Becoming Great.com
92 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsBecoming Great.com has one big goal - to be the podcast in the world with the most value-per-minute.
The creators Erik Bergman and Emil Ekvardt spend over 100 hours preparing each episode to accomplish this goal. And, of course, it’s ad-free.
Super entrepreneur Erik Bergman made 50 million euros before turning 30. Now he is building Great.com, a company that will give away all its profits to charity.
Emil Ekvardt became a USD millionaire from professional poker at a young age. Now he runs a personal development coaching business.
Becoming Great.com is a podcast that will profoundly transform your life by going into a range of essential topics that school misses to teach you - such as confidence, relationships, dealing with overthinking, and how to make money from your passion.
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#89 - Empathy | A Guide To Happier Relationships
May 01, 2022 10:41 - 2 hours - 298 MBThis is a deep guide to happier relationships and the skill of empathy. Learning this skill will make you important in other people's lives. You will be able to know what to say in difficult situations and solve almost any conflict. In this episode we will dive into six different topics. Topic 1 - Why empathy is important Empathy is a complicated word. In our first topic we will explain what it means and how it feels. We used to be bad at empathy ourselves, without even knowing, so he...
#88 - Lying | 4 kinds of lies. When to use them, and when not to
January 20, 2022 12:51 - 1 hour - 232 MBFor you listening, today you will learn the answer questions like "Why are we lying?", "How can I be more honest?", "How can I stop lying?", "How can I make others stop lying to me?" and much more! In this episode, we will dive into five different topics. Topic 1 - Lying to avoid difficult conversations. These are the kind of lies we tell our friends and family members when we are put in difficult situations. Lies like saying we would love to visit our parents in law, when we actually ...
#87 - Personal Values | The truth of who you are (and what secretly runs your life)
September 07, 2021 14:19 - 1 hour - 206 MBFor you listening, today you will learn: How everybody have values they don't even know about, and how these values secretly runs out lives. How these values are the reasons why we make certain decisions and why we take different actions. And how you by understanding your values better can create lots of meaning in everyday life, get access to more energy, excitement and motivation. All of this, you will learn today! This episode is split up in five different topics: Topic 1: How value...
#86 - Long-Term Thinking | How to apply it for money, health & relationships
June 28, 2021 14:35 - 1 hour - 206 MBToday we will talk about "long-term thinking". What does it even mean to "think long term" and how can you listening apply it in your life? What are the small practical ways to use "long-term thinking" today to make sure your life gets better? We will teach you how to use long-term thinking to solve everyday problems like: - What should I eat today? - I don't want to go to the gym! - And, I don't have enough money! All these problems can be solved with long-term thinking! What is ...
#85 - Confidence | 4 important steps to building strong self-confidence
March 18, 2021 13:56 - 1 hour - 178 MBIf your confidence is low, you will have so many regrets. You will be too afraid to start that business, you will not tell that person you love them, and you will let people walk all over you. School never taught you how to build self-confidence - and it never taught us. As a result, we suffered from low confidence, and we have lots of regrets. So we had to learn how to build strong confidence ourselves. We learned that confidence is not something you are born with, confidence is a skill...
#84 - Self-esteem | A deep understanding of what it is & how to build it
January 30, 2021 12:01 - 54 minutes - 99.9 MBIf you are suffering from overthinking, envy, comparing yourself with others, procrastination, or fear of failing - you most likely have the same problem as we've had - you are emotionally poor. Being emotionally poor has been the source of most of the pain both me and Erik have felt in our lives, and almost everyone suffers from it. In this episode, we will teach you how to become emotionally rich, how to deal with negative thoughts, become a doer that goes after their dreams, and beli...
#83 - How to network online - find inspiring friends, love, mentors and business partners
November 04, 2020 05:42 - 49 minutes - 113 MBNetworking is a very misunderstood term. Most people think that it's just about business - but your networking skills can even mean the difference between a sad and lonely life, and becoming rich and happy. Today we will teach you how we have found: - business partners - new clients - friends for life - and even love by simple techniques that are easy to learn. And stick with us to the end, because we will share with you how to write the perfect email if you want to find a mentor or ...
