The Next Level Guy Show

Today’s guest is Tripp Kramer, aka Tripp Advice, a leading men's dating and relationship coaches, who has the number 1 dating channel on YouTube.

Tripp became frustrated with his own relationship skills with women when in college. He struggled to build attraction and escape the friend zone with girls he would meet. He eventually decided enough was enough and wanted to get a handle on this and meet the women he wanted to in life. He tried pickup and found it didn't work for him as he felt inauthentic and playing a character.

Determined to figure out a better way, he went out routinely, and approached women until he found found the strategies and tips that actually worked with women, and built a dating toolbox that brought dates and relationships with women he had always wished for. Furthermore, he figured out what makes a man truly attractive and how to build a fun and attractive live, and be the most attractive version of yourself. As his success with women increased, he realized he was onto something and started his own podcast and dating company to help others. To date, he has coached thousands of men to become confident and attract the women of their choice. His passion remains, helping men become powerful, confident, and date any kind of woman they want all while being true to themselves.

In this interview, we discuss dating and relationships, to become more attractive to women, what truly matters to women, how to build attraction during conversations, how to ask for her number and get more dates and so much more.

Here are some key points that I would advise you to concentrate on

• • Who the guest is
  • He runs Trippadvice.com
  • His aim is to help all men who are looking to improve their dating.
  • Dating skills are not something you are born with, they can be taught, and you can learn how to be attractive
  • The moment he knew he needed to become better with women
  • Buy a copy of 'The Game' here
  • You do not need to settle on the people who reply, it is not fair on any of the parties and future children
  • His opinion on pickup and where it goes wrong
  • Pickup teaches men to play a character, providing things to say and do, you are not congruent to who you are, and women pick up on the lack of truth in your behavior.
  • All skills can be learnt, they all take effort and will be challenging in various ways. You need to put in the effort, but the rewards can be life changing.
  • How does he work with a client on changing their mindset and approach to become more attractive to women
  • How to become more attractive as a person.
  • Your mindset will stop your progressing if you believe you aren't attractive, can't meet women etc. Tripp works on changing your beliefs on who you believe yourself to be.
  • Your money and status are red herrings in the areas to change about yourself to become more attractive. Confidence and self-belief are much more important to you and attractive to women.
  • You can't fake the real you, and women pick up when you are being fake. Remove toxic people from your life.
  • Stop putting women on a pedestal, a woman will not complete you, a relationship will not make you happy if you are not happy in yourself already. Build a life of fun, adventure and excitement, and people will be attracted to you and want to become friends, and others will want to become a lover too.
  • Being social to all - is this a good approach to begin improving your relationship.
  • Every opportunity you have to speak to someone is great practice time to improve your ability to start and maintain conversations.
  • Women are more interested in who you are as a person, more than what you look like. Looks are not important in dating!
  • What should you look for in a conversation with a woman and know when it is time to escalate the conversation and be flirty and ask for the number.
  • His checklist on what he looks for during an interaction to know that someone is interested .. and its extremely simple and it will always work.
  • How to overcome social anxiety and his tips for overcoming it.
  • Why he doesn't want his clients drinking before they try and meet women ... and why you need to avoid the fake confidence that alcohol provides you.
  • How to avoid oneitis or putting certain women on pedestals, and miss meeting new people because we are pining for someone else.
  • You need to realize the value of yourself, you are a quality guy and need to believe it. Again, no one will complete you by dating you.
  • How to become a better story teller, and being the fun and attractive person.
  • When speaking to a woman about an experience they had - Try using the phrase 'what was it like' to allow them to go into detail on the conversation and ad detail, relive the experience and associate you with the feel good feelings of the event.
  • Focus more on the time they spend with you rather than what she says in reply to you. The more time she spends with you, the more likely she is interested. If she wasn't, she would have walked away.
  • How you should deal with rejection.
  • Do dating apps teach us to judge solely on looks, have we forgotten how to judge on the character of the person over the looks of someone.
  • How to communicate with the people you are dating, trying to setup dates etc.
  • Why you need to organize the date as quickly as possible during the phone chats to avoid ghosting etc.
  • His opinions on dating apps - are they worthwhile?
  • How to avoid the friend-zone on dates.
  • Coaching and
  • What he wants you to remember when it comes to becoming more attractive to women.

