The Business Method: Interviewing Billionaires, Billion Dollar Founders & the World’s Most Successful People 🎧🔥

Matt Kepnes ~ Founder of the Famous Travel Blog, Nomadic Matt ~ Current Series ~ 100 Interviews with 100 Major Influencers   Way back in 2008, I first decided I wanted to make money online and travel the world. I used to read some blogs of travelers that were leading the way for this new lifestyle and somehow, I came across a book called ‘How to Travel the World on $50 a Day’. It was written by a guy named Matt Kepnes, also known as Nomadic Matt. Matt ran a blog that helped others travel the world on a budget while he made money from his blog and book while traveling the world. I thought it was genius and I said to myself, ‘Man, this guy has it figured out!”  So I bought his book so I could figure out how to do this as well. A couple of years later, I had a backpack and a one way ticket to Costa Rica. Thanks to Matt and others like him, I was about to start my journey traveling the world while making money online. I never ever thought one day, I would be interviewing Matt on my podcast telling him that story.    That was eleven years ago and today I have been living and traveling to many different countries while business businesses online. It has been the biggest adventure of my life. Today, I get the chance to sit down with Nomadic Matt and talk with him about what he is up to these days. Matt’s blog was successful back in 2008, but once I started to travel, I didn’t hear too much from him.  It was good to find out that he is still running his blog and built it into an incredibly successful business. Matt now has quite a few books published about travel and runs a successful travel/business conference called TravelCon that sells out in just a few days. If you are interested in building and/or running a successful business while traveling the world, being a travel influencer, and what it is like to be a true digital nomad, this is the show for you.  01:42: Who is Nomadic Matt? 06:52: Matt’s Travel/Work/Life Schedule 08:00: Lessons Learned as a Traveler 10:10: Becoming a Full Time Traveler 14:31: What Made Your Blog Stand Out Compared to Others? 15:59: How Does Matt Network While Traveling? 18:03: Strategy to Use to Start a Blog in 2019 18:33: Tips on Creating Good Content 22:23: Creating a Travel Conference 31:54: Tips on Getting Big Names to Events 33:57: What Does Freedom Mean to a Top Travel Influencer? 39:10: Balancing Finances Between Business and Charity 41:46: Matt’s Plans for the Future 43:23: Spoilers From the New Book 45:51: Responsibilities of an Influencer   Contact Info: https://www.nomadicmatt.com/ https://travelcon.org/

  On today’s episode, we are joined by the digital agency expert, Jason Swenk. Jason started off building websites online way back in 1999 and eventually grew that business into a full fledge digital agency starting from zero and selling it twelve years later as a multi-million dollar business. Today, Jason shares with us his story about growing his digital agency business. He also shares some valuable tips on his growth and vision strategies. Then towards the end of the show, he gives us some recommendations on what both digital agencies and entrepreneurs should be doing in business today. ​ ​​ 01:40: Jason’s Story 05:54: Key Tactics That Grew Jason’s Business Clarity ~ Know where you want to go, not just for yourself, but for your businesses’ team. Positioning ~ Position yourself to be THE choice, rather than A choice Offering ~ How can you get them to raise their hand first, to get them to opt in? 11:14: Steps to Have Between the First Contact of Clients and Selling Them the Big Product 12:54: What Are Entrepreneur Really Missing When it Comes to Growing Their Business? 15:02: How to Know When You’re Doing Too Much and Time to Hire 16:19: How to Avoid Being Comfortable in a Business 18:53: The Questions Jason Asks Himself Before Bed Each Night? 21:27: Podcast Recommendations 24:22: Where Jason is Headed in the Next 5 Years ​   Honorable Mentions: ​ Jason’s About Page Agency University Tony Robbins Podcast Gary Vaynerchuk Jason Swenk YouTube Channel ​ ​ Contact Info: ​ swenk.me https://jasonswenk.com/ YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcHycBFrSxkPWyMTZ1s-74g Facebook https://www.facebook.com/jasonswenk

