The Great Man Within

#. 331 In the finale of The Great Man Within podcast, I give you my most vulnerable gift: An intense 85-minute audio recording of me and my coach (David Waldas) during one of the most raw and exposed moments of my life: Friday, December 23, 2022 (just 3 days before this episode aired). I open up about a terrifying panic attack, fear of death, feelings of despair about my health situation and a humbling admission of how far I feel right now from the “greatness” I’ve set out to achieve. You’re getting the 100% unfiltered and unprecedented fly-on-the-wall access to the deepest parts of me… …because this recording was never meant to be shared publicly (David records all of our coaching sessions). But something tells me this look into my life, will make a meaningful difference in at least one of yours. It’s my most special, vulnerable, and final gift to you… …as we bring to an end, The Great Man Within Podcast. -DQ To Stay Connected to the Community and Dominick: Get free daily texts on Purpose, Personal Leadership & Masculinity Click Here (once you click the link, press “send” to text the keyword to me to get the daily texts) Follow Dominick on Instagram: @DominickQ To Email Me: Dominick@DominickQ.com Join the Facebook Group for Men: https://www.facebook.com/groups/TheGreatManWithin ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Great Man Within Spotify Playlists Our Top 10 Most Downloaded Episodes of All Time Our Top 6 Most Downloaded Episodes of 2021 Our Top 10 Most Downloaded Masculinity Episodes The “New Listeners Start Here” Playlist Great Man Within Episodes for Women Bryan's Favorite Episodes ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- David Waldas Website: https://davidaronwaldas.com/

#330. Buy the Bold Move 2023 Masterclass Replay: https://thegreatmanwithin.securechkout.com/boldmove What: How to Pick Your Bold Move for 2023 Length: 90 Minute Masterclass Cost: $25 To Stay Connected to the Community: Get free daily Anti-Drift Texts Click Here (once you click the link, press “send” to text the keyword to me to get the daily texts) (These texts will also notify you of upcoming Masterclasses) Follow Dominick on Instagram: @DominickQ Join the Facebook Group for Men: https://www.facebook.com/groups/TheGreatManWithin __________________________ Bryan’s Favorite Episodes: Spotify Playlist (18 Eps) Top 10 Most Downloaded Episodes: Spotify Playlist (10eps) In this Episode:

#329. Buy the Bold Move 2023 Masterclass Replay: https://thegreatmanwithin.securechkout.com/boldmove What: How to Pick Your Bold Move for 2023 Length: 90 Minute Masterclass Cost: $25 __________________________ To Stay Connected to the Community: Get free daily Anti-Drift Texts Click Here (once you click the link, press “send” to text the keyword to me to get the daily texts) (These texts will also notify you of upcoming Masterclasses) Follow Dominick on Instagram: @DominickQ Join the Facebook Group for Men: https://www.facebook.com/groups/TheGreatManWithin __________________________ In this Episode:

#328. Bold Move 2023 Masterclass: https://thegreatmanwithin.securechkout.com/boldmove What: 90 Minute Masterclass on How to Pick Your Bold Move for 2023 When: Thursday December 8th, 2022 Time: 7:00-8:30pm ET For: Men & Women Cost: $25 You do NOT need to attend live. All registrants will receive the replay. ----------------------------------------------- To Stay Connected to the Community: Get free daily Anti-Drift Texts Click Here (once you click the link, press “send” to text the keyword to me to get the daily texts) (These texts will also notify you of upcoming Masterclasses) Follow Dominick on Instagram: @DominickQ Join the Facebook Group for Men: https://www.facebook.com/groups/TheGreatManWithin ----------------------------------------------- In this Episode: The Problem: We almost never end things soon enough. We let shit get really bad (the unsatisfying relationship that devolves into spite and hatred, the business that’s hemorrhaging money, the deteriorating physical health that leads to a heart attack, the anxious workaholism that turns into insomnia and a panic attack, the bad habit that turns into a rock bottom addiction). Or even worse, we normalize the problem, acclimate to it, and live it with for extended durations…and sometimes a lifetime. This is DRIFT. The consequences: Mack Truck Moments: Very expensive wake up calls Discontent: A chronic sense of underlying dissatisfaction Hopelessness: An unconscious acceptance that “this is how it is” #1. How to Know When It’s Over Key Question: Is this a plateau, or is this complete? Emotional Fluency: tuning into your inner navigation system Status Quo: Over the long term = low grade poison for a fulfilling life Pain of Change Equation: When Perceived pain of change > pain of same, nothing will change #2. How to End with Integrity How you finish things says a lot about you Run through the finish line #3. Making Space for New Beginnings “Every new beginning came from some other beginning’s end.”

