Calley Means-How Our Food Has Been Weaponized
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Calley Means has gained a ton of traction over the past year and there's good reason. He is someone that graduated from Stanford and Harvard business schools and then went on to be a pharmaceutical and food consultant. Like so many of us, he had an event take place that changed his entire trajectory: seeing his mother get diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer and pass away 13 days later. This led him to find his true life mission which turned out to be leading the way for alternative ways to become healthier which also led him into a fight with\ big food and big pharma. Although many of us...
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The ONE Thing We Can't Handle But We Should Prepare For...
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Human beings can handle just about anything. We can struggle through loss, heartbreak, job loss, financial collapse and so much more. The one thing that we CAN'T handle over even a short period of time is chaos. It can literally make us go crazy... What some may not realize is that we were about a quarter inch away from absolute chaos just a few short days ago. If that shot had been just a few millimeters over, we may be watching chaos unfold like none of us have ever seen. Are we out of the woods now though? Derek doesn't think so. This episode is not meant to be "doom and gloom." Instead, it...
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Couples Edition-What You Do MATTERS...
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When you live your day-to-day life, you may not think that you are making any type of an impact. It's very easy to discount what you do... In this episode Derek and Jess dive into how the peaks and valleys of life can be hard but just a few kind words can change everything. If you think that what you do doesn't matter, this is the episode that you HAVE to listen to.
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Couples Edition-17 Years and Counting...
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Derek and Jess are celebrating their 17 year wedding anniversary! Rather than just talking about how easy it has been, they decided to get real and lay out their best and worst qualities... Often times in business, there will be team building exercises and personality tests and many other tools to help each other communicate at the highest level. Derek had an experience with a company that actually had the upper-level management lay out what they think the others' best and worst qualities were. This can help show an outside perspective of how people perceive one another and give insight into...
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Couples Edition-Crying, Breaking down and Perseverance...All In One Day
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Do you have days that feel like you are on a rollercoaster and the only thing you want to do is get off? In this episode, Derek and Jess take you through "how they do it." Hint; they don't do it well despite what some people may think... Pursuing greatness will always be much harder and take much longer than we think so how is it that you can get through all of the days that feel like the lowest of lows? You keep going. You may cry (as Jess talks about). You might threaten to sell everything and go live in a subdivision (like Derek talks about). However, you dig down deep and keep going...
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Ian Smith-Never Back Down...
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Ian Smith became known worldwide virtually overnight because of his stance on the lockdowns just a few short years ago. While most of the country was hunkering down and waiting on their "leaders" to tell them what they could do and how they could live, Ian took a different path: he refused to be locked down. Despite numerous fines, arrests and becoming a national villain for so many that were on board with the Covid policies, Ian made the decision to stay true to his beliefs. Some people love him. Some people hate him. Whatever your thoughts are on Ian, it's impossible to argue with his...
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When It Gets To This Point, There's No Coming Back...
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What do you accept as "normal?" Why do you think it's normal if it isn't right? After a recent trip to the Bay Area, Derek reflects on a conversation that he had that drove home the fact that sometimes, there may be no coming back. Sometimes the only way to stop doing something is to keep it from escalating yet so often, we let it get to that point anyways. Whether it comes to crime in our cities, our southern border or our own fitness or relationships, there is danger in simply accepting bad behavior. In this episode, Derek breaks down how this happens and how to keep it from ever...
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Couples Edition-Just Be Honest And It Will Work Out
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Life and business isn't all rainbows and lollipops despite what we see on Instagram. Usually, especially if you are trying to accomplish big goals, there will be more problems that most feel like they can handle. What then? Recently Derek and Jess had to make a MASSIVE change in their business in order for it to be sustainable. It wasn't an easy decision. It certainly wasn't comfortable. How did they get through it? Honesty. This episode breaks down exactly how they faced the problem and how they proceeded to deal with it. As with anyone, they definitely don't have it all "figured out."...
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Charlie Adams-At The Beginning Of Greatness
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So many conversations in "podcast land" are all about what people did when they first got started years ago. What were the struggles that they went through? What were the challenges that they faced? What should they have done differently? There is only one problem that can come up with this method: do they even remember what is was REALLY like in the beginning? In this episode, Derek brought on Charlie Adams, Founder and CEO of the Naughty Dog, who is in the beginning stages of building a business with a massive upside. They got into ALL of the messy-ness that happens in the first few months...
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Couples Edition-Could Ashley Madison Be A Good Thing For Your Marriage?
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After Derek started watching the new Netflix Docu-series all about the infamous website Ashley Madison, he HAD to bring this awkward question to Jess; could Ashley Madison actually be good for certain marriages? For anyone that has been listening for long, you will know that some of these questions have a way of making Jess a little embarassed and this one is no different. It is an intriguing thought experiment however...could someone cheating on their spouse in secret somehow actually help the marriage? In this "Couples Edition," Derek and Jess tackle the uncomfortable topic of infidelity...
info_outlineAaron Zar is the owner of SLNT, one of the most important businesses out there that is taking the drawbacks and potential hazards of current technology head on. They are entrusted by military, governments, business leaders and travelers who want to have the peace of mind knowing their information is safe.
SLNT's mission is simple; to empower humanity to reclaim their right to disconnect.
In this episode, Derek and Aaron dive deep into what risks are associated with the devices that we all use on a daily basis. It can be everything from privacy and data breaches, to potential tracking information and even potential health risks from EMF's that are emitted.
We can all say how much we wish we could just "go back to the good ole' days" before our phones and devices were a part of everyday life but it's not going to happen. Since we have to deal with the situation we are in and perhaps not the one we want, what do we do?
Aaron will walk you through how to best mitigate these risks as well as how he uses social media and refuses to let social media use him. We live in a new world with new risks and challenges and this episode will be sure to help you navigate your way through.