Tom Bilyeu on The Fine Line Between Belief and Delusion | AMA
Tom answers questions from the community.
[ORIGINAL AIR DATE: 4-8-18].
QUESTION TOPICS
Tom addresses the line between a self-reinforced delusion that is useful and when it’s not useful [00:31]
How to limit yourself to new opportunities [04:39]
Tom breaks down his step by step process on researching people [07:14]
How would you go through an experimental phase of life where you're trying to figure out what career you want? [11:40]
How to find better alternatives other than your primary options [13:31]
How to specify goals without limiting career paths [16:34]
Ways you can practice Ray Dalio’s radical transparency in your own life [19:06]
Advice for someone who is struggling in their business [20:52]
How Tom learned to communicate so well [24:19]
How to remove people from your life who do not align with your principles [26:24]
How Tom reads while working out [27:58]
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The Fitness Industry Lied to You: What You Really Need to Know | Mind Pump
Sal Di Stefano, Adam Schafer, and Justin Andrews of Mind Pump, join Tom to discuss the truth behind fitness and how the industry has led us astray.
[ORIGINAL AIR DATE: 5-26-18].
SHOW NOTES
How Mind Pump was created [01:03]
Why vulnerability set them apart [04:46]
Why self-hate isn’t motivating [05:24]
Adam’s story & how he got into fitness [07:31]
How being vulnerable made them better trainers & podcasters [10:01]
Why Sal stopped focusing on his physique [13:17]
Start your fitness journey by understanding your baseline [16:52]
Why we can’t trust our body’s natural hunger cues [20:15]
Learning to tap into how foods make you feel [22:41]
The spiritual side of fasting [24:26]
Why cardio is terrible for weight loss [28:58]
How resistance training improves your metabolic rate [31:59]
Why you shouldn’t lose weight in the first month a new fitness plan [33:57]
The Biggest Loser approach to losing weight [34:55]
How cultivating an awareness practice before meals plays into wellness [37:08]
Why you shouldn’t eat post workout [38:37]
The power of a meditation practice [40:50]
Why you need to look at the body as a whole [45:27]
Optimizing your sleep [47:41]
Where you can find and listen to Mind Pump [50:25]
How they came up with the name “Mind Pump” [51:11]
The one thing you should change to improve your health [52:20]
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Tom Bilyeu on Why Extreme Ownership May Be Holding You Back | AMA
Tom Bilyeu answers questions asked by the community.
[ORIGINAL AIR DATE: 10-6-17].
Tom Bilyeu is the co-founder of 2014 Inc. 500 company Quest Nutrition — a unicorn startup valued at over $1 billion — and the co-founder and host of Impact Theory. Impact Theory is a first-of-its-kind company designed to facilitate global change through the incubation of mission-based businesses and the cultivation of empowering content. Every piece of content Impact Theory creates is meant to underscore the company mission to free people from The Matrix and help them unlock their true potential. Impact Theory exists to inspire the next generation of game-changing companies and creators that will make a true and lasting impact on the world.
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Brendon Burchard Shows You How To Transform Your Life With These Proven Mindset Shifts
Life coach to billionaire and one of the greatest influencers of all time, Brendon Burchard knows exactly how to make an impact.
So, on this episode of Impact Theory with Tom Bilyeu, Brendon details precisely how to achieve impossibly high performance, evaluate yourself and your goals, and deal with failure and stress. And he does it all while still bringing his trademark joy and revealing the qualities that have allowed him to build and maintain exceptional relationships and a vibrant community.
Oh, and he still repels all the jerks!
[ORIGINAL AIR DATE: 1-21-20].
SHOW NOTES:
Brendon shares the story of being suicidal, then being in a nearly fatal accident [3:03]
Brendon describes becoming obsessive about learning leadership and psychology [4:53]
Your life is determined by each decision you make, every day [7:20]
Brendon describes his self-evaluation and visualization process [10:33]
How to observe your life dispassionately [17:55]
Brendon explains how to deal with failures and feeling bad [21:04]
Going through the motions is the death of high performance [24:29]
Tom and Brendon discuss leveraging guilt and pain, courage and contemplation [25:56]
Brendon strongly advocates the need for community [29:48]
Tom advocates learning to endure hardship, failure and stress [31:50]
Brendon advocates allowing joy and deep pleasure [34:45]
Brendon explains how he came to value relationships so deeply [39:05]
What one change could people make to have more of an impact [43:27]
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Todd Herman Explains How You Can Tap Into Infinite Energy
Even Beyonce needed her alter ego, Sasha Fierce, in order to conquer the entertainment industry. And peak performance coach Todd Herman, after working with hundreds of Olympians and champion athletes, has learned that alter egos are an absolute requirement for extraordinary achievement.
On this episode of Conversations with Tom, Todd Herman details exactly how powerful the alter ego can be. Along the way he and Tom Bilyeu discuss the need for rituals, share the real stories of how they got where they are, and even explain exactly how to have abundant energy in every area of your life.
[ORIGINAL AIR DATE: 12-12-19].
SHOW NOTES:
Todd talks about what he likes about New York City [1:50]
Todd explains why people struggle with change [5:01]
The common words and phrases we use are actually what trap us [6:51]
The brain tries to protect you from looking like an idiot to yourself [9:10]
Todd explains how environment changes people [11:39]
Todd describes the basic reason people need to create an alter ego [12:47]
Todd asks “what are you”, not “who are you” [23:10]
The most common alter egos people adopt are, surprisingly, Grandmas [34:57]
Todd describes the need for triggers and rituals [39:00]
Todd and Tom discuss Sasha Fierce and why even Beyonce needs an alter ego [42:58]
Any time you try to trick, deceive or impress others, it’s not healthy [46:35]
We react to people based on the clothes they wear [48:57]
Todd explains why he uses his glasses as a totem and ritual to get into his alter ego [58:17] Tom strongly advocates decisiveness [1:03:13]
One of the great powers people have is playfulness [1:06:40]
Tom talks about the need for scarring rituals to mark big life changes [1:09:52]
Todd discusses how people’s family narratives can hold them back [1:13:15]
The moment you decide that you want the ball in the final seconds, all bets are off [1:17:13]
Pressure does not exist in Todd’s universe [1:24:03]
Todd explains how to rebuild after a crushing loss [1:27:37]
Tom talks about how important it is to love the struggle, not just the results [1:33:20]
Todd explains how he is a completely different person for his family [1:53:54]
Tom and Todd discuss the real story on the mindset necessary for greatness [2:03:11]
Todd shares the story of being sexually abused as a 12 year-old [2:08:12]
Tom and Todd discuss the healing effects of MDMA [2:11:33]
Be playful and be Batman [2:15:14]
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