Episode 20: Michael Cantwell

Michael is one of the partners of Ninja Camp Bali, he brings a calm, balanced approach to having an awesome life and being a ninja. We met at Ninja camp which is where we recorded this conversation. 

Habit of Thought:

Waking up with a positive attitude.

Habit of Action:

Writing things down. Planning the day. Writing goals or things to remember.

Greatest area of strength: 

Calm nature.

Training for this area:

Focus on meditation, calmness, and breath.

Book:

“Anything from Mark Twain or anything travel related.”

Top 20 travel books of all time.

Web resource:

(the suggested site – arrows.com – does not seem to exist anymore.)
Podcasts:

The Joe Rogan experience.

 

Contact:

Facebook: Michael Cantwell

Instagram: @michael_cantwell

Episode 19: Dharma Shay

Dharma is a warrior scholar who has travelled the world expanding himself and others along the way. He is the cofounder of Busan Urban Training and Hawaii urban training, free fitness initiatives in Korea and Hawaii and he is running the Brave fitness facility in Hilo Hawaii.

Habit of Thought:

Make a difference.

“What can I do to enrich the people around me.”

“What can I do today?”

Habit of Action:

Daily movement.

Greatest area of strength: 

Leadership. “Even if anyone could do what you’ve done, you do it because that’s who you are.”

Training for this area:
Allow that the things you need will be there.

Book:

The Alchemist – Paolo Coelho

Scholar Warrior: An Introduction to the Tao in Everyday Life – Ming-Dao Deng

Web resource:
Lifeathletics.com

Contact:

Hawaiian Urban Training

Episode 18: John Hardy

John Hardy is a visionary. He created an internationally renown jewelry line that bears his name and when he retired from that he founded “Green School”. He inspires art, creativity, ingenuity and, passionate living in those around him. He’s a fierce advocate for the planet and for the future green leaders among us.
Habit of Thought:

“Stand under the part of the sky where the ideas fall out.”

Habit of Action:

“Manifest those ideas”

Also:

“My belief is that much better than telling people what to do is to show them. If you’re pissed off at all of the garbage, go pick it up.”
Greatest area of strength: 

“I’m all about ideas and action… and I have a pretty good eye… when I see things I know whether they’re good or not. I don’t have the skills to draw, I don’t have the skills to render them, I just have the skills to talk about them and I know when they’re beautiful.”

Training for this area:

“Do something. Anything. It’s simple. It’s about action.”
Book:

Diet Evolution – Dr. Gundry

Web resource:

http://ibuku.com

Elora Hardy’s – TED Talk
John’s TED Talk

Contact:

john@greenschool.org

Episode 16: Dave Cornthwaite

Dave is an adventurer… who really, truly pushes the boundaries, his boundaries and adventure’s. He’s the founder of Say Yes More andExpedition 1000

 

. Check out his wikipedia page to have a slightly more thorough skimming of his achievements because I could type all day and barely scratch the surface.

Habit of Thought:

Everything has a positive or a negative side and it’s your choice.

Always go for things. Even if they’re scary.
Habit of Action:

Follow my feet.

Greatest area of strength: 

Walk the walk.

Nik’s Take:
I think that Dave’s ability to launch himself at life and to make it work as he goes is astounding.


Training for this area:

“I have a purpose to everything I do, even if it’s just ‘I’m getting to there’”.

Have a purpose to what you’re doing that’s larger than your fears.

Book:

Losing my virginity – Richard Branson

Web resource:

TED

Contact:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Cornthwaite

DaveCornthwaite.com

Twitter @davecorn

Instagram Dave Corn

Episode 15: Ben Katzaman

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Ben was introduced to me as “the bracelet guy” which doesn’t even scratch the surface of who he is. He’s a brilliant man and I enjoy just watching him think.

Habit of Thought:
Avoid negativity. Put a positive spin on things. With yourself and with others.

Habit of Action:
Hold the space so that I can be creative. Have the mundane handled.

Greatest area of strength:
Get people on your side, on your team.

Training for this area:
Get rid of the mindset of “what can I get?”
Focus on “how can I help this person out or to help them have a better day.”
Be willing to work for Karma.
Books:
How to Win Friends and Influence People – Dale Carnegie

Web resource:
Trendhunter.com

Other references:
Ben talks about Hubud at one point. It’s the largest co-working space in Ubud. Check it out!

Contact:
Ben@wandererbracelets.com
Rayvr.com
BenKatzaman.com
hing him think.

Habit of Thought:
Avoid negativity. Put a positive spin on things. With yourself and with others.

Habit of Action:
Hold the space so that I can be creative. Have the mundane handled.

Greatest area of strength:
Get people on your side, on your team.

Training for this area:
Get rid of the mindset of “what can I get?”
Focus on “how can I help this person out or to help them have a better day.”
Be willing to work for Karma.
Books:
How to Win Friends and Influence People – Dale Carnegie

Web resource:
Trendhunter.com

Other references:
Ben talks about Hubud at one point. It’s the largest co-working space in Ubud. Check it out!

