Hal Elrod didn't set out to start a movement. He set out to survive. From losing his baby sister at eight years old to dying for six minutes at twenty, from financial ruin in 2008 to a cancer diagnosis with a 30% survival rate, Hal has been broken open more times than most people can imagine. And every single time, he found a way to turn the pain into purpose.

But this isn't a story about positive thinking. It's about structure when there is none. It's about showing up at 5 AM when the world gives you every reason to stay in bed. It's about a six-letter acronym that started as a desperate morning experiment and became a global phenomenon practiced by millions in 37 languages.

If you've ever needed proof that your worst chapter can become someone else's lifeline, Hal Elrod is that proof. And if you've ever wondered whether discipline or inspiration matters more, this episode will settle the debate.

🎩 Summary

Hal takes us from a camping trailer in Oakhurst, California, to the stages of international conferences, from bagging groceries at his parents' small-town market to breaking Cutco's all-time sales record in 10 days. Along the way, he shares how losing his 18-month-old sister planted a psychological superpower that carried him through decades of adversity, and how that same superpower eventually cost him the ability to feel.

We go deep into the car accident at 20, which killed him for six minutes and broke 11 bones. The doctors who said he'd never walk again. The three weeks it took to prove them wrong. The coaching career that collapsed in 2008 when the economy took everything. And the Jim Rohn quote that lit the fuse on what would become The Miracle Morning.

But the real test came in 2016 when aggressive leukemia nearly finished what the drunk driver started. Over 700 hours of chemotherapy. Organs shutting down. A 70% chance of not making it. And through it all, the SAVERS framework he built for productivity became what kept him alive. Silence. Affirmations. Visualization. Exercise. Reading. Scribing. Six practices. Six minutes minimum. One life transformed.

From self-published unknown to 3 million copies in 37 languages, from a kid who held the detention record at his high school to a man whose name appears in the manuscripts of people he's never met, Hal's story is a masterclass in becoming the person your future requires.

🎩 Hats Covered

🎩 1: The Soul
🎩 2: The Athlete
🎩 3: The Servant
🎩 4: The Entrepreneur
🎩 7: The Seeker

💡 Key Takeaways 

🎩 1: The coping mechanism that saves you can also disconnect you. Radical optimism without empathy is only half the equation. 
🎩 2: You don't have to be a runner to run a 52-mile ultramarathon. You just have to commit before you're ready. 
🎩 3: Twelve years of selflessly adding value meant that when cancer hit, an army showed up. You can't withdraw from an account you never deposited into. 
🎩 4: If she could do it, why not me? That one belief shift at a Cutco training broke every ceiling Hal ever had. 
🎩 7: Every morning is a reset button. The old insecurities come back by sundown. The SAVERS bring you back by sunrise.

👤 Guest Bio

Hal Elrod is the author of The Miracle Morning, a global phenomenon that has sold over 3 million copies and been translated into 37 languages. A keynote speaker, podcast host, and cancer survivor, Hal developed the SAVERS framework after surviving a near-fatal car accident at age 20 and a financial collapse in 2008. His Miracle Morning series includes over a dozen books across industries and life stages, including his latest, The Miracle Morning After 50, co-authored with Dwayne Clark. Hal is also the subject of the documentary film The Miracle Morning. He lives with his wife, Ursula, and their two children, Sophia and Halston.

⏱️ Timestamps

00:02:00 – Born in Camarillo, raised in Oakhurst, and the camping trailer childhood 
00:06:00 – Losing his sister Amory at eight years old and the birth of radical optimism 
00:10:00 – Parents turning pain into purpose: the support group and the fundraiser 
00:12:00 – Growing up in a grocery store and working 20 hours a week at age 11 
00:15:00 – The DJ dream: $7 in tips, Sirwin Vega speakers, and a falling-out with his best friend 
00:17:00 – From radio DJ to Cutco: the $100 an hour revelation that changed everything 
00:20:00 – Breaking the all-time Cutco record in 10 days: 62 presentations and the belief that did it 
00:25:00 – The car accident at 20: dying for six minutes, 11 broken bones, and the five-minute rule 
00:30:00 – 2008 financial collapse: lost clients, foreclosure, and hitting rock bottom 
00:33:00 – The Jim Rohn quote that launched The Miracle Morning 
00:36:00 – SAVERS explained: Silence, Affirmations, Visualization, Exercise, Reading, Scribing 
00:38:00 – Cancer at 37: leukemia, 700 hours of chemo, and organs shutting down 
00:44:00 – The five bullet-point affirmation that kept him alive when he wanted to die 
00:47:00 – The lie Hal's ego still tells him: I'm not liked, I'm a burden 
00:50:00 – The Miracle Morning After 50 and the co-author who finally got Hal's mom on board 
00:53:00 – Who Hal had to stop being: the kid who believed he couldn't do it

✅ Actionables

Start tomorrow morning. Six minutes. One minute per SAVER. That's the minimum viable miracle. 
Write affirmations with three layers: what you're committed to, why it's a must, and which actions you'll take. 
Adopt the five-minute rule. Feel it fully for five minutes. Then say three words: can't change it. 
Ask yourself: if they could do it, why not me? Apply it to one specific goal this week. 
Identify the pain you've been sitting on and ask how it becomes a purpose for someone else.

🔥 Quotes

"If she could do it, why not me? That's the belief that changed everything." 
"Your level of success will rarely exceed your level of personal development." 
"I told my dad I'd be the happiest person you ever saw in a wheelchair. That was my worst case." 
"I had to stop being the person that thought I can't do it." 
"Every morning I hit that reset button. By sundown the old me creeps back. But every sunrise I get to choose again."

🔗 Links

Miracle Morning – Book, movie, app, and community
Hal Elrod on LinkedIn
The Miracle Morning After 50 – Hal's latest book with Dwayne Clark
The Miracle Morning Movie – Free to watch at miraclemorning.com

🎩 Subscribe, share, and remember: sometimes the miracle isn't the morning. It's the person who kept showing up to it when every reason said don't.

Steve Cohen didn't stumble into magic. He chased it. From age six, obsessed. From age ten, paid. From a living room in Yorktown Heights to Carnegie Hall, from rowdy four-year-olds to the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Steve built something most performers never do: a one-man show with a 25-year run, 7,000 performances, and a client list that reads like a Forbes fantasy.

But this isn't a story about tricks. It's about positioning. About patience. About playing a 20-year game when everyone else is chasing the weekend. About giving up the $2,000 gig so you can land the $20,000 one. And about what happens when a kid from Westchester County bets everything on a craft most people consider a hobby.

If you've ever wondered whether mastery alone can build a business, Steve Cohen is your answer. And if you've ever been told your dream is too niche, too weird, or too risky, this episode is your permission slip.

🎩 Summary

Steve takes us from his childhood in Yorktown Heights, where his parents chauffeured him to Cub Scout halls and church basements, to performing in the penthouse suite of the Waldorf Astoria for 17 and a half years. Along the way, he shares how a classified ad in the Penny Saver launched his first real pipeline, how a psychology degree from Cornell became a magician's secret weapon, and how five years in Tokyo taught him patience but starved him of the stage.

We go deep into the moments that made the career. The apartment living room shows that got shut down by a spouse. The wood-cutting of a 19th-century Viennese magician that became his business blueprint. The Daily Candy email blast that sold out his show for a year. And the CBS Sunday Morning segment that moved over a million dollars in tickets in a single week.

But Steve's story isn't just about lucky breaks. It's about preparation meeting moment. About investing every dollar back into the craft. About running marathons to build the stamina for five shows a weekend. And about the brand positioning decision that changed everything: calling himself the Millionaires' Magician when he could barely afford the Armani suit to pull it off.

From Penny Saver ads to palace hotels, from donuts for dinner to Mayor de Blasio declaring Chamber Magic Day in New York City, Steve's journey is a masterclass in building something timeless in a world obsessed with what's next.

🎩 Hats Covered

• 🎩 1: The Soul
• 🎩 2: The Athlete
• 🎩 4: The Entrepreneur
• 🎩 5: The Investor
• 🎩 7: The Seeker

💡 Key Takeaways

• 🎩 1: If you give yourself a 20-year runway, every setback becomes a speed bump, not a dead end.
• 🎩 2: Physical endurance fuels creative stamina. Three marathons a year keeps 7,000 shows alive.
• 🎩 4: If you can't give up the $2,000 gig, you'll never land the $20,000 one.
• 🎩 5: Every dollar Steve earned went back into the business. From age ten. That's compounding conviction.
• 🎩 7: When you stop performing for everyone and start performing for the right room, everything changes.

👤 Guest Bio

Steve Cohen is a world-renowned magician, author, and performer known as the Millionaires' Magician. His show, Chamber Magic, is the longest-running solo magic show in New York City history, with over 7,000 performances across the Waldorf Astoria and the Lotte New York Palace Hotel. A Cornell graduate who speaks fluent Japanese, Steve has performed for heads of state, billionaires, and celebrities including Warren Buffett, Shaquille O'Neal, and John Williams. He is also the author of Win the Crowd and Max Malini: King of Magicians, Magician of Kings. He lives in New York City with his wife Yumi and has been married for 31 years.

⏱️ Timestamps

• 00:02:00 – Born in Yonkers, raised in Yorktown Heights, and the magic obsession that started at six
• 00:06:00 – First paid gig at age ten, Penny Saver classified ads, and reinvesting every dollar
• 00:10:00 – The gift of gab, the Tummler tradition, and why confidence is magic's real trick
• 00:14:00 – Cornell, psychology papers as magic research, and renting the Black Box Theater
• 00:17:00 – Moving to Tokyo, learning Japanese, and five years of translation work that nearly killed his dream
• 00:19:00 – The cross-country road trip: why he skipped Vegas and chose Manhattan
• 00:22:00 – Apartment shows, getting kicked out, and the 1870s wood-cutting that became a business plan
• 00:28:00 – The Waldorf Astoria: from rejection to 17 years and nearly 5,000 performances
• 00:32:00 – Daily Candy, CBS Sunday Morning, and the million-dollar week
• 00:37:00 – The 20-year mindset: how long-term thinking killed short-term stress
• 00:40:00 – When the Waldorf closed: momentum, hotel offers, and landing at the Lotte New York Palace
• 00:44:00 – Hecklers, concussions, projectile vomit, and the Boy Scout motto that saved the show
• 00:50:00 – Marathon running, mental stamina, and why every audience deserves your first and last performance
• 00:53:00 – Performing for billionaires and royalty: the Armani suit strategy and earning trust over time
• 00:57:00 – Reinventing the repertoire: 85% new material across 7,000 shows
• 01:03:00 – Max Malini, the muse: matchstick seller turned magician of kings
• 01:09:00 – Who Steve had to stop being and the brand decision that changed everything

✅ Actionables

• Give yourself a 20-year runway. Reframe every failure as one step on a long path.
• Invest every early dollar back into your craft. Compounding skill is compounding value.
• Find the room that matches your ambition, not your current budget.
• Stop taking gigs that pay well but position you poorly.
• Ask yourself: Am I building momentum, or am I just staying busy?

🔥 Quotes

"If you can't give up the $2,000 gig, you'll never get the $20,000 gig."
"I gave myself 20 years. Every stumbling block was just one step on that path."
"It may be someone's first magic show. It may be someone's last. Either way, it's my obligation."
"I had to stop accepting every offer so I could start getting the right ones."
"Magic is like classical music. Take the classics and make them feel new. Take something new and make it feel like a classic."

🔗 Links

• Chamber Magic – The longest-running solo magic show in New York City history
• Steve Cohen on LinkedIn
• Max Malini: King of Magicians, Magician of Kings – Steve's book on his greatest muse

🎩 Subscribe, share, and remember: sometimes the greatest trick isn't the one you perform. It's the patience to keep performing until the right room finds you.

Jason Burke didn’t plan to become a food founder. He just wanted to make healthy snacks that wouldn’t kill his parents. But that side hustle turned into The New Primal. A brand born in a smoky kitchen and built into a national powerhouse through sheer grit, grassroots obsession, and a wild ride of trial by fire.

From boiling beef in a condo to scaling 36 SKUs in 36 months, Jason takes us through the wins, the wounds, and the wisdom of what it really takes to build a conscious food brand from scratch.

This is what happens when hustle meets healing. When family legacy meets CPG chaos. When the man who once sold trail mix in the breakroom becomes a leader in the clean label movement.

🎩 Summary

Jason’s journey starts in a Section 8 apartment and stretches all the way to the Whole Foods endcap. Along the way, he shares how diet changed his life and how jerky changed his career. We cover the early grind, the brand explosion, and what happened when it all got too big too fast.

This episode goes deep. Into the marriage strain. The team building. The inner rewiring it takes to shift from founder to CEO. And the costs no one warns you about. Like 140 flights in a year. Or feeling like the poorest kid at the richest school.

But Jason’s story isn’t just about snacks. It’s about service. About building with intention. And about staying sane when the margins go missing.

🎩 Hats Covered

• 🎩 1: The Soul
• 🎩 2: The Athlete
• 🎩 3: The Servant
• 🎩 4: The Entrepreneur
• 🎩 5: The Investor
• 🎩 7: The Seeker

💡 Key Takeaways

• 🎩 1: Success isn’t sustainable without non-negotiable rhythms
• 🎩 2: What you eat matters. So does what you feed others
• 🎩 3: Marriage requires presence, not just provision
• 🎩 4: Don’t scale what you don’t understand
• 🎩 5: Trade spend can eat your brand alive if you’re not careful
• 🎩 7: When you stop trying to be impressive, you can finally become impactful

👤 Guest Bio

Jason Burke is the founder of The New Primal. A clean-ingredient snack and condiment company inspired by his family’s health journey. From trail mix in a desk drawer to a multi-category Whole Foods partner, Jason has scaled intentionally while learning what real leadership requires. He lives in Nashville with his wife and two daughters and still makes time to cook.

⏱️ Timestamps

• 00:02:00 – From Section 8 to CEO: Jason’s origin story
• 00:10:00 – The diet that changed everything
• 00:16:00 – Paleo jerky, smoke-filled condos, and stolen Ziploc bags
• 00:22:00 – Launching The New Primal: DIY website and first orders
• 00:28:00 – The Publix pitch: blind enthusiasm meets real risk
• 00:36:00 – Growing too wide too fast: 36 SKUs, 36 months
• 00:44:00 – The free fill myth and deduction disasters
• 00:52:00 – Marriage strain, 140 flights, and the "we need you here" moment
• 01:00:00 – From founder to CEO: the control you must surrender
• 01:08:00 – Who Jason had to stop being, and who he became

✅ Actionables

• Start with one product. Master it
• Build a team before you need one
• Schedule non-negotiables in your calendar: family time, workouts, walks
• Know your margins before you go national
• Ask yourself weekly: Who am I showing up as?

🔥 Quotes

“Blind enthusiasm is an advantage. Until it’s not.”
“We were still demoing locally while shipping to Seattle. That’s insane.”
“CPG is a land of giants. You better know what you’re stepping into.”
“I had to stop being the Section 8 kid. And start believing I deserve a seat at the table.”
“Success without systems is just chaos in a hoodie.”

🔗 Links

• The New Primal
• Jason Burke on LinkedIn

🎩 Subscribe, share, and remember... sometimes your biggest brand begins as a bag of stolen jerky and a dream to do better.

Eric Skae knows the cost of growth because he’s paid it, multiple times.

From building Arizona Iced Tea's first distribution map to scaling Rao’s during a shareholder battle, and now turning Carbone into the next great CPG empire, Eric has lived through the beauty and brutality of entrepreneurship.

This isn’t a story about unicorn valuations. It’s about resilience. About watching everything collapse, then starting again. About the friends who disappear when the money runs dry, and the walks that bring clarity back.

