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TSG 57: S0307 – Your Comfor...

08.18.2019

Disclaimer: this episode contains opinions that are mine and may be offensive to others. While I do not care if a topic or opinion offends you (see here), I want to extend the courtesy of letting you know this may ...

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08.18.2019 TSG 57: S0307 – Your Comfort Zone is Making You Fat Disclaimer: this episode contains opinions that are mine and may be offensive to others. While I do not care if a topic or opinion offends you (see here), I want to extend the courtesy of letting you know this may ...
08.04.2019 TSG 56: S0305 – The Truth About Happiness with Jim McCarthy I know I've touched on the role and importance of happiness before, but this time I'm kicking it up a notch with science to explore the truth about happiness. Not to be confused with it's apathetic cousin, contentment, happiness is ...
07.21.2019 TSG 55: S0304 – How to Buy or Sell Your First Home The real estate market these days seems like a combination of fire and ice. As still as that sounds, some buyers and sellers are experiencing properties and transactions that are red hot deals, while others are getting iced with poor ...
07.08.2019 TSG 54: S0303 - How To Gain Clarity & Recognize Opportunities In the last year, opportunity has shown up in a bunch of different spaces in my life. From relationships, friendships, travel, technology, and especially business ventures, it feels like opportunities are everywhere and I'd have to actively work to avoid ...
06.23.2019 TSG 53: S0302 – Five Ways to Upgrade Your Bachelor Pad with Misty Maxey When you're setting yourself up for success, you're probably aware (of have heard repeatedly) that the people you surround yourself with everyday have a direct impact on your trajectory. The right people can help you feel powerful, tackle problems with ...
06.09.2019 TSG 52: S301 – Nobody Cares if You're Offended! Man, that title just hits you in the face, doesn't it? It is unapologetically raw and maybe even rude. Hell, some people might even say it's offensive to be so crass. This is such a perfect topic to talk about ...
06.25.2018 TSG 51: How to Find Balance as an Entrepreneur and Family Man Did you know one of the most often searched terms is “how to find balance as an entrepreneur and family man” on Google? Why is that? Well, it’s probably because having a work life balance as an entrepreneur is hard ...
06.18.2018 TSG 50: The State of Today's Man with Robert Kandell There are so many messages of manliness out there in the world these days, all vying for more and more of your attention, but which ones are true? Which messages are good for you, and which are good for everyone? ...
04.09.2018 TSG 49: The Truth About Hustle Sometimes the hustle can bring great success and confidence, and other times the hustle brings exhaustion, despair, and defeat. So what's the catch with hustle? In this episode of the podcast, we're exploring the tale of two entrepreneurs and the ...
03.25.2018 TSG 48: Asking Permission vs Begging Forgiveness I recently had a conversation with a client of mine regarding what he truly wants. He had so many things to say about what he wanted. And, he had even more to say about why it's too hard or impossible ...
03.12.2018 TSG 47: Definitive Guide to Improving Your Credit Gentlemen, having a crap credit score is not only an ungentlemanly thing to have, but it's also completely fixable. There are resources, tricks, and actions you can take to completely change your score, so today, we're going over the definitive ...
02.12.2018 TSG 46: How to Win Valentine's Day My wife and I are a good example of opposites attracting. I'm a hopeless romantic and she's much more practical. I'll plan grand gestures of romance, cloaked in secrecy for surprise, and deliver a symphony of Kodak moments we'll cherish ...
01.21.2018 TSG 45: How to Honor Your Family while Starting Your Own In this episode, we're exploring the relationships that are affected when you become a man of your own. It is an episode for sons, and daughter-in-laws, and even my own parents and in-laws. There’s a space for guys to recognize ...
01.15.2018 TSG 44: How to Become a Dependable Man of Your Word One of the things that we all strive to be is dependable as men. We want to be strong providers and trusted unconditionally. We want to be honorable men, even if many of us aren't exactly sure what that means. ...
12.29.2017 TSG 43: 10 Questions to Have The Best Year Ever In a year from now, you'll wish you started today. When I want to have the best year ever, I look at this quote. This is one of my favorite quotes because it keeps me focused on what I'm committing ...
12.10.2017 TSG 42: Keeping Your Integrity Through Distractions Integrity Through Distractions Temptation is everywhere, gentlemen. You can be driving to the gym, ready to hit it hard, and find yourself in the Dunkin' Donuts drive thru a moment later... if you give into the temptation. Integrity through distractions, ...
