Get Busy Living Podcast with Benny Hsu
115 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 3 years ago - ★★★★★ - 193 ratingsThe Get Busy Living Podcast is a straight to the point and honest talk about what you need to do to transform your life from the inside out. It’s the show that’s the friend, mentor, and guide that you’ve been looking for. It’s the show that will give you the insight and advice you need to stop sleep walking through life and get busy living. Host Benny Hsu shares from his own experience from being stuck and lost in life to now being an online entrepreneur that has given him the lifestyle and freedom he’s dreamt about in life. He wants to help others realize and understand that change starts in the mind. Without changing how you see the world and your beliefs, nothing will ever change in your life. It’s the show that will help you transform on the inside to live your best life ever on the outside.
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Episodes
GBL065: Stop Comparing Yourself to Others
May 01, 2016 12:00 - 22 minutes - 31.3 MBI went through a month where I was unhappy making $500 a day. I know it sounds crazy and I hate to admit it, but it’s true. I was not happy with making that much money at that time. If someone would have told me five years ago I’d make $500 in a day, I’d […]
GBL064: The Upside to Getting Out of Your Comfort Zone
April 11, 2016 16:24 - 27 minutes - 38.3 MBWhen it comes to doing something out of our comfort zone, all these crazy scenarios play in our mind. It’s so frightening to think about it. One reason is the fear of the unknown. We try to predict in our mind what will happen because if we know we’ll feel more comfortable. However, it’s nearly […]
GBL063: My Entrepreneurial Journey – From Hopeless to Happy
March 21, 2016 15:01 - 57 minutes - 79.7 MBLast week I had a great time speaking to a group of apsiring entreprenuers at the University of Virginia. It was great to be able to talk about how I went from a frustrated and miserable employee with no idea what to do with my life, to someone who now has an online business that […]
GBL062: Getting Your Priorities Straight
March 08, 2016 22:03 - 24 minutes - 34.4 MBThe month of February was a busy one for me. Three out of the four weeks in the month I was traveling somewhere. I love traveling and it’s one of the reasons I wanted freedom from a 9-5. But when it comes to getting work done, I have a really tough time doing it while […]
GBL 061: You Can Become an Expert at Anything
March 01, 2016 14:16 - 22 minutes - 30.7 MBThere are a lot of excuses that hold us back. One of them is “I don’t know how.” I get this a lot in emails sent to me. Someone wants to change their life or start a business but the one thing that is holding them back is “I don’t know how.” Two years ago, […]
GBL 060: Ask yourself this question to live a life with no regrets
February 08, 2016 16:52 - 21 minutes - 29.5 MBRecently I signed up for a 10k race to get back into shape. I paid the entry fee a couple months before so that I would stay committed to doing it. However as the race got closer, doubt started to creep in. I started to worry about things on race day that really got me […]
GBL059: My Advice to Those Dreaming about Starting An Online Business
February 01, 2016 11:00 - 42 minutes - 58.2 MBI’ve always dreamt about having my own online business. It was back around 2007 that I knew that the way I wanted to be able to quit my job was to start an online business. I had looked through job ads and tried to figure out what other job I’d be interested in. But the […]
GBL 058: 5 Ways to Make 2016 Your Best Year Yet
January 18, 2016 11:00 - 44 minutes - 61.8 MBI’m excited for 2016 and am ready to make this my best year yet. I know you do as well. We start out the year feeling ready, but what can we do to make sure this year is our best year yet? I share five ways to do so. It’s not the simple advice of […]
GBL 057: Lose Weight and Live Better Through Tiny Habits with Alexander Heyne
December 28, 2015 15:00 - 1 hour - 85 MBI’m excited to have Alex on today’s episode. He recently wrote a book called Master the Day: Eat, Move, Live Better with the Power of Tiny Habits. We talk about losing weight, having more energy, and ways to build better habits to make improvements in your life. Enjoy this interview! Links for this episode: Master […]
GBL 056: 10 Mental Blocks You Have to Eliminate to Make 2016 the Best
December 13, 2015 11:00 - 33 minutes - 38.2 MBHow has 2015 gone for you? Great? I definitely hope so. What if it hasn’t gone as you had hoped? What if you look back to the beginning of the year and see you’re in the same situation and still feel the same about life. It’s probably cause you have mental blocks that are holding […]
GBL055: Stop waiting for that perfect moment
November 30, 2015 11:00 - 40 minutes - 55.3 MBWe’re all guilty of waiting for the perfect moment to take action. We want everything to feel right, be financially ready, or have free time to finally start. In my experience, that perfect moment to start rarely happens. I’ve had to stop waiting for it and start before I was even ready. This happened to […]
