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Today on the show we have Leigh Louey-Gung who is going to share some very powerful, simple ideas.  

I’ve known Leigh for about a decade, and he’s one of the most genuine, happy and inspiring people I know.   

Leigh has been through some crazy personal transformations - from being riddled with anxiety in his teenage years to being the happy, powerful and fulfilled man he is now.  

He’s also coached quite a few men and helped them achieve similar transformations in their lives. 

In this conversation we’ll talk about Leigh’s stories and philosophies: 

• How Leigh has created the “Perfect day” for himself that he regularly lives? 
• His transformation form Anxious high school drop out to the confident coach he was when I met him. 
• And the moment Leigh experienced how his anxiety doesn’t control his behavior 

The Majority of the interview we’ll talk about Leigh’s philosophical framework called LifeOS (life operating system): 

• The 5 experiences we all want – power, connection, excitement, freedom and fulfillment 
• How everything we want – objects, outcomes and events – is truly about the experience it would give us 

• Why the issue isn’t wanting a certain experience, but the script we have to achieve that experience (for example, our script can be “feeling FREEDOM by getting drunk”) 
• After we explain those ideas – we turn to the real powerful stuff – how to create INDEPENDENT scripts, that don’t depend on elements out of our control to live a rewarding life 
• Why owning what we contribute in every situation is the key to consistently experience what we want 
• The regular practice of transforming our experiences by just asking one question 
• How Leigh’s regular “perfect day” allows him to get the 5 experiences he wants – every day. 

This episode can be a bit more abstract, but I believe strongly that ideas and mental models shape our reality.  

Leigh has both created an incredible life for himself and took the time to break it down into a powerful framework he taught to hundreds of people. His ideas have the potential to profoundly impact your life as well. 

Enjoy this episode :) 

“If you want to improve your relationships with others, start by improving the relationship you have with yourself.” – Leigh Louie-Gung 

Connect with Leigh Louie-Gung: 

• Attraction Institute 
• Life Operating System 
• Lifestyle Design Academy 

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Are you musically inclined? Can you carry a tune? Do you believe that you have to have a "gift," a "talent," or an innate ability to create and produce beautiful sounding music? Our guest on today's show, Christopher Sutton, founder of Musical U and Easy Ear Training used to ride on the bandwagon of people who believed that having musical talent was something someone was born with.  

Growing up, Christopher has always had a passion for music. He played several instruments, and although his peers would say that he was a talented musician – he didn't feel like one. That was, at least, until he learned about ear training and found the missing link that his music was lacking. 

Today, Christopher shares his story about his journey through filling in the missing piece in his musical background, what ear training is, how it works, and why different techniques and strategies are used for someone wanting to play a guitar better versus someone that wants to improve their singing. 

Christopher also explains how Musical U helps people shatter their internal belief that they are tone deaf, build the confidence they need to compose beautiful music, and tells us how his strategies for helping beginner music lovers differ from someone with more advanced skills. He even provides me with some helpful tips on improving my own singing talent! 

And, don't miss our series of rapid fire questions that will give you a more personal view of who Christopher really is, who inspires him the most, and various habits (good and bad) that has affected his life! 

Please welcome Christopher Sutton to the show! 

A brief overview of today's episode: 

• What is Christopher's background – musically and professionally? 
• How does Musical U and Easy Ear Training help people shatter their beliefs on musicality? 
• What is "ear training" for musicians?  
• What would a typical ear training session be like for a beginner? For an advanced musician? 
• What techniques does Musical U use to ensure their clients achieve their goals? 
• What type of students does he typically work with? 
• What roadmaps does he use to help his students achieve their unique goals? 
• What tips could he give an amateur singer like me to improve my skills? 
• What stages can most singers be categorized in? 
• How does learning basic chord progression theory help a musician improve their overall performance and ability? 

Resources mentioned: 

• Four Chord Song – The Axis of Awesome 
• 16 Keys to a Good Singing Voice – Article by Christopher Sutton 
• Zami and Almog – My Way (on YouTube) 
• The book: The 4-Hour Workweek by Timothy Ferriss 

Connect with Christophertopher Sutton: 

• Musical U 
• Easy Ear Training 
• Tone Deaf Test 

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Today on the show we've got Daniel DaVinci. 

