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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May 3, 2021 • 29min
#298 3 Proven Ways to Transform Failure into Success
Action Plan: https://jimharshawjr.com/ACTION Free Clarity Call: https://jimharshawjr.com/APPLY Success Through Failure Failing hurts. It sucks. So how do you reconcile the idea that failure is in fact benefiting you? How do you wrap your head around the fact that adversities are your stepping stone towards success? And how exactly do you succeed through failure? As I always say to my kids, Success Through Failure ain’t just the name of a podcast. If you observe the most successful people, one thing they have in common is having failed miserably at one point in their lives. And they even give credit to their setbacks for making their success possible. Now it’s your turn to live out your success story! This week’s episode is all about failure. How you can benefit from it, how you can wrap your mind around the benefits, and the 3 concepts to understand failure. My goal is for you to go out into the world and do incredible things. So let’s begin this adventure by taking action and hitting the play button to this episode. 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.
Apr 26, 2021 • 35min
#297 100 Days of Rejection: What One Man Learned About Fear and Failure
Action Plan: https://jimharshawjr.com/ACTION Free Clarity Call: https://jimharshawjr.com/APPLY 100 Days of Rejection TherapyJia Jiang is the owner of Rejection Therapy, a website that provides inspiration, knowledge and products for people to overcome their fear of rejection. He is also the CEO of DareMe, a company that teaches people and trains organizations to become fearless through rejection training. In 2015, he authored the Amazon bestselling book, Rejection Proof: How I Beat Fear and Became Invincible Through 100 Days of Rejection and was one of the most viewed TED Talks of 2017. Several years after Jiang began his career in the corporate world, he took a life-altering risk and stepped into the unknown world of entrepreneurship. His result was everyone’s biggest fear: rejection. This was the catalyst that set Jiang on the path to his true calling. To conquer the fear of rejection, Jiang embarked on a personal quest and started a blog, 100 Days of Rejection Therapy. His journey revealed a world that was hidden in plain sight— a world where people are much kinder than we imagine. He discovered that rejection can be much less painful than we believe and that the fear of rejection is much more destructive than we know. Jiang grew up in Beijing, China and migrated to the United States at age 16. He holds a Bachelor of Computer Science from Brigham Young University and a Master of Business Administration from Duke University. 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.
Apr 19, 2021 • 40min
#296 Think Like Elon: Provocative Questions and Tactics for Unleashing Your Inner Greatness
Action Plan: https://jimharshawjr.com/ACTION Free Clarity Call: https://jimharshawjr.com/APPLY Think like Elon Musk How do people like Elon Musk, Richard Branson, and Steve Jobs, get outsized results? How do they think and operate at a level so much higher than everybody else? How do they get so much done in the same amount of time that we have? Here’s why: their default thinking is at a higher level than almost everyone else. Most of us question whether or not we can earn enough to retire or put our kids through college, let alone investing billions into colonizing Mars. While I feel I'm only about 10 steps up my own Mt. Everest— getting to where I'm at now was a huge goal for me. Doing what I love and earning more than I ever have with the flexibility to travel and spend more time with family. It required deep mindset work and oftentimes weird tactics to create breakthroughs and to outthink my own limiting beliefs. It’s the same with these world-class performers. What is it that these world-changers are doing differently? They're stepping back, asking different questions, and operating at a higher level. Today I reveal to you tactics, questions, and mindset hacks that let you outthink your own limiting beliefs. Tune in now and let’s talk about these 11 high-level thinking questions to ask yourself to create powerful clarity and your long-awaited breakthrough in life. 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.
Apr 12, 2021 • 45min
#295 One Revolutionary Yet Simple Tactic for Releasing Your Doubts and Breaking Barriers with Hale Dwoskin
Action Plan: https://jimharshawjr.com/ACTION Free Clarity Call: https://jimharshawjr.com/APPLY The Sedona Method Hale Dwoskin has dedicated more than four decades to teaching and sharing the Sedona Method, which helps people alleviate their suffering and discover the truth of who they are. Hale is the author of the New York Times best-seller The Sedona Method and the co-author of Happiness is Free and it’s Easier Than You Think with Lester Levenson. He is one of the featured teachers in the book and movie phenomenon The Secret as well as a featured teacher in The Greatest Secret. He is also featured in the movie Letting Go. Hale is the Director of Training, Chief Teacher, and Spokesperson of Sedona Training Associates, an organization created to promote the emotional releasing techniques inspired by his friend, mentor, and teacher Lester Levenson. He is also a founding member of the Transformational Leadership Council. 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.
Apr 5, 2021 • 29min
#294 A Surprisingly Simple Trick To Staying On Track With Your Goals: A Power Tactic To Use Every Month
Action Plan: https://jimharshawjr.com/ACTION Free Clarity Call: https://jimharshawjr.com/APPLY Clarity through micro goals Do you ever get overwhelmed when striving to achieve your big goals? Do you feel like you’re running out of time? Are you struggling to accomplish and stick to the goals that you’ve repeatedly set for yourself year after year? Or are you on the verge of dropping your resolutions and trying again next year (hopefully not)? It’s time to pause, take a deep breath, and start… small. In this week’s episode, let’s talk about Micro Goals… the goals that you should always have in your back pocket (literally!), that are going to drive you and help keep your mind clear and focused. No more goals left unattained. It’s time to take the small but powerful steps to fulfilling your goals through micro goals! Here’s how… 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.
