The Post Game Podcast

Joe Ferraro is a teacher, founder of DamnGoodConversations.com, Podcast Coach, and host of The One Percent Better Podcast, where he follows his curiosity to help people leverage small changes in mindset, language, and behavior. He has interviewed James Clear, Annie Duke, Ryan Hawk, Daniel Pink, Seth Godin, among so many others great guests. In his own words, his mission is to teach you repeatable ways to have damn good conversations every single time. What You'll Learn About: Headphones and a microphone heightening conversation What were you like as a kid? Is there a better way to do this? Giving yourself evidence by experimenting with different creative outlets Eliminating the "white lies" What's your secret passion? How can you improve your conversations? Timestamps: (0:00) - Intro to Joe Ferraro (2:30) - Googling Joe Ferraro (6:10) - The beginning of One Percent Better (10:50) - Decision to become a teacher (13:15) - Healthy skepticism (16:35) - Impact of Baseball on his life (20:00) - Favorite players growing up (23:00) - Experience interviewing his Dad (27:15) - Wine tastes different today than it will tomorrow (29:40) - Questions for his grandfather (31:00) - What was Joe like as a kid? (35:20) - Creativity is just connecting things (40:00) - How can I make this a little bit better? (42:15) - What's the most creative thing you've done this year? (47:30) - Fire bullets before you fire cannonballs (51:15) - Episode with Derek Sivers (57:30) - Everyone can use a coach (1:03:00) - What would fulfill you even if it wasn't monetary? Where to Find Joe: Joe Ferraro on X Damn Good Conversations The One Percent Better Podcast

Casey Bannon is the Brand Manager at The Golfer's Journal, a golf media company exploring the art of golf storytelling. He is a former collegiate golfer and DII National Champion at St. Leo's University. Casey hosts a segment of The Golfer's Journal Podcast, "Mind Game" where he sits down with top performers to dig deeper into mental performance. He has recently interviewed Sahil Bloom, Kelly Slater, and former Navy SEAL Jason Kuhn, among many other great guests. What You'll Learn About: Being persistent to get what you want Storytelling Being real with yourself What is the Golfer's Journal? Psychology of golf - quieting an active mind Giving yourself reasons to believe in you The "What Went Well" Journal Making stuff because you like it Finding ways to compete after sports Increasing your surface area for luck Just start doing it Filling gaps and providing solutions Timestamps: (0:00) - Intro to Casey Bannon (3:00) - 5th Time's the Charm (7:20) - Media heroes growing up (9:00) - Chasing Your Instinct (12:25) - What is the Golfer's Journal? (16:55) - Connecting Community and Content (20:00) - Broken Tee Society Tour (23:40) - Origin of "Mind Game" (31:20) - Mental Game Throughout his career (34:20) - Realizing you're not special for the first time (36:45) - Where is the line between self criticism and self doubt? (38:05) - Unexpected learning from Mind Game Pod (40:00) - Questions to get the best out of guests (43:15) - Truth seeking through long form conversation (46:31) - Short form content lacking substance (50:50) - Advice to former athletes (56:15) - Saying "Yes" to opportunities early on (58:10) - Pitch the story (1:00:05) - Get into media by doing media (1:01:30) - Taking on jobs that open doors for you (1:05:30) - What's Next for Casey and TGJ (1:07:50) - Where to Find Casey and The Golfer's Journal golfersjournal.com Casey Bannon on X Instagram: @caseyfbannon The Golfer’s Journal Podcast: Mind Game

Bryant Ferate is the Assistant Director of Performance at University of Portland. He is also the host of The Bryant Ferate Podcast and writes a newsletter where he consistently publishes his "Ferate's 5." In his own words, he is cultivating curiosity & consistency through coaching, writing, & podcasting. Here's What You'll Learn About: How curiosity can be a super power and enthusiasm can be a competitive advantage Reasons why we are hard on ourselves at times How our environment shapes our habits, both good and bad Helping athletes zoom IN and zoom OUT What are you in control of? What do you want to go 100% in on and commit to? What's it mean to "have it all figured out?" Being proud of cool things you're doing Don't act like the job you have, act like the job you want S&C Career Advice Is your pinnacle solely external? Timestamps: (0:00) - Intro to Bryant Ferate (3:20) - Mike Posner x Danny Miranda Podcast (7:30) - Dream Guests (14:45) - Enthusiasm as a competitive advantage (17:20) - What would this look like if it was fun? (21:00) - Teammates who kept it loose (23:00) - The First Rule of Mastery (25:00) - Why are we hard on ourselves? (27:30) - Lessons learned from older teammates (31:30) - How do you interpret failure? (36:15) - Leveling up your perspective (41:35) - Asking "double questions" (44:15) - Asking Better Questions (53:30) - Building the podcast (57:00) - Trajectory of The Bryant Ferate Podcast (1:01:00) - What do you actually want? (1:02:15) - Upgrading personal performance / lifestyle (1:07:35) - You're on the right path (1:10:00) - Being Happy with a cup of coffee (1:13:15) - 75 Hard (1:17:50) - Be the friend (1:24:30) - Downplaying Things (1:32:00) - Assuming how people are going to respond (1:34:50) - "Is that true?" (1:38:00) - Advice to aspiring Strength Coaches (1:42:35) - Taking your learning into your own hands Where can you find Bryant? The Bryant Ferate Podcast Bryant Ferate Newsletter Bryant on Twitter (X) Instagram: @bryantferate