If you’ve ever sacrificed too much for success, this episode is your reminder: you can build something great without losing yourself in the process.

🎩 Summary

Eric walks us through his Bronx beginnings, a career built brick by brick in beverage and CPG, and what it really takes to turn brands around. He shares the high of scaling Arizona, the heartbreak of losing New Leaf, and the hustle of rebuilding post 2008 with nothing but grit, yoga, and a 3 million dollar loss he didn’t have to lose.

We go deep into what most founders hide: identity collapse, co signed debt, and the moment you find yourself coaching others while quietly falling apart. But Eric’s not just a survivor. He’s a strategist, scaling Carbone into a 100 million dollar retail powerhouse, one jar at a time.

This episode is a masterclass in grounded ambition. How to scale without selling your soul.

🎩 Hats Covered

• 🎩 1: The Soul
• 🎩 2: The Athlete
• 🎩 3: The Servant
• 🎩 4: The Entrepreneur
• 🎩 5: The Investor
• 🎩 7: The Seeker

💡 Key Takeaways

• 🎩 1: Success doesn’t always look like peace. Sometimes it looks like panic in the parking lot.
• 🎩 2: Discipline beats motivation. Walk. Lift. Breathe. Repeat.
• 🎩 3: Find the friends who call after the storm, not just in the sun.
• 🎩 4: Scaling too fast without systems is the most expensive tuition you’ll ever pay.
• 🎩 5: If you don’t have cash reserves, your brand might not make it through the next curve.
• 🎩 7: When you stop pretending, you start becoming.

👤 Guest Bio

Eric Skae is a CPG veteran and brand turnaround artist. He helped put Arizona Iced Tea on the map, scaled Rao’s Homemade to over 100 million dollars, and is now CEO of Carbone Fine Foods, one of the fastest growing premium sauce brands in America. Known for his gritty honesty and growth discipline, Eric brings decades of battle tested wisdom to every shelf he touches.

⏱️ Timestamps

• 00:02:00 – Growing up with 7 siblings in a 1200 square foot house
• 00:11:00 – First job: caddying at age 11 and loving the hustle
• 00:20:00 – From elevator operator to real estate flipper to water distributor
• 00:28:00 – How Arizona Iced Tea changed everything
• 00:36:00 – The growth addiction and the brand graveyard it left behind
• 00:44:00 – 2008: Losing 3 million dollars, the brand, and almost his house
• 00:50:00 – Yoga, walks, and rebuilding Bricktown
• 00:58:00 – Rao’s: A turnaround wrapped in a shareholder war
• 01:06:00 – Scaling Carbone to 100 million dollars and hand stripping basil at scale
• 01:15:00 – Trade spend discipline, tariff pressure, and why price hikes aren’t always the move
• 01:22:00 – Who Eric had to stop being, and who he’s becoming

✅ Actionables

• Audit your growth: Are you scaling beyond your systems?
• Know your WIIFM: Every stakeholder asks what’s in it for me. Answer it early.
• Track your dilution: When your equity no longer matches your energy, reassess.
• Find your calm: Walk, stretch, unplug. Make space to think clearly.
• Call someone who stood by you when things went sideways.

🔥 Quotes

“CPG is the simplest, hardest business in the world.”
“People don’t leave because they’re bad. They leave because growth breaks them.”
“I had to teach a mortgage broker how to refinance my house.”
“Some days I listen to Eminem on repeat just to remind myself I’m still in the fight.”
“You’re either working your plan or someone else’s.”

🔗 Links

• Carbone Fine Food – Restaurant quality sauces at scale
• Eric Skae on LinkedIn

🎩 Subscribe, share, and remember: the sauce is only as strong as the shelf it sits on, and the soul that built it.

Ari Raz co-founded Once Upon a Farm, built it brick by brick, and then gave up the CEO seat… to Jennifer Garner and John Foraker. Most founders would cling tighter. Ari let go.

Why? Because the title wasn’t worth the trade.

And then, he did it again. He took over Coconut Cult, a brand with wild promise and wild problems. No cash. No cushion. Just belief.

This isn’t a story of exits and equity. It’s about identity. It’s about knowing when to build, when to partner, and when to walk away from the thing you created—so you can become the person you’re meant to be.

🎩 Summary

Ari walks us through the journey from hand-labeling jars in a DC kitchen to raising capital, partnering with Jennifer Garner, and scaling one of the most disruptive baby food brands in America. But his real growth came when he stepped away—choosing soul over seat.

Now at Coconut Cult, he’s applying everything he learned: how to restructure a brand, rebuild a culture, and balance risk with responsibility. We explore the emotional toll of dilution, the pain of leaving your “baby,” and why leadership isn’t about control—it’s about contribution.

From ego death to entrepreneurial rebirth, Ari’s story is a mirror for any founder caught between ambition and authenticity.

🎩 Hats Covered

• 🎩 1: The Soul
• 🎩 3: The Servant
• 🎩 4: The Entrepreneur
• 🎩 5: The Investor
• 🎩 7: The Seeker

💡 Key Takeaways

• 🎩 1: Letting go of control is sometimes the most liberating growth strategy.
• 🎩 4: Being replaced doesn’t mean you failed—it means you built something bigger than you.
• 🎩 5: If your equity no longer matches your contribution, it’s time for a new chapter.
• 🎩 3: Emotional ownership can’t be measured on a cap table—but it still costs something.
• 🎩 7: When you stop trying to be someone else’s version of success, you finally meet yourself.

👤 Guest Bio

Ari Raz is a CPG founder and operator who co-founded Once Upon a Farm, helped scale it nationally alongside Jennifer Garner and John Foraker, and later became CEO of Coconut Cult. With a career spanning baby food to functional fermented yogurt, Ari brings both strategic depth and personal humility to the brands he leads. He lives in Southern California with his wife and two kids—and still finds time to bake sourdough.

⏱️ Timestamps

• 00:02:00 – Childhood in LA, the immigrant household, and mom’s sprouted mung beans
• 00:12:00 – From commercial sets to Seoul: How Korea changed his business path
• 00:20:00 – First food job at Lotte and the lightbulb moment
• 00:25:00 – Moving home to start a baby food brand with no cash and no plan
• 00:30:00 – Meeting Cassandra Curtis and merging brands to form Once Upon a Farm
• 00:34:00 – Launching HPP baby food and the power of farmer’s markets
• 00:38:00 – Getting Jennifer Garner and John Foraker involved
• 00:43:00 – The pain of stepping down as CEO—and choosing to learn instead
• 00:50:00 – Why the scale-up phase brought friction, dilution, and identity loss
• 01:00:00 – Leaving the company you co-founded and asking: What now?
• 01:05:00 – Enter Coconut Cult: No safety net, just belief and vision
• 01:10:00 – Who Ari had to stop being—and the version of himself he’s becoming

✅ Actionables

• Track your dilution and define what’s “enough”—before the next round.
• Ask: “What part of this company still needs me?”
• Audit your leadership: Are you leading, or are you lingering?
• Rebuild your worth independent of your title.
• Cook something from scratch this weekend—it’ll remind you who you are.

🔥 Quotes

“Leaving was the hardest thing—and the most necessary thing.”
“You don’t need to be the CEO forever to prove you were the founder.”
“If you want to stay, you have to evolve. If you can’t evolve, you have to go.”
“Cap table control doesn’t mean soul alignment.”
“I had to stop being someone else’s version of success—and start being mine.”

🔗 Links

• Coconut Cult – Probiotic yogurt with a cult following
• Once Upon a Farm – Cold-pressed baby food built for impact
• Ari Raz on LinkedIn

If you’ve ever wondered when to stay, when to grow, and when to walk away, Ari’s story is your blueprint.

🎩 Subscribe, share, and keep growing—on your terms.

Keith Bearden didn’t just invest in Alter Eco. He bought the whole company.

At the exact moment cacao prices exploded 400%, he doubled down on one of the most volatile supply chains in CPG—and made it profitable in year one. From cutting hay on a Tennessee farm to running multi-nationals in Belgium, Keith’s path weaves code, conscience, and commerce. This episode isn’t just about chocolate—it’s about how systems thinking meets soul-centered leadership.

If you’ve ever tried to scale a mission-driven brand, or wondered what it really takes to turn values into value—this one’s for you.

🎩 Summary

Keith shares his journey from a self-sufficient childhood on a Tennessee farm to a tech career with Dow, to building CPG brands with a conscience. We explore his pivot from global IT auditor to regenerative chocolate CEO, and how he pulled off a profitable turnaround in a climate-constrained market.

Keith and I unpack why internal auditing is a masterclass in leadership, how regenerative sourcing beats commoditized shortcuts, and why taste—not just mission—sells premium chocolate. Keith also opens up about leadership breakdowns, family dynamics, and what it means to lead with conviction, not control.

🎩 Hats Covered

• 🎩 1: The Soul
• 🎩 3: The Servant
• 🎩 4: The Entrepreneur
• 🎩 5: The Investor
• 🎩 7: The Seeker

💡 Key Takeaways

• 🎩 1: Leadership starts with listening—not knowing.
• 🎩 4: A turnaround requires brutal analysis and bold execution.
• 🎩 5: If you’re not profitable, your impact is temporary.
• 🎩 3: Mission must be practical—or it becomes a liability.
• 🎩 7: Presence and passion matter more than control.

👤 Guest Bio

Keith Bearden is the CEO and owner of Alter Eco, a premium chocolate brand rooted in regenerative agriculture, fair trade, and Swiss manufacturing. With a background in IT, auditing, and global operations, Keith has led food and beverage brands across Europe and North America.

From Yogi Tea to Beverage House to Alter Eco, Keith brings a systems mind and a servant heart to everything he builds. Under his leadership, Alter Eco became profitable for the first time in its 20-year history—during the worst cacao crisis in decades.

⏱️ Timestamps

•  00:02:00 – From farm boy to IT engineer
•  00:07:00 – Global audits, Belgium life, and listening as leadership
•  00:15:00 – From consulting to CPG: Portland and Yogi Tea
•  00:23:00 – Beverage House and the realities of contract manufacturing
•  00:31:00 – Buying Alter Eco in the middle of the cacao price crisis
•  00:40:00 – Making mission profitable in a volatile supply chain
•  00:48:00 – Trade spend mastery, SKU-level analysis, and right-sizing the team
•  00:55:00 – Family dynamics, collaboration, and servant leadership
•  01:02:00 – Who Keith had to stop being—and who he became to lead well
•  01:05:00 – Closing reflections 

✅ Actionables

• Ask: “If you were CEO for a day, what would you change?”
• Measure trade spend lift—and cut what doesn’t move product.
• Talk to the people doing the work before making the plan.
• Define profitability before chasing growth.
• Invest in product taste—before touting values.

🔥 Quotes

"Listen first. The answers are already inside the building."
"If it’s not profitable, your impact is on borrowed time."
"Don’t just be a brand with values—be a product people crave."
"Being needed isn’t leadership. Building systems is."
"Chocolate is simple to eat, but complex to source. Respect that."

🔗 Links

• Alter Eco – Regenerative chocolate done right
• Connect with Keith Bearden on LinkedIn

Matt Paradise didn’t just beat the odds—he rewrote them.

Homeless as a teen. Addicted. Near death. Cancer survivor. Today, he’s a national voice for whole wealth—teaching that real financial well-being isn’t about more money…it’s about more meaning.

From the streets of Connecticut to boardrooms across America, Matt’s story reveals how discipline, grace, and gratitude can turn pain into purpose.

If you’ve ever felt stuck in cycles you didn’t create—or wondered how to build wealth without losing your soul—this episode will remind you that redemption is possible, and purpose is profitable.

🎩 Summary

Matt’s story isn’t just about recovery—it’s about redefinition. He shares how addiction, homelessness, and trauma shaped his early life, and how mentorship, faith, and self-work helped him rebuild from the inside out. We unpack the difference between chemical recovery and character recovery, why “more” is never the answer, and how his journey led him to redefine financial wellness as emotional, spiritual, and social alignment.

Matt and I dive deep into the myths of money, the hidden addictions of modern life, and the critical difference between being rich and being whole. Together, they reveal how gratitude and service can become the real wealth engine for founders, leaders, and everyday people alike.

🎩 Hats Covered

🎩 1: The Soul
🎩 3: The Servant
🎩 4: The Entrepreneur
🎩 5: The Investor
🎩 7: The Seeker

💡 Key Takeaways

🎩 1: Healing is a wealth strategy. You can’t build freedom from a broken foundation.
🎩 3: Service transforms pain into purpose—mentorship multiplies redemption.
🎩 4: “More” doesn’t make you better. It only amplifies who you already are.
🎩 5: Financial wellness is emotional wellness with a balance sheet.
🎩 7: Taking off your mask is the first step to living in truth.

👤 Guest Bio

Matt Paradise is a speaker, educator, and financial wellness advocate whose journey from addiction and homelessness to industry leader has inspired thousands.

After two decades in credit counseling and financial education, he now serves on the board of one of Forbes’ top financial agencies, helping organizations and individuals achieve whole wealth—financial health rooted in emotional intelligence, purpose, and service.
Through keynotes, workshops, and his upcoming book Whole Wealth, Matt empowers people to heal their money stories and design lives that are both prosperous and peaceful.

⏱️ Timestamps

00:02 – Growing up in Connecticut and the quiet corner of chaos
00:10 – Teen addiction, homelessness, and hitting rock bottom
00:20 – The role of mentors and finding faith in recovery
00:30 – From $9/hour counselor to national educator
00:40 – Why “more money” never fixes what’s missing
00:50 – The hidden addictions: debt, gambling, and consumerism
01:00 – Redefining wealth through gratitude and service
01:10 – Taking off the mask and becoming your authentic self

✅ Actionables

Write down your top 3 “addictions” (not just substances) and how they show up in your life.
Audit your money story—what emotions drive your spending or saving?
Mentor one person who reminds you of your younger self.
Redefine wealth beyond net worth: add joy, peace, and purpose to the ledger.
Practice daily gratitude—it’s the foundation for lasting abundance.

🔥 Quotes

“More money doesn’t change you. It amplifies you.”
“Gratitude is the fuel that turns survival into service.”
“Being needed isn’t leadership. Being authentic is.”
“Whole wealth is what happens when your bank account and your soul align.”
“Take off the mask so your hats can finally fit.”

🔗 Links

MattParadise.com – Speaking, coaching, and financial wellness programs
Connect with Matt on LinkedIn

If you’ve ever wondered whether your past disqualifies you from purpose, this episode is proof that it doesn’t—it prepares you for it.

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Dave Behar doesn’t just build brands. He builds engines. From global IPs to movement-based platforms, Dave’s playbook isn’t about hype. It’s about clarity, systems, and relentless intention.

In this episode, we unpack how a four-sport athlete from San Pedro became a force behind scalable brand ecosystems in media and sport. And why identity, not tactics, is the real unlock.

Whether you're stuck in hustle, navigating transitions, or searching for alignment between ambition and peace, this conversation will reset your definition of success.

🎩 Summary

Dave Behar’s story isn’t about chasing more. It’s about choosing better. From building businesses in college to scaling global consumer brands and IP, Dave shares how staying organized, leading with intention, and integrating “athlete discipline” into every decision became his secret weapon.

We dive into the evolution from creative founder to strategic CEO. And why “being needed” isn’t the flex many think it is. Dave opens up about the personal toll of misaligned relationships, the power of mutuality in deals, and why daily structure beats short-term hype every time.

Yuval and Dave also riff on marketing, identity, and what it really means to build a platform that outlives your own involvement.