#82 - 26 Habits for better FOCUS
October 20, 2020 05:08 - 49 minutes - 113 MBYour dreams will never come true unless you beat the number, one dream killer - procrastination. Nothing is more frustrating than having a great idea, knowing what you should do, but for some reason not being able to get started. The key to beating procrastination is to build habits for better focus. With the right habits, you will get better focus and you can stay away from distractions. Today's episode is split up into four topics that will teach you 26 habits for better focus. 1. ...
#81 - How to stop overthinking and procrastinating
October 12, 2020 06:09 - 47 minutes - 108 MBErik has over 200 000 followers on Instagram and "How to stop procrastinating?" and "How to stop overthinking?" are by far the most common questions that he gets. Almost everyone has this problem. You are not alone. Today's episode has been split up into four topics: 1. Why we are overthinking? What is the reason that we struggle to get started even when we know what to do? 2. How to stop comparing ourselves with others? 3. What to do when we are feeling overwhelmed? 4. How to re...
#80 - What is the business model of Great.com?
October 03, 2020 07:19 - 33 minutes - 76.3 MBErik has invested $900 000 in the domain name Great.com because he wants to build a company that will change an entire industry from the inside and out. In this episode, we will explain the business model of Great.com, what industry we will change first, and why we will succeed. And stick with us, because somewhere in this episode, I will tell you how much money I think that we will make. Today's episode has been split up into three topics: 1. What is the business model of Great.com?...
#79 - 4 habits that save time
September 25, 2020 16:20 - 41 minutes - 38 MBOur four best productivity habits give us 25 extra hours of performance each week. Habits that save time! We are two habit nerds that constantly tweak our days to maximize output. In this episode, we will break our habits down for you. How you can apply them and how you can use them to boost your personal development and your career. Today's episode has been split up in four topics: 1. How Erik got two extra hours every night 2. How Emil saves tons of time by going against the socia...
#78 - The most important social skill EP3
September 18, 2020 16:21 - 32 minutes - 30.1 MBOne of the most important factors of Erik's business success is that he a great networker. He's good at creating exciting conversations where people open up and they quickly get to know each other. In this episode, we will teach you the technique that he is using, breaking it down in examples, explaining how to use it and why it works. Today's episode has been split up in four topics: 1. What's the beep beep technique? 2. How to make every conversation interesting? 3. How can y...
#77 - The most important social skill EP2
September 11, 2020 03:03 - 37 minutes - 85.5 MBThere are four mistakes that almost everyone does in conversations. They are easy to avoid but most people are not even aware of them. You are most likely doing them as well - and they will lower your chances of happy relationships and successful careers. Today we are diving into how to develop the most important social skill by avoiding these mistakes. Today's episode has been split up in four topics: 1. How do you stop making these mistakes? 2. What are the two most important mistakes...
#76 - The most important social skill EP1
September 04, 2020 06:08 - 31 minutes - 73 MBThree years ago Erik learned a skill that completely changed his life - and it only took one minute to learn it. In today's episode, you will get a chance to learn the most important social skill. It's an aspect of listening that will change how you act in all conversations. Today's episode has been split up in four topics: 1. How will listening change your life? 2. What does it mean to be a great listener? 3. What's the best way to learn the skill listening? 4. What is the first thin...
#75 - How to find your PASSION- 3 key steps
August 27, 2020 13:31 - 29 minutes - 68.6 MBFeeling passion is great, but how do we find our passion? Many people make mistakes that prevent them from finding their passion. In this episode of the Becoming Great.com podcast, we explore 3 key concepts that will help you understand how to find your passion. -- Today's episode is on personal development and entrepreneurship, where Erik and Emil explore topics about how to grow as a person and as an entrepreneur. Erik and Emil are both personal development junkies and spend many hou...