Today’s guest is Michael Bernoff, who is a speaker, successful author and a results Coach with the powerful ability to tap into virtually anyone’s motivation strategy; building charisma, influence, and connection. A master practitioner of Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP), Michael is known for showing people how to get results, increase their lifestyle, and improve their physical health and confidence. His passion is to share his communication and transformation strategies with others.

In this interview, we discuss why average sucks and how you need to level up your average to achieve the dreams. We chat about goal-setting, motivation, mindset hacks to stop holding yourself back, and so much more.

This was the interview that helped me deal with some bull-shit I had been using to stop myself from achieving my bigger goals and leveling up my life. During the interview, Michael actually sorts some issues I have and you see him in action, he's not like most life coaches, he's a real and effective coach with the ability to really help you.

I definitely want a round two with Michael and will be looking to take part in his Call to Action as I truly see this as life-changing and would encourage you to sign up for it too.

In this interview, we discuss gems like:

• Who they are
• Why what he does is not life-coaching
• What he sees as common issues with clients
• The importance of averages in your life
• What is our identity
• How to change our identity
• Do we lie to ourselves to justify what we don't have in our lives?
• Michael actually does a live fix on my mindset during the interview!!
• A common frame we have in our life that is holding us back
• How do we start changing our lives and working towards what we want?
• How do we take out the emotion in our thinking and ways of acting
• The importance of pictures, sounds, and feelings
• Does he use any apps for tracking his mindset, thinking for the changes
• Why he struggled to get his book out
• How your brain deals with a negative compared to a positive
• The difference between a want and a dream
• Is it a Tiger or an Eyehore moment?
• How you can connect with them

Today’s guest is the return of legal sex worker, sex educator intimacy master, a favourite guest of mine and genuine person Alice Little.

Alice Little is the number one booking legal sex worker in the United States and works as a courtesan at the Moonlite Bunny Ranch. At only 4ft 8in, she is by far the tiniest lady at the legal brothels in Nevada. A New York native, she has worked as an EMT and horse jockey, loves electronic and tabletop entertainment, and adores intellectual stimulation. A frequent visitor to Virginia City and fascinated by its history, she loves exploring Nevada and all it has to offer. Alice has presented at over 50 Kink and BDSM events nationwide and frequently help couples with their problems in and out of the bedroom. She has recently started writing relationship advice articles for She Knows Media and was also recently featured on the Tim Ferriss Show.

In this interview, we discuss how to level up your sex life.

And be sure to check out Alice's first interview, which was EPISODE #43 ALICE LITTLE ON INTIMACY, CONNECTION AND WHY OUR PERCEPTIONS OF SEX WORK ARE VERY WRONG

In this interview, we discuss gems like:

• Who they are
• How she would work with a client
• Is the world
• How has technology changed our dating and communication skills with one another
• How to build a true connection with a sexual partner
• What to do when one partner wants more sex than the other or has a past problem with a sexual element
• The importance of and need for consent before any sexual activity, the difference between passive to active consent
• Why do women tend to not enjoy sex or get to orgasm
• How do we learn how to find out what they enjoy and the pleasure of the female partner
• The way to keep the spice alive in your relationships
• How has the reception to sex work changed since Alice has done more interviews
• The items you need in your sex drawer!
• How to introduce sex toys into sexy time!
• How do you build the heat up while the clothes are still on
• Foreplay hacks to ignite the passion in your partner
• Why you NEED oral sex in your life
• Why sex does not have a users manual
• Best positions to use
• How to fix issues with premature ejaculations
• How to be confident during sex activities you are maybe not used to or feel awkward about doing such as role play.
• Body language and its importance on knowing when to switch things up and what is working and what is not
• How you should ask for a particular fetish, scenario or use of toys etc
• Why you should not be afraid of anal play, for women AND men ... and no it doesn't make you gay for exploring anal play as a straight man
• The need for and how to clean your sex toys
• How you can connect with them

Today’s guest is Steve Murphy and Javier Peña.

