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A Five-Step Formula to Make Money and a Difference – Lisa Sasevich – #689

April 17, 2020 by Team Asprey

In this episode of Bulletproof Radio, we’re changing up the pace and pausing the coronavirus hustle and flow. I’m going to ask that you take a breath, look around your shelter-in-place environment and really see what matters most to you.

Ask yourself, “What if I could feel like I’m making a difference all the time and be paid for that?” My guest Lisa Sasevich believes that inside of every one of us is a feeling that just won’t go away—an internal knowing that we are “meant for more.”

She had that feeling and used it to propel herself into a life of abundance and contribution. She went from being fired from her dream job the night before Christmas Eve, to building a home-based business that generated over $40 million dollars in sales.

You may have some unexpected downtime right now, or be grappling with new family, work and financial realities during this coronavirus pandemic. Lisa’s going to present you with tools you can use and steps you can take right now to discover and own your unique value.

She’s also going to reframe your thoughts around profits and income.

“Profits means money to us in business, right?” she says. “The money left over after we pay our expenses. But I want to expand it. When I look at the money that my company makes, I see a bunch of humans that we helped. That’s what it looks like to me.”

“And the kind of income we’re talking about is the kind of income that uses your ability to help people with what you already know,” Lisa says. “So, there’s a profit in the feeling of fulfillment, the knowing that you’re making a difference.”

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A Five-Step Formula to Make Money and a Difference – Lisa Sasevich – #689

Links/Resources

Website: LisaSasevich.com.
Book: Meant for More: The Proven Formula to Turn Your Knowledge into Profits.
Facebook: facebook.com/LisaSasevich/
Twitter: twitter.com/lisasasevich
Instagram: instagram.com/lisasasevich/
YouTube: youtube.com/user/LIsaSasevich/
Podcast: Boost Your Sales & Lifestyle With Lisa Sasevich

Key Notes

The night before Christmas Eve, Lisa was fired. – 4:49
Maybe it’s time to evolve. – 6:12
Look around, let’s take some inventory. – 8:55
Turning your knowledge into profits. – 12:01
You are sitting on a gold mine. – 14:26
What’s the first part this formula? – 16:01
Why do people feel dirty around selling stuff? – 17:10
Discovering your unique value. – 25:01
Two problems when someone picks your brain. – 29:49
Organizing your knowledge. – 31:08
Do you know why Think and Grow Rich has been such an enduring amazing book. – 31:08
We teach you how to make an irresistible offer. – 42:29
You can go to Meantformoregift.com/Dave to gain access to a digital course that will help you to discover what your unique value is,- 43:48

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Part 2–Ripple Effects of the Covid-19 Pandemic That We’re Ignoring: DNA Impacts with Mansoor Mohammed, Ph.D. – #688

April 16, 2020 by Dave Asprey

This episode of Bulletproof Radio is part two of a special two-part series. (Catch part one here.) There was a lot to discuss about Covid-19 with Mansoor Mohammed, Ph.D., president and chief scientific officer of The DNA Company. He’s widely regarded as a pioneer in medical genomics.

In part two, we talk about specific genes that make you prone to exaggerated inflammatory viral responses and respiratory problems. The DNA Company actually knows this. In fact, Mansoor and I had a conversation about this long before Covid-19 existed.

We again get scienc-y about DNA and coronavirus, but we explain it all along the way in simple terms. We break down the science into manageble pieces that you can use today. Especially when it comes to inflammation, which is one of the pandemic ripple effects.

“Ultimately the real knockout punch is coming from something called cytokine storms, which is just a sexy word of seeing a deregulated hyped-up, armed-up inflammatory response,” Mansoor says.

Whether you have access to your genetic information or not, this episode offers something for everyone to make sure this inflammatory thing doesn’t hit you.

We look at stacking Selenium, Zinc, D3, Vitamin C and NAC, as well as balancing your methylation. However, this is just a start.

Buckle up to learn a lot more!

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Ripple Effects of the Covid-19 Pandemic That We’re Ignoring- DNA Impacts Part 2– Mansoor Mohammed, Ph.D. – #688

Links/Resources

Website: thednacompany.com
Facebook: facebook.com/thednacompany/
Twitter: twitter.com/drmansoorm
Instagram: instagram.com/thednaco/