#74 - The €500 000 phone call - Update
August 21, 2020 08:43 - 37 minutes - 86.2 MBWe are back from our summer break and there are a lot of things that have happened. Today we will discuss what's going on and give you an update on Great.com. First: We will talk about that Great.com still makes 0 in revenue, why that is, how it feels and what we are doing about it. In this segment you will learn about how to deal with struggling times and how to stay focused on the positive sides of the business. Secondly: We go in to a phone call Erik had that created €500 000 in 20 m...
#73 - Powerful leadership skills - Appreciation
August 12, 2020 16:46 - 36 minutes - 82.4 MBA great leader makes people excited to move in a certain direction. A great leader makes everyone around them better and more confident. One of the most powerful ways to do that, is by becoming good at showing appreciation. It costs nothing and it can be remembered forever. Today's episode is about Powerful leadership skills with focus on appreciation leadership skill. The episode is split up in four parts: Part 1: Appreciation is a skill that you can study to learn Part 2: What ...
#72 - How to stop working and follow my dream?
July 03, 2020 10:11 - 23 minutes - 54.3 MBThis is an email we got from Anna, one of our listeners. I don't like the job I currently have. My boss is very demanding and I'm stressed out. I wake up early and spend an hour every morning in rush hour traffic. I would love to be able to focus on creating music. The problem is that I can't afford to quit my job, I only make $15 per hour and because I'm working so much - I don't have enough time to turn the music into a career. What can I do? How to stop working and follow my dream? ...
#71 - Meditation - How to get started
June 27, 2020 02:53 - 26 minutes - 59.5 MBWhat is actually meditation? How could meditation help you in your personal growth or your entrepreneurial journey? There are many ways to meditate, and there are many benefits to the practice. Today Erik and Emil break down their favorite ways to meditate so you can feel BETTER and be less distracted, Meditation - How to get started. -- Today's episode is a personal development episode, where Erik Bergman and Emil Ekvardt explore topics about how to grow as a person. We are both pers...
#70 - Great.com is giving away $100 000. Why are we doing that? - Update
June 18, 2020 04:27 - 25 minutes - 58.5 MBGreat.com will give away 100% of its profit, but so far we have had zero revenues. Yet, we have decided to do our first big donation - $100 000. The purpose is to unify the team, get a publicity push, and support what we believe is a great organization - the questions to answer, are we really unifying the team, or only causing stress and distraction? And will we get any publicity at all? Part 1: The first part is for you who don't know much about Great.com. How come we will donate all o...
#69 - Shift mindset, build willpower and stop procrastination!
June 12, 2020 09:21 - 25 minutes - 57.8 MBHow come some people seem to have unlimited willpower with the ability to push through anything? Today we explore what willpower is, and how anyone can build it stronger. "The more voluntary suffering you build into your life, the less involuntary suffering will affect your life." - Tim Ferriss This quote by Tim Ferriss inspired the episode of today. We look into how to build will power and stop procrastination by making it easy to choose your challenges today. -- Today's episode is a...
#68 - What is Great.com? Here's our long term vision - Update
June 05, 2020 12:19 - 30 minutes - 68.8 MBWhat is Great.com? To answer that question, the best way is to look at our long term vision. What will Great.com become? In this episode, we are diving into our founder Erik Bergman's vision of where Great.com is heading. The episode is split up on four sections: Part 1: The first part of the episode is about the charity vision of Great.com. How do we want to help? What kind of organizations are we supporting? And what have we done so far? Part 2: The second part is about the organiz...
#67 - A very POWERFUL method for LEARNING
May 29, 2020 12:09 - 24 minutes - 56.2 MBWhat is the most powerful way of learning something? How can you engage your brain fully into a topic, tie it into your own experiences, and look at it from lots of different angles? This is the topic of today's episode. We have now done one year of podcasting and we will talk about the most important thing we have learned - how to learn, a very powerful method for learning. -- Today's episode is a personal development episode, where Erik and Emil explore topics about how to grow as a pe...
#66 - How to make $1000 a month online?
