Productivity is something a lot of people dabble in. Maybe you have bought a book on the topic or tried the Pomodoro Technique or even downloaded an app to help keep you on the straight and narrow. My guest for this episode is someone who did not dabble but went all in. Chris Bailey turned down lucrative job offers and spent a year conducting rigorous experiments to find out what works and what doesn't. He documented it all in a blog that eventually became a book, The Productivity Project, which...
Jan 03, 2019•59 min
Do you feel like you have a secret identity? Maybe we all have a superman or woman inside us waiting for the right moment to leap out and save the day. My guest for this episode, Dr. Chris Zaino, certainly believes that. He's the creator of the "I Am Hero" movement where he helps people shed their complacency and tap their inner superhero to win heroic victories in their lives. Dr. Zaino is also a speaker, entrepreneur, author, and former Mr. America and Mr. Universe. In his late twenties, he be...
Dec 27, 2018•59 min
If you own a business or are thinking of starting one, then you're going to want to hear what my guest in this episode has to say. John Warrillow is the author of Built to Sell and of The Automatic Customer . He's the founder of the Value Builder System which has helped thousands of business owners drastically increased the value of their companies. John is also the host of Built to Sell Radio and he's a general expert in all things business and finance. How can you make your business more valua...
Dec 20, 2018•47 min
It's easy to let others define what success, happiness, and value look like for us. When we try to live our lives using a framework that doesn't resonate authentically with who we are, it will only lead to disappointment. My guest for this episode is an expert in personal transformation and communication. She has helped thousands of people from Russia to Ghana move towards success, leadership, and mastery, and redefine their lives around their own personal vision. Bettie Spruill is a certified M...
Dec 18, 2018•54 min
My guest for this episode is one of the best-kept secrets in Hollywood, someone many famous athletes, celebrities and executives would rather you didn't know about. Dr. Matea is a doctor who's trained in both Western medicine and natural therapies. She's also a musician and vocalist, and the Founder of a line of aromatherapy products. Dr. Matea's work taps into both science and spirituality, allowing her to provide a more holistic approach to healing, enhancing or maintaining her patients' healt...
Nov 29, 2018•1 hr 3 min
Do you want to be a better leader? Then it's time you join the theater. My guest for this episode number 170 is Scott Eck, Founder and CEO of Leadership Masters . A company that creates leadership theater experiences for Fortune 100 clients such as Coca-Cola, 3M, Boeing, State Farm and Lockheed Martin. You may be wondering what theater has to do with leadership. It's all based on an idea called sociodrama, developed by a student of Freud's years ago. By roleplaying key figures in high stakes sit...
Nov 22, 2018•1 hr 1 min
The food we eat has a profound impact on our bodies at the cellular level. In the long term, it can even lead to a serious illness and disease. Some of these illnesses may even be caused by the acidity of our highly processed diets. Your blood provides important clues to understanding what's going on inside your body, specifically, through live blood microscopy. My guest for this episode is Mary Beth Kauffman Mittleman. She happens to be an expert in live blood microscopy. Mary Beth has helped t...
Nov 15, 2018•1 hr
Imagine the euphoria of learning that an investor is willing to bet $20 million on your company. Then imagine the stress that sets in after you realize what you just signed up for. After all, that investor is expecting you to quadruple their money. My guest on this episode has been there. He not only lived to tell the tale, he wrote a book about it. Rand Fishkin is the author of Lost and Founder which charts the rise of his multi-million dollar company Moz and his rocky dealings with venture cap...
Nov 01, 2018•56 min
Would you say you have a great memory or just a so-so memory? Would you like to improve it? Everybody could improve their memory and there are some pretty straightforward tools, tips, and techniques that will help you to improve your memory. You're going to learn all about it in this episode from one of the world's experts on memory and learning, Jonathan Levi. Jonathan is our guest and he's the author of the bestselling book, Become a SuperLearner . He's a serial entrepreneur, published author ...
Oct 25, 2018•53 min
Two books have had a profound impact on my life: Rich Dad Poor Dad and Outwitting the Devil . There are more than that, but these two are particularly pertinent to this episode. The authors of these two books, Robert Kiyosaki and Napoleon Hill respectively, have become household names but someone else had a hand in both books and she doesn't get the limelight. Her name is Sharon Lechter and she's our guest in this episode number 165. Sharon is an entrepreneur, author, philanthropist, internation...