Key Notes

The real knockout punch is coming from something called cytokine storms. – 1:03
Methylation is a cyclical process that requires one gene, then another, then another. – 4:05
What are the genes that people should watch out for? – 6:51
If you’re a AA SHMT1, you get Lyme neuroborreliosis, you don’t do very well. – 8:58
The difference between 5-methyltetrahydrofolate, and 5-formyltetrahydrofolate. – 10:41
What would you do to make sure that inflammatory doesn’t hit you? – 13:41
Are we prophylactic, are we showing symptoms or are we then dealing with that? – 15:45
I would ensure that I’m getting my vitamin D levels and that you’re balancing your methylation. – 17:00
The accumulation of the oxidants tends to prefer and send the virus into replication, which is the very thing you don’t want. – 19:04
I just have Copper and Zinc together because they kind of balance each other out. – 21:28
Selenium, Zinc, D3, vitamin C and NAC, that’s my stack. – 21:51
An inhaled puff of hydrogen peroxide, it has become part of my daily routine. – 23:25
Frank Shallenberger – one of the grandfathers of Ozone Therapy. – 24:19
On a regular basis Stephania root, Boswellia/frankincense as another name for it, I don’t get the chronic inflammation. – 29:55
There is the difference between prophylactic and acute symptomology. – 33:46
If we tried to do this, i.e., not just flatten the curve but reduce the area under the curve. – 36:24
Is there a silver lining here? – 42:35
You have brained rushed a population into thinking, if it’s not stumped as a pharmaceutic, it has no benefit for me. – 45:06

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Part 1–Ripple Effects of the Covid-19 Pandemic That We’re Ignoring: DNA Impacts with Mansoor Mohammed, Ph.D. – #687

April 14, 2020 by Dave Asprey

This episode of Bulletproof Radio is part one of a special two-part series. There was a lot to discuss about Covid-19 with Mansoor Mohammed, Ph.D., president and chief scientific officer of The DNA Company.

Today’s guest is widely regarded as a pioneer in medical genomics and has been the recipient of multiple academic and industry awards. He’s the holder of several patents in the general fields of molecular diagnostics and genomics research. Now you might think that we’re going to get into something scienc-y about DNA and coronavirus—and we are, but there’s so much more to consider.

For example, how DNA impacts your ability to fight Covid-19 and the vast ripple effect this pandemic is having across the world. There’s also an emotional effect, secondary to the pandemic, that very few people are talking about in any meaningful way.

Hardcore stress, anxiety, social isolation, employment and education disruption, and safety and security concerns are moving in waves across the world. Cortisol levels are up, inflammation is triggered, circadian rhythms are off, eating habits are upset—all making for a swirling storm of physical and mental health concerns beyond having the actual virus. For all of us.

And while it seems the Covid-19 illness doesn’t seem to be affecting youth as much as adults, we may be “leaving the youth out of the equation,” says Mansoor. “But those youth are equally likely to be affected by the emotional discord of seeing mom and dad scared, mom and dad fighting, parents worried, and they may not have the barometers by which to filter all of the stress that’s societally going on.”

Turns out there’s a genetic link to how we process trauma. A percentage of our youth have a “profound genomic makeup that significantly predisposes them to a much more anxiety based, much more war-based response to what’s going on,” Mansoor says. Adults are not immune, either. I had Mansoor check my own DNA; listen on to what he found.

“We’re performing a societal experiment right now,” Mansoor continues. “And we need to be aware of this and we need to be aware of the multitude of effects this is going to have—not just acute viral infection and acute hospitalization. There are broader effects here that we need to speak of.”

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Ripple Effects of the Covid-19 Pandemic That We’re Ignoring- DNA Impacts Part 1 – Mansoor Mohammed, Ph.D. – #687

Links/Resources

Website: thednacompany.com
Facebook: facebook.com/thednacompany/
Twitter: twitter.com/drmansoorm
Instagram: instagram.com/thednaco/

Key Notes

Alcohol is a very cheap form or not so cheap form of sugar. – 5:33
In the last two weeks, 10 million new people have applied for unemployment. – 7:38
Studies of the Rwandan genocide, something remarkable happened here. – 10:05
Now take that person with the slow COMT, slow MAO coupled with this sensitive ADRB2B. – 11:45
Look, it’s all hackable. That’s my point here. – 14:29
What could you do to hack that response so that maybe noradrenaline is less of an issue for you. – 19:14
When you go into the supermarket, what were the shelves? And what are the shelves that are empty? – 21:06
The two major comorbidities associated with this virus, hypertension and type two diabetes. – 22:20
We’re putting 5% of our children, our teenagers in that age bracket through a social experiment right now. – 24:42
One was the pharmaceutical, one was a supplement? Give me like the top three things other than vitamin D. – 27:12
You take too much magnesium threonate just before bedtime, you’re telling your body surge BDNF, surged BDNF is not a good proposition for a healthy night’s sleep. – 35:45
Learn and do the best that you can with what you have. – 38:42
There are two Ace genes very closely related to each other. – 42:12
The tongue is one of the highest expresses of Ace II by far. – 45:55

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Overcoming Massive Adversity with Little Mind Hacks – Amy Purdy – #686

April 9, 2020 by Dave Asprey

Don’t miss this special—and slightly longer—episode of Bulletproof Radio. My guest has defied incredible odds throughout her life to accomplish some extraordinary things.

