
Noble Warrior with CK Lin
NobleWarrior is where CK interviews leaders about their journey from the first mountain of achievement to the second mountain of higher purpose. We talk about locating their inner power, finding purpose, upgrading mindset, dissolving barriers, actualizing visions, and thriving in modern times.Being “Noble” is to serve: surrendering your ego, honoring your higher self, and serving the people who you chose to serve from a place of commitment.Being a “Warrior” is to have the willingness and courage to lean into discomfort and inner resistance for the sake of your growth and freedom.The Noble Warrior is the archetype who is aware and aligned. He is at war with oblivion, chaos, and confusion. He actively creates tools that lead to more clarity, insights, and harmony. He is committed to living in a world with calmness, groundedness, and flow. The NobleWarrior podcast is the Dojo where we continue to excavate life lessons, share our best tools, and serve others on the same path.
Latest episodes

Dec 17, 2022 • 1h 13min
146 Dave Ford: From Media Executive to Media Entrepreneur
My next guest is Dave Ford. He is the Founder of the Ocean Plastics Leadership Network.In 2021 the OPLN launched the Global Treaty Dialogues, a global virtual summit series engineered to build capacity and understanding around a Global Plastics Treaty. Participants include one hundred forty organizations from 34 countries across the vast plastic stakeholder spectrum.We talked about:(05:14) Why getting fired as a media executive was the best thing that happened to him(12:14) How ayahuasca helped him find healing with his pains with past relationship and job(26:07) How wildlife expedition helped him fall in love with nature(47:33) Why plastic corporations want to solve the plastic crisis(49:32) What are the best metrics to measure corporate efforts to solve environmental challenges (55:06) How is he able to put different stakeholders of the plastic crisis in the same room(58:44) How he found his niche? What is the core offer of the OPLN?(63:30) What is his success metric of the OPLN?(69:09) What's his advice to the younger Dave who is at the crossroads of quitting corporate and starting his first business🔥 To activate, express, and amplify your purpose, go to: https://bit.ly/3lVRhhN

Dec 16, 2022 • 2h 31min
145 Tej Dosa: Writing as a Path to Truth and Spirituality
My next guest is Tej Dosa. He is a DTC copywriter, online entrepreneur, and spirituality-loving Twitter personality based out of Vancouver, Canada who lives to fulfill his personal motto for living a full life: "top of the world or bottom of the ocean, zero desire to live in the middle."We talked about:(01:23) When you're in flow, what's the experience of writing a newsletter?(03:23) We are the artifacts we leave behind(08:26) What's your creative process of writing your newsletter?(11:02) Why Tej write every day as a daily discipline?(14:04) What's Tej's life purpose?(38:38) Why writing and sex are the same thing?(41:47) The counterintuitive way Tej cultivates super fans(45:14) The greatest gift you can give as a creator to your readers(54:26) Tej's perspective on teaching(71:10) What's joy? How he robbed himself of joy and how he overcame it.(75:54) CK's journey of finding his expressions again(84:40) Two main drivers: suffering and curiosity(87:07) Yearning, attachment, and suffering(96:37) The front-end and back-end of his content and giving people what they want and need(101:03) Tej's meaning of life and the inside-out approach(113:52) How to play the game of life(123:27) How his heart was dead and how he reignited it with fire again🔥 To activate, express, and amplify your purpose, go to: https://bit.ly/3lVRhhN

Dec 15, 2022 • 1h 40min
144 Danny Miranda: The Craft of Deep Conversations
My next guest is Danny Miranda. He is a lover of life. He is a podcaster and tweeter whose mission is to make the world happier, healthier, and wiser. His previous guest appearances include Gary Vaynerchuk, Iman Gadzhi, Sahil Bloom, Tom Bilyeu, Chris Williamson, Kamal Ravikant, Miami Mayor Francis Suarez, Miss Excel Kat Norton, Ariel Helwani, Anthony Pompliano, James Altucher, Sam Parr, Greg McKeown, Kevin Kelly, Mike Maples, Sharon Salzberg, Dickie Bush, George Heaton, Rob Lipsett, Colin and Samir, Shaan Puri, Gay Hendricks, and many more incredible humans.We talked about:(03:41) Why meditation made him a better listener?(16:12) Why Tim Ferriss & Joe Rogan are the top podcasters?(17:10) The progress between Joe Rogan 100 to Joe Rogan 1000 as a podcaster(18:44) What makes Danny's guests bare their souls to him?(21:50) How Danny improves himself as an interviewer?(24:21) The overlooked pitfall of being too critical to yourself(31:55) The power of silence during interviews(38:34) The power of the juxtaposition(42:33) The ideal coach archetype(43:35) The ideal podcast experience(51:53) The power of questions to determine the quality of your life(52:42) Why humans cannot refuse questions(58:32) How to talk to people who have 10x the audience size than you(66:50) The mindset of journaling and documenting now instead of later(68:57) The importance of giving love to those you believe in(74:44) CK's acknowledgment practice(82:40) The powerful question to get deep without the small talks(85:55) How to calibrate your vocabulary level for the widest reach?(89:48) How CK maintains peace and calmness To activate, express, and amplify your purpose, go to: https://bit.ly/3lVRhhN