Oct 18, 2018•57 min
Therapy is about understanding yourself and changing behaviors, but Marisa Peer, world-renowned speaker, Rapid Transformational Therapy trainer, and bestselling author, is a great believer that you can't change what you don't understand. We live in a fast world and people are no longer willing to go and spend a year talking about a symptom when they can use the technique that can show them the cause of the symptom and removing it. Marisa says her therapy and most hypnotherapies is about finding ...
Oct 11, 2018•1 hr 6 min
It was back in the mid '90s where I had first heard of the marketing legend, Jay Abraham. I never would have imagined for my life that I would eventually count Jay as a friend and yet here we are. I'm so grateful that he has joined me on this episode of The Optimized Geek. He's been on Marketing Speak twice. Once where I interviewed him and once where he interviewed me about SEO . Those are definitely great episodes you should definitely check out. Jay is known as the $21.7 billion man because t...
Oct 04, 2018•1 hr 5 min
It's been awhile since we came out with an episode on style or fashion. It was episode eight a long time ago, that was with Luke Storey . It was an amazing episode. If you haven't read it, you definitely should go and read it. I don't think of myself as having a lot of fashion sense. I did not dress well a decade ago. I didn't know any better. I rely heavily on my wife and also we rely on stylists for things like closet cleanses, outfit combinations, buying new items. A lot of times we'll buy st...
Sep 27, 2018•1 hr
In this episode number 161, you're going to learn how to identify your genius and leverage it. You'll also learn how to find or even create a peer group of high performers as well as take your relationships to a whole new level. Our guest is Mike Zeller . He's a social entrepreneur who started eight different businesses in five different industries producing over $100 million in sales. He's been featured in the Huffington Post, Business Insider and Entrepreneur. In addition to having his own mar...
Sep 20, 2018•1 hr 2 min
Life is all about energy. Life is energy after all. Without energy, you die. The key to vitality is having access to energy. In other words, energy utilization. In this episode number 160, you're going to learn how to elevate your energy from a true master. Our guest is Dr.John Amaral . He's a chiropractor, energy healer and educator who works behind the scenes helping celebrities, entrepreneurs, pro athletes and influencers elevate their energy so they feel and perform their best. John has work...
Sep 13, 2018•53 min
If you've been following the show for a while, you'll probably know I'm an avid biohacker. I love biohacking. We've had a lot of episodes on biohacking. I've had the Godfather of Biohacking, Dave Asprey , on the show. I've also had other amazing biohackers on the show like Luke Storey , Dr. Daniel Kraft , Mark Sisson , Nick Delgado , Dr. Daniel Amen and Michael Morelli . We never really deep dived into QS, Quantified Self. This is where you measure and record everything. Peter Drucker said, "Wha...
Sep 06, 2018•55 min
You are about to get some coaching and mentorship on raising performance, short-circuiting burnouts and eliminating drift. Drift you ask, "What the heck is that?" You are about to find out. It's a crucial concept. My guest and your coach in this episode number 158 is Dominick Quartuccio . As an international keynote speaker, trainer, executive coach and author of the book, Design Your Future , Dominick works with the best of the best. Those who have an insatiable desire to achieve more and conti...
Aug 30, 2018•1 hr 4 min
Marty Weintraub is commonly known as a successful entrepreneur and speaker. Yet, not everyone understands the magnitude of his experiences of overcoming mental health struggles when he was a child and fighting a battle with cancer later on. Through it all, Marty has sought for the comforts of therapies that inspired him to seek for happiness and rewire his brain to go for joy instead of dealing with pain and suffering. He talks about his journey together with doing some therapy for happiness fro...
Aug 23, 2018•55 min
Anytime I can sit down and learn from someone who has built up a business from nothing and then sold it for a number well into the eight figures, I snap up that opportunity. Our guest in this episode number 156 isn't just successful in business. She's also a world-changer. I'm so excited to invite on to the show Elisa Camahort Page , known as the Co-Founder and COO of scrappy-startup-turned-global women's media company, BlogHer Inc . Elisa's debut book on everyday activism, Road Map for Revoluti...
Aug 16, 2018•56 min
Do you know your life's purpose? Truly, I feel like I'm still discovering it. This podcast is part of it. The two self-help books I'm working on are also part of it. I feel I'm still scratching the surface. If you're like me, then you might also feel like this is a journey of discovery. Even if you've already identified your life's purpose, are you truly fulfilling it? Are you living authentically? Are you changing the world or are you playing small? In this episode number 155, we're going to ge...