DEA special agents Javier Peña and Steve Murphy were assigned as the lead investigators targeting Escobar and his Medellin Cartel organization. These true American heroes provide a first-hand lesson in history as they discuss their efforts bringing down the world’s first narco-terrorist, the challenges they faced in oftentimes hostile and life-threatening environments, and the innovative strategies they employed to successfully end the reign of terror of the world’s most wanted criminal.

In this first outing, we look at how the Netflix series 'Narcos' matched the real investigation. We discuss their story, training, how they found Colombia, the role of the local population, their thoughts on Escobar and so much more.

In this interview, we discuss gems like:

• Who they are
• Their inspiration to become a law enforcement agent
• How was the DEA training setup when they joined the Agency
• How did Pablo Escobar come to prominence and 'fame'
• How true to life was Narcos
• How did they find the transition from the American way of life to moving to Colombia?
• How was interacting with the Colombian National Police
• What was a typical day like in the DEA in Colombia
• The tactics that were used to track Escobar and his associates
• How do you overcome the 'Robin Hood' characterization that Escobar had with the poor communities he bought the loyalty of
• How did they overcome feeling fear during such dangerous times
• How do you build connections with the local people?
• What happened on the rooftop compared to what is shown
• How did they react after Escobar was killed?
• What was next for the pair after Escobar was killed
• How can the lure of drugs be reduced and fixed?
• What one thing do they wish they could have said to Escobar?
• How to build such strong friendships as Javier and Steve have
• Was Javier as much as a lady's man as the show portrays him as?!
• Why you should buy a copy of their book 'Manhunters'
• How you can connect with them

Today’s guests are Neuro founders Kent Yoshimura (CEO) and Ryan Chen (CFO), an elite company that produces products that you can take anywhere, anytime to refresh your state of mind and do more by simply popping their gum and mints. Their products can be taken on nearly any diet and containing a documented blend of vitamins designed to energise the brain and body, without packing in dangerous chemicals and without that annoying crash afterwards!

Both elite athletes, Kent and Ryan were inspired to create the original Neuro Gum product after Ryan was involved in a snowboarding accident that left him paraplegic. In their search for a product that would keep their energy high as well as their focus, they realized that there wasn't anything on the market that would help them to accomplish more in a healthy and effective way. And thus Neuro was born.

In this interview, we discuss how they built the brand, product creation, how to maintain friendships especially during difficult times, building a community, and what it's like to take a startup from product to lifestyle brand.

This is a great interview for anyone who has a dream of starting their own business, is letting fear hold them back, or thinks they are not enough to succeed ... let Ryan and Kent show you the path to success!

In this interview, we discuss gems like:

• Who they are
• The philosophy of Neuro
• The era of the human guinea pig and the explosion in people's interest in cognitive enhancers
• How the initial product creation scene looked like a scene from Scarface!
• The sharability of gum vs methods of consumption of current supplements
• What affects men's energy levels
• The factors considered during the product design of the new supplement
• Why pick the name 'Neuro'
• How can someone reverse engineer a supplement by working back from the solution wished for
• The use of a crowdfunding method for their product
• What do they see as the fear pressure points holding men back from chasing their dreams?
• Avoiding evil marketing strategies
• The scientific research involved in product creation and marketing
• How to market a product without spending a large chunk of your budget
• How did they manage to build such a buzz in a crowded market and what did it teach them
• How do you deal with negativity from friends and family
• The inspiration and motivation to appear on 'Shark Tank'
• How they built and develop their friendship even during the really stressful times building the product and the brand
• How have they found the transition from friends to businessmen and leaders of a company?
• Is this product suitable for all, athletes and normal people?
• What is the best way to use Neuro to hit that Next Level in your life!
• Ryan's injury and how he didn't let it defeat him
• How you can connect with them

Today’s guest is legendary Head Coach Greg Nelson.

