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Justin Mares is an entrepreneur.

He started two consumer brands that each have done $100mm+ in sales in less than 5 years (Kettle & Fire and Perfect Keto). He also started Surely Wines which has done millions in sales. He's now working on TrueMed, which allows health and wellness brands to tap into the $140B in consumer HSA/FSA accounts

He is one of the most interesting people I've studied.

0:00 What Are You A Top 1% Consumer Of?

3:10 Why Is USA Sick & Unhealthy? (Justin’s Current Obsession)

9:19 What Can You Do About It?

11:42 Spotting Trends

16:36 Making Connections With Interesting People

19:30 How Do You Take Depressed People & Make Them Happy

23:15 Is The World Getting Better Or Worse?

29:00 Justin’s Current Project (TrueMed)

33:00 Finding Your Passion

35:31 Building A World-Class Network

40:52 Who Are The People Building The Future?

46:02 Justin’s Calm Nature

49:10 What Makes For A Great Leader?

51:02 Building Neighborhood

54:30 How Do You Find A Partner?

58:55 Challenge

Resources Mentioned

* Mac Miller Tiny Desk Concert – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrR_gm6RqCo

* Founders Podcast – https://www.founderspodcast.com

* Justin Mares on Invest Like The Best – https://open.spotify.com/episode/4v7Snd5199djam0DjHThq7?si=590ef11ffc6d46cd

* Recession Proof Graduate by Charlie Hoehn – https://www.amazon.com/Recession-Proof-Graduate-Want-Doing/dp/0990354814

* Bryan Johnson – https://twitter.com/bryan_johnson

* Mark Hyman – https://twitter.com/drmarkhyman

* Mike Johnson – https://twitter.com/johnsonmxe

Justin Mares

* Substack: https://justinmares.substack.com

* Twitter: https://twitter.com/jwmares

My Links

🎙 Podcast: https://anchor.fm/dannymiranda

🎥 YouTube: https://youtube.com/dannymiranda

🐣 Twitter: https://twitter.com/heydannymiranda

📸 Instagram: https://instagram.com/heydannymiranda

❓ Course: https://www.artofinterviewing.com

Ken Rideout is one of the fastest runners over the age of 50 in the world. He won the 50-and-over division at the New York City Marathon (2:33:31) in 2021 and the Boston Marathon (2:30:21) in 2022 and he has come in second in that age division in London (2:29:54), Chicago (2:29:53), and Berlin (2:35:48). He also won the 2021 Myrtle Beach Marathon outright in 2:30:58 just before turning 50.

But in this conversation, we focused more on the real pain. How Ken went to trauma healing center, his struggles as a parent, physical pain vs. emotional pain, how to hit the next level emotionally and spiritually, and how to flip the switch to dominate.

0:00 Intro

2:30 On Fighting

7:15 Fighting Mental Demons

10:10 Advice Ken Wish He Got In His 20s

12:40 “I’ve Always Been Willing To Eat What Killed”

19:23 Secret Of Connecting

21:40 How To Flip Switch To Dominate

24:36 Ken Went To Trauma Healing Center

27:50 Ken’s Struggles As A Parent

34:51 Why Did Ken Go To Healing Center?

36:00 Physical Pain Vs. Emotional Pain

37:20 Ken Has The Coolest Friends

39:51 How To Teach Children Toughness

44:29 “Going Through Life Without Interests Is Not Cool”

49:49 Meditation

51:41 Hitting Next Level Emotionally/Spiritually

53:40 What’s Ken’s Current Dream?

57:03 Challenge

Ken's Links

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ken_rideout


My Links 

✉️ Newsletter: https://dannymiranda.substack.com

🎙 Podcast: https://anchor.fm/dannymiranda

🎥 YouTube: https://youtube.com/dannymiranda

🐣 Twitter: https://twitter.com/heydannymiranda

📸 Instagram: https://instagram.com/heydannymiranda

Trevor Blake is an entrepreneur. He grew up in poverty. He started his first business at the age of 43 and went on to sell 3 of his businesses for over $300,000,000.

He founded QOL Medical LLC, a specialty pharmaceutical company, in 2002 with a few thousand dollars and sold it in 2012 for over $100 million. In 2006, he founded ANU Oncology, a unique not-for-profit dedicated to developing low side-effect cancer drugs. He has worked with companies such a Biogen, 3M, and Lipha.

Blake is donating all profits from Three Simple Steps to cancer treatment research and development in honor of his mother - who battled the disease for fourteen years and was the inspiration for his three simple steps. Having spent hours in the library as an adolescent reading biographies of successful men and women, Blake has committed to donating a copy of his book to every library in the United States in hopes that these concepts will inspire today's youth to take control of their lives.



0:00 Intro

1:29 The Remarkable Story Of Madame CJ Walker

6:13 Difference Is What You Choose To Observe

10:12 Wife Talking To Trevor Beyond Grave

20:11 How Trevor Plays With Energy

24:12 Step 1: Master Your Mentality

33:31 Step 2: Take Quiet Time

53:21 Step 3: Set Intentions

1:05:50 What Are Synchronicities?

1:08:21 Entering More Feminine Time

1:21:02 Before Trevor Was An Entrepreneur

1:28:12 What Do You Really Want?

1:30:45 Why Are People Fearful Of Ending What Hurts Them?

1:37:02 Challenge



Trevor's Links

Website: https://www.trevorgblake.com

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/trevorgblaketgb

Book: https://www.amazon.com/Three-Simple-Steps-Success-Business/dp/1936661713

My Links

🎙 Podcast: https://anchor.fm/dannymiranda

🎥 YouTube: https://youtube.com/dannymiranda

🐣 Twitter: https://twitter.com/heydannymiranda

📸 Instagram: https://instagram.com/heydannymiranda

Justin Kan is the co-founder Twitch. He sold Twitch to Amazon for $970 million in 2014. Now he spends his time meditating, DJing, and going to Burning Man. He is an investor at Goat Capital and cofounder of Fractal and Rye.

In this conversation, we spoke about winning internally, Justin’s experience with source, finding a partner, leadership, having children, his home vandalization, and learnings from Paul Graham.

0:00 Intro

0:54 Justin’s Leadership Story (In College)

6:40 If You Will It, It Is No Dream

9:00 How To Create A New Reality

12:50 The Internet Is A Giant Tabloid

16:41 Why Is Meditation On The Rise?

19:00 Ayahuasca Experience

33:21 How Did People Treat Justin Differently After Selling Company?

35:15 Finding A Partner

40:31 “Having Kids Rounds Out The Human Experience”

46:00 Justin’s Experience With Source

48:03 “I Am Calm”

51:10 Affirmations

53:02 Diet, Exercise, Sleep

54:24 The Secrets To Happiness

55:21 What Made Justin Upset?

58:49 Spiritual Growth Leaders

1:00:39 Home Vandalization

1:06:31 Learnings From Paul Graham

1:07:39 Internally Successful + Externally Successful

1:09:01 How To Find Your Infinite Game

1:13:33 What Is Justin Most Proud Of?

1:15:43 Why Does Mentoring Feel So Good?

1:16:37 Challenge



Resources


The Untethered Soul by Michael Singer – https://www.amazon.com/Living-Untethered-Beyond-Human-Predicament/dp/1648480934
The Surrender Experiment by Michael Singer – https://www.amazon.com/Surrender-Experiment-Journey-Lifes-Perfection/dp/080414110X
DeepMindfulness.io – https://deepmindfulness.io/ 
Dr. Daniel Brown – https://www.drdanielpbrown.com/

Justin’s Links

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/justinkan/

My Links

🎙 Podcast: ⁠https://anchor.fm/dannymiranda⁠

🎥 YouTube: ⁠https://youtube.com/dannymiranda⁠

🐣 Twitter: ⁠https://twitter.com/heydannymiranda⁠

📸 Instagram: ⁠https://instagram.com/heydannymiranda

David Perell is an entrepreneur and writer. He is the creator of Write Of Passage, an online school to help people transform their lives through writing. He has taught students from Google, Facebook, Harvard, MIT, Stripe, and Goldman Sachs.

In this interview we spoke about the difficulties of running a company, David's journey to faith, his season of no, how to find a partner, building deep friendships, advice to creators, and the importance of surrendering to your true nature.

0:00 What’s The Central Question Of David’s Life?

2:32 Doing Life’s Work?

7:49 The Moment Tyler Cowan Invested In David Perell

9:33 Investing In The Cultural Tutor

13:54 Difficulties Of Running A Company

15:49 Online David Vs. In-Person David

21:31 The Importance Of Friendship

25:01 Finding God

36:04 Where To Start With Bible

43:10 David’s Phone Screen

45:38 Mantras + Season Of No

49:37 Three Lines, Three Words Each

52:27 David’s High School Physics Teacher

59:18 How David Thinks About Education

1:01:21 Finding A Partner

1:05:01 Building Deep Friendships

1:09:43 Yes/No List

1:12:00 Red Dress Traps

1:14:02 Advice For Creators

1:17:43 How To Be More Distinctive

1:20:31 Surrender To Your Nature

1:22:03 Challenge

1:23:40 How I Write Origin



Why Beauty Matters: https://vimeo.com/549715999

Previous Episodes With David
Episode 070: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCS3Qyh7LKs
Episode 230: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0RnTd8HOK8
Episode 305: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VBZm6GoBDQ


David’s Links

Twitter: https://twitter.com/david_perell

Write Of Passage: https://writeofpassage.school

How I Write: https://writeofpassage.school/how-i-write



My Links

🎙 Podcast: https://anchor.fm/dannymiranda

🎥 YouTube: https://youtube.com/dannymiranda

🐣 Twitter: https://twitter.com/heydannymiranda

📸 Instagram: https://instagram.com/heydannymiranda

Keith Rabois is widely known for his early-stage startup investments and his executive roles at PayPal, LinkedIn, Slide, and Square. Additionally, Rabois has been involved in investments in YouTube, Palantir, Lyft, Airbnb, Eventbrite, Wish, and The Org. He currently serves as the CEO of Open Store and the General Partner at Founders Fund.

0:00 Intro

0:32 Margaret Thatcher’s Influence

4:21 Peter Thiel

6:09 Spotting Talent

10:02 Looking For Anomalous Data

12:27 5-Year-Old Keith

13:43 Wasting Decade With Law

17:36 First Year At PayPal Learnings

21:39 Too Big To Fail

25:26 Breakthrough Areas

26:46 The Upside Of Stress

29:41 What Makes For A Great Leader?

31:22 Absorb Someone’s Brain

35:12 Most Of Success Is Common Sense

35:48 Keith’s Biggest Mistakes

40:15 Commonalities Amongst Successful People

45:34 Challenge



The Upside of Stress: Why Stress Is Good for You, and How to Get Good at It by Kelly McGonigal – https://www.amazon.com/Upside-Stress-Why-Good-You/dp/1101982934



Keith's Links

Twitter: https://twitter.com/rabois

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/keith



My Links

🎙 Podcast: https://anchor.fm/dannymiranda

🎥 YouTube: https://youtube.com/dannymiranda

🐣 Twitter: https://twitter.com/heydannymiranda

📸 Instagram: https://instagram.com/heydannymiranda