10.22.2017 TSG 41: What happens when You lose your Dad THIS EPISODE HAS CURSE WORDS. I went to an event yesterday and heard Tony Robbins speak. One of the exercises he had us do was to meditate on a moment we are forever grateful for, and I thought of the ...
10.09.2017 TSG 40: Why you NEED challengers This time, Ego IS the answer. For many of us, happiness and contentment are synonymous. We reach a moderate level of success, while secretly wishing we could do (fill-in the blank). Most of the time, that one thing we wish ...
09.24.2017 TSG 39: The Power of Pause Haste makes waste, gentlemen. In today's modern society of what I like to call Throwaway Ideals, it can be difficult to see yourself finishing anything all the way. Most of us are too easily conditioned to cut and run when ...
09.18.2017 TSG 38: Gentleman's Guide to Sin City “What’s a gentleman like you doing in a place like this?” Las Vegas is dubbed as “Sin City,” and with good reason, as it offers just about every kind of earthly delight under the sun. As such, it might seem ...
08.20.2017 TSG 37: How to Attend a Party Like a Gentleman There is often a misconception when it comes to bringing alcohol to different social gatherings. What’s the best drink to bring to a party? Should bring anything at all? Beer or wine? Both? Food as well? It’s all a lot ...
08.06.2017 TSG 36: 10 Hard Truths You Need to Hear The world is an interesting place – one full of opportunities and adventures, yet also riddled with terrible decisions, fear, doubt, and distractions that keep us from becoming the best men we can be. Sometimes it takes a hard truth ...
07.23.2017 TSG 35: Breaking Up - How to KNOW & How to GO Breaking up is hard to do. At the same time, staying in a relationship that doesn't serve either party is also hard to do. Unfortunately, we are willing to do more of the latter that we are of the former, ...
07.09.2017 TSG 34: Building a Business After a Breakdown We've all heard, in some form or another, the old adage that "you have to hit rock bottom before you can truly change." In the case of my friend Jan, his rock bottom was a nervous breakdown due to the ...
06.26.2017 TSG 33: How to Make Passive Income Look, we all want a way to make more while doing less, right? Passive income is the vehicle to allow that, BUT –and this is a big one– they aren't going to make you rich overnight, and they all come ...
06.12.2017 TSG 32: Seriously, I Got Hit By a Bus I was recently having a conversation with a group of friends and business connections and mentioned a little bit of my story after my accident, and was met with "what accident?" in response. It turns out, many of my connections ...
05.28.2017 TSG 31: Finding Success Surviving a Stroke - Suzy Wigstadt Many of us are lucky we never had to/have to transition through a life-altering accident, illness, or injury to emerge with a much greater amount of clarity, conviction, and confidence. In this instance, Suzy went through a pretty wicked stroke ...
05.15.2017 TSG 30: You Can Make Today Legendary™ On a random day a few weeks ago, I was perusing Instagram and stumbled across a brand called Make Today Legendary. They sent me a message about their cause and what their wristband was all about. Skeptical at first, I ...
05.02.2017 TSG 29: Elevating Your Leadership with Stoicism As we grow into management and leadership roles, we are often taught how to lead from the wrong people. More often than not, we learn to lead by seeing the world through the lens of the leader immediately above us. ...
04.17.2017 TSG 28: 10 Dating Commandments for the Modern Gent Dating has progressed from meeting people in public places and having conversation to swiping left or right and texting for hookups. Does it mean all hope for a real relationship is lost? I argue that no, all hope is not ...
04.03.2017 TSG 27: Why Being a Hero Makes You an Idiot Men are programmed to conquer things. We come with software already installed from the factory that has us compelled to solve things, right wrongs, and stand and fight. It's what makes us such great linear thinkers! We see a problem, ...
03.20.2017 TSG 26: Wearing a Toupee at 24 Years Old The one thing none of us focus on when think think about what we'll be when we grow up, is how we'll look. Maybe that's a good thing. Most Americans simply grow up and get wider, not taller as they ...
03.06.2017 TSG 25: The Gentleman Warrior with John Lymberopolous This episode was recorded with lavalier microphones worn on our lapels at SyncLab Media Studios in Dallas, which was both amazing and left me wishing the sound was a better. To help make sure nothing is missed, I took the ...
