The Rich Equation

Curated experiences apply to every aspect of our life. Any major memory you have in your life was a curated experience, whether intentional or not. What it means is that somebody intends to provide a moment in your life that you’ll remember forever. It is a highly sensory experience. 

In this episode, Ashish breaks down this concept of curating experiences and explains that this concept should be in the minds of many entrepreneurs, always thinking about curating experiences for everyone that we touch, to make the process more fulfilling, more profound, and ultimately connect with people.  

Highlights: 

00:00 - Ashish Introduces the topic 

01:58- Ashish talks about the major memory he had 

02:55- Ashish shares the concept of curated experiences

04:16- Three things needed to execute a curated experience

05:50 - Ashish talks about the customer journey in the business

06:55 – Ashish’s experience on how he practices this concept of curating experiences to build deeper connections

07:55 – Different things in our life that can be curated, and real-life examples

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On this episode of The Rich Equation Podcast, Ashish is joined by David Lattizori.

David is a Commercial Real Estate Developer & Lawyer specializing in working with community leaders to develop strategically essential assets that bring amenities and services to their communities. He is the owner of Lattizori Development LLC, specializing in designing and developing luxury multi-family properties, medical facilities, retail centers, and high-end spec homes. Lattizori Development has developed over $150 million in Commercial Real Estate projects, which have become cornerstones of every community they are located in. He is a licensed attorney in California and Connecticut specializing in contract and real estate law.

In this episode, David talks about his background and life journey. He also shares about his family business and his life after his father died, choosing between carrying the torch of his father’s business vs carving his own path. He shared the various challenges he faced and how he overcame it. 

 
Highlights: 

00:00 - Ashish Introduces David

02:29- Ashish asks David about his journey and his father’s business

04:49- David shares a story about his life after his father passed away

06:21 – Why being a Real Estate Developer is one of the challenging careers you can have

07:13- Choosing between carrying the torch of his father’s business vs following his own path  

08:41- Developing the resiliency and mindset to deal with NOs 

10:47- Ashish and David talks about the hardest challenges he faced and how he overcame it 

13:53 - David talks about managing stress

16:30 – The key to a successful relationship with clients

17:25- Ashish asks David about what lessons he learned about himself through all the challenges he encountered

19:54- David shares about his source of inspiration in his work

23:15 – Importance of personal network as an entrepreneur

23:45 - David talks about his daily routines

26:20- David gives his advice to people who are afraid of facing their fears

29:31- Ashish asks David what he hope to be his legacy 

30:37- Ashish asks David what does it mean to have a rich life

Connect with David Lattizori here: 

Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-lattizori-8817b2132/

Website: https://lattizoridevelopment.business.site/#summary

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This week’s is a solo episode where The Rich Equation Podcast has hit our 100th episode. What a journey it has been! We started this Podcast a year ago, to learn from various people about the great lessons of life and learn from other people’s experiences. Listen as I unpack everything I learned in the last 100th episodes, I truly appreciate you being here to celebrate this momentous occasion. 

Highlights: 

00:00 - Ashish Introduces the topic 

01:49- Ashish talks about the past year and how it has evolved into a growing community of people who

02:08- Ashish talks about why he decided to start a Podcast and how it has changed his life

03:46 – How the past year became a challenging time in his life as he dealt with health issues, and how the Podcast has changed his perspective and mindset 

7:47- Ashish talks about the 5 Pillars of the Podcast

11:05 – The Rich Equation community and what it means for Ashish

12:59 – What’s in store for The Rich Equation

15:08 – The Winning Day

18:34  - Ashish talks about FREEDOM

24:11 – Things Ashish learned while doing the Podcast, becoming a better listener, asking better questions

26:11- You can build skill sets to increase the probability of your success in all aspects of your life

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On this episode of The Rich Equation Podcast, Ashish is joined by Lauren Gaggioli .  

Lauren is a digital entrepreneur and online business coach for over 14 years. Lauren is also the co-host of Magical Mindset Moments, a family-friendly parenting podcast that explores life lessons from Disney movies. where she guides parents through the mindset lessons embedded in the Disney stories we know and love to help them deepen their connection to themselves, their families & friends, and their communities. When she's not teaching, she can be found doing arts & crafts with the kids, training for her next half marathon, creating a tasty new dish in the kitchen, or planning her family's next Disney vacation.

