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How can grip strength predict if you will get a chronic disease? And why is sleeping with a shut door ruining your sleep? Dr Andy Galpin, PhD, is Professor of Kinesiology (the study of movement) at California State University, Fullerton. He is the Co-Director of the Center for Sport Performance and Founder/Director of the Biochemistry and Molecular Exercise Physiology Laboratory. Dr Andy is an Elite Performer Coach & Consultant for NBA All-Stars, World Title athletes, and Olympic medalists. He is also the host of the ‘Perform with Dr. Andy Galpin’ podcast. In this conversation Dr. Andy and Steven discuss topics such as, how grip strength can predict chronic diseases, why you should never exercise at night, the foolproof way to lose weight, and why you need to know your VO2 levels. (00:00) Intro (02:11) Enhancing People's Physical & Cognitive Performance (04:16) Why You Care About Human Performance? (10:39) What's Your Academic Background (11:38) What's the Range of People That Come to You & What Do They Want Fixing? (14:23) What Stops Us from Reaching Our Optimal Performance? (20:53) How Vitamin Deficiencies Affect Our Body (24:37) Why We Don't Get Accurate Results from Blood Tests (28:22) You Need to Understand Why Your Body Markers Are Down (32:25) Why People Struggle to Sleep (37:23) How to Improve Your Sleep (42:59) Is 8h the Optimal Sleep Time? (48:34) The Misconceptions of Sleep Debt (50:51) The Power of Doing Tasks at Your Usual Circadian Times (55:24) Environmental Factors That Affect Our Sleep (01:04:17) Create the Optimal Environment for Restorative Sleep (01:06:56) Sleep Debt (01:10:12) How to Stop Travels Disrupting Your Sleep (01:12:28) How Important Is Your Heart Rate Variability (HRV)? (01:13:55) The Impact of Keto Diet and Carbs on Your HRV? (01:16:38) The Effects of Introducing Carbs Back into Your Diet (01:18:42) How to Have a Healthy HRV? (01:23:37) Good Morning Routines for Improved HRV (01:28:14) Does Red Light Have an Effect on Our Bodies? (01:30:36) The Importance of Choosing the Right Training (01:31:30) Gain Muscle Mass and Stay Lean (01:35:19) When to Eat When Exercising (01:37:18) Best Training for Best & Lasting Performance (01:39:22) The Death Dangers of Falling at 60+ Years Old (01:42:31) What Is VO2 Max? (01:45:03) What VO2 Max Says About Your Health (01:49:33) People Don't Believe Their Health Problems Can Be Fixed (01:52:24) The Exercise and Steps to Improve VO2 Max (01:54:43) To Build Muscle You Need to Add Variations to Your Exercise Routine (01:59:03) Creatine Benefits for Your Body (02:04:09) Fat Loss (02:11:30) Depriving Yourself from Food Isn't Beneficial in Weight Loss (02:12:34) Why Should You Do Strength Before Endurance? (02:12:58) How Technology Will Shape Our Health (02:18:40) The Impact of Minimizing Stressors in Our Lives (02:24:43) Last Guest Question Follow Dr Andy Twitter - https://bit.ly/3IasClR Instagram - https://bit.ly/3wuEigJ Watch the episodes on Youtube - https://g2ul0.app.link/3kxINCANKsb Follow me: https://beacons.ai/diaryofaceo Sponsors: WHOOP: https://join.whoop.com/en-uk/CEO Uber: https://p.uber.com/creditsterms ZOE: http://joinzoe.com with an exclusive code  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this moment, relationship expert and behavioural scientist, Logan Ury discusses what she thinks is the most important part out of all of relationship science: attachment styles. Logan says these styles help you to understand yourself, your previous dating patterns, and who you are attracted to. Our attachment style also explains we are triggered to push people away, as our brains create negative thoughts and look for flaws in a person as an unconscious way of protecting us from getting hurt. However, Logan says that it is possible for 25% of us to change our attachment style. She says this can be done in 2 parts: firstly by understanding your style of attachment, and secondly, by understanding your unconscious triggers you can override them in order to get out of your own way in finding love. Listen to the full episode here Apple - https://g2ul0.app.link/sXZ3OZpToHb Spotify - https://g2ul0.app.link/nAu4hnmToHb Watch the Episodes On Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/c/%20TheDiaryOfACEO/videos Logan: https://www.loganury.com https://www.instagram.com/loganury/?hl=en Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

