"I don't care unless you are willing to show me you are a real human"- Carolyn Elliott Warning! This is a dangerous episode! I first met Carolyn Elliott when she came to a talk I gave about podcasting at Hubud here in Bali. We have since worked together on launching her podcast, which will be out in January, called Evil Genius Superconnectors. It became clear right away that Carolyn is no ordinary woman, as she is the only one I know who will wear red lipstick daily in the tropics. She openly te...
Dec 01, 2015•48 min
"The role of an artist is to open people's minds" - Carl Hoffman I caught up with this weeks guest at the Ubud Writers and Readers Festival here in Bali to talk about adventure travel writing. Carl Hoffman is one of the greatest modern adventure travel authors. He is the author of Savage Harvest , The Lunatic Express , and Hunting Warbirds , as well as being a contributing editor to National Geographic Traveler. Carl has traveled to more than 75 countries on assignment for Outside; Smithsonia...
Nov 12, 2015•41 min
"Embrace whatever emotion you are feeling and stand your ground"- Justin Stenstrom Justin Stenstrom is the founder of the Elite Man Magazine and Elite Man Podcast , author of Giving Shy Guys Game , and contributing writer to many other publications. Justin used to deal with anxiety and debilitating panic attacks until he finally taught himself how to deal with the problem through self development. He went on step out of his comfort zone through challenges that were for him previously unthinkabl...
Nov 03, 2015•45 min
"There is a ceiling to what you can make on your own" - Monty Hooke Monty Hooke is the founder of EZYVA , the Bali Entrepreneurs Resort , and the author of Business Hacker . After observing the likes of Richard Branson and marveling at how one man could run 300 companies, he embarked on a quest to find his line of leverage. In this episode you will hear the story of how Monty went from solopreneur to 300 employees and from zero to 7 figure business in a year and a half. The key as Monty sees i...
Oct 29, 2015•48 min
"Right now we are in the most creative period in human history" - Marc Freccero Today's guest on the Art of Adventure is an Electronic Music (EDM) artist, DJ, and Parkour athlete. He spent most of a year traveling the USA and writing songs about the various cities he visited. Marc Freccero is the creator of The Light Nearby , an album of 12 tracks about 12 cities in America. I wanted to bring Marc on the show because he is the first person that I have heard of that is observing cultural the geog...
Oct 23, 2015•52 min
"Being complicated increases our lifespan" - Loretta Breuning Why are humans so complicated? Why aren't we happy all the time? Why do we get addicted to things? How can we accomplish more each day and reach our goals? Why do we want to go on adventures? How does our neurochemistry affect things like pride, accomplishment, touch, love, exercise, and habit? Knowing how our brain chemistry and structure works can provide many of the answers to questions like these. Today's guest founded the Inner M...
Oct 19, 2015•55 min
"Performance is an art and a craft"- Michael Port Every interaction is a performance — whether youâ€re speaking up in a meeting, pitching a client, negotiating a raise, or walking into a job interview. Today's guest tells us how to get a standing ovation every time. MICHAEL PORT is the New York Times best-selling author of six books including on of my personal favorites, Book Yourself Solid . Michael has been featured on all the major TV networks and is one of the highest rated speakers workin...
Oct 16, 2015•54 min
"It is 100% possible to make a living from music sales"- Budi Voogt The music industry is changing. No longer are artists restricted by the gatekeepers at the big record labels. The barrier to entry for becoming a full time musician or recording artist are at an all time low. Because of this, musician face still competition in a global market. How can you make your music stand out, find your raving fans, and make a living as a musical artist? Budi Voogt co-founder of Heroic , a record label grou...
Oct 13, 2015•45 min
"Achieving a flow state can enhance learning 500%-700%"- Jiro Taylor Jiro Taylor is an adventurer, meditator, surfer, snowboarder, and student of the science and philosophy of flow states. He is the founder of the FlowState Collective , a group for high performing individuals. He is a former headhunter in the finance industry - which he calls his 'Wolf of Wall Street days', where he studied and interacted with peak performers in the banking world. Jiro first found flow on the waves and snow ridi...
Oct 09, 2015•1 hr
"Adventurous people set up their life to be more exciting"-Jon Levy I'm thrilled to have today's guest on the episode - one of the few chances we get to spend an entire show talking about Adventure! Fast Company has ranked him as one of its top 15 super connectors. After a rough breakup, he spent a year traveling to the world's most important events from the Cannes Film Festival to Burning Man to the running of the bulls in Pamplona. Jon Levy is a behavior expert, consultant, writer and keynote ...