Contact:
Ben@wandererbracelets.com
Rayvr.com
BenKatzaman.com

Ben was introduced to me as “the bracelet guy” which doesn’t even scratch the surface of who he is. He’s a brilliant man and I enjoy just watching him think.

Habit of Thought:
Avoid negativity. Put a positive spin on things. With yourself and with others.

Habit of Action:
Hold the space so that I can be creative. Have the mundane handled.

Greatest area of strength:
Get people on your side, on your team.

Training for this area:
Get rid of the mindset of “what can I get?”
Focus on “how can I help this person out or to help them have a better day.”
Be willing to work for Karma.
Books:
How to Win Friends and Influence People – Dale Carnegie
Name: Ben Katzaman

Ben was introduced to me as “the bracelet guy” which doesn’t even scratch the surface of who he is. He’s a brilliant man and I enjoy just watching him think.

Habit of Thought:
Avoid negativity. Put a positive spin on things. With yourself and with others.

Habit of Action:
Hold the space so that I can be creative. Have the mundane handled.

Greatest area of strength:
Get people on your side, on your team.

Training for this area:
Get rid of the mindset of “what can I get?”
Focus on “how can I help this person out or to help them have a better day.”
Be willing to work for Karma.
Books:
How to Win Friends and Influence People – Dale Carnegie

Web resourceTrendhunter.com

Other references:
Ben talks about Hubud at one point. It’s the largest co-working space in Ubud. Check it out!

Contact:
Ben@wandererbracelets.com
Rayvr.com
BenKatzaman.c
Web resource:
Trendhunter.com

Other references:
Ben talks about Hubud at one point. It’s the largest co-working space in Ubud. Check it out!

Contact:
Ben@wandererbracelets.com
Rayvr.com
BenKatzaman.com

Episode 13: Daniel Braha

Daniel Braha

Daniel is a designer, artist and dare I say, Life Athlete who is wandering the world moving from one awesome adventure and experience to another. Daniel was introduced to me by a mutual friend who thinks that Daniel serves as a litmus test for people. If they don’t like Daniel, he doesn’t see any point in knowing them as there’s clearly something off.

 

Habit of Thought:

Have fun! Do what your mom tells you.

Habit of Action:

Move my body in some way daily

Greatest area of strength: 

Listening and being present to the present moment.

Training for this area:

Actively listen the goodness out of people.

Book:

The Prophet – Kahlil Gibron

Web resource:

Squarespace

Contact:

Daniel Braha

http://www.sosmedia.org

http://danielbrahalovesyou.com

Twitter: https://twitter.com/sosmedia

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielbraha

Episode 12: Sara Andrews

Sara Andrews is the co founder and C.E.O. of Bumbleroot foods. Sara founded Bumbleroot to provide delicious, unique, and nutritious food products to consumers in the U.S. and to create income opportunities for the farmers and harvesters who supply the ingredients.

Habit of Thought:

-Think BIG. Don’t worry about the details and get back into the visioning mode.

-Gratitude. Remember how lucky you are!

Habit of Action:

Engage with life, magical things will happen.

Greatest area of strength: 

Moms take: A dreamer

Sara’s take: A vision of how to make things better and an ability to make it happen.

Training for this area:

Play. Engage with something and take on a new skill to get yourself out of your head.

Books:

Fire starter sessions –

the Desire Map

The Artist’s Way – Julia Cameron

Web resource:

http://www.richroll.com

Contact:

http://bumblerootfoods.com

Instagram: @sarabumble

Twitter: @sarabumble

Episode 11: Kai Paul

Kai Paul Is one of the founders of Indo Sole, an apparel company that repurposes old car tires to be the soles of some really, really, nice shoes.

 

Habit of Thought:

Thankfulness

Habit of Action:

Make mornings meaningful and enjoyable.

Greatest Area Of Strength:

I try

Training for this area:

Find and area that you’re comfortable with and make it work.

Book:

The Purple Cow – Seth Godin

Web Resource:

Tim Ferriss

 

Contact:

Indosole.com

Kai@indosole.com

Instagram: @indosole

Episode 10: Cody Hunter

Cody was literally the face of fitness in South Korea while I was living there as he was the inspiration for the logo of the largest fitness chains in the country. Every time I went to a fitness related event I’d run into him and every timeI was struck by his positive energy, enthusiasm and his love of people. Cody joined me from his office in Seoul South Korea.

 

Habit of Thought:

Always letting go and adapting. Putting the negative behind you and then focus on the positive.

Habit of Action:

Getting up extremely early and never having to rush. Make sure that you have plenty of time. Don’t put yourself under undue pressure.

Greatest Strength:

Passions for what I do.

Nik’s take on Cody’s strength:
Joy in the tough times.

How to train this area:

Try to experience many different things, get uncomfortable, really feel it out and then run with it.

Training for Nik’s take: 

Keep things simple and don’t stress. Find the fun side.

Book:

Who Moved my Cheese? – Spencer Johnson, M.D.