Oct 20, 2022 • 2h 19min
143 Brother Spirit: Converting to Monastic Life, Thích Nhất Hạnh, & Collective Awakening
My guest is Brother Phap Linh, also known as Brother Spirit. He a zen Buddhist monk, musician and seeker. He began his monastic training with Thich Nhat Hanh in Plum Village in February 2008, and has since composed many of the community’s beloved chants.Before ordaining he studied mathematics at Cambridge and worked professionally as a composer. A co-founder of the Wake Up Movement for young people, today Brother Phap Linh is actively engaged in teaching applied mindfulness to climate activists, business leaders, artists, and scientists. As a leading voice in the new generation of Buddhist monastics in the West, he is passionate about exploring how meditators and scientists can learn from each other and open new paths of healing and discovery. He has the conviction that a modern form of monasticism can play a crucial role in bringing about a more compassionate society as well as a much needed collective awakening to our interbeing with all life.Time Stamps- 03:59 From science to spirituality- 08:47 what makes Thích Nhất Hạnh infinite- 24:07 The decision to convert to the monastic life at Plum Village- 28:11 The impact he didn't know about his conversion- 41:12 His criteria to choose his community- 43:22 What is Engaged Buddhism- 52:00 What's his North Star- 61:30 Strike a balance between tradition and adaptation- 70:00 What makes Thích Nhất Hạnh a great teacher- 85:12 Scaling transformation- 92:46 Governance of an international monastic organization- 100:48 Superpower of longterm practitioners- 107:14 Honing the mind and being present- 110:31 The Chinese story about a guy and a horse- 115:03 What's happiness- 126:17 Contemplating death for serenity- 129:06 What to do with environmental anxiety- 132:04 How zen Buddhism builds human resilience when facing existential crisisTo support the Plum Village, go to https://plumvillage.org/donate🔥 To find, refine, and operationalize your purpose with joy, go to: https://bit.ly/3lVRhhN

Oct 17, 2022 • 1h 25min
142 Ramsay Taum: Hoponopono, Hawaiian wisdom, and finding inner harmony
Mentored by respected kūpuna (elders), Ramsay is a practitioner and instructor of several Native Hawaiian practices: Hoʻoponopono (stress release and mediation), lomi haha (body alignment), and Kaihewalu Lua (Hawaiian combat/battle art).Kumu Ramsay is recognized locally, nationally, and internationally for transformational leadership in sustainability, cultural, and place-based values integration into contemporary business models. Kumu Ramsay advocates team building, strategic partnerships, community brilliance, and creative thinking. He is a recognized cultural resource, sought after keynote speaker, lecturer, trainer, and facilitator. He is especially effective working with Hawai‘i’s industries where he integrates Native Hawaiian cultural values and principles into contemporary businessTime Stamps03:27 the connectedness about unifying mind, body, and spirit04:12 the Hawaiian practice of ho'ponopono13:00 the differences between elders and wisdom teachers22:09 concretize the 6th sense of space holders23:55 when the student is ready, the teacher shows up; when the teacher is ready, the student shows up26:47 the operationalization of spirit35:37 how he dispenses wisdom40:19 access universal wisdom43:08 self-centered vs. being centered itself54:20 inner harmony and outer harmony68:19 I go where I am invited to engineer harmonyLinkshttps://www.ramsaytaum.com/

Aug 23, 2022 • 1h 47min
141 Amir Ahmad Nasr: From Activist to Unleashing Voices of Leaders
My next guest is Amir Ahmad Nasr. He is an exiled author, journalist and pro-democracy activist. His writings have been featured in the Atlantic, Foreign Policy, WSJ, NY Times. Today he helps leaders and entrepreneurs tell their own stories with more purpose, focus, prosperity, freedom and fulfillment. On the creative side, he is also the artist, singer-songwriter Drima Starlight working on his debut album.Amir Ahmad Nasr and I talked about: + Pros/cons of building a personal brand + Transcending beyond the parent-child relationship + Being rooted in your soul's purpose + Accelerating soul-audience fit with technologies + Finding your soul print and awakening your true leadership voiceTo learn more about him, go tohttps://assertive.co/about/ Transition from burnt-out warrior to noble warrior in the pursuit of deep joy, purpose, and presence: https://bit.ly/3lVRhhN

