Summer School: Elizabeth Gilbert on Truth-Telling, Mercy, and the Art of Being Yourself
The Chase Jarvis LIVE Show
Hey friends, Chase here. Every summer, I revisit conversations from the archive that have stood the test of time. Not because I'm nostalgic, but because the best ideas don't expire. They deepen. This is the sixth and final installment of Summer School 2026—episodes I personally returned to most this year when I was stuck, blocked, or facing a very particular need. This one with Elizabeth Gilbert is the closer for a reason. I kept finding myself spending so much time navigating my internal landscape that it felt like it was taking me away from everything I wanted to do out in the world. And...
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Summer School: Mel Robbins on Anxiety, Action, and the 5-Second Rule
The Chase Jarvis LIVE Show
Hey friends, Chase here. Every summer, I revisit conversations from the archive that have stood the test of time. Not because I'm nostalgic, but because the best ideas don't expire. They deepen. This is another installment of Summer School—episodes I personally went back to this year when I was stuck. This one with Mel Robbins is near the top of that list. At 41, Mel was unemployed, drowning in debt, and so overwhelmed she could barely get out of bed. Then she discovered something that sounds almost too simple to take seriously: the 5-Second Rule. Count backwards—5-4-3-2-1—and move...
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Summer School: Ryan Holiday on Stoicism, Marketing, and Creating Work That Lasts
The Chase Jarvis LIVE Show
Hey friends, Chase here. Every summer, I revisit conversations from the archive that have stood the test of time. Not because I'm nostalgic, but because the best ideas don't expire. They deepen. This is another installment of Summer School—the set of episodes I personally return to the most when I'm stuck and need something true to lean on. This one with Ryan Holiday is high on that list. I've gone back to it multiple times this year alone. Ryan is a legend—author, media strategist, New York Times bestselling writer, and the person who brought Stoic philosophy into popular culture for a...
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Summer School: Ben Uyeda on Escalation, Purpose, and Building Bigger Without Losing Yourself
The Chase Jarvis LIVE Show
Hey friends, Chase here. Every summer, I revisit conversations from the archive that have stood the test of time. Not because I'm nostalgic, but because the best ideas don't expire. They deepen. This is another installment of Summer School—episodes I return to when I'm stuck. When a pattern I've been conditioned to see suddenly needs to be broken, I go back to the people who help me think differently. This one with Ben Uyeda is near the top of that list. Ben is a designer, entrepreneur, and creative force of nature who left a successful architecture firm and an Ivy League teaching gig to...
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Summer School: Tony Robbins on Peak Performance, Precision Medicine, and Transforming Your Quality of Life
The Chase Jarvis LIVE Show
Hey friends, Chase here. Every summer, I revisit conversations from the archive that have stood the test of time. Not because I'm nostalgic, but because the best ideas don't expire. They deepen. This is another installment of Summer School—episodes I go back to when I'm stuck, looking for the person in my network who's already lived the answer. This one with Tony Robbins is a perfect example. I've been navigating some peak performance challenges around my physical body—joints breaking down from a life as an athlete. Tony has spent years deep in the breakthroughs happening in precision...
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Summer School: Brené Brown on Vulnerability, Creativity, and the Courage to Be Seen
The Chase Jarvis LIVE Show
Hey friends, Chase here. Every summer, I revisit conversations from the archive that have stood the test of time. Not because I'm nostalgic, but because the best ideas don't expire. They deepen. This is the first installment of Summer School, a series where we're bringing back conversations that still have something important to teach us. This episode with Brené Brown was originally recorded more than a decade ago, shortly after Daring Greatly was published. A lot has changed since then. The platforms have changed. The technology has changed. The creative landscape has changed. But one thing...
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Your Imperfection Is the Advantage
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Hey friends, Chase here We are living in a moment where perfect is cheaper than ever. A few words into a prompt can generate an image. A template can make your brand look polished. A filter can smooth the rough edges. An AI tool can help you produce something slick, flattering, and technically impressive in seconds. On the surface, that sounds like creative abundance. But there is a catch. When everything can be perfected, perfect starts to feel invisible. That is the tension at the heart of this episode. In a world flooded with polish, your imperfections are not the liability. They are the...
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Jeff Boyd: Why Hard Things Are the Opportunity
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Hey friends, Chase here Jeff Boyd is on the show today, and this conversation is about building the kind of life and business that does not always look like the predominant story on the internet. Jeff is the founder and chairman of MTE, More Than Energy, which he describes in this episode as “an energy that loves you back.” Before that, he spent 15 years as the President and co-owner of Luggage Free, where he expanded global operations to more than 100 countries before selling the company in 2019. What I loved about this conversation is that it is not the usual story about chasing the next...
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Bet On Yourself
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Hey friends, Chase here There is a particular kind of silence that can change the direction of a life. Not the peaceful kind. Not the silence you seek out when you need space to think. I mean the silence that lands in the room right after you say something true. The silence after you tell people what you really want. The silence after you say, out loud, that you are thinking about leaving the safe path and choosing the one that actually feels like yours. I remember that silence very clearly. I remember the day I told my family I was going to leave the path everyone expected for me and become a...
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Eric Zimmer: How A Little Becomes A Lot
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Hey friends, Chase here Eric Zimmer is on the show today, and this conversation is exactly the kind of reminder we all need when we are trying to change something real. You probably know Eric from The One You Feed, his award-winning podcast about wisdom, behavior change, mental health, spirituality, and what it means to live well. But Eric’s new book, , goes somewhere even more fundamental. It asks a question that feels especially urgent for creators, entrepreneurs, leaders, parents, and anyone trying to build a meaningful life in a world that constantly tells us to optimize everything: What...
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This episode is short and practical — and it centers on a simple idea that tends to hit a little deeper once you really sit with it: you are not your goals. You are not your intentions. You are what you do repeatedly.
Around this time of year — or anytime you feel the urge for a reset — it’s easy to assume the problem is motivation. That you just need to want it more. In my experience, that’s almost never true. Most people aren’t stuck because they lack drive. They’re stuck because their daily habits aren’t aligned with what they actually want.
Goals matter. Vision matters. But goals don’t run your life — habits do. How you move your body. How you eat. How you focus. How you rest. How you show up for your work and your relationships. Those small, repeatable behaviors quietly shape everything.
Here’s the core idea:
You don’t rise to the level of your goals. You fall to the level of your habits.
This episode is framed as a mid-January check-in, but it’s not really about the calendar. It’s about pausing long enough to look honestly at the patterns running your days — and deciding whether those patterns are helping you become who you want to be.
I share a simple three-part framework I’ve refined over the last decade: reviewing what worked and what didn’t, setting a clear “more / less” compass for the next chapter, and translating that clarity into a short list of daily habits. Nothing fancy. Nothing rigid. Just a system that makes it very hard to drift off course.
The power here isn’t intensity — it’s consistency. When your habits are right, progress becomes almost inevitable, even when life gets hard.
In today’s episode I cover:
- Why habits matter more than goals
- How to review what’s actually working in your life
- How to build daily habits that support focus, energy, and creativity
If you’ve been feeling behind or frustrated that good intentions haven’t turned into real change, this episode is a reminder: you’re not broken. You just need better systems — and you can start building them today.
Until next time, remember: you are your habits. Choose them wisely.