In this week’s episode of Relationship Theory, Tom and Lisa discuss the importance of trust in your relationship and how you can develop deeper trust.
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In this week’s episode of Relationship Theory, Tom and Lisa share their thoughts on putting yourself before your relationship and how to manage both efficiently.
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PEOPLE MENTIONED
Maxwell Maltz [3:35]
Joe Dispenza https://bit.ly/2ymJ40W [3:39]
Ed Mylett https://bit.ly/2CkGwAC [3:45]
David Meltzer https://bit.ly/2Lrchux [24:42]
Ben Greenfield [32:47]
Hal Elrod [39:49]
Simon Sinek https://bit.ly/2GvpHae [43:20]
Mother Teresa [49:44]
BOOKS MENTIONED
New Psycho-cybernetics by Maxwell Maltz https://amzn.to/2S7BQ6D [3:33]
You Are the Placebo by Joe Dispenza https://amzn.to/2R4CSmp [3:41]
QUESTION TOPICS
What holds people back from going all in [3:14]
Why you need to be clear about your strategy in business and make sure you have a system for sustainability. [9:06]
How Tom would split his time learning if he was 25 [14:07]
How to bridge the gap between family and business and become “the decision maker” [16:30]
What to do when you’re in debt [21:50]
How to approach the mental health of family members with some tips for parenting [30:34]
How to leverage your identity or a process to become the person you want to be [36:48]
The difference between finding your why, building your passion, and choosing your mission [43:06]
Robert Greene has written five international bestsellers: The 48 Laws of Power, The Art of Seduction, The 33 Strategies of War, The 50th Law and Mastery; which is on Tom’s very short list of books you must read. With his most recent book, The Laws of Human Nature, Greene explores the deeper aspects of our behaviors and how to decode them.
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SHOWNOTES
Why Robert Greene has a negative bias about human nature [3:00]
The primitive forces that are driving us and why we’re all comparing each other to each other [6:07]
Why Robert Greene writes from a place of anger and what he’s trying to solve with Human Nature [7:49]
Why we can’t break the patterns of our nature (and what to do about it) [10:18]
Why Robert Greene is a believer in baby steps and he thinks you should always examine yourself [13:10]
The truth about becoming more self aware [15:54]
Milton Erickson and the origin of hypnotherapy and NLP [19:22]
How you’re constantly emitting subconscious signals about your true intentions [24:00]
The story about Robert Green’s stroke and confronting death [24:30]
How to reset the mind when you’re facing formidable obstacles [28:17]
The Chekhov story [30:07]
Why you should love life and accept that things are what they are [34:15]
Robert Greene’s 50 cent story [36:49]
Why Robert Greene says you don’t want to face death and look back on your life to think that you’ve done nothing worthwhile [40:08]
What Robert Greene wants to happen when you read his book, “The Laws of Human Nature” and why you need to stop taking things so personally [43:23]
PEOPLE MENTIONED
50 Cent [36:49]
Anton Chekhov [30:07]
Friedrich Nietzsche [34:15]
Milton Erickson [19:22]
BOOKS MENTIONED
The 48 Laws of Power [1:14]
The 50th Law [36:44]
Laws of Human Nature [2:56]
QUOTES:
“I think we consider ourselves human, obviously we’re human beings, but I don’t buy that definition. I think that we’re actually animals, that we have an animal nature and we have to become human. And we become human by overcoming some of these deep-rooted animal forces within us.”
In this week’s episode of Relationship Theory, Tom and Lisa discuss how to manage the characteristics and responsibilities of male/female counterparts in a relationship.
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Dr. Ken Berry, family physician and author of Lies My Doctor Told Me, joins Tom to discuss his evolution from whole grain fanatic to carnivore.
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SHOW NOTES:
Why you must lead by example [01:21]
How to avoid nutrition dogma [03:59]
How the Standard American Diet came to fruition [05:08]
The importance of experimenting on yourself [07:05]
Why drinking milk is problematic [12:10]
Why eating wheat is problematic [15:02]
Are veterinarians ahead of doctors?[18:26]
How nutritional research allows for bias [19:14]
The biomarkers you need to track [21:58]
Why elevated blood sugar is a huge problem [25:26]
How to use exercise to mitigate your blood sugar response [30:23]
The myth about vitamin D in breastmilk [31:44]
Does sun exposure actually cause skin cancer? [33:53]
Why doctors are more likely to diagnose serious diseases [35:15]
Why low cholesterol is a problem [36:10]
The efficacy of the carnivore diet [37:10]
The only cholesterol numbers you should care about [40:18]
Why you shouldn’t be scared of eating salt [42:48]
What is the carnivore diet doing to your microbiome? [45:13]
The one thing Ken recommends to improve your health [46:47]
DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE:
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The Four Hour Body by Tim Ferriss: https://amzn.to/2QNsH5P
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PEOPLE MENTIONED
Mel Robbins https://bit.ly/2kdfVfD [17:45]
Will Smith [16:31]
Jay Z [16:35]
Jordan Peterson [16:39]
Sheryl Sandberg [17:35]
BOOKS MENTIONED
Mindset https://amzn.to/2UFkxvx [11:30]
Principles https://amzn.to/2QuR0pX [15:36]
QUESTION TOPICS:
The secret to managing work ethic, mental health, self care and success [3:38]
Tom’s top 5 interviews from Impact Theory (Rama, Goggins, Kwik, Shetty, KFL) [8:52]
When (and why) Tom started wearing glasses [10:54]
Advice Tom would give himself at 20 years old [11:30]
How often Tom calibrates the business to make sure everyone’s selfish desires are met [14:28]
The book that’s had more effect on me than anything [15:36] (principles)
Tom talks about the celebrities he would like to interview and why (Will Smith, Jay Z, Jordan Peterson) 17:45 Mel Robbins
What to do when you’re not excited by anything and you feel low levels of motivation [17:54]
How to balance gratitude with the hunger for needing more (do you need to feed ambition?) [26:29]
The story behind calling this company Impact Theory [33:25]
Why Tom started Health Theory and how Impact Theory began [34:39]
The biggest bottlenecks and impediments to growth in [39:13]
David Goggins has earned himself the reputation of “toughest man alive” and it’s a reputation well deserved. He is the former world record holder for the most pull-ups done in 24 hours. He once ran 205 miles in 39 hours without stopping. And he’s completed more than 60 ultra-endurance events in his career. He started all this after telling himself that he was the weakest man alive.
