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The Life Stylist

132. Own The Day: Total Human Optimization With Aubrey Marcus

The Life Stylist

Luke Storey

Health & Fitness, Society & Culture, Spirituality, Alternative Health, Religion & Spirituality

4.82K Ratings

🗓️ 28 March 2018

⏱️ 85 minutes

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Summary

Our guest Aubrey Marcus lays out his powerfully effective lifestyle design philosophy. As a modern-day mystic, athlete, CEO of Onnit, and general purveyor of conscious badassery, Aubrey has gained legions of fans via his podcast and latest book Own The Day, Own Your Life. In this episode, you'll learn about his innovative approach to entrepreneurship, spiritual pursuit, fitness, health, and even sex. What makes Aubrey's message so inspiring is his down to earth, authentic attitude. Anyone who can weave pornography, Ayahuasca journeys and god into one seamless conversation deserves a thorough listen on The Life Stylist Podcast. If you're someone who's looking to optimize your complete human experience, and overall performance, this episode will not disappoint. Don't forget to share this show with someone you know who could use some kick-ass inspiration. Luke

 


Topics Discussed On This Episode:  


  • What motivated him to take on the commitment of personal growth and development in the first place

  • How he funded his company Onnit, and the broad philosophy around it 

  • Why creating a movement is more important than creating a business 

  • What is his morning routine, and how he generates the power to achieve greatness in life 

  • Rebounding and why he’s made that a part of his daily practice  

  • Why he recommends a high fat, high fiber, low sugar diet 

  • How fat is needed for proper hormone production 

  • The top 5 foods to avoid, and how to find the hidden toxins in your diet 

  • Walking the fine line between keeping a clean diet and being a control freak 

  • How he creates a zen productivity station in his office, and his surprising secret weapon 

  • The importance of proper office posture 

  • The secret to creating a healthy company culture at Onnit, and how that supports their bottom line

  • Why he personally does the firing as CEO rather than outsourcing it 

  • Onnit’s hiring philosophy

  • How he manages productivity and dealing with overwhelm

  • The importance of sex and creating a healthy lifestyle 

  • The downside of pornography, and the benefit of making your own 

  • Why he feels naps are crucial to our sleep schedule 

  • The power of human connections and which one of those connections connections is most important 

  • What he’s learned from his 17 Ayahuasca journeys, and the risk and the benefits involved in that practice 

  • How to avoid fake jungle shamans 

  • The story of the time he OD’d on Kambo frog poison 

  • Lifestyle recommendations 

 


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0:00.0

The Lifestylist, Episode 132, featuring Aubrey Marcus.

0:08.0

I'm Luke Story, a former celebrity fashion stylist and founder of School of Style.

0:27.4

For the past 20 years, I've been relentlessly dedicated to my deepest passion, designing the ultimate lifestyle based on the most powerful principles of health and spirituality. The Lifestyleist

0:39.8

podcast is a show dedicated to sharing my discoveries and the experts behind them with you.

0:49.9

What Pazzo, Mucachos, and muchaches?

0:56.6

We're back in the saddle again with another episode of the Lifestyleist podcast.

1:00.9

Before we dig in here, I want to invite you to join me next week for a double episode with Dr. Harry Adelson and Dr. Amy Killen,

1:09.1

where you can follow my entire insane stem cell treatment

1:13.5

journey out in Utah. It is madness. So make sure you subscribe to the show so that you don't

1:18.9

miss those episodes or any others to follow. All right, I've got some great events coming up.

1:24.0

Next up is April 6th through 8th where I'll be the official podcaster of the Longevity

1:29.4

Now Conference in Anaheim, California. It's right next to Disneyland. It's probably the most insane

1:34.4

health conference you could ever imagine. Make sure that you follow me on Instagram and join my

1:40.5

Facebook group to watch all the behind the scenes interviews and craziness over there.

1:44.6

So my Instagram is at Luke Story. Don't forget the EY. And then I'd really like to invite you to

1:49.4

join my new Facebook group. It's called The Lifestyleist Podcast, oddly enough. And if you just go to

1:55.0

Facebook and search those three words, Lifestyleist Podcast, the group will pop up, request to join.

2:02.1

And unless you look like a terrorist or something, I'll let you in there. And you can watch all the behind the scenes

2:05.4

videos that I'll be posting not only at the Longevity Now conference, but pretty much any

2:09.8

events and interviews that I'll be doing in the coming months. So make sure to join me over there

2:13.2

at Instagram and in the Facebook group. Then April 24th, I'll be at the Soho House, Little Beach House, in Malibu, where I interview

2:20.0

Eli Block about orgasmic meditation.

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