Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Fighter Mike Rethmeyer
Mike Rethmeyer is a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Master. He learned to fight because he had to- he had been picked on mercilessly and no one was willing to step in.
Mike Rethmeyer is a world class martial artist. He was exposed to violence at a young age and had to learn how to control his temper and rage. After beating another child up so badly that the kid lost part of his eyesight, Rethmeyer decided he needed to learn to fight- what he learned instead was the path to discipline. A path he is still on to this day.
During the interview we discuss growing up as a kid that was bullied, the belt system in BJJ, and how one makes the most out of training BJJ.
In other news: earlier this week Vance released a video of him talking about how ideas spread into society:
Podcast: YouTuber with 6.5 Million Subscribers
I was shocked to discover that my neighbor is a major personality on YouTube and is the CEO of an extraordinary online shop called Vat19.com.
Jamie Salvatori is a guy you almost always see wearing T-shirts. He’s understated, humble and almost no one in the “regular world” has any idea who he is or what he does.
Jamie stopped over to the studio late one evening and we talked about how he got his start, what he thinks about kids exploring YouTube, demonetization of certain content and so much more. I loved the interview, and unlike most of the conversations I have… when this interviewed wrapped up, I was even more intimidated by Jamie because I finally realized just how amazing he is.
Jamie Salvatori is a digital entrepreneur that has created a online retail business that sells unorthodox toys, candies and games. To market his products, Jamie has built a YouTube channel that gets millions of views per video- some of them over 100M views. Vat19.com is one of the most mesmerizing and fun channels online.
Jamie talks about who makes money on YouTube, how YouTubers make money and how advertising revenue compares to mainstream media dollars.
Follow Vat19:
Facebook: https://facebook.com/vat19
Instagram: https://instagram.com/vat19/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/vat19
Jamie is extremely humble and has a very good handle on the nature of celebrity:
Jamie is very open to treating kids in an honest manner, but even he struggles with opening the door to social media at too young of an age:
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Conversation with web developer Chris Oliver; "Do things that scare you."
Businessman, software developer, podcaster, world traveler. One of my closest friends, Chris Oliver stopped by the studio to have a conversation about his philosophies, education and ways of thinking.
Chris Oliver is founder of Go Rails an online computer programming teaching program that teaches developers how to create new website features. Chris Oliver is an extraordinary thinker, a person that can imagine entirely novel solutions to very complex problems.
Chris Oliver's Go Rails program is used by more than 22,000 people and Oliver is considered an expert in his field, being regularly invited to deliver talks at software developer conferences.
Chris, along with Square founder Jim McKelvey, founded Launch Code a nationally recognized pair-programming school that teaches people to code. Chris uses the mantra "Do things that scare you" which has led him to programming at companies in New York City, Saint Louis, Germany and be regularly recruited by Silicon Valley companies. Chris Oliver hosts two podcasts "Business Time" a podcast about what it is like to start a business from the perspective of two software developers, and "Remote Ruby" a podcast for Ruby developers.
Clinical pharmacist discusses prescriptions, essential oils, & working in a drugstore
I’ve always wondered why it takes 25 minutes for a pharmacist to count out 28 pills. The white lab coat standing in the back of a brightly lit drug store seems like a highly paid prison guard- ensuring that all the drugs are protected. I didn’t know how my conversation with clinical pharmacist Kelly Erdos would go, how much could there be to know?
Erdos is a family friend. She has a giant personality with the biggest laugh I’ve ever heard- I knew there must be more to her profession than meets the eye, but I really didn’t understand how much education pharmacists have, the challenges they help regular people solve, or just how horribly wrong things can go when patients don’t understand their medicine.
Erdos is a clinical pharmacist, which is different than the retail pharmacists that we see on a regular basis, but she did a great job helping me to understand - why it takes so long to fill my prescription, and what to look for when searching for a pharmacist that may make a huge difference in my medical care. She talks about her time working in poison control, essential oils, moderation around CBD and cannabis, and what to look for when deciding to move pharmacies.
Here Erdos describes why it is difficult to automate the role of the pharmacist:
You can watch the entire interview on my podcast channel or by checking it out on your favorite podcasting app.
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Starting is more productive than thinking about starting.
I’m proud of the first 5 podcasts.
I wasted several years giving myself reasons why I couldn’t s
When I first started to commit to doing an interview show, I filled with energy- the kind that motivates you to get something started.
I did all of the easy things first. Scheduled a guest, got out my old Yeti microphone, cleared some space on my hard drive, and even went out to buy a camera.
But then things got complicated. I didn’t have enough storage space, the room I was going to use had too much echo, my camera had an unknown 30 minute time limit for recording video…
Slowly my motivation waned, and then frustration started to grow. I hit a point where the harder I worked the more things I had to
Once you have something created, now you can start editing and improving… but you are already living your dream. Now, you need to create the habits that keep that dream going. You can’t rely on motivation, because motivation is an emotion and it will wane when things it tough or confusing, or you have to take 5 steps backwards.
If you can get comfortable being a novice, than you can learn to master a skill.
Thanks for checking these out as I got started. With the lessons from the first five interviews, I made some serious studio upgrades- and things are about to get really good.
Below are the tiny steps I took to get better. You can hear the audio get cleaner, see the lighting get softer, and hopefully the editing better.
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Week 2: Doug Sammons Ph.D.; Biochemist
Week 3: Randall Comfort; Architect
Week 4: Shirley Sahrmann Ph.D.; Physical Therapist
Week 5: Allen Soffer MD; Cardiologist
Saint Louis Cardiologist Allen Soffer MD tells what the medical community has discovered about the real cause of heart attacks- and the answer is surprising. Allen Soffer is a medical doctor that has extensive experience and knowledge of the heart. In this interview he discusses the way we used to view heart attacks, and what we have discovered more recently.