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Ryan Ng is making films for the next generation of creators. In this conversation, we spoke about building your world, manifestation, how @ColinandSamir have impacted his journey, getting better at creating, how he increased his confidence, and much more.
(0:00) Intro
(2:50) Growing Up Long Island, NY
(7:46) Mr. Brogan Believing In Ryan
(15:14) Feeling Like The Invisible Asian Kid
(17:49) Create Fearlessly
(20:13) Building Your World
(23:43) Affirmations
(28:20) Creator Camp
(35:54) Transparency & Empathy
(39:58) How Do We Get Better At Creating?
(42:07) Colin & Samir
(45:23) Manifestation
(50:18) Confidence
(52:18) Put Your Ass Where Your Heart Wants To Be
(57:53) Third Space
(1:04:52) How To Maximize Creator Camp Experience?
(1:07:15) How To Bring Together People Effectively?
(1:08:48) Sniper
(1:10:02) Challenge
Ryan's Links
YouTube: @RyanNgFilms
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ryanngfilms/
My Links
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🎙 Podcast: https://anchor.fm/dannymiranda
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Kevin Espiritu is the creator of Epic Gardening. Kevin has amassed over 3.6 million social media followers, 11 million podcast downloads, and 42 million blog visits. Additionally, Espiritu has authored two books, ‘Field Guide to Urban Gardening: How to Grow Plants, No Matter Where You Live” and “Grow Bag Gardening: The Revolutionary Way to Grow Bountiful Vegetables, Herbs, Fruits, and Flowers in Lightweight, Eco-friendly Fabric Pots.”
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Timestamps
(0:00) Intro
(3:43) Hanging Out With Carrie Underwood & Kehlani
(5:01) YouTube Celebrity vs. Traditional Celebrity
(8:31) Kevin’s Early Days In Business
(12:09) Lessons From Tucker Max & Book In A Box
(16:15) Communication Skills
(21:40) Moments That Led To Self-Awareness
(25:00) Free Will Vs. Fate
(27:52) Mind Virus (of Gardening)
(29:50) Why Do We Share?
(31:34) Gaining 2.3 Million Followers On TikTok
(42:04) The Importance of Learning & Growing
(52:02) Suffer Gene
(56:03) Building A Team For A 2+ Million Subscriber Channel
(59:02) What Do Most Creators Get Wrong?
(1:00:20) Has Tech Made Us Better Or Worse?
(1:02:31) Negative Sum Vs. Positive Sum
(1:05:33) Young Male Entrepreneurship & Owning Yourself
(1:14:40) Challenge
Kevin's Links
YouTube (Epic Gardening): https://www.youtube.com/@epicgardening
YouTube (Kevin Espiritu): https://www.youtube.com/@kevinmespiritu
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/epicgardening
Twitter: https://twitter.com/KevinEspiritu
Website: https://www.epicgardening.com
My Links
✉️ Newsletter: https://dannymiranda.substack.com
🎙 Podcast: https://anchor.fm/dannymiranda
🎥 YouTube: https://youtube.com/dannymiranda
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Nathan Baugh is a writer, and student of creativity and storytelling. In this conversation, we dived deep into how a near-death experience set Nathan on a different path, how he goes about capturing ideas, why he’s venturing into YouTube, and his morning routine to write effectively.
(0:00) Intro
(2:51) Nathan’s Near Death Experience
(5:06) Nathan’s Fiction Experiment
(7:30) How To Become More Creative
(10:53) Capturing Ideas
(15:38) Nathan’s Dopamine Detox
(17:22) Morning Routine
(24:02) Why Creativity?
(27:08) What Is Success On YouTube?
(29:23) 3 Step Process For Getting Good At Anything
(31:41) What Does Improvement Look Like For Creativity?
(38:34) Why Does Nathan Enjoy Fiction?
(47:30) Process Of Writing Book
(52:32) Improving Taste
(1:01:22) Trend: Non-Fiction Writers Are Going To Fiction
(1:05:44) Setting?
(1:08:41) Free Will Vs. Fate
(1:13:54) What Story Are You Telling Yourself?
(1:15:36) What Emotion Does Nathan Want People To Feel?
(1:19:11) Nathan’s 5 Questions For Storytelling
(1:24:12) World Building Tips For Me
(1:29:18) Challenge
Resources Mentioned
Nathan’s Links
JT Barnett is a former professional athlete turned founder and content creator. His content is centered around business, marketing, and lifestyle and has grown his audience to over 1M people. In this conversation, we spoke about how he broke down different platforms at a young age, how he spots talent, JT's internal growth, how to find a wife, when he knew he’d be famous, and much more.
