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personal-development
43 posts tagged personal-development.
- Podcast June 17, 2026
the illusion of over-optimization
you can't over-optimize your business or your health. what people call over-optimization is really just stress and anxiety around the data. the fix isn't less data, it's a higher stress threshold.
- Video July 17, 2025
quit alcohol (and 6 other habits holding you back)
the weekend habits that undo your weekday work. seven things to cut, starting with alcohol. self-sabotage is the silent killer of long-term progress.
- Video July 10, 2025
self-doubt: here's the fix
the four-step framework I use to short-circuit self-doubt: do, know, adjust, learn. action is the only thing that proves capability.
- Video June 12, 2025
transform your life, self development basics
self development is 80% mindset. but mindset alone is a trap. here's the five habit framework I use to actually compound personal growth instead of looping on it.
- Video May 27, 2025
I'm 37. If I was 20 again, here's how I'd fix my mindset
the single thing I'd hand my 20 year old self: the mind is your highest leverage tool, and most of what's slowing you down is stories that aren't true.
- Video May 22, 2025
if you want better habits, please listen to this
the six step habit framework I built from being broke and busy at 26 to running multiple seven figure businesses. small reps, one habit, 100 times. that's the whole game.
- Video April 1, 2025
the 5 minute exercise that changed how I show up every day
the Building Superman exercise. five minutes, one piece of paper. imagine the perfect replacement for you in any role, then become that person.
- Video March 25, 2025
scale your business with a zero risk work ethic, trying harder
the ATT framework: average, trying, trying harder. how to make failure unreasonable through volume and precision, the lens I use for everything from pilot training to building companies.
- Video March 13, 2025
9 success habits to outwork your competition
nine daily habits. nutrition, fitness, mindset, learning, finances, movement, sleep, hydration, tracking. the ones I run every day.
- Video February 27, 2025
11 books that transformed my business and bank account
the entrepreneurial education stack. 11 books, sequenced by business phase, that took me from zero to eight figures.
- Podcast July 4, 2024
fear, the signal, not the wall
fear gets louder the more you risk. stop treating it as a stop sign and start using it to find the bigger move.
- Podcast April 11, 2024
crazy things I've done to change my mindset
the unglamorous mindset work that got me out of scarcity, anxiety, and constant low-grade anger. zero supplements, all reps.
- Podcast April 4, 2024
use stress as a strength
Biosphere 2 grew trees with no wind, and they fell over. eustress is the wind. four ways to convert distress into the kind that builds you.
- Podcast March 28, 2024
you're average, now what
Carnegie said be above average for your team, not the population. then go find a better team.
- Podcast February 22, 2024
how to achieve optimal performance
stop chasing peak. live at 80 to 85% every single day. sleep, hydration, blood sugar, fitness, deep work, that's the whole stack.
- Podcast February 20, 2024
pressure and perspective, how to deal with stress and anxiety
the ROTC pistol story. the $200 week as a new entrepreneur. why stress is just the gap between what you know and what you need to know.
- Podcast February 13, 2024
simple strategies to combat procrastination
Shia LaBeouf was right, just do it. plus the science behind why a future-focused mindset, skill building, and a real support network kill procrastination.
- Podcast February 8, 2024
D.R.E.A.M., how I fell in love with business
data rules everything around me. find the thread between what you love and how your business grows, that's the convergence that changes everything.
- Podcast January 30, 2024
my 2024 goals, data, speed, creativity, less of the same
the five big-picture goals I'm chasing this year. lead through data, move faster, track the better human business score, write more, refuse to repeat myself.
- Podcast December 20, 2023
goals, someday to right now
the exercise that actually moves the needle. one someday goal, then narrow it all the way down to what you can do today.
- Podcast November 22, 2023
reflect and rally, the year-end review that fuels next year
look back before you look forward. the gain is almost always bigger than the gap, you just have to actually count it.
- Podcast September 28, 2023
how to transform who you are
the 21-day habit thing is a lie. you need 100 days, the smallest possible action, and the willingness to stack habits for a decade. that's how you change identity.
