Success for the Athletic-Minded Man
Jim Harshaw, Jr.
Clarity. Focus. Consistency. Hallmarks of championship athletes. And hallmarks of the most successful men in business and life. How can you claim those traits in your life now? You want to make lots of money, have a great marriage, and be a dedicated father while crushing fitness goals along the way but maybe you feel like you're always shortchanging at least one area. Or maybe you feel like you want to be more consistent. More focuses. Maybe you just need a clear vision for what your future looks like— a clear goal to pursue. Jim Harshaw is an NCAA Division I All-American wrestler and former Division I head coach. And he's an executive performance coach who will help you create the plan to unlock your potential. He coaches motivated men to gain clarity, focus, and consistency in business and life using a unique framework inspired by world-class performers so that they can lead meaningful lives of purpose and impact. "Success for the Athletic Minded Man" is a podcast dedicated to the driven, professional, athletic-minded man in the pursuit of excellence. Each episode dives into success habits for men who balance the rigors of professional development with the challenges of excelling in their personal life. Our conversations explore how men can apply the principles of peak performance in sports to everyday life. Listen as he discusses strategies for mastering goal setting, consistency, work-life balance, and health. We dissect the high-performance habits of athletes as they relate to helping men achieve clarity, focus, and consistency. Through interviews with elite athletes and coaches as well as thought leaders, we unpack athletic life lessons tailored to you, the athletic-minded man. "Success for the Athletic Man" is not just a podcast—it’s a resource for any man eager to thrive in business and life.
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Sep 27, 2021 • 25min
#319 Jim's Favorite Books, Habits, and Gadgets For Consistency, Balance, and Success
Action Plan: https://jimharshawjr.com/ACTION Free Clarity Call: https://jimharshawjr.com/APPLY My favorite books, habits, apps, and gadgets to help you on your path to success. There are so many factors that affect your success— among them are the RIGHT strategies and tools that will aid in boosting your performance and maximizing the impact of your hard work. In this episode, I share with you the books, habits, apps, and gadgets (BHAGs!) that I use to help me find balance, focus, clarity, and of course, success. Now, what I’ll give you doesn't guarantee you won't fail because YOU WILL. But these will make you resilient and powerful despite— and because of— failure. Get your notes ready! And discover new tools that will help you get back up when you fail. Listen now! PS How about you? What are the books, habits, apps, and gadgets that take you to the next level? Share it with us on social media by using the hashtag #STFpod. We look forward to your suggestions! 📝
Sep 20, 2021 • 33min
Chasing Failure: Real Life Lessons from One Man’s Shot at the NBA with Ryan Leak
#318 Chasing Failure: Real Life Lessons from One Man’s Shot at the NBA with Ryan Leak-----Action Plan: https://jimharshawjr.com/ACTION Free Clarity Call: https://jimharshawjr.com/APPLY What would you do if you knew you couldn’t fail? How would it change your life?Ryan Leak is an author, speaker, executive coach, and filmmaker. He is widely known as the groom who pulled off The Surprise Wedding where he proposed to his girlfriend and married her on the same day. The number one question he still gets is, “What if she said no?” It was a risk he was willing to take.The video going viral led him to think about what others would do if they weren’t afraid of hearing “no” or of being met with failure. Ryan realized that many people never pursue their hopes and dreams because they pre-calculate their own failure. They quit before they ever even try.So, he asked himself: What would he want to do if he knew he could not fail? The answer was easy— he’d be in the NBA— and since the only way to know if that dream could be a reality was to try, that is exactly what he did.In this episode, Ryan joins us to amplify why our show is called Success Through Failure. Listen in as we talk about procrastination, “perfection pressure,” how chasing failure will take you further than chasing success, and of course, his stories of success BECAUSE of failure. Tune in now!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 http://www.JimHarshawJr.com/Action.
Sep 13, 2021 • 33min
#317 Defeating Procrastination: Tactics to Boost Productivity Even When You Don't Feel Like It
Action Plan: https://jimharshawjr.com/ACTION Free Clarity Call: https://jimharshawjr.com/APPLY Do you procrastinate? Do you know there’s more potential inside of you if you could just get to work even when you don’t feel like it? We all procrastinate— even world-class performers. BUT what sets them apart is the ability to shake off the distractions and easily build back their momentum to accomplish what needs to be done for the day. Through years of experiencing procrastination myself and engaging with world-class personalities in business and sports, I’ve discovered the tools and tactics that can effectively reduce the friction to boost your productivity— even when you don’t feel like it. In this episode, I’ll be sharing with you the 9 reasons why we procrastinate and the actionable strategies you can use so you can finally defeat procrastination and empty your to-do list in a breeze. This is your time to be productive! Listen now! 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 http://www.JimHarshawJr.com/Action.
