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Apr 5, 2023 • 1h 15min

#338: Steezy Kane – Reprogram Your Mind

Steezy Kane is an independent filmmaker. In this conversation we spoke about the law of attraction, letting his team go, early days of creating, his father as an inspiration, the month he blew up, and his 1 hour ritual... (0:00) Intro (1:04) Steezy’s English Teacher (4:08) The Power of Imagining (8:03) Steezy’s 1 Hour Ritual (10:31) Why Does Law of Attraction Work? (11:58) Building A Persona (14:41) The Month Steezy Blew Up (September 2018) (21:03) Steezy Letting Team Go (24:33) Speaking Truth To Serve Yourself (31:45) Online vs. Offline (34:23) 10 Years To 1,000,000 Subscribers (42:02) Early Days of Creating (44:02) Manson’s Law of Avoidance (50:05) The Thoughts Create The Reality (53:36) Common Mistakes From Newer YouTubers? (56:56) Reprogramming Your Subconscious Mind (1:07:31) Seeking Truth (1:09:34) What Does Steezy Know For Sure? (1:13:42) Challenge  Steezy's Links YouTube: @SteezyKane Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/steezykane Twitter: https://twitter.com/steezykane My Links 🎙 Podcast: https://anchor.fm/dannymiranda 🎥 YouTube:  @dannymiranda   🐣 Twitter: https://twitter.com/heydannymiranda 📸 Instagram: https://instagram.com/heydannymiranda
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Apr 3, 2023 • 1h 51min

#337: Special Call-In Show

This is a special episode of the podcast featuring... some of you! I put out on Twitter a special form asking listeners... What topic(s) do you want to discuss? Who's your favorite person in the world and why? What's a challenge you would leave people with to live a better life? If you were forced to ask me one question, what would it be? What is your level of familiarity with the podcast? Do you have anything you want to plug Anything else I should know? Then I got to dialing. It was an incredibly fun experience – and I hope to do it again.
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Mar 30, 2023 • 1h 29min

#336: Brad Lancaster – The Power Of Connection

Brad Lancaster is a YouTuber. He runs the channel Discover Connection, which has more than 570,000 subscribers. On the channel, he runs interesting experiments and documents them… like crossing America on $0, asking Mexicans to cook dinner at their home, getting a tattoo with a stranger, and much more. (0:00) Intro (1:20) What Is Connection? (7:10) Brad’s Stress (9:39) Feeling Isolation (17:03) Working For Yes Theory (27:31) Where Does Insecurity Come From? (34:51) Free Car (37:01) There Are No Bad People  (41:01) Humanity Is All The Emotions (43:39) The Problem With Modern Communities (50:55) Feeling Not Wanted (55:58) Different Lenses (1:00:01) Meeting Random People (1:03:41) Getting A Stranger’s Face Tattooed (1:08:02) Creating Serendipity (1:12:00) Panic Attack In Mexico (1:15:02) Consuming Too Much (1:16:33) Loving Yourself (1:19:21) Growth = Friends Becoming Mentors (1:24:05) Challenge (1:25:52) Second Phone Resources: A Return to Love by Marianne Williamson – https://www.amazon.com/Return-Love-Reflections-Principles-Miracles/dp/0060927488Love Yourself Like Your Life Depends On It by Kamal Ravikant – https://www.amazon.com/Love-Yourself-Like-Your-Depends/dp/0062968726 Brad's Links YouTube:  @DiscoverConnection  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/discoverconnection My Links 🎙 Podcast: https://anchor.fm/dannymiranda 🎥 YouTube: https://youtube.com/dannymiranda 🐣 Twitter: https://twitter.com/heydannymiranda 📸 Instagram: https://instagram.com/heydannymiranda 🕺 TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@heydannymiranda
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Mar 29, 2023 • 1h 25min