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SHOWNOTES
How Goggins armor plated his mind and why he titled his book “Can’t Hurt Me” [3:23]
Emotional beings are living at about 40% of their ability - survival mechanism that protects you from pain and suffering [4:20]
Why your mind has a tactical advantage over you (pushes you towards comfort) [5:10]
Where Goggins’ 40% rule kicks in [6:50]
Why you have to face the real you if you want to change and how Goggins uses an accountability mirror to gut-check himself [8:08]
Why you need to tell people the truth about who you are if you ever want to change [18:43]
How Goggins stopped feeling sorry for himself [19:47]
Why people don’t start the journey of becoming who they’re capable of becoming (Hint: most people are content to pose as someone else) [24:41]
The super-hardcore way Goggins deals with a learning disability (you can apply this philosophy to literally anything and you’ll wind up more successful than you ever dreamed) [23:54]
Why Goggins says everybody is searching for the easy way out and how to make sure you’re not like that [26:14]
Tom’s drug of choice (Goggins likes it too) [32:10]
How to find your passion in what Goggins calls “the bag of f*ck” and use your insecurities to transform yourself [36:50]
How Goggins measures the success of his life [38:16]
Why you have to dive into a sack of sh*t to find more about yourself [40:18]
This is the most important conversation you’ll ever have in your life [41:37]
The impact Goggins wants to have in the world. [47:29]
QUOTES:
“When you care more about how someone’s judging you - you’re gonna stay right there. There’s no forward momentum.” [23:08]
“You gain knowledge through suffering. And on the other end of suffering is a world that very few have ever seen - it’s a beautiful world because that’s where you find yourself.” [28:16]
“Mediocrity is contagious.” [29:18]
“I viewed myself as the weakest person on the planet earth - my goal in life was to in my mind believe I’m the hardest man alive.” [35:00]
“Life is one big head game and once you learn how to play the motherfucking head game, it’s not a game anymore at all. You can start living your life.” [48:06]
In this week’s episode of Relationship Theory, Tom and Lisa talk about how you can effectively remind your partner that you appreciate them so they don’t feel ignored or neglected.
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BOOKS MENTIONED
The Moral Animal [31:09]
PEOPLE MENTIONED
Wim Hof [34:56]
QUESTION TOPICS
What to do if you’re not fulfilled by your work [3:09]
How to find leverage in poverty and become great (be careful with this) [7:39]
What to do if you want to scale your business (and what to be aware of)[9:35]
The attitude that helped Tom and his partners scale Quest fast [11:03]
What to do if you’re failing in life (Listen to Tom’s philosophy on “bright lines”) [13:10]
Where you need to go if you’re feeling depressed [17:47]
What to do if you’re not excited about anything [22:40]
How to know if you’re making excuses to yourself [27:56]
How to stop being selfish and leverage your neurochemistry to get what you want in life. [31:09]
“To me, life is about saying who do I want to become, what would that person act like and then act like that person.” [32:41]
“I’m all about learning to understand how to create your emotions and not just being a slave to them.” [34:01]
What to do if you’re making less money than your friends [35:50]
Kai-Fu Lee is a venture capitalist, technology executive, writer, and an artificial intelligence expert. He’s invested in 15 unicorn startups, with 5 startups focused in AI. He’s also one of the most respected educators of entrepreneurs in the world.
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SHOWNOTES
Kai-Fu Lee talks about the pressure to excel in Chinese culture [2:30]
Why Kai-Fu Lee won’t enforce the typical Chinese notion of hard work with his own kids [3:29]
How coming to America was more important than anything else for helping Kai-Fu Lee find his passion [4:38]
What facing cancer taught Kai-Fu Lee and why hard work is not the meaning of life [7:21]
The 9-9-6 “balance” that Chinese companies used to attract top employees [8:05]
What Kai-Fu Lee says he was a good “optimizer” but never put his family first [9:38]
Kai-Fu Lee talks about what accomplishment feels like and how his employees called him Iron Man [11:13]
Why Kai-Fu Lee started to regret working so hard [12:25]
The big wake up call Kai-Fu Lee received from a Taiwanese monk and how it forced him to change his purpose in life [13:51]
Why Kai-Fu Lee now puts family first instead of work [16:48]
How to overcome the inevitable disruption that AI will bring to the world [19:31]
The 2 buckets of jobs that AI won’t be able to do and how they will become more valuable for humans [21:00]
How to combine your passion with AI [23:14]
Why you need to do something you love if you want to become amazing [25:49]
How Kai-Fu Lee approaches learning [26:40]
Why we need to believe we have a soul [27:45]
How we’ve been brainwashed to think the meaning of our life is our work (and what we need to do instead) [31:50]
BOOKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:
AI Superpowers https://amzn.to/2P6L5S7 [2:04]
Neon Future https://comics.impacttheory.com/ [19:52]
Top 5 Regrets of the Dying https://amzn.to/2P7SeSi [13:21]
PEOPLE MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:
Malcolm Gladwell [26:39]
Bronnie Ware [13:21]
Master Hsing Yun [13:55]