Amy Purdy follows a road of her own making—as a motivational speaker, a New York Times best-selling author, a model, dancer and actress—and also the most decorated American Paralympic snowboarder in history.

She toured the United States with Oprah Winfrey, speaking to stadiums of people about her life: losing both legs at 19. By sharing her incredible story, she taught others about resilience and inspired them to follow their dreams.

Her life took another turn in 2019—this time a severe health setback. We’re going to talk about what happened and how she hacked her body and mind through her recovery.

When it comes to excruciating pain, adversity, and continually moving forward, Amy has worked through it all with strength and grace.

Perseverance: “Even when I survived, I think, it made me have to really dig deep and figure out, okay, there’s certain things I can change, there’s certain things I can’t, so I decided to really focus on the things that I could change, I decided to focus on what I could do.”
Hope: “I still wanted to live a great life. I was still me, I very much so still felt like me. I’m the same person, the same drive, the same aspirations. I wanted to travel, I wanted to snowboard all over the world. I still wanted to do all of that. I just now had to figure out how, and I had to get creative to find a way.”
Positivity: “It didn’t feel good to have people feel sorry for me. And so I knew that I didn’t want to feel sorry for myself. I thought ‘that’s a bad spot to be in.’ ”
Mindset: “One major thing that I did was I got really good at compartmentalizing because I was dealing with losing my legs, losing my kidney function and needing a kidney transplant and then losing part of my hearing as well, all at the same time.”
Focus: “When I think of all my accomplishments, the things that I’ve done in my life, I get very hyper-focused. I kind of shut everything else away and just focus on what needs to be taken care of.”
Healing: “I started this whole new journey that I’m on of fighting to get back. … I realize the doctors have done what they can. Now it’s up to my body to do the rest and how can I support my body to not just heal but literally do more than that, right? Like grow new connections, create new pathways.”

Don’t miss my hacking recommendation list for Amy in the episode show notes below or my IG Live with Amy; it’s up now on the Bulletproof Radio YouTube channel.

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Overcoming Massive Adversity with Little Mind Hacks – Amy Purdy – #686

Links/Resources

Website: amypurdy.com
Facebook: facebook.com/AmyPurdyGurl/
Twitter: twitter.com/amypurdygurl
Instagram: instagram.com/amypurdygurl/
YouTube: youtube.com/channel/UC_wUZRGOm-KcvklIdxus6ng/featured
Book: On My Own Two Feet: From Losing My Legs to Learning the Dance of Life
Blog: http://amy-purdy.blogspot.com
Adaptive Action Sports: http://adacs.org

Key Notes

Amy’s story – 5:56
Compartmentalize – Mind hacking – 13:40
I’m going to, first of all, never feel sorry for myself – 18:38
Focus on being grateful for what I had – 30:00
Being a massage therapist. It was like meditation for me – 32:48
Blood clot in Amy’s leg threatens her life – 43:55
Nothing. Nothing worked. I was on every painkiller. – 55:09
Started doing the hyperbaric oxygen chamber. After a month of doing that, I realized I had no anxiety. 01:01:22
Dave’s List for Amy 01:05:15
- Shockwave therapy
- Beamer
- VIP(Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide) Nasal Spray
- Intermittent hypoxic therapy
- Light therapy with amber lights
- Ozone bagging
- BPC 157
- Peptides, exosomes
- Multi wave form electrical stimulation
- Nicotine – oral nicotine, not smoking, not vaping

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Parenting Through the New Norm: Tips for Connecting with Your Kids During Stressful Times – Dr. Stewart Friedman – #685

April 8, 2020 by Dave Asprey

In this episode of Bulletproof Radio, my guest is a leading voice for change in social and corporate policy to bring greater harmony between work and the rest of life—especially for parents.

Stewart Friedman currently is an organizational psychologist and professor of management practice at the Wharton School. He’s an award-winning professor and bestselling author who founded Wharton’s Leadership Program and its Work/Life Integration Project nearly 30 years ago.

Flexibility is a big part of that integration, and the timing couldn’t be better. The realities of working at home—with kids—is settling in for many families

A simple acknowledgement of “I’m a human being beyond the work exchange that we’re doing right now, and so are you, so let’s deal with that,” is necessary, Stew says. “We’re being forced to do that now and I think that that’s helping everybody. It does require, as I say, some adjustment and flexibility, but I think if you negotiate it just a bit up front it makes everything a lot easier.”

