"Everybody wants to eat, but Few Will Hunt."

Today on the podcast with Joey Bowen and Drew Beech, co-founders of the apparel brand and community Few Will Hunt.

Joey and Drew spent their daily commutes through the gritty streets of Philadelphia on the phone for a year straight.

On these calls, they discussed business and life — especially the trends of self-entitlement and shortcut-seeking they witnessed in society.

These trends made them feel alone in an ever-softening world. “Are we the only ones that still believe in the power of hard work?” Drew asked. Joey responded, “It’s like we say at my hunting cabin — everybody wants to eat, but few will hunt.”

This statement perfectly summed up their frustrations with society. It became their mantra.

Alec returns to the podcast! This time to share his journey and lessons from ultra running. We had this conversation just days before he would attempt the Stagecoach 100.

Alec is a business owner, entrepreneur, ultra-runner, mountaineer, and travel fanatic. He believes in the power and resilience of the human spirit and one who perpetually seeks to optimize life in all of its pillars.

Professionally, Alec is currently the Managing Partner of BDV Capital Group. This boutique capital advisory firm works with select investment groups, primarily focused on real estate private equity. In recent years, Alec has come from an entrepreneurial family and a real-estate-focused family business.

He is a former Division One athlete for the University of Oregon and now an ultra-marathoner and an avid mountaineer — currently climbing the highest point in all 50 states in America while simultaneously pushing his running endurance limits consistently further, recently completing his furthest race yet, the Ultra Race of Champions 100km (62 miles) through the Blue Ridge Mountains in Virginia.

Jessica Matat is an Egyptian-American freelance producer with a Bachelor's degree in film and television from Boston University. She also studied filmmaking and fashion photography at the New York Film Academy.

Today, my guest on the podcast is returning guest and longtime friend Jordan Criss. In this episode, we do this one remotely for the first time. All other conversations I've had with Jordan on the podcast have all been in person, but now I have adjusted to living in LA, just over three weeks at the time of this recording. We spend much of this time discussing what we do in our lives and how they've changed.

My guest on the podcast today is Nick Buegel. In this conversation, we try to unpack how Nick has adjusted during this pandemic. Like many of you, this has been a time of extreme change. And change that many of us don't want to happen or have to accept is happening. All of our routines have changed and shifted and adjusted. And in many ways, we must learn to lean into that change and take it for what it is.

Terry Rice is a Business Development Consultant based in Brooklyn. As the founder of Terry Rice Consulting, he helps entrepreneurs monetize their knowledge without sacrificing their health, family, or personal interests. His focus is advising professionals on launching or scaling their knowledge-based businesses, which can include consulting, speaking appearances, online courses, and associated revenue streams. Terry is also an Adjunct Instructor at NYU, leading workshops for career-driven individuals. A recognized Digital Marketing expert, his previous experience includes helping clients achieve their business goals while working at Adobe and Facebook.

It's Kevin's job to inspire businesses, organizations, individuals from CEOs, and school children to embrace their spirit of play creativity and maximize their human potential for more meaningful business and personal growth.

Here's a quote on his website where he sums up what he's all about.

“The master in the art of living makes little distinction between his work and his play.” James Michener.

I love this quote because it encapsulates who Kevin is. In this conversation, you'll hear the intensity Kevin brings to the conversation.

Chris Ruden is an elite Powerlifter, entrepreneur, model, and motivational speaker– despite his congenital birth defect leaving him with only two fingers on his left hand and a shorter left arm. Nineteen years into battling his physical situation, he was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. But for Chris, losing is not an option.

Erich shares his thoughts on the journey of Feeding Curiosity and what others can take away from it.

Joe Vezzani is the Chief Executive Officer of LunarCRUSH. Joe has a diverse background in working in Finance, Technology, Advertising, Sales, Marketing, and Start-Ups. A second-time Founder with both companies accepted and graduated from Techstars programs. Extensive start-up and business development network. Also technical with six years of product management background. Crypto since 2015.

Andy Vasily is a leading educator who has taught at International Baccalaureate schools in 5 different countries over the past 18 years. He completed his teaching training in education and psychology at the University of Windsor in Ontario, Canada.

In this episode, we are joined by Brian Kluska. Brian grew up in Blairstown, NJ, and received a B.A. in Mass Media and Communications from Mount Saint Mary College. Brian worked for ten years as Videographer and Video Editor for a few production companies. Projects spanned from corporate commercials, interviews and deposition, long and short-form comedy, and even a product highlight video for U.S. Senate Appropriation Committee.

Brian's personal and professional path has provided experience in various situations and experiences. Marrying his high school sweetheart of 13 years has brought even more opportunities in life. In addition, Brian is now a military spouse, getting a new chapter that has enabled further personal and professional growth.

Mike Hagensick is currently the assistant swim coach at the University of Northern Iowa and the founder and director of the Panther Academy for Water Safety. Mike has his Masters in Special Education. He has served as a consultant with the Auburn University Pediatric Movement and Physical Activity Lab and is the author of a recently published paper on adaptive tennis programming. His mission is to provide high-quality and socially equitable adaptive sports and activity programming for individuals with special needs.

"Your philosophy is the foundation to align your thoughts to who you are, not coupling them to what you do."

The purpose of doing deep work is to align your thoughts, words, and actions. Aligning those three components forms the bedrock of how you think. The story that you're telling yourself.

Nick Buegel and Erich have a conversation about training the mind. In this episode, we go deep into how to train mindfulness. Mindfulness can be interchanged with meditation, but we use the word mindfulness to make it a skill-based practice. We try our best to get very practical from our own lives on how we have used mindfulness. We want to make mindfulness accessible to as broad an audience as possible.

Nicole Davis, a former 2X Olympian and now a mindset coach, shares her insight into the psychological framework of being a high performer. We cover mindfulness, learning, and many more!