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(0:00) Intro
(2:00) Breaking Down MySpace & Instagram
(5:41) Why Does JT Break Down Platforms?
(9:13) Systems Are Meant To Be Built Then Broken
(24:59) Where Are We Going?
(30:45) Why Do We Take Selfies Now?
(37:15) Public Relationship & Fame
(44:22) Finding A Wife
(46:32) JT’s Many Coaches
(49:55) Going Internal
(52:15) More Comfortable In Survival
(59:18) When Did JT Know He Was Going To Be Famous?
(1:00:19) Spotting Talent
(1:08:53) Scaling The Unscalable
(1:13:48) What Does JT Want People To Take Away?
(1:17:18) Challenge
Resources
Creators Mentioned By JT
JT’s Links
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jtbarnett/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@jtbarnett.
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@jtbarnett
My Links
✉️ Newsletter: https://dannymiranda.substack.com
🎙 Podcast: https://anchor.fm/dannymiranda
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Chris Van Vliet is a podcaster and entrepreneur. He's someone I deeply admire in the podcast world for his work ethic, mindset, and love for life. He's interviewed The Rock 10 times in his 18-year career as a broadcast journalist.
In this conversation, we spoke about why Chris is obsessed with greatness, his morning routine for interviewing The Rock, the first time Tony Robbins impacted Chris, and why you need to do something you love today.
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Aarthi & Sriram's Good Time Show (@AarthiAndSriram). Listen to conversations with founders, athletes, and technologists who have made it from being outsiders to insiders. Past guests include Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, Naomi Osaka, Gary Vaynerchuk, and many more – Apple / Spotify / YouTube
Connect: 1+1=3. My new course on how I've connected with some of the world's most interesting people. Available for preorder now for $100. Price will increase when the course actually drops on Monday, March 6. Check it out here.
Resources
Chris’ Links
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/chrisvanvliet
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chrisvanvliet
Podcast: https://podcast.chrisvanvliet.com
My Links
✉️ Newsletter: https://dannymiranda.substack.com
🎙 Podcast: https://anchor.fm/dannymiranda
🎥 YouTube: https://youtube.com/dannymiranda
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Peiman Raf is the cofounder and CEO of Madhappy. The brand has been worn by people like LeBron James, Jay-Z, Gigi Hadid, Spike Lee, and Larry David. In this conversation, we spoke about what optimism, Peiman's strategy for learning, getting cut from the basketball team, what it's like when celebrities wear his brand, and the first moments of frustration and success with the brand.
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Aarthi & Sriram's Good Time Show (@AarthiAndSriram). Listen to conversations with founders, athletes, and technologists who have made it from being outsiders to insiders. Past guests include Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, Naomi Osaka, Gary Vaynerchuk, and many more – Apple / Spotify / YouTube
Connect: 1+1=3. My new course on how I've connected with some of the world's most interesting people. Available for preorder now for $100. Price will increase when the course actually drops on Monday, March 6. Check it out here.
Peiman's Links
Twitter: https://twitter.com/peimanraf
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/peimanraf
Madhappy Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/madhappy
Madhappy Website: https://www.madhappy.com
My Links
✉️ Newsletter: https://dannymiranda.substack.com
🎙 Podcast: https://anchor.fm/dannymiranda
🎥 YouTube: https://youtube.com/dannymiranda
🐣 Twitter: https://twitter.com/heydannymiranda
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Charlie Houpert is the creator of Charisma On Command – a YouTube channel with more than 6 million subscribers. His videos have more than 600 million views in an attempt to help people become more charismatic and confident. He is also the host of The Dropping In Podcast - where he discusses philosophy, business, and current events.
In this conversation, we spoke about how fame was different than he expected, the work after charisma, how he did psychedelics with his family, and the difference between attention vs. connection for content creators.
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Aarthi & Sriram's Good Time Show (@AarthiAndSriram). Listen to conversations with founders, athletes, and technologists who have made it from being outsiders to insiders. Past guests include Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, Naomi Osaka, Gary Vaynerchuk, and many more – Apple / Spotify / YouTube
(0:00) Intro
(3:30) The War Of Art by Steven Pressfield
(7:50) YouTube Treadmill
(12:32) Suppressing “Video Game Self”
(17:12) Looks Versus Feels
(22:42) Looking Inward
(27:25) Being Vs. Doing
(30:55) The Problem With Happiness
(34:27) Cleaning Internal Pipes
(36:48) Attention vs. Memory
(42:40) Holotropic Breathwork
(45:12) Friends
(47:53) Fame
(55:48) Validation
(1:00:05) Psychedelics With Family
(1:22:32) Who Charlie Admires Today
(1:24:38) Parenting
(1:29:31) Romantic Relationships
(1:32:13) Challenge
Resources
Charlie’s Links
My Links
✉️ Newsletter: https://dannymiranda.substack.com
🎙 Podcast: https://anchor.fm/dannymiranda
🎥 YouTube: https://youtube.com/dannymiranda
🐣 Twitter: https://twitt
John Fio is the creator of the Gravity Blanket, Moon Pals, Moon Pod, and Birthdate Candle.
