The Becoming Superhuman Podcast

In The Next 10 Years, Every Knowledge Worker On Earth Will Become One Of Two Things: Invaluable Or Obsolete. Which One Will You Be? No matter the industry, the pace of progress and new information is faster today than ever before in human history—and it’s accelerating exponentially. In this new reality, how can we possibly hope to keep up? How can we learn, unlearn, and relearn fast enough to stay relevant in the world to come? In The Only Skill That Matters, Jonathan Levi unveils a powerful, neuroscience-based approach to reading faster, remembering more, and learning more effectively. You’ll master the ancient techniques being used by world record holders and competitive memory athletes to unlock the incredible capacity of the human brain. You’ll learn to double or triple your reading speed, enhance your focus, and optimize your cognitive performance. Most importantly, you’ll be empowered to confidently approach any subject—from technical skills, to names and faces, to foreign languages, and even speeches—a

Greetings, SuperFriends! Today we are joined by Kate Northrup. Kate is an author, an entrepreneur, a mom, and much much more. She specializes in a couple of different areas that I am really passionate about, including money and why we should use it in intelligent and conscientious ways to actually make our lives and the lives of those we love better, and also including one of my most favorite topics, productivity. Kate recently published an all-new book in addition to her first best-selling book, Money, A Love Story. Her new book is about the cycles in which we can become more productive at specific things during specific periods in the month. I have to say that her method is tailored more towards women who have a cycle, but it is actually very interesting to anyone listening, not just because we all have women in our lives, but also because it turns out that even men have these kinds of cycles and can be more effective at different things at different times in the month. I really enjoyed the conversation, I

Greetings, SuperFriends! Today we are joined by David Hauser. David is a former tech entrepreneur, and you've probably heard of some of his companies, ranging from Grasshopper to Chargify - but this is not why we had him on the show today. David is on the show this week because he had a health breakdown, which completely changed the way he looked at health. In fact, he has a new book coming out very soon on how he has applied the methodology of A/B testing that he learned in the world of software companies to find the perfect health regimen for himself. Now he wants to teach the rest of the world how to do the same. I'll let you hear all about this by David directly. Enjoy! -Jonathan Levi  

Greetings, SuperFriends! Today we are joined by Kathleen Trotter. Kathleen is a fitness expert, media personality, personal trainer, writer, life coach, certified Pilates and ELDOA instructor, and overall health enthusiast. She has written two books on finding your fit and figuring out what works for you when it comes to fitness and nutrition. I wanted to have Kathleen on the show to talk about the ways that we can find motivation (for exercise or otherwise), how she is helping clients achieve their optimal fitness, as well as the ways that we can utilize to choose what is right for us out of the million things that are recommended on this podcast! It's a really enjoyable conversation, and I think you are going to love listening to it. -Jonathan Levi

Greetings, SuperFriends! I have to confess that today's episode will make some of you a little bit uncomfortable, but I want you to push through that. That is because the topic today is money, and the mindset around money - a topic I've been very interested in for many years now. Some of the important questions to ask are: What does money mean in your life? What relationship do you have with money? How do you use money, and how do you use it to actually make your life and those of the people you care about better? To help you answer all these questions, we are joined by Aggie Kowalski, who is a mindset coach who teaches the missing piece to money and wealth manifestations. With her therapy background, she has studied thousands of success patterns used to develop her unique method - permission to prosper™️ - which she uses to coach entrepreneurs, real estate agents, artists, actors, and other people in breaking their income ceilings to create a new money reality. You may have seen Aggie in popular media like F

Greetings, SuperFriends! Today we are joined by Scott H. Young. Scott is a writer who undertakes interesting self-education projects, such as attempting to learn MIT’s four-year computer science curriculum in twelve months and learning four languages in one year. His recent book, Ultralearning: Master Hard Skills, Outsmart the Competition and Accelerate Your Career is published by Harper Business August 6th, 2019, the exact same date that this episode came out. I wanted to have Scott on the show because for many years I've been following his work - I think that the way he approaches learning challenges is super interesting. We obviously share the same interests and passions - in fact, we are both publishing a book around the same time. I actually pushed my book's launch back for a month because Scott told me that he is publishing now, and we thought it's a better idea for both of us to have a fair margin of time between the two launches. Scott is one of the few people I respect so much that I'm willing to del

Greetings, SuperFriends! Today we are joined by an Olympian and half-marathon record holder, Ryan Hall. Ryan is the recently published author of Run the Mile You're In, a story about how he found his way from a self-proclaimed lousy runner to being a record holder and two-time Olympian. Since achieving so much in running, he has made the transition from a runner to a quite accomplished weight lifter. In the episode, we talked about Ryan's story, and we talked about the mindset and mentality that it takes to get to the level of performance that Ryan achieved. Moreover, we talked a little bit about his charity work, and we talked about his advice for getting your body into peak performance states. I really enjoyed this conversation, and I know you will too! - Jonathan Levi  