Joshua Lisec ~ Celebrity Ghostwriter ~ Current Series ~ 100 Interviews with 100 Major Influencers   Today listeners, we are joined by Joshua Lisec. Joshua is the world's only award-winning, celebrity-recommended, #1 international bestselling Certified Professional Ghostwriter. He is the founder of The Entrepreneur’s Wordsmith, a multiple-time #1 International Bestselling Ghostwriter, a Forbes Contributor ghostwriter, a TEDx speaker, and a two-time published novelist.  Since 2011, Joshua has ghostwritten forty books and have been featured in TED, TEDx, BBC Radio London, Foundr, American Express, Yahoo, The Huffington Post, The Write Life, The Side Hustle Show, and numerous other outlets. What is really cool, is that in just the past couple of years Joshua has helped his clients use a book to build a $1,000,000 product funnel, exceed book sales goals by 200% using media appearances, average 10,000 books sold per month, and achieve a 70x return on investment.   On today’s episode, we chat with Joshua, whose skill in translating others’ thoughts into narrations, can help you establish and expand your brand influence to drive business results. He shares his experience as a ghostwriter and the 6 principles you should abide to if you seek to create influential content. We also ask John about the pros and cons of traditional and self publishing and how authors can access corporate sponsorships.       01:47: Who is Joshua Lisec?    12:14: Joshua Lisec's Accidental Journey into Ghostwriting    16:30: How to Start Your Book Idea    28:55: Creating Healthy Balanced Content as an Influencer    32:07: Self Publishing vs Traditional Publishing    38:15: How Much Does It Cost To Work with a Celebrity Ghostwriter?    41:50: Types of Corporate Sponsorships for Authors    43:31: Do I Need a Large Audience Before I Write a Book?    47:03: The Ghostwriting Process    52:14: Hacks for Overcoming Writer’s Block    54:35: Joshua Lisec on Creating a $1,000,000 Product Funnel 1:01:05: 6 Principles of Influential Content 1:10:56: Tips on Working with Influencers 1:20:16: Joshua Lisec on Vulnerability & Establishing Your Personal Brand 1:16:36: Where to find Joshua Lisec Contact Info: https://entrepreneurswordsmith.com/

Chris Reynolds ~ Host of The Business Method Podcast chats about what he learned from interviewing 50 major influencers ~ Current Series ~ 100 Interviews with 100 Major Influencers

Tim Gray ~ Founder of The Health Optimisation Summit ~ Current Series ~ 100 Interviews with 100 Major Influencers   Today listeners we are joined by the organizer of the largest biohacking conference in the UK, Tim Gray.  Tim is a dedicated health optimizing biohacker, a psychology specialist and is the founder and investor in several successful London based digital marketing agencies, the Biohacker London Meetup Group and London's first private hyperbaric oxygen clinic.   Tim is working on building a global movement in health optimization. This began with starting London's first Health Optimisation Summit, advising many well known influencers, doctors, and specialists in the health and wellness space all over the world, and is often featured on podcasts and media regarding practical health hacks.   He has been optimizing health, energy, and mind for over seven years using a vast range of modalities and is known as the UK’s leading biohacker due to his vast knowledge of human optimization, plus due to detailed tracking of more than 35 + biomarkers per day. The Biohacker London Meetup group has over 1500 active members with world renowned speakers attending every event.   Throughout the show, we chat with Tim about all areas of biohacking. He takes us though the biohacks that helped him regain his health and energy levels to continue to be a high-performing entrepreneur.              03:48: The Largest Biohacking Summit in the UK      06:24: Tim on Biohacking      08:52: The Science Behind Grounding/Earthing      15:51: The Placebo Effect & Biohacking      16:42: Tim on Sleep Optimization      24:37: Boosting Mental Clarity with Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy       27:07: Tim’s Daily Biohacks      30:53: The Effects of Mercury Toxicity on the Immune System      33:58: Tim’s Health Battles      37:51: What You Thought You Knew About Hydration      43:27 : Tim on Sources of Hydration      46:47: How Often Should You Get Your Blood Tested?      51:21: From Meetup Group to Biohacking Summit      54:07: Creating a Conference with Major Influencers 01:03:24: How To Manage Relationships With Major Influencers 01:06:04: The Three Most Important Biohacks 01:07:31: Where To Find Tim’s Work Contact Info:   @timbiohacker https://summit.healthoptimisation.com/  

Joe Cohen ~ BioHacker and Founder of Self Decode & Self Hacked ~ Current Series ~ 100 Interviews with 100 Major Influencers   Today on the podcast we are joined by Joe Cohen, the founder of SelfHacked.com, one of the most recognized and trusted sources for natural health research on the planet. Everything that they put online about health is backed by evidence and medically reviewed. The SelfHacked library delivers sustainable solutions for optimal health performance and anti-aging.   Joe and I, recently met in Croatia and he's a really smart guy. He spent years of his life sick suffering from inflammation, brain fog, fatigue, digestive problems, anxiety, depression and other issues that were poorly understood in both conventional and alternative medicine. He was frustrated by this and he was frustrated by the lack of good information that was out there. So he started on his own personal journey of self experimentation and learning, and after years of experiments, he finally healed himself. Then he found that this online resource called SelfHacked.com that after only four years gets millions of monthly readers. Joe is a thriving entrepreneur, author and speaker. He's also the CEO and founder of Self Decode, and Lab Test Analyzer. What is really cool with Self Decode is that they analyze your DNA and then give you the results back suggesting areas where your health may be at risk or things that may come up for you in the future.  Joe’s mission is to help people gain access to the most up to date unbiased and science based research and information to optimize your health. It was a fun interview and we got a lot of time to dig in deep understanding biohacking from Joe's perspective. We chatted with Joe about Self Decode and Self Hacked. We talked about Joe's diet and routine, how Joe manages influence and what drives him. Later in the show we chat more about using biohacking to optimize mentality.    03:52: Intro    09:10: Starting SelfHacked.com    16:50: Analyze Your DNA to Optimize Your Health    27:43: Using Cold Therapy to Biohack    29:15: Joe’s Favorite Biohacks    36:40: Using Ice Baths and Breathwork to Manage Stress     40:06: Lectin Avoidance Diet    41:30: Joe’s Un-Routine    43:50: Handling Influence in the Health Industry    50:33: The Next 10 Years of Biohacking 1:05:15: The Biological Aspects of Success   Contact Info:  https://selfhacked.com https://www.selfdecode.com

