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Ep. 202: Dave Asprey: You're In Charge Of Your Biology Dec 04, 2018

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Greetings, SuperFriends!

Today we are joined by one of the biggest names, if not the biggest, in the biohacking and longevity movements! I'm talking, of course, about the Bulletproof founder, Dave Asprey.

Now, if you have been living under a rock and you haven't heard about Bulletproof, well, they are not just a coffee company – they are one of the fastest growing supplement and nutrition companies in America. Dave has already published two New York Times best-selling books, and he joined our show today to tell us all about his all-new book Game Changers, which is coming out December 4th, everywhere books are sold. That's the exact same day that this episode comes out, by the way, so you may want to go and check out the book right now!

Throughout this interview, we talked to Dave about his journey from being a Silicon Valley executive to fixing his health and to founding Bulletproof. We also discussed various more topics, like the things that drive him, emotional trauma, physical trauma, recovery, and longevity.

It's a wide-ranging episode – one that can only happen when 2 seasoned life-hackers meet and meld minds. I always love talking to Dave because he's a very intelligent guy with a great attitude, and he really really cares about helping people perform at their best. In fact, in this episode, we talk about the 450 people that he interviewed on his podcast, and how he transformed that wisdom into his latest book.

I'm sure that you folks are going to enjoy this episode.

-Jonathan Levi

Ep. 201: The Effects A Religion - Judaism - Has On The Brain W/ Dr. Andrew Newberg Nov 27, 2018

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Greetings, SuperFriends!

Today we are rejoined by Dr. Andrew Newberg. Dr. Newberg is currently the Associate Director in Charge of Research at the Marcus Institute of Integrative Health at Thomas Jefferson University and Hospital in Philadelphia. He is also a Professor in the Departments of Emergency Medicine and Radiology at Thomas Jefferson University, and the adjunct professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Pennsylvania. (Try saying all that out loud!)

Dr. Newberg is also, as you know from our previous episode, which I highly recommend, one of the preeminent experts on the study of neurotheology, which looks into how religion affects our brain - a very interesting topic. He's published over 200 peer-reviewed articles on the subject, and he's authored a number of books, including How God Changes Your Brain, Why God Won't Go Away: Brain Science and the Biology of Belief, and his most recent book The Rabbi's Brain, which is what we wanted to talk about in the episode.

Now, I want you to avoid the temptation to go "Oh, this is an episode about Jewish stuff and I'm not Jewish - who cares...", because I'm also not very Jewish, despite being a Levi and born into Judaism. As we learn from our episode with Andre Norman and many other episodes, you don't have to be of a particular faith to learn some of the lessons and some of the values from it - you don't even have to particularly be faithful, as there are a lot of good stuff in there anyway.

So, my goal for this episode was to understand how a specific religion (in this case, Judaism, but it could be anything) actually affects our brain, whether it benefits or hurts us, and what are the things that are happening in the brain. I was especially interested in this because of my fascination with not only the brain itself, but also meditation and how it changes our brain. So I wanted to know, is meditation different from reciting Hail Mary, reading the Shema, or doing the morning prayer in Islam?

In the episode, we answer all these questions and many more - I think you are really going to enjoy this episode, as I always enjoy chatting with Dr. Newberg!

-Jonathan Levi

Ep. 200: We hear from you, our valued listeners! Nov 20, 2018

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Greetings, SuperFriends, and welcome to a very special episode, number #200, of The Becoming SuperHuman Podcast!

Can you all believe it's already been 200 episodes? I certainly cannot!

For this episode, we tried to put our heads together to think of another way to commemorate this massive milestone. Now, if you remember the last time we hit a milestone of this proportion, episode #100, I went back and reviewed my top takeaways from all 100 episodes. Well, that nearly killed me, so we didn't do that again. 😝

Instead, we took a page out of Tim Ferriss's playbook, and did a drunk dial - except I haven't had a sip of alcohol in 3.5 years, so we did a sober dial!

I called everywhere and everyone from the United Kingdom, to Baghdad, Turkey, Vancouver, Salt Lake City, Wisconsin, and Egypt. I answered your own questions, and, to be honest, I had a really great time doing it!

Without any further ado, I'm going to present to you, well, you! If you enjoy this episode by the way, and you want to hear me do more of them, let me know by shooting out a tweet to @gosuperhuman, and letting us know that you enjoyed it. If you did, well we will do many more episodes just like this.

Now, without any further ado, you!