- Podcast September 14, 2023
staying focused, goal setting 201
everyone sets goals. almost nobody stays focused on them. the trick is making every week's plan trace back to the vision, in writing, where you can see it.
- Podcast September 7, 2023
why do I always tell you to try harder
it's not perfectionism. it's a litmus test at the end of the day. did I hit my actual capacity, or did I check out at a six when six was the ceiling.
- Podcast August 10, 2023
the soft American, JFK on killing comfort
JFK published an essay in 1960 warning that convenience was making us weak. he had no idea what was coming. the call still stands, are you a spectator or a participant.
- Podcast July 25, 2023
a simple productivity habit I picked up in pilot training
dash, plus, circle. the runway supervisory unit's system for tracking aircraft, ported to my task list. if it's not on the calendar, it doesn't happen.
- Podcast July 20, 2023
the importance of a muse
the muses were the goddesses of inspiration on Mount Olympus. mine is physical training. when I lost it for a year and a half during an injury, the business stalled.
- Podcast July 18, 2023
the lost art of mental toughness
mental toughness isn't an ice bath or a 4am workout. it's the simple act of pushing forward against your own desire. brick by brick.
- Podcast July 13, 2023
how I 10x'd my business through killing comfort
the private PT Biz keynote where I explained how I went from a 3 year revenue flatline to 10x in 8 months. no Facebook trick. no funnel. one decision to work on myself harder than my business.
- Podcast June 27, 2023
the maker vs the manager
Paul Graham's essay on schedules. why one meeting at 1130 ruins my whole Wednesday, and why I think the maker is the actual pinnacle of entrepreneurship.
- Podcast June 13, 2023
11 years of parenting as an entrepreneur, how to be good at both
I refuse to sacrifice business for dad, or dad for business. eleven years in, the only word that's made it work is precision.
- Podcast May 30, 2023
the man in the arena
Theodore Roosevelt's words on the doer in the arena, why consuming without creating wrecks you, and how 100 words a day fixes it.
- Podcast May 18, 2023
10x is easier than 2x, book review
Dan Sullivan and Benjamin Hardy's case that 10x is a mindset, not a number. quality over quantity, unique ability, gap vs gain, and the entrepreneurial time system.
- Podcast May 9, 2023
if you don't kill comfort, comfort will kill you
the line I sign off every podcast with. there's no finality to it. you kill comfort or comfort slowly kills the chapter you'll never write.
- Podcast April 20, 2023
does being an entrepreneur suck
a letter I wrote to a friend who was grinding and burned out. three things to start doing today and three things to stop doing today.
- Podcast April 13, 2023
my top 11 books for business growth
300 plus books in. here are 11 that mattered, and the framework for picking the right one for the stage of business you're actually in.
- Podcast April 4, 2023
what is the purpose of a morning routine
morning routines got mocked into a green drink and a cold plunge. the real purpose is mind work. how I used one to control entrepreneurial anxiety and never gave it up.
- Podcast March 28, 2023
Andrew Carnegie says you're too satisfied to be successful
a passage from Andrew Carnegie on the sons of rich men, the over fed dog metaphor, and the question you should actually sit with. are you too satisfied to chase success.
- Podcast March 23, 2023
work harder, not smarter
work smarter not harder is a 1930s idea people hide behind. you can't find the most effective 20 percent until you've tried the 100. harder means more attempts.
- Podcast March 21, 2023
the biggest roadblock to success today
it's not lack of information. there's too much of it. how to pick a reputable source, go all in, and let the calendar convict you.
- Podcast March 14, 2023
how to balance it all
nobody has it all together. the content or complacent exercise, the glass and rubber balls, and the one priority everyone else keeps calling priorities.
- Podcast February 28, 2023
the rules, part 1
five lessons I journaled the hard way over a decade. fail fast, think bigger, scale through people, first up last down, and get crystal clear on what you actually want.
- Podcast February 23, 2023
so it begins, again, better human business
relaunching the podcast after a four year break. why I'm tying personal development and entrepreneurship into one show, and what to expect going forward.