Dan Clark~ CEO of Brain.FM ~ Current Series ~ 100 Interviews with 100 Major Influencers   Using technology to help people focus, relax and sleep is changing the way we live in the modern world. Anyone with a smartphone has easy access to any type of music they want to listen to at any time. What is really interesting is that neuroscience is also on the bandwagon of understanding the effects of music on the brain because it goes hand-in-hand with making us mortal humans just a little bit more effective in our daily lives.    Brain.FM is leading this charge by creating music to stimulate the brain that’s not too stimulating but rather helps reduce distractions and increase focus. One of their first users, Dan Clark has been CEO of Brain.FM since 2017 and we had the opportunity to pick his brain about all the magic behind Brain.FM’s success.   On today’s show, we dive deep into how the right sounds can help us take our productivity to the next level and sleep, meditation or relaxation even deeper. He talks about how they combine A.I. and professional music composers together to make highly effective tracks that their customers can listen to and get results from. We touch on why this works so well on the human brain, why it is replicating a natural part of our brains, and how this type of technology is helping people not only operate better in their own lives, but how neural-phase locking is helping people with trauma, mental disorders and replacing medication for people with ADHD.     4:00: Who is Dan Clark?   6:08: What Does Brain.FM Do?   8:44: How Brain.FM Helps You Hyper-Focus 11:03: The Science Behind Brain.fm 13:55: How Quickly Can We Reach Flow-State Using Brain.fm? 15:46: How Brain.fm Helped the US Team Win the Olympics 18:18: Which Brain.fm User are You? 21:31: How Neural Phase-Locking Works 25:10: Combining Music & A.I. 31:22: What We Can Expect from Brain.fm in the Future Contact Info:   https://Brain.fm/TheBusinessMethod Dan@brain.fm     Promo:  Listeners can access 20% off a membership at  https://Brain.fm/TheBusinessMethod

Dr. John Demartini ~ Thought Leader & Entrepreneur from the Movie 'The Secret' ~ Current Series ~ 100 Interviews with 100 Major Influencers   Dr. John Demartini is a world-renowned specialist in human behaviour, a researcher, polyglot, author and global educator and is considered one of the world’s leading authorities on human behaviour, leadership and entrepreneurialism. He has studied over 30,000 books across all the defined academic disciplines, and is the founder of the Demartini Institute. He has authored more than 40 books on a wide range of topics such as corporate and financial empowerment, self-development, relationships and social transformation. He has appeared on Larry King Live and regularly contributes to the Oprah Magazine.   He is the author of nine internationally best selling published titles translated into 28 different languages, including The Breakthrough Experience, Inspired Destiny, Riches Within, Stress to Success, How to Make One Hell of a Profit and Still Get to Heaven, The Gratitude Effect, Wisdom of the Oracle, Count Your Blessings, The Heart of Love, You Can Have an Amazing Life in Just 60 Days and The Values Factor.   Demartini has also appeared in several films, including The Secret in 2006. He has also appeared in several documentaries and including Peter Rodger’s 2009 film Oh My God, and Overfed & Undernourished in 2014.   Today on the show, John talks about his experience.  He shares with us the 13 questions you should be asking yourself to gain competitive advantage in life. John talks about the art of delegation, and how mastering this can yield high-productivity. We also ask John about focus, meditation and how to achieve authentic flow-states. Lastly, John shares about applying this to business and having a professional speaking career!     02:03: Who is John Demartini? 05:38: What is Your Natural Competitive Advantage? 09:42: 13 Questions to Get You Into Hyper-Flow 15:49: Why You Should Update your Values Quarterly 17:42: Why Your Values Determine with Your Income Level 23:27: Pay Yourself First 29:22: Finding Your Entrepreneurial Sweet Spot - What Do People Want That You’re Inspired to Deliver? 32:34: The Difference Between a Flow State & a Manic Episode 38:34: Recommendations for Achieving Flow State 39:39: Meditating to Integrate Not to Escape 42:10: How to Positively Grow Your Influence   Contact Info: https://drdemartini.com/

