Welcome to the CLS experience. I'm your host, Craig Siegel. I'm a born and raised New Yorker

who achieved success with multiple businesses, but I crave something deeper. So I dedicated

myself to personal growth and transformation by revamping my mindset.

I went from being unable to run a mile to conquering four marathons the following year.

Now, I want to help others manufacture big breakthroughs of their own.

We know that for you, that vulnerability that you have shared, that has been so transformative in your life,

when you are speaking to either your community, your podcast listeners, or you're on a stage,

how has vulnerability been a very effective way to communicate your message and your brand?

Beautifully said. And I think that for me, the two best ways to connect with anybody, whether it's an audience of

70,000, or it's one to one on a sales call, or maybe on a date, I think two ways to really connect

are vulnerability and authenticity. And I know, because I speak from contrast, and for a while, for 35

years to be exact, I was inauthentic. And I was never really vulnerable

because, you know, when I grew up, like for a man to show their feelings and be super vulnerable,

it was kind of looked at as like a weakness, I would say. And now, ironically, I think it's the exact

opposite. And I mean, just look at like for everybody listening today, like, who do you really connect with? Do you love the people that are perfect across the board?

I never did.

Like, even, I like to give this analogy because I'm a bit of a nerd.

When I think of like comic book characters, like, I could never really relate to Superman.

He was essentially like an alien.

Like, I know this kryptonite, but like, how can I relate to that? Batman was always my guy because he's a man and he puts

on his suit and he's really rich and he fights crime. And to me, that was somewhat attainable. And so,

and he has a lot of flaws. I think everyone loves a hero's journey when they go through some stuff

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