Ben Gothard’s philosophy revolves around the 7 core disciplines of life (remembered via the acronym SIPFIRE: Spiritual, Industrial, Physical, Financial, Intellectual, Relational, Emotional). He strives for daily improvement in each discipline to continuously compound personal growth over time.

Gothard’s current leadership roles include Founder & CEO of Gothard Enterprises, his agency where he helps businesses reduce FICA taxes by $500/employee/year using supplemental health insurance, Host of BGTV, a podcast where Ben interviews incredible people, and CG Sustainable Holdings, where Ben and his partner Joseph Chandler invest in productive assets.

His past leadership roles include serving as an M&A Associate with AVA, an agency aggregator, VP of Business Development for Lucyd, a world class social ads agency, VP of Partnerships at Dropified (Inc 5k Fastest Growing Company in America), Founder of Life Mastery Foundation, Founder of Project EGG, Author of CEO at 20 (and more, including an Amazon best seller), and Co-Founder of Finals Fest.

Andrew Carnegie’s achievement framework, detailed in Think & Grow Rich, paired with sage wisdom on human relations detailed in How To Win Friends & Influence People by Dale Carnegie and a focus on living a principled life taught in Principles by Ray Dalio have deeply influenced Gothard’s life. To sum it up, Ben strives to have his epitaph mirror Carnegie’s: “One Who Surrounded Himself With Those Better Than He.”

Gothard’s study has led to a love of working with people, including driving $20m+ in ebitda potential at AVA, contributing to 85% market saturation at Lucyd, driving part of Dropified’s 130k+ lifetime customer base, and founding of the Life Mastery Foundation, where Ben grew his sales team to 150 people, reaching 50,000+ students globally.

Ben’s passions for learning & curiosity have also led him to host 5x podcasts, including Decentral Gamer, DappRadio, Crypto Gaming Institute, and eCommerce Mastery, but starting with Project EGG. He’s interviewed billionaires, NYT best selling authors, Emmy Award winners, and roughly ~600 guests for his peak audience of 30,000+ people per month in 50+ countries on all major podcasting/live streaming platforms.

He is an expert skier, all-time highest scoring player of his high school basketball team, multi-band guitar player, part time blogger/philosopher/poet, lover of his Jewish heritage, and possibly the most positive person you’ll ever meet. Also, despite having a professional sounding biography, Ben always trying to figure out how to make you smile.