

Project Endure Podcast
Joe Rinaldi
The Project Endure Podcast is hosted by Joe Rinaldi, founder and CEO of Project Endure. This is a place where we talk about life, endurance, persistence, perspective and so much more. Our mission is to help you develop a positive perspective, build a resilient mindset and find strength in your struggle. Join us as we dive into incredible stories with amazing people.
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Mar 23, 2025 • 54min
EP 182: Cancelled with Matt Choi
On this episode of The Project Endure Podcast, Joe Rinaldi sits down with Matt Choi to talk about passionate storytelling, building soft skills through sport, the truth that it takes hard work to make it look easy, using social media to download new software, the New York City Marathon mishap, getting banned from the world’s biggest marathon, making mistakes and being human, learning to process criticisms, you only lose if you quit, running 300 miles over 10 days in South Korea (ending in Busan), writing our stories one decision at a time, other people making us feel at home, building our faith, realizing that we’re all just asses carrying Jesus, learning to see our struggle as a gift and so much more. Give this episode a listen as we dive deep into Matt's life and learn about what persistence, perspective and endurance mean to him. If you found value in this episode and would like to help us grow, please leave the podcast a review on your platform of choice and share it with a friend(s). We appreciate your support! Follow Matt (here) Follow Project Endure (here) Project Endure Coaching (here) Join The Hard Things Club (here) Shop Project Endure (here) Follow Joe (here) Read Joe's Blog (here)

Mar 9, 2025 • 51min
EP 181: Proof Points with Dan Mosko
On this episode of The Project Endure Podcast, Joe Rinaldi sits down with Dan Mosko to talk about being a big brother, having other people to set an example for, building elevation everest, life our growth resulting from an amalgamation of experiences, building life around core pillars, appreciating the mountain we’re on, navigating Murphy’s Law, shifting from being a victim to taking ownership, standing tall when the worlds is crumbling down, the skill of compartmentalizing challenges, doing the next right thing when life feels overwhelming, sticking to our routines when life brings chaos, not trying is not an option, cultivating experiences to help people do hard things, finding our limits in order to keep pushing through (Ironman 140.6), learning to pause when our pursuits jeopardize important relationships, endurance being the combination of belief and grit, using small experiences to create proof points, hard is relative, there’s power in breaking big problems into small pieces, work hard and be nice to people and so much more. Give this episode a listen as we dive deep into Dan's life and learn about what persistence, perspective and endurance mean to him. If you found value in this episode and would like to help us grow, please leave the podcast a review on your platform of choice and share it with a friend(s). We appreciate your support! Follow Dan (here) Follow Project Endure (here) Project Endure Coaching (here) Join The Hard Things Club (here) Shop Project Endure (here) Follow Joe (here) Read Joe's Blog (here)

Feb 23, 2025 • 54min
EP 180: Decide with Kara Marks
On this episode of The Project Endure Podcast, Joe Rinaldi sits down with Kara Marks to talk about meeting people where they are, seeing the hard things as blessings, trusting that everything happens for a reason, being willing to be misunderstood, running her first ultramarathon (rodeos and corndogs), tapping into the thought: how hard could it be?, ready is a decision (not a feeling), delayed obedience is disobedience, surrender is like falling asleep in the passenger seat, eating mexican food in an epsom salt bath with clothes on, going back to get a doctorate degree while being a mom, trusting that what you do matters and so much more. Give this episode a listen as we dive deep into Kara's life and learn about what persistence, perspective and endurance mean to her. If you found value in this episode and would like to help us grow, please leave the podcast a review on your platform of choice and share it with a friend(s). We appreciate your support! Follow Kara (here) Follow Project Endure (here) Project Endure Coaching (here) Join The Hard Things Club (here) Shop Project Endure (here) Follow Joe (here) Read Joe's Blog (here)

Feb 9, 2025 • 57min
EP 179: Not Dead Yet with Matt Vincent
On this episode of The Project Endure Podcast, Joe Rinaldi sits down with Matt Vincent to talk about losing his dad to pancreatic cancer, using marbles to reflect on time (6,012 weeks), learning to see the difference between danger and discomfort, recognizing unspoken desperation, lessons from being a two-time world champion in the highland games, practicing radical accountability, moving from scarcity to abundance, the gates of hell are locked from the inside, accepting the consequences of pushing limits, gaining perspective when our machines don’t work, the universe don’t speak in words (just actions), water walks in Uganda, fearing stagnation, making the most of the ride and so much more. Give this episode a listen as we dive deep into Matt's life and learn about what persistence, perspective and endurance mean to him. If you found value in this episode and would like to help us grow, please leave the podcast a review on your platform of choice and share it with a friend(s). We appreciate your support! Follow Matt (here) Follow Project Endure (here) Project Endure Coaching (here) Join The Hard Things Club (here) Shop Project Endure (here) Follow Joe (here) Read Joe's Blog (here)

Jan 26, 2025 • 45min
EP 178: Speak Up with Shaina Rowley
On this episode of The Project Endure Podcast, Joe Rinaldi sits down with Shaina Rowley to talk about the challenges that come with entrepreneurship, the passing of her sister, the hardest part is starting, navigating the confusion that comes with loss, finding anchors to hold us through the waves of grief, leaning on others to find strength, taking action to grieve in motion, embracing fitness as a way to learn about ourselves, building an unshakable determination to keep moving forward, making the choice to get better each day and so much more. Give this episode a listen as we dive deep into Shaina's life and learn about what persistence, perspective and endurance mean to her. If you found value in this episode and would like to help us grow, please leave the podcast a review on your platform of choice and share it with a friend(s). We appreciate your support! Follow Shaina (here) Follow Project Endure (here) Project Endure Coaching (here) Join The Hard Things Club (here) Shop Project Endure (here) Follow Joe (here) Read Joe's Blog (here)

