Habits and Hustle

When you want to understand someone's success, you look at what they built. The company, the exit, the valuation. But James Beshara says you are looking at the wrong thing. You are studying the fruit when the real story is in the roots.

James has built three separate companies to nine-figure valuations before 40, ranks as the top #2 angel investor on AngelList, and has made over 100 startup bets. He is also the founder of Magic Mind and after 14 years of investing and 18 years of building companies, he has learned that the founders who get funded are not the ones with the best pitch deck.

In this episode of Habits and Hustle, James shares why he backs the founder and not the business, what he looks for in the first 7 minutes of meeting someone, and why a product that is merely liked will always lose to one that is loved. He also breaks down the science behind Magic Mind, why your coffee habit may be working against you, and the morning philosophy practice that shapes how he makes every decision. If you have ever wondered what investors are really evaluating when they decide to bet on you, this conversation gives you the answer, and it starts with looking at the roots.

What's Discussed:

(02:53) The roots versus fruits reframe and why copying success usually backfires.

(10:14) The 7-minute window that tells James whether he wants to work with a founder.

(16:41) Why investors back the founder, not the business, and the 40% likability edge.

(25:33) Magic Mind: Why caffeine shuts off your fatigue signal instead of giving you energy.

(45:30) The Bezos rule: innovators must be willing to be misunderstood.

(1:07:51) What selling a company for less than he raised actually taught him.

(1:17:59) Why a product that people buy when it is “ugly” is the only kind worth scaling.

(1:28:55) Why running toward failure is how you avoid the failure that ends you.

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Find more from Jen Cohen: 

Website: jennifercohen.com

Instagram: @therealjencohen

Books: jennifercohen.com/books

Speaking: jennifercohen.com/speaking-engagements

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Instagram: @jamesjbeshara

Linkedin: James Beshara

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Find more from James’s Yoga For Your Intellect Podcast: 

Website: yfyi.co Instagram: @yogaforyourintellect 

YouTube: Yoga For Your Intellect Podcast 

Spotify: YFYI - Yoga For Your Intellect  

Find more from Magic Mind:

Website: magicmind.com YouTube: Magic Mind 

Instagram: @magicmind

Podcast: Magic Minds

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Open State Music: @openstate_   

Daily Vedantic: @the_daily_vedantic

There's a cognitive bias that runs more of your decisions than you do. Marketers figured it out a long time ago. The reason it keeps working on you is that nobody's taught you how to use it back.

People have been saying it's a willpower problem for years now. And while willpower is part of it, the real reason you keep falling into the same patterns has less to do with discipline and more to do with how your brain is wired.

In this episode of Habits and Hustle, I unpack what loss aversion actually is, why marketers have been using it on you for decades, and how to flip it so it works for you instead.

Let's dive in!

What's Discussed:

(1:53) Why your brain feels losing is twice as hard as winning and what that actually means for your daily decisions.

(3:13) The exact tweak marketers use to make you act fast without realizing it.

(3:45) Why "you'll feel great if you go to the gym" never works, and what does.

(4:55) The reason subscription models keep growing and why you're paying for things you don't even use.

(6:01) Why FOMO is just loss aversion with a different name.

(8:11) The hidden driver behind why you say yes to plans you didn't want to make.

(9:17) The "girl math" confession that explains why a 10% Rakuten reward turns into hundreds in unnecessary spending.

(12:03) The flip that turns loss aversion from your weakness into your most reliable motivator.

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Find more from Jen: 

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Speaking: jennifercohen.com/speaking-engagements

The most interesting people to sit down with aren't always the ones the world agrees about. Some of the most compelling conversations happen with people who hold their ground and refuse to be neatly categorized by the world.

Kevin Trudeau is infamous for a lot of things but what’s notable about him is he sold 50 million books, served 8.5 years in federal prison for contempt of court, and walked out at 60 with $10,000 in donations. Kevin has been called a snake oil salesman by some of the biggest names in the media. He's also the man who wrote about ultra-processed food, gut health, and the hypothalamus regulating weight 25 years before any of it became mainstream science.

In this episode, Kevin shares the story behind the controversies that defined him, what 8.5 years in federal prison actually taught him about resistance and acceptance, his philosophies in sales and business and how he came back at 60 to build it all again after being banned from infomercials for life.

If you've ever been curious about a public figure beyond what the headlines tell you, this conversation is the kind that will take you down the rabbit hole.

What's Discussed:

(08:42) The two infomercial offers that came in the same day from two strangers.

(14:00) The rule every other infomercial host followed that Kevin refused to use.

(22:00) The diagnosis at 19 that turned him into a researcher with no medical training.

(33:01) The warden who said he'd never seen an inmate happy to be there in 35 years.