Greg has his roots in athletic training and competition. Mr. Nelson is a former University of Minnesota Wrestling Team member and All-American high school gymnast. In 1983, he started training in numerous martial arts, obtaining a high level coaching qualifications.

A grappler at heart, the first Black Belt under 8th Degree Red and Black Belt Pedro Sauer, he is now a 4th Degree Black Belt and is the highest-ranking Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Black belt in the state of Minnesota.

Head Coach Nelson is well known as one of the best Mixed Martial Arts coaches in the world and his team at The Academy have produced numerous World Champions, and other local, national, and international contenders and medal winners, in MMA, Muay Thai, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, etc, victories within all of the major fight organizations worldwide. Mr. Nelson and The Academy Team have also developed 3 UFC Champions at 3 different weight classes.

Over the years, Mr. Nelson has taught defensive tactics/Combatives to a wide variety of law enforcement and military personnel, creating training programs for local, state, and federal law enforcement divisions including the FBI, DEA, amongst others. Mr. Nelson is a combatives consultant to classified U.S. Army Special Forces units, and the Naval Special Warfare Development Group (SEAL Team 6). He is very proud to be one of the few civilians selected to work with the military and the soldiers.

Though his professional pedigree and success in martial arts is what he is known for there is nothing Coach Nelson deems more important than being a father to his 2 children, a daughter and a son. Being a 2-time cancer survivor, Greg holds health and happiness as job ... #1,“Ultimately, my goal is to improve emotional, mental and physical health and wellbeing through the practice of Martial Arts and a healthy lifestyle.â€

In this interview, we discuss his story, MMA, coaching, recovering from serious illness, and realising what is important in life and fighting your way back against life's toughest opponents.

In this interview, we discuss gems like:

• Who they are
• How he entered into mixed martial arts and how his first coach (and opponent) was his older brother
• Why Greg sees what his approach as 'Truly Mixed Martial Arts'
• What is his opinion on MMA and the evolution of the sport
• Does he believe all men should train in a combat sport like BJJ, MMA etc?
• Why doe he think his fighters have been so successful over the years?
• How does he work with a new fighter to help them along their journey to becoming a champion.
• How his coaches his students - has he found the best way to do so
• How does he prepare a fighter towards an upcoming fight (training camps?)
• Where does he see fighters making mistakes with their training and beliefs of how 'hard' they go during their training?
• How does he build a team of coaches as well as a team of fighters, or rather a family of fighters
• How does he coach a fighter during real time competition and afterwards?
• How the martial arts mindset helped him during his fight with serious illness - and two mindset hacks that may change how you view illness, poor health etc, they are epic!
• Red flags to watch for with your health
• What advice would he give people who are going through a severe illness or condition
• How has becoming a father changed him
• What does the future hold for him, what does he want his evolution to be
• What does he want you to take from this interview
• How you can connect with them

Today’s guest is Mark Beaumont.

Mark is an athlete, broadcaster & ambassador. He is best known for cycling around the globe in under eighty days, but there is much more to the man than that.

Using a decade of world firsts, he redefines the meaning of Endurance and what we are capable of, and uses these inspiring stories to help businesses and people perform better.

Mark Beaumont’s documentaries, events and books about ultra endurance and adventure have taken audiences to over 100 countries. Outside of sport and broadcasting, Mark is a father, business ambassador and speaker, as well as working with a number of charities and educational organizations.

In this interview, we discuss his story, being 'The guy who cycled around the world', the preparation, what it taught him about what we can achieve in life, how you can prepare for your own challenge, how to build self-resilience and belief in yourself, and how you too can achieve your dreams.

