Today's guest is Claude Silver, the Chief Heart Officer for VaynerMedia. The heart of all companies are the people within it, and that's today's guests forte. This wonderful individual has such a love for human beings, it shows in how passionately she speaks about her own journey of turning her love of people into a career. We get back to the Essential 11 questions with this episode and we dive deep into the people who Claude considers to be a mentor, the value of introspection, how knowing your...
Nov 09, 2022•49 min
Today's guest is Ian Smith, co-owner and founder of Atilis Gym in New Jersey. He’s recently been thrust into the national limelight and has been featured on Tucker Carlson, CNN’s Chris Cuomo, and the Charlie Kirk show for defying local business restrictions and refusing to close his gym. Today we talk about his journey, his willingness to fight for what he believes in, getting back to the basics of masculinity, and what I respect most- his extreme ownership. More places you can find Ian: Instagr...
Nov 07, 2022•53 min
Rogan O'Handley is a former entertainment lawyer-turned-political influencer. A 2011 University of Chicago Law school graduate, Rogan had plans to become a star in the field of entertainment law amongst the Hollywood elite, but in 2016, Rogan experienced a shift after Trump got elected. He began to see the consequences of not following the political status quo. As an outlet, he started to post online anonymously, and eventually, he quit his job in entertainment law in California, moved to Florid...
Nov 04, 2022•56 min
Jacob Christopher " Tito " Ortiz is an American mixed martial artist, best known for his stints with the UFC, where he is a former Light Heavyweight Champion, having held the title from April 14, 2000, to September 26, 2003. He was one of the sport’s early stars. Ortiz is the CEO of Punishment Athletics MMA equipment and clothing line. He also owns an MMA training gym called Punishment Training Center, which is located in his hometown of Huntington Beach California. On July 7, 2012, Ortiz became...
Nov 02, 2022•40 min
Charlie Kirk is the Founder and President of Turning Point USA , a national student movement dedicated to identifying, organizing, and empowering young people to promote the principles of free markets and limited government. With a presence on over 2,000 high school and college campuses nationwide, 250,000 student members, and over 150 full-time staff, Turning Point USA is the largest and fastest-growing conservative youth activist organization in the country. Today we talk about Charlie's hero'...
Oct 31, 2022•39 min
Today's episode of the Essential 11 is a bit more free form. Continuing with the political streak, today's guest is Dave Rubin. Dave is the host of The Rubin Report, the largest talk show about free speech and big ideas where he goes one on one with thought leaders, authors, and comedians in ‘The Sit Down,’ has honest conversations, and moderates opposing voices in ‘The Panel,’ and shares his own unfiltered thoughts in ‘Direct Message.’ Dave has been open with the world about his journey from su...
Oct 28, 2022•46 min
Ray “Cash” Care is a Navy SEAL veteran with multiple tours and other numerous overseas security details. Upon leaving SEAL Delivery Vehicle Team Two (SDV-2), Ray turned his passion and SEAL Team experience to the world of self-improvement and team building. He has become an accomplished fitness expert and speaker on topics ranging from fitness and building high functioning teams to organizational transformation. Ray’s approach has been featured on The History Channel “The Selection,” Discovery C...
Oct 26, 2022•57 min
Dennis Prager is a best-selling author, columnist and nationally syndicated radio talk show host based in Los Angeles and heard on 150 stations across the country. A Fellow at Columbia University’s School of International Affairs, where he did graduate work at the Middle East and Russian Institutes, he was appointed by President Ronald Reagan to the U.S. Delegation to the Vienna Review Conference on the Helsinki Accords, and by President George W. Bush to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council. He ...
Oct 24, 2022•50 min
Dennis Prager is a best-selling author, columnist and nationally syndicated radio talk show host based in Los Angeles and heard on 150 stations across the country. A Fellow at Columbia University’s School of International Affairs, where he did graduate work at the Middle East and Russian Institutes, he was appointed by President Ronald Reagan to the U.S. Delegation to the Vienna Review Conference on the Helsinki Accords, and by President George W. Bush to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council. He ...
Oct 21, 2022•50 min
No-nonsense fitness coach Mike Dolce is a 4X World MMA Awards Trainer of the Year, NJ Martial Arts Hall of Fame Inductee, and was named a Men’s Fitness Top 30 Fitness Game Changer. Mike Dolce is one of the world’s top weight management coaches, known for training the best fighters in the world of professional mixed martial arts. Mike has been the man behind the likes of Ronda Rousey, Thiago Alves, and Carlos Condit, earning a reputation as ‘the go-to guy in the world of mixed martial arts’ ( ELL...