02.13.2017 TSG 24: The Right Way to Wear Cologne Have you ever been minding your own business when suddenly a perfume or cologne wafts through the air and completely captures your attention? Maybe it was a scent that reminded you of that old girlfriend you had back in college. ...
02.06.2017 TSG 23: 5 Ways You Can Become a Modern Gent Featuring Aimee Bentson Today, I am on location with my good friend Aimee Bentson. You may remember her from the episode where we discussed the Dos and Don'ts of Online Dating. It was a hit episode, and I thought it would be a ...
01.23.2017 TSG 22: How to Give a Toast Like a Gentleman In a world full of phobias, public speaking is up there at the top – right next to that spider at the end of Arachnophobia. And yet, men and women both dream about absolutely dominating the room with the perfect ...
01.09.2017 TSG 21: 5 Secrets to Restoring Momentum When You're Stuck With New Year's Resolutions in full swing, I know a lot of us, myself included, can often feel like we're not going to make it happen. We're simply not strong enough to keep up with the willpower necessary to make ...
12.27.2016 TSG 20: How to Fight with Your Spouse WITHOUT Ending Your Marriage Why would you want to know how to fight with your spouse? Because it's a natural part of building a healthy, long-lasting relationship. Marriage in America has become something of a joke. Well, not really a joke – more of ...
12.12.2016 TSG 19: Interview with Julian Placino of Pathways to Success Public Speaking for the Anxious Guy with Julian Placino The Pathways to Success Podcast is a weekly a show where Julian interviews leaders on business, personal development, health & fitness and many other topics designed to help you find your ...
11.21.2016 TSG 18: 7 Lessons You Need to Unlearn Right Now Some lessons just need to be forgotten... It never ceases to amaze me how brilliant people can opt not to pursue their big ideas because old lessons they've learned are so deeply ingrained. What a tragedy it is to watch ...
11.07.2016 TSG 17: How to Start a Business that Doesn't Fail I was recently having a conversation with a friend of mine about entrepreneurship and the changing landscape of business success these days, and I discovered a few coaching moments I want to share with you. He's an incredibly hard working ...
10.24.2016 TSG 16: Why You Need to Stop Being in Charge of Everything Control can kill. Gentlemen, this may sound counter-intuitive, but you need to stop being charge of everything in your life – If for no other reason than it's killing you. If it doesn't end up physically killing you, it will ...
10.10.2016 TSG 15: Gentleman's Guide to the Four Agreements Don Miguel Ruiz wrote The Four Agreements, and I'm sure you've no doubt read quotes from it and learned of these agreements from one source or another. Whether you read the book or not, I want to address each agreement ...
09.25.2016 TSG 14: How to Build Your Legacy like a Gentleman There are a myriad of outlets describing how to build your legacy these days, and yet we don't really care much for it until we start noticing our impact on the world. Sometimes that means our children, sometimes it means ...
06.15.2016 TSG 13: How to be a better listener One of the most misused superpowers a man can have is the power to listen deeply. Millions of self-proclaimed "good listeners" are actually just listening well enough to keep a conversation going in his or her direction. Genuine listeners hear ...
05.09.2016 TSG 12: 5 Rules for Getting Fit for the Rest of Your Life Today, we're talking about the 5 rules for getting fit for the rest of your life. These aren't necessarily the perfect food, nutrition plan, supplement, or exercise; rather, they're the 5 rules you need to follow if you want to ...
04.14.2016 TSG 11: Tipping & Gratuity Etiquette w/ Oscar Guerrero Today's podcast is about something you're all familiar with, but may not know exactly what the rules are in it: tipping. Gratuity – when should you, how much should you, what makes a good tip, why should you, etc. These ...
03.28.2016 TSG 10: Rise Above & Take Action with Ryan Michler - Order of Man I have an amazing show for you today. [remember to Subscribe Here] I’m joined by a man I can now call a friend, and one that makes our roles as men better because he’s here to help us make smart ...
03.13.2016 TSG 09: The Secret to Performing Better in Everything In the game of life, we are all seeking better performance. Whether that means better performance at our jobs, our relationships, our athletics, or in the bedroom, we want to be better – we need to be better. When it ...
03.07.2016 TSG 08: 7 ways your haters are important for your success Entrepreneurs know the impact haters can have on their success, and more importantly, look for them as an indicator that they're on the right track. As an owner of several ventures, I'm always on the lookout for detractors and naysayers ...

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