In this episode, Lauren talks about life and parenting and how we can have happier families and show up better as parents. She talks about her podcast, conscious parenting, and parenting values vs. strategy. Lauren shares her primary objectives as a parent and advises on how you can show up as a better parent. She talks about lessons from parenting and how they can be translated into leadership principles. 

Highlights: 

00:00 - Ashish Introduces Lauren

02:30 – Lauren talks about her podcast, how she started it 

09:21 – Ashish asks Lauren to speak about conscious parenting 

13:32 – Parenting values vs strategy

18:09 – Showing up and doing her best 

19:29 – Defining your why and knowing your purpose

24:57 – Lauren’s primary objectives as a parent

28:02 – Advice to parents about how they can show up as better parents

33:50 – Ashish asks Lauren what her vision, mission, and values are as a parent, and how anyone can find theirs

38:47 - Lessons from parenting that can be translated to leadership and to the corporate world

43:46 – Ashish asks Lauren about her daily routines that keep her in high vibration  

50:32 – Lauren shares her thoughts on what it means to live a rich life

Connect with Lauren Gaggioli here: 

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurengaggioli

Website: https://laurengaggioli.com/

Magical Mindset Moments Podcast: https://magicalmindsetmoments.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/magicalmindsetmoments/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/laurengaggioli/

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On this episode of The Rich Equation Podcast, Ashish is joined by Justin True.  After battling depression and an abusive upbringing as a child, Justin decided at 18 that he couldn’t continue living through the traumatic events that scarred his psyche.  When his second attempt to take his own life failed, he had a fundamental shift in his outlook on life.  True’s new outlook on life had pushed him to create the True Triathlon — a roughly 50-mile swim from Key Largo, FL to Key Biscayne, FL, a 3400-mile bike ride to San Diego, CA, and a 600-mile run to raise $500,000 for Mental Health Awareness Month. The True Triathlon is Justin’s first endeavor to bring together the power and resources of individuals and businesses to support the organizations battling this crisis head-on. Justin focuses on mental performance coaching, strength coaching, triathlon coaching, and hiring for public speaking events from schools to corporations.

In this episode, Justin talks about overcoming his inner demons through his strength and fitness journey. He talks about how he started True Triathlon and why he created it. He also shares his thoughts on breaking your own or society’s limitations. He shares how h helps other people in addressing mental health through his sport and his exercise and nutrition routines. 

Highlights: 

00:00- Ashish introduces Justin True

04:26 – Ashish asks Justin what this strength and fitness journey means to him

06:43- Ashish asks Justin about his life being an MMA fighter and his mindset training

07:14 – The ‘One-Second Rule’ 

15:35- Ashish asks Justin about his journey of creating his True Triathlon and why he created it

19:26 – Breaking the ‘glass ceiling’ of your own perceived limitations and societal limitations

20:34- Helping other people through his sport in addressing mental health and depression

23:36 - Ashish asks Justin about the comfort crisis

24:41- Ashish asks Justin about how long it took to push him to train after he came up with true triathlon

38:43- Justin talks about his routines around exercise and nutrition 

46:01- Ashish asks Justin how he feels when he finishes the triathlon

55:32- Ashish asks Justin about the top 3 things he wants to share about his story and next steps

Connect with Justin True here: 

Website: https://www.justintrueofficial.com/about

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/therealjustintrue/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/justin-true-00769575/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Whoisjtruee

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/thejekelekej

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@therealjustintrue

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On this episode of The Rich Equation Podcast, Ashish is joined by Michelle Gidhotti.  Michelle Ghidotti-Gonsalves, Partner at Ghidotti | Berger LLP, was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois. She obtained a Bachelor's Degree in Business Finance Magna Cum Laude from Western Illinois University in 2001, where she was actively involved in numerous campus organizations, including the Alpha Sigma Tau sorority and the Beta Gamma Sigma business fraternity. Michelle has been practicing law since 2004 and has extensive legal experience with a business background. 