Oct 19, 2022•41 min
Ned grew up with a burning desire to make a difference in the world. He felt he had a purpose, and I was supposed to figure out what it was. During his life, he's started many different ventures in hopes that one would land that gave him a sense of purpose and significance. Some of those projects including clothing companies, coffee roasting, non-profit youth programs, skate parks, and on the list goes. While he enjoyed these, he found that stably providing for his family and being a great fathe...
Oct 14, 2022•54 min
Lauren is an athlete-turned-mental conditioning coach, who is highly motivating, and relatable with a passion for developing the minds of the elite. Lauren trains professional athletes, military personnel, and business professionals through national speaking engagements, educational training workshops, and consulting. For the past four years, Lauren has served as the Mental Conditioning Coordinator for the New York Yankees, where she is responsible for aiding in the development of athletes and s...
Oct 12, 2022•49 min
Baz is a former CIA Intelligence Special Operations Group Officer, a Citadel graduate, recipient of the Intelligence Commendation Medal, and a former counter-terrorism officer in the U.S. Marine Corps. He is well-known globally for his expertise and extraordinary skillset. Author of Terrorism Survival Handbook , he has been called on by CNN and MSNBC as an advisor and spokesperson on the war on Terrorism and Homeland Security. He is also a film and television writer, producer, and actor, and is ...
Oct 10, 2022•50 min
Jason Ferruggia is a highly sought after, world-renowned strength & conditioning specialist and muscle building expert. Over the last 17 years, he has personally trained more than 700 athletes from over 90 different NCAA, NFL, NHL, and MLB organizations. He has also worked extensively with firefighters, police officers, military personnel, Hollywood stars, and entertainers. Most importantly, Jason has helped over 53,000 skinny guys and hard gainers in 126 different countries build muscle and...
Oct 07, 2022•39 min
Susan Scott is a best-selling author, a popular and sought-after Fortune 100 public speaker, and a renowned leadership development architect. Susan founded Fierce in 2001 after 13 years leading CEO think tanks, more than 10,000 hours of conversations with senior executives, and one epiphany: While no single conversation is guaranteed to change the trajectory of a career, a business, or a life—any conversation can. Designing and delivering training for peers working with CEOs in 18 countries, Sus...
Oct 05, 2022•1 hr 8 min
Mark Bell's feats of strength extend beyond the gym, in pursuit of the American Dream. Mark is the meathead millionaire who has leveraged a successful powerlifting career into a multi-million dollar business empire. He owns and operates the Super Training Gym, dubbed "The Strongest Gym in The West" and the largest free gym in the world, publishes a national fitness magazine, and is the host of a Top 50 health and fitness podcast, along with an impressive YouTube following. Much of Mark's busines...
Oct 03, 2022•50 min
Dynamic, energetic and transparent are the words often used to describe 2019 Exceptional Woman of Color Honoree, Fitness Olympian, Survivor of Domestic Violence, Globally-Recognized Women’s Health and Personal Development Expert, 13 x Author, U.S.A.F. Veteran, Dynamic Speaker, Creator of N-PowerHER Forward(™) personal development program for women and CEO of N-Powered Coaching Academy, Laticia “Action” Jackson. Action Jackson has been featured in over 30 health and personal development magazines...
Oct 01, 2022•1 hr 8 min
Jennifer Sey is an American writer, business executive, and former artistic gymnast. She began competing in gymnastics at the age of six and went on to become a seven-time member of the United States national team. But this experience and time in her life was not as ideal as many would think. She endured verbal and emotional abuse from her trainers and was pushed so hard physically that she suffered multiple injuries. Finally, she decided to leave the sport and eventually began speaking out abou...
Sep 29, 2022•56 min
Ali has dedicated her career to revolutionizing food-as-medicine in treatment and prevention of disease. She has a passion to create public awareness regarding the significant role diet plays in our overall health with her philosophy of Food-As-Medicine. Through corporate outreach and as a public figure, Ali addresses nutrition misconceptions and myths, clarifying the extensive amount of confusing and conflicting information that often saturates the media. Ali is an affiliate of a multitude of n...
Sep 27, 2022•59 min
Tanner Guzy is the owner of Masculine-Style.com , a website committed to coaching men on developing a masculine style they can call their own. He pursues this mission from the basic premise that a man’s clothing communicates who he is, what he thinks of himself, and plays a part in determining the respect he commands (or fails to command) from those he crosses paths with. A man without style is a man that’s failing to communicate his authentic self to the world. Tanner is a virtual storehouse of...