Sep 6, 2021 • 38min
#316 Performance Beyond Exponential: Jay Abraham Shares the Philosophies Behind Breakthrough Mindsets
Action Plan: https://jimharshawjr.com/ACTION Free Clarity Call: https://jimharshawjr.com/APPLY Linear vs Exponential Thinking. How do elite performers operate exponentially? What is their secret to achieving outsized results? As Founder and CEO of The Abraham Group, Inc., Jay Abraham has spent his entire career solving complex problems and fixing underperforming businesses. He has significantly increased the bottom lines of over 10,000 clients in more than 1,000 industries, and over 7,200 sub industries, worldwide. Jay has an uncanny ability to increase business income, wealth, and success by looking at the situations from totally different paradigms. He uncovers hidden assets, overlooked opportunities, underperforming activities, and undervalued possibilities unseen by his clients. Jay shows his clients how to take different success concepts from different industries and adopt them to their specific business. This gives Jay’s clients a powerful advantage over their competition. In this episode, Jay reveals the strategies and ways of thinking that world-class performers like him implement in order to get outsized results. Don’t miss this opportunity to go from linear thinking to exponential thinking and start witnessing exponential results in your life. Tune in now! 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 http://www.JimHarshawJr.com/Action.
Aug 30, 2021 • 30min
#315 How Google's Rules for Innovation Can Be Used to Hack Personal Performance and Breakthrough
Action Plan: https://jimharshawjr.com/ACTION Free Clarity Call: https://jimharshawjr.com/APPLY What are the rules for innovation and how can you use them to innovate in your life? We are creatures of habit. Morning routines…Exercise routines…Bedtime routines... We love to incorporate routines in our lives because they keep us sharp. But do you sometimes get the feeling that routines turn into a loop that hinders you from taking a different path just because experts and other successful people said to stick to your habits? Don’t get me wrong, routines are great! Encouraged even! But it’s not enough to simply have routines. You also have to learn how to adapt according to YOUR needs and innovate so you don’t get stuck. Consider Apple and Amazon— they operate on routines BUT they never stopped growing because they continue to innovate and think outside of the box. In this episode, let’s dive deep into Google’s “Rules for Innovation” and philanthropist and 10X thinker Peter Diamandis’ rules. I reveal the framework they use to blow up repetitive routines to create new habits and new lines of thinking for exponential performance. Prepare your notes because this episode will provide you with easy-to-follow tactics that you can start applying today. Listen now! 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 http://www.JimHarshawJr.com/Action.
Aug 23, 2021 • 44min
#314 Accelerating Your Success: A Framework for Decoding Greatness with Dr. Ron Friedman
Action Plan: https://jimharshawjr.com/ACTION Free Clarity Call: https://jimharshawjr.com/APPLY What do Barack Obama, Steve Jobs, and the Kardashians have in common? They have leveraged the power of Reverse Engineering. Ron Friedman, Ph.D. is an award-winning social psychologist, bestselling author, and one of America’s leading voices on the Science of Success and Work/Life Mastery. He has served on the faculty of the University of Rochester and has consulted for political leaders, nonprofits, and many of the world’s most recognized brands. Popular accounts of his research have appeared in major newspapers, including the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Boston Globe, the Globe and Mail, the Guardian, as well as magazines such as Harvard Business Review and Psychology Today. In this episode of the Success Through Failure podcast, Ron reveals how Reverse Engineering paved the way to success for the likes of Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, Tim Ferriss, and J.K. Rowling, just to name a few. He also delves into the topic of creativity vs originality— which begs the question: Do you need to be a creative genius to come up with something revolutionary like Apple’s Mac and Microsoft’s Windows? There are so many practical tactics to take away from this episode that you surely don’t wanna miss! Tune in now! 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 http://www.JimHarshawJr.com/Action.
Aug 16, 2021 • 29min
#313 How to Leverage Two Laws of Persuasion Psychology To Trick Yourself Into Doing What You Don’t Want To Do
Action Plan: https://jimharshawjr.com/ACTION Free Clarity Call: https://jimharshawjr.com/APPLY Conformity, consistency, and all the proper behaviors in between Do you find yourself struggling to... Work out consistently?Eat healthy?Get to bed on time?Have that difficult conversation?Find time to read? If so, this week’s episode of the Success Through Failure podcast will provide you the cheatsheet on how to trick yourself into doing the things you don’t want to do using two laws of psychology. Everything that you’re going to hear is already present in your life. You’ve surely encountered it through sports, your business, or your relationships. The question now is: are you utilizing these tools to get yourself to perform at a higher level? Or are they actually holding you back from reaching your next level? Listen to this episode, jot down your takeaways, and start taking advantage of persuasion psychology with these simple tips and tricks to boost your chances of reaching success despite— or even because of— failure. 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 http://www.JimHarshawJr.com/Action.
