Life Next Level
40 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 3 years ago - ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsWe discuss topics to help you with personal growth, mindset, motivation, productivity, inspiration, and more, so you can Live your life, next level.
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Episodes
The Importance of Affirmations and Gratitude
October 07, 2021 15:42 - 38 minutesEthan joins me again and we discuss the importance of affirmations to confidence and success. We discuss why our brains constantly beat us up, talk down to us, and cause us to fail - and how grace and affirmations can negate that and breed confidence and success. And as per usual, we go off topic a lot - I wouldn't say off the rails, because it's still important topics in the same realm. And of course, we have fun doing it! I hope you enjoy the new episode! As always let us know if you hav...
Podcast Mini - You Have The Confidence You Need
September 24, 2021 06:00 - 2 minutesIf you want personal growth in your life, you're going to need confidence. We all think about confidence wrong, especially within ourselves. You have the confidence, let's discuss. Note: I've been having trouble with my software for YouTube cutting off the beginning, so don't mind my nonsensical trembling at the beginning of each episode :). Yeah, these MINI's are coming from my YouTube channel...
Podcast Mini - Sometimes Life Takes Something You Want...
September 23, 2021 17:40 - 3 minutes - 7.25 MBOne of my favorite quotes and how it's impacted my life
Podcast Mini - Learn to Say No to Be Successful
September 23, 2021 17:38 - 2 minutes - 5.87 MBWe all say yes far too often, especially when it no longer serves us. It's time we stood our ground and said "no" - saying yes all the time isn't always the best move for you personally.
Podcast Mini - Have a Conversation With Yourself from 5 Years Ago
September 23, 2021 17:35 - 2 minutes - 6.67 MBWe all have imposter syndrome and self-doubt whenever we're trying to get out of our comfort zone. One great way to alleviate that (especially if you're helping others) is to imagine having a conversation with yourself...
Podcast Mini - People Only Show You Their Highlights
September 22, 2021 07:00 - 3 minutesNote: I've been having trouble with my software for YouTube cutting off the beginning, so don't mind my nonsensical trembling at the beginning of each episode :). Yeah, these MINI's are coming from my YouTube channel... Another podcast mini! Why you should stay away from social media if you're having a bad day. Everyone has bad days and has their own struggles. They only show you their highlights.
Podcast Mini - Who Do You Surround Yourself With?
September 21, 2021 07:00 - 3 minutesAnother Mini-Episode to start your day off right - We've all heard people who like to grow and succeed talk about - you are the 5 people you surround yourself with the most. Let's talk about that briefly... Note: I've been having trouble with my software for YouTube cutting off the beginning, so don't mind my nonsensical trembling at the beginning of each episode :). Yeah, these MINI's are coming from my YouTube channel...
Podcast Mini - Focus is the Key
September 17, 2021 07:01 - 3 minutesPodcast Mini! Why focus is such a key to success. Why Nascar drivers have to focus on the track and not the wall while in a spinout. Note: I've been having trouble with my software for YouTube where it cuts off the beginning, so don't mind my nonsensical trembling at the beginning of each episode :). Yeah, these MINI's are coming from my YouTube channel...
Podcast Mini - What Would You Do If You Weren't Afraid?
September 10, 2021 08:00 - 2 minutesNote: I've been having trouble with my software for YouTube cutting off the beginning, so don't mind my nonsensical trembling at the beginning of each episode :). Yeah, these MINI's are coming from my YouTube channel... Fear is the number one reason we don't do something - from following our dreams to going for that promotion, to changing careers. It's always fear that stops us from even trying or keeps one foot out the door. So whenever you want a change, ask yourself this one question: W...
Podcast Mini - Don't Forget to Take Action
September 08, 2021 08:00 - 3 minutesPodcast MIni - We all love learning, and we love dreaming of things we want to do, but we almost always fail at the ONE thing we need to get us there - even if you don't know everything yet or are very uncomfortable - TAKE ACTION. Note: I've been having trouble with my software for YouTube cutting off the beginning, so don't mind my nonsensical trembling at the beginning of each episode :). Yeah, these MINI's are coming from my YouTube channel...
Podcast Mini - Do It Scared
September 07, 2021 08:00 - 3 minutesAnother podcast mini - In order to live the happy life you've always wanted, to grow personally and professionally, to be the person you've always wanted, you have to be willing to do it scared. Note: I've been having trouble with my software for YouTube cutting off the beginning, so don't mind my nonsensical trembling at the beginning of each episode :). Yeah, these MINI's are coming from my YouTube channel...