🎩 Hats Covered

• 🎩 1: The Soul
• 🎩 2: The Athlete
• 🎩 3: The Servant
• 🎩 4: The Entrepreneur
• 🎩 5: The Investor

💡 Key Takeaways

• 1: Identity isn’t inherited. It’s chosen daily through structure and discipline.
• 2: Health is a leadership multiplier. Don’t scale yourself. Scale your habits.
• 3: Misaligned relationships are silent saboteurs. Alignment over agreement.
• 4: Great founders don’t just build companies. They build systems that scale without them.
• 5: Protect the downside before chasing the upside. Every deal should be win-win or walk away.

👤 Bio

Dave Behar is the founder and CEO of ION, a media and movement platform powering global content, commerce, and community. A four-sport athlete turned serial entrepreneur, Dave has scaled brands, launched leagues, and developed IP in over 30 countries. His unique lens blends performance, creativity, and systems to help tech, sport, and CPG companies turn energy into engine and hype into legacy.

⏱️ Timestamps

• 00:02 – From San Pedro roots to global business
• 00:12 – Surfing, sports, and building brands in college
• 00:20 – Selling his first company and learning hard legal lessons
• 00:32 – Chief Executive Athlete: blending body, identity, and business
• 00:42 – The personal toll of unsupported relationships
• 00:50 – Deal structure, alignment, and protecting your future
• 01:02 – Working with Hotmail and the value of playbooks
• 01:12 – Why the best businesses make you replaceable
• 01:20 – Who Dave had to stop being and the player he became

✅ Actionables

• Write your personal playbook: structure, intention, identity
• Audit key relationships. Are they aligned or draining?
• Design your business for exit. Even if you never sell.
• Practice athlete thinking. Consistency beats intensity.
• Define what a win actually looks like. And who it includes.

🔥 Quotes

"Discipline is how you win when nobody’s watching."
"Don’t chase what’s next. Build what lasts."
"If your deal doesn’t feel mutual, it’s not worth doing."
"Being needed isn’t a badge. It’s a bottleneck."
"You scale when you stop building for yourself and start building for the system."

🔗 Links

• ION – Dave Behar’s media and movement engine
• Connect with Dave on LinkedIn

If you're tired of being your business’s bottleneck or just want to start building with discipline instead of chaos, this conversation will give you the blueprint.

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Jonathan Mast didn’t just build a successful agency. He walked through fire to get there. From small-town scarcity and relentless teasing to serving time in federal prison for white-collar conspiracy, this story isn’t about falling down.

It’s about getting back up. With purpose, with clarity, and with a fire to transform.

Today, Jonathan helps entrepreneurs harness the power of AI. Not as a gimmick, but as a tool for creativity, trust, and scale. His insights cut through the hype and land exactly where founders need them most.

If you’ve ever doubted your worth, feared your past, or questioned your value after a fall… this episode is for you.

🎩 Summary

This isn’t just a redemption arc. It’s a masterclass in reinvention.

Jonathan opens up about growing up in a family where gas money was a luxury. He shares how being teased in school fueled a drive to succeed, and how unchecked ambition led him to ignore warning signs at a company that eventually landed him in federal prison.

We talk about what prison really taught him, how a chance meeting with the former dean of marketing at Ohio State changed everything, and why his second act has become his most meaningful.

Jonathan breaks down what AI can do and what it can't. We explore the real risks, the actual opportunities, and why trust and clarity matter more than ever in a world obsessed with speed.

🎩 Hats Covered

• 🎩 1: The Soul
• 🎩 3: The Servant
• 🎩 4: The Entrepreneur
• 🎩 5: The Investor
• 🎩 7: The Seeker

💡 Key Takeaways

• 🎩 1: Chasing success to prove your worth often leads to self-sabotage
• 🎩 5: Financial freedom starts when you stop outsourcing your safety to one income
• 🎩 4: If AI can do it faster, you need to do it smarter
• 🎩 1: Reinvention begins with radical self-responsibility
• 🎩 7: Success without service will always feel hollow
• 🎩 3: The right partner can be your greatest operational asset

👤 Guest Bio

Jonathan Mast is an AI educator, coach, and founder of White Beard Strategies. He built and sold a digital agency after spending years in sales, marketing, and personal reinvention. His path includes a stint in federal prison, where he studied marketing under the former dean of Ohio State University. Today, he teaches entrepreneurs how to scale authority, creativity, and operations through AI—with trust, clarity, and intention.

⏱️ Timestamps

• 00:02 – Small-town childhood and early drive to succeed
• 00:12 – The fallout of ignoring red flags and ending up in prison
• 00:20 – Marketing lessons from an unlikely prison mentor
• 00:30 – Building a digital agency and working with his wife
• 00:42 – Selling the business and pivoting into AI education
• 00:50 – What most founders get wrong about AI
• 01:02 – Why trust will be the new currency in business
• 01:10 – Who Jonathan had to stop being to find real success

✅ Actionables

• Audit where fear—not facts—is driving your decisions
• Learn one AI tool this week and test it in your workflow
• Identify if your business depends too heavily on you
• Start your “freedom fund” with just 1 percent of revenue
• Ask yourself: Am I building a job, or building a legacy?

🔥 Quotes

“Trust isn’t built by being everywhere. It’s built by being honest.”
“I made every wrong choice for the right reasons.”
“AI doesn’t replace you. But it will expose you.”
“If you don’t design your life, your ambition will destroy it.”
“You’re either building resilience or building excuses.”

🔗 Links

• JonathanMast.com
– AI strategy and coaching

• White Beard Strategies
– Authority through AI

If you’re rebuilding from the ground up, or just starting to question what success is costing you, this conversation will give you a path forward.

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Gabriela Embon built her career as a chemical engineer and her life around stability. But beneath the “safe” formula of a thriving career, loving family, and secure home, a quiet void was growing. Her turning point came when she realized she wasn’t meant to live in correction of her past, but in pursuit of her true calling.

Today, Gabriela is a coach, author, and creator of the 4-Pillar Framework for building legendary marriages. In this powerful conversation, she reveals how high achievers can engineer intimacy, alignment, and trust with the same precision they bring to their careers.

Whether you are scaling your business, healing from burnout, or feeling the strain of a relationship running on fumes, Gabriela’s insights will help you turn your partnership into a source of fuel, not friction.

🎩 Summary

This is not just relationship advice. It is a blueprint for creating “Power Couple Synergy.”

Gabriela shares how her upbringing in Argentina shaped her belief that you can have both a thriving career and a deeply fulfilling relationship. We talk about the dangers of outsourcing happiness, the “upper limit” problem that causes successful people to sabotage love, and why commitment is a strategy fueled by intention rather than feelings.

She walks us through her 4-Pillar Framework (Me, You, Our, Us) and how each pillar builds toward trust, unity, and intimacy. Along the way, we explore how to unlearn naive beliefs about marriage, use career skills at home, and engineer a life with no regrets.

🎩 Hats Covered

• 🎩 1: The Soul
• 🎩 3 The Servant
• 🎩 4: The Entrepreneur
• 🎩 7: The Seeker

💡 Key Takeaways

• 🎩 1: Outsourcing happiness keeps you small. Fulfillment starts within.
• 🎩 4: The same traits that make you successful at work apply to relationships.
• 🎩 7: Upper limits on positivity can sabotage love if left unaddressed.
• 🎩 1: Commitment is fueled by intention, not unpredictable emotions.
• 🎩 4: Engineer your relationship with the same rigor you apply to your career.
• 🎩 7: “Me, You, Our, Us” is the structure for lasting power couple synergy.

👤 Guest Bio

Gabriela Embon is a certified coach, speaker, and author of Becoming a Power Couple. After a career in chemical engineering, she transitioned into coaching with a mission to help driven couples create legendary marriages without sacrificing ambition. Her 4-Pillar Framework transforms relationships into a foundation for both personal and professional success.

⏱️ Timestamps

• 00:02 – Growing up in Argentina and the belief you can have both career and love
• 00:10 – Why love is not a strategy and commitment is fueled by intention
• 00:18 – The career change from engineering to coaching
• 00:26 – Invisible needs and the power of full acceptance in a partnership
• 00:35 – Outsourcing happiness and why it always backfires
• 00:42 – The “upper limit” problem and how high achievers sabotage love
• 00:50 – The 4-Pillar Framework: Me, You, Our, Us
• 00:58 – How writing her book deepened her mission
• 01:05 – Beliefs about marriage she had to unlearn
• 01:10 – Who she had to stop being and who she became to succeed

✅ Actionables

• Identify where you are outsourcing happiness and bring it back to yourself.
• Apply your career skills — vision, communication, collaboration — at home.
• Explore your “upper limit” and do the inner work to raise or remove it.
• Assess your relationship using the 4-Pillar Framework.
• Choose intention over emotion to fuel your commitment.

🔥 Quotes

“Happiness is not something you outsource. It starts with you.”
 “Love is not a strategy. Commitment is a strategy.”
 “You can have a legendary career and a legendary marriage.”
 “Your relationship deserves the same intentional design as your business.”
 “The upper limit is not your fate. It is your challenge to rise above.”

🔗 Links

• GabrielaEmbon.com – Book and coaching info
• Becoming a Power Couple – Available on Amazon
• BecomingAPowerCouple.net – Free prologue download

If you are ready to transform your relationship into a source of power, this conversation will show you how to design it with intention and heart.

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David Wood has coached high performers for decades, but even he once fell into the trap of constant motion with zero momentum. In his third appearance on The 7 Hats, David reveals how founders can stop reacting, start focusing, and turn their work into a game worth winning.

From the pickleball court to the boardroom, David shows how discipline, gamification, and ruthless clarity can double the output of what matters while cutting your stress in half.

Whether you are juggling a million priorities, stuck in the 80/20 guessing game, or secretly afraid to slow down, this conversation will change the way you work, decide, and breathe.

🎩 Summary

This is not another productivity hack. It is a survival system for high achievers.

David breaks down the four levels of gamifying your focus, from your annual "game" to the next 25 minutes, so you can work on what moves the needle instead of just moving. We talk about why most "focus" is actually avoidance, how to identify what really matters, and why containers, constraints, and no-go lists might be the most liberating tools you will ever use.

Along the way, David shares why community has replaced money as his top priority, how pickleball taught him more about mastery than squash ever did, and why speaking up for what you want, even after hearing "no," is the ultimate growth rep.

🎩 Hats Covered

• 🎩 1: The Soul
• 🎩 4: The Entrepreneur
• 🎩 7: The Seeker

💡 Key Takeaways

• 🎩 4: Motion is not momentum. Without a container, you are just kicking the ball around.
• 🎩 1: Saying "no" to the wrong things is saying "yes" to your sanity.
• 🎩 4: Gamify your focus at four levels: year, week, day, 25 minutes.
• 🎩 7: Mastery in sport or business comes from deliberate practice, not random reps.
• 🎩 1: Speaking up, even after a "no," grows you more than the outcome does.
• 🎩 4: If you are still reacting to everything, you are not leading.

👤 Guest Bio

David Wood is a high-performance coach and the founder of Focus.ceo, helping business owners and executives achieve more of what matters in less time. A former consulting actuary to Fortune 100 companies, David blends systems thinking with deep emotional intelligence, guiding clients to clarity, courage, and freedom. He is the author of Mouse in the Room and a former state-level squash player now aiming for the senior pro pickleball circuit.

⏱️ Timestamps

• 00:02 – Why community now outranks money for David
• 00:08 – Pickleball, mastery, and translating sport to business
• 00:15 – The power of focus and the problem with "being busy"
• 00:20 – The four levels of gamification: from annual game to 25 minutes
• 00:28 – Why most "focus" is avoidance in disguise
• 00:33 – The 80/20 problem and deciding what matters
• 00:40 – How to stop reacting and start leading your calendar
• 00:45 – Speaking up after "no" and finding the third option in conflict
• 00:52 – Free tools and sliding-scale coaching for founders

✅ Actionables

• Choose your "game" for the next 12 months and what you will not do.
• Set weekly and daily targets before the week starts.
• Gamify your work into 25-minute sprints with specific outcomes.
• Identify your top marketing method and go all in.
• Speak up for what you want, even when it is edgy.

🔥 Quotes

"Without a game, focus is just wishful thinking."
"Motion without momentum is the fastest way to burn out."
"You cannot do everything. And if you try, you will not do anything well."
"Speaking up is a win, even when the answer is no."
"Gamification turns work into something you can actually win at."

🔗 Links

• Focus.ceo – Free Business Assessment
• Mouse in the Room by David Wood

🎁 Special Offer for The 7 Hats Listeners

David is offering a free 10-minute business assessment to help you pinpoint your biggest opportunities and focus areas. The assessment covers productivity, lead generation, conversion, hiring, and more. It will give you a clear view of your strengths and the areas that are costing you time, money, and energy.

After completing the assessment, you can request a complimentary strategy call with David. On this call, he will walk you through a custom plan based on your results. If you mention The 7 Hats podcast when booking, David will also offer a sliding-scale coaching option for those who are not yet in a position to pay full coaching rates.

To get started, visit focus.ceo/quiz. Complete the assessment, select the option for a strategy call, and mention The 7 Hats in your submission.

If you are ready to stop spinning and start winning at what matters most, this is your chance to work directly with David.

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Mike Straza has worn every C-suite hat in the book: CEO, CFO, COO. He learned the hard way that most "profitable" businesses are one invoice away from disaster. This episode strips away the startup gloss and reveals the hard truths behind real sustainability.

Whether you're bootstrapping, scaling, or sitting on a financial time bomb, Mike will shift how you think about money, systems, and sanity.

🎩 Summary

This isn’t another hustle sermon. It’s a masterclass in operational clarity and entrepreneurial grace.

Mike Straza built, scaled, and exited multiple companies. He also hit the wall. He ran two businesses at once, sacrificed his health, and learned that financial illusions don’t pay the bills or preserve your peace. We explore what happens when your P&L looks strong but your bank account says otherwise. When you're hiring for growth but bleeding from the backend. When you’re so busy being the business, you forget to build one.

Mike unpacks why cash flow is not the same as profit, why you should never scale without a margin, and how grace, not grind, is often the founder’s secret weapon.

🎩 Hats Covered

• 🎩 1: The Soul
• 🎩 4: The Entrepreneur
• 🎩 5: The Investor

💡 Key Takeaways

• 🎩 4: Scaling without systems just means scaling chaos
• 🎩 5: Profit on paper means nothing if you can’t make payroll
• 🎩 1: Grace is strategy when you’re your own harshest critic
• 🎩 5: Growth should follow margin, not drive it
• 🎩 1: Self-worth cannot be measured by headcount or hustle
• 🎩 4: Success is not about being needed. It’s about being replaceable

👤 Guest Bio

Mike Straza is a veteran operator and fractional executive who has built, scaled, and sold companies across multiple industries. From running operations for family firms to launching two startups at the same time (not recommended), Mike now consults with founders to help them build resilient, margin-rich businesses. He is obsessed with sustainable growth and allergic to financial illusions.

⏱️ Timestamps

• 00:02 – Childhood roots and early entrepreneurial spark
• 00:10 – Launching two startups at once: chaos and clarity
• 00:18 – The ego trap of doing it all yourself
• 00:26 – When profit isn’t cash: the cashflow crisis
• 00:35 – Founder burnout and the unraveling of health
• 00:42 – Making payroll, managing stress, and avoiding VC traps
• 00:50 – Hiring for sales versus staying stuck as founder-led
• 01:00 – Why grace, not grind, is what founders actually need
• 01:10 – Philanthropy, giving back, and sustainable contribution
• 01:20 – Who Mike had to stop being to become who he is

✅ Actionables

• Track your actual cash, not just your profit margin
• Do not scale if your margin cannot handle it
• If you're still the main salesperson, fix that now
• Start saving before the storm, not during it
• Practice grace. Your inner critic is not a strategy

🔥 Quotes

“Profit doesn’t pay the bills. Cash does.”
“Success without sanity isn’t success. It’s just survival.”
“Growth is addictive. Margin is freedom.”
“No one’s coming to applaud you for missing payroll.”
“You care more about your failure than anyone else does. So give yourself a break.”

