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August 19, 2025 77 mins

Have you tried living out in the wilderness and surviving without carrying anything?

In this episode of the Happy Hustle Podcast, I have an awesome conversation with Donny Dust, the world's most famous caveman.
Donny and I talked about his primal caveman's 4 parts of well-being, goal setting, and how to survive and truly thrive in any environment.

Donny is a US Marine Corps veteran who is considered by many, a worldwide expert in remote primitive survival, ancient/historical technologies, lithic arts (flintknapping), and emergency preparedness.

He utilizes his countless days living among the world's wild landscapes and fully immersing himself in unique cultures in order to offer one-of-a-kind wilderness self-reliance training and education at his school, Paleo Tracks Survival.

He has also authored two books (SCAVENGER and EARTHROAMER), worked on feature films as a technical consultant, taken part in several different network television programs, conducted numerous podcasts and radio appearances, and spoken in front of crowds who have traveled from all over to hear him speak and learn of his wild adventures.

Known as the "Professional Caveman," Donny is nothing but professional, adventurous, and creative.

If you want to connect with Donny and learn primitive skills, you can visit his website https://www.donnydust.com/.

In this episode, we cover:

[00:08:06:05] Flexibility is the Key To Success
[00:11:55:04] Control Your Response
[00:14:19:24] Primal Caveman's 4 Parts of Well-Being
[00: 17:07:12] Are you Align with Your Primal Well-Being?
[00:48:52:19] Happy Hustle Hacks [Health, Money, Entrepreneurship, Spirituality]
[00:59:48:24] Rapid fire questions

What does Happy Hustlin mean to you? 
Donny says knowing that if you're not doing the things that make you happy in your life, then you're going down the wrong path, you know, like eliminate the things that bring, you know, value and instill and reinforce the things that do bring you value in. Yeah, I think if you're a happy Hustler, you enjoy your life. You enjoy everything that comes around you and you embrace people in a positive way.

Connect with Donny
https://www.instagram.com/donnydust/
https://www.facebook.com/donny.dustPTS
https://www.linkedin.com/in/donny-dust-70615b192/
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrbAnPwWsPKuadQ94wNORvw?view_as=subscriber
https://twitter.com/DonnyDust
https://vm.tiktok.com/ZM8nrBhL8/

Find Donny on his website: https://www.donnydust.com/

Connect with Cary!
https://www.instagram.com/cary__jack/
https://www.facebook.com/SirCaryJack
https://www.linkedin.com/in/cary-jack-kendzior/
https://twitter.com/thehappyhustle
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFDNsD59tLxv2JfEuSsNMOQ/featured

Get a free copy of his new book, The Happy Hustle, 10 Alignments to Avoid Burnout & Achieve Blissful Balance https://www.thehappyhustlebook.com/
Sign up for The Journey: 10 Days To Become a Happy Hustler Online Course http://www.thehappyhustle.com/Journey
Apply to the Montana Mastermind Epic Camping Adventure https://caryjack.com/montana

“It’s time to Happy Hustle, a blissfully balanced life you love, full of passion, purpose, and positive impact!”

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