Ryan Watson is the Chief Marketing Officer at MTNTOUGH, the #1 Fitness and mental training toughness app for hunters. A Missoula, MT native, Ryan attended the University of Montana before spending 7 years at OnX Maps prior to joining the team at MTNTOUGH. He is a hunter, fisherman, martial artist, and fitness nut. What You'll Learn About: Fulfillment doesn't always have to come from a job What is the next lesson you want to learn? New opportunities coming from a strong reputation Building relationships with awesome people MTNTOUGH's fitness and mental performance app Documenting and blogging about things you love to do The idea around just getting started Timestamps: (0:00) - Intro to Ryan (2:50) - Growing up in Missoula & Martial Arts (7:18) - The Outdoors in Montana (9:40) - Work in Montana (14:10) - Trades Industry (18:03) - Feeling a sense of pride in your work (19:00) - Get involved in community (21:30) - His time at OnX Maps (25:50) - Opportunity to join MTNTOUGH (28:04) - The best opportunities are word of mouth (30:30) - Build relationships with awesome people (32:10) - What is MTNTOUGH? (36:28) - Mental exercises built into the app (38:30) - The MTNTOUGH Community (42:30) - MTNTOUGH during / after COVID (45:55) - What Ryan enjoys about his work (48:30) - Getting 100,000 people to change their lives for the better (50:00) - Relationship with Michael Easter (54:00) - TOUGHFEST 2024 (55:45) - Online Entrepreneurship Opportunity (58:20) - Starting something that you're interested in (1:01:09) - Where to find Ryan / MTNTOUGH References: MTNTOUGH Website Instagram: @ryanunderbigsky MTNTOUGH Instagram: mtntough_fitness The Comfort Crisis⁠ by Michael Easter

Pratik Patel is a Former NFL Coach with the New York Giants (Nutrition / Performance / S&C). After graduating from Kansas State with a degree in Kinesiology, he went on to work as a a sports dietitian at Kansas State and Michigan State and was the Director of Sports Nutrition at The University of Oregon. He is currently a personal coach and an advisor / consultant to teams, startups, and Venture Capital Firms in the health & wellness space. What You’ll Learn About: Providing value to an NFL team in multiple capacities A look behind the curtain of coaching in the NFL What goes into a good Strength & Conditioning program You can’t coach a guy until you know him Working with an inner energy coach Controlling the controllables Timestamps: (0:00) - Intro (3:30) - Pratik's Family (6:00) - Experience coaching with the New York Giants (7:45) - Better to be specialist or generalist? (14:35) - Defining a good S&C Program (19:13) - The art of building trust with high performing athletes (23:00) - Leveraging existing relationships to build trust with other players (27:10) - Indian players and coaches in the NFL (30:30) - Going from the NFL to individual coaching (34:00) - Rediscovering things that make you happy (37:00) - Personal Accountability (39:00) - What Makes You Feel Worthy? (40:44) - Stay present in the moment and what can you control? (43:30) - Advice to kids looking to get into S&C field (46:00) - Have people who can speak on your behalf Where to find Pratik? LinkedIn: Pratik Patel Twitter: Pratik Patel Instagram: @pratikxpatel

Derek Jenkins is a former teammate and a great friend. After playing four years of Division 1 baseball, “Jenks” was drafted in the 26th round by the Los Angeles Angels. He went on to play parts of four seasons of pro ball, making it up to AA with the Angels in 2017. He is second in all time stolen bases in Seton Hall history and in 2016, was named the school’s Male Athlete of the Year. I’m pumped to have had him on to talk about his experience getting to Seton Hall, playing pro ball, and transitioning away from baseball and into a career in the insurance world. What You’ll Learn About: Playing multiple sports growing up The culture of a tight knit college baseball locker room Baseball memories and his experience getting drafted The mental “bubble” pro guys can put themselves in to lock in Transitioning away from baseball into the professional world Timestamps: (0:00) - Intro to Derek Jenkins (2:00) - The journey to playing baseball at Seton Hall (12:50) - Freshman Fall in college baseball (18:00) - Jenks’ college career (21:35) - Favorite baseball memories (25:10) - Experience with the MLB Draft (30:30) - Getting drafted Senior year (34:40) - Expectations going into professional baseball (44:00) - His mentality in pro ball (47:25) - What separates the guys who make it to big leagues? (52:00) - Life experiences shaping who we become (57:15) - The brain is powerful (1:00:00) - Transitioning away from baseball (1:05:15) - Fulfillment after hanging up the cleats (1:13:00) - Finding balance and hobbies to keep you going Where to find Jenks: Instagram: @djenks6 LinkedIn: Derek Jenkins