Besides having a really cool name, Dan is an inspiring guy who's gone through some incredible changes in his life. 

I met him a few years back when we were part of the same social circle of running friends. I was told that he used to be overweight - but I had a hard time imagining it - because he was so lean and trim. 

He was a much better runner than me, so it was hard to believe he had only started running the previous year. 

A few months ago, I saw him again after a few years and even though he still runs marathons, he didn't look like a trim runner anymore - he packed on a ton of muscle and looks big and strong.

All these transformations are just a sample... Dan has been working hard at changing his life since he was a teenager. 

He grew up in pretty extreme poverty, and yet without a formal secondary education has created a successful career for himself as an IT consultant.

So Dan's a hard worker. I know that's a cliche that gets tossed around, but he's is the real deal. I always wanted to hear Dan's backstory and how he personally thinks about projects, self growth and challenges in life. Since Dan is a pretty private person, I only knew a bit - and I collected quite a bit from reading his answers to people's questions he left on the popular Q&A site quora.com.

Either way, in this episode we chat about:

• The moment that changed his life and sent him on a fitness journey
• How he quit smoking, went for his first run and eventually ran his first marathon
• The incredible influence the people you surround yourself with have on your life
• Why he doesn't like telling people what his goals are
• How he grew up in a shed with no plumbing or floor, and learned the lessons of hard work from working on a farm
• How - step by step - he managed to create a successful career for himself  as an IT consultant without ever getting a formal university education
• Why he decided to run 12 marathon one year
• His two hacks to avoid running procrastination - the 60 second rule and "zombie mode"

Dan accepts no excuses from himself, and listening to his story was a great inspirational kick up the ass for me.

Enjoy this talk with Dan Da Vinci!

Connect with Daniel

Daniel Da Vinci on Twitter

Daniel Da Vinci on Quora.com

Resources

Meditations by Marcus Aurelius

Letters from A Stoic by Seneca

The Obstacle is The Way by Ryan Holiday

48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene

Choose yourself by James Altucher

Total Recall by Arnold Schwarzenegger

Have you ever wanted to run a Marathon? Well, Matt Callaghan has run over 100 marathons, a few Iron Man races, and quite a few ultra marathons (a Marathon is 42.2km/26.2mi, an ultra marathon is anything above that distance).

Running Marathons is not Matt's job - just a hobby he's massively passionate about. Matt's an incredible guy, humble, charming and loves getting other people to run, and he's seen the big influences it made on his own life and those of others.

We talk about:

• What made Matt get into running in the first place, age 32, working in a corporate job?
• The first run was exhausting, it was a cold wet London night. Tt generally sucked. We talk about why Matt kept running and how the experience changes from painful to pleasurable in about 2-4 weeks - both for himself and many other people.

Matt tells some incredible stories:

• How he took a group of 9 women, some of whom have never run more than 0.5km (1mi) to a half marathon within 6 months, and then, 3 months later to run a marathon - where all of them finished in a very respectable time.
• The hardest race he's ever run - 90km (55 miles) uphill in 40c (104F) Weather - and how did a rhino help him finish that race.
• The incredible commitment it took to run his 100th Marathon, on his 40th Birthday, while being very sick from an exotic virus.

We also chat about:

• Why Matt loves running with new runners, even though he's a pretty advanced runner himself (obviously)
• How to keep safe from injuries while running so much
• The effects running had on his life and those of others
• And a TON more

This episode is informative and super inspiring. 

Enjoy my chat with Matt Callaghan!

Chris Reynolds is an entrepreneur with an interesting life story. He made a lot of money, then lost it, then started all over again in a different path. He went travelling to third world countries, and on more than one occasion figured out causes important to the locals and then created projects and raised money to promote those causes.

It might be easier than you may think - he'll share all the details here.