May 21, 2020 20:43 - 29 minutes - 66.7 MBWe want to teach you how to make $1000 a month online because we believe that if you had that extra money, you would have a lot less worry in your life. $1000 extra a month is enough to solve most money problems. Today there are more opportunities to make money online than ever, you just have to know where to look. In this episode, Emil Ekvardt interviews Erik Bergman, who made over $50 million online, before he turned 30 and he will give you the exact steps you need to take to start makin...
#65 - How to make more friends in school or work? Avoid these mistakes!
May 16, 2020 14:22 - 27 minutes - 62 MBIn school, we don't get to learn social skills. No one teaches us what mistakes not to make. When Erik was young, he was a lonely child with very few friends. He always thought it was just bad luck and never understood why. A few years ago he started reading about social skills and how to interact with others and it opened a world of new knowledge. More than anything, he could see all the mistakes he had done when he was younger. For the first time, he realized that it wasn't bad luck that...
#64 - How to feel less nervous in social situations?
May 07, 2020 21:30 - 38 minutes - 89.2 MBDid you get to learn about social skills when you went to school? Did someone teach you how to interact with others and feel confident? One of the problems with the school system is that it doesn't focus on the skill that might be the most important of all, social skills. How to feel more confident talking to new people? How to feel less nervous in social situations? Today we are diving into the challenges that we have had in our social life. This episode is focused on exploring Emil's s...
#63 - Climbing the corporate ladder - IT'S A TRAP!
April 30, 2020 21:38 - 25 minutes - 57.5 MBWhat is a successful career? What's the difference between climbing the corporate ladder, or becoming an entrepreneur? It's easy to start climbing one latter and not being sure if it's the right one or how to change the ladder you are climbing. In this episode, we touch upon what's the difference between climbing the corporate ladder and becoming an entrepreneur, when is the right time to start your first business and what are the risks of climbing the corporate ladder? This is an episod...
#62 - What to do when an employee wants to quit? - Update
April 24, 2020 13:24 - 37 minutes - 85.5 MBWhat is it that all the richest people in the world know? How do you get 20 million people to collaborate in one project? And how to deal with a team member that has an anxiety attack and wants to quit the job? These are some of the questions we are diving into in today's episode. -- This is an "Update episode", it means that In today's episode of Becoming Great.com podcast, Emil Ekvardt and Erik Bergman, explore the very real challenges and problems that come up when building Great.com....
#61 - Inspiring people in social media - how to find them
April 17, 2020 03:16 - 43 minutes - 100 MB"Social media has changed the game. Don't use it as a way to waste time. Use it as a way to surround yourself with people that in any other time in history you would have been unable to reach." - Tom Bilyeu Both Emil and Erik are constantly looking for new ways to learn and grow. Social media and more specifically Youtube has been an endless source of inspiration. With countless hours of videos and podcasts, we have found our favorite people to learn from and be influenced by. In this ep...
#60 - Is college important before starting a business?
April 11, 2020 05:00 - 44 minutes - 41 MBGoing to college or not can feel like the most important decision of a lifetime. Standing in front of such an important choice can easily cause confusion, apathy and a feeling of overwhelming. Erik Bergman has built a company with 300+ employees. Today we explore his perspective of the importance of a college degree both as an employer and as an employee. One of the most common questions that Erik gets from social media is "Is college important before starting a business and becoming an ...
#59 - How to build immune system against corona
April 01, 2020 05:00 - 34 minutes - 79.7 MBEveryone has been talking about the coronavirus lately, but what is actually a virus? Other than staying away from infected people, what can you do to protect yourself? And how does your immune system play into this? How to build an immune system against corona? These are some of the questions we are answering in today's episode of "Becoming Great.com". The purpose of this episode is to make you feel a bit safer and prepared for dealing with a virus and learn about different ways to improv...
#58 - BORING TASKS, how to deal with them? - Update
March 25, 2020 05:00 - 42 minutes - 48 MBBoring tasks are a killer of joy and creativity, still, every job has them. What can you do to make boring tasks more fun? How can you use your selfishness to become a better team player? These are the questions we explore in today's episode. This episode can change the way you are thinking about boring tasks, forever. Today’s episode is an update episode, where Erik and Emil explore the very real challenges and problems that come up when building the company Great.com. This is an opport...
