Charles Schwartz
Entrepreneur and host of The Proven Podcast
Charles Schwartz (Entrepreneur and host of The Proven Podcast) hosts Proven Podcast. Topics they speak about most include Self-improvement, Addiction and recovery, Healthcare in the United States.
In their words
Positions and remarks grouped by topic, each with the exact quote and where it was said.
Self-improvement
Schwartz contends that the belief that achievement makes one worthy of love is a broken equation.
“There's everyone has been taught this equation that if I do this, I'll be enough. And if I'm enough, I'll be worthy of love”
Proven Podcast: The Daily Habits Behind Endless Income - Garrett Gunderson (Jun 3, 2026) · Listen from 36:33
Schwartz argues health, not time, is a person's most valuable resource.
“understanding time is not your most valuable resource. It is not. Your health is”
Proven Podcast: The Daily Habits Behind Endless Income - Garrett Gunderson (Jun 3, 2026) · Listen from 21:40
Addiction and recovery
Schwartz argues that men's openness about their struggles is a sign of strength rather than weakness.
“on the other side of absolute vulnerability is complete strength”
Proven Podcast: The Mattering Effect: Success and Mattering Are Not the Same Thing - John R. Miles (Oct 10, 2026) · Listen from 23:33
Healthcare in the United States
Schwartz argues that doctors' incomes have eroded and many long-serving doctors seek to exit their practices.
“Doctors don't make what they used to make. they're they're nickel and dime and their insurance is astronomical”
Proven Podcast: Healthcare Fixed: No Insurance Needed, Same Doctors, 60% Less - David Goldhill (Sep 9, 2026) · Listen from 34:37
Hospice care
Schwartz recounts that after VITAS entered his market, average inpatient hospice stays fell from about two weeks to 47 hours and later under 16 hours.
“the patients went from being there for two weeks to being there for 47 hours”
Proven Podcast: Healthcare Fixed: No Insurance Needed, Same Doctors, 60% Less - David Goldhill (Sep 9, 2026) · Listen from 37:36
Cash flow versus capital accumulation
Schwartz says the billionaires he knows focus on cash flow rather than capital.
“Everybody I know that's a billionaire talks about cashflow. They do not talk about capital”
Proven Podcast: The Daily Habits Behind Endless Income - Garrett Gunderson (Jun 3, 2026) · Listen from 9:44
Podcasts hosted
- Proven Podcast · 3 episodes in TMT
Appearances
The Mattering Effect: Success and Mattering Are Not the Same Thing - John R. MilesProven Podcast · Oct 10, 2026 · 1 h 6 min
Charles Schwartz talks with former Navy officer and tech executive John R. Miles about leadership, trust, self-regulation, and the six signals of mattering at work.
Healthcare Fixed: No Insurance Needed, Same Doctors, 60% Less - David GoldhillProven Podcast · Sep 9, 2026 · 59 min
Charles Schwartz talks with Sesame founder David Goldhill about why American healthcare costs so much and how cash-price markets and telemedicine could lower costs.
The Daily Habits Behind Endless Income - Garrett GundersonProven Podcast · Jun 3, 2026 · 60 min
Charles Schwartz and Garrett Gunderson discuss money myths, focused investing, self-investment, relationships, daily habits, health routines, and recommended books.
Often appears with
- John R. Miles · 1 shared episode
- David Goldhill · 1 shared episode
- Garrett Gunderson · 1 shared episode