These days, Chris is still changing lives. He runs a business called "The Entrepreneur house". He basically rents big houses in cool cities around the world, and invites online entrepreneurs to come live with each other. In doing so, he creates a tribe - a community with a great sense of belonging - for people who usually have a pretty lonely work life.

Chris is inspiring to listen to, if only because everything he does seems so simple and yet so impactful on people's lives. 

If you were ever interested in starting a charity or a business that really makes the world a slightly better place - you'll enjoy this podcast.

Welcome to another episode of Unstagnate where we talk about unconventional, out of the box ideas about self development.

Today on the show we have Tal Gur. Tal is a very inspiring guy and he's just about to complete 100 Life Goals list that he gave himself 10 years ago - he has only a handful left!

The goals are very diverse and pretty ambitious.

Some of them have to do with contribution and volunteering - he built a house for a family in Bolivia.

Some have to do with Sports - he completed a couple of marathons as well as an Ironman race.

Some have to do with business and financial stability, a lot of travel goals and so on.... 100 Goals in total!

Here's a brief overview of what we covered: 

• What inspired Tal to create his list of 100 goals? 
• Is it possible to party for 60 nights in a row? 
• How Tal speaks fluent English thanks to his party marathon 
• The importance of financial freedom 
• How passive income opens your horizons 
• Taking on the Ironman challenge, and the sacrifices it needed 
• Why setting yourself tough goals can be incredibly inspiring 
• Teaching yourself good habits by making them into essentials 
• Using goals to find out who you are 
• How spirituality helps you achieve your ambitions 
• What to do when you've completed your goals list 
• Setting a theme for each year of your life 
• "People spend more time planning a birthday party than they do planning their own lives" 
• We all have innate skills; living is the way we find out what they are 

• How being on a journey can bring you a special kind of peace 
• Who should push themselves out of their comfort zone – and who shouldn't 

Connect with Tal Gur 

• Tal Gur's website
• Tal's blog 
• Coaching and mentoring 

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Today, I have the pleasure of chatting with Connor Grooms. Connor is well-known for successfully completing several 30-day challenges including gaining a whopping 26-pounds of muscle mass in only 30 days as well as learning to speak conversational Spanish in a month.  

Connor shares with us what steps he took to prepare for his 30-day challenges and the core principles he uses to ensure their success. He also explains how one challenge has lead him to build a successful career as well as how his story has aided in landing his first-ever speaking gig, which was remarkably held on the TedX Talk stage in London. 

Connor, thank you for joining us today. 

A brief overview of today's episode: 

• Why does Connor choose to learn new skills in a short period of time? 
• What is the driving force behind successfully completing the challenges he sets for himself? 
• Why does he feel that "impressing others is easy," but impressing himself is significantly harder? 
• What were the "conversational topics" that Connor and his Spanish instructor focused on during his challenge? 
• How does Connor fit his intensive training for his challenges into his daily schedule? 
• What does Connor consider "non-negotiables?" 
• Measure the input, not the output – what does this mean? 
• Why is it important to make the challenge your top priority? 
• How does using a Commitment Contract improve your accountability? 
• What method does he use to track his progress throughout his challenges? 
• What motivated him to learn Spanish in a month? 
• Why did he decide to document his experience throughout the Spanish in 30-days challenge? 
• What is his primary focus on today? 
• Does he have any regrets after completing the 30-Days to Gaining Muscle Mass Challenge? Would he do anything differently? 
• What does his daily morning routine look like? 

• What was it like to stand up on the TedX Talk stage? 

Connect with Connor Grooms: 

• Spanish In A Month documentary 
• BaseLang unlimited one-on-one Spanish classes for $99/mo 
• Free 7-day email course on how to learn Spanish fast 
• Eating for Mass book on muscle gain 
• Connor Grooms' Blog

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If you enjoyed listening to the show as much as I enjoyed creating it, let me know by subscribing on iTunes and leaving a review! Your review will help us reach more ears, inspiring thousands of listeners to think unconventionally and develop out-of-the-box ideas for their self-development. We'd love to hear from you! 

