Ep 10. Dave Asprey: Becoming Bulletproof

Dave Asprey is founder and CEO of Bulletproof, a company known for its famous coffee, whose mission is to improve client performance through cutting-edge nutrition. He founded Bulletproof after spending years and over $250,000 to hack his own biology. He lost 100 pounds without counting calories or excessive exercise, used techniques to upgrade his brain by more than 20 IQ points, and lowered his biological age by learning to sleep more efficiently in less time. Dave spreads the Bulletproof message via his Bulletproof Radio, one of the top-ranked health podcasts on iTunes. He is also a Silicon Valley investor, having both advised and invested in multiple startups in the personal health space. Dave took Stew’s Total Leadership course on his way to earning an MBA from Wharton in 2004. Stew and Dave talk in this episode about Bulletproof’s early days and his inspiration for pursuing optimal performance. Dave describes the essence of the Bulletproof lifestyle and the fascinating psychology of will power. Dieting and transforming your life for the better doesn’t have to be an excruciating process, it can be joyful. Listen to find out how from one of the modern masters of quantified self. Show Notes (times when new topics start) 2:25 Dave’s personal change. Dave learned to focus on what was easy and where he was skilled to achieve massive personal change. 9:00 Quantified self. Dave’s “me-search” experiments (trying new methods on himself) helped him learn how to eat in a new way and boost his personal performance. 12:50 Keys to a high-performance lifestyle. Meditate, sleep better, and exercise smarter. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Welcome to the Work and Life Podcast with Stew Friedman -- bestselling author, celebrated professor at The Wharton School, and founder of Wharton's Work/Life Integration Project. Stew is widely recognized as the world's foremost authority on cultivating leadership from the point of view of the whole person. On this podcast, Stew talks with a variety of experts -- leading researchers, progressive executives, policy advocates, inspiring educators, and more -- about how to cultivate harmony between work and the rest of your life; that is, your family, your community, and your private self (mind, body, and spirit). Conversations in all Work and Life Podcast episodes are taken from broadcasts of Stew's Work and Life Radio Show, which airs weekly on SiriusXM 132, Business Radio Powered by Wharton. Tune in on Mondays at noon Eastern Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.