Future Squared with Steve Glaveski

Matthew Belair is a life long martial artist, knowledge seeker and explorer. He has travelled the world to train with masters, which include meditating with monks in Nepal, training MMA in Thailand and trekking Mount Everest and studying Shaolin Kung Fu with 34th Generation Shaolin Masters in China.  He shares his knowledge in his podcast, the Matt Belair Podcast: Master Mind, Body & Spirit, as well as his coaching, workshops and programs. He’s the author of Zen Athlete: A Guide to Self Mastery, which demystifies the art of mental training, flow and peak performance. It is designed to empower world class athletes, leaders, executives, peak performance junkies and knowledge seekers with tried and tested strategies for achieving your highest potential in all areas of life.  Matt and I covered a lot of ground in this conversation, including near death experiences, flow states, how to smash self limiting beliefs, how to overcome fears, visualisation, meditation, habit forming, the philosopher of happiness - Epicurus, native elders, mixed martial arts, snowboarding, Australian motorcross champions and a hell of a lot more… So strap yourself in with a conversation with the Zen Athlete, Matt Belair.  Show Notes: Web: Mattbelair.com Web: Mattbelair.com/masters-your-flow/ Web: Zenathlete.com Book: https://amzn.to/2XB2R9j  Twitter: @Matt_Belair Instagram: @Mattbelair --- Listen to Future Squared on Apple Podcasts  goo.gl/sMnEa0 Also available on: Spotify, Google Podcasts, TuneIn, Stitcher and Soundcloud Twitter: www.twitter.com/steveglaveski Instagram: www.instagram.com/@thesteveglaveski Future Squared: www.futuresquared.xyz Steve Glaveski: www.steveglaveski.com Medium: www.medium.com/@steveglaveski NEW Facebook group: www.facebook.com/groups/futuresquared/ GET COACHED BY LUCAS: https://www.ergogenic.health/product/coaching GET LUCAS TO DESIGN YOUR SUPPLEMENT PROTOCOL: https://www.ergogenic.health/product/custom-stack Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

When I launched this show I remember looking at other podcasts that had published over 300 hundred episodes and thinking that was truly insane….and here we are 3 and a half years later with 350 episodes. From the bottom of my heart, thank you for listening.  In this installment of Fast Fix Friday, we unpack Japanese swordsman and philosopher, Miyamoto Musashi's famous maxim, "if you know the way broadly, you will see it in all things". --- Listen to Future Squared on Apple Podcasts  goo.gl/sMnEa0 Also available on: Spotify, Google Podcasts, TuneIn, Stitcher and Soundcloud Twitter: www.twitter.com/steveglaveski Instagram: www.instagram.com/@thesteveglaveski Future Squared: www.futuresquared.xyz Steve Glaveski: www.steveglaveski.com Medium: www.medium.com/@steveglaveski NEW Facebook group: www.facebook.com/groups/futuresquared/ GET COACHED BY LUCAS: https://www.ergogenic.health/product/coaching GET LUCAS TO DESIGN YOUR SUPPLEMENT PROTOCOL: https://www.ergogenic.health/product/custom-stack Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Remi Adeleke is many things, former royalty, an ex-Navy Seal, an author, entrepreneur and producer. But most of all, he’s a symbol of perseverance. Having gone from Nigerian opulence at the age of five to drug-dealing on the streets of the Bronx as a teenager, Remi knows a thing or two about tough times, and how to overcome them with nothing but sheer tenacity and hard work.  Remi is the author of Transformed: A Navy SEAL's Unlikely Journey from the Throne of Africa, to the Streets of the Bronx, to Defying All Odds; the title a play on words on his most recent acting credit in Transformers.  Expect to take lots out of this conversation, including: 1 - Remi’s fascinating story of going from rock star to rock bottom and back again 2 - Why it’s often darkest before the dawn; and 3 - Why if you know the way broadly, you will see it in everything.  We also geek out on early 90s hip-hop wars and the Eddie Murphy classic, Coming To America. But this doesn’t even begin to scratch the surface of what we explored in this conversation, so strap yourself in for an hour with the one and only, Remi Adeleke.  