Greetings, SuperFriends! Today we are joined by Marco Tesi. Marco has 10 years of experience working with people and creating holistic treatment plans, which include unique breathing and movement techniques to retrain your body and mind to achieve better health. He has a Bachelor degree in Sports Science, and a Master in Sport and Human Health Development. Recently, I have become very interested in breathing - I know we all do it, but I wanted to find a way to do it better. I started doing the Wim Hof method after Wim Hof was on the show, but since then I've started trying to find other ways that we can improve our breathing, and thus our health. So, Marco came on the show to talk to us about the importance of breathing and, I know this sounds ridiculous, how to do it right - and it turns out we all have something new to learn. I know you guys are going to enjoy this episode with Marco Tesi, because I did as well! - Jonathan Levi

Greetings, SuperFriends! This week you are going to meet one of my oldest and dearest friends, Maya Yizhaky! Maya is a digital mindfulness and digital zen expert, who helps people understand better ways to get in control of their technology, better ways to create peace and order in their lives, and better ways to get through all the digital chaos. Maya spent 6 years working in a consulting firm, doing strategy and leadership advisory for multinational corporations, international development institutions, and technology start-ups. She then worked with the UN, and has since been very interested in and working with private clients, helping them declutter their lives and their souls. In this episode, we go really deeply into all different kinds of strategies that can help you get rid of all the clutter in your digital lives. We talk about why digital clutter exists, why it matters, what the negative effects are in your life, and then we start to talk about practical ways that you can utilize to free yourself from

Greetings, SuperFriends! Today we are joined by Melyna Harrison. Melyna is one of the most successful entrepreneurs that I know, a fellow genius Network member, and I refer to her as the queen of essential oils. She has been featured on the cover of Reinventing Healthcare, in Leadership magazine, as well as in the book The Power Of Essential Oils - plus in many other places. Over the last decade, Melyna has onboarded and taught over 260,000 people about the health benefits of essential oils. In the process she has built a family of 4 kids, as well as a multi-million dollar business, helping people use essential oils as natural alternatives to many different nutritional supplements, medication, and many things. I wanted to learn about this entire fascinating world, because I see that there is something here. More and more I hear about essential oils as alternatives, as treatments, as solutions for a lot of different things, whether that be anxiety or fever, and I wanted to learn more, as this is something I kn

Greetings, SuperFriends! Today we are joined by John Graham. John is the most recent US memory champion, having won in 2018, he is an international Grand Master of Memory, and he also is the international coach for the entire Vietnamese memory team. Amazing, right? As if those are not already enough, John has appeared on international TV shows in Russia, Indonesia, and the US - all showcasing his incredible trained memory. He has actually been able to memorize 181 names and faces in 15 minutes, a 282 digit number in 5 minutes, over 22 decks of cards in 1 hour, and many more things. You probably understand how crazy all that is! In this episode, we talked not just about memory techniques, because we've done a lot of episodes on them - instead, I wanted to go deeper with John and find out how he uses all this in his own life, how he makes it into a better quality of life, more success, more happiness, more joy, more connection to other people. I think we did a really good job covering that! Sometimes, you may t

Greetings, SuperFriends! Today we have a special treat, as we are actually joined by a neuroscientist researcher and memory competitor. In fact, this is someone whose work we have been quoting for many years, improving the scientific validity for everything that we do in SuperHuman Academy. In case you've been wondering, our guest today is Dr. Boris Konrad. In the episode, Dr. Konrad talked about the research and he shared with us some interesting and surprising things that even I didn't know about mnemonic techniques and the incredible benefits that they can offer for your brain health and your life. I really enjoyed this episode, and I'm sure you are going to as well! -Jonathan Levi

Greetings, SuperFriends! This was an amazing episode. You see, a few months ago I was introduced to the idea of the FIRE movement by one of my former professors at Insead, and I found it such an amazing movement and idea. Financially Independent, Retired Early is a movement of people that are obsessed with finding out smarter ways to live and invest, so that they don't have to worry about money - which means that they can do whatever they want with the rest of their lives, whether that is being with family, volunteering, or running a business. So, I talked to our past podcast guest Diana House, and I asked her about who do I want to talk to in the personal finance space that is a rockstar -  and that's how I was introduced to today's guest. His name is Michael Rosehart. Michael is a 26-year-old early retired, self-made millionaire, with a young family, who unlocked financial independence at the age of 24 through Real Estate investing and extreme frugality. In fact, he bought his first property at the age of 1

Greetings, SuperFriends! Today we are joined by Zvi Band, a long-term friend of mine and the co-founder & CEO of Contactually, the top CRM which empowers professionals in real estate, consulting, and other professional industries to build authentic relationships. Now, the reason I wanted to have Zvi on the show is because, as you know, I've identified that building connections and relationships is one of those top categories of becoming a SuperHuman. And Zvi has helped tens of thousands of people do this better. More recently, he has written a whole book about everything that his company learned on how relationships are built, nurtured, and what the results are when you go through the right steps. Throughout the episode, we talk about Zvi's paradigm for doing this, called The Capital Strategy, how it works, why it works, and how you can implement it in your life, whether you use software or otherwise for networking purposes. As always, it is a pleasure talking to Zvi, and I know you folks are going to enj