 In this episode, Michelle talks about her background, and she also shares how she managed and balanced her life of being a mom and an entrepreneur. She talks about delegating and hiring the right people for your organization, relinquishing control, and empowering your team. She also shares some advice for those who want to live a rich and balanced life. She talks about time scheduling and her fitness goals. And wraps up the conversation by sharing her thoughts about what is rich life means to her. 

Highlights: 

00:00 - Ashish Introduces Michelle

03:05- Michelle shares her most significant lesson in the past few years of her life 

04:01 – The importance of delegation, hiring, and putting the right person in place helped her become a better business owner and gain more freedom of time 

05:08 – Ashish asks Michelle what were the things that kept her in the grind and what motivates her to keep on going in life and in her career

09:36 - Michelle talks about how she manages to be a busy mumpreneur, handling a team of 65 and being a mum of 3 kids 

11:10- Michelle advises people who are struggling to find harmony between business and family life 

15:15 – Cultivating interests outside of work

17:01 – Ashish asks Michelle to talk about her bodybuilding journey and why she started competing 

21:13- Ashish and Michelle talk about entrepreneur’s self-doubt and how it creeps into your psyche

22:33 – Michelle talks about her next steps and what she hopes to achieve

23:49 – Do not focus on the destination, focus on the journey, as there will always be a next destination to go to as you move through life

26:44- Ashish asks Michelle about her biggest lessons in 2022 and her plans in 2023

31:05 - Ashish asks Michelle what it means to have a rich life

Connect with Michelle Gidhotti here: 

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michelle-ghidotti-gonsalves-9221bb4/

Website: https://ghidottiberger.com/

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On this episode of The Rich Equation Podcast, Ashish is joined by Tim Bass. Tim is the Principal Consultant for Bass Consulting, a leader in helping representatives, management, and organizations develop the most effective strategies in the Financial Services business. He is also a Master Speaker, Coach, and Trainer. For over 30 years, Tim has served Network offices, financial representatives, and clients with the leadership team for Northwestern Mutual. While always maintaining his role as a Financial Representative, Tim held additional roles and responsibilities as Field Director, Director of Development, Managing Director, and Chief Development Officer.

 In this episode, Tim talks about having and finding your purpose. He talked about the framework of the problem of identity crisis and limiting beliefs. He also shares his thoughts on living a life aligned with your goal and routines that help you gain momentum. 

Highlights: 

00:00 - Ashish Introduces Tim 

01:22 – Ashish asks Tim about his insights about having and finding purpose

05:40 – Why do people struggle to talk about their purpose and the problem of identity crisis

10:30- Ashish asks Tim about the framework of the problem of identity crisis and what advice he can give people.

20:28- Tim shares his experience when working with other people

23:06- Tim and Ashish talk about the limiting belief

25:33- Ashish and Tim shares about finding purpose and how understanding why we are doing things helps us live life purposefully and support our state of being

33:35- Ashish asks Tim about why people fail to establish routines to gain and be driven by momentum in life 

36:44- Ashish asks Tim what he has observed with the minds of leaders of various organizations as we head to 2023 

41:19 – Tim talks about motivation and 

45:32- Ashish and Tim talk about the points of speech

48:07- Ashish asks Tim What it means to have a rich life

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LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/timbass1/

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On this episode of The Rich Equation Podcast, Ashish is joined by Perry Allison. As the CEO of several service-based companies, Perry Allison now supports entrepreneurs achieve greater freedom & results by optimizing the quality of their company’s processes, people & performance. Having been homeless during most of his teenage years, pursuing financial stability was essential and caused him to start his first business in 2009 at just 19 years old. With no financial resources, Perry grew his organization from being a one-person operation into multiple seven-figure entities that continue to thrive independently. Perry now supports entrepreneurs achieve greater freedom & results by optimizing the quality of their company’s processes, people & performance.

 In this episode, Perry talks about his challenging upbringing, homelessness, and how he eventually turned it around and started a company. He talks about his challenges, what he sees in the workforce, and how he got started to help other entrepreneurs improve their operational and systems capabilities through his POWEROP Method. He also talks about having the right mindset and opportunities as we transition into the digital market age. 

