You Probably Have More Life Ahead of You Than You Think Today Gay and Mike are interviewing one of their heroes. Someone whose wisdom they have great respect for, so needless to say, they've been looking forward to this one for a while. His name is Chip Conley. He’s a New York Times bestselling author and the hospitality maverick who helped Airbnb's founders turn their fast-growing tech start-up into a global hospitality brand. He’s also the founder of the Modern Elder Academy, where a new roadm...
Jun 20, 2022•34 min•Ep. 65
The guest today is lifelong entrepreneur, Bill Moses, the co-founder of Kevita and CEO and Founder of Flying Embers. Today he’s going to share some of his Big Leaps, including the one that saved Kevita when everyone else wanted to throw in the towel because it looked like they might lose it all. He’ll tell Mike and Gay about his ideas for creating alignment, building trust, and aligning values and drive. Surprisingly, it's nothing obvious. You'll also learn what Bill's genius zone is. It’s an am...
Jun 03, 2022•46 min•Ep. 64
Today we’re talking with Kyle Cease, a New York Times Best Selling author who has the unique gift of being able to merge comedy and personal transformation . He’s what would happen if Eckhart Tolle and Jim Carrey had a baby! Kyle believes that “for us to really grow, we almost have to let go of everything—and that less effort equals more magic.” In other words, if we surrender a little more and take more of what Gay calls "Big Leaps," we can transcend the parts of us that are creating out of fea...
May 24, 2022•45 min•Ep. 63
Today, Mike and Gay are answering a great question that Gay came up with several years ago: How to Come Up with Your Top Five Life Goals These are arguably some of the most powerful questions you could ever ask yourself that ended up being in a book that Gay wrote called, “Five Wishes.” The process is super simple and can be done no matter what stage of life you're in. Once you answer them, you’ll have a great advantage and be on the right path. If you're not following your own life purpose, you...
May 13, 2022•45 min•Ep. 62
Mike and Gay take The Beatles: Get Back documentary and dive into it. The documentary was produced and directed by Peter Jackson, and it is an absolute masterpiece. Both Mike and Gay learned a ton about creativity and collaboration during it. Their goal is just to pick it apart and talk about their favorite spots that had the most impact on them. They also open a great discussion about what you can learn from it for your own creative processes. This episode was on the loop for weeks and months b...
May 05, 2022•47 min•Ep. 61
Some of the things discussed here you have not heard before. Mike and Gay will be talking with Jim Selman, a living legend in the coaching industry. Jim is the person who coined the ideas of corporate coaching and executive coaching (and first used the term in print). But this is not only a history lesson. We will disclose some unique tactics and concepts that will change how you see the world and approach personal transformation. You have the opportunity to shape, create, and design your future...
Apr 28, 2022•49 min•Ep. 60
Mike has been married to Vivian for 21 years. Gay has been married to Katie for 42 years. Both couples have built successful and fulfilling relationships, tested by time. For both, their marriage has been their priority, the key to their success, and the primary source of happiness. So backed up by that experience, Mike and Gay will dive deep into the mechanics of love. You will learn how Gay and Katie, when they first got together, within months of meeting, sat down at a fireplace and made a co...
Apr 13, 2022•37 min•Ep. 59
In this episode, Mike and Gay interview Stephen M.R. Covey about his new book Trust and Inspire: How Truly Great Leaders Unleash Greatness in Others, as well as his leadership legacy, vision, and current projects. The world has changed all around us in all the ways we know. And yet our style of leadership hasn't kept pace with the changing world. We're still too rooted in the old model, what we might call Command or Control. It’s a more advanced and sophisticated version of it, but it is the sam...
Apr 05, 2022•46 min•Ep. 58
Gay & Mike meet Kirsten Vangsness, the Criminal Minds star, and actress, who talks about creativity, trying new things, as well as some of her exciting personal projects. Gay loves mystery shows! With his wife, he started to avidly watch Criminal Minds. And rather immediately, this one character kind of jumped out at them — Penelope Garcia (portrayed by Kirsten). They ended up watching the show primarily because of Kirsten. When they eventually got introduced to her, it really blew Gay’s min...
Mar 30, 2022•52 min•Ep. 57
What are your limiting beliefs, behaviors, or habits that cause you… To fear… To not take action… To be Unwilling to receive? In this episode, Gay unlocks some of his deepest thinking around this topic and Mike gets to be his real-life guinea pig. Today you’ll learn how to look at your life as an unfolding series of opportunities and go beyond your upper limits. You’ll figure out the fears that are keeping you from receiving and how to remove those barriers without working any harder. Life chang...