Topics Discussed: Losing his father and the throne at the age of 5 Growing up in the Bronx Running scams and dealing drugs as a teenager Starting his first record label The East-West hip-hop wars of the early 90s The crack epidemic of the late 80s / early 90s Hitting rock bottom Joining the Navy Making it as a Navy Seal Hell Week The benefit of having people believe in you What Remi learned about himself in the Navy What leadership means to Remi How to get the best out of your people The challenges of becoming an author and writing his first book Becoming a Hollywood actor Why what stands in the way becomes the way How to deal with and overcome adversity If you know the way broadly, you will see it in everything Remi’s morning routine Show Notes: 1: Get the book: https://amzn.to/2J8Dnaw 2: Instagram: @remiadeleke 3: Twitter: @remiadeleke 4: LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/remi-adeleke-56900075/  5: Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/pg/Remi-Adeleke-129399157227652/ ------ Employee to Entrepreneur book: www.employeetoentrepreneur.io Listen to Future Squared on Apple Podcasts  goo.gl/sMnEa0 Also available on: Spotify, Google Podcasts, TuneIn, Stitcher and Soundcloud Twitter: www.twitter.com/steveglaveski Instagram: www.instagram.com/@thesteveglaveski Future Squared: www.futuresquared.xyz Steve Glaveski: www.steveglaveski.com Medium: www.medium.com/@steveglaveski NEW Facebook group: www.facebook.com/groups/futuresquared/ GET COACHED BY LUCAS: https://www.ergogenic.health/product/coaching GET LUCAS TO DESIGN YOUR SUPPLEMENT PROTOCOL: https://www.ergogenic.health/product/custom-stack Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Self-awareness is a hot topic nowadays. You can hardly open a business or psychology book without coming across numerous mentions of emotional intelligence, EQ or self-awareness. The theory of objective self-awareness goes back to 1972, when it was published by Shelley Duval and Robert Wicklund. Daniel Goleman’s definition of self-awareness, immortalized in his best-selling book Emotional Intelligence, simply puts it down to “knowing one’s internal states, preference, resources, and intuitions.” I’ve written previously that we probably shouldn’t trust our intuitions, because they are a byproduct of evolutionary programming, genetics, fetal conditions, infancy and upbringing, past experience, microbiome activity and our current environment. Given this, there is immense value in being self-aware. Knowing that a feeling in our gut willing us not to do something we really need to — like make an important presentation in front of a large audience — is really just evolutionary programming which is trying to mitigate our chances of being ostracised from our tribe so that we can survive. Perhaps that made sense thousands of years ago — when we relied upon our tribes for survival — but no so much today. With self-awareness, we are better able to navigate the world without always falling victim to involuntary reactions that serve to sabotage us, rather than serve us. ------ Employee to Entrepreneur book: www.employeetoentrepreneur.io Listen to Future Squared on Apple Podcasts  goo.gl/sMnEa0 Also available on: Spotify, Google Podcasts, TuneIn, Stitcher and Soundcloud Twitter: www.twitter.com/steveglaveski Instagram: www.instagram.com/@thesteveglaveski Future Squared: www.futuresquared.xyz Steve Glaveski: www.steveglaveski.com Medium: www.medium.com/@steveglaveski NEW Facebook group: www.facebook.com/groups/futuresquared/ GET COACHED BY LUCAS: https://www.ergogenic.health/product/coaching GET LUCAS TO DESIGN YOUR SUPPLEMENT PROTOCOL: https://www.ergogenic.health/product/custom-stack Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Niccolo Machiavelli’s ‘The Prince’, written in the early 16th Century whilst living in exile, was a gift to Lorenzo Medici — defacto ruler of the Florentine republic — arguably as a means to earn his place in society as a statesman again. The Prince is to this day considered one of the earliest works of modern philosophy, and indeed of modern political philosophy, and is the book that spawned the use of the term Machiavellian to refer to cunning and unscrupulous, especially in politics. However, the book, which only numbers some 120 pages, is full of lessons that one can apply in leadership roles, in business and more broadly, in life. This installment of Fast Fix Friday unpacks one such lesson. ------ Employee to Entrepreneur book: www.employeetoentrepreneur.io Listen to Future Squared on Apple Podcasts  goo.gl/sMnEa0 Also available on: Spotify, Google Podcasts, TuneIn, Stitcher and Soundcloud Twitter: www.twitter.com/steveglaveski Instagram: www.instagram.com/@thesteveglaveski Future Squared: www.futuresquared.xyz Steve Glaveski: www.steveglaveski.com Medium: www.medium.com/@steveglaveski NEW Facebook group: www.facebook.com/groups/futuresquared/ GET COACHED BY LUCAS: https://www.ergogenic.health/product/coaching GET LUCAS TO DESIGN YOUR SUPPLEMENT PROTOCOL: https://www.ergogenic.health/product/custom-stack Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

