The Mark Drager Show

Barbara Majeski is a nationally recognized TV personality known for her lifestyle expert advice and hosting multiple shows. She regularly features on the TODAY Show, Inside Edition, Good Day New York, and more. Known as the "Curator of the Good Life", she specializes in finding ways to improve your life. Shortly after filing for divorce, Barbara was handed a Stage III cancer diagnosis. The day aft...

Mel Abraham is a globally recognized thought leader, a #1 National Bestselling Author of The Entrepreneur's Solution: Affluence and Wealth & Money Mentor to Top Thought Leaders and Successful Entrepreneurs. Mel began his entrepreneurial journey at the age of 11 when he performed magic shows for parties. Mel was inspired to pursue entrepreneurship and business at a young age to create a life by des...

Les Brown is known as one of the greatest motivational speakers of all time - having spoken to a crowd of 80,000 - this author, television personality, radio host, and (past) politician is the leading authority on achievement. His charisma, warmth, and humor have transformed ordinary people into extraordinary achievers by using his own life, as well as the in-depth study of others' challenges, to...

Apollonia Ponti is a certified coach, speaker, and expert in coaching men on dating and relationships. Having a passion for love since her childhood, she always questioned why the Disney movies she would watch were so different from her real life.  Her divorced parents fought constantly and late at night, she would sneak her headphones into her room to listen to Dr. Drew and Dr. Ruth - learning ab...

Years ago a family friend asked Scott Stabile what he wanted to do with his life. Scott told him he wanted to spread as much love as possible. Today, his answer's still the same. We know life isn't always a party. It's often hard, sometimes brutal. Scott's parents were shot to death when he was fourteen. His brother OD'd on heroin nine years later. He grew up around a lot of addiction, dysfunction...

Today's guest is a retired Navy SEAL Master Chief with 27 years of experience leading and developing high-performance teams. As an influential speaker and consultant, he helps companies like CDW, Horizon Pharma, and 9 Energy develop leadership strategies so they can make the most of any given event. Stephen trained and led U.S. and foreign partner special operations forces on high-risk, strategica...

Today's guest was voted one of the top 8 most inspirational people in history. At 13, he was diagnosed with cancer and was given only 14 days to live - which he did. At 16, he was diagnosed with a different type of cancer - and given a 6% chance of survival - which he did. And while that's remarkable in itself, it's what he chose to do with the rest of his life that's so inspirational. He's gone o...

Today's guest was homeless at 15, for 5 long years before one day, in total despair and desperation, someone stepped into his life and gave him the greatest gift, hope. Over the next decade of his life, he became a master salesperson, moved overseas, took a company from $5mm to $1b, then lost it all, rebuilt, was knighted for his charitable work, lost it all again, rebuilt again... now, he's an ac...

Today's guest is a seriously accomplished Entrepreneur who's built, bought, and sold 24 businesses with a combined value of $5bn+ dollars. Today, you may see the man who's rebuilt himself into an ultra-marathoner. But as a boy, his dad took off and wasn't a part of his life, by the age of 10 he was grossly overweight at 250lbs, he was bullied and beaten up and hospitalized… Later, he became so agg...

Today's guest is a legend in the world of Sports Marketing, he's the Co-Founder of Sports 1 Marketing and he formerly served as the CEO of Leigh ("Lee") Steinberg Sports & Entertainment, which was the inspiration for the movie Jerry Maguire. Okay, he's been recognized by Variety Magazine as their Sports Humanitarian of the Year Awarded the Ellis Island Medal of Honor And he's also the Executive Pr...

Today's guest is the host of the heartwarming and truly profound series - the Kindness Diaries - an adventure series where our guest takes on cross-country adventures with no money, no plans, relying 100% on the generosity of the strangers he meets along the way. But this podcast isn't just a conversation about kindness, it's an open and real talk about man behind the series - what pushed him to w...

Today's guest was a wildly successful, LA-based professional dancer, choreographer, and fitness professional - who had her life turned upside-down when at the age of 38, she was hit by an SUV, and thrown from her motorcycle. Her leg was shattered, she faced 34 surgeries to save it from amputation. She was then diagnosed with an incurable painful-debilitating disease - and if that wasn't enough, sh...

