Win Monday with Paul Epstein

Life Lessons from a Sports Industry Titan  (ft. Scott O’Neil) Learning priceless lessons from a master of leadership and team building OPENING QUOTE: “Learn to be effective versus right. That’s the big takeaway in life, in relationships, in parenting, and management and leadership. I have a strong voice, and I come on sometimes like a freight train, and there were some things that I disagreed with...

One Billion Happy People  (ft. David Meltzer) Sometimes the greatest purpose in life is to bring purpose to others. OPENING QUOTE: “Keep it simple. Number one, are you doing your best? Two, are you learning something? And three, are you having fun doing it?”  —David Meltzer GUEST BIO: David Meltzer is a co-founder of Sports 1 Marketing, and formerly served as CEO of the renowned Leigh Steinberg Sp...

How to Be a Fighter Jet  (ft. Bedros Keuilian) Bedros Keuilian is the definition of grit. But put grit and focus together, and you get something truly special. OPENING QUOTE: “We are all born as fighter jets, where we know what we want, we scream and fight to get it. And we’re curious about exploring. That’s all a fighter jet is, someone who was definitive in their purpose.”  —Bedros Keuilian GUES...

OPENING QUOTE: “I want to be very clear for all of the Playmakers here. The future of work is a journey, not a destination. It's every step that we take now, it's the small changes that we make to ensure that we can keep and attract the best talent, build a strong culture to improve our leadership practices and our soft skills. It is everything that we're doing to build a better, more resilient or...

Be Where Your Feet Are  (ft. Sue Izzo) How Sue Izzo discovered the balance between future-focus and presence in the present OPENING QUOTE: “I’ll be happy when I get this deal. I'll be happy when my athlete wins the Olympic medal. I'll be happy when we get this entertainment project. And it was one day in the office when one of my employees turned to me and she said, "You realize you always say tha...

Going for Gold  (ft. Joe Delagrave) How an athlete turned a horrible tragedy into his greatest achievements. OPENING QUOTE: “In that split second, life changed. I go from the boat to the rescue boat, to the ambulance, to the local hospital. They med flight me up to a bigger hospital. And that’s when I learned that I had a spinal cord injury, that I had broken my neck, and that I’d probably never w...

NFL Player to Man in a Van (ft. Joe Hawley) How giving up the things you don’t need gives you more of the things that matter most OPENING QUOTE: “In that moment I was really filled with regret because I was waiting for an opportunity to be handed to me. In that moment, I was about to be on the streets, my dreams squandered without a job, and that was the first moment in my life that I was just fil...

Breaking the Needle The average person makes choices that move the needle. How can you become someone who generates so much momentum that you break the needle? OPENING QUOTE: We always hear about, build your life around the things you love, build your business around the things you love. But that's really hard to do because for me, I'm really passionate and intense and I love a million things, so...

Playmakers: An All-Star Mashup In this week’s episode, we meet four different playmakers, each with their own perspective on leveling up in business and life. GUEST BIOS: Jordan Harbinger Jordan is a Wall St. lawyer-turned-podcast interviewer with an approachable style and a knack for securing high-profile guests. His show, The Jordan Harbinger Show, was selected as part of Apple’s Best of 2018. T...

Breaking Through Your Comfort Zone (ft. Lynn Fernando Mulvihill) Where do I start? What if I fail? Questions like these can leave us wanting to stay with what’s safe, what’s comfortable, and what’s expected. In today’s episode, Lynn Fernando Mulvihill helps us imagine what we can find if we’re willing to break out of our comfort zone to discover what’s on the other side. OPENING QUOTE: “I’ve been...

The Power of Everyday Innovators Why you don’t have to be a global game changer to make innovation a part of your life and career. OPENING QUOTE: “Most of us think of innovation as this big topic that's out of our reach. Inventing the electric automobile or SpaceX or something and we say, "Great for Elon Musk, but I'm a normal person. How does that apply to me?" I tried to flip that whole concept...

The Keys to Legendary Leadership What makes a leader legendary, and how can you foster those traits within yourself and the people around you? OPENING QUOTE: “I would go back 15 to 20 years. I always say, am I positioning myself well for the next thing? Am I learning? How am I perceived? What's my personal brand? Who am I connecting with that can help me? Who are my mentors? It's a chess game. Obv...

Overcoming Your Self-Limiting Beliefs How the things we think about ourselves can either hold us back or propel us toward our ultimate potential. IMPACT QUOTE: “One question I always ask people when they’re unhappy and they’re not going after what they want: How is this serving you? What is this costing you?” —Sue Ann Gonis GUEST BIO: Sue Ann Gonis has held senior leadership positions at major org...

The Purpose Economy At the intersection of purpose and business, we can do well and do good. IMPACT QUOTE: “Find one person that you’d like to get to know better, and practice curiosity with them.” - Aaron Hurst GUEST BIO: Aaron Hurst is a pioneer of purpose, co-founder and CEO of Imperative, a purpose-driven assessment and peer coaching platform, and author of the groundbreaking book, The Purpose...

Choose the Hard Road: Leaders aren’t made in success; they’re crafted by crisis. They go for the extra inch when even that inch is a battle. QUOTE: “You’ve got to be real with yourself when you get to a point that it’s time to be challenged again. As a competitor, I wanted to be challenged again.” - Sam Caucci GUEST BIO: Sam Caucci is the founder of 1Huddle, a platform that’s transforming the way...

Leading Through the Left Turns How leadership is developed in the moments when life throws you a curveball you never asked for or expected SHOW QUOTE: “Focusing on putting your strengths at the top of your game puts you in a position to be at your best every single day.  Then you allow yourself to shine in those moments. That’s leadership.” — Greg Kish GUEST BIO: Greg Kish oversees all ticket sale...

The Keys to Intrinsic Motivation How we can stop waiting for external factors to kick us into high gear and find the power within to push us towards our goals. EPISODE QUOTE: “Those that know this is a calling and believe so deeply in what we’re doing, and the communities they are building, and the people that they are literally changing are the ones that are going to come out of this. If you surv...

Do You Have What It Takes? What are the attributes that lead to performance? And what kind of performance are we really looking for? QUOTE: “In the SEALs, the Fire in the Gut award is given to the person who showed the most perseverance and grit. Really just gutted it out and showed the most heart. Oftentimes, that person is the person with the lowest scores, and that's decided upon by the instruc...

Your Identity Toolbox How discovering your purpose, relationships, and the variety in your life add up to shape who you are— and what you can accomplish. QUOTE: “It’s all about moving from having an idea and making it actionable, and then being able to pivot. Start with the hardest, but make sure that you’re taking consistent action.” — Torian Richardson SUMMARY: What makes up the true identity of...

Hunger: Your Force Multiplier What’s the true potential of developing an unstoppable drive to keep going, no matter what gets thrown at you?  INSPIRING QUOTE: “The hungrier you are, the more you get back, the more you engage, the more you network, the more you give— and not because there’s an expectation that you’re going to get something back. It naturally happens when you have this voracity for...

CRACKING THE HAPPINESS CODE Why happiness and fulfillment are the metrics that truly matter, and how we can harness the balance between success and achievement to reach them. INSPIRING QUOTE: “An assessment of your superpowers will deliver a life of greater clarity and conviction, because you’re now going to have a deeper understanding of knowing who you are at your core, what allows you to play t...