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After a Mistake This Big, Why Bother Living?

UPDATE April 19, 2011: Michael Kass was sentenced to 10 years in prison, 5 years of parole and 10 years of probation on April 6, 2011. Click here to read more.

What if you walked out the door one morning and the cops surprised you and took you to jail?

Imagine losing everything — your money, home, friendships, your reputation, your sense of pride. Would life still be worth living?

And what’s it like to stare down 20 years of being locked up behind bars?

This episode’s guest Michael Kass screwed up. His mistakes cost him and many others millions of dollars. Money aside, he’s lost almost everything he once valued. He’s even considered suicide.

As he prepares for the possibility of spending 20 years in prison, how does Michael find peace and liberation in the midst of incredible hardship? How does he endure this dark night of the soul? And how can you, the listener benefit?

I also share my own deeply personal experience with suicide.

Listen to this episode now to find out.

In this episode:

• Letting everyone — including yourself — down
• Losing everything — the house, money, career, reputation
• Terror of going to prison
• Shame
• The Dark Night of the Soul
• Life was supposed to be different
• Suicide — is life worth living?
• Playing the victim
• Freedom by taking responsibility
• How to deal with terror, anxiety and shame
• Spiritual bypassing

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Dr. Robert Glover — Are YOU a Nice Guy? 4 Steps to Get Out of The Nice Guy Syndrome

Do you get pissy when you do something nice for someone and they don’t return the favor?

Do you bend over backwards to avoid upsetting your woman, family or friends? (Remember this podcast?)

And why do the guys who go out of their way to please everyone always get the raw end of the deal?

Today we’re talking with the author of No More Mr Nice Guy, Robert Glover. How are the macho jerk and the spineless wimp really the same? And what are the four steps YOU can take to avoid the nice guy syndrome? Listen and find out.

In this episode:

• How can you tell if you’re a Nice Guy?
• What is the Nice Guy Syndrome?
• Why does the Nice Guy make his life so difficult?
• If you’re a Nice Guy, does that mean you need to be a jerk?
• How is the Nice Guy very similar to the Macho Jerk?
• What are the (4) Steps for Getting Out of the Nice Guy Syndrome?
• What can you do TODAY to work with your anxiety?

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Johnny B Truant is the guest on this episode of The New Man Podcast.

Are you tolerating some soul-sucking job because you don’t think you could survive any other way?

Do you believe that if you “follow your passion” everything will just fall into place financially?

And does your financial doomsday scenario paralyze your ability to realize your greater potential?

This week we’re talking with Johnny B Truant, a guy who started making 5 figures a month — within 9 months — by seemingly being himself. Sound too good to be true? Let’s find out.

Last year, Johnny B Truant was upside down after participating in a real estate investment gone awry. He was scrambling to provide for his family and pay down thousands of dollars every month that these investment deals were backfiring.

Johnny had done the soul sucking job, he had crashed and burned in his own web development company and then ultimately he found his groove where he struck a great balance between being himself and providing clear value to certain group of people.

Within 9 months, Johnny went from $0 to 5 figures per month and he did it with integrity and without having to become a bullshit artist.

He’s got a ton of useful information for anyone who wants to blend their passion with their livelihood.

In this episode, we discuss:

• Following your passion won’t likely pay the bills — but that doesn’t mean you should quit
• Making a living by being yourself
• Ditching the “Business Code of Conduct”
• Figuring out what is valuable to others
• Win/Win — It’s more than just a cliche
• The importance of relationships
• The sure fire recipe for business success (or any success for that matter)
• Fear and the idea that “there is no spoon”
• What you can do today to start your own business

About Johnny B Truant

Johnny B. Truant is an internet marketing nonconformist and punk rock entrepreneur. In nine months, he used his own breed of “personality branding” (characterized by transparency, win-win-win business thinking, an abundance of character, and a healthy lack of “professionalism”) into a five-figure-monthly business.

In addition to running his own site at JohnnyBTruant.com, Johnny is a frequent contributor to mega-blogs Copyblogger.com and Problogger.net, as well as to the cult hit small business marketing blog IttyBiz.com.