In this conversation, we spoke about Fio's Number, listening to yourself, the feeling of greatness, Mark Cuban, his new fashion brand, fame, and lessons from Justin Bieber.
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Aarthi & Sriram's Good Time Show (@AarthiAndSriram). Listen to conversations with founders, athletes, and technologists who have made it from being outsiders to insiders. Past guests include Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, Naomi Osaka, Gary Vaynerchuk, and many more – Apple / Spotify / YouTube
(0:00) Intro
(1:45) Why I Reached Out To John
(3:37) Fio’s Number
(8:32) Listening To Yourself
(10:50) Where Do Ideas Come From?
(12:38) Gravity Blanket Origin Story
(18:14) The Feeling Of Greatness
(21:28) Fio’s Fashion Brand
(25:01) Mark Cuban
(28:17) Moon Pod
(32:27) Can Bad Ideas Become Good Ideas?
(39:18) War Lord vs. Artist
(42:19) Metrics For Success?
(43:20) Finding The Deep Truths
(46:22) Discoveries
(51:00) Remove The Bible, Insert Self-Help
(54:12) Lessons From Justin Bieber
(58:21) Where Do Our Scripts Come From?
(1:05:20) Right Vs. Wrong
(1:08:15) Fame
(1:17:14) Dating Apps
(1:19:41) Modern Version of Cigarette
(1:23:41) Questioning Everything
(1:29:01) Surrounding Yourself With Greatness
(1:34:33) Challenge
John's Links
Twitter: https://twitter.com/johnhfio
Moon Pals: https://www.moonpals.com
Invest Like The Best Podcast with John Fio: https://open.spotify.com/episode/69T6d8FolJIHDKiMhpDc56?si=2cdd411e675c4738
My Links
✉️ Newsletter: https://dannymiranda.substack.com
🎙 Podcast: https://anchor.fm/dannymiranda
🎥 YouTube: https://youtube.com/dannymiranda
🐣 Twitter: https://twitter.com/heydannymiranda
📸 Instagram: https://instagram.com/heydannymiranda
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Cathryn Lavery is the founder of BestSelf. She came to NYC in 2012 with $758 in her pockets. Now she lives in Austin and sold the company for millions.
BestSelf sells journals, planners, and conversation decks to help you become all you can be. Use the code MIRANDA at checkout to get 15% off. Cathryn provided me with the code and I don't make any money from it. Just as a thank you for listening!
And in this conversation, we spoke about Cathryn’s growth as an entrepreneur, the importance of going inward, how she builds momentum, her core values, how becoming a parent has changed her, and much more.
Cathryn’s Links
Twitter: https://twitter.com/cathrynlavery
LittleMight: https://littlemight.com
BestSelf Core Values: https://bestself.co/products/core-values-deck
My Links
✉️ Newsletter: https://dannymiranda.substack.com
🎙 Podcast: https://anchor.fm/dannymiranda
🎥 YouTube: https://youtube.com/dannymiranda
🐣 Twitter: https://twitter.com/heydannymiranda
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Joshua Fields Millburn is one-half of The Minimalists. He is also a New York Times–bestselling author, Emmy-nominated Netflix filmmaker, podcaster, writing instructor, and international speaker.
But in this conversation, he spoke about why he doesn’t get too attached to those labels, the practice of grounding, why he doesn’t use his phone on Saturdays, why discipline is a misnomer, and much more.
(0:00) Intro
(4:55) How Do Accomplishments Feel?
(6:25) Kapil Gupta
(16:03) Why Are We Doing Things?
(21:28) Grounding
(27:01) Un-Schooling
(30:10) How Does Joshua Choose Teachers?
(33:00) Discipline Is A Misnomer?
(40:00) Screenless Saturdays
(45:00) Hugging Fans & Connection
(50:43) Josh on AI
(52:08) Fiction/Reading
(57:54) Writing
(1:00:48) Challenge
Joshua’s Links
Website: https://www.theminimalists.com
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@theminimalists
My Links
✉️ Newsletter: https://dannymiranda.substack.com
🎙 Podcast: https://anchor.fm/dannymiranda
🎥 YouTube: https://youtube.com/dannymiranda
🐣 Twitter: https://twitter.com/heydannymiranda
📸 Instagram: https://instagram.com/heydannymiranda
🕺 TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@heydannymiranda
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