#335: Nicole Behnam – How To Get World-Class Mentors

Nicole Behnam is a founder and journalist. She is the creator of Beyond The Interview, a Beyond With Nicole, where she’s interviewed people like Chris Voss, Tom Bilyeu, and Robert Greene. In this conversation, we spoke about turning friends into mentors, how Naval Ravikant spoke at one of her events, overcoming insecurities, reconciling friendships, and her Oscars speech. (0:00) Intro (1:30) Family (5:00) LA Values (8:01) Turning Friends Into Mentors (Chris Voss) (15:03) Naval (17:31) Deep Convos vs. Red Carpet (20:19) Covering Andrew Schulz In 2018 (24:41) Nicole’s Brilliant Content Strategy (27:44) Voice vs. Text Communication (29:13) “Your Success Is Inevitable” (31:33) Advocating For More (33:31) Overcoming Insecurities (40:09) Why Interviews (42:06) Nicole 5 Years Ago (44:43) Twitter Spaces (49:01) Friendship & Beef With Leah Lamarr (57:59) Reconciling With Friends (1:01:31) What Do You Value? (1:03:21) What Would Your Oscars Speech Be? (Parenting) (1:16:32) More Experiences (1:18:03) Challenge Nicole's Links Twitter: https://twitter.com/NicoleBehnam Instagram: https://instagram.com/nicolebehnam YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@beyondwithnicole My Links 🎙 Podcast: https://anchor.fm/dannymiranda 🎥 YouTube: https://youtube.com/dannymiranda 🐣 Twitter: https://twitter.com/heydannymiranda 📸 Instagram: https://instagram.com/heydannymiranda 🕺 TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@heydannymiranda
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Mar 27, 2023 • 1h 1min

#334: Turner Novak – Breaking Into VC Through Twitter

Turner Novak is a venture capitalist. He is the creator of Banana Capital – a venture capital firm that invests globally across all sectors from pre-seed to pre-IPO. He became known on Twitter through his legendary memes. In this conversation, we spoke about why investing, virality, common traits for successful founders, why crypto didn't make sense to him, and why he was so interested in video games.  (0:00) Intro (1:26) First Viral Moment (4:02) Skipping Class For Twitter IPO (7:10) Why Investing (11:20) Video Games (22:41) Venture Capital Fantasy Portfolio (33:41) Getting Into Venture Capital (40:49) Common Traits For Successful Founders (46:01) How Has Turner’s Thinking Evolved? (48:34) Crypto (“You’re Going To Get Me Cancelled”) (54:13) Grocery Delivery (58:02) Challenge Turner's Links Twitter: https://twitter.com/TurnerNovak Banana Capital: https://www.bananacapital.vc The Split: https://www.thespl.it My Links 🎙 Podcast: https://anchor.fm/dannymiranda 🎥 YouTube: https://youtube.com/dannymiranda 🐣 Twitter: https://twitter.com/heydannymiranda 📸 Instagram: https://instagram.com/heydannymiranda 🕺 TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@heydannymiranda
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Mar 24, 2023 • 58min

#333: Harley Finkelstein – Shopify President On Mentorship, Anxiety, Loss, MrBeast, & Storytelling

Harley Finkelstein is the President of Shopify.  In this conversation, we spoke about mentorship, loss, and working with MrBeast, what he learned from law school, and the pivotal lessons he learned from his grandmother - who was a Holocaust survivor. (0:00) Intro (1:20) Why Is Harley On The Show? (2:00) Parental Encouragement (3:40) Seth Godin (5:37) Mentorship (10:21) How Harley Manages Anxiety (14:40) Managing Pressure (17:55) Law School (& Moot Court) (21:29) Handling Pain & Loss (26:10) Pivotal Lessons From Grandmother (Holocaust Survivor) (33:33) Finding Meaning (40:52) Tobi Lutke (44:44) MrBeast & Working With Celebrities (51:55) Getting Better At Storytelling (54:40) Challenge Resources Man’s Search For Meaning by Viktor Frankl – https://www.amazon.com/Search-Meaning-Classic-Tribute-Holocaust/dp/1846042844 Harley's Links Harley’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/harleyf Shopify: https://www.shopify.com My Links  ✉️ Newsletter: https://dannymiranda.substack.com  🎙 Podcast: https://anchor.fm/dannymiranda  🎥 YouTube: https://youtube.com/dannymiranda  🐣 Twitter: https://twitter.com/heydannymiranda  📸 Instagram: https://instagram.com/heydannymiranda  🕺 TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@heydannymiranda
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Mar 22, 2023 • 1h 40min

