
In this episode, I sit down with best selling author and entrepreneur Dr. Isaiah Hankel to discuss the role of focus in high performance when pursuing lofty aspirations. Dr. Hankel is the author of Black Hole Focus and is the founder of three...
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Dr. Isaiah Hankel
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Coit Cooper
Welcome to the earn the right to live your dreams podcast. This is Coit Cooper. Hey everybody. Welcome back to another earn the right to live your dreams podcast. I'm excited today for a couple reasons. Number one, I get to interview an elite performer. Somebody who's performing at a seriously high level and doing some amazing things. On top of that, this is, this, this guy that I'm going to introduce to you is a friend of mine. And so not only do I get to learn today, but I get to catch up with an old friend. So I'm super excited. I want to, I want to introduce you to Dr. Isaiah Hankel. He's a doctor of anatomy and cell biology. He's the founder of three multinational businesses. He's given 300 seminars in over 30 countries. He recently. This is crazy to me. He broke a Facebook world record for most shared post ever. Like over 500,000 shares. Like, I, the other day got like my first thousand the other day and I was so excited. And then I realized, man, he is just crushing it and it's amazing. And then the final thing. The author of the best selling book Black Hole Focus, a great read. I highly recommend that you check it out. Isaiah Henkel, welcome to the show, man. How you doing?
Dr. Isaiah Hankel
Hey, Coy. Doing well. Thanks for having me on. I appreciate it.
Coit Cooper
Cool, cool. So let's get this rolling, man. You've had an incredible background. I look at you and I'm just so impressed with what you've accomplished at a young age. But when you look at all these things that you've been able to do, what's kind of that one thing that you've accomplished so far in your career that you're most proud of?
Dr. Isaiah Hankel
Yeah, you know, I mean, it's a combination of things. Well, I would say two things in particular. One, I mean, getting my doctorate for me was a big deal just because I had so many obstacles in front of me and I kind of had to challenge the system. So doing that gave me kind of a proof of principle that taking big risks and standing up to forces that are much bigger than you, I mean, it's possible to come out the other end of that better off and even win. And then publishing, publishing the book. If I would have known how much work a book is, and you know this, how much work the book is, going into it, I would have never written it. But having something like that, you know, that you threw yourself into and came out the other end, it feels good to leave something else out there, right? That'll hopefully stay beyond you. Kind of a legacy.
Coit Cooper
Yeah. No, man, that's awesome. And you constantly hear that words. It's these big things that you accomplish. People say, man, if I had to do that again, I don't know if I would do it. And your book was definitely worth it, man. You did an amazing job on that. I've just transitioned a little bit. I obviously know you personally, man. We competed together. I know your journey from reading your book, from hearing your messages for the audience members out there who have not. You alluded to this a little bit. Tell us a little bit about your story as it relates to kind of your medical school experience and transitioning out of it.
Dr. Isaiah Hankel
Yeah. So I think everybody goes through this at one point in their life, and I was, I guess, lucky in a way that it came at me when I was, you know, younger and when I could put the lessons from it to use. And it happened when I. When I was in medical school, a variety of things. So I was on a research track in medical school, so I had to. Things were a little bit different where I had to get approval from kind of a chair, like a board of five doctors to be able to get my doctorate. And the chair of that board was my academic advisor. We basically. We didn't get along towards the end of my career. And this kind of happens a lot in the industry. He kept blocking me from graduating, which became very frustrating. So I ended up being there for about a year longer than I should have been. And so I was faced with that, and I was faced in the situation where I was, like, stuck because I thought I was going to actually go on to be a professor and do these different things. Realized I didn't want to do that, and now I couldn't get out of this box that I was in. At the same time, I had a pretty significant health issue. I started having panic attacks, lots of stress, and developed kind of a chronic kidney condition brought about by stress. So I had some scary things going on there with my health. So lots of uncertainty. And I just hit this point where I threw up my hands and I said, okay, I'm just going to start trying everything else. Like, maybe this whole pushing hard and setting goals kind of thing isn't really where it's at. I just need to be. I just need to start doing other things. So I. I did everything from, like, join book clubs. Like, I got into, you know, group meditation. I even tried golfing. I don't know what that was about, all these different things. And in the end, I realized, you know, I had To. I needed to end up somewhere in between. Like, I needed to find a way to be more present during the day and at the same time, keep setting these hard goals. And the most important lesson I learned is, you know, I mean, life is. It's very short. You never know when you're gonna get hit with something that brings about that kind of uncertainty, whether it's a health issue or whatever else, and that you really like. Time is running out now, and it gave me this sense of urgency that I never had before. I've always been a hard working person or whatever else, but this put it on overdrive. Like, look, if you want to achieve something big in this life, you got to do it now. And you got to wake up every day like it's a sprint, and you're scratching and clawing to get that last centimeter at the end of the day, otherwise you will miss out.