In this interview, we discuss gems like:

• Who they are
• Did his time during homeschooling promote his interest in traveling the world
• The trait he has that helped him do so many amazing things
• Should we all do a large challenge and push ourselves outside of our comfort zone?
• What were his opinions of the different cultures that he experienced
• How he worked out what he could do if he truly pushed himself ... not just what he needed to do to take the record
• How he set his targets
• His amazing level of self-belief and the importance it can play in what you can achieve
• How he selected the members of his support team
• How his abilities as a leader changed during this project
• How did he train for his around the world expedition
• What he discovered about inter-personal relationships during the challenge
• How has he changed as a person after achieving his dream and smashing the record
• What capsizing taught him about how people react to stress and pressure compared to others
• How has he coped with Quarantine during this difficult time
• How becoming a father has changed him as a person
• Where his passion for story-telling comes from
• How do you overcome fear and doubt of your abilities and your potential
• What would he wish to be his legacy
• How you can connect with them

Today’s guest is Mark Matthews.

Mark is a big wave surfer and a motivational speaker.

Mark has made a living achieving the near-impossible: crossing the intersection of danger and excitement. He knows all too well the crippling grasp of fear.

While in Tasmania, fifteen feet in front of a cliff in cold, shark-infested waters, Mark hit a reef and instantly blacked out. Terror engulfed every inch of his being. Neck braced and hospital-ridden, he didn’t know if he could ever surf again. At that moment, Mark made a decision never to allow fear to overpower him again.

He has deconstructed, fine-tuned, and personalized emotion and resilience techniques to successfully strengthen one’s mindset and sustain long term performance.

These techniques have helped him win an unprecedented three consecutive Oakley Big Wave Awards and cement him as one of the best big waves surfers in the world.

In this interview, we discuss his story, big wave surfing, fear and how to overcome it, how to prepare and train, how to become mentally stronger after failure and how to ride the big waves in your own life.

In this interview, we discuss gems like:

• Who they are
• His fear of the ocean and how he overcame it
• How he entered into motivational speaking.
• How do you prepare to ride a 'big wave'?
• How does he train for the dangers that arise during the ride?
• What tools does he use to find the big waves he wants to ride?
• How does he mentally prepare for riding giant waves?
• How does he pick the waves that he wants to ride and which ones are not safe to try
• Ways that you can use fear as a positive emotion to assist you - how you can use overcoming fear to help you overcome another future fear
• Ways to overcome impostor syndrome
• Ways to recover when you 'wipe out' in your life
• How to avoid chasing adrenaline highs
• Where does his strength of character come from?
• The importance of goal-setting, and how he advises you should use them
• Do you need fear to be a top performer?
• Would he let his kids take on big wave surfing?
• How you can connect with them

Today's guest is Scott Young.

Scott Young is a writer who undertakes interesting self-education projects, such as attempting to learn MIT's four-year computer science curriculum in twelve months and learning four languages in one year. For the last ten years he's been experimenting to find out how to learn and think better. He teaches the key concepts to learn the skills you want faster, quicker and at a deeper level than you thought possible.

In this interview, we discuss Ultralearning, practice hacks, consumption vs doing, skill mastery, habit change, productivity and so on.

In this interview, we discuss gems like:

• Who they are
• Was he the type of kid who was interested in learning
• Ultralearning
• Teaching yourself hard skills
• Removing the type of barriers to learning.
• Setting goals - how specific do you need to be
• The importance of true desire when selecting the skills you want to learn.
• The processes you should focus on and use when learning to be effective
• How to use meta-learning
• How do you define when a skill is learnt compared to learning
• Is a learning a physical skill different to a mental skill or are the principles the same regardless of the nature
• What tools are good to use when learning a skill and meta-learning
• Skills, concepts, and facts
• The need to have a challenge in your life. Then another. Then another. And repeat!
• Parkinson's Law and how to use it to your advantage
• Do you need a goal/exam/test in the challenge to be able to tell if you have achieved the project?
• What should you do when you are not motivated but need to learn the skill?
• How do you source the right information, mentors, methods, etc for you to use to succeed
• Are there certain habits, and skills that all men should have?
• How to make learning a habit in your life
• How do you identify bad practice protocols?
• How do you 'keep fresh' learned skills while you are going on learning new skills?
• How has fatherhood changed him as a person and how will affect his challenges going forward
• How you can connect with them

Today’s guest is Rafael Lovato Jr.