-Jonathan Levi

Ep. 199: Diving Deep Into Mindset And Power Couples W/ Brian Grasso & Carrie Campbell Nov 13, 2018

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Greetings, SuperFriends!

Today we are joined by my fellow Genius Network members, Brian Grasso & Carrie Campbell. They are of "Brian & Carrie - In the Morning", a 5-day a week live show that used to offer daily mindset training.

Brian & Carrie are considered some of the top experts in mindset training, and they've even developed their own "Eliminate Your Limits" system. They've actually spent decades, together and individually, in the trenches, coaching and working with people and helping them reach their greatest levels of success and happiness, in everything from health, to wealth, to relationships.

In case you didn't know, Brian & Carrie are a happily married couple with an incredible story - they work together, they live together, they love together.

In the episode, we didn't just go into mindset and why it's so important. We go way deeper than just the fluff of "you need to set your mindset for success" - we actually went into what happens in the brain and how do you actually change your mindset and upgrade the way that you think so that you will succeed. But, we also go into their secrets for having a wonderful power couple relationship, which I really enjoyed, as I'm currently building my own relationship.

I'm sure that you folks are going to just love this episode. Brian & Carrie have such an incredible relationship together, and they're so complementary to one another. Enjoy!

-Jonathan Levi

Ep. 198: Health, Supplements, And Digital Addiction W/ Evan DeMarco Nov 05, 2018

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Today we are joined by Evan DeMarco. Evan is a sports medicine and nutrition expert, a published author, a public speaker, and a frequent guest on television, radio, and digital platforms. He is also a successful serial entrepreneur whose interest in diet, health, and supplements began as an athlete and consumer, and led him to create a supplement called Alpha Omega.

Now, in order to do that, he actually went back to school, studied bio- and organic chemistry, and dove deep into everything from prenatal supplements to fat-soluble vitamins.

And, as you folks can imagine - you know me - I geeked out hard on this episode, and I really enjoyed learning all about all of these things. It's not every day that I get to talk to a biochemist or an organic chemist - and I get to talk to both today.

So we learn a lot in this episode, for example about some of the supplements that you might want to consider because of some of the dietary imbalances and deficiencies that we have in our modern diet and lifestyle. We also talk - of course - about one of my favorite subjects which is digital addiction, and what it is doing to our brains. The rest of the things we talked about, well, I'll leave it to you folks to discover!

But I'll tell you this: I'm sure you're going to enjoy the episode, because I certainly did!

Ep. 197: Defining What You Want & Implementing Change W/ Dov Gordon Oct 30, 2018

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Greetings, SuperFriends!

Today we are joined by my fellow immigrant here in Israel, Dov Gordon. Dov is what you'd call a coach of coaches, and he helps coaches, consultants, and experts get their ideal clients, consistently.

You may wonder, why talk to a business coach that coaches other business coaches? Well, that is because Dov coaches other coaches, and is the leader of a massive MasterMind that I've met a number of high-level people through.

Dov has a unique insight about how progress, change, and improvement are made in our lives, and I wanted to have him on the show to get a feel for how he implements change, not just with his clients, but in his own life. I wanted to understand some of the different ways that we go about, and I think Dov has a very unique perspective - for instance, you'll hear him talk about "striking at the roots and not at the leaves", among other things.

Honestly, a lot of interesting stuff came up throughout this episode, about the way that we make change in our lives, the things that we think we want but maybe are not fully what we want, the things that we convince ourselves that we want, which are not at all what we want, as well as other interesting and enjoyable insights.

So, I'm sure that you folks will enjoy my episode with my new SuperFriend, Mr. Dov Gordon.

-Jonathan Levi

Ep. 196: How To Create The World's Most Valuable Network W/ Joe Polish Oct 23, 2018

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Greetings, SuperFriends!

I have a treat for you today! Many of you, if you've been on the show for any period of time, have heard the name Joe Polish. And if you haven't, well, Joe is the reason I know about 50%-75% of our recent guests.

Joe Polish is the founder of the I Love Marketing Podcast, founder of Piranha Marketer, and the founder of Genius Network, the world's greatest high-level entrepreneur MasterMind, where I and entrepreneurs like me spend about $25.000 (I think this year I spent $35.000) to get into a room with other high-level entrepreneurs and thought leaders.

Now, beyond that, Joe is (what I often refer to him as is) the most beloved marketer in the world. He is a marketing expert, and his ability not just to market, but also to build relationships and maintain them, has put him on the Rolodex and first name basis of people like Tony Robbins, Peter Diamandis, Ray Kurzweil, Tim Ferriss, Richard Branson - the list literally goes on and on and on.