#327. Bold Move 2023 Masterclass: https://thegreatmanwithin.securechkout.com/boldmove What: 90 Minute Masterclass on How to Pick Your Bold Move for 2023 When: Thursday December 8th, 2022 Time: 7:00-8:30pm ET For: Men & Women Cost: $25 You do NOT need to attend live. All registrants will receive the replay. ----------------------------------------------- To Stay Connected to the Community: Get free daily Anti-Drift Texts Click Here (once you click the link, press “send” to text the keyword to me to get the daily texts) (These texts will also notify you of upcoming Masterclasses) Follow Dominick on Instagram: @DominickQ Join the Facebook Group for Men: https://www.facebook.com/groups/TheGreatManWithin __________________________ In this Episode: Part 1: 11 Things to Understand About Dopamine Part 2: 3 Training Tips to Build Dopamine Baseline Part 3: Design Your Dopamine Detox Your Bold Move is a courageous and decisive act in pursuit of the life you want to live. “Pursuit” is a key word in that sentence. Neuroscience shows that the #1 contributor of pursuit is the molecule of dopamine. If you understand dopamine, you understand the formula for motivation and feelings of reward and success. This episode also contains a distillation of the teachings of two of the contemporary authorities on dopamine:

#326. Bold Move 2023 Masterclass: https://thegreatmanwithin.securechkout.com/boldmove What: 90 Minute Masterclass on How to Pick Your Bold Move for 2023 When: Thursday December 8th, 2022 Time: 7:00-8:30pm ET For: Men & Women Cost: $25 You do NOT need to attend live. All registrants will receive the replay. ----------------------------------------------- To Stay Connected to the Community: Get free daily Anti-Drift Texts Click Here (once you click the link, press “send” to text the keyword to me to get the daily texts) (These texts will also notify you of upcoming Masterclasses) Follow Dominick on Instagram: @DominickQ Join the Facebook Group for Men: https://www.facebook.com/groups/TheGreatManWithin __________________________ In this Episode: What is a Bold Move? “A Bold Move is a courageous and decisive act in pursuit of the life you want to live.” By picking ONE Bold Move for 2023 and swearing an allegiance to bringing it into reality, you can change the trajectory of your life. In this episode:

#325. Bold Move 2023 Masterclass: https://thegreatmanwithin.securechkout.com/boldmove What: 90 Minute Masterclass on How to Pick Your Bold Move for 2023 When: Thursday December 8th, 2022 Time: 7:00-8:30pm ET For: Men & Women Cost: $25 You do NOT need to attend live. All registrants will receive the replay. ----------------------------------------------- To Stay Connected to the Community: Get free daily Anti-Drift Texts Click Here (once you click the link, press “send” to text the keyword to me to get the daily texts) (These texts will also notify you of upcoming Masterclasses) Follow Dominick on Instagram: @DominickQ Join the Facebook Group for Men: https://www.facebook.com/groups/TheGreatManWithin __________________________ In this Episode: After 4 years and one hell of a journey, it’s time to say goodbye to The Great Man Within Podcast… …but not before we take one last ride together: A 6-episode series on “It’s About the Journey, Not the Destination.” The final 6 episodes will be released every Monday: #1. Monday, November 21st #2. Monday, November 28th #3. Monday, December 5th #4. Monday, December 12th #5. Monday, December 19th #6. Monday, December 26th

5 PLAYLISTS TO KEEP YOU COMPANY WHILE WE BREAK FOR OCTOBER 2022 Our Top 10 Most Downloaded Episodes of All TimeOur Top 6 Most Downloaded Episodes of 2021Our Top 10 Most Downloaded Masculinity EpisodesThe “New Listeners Start Here” PlaylistGreat Man Within Episodes for Women __________________________ Get free daily Anti-Drift Texts Click Here (once you click the link, press “send” to text the keyword to me to get the daily texts) (These texts will also notify you of upcoming...

#324. Get free daily Anti-Drift Texts Click Here (once you click the link, press “send” to text the keyword to me to get the daily texts) (These texts will also notify you of upcoming Masterclasses) Follow Dominick on Instagram: @DominickQ Join the Facebook Group for Men: https://www.facebook.com/groups/TheGreatManWithin __________________________ “A man who views the world the same at age 50 as he did at age 20 has wasted 30 years of his life.” – Muhammad Ali In this Episode: 5 things we loved in our 30s that we loathe in our 40s Why “should” is a swear word Why “productivity” is a dangerous god to deify Why “consuming” information is never as fulfilling as “creating” 5 PLAYLISTS TO KEEP YOU COMPANY WHILE WE BREAK FOR OCTOBER Our Top 10 Most Downloaded Episodes of All TimeOur Top 6 Most Downloaded Episodes of 2021Our Top 10 Most Downloaded Masculinity EpisodesThe “New Listeners Start Here” Playlist Great Man Within Episodes for Women