GBL 054: Successful People Take Action
November 23, 2015 15:00 - 14 minutes - 20.1 MBWhen you take action, you trigger all kinds of things that will inevitably carry you to success. You let people know you mean business and you’re not just all talk. People start to respect you because you are taking action. People with similar goals come into your life. The people who are successful and are […]
GBL 053: Go on a Media Diet
November 16, 2015 12:13 - 18 minutes - 25.7 MBIf you’re a news junkie, you may not be aware of the effect of watching the news consistently. You feel like it’s a part of being a good knowledge citizen, but if left uncontrolled it’ll cause stress and anxiety. Why? The news understands what gets our attention. It’s the big headlines that shock us. […]
GBL052: You’ve Got to Believe in Yourself First
November 02, 2015 11:00 - 18 minutes - 25.2 MBIf you are going to create the life of your dreams, you have to believe that you are capable of making it happen. You have to believe that you can do it. You have to believe in yourself. You may have grown up to believe that you weren’t capable of achieving much. You may have […]
GBL 051: You Have to Stop Your Complaining
October 26, 2015 20:08 - 16 minutes - 23.2 MBWe all complain about things in our lives. Some complain more than others. But have you ever thought about what you are complaining about? Why you are complaining about it? Did you know that you don’t complain about circumstances where you believe that a better solution is available? In this episode, I dive into […]
GBL 050: Facing My Fears and Overcoming Them
October 12, 2015 14:01 - 21 minutes - 29.6 MBLast weekend, I spoke in front of about forty attendees at a conference for solo entrepreneurs. It was my first time speaking in public. Doing anything for the first time isn’t easy and scary. In today’s episode I talk about the preparation for it and how I faced my fears and overcame them. Click […]
GBL 049: The Power of Small and Smart Choices
September 21, 2015 16:05 - 27 minutes - 37.6 MBPeople get caught up in making massive transformations in a short period of time. Soon, however, they give up because they haven’t gotten the results they hoped for. They quit running after a week because they’re still overweight. They stop learning a new skill after three months because they aren’t an expert yet. What they […]
GBL 048: Why Motivation Overrated and What To Do Instead
September 09, 2015 15:20 - 31 minutes - 43.1 MB“How are you feeling today? Are you ready to go and tackle the day? Are you ready to do what you need to get closer to your goals? Are you pumped up? Great then let’s do this!” This is what motivating people is typically like. It’s getting them in that mood where they’re ready to […]
GBL 047: Setting Goals the Right Way So You Will Achieve Them
August 31, 2015 15:19 - 30 minutes - 29 MBWhen was the last time you set goals? Have you ever tried to set goals only to see them fail? If you’re not seeing progress in your life, then I would strongly advise setting goals. I never set goals in life, except for the weak attempts at making New Year’s resolutions. In 2010, I needed […]
GBL 046: Bringing Out Your Best Self with Allen Brouwer and Cathryn Lavery
August 24, 2015 11:00 - 52 minutes - 48.6 MBBusiness partners Allen and Cathryn both started their careers in the typical fashion. Get a job and start working. However they realized they weren’t meant for a cubicle job. Cathryn even spent seven years studying to be an architect, but once she began work, quickly realized she hated it. They separately knew they wanted to […]
GBL 045: How Do I Find Happiness Within?
August 10, 2015 15:00 - 37 minutes - 51.8 MBToday I have another great question from Nancy, who is a long time listener. Her first question is a question we all have asked ourselves at one point in our lives, but I love how she added the word “within”. She understands that happiness starts with us first. It doesn’t come from buying stuff. I […]
GBL 044: Why change is hard and what you need to do to come out on top
August 03, 2015 11:00 - 20 minutes - 19.3 MBUgh…change. It’s tougher than a lot of things we have to deal with in life. For some, it’s the toughest. However it can be overcome. Change is tough because we get set in our old ways. It’s easier. We don’t have to think. However our old ways often lead us in the wrong direction. We’ve become […]
GBL 043: Am I too old to make changes in my life?
July 27, 2015 11:00 - 21 minutes - 20.3 MBIn this episode I answer another question from a listener. He asked a great question, because it is a question I know many of you have as well. When is it too late to make changes in our life? The short answer is never. The reason we wonder is because we believe that life is it meant […]
GBL 042: Should I keep pursusing something I enjoy even though I’m not seeing success yet?