Coit Cooper
Yeah, no good stuff, man. And that transitions almost perfect into the next question, which is one of the things that this podcast is about is being bold enough to step up, to take risks, to just go after the things that matter to you most. And I honestly think you're one of the few people that I know that is doing this at a high level that I feel like you're all in. And so what I want to know is kind of what inspired you, in addition to what you've already said, Was there anything else specific that inspired, inspired you to just make this decision and to just go, Yeah.
Dr. Isaiah Hankel
I mean, it comes back to, you know, there's. There's always, like, if you talk to people about what drives them, right. There's always, like, the reason that they give. And then if you dig a little bit deeper, it's the real reason, right? So it might be, oh, you know, I want to make a difference, whatever. But the real reason, if you dig deep enough, is that they feel like they're going to die without making a difference or that their life's not going to be significant or whatever it is, you know, and so I just got a super close, you know, a close up of what my real reason is. And the reason that drives me is like, I want to build something while I'm here on this earth. I want to leave something behind that's significant and that doesn't just happen. I mean, no matter where you are in life. And I guess what you were born with, whatever platform you had to start, like, you're going to have to make your own way. And that coupled with, you know, having a few, like, standing up to these big. You know what? For me, it was these big bureaucracies like academia or, you know, even. Even large corporations when I worked in with different jobs. Over time, you learn that when you stand up to the things that you're afraid of, they're not really there. There's a quote, I think, by Mark Twain. It says, you know, a young man goes out to the world and then pull. Pulls the beard back from the world and realize that it's. It's nothing. There's no big boogeyman. There's no. Nothing scary out there. And. And when you take these risks over and over again, you find out that there's nothing really to be afraid of. And so, I don't know. I think overall, taking giant risks is the number one thing you can do. And I think what keeps a lot of people from doing that is that we get intimidated. Like, let's say right now you get offered this massive speaking event in front of a couple thousand people, right? Let's say some random person gets this opportunity. The first thing that's going to go through their mind is like, oh, crap, like, can I handle this? Am I going to blow it? Whatever else? And they get intimidated, and then they start questioning themselves, and then slowly that. That, you know, that doubt builds momentum and infects them and they don't do it. I think a better strategy and something that I've learned to do or have tried to do is that when you feel that fear, that intimidation, use that as kind of a signal that, okay, this is actually a worthy challenge. This is a sign I'm heading in the right direction. And now I absolutely have to do it, even if it blows up in my face.
Coit Cooper
Just like shifting your mindset, right?
Dr. Isaiah Hankel
Yeah, shifting your mindset, really, and seeing those things, you know, the opportunities to fail are also the opportunities to succeed, right? So your biggest chance to fail is also your biggest chance to succeed. And searching after those and just not. I mean, learning to almost, in a way, shut off your mind, that part of your mind that tells you like, oh, crap, fear, whatever else. And surrounding yourself with things that. Or really, I would say staying away from things that infect you with doubt, that's one of the biggest things you can do in terms of protecting your risk tolerance.
Coit Cooper
Cool. Love it, man. And I think one thing we've chatted about before, we've talked on the phone, and I remember you bringing this up to me, and I was so intrigued by it that you had the opportunity to learn from probably one of the people who are the Best in the world at training, mindset at psychology and Tony Robbins. Can you tell the audience a little bit about that experience?