In his new book, “Parents Who Lead: The Leadership Approach You Need to Parent with Purpose, Fuel Your Career, and Create a Richer Life,” parents learn how to apply leadership principles to their parenting style and drive values in ways that benefits the whole family.

In our discussion, Stew gives great tips on how parents can uplevel their parenting game, especially during this time when coronavirus is forcing so many of you to make changes to your home and family life.

“Parents who lead are those who have a sense of what matters to them and they’re figuring out, just as we all are, each day a new way to take a step in a direction that’s closer and closer to that world that they see as a better tomorrow for them and the people that they care about,” Stew says.

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Parenting Through the New Norm- Tips for Connecting with Your Kids During Stressful Times – Dr. Stewart Friedman – #685

Links/Resources

Website: totalleadership.org
Facebook: facebook.com/Total-Leadership-50869121075/
Twitter: twitter.com/StewFriedman
Linkedin: linkedin.com/in/stewfriedman/
YouTube: youtube.com/user/totalleadershiptv/
About Stewart: mgmt.wharton.upenn.edu/profile/fried44/
Book: Parents Who Lead: The Leadership Approach You Need to Parent with Purpose, Fuel Your Career, and Create a Richer Life

Key Notes

Be flexible, to give yourself a break, communicate, maybe over-communicate with people, including your kids – 4:44
The four-way view. – 8:36
What do you mean when you say parents who lead? – 19:50
More research now on shared leadership models and teams. – 22:27
Be values conscious or values driven as a leader in your family. – 26:05
Compassion starts with yourself. – 28:55
Help your kids understand the choices that you’re making, and the values that underlie them. – 33:07
What can we do to teach our kids to be better leaders. – 35:12
Honest appraisal of this sucks but we’ll get through this together is what we need from all leaders right now. – 38:46
Stew’s experience at Ford. – 39:48
I think that’s the key. It’s not so much the quantity of time, it really is about the quality. – 44:04

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How Virus Resistance Can Help You Live to 100 – Jamie Metzl – #684

April 7, 2020 by Dave Asprey

In this episode of Bulletproof Radio, my guest is Jamie Metzl, a leading futurist, geopolitical expert, science fiction novelist, media commentator and a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council. He served in the White House, State Department, and United Nations.

In 2019, he was appointed to the World Health Organization’s (WHO) expert advisory committee on developing global standards for the governance and oversight of human genome editing. Jamie’s work with the WHO and his background in international relations gives him a unique perspective on the coronavirus.

It another great connection, his newest book “Hacking Darwin: Genetic Engineering and the Future of Humanity” leads us right into a discussion about genetic engineering to help fight viruses. “We like to imagine ourselves in harmony with nature, but we’re at war with nature,” Jamie says. There are reasons to both fear and be excited about the possiblities of genetic engineering.

Jamie also provides advisory services to governments, businesses, and institutions about the best ways to understand, predict, and prepare for revolutionary and converging technological, social, and geopolitical change. The coronavirus pandemic set in motion an evolving series of crises around the world—from governance to health to economic and, finally, to political.

“We have a huge fight ahead of us,” Jamie says. “The world on the other side is going to be very different from what it is going in, but now’s the time we need to be thinking about what we want that world to look like, and making sure that it’s a world that reflects our best values.”

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How Virus Resistance Can Help You Live to 100 – Jamie Metzl – #684

Links/Resources

Website: jamiemetzl.com
Facebook: facebook.com/jamiemetzlauthor/
Twitter: twitter.com/JamieMetzl
Instagram: instagram.com/jamiefmetzl
YouTube: youtube.com/user/jamiemetzl
Book: Hacking Darwin: Genetic Engineering and the Future of Humanity

Key Notes

When people think about genetic engineering – 2:15
How do we best use technologies to help us and not hurt us – 4:02
That’s what evolution is all about. You have mutations. – 6:45
We’re the country that invented the entire concept of public health – 8:0
CRISPR technology is moving at warp speed – 11:38
Science brings us to the conversation. The conversation is about ethic. – 13:5
We like to imagine ourselves in harmony with nature, but we’re at war with nature. – 18:22
We could have had a leadership that took this threat seriously. – 22:10
FDR talked about the four freedoms – 26:00
If every company was behaving ethically, we wouldn’t need any regulators. – 32:10
How are we going to organize to do what needs to be done? – 36:53
These tools can help us but they can also hurt us. That’s why we have to have conversations.- 40:00

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