In fact, when I was hanging out with Joe, he got a missed call from, well, I won't say who, but a very very impressive name, and he is constantly in contact with some of the world's most powerful and influential people.

Now, I wanted to know how. How does someone go from, as Joe always says, being a dead broke carpet cleaner living on credit cards, to having literally the most valuable network of anyone I've ever met. There are heads of state who have a less impressive and less valuable network than Joe Polish.

I wanted to understand not just how he did it, but what are the methodologies, what are the techniques, what are the skills, that we can learn from Joe's journey, and his rise. Well, I think you folks won't be disappointed. This episode delivers a ton of actionable, SuperHuman relationship building tips and tricks and strategies, and you'll also get to know one of the more interesting people that I've met and had the pleasure to spend time with.

A small note: we did record this episode in person at the Genius Network headquarters a few weeks ago, therefore the audio quality is not what you would normally expect, but it is certainly worth powering through.

So, without any further ado, let me present to you my SuperFriend, Joe Polish.

-Jonathan Levi

Ep. 195: What It Really Means To Turn Your Life Around W/ Andre Norman Oct 16, 2018

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Greetings, SuperFriends!

Today I'll start with a "wow"! We've tried to edit out all the "wow"s, because I ended up saying it a lot during this episode. That's because my guest today is Andre Norman.

Andre is known to many as The Ambassador Of Hope, and the story that he tells is going to shake you to your core. Andre went from an extremely troubled childhood to prison, where he spent 14 years of his life, and was sentenced with over a 100 years.

Today, however, he is a world renounced speaker, he has worked with Harvard University, MIT, he has spoken in Honduras, the Bahamas, Sweden, Guatemala, and he's been involved in turning around massive companies, like Prudential Insurance, Bovis Lend Lease, Deutsche Bank, and more. In fact, there's a huge list here of massive companies that you've probably heard of!

In this episode, we talk about how such a transition, such a turnaround, is possible for anyone, but also for Andre. I had my mind thoroughly blown as to just what is possible when a human being commits themselves to change and how so much suffering in our lives can be turned around to help others who are suffering like us, like we once were.

This is a super inspiring episode, and I know you folks are going to love it!

-Jonathan Levi

Ep. 194: Meditation And Optimizing Your Brain W/ Ariel Garten, Founder Of Muse Oct 09, 2018

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Greetings, SuperFriends!

This week's episode is a really interesting one, which I'm so happy we did! We are joined by Ariel Garten, a neuroscientist, an innovator, a mother, and an entrepreneur, whose driving purpose is to empower and help others overcome mental obstacles in order to live healthy, happy lives and reach their maximum potential.

What is probably most known about Ariel, is that she is the founder of InteraXon, the makers of the wildly popular device Muse, which is also known as the brain-sensing headband. But, what I didn't realize, is that behind Muse's award-winning wearable technology, there is a lot of neuroscience.

In fact, Ariel herself was a neuroscientific researcher. So, you can just imagine how much we geeked out about the brain, about learning, about health, and about optimizing our lives. You will immediately see why Ariel has been so successful, and you'll be fascinated to go into a side of meditation that we've not covered before, which is the science behind it. How does it actually work, what is going on in your brain and why should everybody, even those of you that think "well, I just can't meditate", be meditating.

It's a wonderful episode, which I know you folks are really going to enjoy!

-Jonathan Levi

Ep. 193: Nelson Dellis On Teaching And On How To Turn Failures Into Fuel Oct 02, 2018

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Greetings, SuperFriends!

Today we are re-joined by Nelson Dellis. And this is a big deal, not just because Nelson is the 4-time USA Memory Champion, but because he was the 5th ever episode guest on this show! I think I've gotten a lot better at interviewing since then. Nelson, on the other hand, has gotten a lot better at many things, including writing.

In fact, he came back to talk to us about the 2 books that he has published since, as well as about numerous climbs up some of the world's largest mountains. Nelson also runs a thriving charity called "Climb For Memory", and travels all around the world teaching these incredible memory techniques.

We had a very far and wide-ranging conversation, where we talk about everything from dealing with failure, to the difference between being a subject matter expert and teaching. Of course, as you can expect, we go all the way to some memory hacks that you can implement in your own life.

It's a great episode, and I always enjoy talking to Nelson. That is why he has become a SuperFriend in the years since he originally came on the show! So, I just know that you are going to enjoy this episode with Nelson Dellis!

-Jonathan Levi

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