Oct 07, 2015•42 min
"I want to people to have an understanding of their differences"- Kara Ronin I'm really excited to have an international business communication and body language expert on the Art of Adventure today Kara Ronin has lived and worked in many parts of the world, including Australia, Japan, New York, and France. Karaâ€s advice and perspectives have been featured in numerous publications including Time Inc., Business Insider, YFS Magazine, and more. Kara was recently ranked as one of the Top 100 Leade...
Oct 05, 2015•50 min
"How can we turn observations into action?"- Derek Sivers I'm so thrilled to have the privilage of interviewing today's guest on the Art of Adventure . He has been a mentor to me for many years, and he rarely grants interviews, so I take it as a huge honor to have Derek Sivers on the show! Plus, this is the first time another Derek has been on the podcast! I've been following the Derek's work for many years. Often, he will end a blog post by extending an offer to email him directly with question...
Sep 24, 2015•56 min
What if you had the ability to make big things magically happen? What if you could make people's (including your own) wildest dreams come true? My guest today on the Art of Adventure has a secret process for learning how to ask from something and get a YES, when you would normally expect to get a NO - AKA the Unreasonable Request. Stehpanie Burns is the founder and CEO of Chic CEO. She has been a speaker at SXSW, TEDx, SD Entrepreneur Summit, Female Entrepreneur: The Gender Advantage... and more...
Sep 21, 2015•43 min
"Virtual Summits are podcasting on steroids" -Navid Moazzez This is a momentous occasion! This episode of the Art of Adventure marks the first time we have had a repeat guest! Navid Moazzez joins us today to talk about virtual summits: how to run them, how they can accelerate your brand, grow your email list, build expert status Last time he was on the show ( Episode 008 ), Navid was just about to launch the Branding Summit . In Late 2014 the Branding Summit had 88 guest experts presenters and t...
Sep 14, 2015•51 min
"Focus on the work, the results will come" - Omar Zenhom Heyo! Today's guest is the founder of the $100 MBA, an alternative business education and community online. Heâ€s also the host of the iTunes Best of 2014 podcast, The $100 MBA Show. "Heyo!" is Omar's catch phrase and I love it! I met Omar Zenhom this year at Podcast Movement when he blew me away with his talk and mad Michael Jackson dance moves. After a failed initial attempt at podcasting, he returned to his area of expertise: teaching. ...
Sep 10, 2015•30 min
I was really excited when today's guest contacted me because he is one of the greatest american pranksters, going so far as to prank Michael Jackson, The Super Bowl, Ashton Kutcher, and President Obama. He was the man behind one of the oldest comedy sites on the internet, Zug.com (since closed down). Sir John Hargrave even went so far as to legally add "Sir" to his name because the queen of England makes it so difficult to be knighted. One day, he took out a credit card in Barack Obama's name an...
Sep 08, 2015•43 min
"Be intentional in your business relationships" - John Corcoran Traveling the world, you meet a lot of people, many of them will become acquaintances or friends, and some will become valuable business contacts. But how will you know when you are going to meet someone that meet someone that will be beneficial to your career or business? Many of us move through life and build relationships with the people that we encounter as part of our normal ecosystem. Today's guest argues that to be effective ...
Aug 31, 2015•42 min
"I'm always on the lookout for interesting books" - Jeff Brown I met today's guest on the Art of Adventure at the Podcast Movement conference a couple weeks ago where he was one of the speakers - about how to not suck at interviewing. Chris Brogan calls Jeff one of the "best interviewers I've ever known." It always a little intimidating to interview a guy who is one of the best out there and teaches others how to be better. I was excited to meet Jeff not only because of his exemplary interviewin...
Aug 24, 2015•51 min
"Up to 93% of communication is non verbal" - Vanessa Van Edwards Have you ever spent countless hours crafting a presentation to make sure you get the words just right? Well, you might not know that the words you speak are only a small portion of your overall communication and message. Research has shown that 60-93% of our communication is through body language. The good news is that just as we can practice the words we say, we can improve our body language as well. In today's episode, we are goi...