Dr. Isaiah Hankel
Yeah. So I think the biggest mistake a lot of people make is that they're like, okay, well I can be successful if I have this great connection or if I'm more like this other person. And that's what I thought for a long time. And then I realized, okay, before I can start attracting the right people and get next to these high level people, I need to actually eliminate all of the crappy people from my life, right? All of the gossipy people, all the naysayers, you know, the haters, all these type of people that are just constantly dragging you down, reminding of your past mistakes. I have to eliminate these people first. And then once I eliminate these people, got to stand on my own. And so I think that's the first step is eliminating those people. And then once you eliminate them, be okay being alone and standing on your own and actually figuring out who you are and what your values are and what you stand for. And then only then can you start attracting the right people. And I just want to preface that because it wasn't until I did all of that that I was able to go to Australia and meet and work with Tony Robbins. And then I, you know, I had a chance to meet a lot of people that, you know, to me, like when I was in graduate school in this industry were these huge people, whether it's Tim Ferriss, Gary, Gary Vaynerchuk, these, these types of people. And, and so learning from them and meeting them in person, it had a big effect on me because I saw how these people were. They were very strong people, very strong leaders. But at the same time they were very warm and they built up these connections and they made you. They didn't try to get you to, I mean, for the most part they didn't try to get you to follow them, but they tried to get you to stand on your own and rely on yourself. And that's what I think a lot of mentors fail at. They try to, they try to turn you into better sheep instead of turning you into a wolf.
Coit Cooper
Yeah, yeah, no, I know. That's something pretty common in academia for sure. So yeah, yeah, yeah, no, we'll move on from that. We'll keep this productive and positive for now. Speaking of dreams, you just, and that's a weird transition. We're now going to speak about dreams instead. You released a book, Black Hole Focus. We've talked about it. It's one of the things you're most proud of. I personally read it and learned a ton from it. So for anybody looking to improve their focus and perform at their high level, check it out. How about you? From an author standpoint, you tell us kind of what you believe this book is about in a nutshell and what you were trying to accomplish when you wrote it.
Dr. Isaiah Hankel
Yeah, you know, to start, I was, I remember thinking like, I want to write a book. I just had this, I mean, it was this uncontrollable urge to get something down on paper and to put it together and build a story and a platform around a book. So I guess it was half, you know, business strategy. Like books are the new calling cards. I mean, I personally think that everybody has a book inside of them they need to get out. But it was also something deeper, I guess, and more on the art side where I wanted to find a way to express myself productively. That's what it came down to. And then, you know, after these experiences that I had in academia and grad school, I learned that a lot of higher level professionals and just people in general kind of been taught this myth that if you stay in academia long enough and you go down this track that's been, you know, this path that's been paved for you and you do all the right things, then you will be successful. If you just keep your head down, you do the work, you know, you keep chasing these other certifications, these kind of like, you know, what I call a carrot tailed out in front of you, you will arrive one day and be successful and fulfilled. The end. But as you know, as we all know, that doesn't always happen. Right? So, and it rarely happens more and more. I mean, that's just a good way. I mean, if you, if you do that, that's a good way to basically, you know, that's a great way to be a great employee. That's a great way to always work for somebody else or to build somebody else's dreams or to leave lead a mediocre life. But it's not a great way to lead a great life. So you have to become more self aware and see where you're going. And that's what the book really was about. Like, okay, how can I, instead of just chasing these small short term goals, what I call this trickle forward goal setting. Instead of responding to what other people around you doing, how can you define an endpoint that's five or 10 years ahead and then work backwards to get there? So instead of being pushed forward by tiny little goals, right. And you wake up every day having to get re motivated. How can you create a vision so powerful that it actually pulls you towards it instead? And that's what the book is about.
Coit Cooper
Cool, cool. And I'm going to ask you in just a second kind of your big vision moving forward, but before we do that, in terms of response, like, what type of impact has the book had on people's lives that you've heard about?
Dr. Isaiah Hankel
So, yeah, I mean, it's books that are, they're amazing in that way. Like you hear a lot of people say, well, nobody reads books anymore or this kind of stuff, but I mean, when you put something down in the written word, you put it down in black and white. It transcends, you know, like word of mouth communication. I mean, it's just a phenomenal thing. So you can see these chain reactions happen when you put something out there. I mean, if you write it authentically and you're not afraid to tell your story and especially to be vulnerable, which, you know, after going through everything I went through in terms of healthcare and everything that was a gift that it gave me was I was able to just be vulnerable and open up and talk about the experiences as they were instead of focusing on how I wanted other people to see me. And I think when you do that, people can identify with your story and there are people out there that are going through the same struggles as you. And the response from those people has been tremendous. And the book, I mean, it continues to sell and I continues to bring people to me. And I, you know, I try to personally respond to every one of these people by email, online, everything, because, you know, just that connection, just, just knowing that you change somebody's life for the better in some small way, it's substantial and it's easy to get lost once you start building up things. And as you get more, you know, more and more maximized with all the different activities you're doing after writing a book. But you know, some days when I'm having a down day or whatever else, I'll get an email from somebody who's read the book or I'll see something online on my Facebook or whatever, and it just gives me that little pick me up, that little boost to power through the next obstacle.
