Episodes

Emile Steenveld is an emotional intelligence coach, transformational speaker, and the founder of "Elevate." He has been coaching for close to a decade on how to break down inherent beliefs and old habits that sabotage growth and profitable results. He shares with us about how to throw a live event in another country, how crucial it is to overcome your own limiting beliefs, and why he chose his "unconventional" career path. Episode Highlights: Emile's background and journey into his current car...

In this episode of Freestyle Friday, your host Travis Chappell shares insights and life lessons he learned from his recent trip to Europe. Key Points: Controlling your emotions is a must, don't let them control you. Don't allow yourself to be caught in a cycle of negative confirmation bias. Give yourself 5 minutes to be upset about something and then move on. Tweetable Quotes: "If your emotions and your mental state can be controlled by the situations around you, then you will always be at the...

Calvin Wayman, author of Fish Out of Water, Annette Raynor, co-founder of Wealth Engineering LLC, and Edwin Arroyave, CEO of Skyline Security Management Incorporated, share with your host, Travis Chappell, their thoughts on "connecting with legends." Episode Highlights: Calvin Wayman Masterminds have been the fastest shortcut to his success in business and networking. Annette Raynor Annette started her career in 1983 with Xerox Corporation in emerging technologies. As a female in the technolo...

Ronsley Vaz is a fellow podcaster who runs the podcast conference "We Are Podcast" and one of the largest audio marketing agencies in the world. He helps clients produce high-quality, marketing-focused audio content. We discuss the psychology of entrepreneurship, and mental health for entrepreneurs, and a variety of topics around podcasting. Episode Highlights: What Ronsley has been up to, and current projects. Using what you are passionate about to create content The importance of mental heal...

In this episode of Freestyle Friday, your host Travis Chappell shares why you shouldn't wait until 2020 to make important changes. Episode Highlights: Learn the importance of implementing necessary changes immediately. Discover why you should get used to doing RIGHT NOW. Key Point: Build a better reputation with yourself by seeing through your commitments. Tweetable Quotes: “If it's worth getting done in 2020, it's worth getting done now." "Don't wait for some magical distant date in the futu...

Tameka Montgomery, from the Raising Entrepreneurs Podcast, Mark Brazil, from Ikonick, and Jon Gordon, author of “The Power of a Positive Team," share with your host, Travis Chappell, their thoughts on "connecting with legends." Episode Highlights: Tameka Montgomery Takema has connected with Barack Obama and Michelle Obama. The Presidential Management Fellow program with the US Department of Justice recruits people out of grad school and law school to fasttrack in the upper levels of government...

James Clear is the world-renowned author and speaker who focuses on habits, decision making, and continuous improvement. He's the author of the New York Times Best-Seller "Atomic Habits." He's been featured in numerous publications and his website receives millions of visitors each month. We discuss if entrepreneurs should or shouldn't suck at school, how to truly change your identity, and how long it actually takes to get a book deal. Episode Highlights: James' background and journey through ...

In this episode of Freestyle Friday, your host Travis Chappell shares how you can skip levels in life. Episode Highlights: Learn the #1 way to skip levels in life. Travis shares how you can begin the process of learning how to launch, grow, and monetize your podcast. Discover the importance of connecting with higher level people. Key Points: Connect with people who are operating on a different level than you. You don't have to play small. Tweetable Quotes: “You'll always fall to the level of ...

Jeff Brown, award-nominated podcaster, consultant and speaker; Jordan Harbinger, Wall Street Lawyer turned talk show host, social dynamics expert, and entrepreneur; and Brandon Turner, active real estate investor and co-host of the Bigger Pockets Podcast share with your host, Travis Chappell, how to run a successful podcast. Episode Highlights: Jeff Brown Why Jeff believes in developing relationships for their own sake The value of being a proponent of other people’s work and being intentional,...

Max Lugavere is a filmmaker, health & science journalist, and NY Times bestselling author of Genius Foods. He appears regularly on TV shows like Dr. Oz, Rachael Ray, and the Today Show. In this episode of Build Your Network, you will find out how Max started from nothing and became a bestselling author, and how he ended up in the health and wellness space. Episode Highlights: Max was born and raised in Manhattan, and was fortunate enough to be exposed to quite a few different things so he was a...

In this episode of Freestyle Friday, your host Travis Chappell shares his tips for how to become an influencer. Episode Highlights: Freestyle Friday episodes will be available as videos in the future! If you have to call yourself an influencer, you probably aren’t one. The only way to gain influence with people is to add value. Earning authority is part of it, but it’s not the only thing. Your influence will only rise as far as the value you give back. Use personal development to make yourself ...

Mark Asquith, founder of Rebel Base Media; Amy Porterfield, online marketing expert and online course creator; and Rylee Meek, CEO of The Social Dynamic Selling System, motivational speaker, and mentor, share with your host, Travis Chappell, their thoughts on when it’s time to quit your job to pursue your passion full-time. Episode Highlights: Mark Asquith Mark left the corporate world after spending some time working for his dad who was a self-employed electrician, and that taught him freedom ...