Today's guest thought she had it all - career, health, relationships… and then, one day, as she watched her marriage fall apart, and the business go sideways, she realized that she didn't have it all. That in-fact, she had been settling in the most important areas of her life - settling for "good enough" But as she shares in her new book, Outrageous Achievement, not only did she not have to settle...

Today's guest is a best-selling author, an entrepreneur who has founded 20+ companies, is a hedge-fund manager, a comedian, podcaster, and a national Chess Master… And in his book, Skip the Line, he debunks why blindly following what most people do - that is to fall in line, spend 10,000 perfecting a craft and to not question the status quo - keeps them stuck. We talk insecurities, going bankrupt,...

Today's guest is the authority on creativity, innovation, and hyper-growth leadership. Over the course of his almost 30 years as an entrepreneur and all-around creative thinker, he's seen first-hand how innovation can fuel results… and how to harness the real power of creativity to make massive gains. His new book, Big Little Breakthroughs breaks down how small creative acts can unlock massive rew...

Today's guest is an award-winning film director and television producer, best known for his documentaries like, Why I'm Not on Facebook - and his tv shows Bar Rescue, Extreme Weight Loss, and My Cat from Hell. But really, why I wanted to have him on the podcast is because he's the author of this book right here, The 3-Minute Rule where he breaks down how to deliver a pitch or presentation that gra...

Today's guest is the editor-in-chief and co-owner of Pick the Brain, one of the most trusted self-improvement communities on the web. Get this, Pick the Brain has been named in over 100 "Best of the Web" lists, and Refinery29 named our guest one of the Top 10 Women Changing the Digital Landscape for Good. Really, there's just too many accolades and breakthroughs to list - so what I will say is tha...

Today's guest is an entrepreneur who has faced the classic rags to riches… to rags again story, when he lost everything he had worked so hard to build… And like the classic hero's journey, this man found in his darkest time, his truth. And from that truth has been able to find connection, love, acceptance, and he's also rebuilt his wealth along the way.... You have to hear this story. So please he...

Today's guest is an advertising legend in the making - after 10 years in the industry working with Playstation, Levi's and Disney, he co-founded the San Fran-based creative agency, Mekanism. That agency has gone on to produce campaigns for HBO, The North Face, PepsiCo, MillerCoors and Ben and Jerry's. They've won award after award including "Small Agency of the Year" by Ad Age top 50 most creative...

Welcome to the Chunk to Hunk 90-Day challenge. Hey there, I'm Mark Drager the host of the We Do Hard Things Podcast. And at 38 with no real-experience, I'm going to try to prove to myself that I do hard things by whipping myself into shape. All with the goal of getting 6-pack abs.

Today's guest is an actor who over the past 20 years has worked, and worked, and worked his way up from playing "homeless man #2" to earning a Bafta nomination for best male comedy performance for his role in the British comedy "Home". Formerly a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company, you might recognize him from his roles in Netflix's Dracula, Criminal UK, Cursed, Nightflyers - of course, he st...

Today's guest is an entrepreneur who loves making deals - which is probably why he was able to build a thriving real estate investment business, twice. You see the first time he messed up so bad he lost everything. To the point that back in 2012, he was so broke he had to choose whether to buy groceries or to have his power shut off at home. Just wait to hear how he turned it all around, what he l...

Today's guest was a pro-MLB pitcher who has gone on to be a profound writer and speaker. Authoring 5 best-selling books including his latest, "We're All in This Together" - he speaks and writes about appreciation, authenticity, and taking action - really just how to bring the best version of you to everything you do - better than anyone else. So please help me welcome to the We Do Hard Things Podc...

Today's guest is known as the sports world's Best Zone Coach and she's also a Holistic Mental Performance Specialist for Elite Performer. Working with top-tier athletes, coaches, and teams from the NCAA, WNBA, NBA, NFL and MLB… and Shaquille O'neal himself said our guest " is a unique person with a special gift to help athletes." So please help me welcome to the We Do Hard Things Podcast, Author o...

Today's guest is a former US Navy fighter pilot who was also the lead solo pilot of the Blue Angels - but cooler than that during the interview I found out he actually flew in the original Top Gun film. He now applies everything he's learned as an expert in how to build, and get the most out of high-performance teams so you can trust people, trust the system, and actually get things done. So pleas...