Sep 24, 2022•58 min
Deirdre is a four-time Emmy award winner in writing, anchoring, and reporting and has a bachelor's degree in Journalism from the University of Missouri-Columbia. She's traveled the world with KCRA photographer Mike Domalaog as a member of the Hearst Television Olympic Team. Together, they've covered the last nine Olympics -- 2000 Sydney, 2002 Salt Lake City, 2004 Athens, 2006 Torino, 2008 Beijing, 2010 Vancouver, 2012 London, 2014 Sochi and 2016 Rio de Janeiro. You can catch up on Deirdre and Do...
Sep 22, 2022•1 hr 3 min
Joshua James Emmett is an American mixed martial artist currently competing in the featherweight division with the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). A professional competitor since 2011, he has also competed for King of the Cage. And as of June 30, 2020, he is #7 in the UFC featherweight rankings. At the time of recording, Josh has begun his road to recovery in Vagas from his fight against Shane Burgos- which he won despite obtaining multiple injuries during the course of the fight. Includin...
Sep 20, 2022•39 min
Blake Boles is the founder and director of Unschool Adventures and the author of Why Are You Still Sending Your Kids to School?, The Art of Self-Directed Learning , Better Than College , and College Without High School . He hosts the Off-Trail Learning podcast and has delivered over 75 presentations for education conferences, alternative schools, and parent groups. Blake and his work have appeared on The New York Times, The Christian Science Monitor, BBC Travel, Psychology Today, Fox Business, T...
Sep 12, 2022•1 hr 8 min
From being kicked out of law school and in crippling debt to best-selling novelist, Joe Quirk has one interesting hero's journey. It was only as he hit rock bottom that he realized there was nothing left to do but do what he had been wanting to do. The journey of his life has led him to become President of The Seasteading Institute and co-founder of Blue Frontiers. Joe Quirk is also a science writer, novelist, and memoir ghostwriter, with a national bestseller in each category. He is co-author w...
Sep 09, 2022•1 hr 11 min
Patrick Bet-David has lived a life worthy of being called the hero's journey. After a tenure with a couple of traditional companies, he was inspired to launch PHP Agency Inc., an insurance sales, marketing, and distribution company – and did so before he turned 30. PHP is now one of the fastest-growing companies in the financial marketplace. Patrick’s popularity surged and created a buzz in the hearts of entrepreneurs all over the world when The Life of an Entrepreneur in 90 Seconds, a video he ...
Sep 07, 2022•42 min
Seth is an entrepreneur, best-selling author, and speaker. In addition to launching one of the most popular blogs in the world, he has written 19 best-selling books, including The Dip , Linchpin , Purple Cow , Tribes , and What To Do When It's Your Turn (And It's Always Your Turn). His most recent book, This is Marketing , was an instant bestseller in countries around the world. Though renowned for his writing and speaking, Seth also founded two companies, Squidoo and Yoyodyne (acquired by Yahoo...
Sep 05, 2022•41 min
Kotaro “Taro” Arai was born on Japan’s southernmost island of Kyushu. At age 15, with the money Taro had saved from doing his paper route, Taro’s father decided to move to America. In 1987, Taro’s parents opened a modest Japanese restaurant called Mikuni in Fair Oaks, a suburb of Sacramento, California, to provide a living for the family. Sushi chef Taro Arai is one of the hottest and most renowned sushi chefs to hit the restaurant scene. With seven Mikuni restaurants flourishing in Northern Cal...
Sep 03, 2022•42 min
Libertarian journalist John Stossel is a zealous advocate of free markets, a syndicated columnist and Fox News contributor. Prior to joining Fox, John co-anchored ABC’s primetime news-magazine show, 20/20. Stossel’s economic programs have been adapted into teaching kits by a non-profit organization, "Stossel in the Classroom." High school teachers in American public schools now use the videos to help educate their students on economics and economic freedom. They are seen by more than 12 million ...
Sep 02, 2022•31 min
Today's format is a little different than usual. We have a very special guest who is becoming extremely well-known in today's culture: Gary Vaynerchuk. First known as a wine critic who expanded his family's wine business and co-founder of Resy and Empathy Wines, Vaynerchuk is best known for his work in digital marketing and social media as the chairman of New York-based communications company, VaynerX, and as CEO of VaynerX subsidiary, VaynerMedia. We kept this one very brief, but in this specia...
Sep 01, 2022•14 min
A recovering workaholic Kaleena walked away from her busy real estate business to step into a role she had never imagined….becoming a homeschool mama and building the 5 Hour School Week! With a passion for travel and adventure, she turns everyday lessons into exciting and impactful family memories. Kaleena is always seeking personal self-growth and loves the life long journey of learning, cultivating meaningful relationships, and seeking to inspire. Half way across the world or at home snuggled ...
Aug 31, 2022•56 min