#323. Get free daily Anti-Drift Texts Click Here (once you click the link, press “send” to text the keyword to me to get the daily texts) (These texts will also notify you of upcoming Masterclasses) Follow Dominick on Instagram: @DominickQ Join the Facebook Group for Men: https://www.facebook.com/groups/TheGreatManWithin __________________________ Madelyn Moon’s Book: Artist of Love Madelyn’s First Episode on The Great Man Within Podcast: 5 Ways Men Lose Credibility with Women Follow Madelyn on Instagram: @MadelynMoon Art is the practice of taking the mundane happenings of life and turning it into theater. Seinfeld and Curb Your Enthusiasm are two great examples of this – two shows famously about nothing (the trivialities of life), yet turned into art that makes us laugh and relate. In long term relationships, there are no shortage of mundane moments…infuriating moments…and all the other moments in between that can be dismissed as forgettable or necessary evils you have to endure. Our guest today, Madelyn Moon, encourages us to take these relationship moments and make art out of them – just like Larry David would – to bring more life, play and heat into your relationship. Fellas, this might be a good episode to invite your ladies to listen along with you. Who is Madelyn Moon? In this Episode:

#322. Follow Dominick on Instagram: @DominickQ Join the Great Man Mastermind: https://www.dominickq.com/masterminds/the-digital-mastermind Join the Facebook Group for Men: https://www.facebook.com/groups/TheGreatManWithin __________________________ Dr Molly’s Book: The Spark Factor Dr Molly on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drmolly.co/?hl=en In this Episode: Who is Dr Molly? The Spark Factor: Supercharge Your Batteries for Limitless Energy and a Fitter, Stronger, More Resilient Future

#321. Get free daily Anti-Drift Texts Click Here (once you click the link, press “send” to text the keyword to me to get the daily texts) (These texts will also notify you of upcoming Masterclasses) Follow Dominick on Instagram: @DominickQ Join the Facebook Group for Men: https://www.facebook.com/groups/TheGreatManWithin __________________________ In this Episode: How to remember – and apply – more of what you read to upgrade your lifeA 5 step journaling technique to clarify solutions to complex problems (especially helpful if you have a hard time journaling).The process to break bad habits so they don’t ever come back

#320. Get free daily Anti-Drift Texts Click Here (once you click the link, press “send” to text the keyword to me to get the daily texts) (These texts will also notify you of upcoming Masterclasses) Follow Dominick on Instagram: @DominickQ Join the Facebook Group for Men: https://www.facebook.com/groups/TheGreatManWithin __________________________ IMPORTANT DISCLAIMER (borrowed from Tim Ferriss, linked here): The plants and compounds mentioned in this [podcast] are illegal in many countries, and even possession can carry severe criminal penalties. None of this [podcast] constitutes medical advice or should be construed as a recommendation to use psychedelics. There are serious legal, psychological, and physical risks. Psychedelics are not for everyone—they can exacerbate certain emotional problems, and there have been, in very rare cases, fatalities. 7 years ago, when I was first starting to get curious about psychedelics like Ayahuasca, mushrooms, MDMA and LSD…these medicines were very much underground and difficult to access unless you knew someone who knew someone who was in the underground world. I didn’t even know anyone personally who’d done any psychedelics to talk to about their experiences. It was also difficult to get access to legitimate resources to educate yourself on the dos, donts and dangers of psychedelic use so you could even determine whether it was right for you. These days, psychedelics have become part of mainstream conversation. Tim Ferriss has become a prominent champion of responsible psychedelic use. Michael Pollan wrote a category breaking book called How to Change Your Mind, which is now a Netflix documentary series. And speaking of documentaries, there’s been an explosion of those both on the major streaming platforms as well as on YouTube. Now it seems like everyone is microdosing something these days. So I thought it would be high time to have a conversation about why psychedelics have played such an important role in my personal growth. Bryan is sitting out this conversation today, and I’ve brought back my man, Keith Bracci, a semi-regular on this show and a brother I’ve journeyed with a number of times. In this Episode:

#319. Get free daily Anti-Drift Texts Click Here (once you click the link, press “send” to text the keyword to me to get the daily texts) (These texts will also notify you of upcoming Masterclasses) Follow Dominick on Instagram: @DominickQ Join the Facebook Group for Men: https://www.facebook.com/groups/TheGreatManWithin __________________________ In this Episode:

