Welcome guys and gals to the Mantox podcast.

I'm Connor Beaton, the host and founder of Mantox.

This podcast brings together some of the best thought leaders, teachers, and extraordinary

individuals to help

teach and mentor you on how to be a top performer in life, love, and business.

On today's episode, I have a very special guest who is all about high performance, Mr. Dave

Asprey. He's the founder of Bulletproof and the author of the New York Times bestselling book,

The Bulletproof Diet, is a Silicon Valley investor and technology entrepreneur who spent two

decades and liberally over $1 million to hack his own biology. Dave lost 100 pounds without

counting calories or excessive exercise, used techniques to upgrade his brain and lift his

IQ by about 20 points, and lowered his biological age while learning to sleep more efficiently

in less time. Learning to do these seemingly impossible things transformed him into a better

entrepreneur, a better husband, and ultimately a better father, which is great

because that's right in line with our mission. So obviously, if you've heard of Bulletproof,

you'll know that Dave is the creator of Bulletproof Coffee, the host of the number one

health podcast Bulletproof Radio, and has authored the New York Times best-selling book,

The Bulletproof Diet Diet and Headstrong,

which is a book that we actually dive into a little bit on this podcast episode. So this is jam-packed

with some really cool information. So I wanted to talk to Dave about two things. First, I wanted to

really interview him about his tech background and leadership

background and how he got into being an entrepreneur because he did not start off as an entrepreneur.

Dave actually started off working in Silicon Valley in large tech companies and actually was

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