July 17, 2015 19:58 - 13 minutes - 12.8 MBI’m trying something new on the podcast. Answering questions from you! I answer a lot of questions by email, but why not get questions and put them on the podcast? If you’re struggling with something, or want to know something about me or my business, feel free to ask! I’m very transparent so I’ll do my best […]
GBL 041: Stop Searching for Your Passion
June 24, 2015 12:00 - 30 minutes - 27.8 MBMy biggest enemy in my 20’s was trying to find my passion. I didn’t know it growing up. I didn’t know it in college so I chose a major that sounded fun and not that practical. After college, I began working in the family restaurant business just to have something to do and make money. […]
GBL 040: What I’ve learned since quitting my job two years ago
June 12, 2015 11:11 - 28 minutes - 25.8 MBI was looking through the episodes that I’ve done of the podcast and saw the title was from episode 18: One year after I quit my job and went all in. That was recorded in June 2014. I hadn’t realized the two year anniversary was this month. That was a major turning point in my […]
GBL 039: 6 Excuses You Should Never Use Again
May 13, 2015 12:05 - 35 minutes - 41.2 MBNinety-nine percent of the failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses. – George Washington Carver What excuses do you constantly tell yourself? I’m willing to bet some of them are mentioned in this podcast episode. When you have an excuse, what you are doing is immediately telling your brain to stop being unrealistic […]
GBL 038: Be Careful Who You Tell Your Goals and Dreams To
April 29, 2015 10:31 - 17 minutes - 20.2 MBIsn’t it a good thing to tell people what our big hairy goals are? By telling them won’t they help keep us accountable? Be careful about doing that. There will be a lot of people, including family and close friends, who won’t agree with what you’re doing. It’s not like you’re breaking the law, but […]
GBL 037: Behaviors We Need to Stop Doing in Order to Move Forward
March 26, 2015 15:12 - 21 minutes - 29.8 MBWe all want to make progress and move forward, but sometimes we feel stuck and we aren’t sure why. The answer lies in behaviors that we’re doing, but we don’t realize it’s these things that are holding us back. These were behaviors I was guilty of doing. I didn’t realize they were problems for me. […]
GBL 036: Talking about My Failed Attempts at Making Money Online
March 05, 2015 14:17 - 47 minutes - 65 MBIt’s always easy to see someone who is making money and doing well and think they must be lucky or that it came so easy. I’m very thankful that all the years of trying and failing have finally paid off. I’m living my dreams. It hasn’t been easy to get to this point though. In […]
GBL 035: Are These Three Time Thieves Hurting Your Productivity?
February 10, 2015 12:41 - 24 minutes - 34.2 MBWe all want to be more productive. Take a look at the bookstore or Google productivity tips and you’ll find so much advice that you feel like your head will explode. We’re doing things in our daily lives that appear to be helping us, but actually causes more stress in the short and long term. […]
GBL 034: Get Your Priorities Straight
January 26, 2015 21:09 - 18 minutes - 24.9 MBWhen I look back, if there’s one thing that has helped achieve so much it’s been that I’ve prioritized what’s important to me and don’t worry about the rest. I began this new chapter in October 2010. I hit my rock bottom and needed change badly. My first priority was to get healthy. At that […]
GBL 033: Did you do your annual life checkup yet?
January 14, 2015 16:13 - 5 MBLiving in the past is never a good thing. I’m a believe that we have to let go of the past in order to move forward. However I am a believer at taking the time to reflect on the past 12 months. It’s like going to the dentist or the doctor’s for a regular check […]
GBL 032: Answering a Reader Email – How to turn a passion into a career?
December 08, 2014 12:00 - 31 minutes - 43.4 MBIn today’s episode I answer an email I received. It wasn’t meant to be answered on the podcast, but it was a question that is very common so I felt it would be helpful to record a podcast episode about it. A reader is in a job now but wants to do something more […]
GBL 031: Don’t Make New Year’s Resolutions
December 02, 2014 12:00 - 14 minutes - 20.2 MBHave you ever made resolutions and failed? The majority of you said yes. I have. When I did make resolutions I started well for the first couple weeks but after that I completely went back to my old ways. By the end of the year, I felt like nothing had changed in my life. […]
GBL 30: A Story of Regret and Advice For those To Avoid the Same
November 17, 2014 12:00 - 28 minutes - 32.4 MBRecently I saw a couple people share the same story from Reddit. At first I ignored it, but when I came across it the third time, I felt I should read it. The headline caught my attention. A story about regret from a 46 year old man. Why had it gone viral? I read it and […]
GBL 029: Stop Waiting For Life to Get Better
October 13, 2014 11:00 - 18 minutes - 21.7 MBIn my podcast episodes, I often address a problem that is common for a lot of people. It’s always a problem I’ve dealt with first hand and I know there are so many others that have that issue. The problem for this episode is believing that just waiting long enough and good things will start […]
GBL 028: Lessons from Earning $100K in profit in Five Months
October 02, 2014 21:30 - 34 minutes - 39.6 MBI’m excited to talk about today’s podcast episode because I’ve been working really hard on it this year. In fact it is my full time business now. I was a beginner was I started. The idea of selling t-shirts online sounded great. Liking an idea and committing to that idea to become successful are completely […]
GBL 027: What I’m Doing to Get More Focus and Calm My Mind
September 11, 2014 20:39 - 22 minutes - 25.8 MBLately I’ve been feel uneasy. I can’t seem to relax. When I’m standing in front of my computer, I feel like there are a hundred things I need to be doing. If I’m not on my computer, I’m on my iPad or iPhone. That makes me feel stressed out and unable to focus for long […]
GBL 026: How to go from Day Job to Dream Job – Interview with Kary Oberbrunner
August 28, 2014 19:13 - 41 minutes - 47 MBAre you stuck in a job and so badly want to get out? Do you dread each day you have to go to work? Life is too short to be doing work you hate. We live in a world today where it’s easier to create your dream job. Yes it’s true! Five years ago I […]
GBL 025: Are you an action taker or just a dreamer?