Jan 12, 2025 • 53min
EP 177: Marinate with Jeff Depew
On this episode of The Project Endure Podcast, Joe Rinaldi sits down with Jeff Depew to talk about lessons from swimming, what it looked like to leave the pool feeling proud, going where the demands are high in search of growth, winners fall in love with the work that needs to be done, being selectively selfish in order to be sustainably selfless, enduring parenthood when children suffer, using hardships to pull people together, not rushing the things that take time, letting the hard things slow us down to be more present, starting small to build momentum, playing life in decades (not days), the college class: real world 101, the years are short - the days are long, seeing endurance as marinating in who we hope to become, the choice to make it a great day, living a bucket list life to the fullest, practicing to appreciate the small things, running a half marathon every month and so much more. Give this episode a listen as we dive deep into Jeff's life and learn about what persistence, perspective and endurance mean to him. If you found value in this episode and would like to help us grow, please leave the podcast a review on your platform of choice and share it with a friend(s). We appreciate your support! Follow Jeff (here) Follow Project Endure (here) Project Endure Coaching (here) Join The Hard Things Club (here) Shop Project Endure (here) Follow Joe (here) Read Joe's Blog (here)

Jan 1, 2025 • 10min
BONUS: Run Streak (1,000) with Joe Rinaldi
On this episode of The Project Endure Podcast, Joe Rinaldi sits down to reflect on 1,000 days of running a minimum of one mile every single day. Give this episode a listen, take some notes and lean into the things you might not want to hear. If you found value in this episode and would like to help us grow, please leave the podcast a review on your platform of choice and share it with a friend(s). We appreciate your support! Follow Joe (here) 2025 PE Event: tickets 🎟️ Follow Project Endure (here) Project Endure Coaching (here) Join The Hard Things Club (here) Shop Project Endure (here) Follow Joe (here) Read Joe's Blog (here)

Dec 30, 2024 • 1h 9min
BONUS: 2025 Wisdom with Joe Rinaldi
On this episode of The Project Endure Podcast, Joe Rinaldi sits down to reflect on lessons from this past year in order to add as much value as possible as we enter 2025. This is one of those episodes that you might want to listen to more than once. Consider this a software update for the soul as we pursue growth in the new year. Give this episode a listen, take some notes and lean into the things you might not want to hear. If you found value in this episode and would like to help us grow, please leave the podcast a review on your platform of choice and share it with a friend(s). We appreciate your support! Follow Joe (here) 2025 PE Event: tickets 🎟️ Follow Project Endure (here) Project Endure Coaching (here) Join The Hard Things Club (here) Shop Project Endure (here) Follow Joe (here) Read Joe's Blog (here)

Dec 1, 2024 • 1h 1min
EP 176: Looks Easy with Justin Su'a
On this episode of The Project Endure Podcast, Joe Rinaldi sits down with Justin Su'a to talk about winning at home, accelerating excellence, increasing our impact, steps to find our path (running our race, turning off the shot clock and collecting clues), considering what we would do what if failure was inevitable, the challenge of letting go (monkey) and the power of holding on (bulldog), seeing our brain as a time machine, minimizing future regret, the Stockdale Paradox, building the plane as we go, aligning incentives, making consistent action the baseline, refusing to take counsel from our feelings, letting what's on the inside maintain integrity when outside pressure is high, viewing new mistakes as progress in disguise, moving dirt, making hard work look easy and so much more. Give this episode a listen as we dive deep into Justin's life and learn about what persistence, perspective and endurance mean to him. If you found value in this episode and would like to help us grow, please leave the podcast a review on your platform of choice and share it with a friend(s). We appreciate your support! Follow Justin (here) Follow Project Endure (here) Project Endure Coaching (here) Join The Hard Things Club (here) Shop Project Endure (here) Follow Joe (here) Read Joe's Blog (here)

Nov 17, 2024 • 47min
EP 175: Abundant with Chynna Rubin
On this episode of The Project Endure Podcast, Joe Rinaldi sits down with Chynna Rubin to talk about being a team player in the game of life, staying modest in all that we do, helping others heal while healing ourselves, showing up in a world full of abundance, losing her grandmother to murder, learning that numbing pain is not the best path forward, finding solid anchors in our life, leaving behind people/things in old chapters, learning to find freedom in saying “no," seeing potential in others, experiencing the twisted beauty of trauma, navigating the challenge of giving others grace, doing the hard work of forgiving ourselves, endurance is the hard work that you do after the hard work, giving without expectation of return and so much more. Give this episode a listen as we dive deep into Chynna's life and learn about what persistence, perspective and endurance mean to her. If you found value in this episode and would like to help us grow, please leave the podcast a review on your platform of choice and share it with a friend(s). We appreciate your support! Follow Chynna (here) Follow Project Endure (here) Project Endure Coaching (here) Join The Hard Things Club (here) Shop Project Endure (here) Follow Joe (here) Read Joe's Blog (here)