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INTERVIEW | Make Money by Mastering Your Mind with Shirzad Chamine
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- Travis Makes Money
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- Jun 7, 2026
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- 1470
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Summary
Shirzad Chamine is a New York Times bestselling author, executive coach, and founder of Positive Intelligence. Having trained more than 100,000 coaches and advised CEOs at some of the world's largest companies, Shirzad has dedicated his career to understanding the mental patterns that drive performance, leadership, and fulfillment. In this episode, he shares the painful entrepreneurial failure that sparked his life's work, explains the concept of self-sabotage, and reveals practical tools for strengthening the positive side of your mind while quieting the internal voices that hold you back. On this episode we talk about: The entrepreneurial failure that led Shirzad to develop Positive Intelligence How self-sabotaging thought patterns impact performance, leadership, and relationships The ten "saboteurs" that create stress, self-doubt, and negative emotions Simple mental exercises to shift from reactive thinking to peak performance Why developing your "inner Jedi" may be one of the most valuable skills in the age of AI Top 3 Takeaways Your greatest obstacles are often internal, not external. Self-sabotaging thought patterns can quietly undermine your success, relationships, and well-being unless you learn to recognize them. Negative emotions are signals, not destinations. Stress, anger, guilt, and self-doubt can provide useful information, but staying trapped in those emotions prevents effective action. Mental fitness can be trained. Small, consistent practices that strengthen focus and self-command can help you access greater creativity, confidence, resilience, and performance. Notable Quotes "The question is not if you sabotage yourself, but how you do it." "Inside my head, there's a war going on between my inner Darth Vaders and my inner Jedi." "The most painful day o…