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Holistisk Hälsa med PLC#89 - Emil Ekvärdt, Från Extern ”Framgång” Till Inre FramgångEmil Ekvärdt är Personal Development Coach och blev redan vid 25 års ålder dollarmiljonär som pokerproffs. I detta avsnittet pratar vi om hans resa från att bli rik på det yttre planet men hur mycket det kostade honom hans emotionella och inre hälsa och lett honom på en resa till att finna mer av en autentisk inre framgång. I detta avsnittet delar även Robin med sig av verktyg och övningar för dig som lyssnar som du kan göra för att komma i bättre kontakt med ditt inre.
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2023-03-181h 25
Tjena Kompis Studio!Är poker likt jiu-jitsu?Vi får besök i studion av Erik Bergman och Emil Ekvardt, två rutinerade pokerspelare och entreprenörer som har hittat jiu-jitsu och gått all in. Vi snackar om de utmaningar och tankar som kommer med att lära sig något helt nytt och vi undersöker om pokerspel är likt jiu-jitsu. Hur går tankarna när man spelar poker vs kör jiu-jitsu, är Tonkan akademiker och vad tänker motståndaren att jag tänker att han tänker? Lyssna och lär känna några av klubbens härliga “nybörjare”.Redigerat av Ebba Kra...
2021-08-1953 min
The Human Performance Podcast#41 🃏 How High Stakes Poker Stopped Me OverthinkingOn the podcast this week, Emil Ekvardt talks about how high stakes poker changed his life, and how the lessons he learned from 12 hour-long sessions with no breaks and big economic swings helped him develop his mindset and increase his performance.
Emil picked up poker at age 16, and by 25 he was a poker millionaire. These incredible economic swings and extreme conditions made him obsessed with performing the best at what he does. Now, he's moved away from poker focusing on improving human performance and personal development, helping people to stop overthinking and find their passion.
2021-06-2443 min
Contenders WantedEpisode 22 - Looking for great decades not great days with Emil EkvardtShow NotesWhat are some of the life lessons you learned while playing a competitive sport or activity? Do you think of team work from the football field, or maybe composure on the golf course? Or maybe it’s how to think ahead from chess? Or maybe it was how to take risks from your favorite family card game. Either way, games and competition have a way of teaching us many life lessons and our guest has some incredible insights gathered while playing competitive poker at the highest levels online. Emi...
2021-04-191h 02
Rhodes To WealthPhilanthropy - When 1 Million Dollars Is Not Enough! With Emil EkvardtWhy philanthropy? It might seem like a big question, but you can’t help but ask it if you’ve got someone who’s doing so well in an area that gives them a lot of money and would have given them a lot more, but somehow found it in themselves to walk away and focus on other things. In a previous episode, we saw such a person in Erik Bergman, the online gambling genius who went on to found Great.com, an online casino affiliation business that devotes 100% of its profits to climate change advocacy. This time, Joshua Rhodes...
2021-03-091h 02
Becoming Great.comHow to network online - find inspiring friends, love, mentors and business partnersNetworking is a very misunderstood term. Most people think that it's just about business - but your networking skills can even mean the difference between a sad and lonely life, and becoming rich and happy. Today we will teach you how we have found: - business partners - new clients - friends for life - and even love by simple techniques that are easy to learn. And stick with us to the end, because we will share with you how to write the perfect email if you want to find a...
2020-11-0449 minBecoming Great.com26 Habits for better FOCUSYour dreams will never come true unless you beat the number, one dream killer - procrastination. Nothing is more frustrating than having a great idea, knowing what you should do, but for some reason not being able to get started. The key to beating procrastination is to build habits for better focus. With the right habits, you will get better focus and you can stay away from distractions. Today's episode is split up into four topics that will teach you 26 habits for better focus. 1. Why you procrastinate, and what actions to...
2020-10-2049 minBecoming Great.comHow to stop overthinking and procrastinatingErik has over 200 000 followers on Instagram and "How to stop procrastinating?" and "How to stop overthinking?" are by far the most common questions that he gets. Almost everyone has this problem. You are not alone. Today's episode has been split up into four topics: 1. Why we are overthinking? What is the reason that we struggle to get started even when we know what to do? 2. How to stop comparing ourselves with others? 3. What to do when we are feeling overwhelmed? 4. How to remove self-doubt? We...