Greetings, SuperFriends! Today we are joined by Tucker Max. Tucker is the writer of four New York Times Best Sellers, 3 of which were #1 on the list, which have sold over 4.5 million copies worldwide. You have probably heard of some his books like I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell and Assholes Finish First. But today, Tucker is in a totally different sphere of the universe. He is the co-founder of Scribe, a company that helps people turn ideas into books. As you'll see, this is something that Tucker is really passionate about, as he's passionate about helping people who have knowledge empower and impact the lives of others. We talk all about that throughout the episode. We talk about his experience as one of Time magazine's 100 most influential people, and we also talk about why he is so invested in this message and why it's so important to him. Moreover, we went into Tucker's recent delving into MDMA therapy, and how that deeply impacted his life and changed the way he is as a human being. We talked about succe

Greetings, SuperFriends! Today we are joined by Liam Martin. Liam is the co-founder and CMO of TimeDoctor.com, Staff.com, and is the co-organizer of RunningRemote.com, which is the largest conference on building remote teams - in fact, he has worked with remote teams for over 10 years. He is dedicated to furthering outsourcing and is passionate about getting insights and empowering people all over the world to work remotely. Now, you might ask, what does this have to do with being SuperHuman? Well, every single week on the show we talk about different ways to become more productive - but, did you know that you can not only be more productive but also significantly happier if you work from home or remotely? I also wanted to explore this because, as you all know, our team is 100% remote or distributed, however you want to call it, and thus I wanted to explore this trend and how it is impacting lives and businesses. So this episode turned out into a fascinating conversation with Liam. You can tell that he and I

Greetings, SuperFriends! Today we are joined by Kristina Mand-Lakhiani. Kristina is a serial entrepreneur, international speaker, artist, mom of two, and much much more. In fact, you've probably heard of the business Kristina and her husband Vishen founded - it's called Mindvalley, and it is pretty much one of the largest education and transformation companies on the web. They run the popular A-Fest Event, MindValley U, and many more different business divisions. Mindvalley is currently a team of approximately 300 people, and they're based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Kristina helps her students to virtually hack happiness by taking them through her unique framework. From a small meditation business, operating out of the couple’s apartment in New York, her company quickly grew into a global educational powerhouse, partnering with some of the top thought leaders on the world. I have to say Mindvalley is one of the companies that, since I discovered it not too long ago, really is a model and an inspiration for an

Greetings, SuperFriends! Today we are joined by Caspar Craven. Caspar is a successful serial entrepreneur, who has 30 years experience in building teams and making things happen. He started at age 14 working in start-up businesses, struggling businesses, high growth businesses, as well as large corporates. He's even built a team on a trophy-winning around the world racing yacht! But this is not why we had him on the show today. In fact we had him on the show because Caspar, his wife, and their 3 kids had one of the most incredible life experiences and adventures of anyone I've ever heard of - that is, they sailed around the world for 2 straight years, living, working, and homeschooling their kids on a boat. Crazy, right? I wanted to talk to Caspar not only about entrepreneurship and teams, but also about lifestyle design, leading a family, and setting up your life, your finances, and your goals so that you can also have this incredible amount of freedom. But, we went even further than that! We talked about al

Greetings, SuperFriends! Today we are joined by Shlomo Freund. Shlomo is an entrepreneur who, over the past 15 years, has slowly built the life he really wanted for himself, by conducting careful finances and creating a location independent lifestyle, with a good work & life balance and passive income streams. You see, Shlomo started by building a successful company in China, and over time realized that what he wanted was a remote lifestyle. Today he helps people avoid the regular approach of making/saving money for its own sake and waiting until the end of life to be able to travel, see the world, and relax. He and his wife, as he told me on the episode, are currently in Sri Lanka with their 3-year-old, traveling and working, and just enjoying life. I know a lot of you are really interested in remote lifestyles, but think that you need to have all kinds of skills and money to be able to travel, work, and live this kind of lifestyle - the truth is, that is wrong. You can actually do this, you can actually

Greetings, SuperFriends! Today we are joined by Trina Felber. Trina is a return guest and the Creator and CEO of Primal Life Organics, which does all kinds of natural health care products. Trina is an expert and former nurse who has taken a path towards helping people promote health in natural ways. She believes that the antiseptic products we use in our mouths are doing a lot more harm than good - and as I learned, after talking with her and getting some of the experience of her 25 years as a registered nurse, a lot of your health, and potentially all of it, starts with your mouth. It is the entry point to your entire gut, and the way that you treat your mouth is going to influence the way that your brain, body, gut, muscles, and everything else functions. I had my mind blown, and, to be honest, I was thoroughly scared away by some of the things that she said - I'll probably have to throw out about 15 different products in my house. But, there is a lot of incredible value here that will teach you how to take