

- Very few people do  this when they’re interested in a candidate, here’s why you should…

- Learn the concept of the 5 Fs and how to use it to sell a candidate you want to hire on why they should choose your company

- Hear why the first 30 days of your new employee being in your company are so important

- There are two ways you can lead a company, here’s what they are…

- I’m showing you how to be successful as an entrepreneur and owner of a company

- Here’s one more bonus - the 4 As of hiring and how I use then when I look at hiring somebody

Resources Mentioned:

- Traction: Get a Grip on Your Business by Gino Wickman

- EOS VTO Tracker

- Who Hardcover by Geoff Smart and Randy Street

Resources: 

- Join our FREE group coaching program: the Physician Wealth Accelerator

- https://vikramraya.com/programs/ 

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- Apply to work with Vik and book a clarity call here

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I get asked a lot of questions by investors, clients, and people following the blog and the podcast, so I decided that in this episode, I would answer some of them. I’m really excited to share my knowledge and bring you the answers to these questions this week so that you can apply what I’m teaching you to your own life.

If you are wondering about how to mitigate risk in the current market, the number one mistake people make when goal setting, and the decisions that led me to retire at 40 from cardiology, I’m sharing all this week. Discover why we overestimate what we can do in 1 year but underestimate what we can do in 3,  why real estate is the most powerful wealth creation vehicle on the planet, and the steps you need to take to become wealthy and gain financial independence, plus much more.

“If you’re going to be passive, diversify. If you’re going to be active, specialize.”

- Vikram Raya

In This Episode:

- Hear the five freedoms framework and how this came about in my life

- I’m sharing my definition of financial independence

- Hear why I think most problems nowadays can be solved by throwing $1000 dollars at that problem

- I took decisions that I would have never taken if it not for a mindset change, and these decisions led me to retiring at 40 from cardiology. Here’s how I did it…

- Find out the number one reason most doctors don’t have a million dollars after a decade of working

- Discover the importance of mindset in wealth creation

- There are some principles that, if followed, can bring wealth to anyone on this planet. Here’s what they are…

- I share some steps you can take to get financial independence in your life

- Hear the number one mistake people make when setting goals

- Learn why real estate has been proven to be the most powerful wealth creation vehicle on the planet

- If you don’t want to manage properties, there’s another way to invest in real estate. Here’s what it is…

- Find out how to mitigate risk in the current market

- Interest rates will rise. Here’s what will happen as a result…

- I’m sharing the great thing about economic markets and cycles

- Discover how to generate a wealth plan and apply it to your own life

Resources: 

- Join our FREE group coaching program: the Physician Wealth Accelerator

- https://vikramraya.com/programs/ 

- Sign up to my email list:https://vikramraya.com/

- Apply to work with Vik and book a clarity call here

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Self-analysis is a secret superpower that many top performers have. When it comes to building an empire, if you don’t have introspection and the ability to self-analyze, it can be extremely difficult. It is important to understand where you’ve been and where you’re trying to go, and there is a simple but effective tool you can use to help you with this.

We all have blind spots when it comes to our progress. But the tool I’m sharing with you today will help you reflect on all areas of your life and help you decide on the priorities you wish to focus on. So join me this week as I’m sharing how I’ve used this tool in my life and showing you how you can use it to get the results you want. 

“Relationships are super important. They are the juice of what’s important in your life.”

- Vikram Raya

In This Episode:

- Hear what the “Wheel of Life” is and what each segment represents

- I’m sharing some questions to ask yourself about every area of your life

- Wondering how to establish if where you are currently is where you want to be in your life? Here’s how…

- Your life is a vehicle and you need to make sure the tires are helping you accelerate

- Learn about the concept of the new normal and how it applies to your life

- I share an example of where somebody isn’t sure on how to expand in their life

- Some questions to ask yourself to help you think about the areas of your life that you want to improve

- I recap on the tool of the Wheel of Life and how to use it to check in with yourself



Resources: 

- Join our FREE group coaching program: the Physician Wealth Accelerator

- https://vikramraya.com/programs/ 

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- Apply to work with Vik and book a clarity call here

- The Wheel of Life

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Have you ever wondered how the most successful people in the world achieved their success? People like Oprah, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Tony Robbins, and many more are hugely successful in what they do, and they all have one thing in common: they have all used a specific framework. There are 9 steps to harnessing exponential progress in a short amount of time, and I’m teaching you what they are in today’s episode.