Aug 17, 2022 • 1h 49min
140 Dave Lakhani: From Growing Up in a Cult to Fighting Misinformation
My next guest is Dave Lakhani, one of the nation's most recognizable experts on applied persuasion, human influence, sales and marketing, and cults.He is an award-winning author and speaker who has spoken to more than 2 million people in 126 countries around the world over the past decade. Dave is also an Entrepreneur whose companies have made the Inc. 500 list regularly. He is the founder of Boldapproach.com a business consulting firm and Co-Founder of GrowthFoundryDigital.com a growth-focused digital marketing agency. He is a proud veteran of the United States Army.You can find out more about Dave here -> https://growthfoundrydigital.com/ Transition from burnt-out warrior to noble warrior in the pursuit of deep joy, purpose, and presence: https://bit.ly/3lVRhhN

Aug 5, 2022 • 1h 41min
139 Josh Terry: From Overworking to 1.3M Tiktok Followers in 2 Years
My next guest is Josh Terry. He is a Writer, content creator, and investor focused on learning theory, self-development, mental models, and bitcoin.He started Tiktok 2 years ago and in that time he has attracted 1.3M followers.We talked about:+His path from 0 to 1.3M+Why Tiktok is the fastest way to find your brand voice+Why Tiktok is a great platform for creatives +Horizontal vs. Vertical method of learning+How to use arbitrary limitations to find your niche+How to cultivate disciplines of recovery for workaholics +Knowing what he knows today, what's the #1 thing he'd tell other creatives on their path to 1.3M followersLinksJoin Josh's community https://lifemasteryacademy.carrd.co/Check out Josh's Tiktok https://www.tiktok.com/@joshterryplays Transition from burnt-out ego warrior to noble warrior in the pursuit of deep joy, purpose, and mental mastery: https://bit.ly/3lVRhhN👇🏼 Take the Higher Self quiz bit.ly/HigherSelfQuiz

Jul 29, 2022 • 1h 13min
138 Roger Love: Engineer Your Voice For Maximum Impact
My guest is Roger Love, one of the world’s leading authorities on voice. No other vocal coach in history has been more commercially successful in both the speaking and singing fields. Roger coached many iconic actors, entertainers, speakers, and authors: Reese Witherspoon, Joaquin Phoenix, Jeff Bridges, Keira Knightley, Angelina Jolie, Steve Carrell, and Will Ferrell, The Beach Boys, John Mayer, Selena Gomez, Gwen Stefani, Eminem, Anthony Robbins, John Gray, Brendon Burchard and Suze Orman.Roger has vocally produced more than 150 million-unit sales worldwide, written 3 top selling books, created multiple bestselling audio, video and online programs, and appeared as a regular in 4 major network TV shows. His Academy Award winning film coaching credits include Walk The Line, Crazy Heart, and A Star Is Born.We talked about:+Word-based communication vs. sound-based communication+Specific tactics to help cerebral speakers to deliver greater emotional impact+What specific steps can monotone speakers take to be more captivating+The 3 elements speakers can use to take charge of the room+The steps great singers and speakers take to find their voice+The importance of showcasing confidence as a professional+How to engineer a specific emotional impact Links+$50 certificate for Roger's programs

Jul 6, 2022 • 1h 30min
137 John Gray: Practical Tactics to Be More Masculine
My next guest is John Gray. He is the author of the most well-known and trusted relationship book of all time, Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus. USA Today listed his book as one of the top 10 most influential books of the last quarter-century. In hardcover, it was the #1 best-selling book of the 1990s. Dr. Gray’s books are translated into approximately 45 languages in more than 100 countries and continues to be a bestseller.Dr. Gray has written over 20 books. His most recent book is Beyond Mars and Venus: Relationship Skills for Our Complex Modern World. His Mars/Venus book series has forever changed the way men and women view their relationships.John helps men and women better understand and respect their differences in both personal and professional relationships. His approach combines specific communication techniques with healthy, nutritional choices that create the brain and body chemistry for lasting health, happiness, and romance.His many books, blogs, and free online workshops at MarsVenus.com provide practical insights to improve relationships at all stages of life and love. An advocate of health and optimal brain function, he also provides natural solutions for overcoming depression, anxiety, and stress to support increased energy, libido, hormonal balance, and better sleep. He has appeared repeatedly on Oprah, as well as on The Dr. Oz Show, TODAY, CBS This Morning, Good Morning America, and others. He has been profiled in Time, Forbes, USA Today, and People. He was also the subject of a three-hour special hosted by Barbara Walters.Links 📚 Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus 📥 Want more deep discussions like this? Join our newsletter 🤯 Want the CK notes of these conversations, follow me on TikTok @thecklin