Live Different Podcast: Business | Travel | Health | Performance

Dave Nelson, Founder and Coach of Milestone Mind joins us on the podcast today. Do you want to live life authentic to who you are? Do you think that fitting in is bullshit?  Do you wish you could feed your rebel soul? Listen in to how Dave has overcome so many challenges in his life to become confident in the person he is today.  Dave is a certified Warrior Mind, Mental Strength Coach and has a lot to offer on how to recognize when change speaks to you. Dave has a “process minded philosophy” to live and is great at creating systems to allow you to find something in life bigger than you. We also talk about one of my favorite topics and that’s breaking out of the victim mindset and go over strategies to stop blaming yourself and people around you. We leave you with the mantra “How is this currently serving me?”

Zen Dudes, Brandon Epstein and Dan Witmer are fresh off their retreat to Costa Rica and are here to raise this planet’s collective consciousness. These guys want you to have more fun and live the life you want. Lucky for you, they explain how to do it in this week’s episode of the Live Different Podcast. Their tag line “do the thing” means that you have permission to ask yourself “what’s my vision for myself” and go out there and make it happen. Brandon and Dan were former college football lineman who lost a ton of weight and along the way, optimized their mental and spiritual health to levels they never could have imagined. Who do you want to be? In this episode we talk about their trip with Custom Experiences to Costa Rica, their upcoming Zen Dude Retreat to Bali, how they grew their YouTube channel to over 100,000 subscribers and a ton of other strategies and tactics to live your best life. You can get their 7 Day Beginner Jump Rope Series, their 4 week Jump Rope Challenge, or nerd our about how to inc

John Hall, CEO of Influence and Co, and author of the new book, Top of Mind: Use Content to Unleash Your Influence and Engage Those Who Matter to You joins us on the podcast today. We talk about how every person and brand can have an online content strategy and how to do it the right way. John is an expert on building credibility, authority positioning, and humanizing businesses in the online world.   John and his company’s strategies have personally helped me do things like: write for Forbes, be flown to judge Startup Weekend with a panel of esteemed judges, grow my following on LinkedIn and help get the right people talking about Under30Experiences. John is a huge believer in taking time off to think, reflect, and surrounding yourself with the right people.  He’s also been Ernst and Young’s Entrepreneur of the Year and has led his company to Forbes’ America’s Most Promising Companies list…. Listen up!

Nathan Chan of Foundr Magazine told me he found what he was born to do.   Nathan and I chat about travel and how it helped break him out of his comfort zone into a path of self discovery and growth.    Just a few short years later, Nathan has a multi-million dollar operation and has interviewed people like Richard Branson, Gary Vaynerchuk, Tim Ferriss, Daymond John, Arianna Huffington, Tony Robbins, and Barbara Corcoran.     Foundr Magazine has amassed over 1,000,000 Instagram Followers and has an incredible community in their Foundr Club.

Tom Bilyeu is the co-founder of Quest Nutrition, creator of Inside Quest, & CEO of Impact Theory. In just five years, Tom helped grow Quest Nutrition into the second fastest growing private company in America. According to Inc. 5000, the company grew by 57,000% in the first three years alone. His podcast has hosted guests like Tim Ferriss, Michael Strahan, Wyclef Jean, and Gary Vaynerchuk to name a few. Tom is personally driven to expand people’s vision of mind and body wellness. Through hard work and sweat equity he learned the skills that made him invaluable in any role he pursued. In this episode Tom shares those skills and mindsets so you can apply them in your life today.  

Tim Sanders, New York Times’ bestselling author and former Yahoo! Executive tells me, “Learning power is earning power.” Are you one of those people who just isn't interested in sales?  In this episode, Tim deconstructs the secret to sales success.  Tim’s latest book Dealstorming, “Translates years of experience coaching sales teams into a creativity technique” Tim advises millennials against chasing “shiny new object syndrome” and gives tips for everyone to stay focused. One of his most important tips is staying aware of the information our mind consumes in the same way we watch the food our body consumes.  We delve into how to solve the root cause of our problems, not the symptoms.  He also discusses how we can become disciplined towards pursuing the right type of of curiosity. Feed your mind good stuff today with my friend Tim Sanders.

Jordan Harbinger is the host of The Art of Charm, a top 50 podcast, with over 3 million monthly downloads, and growing. The Art of Charm helps it's listeners develop deep relationships so that people know, like, and trust you. The show combines human performance skills and psychology to deliver effective and actionable advice. In this episode, Jordan teaches us how to cultivate the skills that will help us develop stronger long-term relationships in both our personal and professional lives.  He shares how he was able to use intentional practice to reinvent himself from a shy and reserved guy to a networking and relationship expert. We also delve into the importance of setting up systems, creating positive momentum, and why you should always give generously without the expectation of anything in return.  Along with networking advice, we chat about the tools and tactics of how to be your most productive self.  If you’ve ever said, “this day just got away from me” this episode is for you. By the end of the show

Laura Shin is a writer for Forbes where she focuses on personal finance and teaches people to master the art and business of freelance writing at IdeasWordsEmpires.com.   Laura gives actionable advice on becoming a better writer and how to make money from it.  She is also captivated by financial turnaround stories and has written countless articles for Forbes on people who retired early and have traveled the world.    Some of Laura's favorite examples of people living the dream are Mr. Money Mustache who retired at age 30 and the Go Curry Cracker couple who retired in their 30's to travel the world.   I ask Laura everything from money hacks, to writing tips, to how she landed gigs at Forbes as a sponsor for her podcast on cryptocurrency.    In our rapid-fire session, I ask her about her favorite places to travel, write, and where she practices yoga in New York.