When most people think of a successful entrepreneur, typically they think of a charismatic, outgoing, and brilliant leader; Jobs, Bezos or the flamboyant Richard Branson might come to mind. Rarely is introversion conflated with entrepreneurial success. This is because society has a cultural bias towards extroverts, according to Susan Cain, and also because an entrepreneur must interact and influence numerous people — their team, their customers, their partners, and the media. Having said that, there are several significant advantages that introverted founders — let’s call them intropreneurs — have over their extroverted peers. ------ Employee to Entrepreneur book: www.employeetoentrepreneur.io Listen to Future Squared on Apple Podcasts  goo.gl/sMnEa0 Also available on: Spotify, Google Podcasts, TuneIn, Stitcher and Soundcloud Twitter: www.twitter.com/steveglaveski Instagram: www.instagram.com/@thesteveglaveski Future Squared: www.futuresquared.xyz Steve Glaveski: www.steveglaveski.com Medium: www.medium.com/@steveglaveski NEW Facebook group: www.facebook.com/groups/futuresquared/ GET COACHED BY LUCAS: https://www.ergogenic.health/product/coaching GET LUCAS TO DESIGN YOUR SUPPLEMENT PROTOCOL: https://www.ergogenic.health/product/custom-stack Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

With a writing career spanning 19 years, Mezrich has authored twenty books, with a combined printing of over 4 million copies, including the wildly successful Bringing Down the House, which spent sixty-three weeks on the New York Times Bestseller List, and sold over 2 million copies in fifteen languages and was adapted into the #1 Box Office movie 21. His book, The Accidental Billionaires was adapted into the movie The Social Network which was #1 at the box office, won Golden Globes for best picture, best director, best adapted screenplay, best score, and was nominated for 8 Oscars, winning 3 including Best Adapted Screenplay. Mezrich and Aaron Sorkin shared a prestigious Scripter Award for Best Adapted Screenplay as well. Ben Mezrich cracked the Hollywood Reporter’s annual hot list: Hollywood’s 25 Most Powerful Authors. This power list of authors touted to be “the industry’s most sought-after word nerds” is based on stats like Mezrich’s multiple movie deals in production such as Woolly, Seven Wonders, Once Upon a Time in Russia, and The 37th Parallel. Ben’s newest book Bitcoin Billionaires chronicles the second act of wonder twins Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss as they claw their way through Silicon Valley and come out on top as the first bitcoin billionaires after an unlikely-to-win battle with the omnipotent Empire–Facebook. This was a wide-reaching conversation with Ben, and we explored: Ben’s ascendancy to the top of the writing game, and numerous lessons learned along the way that anybody aspiring to great heights can learn from His new book Bitcoin Billionaires, in which we unpacked who Mark Zuckerberg and the Winklevoss Twins really are; and We talk about crptocurrency more broadly, and the role that tech companies play in our lives today  Ben rattled off countless value bombs in this conversation, so if you’re sitting down, grab a pad and pen, take some notes, and please enjoy, my conversation with the one and only, Ben Mezrich.  Topics Discussed: Ben’s upbringing How Ben got his start in writing Influences on Ben’s writing Originality, and where it comes from How Ben wrote 9 books during college, none of which were very good On having several published books perform poorly before gaining success with Bringing Down the House On developing a healthy relationship with rejection The role of luck and serendipity Writing to keep people’s attention in an age of attention deficit Bringing Down the House Accidental Billionaires Bitcoin Billionaires The more at bats you have, the more home runs you hit Early exchanges with Eduardo Savarin and an eventual restraining order On playing the long game, and maintaining energy and enthusiasm for work Tackling a blank page, and overcoming writer’s block How Ben chooses his projects How Ben gets into the flow state What makes a good story Introversion, and playing a role Who Mark Zuckerberg really is Who the Vinklewoss twins really are Cryptocurrency Big tech companies and our attention Show Notes: Books: amazon.com.au/s?i=stripbooks&rh=p_27%3ABen+Mezrich&ref=dp_byline_sr_book_1 Twitter: www. twitter.com/benmezrich Website: benmezrich.com This episode was brought to you by Blinkist - get your free 7-day trial at www.blinkist.com/futuresquared ------ Employee to Entrepreneur book: www.employeetoentrepreneur.io Listen to Future Squared on Apple Podcasts  goo.gl/sMnEa0 Also available on: Spotify, Google Podcasts, TuneIn, Stitcher and Soundcloud Twitter: www.twitter.com/steveglaveski Instagram: www.instagram.com/@thesteveglaveski Future Squared: www.futuresquared.xyz Steve Glaveski: www.steveglaveski.com Medium: www.medium.com/@steveglaveski NEW Facebook group: www.facebook.com/groups/futuresquared/ GET COACHED BY LUCAS: https://www.ergogenic.health/product/coaching GET LUCAS TO DESIGN YOUR SUPPLEMENT PROTOCOL: https://www.ergogenic.health/product/custom-stack Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

“Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not: the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.” — Calvin Coolidge, 30th US President The spirit of Coolidge’s quote has been echoed time and time again by high performers across many domains on my podcast, whether it was Robert Greene, Michael Shermer, Ryan Serhant, or Georges St Pierre; they all say that resilience is one of the biggest, if not the biggest, factor underpinning success. This is why venture capitalists invest in people first. Veteran Israeli VC Yossi Vardi, who has exited 30 of 86 investments, told CNBC that when he started investing he thought ideas were overrated — now he thinks they’re irrelevant. “It’s about execution and the personality of the people, rather than about the idea”. In sports, UFC legend Georges St Pierre told me that “confidence plus skill equals success”. GET COACHED BY LUCAS: https://www.ergogenic.health/product/coaching GET LUCAS TO DESIGN YOUR SUPPLEMENT PROTOCOL: https://www.ergogenic.health/product/custom-stack Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

From a very young age, Lucas Aoun became interested in the effects of certain foods and herbs on his own physiological and psychological performance. When he was playing soccer, he found himself monitoring his performance very closely and discovered that some supplements were having a drastic effect on reaction times, decision making and ability to the "read" the play. This then sparked a passion to spend copious amounts of his "spare time" to research various ergogenic aids. Having battled with his own health issues, he began to biohack his way out, getting to the root cause of his issues. Through relentless experimentation and research, he has optimised his baseline to consistently perform at a solid level. Today, Lucas’ purpose and mission is to assist and empower people to reach their fullest potential. He does this by being an information portal and teacher, giving others the knowledge that they need to manipulate their own physiology and behaviours.  We settled in for a wide-reaching conversation in which we ventured down many a rabbit hole, including: Naturopathy v western medicine Nootropics and cognitive enhancers The gut-brain connection Sleep Dopamine enhancement; and… Why men should ice their gonads. With that, please give it up for an up and coming star in the space of human performance optimisation, Lucas Aoun. Topics Discussed: Lucas’ backstory Naturopathy Nootropics and biohacking Biomarkers Blue blockers and sleep Maximising growth hormone Improving testosterone levels Purpose Rapid experimentation The gut-brain communication axis Criticisms of naturapathy Dogma Dopamine enhancmenet Serotonin suppression GDAs Infrared saunas Cold exposure  Show Notes: Instagram: instagram.com/ergogenic_health Facebook: facebook.com/ergogenic_health Website: www.ergogenichealth.com.au --- Employee to Entrepreneur book: www.employeetoentrepreneur.io Listen to Future Squared on Apple Podcasts  goo.gl/sMnEa0 Also available on: Spotify, Google Podcasts, TuneIn, Stitcher and Soundcloud Twitter: www.twitter.com/steveglaveski Instagram: www.instagram.com/@thesteveglaveski Future Squared: www.futuresquared.xyz Steve Glaveski: www.steveglaveski.com Medium: www.medium.com/@steveglaveski NEW Facebook group: www.facebook.com/groups/futuresquared/ GET COACHED BY LUCAS: https://www.ergogenic.health/product/coaching GET LUCAS TO DESIGN YOUR SUPPLEMENT PROTOCOL: https://www.ergogenic.health/product/custom-stack Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I recently concluded an intense but rewarding podcast tour in support of my now newish book, Employee to Entrepreneur. Having appeared on over 50 podcasts, I thought I had been asked just about everything on the topic of making the aforementioned leap. That was until I spoke with Erik Fisher of the Beyond the To Do List podcast. Erik took a different approach and asked me whether or not an employee can be an entrepreneur. I rattled off some initial thoughts that came to mind, but the first thing that comes to mind isn’t always the best, so I continued to ponder the question after the interview. --- Employee to Entrepreneur book: www.employeetoentrepreneur.io Listen to Future Squared on Apple Podcasts  goo.gl/sMnEa0 Also available on: Spotify, Google Podcasts, TuneIn, Stitcher and Soundcloud Twitter: www.twitter.com/steveglaveski Instagram: www.instagram.com/@thesteveglaveski Future Squared: www.futuresquared.xyz Steve Glaveski: www.steveglaveski.com Medium: www.medium.com/@steveglaveski NEW Facebook group: www.facebook.com/groups/futuresquared/ GET COACHED BY LUCAS: https://www.ergogenic.health/product/coaching GET LUCAS TO DESIGN YOUR SUPPLEMENT PROTOCOL: https://www.ergogenic.health/product/custom-stack Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.