The Great Man Within

#71: As we’re bunkered down for the near and potentially long term, fear of feeling isolated from the rest of humanity is real. In this episode: How to design a practice that allows you to embrace solitude The 3 C’s of preventing feelings of isolation: Create, Contribute, Community

#70: Fear is about to present itself in all of its forms – plenty of which we are already familiar, but many new faces of fear we have yet to meet. This is a discussion on how to embrace our fears, by leaning out over our edge, constantly, in everything we do.* *In the words of David Deida

#69: “Every adversity, every failure, every heartbreak, carries with it the seed of an equal or greater benefit.” – Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich In this episode: • Why cultivating an empowering mindset on a daily basis is essential for times of uncertainty • How to take command of your mindset • Why gratitude is a powerful practice to support your mindset • 3 ways to empower your gratitude practice

#68: Recorded Monday, March 16th In this Episode: • Why your mind and body may initially resist adjusting to confinement, social distancing and a disruption of your typical routines • How to identify your obstacles to fully “dropping in” to this new way of living • How to create accelerants for adjusting

#67: This is a special episode recorded on Saturday, March 14th with the intention of helping you to fortify your inner state of being during these uncertain times of the COVID-19 era. Every episode of The Great Man Within Podcast is designed to help you discover and live the great man within you, and trying times like these are absolutely calling for that great man. So in today’s discussion, Bryan and I give you 5 ways to fortify your foundation during times of turmoil.

#66: If you think a personal brand is just for Instagram influencers and entrepreneurs, think again. Not articulating your personal brand might hold you back from: • Landing a job that aligns who you are with what you do • Identifying purpose – a theme that connects our stories to our life • Collaborating and connecting with like-minded people • Seeing opportunities to create and influence This Episode is for the Man Who: • Ready to define how the world sees them • Desires alignment between what they believe and what they do • Is not sure where to start with creating their own personal brand Our Guide for this Discussion Jessica Zweig is the CEO & Founder of SimplyBe., a premier personal branding company based in Chicago. Fueled by the belief that personal branding isn’t a vanity play, but an opportunity to make the world a better place, Zweig and her female led team at SimplyBe have gained a national reputation for defining and enhancing the personal brands of corporate executives, entrepreneurs, and creatives, transforming them into recognized industry experts and thought leaders. INC magazine called her a “top digital marketer to watch” and Forbes named her a “personal branding expert”. In 2018 and 2019 she won the coveted Stevie award for “Female Entrepreneur of the Year”. She and her team can be found running workshops and masterminds at companies like Heineken USA, Mars Inc, Nike, and Red Bull, just to name a few. She is the author of the soon to be published book: “Be. A No Bullshit Guide to Increasing Your Self Worth and Your Net Worth by Simply Being You”. Jessica currently resides in Chicago, IL with her husband and two dogs, Zooey and Don Julio. In this Episode: • How to “embrace our shit” to create our story • The four steps necessary to define your personal brand • The three categories of fans that will follow you “Branding is an exercise in clarity. The whole secret sauce of being what you want to be is saying it over and over again.”– Jessica Zweig “My “why” is helping other people find theirs.”– Jessica Zweig

#65: This is our second deep dive into a discussion on how to break free from drift, that phenomenon in life where your patterns and habits push you into an extended period of autopilot… …and one day you wake up feeling uninspired, disconnected and you don’t really know why. In today’s episode: 3 questions to tell whether you’re drifting 3 steps to break free from drift Why awareness of where you are drifting isn’t enough to create change Why you need to disrupt limiting patterns, habits and belief systems How to design a future you can’t wait to live into Dominick’s Book: Design Your Future: 3 Steps to Stop Drifting and Take Command of Your Life

#64: “Take care of your body, it’s the only place you have to live.” – Jim Rohn As a high-performing man, you’re often confronted with the reality of sacrificing sleep, diet and exercise for the demands of your work and family life. But extending these short-term sacrifices over a long period of time can lead to: Chronic pain Medicating and over-stimulating with external substances Loss of libido and erection strength Generally operating at well below 100% of your potential This episode with fitness expert Dan Go is all about being intentional with everything you do from the neck down to elevate your performance from the neck up. In this Episode The 4 components to writing your health mission statement Why entrepreneurs and busy executives actually don’t need a personal trainer (and the one thing you need instead) Why your glutes are the most important and powerful part of your body, and two exercises you can do at home to immediately strengthen it Why working out leads to higher libido and increased erection strength Who is Dan Go? Dan Go is a fitness consultant to high performing entrepreneurs and business executives He has a personal history of transforming his own body image, which consisted of shame from having man boobs, succeeding then failing at yo yo diets, fad workouts and eventually finding a path to long term sustainable health that supports his entire life Now, this dude looks like an absolute Adonis and runs a mastermind called the Alpha Body Academy He’s the author of articles such as 5 Unconventional Tips for Getting Lean and 5 Reasons Why Entrepreneurs Need a Big Ass, which you’ll hear about on today’s episode Dan Go Fitness: Click Here Dan Go on Instagram: Click Here

#63: A Great Man creates environments where he and those he cares about can thrive. This means diving into the uncomfortable conversations about race. Our guide for this conversation is the witty, hilarious and (refreshingly) politically incorrect Bea Arthur. Bea is an accomplished entrepreneur, psychotherapist and mental health champion who’s also really patient with white people fumbling around with issues of race. In This Episode Bea guides us in a straightforward conversation about how white men can become more intelligent about race issues. Why it’s so hard for white people to talk about race – particularly in the presence of black people – without getting defensive. How to approach conversations about race, How you may be using racially coded language and outdated language We’ll touch on white privilege A list of books and documentaries to educate and broaden your perspective on race Who is Bea Arthur? She holds the honor of being the first African American female founder in Y Combinator, a seed funding accelerator for startups that’s been used to launch companies like Airbnb, DoorDash and Dropbox. Based on admission rates, its easier to get into Harvard than it is to be accepted by Y Combinator Bea is a Columbia University trained psychotherapist who served time as a New York City social worker… Her third company, The Difference, provides on-demand access to therapy as Amazon's first mental health Alexa Skill. Books White Fragility by Robin Diangelo The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo Thick: And Other Essays by Tressie McMillan Cottom Connect with Bea Arthur Bea’s Company: https://thedifference.co Bea on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bbarthur Bea on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/beaarthur

#62: I bet you know what it’s like to be in a chronic state of busyness, constantly in motion and getting things done… …only to feel like precious time is slipping through your fingers. You know what it’s like to dream big dreams… …that never seem to turn into reality because you’re always off doing something else. You know what it’s like to want to create change in my life… …only to wake up weeks, months and years later with those things still unchanged. Why does this happen to us? Perhaps because we haven’t cultivated what our special guest today – meditation teacher Cory Muscara – calls deep presence… …which causes us to miss our lives. In This Episode An interview in front of a live audience with world-renowned meditation teacher Cory Muscara How to Stop Missing Your Life and become deeply present in an un-present world How we build internal walls – what Cory calls “The Pain Box” – that prevent us from living a deeply connected and meaningful life Why Cory, a meditation teacher, doesn’t care about meditation (and neither should you) A free download of a 15-minute guided meditation led by Cory Who is Cory Muscara? Cory is the author of Stop Missing Your Life: How to Be Deeply Present in an Un-Present World He is the most downloaded meditation teacher on the Simple Habit app, with over 150,000 subscribers to his channel and nearly 8 million downloads He runs meditation retreats at the Long Island Center for Mindfulness