2020-10-1247 minBecoming Great.comWhat is the business model of Great.com?Erik has invested $900 000 in the domain name Great.com because he wants to build a company that will change an entire industry from the inside and out. In this episode, we will explain the business model of Great.com, what industry we will change first, and why we will succeed. And stick with us, because somewhere in this episode, I will tell you how much money I think that we will make. Today's episode has been split up into three topics: 1. What is the business model of Great.com? 2. How...
2020-10-0333 minBecoming Great.com4 habits that save timeOur four best productivity habits give us 25 extra hours of performance each week. Habits that save time! We are two habit nerds that constantly tweak our days to maximize output. In this episode, we will break our habits down for you. How you can apply them and how you can use them to boost your personal development and your career. Today's episode has been split up in four topics: 1. How Erik got two extra hours every night 2. How Emil saves tons of time by going against the social norms. 3...
2020-09-2541 minBecoming Great.comThe most important social skill EP3One of the most important factors of Erik's business success is that he a great networker. He's good at creating exciting conversations where people open up and they quickly get to know each other. In this episode, we will teach you the technique that he is using, breaking it down in examples, explaining how to use it and why it works. Today's episode has been split up in four topics: 1. What's the beep beep technique? 2. How to make every conversation interesting? 3. How can you make someone excited to talk...
2020-09-1832 minBecoming Great.comThe most important social skill EP2There are four mistakes that almost everyone does in conversations. They are easy to avoid but most people are not even aware of them. You are most likely doing them as well - and they will lower your chances of happy relationships and successful careers. Today we are diving into how to develop the most important social skill by avoiding these mistakes. Today's episode has been split up in four topics: 1. How do you stop making these mistakes? 2. What are the two most important mistakes to avoid? 3. Why giving advice at the wrong...
2020-09-1137 minBecoming Great.comThe most important social skill EP1Three years ago Erik learned a skill that completely changed his life - and it only took one minute to learn it. In today's episode, you will get a chance to learn the most important social skill. It's an aspect of listening that will change how you act in all conversations. Today's episode has been split up in four topics: 1. How will listening change your life? 2. What does it mean to be a great listener? 3. What's the best way to learn the skill listening? 4. What is the first thing that you have...
2020-09-0431 minBecoming Great.comThe €500 000 phone call - UpdateWe are back from our summer break and there are a lot of things that have happened. Today we will discuss what's going on and give you an update on Great.com. First: We will talk about that Great.com still makes 0 in revenue, why that is, how it feels and what we are doing about it. In this segment you will learn about how to deal with struggling times and how to stay focused on the positive sides of the business. Secondly: We go in to a phone call Erik had that created €500 000 in 20 mi...
2020-08-2137 min
Så kan det gå - Boosta dina relationer56. Emil Ekvart - Bli en vinnare på jobbet och i hemmetVeckans gäst fann sin stora passion i livet vid 16 års ålder och började ägna dag och natt åt att bli så bra som bara möjligt på online poker, en hobby som skulle komma att göra honom ekonomiskt oberoende men också känslomässigt avstängd vilket gick ut över hans relationer och välmående. Idag har Emil Ekvardt lärt sig hur relationerna i hans liv kan boosta hans produktivitet och hans stora fokus är nu att lära andra drivna män att leva rikare och samtidigt produktivare liv de också. Vi pratar om hans rela...
2020-08-2058 min
The Tim Stodz PodcastDiscover What's Missing w/ Emil Ekvardt - EP 106Emil Ekvardt is a former competitive poker player and personal development coach. He is the business development associate for Great.com and host of the Becoming Great Podcast.
2020-08-1758 min
Live Your Edge PodcastReflection of the SoulEpisode Key Takeaways:Giving priority to more important thingsAwareness of your feelings, health, and thoughts when you get so absorbed over something would help you get to the right mindsetUsing a weakness to become a strengthDeveloping beneficial habits to help you get betterPyramid of success Get to know more about Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/emil.ekvardt/?hl=enPodcast: https://great.com/
2020-07-1738 min
Perspektiv - för en mer hälsosam relation till dig själv och andra30. Emil Ekvardt - Emotional intelligence for improved resultsThis is a conversation with Emil Ekvardt about emotional intelligence, communication and living a happy life.