There has never been a better time to be an entrepreneur, but what is the first step? Daniel Priestley is an award-winning serial entrepreneur who has built and sold several successful businesses and written 5 books on starting and scaling businesses. He is the founder of Dent Global, an accelerator and venture studio, and the cofounder of ScoreApp, an AI powered marketing software. In this conversation Daniel and Steven discuss topics such as, the entrepreneurs journey, struggling with mindset shifts when scaling a company, why passion is crucial for success in business, and how AI is changing the business landscape. (00:00) Intro (02:15) The Most Exciting Time Of History For Businesses (04:22) Growing Small Businesses & Making Them Millions (05:39) Can Anyone Be An Entrepreneur? (06:20) How To Know If It's A Good Business Idea (11:09) How Important Is Passion In Being A Successful Entrepreneur (14:18) Don't Pursue Entrepreneurship For This Reason! (22:42) How To Be A Visionary (28:05) How To Be Great At Pitching Business Ideas (35:46) The Magic Of 'With Or Without You' Energy (41:17) The Steps To Know If It'll Be A Good Business (49:43) Fear Of Failure (52:34) Life Force Energy & Bringing Stories To Life (57:59) The Importance Of Changing Environments Regularly (01:02:59) Starting A Business/Personal Brand (01:07:11) Soloentreneurship Doesn't Work (01:09:55) How To Make Money (01:16:01) Your Team Is Essential In Your Business (01:18:41) How Do You Invest Your Money (01:20:18) How To Build A Business From Scratch (01:24:46) Should You Work For A Big Company Or A Start Up (01:27:19) The Humility Of Accepting Others Are Better Than You (01:30:01) What's A Management Buyout? (01:36:33) How To Structure And How To Sale A Deal (01:39:42) AI Will Revolutionize How Businesses Work! (01:46:25) Work-Life Balance (01:49:54) Last Guest Question You can check out some of Daniel’s businesses below: KPI Scorecard: https://bit.ly/49mYu2w Scoreapp: https://bit.ly/3OQ0lVg You can order Daniel’s most recent book, ‘Scorecard Marketing’, here: https://bit.ly/48tZksS Follow Daniel Twitter - https://bit.ly/49qhSMa Instagram - https://bit.ly/49EioWr Watch the episodes on Youtube - https://g2ul0.app.link/3kxINCANKsb Flight Fund: https://flight-fund-manager.seedrs.com Follow me: https://beacons.ai/diaryofaceo Sponsors: Shopify: http://shopify.com/bartlett Vodafone V-Hub: https://www.vodafone.co.uk/business/sme-business ZOE: http://joinzoe.com with an exclusive code CEO2024 for 10% off Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Everyone has the desire to be desired, finally, in this episode, the mystery of desire is stripped back. Dr Karen Gurney is a Clinical Psychologist, Psychosexologist and Couples Therapist, she has been helping couples tackle sex problems for over 20 years. She is the author of the bestselling book, ‘Mind The Gap: The truth about desire and how to future proof your sex life’. In this conversation Karen and Steven discuss topics, such as the reasons for a dead sex life, why women prefer non-penetrative sex, how technology is killing your sex life, and why you should invest in your sexual currency. Topics: 0:00 Intro 02:07 What Do You Do and Why Do You Do It? 03:56 Our Attention Is Being Hijacked Which Is Affecting Our Sex Lives 09:57 Why Does Sex Get Harder the More We Think About It 11:50 Why Expectations and Pressure Make Sex Worse 15:56 Our Society Has Created a "Sexual Script" That's Wrong 17:10 How to Talk About Sex with Your Partner 23:09 How to Tell Your Partner You're Not Attracted to Them Anymore 25:56 How to Not Let Kids Ruin Your Sex Life 27:25 The Demographic That Comes to You More Than Any Other 28:16 Why Desire Goes in a Relationship 34:13 How to Trigger Desire in Your Relationship 38:34 