Today on the show we have the very interesting David Kadavy. He's an entrepreneur, best selling author of the book "Design for Hackers - reverse engineering beauty". He was an advisor to productivity startup Timeful which was eventually sold to Google. he's a public speaker, blogs online and his podcast "Love you work" has been featured in iTunes "New and Noteworthy". 

Since Mr Kadavy had such an interesting life so far, I decided to chat with him about quite a few different topics.

We talk about:

• How being fired from his Silicon valley job sent him experimenting until he got his book deal.
• How in order to write his book, David sat in front of his laptop for 12 hours a day to only write for 15 minutes. 
• We discuss how the struggle of productivity and the insights that came out of writing his book eventually led to him being approached to advise timeful.
• Why some days and some hours are better for specific types of work, how to work with your natural energy cycles, so you're doing the right tasks at the right time.
• Specifically, we'll talk about how David organises different tasks for different days that work best with his own cycles, and other hacks he uses for productivity.
• How Dave devoted his life to curiosity and exploration, and how he takes time to consciously think about issues and break things down.
• His experiences from starting a podcast and how he goes about consistently getting high calibre guests on his show.

Dave has unconventional ideas about productivity and life and he is passionate to share them. I think everyone has something to take from this episode. I hope you enjoy my conversation with David Kadavy!

For show notes, visit http://unstagnate.com/podcast

Want to sound like a native in 6 different languages? Our guest today, Idahosa Ness, is exactly that.

Idahosa is an American who grew up speaking only English. But later on in life, while he was learning Spanish studying abroad in Mexico - he realised he was studying it different to everyone else. He just sounded better, more natural. He didn't have an American accent and sounded much more like a local.

That realisation only became stronger when he moved to China - everyone was trying to mimic Chinese tones but were struggling. He wasn't. 

It was only when he was in Brazil, learning his third foreign language and teaching English that he had a Eureka moment while riding the bus after drumming practice.

Since then Idahosa learned to speak two more languages - French and German. He also broke down his own ability to mimic people's accents, and started a business - the Mimic Method.

He now helps people learn to talk like a native in 6 languages by recording themselves singing foreign language songs online syllable by syllable... It's an interesting business :)

I learned Portuguese with the Mimic Method and can attest to how useful that was.

Me and Idahosa are both huge language nerds so we had a great chat.

We have a great talk about:

• His life and language learnings stories including ones where people were actually convinced he was Brazilian, or even Chinese.
• what are the biggest issues are for people learning languages
• how you can train your ear to hear sounds you can't distinguish and your mouth to make sounds you can't produce
• what makes English so hard for some foreign speakers of it
• which are the most important sounds to nail in Spanish, Portuguese and French to have a nice accent in those language
• how to find incredible amounts of motivation to learn your target language 

And a lot more.

In this NSFW episode - sex. Everyone wants better sex but very few people actually do something about it.

My guest today is Eyal Matsliah. Eyal is a modern sexual educator. He's helped countless men and women experience more pleasure and better orgasms alone or with a partner. 

He wrote a book called Orgasm unleashed covering a ton of aspects of female orgasms, and has a course for men called "Ejaculation Control program". 

As you can imagine, he's also got a pretty interesting life story.

If you've been interested in Tantra, or I should say - the tantric approach to sexuality - but all the hippy wah wah stuff always scared you away or put you off, you want to keep listening. Eyal has a way of making sense, being practical, he has a ton of experience and is obviously very passionate about helping people improve their sex lives.

In this episode we cover how Eyal became a sexual healer and educator. 

Why people get stuck in their sex lives in the modern world. 

Common mistakes people make when trying to improve their sex lives and how people often deal with the symptoms rather than the underlying problem.

The various orgasmic states women can experience - the difference between clitroal and internal orgasms and other various orgasmic states - and how women can become more orgasmic. 

Why men can improve their entire lives - as well as, of course their sex lives - by ejaculating less, and what to do with all that excess horniness or sexual energy that obviously follows when you ejaculate less.

And so, yeah, a very interesting, practical, paradigm shifting episode, and without further ado, Eyal Matsliah.