Coit Cooper
Yeah, so, and you did touch on this a little bit. But when you get that email in addition to like a pick me up, but when you get that email that says it changed my life, I'm doing so much better, you know, what's that like for an author, for those people who are thinking about writing a book and are inspired by that, you know, what's that additional reason they should write it?
Dr. Isaiah Hankel
Yeah, I would say more than anything else, it, I think as human beings, we all want to matter, right? We all want to make something significant, have made the world like a better place in some way. And it's easy, you know, And I'm, I'll be the first person to say, like, I hate just hearing kind of fluffy feel good nonsense, but there is something really real, like you can change somebody's mindset, you can change their beliefs, you can show them a new perspective. I mean, one of my favorite quotes is, you don't know what you don't know, right? So somebody, if they read your book and they learn something completely new, you're showing them something they've never seen before and that can have a dramatic effect. I mean, I still remember some of the authors that I've read growing up that shifted my entire mindset and set me on an entirely new course in my life. And if you can do that for someone else, then you have made a difference. You do matter and you have that legacy. So that's what you should focus on instead. Everybody chases these short term goals like I talked about, like what salary am I going to make this year, you know, what's my job title, whatever. But if you start thinking in terms of legacy and not just currency or job titles, you're going to be much happier and much more fulfilled.
Coit Cooper
Cool, cool. And we're going to a little bit off charts here. I just keep thinking, man, about that 500,000 plus share you had on Facebook, which is crazy. Phenomenal. Give me some tips, dude. How do I do that? How do I get past a thousand, man?
Dr. Isaiah Hankel
Yeah, So I mean, I've gone to these, you know, it's funny, I've read these. I read a lot of business books and I went to a lot of business seminars and stuff, especially when I was getting out of grad school. And all of the ones that were worth their salt, they would teach you all this perfect stuff that you have to do, right? Like we talked about, like, follow this perfect path. These are the principles, right? Focus on principles. Because processes are always changing. But then they would all say, you know, and there's just a little bit of magic too. Like a little bit of magic has to come together. Whether it's the little bit of magic that came together for Apple to just take off and explode when the new imac came out. Just these little things, right? And so, so for me, a Couple of things came together. Kind of the practical principles are like, I stopped trying to talk like everybody else. I just started talking like I would talk to a friend that I was trying to motivate. Instead of being like fluffy or trying to be like Tony Robbins or some of these other guys, I just was myself. And I wrote what I would tell somebody else, which was more of kind of a no nonsense message. And so I, you know, I started being myself, which is because it's always much easier being yourself than trying to copy somebody else would be them. I followed the principles of certain, you know, certain processes like picture quotes on Facebook do really well. So I started doing picture quotes. But then it was just, you know, the timing was right, whether it was a couple of people that had massive following shared it or whatever it was. But yeah, it was pretty insane. I mean, during the height of when it was going viral, it was getting shared at like 500 to a thousand times. Every time I refresh the Facebook page, I would have it on that insights thing and you'd see like 5 go up, like 500 shares every time I refreshed it, which is amazing. I mean, it's closing in slow. I mean, it's, you know, trailed off at about 800,000 shares. Maybe one day it'll reach a million. But yeah, I mean, just figure out what your message is and speak that and eventually something will take off. Because your voice is not just what resonates with you, you. It's what resonates with you and other people and your following. You connect those two things. It's a powerful result.
Coit Cooper
Yeah, I know you well enough. Were you celebrating a little bit when you were getting that many shares?
