Tim Ferriss posted a three-hour interview with Shay Carl on his podcast this week, and I didn’t think it was long enough! I listened to it twice.
A manual laborer for years, Shay Carl posted his first video on youtube while on break at his job installing granite counter tops.
Today, Shay Carl’s full time job is posting daily videos of his family life. Sound boring? Not even. Check out his Shaytards Youtube Channel, which now has over 2.3 billion views! He also co-founded Maker Studios, which was sold to Disney in 2015 for almost $1 billion dollars! His latest project is the Trixin Clothing Line, which is also a family business.
One of his favorite books is As a Man Thinketh by James Allen. He talked about his belief that you can do anything you want to if you create it in your mind first. By the same token, if you are always thinking negative thoughts and dwelling on bad things, that is what is going to appear in your life. You have to control and focus your mind.
I liked Shay’s story about how he lost 100 pounds. He did it by deciding to run the Los Angeles Marathon and visualizing it. He lost the weight by eating fruits and vegetables, biking, and running. He hesitated to tell his audience how he did it, because it seemed too simplistic and cliche. But that is what worked! There are no magic tips or tricks. He has since run several other marathons.
He talked about how it is human nature to take the path of least resistance and do the easy thing. For example, it is easy to stay in bed instead of getting up at 5:00 to work out. It is easy to go through the drive through, and pick up a Big Mac. It is easy to slip into bad habits, and then before you know it, they own you. That is why you need to decide what you want to do ahead of time, and to keep your mind focused on what you want to achieve.
I highly recommend listening to the whole interview on the Tim Ferriss Blog.