The Mark Drager Show

Today's guest is a confidence coach with over 22 years of experience coaching some of the highest-profile athletes - including tenors at Michigan State, SMU, and the University of Miami. She now applies everything she learned working at the college, national, and Olympic levels to teach teams, athletes, women's organizations, and women in business how to handle those "pressure to perform" moments...

You may know today's guest because of his wildly popular Top 10 Rules to Success series, you may even be one of the over 2mm YouTube subscribers that makes up BelieveNation- but I've known Evan Carmichael for almost 15 years and being as tight as we are, what follows is a deeper and more direct conversation than I think I've ever seen Evan go. So please help me welcome to the We Do Hard Things Pod...

Today's guest defied all odds after a vicious physical assault in his early 20s left him with a traumatic brain injury that forced him into nearly three years of full-time rehabilitation. Battling back, he was able to claw his way into earning a degree, and then a masters, and then he went on to become one of the most inspiring leadership speakers I know of. Now, if you've ever felt like a major s...

There came a moment when it hit me, I need to thank 2020...

I could not be more excited. Today I get to share with you the absolutely mind-blowing conversation I had with the former NFL player and American Ninja Warrior, the host of the Aww Shift podcast… Anthony Trucks. Now, if you've ever felt like others are passing you by... Or you're stuck in a season of doubt and self-judgment... Or maybe, just maybe you don't feel as successful as you'd like to be.....

Today's guest completed 50 Ironmans, in 50 states, in 50 days… has a slew of Guinness World Records, and is setting out to help you, me, and the world redefine "impossible". Now, if you've ever felt like you've not hit your potential... Or you see how hard other people push but you just don't have the same energy or drive... Or heck, maybe you just worry a lot about what other people think and say...

Today's guest is a serial entrepreneur, speaker, and the author of the book, HONEST TO GREATNESS. Now, if you've ever felt like you have to dance around the truth to save someone's feelings… Or when you are being honest and open people seem to freak out at what you're saying… Or maybe you're like me, and just feel like you're not 100% honest with yourself... This episode is for you. Because I talk...

Today's guest is a professional athlete. Now, that's pretty cool, but more remarkably and why I wanted to talk to her is that she's also an obstacle course racer and a Pro Spartan. Now, If you feel like you are lacking confidence. If you've wondered why you don't push yourself harder. Or if you've ever thought that you're not getting the results you want in business, in life, or in your physical f...

Today's guest is the founder and CEO of one of the fastest-growing private companies featured in Inc. GymGuyz. Starting from almost nothing, he used the knowledge and connections he made as a personal trainer to build this disruptive at-home personal training brand into the giant it's become - with over 230 locations in almost 30 states. Now, you may have seen him featured in the New York Times, F...

Today's guest is an extreme distance swimmer who was told in his early 50's that he was going to die. That the Lymphoma and Leukemia that was attacking his body would win out. Then, just before his 30th wedding anniversary his wife who was also battling a terminal illness, suddenly died. And in that dark period, when he felt he had nothing to live for he found an inner strength, he refused to acce...

Today's guest is a prolific serial entrepreneur. Now, I don't have another way to say that but even that doesn't do justice to his accomplishments in a really short amount of time. Over the past decade plus, he's launched and sold a break-neck number of startups - within technology and business services, marketing, health, and now a retail food chain with 25 locations. Our guest went to law school...

Today's guest is a serial entrepreneur who was raised in poverty, so much so that at one point he was homeless, AND...has also gone onto build up multiple 8-figure businesses. Now, what I appreciated most about having the chance to speak with him, is that he's not just talk. He's started from nothing. He's built and lost. He's seen success and major failure. And he carries that into everything he...

Today's guest is a formal Navy SEAL and a former FBI special agent. During his 13 years with the FBI he investigated International Terrorist Organizations, was a part of the FBI's New York SWAT Team, was also attached to the United States Army's 75th Ranger Regiment through the FBI, for which during his deployment in Afghanistan he was presented with the FBI's second highest award for valor, the S...

Today's guest is an endurance athlete with a zest for adventure.  That zest has taken her from struggling to finish a local fun-run and learning how to swim as an adult; to completing 18x Ironmans, including finishing 2nd in her age group at the world championships in Kona. But if that wasn't enough, her thriving coaching business saw her ride a wave of success until the day she found the anxiety...

Each week I share real, tactical advice and the most interesting and inspiring interviews. Because my goal is to help those of us who have something to prove show the world and ourselves that we have what it takes to make it happen. Upcoming interviews include: Dean Hall - cancer survivor and cold-water river swimmer Sonja Wieck - 18X Ironman, Eco-Challenge Fiji participant Errol Doebler - former...