August 14, 2014 18:35 - 22 minutes - 25.5 MBThere’s not amount of books you can read, podcasts you can listen to, praying and hoping to change your life without one very important ingredient. That’s taking action. I’m not talking about doing a little bit. I’m taking about taking massive action. The type that goes on for days, weeks, months, and even years. No […]
GBL 024: How Gratitude Can Change Your Life
August 09, 2014 22:56 - 18 minutes - 21.1 MBHow often do you stop and appreciate what you do have? I know sometimes it’s hard. You’re busy. You have a million things going through our mind.The last thing you do is to take time to be thankful for what you do have in this busy world. You might also feel lost right now. Your life isn’t […]
GBL 023: Who do you need to become to have success?
July 31, 2014 20:09 - 17 minutes - 19.6 MBLet me ask you a question. If you had a goal of (insert your goal), what would be the first thing you do? You’d probably figure out what steps you need to take. Right? Well that’s not a bad way to start, but it’s not the best way. The problem with just following the steps […]
GBL 022: Why not you?
July 24, 2014 16:38 - 20 minutes - 24 MBHave you ever asked yourself this question? Why not you? Why can’t you change your life? Why can’t you achieve your dreams? Other people from all walks of life have been able to so why can’t you? We often doubt our own abilities. We see someone with success and immediately we think that they just […]
GBL 021: Why Choosing Who You Spend the Most Time With is So Important for Your Future
July 17, 2014 15:19 - 30 minutes - 35.3 MBWho do you spend the most time with? Who are your conversations with on and offline most of the day? If you haven’t thought much about it, then I suggest you start to think about it because your future depends on it. Jim Rohn said we are the average of the five people we spent […]
GBL 020: Learn The Power To Help You Achieve Anything
July 10, 2014 14:07 - 20 minutes - 23.4 MBWe’ve all begun new goals with excitement and enthusiasm, but we find ourselves as time passes, to be less interested in it. Maybe we run into problems or feel unmotivated. This is a constant cycle and we feel like we’re unable to achieve anything in life. After listening to today’s episode, I hope you’ll find […]
GBL 019: Lose the Microwave Mentality
July 03, 2014 10:00 - 19 minutes - 22.6 MBWhat is the microwave mentality? It’s expecting instant results. Because of technology, we expect everything to happen in our life quicker. Yes sometimes having things happen quicker is beneficial, but when it comes to achieve your dreams or change something about yourself, quicker is not better. What happens is when we expect instant results, we […]
GBL018: One Year After Finally Quitting My Job and Going All In
June 26, 2014 12:51 - 52 minutes - 60.5 MBHello again! It’s been way too long. I apologize for the month gap between episodes 17 and 18. No excuses from me except that being overseas and out of my normal routine made it tougher for me to find time to do a podcast. Now I’m back at home and ready to get back to […]
GBL 017: Perfection is the Killer of Many Dreams
May 15, 2014 10:32 - 23 minutes - 26.4 MBI got an email from a woman who told me about her fear of rejection. It’s one of the biggest fears holding us back from a lot of things in life. She has always had a passion for writing, but fear being rejected. And her next sentence was what really stood out to me. She […]
GBL 016: Jumping Off the Corporate Ladder to Online Entrepreneur and Author – An Interview with Farnoosh Brock
May 01, 2014 09:14 - 1 hour - 76.4 MBWould you walk away from a fancy job title and a six figure a year salary? It’d be hard to, but in today’s episode I talk to Farnoosh Brock who did just that. It’s not easy to walk away especially when you decided to start an online business. It’s even harder when friends and family […]