#57 - Job opening & launching a NEW podcast - Update
March 18, 2020 05:00 - 33 minutes - 39 MBWe have just launched one of our biggest projects ever. A new podcast! We are interviewing charity organisations with the purpose of building more trust and understanding between the causes and people that want to donate. Our ambition is to launch 7 episodes every week and now we are hiring to make this dream happen. The role we are looking for will be a podcast coordinator, a project manager role responsible for booking guests, building relationships with organisations, creating processes...
#56 - 6 POWERFUL HABITS you probably haven't tried
March 11, 2020 05:00 - 43 minutes - 42 MBWe have realised that we are addicted to creating habits. We think outside of the box and we look for ways to live our lives with constant small improvements, different from most people. Most of these habits are pretty shitty and don't stick, but some do! Then we keep building on them. This is a personal development episode for you who want to build success. SPOILER If you want to be surprised of which our surprising habits are, don't keep reading :) The habits that we have built are: ...
#55 - 7 Books that CHANGED our lives
March 04, 2020 06:00 - 39 minutes - 54.2 MBSome books can change lives, and some books have truly changed ours. Today Emil and Erik talk about which books have influenced them the most. We talk about books on topics that range between social skills, spirituality, sleep, sex, saying no, creativity and communication. It turned out that both Erik and Emil have the same favorite book ever that they rank higher than all the other books combined. Find out which one it is! Some of these books introduce new ideas that are highly useful i...
#54 - Not reaching GOALS, how to deal with it! - Update
February 26, 2020 06:00 - 30 minutes - 34.6 MBWe are currently missing all of our goals with Great.com. It's a source of frustration and powerlessness. We believe this is a common challenge in when building an organisation and in this episode, we explore how to deal with it and how to move forward. Today’s episode is an update episode, where Erik and Emil explore the very real challenges and problems that come up when building the company Great.com. This is an opportunity for you to get a behind the scenes look of what it’s like to...
#53 - 100k followers, how many messages do you get every day?
February 19, 2020 06:00 - 18 minutes - 20.1 MBErik has just reached the milestone of 100k followers on Instagram. This results in a lot of joy but also in a feeling of being overwhelmed and not enough with messages coming in 24/7. In this episode, we explore what to do as an entrepreneur when there are more tasks than time, how important it is to prioritise and what you can do if you want to talk personally to Erik. -- Today's episode is a special edition episode. It doesn't fit into our normal categories. It's a mix of how it is bei...
#52 - Food HACKS - Part 2
February 12, 2020 06:00 - 37 minutes - 51.2 MBHow would higher and more stable energy affect your career and business? In the first Food HACKS episode, we explored different ways to get more focus and live a healthier life. In this episode, we enter the world of sugar. Three years ago Erik's energy levels were like a roller coaster. When the food reserves crashed, so did his temper and some times he could barely speak unless he got a banana. What effects does sugar have on your body? What can you replace it with? And what are the ma...
#51 - Food HACKS for energy, focus & a longer life
February 05, 2020 06:00 - 41 minutes - 52.2 MBEntrepreneurs live a busy life and high energy is a key element to get more stuff done. What can you do to get energy? What are some effective ways to keep your focus high and your output higher? This is a personal development episode focused on health. How to eat to get the most out of your life. We will dive deep into different health hacks. What are the benefits of fasting? How can you make it easier and how do you get started? What do healthy fats do for you? Which fats do you wa...
#50 - The 4-STEP PATH to SUCCEED in social media
January 29, 2020 06:00 - 46 minutes - 48.7 MBThis is an entrepreneurship episode. Erik Bergman has grown from nothing to 75 000 followers on Instagram in three months. Today we will learn from Erik Bergman, who has tried hard since 2010 on social media, failed multiple times, and learn his 4 step path to success. Do you want to use social media to scale your personal brand or your business? Have you maybe already tried, and failed? Or do you feel that you don't know in what social media to start? Do you struggle to keep the motivat...
#49 - How to deal with FRUSTRATION when starting a business
January 21, 2020 21:51 - 27 minutes - 13.1 MBFrustration is a big part of starting a company. A part that gets a lot less attention than success and profits. Today has been a frustrated day. Our plan was to have clear and great goals for 2020 and simply record an episode about them. That did not happen. Instead it became an episode in frustration about how to set goals? Are goals even worth setting in a young startup? How to deal with frustration when it comes up? Is it good to show it for the team or is it better to hide it? I...
#48 - DON'T start an affiliate business before listening to THIS!
January 15, 2020 06:00 - 29 minutes - 23.9 MBWhat is an affiliate 2019? Who is this business model for? What are the ups and downs with entering the affiliate industry? Find out the TIPS you MUST know before starting your affiliate project! Erik Bergman has done lots of different kinds of affiliate and in all different sizes. Starting with a small affiliate business in the basement of his friend's parents, ending with a 400 employee affiliate business on the Nasdaq Stock exchange.
#47 - A NEW WAY to set goals in 2020
January 08, 2020 06:00 - 34 minutes - 47.3 MBAre you making common mistakes when setting goals? Falling into the same traps we have fallen into? If you are doing these mistakes you run a big risk of both losing your energy and your motivation as well as completely missing to reach your targets. This was a spontaneous episode. We had such interesting conversations when we started planning our goals that we just decided to turn on the microphones and record the dialogue. We feel it became one of your best episodes yet. One thing that...
#46 - Great in 2019, embarrassing failures & surprising successes
December 18, 2019 06:00 - 36 minutes - 49.9 MBWe have had some surprising successes and embarrassing failures in 2019. In this episode, Emil is interviewing Erik giving an overview of the year that has passed. It started as a vague idea, but how did it turn out? How much money did we actually make?
#45 - 2019 IMPORTANT INSIGHTS - Our Personal Development
December 10, 2019 18:55 - 32 minutes - 45.3 MBErik and Emil are personal development junkies. These are the most IMPORTANT INSIGHTS from 2019. After a 2018 of pain and struggles, we have rising from the ashes and take us on 2019 with power and passion and this is the reflection and reaping the rewards of what we have learned. TEAL SWAN SEMINAR: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EXMOxzmAm8
#44 - When employees are sad or worried
December 04, 2019 06:00 - 33 minutes - 26.2 MBToday our colleague was worried that he would get very bad news from an ultrasound. Still, he put a smile on his face, pretending, everything was OK. This is a personal episode that highlights what kind of relationships we want to have with our team at Great.com and why that is valuable in any business.
#43 - HOW and WHY to SAY NO!
November 27, 2019 06:00 - 41 minutes - 31.2 MBNO is only two letters, at the same time it's probably the most powerful and the scariest word in the entire English language. How and why to say no? We have a lot of good ideas, implementing them to reality is something different. This is a story about our challenges.
#42 - Casino & Charity, Right or Wrong?
November 20, 2019 06:00 - 32 minutes - 24.6 MBHow far can you take the idea of charity? Is it morally correct to save people if the consequence is that others have to suffer? Great.com is a casino marketing company where all profits will go to charity. In this episode, Emil Ekvardt is challenging the founder of Great, Erik Bergman, with thoughts and ethically challenging questions.
#41 - 13 ways to be a BETTER LEADER!
November 13, 2019 06:00 - 48 minutes - 37.9 MBErik Bergman founder of Catena Media, a company that went for 0-400 employees in 7 years. During that journey he worked with great teams and amazing leaders - today we will look into the top 13 tips he learned about leadership on the way.
#41 Update - Lost employee & €300k surprise
November 06, 2019 06:00 - 39 minutes - 19.9 MBWhat do you do when someone knocks on the door and says "I can make you 300 000 euros"? That pretty much happened to us this month and it got us jumping. We have also lost a first teammate. It's always difficult separating with someone and this was no exception. Last but not least we will also talk about some surprising updates on the commercial side of Great.