Everybody Pulls The Tarp

Ryan Clark is a Super Bowl Champion, Pro Bowler, NFL Analyst, and an MMA commentator. After signing with the New York Giants as an undrafted free agent in 2002, Ryan went on to have a successful 13-year career in the NFL including a Super Bowl XLIII title and two AFC Championships. In 2007, Ryan faced a life-threatening illness and returned courageously to the NFL to continue his football career....

In just over a year, Kelly Stumpe built a thriving new business and a vibrant online community with 200,000 Instagram followers and a YouTube channel with more than 3 million views. Kelly is the Founder & CEO of The Car Mom and she's on a mission to empower moms and families to make informed and confident decisions when car shopping.  However, her story is even bigger than that. She'...

When the Tampa Bay Rays cut Mickey Jannis after his second minor league season he made the bold decision to develop a knuckleball—one of the rarest and most difficult pitches to master.  Mickey didn't have the fastball velocity most of his peers had and he thought doing something different might help him standout.  After more than a decade in the minor leagues, Mickey recently became just the...

Andrew sits down with 3x5 Life founders Jessie and Bryan McFarland for a conversation about ways to maximize your productivity, improve decision-making, live more intentionally, and more. ***If you want to try 3x5 Life products visit www.3x5Life.com and use the code ANDREW10 for 10% off your orders*** Show highlights: 2:10 - Entrepreneurship and launching the 3x5 Life venture 3:17 - How the 3x5 Li...

University of Denver Women's Basketball Head Coach Doshia Woods started asking her players for feedback on how she was doing as a coach—and she says it changed the trajectory of her career. In this episode, Andrew and Coach Woods explore techniques to build trust, clearly communicate expectations, and how to become a better listener. You'll also learn how to ask those you lead for feedba...

With the COVID-19 crisis on the rise in early 2020, the city of Hoboken, NJ was the first city in the US to implement a curfew and stay-at-home orders.  It was a decision that required bold and decisive leadership—and an unprecedented team effort to care for the community's most vulnerable. In this conversation, Andrew sits down with Hoboken city councilperson Emily Jabbour. This conversation...

After a successful run as an assistant coach in the NBA and at two nationally ranked college programs, Micah Shrewsberry has taken the reins as the new Penn State Men's Basketball Head Coach.  In this conversation, Andrew and Coach Shrewsberry explore his first few months on the job—and uncover timeless leadership and career lessons that will help anyone embarking on a new adventure.  Show hi...

When longtime tech executive Tim Dickson was offered the opportunity to return to his home state of Wisconsin as the Chief Information Officer of Generac, he knew it was meant to be. Tim is leading a major digital transformation for Generac and is part of a monumental initiative to help make the greater Milwaukee area and the state of Wisconsin a popular tech hub. For Tim, it’s the ultimate opport...

World-renowned performance coach, speaker, and author Alan Stein Jr. has spent his career working with the best of the best. For more than 15 years, Alan worked with some of the best basketball players on the planet, including superstars Kevin Durant, Steph Curry, and the late Kobe Bryant. Today, Alan helps companies, sports teams, and individuals implement the same basic strategies that make worl...

Named one of the World’s 50 Greatest Leaders in 2015 by Fortune Magazine, University of North Carolina Women’s Basketball Head Coach Courtney Banghart has a proven track record of stretching the limits of what people and teams think is possible. Banghart, the 2015 Naismith National Coach of the Year, joins Andrew and shares important lessons on overcoming the fear of failure, growing through adver...

Over the past year, Andrew has talked to many of the world's most successful people—including 10 Olympians who have won a combined 16 gold medals. To celebrate the start of the Tokyo Olympic Games, Andrew looks back on a few of his past conversations with Olympic athletes. He shares some of his favorite highlights from conversations with Olympians Monica Aksamit, Amanda Kessel, Michelle Carte...

Over three years, bestselling author & Bloomberg journalist Brad Stone traversed the globe talking to hundreds of people—his mission: uncover the story of how Amazon became one of the world's most powerful companies and to explore its iconic founder Jeff Bezos.  Just as Bezos ends his tenure as Amazon CEO and prepares for a history-making space flight, Andrew has a timely conversation wit...