Aug 09, 2018•55 min
We're going to be tackling the fear of death, healing childhood wounds, communicating with the dead, spirit guides, channeling and all sorts of woo-woo stuff. You're going to love it. Our guest is Monica Ortiz . She's an award-winning producer, a successful life coach, author of Universe 101: Learn Grow Evolve and a public speaker whose proven techniques and tools have helped to improve thousands of lives over her 20-plus-year career. As the Founder of the Exceptional Life Institute and Creator ...
Aug 02, 2018•1 hr 3 min
Jabez Lebret turned his life around by getting his GED and studying finance. He became a financial analyst, an international public speaker, an author, and a Forbes contributor. Recently, Jabez sold his award-winning marketing agency to pursue his passion in education as co-founder of Sisu Academy . Tune into this episode to learn more about how he turned his life around, his advice for others who are considering selling their companies, and much more! Find Out More About Jabez Here: Jabez LeBre...
Jul 26, 2018•1 hr 2 min
Do you suffer from an autoimmune disease, a thyroid condition, digestive issues, or an unexplained illness? Dr. Dan Pompa joins me in this conversation to dig into cell healing through his five R road map. We'll also discuss many other topics that will be fascinating to anyone with health concerns or an interest in biohacking. Dr. Dan is the creator of the True Cellular Detox , and an educator to doctors focused on his multi-therapeutic approach, which consists of fasting, diet variation (includ...
Jul 19, 2018•51 min
Dr. Amit Goswami is a theoretical quantum physicist and a retired full professor from the University of Oregon's Department of Physics. He pioneered the idea of "science within consciousness," which he explores in The Self-Aware Universe . It's all too rare to combine science and spirituality in a compelling way, but that's exactly what we're going to explore in this episode. We'll go down the rabbit hole to a place where quantum physics, consciousness, and mysticism all meet. Find Out More Abou...
Jul 12, 2018•1 hr 2 min
My guest, Charlie Morley, is the bestselling author of three books, including Dreaming Through Darkness . Charlie is a sought-after teacher on lucid dreaming and shadow work who has run retreats and workshops across two decades and over 20 countries. Today, we'll take a deep dive into lucid dreaming, exploring what it is and how you can harness its incredible power to improve your life. Find Out More About Charlie Here: Charlie Morley Charlie Morley on Facebook Charlie Morley on YouTube @charlie...
Jul 05, 2018•1 hr 2 min
Donny Epstein is the creator of Network Spinal Analysis, an energy healing modality that has helped so many people including me, my wife, and Tony Robbins. I have been trying to get him on the show for years, and he is finally here to talk about how focusing your energy and living your true energy can transform your life. Donny started out as a chiropractor and created his own healing modality. He is an author, speaker, and healer who shares his exciting knowledge about energy, focus, and how to...
Jun 28, 2018•1 hr 14 min
Todd Herman's award-winning high-performance achievement system is used by athletes, entrepreneurs, and companies around the world. In a world obsessed with five and ten-year plans, it's easy to get so caught up in the big picture that you forget to take the smaller steps you need to get there. Believe it or not, any goal you make should only be 90 days out. Todd and I met through a mastermind run by Taki Moore , and I'm excited to finally have him on the show! Find Out More About Todd Herman He...
Jun 21, 2018•56 min
Mitch Prinstein joins me in this episode to explore why it's so important to be likable instead of high status. Mitch is the author of Popular: Finding Happiness and Success in a World That Cares Too Much About the Wrong Kinds of Relationships . He's also board-certified in clinical child and adolescent psychology. Mitch shares his thoughts on how we can increase our likability, online romantic relationships, time spent on social media, and much much more! Find Out More About Mitch Here: Mitch P...
Jun 14, 2018•1 hr
Andrea Petersen is here to explore the world of anxiety disorders and panic attacks. Imagine being fine one moment and completely disoriented the next. Picture having difficulty breathing and intense vision distortions. Your heart is pounding, you're covered in sweat, and you're terrified that you're literally dying. When those of us who don't suffer from anxiety or panic attacks hear about others having them, it's easy to minimize the experience. Regardless of whether you have anxiety yourself ...
Jun 07, 2018•54 min
Trivinia Barber is the founder of Priority VA, a boutique virtual assistant agency that matches elite-level entrepreneurs with highly skilled assistants. Our conversation is a fresh take on the world of virtual assistants, and we discuss the value that having the right team can make across various aspects of your business. You'll learn how to effectively work with VAs, ensure they won't leave you for a different employer, and become a grandmaster at delegation. Find Out More About Trivinia Here:...
May 31, 2018•1 hr 2 min
