Episode 285: High Achievers Don't Drink and If They Do, This Is What It's Costing Them with James Swanwick

Alcohol is draining more than your energy: it’s also draining
your potential and your revenue.


Today’s guest James Swanwick breaks it down like this: If you’re
making $1 million a year… but only operating at 60%, how much are
you actually leaving on the table? 


James is an alcohol-free trailblazer, entrepreneur, and author of
the new book, CLEAR. He’s living proof that ditching alcohol is
the ultimate power move for high achievers, espousing the
philosophy that successful people do not drink.


In our conversation, he talks about the decision to go
alcohol-free 15 years ago, which at the time, had serious stigma
attached to it. We also discuss the tidal wave of change
happening, from sober raves to the fact that Gen Z is drinking
less than ANY previous generation.


If you’re curious what really separates breakthrough performers
from the rest, this episode is a must-listen. Will you be one of
the leaders who chooses the alcohol-free edge?


 


IN THIS EPISODE:


How James went from feeling “blah” and “mediocre” as a
Hollywood journalist drinking nightly to an entrepreneur and ESPN
anchor via a 30-day break from alcohol

Eye-opening stories of high achievers James has worked with
who went alcohol-free: one man saved a child’s life, another
sailed the ocean for his late wife 

The REAL cost of drinking for entrepreneurs: how “just one
drink a night” can literally be draining you of hundreds of
thousands of dollars in opportunities, focus, and legacy

The “tidal wave” alcohol-free revolution we’re heading
toward, led by Gen Z, from sunrise sober raves to new cancer
warning labels

Powerful people who don’t drink, from JLo to Warren Buffet,
and reframing ditching alcohol as the gateway to fulfillment,
peak performance, and genuine joy



 


LINKS/RESOURCES MENTIONED


Read James Swanwick’s new book, CLEAR: The Only
Neuroscience-Based Method for High Achievers to Quit Drinking
Without Willpower, Rehab or AA.


Visit James’s website, follow him on Instagram, and read the
books he recommended, including Outwitting the Devil and Think
and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill.


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sure to get your copy of Euphoric: Ditch Alcohol and Gain a
Happier, More Confident You today and leave your review.


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