Craig Ballantyne is the author of the Perfect Day Formula and the new book Unstoppable. He is the founder of multiple 7-figure businesses in fitness and coaching. In this episode of Build Your Network, you will find out how Craig shifted from the fitness space to personal development and how to find your perfect mentor. Episode Highlights: Craig began as a strength coach for hockey in Canada, where he grew up. He knew that to accomplish this goal, he had to get a strength and conditioning certi...

Chris Harder, founder of For The Love of Money; Dave Ruel, effic.co; and Nicholas Bayerle, The Billion Dollar Body, share with your host, Travis Chappell, their thoughts on . Episode Highlights: Chris Harder He believes 20 people is the perfect mastermind size because it allows for diversity of opinion but also the closeness and commitment of family. Both Chris and Travis have started their own masterminds because of how much they believe in them. Dave Ruel What you know and who you know are bo...

Darrah Brustein founded two businesses serving over 30,000 people, and a payment processing company that spans 38 states. She is a prolific writer about thought leadership, read by over 1 million people across Forbes, Entrepreneur, and other publications. In this episode of Build Your Network, you will find out what Darrah learned about business from her first job, how she grew her primary business, and how to amplify your message using meetup groups. Episode Highlights: Darrah is a twin but we...

In this episode of Freestyle Friday, your host Travis Chappell shares the three big ways that launching a podcast has changed his life for the better. Episode Highlights: Podcasting kept Travis accountable to personal development. He had barely read anything and hated reading for his entire life before starting to listen to podcasts. Podcasting has grown his network like nothing else because it gives him a reason to connect with anyone he wants. His episode release schedule also holds him accou...

Tom Ward, a Forbes contributor with his own YouTube channel; Gareb Shamus, the organizer of ACE Comic Con; and George Sheppard, the lead singer of the band Sheppard, share with your host, Travis Chappell, their thoughts on how to connect with celebrities. Episode Highlights: Tom Ward He’s fascinated by influencer marketing, and though he doesn’t do it himself, it’s what he primarily writes about. He still has a regular job in sales, which often surprises people. If you want to change careers or...

Ryan Michler is a military veteran and the founder of Order of Man, one of the largest men-focused podcast brands. In this episode of Build Your Network, you will find out how Ryan started a hit podcast, the importance of cultivating your skills, and how to motivate your children to do the same. Episode Highlights: Ryan was in a pre-engineering program and joined the military when he was 17. He studied for financial advising exams while he was in Iraq and worked as a financial and investing adv...

In this episode of Freestyle Friday, your host Travis Chappell shares three tools he believes that every entrepreneur needs. Episode Highlights: These tools are obviously useful for people who aren’t entrepreneurs too, but are necessities for people as busy as entrepreneurs. A wall charger that doubles as a backup battery pack by Anker saves you from having to carry a phone charger and a battery and a charger for the battery. A meditation app called Calm with noise-cancelling headphones has bee...

Ben Hardy, one of Medium’s top bloggers; Josh Elledge, a PR expert and founder of Up My Influence; and Patrick Bet-David, a YouTuber with over 1 million subscribers, share with your host, Travis Chappell, their thoughts on how to grow your audience and develop authentic connections with them. Episode Highlights: Ben Hardy The “sunk cost bias” says that once you invest money in something you stop seeing it as something you want to do and see it as something you are actively doing, which increase...

Shaan Patel is the founder of Prep Expert, an SAT prep company, which he began with Mark Cuban on Shark Tank. He attended USC on a full academic scholarship, continued on to get his MD, got an MBA from Yale, and is currently a dermatology resident, and did all this while founding and growing his business Prep Expert and publishing books. Episode Highlights: Shaan was raised in the motel his parents owned and ran in Las Vegas, surrounded by entrepreneurship. Shaan’s parents took education seriou...

In this episode of Freestyle Friday, with your host Travis Chappell talks about what led him to his decision to spend $100,000 on one thing. Episode Highlights: Travis recently spent $100,000 on one thing, but it wasn’t on “stuff.” He spent the money on entrance into a Mastermind. He has spent about $170,000 on self-improvement for his business over the last couple of years. Travis asked himself what the alternative would have been had he not joined this Mastermind, and he couldn’t come up with...

Jeff Brown, a podcaster and broadcasting professional; Rob Sperry, a network marketing educator; and Francesca Moi, the “queen of meetups” share with your host, Travis Chappell, their thoughts on unique ways to expand your network. Episode Highlights: Jeff Brown Launching his podcast was the smartest decision he ever made because it was while he was laid off from his last radio broadcasting job. Podcasting gave him global reach in a way radio broadcasting did not. He entered the podcasting spa...

Aaron Hale is a chef and 14-year military veteran who became blind after surviving an explosion in Afghanistan and became deaf a few years later. He founded a chocolate business, E.O.D., with his wife McKayla Hale. In this episode of Build Your Network, you will find out how Aaron overcame the odds and created a successful business and expanded his network beyond just selling baked goods to family and friends. Episode Highlights: Aaron grew up in a fairly artistic family, and his form of artist...