Dr. Isaiah Hankel
Hell yeah. I mean, people tell you they don't. I mean, when you have something inside of you, like a message, I mean, you want people to connect to it, right? You don't want to just sit there. You're doing it for yourself. But like I said, it's half and half. Like you got to do stuff for yourself, but you also want it to resonate with other people so you can, you know, move the needle and have an effect. Right. So when you. Something hits like that, and especially for, you know, it's super easy for a massive corporation that has a billion dollar marketing budget to push this stuff out. But for some, for a picture quote, which you can't even promote on Facebook using money, it has to be all shared organically to get shared like that. You know, it's powerful. And I think one of the most amazing experiences you can have is when you create something and then other people respond to what you create, and they're better off because of what you created. Nothing in the world tops that feeling.
Coit Cooper
But, yeah, you're moving the needle and doing some seriously creative stuff. So this podcast is all about just going in to pursue your passion, your highest aspirations. Tell us what the crazy things you plan to chase down in the future. I know you have them. Tell us what they are.
Dr. Isaiah Hankel
Yeah, so I have two big, massive goals, and they're just. They're a little bit, but bananas. I don't really talk about a lot, but one is I want to buy a university. I want to buy, like, Harvard University, and I want to change the curriculum and everything about it so that it starts preparing people for what they need to know in the real world. You know, just, you know, just like you, you've been through academia, you've gone through all of this. You get prepared for a certain small niche of the world, or I guess where the world was maybe 80 years ago in one aspect. But a lot of the practical stuff, especially in terms of business and how to get into the real world, it's kind of left high and dry in that area. So I want to buy a university. I want to change the curriculum. I don't know what to call it yet. I'll probably still call it Harvard, but I'm going to change the curriculum massively. And then the second thing is, I want to speak in front of 10,000 people. And I just think that would be an insane rush. And, you know, you wrestled and you were a competitor. There's always a rush you get when you're performing in front of people, and especially if you're doing it in a way that's productive or you're doing a way that can help people change their lives. This is something that I've always wanted to do. I don't know what the actual record is, But I think 10,000 is a good place to start. So I don't know how many years it's going to take, but Those are the two biggest goals.
Coit Cooper
Yeah, but you got that 10,000 locked down. That's happening. And then the university thing, I can't wait to see what that is. Maybe just Hankel University or something like that.
Dr. Isaiah Hankel
Yeah, yeah, right. We'll call it Lion University.
Coit Cooper
There you go. There you go. So just. We're gonna finish up two more things. What's one piece of advice you would give our listeners to just help them go out and to achieve really cool things, whether it's their own university, 10,000 people, whatever it is, what's your advice to them?
Dr. Isaiah Hankel
I'd say two things. One, start with the end in mind. Don't start where you are now and look at your current life now. Like I do this in my seminars, always say, okay, define what your day is now. And, and, and then I'll say define what your perfect day is. Like five, 10 years. Now, what do you want a perfect day to be? And most people, when you do that, they say like, oh, like oh, if I can just get off work an hour earlier or if I can have an extra hour in the morning to like meditate. And I'm like really? This is your perfect day? Like you're going to work for eight hours still and just get off earlier. The problem is when you, when you look at where you are now and you try to improve on, you know, in a, in a trickle forward fashion, that that's the result that you get. You get these small adjustments, these small improvements and it doesn't lead you anywhere. But if you think at the end and you really break outside of who you are and you think of what's possible, like why do you have to work at all? Why can't you be sitting on a beach while a thousand people are working for you, right? You have to break the mold mentally and start at the end. And then once you have that end point that's completely outside yourself, then you can work backwards. And the second thing I would say is, and this is a huge mistake that I make, don't wait for other people to start going after your goals. We all think, oh, there's just, if I can just get some better connections, if I just had a little bit more money. Instead look at what you have right now. You have a connection somewhere in your network, right? If you're past the age of 20, you have somewhat a connection or somebody you met in your network right now that you can work with to move forward in some way. You have skills that you can leverage right now. You have a unique experience that you can use right now to start moving ahead. So quit thinking of the people you need and start working on your own. We all have this mystical idea that, you know, this fantasy that we're going to go to some conference or make some connection and this connection is like, you know, they're going to, we've seen too many movies where we think they're going to discover us, right? And they're going to give us like a singing or acting contract or whatever it is and then we're going to be. Then we're going to be successful. But really, you need to make yourself valuable first, and then other valuable people will start connecting with you. You need to add so much value on your own first that you start attracting other people with value. So get out there and get to work and just try a thousand different things at once, and the right thing will pick you.