The "Initiation" Problem 40:21 Should We Schedule Sex? 43:05 What Should We Be Doing to Keep Desire High in Our Relationships 45:55 How to Talk About Your Fetish with Your Partner 50:54 What Women Really Want During Sex 52:45 Does It Matter Who Initiates Sex? 56:04 If Our Idea of What We Want From Sex Isn't Happening What Should We Do? 58:31 If Men Can't Get It Up, What Should We Do? 01:00:56 If Men Can't Get It Up, What Should We Do? 01:01:15 Should We Have Sex Before or After We Eat? 01:02:22 The Optimal Amount of Times to Have Sex 01:04:16 Sexual Dissatisfaction Between Men and Women 01:07:54 How to Deal with a Sex Life as a Parent 01:11:54 What You Can Do as a Parent to Ensure Your Sex Life Doesn't Go Off Track 01:13:26 The Relationship Between Poor Sleep and Sex 01:16:39 At What Point Should People Reach Out to You? 01:17:21 Have You Ever Seen Relationships That Are Unrecoverable? 01:18:45 The Top 3 Most Common Sexual Problems 01:20:46 The Impact of Pets on Our Sex Lives 01:22:43 Are You Hopeful for the Future of Sex? 01:24:04 How Menopause Affects Our Sex Lives 01:25:21 Our Bodies Changing Over Time and How That Impacts Our Sex Lives 01:26:27 Are We Meant to Be Monogamous? 01:31:51 The Last Guest’s Question You can pre-order Karen’s book, ‘How Not to Let Having Kids Ruin Your Sex Life’, here: https://amzn.to/49VnduP Follow Karen Twitter - https://bit.ly/4bEnROQ Instagram - https://bit.ly/49i1AEP Watch the episodes on Youtube - https://g2ul0.app.link/3kxINCANKsb My new book! 'The 33 Laws Of Business & Life' is out now - https://smarturl.it/DOACbook Follow me: https://beacons.ai/diaryofaceo Sponsors: Uber: https://p.uber.com/creditsterms Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this moment, behaviour and habit design expert, Nir Eyal discusses how to beat procrastination and distraction. One of the first major steps is being able to master the internal triggers that are trying to pull your attention away. Nir believes that to do this you need to try and understand the underlying feelings behind these urge. As he says, time management is pain management, and all human behaviour is about trying to escape discomfort. Nir says that finding these underlying feelings can be achieved by writing down the sensations you feel just before distraction, this allows you identify them and then reframe them to your advantage. Because, if you don’t master these internal triggers, they become your master. Another major step to beat procrastination is by actually scheduling time to be distracted. Nir calls this ‘The 10 Minute Rule’, which allows you to give in to any distraction in your scheduled time, but only for 10 minutes! Listen to the full episode here - https://g2ul0.app.link/osVkcTMLbHb Watch the Episodes On Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/c/%20TheDiaryOfACEO/videos Nir: https://www.nirandfar.com https://www.instagram.com/neyal99/?hl=en Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

What is the best way to get over a heartbreak? For Justin McLeod that was creating one of the world’s most popular dating apps. Justin McLeod is the CEO and founder of the dating app Hinge, which has over 20 million users and sets up a date every 3 seconds. In this conversation Justin and Steven discuss topics, such as overcoming addiction, early stigma around dating apps, the setbacks and difficulties when creating Hinge, his tumultuous love story, and why happy endings are for the movies. 00:00 Intro 02:07 My Addiction & Going to Rehab 05:18 12 Step Programme for Addiction 07:36 How My Love Experiences Influenced My Entrepreneurial Journey 12:22 Founding Hinge 15:46 How Do We Know Which Ideas to Go After? 18:50 When Did the App Form? 23:35 Tinder and How It Impacted Hinge 27:29 The Interview That Changed My Life 34:14 The New Era for Hinge 36:56 How to Be Successful on Hinge 38:56 What Is Hinge Labs? 42:51 The Worst Things to Do in Dating Apps 44:03 Advice for People Going on Loads Of Dates 47:30 Dating Apps Want People to Stay Single to Have More Customers… 49:23 How Has the Dating World Changed in the Last Few Years?