Aug 17, 2015•2 min
"You see people as entire human beings on a live video broadcast"- Bonnie Frank Today we are joined by Bonnie Frank, who runs The Women in Biz , and also happens to be my 5th grade teacher! Twenty years later, she says I still walk and act the same. I caught up with her in St. Louis, where she convinced me to get started broadcasting on Periscope before I went to the Podcast Movement conference, where everyone was using Periscope (and Meerkat). Today's episode will teach you everything you need ...
Aug 14, 2015•55 min
"What courageous thing can I do today?" - Samuel Hatton I was at the podcast movement conference in Ft. Worth Texas last week. I met tons of great people, and one of the first ones I met on the train from the Airport was today's guest, Samuel Hatton. I was interested in his podcast right away from the title: Courageous Self Confidence . I've been thinking a lot about the nature of confidence, and I just finished reading Black Elk Speaks , which refers often to brave deeds of the Lakota warriors ...
Aug 11, 2015•19 min
On my way from Auckland to Wellington in May 2015, I took the KiwiRail Scenic Journey's Northern Explorer  train south across New Zealand's north island. I got the idea from my grandfather, indirectly, because of his love of trains. He once explained to me that growing up, the train was the biggest event to happen to his small town in the Appalachian mountains each week - it was noisy, powerful, busy, and brought in all the interesting goods from the rest of civilization. For my part, I used to...
Aug 07, 2015•27 min
"Kids are looking for the foundational bricks of their lives"- Mario Marchese I'm really excited about today's guest! Get ready to learn all about how this NYC magician creates his own magic props, and the philosophy of why we should make new things Mario 'the Magician' Marchese has been featured in a film documentary called Building Magic , has been a guest on Sesame Street, and does magic shows for the young and young at heart in New York. Mario spent two years hitchhiking around the US, livin...
Aug 03, 2015•55 min
"If you don't follow up it's like you were never there"- Tyler Wagner Do you want to speed up your progression as an entrepreneur? Then meeting influencers in person at events is one of the best things you can do. Today's guest on the Art of Adventure is a professional conference attendee, and he wrote the bestselling book Conference Crushing  to help you build key relationships at live events. His book is a perfect reminder to read right before a conference or big event. It's short enough to ...
Jul 20, 2015•1 hr 1 min
"Every brilliant idea is the answer to a problem" -Jonathan Levi He has created some of the most popular courses on the internet. After listening to his peer MBA students remark about how much they wanted to know what he had learned about memory and learning, the Become a SuperLearner  course was born. Over 40,000 people have since enrolled in his courses. He moved to Tel Aviv, Israel (second only to silicon valley in innovation) to learn how the venture capital world works. He continues to ru...
Jul 16, 2015•57 min
"Eighty percent of my preconceived notions about a place are wrong" - Colin Wright Colin Wright will move to a new country if that's what the people want. Readers of his popular blog, Exile Lifestyle, vote on where in the world he will move next. So far Colin has lived in Iceland, India, Romania, and the Czech Republic to name a few. He spends four months in each location to allow time to really get to know a place. Find out which countries were surprisingly comfortable and which ones were a dai...
Jul 13, 2015•1 hr 8 min
"You never know what is going to happen" - Chris Jones I had never really seen a good hypnotist before. When I watched today' guest do his audition for America's Got Talent, I was blown away! Chris Jones hypnotized Howie Mandel, a known germaphobe who will not shake hands, into shaking hands with him and the other judges...it was amazing (and you should definitely watch the clip below)! Hypnosis can be used for anything from quitting smoking and drinking, to helping you sleep when you fly. Addit...
Jul 06, 2015•58 min
"Create an experience with people" - Jason Treu I know that all the jobs I have ever had in my life, I got through a personal connection. People are attached to just about every good result you want out of life: a raise, funding your company, providing you with emotional support, finding a romantic partner, going on adventures with you, getting your book published, or being your customers and clients. This is why I spend so much time focusing on the skills of creating and maintaining valuable re...
Jun 29, 2015•57 min
"Turn running into play" - Chris McDougall I am super excited for this episode because my guest is one of my personal adventure heroes! He is the very definition of a curious explorer, and all his work ties back into the simple truth of having fun being a human. Chris McDougall is perhaps best know for his phenomenal 2009 book, Born to Run , where he explores running as a human birthright, by following the Tarahumara indians of Copper Canyon, Mexico. Born to Run is one of the main reasons I sta...
Jun 22, 2015•1 hr