Nik suggested: “The Power of Full Engagement”

Web Resource:

Simon Sinek

Contact:

huntercoachinglab@gmail.com

Hunter Coaching Lab

FaceBook – Cody Hunter

Episode 8 : Burhaan Pattel

Burhaan Pattel is a digital nomad who is fairly new on his journey. He has that light in his eye that is common to people who are on the right path. We spoke at the Onion Collective in Ubud Bali. 

Habit of Thought:

Choosing to live the dream and not just dreaming the dream.

Habit of Action:

Taking action to make dreams real.

 

 

Books:

You Can Heal Your Life – Louise Hay

The 4 Hour Work Week – Tim Ferris

Think and Grow Rich – Napoleon Hill

How to Stop Worrying and Start Living – Dale Carnegie

How to Win Friends and Influence People – Dale Carnegie

CRUSH IT! – Gary Vaynerchuk

 

Web resource:

nomadlist.io

 

Contact:

Facebook: Burhaan Pattel

Episode 7: Vince Nance

Writer, personal trainer, life coach, self-defense and jiu-jitsu instructor, and former cagefighter turned yoga enthusiast. His personality and presence are bigger than he is and those who have met him don’t soon forget. Years ago, he was introduced to me by a mutual friend who said: “This is Vince, he does everything well”.

Habit of Thought:

Gratitude. Focus on the positive. You can frame things however you want so frame things in a way that work for you. Banish self-pity.

Habit of Action:

“The trick is, you gotta do it.” Rapid transition period from thought to action.

Book:

Reality Architecture

Sex at Dawn: How We Mate, Why We Stray, and What it Means for Modern Relationships – Christopher Ryan, Cacilda Jetha

Web Resource:

TED On being Wrong: Kathryn Schulz

Link:

Reality Architecture

Contact:

FaceBook: Vince Nance

vincent.nance@gmail.com

Episode 6: Les Leventhal

I originally went to Les' Vinyasa flow class because Derek Loudermilk said Les was one of the best men he knew.

With an introduction like that, from a person like that, I HAD to go.

What I found was man who seems to have been smoothed out by the roughness of life. He had an ability to make me (in the back row of the class) feel like I was totally okay as I was and that I couild do anything.

I know that this is what yoga teachers are supposed to do but I’m a tough person to impress in this way and boy did Les ever impress.

Habit of Thought:

I have to be willing to walk the talk.

Habit of Action:

Walk the talk myself first.

Greatest area of strength: :

Very creative sequencer. Brutally honest able to hold a sacred, safe space.
(Nik’s take: To my eyes, Les has given himself the permission to get over his colourful past and is moving forward cleanly.)

Training for this area:

Forgiveness.

Book:

Two Lifestyles, One Lifetime: An Inspiring Journey From Rock-Bottom Hopelessness to Wildly Extravagant Possibility  - Les Leventhal

Anatomy of the Spirit: The Seven Stages of Power and Healing - Caroline Myss

Web Resource:

Yoga Journal

David Wolfe

Anna Forest

Link:

YogawithLes.com

Contact:

yogawithles.com
Instagram - yogawithles
Twitter - yogawithless

Facebook - Les Leventhal yoga

Episode 5: Louise Taylor

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Louise Taylor specializes in assisting women to find the clarity and confidence to leave their corporate jobs to follow their passion and make money as a coach or consultant. We met at Hubud in Ubud, Bali.

Habit of Thought:

Focus on what the bigger purpose is. How can I help people?

Habit of Action:

Prioritize a meditation practice to ground and then take action.

Book:

Louise’s e-Book
The Power of Vulnerability - Brené Brown

Web Resource:

Gina Devee

Ali Brown

Tim Ferris

http://www.entrepreneur.com

 

Link:

http://www.louisetaylorcoaching.com

Contact:

www.facebook.com/louisetaylorcoaching

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Episode 4: Kristian Bruun

Kristian Bruun might best be known as Constable Slugger Jackson on the Murdoch Mysteries and Donnie Hendrix on BBC America’s Orphan Black. He’s also the frontman for the band “Franklin’s Fault” and an old friend from University. He’s one of the most caring, genuine and entertaining people I’ve met. In this episode, Kristian shares about his process and the experience of being an actor and a Life Athlete.

 

Habit of Thought:

“Be prepared”

Habit of Action:

“Do the work”

Book:

“OH, COME ON MAN!  THERE’S SO MANY!”

Medicine Walk – Richard Wagamese

“One of the most beautiful, poingant books I’ve ever read. Just stunningly told”

Web Resource:

Wikipedia

Link:

How to plan an orgy in a small town

Contact:

Twitter: @thebruun
Instagram:  Bonnycastle

Episode 2: Derek Loudermilk

Derek is the host of the Art of Adventure Podcast and he gives us a look into the Art and Adventure of his own journey.

Habit of Thought:

Observe and emulate.

Habit of Action:

Always have a physical component to learning.

Book:

Mindset - Carol Dweck
Power Connecter - Julie Robenette
The Charisma Myth - Olivia Fox Cabane

Web Resource:

Tim Ferris
Chris Guillebeau
Ryan Holliday

Link:

The art of adventure podcast

Contact:

Twitter @DerekLoudermilk
Instagram @DerekLoudermilk
Website DerekLoudermilk.com