 50:31 Hinge First Principles 51:48 The Importance of Taking Risks 01:00:38 How to Have Great Company Culture 01:17:16 Biggest Hiring Mistakes 01:19:42 What the Future of Dating Apps Looks Like 01:21:33 The Last Guest Question  Watch the episodes on Youtube - https://g2ul0.app.link/3kxINCANKsb My new book! 'The 33 Laws Of Business & Life' is out now - https://smarturl.it/DOACbook Follow me: https://beacons.ai/diaryofaceo Sponsors: Huel: https://g2ul0.app.link/G4RjcdKNKsb WHOOP: https://join.whoop.com/en-uk/CEO Uber: https://p.uber.com/creditsterms Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Work has to suck, you have to be selfish to get ahead, and you can’t become more original, these are just some of the myths that Adam Grant busts and replaces with an upgraded way to see the world. Adam Grant is Professor of Management and Psychology at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He has been named one of the world’s 10 most influential management thinkers and one of Fortune’s 40 under 40. He is also a #1 New York Times bestselling author of 5 books, including ‘Think Again’, ’Give and Take’, and ‘Originals’. In this conversation Adam and Steven discuss topics, such as why star players ruin teams, how to be original, why character beats genius, and the myths about entrepreneurs and risk. 00:00 Intro 02:00 Finding Happiness Meaning & Success 04:50 Redefining The Game & Changing The Rules About Success 07:20 Who Are More Successful, Givers Or Keepers? 10:25 Taking The Initiative: Great Ideas Need Execution 14:21 What Happens To Procrastinators? 21:37 Who Are The Originals Of Our Time? 22:22 What Are The Characteristics Of Originals 23:48 Why Child Geniuses Won't Become Adult Geniuses 25:09 Being A Perfectionist 27:12 The Importance Of Urgency 33:11 The Importance Of Leaning Into Difficulty 38:21 What Role Trauma Plays In Becoming Successful? 40:56 What Determines What Sibling Will Be More Successful? 48:25 What Makes A Risk Taker? 53:18 What Takes To Build A Great Team 57:38 What Happens To People When You Take Them Out Of Their Team Culture 01:01:33 How To Not Get Complacent If You're Successful 01:06:01 Disagreeing With Your Boss 01:10:09 What Science Says About Group Vs Individual Thinking 01:15:51 Unlocking Your Hidden Potential 01:26:27 Self Promotion Vs Idea Promotion 01:28:41 Think Like A Scientist 01:42:56 Last Guest Question You can access The Athletic article, ‘Does Cristiano Ronaldo make teams better or worse?’, here: https://bit.ly/3SWnckE You can purchase Adam’s book, ‘Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things’, here: https://amzn.to/3SQ2rH8 Follow Adam Twitter - https://bit.ly/3OEdq45 Instagram - https://bit.ly/3UveeMg YouTube - https://bit.ly/4bpaAtg Watch the episodes on Youtube - https://g2ul0.app.link/3kxINCANKsb My new book! 'The 33 Laws Of Business & Life' is out now - https://smarturl.it/DOACbook Follow me: https://beacons.ai/diaryofaceo Sponsors:  Huel: https://g2ul0.app.link/G4RjcdKNKsb Linkedin Jobs: https://www.linkedin.com/doac Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this moment, personal finance expert Rami Sethi breaks down the 4 finance numbers everyone needs to know and what exactly a ‘rich life’ is. Ramit says that most people don’t have even the most basic understanding of money, compare this to other areas of life such as driving, where we need to know the rules of the road before putting a key in the ignition. However, personal finance is actually incredibly simple and Ramit says that the four numbers you need to track are: your fixed costs like rent and groceries, savings, investments, and guilt free spending. From these numbers, Ramit says that he can see what are a person’s priorities and outlook on life. But more revealing is someone’s idea of their ‘rich life’. This is what a person’s life would look like if they finally reached the level of wealth they are chasing. Ramit says too often people’s answer to what their rich life is vague, for instance, saying they want to be able to do what they want when they want, or to have freedom. These answers are so vague as people have never really thought about this question before, but Ramit say they need to think about this potential future deeply and in detail so that they can truly envision it. Listen to the full episode here - https://g2ul0.app.link/hzKpXWPk1Gb Watch the Episodes On Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/c/%20TheDiaryOfACEO/videos Ramit- https://www.instagram.com/ramit/?hl=en-gb https://www.iwillteachyoutoberich.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As humans we have evolved to move, but why are we getting it wrong so often? David Raichlen is the Professor of Human and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Southern California. His research focuses on the connection between human evolution, physical activity, and health, examining why inactivity leads to so many chronic diseases in the modern world. In this conversation David and Steven discuss topics, such as how modern exercise levels compare to hunter-gatherers, the dangers of sitting, how air pollution is linked to dementia, and the misunderstanding of just how much exercise it takes to get health benefits. 00:00 Intro 01:59 My Work: How Lifestyle & Exercise Affects the Brain 03:07 You Can Change an Ageing Brain 05:22 What Is a Neuron? 05:36 What Is the Hippocampus 07:28 The Link Between Exercise and Brain 09:06 What Happens to Our Brain When We Don't Exercise 12:54 People Aren't Meeting the Guidelines for Good Health 15:25 What Activities Are Good for Our Brain? 17:35 Orienteering Can Train the Brain 18:47 How the Different Types of Exercise Increase Neuroplasticity 22:39 Impact of Exercising in Greener Spaces Than Urban 24:06 Better Cognition Exercising Before a Task 25:41 The Optimal Time of the Day to Exercise 27:46 The Hadzas: Researching Hunter-Gatherer Tribes & the Findings 28:56 What Is the Optimal Exercising Time? 31:59 Cardiovascular Illnesses in Hadza Tribe 35:07 What's the Issue with Sitting? 40:29 The Power of Daily Small Amounts of Exercise 42:17 How to Improve Memory 46:08 Top Factors That Fuel Cognitive Problems 48:38 Link Between Human Connection & Brain Impact 50:54 Pollution Impact on the Brain 53:13 Racquet Sports for Brain Health 54:41 How Much Activity Do I Have to Do? 55:52 Endocannabinoid Receptors and Exercise Rewards 57:24 Mental Health Issues Linked to Lack of Exercise 01:01:45 Brain Foods 01:03:07 Reaching Optimal Living 01:07:50 What Causes Alzheimer's? 01:12:39 Last Guest Question Follow David: Twitter - https://bit.ly/483oZIF Watch the episodes on Youtube - https://g2ul0.app.link/3kxINCANKsb My new book! 'The 33 Laws Of Business & Life' is out now - https://smarturl.it/DOACbook Follow me: https://beacons.ai/diaryofaceo Sponsors: Huel: https://g2ul0.app.link/G4RjcdKNKsb ZOE: http://joinzoe.com with an exclusive code CEO10 for 10% off Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Could it be that what you eat is just as important as the medicines and pills you take? Dr Neal Barnard is the founder and president of the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, and has authored more than 100 scientific publications and 20 books. He is also the Adjunct Associate Professor of Medicine at the George Washington University School of Medicine. In this conversation Neal and Steven discuss topics, such as the only supplement you need, the no.1 food associated with weight loss, the dangers of drinking milk for men, and how to reverse erectile dysfunction. (00:00) Intro (01:35) What good