Whether you want to be the best MD, father, real estate investor, or ultra-marathon runner, there is one principle that you can apply in your life that will help you create limitless potential and success for yourself. So if you want to know how to make 7-8 figures in less than 5 years, you need to listen to this episode. I’m sharing how the most successful people in the world have achieved their success, how I used this exact framework to create monumental progress in my own life, and how you can do the same.

“To be great, you have to let go of much of what is going on in your life, and become monomaniacally focused on the one thing that, if you did it excellently, would achieve exponential returns.”

- Vikram Raya

In This Episode:

- Hear the question that all high-performers are asking

- I’m sharing what so many other people believe is the secret to success

- These 9 steps will allow you to harness the power of “the one thing” to get epic results in the next 5 years

- Hear one of the mentors I like to follow and why

- I share the importance of scheduling important goals in your calendar

- A sentence that changed everything for me

- There is a period of time where you need to capitalize on your goals, here’s what it is

- What are the 9 steps for you to harness exponential progress in less than 5 years? A recap

- Learn how to fast track your success

- Hear a metaphor I take with me to help me keep my perspective on things

- I’m sharing one personal example from my own life that ties all of this up



Resources: 

-  Join our FREE group coaching program: the Physician Wealth Accelerator

- https://vikramraya.com/programs/ 

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- Apply to work with Vik and book a clarity call here

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Napoleon Hill, the master, maestro, founder, and architect of the self-development movement created 17 Principles that, when followed, can lead you to ultimate success in your life. There is a direct correlation between success and how many of these you are applying or have in your DNA, so this week, I’m sharing them with you so you can see how many you are living by.

There are certain qualities you need to have and actions you need to take in order to become successful. So as you listen to this episode, I want you to ask yourself: are you living them? Are you applying them? How many of them do you have in your life? Join me this week as I break down these 17 Principles of Success into detail to help you keep accelerating, move towards success, and become truly limitless in your life.

“Focus on the few things that will get you the most results.”

- Vikram Raya

In This Episode:

- Hear how Napoleon Hill crafted these 17 principles of success and how they should be applied

- I’m sharing the first principle of success

- Find out what the mastermind principle is and why it’s important

- You must have faith if you wish to be successful. Here’s why…

- There are some famous people who have applied the next principle to their work, including this example…

- Discover the importance of having a pleasing personality

- A positive mental attitude is crucial to success, here’s why…

- Discipline is usually a bad word in people’s dictionaries, but here’s why self-discipline isn’t bad at all…

- Learn how to create more respect for yourself

- Have you ever heard of analysis paralysis? Here’s why it might be showing up…

- Failure is not final, it’s formative, here’s why…

- In life and in business, there is usually a visionary and an integrator, and you need both. This is the reason…

- Find out something that I think is essential in driving your success in life

- Overspending or underspending are both criminal. Here’s why…

- Habits are automatic, the question is are they serving you or causing you problems? Here’s how habits inch your life forward to success…

- Find out how to become truly limitless

Resources: 

-  Join our FREE group coaching program: the Physician Wealth Accelerator

- https://vikramraya.com/programs/ 

- Sign up to my email list:https://vikramraya.com/

- Apply to work with Vik and book a clarity call here

- Atomic Habits by James Clear

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Everybody has 168 hours in their week. But how they use those hours differs, and as a result, creates very different results. Today’s guest has been labeled by his friends as the most productive person they have ever met, and they have even gone as far as saying he is the world’s most disciplined man. So I knew I had to get him on the podcast to share his concept of effortless discipline and his wisdom in the realm of productivity and success.