Mar 16, 2022•32 min•Ep. 56
For Gay and Mike, the last 2 years have been the most profound times of growth and learning in their lives. In this episode of The Big Leap, they're going to time travel through their own personal Big Leaps from 2021, and some of the Big Leaps they expect for 2022. More importantly, they invite YOU to reflect on what your Biggest Leaps were in 2021, and what you're up for in the next year. Mike would love for you to reach out and share what YOUR Biggest Leaps in 2021 were and what Big Leaps you’...
Feb 23, 2022•32 min•Ep. 55
Do you remember the Bozo the clown toy? No matter how many times he got punched in the face, he bounced right back up. That’s Entrepreneurship in a nutshell. If you’re an Entrepreneur you NEED to expect that you're going to hit turbulence now and again but knowing how to recover is KEY. Our guest, Dave Colina, founder of O2 Water, is very familiar with this concept. He has the grit, the guts, the determination and the hustle it takes to be successful AND he is operating in one of the hardest ind...
Jan 03, 2022•32 min•Ep. 54
Hey look… SQUIRREL!! Did you look?! Mike knows he would have. He has major ADHD and is easily distracted. You? It doesn’t matter who you are, what you do or how successful you are. It happens to the best of us. The important thing is not what distracts you, but how quickly you can recover from those distractions to get sh*t done. We all know how easy it is to waste a lot of time with distractions, but what if you could reel it in and put that time into something that brings you freedom and joy? ...
Nov 15, 2021•43 min•Ep. 53
Our guest, Laura DiFrancesco is a REAL renaissance woman . She’s a true Polymath who’s had a great deal of successes and taken a lot of incremental risks along the way. Most importantly, she's got a POWERFUL commitment to learning. Today’s episode is all about learning how to think and behave like a Polymath by studying the questions she asks herself. You’ll learn the value of covering a lot of territory in yourself , opening up to those multitudes of genius and letting it express itself in many...
Oct 11, 2021•28 min•Ep. 52
You know how you watch your favorite movies and TV shows over and over again because they’re SO GOOD? That’s the idea with today’s REWIND episode! It’s one of the most downloaded episodes of all time and Mike and Gay thought you might want to revisit it this week. How well do you read your body to know what’s really going on? How much time do you feel you stay in your Superpower zone? What % of your day or life do you feel STUCK ? Like you’re just not going anywhere? Like nothing has changed, mo...
Sep 20, 2021•51 min•Ep. 51
Mike and Gay's guest, Troy Lavinia, says there is a lot of work we can do to help people see the intersection between entrepreneurship and spirituality. The world is changing and growing really quickly. We’ve never been more inundated with information or more stressed . Yet SO MANY of us have an incredible desire to do something creative or entrepreneurial AND are super open-minded to spirituality . This episode will show you how AND how to take it further. Listen to this episode to learn how yo...
Sep 10, 2021•42 min•Ep. 50
We have a special treat for you this week! We’re REWINDING one of our most popular episodes of all time. We know you’re going to love revisiting this very special episode. ENJOY! Do you ever wonder… what’s the point? Why am I here? What am I really meant to do? What’s my PURPOSE?! Maybe you’ve been there, done that, know it’s time to reinvent yourself but you don’t know how to start, where to begin or feel as though it’s too late or too hard… What would you give to be able to FINALLY figure out ...
Aug 26, 2021•44 min•Ep. 49
Imagine being able to solve ANY problem or challenge that comes your way, effortlessly. Entrepreneurs LOVE to express themselves creatively and invent new things. One of the best ways of doing this is with Collaborative Experiences. Today, Mike and Gay will show you how to use the power of shared consciousness to make miracles happen with ease and clarity. They'll talk about collaborating and how to get the most out of working with someone else. Mike is also going to introduce something he calls...
Aug 20, 2021•31 min•Ep. 48
Imagine being able to open your consciousness so that your deepest fears recede into the background, allowing you to contact your creative essence. Would that ability CHANGE your business, your relationships, your LIFE forever? When it comes to your fears… the problem is never what you think it is. When you open up to your feelings and find a place of clarity and “pure consciousness”, suddenly everything comes together. (and FAST!) The reason we don't get to that state of pure consciousness is b...
Aug 14, 2021•42 min•Ep. 47
What if you could grow your business by having a BLAST connecting with like minded entrepreneurs? Imagine coming away from a fun, life-enriching event with multi-million dollar deals. That’s exactly what happened for a few of the folks at an event Mike recently hosted . Mike's wife, Vivian, called it “Fishy Business” (You’ll understand why in a moment.) This is a MASTERMIND, but on steroids … In today’s episode, Mike and Gay will share exactly how the GREAT ones are run. They'll tell you how to ...
