Mayito Minutes

What if you were recruited by the winningest coach in sporting history to come play at one of the best universities in collegiate basketball...but you were told you likely wouldn't get any playing time? This is the story of Swen Nater.

Many times what got you to this level won't be enough to get you to the next level. -Joshua Medcalf

Redwood trees can grow to over 350 ft tall. What makes them even more amazing however is how their root system works.

Never complain. Never explain. -Benjamin Disraeli We will spend most of the episode breaking down the second statement "never explain". Oh and I use myself as a case study and throw myself under the bus multiple times in this episode.

In this episode, I diagnose why many of us have trouble expressing gratitude at some points in our lives and it freely flows at other times.

And we have arrived at the #1 most listened to Mayito Minutes podcast! The story of Ulysses and the Sirens. How can we learn from it?  Originally released December 6, 2018

Expectations. They are powerful. They drive performance. How can we make sure they drive our performance in the right direction?

When something happens to us we think we have 2 options. One of them is impossible.

Uncertainty. It makes us feel a certain way. How should we deal with uncertainty and how can we get better at handling it when it arises?

In honor of the Conference Championships happening this week, we are re-releasing this interview we did with Kyle King. One of the most highly decorated runners at Baylor University. Kyle King is a former distance runner at the University of North Texas and Baylor University (Waco, TX). Post collegiately Kyle went on to run for the Zap Fitness and made the choice to pursue running professionally....

My mind is like a piece of steel. Very hard to scratch anything on it and almost impossible once you get it in there to rub it out. -Abraham Lincoln

Continuing the Top 5 Series by analyzing this quote from a Stoic philosopher, "What progress have you made? That I am becoming my own friend." -Hecato. There is a reason so many people listened to this episode. Not because it offers some groundbreaking information, but because it resonates with all of us- Are we really our own friends?  Originally Published: December 04, 2018

October 13th, 2004 I lost a dear friend who was killed in action Iraq while serving in the Marine Corp. This year I had something very interesting happen on that day and it got me to thinking about what makes a great team.

This past weekend we saw a milestone broken. Eliud Kipchoge became the first man to break 2 hours in a marathon. To put this in perspective this is akin to the first time 4 minutes was broken in the mile or 10 seconds was broken in the 100 meters. So who is Eliud Kipchoge?

Unpacking a Tweet by Steve Magness talking about the importance of focusing on the first 98% of a performance, not the last 2%. Originally Published: 8/6/2018

Revisiting one of my top 5 episodes: Originally released on April 13, 2017.  When we look at how we use our time we should always be asking ourselves if what we are doing is truly necessary to achieve our goals. I decided to bring this episode back and publish it again because we can all use the tune-up from time to time to bring us back to operating efficiently and with solid purpose. 

Last race of the season. A 60 minute criterium held at Tupps Brewery in Mc Kinney, TX.

Recap of this past weekend's Texas Road Race championship held in Ft Hood, Texas.

Revisiting one of my top 5 episodes: Originally released on Jan 25, 2017. Vintage but oh so good!  Most of us have heard the story of the Tortoise versus the Hare. In this podcast I propose a new way of looking at the story and the lesson that I believe we can all learn from it that never really occurred to most of us (myself included).

And just like that the Fair Park Thursday Night criterium series is over. Last night's race was fun as always but played out differently than the normal script.

The 2019 Hotter n Hell is in the books!

There are three musts that hold us back: I must do well, you must treat me fairly, all the world must be easy. -Albert Ellis

Peak performance is a marriage between our internal and external environments.

What a country honors it cultivates. -Plato

There's no one better than you, only less afraid.