Coit Cooper
That's awesome, man. No, I love it. And before I ask you where audience members where they can find you to connect, learn more from you, all these awesome lessons, do you have a single, like, a story about you? Because the one thing I think audience members won't know about you is that you are a funny human being. Like, I've been around you. You're hilarious. And so do you have a some type of funny story that would give people a feel kind of of you a little bit?
Dr. Isaiah Hankel
Yeah. I don't know. It's like saying, give me your best joke right now. Be funny. But, you know, I do. I remember since we talked about taking risks, I remember this time when I was. I was in grade school and, like, it seemed like. I mean, it's funny to think back now. I was in grade school, I was in sixth grade, whatever. And you'd have, like, boyfriend and girlfriends back then, right? Which you didn't even know what that was. Maybe hold hands or something. And, you know, it seemed like everybody had a girlfriend but me. I was always moving around a lot. Like, my dad was in the military, so we moved around, and I was at this new school, and I was like. I was like, you know what? I'm gonna. I'm gonna actually get a girlfriend. I'm gonna actually call because I saw some TV show that, you know, the prettiest girl is actually the one who never has a date because everybody's too afraid to ask her, right? So I called this girl. I was with my friend. I called this girl on the phone, this true story. Call her on the phone. And I was just basically like, can. I think her name was Rachel. Hey, can Rachel talk? Because you talk. You know, her parents answer the phone, right? And she talked. And I was like, hi, it's Isaiah from school. Do you want to go out with me? All right. So I called her phone. I just asked her if she wanted to go out. Totally stunned, didn't know what to say. Poor girl. Like, she was just caught there like, you know, a deer in headlights. And she said yes, right? Because she probably felt that said yes to me. And I was like, for, like, that entire night, I was on top of the world. I was like, look, I got up the phone, I told my friends, like, boom. I told you if you go out there, you know, take big risks, whatever, you're gonna succeed. Next day, went to school and like saw her and like she was acting kind of awkward and weird. I don't know. I sat next to her, all this stuff. It was like the best, I don't know, a total of 12 hours of my life. And then I came back to my desk and there was like this big note on my desk. And it was basically this whole note, like with all these different reasons why she's sorry and she can't date me anymore and it's over, right? So I was like, I was like reading this, like hiding my tears, like whatever, like the sixth grade, right? But it was one of the best 12 hours I've ever had. So I think it still paid off. And you know, I think, I think it added to the success that you see before you today.
Coit Cooper
No question, Buddy. The best 12 hours of your life combined with the fact that you were adopting the mindset that now has you as a best selling book, 800,000 shares. The go for it mentality. I love it. Isaiah Hankel, thank you so much for coming. Being a part of this podcast. I know the listeners are going to love it for all them out there. Tell us where they can find you. Where, where can they find these, these record breaking posts and learn from more from you, man.
Dr. Isaiah Hankel
Yeah, so just go to, you go to my Facebook if you search Isaiah Hinkle. I'm the only Isaiah Hinkle in the world. But the problem is spelling my name's hard. So it's is a IAH and then just Hankel on Facebook or just Isaiahnkel.com and the book is black hole focused, so that's a little bit easier to spell if you want to go there instead.
Coit Cooper
Awesome, buddy. This was a blast. Thank you so much for your time. Just keep crushing it, man.
Dr. Isaiah Hankel
All right, thanks Coy. Take care.
Coit Cooper
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Podcast: Earn the Right to Live Your Dreams
Host: Dr. Coyte Cooper
Episode: 06 Interview: Dr. Isaiah Hankel and Black Hole Focus
Date: November 22, 2015
This episode features a deep dive into the journey of Dr. Isaiah Hankel—doctor, entrepreneur, author, and viral content creator. The conversation explores Hankel's path from academia to business success, his battles with adversity, and the creation of his bestselling book, Black Hole Focus. Together, Dr. Cooper and Dr. Hankel discuss habits, mindset, legacy, motivation, the power of risk-taking, and practical advice for living boldly and earnestly chasing your dreams.
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Lessons from Tony Robbins and Other Leaders (09:40):
Start with the End in Mind (21:03):
Don’t Wait for Others (21:43):
Make Yourself Valuable:
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