Mar 29, 2021 • 48min
#293 A Remarkable Story of Discovering Success, Failure, and Hope in Mississippi: Dr. Jeff Bulington of Franklin Chess
Action Plan: https://jimharshawjr.com/ACTION Free Clarity Call: https://jimharshawjr.com/APPLY Creating meaningful losses. Jeff Bulington grew up on the outskirts of Toledo, Ohio and in rural Monon, Indiana. He learned to move the chess pieces from his first grade teacher in 1972, but was introduced to tournament chess by a local farmer after moving to Indiana as a junior high student. He founded his school's first chess club. Fast forward a few decades and he’s transforming the lives of the students who society has written off. Who am I talking about? The students of Franklin County, MS. 60 Minutes described Franklin County as “the buckle of the Bible belt. Seven thousand people live here and no one’s in a hurry. There are only two stop lights in the entire county and one elementary school.” One local described Franklin County like this… “All the statistics, everything you look at, Mississippi is the poorest. It’s the dumbest. It’s the fattest. We know that the rest of the nation has that conception of us.” Why did Jeff Bulington show up here to teach this community a game that most had never played and presumably wouldn't have any interest in? And how did he succeed in changing how young people on the fringes of society think about themselves? Find out. 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.
Mar 22, 2021 • 37min
#292 The Power of Your Mind in Making Millions: JV Crum of the Conscious Millionaire Show
Action Plan: https://jimharshawjr.com/ACTION Free Clarity Call: https://jimharshawjr.com/APPLY Mindset for millions. Want to turn your passionate purpose into a big impact and big money in your bank account? Then stay tuned because, whether you want to make $10,000 or $100,000 a month, JV Crum will reveal how. He’s known as “The Conscious Millionaire Mentor” and is a mindset and strategy coach, speaker, futurist, activist, and #1 International Best-Selling Author. He hosts the Conscious Millionaire Show, heard by millions of listeners in 190 countries. JV is on a mission to transform the lives of 1 Million people and help them achieve their financial goals! You may just be one of them! 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.
Mar 15, 2021 • 45min
#291 Logically Override the Default: How to Stop Procrastinating, Scrolling, and Getting Distracted
Action Plan: https://jimharshawjr.com/ACTION Free Clarity Call: https://jimharshawjr.com/APPLY Override the Default Have you ever finished a work task then found yourself automatically checking your inbox or social media? Have you ever walked past a tray of cookies and just grabbed one without even thinking about it? Have you ever hit the snooze button? This is the default. This is what's holding you back from your next level; from achieving that goal that always seems just out of reach. So, what can you do about it? During a recent personal performance coaching session with a client there was a specific, powerful phrase that I said that he keyed on. “Logically override the default.” I encourage you to 1) listen to this episode and 2) do as my client said he was going to do—write the phrase on the wall above your computer! Tune in now and let’s talk about the 10 ways you can logically override your default. 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.
Mar 8, 2021 • 41min
#290 Steven Pressfield on The Warrior Ethos and Winning Your Inner War So That You Can Finally Achieve Your Potential
Action Plan: https://jimharshawjr.com/ACTION Free Clarity Call: https://jimharshawjr.com/APPLY Be your own warrior It’s been a year and we’re so thrilled to have screenwriter and author, Steven Pressfield, back on the Success Through Failure podcast! Steven is the brilliant mind behind the books Gates of Fire, The War of Art, The Legend of Bagger Vance, which was adapted into a movie starring Will Smith, Matt Damon, and Charlize Theron, and The Warrior Ethos, which we’ll talk more about in this episode. Following his insightful appearance on STF ep 256, Steven came back with new insights and resistance-defeating tactics. This time, he delves how you can turn “NOBODY wants to read your sh*t” to “EVERYBODY wants to read your sh*t.” You’ll also discover the “Warrior Virtues” you should possess to unleash the warrior within, and how listening to your dreams can change your life like it did his. There’s so much to learn from this interview, so click that play button and 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.
Mar 1, 2021 • 35min
#289 Cheatsheet: 17 Tactics for Starting a Successful Side Hustle in 2021
Action Plan: https://jimharshawjr.com/ACTION Free Clarity Call: https://jimharshawjr.com/APPLY Your side hustle! Have you been thinking, “How can I make extra money in 2021?” or “How can I start a successful side hustle this year?” Well, there’s no other way than to just start if you want to finally realize your dream business like I did! But how do you find the right side hustle for you? Where do you start? Well… right here actually! In this week’s episode of Success Through Failure, we’ll talk about the 17 rules for starting a successful side hustle in 2021. You’ll get to learn some specific, concrete tactics that even world-class performers like Tim Ferris and Russell Brunson practice and live by, so 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.