🔗 Links

• Mike Straza on LinkedIn
• Straza Consulting

If you're chasing growth without a margin plan, you’re not building a business. You’re building a trap. Let Mike show you the way out.

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Matt Leta has supported giants like Google and Tesla in navigating AI transformation. But behind the frameworks and algorithms is a founder who walked away from everything — company, money, comfort — in search of something deeper. This is a story of reinvention, from burnout to Burning Man, from tech obsession to soul integration.
In this captivating episode, Matt and Yuval explore the human side of innovation, where purpose meets performance, and fulfillment becomes the ultimate system upgrade.

🎩 Summary:

This isn’t just a crash course in enterprise AI, it’s a masterclass in conscious leadership.

Matt Leta shares how being fired from his startup led him on a three-year global journey of self-discovery, plant medicine, and finding his purpose. Along the way, he built an AI agency powered by human-centered transformation, not hype. We unpack why 70% of AI transformations fail (hint: it’s not the tech), how to align your team through vision, not fear, and why founders must debug themselves before upgrading anything else.

Whether you’re scaling a company, questioning your direction, or seeking clarity in the chaos, this one’s for you.

🎩 Hats Covered:

• 🎩 1: The Soul
• 🎩 4: The Entrepreneur
• 🎩 6: The Philanthropist

💡 Key Takeaways:

• 🎩 1: Real disruption begins with inner transformation.
• 🎩 4: AI isn’t the strategy, it’s the tool. Vision is still your edge.
• 🎩 6: Impact starts by solving human problems, not just business ones.
• 🎩 1: Negative self-talk is the deepest code to rewrite.
• 🎩 4: A founder’s role isn’t to fight the future, but to shape it.
• 🎩 6: When people feel part of the mission, transformation sticks.

👤 Guest Bio:

Matt Leta is a global AI strategist, technologist, and author whose work spans Fortune 100 companies and grassroots impact initiatives. From founding a multimedia art startup in Wales to building AI solutions for Tesla and launching a Burning Man-inspired nonprofit in the Dominican Republic, Matt blends deep tech with deep soul. His upcoming book, 100X, redefines what ROI means in the age of AI and life.

⏱️ Timestamps:

• 00:02 – From Krakow to Silicon Valley: Matt’s early path
• 00:10 – Getting fired from his startup
• 00:18 – Traveling the world in search of meaning
• 00:25 – Building an AI agency on the road
• 00:35 – The origin of Future Horizon and the impact work
• 00:45 – Why 70% of AI transformations fail
• 01:00 – Founders must become the system they want to scale
• 01:10 – The AI revolution vs. the soul evolution
• 01:20 – What Matt would tell his 19-year-old startup self
• 01:30 – The spark no algorithm can replicate

✅ Actionables:

• Ask: What problem are we solving—and for whom?
 • Involve your team in the transformation, not just the rollout.
 • Build your AI stack around people, not just productivity.
 • Track your self-talk—what inner code needs rewriting?
 • Create space to upgrade your inner operating system.

🔥 Quotes:

“Transformation doesn’t fail because of tech. It fails because of people.”
“You can’t automate fulfillment. You have to feel your way through it.”
“The best upgrade isn’t to your systems. It’s to yourself.”
“AI is exponential—but so is burnout if you scale without soul.”
“Before you scale your tech, scale your soul.”

🔗 Links:

• LeapGuide
• Matt Leta’s Newsletter (38K+ readers and growing)
• 100X 
• Future Works – Global community for purpose-driven innovation

If you’ve ever wondered whether AI will replace you, this episode flips the script: What if it frees you, once you remember who you are?

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Alex Bayer built Genius Juice into a national brand... Shark Tank, 4,000 stores, viral LinkedIn fame. Then it all collapsed. In this raw, revealing episode, Alex returns to The 7 Hats to share what happens after the dream ends and real life begins.

Summary:

In this no-holds-barred conversation, Alex Bayer opens up about the burnout spiral, the heartbreak of closing Genius Juice, and the grief of losing his father, both within days of each other. But this isn’t just a story of endings. It’s a blueprint for rebirth.

We dive into the unraveling of a startup built on hustle and hope, the viral callout to KeHE that backfired, and what it means to wear the founder mask until you’re nearly unrecognizable. From therapy and life coaching to yoga and golf, Alex is learning to rebuild not just his career, but his capacity to feel, lead, and live.

Whether you’ve raised millions or you’re on the brink of letting go, this episode is a mirror for every founder who’s quietly crumbling behind their LinkedIn wins.

🎩 Hats Covered:

• 🎩 1: The Soul
• 🎩 2: The Athlete
• 🎩 3: The Servant
• 🎩 4: The Entrepreneur
• 🎩 5: The Investor
• 🎩 7: The Seeker

💡 Key Takeaways:

• 🎩 1: Letting go isn’t weakness, it’s wisdom.
• 🎩 4: A relaunch rarely saves a brand on life support.
• 🎩 1: Burnout isn’t tiredness, it’s depletion of the soul.
• 🎩 5: Pay yourself before the pain makes you pay later.
• 🎩 3: Relationships often break when the business does.
• 🎩 7: Presence is the only real success.

👤 Guest Bio:

Alex Bayer is the founder of Genius Juice, a once high-flying CPG brand built on the power of whole coconut smoothies. Following a viral appearance on Shark Tank and a retail expansion into thousands of stores, Genius Juice closed its doors in 2024. Now, Alex hosts the top-rated CPG Vibes podcast, consults for emerging brands, and shares his hard-won lessons on healing, humility, and honest leadership.

⏱️ Timestamps:

• 00:02 – What shutting down Genius Juice really felt like
• 00:10 – Selling the booth and why it felt like relief
• 00:20 – The public fallout of calling out KeHE
• 00:30 – Burnout, panic attacks, and pretending everything’s fine
• 00:40 – Losing his father and the weight of that double grief
• 00:50 – How yoga, breathwork, and therapy are fueling recovery
• 01:00 – What most founders don’t understand about letting go
• 01:10 – Golf, presence, and flow: rebuilding from the inside out
• 01:20 – Who Alex had to stop being and who he’s becoming now

✅ Actionables:

• Track burnout symptoms, don’t wait until you collapse.
• Reevaluate your margins before you scale.
• Share the truth behind the highlight reel.
• Say yes to help therapy, coaching, and breathwork.
• Ask: “What am I clinging to that’s already gone?”

🔥 Quotes:

“Letting go doesn’t mean failure, it means I’m finally free.”
 “Burnout isn’t a moment. It’s a momentum that spirals.”
 “The booth wasn’t a prop. It was my dream, in storage.”
 “I wasn’t just acting strong, I was acting. Period.”
 “If your business dies, and your soul goes with it, you’ve lost twice.”

🔗 Links:

• Alex Bayer on LinkedIn
• CPG Vibes Podcast
• Genius Dreams Consulting

If your story ever feels like it’s falling apart, let this be proof: it might just be falling into place. 

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Sam Ne'bel turned a taboo into a trailblazing brand. From yelling down hallways for baby wipes as a kid to co-founding Goodwipes. Now the fastest-growing flushable wipe company in the U.S., Sam’s journey is one of grit, obsession, and reinvention. But behind the bold branding and retail blitz is a deeper story: one of burnout, breathwork, and the shift from doer to leader. This isn’t just about toilet talk—it’s about building a business that doesn’t wipe you out.

Summary:

In this refreshingly candid episode, Sam shares how a lifelong love for cleanliness led to a national hygiene revolution. From frat house meet-cutes to retail shelf wars, Sam walks us through the bootstrapped, butt-wipe-fueled journey of building Goodwipes.

We delve into everything from burnout and breathwork to the realities of trade spend and team-building. Sam opens up about the sacrifices he made in the early years... love, health, even fitness, and how he’s now rebuilding a multidimensional life that goes beyond entrepreneurship.

This episode is a masterclass in turning consumer behavior into category creation, without losing your sanity.

🎩 Hats Covered:

• Hat 1: The Soul
• Hat 2: The Athlete
• Hat 3: The Servant
• Hat 4: The Entrepreneur

💡 Key Takeaways:

🎩 1: You can’t pour from an empty cup or a depleted self.
🎩 4: Creating a category takes time. Years. Even decades.
🎩 3: A team that believes in the mission will carry it farther than capital.
🎩 2: Movement is non-negotiable. Your body keeps the score.
🎩 1: Wellness is leadership. And leadership starts with breath.
🎩 4: Trade spend will drain you if you don’t watch it.

👤 Guest Bio:

Sam Ne'bel is the co-founder of Goodwipes, a hygiene brand rewriting the rules of the bathroom aisle. What began as a college joke turned into a mission and then a movement. From bootstrapping out of his parents’ house to landing shelves in Target, Walmart, and Kroger, Sam is proof that conviction (and clean butts) can move markets. When he’s not building a billion-dollar brand, you’ll find him breathworking, spearfishing, or just trying to live a cool life outside of work.

⏱️ Timestamps:

• 00:02 – Sam’s childhood obsession with wipes
• 00:12 – Meeting his co-founder in a fraternity bathroom
• 00:24 – Early entrepreneurial grit and the festival circuit
• 00:35 – Turning down a franchise to bet on Goodwipes
• 00:45 – The slow burn of building a bootstrapped brand
• 01:00 – When burnout hit, and what filled his cup again
• 01:10 – Fitness, therapy, breathwork, and boundaries
• 01:20 – Why trade spend nearly wiped them out
• 01:30 – Retail expansion, validation, and Kroger lessons
• 01:40 – From doer to leader: Sam’s inner transformation
• 01:50 – The 10-year vision and the power of cool hobbies

✅ Actionables:

• Block time every day to move, no matter what.
• Track trade spend like your life depends on it (it does).
• Find a hobby that has nothing to do with business.
• Schedule a break, not just meetings.
• Revisit your role: Are you leading, or still doing?

🔥 Quotes:

“Sacrifice is not a sustainable strategy.”
“You can’t be interesting to others if you’re not interesting to yourself.”
“We didn’t just create a brand—we created a category.”
“Wipes were never the joke. They were the revolution.”
“Success is getting to cheer on someone doing your old job 10x better.”

🔗 Links:

• Goodwipes Website
• Follow @goodwipes on Instagram
• Sam’s Hygiene Revolution Tour (Coachella, Stagecoach, more)

If you think wellness ends with the gym and starts with your hustle, Sam’s story will challenge everything you believe. Because success doesn’t mean staying clean, it means not losing yourself in the mess.

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Borja Cuan grew a digital marketing empire from humble dreams of owning a pizza shop. But it wasn’t easy, an immigrant kid, gritty entrepreneur, and disciplined leader, Borja discovered early on that success wasn't built overnight, but forged through daily, disciplined choices. This is his story of scaling a $230 million business without sacrificing soul or connection.

Summary:
 
In this insightful episode, Borja Cuan shares how immigrant resilience, lessons in hospitality from the Ritz, and relentless discipline became the building blocks for his successful digital marketing agency, Four15 Digital.

We explore Borja’s journey from childhood dreams of pizza entrepreneurship to managing millions in ad spend, uncovering the vital role discipline played not just in business but in every facet of his life. Borja opens up about his rigorous routines, cold plunges, and 5 AM workouts, revealing how discipline isn’t just about motivation, but the systems that sustain you.

This episode is a masterclass in creating a business and life that doesn’t just succeed, it thrives.

Hats Covered:

• 🎩 1: The Soul
• 🎩 2: The Athlete
• 🎩 3: The Servant

Key Takeaways:

• 🎩 1: Discipline isn't about doing more, it's about becoming more. 
• 🎩 2: Your body isn't separate from your success; it is the foundation. 
• 🎩 3: Employees come first, clients will follow. 
• 🎩 1: Motivation fades, discipline sustains. 
• 🎩 2: Bookend routines (morning and night) determine your productivity. 
• 🎩 3: Real connections can't be built remotely; they require presence.

👤 Guest Bio:

Borja Cuan is the founder and CEO of Four15 Digital, a leading digital marketing agency managing over $230 million in ad spend. Raised by immigrant parents, Borja's path from hospitality intern at the Ritz in Madrid to marketing innovator showcases how discipline, relationships, and service form the bedrock of lasting success.

⏱️ Timestamps:

• 00:01 – Introduction: Borja’s immigrant roots and early dreams 
• 00:08 – Hospitality lessons from the Ritz 
• 00:15 – How pain and suffering became Borja’s superpower 
• 00:23 – The role of resilience in leadership and entrepreneurship 
• 00:30 – Discipline as a system, not motivation 
• 00:37 – Bookend routines and morning discipline 
• 00:45 – Why Borja champions the hybrid work model 
• 00:52 – Building a $230 million agency through referrals 
• 01:00 – The hardest leadership lesson: putting employees first 
• 01:07 – Firing clients to protect culture 
• 01:15 – The 21-year-old Borja he’d hire today 
• 01:20 – Closing question: Who did Borja stop being, and who did he become?

Actionables:

• Establish a morning and evening bookend routine for consistent productivity. 
• Practice discipline daily especially when no one’s watching. 
• Evaluate your company culture: Are your employees truly first?

Quotes:

“Pain and suffering is my superpower.”
“You can't control external events, but you can control how you respond.”
“Discipline is doing what you hate as if you love it.”
“If every client was easy, everyone would be in business.”
“When you live disciplined, you feel freedom.”

Links:

• Borja Cuan's LinkedIn
• Four15 Digital Website

If your success is heavy to carry, Borja’s story is your blueprint for creating disciplined freedom.

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Mark Collins thought he was chasing a dream, but he was really running from himself. Introverted military kid turned rockstar dreamer, Mark’s quest wasn’t for fame. It was for identity. This is the story of how he faced fear, dismantled false beliefs, and rewired his life for purpose—from the inside out.

Summary: In this intimate episode, Mark Collins shares the pivotal moments that reshaped his identity, from fleeing small-town expectations to redefining success through Life Mastery.

We follow his path from garage floors in Torrance to CEO-level impact, uncovering how fear, imposter syndrome, and identity lies nearly derailed his life and how a shift to living “by design” restored it. Mark reveals the mindsets, character traits, and daily practices that helped him rebuild his life with intention and service at the core.

Hats Covered:

• 🎩 1: The Soul
• 🎩 3: The Servant
• 🎩 4: The Entrepreneur

Key Takeaways:

• 🎩 1: You’re either living from who you were created to be, or from your past.
• 🎩 4: If success is your identity, every failure feels like proof you’re not enough.
• 🎩 3: Relationships don’t heal with time; they heal with truth and consistency.
• 🎩 1: Imposter syndrome thrives when your identity is unexamined.
• 🎩 4: A business that serves your life creates freedom, not another job.
• 🎩 3: Vulnerability isn’t weakness—it’s the path to authentic leadership.

👤 Guest Bio:

Mark Collins is a Life Mastery coach, author, and entrepreneur who helps high achievers stop living from old identities and start designing lives that align with their true purpose. Drawing from his own transformation, Mark equips clients with systems for clarity, character, and calling.

⏱️ Timestamps:

00:02 – Intro: Military kid, nomadic life, and early independence
00:10 – Escaping a life of expectation: “I’m going to be a rockstar”
00:18 – Garage-floor living and early business failures
00:25 – How fear of failure and identity lies almost defined his life
00:33 – The shift: From self-doubt to Life Mastery
00:38 – Imposter syndrome and proving worth through hustle
00:45 – Achievement vs. fulfillment
00:50 – The role of character in aligning with purpose
00:56 – Mark’s core traits: Tenacity, vulnerability, compassion
01:01 – Routines that build consistency and energy
01:08 – Rebuilding relationships through truth and service
01:15 – Spiritual identity and faith as a foundation
01:19 – Closing: Who did you have to stop being to become who you are now?

