Rusty William: 'You Guys Are F***ing Stupid About BJJ!
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BJJ Ain't that hard; Stop over-complicating it! “BJJ isn’t that hard — people just make it hard by chasing fluff. If you focus on movement and fundamentals, everything else falls into place.” What if Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu isn’t actually that hard? My guest today says the problem isn’t the art itself — it’s the way we’ve been taught to overcomplicate it. Meet Randy William — BJJ black belt, police officer, and straight-talking coach who’s on a mission to cut through the fluff and show you why “BJJ isn’t that hard.” From teaching as a...
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The Shepherd's Code: Leadership, Legacy, and Life with Working Dogs
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The Shepherd's Code: Leadership, Legacy, and Life with Working Dogs 💬 “They’re not forced to work — they live for it. A dog without purpose isn’t happy, and I don’t think people are any different.” Level Up with the show-notes at: In a world chasing hacks and highlight reels, there’s one man who never left the land. Sean Hannah — better known as Sean the Sheepman — has built more than a following. He’s built a legacy. This isn’t just about sheepdogs — it’s about leadership, loss, loyalty, and what it means to live with purpose. This one’s...
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Your Therapist Won't Tell You These Mental Health Secrets!
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Your Therapist Won't Tell You These Mental Health Secrets! "What if the emotions you’re avoiding—anger, shame, anxiety—aren’t the problem... but the key to your healing?" Level up your emotional journey with the show-notes at https://www.nextlevelguy.com/emmamcadam226/ Emma McAdam, licensed therapist and creator of Therapy in a Nutshell, doesn’t just challenge how we think about mental health—she rewires it. In this episode, she unpacks how emotional mastery isn’t about control or suppression, but about understanding, acceptance, and building the right emotional...
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🎙️Hard Truth #3 - Ozzy’s Gone. Do we only care after people pass?
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Ozzy’s gone. And suddenly everyone cares. But did they care yesterday? Did they tell him when he was here? Or are they just posting because it’s trending? This isn’t just about him. It’s about us. And how we’re wasting our lives pretending to care… too late. On today’s short and sharp solo episode, I get real about the performative grief we see every time someone famous passes — and how it reveals a much deeper problem in how we connect with the people who matter. If you’ve ever felt uncomfortable watching everyone jump on the RIP bandwagon… you’re not alone. Be a real...
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🎙️ Let’s Talk About... The Question Everyone's Too Scared to Ask About My Face
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🎙️Hard Truth #2 - One Man, One Tube, No Shame: A Colonoscopy Confession
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Harsh Truth #2: Colonoscopy – It's Not as Bad as You Think Guest: None Summary: In this cheek-clenching solo episode, Ian shares the joy (read: mild discomfort) of getting a colonoscopy — the glamorous life of a man with frequent toilet visits. Was it terrifying? Nope. Was it uncomfortable? A bit. Was he awake for the whole thing? Absolutely. This one’s for every lad who's convinced a colonoscopy means sacrificing their dignity. Spoiler alert: it doesn’t. Key Points: Why Ian got the invite to the backdoor camera club (a.k.a. frequent bowel movements) What a colonoscopy actually is...
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Why BJJ Athletes Keep Getting Injured (The Flexibility Factor)
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#225 The Missing Piece in Your BJJ Game: Flexibility, Longevity & Real Strength “Training breaks you down — recovery makes you stronger. If you want to roll for life, mobility isn’t optional. It’s the foundation.” – Sebastian Brosche You’re listening to The Next Level Guy Podcast—your backstage pass to becoming the man you were born to be. What if the key to levelling up your Jiu-Jitsu game isn’t more drilling, more sparring, or heavier lifting… but learning how to breathe, stretch, and recover? 🎙️ Meet Sebastian Brosche — BJJ black...
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The 'Not Dead Yet' Philosophy That Changes Everything
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#224 – Matt Vincent on Radical Ownership, Living Hard, and the ‘Not Dead Yet’ Mindset "The story ends the same for all of us — so let it rip while you’re here. You're not obligated to exist — but you're here. So why not give it hell?" – Matt Vincent It's time to Stop Living on Autopilot and Start Chasing a Life Worth Dying For! ⚠️ Are you still waiting to live your "real life, the life that you actually want to live? Hoping you'll have time when retured to fufil all your dreams with dwindling time, energy and hope. Most men stay stuck in comfort until it's too late. In this...
