Ben Nemtin: Stop Waiting for Motivation and Start Checking Off Your Bucket List Today | Mental Health | YAPClassic

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Hey, Young and Profiters! What's on your bucket list? Whatever it is, my guest today believes your biggest dreams are more achievable than you think. In this YAPClassic, I spoke with Ben Nemtin, the motivational speaker, best-selling author, and star of MTV's hit reality documentary series, The Buried Life. Ben didn't just dream big. He made his dreams happen. He crossed off an incredible bucket list of items, like playing basketball with former President Obama, throwing the first pitch at a major league baseball game, and even sharing a beer with Prince Harry. But what truly sets him apart is his mission to help thousands of others turn their dreams into a reality too. So if you're ready to stop waiting and start doing, let's get right into my episode with Ben. Hey Ben, welcome to Young and Profiting Podcast.

Ben Nemtin (3:13)

Thank you for having me. I'm excited to be here.

Hala Taha (3:15)

Yeah, I'm excited for you being on the show as well.

So for those of you who don't know Ben, 15 years ago, he created a list called 100 Things To Do Before You Die with his three friends. And he decided that for every bucket list item he would accomplish, he would help a complete stranger accomplish something on their list as well. And what was supposed to be a two week road trip turned into pretty much a lifelong mission, eventually leading him to an MTV show called The Buried Life, a New York Times bestselling book. And today he's also a very in demand motivational speaker. In fact, I follow Ben on social and it seems like he speaks in a different city every day. And so I can't wait for my listeners to hear all of your bucket list advice and all of your life changing stories. But before we get into it, I did want to touch on your upbringing and talk about mental health for a moment because you are an expert on this topic. You grew up in Canada and I read that when you were younger, you were always traveling with your parents. So let's talk about your upbringing and how that influenced your adventurous spirit that you have today.

Ben Nemtin (4:15)

So my dad was actually a clown and he was like a theatrical clown. So he played music and he wasn't necessarily the clown that does balloons and parties and stuff. He would do theater shows. So we would travel around to different kids festivals or different cities and he would do a show and it would either be in some sort of exotic location like in Africa or somewhere like Sweden, or it would be on a ski mountain. So we had this really interesting upbringing where we would travel with him to these cool locations.