Actionables:

• Create your “I Am” identity statement
• Track one character trait daily for 30 days
• Evaluate your morning/evening bookends, do they reflect your purpose?

💬 Quotes:

• “You're either living from who you're created to be—or from what your past told you.”
• “When I know who I am, I can’t be an impostor.”
• “We master our business, but we manage ourselves. That has to change.”
• “Stillness isn’t weakness—it’s where clarity lives.”
• “The worst place to walk became the best, because if I can walk here, I can walk anywhere.”

🔗 Links:

• Mark Collins’ Website
• Email: mark@freedom-for-life.net
• Book: Life Mastery: Living Life by Design

If your success looks good on paper but feels heavy to live, this episode is your sign to stop performing and start becoming.

🎩 Subscribe, share, and let’s keep growing together.

Dan MacQueen was 28. Sharp. Ambitious. Living his dream life in London. Then came the headaches. One minute, he was riding the Tube to work. The next? Total darkness. A cyst on his brain. A surgery gone wrong. A coma. He couldn't walk, talk, or even smile when he woke up.

This is the story of how one man fought back from the brink—and discovered a mindset that can't be broken.

Summary: In this riveting episode, Dan MacQueen walks us through the day his life changed forever—a sudden brain hemorrhage, four weeks in a coma, and a fight to reclaim basic functions most take for granted.

But Dan didn't stop at recovery. He rewired his mindset. From strapping on a splint with unbearable pain to walking the chaotic streets of South London, he reframed every struggle into strength. His story is a blueprint for resilience, built one painful, purposeful step at a time.

Hats covered:
• Hat 1: The Soul
• Hat 2: The Athlete
• Hat 3: The Servant
• Hat 4: The Entrepreneur
• Hat 7: The Seeker

Key Takeaways

🎩 1: Resilience is built by keeping promises to yourself, especially when no one's watching
🎩 2: Your brain needs recovery routines as much as your body
🎩 3: Identity rebuilds one tiny risk at a time (say goodbye to the bathmat)
🎩 4: Adversity can be your compass, not just your setback
🎩 1: It’s not “Why me?”...it’s “Try me”
🎩 7: Faith in the process grows stronger with every step taken, blind

👤 Guest Bio:

 Dan MacQueen is a resilience speaker and mindset coach who defied the odds after a life-threatening brain hemorrhage left him unable to walk, talk, or smile. Today, he inspires others to rewrite their limits, find power in perspective, and build mental toughness through daily choices.

⏱️ Timestamps:

00:02 – Dan’s life before the hemorrhage: Europe, love, and tech
00:50 – Sudden blindness on the Tube
01:20 – Misdiagnosis and emergency brain surgery
02:10 – Waking from a coma, unable to walk or speak
03:00 – The painful process of physical rehab
03:45 – Lessons from the floor: mindset in action
04:30 – Relearning to walk on South London’s busiest streets
05:00 – The 3 horsemen of motivation
05:50 – Second brain surgery and emotional collapse
06:30 – Refusing to surrender to despair
07:15 – Routines, cold showers, and the power of self-discipline
08:00 – The moment the bathmat became a turning point
08:40 – Why the cane got left behind
09:20 – Daily habits that transformed his mental game
10:00 – Who he had to stop being—and who he became

Actionables:

• Track one small promise to yourself for 30 days
• Ask: Where am I lying to myself in the name of “comfort”?
• Challenge yourself with a discomfort ritual—cold showers, early wakeups, or exercise

Quotes:

• “The worst place to walk became the best, because if I can walk here, I can walk anywhere.”
• “Discipline isn’t about motivation. It’s about doing the thing anyway.”
• “I kept the promise. I wasn’t the next one out of the sauna.”
• “This didn’t happen to me... it created me.”

🔗 Links:

• Dan MacQueen’s Website
• Follow Dan on LinkedIn
• Instagram: @macqueendan

If you’ve ever doubted your strength... if you're one hard moment away from quitting—this episode is your proof: your mindset is your superpower.

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Matt Gerlach built a million-dollar consulting firm. Big clients. LA life. Porsche in the driveway.

But beneath the wins? A collapse in slow motion.

Two hospital visits. Panic attacks. Spiritual exhaustion.

This is the story of how one man stopped running... and rebuilt from the inside out.

Summary: In this deeply vulnerable episode, Matt Gerlach opens up about the identity that made him successful, and nearly killed him.

Raised in a world that didn’t understand his sensitivity, Matt spent decades wearing masks: high-performer, entrepreneur, achiever. But the pressure to conform broke him.

He didn’t pivot. He surrendered. Yoga, therapy, self-parenting, and stillness became the tools of his reinvention. Today, he helps others burn brighter without burning out.

Hats covered:
• Hat 1: The Soul
• Hat 3: The Servant
• Hat 4: The Entrepreneur

Key Takeaways

🎩 1: Burnout often follows success, not failure
🎩 4: High achievement without authenticity is unsustainable
🎩 3: Healing starts when you stop performing and start connecting
🎩 1: Your body will whisper before it screams, listen early
🎩 4: A business that serves your ego will eventually devour your life
🎩 1: Stillness isn’t weakness, it’s where clarity lives

👤 Guest Bio: Matt Gerlach is a former CPG consultant turned transformational coach. After building a 7-figure business, and nearly destroying himself in the process... Matt walked away from it all to rebuild a life aligned with who he really is. Today, he mentors high achievers ready to trade burnout for authenticity.

⏱️ Timestamps:

00:03 – Matt’s early life and feeling "different"
00:12 – Emotional trauma, fear, and people-pleasing
00:24 – Corporate success… and collapse
00:30 – Panic attacks and ER visits
00:33 – The million-dollar firm that made him miserable
00:38 – Yoga, self-parenting, and finding stillness
00:49 – Letting go of money to find meaning
01:00 – Building a life around coaching and cooking
01:05 – What he had to let go of to become who he is today

Actionables:

• Notice the success that secretly hurts to live
• Reflect on what identity you’ve been trained to wear
• Ask yourself: what would I do if I weren’t chasing approval?

Quotes:

• “Maybe this isn’t who I am… just who I was trained to be.”
• “Your body will shut you down if you don’t shut down your ego.”
• “I don’t have anxiety anymore... not because life’s easy, but because I finally listen.”
• “I’m not here to teach from elevation, I teach from experience.”

🔗 Links:

• Matt Gerlach's Website
• Follow Matt on Instagram
• matt@mattgerlach.com 

 
If your life looks great on paper but hurts to live, this episode is for you. Subscribe, share, and let’s keep growing together.

Roxanne Chaput was chasing corporate glory until her SUV plummeted 90 feet off a frozen cliff. What flashed before her eyes wasn’t a highlight reel, it was a haunting question:

“Am I living the life I chose... or the life I was told to want?”

She survived. But she didn’t return the same.

Summary:

In this raw, soul-waking episode, Roxanne Chaput joins Yuval to unpack her journey from burnout and near-death to spiritual teacher and modern-day shaman. Raised by empowered women and called by ancestral whispers, Roxanne teaches why most entrepreneurs don’t burn out from failure, they burn out from success built on the wrong blueprint.

Key Takeaways:

• Purpose without action is just a dream

• Burnout often means you succeeded at building a life you never truly wanted

• Fear is a mask—behind it lives sadness, regret, or an unlived truth

• We are multi-dimensional beings, wired for congruence, not compromise

• Real healing begins with presence—not control

Bio:

Roxanne Chaput is a healer, shamanic practitioner, and spiritual guide. Through her platform The Illumination Retreat, she helps leaders reclaim their voice, realign with their soul, and step into conscious creation.

Timestamps:

00:00 – The cliff that changed everything

06:00 – Childhood, angels, and ancestral whispers

09:00 – Conversations with the dying

18:00 – The dream that wouldn’t stop

27:00 – Realignment after survival

32:00 – What blocks entrepreneurs from flow

39:00 – Congruence, intuition, and the lies we tell

46:00 – Silence as a strategy

55:00 – Generational trauma and ancestral healing

1:00:00 – Who did you stop being?

Actionables:

• Journal: “Am I living a life I chose, or one I inherited?”

• Take 10 minutes in silence and notice what your soul whispers

• Write down one decision today that feels aligned in mind, heart, and body

Quotes:

"You didn't just find your purpose, you embodied it."

"Purpose without action is just a dream."

"Fear is often just sadness in disguise."

"The mind can lie. The body never does."

"Leadership begins when your intuition gets a seat at the table."

Links:

• Roxanne’s site: The Illumination Retreat

• Connect with Roxanne on IG: @roxanne_chaput

If you’re running on fumes, or feeling like success came at the cost of your soul, this episode might just save you. Subscribe, share, and step into your seeker era.

🎬 Episode Summary

In this episode, Yuval Selik sits down with media mogul Larry Namer, who transformed the way we consume entertainment. Larry shares his humble beginnings in Brooklyn, how he hustled his way from underground cable work to the boardroom, and how he built E! Entertainment Television with just $2.5 million when the industry standard was $60–100 million.

We explore his groundbreaking approach to content, the scrappy tactics he used to get noticed, and his adventures launching media ventures in Russia and China, even working alongside Vladimir Putin. Larry also opens up about the personal moments that shaped his journey, including how cooking became his form of therapy and the life-changing battle his son faced with terminal cancer.

From business lessons to personal resilience, this episode is packed with wisdom, humor, and raw insights from one of media’s most innovative and fearless minds.

💡 Key Takeaways & Insights

✔ Success comes from seeing what others overlook – Larry turned movie trailers into a TV format when no one else thought it was valuable content.

✔ Reinvention is key – Larry follows a 7-year reinvention cycle to stay ahead of the game.

✔ Entrepreneurship is about perseverance – It took 3.5 years to secure funding for E!, proving grit beats talent.

✔ Being scrappy pays off – From sneaking into the Oscars to making fun of MTV, Larry's guerrilla tactics helped E! break through.

✔ Negotiating from a position of strength – Always find an angle that makes even giants wish they had your idea first.

✔ Balance is essential – After his son’s battle with cancer, Larry realized that business success is meaningless without personal fulfillment.

✔ Media is about entertaining, not just informing – Larry’s "Hollywood should be fun" approach shaped pop culture.

🎙 Time-Stamped Highlights

📌 [00:02:00] – How Larry went from cable splicer to media mogul

📌 [00:10:00] – The “MTV of movies” idea that led to E!

📌 [00:23:00] – How E! was launched with just $2.5 million

📌 [00:27:00] – Talk Soup & Howard Stern – Making fun of TV worked!

📌 [00:30:00] – Sneaking into the Oscars when denied media credentials

📌 [00:36:00] – Larry’s surreal experience writing a sitcom in China

📌 [00:41:00] – How his son’s cancer battle changed everything

📌 [00:52:00] – Biggest business failure? Turning down $7M for Television.com

📌 [00:57:00] – Hollywood myths: It’s about work ethic, not just talent

📌 [01:00:00] – Larry’s love for cooking & how it became therapy

💼 Actionable Advice

✅ Don’t follow the crowd – Differentiate yourself in a way that even industry giants wish they had your idea.

✅ Be brutally honest with yourself – If an idea isn’t working, move on quickly.

✅ Understand your leverage – Always find a way to shift the power dynamic in negotiations.

✅ Build a team smarter than you – Surround yourself with people who make you better.

✅ Balance business with life – Don’t wait for a crisis to reassess your priorities.

💬 Notable Quotes

"We didn't take ourselves too seriously. If an idea was bad, we moved on. That saved us years of wasted time."

"When my son was diagnosed with cancer, business became the last thing on my mind. That moment changed how I saw success forever."

"The moment you have ‘F-you’ money, everything changes. You don’t have to take a project just to pay rent anymore."

"We climbed the fence at the Oscars to get coverage. That’s the level of hustle it takes to make it in media."

📚 Links & Resources Mentioned

🔗 Larry’s Book: Never Follow the Crowd: Recipes for Success (Amazon Link)

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This episode encapsulates the mindset of an entrepreneur who never settled for “normal”—and it’s a must-listen for creators, risk-takers, and anyone looking to break barriers. 🎤🔥

📌 Episode Summary

Jeremy Shapiro is no stranger to the highs and lows of entrepreneurship. In this insightful conversation, he walks us through his journey from launching IT consulting businesses in the early 2000s to moving to Europe and embracing a global perspective on business. We explore the power of mastermind groups, the importance of mental resilience, and why most entrepreneurs are unknowingly sabotaging their own scalability.

Jeremy shares his hard-earned wisdom on how to build a business that isn’t dependent on you, ensuring that you can step away without everything falling apart. We discuss the "founder’s curse," the power of community, and the mindset shifts needed to turn obstacles into opportunities. Whether you're just starting out or looking to optimize your existing business, this episode is packed with actionable insights that will change the way you approach growth and success.

💡 Key Takeaways & Insights

🚀 The Founder’s Curse – The more essential you are to your business, the less valuable it is. Learn how to step back without losing momentum.

🎯 Mastermind Groups Are Game-Changers – The most successful entrepreneurs surround themselves with others who challenge and inspire them.

🏆 Scaling = Systems + People – The secret to building a thriving business is creating processes that allow it to function without your constant involvement.

🛠️ Overcoming Plateaus – Why every business eventually hits a ceiling and what you need to do to break through to the next level.

🔥 Mental Resilience in Business & Life – Entrepreneurship is a marathon, not a sprint. Learn the habits that keep you mentally strong.

🏁 Cycling as a Metaphor for Business – Success is about one pedal stroke after another, pushing through when things get tough, and leveraging teamwork to go further.

Jeremy Shapiro is a serial entrepreneur, mastermind facilitator, and the founder of Bay Area Mastermind, where he helps business owners scale effectively while reclaiming their time. With decades of experience across multiple industries, Jeremy has built and sold multimillion-dollar businesses and now dedicates his time to helping others escape the founder’s trap. His expertise in systems, strategy, and business psychology has made him a sought-after mentor for high-achieving entrepreneurs.

⏳ Time-Stamped Highlights

[00:37] – Welcome Jeremy Shapiro to The 7 Hats

[02:17] – Jeremy’s early days in Boston and the family influence on his entrepreneurial journey

[07:00] – Dropping out of college to scale his first business

[10:47] – The rise and transition of his IT consulting business in the early 2000s

[12:39] – Moving to Germany and the surprising challenges of entrepreneurship abroad

[17:56] – Mastering work-life balance and the key lesson from a pivotal early date with his wife

[26:39] – The three traits that define successful entrepreneurs

[32:05] – The 30-day challenge: If you left for a month, would your business still thrive?

[38:55] – How teamwork in cycling mirrors success in entrepreneurship

[45:51] – Why mastermind groups are the most powerful investment for growth

[52:41] – Who should (and shouldn’t) join a mastermind group

[55:37] – The key shift Jeremy made to free himself from being always available

[01:00:54] – How Jeremy successfully took 3 months off for parental leave—and how you can too

🛠️ Actionable Advice

Audit Your Business – Could your business survive without you for 30 days? If not, it's time to implement processes and delegation.

Join a Mastermind – Surround yourself with other entrepreneurs who challenge and support you.

Build for an Exit – Even if you don’t plan to sell your business, designing it to be sellable makes it more scalable and stress-free.

Prioritize Mental Resilience – Success requires persistence and the ability to push through discomfort. Find routines and accountability to stay consistent.

Think Long-Term – Don’t just react to daily fires. Set clear goals and work towards them systematically.

