Michael Arnstein: Diet, Discipline, and Climbing Everest

In this episode, you will learn what discipline really looks like. What would happen if you did the things you say you want to do?

DISCLAIMER: This is not intended as advice. This is a conversation.

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0:00 Introduction & Early Life (NJ, Wall Street Messenger)
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2:00 Leaving Wall Street, Starting Jewelry Business (Late 90s Internet)
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4:50 Meeting Wife, Early Marriage & Family, Business Success Factors
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7:30 Getting into Athletics, Endurance Sports Motivation
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8:50 Exploring Diet, High-Fat Failure, Discovery of Raw Fruit/Vegetable Diet
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10:00 Embracing Fruitarianism, Ultra-Marathon Dominance (2010-2012)
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11:35 Aging, Boredom with Running, Impulsive Move to Hawaii
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13:10 FBI Raid, Arrest, Cause: Conflict with Indian Programmer & Online Defamation
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16:45 Battling Defamation: FBI Failure, Court Order, Google, Brand.com
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19:10 Modifying Court Order, Repeated Attempts, Google Discovers, Prosecution
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20:50 Federal Prison Sentence (9 Months), Checking In, Initial Experience
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21:40 Prison Life: Raw Diet, Extensive Running, Physical Transformation
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23:30 Prison's Impact: Contentment, Confidence, Eliminating Self-Doubt
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24:50 Life After Prison: Rebuilding Wealth, Bitcoin Investment Strategy
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26:40 Business Growth (Service Focus, International Offices, Employees)
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28:00 Seeking New Challenges: Starting Mountain Climbing at 48
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29:00 Climbing Mount Everest (First Attempt, Summit Success)
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30:00 Climbing Ama Dablam (More Technical, Different Experience)
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31:45 Near-Death on Everest Summit: Frozen Oxygen, Critical Decision
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34:00 God's Question: "Up or Down?", Choosing Life for Others
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35:20 Accepting Sherpa's Oxygen, Reaching Summit, Reflection
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37:20 Why Go Back to Everest? (Ultimate Jerusalem, Pilgrimage)
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39:00 Future Plans: Everest North Face (2026), Run Across America (2027)
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40:30 The 'Why' Behind Extremes: Human Nature, Curiosity, Providing/Protecting
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43:00 Learning from Failures, Importance of Quick Mistakes
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44:20 Health "Macros": Sleep, Exercise, Diet (Order of Importance)
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45:50 Diet Philosophy: Raw Fruits/Vegetables as Pinnacle Health
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47:30 Cooked Food vs. Nature (Animals Eating Raw Plants)
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50:00 Trusting Nature Observation Over Some Research, Acknowledging B12/Cost
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54:10 Business Strategy: Leveraging Technology & AI's Potential
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57:40 Embracing Hardship, Avoiding Pain/Fear, Higher Highs from Lower Lows
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1:00:00 Prison as Example of Overcoming Hardship & Building Confidence
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1:01:20 Prioritizing Macros (Sleep, Exercise, Diet) in Personal Life & Homeschooling
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1:03:00 Chronic Undersleeping & Its Effects
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1:03:30 Contrarian Thinking & Listening to Intuition
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1:04:30 Intuition vs. Nurture, Natural Body Clock, Sleep Needs
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1:06:30 Cardiovascular Exercise, Joint Health, Body Composition
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1:07:15 Intuition from Nature (Human Design, Movement, Diet)
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1:08:00 Negative Aspects of Nature (Struggle, Destruction) as Necessary for Adaptation
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1:08:35 Free Will, Helping/Hurting, Winners & Losers
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1:09:30 Final Thoughts: Focus on Nature, Intuition, Human Purpose
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1:09:55 Conclusion

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