Rafael is a legend Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ) competitor. He is a lifetime martial artist and the Owner & Head Instructor of Lovato’s School of BJJ & MMA in Oklahoma City. He has achieved nearly everything that is possible in BJJ and is now showcasing his talents in Professional Mixed Martial Arts, with a record of 10-0 (8 finishes).

He is a 4th Degree Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Black Belt and also holds a Muay Thai Black Belt, as well as being the leader of the Lovato Jiu-Jitsu Association.

His bio is amazing, he has been the MMA World Champion in Legacy and Bellator. He has won Black Belt Jiu-Jitsu Titles, been the World Gi Champion, 3x World No-Gi Champion, a 13x IBJJF World Medalist, 3x Pan Champion. Over in Brazil, he went on to become the Brazilian National Champion and the Brazilian National Absolute Champion, and so many more championships and titles.

He was the First person to ever win the IBJJF Grand Slam (2007), the First Non-Brazilian to ever win a major IBJJF Absolute Title (2013). He holds the honor of being the first American to win the Pans as a Black Belt, the first American to win the Europeans as a Black Belt, the first Non-Brazilian to win the Brazilian Nationals and his accomplishments keep going on and on.

In this interview, we discuss his story, his inspiration and influence from his father, his why he has been so successful, competition, developing yourself as a person and as a fighter and so much more. He was a bucket list guest for me and it has been an honor to feature him. I am very proud of this interview and I hope it helps you on your martial arts journey and hitting that next level in your life.

This is my 100th episode and it blows me away to keep attracting amazing guests every week. I would just like to say a massive thank you to you for listening. I don't care if this is your first episode or 100th, I really appreciate you being part of my community, and for joining me on the voyage towards self-development and bettering ourselves compared to who we were yesterday. I couldn't keep doing this without the support of my listeners and their feedback, this podcast has helped and changed my life, and I hope you are getting what you need from it.

And now ... Let's get to the interview.

In this interview, we discuss gems like:

• Who they are
• Was he always destined to be become a martial artist? Did he feel the pressure of continuing the lineage of his father?
• His early interest in music, which his father helped him encourage
• The exploration to find out your WHY and your passion in life.
• His motivation to drop out of school and follow an unusual path than the normal 9-5 route.
• Why he changed from a competitor to a competitor, coach and businessman. How did he deal with the challenges from such a transition?
• What does he think is the reason he has been and remains being so successful?
• How has his workings as a coach and competitor, as well as experiences visiting Brazil at a young age affected his development, and has it made him a better martial artist practitioner?
• The key to being a good teacher and coach.
• Similarities among the top performers in BJJ, MMA etc.
• How he remained focused and motivated, with unshakable positivity during his recent illness diagnosis.
• What has he learnt from martial arts in terms of himself, friendships, martial arts etc.
• Has he learnt any training hacks or skill-development methods that work for him?
• Should all martial artists compete?
• How can we deal with self-comparison, worrying about making a mistake etc - ways to stop over complicating or losing the joy of martial arts?
• How martial arts can teach you just as much about yourself and life as it can about self-defense and the sport itself!
• Ways you can develop yourself to help develop yourself as a martial artist.
• His motivation to start writing a book and what writing allows him to do and learn about himself.
• What does he want his legacy to be ... what should be written on his headstone?
• Tips on surviving the Coronavirus outbreak and not being able to train.
• An unusual fact about himself.
• How you can connect with them