💬 Notable Quotes

“Are you building a business that supports your life, or living a life that supports your business?” – Jeremy Shapiro

“The more valuable you are to your business, the less valuable your business is.” – Jeremy Shapiro

“Business is just like cycling. You push through the hills, pace yourself, and leverage the power of teamwork to go further than you ever could alone.” – Jeremy Shapiro

📚 Links & Resources

🔗 Jeremy’s Website: Bay Area Mastermind

Entrepreneurial Freedom and Freedom Interview Stories: https://bayareamastermind.com/freedom/

Mastermind Hot Seats: https://bayareamastermind.com/hot-seats/

What is a Mastermind: https://bayareamastermind.com/about/what-is-a-mastermind/

The Power of the Master Mind: https://bayareamastermind.com/power-master-mind-napoleon-hills-think-grow-rich/ 

The Three Kinds of Mastermind Groups: https://bayareamastermind.com/mastermind-group-near-me/ 

Your Three Levers to Scale Revenue: https://bayareamastermind.com/scale-revenue-levers/ 

Your Freedom Number: Escaping the Rat Race https://bayareamastermind.com/freedom-number/ 

Upcoming Book Sneak Peek https://bayareamastermind.com/book/

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🎙️ See you in the next episode—keep scaling with purpose! 🚀

📝 Episode Summary

In this insightful episode, I sit down with Stacey Chazin, founder of iFactor Leadership, to explore the often-overlooked power of introverts in leadership. Stacey shares her personal journey of self-discovery, from childhood messages reinforcing extroversion as the ideal, to her professional experiences that ultimately led her to embrace and coach introverted professionals.

She breaks down the extrovert bias, the unique strengths of introverts, and why traditional leadership models often fail to recognize their full potential. Stacey also offers practical strategies for introverts to thrive in leadership roles, network effectively, prevent burnout, and communicate with impact. Whether you're an introvert looking to harness your strengths or an extrovert seeking to better understand and collaborate with introverted colleagues, this episode is packed with valuable insights.

🔥 Key Takeaways & Insights

The Extrovert Bias: How societal norms shape our perception of leadership and success.

Strengths of Introverted Leaders:

Deep thinking and reflection lead to better decision-making.

High emotional intelligence fosters strong team relationships.

A natural ability for calm conflict resolution.

Exceptional written communication skills.

Managing Energy & Avoiding Burnout:

Task batching to minimize context switching.

Scheduling breaks between meetings to recharge.

Ending meetings 10 minutes early to create breathing room.

Networking as an Introvert:

Quality over quantity – Focus on a few deep conversations instead of collecting business cards.

Research attendees beforehand and prepare specific questions.

Presentation & Public Speaking:

Introverts excel at public speaking because they prepare deeply and avoid unnecessary small talk.

Using storytelling and data to build compelling presentations.

Misconceptions About Introverts:

They don’t dislike people – they simply prefer meaningful interactions.

They can be strong, effective leaders – often outperforming extroverts in strategic roles.

They aren’t bad at networking – they just need a different approach.

🎤 Guest Bio – Who is Stacey Chazin?

Stacey Chazin is the founder of iFactor Leadership, a coaching and consulting firm dedicated to helping introverts excel in leadership roles. With a background in public relations, public health, and organizational development, Stacey has spent years studying personality types and leadership frameworks. She is also certified in the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) and works with individuals and organizations to harness the power of introversion in professional success.

⏳ Time-Stamped Highlights

[01:30] – Stacey’s early experiences with introversion and societal expectations

[03:50] – How the extrovert bias starts as early as preschool

[09:00] – Stacey’s career in PR and why cold-calling was her worst nightmare

[10:06] – Her transition to public health and leadership coaching

[12:14] – The life-changing Myers-Briggs revelation

[20:07] – Why introverts burn out faster & how to prevent it

[24:22] – Networking strategies for introverts that actually work

[32:36] – How introverts can excel in high-pressure leadership roles

[34:50] – Common myths about introversion debunked

[41:22] – The mindset shift that helped Stacey step into her success

📌 Actionable Advice

✔ Identify your "positive core" – What are your unique strengths as an introvert? Lean into them.

✔ Use task batching to improve focus and energy management.

✔ Limit back-to-back meetings by implementing buffer times.

✔ Prepare for networking events with a set number of targeted connections in mind.

✔ Embrace storytelling in presentations – it makes your message more relatable and engaging.

✔ Experiment with reflection journaling to identify what drains or energizes you daily.

💬 Notable Quotes

🗣️ "The world often tells us that extroversion is the ideal. But leadership isn't about who speaks the loudest—it's about who listens and leads with intention." – Stacey Chazin

🗣️ "Introverts don’t need to change who they are to be successful. They just need to harness their strengths in a way that works for them." – Stacey Chazin

🗣️ "Networking isn't about how many people you meet; it’s about the depth of the connections you build." – Stacey Chazin

🗣️ "Leadership isn’t a personality type. It’s about showing up with self-awareness, strategy, and the willingness to grow." – Yuval Selik

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The Introverts Leadership Formula (Stacey’s digital course)

Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI): Official MBTI Website

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Show Notes:

Key takeaways

• Jim Marshall's insatiable curiosity has driven his lifelong learning.
• Understanding human behavior is crucial for personal and professional success.
• Septimics offers a structured approach to analyzing human interactions.
• The 35 scales in Septimics provide insights into various aspects of life.
• Motivation is a key factor in relationships and personal development.
• Each scale in Septimics has seven levels that help clarify understanding.
• The application of Septimics can lead to significant personal growth.
• Insights gained from Septimics can improve decision-making and relationships.
• The interrelation of scales means growth in one area can influence others.
• Jim's journey illustrates the importance of continuous learning and adaptation. Understanding the scale of sexuality can enhance relationships.
• Self-improvement requires insight and willingness to change.
• Intelligence does not always correlate with emotional insight.
• Navigating relationships requires awareness of personal scales.
• The number seven holds significance across various disciplines.
• Resilience is built through self-awareness and knowledge.
• Knowledge reduces reliance on belief systems.
• Healthy relationships are based on mutual understanding and insight.
• Managing relationships with different perspectives is crucial.
• Personal transformation is a continuous journey of self-discovery.

Chapters

00:00 Introduction to Jim Marshall and His Work

02:59 Jim's Early Life and Education

06:04 Family Influence and Early Interests

08:56 The Shift to Human Development Engineering

11:46 The Birth of Septimics

15:06 Understanding the Scales of Septimics

18:10 The Application of Septimics in Daily Life

21:05 Exploring the 35 Scales of Human Experience

23:51 The Impact of Motivation on Relationships

26:52 The Structure and Function of Scales

30:12 Interrelation of Scales and Personal Growth

32:52 Practical Applications of Septimics

39:04 Exploring the Scale of Sexuality

41:07 Understanding Self-Improvement and Insight

43:48 The Intersection of Intelligence and Behavior

46:16 Navigating Relationships with Insight

49:10 The Significance of the Number Seven

50:31 Resilience Through Self-Awareness

53:10 The Impact of Knowledge on Relationships

56:03 Managing Relationships with Different Perspectives

01:00:09 The Importance of Understanding Human Behavior

01:05:23 Envisioning a Rational World with Septimics

01:10:53 Personal Transformation and Success

Website: https://septemics.com/ 

In this deeply moving episode of The 7 Hats Podcast, I sit down with Paul Rivera, a former professor turned diplomat turned entrepreneur, who shares his incredible journey of self-discovery, resilience, and breaking free from generational cycles.

🔥 In this episode, we discuss:

✔ The hidden cost of chasing success over alignment

✔ How childhood experiences shape our identities (often without us knowing)

✔ The danger of living for others instead of for yourself

✔ How Paul went from academia to diplomacy to purpose-driven entrepreneurship

✔ The power of listening, self-awareness, and rewriting your own story

Paul’s journey is proof that success means nothing if you’re misaligned with your true purpose. If you’ve ever struggled with self-doubt, imposter syndrome, or felt stuck in a life that doesn’t quite fit—you don’t want to miss this episode.

Paul's Website: https://beactchange.com/

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He discusses the importance of resilience, the significance of self-care, and the strategies he employs to maintain mental health while navigating the demanding world of entrepreneurship. 

The conversation also delves into the specifics of Bomani's product offerings and the unique challenges of the beverage industry. In this conversation, Sam Madani discusses the importance of self-care, the role of support systems in entrepreneurship, and the impact of mentorship on his journey with Bomani. 

He shares personal anecdotes about overcoming challenges, the significance of promotion and field sampling, and the financial risks of building a brand. Sam emphasizes the importance of strong relationships with co-founders and outlines his vision for the future of Bomani, focusing on brand synonymity and education as key components for success.

Show Notes:

Chapters

00:00 Introduction and Background

02:53 The Immigrant Experience and Its Impact

05:56 Family Dynamics and Support

09:00 Entrepreneurial Journey Begins

12:04 Overcoming Rejection and Building Resilience

14:53 Product Development and Market Positioning

18:12 Self-Care and Mental Health in Entrepreneurship

25:53 The Importance of Self-Care

26:34 Support Systems in Entrepreneurship

30:10 The Role of Mentorship

32:34 Overcoming Challenges with Support

37:42 Mastering Promotion and Field Sampling

42:12 Taking Financial Risks

43:16 Building Relationships with Co-Founders

46:39 Vision for the Future of Bomani

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sam-madani

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sammadani

The Seven Hats Podcast:

Website: https://www.the7hats.com/

Yuval’s Bio & Links:

Sleek Bio: https://sleek.bio/yuvalselik

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/wadeyenny/

Apple Podcast (CPG Vibes) - https://podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/cpg-vibes/id1606039290

00:00 Introduction to Effective Sales Strategies

00:52 Welcome to The Seven Hats Podcast

01:39 Meet Wade Yenny: CPG Industry Expert

04:15 Wade's Early Life and Influences

08:47 Journey into the CPG World

15:06 The Role and Challenges of a Buyer

18:48 Building Successful Brand Relationships

26:21 Navigating Trade Spend and Growth

36:18 Empowering Your Team

37:13 Leadership Lessons

37:42 Promoting Your Replacement

38:10 Switching Gears to Mental Health

39:36 Balancing Work and Personal Life

44:00 The LinkedIn Journey

48:54 Starting CPG Vibes

52:17 Embracing the Unknown

01:03:28 Final Thoughts and Takeaways

Join us as we peel back the layers of Richard's extraordinary voyage from a determined innovator to a disruptor in the beverage industry.

Richard's upbringing was one of resilience, shaped by his early experiences and relentless pursuit of innovation. Encouraged by his family to think outside the box, Richard's entrepreneurial spirit took flight, leading him to embark on his first venture at 12. Despite the challenges inherent in the entrepreneurial world, Richard's steadfast determination and acute understanding of consumer needs propelled him forward.

However, Richard's journey was marked by a pivotal moment when he survived a plane crash, a harrowing experience that instilled in him a pro found appreciation for life and an unwavering drive to make an impact.

Yet, Richard's path was not without its obstacles. From navigating the complexities of the CPG beverage market to challenging industry norms, each hurdle became a stepping stone toward greater success. His story is a testament to perseverance, adaptability, and the unwavering pursuit of his vision.

Today, as the founder of Lucky Fuck, Richard has revolutionized the energy drink industry, carving out a unique space in a crowded market. Beyond his business accomplishments, Richard is committed to inspiring others, sharing his expertise, and mentoring aspiring entrepreneurs to reach new heights in the beverage industry.

Welcome, 7 Hatters! Today, get ready to dive into the captivating journey of Richard Laver, an audacious entrepreneur and branding trailblazer, as we delve into hats 1, 3, and 4: the soul, servant, and the entrepreneur.

Join us as we peel back the layers of Richard's extraordinary voyage from a determined innovator to a disruptor in the beverage industry.

Richard's upbringing was one of resilience, shaped by his early experiences and relentless pursuit of innovation. Encouraged by his family to think outside the box, Richard's entrepreneurial spirit took flight, leading him to embark on his first venture at 12. Despite the challenges inherent in the entrepreneurial world, Richard's steadfast determination and acute understanding of consumer needs propelled him forward.

However, Richard's journey was marked by a pivotal moment when he survived a plane crash, a harrowing experience that instilled in him a pro found appreciation for life and an unwavering drive to make an impact.

Yet, Richard's path was not without its obstacles. From navigating the complexities of the CPG beverage market to challenging industry norms, each hurdle became a stepping stone toward greater success. His story is a testament to perseverance, adaptability, and the unwavering pursuit of his vision.

Today, as the founder of Lucky Fuck, Richard has revolutionized the energy drink industry, carving out a unique space in a crowded market. Beyond his business accomplishments, Richard is committed to inspiring others, sharing his expertise, and mentoring aspiring entrepreneurs to reach new heights in the beverage industry.

So, if you're ready for a dose of resilience and innovation, eager to learn from a seasoned entrepreneur, or fascinated by the evolution of the beverage market, join me in extending a warm welcome to Richard on the seven hats.

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Richard's Website: https://www.luckybevco.com/

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Aleric's early life was a canvas of creativity, supported by his family's encouragement to explore and innovate. This nurturing environment was the bedrock of his entrepreneurial spirit, guiding him to launch his first venture, a YouTube channel, at the tender age of 12. Despite facing the inherent challenges of digital entrepreneurship, Aleric's unwavering determination and sharp insight into the evolving digital world... propelled him forward.

Aleric's path wasn't without its hurdles, though. From navigating the complexities of the digital marketing space to mastering the intricacies of YouTube advertising, each challenge was a stepping stone to greater understanding and success. His journey is a powerful narrative of innovation, adaptation, and relentless pursuit of excellence.

Now, as the founder of AdOutreach, Aleric has revolutionized how businesses leverage YouTube for marketing, transforming the digital advertising space. 

Beyond his business achievements, Aleric is dedicated to empowering others, sharing his knowledge, and mentoring aspiring entrepreneurs to harness the power of digital media.

So, if you've seen Aleric everywhere as I did for the past few years, and you're intrigued by the potential of YouTube marketing, eager to learn from a digital pioneer, or inspired by stories of resilience and innovation, let's warmly welcome Aleric Heck to the seven hats...

Takeaways

Creativity as a Catalyst: Aleric's journey underscores the importance of nurturing creativity from a young age, demonstrating how early interests can evolve into successful entrepreneurial ventures.

Understanding the Medium: Mastery of YouTube marketing requires a deep understanding of the platform's mechanics and the ability to adapt to its evolving nature.

Entrepreneurial Resilience: Success in entrepreneurship is not linear; it's filled with wins and learning lessons that collectively drive growth.

Impact Beyond Profit: True success extends beyond financial gains to the positive impacts on clients' lives and communities.

Adaptability and Learning: The digital landscape is ever-changing, and learning from experiences and adapting strategies is crucial for sustained success.

Chapters:

Chapter 1: Introduction to Aleric [00:00:00]

Overview of Aleric's renown in digital marketing on YouTube.

Early exposure to creativity and entrepreneurship.

Chapter 2: The Creative Foundations [00:03:00]

Upbringing in Massachusetts and family's role in nurturing creativity.

From childhood interests to the lemonade stand story.

Chapter 3: The YouTube Beginnings [00:08:00]

Impact of restrictions on TV and games on creativity.

Early video production and receiving Adobe Creative Suite.

Chapter 4: Pioneering on YouTube [00:13:00]

Early adoption of YouTube and creation of AppFind.

Challenges and successes of growing a YouTube channel.

Chapter 5: Leveraging YouTube for Business [00:18:00]

Evolution of AppFind and shift towards YouTube marketing.

Understanding profit versus revenue.

Chapter 6: The Entrepreneurial Mindset [00:23:00]

Lessons from operating a lemonade stand to a YouTube channel.

Family influence on business acumen.

Chapter 7: Expanding Horizons [00:28:00]

Transition to YouTube advertising and founding of AdOutreach.

Learning from successes and failures.

Chapter 8: The Essence of Success [00:33:00]

Reflections on success, impact, and creating value.

Evolving understanding of success.

