Success for the Athletic-Minded Man

Performance nutrition for YOU. Clint Wattenberg is currently the Director of Nutrition at the UFC Performance Institute in Las Vegas. Clint was a 2X All American wrestler at Cornell University and a member of the US National Team. He is a registered dietician and earned his master’s degree in exercise physiology. He now works with some of the top MMA athletes in the world. If you don’t have time t...

Will you speak up when it counts? We all have defining moments in our lives. Sometimes we expect them-- like getting married or winning a championship. Other times we don’t-- like a death in the family or a surprise promotion. Will you back down when yours arrives? Or will you face your fear? Take action? Speak up? Move on? This episode on taking action is the second of a four-part series on defin...

3 Pillars of Living Present Alan Stein, Jr. is a performance coach, consultant, speaker and author. He spent 15 years working with the highest performing basketball players on the planet. Alan delivers high-energy keynotes and interactive workshops to improve performance, cohesion, and accountability. He inspires and empowers everyone he works with to take immediate action and improve mindset, hab...

Will you take action when it counts? We all have defining moments in our lives. Sometimes we expect them-- like getting married or winning a championship. Other times we don’t-- like a death in the family or a surprise promotion. Will you back down when yours arrives? Or will you face your fear? Take action? Speak up? Move on? This episode on taking action is the second of a four-part series on de...

Facing what you fear. We all have defining moments in our lives. Sometimes we expect them-- like getting married or winning a championship. Other times we don’t-- like a death in the family or a surprise promotion. Will you back down when yours arrives? Or will you face your fear? Take action? Speak up? Move on? This episode on facing your fear is the first of a four-part series on defining moment...

How to have difficult conversations. Today I bring you Sheila Heen. An expert on managing difficult negotiations, Sheila is a lecturer at Harvard Law School and a founder of Triad Consulting. Her corporate clients include Apple, Unilever, the Federal Reserve Bank, Pixar, Novartis, and numerous others. She often partners with executive teams, helping them work through conflict, repair working relat...

How to feel more accomplished at the end of the day. Ever feel like you go through your day at 100 mph and get 100 things done but you didn’t really make meaningful progress toward anything? Like you’re hustling but not getting any closer to your goals? Like you’re not able to move the needle? Me too. That’s when I started studying how elite performers operate. How they get things done. How they s...

Crystallization of discontent. James Fell is a motivation, health, and fitness writer for the Los Angeles Times and the Chicago Tribune. He has authored pieces in TIME Magazine, the Guardian, Men’s Health, Women’s Health, and many other publications. His blog, Body For Wife, has millions of visitors a year. He is the author of two books: The Holy Sh!t Moment: How Lasting Change Can Happen in an In...

A few important words of advice from Jim for making the most of the holidays. If you don’t have time to listen to the entire episode or if you hear something that you like but don’t have time to write it down, be sure to grab your free copy of the Action Plan from this episode-- as well as get access to action plans from EVERY episode-- at JimHarshawJr.com/Action/. Let's connect: Website  |  F...

Rock bottom to top of the world. J’den Cox was a 3X NCAA Champion wrestler at the University of Missouri, a 2016 Olympic Bronze Medalist, 2017 World Bronze Medalist, has recently been crowned king of the world… 2018 World Champion. I have many friends and acquaintances who have won world and Olympic medals who I could invite onto the show. It’s just the nature of having been deeply involved in the...

How to self-evaluate and recalibrate. Do you want to have your best year yet in 2019? Are you uncertain of exactly how to make that happen? In this episode, I walk you through how to do a year in review. That is, how you should evaluate your year and create a plan to have an even better year next year. You can do a year in review any time but December and January are the most common times that peo...

The value of failure to leaders. Jeff Eggers is Executive Director of the McChrystal Group Leadership Institute, where he focuses on organizational performance and leadership. Jeff was a Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs and worked at the White House from 2010 to 2015. He retired from the US Navy in 2013, after serving over 20 years as a combat veteran Navy SEAL. Jef...