Podcast Mini - What if People Don't Believe in You or Your Purpose?
September 06, 2021 08:00 - 3 minutesAnother mini podcast episode! This time I discuss what happens when people don't believe in your purpose or goal, and especially when they are those closest to you. It's a scary enough thing getting out of line and pursuing something different, so it makes it even harder when those close to you don't share your vision - what should you do? Note: I've been having trouble with my software for YouTube cutting off the beginning, so don't mind my nonsensical trembling at the beginning of each ep...
Podcast Mini - Winners Lose
September 04, 2021 18:04 - 1 minuteNote: I've been having trouble with my software for YouTube where it cuts off the beginning, so don't mind my nonsensical trembling at the beginning of each episode :). Yeah, these MINI's are coming from my YouTube channel... Another mini! If you want to be a winner - your goal should be to lose more than everyone else!
Podcast Mini - What's Your COI (Cost of Inaction)?
September 01, 2021 21:53 - 2 minutesWhether you're chasing a dream, starting a business, thinking about asking someone out, or want to learn how to start a YouTube Channel it's important to think about inaction. In other words, what's the Cost of Inaction? What will you think if you look back and never took action on something you really wanted?
Focus is a superpower, but you have to use it right.
July 29, 2021 02:32 - 36 minutesWe talk about focus and how it's a super-power, or is it? We talk about stories of Nascar and white water rafting as they relate to focus. We talk about negative focus vs. positive focus, beliefs, awareness. What our subconscious does and how it can be detrimental. Why you should focus on the WHY and not the HOW. Ethan and I discuss his new plan to revamp and travel with their camper and do their personal training from the road and what we have going on. NOTE: There's a couple of minutes...
Our Personal Growth Journey and Helping Others Along the Same Journey
July 29, 2021 02:25 - 28 minutesEthan and I discuss personal growth in relation to other people. How to serve others within your personal development journey. We discuss our journey a little and bettering ourselves. And how we are trying to help people who are running from pain or towards pleasure. Everyone is going through their own personal hell in some fashion. We also talk about helping others start a business they're passionate about, potentially doing a live show, shaved heads, and more.
Share a Failure and How it Helped You Grow
July 29, 2021 01:45 - 21 minutesEthan joins me and we catch up on things, cause it's been a while! Failures are necessary on the path to success. We discuss our past failures and how they've helped us grow. We talk about the courses and classes that you can get online for cheap, so you can learn anything!
What Would You Do if You Weren't Afraid?
July 29, 2021 01:43 - 26 minutesFear takes over our lives and causes us to miss out on so many opportunities and cause regrets when we look back over our lives. Ethan and discuss this in-depth and how it has impacted us. So the question is - what would you do if you weren't afraid - but also, what COULD you do if you weren't afraid? We are all capable of so much more than we think, but we don't even give ourselves the opportunity to succeed at things we really need or want in life.
Qualities We've Lost and We All Need
June 24, 2021 09:00 - 29 minutes - 34 MBEthan joins again to discuss distractions, cell phones, listening. How to gain wisdom in your life. How to get back on the horse and keep going forward even if you miss a day or two. Why empathy is so important and how much it's missing lately.
What Strange Things We Avoid to Stay Positive and Avoid Creeping Self-Doubt
June 10, 2021 08:00 - 35 minutesWhy we avoid the news and avoid thinking negatively or projecting negative feelings into the future. Why even small seemingly inconsequential negative things like the news and people's comments can snowball and have a larger overall effect on your self-confidence and hurt your focus. I again bring up Maxwell Maltz because apparently, I'm obsessed.
Weird things we do to feel better. Experiences vs. material things, reminder of what's important, cooking sitting?
May 27, 2021 09:00 - 30 minutesWhat weird thing(s) do you do to make yourself feel better? Listen as I misunderstand Ethan and go in-depth about how we all buy with emotion, justify with logic, talk about cook sitting, discuss experiences, meditation, and the small things we do to feel better. 35-minute workouts keep me sane and why you don't need 90 minutes at the gym. We go a little in-depth about having great workouts in 20 minutes, High intensity interval training.