Emil made $1M before the age of 25 playing poker. This is a story about a 16 year old who mastered the skill of poker and achieved massive success at an early age. The success ended up with depression and repressed emotions. How does one start to feel again? How does one see the beauty in life again?
Today Emil is teaching men how to live a rich life by teaching them how to tune into their productivity, making money and...
2020-06-301h 03Becoming Great.comMeditation - How to get startedWhat is actually meditation? How could meditation help you in your personal growth or your entrepreneurial journey? There are many ways to meditate, and there are many benefits to the practice. Today Erik and Emil break down their favorite ways to meditate so you can feel BETTER and be less distracted, Meditation - How to get started. -- Today's episode is a personal development episode, where Erik Bergman and Emil Ekvardt explore topics about how to grow as a person. We are both personal development junkies and spend many hours every week...
2020-06-2726 minBecoming Great.comGreat.com is giving away $100 000. Why are we doing that? - UpdateGreat.com will give away 100% of its profit, but so far we have had zero revenues. Yet, we have decided to do our first big donation - $100 000. The purpose is to unify the team, get a publicity push, and support what we believe is a great organization - the questions to answer, are we really unifying the team, or only causing stress and distraction? And will we get any publicity at all? Part 1: The first part is for you who don't know much about Great.com. How come we will donate all our profits...
2020-06-1825 minBecoming Great.comShift mindset, build willpower and stop procrastination!How come some people seem to have unlimited willpower with the ability to push through anything? Today we explore what willpower is, and how anyone can build it stronger. "The more voluntary suffering you build into your life, the less involuntary suffering will affect your life." - Tim Ferriss This quote by Tim Ferriss inspired the episode of today. We look into how to build will power and stop procrastination by making it easy to choose your challenges today. -- Today's episode is a personal development episode, where Erik Bergman and Emil...
2020-06-1225 minBecoming Great.comWhat is Great.com? Here's our long term vision - UpdateWhat is Great.com? To answer that question, the best way is to look at our long term vision. What will Great.com become? In this episode, we are diving into our founder Erik Bergman's vision of where Great.com is heading. The episode is split up on four sections: Part 1: The first part of the episode is about the charity vision of Great.com. How do we want to help? What kind of organizations are we supporting? And what have we done so far? Part 2: The second part is about...
2020-06-0530 minBecoming Great.comHow to make $1000 a month online?We want to teach you how to make $1000 a month online because we believe that if you had that extra money, you would have a lot less worry in your life. $1000 extra a month is enough to solve most money problems. Today there are more opportunities to make money online than ever, you just have to know where to look. In this episode, Emil Ekvardt interviews Erik Bergman, who made over $50 million online, before he turned 30 and he will give you the exact steps you need to take to start making $1000 a month online. Part 1
2020-05-2129 minBecoming Great.comClimbing the corporate ladder - IT'S A TRAP!What is a successful career? What's the difference between climbing the corporate ladder, or becoming an entrepreneur? It's easy to start climbing one latter and not being sure if it's the right one or how to change the ladder you are climbing. In this episode, we touch upon what's the difference between climbing the corporate ladder and becoming an entrepreneur, when is the right time to start your first business and what are the risks of climbing the corporate ladder? This is an episode that is extra important for you early in your career, this...
2020-04-3025 minBecoming Great.comWhat to do when an employee wants to quit? - UpdateWhat is it that all the richest people in the world know? How do you get 20 million people to collaborate in one project? And how to deal with a team member that has an anxiety attack and wants to quit the job? These are some of the questions we are diving into in today's episode. -- This is an "Update episode", it means that In today's episode of Becoming Great.com podcast, Emil Ekvardt and Erik Bergman, explore the very real challenges and problems that come up when building Great.com. A company that gives...
2020-04-2437 minBecoming Great.comInspiring people in social media - how to find them"Social media has changed the game. Don't use it as a way to waste time. Use it as a way to surround yourself with people that in any other time in history you would have been unable to reach." - Tom Bilyeu Both Emil and Erik are constantly looking for new ways to learn and grow. Social media and more specifically Youtube has been an endless source of inspiration. With countless hours of videos and podcasts, we have found our favorite people to learn from and be influenced by. In this episode we will dive...
2020-04-1743 minBecoming Great.comIs college important before starting a business?Going to college or not can feel like the most important decision of a lifetime. Standing in front of such an important choice can easily cause confusion, apathy and a feeling of overwhelming. Erik Bergman has built a company with 300+ employees. Today we explore his perspective of the importance of a college degree both as an employer and as an employee. One of the most common questions that Erik gets from social media is "Is college important before starting a business and becoming an entrepreneur?" or "Is college even important?". We are no experts in...
2020-04-1144 minBecoming Great.comHow to build immune system against coronaEveryone has been talking about the coronavirus lately, but what is actually a virus? Other than staying away from infected people, what can you do to protect yourself? And how does your immune system play into this? How to build an immune system against corona? These are some of the questions we are answering in today's episode of "Becoming Great.com". The purpose of this episode is to make you feel a bit safer and prepared for dealing with a virus and learn about different ways to improve their immune system. The two friends Erik...
2020-04-0134 minBecoming Great.comBORING TASKS, how to deal with them? - UpdateBoring tasks are a killer of joy and creativity, still, every job has them. What can you do to make boring tasks more fun? How can you use your selfishness to become a better team player? These are the questions we explore in today's episode. This episode can change the way you are thinking about boring tasks, forever. Today’s episode is an update episode, where Erik and Emil explore the very real challenges and problems that come up when building the company Great.com. This is an opportunity for you to get a behind th...
2020-03-2542 minBecoming Great.comJob opening & launching a NEW podcast - UpdateWe have just launched one of our biggest projects ever. A new podcast! We are interviewing charity organisations with the purpose of building more trust and understanding between the causes and people that want to donate. Our ambition is to launch 7 episodes every week and now we are hiring to make this dream happen. The role we are looking for will be a podcast coordinator, a project manager role responsible for booking guests, building relationships with organisations, creating processes to easily get things moving and simply be the spider in the net of the podcast. ...
2020-03-1833 minBecoming Great.com6 POWERFUL HABITS you probably haven't triedWe have realised that we are addicted to creating habits. We think outside of the box and we look for ways to live our lives with constant small improvements, different from most people. Most of these habits are pretty shitty and don't stick, but some do! Then we keep building on them. This is a personal development episode for you who want to build success. SPOILER If you want to be surprised of which our surprising habits are, don't keep reading :) The habits that we have built are: - Self-reflection, and why...
2020-03-1143 minBecoming Great.comNot reaching GOALS, how to deal with it! - UpdateWe are currently missing all of our goals with Great.com. It's a source of frustration and powerlessness. We believe this is a common challenge in when building an organisation and in this episode, we explore how to deal with it and how to move forward. Today’s episode is an update episode, where Erik and Emil explore the very real challenges and problems that come up when building the company Great.com. This is an opportunity for you to get a behind the scenes look of what it’s like to build a company and...
2020-02-2630 minBecoming Great.com100k followers, how many messages do you get every day?Erik has just reached the milestone of 100k followers on Instagram. This results in a lot of joy but also in a feeling of being overwhelmed and not enough with messages coming in 24/7. In this episode, we explore what to do as an entrepreneur when there are more tasks than time, how important it is to prioritise and what you can do if you want to talk personally to Erik. -- Today's episode is a special edition episode. It doesn't fit into our normal categories. It's a mix of how it is being an influencer, some...
2020-02-1918 min
The Find Your Awesome PodcastFind Your Awesome with Emil EkvardtWhen Emil was 25 years old he had made over €1,000,000 pursuing his passion, playing online poker. He had more financial success than most people he knew. Still, life outside of poker didn’t feel very joyful. He had given all his attention to mastering the game, and zero focus on developing any other life skills that creates a happy life. Today he works with the charity, Great.com, as a business developer and podcast host. The rest of his time he spends figuring out how to live a healthier and more exciting life, so he can inspire others to find their own...
2020-01-0953 minBecoming Great.comCasino & Charity, Right or Wrong?How far can you take the idea of charity? Is it morally correct to save people if the consequence is that others have to suffer? Great.com is a casino marketing company where all profits will go to charity. In this episode, Emil Ekvardt is challenging the founder of Great, Erik Bergman, with thoughts and ethically challenging questions.
2019-11-2032 min