Chapter 9: Overcoming Challenges [00:38:00]

Trials faced during AdOutreach's growth and derived lessons.

Importance of resilience and continuous learning.

Chapter 10: The Future of YouTube Marketing [00:43:00]

Predictions for digital marketing and YouTube's role.

Role of AI and machine learning in content creation and advertising.

Chapter 11: Final Thoughts and Advice [00:48:00]

Advice to aspiring entrepreneurs and content creators.

Pursuit of passion, persistence, and perpetual learning.

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Aleric's Website: https://adoutreach.com/

Special Gift: adoutreach.com/gift

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For Aaron, the marketing and brand love world began during his PhD program. His initial research in the realm of dating services while studying the psychology of love led him to ponder the connections between our affection for people and our attachments to brands and inanimate objects. This curiosity sparked his pioneering work in brand love.

As a speaker and consultant, Aaron has shared his expertise with prominent companies like Google, Samsung, Maybelline, and Procter & Gamble. His book, "The Things We Love," distills decades of research into an accessible exploration of how our passions shape our identities and connect us to the world.

In this episode, we will uncover the backstory of the man behind the concept of brand love, explore the implications of his research for entrepreneurs, and delve into the intriguing intersections of marketing, consumer behavior, and psychology.

So, if you want to understand why you love your favorite brands, let's warmly welcome Aaron to The 7 Hats...

Takeaways

In this episode of 'The Seven Hats,' we welcome guest Aaron Ahuvia, a renowned academic with over three decades of research dedicated to understanding branding and consumer behavior. Ahuvia shares insights into the pioneering concept of 'brand love,' explaining how people can develop deep affection towards brands similarly to their connections with people. Born and raised in an intellectual environment in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Ahuvia's journey took him from philosophy to marketing, eventually leading him to explore the intersection of love and branding. Through various studies, including his notable work on dating services, Ahuvia investigates the psychological processes behind why people love brands, highlighting the importance of brands becoming part of one's identity. The conversation also covers the ethical considerations in marketing, Ahuvia's relationship with brands, and the future directions of his research.

Chapters:

00:00 Welcome to the World of Brand Love

01:21 The Fascinating Journey of a Brand Love Pioneer

02:53 From Philosophy to Marketing: A Unique Path

03:21 The Entrepreneurial Spirit and Academic Ambivalence

04:43 Entering the Corporate World and Discovering a Passion for Teaching

06:48 The Birth of Brand Love Research

20:53 Understanding Love: From Animals to Brands

25:54 Creating Emotional Connections with Brands

28:53 Consulting on Commodity Products: Eliciting Emotion

30:31 Unlocking the Secrets of Mass Marketing and Brand Love

31:21 The Power of Personal Connection in Entrepreneurship

32:13 Anthropomorphism and Brand Attachment: Siri's Love Story

35:41 Emotional Branding: Can Products Evoke the Full Spectrum of Emotions?

39:54 Ethical Dilemmas in Marketing: Exploiting Emotions and Needs

41:04 The Environmental and Social Impact of Marketing Practices

50:13 Personal Growth and the Future of Brand Research

57:44 Entrepreneurial Insights: The Journey of Promomash

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Growing up, Dorothy faced a challenging childhood marked by neglect and invisibility. Despite these hardships, she demonstrated extraordinary resilience, launching her first business venture at 19, and overcoming her father's skepticism about her business acumen.

Dorothy's life was a series of hardships, from personal losses like her brother's and father's deaths to surviving an abusive relationship and navigating toxic, difficult business partnerships. Each challenge taught her vital lessons about resilience, self-worth, and the power of rewriting one's narrative.

Today, after nine businesses under her belt, Dorothy focuses on mentoring entrepreneurs, specializing in money mindset and time management, and has authored several books, including "Streamline Success." Her story is a testament to overcoming adversity and using personal experiences to empower others.

So, if you're looking to overcome life's ups and downs and learn the meaning of the true essence of resilience, let's extend a warm welcome to Dorothy on the seven hats...

Takeaways

• Childhood trauma can have a profound impact on a person's self-worth and relationships.
• Seeking external validation and love can lead to unhealthy patterns and choices.
• Self-development programs like Landmark Education can provide valuable insights and tools for personal growth.
• Addressing emotional wounds and healing from past traumas is essential for personal and professional success.
• Making a difference in the community requires determination, collaboration, and a deep understanding of the needs of others. Partnerships are crucial in achieving success, both in fundraising and in business.
• It is important to recognize and learn from toxic business partnerships and trust yourself and your leadership abilities.
• Difficult times can be overcome by adopting a mindset of resilience, learning from the challenges, and recognizing that the situation is temporary.
• Transitioning from running a business to consulting and mentoring requires a shift in mindset and a focus on helping others succeed.
• True success is not measured by financial achievements but by your impact on others and the ability to give back.

Chapters:

00:00 Introduction and Childhood

03:19 Impact of Childhood Trauma

08:13 Relationship with Siblings

11:33 Seeking Love and Validation

16:09 Starting a Business and Overcoming Challenges

23:07 Dealing with Emotional Wounds

28:36 Self-Development and Landmark Education

36:42 Impact of Cancer in Family

40:11 Bringing Cancer Care to the Community

45:22 Fundraising for a Cancer Care Center

48:36 The Importance of Partnerships

51:00 Lessons from a Toxic Business Partnership

57:02 Overcoming Difficult Times

58:10 Transitioning to Consulting and Mentoring

01:10:49 Transformation and Success

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Dorothy's Website: https://www.streamlinesuccess.com/

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Speaking with Richard, I'm reminded of the privilege I experienced engaging with a true maestro of human potential. A prolific author of 19 books, he's touched and transformed the lives of tens of thousands of individuals, guiding them toward fulfilling their human potential. His influence spans not just through his books; as a keynote speaker and revered coach, his teachings have resonated from the United States to Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and Europe.

Despite Richard's early hardships, we'll experience the passion and purpose that fueled his journey — illuminating paths for those seeking clarity, purpose, and fulfillment. Richard specializes in the areas of Leadership, Sales, Self-Esteem, Goals, Strategy, Creativity, and Success, ensuring no one remains trapped in repetitive cycles.

So, if you're looking to master the art of self-improvement and capture the true essence of resilience, let's extend a warm welcome to Richard on the seven hats.

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Billal's invincible spirit and dedication have positioned him at the epicenter of the food and cultural exchange universe, masterfully navigating the complexities of building an authentic CPG brand, championing cultural expression, and crafting a narrative that resonates with heritage and innovation.

From cherished memories in his grandmother's kitchen in Afghanistan to the thriving stalls in California's farmers' markets, and the subsequent evolution into a recognizable brand—Bolani... Billal's story is a testament to perseverance, passion, the power of family traditions, and, of course, the American Dream.

So, as we prepare to dive into a world where tradition meets contemporary flair, experience the rich tapestry of Afghan culinary arts, and explore the transformative journey of an immigrant's dream to entrepreneurial success, let's extend a warm welcome to Billal on the 7 hats.

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Billal's Website: https://www.bolani.co/

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Alison's unbeatable drive and enthusiasm have placed her squarely at the crossroads of the food and CPG universe, artfully interpreting the nuances of crafting innovative brands, championing consumer education, and promoting healthier dietary choices. 

The founder of a cooking school in NY and following her success by transitioning her skillsets and starting a CPG brand... Haven's Kitchen.

So, if you're poised to plunge into a world where food meets innovation, explore the vast landscape of consumer choices, and witness the incredible influence of informed decisions, let's warmly welcome Alison Cayne to The 7 Hats...

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In the ever-evolving CPG industry, Jordan stands out for his dedication to supporting and uplifting fellow founders. His experience highlights the importance of mentorship, understanding your industry's intricacies, and building genuine relationships.

Jordan is the founder of TeaSquares, a line of energy bars infused with matcha to help people stay focused and energized, and also the founder of Foodbevy, an online community for food and beverage founders to help them grow from startup to scale, not to mention a fellow podcast host hosting one of the top CPG podcasts around!

From navigating financial challenges to understanding the need for adaptability and resilience, Jordan's insights are practical and invaluable. 

So if you're looking for a no-nonsense take on the CPG industry and the power of collaboration, you're in for a treat.

Let's jump right in and welcome Jordan Buckner to The 7 Hats...

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Jordan's Website: https://www.foodbevy.com/

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Paul is an expert in leadership and organizational culture with nearly fifteen years of experience as a professional sports executive for multiple NFL and NBA teams, a global sports agency, and the NFL league office leading and coaching business teams, most recently with the San Francisco 49ers. 

As Founder of Purpose Labs, Paul is on a mission to impact millions of lives by sharing his message of Playing Offense. He has installed the Playing Offense playbook with professional sports organizations, Fortune 500 leadership teams, Chief People Officers, MBAs, and professional athletes to live and lead with greater purpose, performance, and impact.

So prepare to dive deep into an illuminating dialogue that traverses his formidable journey through the various hats he has worn—showcasing a life defined by core values, alignment, and decisive action.

So, if you're primed to challenge your preconceptions, strengthen your willpower, and discover the transformative potential of true confidence, let's extend a warm 7-Hatter welcome to Paul Epstein on The 7 Hats...

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Paul's Website: https://www.purposepoint.com/

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Kevin is an award-winning CEO, CTO, and prominent in Broadway and film production. An innovator at heart, he delves into the realms of Generative AI, ML, automation, software, and much more. As a serial entrepreneur, he's renowned for transforming the budding stages of businesses into esteemed companies valued at over $1B. With a remarkable tally of 94 worldwide patents, his prowess is undeniable. Recognized by INC Magazine as Entrepreneur of the Year in 2009, Kevin's feats have been highlighted across all major business publications. 

So, if you're yearning to be inspired by the harmonious interplay of technology, arts, and life's myriad challenges, let's give a rousing welcome to Kevin on The 7 Hats...

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Kevin's Website: https://appvance.ai/

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Mark's undefeatable spirit has propelled him to the forefront of the CPG landscape, where he has mastered the art of navigating challenges, scaling ventures, and carving out a meaningful niche. With a wealth of experience under his belt, Mark stands as a beacon of inspiration, embodying the notion that success is not solely measured by financial achievements but by the impact we make on ourselves and those around us.

At the core of Mark's narrative lies a profound appreciation for the pursuit of optimal health and well-being. He passionately advocates for a holistic approach, emphasizing physical fitness, mental resilience, and self-care play a crucial role in our lives. Through personal stories and insightful revelations, Mark unveils the transformative power of making conscious choices and prioritizing our well-being, urging us to unlock our potential and embrace a life of vitality and purpose.

So, if you are ready to unlock the door to personal growth, embrace a life of vitality, and witness the profound impact of conscious choices, let's welcome Mark to The 7 Hats...

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Mark's Website: https://iwonorganics.com/

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Mike is a formidable force in the realm of social entrepreneurship and impactful business, with a diverse career spanning numerous roles and industries. Currently, he is captivating hearts worldwide as the founder and Chief Explorer of Wayfinders, fostering connections and cultivating a sense of belonging among people.

Numerous individuals and entrepreneurs, weary of feeling disconnected, adrift, and burned out, have found solace and purpose in Mike's initiative. 

Having personally experienced the transformative power of a shift from ego-driven pursuits to selfless service, Mike is well-versed in the healing potential of human connection and the communal experience.

Having run the world's #1 mountain bike adventure company, Sacred Rides, for 22 years and served in multiple social entrepreneurial roles, such as the Dean of Social Enterprise at the Centre for Social Innovation, Mike's insights are a compelling mix of inspiration and actionable takeaways.

Beyond his impactful initiatives and illuminating talks, Mike is also a writer. His articles and blog posts on human connection, belonging, and impactful entrepreneurship resonate with his mission to use business as a tool for positive change.

So, if you're ready to travel the path from ego-based strivings to a life of service, foster deep connections, and evolve into the entrepreneur who thrives on creating positive social impact... let's welcome Mike to The 7 Hats...

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Mike's Website: https://way-finders.com/

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John is a force to reckon with in the sales, marketing, and storytelling world, boasting a diverse career that crosses various industries and roles. Currently, he's captivating audiences globally as the acclaimed "Pitch Whisperer," inspiring confidence and winning business pitches.

Many sales teams in tech and healthcare, including those at Olympus Medical and Bausch+Lomb, turned to John when they were tired of being seen as just another vendor stuck in second place in business pitches. They were tired of pushing out forgettable facts, being on a self-esteem roller coaster, and burning out. John knows this pain all too well, having experienced it himself.

Having secured the Salesperson of the Year title at Conde Nast and authored four books on the power of storytelling as a sales tool, John's keynote talks are an ideal fusion of inspiration and actionable takeaways. 

Apart from his impactful keynote speeches and coaching sessions, John is also an author. His latest book, "The Sale is in the Tale," brilliantly blends storytelling with sales, demonstrating the art of storytelling in business.

So, if you're ready to swap forgettable facts for compelling stories, win pitches confidently, and evolve into the entrepreneur who charms with narratives and triumphs in sales... let's roll out the 7 Hats welcome mat for John Livesay...

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Noah is a dynamo in the business and digital strategy landscape, boasting a diverse career that traverses various industries and roles.

Currently at the helm of Ruby Hibiscus as its CEO and Founder, Noah has been steering this venture for over two years. His entrepreneurial prowess doesn't end there; he also serves as a consultant and investor for numerous startups.

Before setting sail on his entrepreneurial voyage, Noah was a key figure at Sotheby's, where he infused his strategic vision and leadership. His contributions significantly shaped Sotheby's digital and marketing strategy, leading to notable accomplishments such as the acquisition of Thread Genius and the successful orchestration of their top marketing campaigns.

So, if you're prepared to confront your challenges, pivot swiftly, and evolve into the entrepreneur who flourishes amidst uncertainty and change... let's roll out the red carpet for Noah on the 7 Hats...

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Noah on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/noahwunsch/

Noah's Website: https://ruby.fun/

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Today's special guest is not your average financial guru—this profit-first expert holds a unique knack for transforming complex fiscal principles into digestible advice that will grab hold of your entrepreneurial mind, steering your businesses to robust financial health.

Get ready for an eye-opening journey as we dig into the hidden potential within your business and highlight the key elements that can transform a regular company into a highly profitable venture.

But brace yourselves because this episode isn't for those who shy away from change. We're about to slice through the standard fiscal protocols and descend into the captivating world of disciplined profit and controlled spending. 

Today, we'll explore navigating your business from a sea of bills and liabilities to a landscape brimming with profits and sustainable growth.

Rocky is no stranger to finance. He is certified in the Profit First method, has direct hands-on experience increasing the profits for multiple businesses, and has access to profit specialists throughout the globe. He also hosts the Profit Answer Man Podcast helping implement the Profit First System!

So, if you're primed to become the entrepreneur whose business thrives in any economy... let's welcome Rocky to the 7 Hats...

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Rocky on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rocky-lalvani/

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Our special guest today is not your typical speaker or coach—this storytelling expert possesses a rare gift for weaving words into captivating tales that grip the hearts and minds of audiences worldwide. 

Get ready to be inspired as we explore the untapped potential within you and unveil the key ingredients that turn a simple story into a captivating masterpiece.

But hold on tight because this episode is not for the faint of heart. We're about to peel back the layers of conventional storytelling and delve into the immersive world of senses and emotions. Discover how to transport your audience to vivid landscapes where they can see, hear, smell, and feel every moment of your story.

Oh, and let's not forget the exhilarating virtual realm of TEDx. Michael will guide us through the thrilling opportunities and challenges that arise when delivering a TEDx talk—how to audition like a pro, captivate the selection committee, and ultimately grace the iconic red circle with your transformative message.

So if you're ready to become the speaker everyone wants to hear... let's welcome Michael to the 7 Hats...