do you hope your work is doing for people? (02:13) What is the state of human health currently? (03:33) Why do you care about human health? (06:40) Your first experience of realising human health is in a bad place (08:22) Why calories in vs. calories out doesn’t work (11:55) The truth about eating bread (15:18) If we don't eat meat, where do we get our protein? (18:27) How do we know the vegan diet is good for us vs. another one? (21:57) Don’t we have to supplement if we’re vegan? (25:22) A balanced diet with meat and plants, does that work? (28:34) Veganism is a diet for the privileged... (31:06) The power foods we should all be eating (38:54) Do you not just think you have a bias towards the vegan diet? (40:22) The shocking truth about dairy products (46:25) Drinking milk reduces sperm counts (48:28) The carnivore diet, isn’t that just as good? (52:45) The weight loss foods you need to start eating (1:01:03) Why we need to understand how to balance our hormones (1:05:20) Fertility issues have a strong connection to our weight (1:17:02) Ads (1:19:02) Power foods for the brain (1:26:27) How to prevent dementia (1:35:03) Metals, what should we be getting and what's toxic (1:38:53) Your closing message (1:40:05) The last guest’s question You can pre-order Neal’s book, ‘The Power Foods Diet’, here: https://amzn.to/3SImJSP Follow Neal Twitter - https://bit.ly/483rxGX Instagram - https://bit.ly/47W8ZIA Get tickets to The Business & Life Speaking Tour: https://stevenbartlett.com/tour/ Follow me: https://beacons.ai/diaryofaceo Sponsors: Huel: https://g2ul0.app.link/G4RjcdKNKsb Shopify: http://shopify.com/bartlett Whoop: https://join.whoop.com/en-uk/CEO Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this moment, nutrition and functional health expert , Mindy Pelz discusses how we often treat our body as if it was an enemy working against us and our interests. Mindy discusses how evolution has actually shaped the human body so that it is constantly looking to increase your chances of survival. However, in the modern world we are getting in the way of our body’s natural defence mechanism, and taking actions that are against our own and our body’s interests, this can include injecting ourselves with weight loss drugs and using toxic deodorants, causing larger health problems later in life. Mindy says that in general we seem to be in a ‘evolutionary mismatch’ with our bodies and need to regain trust in them. Listen to the full episode here - https://g2ul0.app.link/hXIqoyQGOGb Watch the Episodes On Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/c/%20TheDiaryOfACEO/videos Mindy: https://drmindypelz.com/ https://www.instagram.com/dr.mindypelz/?hl=en Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Relationships are the single most important part of our lives, so why do we so often leave them to chance and the randomness of fate? Paul C. Brunson is a professional matchmaker and life coach. He is the co-host of 'Celebs Go Dating’ and ‘Married At First Sight UK’, he is also the Head of Global Insight at Tinder. Paul has also been named the world's most influential matchmaker by the Matchmaking Institute. In this conversation Paul and Steven discuss topics, such as why Gen Z will have the strongest marriages ever, why dating is more complicated than ever before, the number 1 reason for breakups, and why men are struggling. You can purchase Paul’s book, ‘Find Love’, here: https://amzn.to/47S2XZz Follow Paul: Twitter - https://bit.ly/49cXbmg Instagram - https://bit.ly/3u5JTcx Get tickets to The Business & Life Speaking Tour: https://stevenbartlett.com/tour/ Follow me: https://beacons.ai/diaryofaceo Sponsors: Huel: https://g2ul0.app.link/G4RjcdKNKsb Uber: https://p.uber.com/creditsterms Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices