Own the Day, Own Your Life – Aubrey Marcus
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“Welcome to heaven. Population: everyone.”
– Aubrey Marcus
Aubrey Marcus (IG: @aubreymarcus) is the founder and CEO of Onnit, a lifestyle brand based on a holistic health philosophy he calls Total Human Optimization. Onnit is an Inc. 500 company and an industry leader with products touching millions of lives, including many top professional athletes around the world.
Aubrey currently hosts The Aubrey Marcus Podcast, a motivational destination for conversations with the brightest minds in athletics, business, science, relationships and spirituality with over 10 million downloads on iTunes. Aubrey regularly provides commentary to outlets like Entrepreneur, Forbes, The Doctors, and The Joe Rogan Experience.
He has been featured on the cover of Men’s Health, and his newest (and first!) book is Own The Day, Own Your Life from HarperCollins. Enjoy!
Own the Day, Own Your Life - Aubrey Marcus
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Own the Day, Own Your Life: Optimized Practices for Waking, Working, Learning, Eating, Training, Playing, Sleeping, and Sex by Aubrey Marcus
Onnit
Ecstacy dance playlist
What Is a Vision Quest and Why Do One? by Maddisen K. Krown, HuffPost
The Psychedelic Explorer’s Guide — Risks, Micro-Dosing, Ibogaine, and More
Onnit Alpha Brain
Bulletproof Coffee
The Joe Rogan Experience
War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
Moby Dick by Herman Melville
Books by Carlos Castaneda
The Toltec Art of Life and Death: Living Your Life as a Work of Art by Don Miguel Ruiz and Barbara Emrys
The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom by Don Miguel Ruiz
The Mastery of Love: A Practical Guide to the Art of Relationship by Don Miguel Ruiz
Island by Aldous Huxley
Sex at Dawn: How We Mate, Why We Stray, and What It Means for Modern Relationships by Christopher Ryan and Cacilda Jetha
Aubrey Marcus Gets Real about His Open Relationship by Ashley Uzer, Galore
Sam Harris’ Waking Up App
The Healing Practice of Ecstatic Dance by Ian Faulkner, Elephant Journal
Grof’s Basic Perinatal Matrices
Music by Lindsey Stirling
Beats Antique
A Tribe Called Red
Porangui
Sleep: The Myth of 8 Hours, the Power of Naps, and the New Plan to Recharge Your Body and Mind by Nick Littlehales
Show Notes
Is Austin past its prime or just getting better? [06:57]
When was the last time Aubrey cried tears of joy? [09:02]
How did a vision quest help Aubrey shift gears and stop being miserable? [12:09]
If Aubrey someday has kids, would he encourage a similar rite of passage for them? [17:19]
Which element does Aubrey feel contributed most heavily to his vision quest experience: psychedelics, ceremony, or guidance? [18:41]
When he was younger, what did Aubrey want to be when he grew up? [20:38]
What projects did Aubrey try that didn’t quite work out? [21:25]
What is Onnit, and what about it is Aubrey most proud of? [23:10]
How many people does Onnit now employ, and how much has the company grown since it started in 2010? [24:39]
Aubrey talks about the complicated relationship with his father and how it affected his relationships with others. [26:53]
Learning what causes our own trauma allows us to help others overcome theirs. [34:24]
When was the first time Aubrey felt successful? [37:13]
How did Aubrey become business partners with Joe Rogan? [40:46]
Influential books. [47:55]
Aubrey’s guidelines for exploring open relationships. [52:40]
Failures that set the stage for later success. [54:20]
What’s Aubrey’s pattern interrupt for anger management? [56:40]
What would Aubrey’s billboard say? [1:01:27]
Tools for a more fulfilling life. [1:02:44]
The music Aubrey uses for ecstatic dance. [1:07:10]
On getting comfortable with discomfort. [1:13:05]
Aubrey gives us a preview of what we can expect from his book Own the Day, Own Your Life. [1:13:59]
What advice would Aubrey give his younger self? [1:18:08]
Parting thoughts and a term of cannibal affection. [1:21:00]
People Mentioned
Jerzy Gregorek
Michael Hebb
Stan Grof
Michael Marcus
Genghis Khan
Caitlyn Howe
Bode Miller
Ram Dass
Kyle Kingsbury
William Wallace
Joe Rogan
Alice Little
Carlos Castaneda
Don Miguel Ruiz
Aldous Huxley
Whitney Miller
Duncan Trussell
Wim Hof
Sam Harris
Lindsey Stirling
Neale Donald Walsch
Jim Rohn
Nick Littlehales