(56:26) The "Natural Cures" claims that aged into mainstream science, and the ones that didn't.

(1:08:36) Why he says the GLP-1 weight loss drugs are built on the same science he wrote about 20 years ago.

(1:46:00) How he started over at 60 with $10,000 in fan donations after being banned from infomercials for life.

(2:11:46) The two words he says have more power to shape your life than any others.

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Find more from Jen Cohen: 

Website: jennifercohen.comInstagram: @therealjencohen

Books: jennifercohen.com/books

Speaking: jennifercohen.com/speaking-engagements

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Website:  kevintrudeau.com  

Instagram: @thekevintrudeau Facebook: Kevin Trudeau 

YouTube: @kevintrudeaushow 

TikTok: @thekevintrudeau  Linkedin: Kevin Trudeau Book: yourwishseries.com/book 

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Private Organization: globalinformationnetwork.com 

Mentorship: gurukev.com

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Natural Cures Website: naturalcures.com

Are you doing all the right things to strengthen your mindset but still feel like something is missing?

The wellness space has been selling mindset as the answer to everything for years now. And while it matters, leading with mindset is actually where most people get the order wrong. Because before your mind can perform at its best, your body has to be conditioned for it.

When you flip that order and put your physical health first, everything else starts to move differently. Your mental toughness builds naturally. Your stress response changes. The way you show up in your relationships, your conversations, and your business all shift without you having to force it.

In this episode of Habits and Hustle, I share why I put physicality at the very top of my pyramid and what actually starts to change when you do the same.

Let's dive in!

What's Discussed:


(3:10) The biggest paradigm shift nobody in the mindset space is talking about.


(3:49) Why physical strength is the actual foundation of mental resilience.


(5:20) How treating your body as your most important tool changes everything else.


(6:04) The way feeling physically strong changes how you show up in every relationship and conversation.


(9:16) Why strength training specifically upgrades your brain chemistry and memory.


(10:25) How Jen uses workouts to work through her biggest life and business decisions.


(12:39) Why saving that hard conversation for after your workout changes how you handle it.


(13:56) The first step to taking real ownership of your health and your life.

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The biggest threat to a founder's success isn't failure. It's spending years trying to become someone they were never built to be.

Jamie Siminoff never followed the CEO playbook. He followed the problem. He built Ring in his garage with a soldering iron, got publicly rejected on Shark Tank, never ran a single team meeting, and still built one of the most recognizable home security brands in the world.

In this episode, Jamie shares why the traditional founder playbook is a trap, what actually drives a company to scale, and what AI is about to do to the entrepreneurs who never questioned how they build.

If you have ever felt more pulled toward solving a problem than managing a team, this conversation will completely reframe how you think about building.

What's Discussed:


(02:01) Why "serial entrepreneur" is just a polite word for something else entirely.


(05:13) The garage moment that started everything and why he almost missed it.


(09:47) What pre-selling millions still couldn't save him from.


(13:22) The Shark Tank rejection that became his biggest break.


(21:15) How a lunch conversation changed the entire trajectory of Ring.


(35:40) The Amazon courting story and why it took three years.


(44:35) Why he never had a single team meeting and what he did instead.


(51:20) The reason he walked away from a billion dollar company at its peak.


(57:18) The wildfire that made him come back.


(1:02:10) What AI just unlocked for Ring that wasn't possible before.


(1:08:45) Why grit is about to become your most valuable asset.


(1:19:46) The one thing he'd tell every founder who's still searching.

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Momentous: Ready to try supplements that actually do what they claim? Head to livemomentous.com and use code JEN for 35% OFF your first subscription. 

Therasage: Visit Therasage.com and use code JEN to get 15% OFF your order. Your skin deserves this level of care.

Magic Mind: Head over to magicmind.com/jen and use code JEN at checkout.

Prolon: Prolon is offering listeners 30% OFF sitewide plus a $40 bonus gift when you subscribe to their 5-Day Program! Just visit prolonlife.com/JENNIFERCOHEN and use the code JENNIFERCOHEN to claim your discount and your bonus gift.

Rho Nutrition: Go to RhoNutrition.com and try Rho's Liposomal Glutathione. Use code JEN20 for 20% OFF sitewide.

Manna Vitality: Try it now by using the code Jennifer20 at mannavitality.com. 

Find more from Jen Cohen: 

Website: jennifercohen.com

Instagram: @therealjencohen

Books: jennifercohen.com/books

Speaking: jennifercohen.com/speaking-engagements

Find more from Jamie Siminoff: 

Instagram: @jsiminoff

Find more from Jamie’s Book:

Facebook: Ding Dong Book

Instagram: @dingdongbook

TikTok: @DingDongBookYouTube: @DingDongBook