Why you must get outside our comfort zone and into our growth zone, regrets and why you should do everything to avoid them
May 20, 2021 09:00 - 21 minutes(sorry for the confusion part one of this was released a few weeks ago, but there's no connection other than similar topics) Ethan and I talk about growth zones living your perfect life, said principle. Living within our comfort zones, contentment, and why we have to get outside of it. There are always a million reasons not to do something. Moving to Thailand by myself and how hard it was, yet how it was one of the best things I ever did. We talk about looking back at your life from your de...
How to Live a Better Life by Living in the Moment
May 11, 2021 07:00 - 23 minutes - 20.8 MBI go in-depth about my article '10 Ways to Live a Better Life by Living in the Moment'. If you want to read the article, the link is in the show notes. Give it a listen, I think you'll dig it.
Distractions and focus, motivation, to-do lists, working from home, pomodoro method, rainy days
May 06, 2021 10:00 - 34 minutesEthan joins me for another episode. We talk 'distraction action', lists lists everywhere, how to focus with the ever-present distractions every day (notifications on your phone, anyone?), and even more with everyone working from home. Why the answer is breaking up large items into smaller chunks, and some software that can help you. And a little of what we were up to during Easter weekend. Missing rainy days.
Mistakes (or missed opportunities) that we regret and how to avoid it, never change who you are, why we play worst-case scenario in our heads, face your situations head-on
April 29, 2021 07:00 - 20 minutesBrodie's in the house today! He gives an introduction, talks a little about the new addition to his family, why we've both escaped the Midwest (but he's back!). Why we always gravitate to the worst-case scenario in our heads, never give up who you are - your values and goals - for anyone, people doing things they love and bucking the trend, death and taxes, facing scary things and why not to run away. We also talk about relationships and friendships and how it can influence you. And honesty ...
What we're excited about, taking action, why traveling a lot is hard, how to do something even if you don't know what you're doing
April 22, 2021 06:00 - 21 minutesWhat we're excited about, continuing education and why everyone should always keep learning. How to do something even when you don't know what you're doing. A little about getting the podcast launched. How much we want to help people and we hope this podcast does that. Traveling around in a travel trailer now that things are normalizing. Adapting and just doing. Getting good at travel, not having a home base, and some of the complications with it.
Allow yourself to have a bad day, stop beating yourself up, advice we would give our past and future self, trust your gut.
April 15, 2021 05:00 - 23 minutesBrodie's in the house with me today! We just dive right into it in this episode. We talk about what advice we would give ourselves three years ago, and what we would tell ourselves three years from now. We talk about fear and self-doubt, why you should go after what you want unapologetically. Why you should listen to your gut more often and not listen to the worry as much - even if you don't know exactly what you're doing. And why sometimes bad days are okay.
Shorty Episode: Don't Be Ashamed of Your Struggles and Have Empathy for Others
April 13, 2021 07:00 - 7 minutesSometimes I have things to say, and just want to say them rather than write them. So this is just a shortie episode, and it's just me and a mic. I talk about why you shouldn't be ashamed of your struggles, what everyone else is hiding, and why to have empathy for the rude person you run into. Enjoy!
Seize your opportunities, how to go forward even when you're overwhelmed, why to continue following your dreams no matter what
April 08, 2021 11:30 - 21 minutesWe talk a little about what we have going on that we're excited about. Why to not let inspiration fade, why it's so easy to give up and why not to, seize the opportunities in front of you, why to keep learning, why to keep going after your dreams, Why Ethan can't go to sleep without having his head shaved. How we keep going forward even when we're overwhelmed and want to quit. Why to continue learning, always. AI revolution, agricultural revolution, industrial revolution, and why they shoul...
We Pick an Inspirational Quote and Explain Why It's Important in Our Life (and why it should be in yours too)
April 02, 2021 03:00 - 26 minutesEthan joins again to discuss quotes that mean something to us. Getting out of your growth zone, why who you hang out with also dictates who you are, why you must reassess constantly. Why you should always do it scared. We discuss Jeff Bridges and The Dude - and Ethan's quote comes from Jeff himself. And Ethan associates with teaching his class and learning not to care what others think, to be yourself, and learn to be goofy and not care. Cinefile? Or "seen-a-file"? The debate that kicks o...
Failure is GOOD! And Why You Should Try to Fail
April 02, 2021 03:00 - 19 minutesEthan joins me today to talk about failure. Why it's tough, but why it's also part of the learning and growth process, and part of the success process! And we discuss the WORST kind of failure. Why mistakes hurt and continue to hurt, and why we HAVE to learn from them. Oh, and of course Ethan compares failure and learning to personal training!
What To Do When You Fail, Why Failure is Good and You Should Try to Fail, How to Reassess Your Goal
April 01, 2021 07:00 - 25 minutesEthan and I discuss achieving a goal, what do to when you fail, why failure isn't that bad and can actually be good, making mistakes, achieving goals, and success. How you learn even when you fail, and you should TRY to fail. How to set goals. Living in comfort and fear vs. growing. Using failures and regrets to grow. We link personal growth and personal training yet again when it comes to these topics. What the only true failure is - and is giving up alright? Why you should just take acti...
How to Be Grateful in Times Like These
March 25, 2021 06:00 - 38 minutesA bit of a longer episode - Today Ethan and I discuss how to remain grateful even in times like these. It's been a hard year for everyone, so gratitude is essential to curb stress and anxiety and to convey happiness. We talk about the positives of therapy, gratitude journal, meditation, being stuck at home. Join us for our brief discussion and enjoy.
Positive visualization vs. negative visualization, the memory palace, how to remember names and your grocery list, garlic dracula
March 23, 2021 06:00 - 25 minutesEthan and I talk about visualization, active listening, why we forget names and directions and some ways to remember. Ethan confuses us again. The books Moonwalking with Einstein and the memory palace to help you remember. Psycho-Cybernetics by Maxwell Maltz. Why you don't have to be scared of garlic dracula. Visualizing to help you to succeed. Why visualizing failure can actually be a self-fulfilling prophecy, but so can the opposite, and how to do it. Comfort zones vs. growth zones. Already...
Ethan Introduces Himself, Growth, Why You Should Listen, How He Wants to Help You
March 16, 2021 23:00 - 6 minutesEthan talks to you about what drives him, what he wants to accomplish, how to do what you want and not give up, why you should chase your dreams like we are, gives insights into how he wants to help you, and what he thinks we can do with this podcast.
Our Best Advice for You, Gratitude, Journaling, Naked Parties
March 14, 2021 23:00 - 26 minutesSuf and Brodie join me for a Life Next Level happy hour. We ask each other a few questions related to personal growth, we talk about the best advice we have for you, journaling, reframing, giving yourself advice, gratitude, why to keep a notebook by your bed, and naked parties (what???). naked parties,
SAID Principle Related to Personal Growth, How to Progress at Whatever You Want, Growing, SMART Goals
March 14, 2021 23:00 - 16 minutesEthan and I discuss progressing in life, SMART goals, making huge accomplishments. Can you write the next great American novel? We talk about personal training, how it can relate to personal growth and development, blogging, social media, writing, your comfort zone and why you need to get out of it. And a lot more. Enjoy!
Books You Need on Your Bookshelf, Our Favorite Skills and How to Get Them, The Abilities We Want in Life
March 14, 2021 23:00 - 19 minutes - 44.3 MBQ&A Episode! Ethan and I answer a few fun questions so you can get to know us better. But don't think we don't hit personal growth and mindset throughout, and give you all great information. Play along and answer in the comments! We talk about Kahn Academy, Udemy, traveling the world, books you need on your bookshelf, what we'd love to learn, what we want in life (and maybe what you want, too) and a whole lot more. We hope you enjoy the episode.
What You're Avoiding and Why, How to Do That Thing, Doing Great Things and How. Why We are Scared, Why Fear Drives Us, How to Get Beyond It
March 14, 2021 23:00 - 14 minutesEthan joins as we discuss blogging, YouTube channels, things we regret and how to NOT regret things, how to follow your passions, get beyond fear, deal with self-doubt. We also touch on to-do lists, why we suck at them and how to get better, self-doubt, regrets, meditation, and being better to yourself.
Three Phases of Being Authentic, Create Greatness, Being Vulnerable, Introduction Episode, Too.
March 14, 2021 22:00 - 10 minutesI wanted to talk a little about what the Life Next Level podcast is about. But don't think it's all fluff, I discuss a lot about being authentic, how to overcome fear and just do the thing you want to do, and taking action to do what you want. Taking action to get things done. Getting confident. Why what we're doing with this podcast can help you set your goals and achieve your dreams. I ramble a little - it's what I do. Enjoy friends!