Aug 9, 2021 • 49min
#312 The Comfort Crisis and What To Do About It With Michael Easter
Action Plan: https://jimharshawjr.com/ACTION Free Clarity Call: https://jimharshawjr.com/APPLY When does comfort become a crisis? Do we really want EVERYTHING to be easy? Michael Easter is the author of The Comfort Crisis: Embrace Discomfort To Reclaim Your Wild, Happy, Healthy Self as well as a writer and editor for Men's Health and Outside magazines, and a professor at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He is a leading voice on how humans can integrate modern science and evolutionary wisdom for improved health, meaning, and performance in life and at work. He travels the globe to embed himself with brilliant but often overlooked scientists, thinkers, and people living at the extremes and shares the best of his findings and experiences in books, articles, and other media. Michael’s work has appeared in over 60 countries and has been endorsed by some of the world’s largest magazines, past directors of the CIA and Navy SEALs, gold medal-winning Olympians, leading physicians, Pulitzer Prize-winning authors, Buddhist and environmental leaders, and more. In this episode of Success Through Failure, Michael will shed light on why we need “fundamental discomforts” in our lives in order to unleash our full potential. Like what F3 Founder Dave Redding said, maybe deep in the hearts of men, we don’t want everything to be so easy. Listen now and let’s go deep into the science of comforts and discomforts with Michael Easter. 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 http://www.JimHarshawJr.com/Action.
Aug 2, 2021 • 40min
#311 Suffering, Affirmations, and the Value of Absurdly Hard Goals: Inside the Mind of Ultramarathoner Dean Karnazes
Action Plan: https://jimharshawjr.com/ACTION Free Clarity Call: https://jimharshawjr.com/APPLY Finding your thing. Named by TIME magazine as one of the “100 Most Influential People in the World,” Dean Karnazes has pushed his body and mind to inconceivable limits. Among his many accomplishments, he has run 50 marathons in all 50 US states, in 50 consecutive days. He’s run across Death Valley in the middle of summer, and he’s run a marathon to the South Pole. His list of competitive achievements includes winning the World’s Toughest Footrace, the Badwater Ultramarathon, and winning the 4 Deserts Challenge— racing in the hottest, driest, windiest, and coldest places on earth. An ESPN ESPY winner and 3-time recipient of Competitor magazine's Endurance Athlete of the Year award, Dean has served as a US Athlete Ambassador in overseas sports diplomacy envoys to Central Asia and South America. He’s twice carried the Olympic Torch and is a recipient of the President’s Council on Sports, Fitness and Nutrition Lifetime Achievement Award. A NY Times best-selling author, Dean is a frequent speaker and panelist at many running and sporting events worldwide. This is not a podcast about running, but of life, inspired action, success, and failure. Hit that play button and check out my interview with the amazing Dean Karnazes. 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 http://www.JimHarshawJr.com/Action.
Jul 26, 2021 • 34min
#310 Should I Crush It Every Day? Or Get Off the War Path? How to Create Balanced Success
Action Plan: https://jimharshawjr.com/ACTION Free Clarity Call: https://jimharshawjr.com/APPLY What does it take to be successful? Should you crush it or get off the war path? Gurus and successful people like Elon Musk often attribute success to crushing it and working ALL. THE. TIME; on changing the world with your personal life on the line. Their success is admirable. Ask yourself this... is that the kind of life you envision yourself living? Are you willing to lose yourself and your family and what’s truly important to you in the process? Yes, it’s true that having a successful business and making a lot of money is important, but truth be told, you just simply can’t be “in season” 24/7. This is the single-minded focus that got me onto the podium at the NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships. Single-minded focus won’t help me focus on my wife, my kids, my health and my business. This requires a different kind of focus. There is more to life than hustling to fill your bank account with billions of dollars! It’s possible to enjoy a life with balanced success in your relationships, self, health, and wealth. I am living it right now. In this episode, let me share with you how I achieved my dream life while making an impact on the world without having to sacrifice the things that give me purpose and what it took for me to achieve it. Tune in now and let me help you get the clarity to reveal your own path to success. 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 http://www.JimHarshawJr.com/Action.