#332: Greg O'Gallagher – Dating, Charisma, & Self-Belief

Greg O'Gallagher is a fitness entrepreneur and creator of Kinobody. In this conversation, we spoke about parenting, charisma, Eckhart Tolle, and the power of self-belief. (0:00) Intro (2:00) Early Days of Fitness & Content (8:21) Greg’s Experience At School (12:12) Dating Advice (18:12 Father Passing Away (25:45) Parenting (28:12 Health & Fitness Tips (30:21) Elon Musk Tweet (34:05) Charisma (39:13) Longevity (43:10) Mushrooms (49:11) USA vs. Canada (57:23) Self-Belief (1:02:32) Eckhart Tolle (1:03:49) Gifting Hawaii Trip (1:10:28) Naming Products (1:16:09) Andrew Tate (1:30:17) Challenge Greg's Links Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gregogallagher Twitter: https://twitter.com/gregogallagher Kinobody: https://www.instagram.com/gregogallagher/ My Links ✉️ Newsletter: https://dannymiranda.substack.com 🎙 Podcast: https://anchor.fm/dannymiranda 🎥 YouTube: https://youtube.com/dannymiranda 🐣 Twitter: https://twitter.com/heydannymiranda 📸 Instagram: https://instagram.com/heydannymiranda 🕺 TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@heydannymiranda
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Mar 20, 2023 • 1h 20min

#331: Jordan Welch – How Money Changes You

Jordan Welch is an entrepreneur & YouTuber. In this conversation, we dove deep into Jordan’s personal journey of entrepreneurship, how he’s done inner work on himself, the power and dangers of the internet, how to talk to famous people, his regrets, and much more. (0:00) Intro (1:30) Early Content (2:52) Confidence (4:51) Quitting? (5:55) Getting Job As A Busboy (7:15) Vision (8:28 Sneaker Convention (11:00 Growing Up Numb (13:01) Connection To Sebastian Ghiorghiu & Iman Gadzhi (13:38) Iman London (14:48 Chip On Shoulder (15:43 Acceptance (16:58 Practices To Help With Acceptance (19:03) Inner Work (21:22) Role Models (22:53) What Makes For A Great Leader? (24:51) Subscriber To Friend (27:00) Employees (28:10) Power & Danger of Internet (31:23) Think & Grow Rich (32:41) The Millionaire Fastlane (33:51) Regrets (35:51) Music (36:58) Behind The Scenes YouTube (38:08) What Makes For A Good Story? (39:11) Time Capsule (40:11) Who Does Jordan Create For? (41:22) Wake Up (43:40) Positive & Negative Aspects Social Media (46:01) Fear (48:31) Creativity (51:32) Biggest Unlock For YouTube Growth (56:31) YouTuber Mistakes (58:18) How Did Having Money Change Jordan? (1:00:02) What Does Jordan Want People To Feel? (1:01:09) What Is Jordan Proud Of? (1:02:04) Jordan’s Mom (1:03:20) Not Responding To Messages (1:04:18) Becoming The Rock Of House (1:05:42) What’s Your Gift? (1:07:01) How To Talk To Famous People (1:11:21) For Those Who Want To Do YouTube (1:14:24) Jordan Welch Roasts My YouTube Channel (1:18:41) Challenge Resources Think & Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill: https://www.amazon.com/Think-Grow-Rich-Landmark-Bestseller/dp/1585424331/ The Millionaire Fastlane by MJ DeMarco: https://www.amazon.com/Millionaire-Fastlane-Crack-Wealth-Lifetime/dp/0984358137 My Interview With Cole Hastings: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OaE71SNFOM Jordan’s Links YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@JordanWelch Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jordanwelch My Links  ✉️ Newsletter: https://dannymiranda.substack.com  🎙 Podcast: https://anchor.fm/dannymiranda  🎥 YouTube: https://youtube.com/dannymiranda  🐣 Twitter: https://twitter.com/heydannymiranda  📸 Instagram: https://instagram.com/heydannymiranda  🕺 TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@heydannymiranda
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Mar 17, 2023 • 1h 5min