John Morris is a former Major League Baseball Player and current Special Assistant to the GM for the Cincinnati Reds. A former 1st round draft pick by the Kansas City Royals in the 1982 MLB Draft, he played seven years in the big leagues with the St. Louis Cardinals, Philadelphia Phillies, and California Angels. He has been inducted into the Seton Hall Hall of Fame, Cape Cod Hall of Fame, and New York Baseball Hall of Fame. In addition to a life in baseball, he has become heavily involved with St. Jude’s hospital, where he assists families who have children with cancer and mentors the next generation of successful kids. What You’ll Learn About: The power of a Coach providing words of encouragement The most important aspects of mentoring The qualities of a great teammate Identifying things we love doing / turn us on and light us up Get rid of clutter with the Rule of Thirds Having a short memory Become the best person you can and share it with other people Timestamps: (0:00) - Intro to John (1:20) - Growing up the youngest of 6 kids (3:30) - Accomplishments come without being handed a lottery ticket (6:15) - You’re the best player in the league, start acting like it (10:10) - Does confidence breed success or vice versa? (13:25) - How we interpret experiences is up to us (14:40) - Embracing the opportunity to come off the bench (17:00) - Reflecting on his mentality in the big leagues (20:30) - John’s favorite teammate of all time (23:20) - Keeping notes / diaries throughout his career (25:30) - MLB career winding down (30:00) - Thoughts on what was in store after baseball (33:00) - His work giving back through St. Jude’s (36:00) - Leadership development program (37:45) - The Rule of Thirds (40:00) - One thing he’d do differently (42:30) - What he’s excited about right now (45:55) - Be kind to people Cool Article on John: Ballnine Article on John Morris

Greg is a former professional baseball player with the St. Louis Cardinals and current Partner / CEO of Valor Cybersecurity. Valor partners with organizations to help them face cyber threats head on. “The ultimate measure of our success is the enhanced business resilience and security of our partners.” In addition to running the business, Greg hosts a Podcast called “The Connected Mindset,” where he sits down with leaders, authors, and entrepreneurs to discuss the impact of connectivity, digitally and in our relationships. What You’ll Learn About: You can learn a bunch of stuff, but none of it matters unless you take action If you’re not in the role you want to be in, ask why and what you have to do to get into one that aligns How security is something that can bring people together We are more connected than ever before, but less connected at the same time The power of asking “What are you struggling with?” Asking yourself how you are showing up in the world and being honest with yourself How questions can be the best answers How chasing money can often times lead to earning less Timestamps: (0:00) - Intro to Greg (1:15) - Growing up in a military family (4:50) - Testing himself as a college athlete (7:16) - Ups and Downs of College Baseball (13:40) - If you’re not in the role you want to be, ask why (14:10) - Pro baseball career winding down (16:30) - The origin story of Valor Cybersecurity (20:20) - How connected we are internet wise and culturally (21:45) - Why he created his show “The Connected Mindset” (23:45) - Superficial connection vs. getting to deeper levels (25:50) - Importance of self-awareness (29:30) - Questions are the best answers - what do you want to contribute? (33:00) - Money is an exchange of value (35:00) - Speed Round of random questions Where Can You Find Greg? LinkedIn: Greg Tomchick Instagram: @Greg_Tomchick YouTube: The Connected Mindset valor-cybersecurity.com

Michael Gardon is the CEO of Rejoin Media, a digital business holding company. He also hosts a podcast called THE BREAK where he helps career pivoters and folks who are looking to change their careers, start a business, or make a significant change in their life. In 2018, after spending years feeling unfulfilled by his career path, he decided to “break” his career and pursue a calling to help others do the same. What you’ll learn about: Building a future that is uniquely “you” and carving your own path Balancing giving your kids a great life while letting them experience their own struggles The amount of opportunities in front of you you are blind to Thinking internally about your situation and mapping out areas of life to create an advantage for you Teaching younger people how to listen to themselves better Reconfiguring how we think about our work Timestamps: (0:00) - Who is Mike Gardon? (1:10) - Mike’s upbringing and his family today (5:00) - Generational improvement and growing up with struggle (8:00) - When he first realized he needed to “break” his career (11:28) - Investment in Loss (13:30) - Not taking crazy risks, but also taking appropriate risks (16:28) - “It doesn’t start with the idea” (17:45) - Where can you create an edge? (22:20) - How do we figure it out sooner rather than later? (23:25) - The way society is situated for work (26:10) - Teaching younger people to deal with uncertainty (28:30) - Breaking stupid rules (29:50) - What is “The Break” (33:15) - Future of working remotely Where can you find Mike? careercloud.com LinkedIn: Michael Gardon Five Things You Can Do To Become More Resilient During Turbulent Times

Introducing…The Post Game Podcast! The transition from being on a high level sports team or serving in the military isn't easy. The Post Game Podcast will act as a bridge between one part of life to the next. I'll be talking to former college / pro athletes, military vets, and other high performers about their careers, mindset, and more to help you answer the question "What's Next?" The goal is for their stories to inspire you to pursue what you love to do and hopefully close the gap to figuring that out sooner. Thank you for your support!