Craig Ballantyne may preach about productivity and efficiency, but he also practices what he preaches. He automates, delegates, eliminates, and uses scientifically proven shortcuts for success, and he accredits this success to the systems he has created and implemented in his life. In this episode, he shares some tips for discipline and productivity that you can implement immediately as an entrepreneur and shows you how to apply these principles to investing, fitness, business, or anywhere else in your life.

“You need to do the hardest work first thing in a morning.”

-       Craig Ballantyne

In This Episode:

- Find out what Craig’s best book is, despite him not actually writing it, and what it’s about  

- Craig shares what non-urgent important work is and how people need to focus more on these tasks

- I share Eisenhower’s concept of The Four Quadrants and you will find out where most people spend their time

- Discover one of the most insightful things I learned from Craig and the most important thing you can do of a morning

- Craig shares his concept of effortless discipline; what it is, what people can expect from it, and how high-performers tend to implement it

- Hear why Craig’s friends started calling him the most disciplined man in the world

- Learn the importance of building systems, and the difference between a goal and system

- There is a reason that systems cause things to be done properly, here’s what it is…

- Find out the problem with running the same system over and over again in your business, and why doing so can cause the business to decline

- There are a lot of other things Craig does to make his life well-rounded, here’s what they are…

- Hear the advice Craig would give to his 35 year old self

- Find out the best way to learn more about Craig and how to work with him

- Craig can give you an extra 500 hours in a year, find out how…

Resources: 

-  Join our FREE group coaching program: the Physician Wealth Accelerator

- https://vikramraya.com/programs/ 

- Sign up to my email list:https://vikramraya.com/

- Apply to work with Vik and book a clarity call here

- WIN an Exclusive Limitless MD Bundle!

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Are you ready to change the frequency at which you operate and become the highest version of yourself? Are you ready to change your mindset, escape velocity and eradicate limiting beliefs that hold you back from success? You’re in luck, as today’s guest joins me to share the blueprint for ultimate success.

Trevor McGregor is an official high-performance master coach who has coached Fortune 500 clients, athletes, real estate investors and entrepreneurs across the world. He has been in the personal growth space for decades and worked with more than 30,000 people and he joins me this week to show you how to become limitless, both in your business and your life. Knowing what it takes to become successful is great but it’s the application of it that’s truly important. In this episode, Trevor shares what the top 1% of people – the real high performers – do the achieve success and how you can learn from this to be the best you can be.

“Comfort kills drive. When you are ready to traverse out of the comfort zone of your current existence, that’s where growth is.”

- Vikram Raya

In This Episode:

- Trevor introduces himself and shares a little about his background

- Hear some of the critical inflection points in Trevor’s life where he has made a shift or decision that cut off any alternative possibility

- Learn why Trevor thought about coaching as an option in his life when he was feeling unfulfilled

- Find out something that will help you in your life and is available to everybody regardless of age, or where you are at in your journey

- A belief system that has prevented people from escaping velocity and the tactical strategies you need to achieve success

- Find out how to move to the next level of your life if you have everything you feel you could want at this point

- Find out what the paradigm box is and how to apply it to your life

- Find out how Trevor deals with catastrophic obstacles in his life and the concept of dealing with these things in general

- Everybody finds a way to cross the bridge when they are committed to crossing the bridge. Find out what this means and how to apply it to your life

- I share a common complaint I hear when I talk to my physician colleagues and friends and I ask Trevor to explain the 80:20 concept

- Discover the biggest thing that 1%ers are up against

- We talk about the positive purge for high performers and share some questions to ask yourself to start to think like a high performer  

- There’s a different way to present your calendar and maximize your time, here’s what it is…

- I talk about the 5 freedoms and how to get them all in your life

- We discuss another thing that 1%ers do

- I ask Trevor a question about why some people have high standards and why other people have higher

- A lot of people read books, but what are the books that Trevor has read multiple times over? Find out now…

- Trevor shares some not-so-common productivity hacks and lets you in on his morning routine. He also gives you some tips to set you up well for the day

- Trevor shares the advice he would have given to his 35-year-old self

- Find out why knowledge for the sake of knowledge itself is useless

- Hear what 2022 looks like for Trevor and what you need to be cognisant of for the next year

- How to learn more about Trevor and connect with him

Resources: 

-  Join our FREE group coaching program: the Physician Wealth Accelerator

- https://vikramraya.com/programs/ 

- Sign up to my email list:https://vikramraya.com/

- Apply to work with Vik and book a clarity call here

- WIN an Exclusive Limitless MD Bundle!

- Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill

- Awaken the Giant Within by Tony Robbins

- Tony Robbins Personal Power



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Burnout is at an all-time high for physicians. Medicare cuts are increasing, and so is the amount of bureaucracy and requirements on physicians’ time outside of clinical care. If this is an issue for you and you’re looking to protect yourself, the best way to do this is to create alternate income streams and diversification of your income.

There are many ways to do this, and in this episode, I’m sharing the number one thing that has lifted my income, net worth, and cash flow and how it can do the same for you. I’m sharing tangible and actionable advice to help you achieve income diversification and how this can help you build wealth, time, and financial freedom.

“The best time to invest in real estate was 10, 20, 30 years ago. The second best time is right now.”

- Vikram Raya

In This Episode:

- I welcome you back to the podcast and introduce today’s topic: the #1 side hustle of wealthy doctors

- Learn the reason I came up with this week’s topic and how it can benefit you

- I share an interesting statistic about various income streams

- Find out what has been the most powerful wealth creation vehicle on the planet for last 5000 years

- Discover what passive income is and some ways you can create it in your life

- I share the definition of a credit investor and some examples of what this can look like

- Hear some active income strategies you can use to generate additional income

- Learn the 3 Ts that no landlord wants to deal with when it comes to passive income and real estate

- There is something a lot of physicians try to chase… find out what this is

- Discover another way you can invest actively to generate additional income streams

- I’m divulging the best time and the second best time to invest in real estate

- Hear some resources and recommendations to learn more about what I’ve discussed in today’s episode

- I share my challenge for you all

Resources: 

-  Join our FREE group coaching program: the Physician Wealth Accelerator

- https://vikramraya.com/programs/ 

- Sign up to my email list:https://vikramraya.com/

- Apply to work with Vik and book a clarity call here

- WIN an Exclusive Limitless MD Bundle!

- Fundrise

- Yield street

- Crowd street

-  Viking Multifamily



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Right now, you are seeing me as a cardiologist, researcher, entrepreneur, speaker, and coach, but these are things that I’ve become. Earlier in my career and life, I faced many obstacles and hardships, and I have felt so overwhelmed and burned out on numerous occasions that I felt like giving up. My life hasn’t always been roses and peaches; it’s been tough. But 10 principles have been really pivotal in me up-leveling my life, and I truly believe these should be taught to everybody growing up. But they’re not. So I’m bringing them to you in this episode in the hopes that they will help you achieve your next level of success like they have shaped the last decade and a half of my life.

“It’s not what life throws at us, it’s our reactions to those challenges and obstacles that define us.”

- Vikram Raya 

In This Episode:

- I introduce today’s topic: 10 things I wish I had learned in Medical School to achieve wealth, freedom, and happiness

- I share some of the problems I’ve had in my life and why it hasn’t always been roses and peaches, but how these principles helped guide me through it all

- Hear the first of the 10 things I wish I learned: the concept of The One Thing

- I’m sharing number two: two forces that drive all human action and how to apply it to your life to live authentically

- Discover the Three S’s as well as a bonus S and find out why applying these will lead you to success

- I share the concept of The Four Quadrants – another powerful concept that, when I adapted it to my system of thinking, really exploded my wealth

- Hear a short recap on the four principles so far

- Learn the concept of The Five Freedoms - what they are and this concept helped me prioritize freedom and time in my life

- I explain The Six Human Needs – what they are, where you might have heard it before, and why they are important

- The Seven Vitology Metrics for Ultimate Vitality – a seven-step approach to help you cultivate a superhuman optimization you can do with your body