Aug 06, 2021•43 min•Ep. 46
Imagine that you had a certain type of client that you wanted to reach with your business. What if, instead of marketing to hundreds of thousands of people… You could find just ONE person, who, with their recommendation, could bring you all the clients and followers you could ever maintain for the rest of your professional career. How would that feel? For many people, marketing is a major challenge. Today Mike and Gay are going to show you a new way to think about marketing. A paradigm shift. It...
Jul 28, 2021•40 min•Ep. 45
The world wants YOUR unique genius! The sooner you figure out your GENIUS ZONE and get it into the world, the happier you’ll be. Today's guest will help guide you on your Genius Zone journey - he did it.. Scott Donnell created the Hapbee (includes a discount code). It’s a unique product that can CHANGE YOUR STATE OF MIND. Gay and Mike both have one and it’s a life changing device. They'll talk about consciousness, entrepreneurship, Big Leap lessons, operating inside your Genius Zone and Scott te...
Jul 16, 2021•46 min•Ep. 44
How do you GET and STAY inside your creative Genius Zone? Gay and Mike will show you how to do it effortlessly so you can stay there 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. They'll also share the distinction between true creativity and ordinary creativity, plus Gay has a unique way to access creativity through something he calls “the genius move.” This is a continuation of the last episode with the release of Gay’s new book, “The Genius Zone.” If you haven’t picked up your copy yet, what...
Jul 08, 2021•30 min•Ep. 43
Today we have a SUPER EXCITING episode. The Genius Zone completes a way of thinking that The Big Leap started. How to overcome your upper limit problems so you don't keep running into your self imposed glass ceiling. How to open up a conversation with your own inner genius, what you most love to do and what makes your biggest contribution in the world. After a 10 year long process, Gay’s new book, The Genius Zone, is FINALLY HERE! If you’ve followed Gay’s work, you know that he’s most famous for...
Jun 29, 2021•34 min•Ep. 42
What are the top five albums that changed your life? What about your top five books? Movies? People? Gay and Mike share what THEIRS are and they’d love for you to share yours with them. You’ll also hear the reason WHY these are their top, life-changing choices. Gay says his “top 5’s” are all about genius and the people behind them releasing their pure creativity into the world. We want EVERYONE to get in touch with their OWN genius so that we live in a world of pure genius. This is a really fun ...
Jun 25, 2021•44 min•Ep. 41
Have you ever messed up, (whether it’s in your personal or business life) and thought, “oh geez, I really screwed up. I have NO idea how I’m going to recover?!” Gay and Mike have both created quite a few messes in our business lives that we’ve managed to clean up. Today they're going to talk about how to turn colossal messes into successes. They have a special guest, Scott Jeffrey Miller , author of a brand new book called Marketing Mess to Brand Success . He’s an expert at turning messes into s...
Jun 18, 2021•46 min•Ep. 40
What are your Big, Upper Limits challenges? What are YOU doing to block your reception? If you can start to understand this, your life will get better in every way. For instance, how do you eliminate the static from your reception so that you’re able to increase your flow of abundance, love and good things in your life? How do you fine-tune your “receiver” better? Gay recently worked with a very high-value individual who received a lot of everything very suddenly, including money and immediately...
Jun 07, 2021•36 min•Ep. 39
You’ve heard the terms NFTs and Cryptocurrency. Does stuff like this scare the hell out of you? Are they just a COMPLETE mystery? Are you under the impression that only techies are capable of understanding and profiting from them? We're here to tell you that’s just not true. Today, Gay and Mike are are going explain NFTs and Cryptocurrency in super simple terms and show you some really interesting ways they can be used. This episode is all about how creative people like artists, writers and musi...
May 28, 2021•31 min•Ep. 38
Unless you’ve been living under a rock you’ve probably heard the term “Algorithm.” What IS an algorithm? Think about it like a computer program. It’s a set of instructions that you follow in order to get a certain outcome with a certain input. Today Gay is going to tell tell you about two algorithms that can completely change your life. (Neither of them have anything to do with computers. We’re talking HUMAN algorithms) One is called the Epictetus algorithm, and the other is the Einstein algorit...
May 03, 2021•44 min•Ep. 37
We all have regrets… When you look back on your life, are there opportunities you wish you had taken.... Or NOT taken, whether it was personal or business? Some of those missed opportunities may have been blessings in disguise because some of the best deals you will ever do are the deals you don't do . This concept will change your life when you understand it so keep reading... Gay and Mike will explain the concept completely, plus Gay shares a story about one of the deals he did when he was in ...
Apr 23, 2021•36 min•Ep. 36