Dr. Andrew Hill~ Founder of Peak Brain Institute ~ Current Series ~ 100 Interviews with 100 Major Influencers   Do you really know if you have a healthy brain?  Most of us would like to think so, but how can we really tell? We know if we have a healthy body, we know if we have healthy habits. So why don’t we know if we have healthy brains?  One reason why is because society associates unhealthy brains with mental disorders, and if we don’t have a mental disorder then our brain must be healthy. Right?....Wrong!   We could actually have problems with our brains for years before it shows signs.  Brain health is on the cusp of becoming a really big movement and Dr. Andrew Hill is one that helping lead that movement.  Andrew is a neuroscientist, entrepreneur, and biohacking advocate. He holds a Ph.D. in Cognitive Neuroscience from UCLA, and is best known as an expert neurofeedback practitioner and brain fitness coach. With an extensive history working in mental health, and as a university lecturer and researcher, Dr. Hill founded Peak Brain Institute in 2015. Peak Brain Institute a community-oriented company whose mission is to expand understanding and accessibility to brain-hacking technologies. Peak Brain Institute and Andrew’s main mission is to make more brain gyms, where people can learn about and exercise their brain, without it being a mental issue.    On the show today we chat in depth with Andrew about how our brains actually operate. We talk about how scanning brains can prevent many mental disorders, flow-states and the effects of alcohol and drugs on our brains. We also discuss the importance of meditation and how it is really changing brains for the better, and we discuss the many benefits people with healthy brains can get by scanning and continuing to exercise the brain regularly.          02:06 Who is Andrew Hill?    04:55 Sleep Training Across Time Zones    10:16 The Journey to PeakBrain    12:43 Is my Brain Healthy?    14:40 Brain Scanning vs Brain Mapping    21:10 The NeuroFeedback Process    31:08 Can High-Performers Benefit from NeuroFeedback?    35:26 Andrew’s Tips on Marketing Automation & Service Delivery    37:56 A Deep Dive Into Brainwaves & Flow-States    51:58 How Meditation Affects the Brain    57:29 Basic Meditation Practice 1:00:24 Effects of Drugs & Alcohol on the Brain 1:06:57 Where to Find PeakBrain     Contact Info:   http://peakbraininstitute.com/   Social Media:   Twitter: @PeakBrainLA Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PeakBrainInstitute Instagram: @PeakBrainLA YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtWM4uaH6IXx_HbLRd9ctHg LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewhillucla/   Promo:    Listeners that mention this show will receive 10% off services at Peak Brain Institute (excludes equipment purchases)

Scott Carney ~ Co-Author of 'What Doesn't Kill Us' w/ Wim Hof ~ Current Series ~ 100 Interviews with 100 Major Influencers   Could you imagine climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro in record time with no training? How about being injected with a deadly endotoxin and your body has no reaction to it? Or even just completing more pushups than you ever thought possible with no oxygen in your lungs? Most people think these are impossible feats. Something only reserved for superhumans or for people that spend years in training. But they are not. All of the aforementioned activities have been accomplished by regular people that apply one simple breathing method, the Wim Hof Method.   Our guest today is an investigative journalist and a long-time student of the Wim Hof Method. When Scott heard about Wim and his wild claims, he went to meet Wim with one purpose….to prove him wrong. After Scott spent a few days at Wim’s mountain house in Poland, he realized Wim and his wacky breathing tactics were the real deal. He was convinced because Scott himself began doing more pushups than he ever had completed with no oxygen in his lungs. He took baths in freezing cold water without getting hypothermia, and if those weren’t enough, Wim took Scott and in the dead of winter they both climbed the tallest mountain in Poland wearing nothing but shorts and boots! Scott then spent the next six years of his life training with Wim, learning these methods and eventually he climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro in record time also wearing only boots and shorts and co-authored with Wim on the best-selling book What Doesn’t Kill Us. Today on the show, Scott talks to us about the Wim Hof Method and how its application helped him gain more control over his body and mindset. He also shares breathing techniques, tips on how to identify false gurus and cultivating your own inner guru when looking to make life changes.       02:16: Who is Scott Carney?    14:20: Why Scott Wanted to Expose False Gurus    16:53: The Enlightenment Trap    17:23: The Wim Hof Technique    27:59: Native Americans & Ice Baths    32:10: Basic Breathing Pattern & Cold Shower Routine    35:24: Benefits of Breathing & Cold Showers    37:39: The Endotoxin Study    44:04: Holding 29 World Records    46:44: Ice Baths & Testosterone    49:49: Scott Carney’s Breathing & Cold Shower Routine    55:04: Identifying False Gurus 1:02:24: Meditating to Death 1:10:44: Understanding Mindfulness 1:13:16: Climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro w/ No Training   Contact Info: http://www.scottcarney.com/