Ep 8 | Why You're Never Truly Satisfied

Lose Track of Time | Ep 15

Some of the best moments in your life are the ones where you lose track of time completely (flow state)! A brief yap (rant) on accessing it, and losing track of time. 0:01 Audit your week 2:28 Clock time vs. presence, and why time doesn't really exist 4:07 Why your best moments are the ones with no clock 4:41 What she wants more than gifts or a perfect plan 5:01 Flow at work: losing track of time when you're locked in 6:02 Why your phone is the enemy of presence 6:39 Dr. Vass on the prefrontal cortex 8:31 The hundred tiny decisions draining you every day 8:33 What 10 days of silent meditation taught me about the mind 11:00 Simple ways to build more timelessness into your life 11:51 Make flow a real goal, not an accident 13:03 Why your brain fights presence the whole way 13:56 What you actually get out of this: sex, money, flow, happiness 14:13 Real aura isn't your jawline, it's presence

Why You Always Feel Behind / The Hormozi Convo | Ep 14

The richest guy I've ever met told me he feels poor (and his name rhymes with "More-Slowly"). A deep dive on the hedonic treadmill, the comparison trap, and how to actually appreciate where you are NOW. 0:01 Hormozi feels POOR 1:28 Why the goalpost moves no matter how much you make 2:41 How last year's best month becomes this year's worst 5:25 Self-doubt 7:37 Why your brain is wired to focus on what's missing 8:06 The 1% trap that ruins a 99% perfect relationship 9:15 Nothing real can be threatened 10:31 The first step out of the endless comparison cycle 11:35 Why Hormozi judges people on progress, not position 12:55 Why comparison is the worst fuel for your growth 14:20 The six-month friendship text 15:55 Growth, stagnation, decline 17:52 The finish line you cross is really the starting line 18:17 Why you're enough before you accomplish anything 19:11 Document this season now

The Vipassana Episode | Ep 13

The most pivotal experience I've had on my journey of growth and consciousness was spending 10 days in complete silence, practicing and learning Vipassana meditation. I've since completed three 10 day retreats, and encouraged my followers to do the same. One of them took me up on it, and he gave me a phone call just after his retreat. This is that call! If you're curious about meditation, self-improvement, or just becoming a better guy - this is a must-listen. We get into the daily structure of a Vipassana retreat, the brutal mental grind, and the real mechanism behind it: how observing your sensations without reacting lets you surgically pull old emotional wounds out of your system. From performance anxiety to entrepreneurial stress to a chronic illness Andrew may have resolved on the mat, this is the case for why training your mind might be the highest-leverage thing you ever do. 0:19 What Vipassana actually is and why it's free 4:02 "Wisdom in a can": what 10 days of silence gives you 5:37 Why your misery comes from inside you, not the world 6:40 The one practice that removes mental junk instead of distracting you 8:17 A walk through the daily retreat schedule 11:34 The 10-day structure: taming the monkey mind 12:48 How to dissolve an emotional wound by observing it 14:09 The businessman who rediscovered a lost technique 26:05 Lunch time interviews 38:31 What heightened awareness does to your senses 44:11 Why real wisdom has to come from experience, not belief 51:43 How this helps with addiction, migraines, and pain 54:29 Andrew's chronic illness and the work he did on the mat 58:36 How Vipassana made me rich 1:01:57 Meditation and sex 1:13:32 Why presence beats the nice car and the watch 1:21:57 When you only have 30 minutes, meditate for an hour

There's Nothing Wrong With You Bro | Ep 12

There's nothing wrong with you bro. In this episode I break down what that existential shame and feeling of "not being enough" actually is, where the pain body comes from, and why your imperfections are actually the very thing that make you lovable. We get in to how to disidentify from that inner critic, the healing power of non-judgment, and how doing this work now ripples out to your future relationships, your future kids, and people you'll never even meet. 0:01 Why there's nothing wrong with you 2:00 What it means to be "enough" 5:32 Why women don't want the finished, perfect version of you 7:41 LeBron and always playing defense 9:49 Where the "you're not enough" voice actually comes from 10:38 How naming your inner critic loosens its grip 11:55 You were born whole: getting back to that 15:18 How healing yourself changes people you'll never meet 17:37 What my mom's story taught me about generational pain 22:08 Hurt People Hurt People 23:34 What Ayahuasca taught me 28:14 Why the part of you that self-sabotages is trying to help 34:10 Why men stay wounded, and what real healing requires 42:03 Succeeding in the right plane

The Chancellor Zeppos Episode | Ep 11

One of the most special episodes yet. I talked with a college hero of mine, the eighth chancellor of Vanderbilt University (the greatest university on planet Earth), none other than Nicholas Zeppos. Nicholas Zeppos is a legend in higher education, helped Vanderbilt soar to new heights, and now is doing special things in the startup ecosystem. We talked about the future of higher ed, AI, NIL money, what makes Vanderbilt special (and not so special), and chancellors that both shared insights that will be powerful for all young people, college students, and not. Check it out! (0:00) Welcome to Vanderbilt's 8th chancellor (1:57) 40 years of Vandy (7:30) "You don't run a university to make money — you make money to run it" (9:54) Launching Opportunity Vanderbilt (11:30) "You didn't just change my life - you changed all my descendants'" (15:51) The "Vanderbilt phenotype" of student (18:02) Why Vanderbilt punches below its weight on entrepreneurs (24:46) NIL, the transfer portal, and paying college athletes (31:59) Leading a multi-billion dollar university (41:09) Is higher ed still worth it in the AI era? (45:44) Happiness = human connection (53:32) Free speech on college campuses (55:20) Advice for the young person who feels behind (1:02:45) Going deeper than surface-level friendships (1:09:43) Building the Vanderbilt founders network