Thomas Edwards is the real-life "Hitch" and goes by the name "The Professional Wingman".  But this episode is not about dating and how to be a pickup artist...    You are about to hear amazing insight on how you can grow confident in yourself and build the life you want.  Thomas was one of my closest friends when we lived in New York and chatting about these strategies regularly, helped me grow tremendously as a person.   Wingman introduces the concept of having a "Lifestyle Advisory Board" and talks about who his dream team of mentors would be.  Think: Richard Branson, Mark Cuban, Tony Robbins, etc...   We also nerd out on concepts from Steven Covey's 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, Napoleon Hill's Think and Grow Rich, and Brene Brown's The Power of Vulnerability.    Thomas' better half, Laurie Davis the eFlirt Expert, helps women become empowered to find love.    You can check out Thomas' Fearless Dating Program or hit him up for coaching @ThomasHEdwards on Twitter.

Colin Wright of Exile Lifestyle has had his blog readers vote on what country he'll move to, every few months for the past seven years!   Colin is one of the pioneers of being a digital nomad and one of the original Gen-Y bloggers.  He was a huge inspiration for us to start Under30CEO.com and a very early contributor to the site.   Colin and I share travel stories about everywhere from Iceland to Wichita, Kansas.  We talk about minimalism, which both of us practice, and he even sets me straight about the point of having money.   Colin is the host of the Let's Know Things podcast where he does a fantastic job adding context to the news.  Colin is the author of a dozen books including two I've loved: My Exile Lifestyle and Iceland, India, Interstate. 

Jenny Blake is the author of Pivot: The Only Move That Matters is Your Next One. Jenny has been blogging at Life After College since 2005, quit her job at Google, and has spoken at places like MIT, Yale, and KPMG.... we've been internet friends since the launch of Under30CEO as two of the original millennial bloggers on the internet. And if you think Jenny sounds like a workaholic, you're wrong.  Jenny doesn't check email after 6 pm, is an accomplished yogi, and takes off every January to live abroad in places like Bali, Indonesia or Chiang Mai, Thailand. Jenny and I get into career moves yes, but also into where this intersects with mind, body, and spirit.  You won't want to miss her actionable strategies on plotting your next big career move.

Josh Salvo of ReddyYetti.com interviews me this week!   In a very candid conversation, I open up and tell my story of escaping the glitz and glamor of the NYC Startup Scene and headed to Iceland with my backcountry skis on what has become an adventure of a lifetime.   I share stories, tips, and advice like how:  I lived in a luxury apartment on the 39th floor in Manhattan and traded it to pay $450/month in Costa Rica with no hot water I had dinner with Steve Wozniak Co-founder of Apple when I was 20. Found a way to meet Tony Robbins, Tim Ferriss, Robert Kiyosaki, and all of the world famous mentors I admire. Spent the summer traveling across four continents doing shit I love. Most of my time on the podcast I talk about cutting edge health and fitness techniques, how people can escape stress & anxiety, or travel the world without being a millionaire, but today I got asked to dig in about business strategy.   Of course, I work in lessons I've heard from Zen Masters or books I've read like "Let My People G

Adam Smiley Poswolsky is a speaker at Fortune 500 companies, has written for Fast Company, Time, Forbes, and his latest book "The Quarterlife Breakthrough: Invent Your Own Path, Find Meaningful Work, And Build A Life That Matters" was endorsed by the Founder of Zappos Tony Hsieh.     Smiley has a passion for community and shares his strategies for surrounding yourself with great people all day long.  I ask Smiley how he coaches people through career changes, gets people to find what drives them, and how to make big asks.     In this episode you learn networking strategies for finding your next position and find out how Smiley landed writing gigs like Time Magazine and became a paid speaker all over the world.   If you are looking to make a breakthrough that pays your bills and makes you feel like you are contributing to a positive change in the world, this episode is for you.

Howard Behar, Former Starbucks President, joins us to explain how you can become wildly successful while being true to yourself and who you really are.   Howard was part of the leadership team known as H2O with CEO Howard Shutlz and COO Orin Smith who built Starbucks into one of the most admired countries in the world.  Behar was a key part of the team growing the company from 28 stores to over 15,000 worldwide.   Howard is the author of two books: The Magic Cup: A Business Parable About a Leader, a Team, and the Power of Putting People and Values First and It's Not About the Coffee: Lessons on Putting People First from a Life at Starbucks   Look for tips on developing your own guiding principles, becoming more authentic, living a life with intention, and taking care of yourself emotionally and physically. This of course is all coupled with some old school business advice from a seasoned veteran.