- I share another recap on the 7 concepts discussed up to now

- Learn about The 80% Approach – why 80% of effort is enough and perfection is the enemy of execution

- I explore the concept of The Noble Nine council – where it comes from and how to apply it in your own life

- Hear The 10X Rule – made popular by Grant Cardone but used by many across the world

- Thank you all for joining me and I tell you how I hope these 10 concepts will help you transform your life and become limitless in all that you do

- Hear three questions you want to ask yourself at the end of your life and how to make sure you live your life in accordance with these

The Ten Principles

1. ONE THING

2A. TWO FORCES THAT DRIVE ALL HUMAN ACTION

2B. TWO IDENTITIES TO ASK WHEN DECIDING YOUR LEVEL

OF LEADERSHIP

3. THREE S’S + BONUS S: STATE, STORY SUPERHERO and STRATEGY Hang with 

4. FOUR QUADRANTS: Employee, Business Owner, Self Employed or Specialist, and Investor

5. THE FIVE FREEDOMS: TIME FREEDOM, GEOGRAPHIC FREEDOM, FINANCIAL FREEDOM, FREEDOM FROM DIS-EASE (ATTAIN ULTIMATE VITALITY), FREEDOM FROM STRESS (ATTAIN BULLETPROOF MINDSET)

6. SIX HUMAN NEEDS: CERTAINTY, VARIETY, SIGNIFICANCE, CONNECTION/LOVE, GROWTH, CONTRIBUTION

7. SEVEN VITALOGY METRICS FOR ULTIMATE VITALITY: TESTING, DETOXIFICATION, NUTRITION, SUPPLEMENTATION, FITNESS, HORMONES, and INFLAMMATION 

8. THE 80% APPROACH

9. NOBLE 9 COUNCIL

1. Tony Robbins

2. Tim Ferris/Tom Bilyeu

3. Mark Hyman

4. Robin Sharma

5. Elon Musk

6. Joe Dispenza

7. Lebron James/Michael Jordan

8. Grant Cardone

9. Steve Jobs

10. THE 10X RULE

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-  The One Thing by Gary Keller



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Welcome to The Limitless MD, the podcast to help you reclaim your time, unlock your limitless potential, and gain more freedom in your life and work. In this very first episode, I’m sharing my journey of how I realized I was chasing freedom and how I gained that freedom, and so much more in my life. I’m now at the stage where I love my life, and I want to show you how you can do the same. So you’ll hear the five freedoms I’ve achieved and why I went after them in the first place, the ELF vs HALF method and how it got me to where I am today and the “Hell YES” vs “Hell NO” protocol, which you can use for work and your personal life to make powerful decisions. You’ll also discover how quitting – yes quitting – made me a million dollars!

“What’s the point of having a tremendous amount of money, wealth, cash flow or net worth if you don’t have free time to actually utilize it?” 

- Vikram Raya

In This Episode:

- I’m asking you a question about where you’re spending your energy

- Learn where the idea for this podcast was spun from and what you’ll learn from it

- Hear what prompted such tremendous amount of growth in my life

- A quote I’ve always said to myself that will help you in your own life

- How I realized what I was going after in my search for freedom

- What you need to create the most important currency in your life, and what that currency is

- I share what I think about when I’m making an important decision

- Learn what I call the six human needs and how they impact your decisions

- Hear the turning point I experienced in my work in 2020 and how it led me to freedom

- Learn about Elf vs HALF and how to use this to establish where you should put your energy

- Hear what I’m really chasing for myself in my life

- The reason I have three passion businesses I’m pursuing and why I love them all

- I share the 80:20 principle and how to use it to get what you want

- Discover the Hell Yes vs Hell No mentality and why it can help you make decisions in your personal and professional life

- I’m inviting you to try a strategy to get results in your life



Resources: 

-  Join our FREE group coaching program: the Physician Wealth Accelerator

- https://vikramraya.com/programs/ 

- Sign up to my email list:https://vikramraya.com/

- Apply to work with Vik and book a clarity call here

- WIN an Exclusive Limitless MD Bundle!

- The Four-hour Workweek by Tim Ferriss

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