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Chantel is a certified personal trainer, group fitness instructor, and wellness coach whose expertise spans a decade in the fitness industry. 

💪 She inspires countless individuals, guiding them to surmount obstacles, reach their fitness aspirations, and establish a healthful, balanced lifestyle.

What truly sets Chantel apart is her holistic approach to wellness. She emphasizes the mind-body connection 🧠💓 and the significance of addressing every facet of life to achieve overall well-being.

Chantel's journey toward becoming a wellness coach wasn't a walk in the park. She weathered a storm that left her physically and emotionally strained. But, armed with unyielding determination, resilience, and faith, she managed to rebuild her life, emerging stronger and more resolved. 🦋

Ready to immerse yourself in the realm of holistic wellness and mindfulness? Looking to discover the key to genuine well-being from an expert who has traversed the path? Let's give a warm welcome to Chantel Oakley to The 7 Hats! 🙌💫

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Are you ready to delve into the powerful realm of self-discovery and professional growth?

Today's episode of The 7 Hats Podcast presents a perfect opportunity! 

Join us as we unravel the wisdom and practical insights of an influential trailblazer in tech leadership and entrepreneurship - Raj Subrameyer.

Raj, an internationally acclaimed speaker, certified leadership & career coach, and author has transformed the lives of 100+ clients and clocked in over 2000 coaching hours. 

His exceptional mastery in guiding mid to senior-level and C-Suite Executives has him on a mission to unlock everyone's zone of genius using cutting-edge neuroscience-backed strategies.

With an impressive resume featuring numerous TEDx stages, TV news segments, and a best-selling book, "Skyrocket Your Career" (which bagged the Readers' Favorite Silver medal for best nonfiction in 2021) - Raj is a treasure trove of inspiration and wisdom.

Today, we'll explore the intriguing facets of the 'soul', 'servant', and 'entrepreneur' hats, shedding light on overcoming professional obstacles, confronting insecurities, and rising as influential leaders.

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So, if you're prepared to navigate the intriguing world of self-improvement, don your thinking hats and prepare for a mind-expanding adventure with Raj on the 7 Hats. Trust me, this is one transformative journey you won't want to miss! 🎩🚀

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Raj on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rajsubra/

Raj's Website: https://www.rajsubra.com/ 

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A truly inspiring young entrepreneur, Parker is the founder of Forij, a rapidly growing consumer packaged goods company that offers innovative, high-quality and award-winning Granola... enriched with vital brain nutrients (derived from mushrooms). 

The coolest part is that Parker's passion for his brand has led him to travel across the country in his trusty van, personally promoting his products and connecting with customers.

His commitment to sustainability and ethically sourced ingredients has earned him a loyal customer base and widespread industry recognition. Parker's determination and entrepreneurial spirit have taken Forij from a small start-up to a flourishing business, significantly impacting the CPG landscape.

So if you're ready to take our trusty van for a ride riddled with the ups and downs of a young entrepreneur, let's welcome Parker to the 7 Hats... 

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Parker on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/parker-olson-forij/

Parker's Website: https://www.forij.co/ 

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A former Consulting Actuary to Fortune 100 companies - such as Sony Music, Proctor & Gamble, and Exxon - David left his cushy Park Avenue job 20 years ago to explore the outer and inner worlds.

David is a world-renowned coach, author, actor, standup comic, and an overall standup guy with much wisdom to share.

Jack Canfield said, "David walks his talk... I admire his willingness to put himself in the fire and do what it takes to make that next step."

So if you're ready to look at your mice and do what it takes to make that next step... let's welcome David to the 7 Hats...

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David on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/focus-ceo/

David's Website: https://focus.ceo/

Mouse In The Room: https://www.amazon.com/Mouse-Room-Because-Elephant-Alone/dp/B0B2TTD9X2/ref=sr_1_1?crid=13L8HB0KRGPU7&keywords=mouse+in+the+room&qid=1679155631&sprefix=mouse+in+the+room%2Caps%2C148&sr=8-1

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Kevin is the CFO, Founder & Co-Host of Next Level University, along with Alan Lazaros... a previous guest on The 7 Hats. They host a Global Top 100 Self-Improvement Podcast with over 1,100 episodes and hundreds of thousands of listens in over 140 countries. 

Kevin's viewpoints on Consistency, Commitment, Habits, Mindset, Confidence, Fear, Relationships, Limiting Beliefs and everything in between are not to be missed...

So if you're ready to take the elevator up from rock bottom to the penthouse of self-improvement, let's welcome Kevin to the 7 Hats... 

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Kevin on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevin-palmieri-5b7736160/

Kevin's Website: https://www.nextleveluniverse.com/

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Matt is now the CVO, the Chief Vision Officer of Subtle Distinctions, a company helping entrepreneurs and leaders make thoughtful decisions that generate massive impact. 

He's a visionary on a mission to improve the lives of others. As an entrepreneur with over 15 years of experience, he is passionate about supporting and growing mission-based companies and creating more goodness worldwide. 

Matt began his entrepreneurial journey as a founder of YumButter, a better-for-you CPG brand, and through many years of getting kicked in the nuts, he developed his superpowers in coaching others on how to eat, move, and be happy... branding strategy, business growth, development and execution. 

With three successful start-ups, including two national brands, matt has some incredible golden nuggets to share. So if you're ready to create more goodness in the world and still leave a legacy, let's welcome Matt to the 7 Hats... 

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Matt's Website: https://subtledistinctions.com/

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Leo is an author, speaker, trainer, executive coach, and the creator of the Emerging Leader Program, shifting entrepreneurs' focus from doers to leaders. 

Leo specializes in succession planning, leadership training, executive coaching, emotional intelligence, presentation coaching, and pie-making.

So if you're ready to take your entrepreneurial game to the next level, let's welcome Leo to the 7 Hats... 

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Leo on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/leo-macleod-017b5/

Leo's Website: https://leomacleod.com/

Author of Coaching and Mentoring for Dummies, available July 13, 2023. Link: https://www.amazon.com/Coaching-Mentoring-Dummies-Business-Personal/dp/1394181175?ref_=ast_author_dp

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The Marines have a saying... "everyone wants to go to heaven, but no one wants to die." 

Entrepreneurship takes consistency, dedication and perseverance, but how many entrepreneurs actually stay the course toward success?

Fred did... and we get to learn from his book of knowledge. Fred is a senior executive, strategic consultant, attorney and investment banker. He has focused on building global companies from the startup stage through exit, by IPO or M&A.

So if you're ready to take command of your mind and take your business to the next level, let's welcome Fred to the 7 Hats... 

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Ideapros: https://www.ideapros.com/

Fred on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/frederickcary/

Fred on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/officialfredcary/?hl=en

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Jaron leads sales for one of Canada's most iconic CPG brands... Clearly Canadian and was instrumental in turning the company around from its early days. 

He's the sales guy I wish I had when I launched my skincare line in 2006... I would have learned a lot from him growing my brand. Sucks for me... but lucky you seven hatters, you get to learn all the secrets of what it takes to sell into retail.

So if you're ready to blow up your brand, let's welcome Jaron to the 7 Hats... 

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Stephen is one of the most talented and charismatic entrepreneurs I know, and let me tell you... this guy experienced it all... the good, the bad and the ugly. With a lifelong passion for food, Stephen faced his demons when he had to start from scratch at 54 after losing it all and risking it all again to achieve his current success.

As the founder of Rosti Stuft Spuds, Stephen beat all odds and launched a massively successful culinary treat... changing the game, modernizing a classic, and putting smiles on people's faces. 

So if you're craving a hero's story STUFFED with golden nuggets (or cheese), let's keep it crispy... and welcome Stephen to the 7 Hats... 

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Stephen on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yoramsolomon/

Stephen's Website - https://stuftspuds.com/

Crisp It Up Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUfl2KL4KvQ

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Wylie McGraw is no ordinary human being... he achieved massive success in multiple career paths ranging from professional baseball, to professional bull riding, to elite military combat service, to entrepreneur, and now Wylie works with top performers to help slay their demons.

So if you're ready to battle your ego... let's put on our combat gear... and welcome Wylie to the 7 Hats... 

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In this episode, we speak with Dr. Nadya Zhexembayeva and dive deep into hats 1, 3, and 4... the Soul, the Servant and the entrepreneur, as we reinvent ourselves and learn how to thrive in chaos.

Called 'The Reinvention Guru' (In Ventures magazine) and 'The Queen of Reinvention, Dr. Nadya Zhexembayeva is an entrepreneur, educator, speaker and author -- specializing in reinvention.

Nadya is a four-time TEDx speaker, author of four books and, a contributor to many others, professor, international keynote speaker, the go-to person for Coca-Cola, IBM, CISCO, Henkel, and other corporations who look to reinvent their products, processes, and leadership practices.

So if you're ready to reinvent your way out of any challenge, you face today or future-proof your business for the many disruptions coming your way... Then let's welcome Nadya to the 7 Hats... 

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Nadya on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nadyazhexembayeva/

Nadya's Website - https://www.learn2reinvent.com/

TEDx Talk "How to Kill Your Own Company" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VJjD8JnAYQ

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Brittany is a mother of Twin girls, a fellow entrepreneur, and a business Processes & Systems expert. She helps Entrepreneurs refine structures and systems in their business to save time, create freedom, generate income and make a big impact.

So if you're ready to take long weekends, vacations without the laptop, or spend some time with your family or friends... Then let's welcome Brittany to the 7 Hats... 

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Brittany on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brittanyjdixon/

Brittany's Website - https://bcohq.co/

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In this episode, we speak with Darren LaCroix and dive deep into hats 1, 4, and 7... the Soul, the entrepreneur, and the seeker, as we ask ourselves the question... What would you dare to dream if you knew you wouldn't fail?

Darren is literally the only one in the world. He is currently the only speaker who is a Certified Speaking Professional, an Accredited Speaker, and a World Champion of Public speaking... not to mention a very successful fellow entrepreneur.

It is known that you are only as good as your training. A great coach finds and helps you discover the greatness already inside you.

So if you want to become a dynamic, inspiring and persuasive communicator, learn the secrets of storytelling, own the stage in your next important presentation, or just find the humor hidden inside you waiting to come out... Then let's welcome Darren to the 7 Hats... 

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Darren on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/darrenlacroix/

Darren's Website - https://darrenlacroix.com/

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Dr. Yoram Solomon has researched TRUST for more than a decade. He published 16 books, including The Book of TRUST... the most comprehensive, research-based book ever written about TRUST. 

He authored over 300 articles for Inc. Magazine, Innovation Excellence, Directors & Boards, and was named one of the top 20 global thought leaders on Culture by Thinkers 360. 

If that wasn't enough, Yoram is a two-time TEDx speaker and the host of The TRUST Show Podcast (now in its 4th season). a Husband, Father, Entrepreneur, and now a friend.

If you think you know what trust is... you might be surprised because TRUST is NOT what you think it is.

So if you TRUST me... and you're ready to learn from one of the most interesting and trustworthy individuals I know of... Then let's welcome Yoram to the 7 Hats... 

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Yoram on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yoramsolomon/

Yoram's Website - https://www.yoramsolomon.com/

TEDx Talk - https://www.ted.com/talks/yoram_solomon_the_relativity_of_trust

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Cameron is a Shark Tank alumni who, along with Joel Clark, took Kodiak Cakes from a red wagon full of paper bags filled with the Clark family heirloom flapjack mix to a 9 figure (yes, I said it correctly...) 9 figure juggernaut who is giving aunt Jemima a run for her money.

Cameron's story is inspirational, and his passion, authenticity, and humility are a joy to experience.

So if you're ready to learn how to build a multi-multi-million dollar (and growing) brand from scratch... Then let's welcome Cameron to the 7 Hats... 

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Cameron on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cameron-smith-3486b51a/

Kodiak Cakes Website - https://kodiakcakes.com/

My Bio & Links: https://sleek.bio/yuvalselik

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Sara is a global activist and a social entrepreneur with a genuine passion for changing the world for the better. She is a fellow CPG founder of an award-winning beverage brand, TedX Speaker and has been partnering with the people of Rwanda, sourcing premium-grade Camillia Sinensis tea from farmer-owned cooperatives.

Sarah is a true survivor with an incredible story and spirit you don't want to miss. 

It is not by accident that Brian Biro said... In a world so often torn by the devastation and despair of separation, Sara Delaney ignites hope and the power of transformation through the two most powerful lights of change ... love and community!

So if you're ready to put on your Philanthropist hat and go where few have the guts to go... Then let's welcome Sara to the 7 Hats... 

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Sara's Website: https://drinksarilla.co/

Sara on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarastenderdelaney/

My Bio & Links: https://sleek.bio/yuvalselik

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MORGANA RAE is an International #1 best-selling author and a 27-year veteran in personal development. Widely regarded as the world's leading authority on transforming relationships with money, Morgana is frequently featured on major television networks, United Press International, Coast to Coast Radio, Yahoo Finance, The Wall Street Journal, and hundreds more. And if that wasn't enough... she was named a Top Woman In E-commerce by WE Magazine.

As a thought leader on Wealth and Relationships, she's been a featured expert on stages with Deepak Chopra, Arianna Huffington, Bob Proctor, and many others.

Her fans call her the "Money Goddess," but I call her a shift changer. Morgana is fascinating, funny, spiritual, intelligent, and a great conversationalist.

So if you're ready to make money by putting love first? Then let's welcome Morgana to the 7 Hats... 

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Morgana's Website: https://www.morganarae.com/

Morgana on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/morganarae/ 

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Bob is the world's leading expert on Brick-and-Mortar retailers and he got there by building his foundation one brick at a time. Before 1994, the retail world didn't have a champion, but when Bob became the retail doctor, he started to resuscitate the industry.

Bob was named one of the top retail influencers of 2018 and has worked with giants that include Bernina, Brother, Caesars Palace, Hunter Douglas, Lego, Omega, Hearts on Fire, and Yamaha, to name a few.

So if you're ready to learn all about retail and how to compete in this digital age, then let's welcome Bob to the 7 Hats... 

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Bob's Website: https://www.retaildoc.com/ 

Bob on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bobphibbs/ 

My Bio & Links: https://sleek.bio/yuvalselik

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Stress and burnout have reached an all-time high, and I know of no one better to speak with on the topic than Janice. As an award-winning speaker and certified virtual presenter, she wants to help as many people as possible take care of their physical and mental health. She is one of the world's pre-eminent experts on the subject, and I'm so excited to speak with her today.

So if you're ready to move from stress to success, then let's welcome Janice to the 7 Hats... 

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Janice's Website: https://janicelitvin.com/ 

Janice on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/janicelitvin/ 

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Clare is an eight-time author, speaker, consultant, certified NLP trainer, certified yoga and meditation teacher, entrepreneur, and Subject Matter Expert on what I believe are two of the most prevailing issues facing entrepreneurs today... burnout and imposter syndrome. 

So if you're hungry to make a bigger difference in the World but secretly suspect you're getting in your own way? Then let's welcome Clare to the 7 Hats... 

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Clare's Website: http://www.clarejosa.com/

Clare on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/clarejosa/ 

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Ryan is a highly experienced marketing executive and the founder of RADICAL... a boutique, full-service marketing agency that allowed him to work with and guide brands like Verizon, Lexus, Samsung, Motorola, The NFL, and so many other global companies. And if that wasn't enough, Ryan is the host of The Radcast, a top 25 Spotify and Apple marketing and business Podcast, ranking him in the top .5% of all global podcasts. 

So if you subscribe to Ryan's beliefs that if someone is highly driven and crazy enough to dismiss the concept of impossible, they might end up doing it... and that success is 20% work and 80% attitude... then let's welcome Ryan to the 7 Hats... 

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Ryan's Website: https://www.radical.company/radicals/

Ryan's Podcast: https://www.theradcast.com/

Ryan on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-alford/

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