After 20 years as a minor league baseball executive Jason Dambach knows all about pulling the tarp—literally. He started his career as a broadcaster for the Altoona Curve—but it was his work outside the broadcast booth that ultimately propelled him to President & General Manager of two minor league baseball franchises. Jason climbed the corporate ladder by showing up early, staying late, and p...

Flawless Real Talk is a hip-hop star, entrepreneur, and the runner up of Netflix’s Rhythm & Flow series. With his “underdog mentality” and tireless work ethic, Flawless has become an international hip-hop phenomenon as an independent recording artist. Andrew talks with Flawless about the power of staying true to who you are and what we all can learn from the story of a rapper from the smallest...

When Tajh Boyd was the star quarterback at Clemson University he started a new tradition—cleaning movie theaters. Each week following the team's movie night, Tajh led the team in cleaning the entire theater rather than leaving a mess for the theater staff. Tajh saw it as a way to lead by example and build a winning culture around a simple philosophy—how you do one thing is how you do everythi...

It's never too late to chase a dream and nobody knows that better than Jim Morris. At age 35, Jim went from high school science teacher to pitching in the Major Leagues for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. Nearly 20 years after Disney etched Jim's story into movie history in The Rookie starring Dennis Quaid, Andrew sits down with Jim for a candid conversation about chasing dreams, keeping promi...

Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, we have all been pulling the tarp in new ways at work, home, and in our communities. In this episode, Andrew sits down with leading business psychologist Dr. Camille Preston for a timely conversation about ways to maximize your resilience, achieve peak productivity, and better use technology to serve us instead of drive us.  A few show highlights: 1:56 - C...

This week Andrew talks with Emmy-Award winning TV host and journalist Samantha Harris. With a positive attitude and determination, Samantha went from working multiple jobs to make ends meet to being watched by millions as the co-host of Dancing with the Stars and Entertainment Tonight . In this conversation, you'll hear how Samantha's humble spirit, team-first mindset, and "cog in t...

Andrew gets a behind the scenes look at Eric Jorgenson's journey writing an Amazon #1 bestselling book. Inspired by the timeless wisdom of entrepreneur and investor Naval Ravikant, Eric Jorgenson threaded together a collection of Naval's best lessons on wealth, judgement, happiness, and more in The Almanack of Naval Ravikant .  In this conversation, Andrew and Eric explore the creative p...

Manny Dosanjh used to spend his off days driving 4-hours each way across the Canada-US border to watch the Michigan State Men's Basketball team practice. For a young, aspiring coach like Manny it was the ultimate opportunity to observe one of the sport's most elite programs, take notes, and hone his own craft as a coach. Today, Manny is part of the same program he used to watch from the...

With a yellow legal pad and a paperback dictionary, Rob Angel invented Pictionary in 1985 from his tiny Seattle apartment. After producing the first 1000 games by hand, Rob and his business partners went on to sell more than 38 million games across 60 countries. In this candid conversation, you'll hear Rob tell Andrew why determination, outside the box thinking, and a willingness to do anythi...

Andrew takes a deep dive into the topic of holistic financial wellness as an ingredient to maximize success, happiness, and security with Michael Hess—a longtime financial advisor who refers to himself as the "quarterback to an individual's personal economy." Michael's positive attitude, "gotta make lemonade" mindset, and decision to run 50 miles in one day to raise m...

After winning a bronze medal at the Rio Olympics in 2016, Monica Aksamit was ready to continue chasing her dreams of a gold medal at the upcoming Tokyo games.  However, with limited sponsorships in a niche sport like fencing and only $300 per month from the US Olympic Committee, Monica could barely afford to pay her bills let alone the costs of her rigorous training and travel expenses. Rather tha...

Andrew sits down with 3x Olympic Gold Medalist & World Cup Champion Heather O'Reilly. Back in 2002, Andrew was in high school science class when Heather told him she'd been called up to the US Women's National Team to fill in for an injured Mia Hamm.  Now 19 years later Andrew sits down with his former science lab partner and soccer legend to reminisce about her storied career a...

Andrew sits down with entrepreneur and Harvest Hosts CEO Joel Holland. This episode is a masterclass on entrepreneurship, leadership, and building a career that aligns with your personal passions.   A few show highlights: 2:23 - Joel's RV purchase and travel to 48 states 4:51 - How to come up with a big idea 6:41 - Aligning your skills and personal passions 11:33 - Joel's childhood busin...