#330: Case Kenny – How To Date Mindfully

Case Kenny is the host of the top podcast “New Mindset, Who Dis?” where he offers practical thoughts on self improvement, mindfulness and how to live your best life. In this conversation, we spoke about why men are having less sex, his optimistic attitude, what women get wrong about dating, how to be more lucky, and much more. (0:00) Intro (2:21) Why Case’s Show Is Popular (4:14) From Sales To Podcasting (10:03) Case’s Relationship With Self (13:30) Advice For 27 Year Olds (18:33) Why Are Men Having Less Sex? (20:38) Optimism (26:21) How To Get Lucky (30:20) Shoot Your Shot (36:31) Mindfulness & Dating (46:39) Journaling Prompts (51:17) Overcoming Fear (Austin Rief Story) (55:01) Improving As A Marketer (59:47) Winning At Podcasting (1:02:35) Challenges Case’s Links All Links: https://hoo.be/casekenny Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/case.kenny My Links ✉️ Newsletter: https://dannymiranda.substack.com 🎙 Podcast: https://anchor.fm/dannymiranda 🎥 YouTube: https://youtube.com/dannymiranda 🐣 Twitter: https://twitter.com/heydannymiranda 📸 Instagram: https://instagram.com/heydannymiranda 🕺 TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@heydannymiranda
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Mar 15, 2023 • 1h 1min

#329: Annie Duke – Why You Should Consider Quitting

Annie Duke is a former poker player and author. She holds a World Series of Poker (WSOP) gold bracelet from 2004 and at one point won more money in WSOP history than any other female. She is still in the top four as of September 2021, despite being retired from poker, last cashing at a tournament 2010. She is the author of three phenomenal books Thinking In Bets, How To Decide, and Quit. In this conversation, we spoke about how Annie got into poker, how to decide whether to quit a job or relationship, and what she learned from Erik Seidel. (0:00) Intro (3:13) Getting Into Poker (19:59) Visual Memory (22:00) Annie’s Poker Mentor (27:21) Breaking Down Decision Making (30:43 Dr. Olstyn Martinez (39:39) Maintaining Identity (44:11) Deciding In Advance (48:56) Quitting A Relationship Or Job (53:30) What Does Annie Want People To Take Away? (59:20) Challenge Annie’s Links Twitter: https://twitter.com/AnnieDuke Thinking In Bets by Annie Duke: https://www.amazon.com/Thinking-Bets-Making-Smarter-Decisions/dp/0735216355 How To Decide by Annie Duke: https://www.amazon.com/How-Decide-Simple-Making-Choices/dp/B088P4XLVB Quit by Annie Duke: https://www.amazon.com/Quit-Power-Knowing-When-Walk/dp/0593422996 My Links Thinking In Bets Notes – https://dannymiranda.com/thinking-in-bets-notes-summary/ ✉️ Newsletter: https://dannymiranda.substack.com 🎙 Podcast: https://anchor.fm/dannymiranda 🎥 YouTube: https://youtube.com/dannymiranda 🐣 Twitter: https://twitter.com/heydannymiranda 📸 Instagram: https://instagram.com/heydannymiranda 🕺 TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@heydannymiranda

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