Highlights: 

00:00 - Ashish Introduces Perry

02:40- Perry shares his story and background of how he became an entrepreneur 

06:35- Ashish asks Perry about his family background and how he made a big pivot in his life from being a homeless person to now being the Founder and CEO

11:24- Ashish asks Perry about vulnerability and being open to your team 

13:08- Ashish and Perry talk about life lessons, self-realization, and fear of poverty

16:26- Ashish asks Perry about the formula for success

20:27-  Perry shares his insights on what he’s seeing in the industry and the workforce and what to prepare for 

28:57- Ashish asks Perry what should be the right mindset and responding to opportunities in the new digital market age

33:37- Perry talks about his POWEROP method and its framework 

35:22- Ashish asks Perry about the most common problem he has seen with companies

38:31- Perry shares the daily routine that helps him perform at a high level

40:47- Perry talks about his professional mission to impact business owners to cultivate their business processes 

43:41- Ashish asks Perry what it is mean to have a rich life

Connect with Perry Allison here: 

Website: https://powerop.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/perry-allison/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_powerop/

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On this episode of The Rich Equation Podcast, Ashish is joined by Dr. Hillari Hamilton. Dr. Hamilton is a chiropractor, certified hypnotherapist, Neuro Change Solutions Consultant, and meditation facilitator. She is honored to join Inner Science Research Fund and collaborate, connect, and inspire thought leaders in their ability to make an impact in healthcare by uncovering new possibilities through cutting edge science. Dr. Hamilton hopes that the network of supporters she is creating will profoundly change the way that health care professionals practice medicine.

 In this episode, Hillari talks about meditation as a tool, a medium to make it more mainstream. She talks about the Inner Science Foundation and Dr. Joe’s meditation teaches our body to use it as an instrument of consciousness. And she also talks about the results of the meditation to entrepreneurs and what are the qualifications of every company who wants to avail Dr. Joe’s meditation. 

Highlights: 

00:00 - Ashish Introduces Hillari

03:04– Ashish and Hillari talks about the join Inner Science Research Fund and Dr. Joe’s meditation

04:39– Hillari talks about how Dr. Joe’s Meditation differs than others, and how it connects science and ancient wisdom to see what is happening at the cellular level when we do meditation

06:28 – Hillari shares more about the process of Dr. Joe’s research

08:19 – Ashish and Hillari talks about exploring the effects of meditation on the brain and body, including diseases 

10:00 –Hillari talks about the results of their 7-day meditation

11:22 – Ashish and Hillari talks about Dr. Joe’s meditation that is supported by science

13:51– Ashish asks Hillari about broadening of perspective and what coherence is, why it’s important

23:13 – Ashish asks Hillari about the importance of meditation 

26:13- Ashish talks about how Hillari and Dr. Joe helps organizations to change in a positive way through the practice of meditation 

30:06 – Hillari shares her insights how meditation can change family dynamics at home 

32:49- Hillari talks about the background of their company to learn more or donate to the cause 

38:03- Ashish and Hillari talks about organizational coherence

43:16- Ashish asks Hillari about her plans for 2023 and her relevant learnings she gained  

49:16- Ashish asks Hillari what does it mean to have a rich life

Connect with Hillari Hamilton here: 

Website: https://innerscienceresearch.org/about/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@hillarihamilton9718

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This week’s episode of The Rich Equation Podcast is a solo episode where I will talk about how we can think and behave like the Navy SEALs, and how those concepts apply in a business context. Navy SEALs are some of the toughest bunch of warriors in the military, and we can learn from them how they achieved a high level of discipline and a different way of thinking, and how they plan and act on achieving their mission. 

Highlights: 

00:00 - Ashish Introduces the topic – Thinking and Behaving like a navy seal

00:56 – Ashish talks about concepts of how navy seals behave and think and how it can be applied in a business context 

01:52 – Ashish reads a snippet from the Naval Academy Special Warfare Training

05:08 – How and why Ashish implemented the concepts of a SEAL team within his organization 

08:02 – Having a tough mental mindset

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