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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 that's how much he has generated for his clients. He is the quintessential marketing guru and a prolific author. He has authored a dozen books including Getting Everything You Can Out of All You've Got, The Sticking Point SolutionandRecession Proofing Your Business, which had a $1,000 price tag when it first came out. It sold out the printing in two weeks. It was, at the time, one of the most expensive books available. Jay also counsels business gurus like Tony Robbins and Daymond John, the Shark from Shark Tank. Here's episode number 163 with Jay Abraham.

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 stuff on our own, but we also will do big buys with our stylist. This topic may seem superficial to some of you. It does feel good to look stylish and to feel you have some competence in this area. It helps in business. It helps if you're dating. It's definitely something worth reading. This is episode number 162. Our guest is Lauren Friedman. Lauren is an artist, stylist and the author and illustrator of three books published by Chronicle Books including her book50 Ways to Wear Accessories. Her first book, 50 Ways to Wear a Scarf, has sold over 200,000 copies and has been translated into multiple languages. She's the creator of the My Closet in Sketches project and Illustrated Style Blog. Lauren's work as a professional illustrator has appeared in numerous publications including Lucky Magazine, Travel + Leisure Magazine and The Washington Post. Her books have been sold at MoMA, The National Gallery ofArt, Paper Source, Target and retailers across the world. In addition, Lauren acts as an image consultant and personal wardrobe stylist for clients in Washington, DC and Ann Arbor, Michigan.

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 marketing agency, he mentors and educates other budding entrepreneurs.

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 worked with thousands of people from over 50 countries. He is the Founder of Body Centered Leadership.

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 Amenand Michael Morelli. We never really deep dived into QS, Quantified Self. This is where you measure and record everything. Peter Drucker said, "What gets measured gets managed," and I firmly believe that. I'm a big believer in QS. We're going to go deep into this topic and also talk about learning independently, productivity, ADHD and a bunch of other topics. I think you're going to enjoy this episode number 159. Our guest is Lisa Betts-LaCroix. Lisa is a podcaster, speaker, actor and dancer. As host of the Super Power UPodcast, she digs into mental models and skills used by experts and everyday rockstars. She's been in over 100 films and TV shows as a dance performance speaker who inspires audiences to embrace vitality and passion in later life. At age 50, she is a world champion Pro-Am American Rhythm Ballroom dancer.

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 continuously improve themselves.

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 from writing business plans while getting treatment, undergoing DBT, to correcting myths to align with reality, doing pain exercises, and coming to terms with the present by regarding the past and future as concepts. He shares his experiences and how he comes to terms with pain and suffering by focusing more on happiness and joy.

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 Revolutionaries, is coming out. She also consults with entrepreneurs, thought leaders and organizations to take big ideas to the next level, integrate their values into their brands and complete their narratives.

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 get to talk with Kute Blackson, the author of the national bestseller, You Are The One. He's been featured on Larry King Now, Fox & Friends, Dr. Drew and more. Kute has been inspiring audiences for decades, starting at the tender age of eight where he spoke in front of 3,000 people.

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 of the Masters of Mindfulness app, Monica continues to teach amazing life tools to millions of people around the globe in the form of in-person courses, online lectures, published books, and more.