The forgotten goal category. When you talk about setting goals, you immediately think of a career or professional goal. Or maybe you think about some kind of health or fitness goal. Or maybe you think about something around relationships. But are there any other categories where you should be setting goals? YES! In this episode, I reveal the most forgotten goal category. When you ignore this type...

Building something great isn’t quick, easy, or convenient.  If you don’t have time to listen to the entire episode or if you hear something that you like but don’t have time to write it down, be sure to grab your free copy of the Action Plan from this episode-- as well as get Travis Daugherty is leadership speaker, author, and basketball coach. He’s the author of "The Lens: Raising a Champion...

Habits of elite performers. Randy Gage is a New York Times bestselling author and a member of the Speakers Hall of Fame. A high school dropout, Randy rose from a jail cell as a teen to become a successful multi-millionaire. Randy is the author of eleven books translated into 25 languages. He has spoken to more than 2 million people across more than 50 countries. He’s a thought-provoking critical t...

Struggling with a relationship? In this solo episode, I dive into practical and actionable steps to help make your relationship better. You may feel like you don’t have enough time or you don’t have enough money or you don’t have the right goals that allow you to have a successful relationship. In this episode, I share how you can improve any relationship-- whether it’s with your spouse, significa...

Daily hacks for resiliency. Despite having her right leg amputated at age five, Bonnie St. John became the first African-American ski medalist in Winter Olympic competition. In recognition of her historic achievement, Bonnie was quoted on millions of Starbucks coffee cups and was honored with her portrait at Oxford as a distinguished alumna. In addition to her success as a Paralympic athlete, Bonn...

Bet on yourself. Mike Ellison is a multifaceted artist. He’s a musician, actor, poet and noted public speaker. Whether addressing genocide in Rwanda, combating bullying and teen suicide in Detroit, chatting with senators, or jamming with Grammy-winning rock legends on stage, Mike is a charismatic communicator and is always in his element. Mike is equally at ease delivering a commencement address t...

The truth about “Core Values.” Every time you turn around, someone is telling you that you need to know your core values. Why? What does knowing your core values really mean? And who really does this? Who actually works on discovering their core values? And how would you even go about it? I answer all of those questions in this episode of Success Through Failure. If you don’t have time to listen t...

Navy SEAL performance principles ERIC DAVIS is a former U.S. Navy SEAL and decorated veteran of the War on Terror. He has been recognized as one of the premier sniper instructors in the U.S. military. He is the founder of EricDavis215.com, an online platform that aims to help others recalibrate their intuition on how to live a good life and lead others to do the same. Since 2008, Eric has been rep...

Finding The Right Goal For You You might ask why anybody in his right mind would want to jump on a sled and hurl himself down an icy mountain at over 80 miles per hour? Well, at the age of 21, Ruben Gonzalez did just that… he took up the sport of luge and started training for the Olympics. Four years….. and a few broken bones later...Ruben made his Olympic dream come true! But he didn’t stop there...

What if you had another hour in your day? Do you ever wish you had more time in the day? Do you wish you could get more done but you’re always bogged down in the minutiae of life? Do you find yourself spending too much time on social media or watching sports or doing other low-value tasks? Most of us do and the result is that you drift through life, not living intentionally. You end up wondering w...

Doing hard things makes life sweet. Commander Rorke Denver has run every phase of training for the U.S. Navy SEALs and led special-forces missions in the Middle East, Africa, Latin America, and other international hot spots. He starred in the hit film Act of Valor, which is based on true SEAL adventures. His New York Times bestseller titled Damn Few: Making the Modern SEAL Warrior, takes you insid...

Step-by-step system for goal execution. Everyone knows that you perform better when you set goals. But what do you do after you sit down and write out your goals? How do you make sure you actually follow through on them? Life is busy-- you have work demands, family crisis (both real or imagined), cars break down, you get sick, your kids get sick, and you generally get curve balls thrown at you. Wh...

Bruce Babashan is a former senior executive at one of the largest C-suite executive search firms in the United States. During that time, Bruce interviewed, consulted for and worked with hundreds of the nation's top business minds and leaders. He then ran a successful business consulting firm called LeaderBridge, which provided a range of business consulting services including executive and lea...