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Addiction Expert: 'You're Not Broken, You're Just Doing This Wrong'
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#223 – Adi Jaffe on Addiction, Shame, and the Real Reason You Can’t Change "You weren’t broken—you were doing your best with the tools you had at the time. Shame won’t heal you. Understanding will." — Dr. Adi Jaffe It's time to Rewire Your Brain, Heal Your Shame, learn Dr. Jaffe’s Tools for Lasting Transformation. 🎙️ Meet Dr. Adi Jaffe — former addict turned addiction recovery trailblazer, bestselling author of The Abstinence Myth and Unhooked, founder of Ignited Recovery, and creator of powerful tools like SPARROW and E.A.T. His mission? To help you ditch shame,...
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Stop Following the Script (Artist's Guide to Total Life Redesign)
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#222 Reinventing Yourself with Style: Eva Schubert on Art, Identity & Living Off-Script "You don’t need to justify your existence with utility. Beauty is enough." — Eva Schubert What if the key to a meaningful life isn’t success — but reinvention? In this episode, jazz singer and creator Eva Schubert reveals how she’s rewritten her story again and again to live with passion, presence, and purpose. Level Up with the Show-Notes at: https://www.nextlevelguy.com/evaschubert222/ 🎙️ Meet Eva Schubert — jazz singer, podcast host, historian, and modern-day storyteller. Eva...
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Episode: #40 Eric Bandholz on Beards, brands and business!
Who: Today’s guest is entrepreneur and founder of Beardbrand, Eric Bandholz. He has built a very successful business in teaching and providing men with amazing grooming products and advice on how to build your facial hair into your style.
In this interview, we discuss beards, business, grooming hacks and how to make your facial hair represent the true you.
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Listen here
You can listen to the episode and find the show-notes and other goodies at: https://www.nextlevelguy.com/ericbandholz40/
What we cover
- Who he is and why he is well known
- What got him interested in the grooming world and why he started to grow his beard
- How interest in facial hair has changed over the years - does having a beard = being a man?
- What defines masculinity for him and what makes a good man?
- The story behind Beard Brand and where the inspiration for the name came from
- How he combined masculinity and feminity into his business
- Tips on working with partners on a project
- Can anyone build a business or a better question: should anyone try to build a business of their passion?
- How he made it OK for men to start showing their beards some much needed TLC!
- How the media affects our style and has changes in the medias portrayal of beards changed his business and clients
- Who are 'Beard Role Models' and who does Eric consider as his role models
- How do you know if your facial hair suits your face, your style and look?
- Can we do anything to help grow more facial hair and how do you pick the facial hairstyle that suits you?
- His tips for product creation and his experience on 'The Shark Tank'
- How you should start grooming your facial hair and the philosophy you should approach this with
- The grooming products and accessories that Eric loves (and not all are his!)
- How you should build your new facial hairstyle into the rest of your evolved life
- How has fatherhood changed him and his style and bsiness approach
- What the future of Beardbrand is
- What Eric wants everyone listening to take from the interview
- What is an unusual fact about Eric that few know
- How can you keep in touch with Eric and the evolution of Beardbrand?
- And so much more
Some things to reflect on
- "I always felt pressure not to have a beard ... I felt that pressure again to be someone I wasn't" - are you acting a way for someone else or being true to who you are?
- "A guy should be free to grow or shave off his facial hair" as he pleases - Your look and appearance should be about who you want to represent to the world, not for anyone else
- "Being aware of yourself and being the person you want to be is masculinity"
- "If things are running smoothly then you probably aren't pushing the comfort level of your business enough"
- "It's a passion project for me ... something I love" - it's a cliche but if you work on something you love, it will never feel like work and it'll keep your interest
- Business is not just about fixing the problem of the day, it is also about preparing for potential future problems and figuring out how to resolve them
- "The majority of the population is OK with facial hair"
- "You're the person who spends 100% of their time with you" - live your life for you, not for others, be who you want to be!
- Your facial hair is linked in with your DNA so "the sooner you learn to love the person who looks back at you from the mirror, the better experience you are going to have"
- "Do what you say you are going to do" ... provide a top service and story, people will come back
- "There is no one path", you need to follow the path that closely aligns with who you are
- "Be the person that you want the world to be"
Connect with the Guest
- Visit Eric's site here
- Instagram channel
- Youtube Channel
- Beyond the beard
- Beards Because
- Beard Board
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