Robert Collier is the founder of Practical Idealist, a blog full of practical ideas designed to achieve worthy ideals like traveling the world while working full time. He is also the founder of Entrepreneurs Dinner who’s mission is to flip traditional networking on its head. Entrepreneurs dinner is founded on the premise of prioritizing: High character over high net worth Giving over getting The importance of your environment In today’s episode we talk about gaining more mental energy to be able to handle yourself better in all aspects of your life. Learn about the best gift that you can provide for another person, and the only thing that will live beyond you. -- Hint: it’s not your money or your business. Robert also chats about how meditation has changed his life in countless areas like increasing mental capacity, observing emotions, and unlocking all the doors to his mind. Ultimately, he provides a no BS explanation for how meditation can change your life for the better. If you enjoyed this episode, and

Daniel DiPiazza of Rich20Something joins us to talk about doing great work you and how to overcome self doubt.  This is the message you need to level up your confidence.   Daniel is one of my closest friends, so in this casual conversation we talk about what to do when things get harder in life.  We cover everything from meditation, to using motivation from the death of his grandmother to write his second book, to his use of medical marijuana as a performance enhancer.   After we talk about book suggestions, supplements, workouts and diet in our speed round, Daniel drops some sage advice about being patient and staying bored if you want to create your best work.   We get to hear Daniel’s story of escaping Atlanta and buying a Benz in Santa Monica.  (Mixtape coming soon!)    For a living, Daniel helps young people bridge the gap between their education to actually marketing those skills.  If you are a graphic designer, writer, yoga teacher, trainer or anything in between, the Rich20Something Community is an

Paul Angone of All Groan Up: Searching for Self, Faith, and a Freaking Job! and 101 Secrets for your Twenties joins us to tell you why you should “go to hell!”… and back of course.   Paul is an expert in helping young people discover their secret sauce where purpose, passion, and career collide and talks about his eight-year journey on getting his first book published and escaping a life which he disliked.     We have a fun conversation with a lot of laughs and Paul tells me why he stopped comparing himself to others which he calls OCD (Obsessive Comparison Disorder).     If you are looking for the confidence to overcome the challenges most millennials face, Paul is your guy.  I even tell him why he should start being more confident when it comes to call himself an entrepreneur and that we all need to start thinking for ourselves and forging our own path.   The old paradigm of “go to school, get a job, and stay there for 30 years” is over and to borrow a line from Robert Kiyosaki and Rich Dad, Poor Dad, we

James Swanwick, Former Sportscenter Anchor, joins us to take your life from average to awesome.   James teaches us how stop drinking alcohol to perform better and fills us in on his technique for reading a book per day. These two habits have allowed him to use the law of attraction to bring an incredible level of people into his life.   There are some amazing book recommendations in this episode and James tell us that a “good plan today, is better than a perfect plan tomorrow.”    James is also the host of the James Swanwick Show who’s previous guests have included Robert Greene, Keith Ferrazzi, Ryan Holiday, Tai Lopez, Rich Roll, Mark Divine, Jonathan Haidt, Bo Eason, Tucker Max, Rob Woolf, Peter Sage and more.   He’s also interviewed  Hollywood stars including Nicole Kidman, Matthew McConaughey, Russell Crowe, Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, Jennifer Aniston, Michael Douglas, Jamie Foxx, and Lindsay Lohan.   Swanwick is the founder of the 30 Day No Alcohol Challenge and Swannies Blue Blocking glasses. 

Dan Buettner, National Geographic Explorer, and his brother Tony join us on the podcast today.   “Nine to five is the new cancer,” Tony tells me in this week’s episode.   Hear that and other lessons from their quest to find the places where people live to be over 100 years of age, disease free, and happy.    Where are the happiest and healthiest places in the world, and what can we learn from them?    How can you optimize your environment, work place, office, place of worship, and community so you can live long and prosper?   Did you know that only 20% of longevity is about your genes while the other 80% of living long comes from environmental factors?     Listen in today to improve your quality of life and hear why eating a Mediterranean Diet full of olive oil, red wine, and fresh fruits and vegetables will reverse stress, and extend your lifespan because of newly discovered chemical compounds called “polyphenols.”     We also discuss topics from one of the Buettner’s latest books: Thrive: Finding Happiness

  Nathaniel Boyle is Host of The Travelers Podcast which has been downloaded over 400,000 times, was named by The White House as one of the Top 100 Influencers in Travel and the Founder of the travel community Holocene.   "Is your paycheck paying your emotional bills?” this week’s guest asks me...   Are you listening to your call to fully embrace the human journey?  Do you need motivation to push yourself outside of your comfort zone?     Start being comfortable with being uncomfortable and learn the following formula:    Curiosity + Creativity = Transformation   Not only is this a great philosophical conversation, but you’ll learn how Nathaniel Boyle quit his fast paced startup job, bought an around the world ticket, and started his journey on the island of Fiji, on his way to becoming a podcaster, freelancer, and entrepreneur.