#318. Follow Dominick on Instagram: @DominickQ Join the Great Man Mastermind: https://www.dominickq.com/masterminds/the-digital-mastermind Join the Facebook Group for Men: https://www.facebook.com/groups/TheGreatManWithin __________________________ Re-Origin Website: https://re-origin.com Re-Origin on Instagram: @reorigin_official The Stoic philosopher Epictetus said: “No man is free who is not master of himself.” No man can master himself, without mastery of his own brain and mind. So I have a question for you: What tools and practices are you intentionally employing on a consistent basis to develop mastery of your mind? To help you answer that question, we’re going to be diving deep into one specific superpower of the brain: neuroplasticity: The brain’s ability to change, reorganize and grow over time. For that growth and change to happen on your own terms, you have to play an integral role. And to help teach you how to play that role masterfully, we have Ben Ahrens, co-founder of Re-Origin, an online brain training program to help people reclaim their health by rewiring their brain. In fact, Re-Origin is the program that I’ve been using to rewire my brain as I’m healing from Lyme Disease…a chronic illness that Ben knows even more intimately than I…as he spent 3 years bedridden with Lyme Disease…his body in a constant state of hypervigilant fight or flight response… …and the only way he could make his way back to full health, was to reclaim authority over a brain that had been hijacked by fear. In this episode:

#316. Follow Dominick on Instagram: @DominickQ Interview for the Great Man Mastermind: https://www.dominickq.com/masterminds/the-digital-mastermind Join the Facebook Group for Men: https://www.facebook.com/groups/TheGreatManWithin __________________________ Our first episode on porn in over 18 months! In this episode:

#316. Follow Dominick on Instagram: @DominickQ Join the Great Man Mastermind: https://www.dominickq.com/masterminds/the-digital-mastermind Join the Facebook Group for Men: https://www.facebook.com/groups/TheGreatManWithin __________________________ One thing I’ve learned as I’ve played bigger games in my life: Is that the failures get bigger. I think that would only make sense, right? But as I continue to fail, I’ve also learned to fear failure less. Which means, I go after 100% of what I want more and more often…and the victories get bigger. Now in our masterminds, I see men at earlier stages of their inner work journey, where fear of failure is still a major inhibitor for going after 100% of what they want in their life. One of the most common themes among men who join our masterminds is this experience of feeling life is good…but not great. They have this deeper sense of knowing that they’re standing on the sidelines of the real games they want to be playing, but are too afraid of the consequences of failing in their pursuit. So in this episode, Bryan and I are going to take a deeper dive into the fear forces that keep you stuck and paralyzed from going after 100% of what you want. In this episode: The 4 Life Lessons #1. Failure gives you the experience that you can get back up. #2. Failure will either strengthen or shatter your ego. #3. Failing hurts a lot less when you’re in integrity #4. Brotherhood allows you to fail bigger.

#315. Follow Dominick on Instagram: @DominickQ Join the Great Man Mastermind: https://www.dominickq.com/masterminds/the-digital-mastermind Join the Facebook Group for Men: https://www.facebook.com/groups/TheGreatManWithin __________________________ I see so many men working on themselves, trying so hard to get that thing they want out of life – finding their purpose, starting their own business, learning to love their body, finding romantic love – and routinely falling short of getting what they desire. It's rarely due to a lack of trying. It's certainly not due to a lack of thinking. It's due to lack of awareness of the wounds they’ve endured much earlier in life that caused a shut down of essential parts of their inner world. Think of it as trying to drive cross country when every major freeway and interstate is barricaded. Its really hard to get where you’re trying to go. In this episode, we’re going to be exploring 3 common masculine wounds that serve as the barricades to you getting where you want to go. And by exploring them, and ultimately removing them, you’ll be in the fast lane to your destination. The 3 Common Masculine Wounds:

#314. Follow Dominick on Instagram: @DominickQ Join the Great Man Mastermind: https://www.dominickq.com/masterminds/the-digital-mastermind Join the Facebook Group for Men: https://www.facebook.com/groups/TheGreatManWithin __________________________ Brother let’s get real for a minute: We’ve all got a little victim mentality in us. We’ve all got at least one area of life where we struggle, and not getting the results we want. Maybe you see others making more money than you. Maybe you see others more successful in love and romance. Maybe you see other guys have the body that you wish you had. When we’re not getting what we want, its tempting to indulge in the idea the game is rigged against us…and that’s why we’re not winning. Now that’s not to say you don’t have it harder than others in certain aspects of your life. We’re all born into different circumstances where things like money, race, physical appearance, sexual orientation and whether you grew up in a loving or broken home create uneven playing fields. And then we have different life experiences where we collect a lot of evidence as to whether the wind is at your sails, or if you’re running with a parachute attached to your back. So yes, we are all starting from different places, but we don’t have to stay stuck there. As Viktor Frankl says: “Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms—to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.” In other words, you have the choice to remain a victim to your circumstances – or to adopt the mindset of a victor. In this Episode:

#313: Follow Dominick on Instagram: @DominickQ Join the Great Man Mastermind: https://www.dominickq.com/masterminds/the-digital-mastermind Join the Facebook Group for Men: https://www.facebook.com/groups/TheGreatManWithin __________________________ Jayson Gaddis from Episode #222: How to Cultivate Heat and Handle Conflict in Your Romantic Relationships In this episode: