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The Dare to Dream Podcast Vincent Van Patten & Gregory Benedikt
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The Dare to Dream Podcast is where Vincent Van Patten and Gregory Russell Benedikt challenge you to embark on the adventure of your life. They draw wisdom from guests and personal experiencing traversing the unknown to exemplify what is possible when you have the courage to live a life that is truly yours.
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DTD #138: 100 Days of Living Boldly & Talking to Strangers (Part 1)
23 days ago Gregory decided to embark on a 100-day challenge. Each day, he is tasked with making a bold or outrageous request to a stranger.
On day four, he knocked on a stranger's door and asked if he could cannonball in his pool. To his surprise, the man said yes and filmed a video of his perfect form.
This video went viral on Instagram and has over 270,000 views. It seems the idea of being bold and talking to strangers is gaining attention and Gregory was recently interviewed on The Mankind Podcast. This episode is that interview, re-posted on The Dare to Dream Podcast so you can follow along the journey!
From challenging strangers to footraces and asking grown men to push him on the swings, Gregory has been having a blast with this challenge. Tune into this episode to learn what is possible when you have the courage to push yourself out of your comfort zone.
Show Notes:
Take bold action alongside Gregory by signing up for his free 14-day challenge
If you liked the interview, check out The Mankind Podcast
Follow Gregory's journey on Instagram
Listen to more episodes of The Dare to Dream Podcast on Apple Podcasts and Spotify!
You can also find us on Instagram and YouTube!
For Vincent's writing from Japan, travel photography, and more, check out: https://vincentvanpatten.com/
Join Vincent's Newsletter Citoyens du Monde
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DTD#137: Our Greatest Gift Is Being Our True Self, With Jesse Van Patten
My younger brother Jesse Van Patten is one hell of an individual. Greg, Jesse and I caught up on Jesse's current ambitions at twenty years old as an exceptional collegiate runner, and what the sentiment is like in his generation.
We discuss societal pressures and what it takes to be ourselves, the benefits of facing discomfort voluntarily, and most importantly, why the greatest gift we've been given and can give back to the world is to honor, tap into and embrace who we truly are inside.
Listen to more episodes of The Dare to Dream Podcast on Apple Podcasts and Spotify!
You can also find us on Instagram and YouTube!
For Vincent's writing from Japan, travel photography and more, check out: https://vincentvanpatten.com/
To take the first step in living a story worth telling, book a transformational conversation with Gregory: https://gregoryrussellbenedikt.com/
Join Vincent's Newsletter Citoyens du Monde
Join Gregory's Newsletter The Renaissance -
DTD #136: We can't go at this alone. On friendship, deep feels & capping one year in Japan by summiting Fuji-San.
Yo! Vinny here.
This weekend marks one year of living in Japan; when I had this dream of moving to a foreign country, I pictured me against the world. In a way I hoped for that adventure. The lone wolf in a foreign country.
I couldn’t have imagined that I’d immediately make lifelong friends, that we’d have countless memories and experiences together all over this country, and that we’d cap off our first year watching the sunrise atop Mt. Fuji, which we did last weekend.
People are everything; friends, family, those we love. We can’t go at this thing alone.
On this episode, I discuss the insights I’ve had revolving around this idea and tell the tale of hiking Fuji San.
I also discuss the difficulty I’m experiencing; how friends and those in my support group completely shifted my perspective from disheartened to sheer gratitude.
I discuss feeling, deep feels, the beauty and the pain and never closing our hearts, no matter how many times it hurts. What a f*****g gift to be alive with the gift of emotion.
Listen to more episodes of The Dare to Dream Podcast on Apple Podcasts and Spotify!
You can also find us on Instagram and YouTube!
For Vincent's writing from Japan, travel photography and more, check out: https://vincentvanpatten.com/
To take the first step in living a story worth telling, book a transformational conversation with Gregory: https://gregoryrussellbenedikt.com/
Join Vincent's Newsletter Citoyens du Monde
Join Gregory's Newsletter The Renaissance -
DTD #135: Difficult Goodbyes, Beautiful Beginnings & Our Favorite Books
Greg and I (Vinny), love to read. Fiction, non-fiction, fantasy, your grandma’s cookbook—nothing’s off limits. Not merely for entertainment, but because stories help us understand reality. They help us better know ourselves.
Integral to a meaningful story is conflict, revelation, courage, fear; love.
The purpose of our young lives, we’ve found so far, is to live a story worth telling. That is why we’re here. That is why we pump out this podcast and continue, because we hope to inspire you to live a purposeful, beautiful, heartbreaking and meaningful story in whatever way that aligns with who you are and what you hope to do in this world.
In this episode we discuss difficult goodbyes: the cleaving of a chapter, a moment, an experience, to begin something new. I’ve had to say goodbye to a best friend here in Japan and also my dad who came to visit.
It’s so hard to say goodbye; but when it hurts that badly, it means we’re living a meaningful story, one in which we’re sad will end. But the wonderful thing is that we can’t imagine what will come next; that is life: difficult goodbyes and beautiful beginnings, over and over and over.
We also share some of our favorite books, incredible stories of adventure and love in this universe and others.
Listen to more episodes of The Dare to Dream Podcast on Apple Podcasts and Spotify!
You can also find us on Instagram and YouTube!
For Vincent's writing from Japan, travel photography and more, check out: https://vincentvanpatten.com/
To take the first step in living a story worth telling, book a transformational conversation with Gregory: https://gregoryrussellbenedikt.com/
Join Vincent's Newsletter Citoyens du Monde
Join Gregory's Newsletter The Renaissance -
DTD #134: How To Become The Right Kind of YES Man or Woman
This short solo episode with Gregory will leave you feeling bold, inspired, and hopeful. It is all about saying YES to life, reality, and challenges that make your palms sweat.
Expect to learn:
The best way to accept a Karaoke solo
How Chat GPT defines Living a Story Worth Telling
Why there are no wrong decisions
How to say yes to reality
How to become the right type of Yes Man/Woman
Why the Universe rewards courage
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DTD #133: Life Happens In Waves—How To Stay Grateful Through It All
Life is one heck of a roller coaster. It’s the ups and downs that shift our perspective—the seasons, the waves—which contrast one another and help us understand what life can truly be.
We need the lows; it’s in those difficult seasons that we prove to ourselves who we can be; that we can make it through; better yet, that we can make it through in style without losing the love in our hearts.
What gets me through is gratitude.
If you’re listening to this, odds are you have much to be grateful for. But we’re all human, and we all suffer. It ain’t no joke being alive!
Still, gratitude and appreciation for what we do have are the antidote to suffering; if we’re all going through it, what if we could bring others up as well along the way?
Even when it’s tough, what if we could make this world shine a little brighter just by our willingness to try?
It’s a hell of a thing to strive for. But I think it’s the only thing truly worth it: how to be a good human being.
That’s what we’ll be remembered for in the end, not what we did, but who we were.
Life happens in waves, and there’s no way we can get through ‘em without one another.
I choose to cherish it all in love and gratitude, for this thing called being alive is nothing short of a gift.
Listen to more episodes of The Dare to Dream Podcast on Apple Podcasts and Spotify!
You can also find us on Instagram and YouTube!
For Vincent's writing from Japan, travel photography and more, check out: https://vincentvanpatten.com/
To take the first step in living a story worth telling, consider coaching with Gregory: https://gregoryrussellbenedikt.com/
Join Vincent's Newsletter Citoyens du Monde
Join Gregory's Newsletter The Renaissance
Customer Reviews
Inspiring and thought provoking discussions for the modern dreamer
I love this pod, the hosts are not only intelligent, eloquent and motivating but also very handsome. What more could you ask for? If your in need of a little motivation to chase your wildest dreams and expand your horizons this is the podcast for you.
Content our world needs
I am genuinely enjoying this podcast collaboration between Gregory & Vincent. I love the dynamic between these two — it’s fun to get a peek into their friendship & witness two men truly committed to walking their individual paths & bringing their dreams to life, while being huge supports for one another along the way.
The Dare to Dream podcast is authentic, real, & insightful. I appreciate how both of these men show up as their true selves week after week — it’s refreshing & offers you, as a listener, a beautiful permission slip to do the same in your own life.
I truly believe this is the type of content our world needs & that you will benefit in so many ways from listening along to Greg & Vincent’s life adventures, nuggets of wisdom, & insightful reflections!
Great Podcast by Awesome Guys
The dare to dream podcast is authentic, inspiring and original. Funny and real, listen in if you’re looking for inspiration and passion if living out your dreams. Keep up the great work guys!