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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Dec 28, 2020 • 34min
#280 Secrets to Finally Achieving Work-Life Balance: Practical and Actionable Tactics for Success in All Areas of Your Life
Action Plan: https://jimharshawjr.com/ACTION Free Clarity Call: https://jimharshawjr.com/APPLY Find your balanceA balanced life is something that most of us seek to attain. A balanced life to become the ever-present parent and at the same time, live a successful professional life. A balanced life where you have the time to give attention to your physical and mental health while still running your flourishing business. And whatever version of a balanced life you wish to achieve. For decades, the term “work-life balance” is something that we have been familiar with. Gurus and life coaches have thrown around this practice here and there, but in this era when maintaining a balance between your personal and professional life has gone blur, how do you manage to carry this balance? In this episode, we’ll talk about the PRACTICAL and ACTIONABLE tactics that you can incorporate in your life so you can find that perfect work-life balance that you can actually exercise and maintain.
Dec 21, 2020 • 23min
#279 The Busy Person’s Guide to an End-of-Year Strategic Planning Session: Your Agenda, Checklist, and Instructions For Planning For 2021
Action Plan: https://jimharshawjr.com/ACTION Free Clarity Call: https://jimharshawjr.com/APPLY Crush Your 2021 Goals 2021 is just around the corner. Are you ready to welcome another year? Have you prepared your New Year’s resolutions? What are your goals this coming year? In an article by Marla Tabaka on Inc.com, “According to U.S. News & World Report, the failure rate for New Year's resolutions is said to be about 80 percent, and most lose their resolve by mid-February.” Most of us are probably guilty of this. Wouldn’t it be nice to finally break free from this never ending process of losing your resolve and ultimately see the fruits of successfully achieving your yearly goals? In this episode, we’ll talk about how you can strategically plan your 2021 by sticking to an agenda, checklist, and instructions for planning the upcoming year. Don’t let your resolutions and goals become a part of another statistic. Raise the bar! Strive for your goals! 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.
Dec 14, 2020 • 42min
#278 The Dos and Don’ts of World-Class Leadership from the Expert Himself: Ken Blanchard
Action Plan: https://jimharshawjr.com/ACTION Free Clarity Call: https://jimharshawjr.com/APPLY THE leadership expertKen Blanchard, one of the most influential leadership experts in the world, is the coauthor of the iconic New York Times bestseller The One Minute Manager®—recently revised and released as The New One Minute Manager®—as well as 65 other books whose combined sales total more than 28 million copies in 47 languages. 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.
Dec 7, 2020 • 24min
#277 How to Create World-Class Consistency: 15 Step-by-Step Tactics To Unleash Your True Potential (Part 2)
Action Plan: https://jimharshawjr.com/ACTION Free Clarity Call: https://jimharshawjr.com/APPLY On your way to consistency! We’re back with the 2nd installment of our episode about the 15 tactics on how to be consistent. In this episode, we’ll focus on the mindset and attitude you should embody in order to become consistent. If you feel like you haven’t found the right tactics for you from last week’s episode (go check it out if you haven’t yet: jimharshawjr.com/276), you still have more to choose from! As I mentioned, no pressure! Take your time in choosing just 1 or 2 of these tactics; apply it and see what perfectly fits your goals. So don’t forget to tune in this week as well! Now that we’ve completed the puzzle, which among the 15 tactics I’ve shared interests you the most? Which do you think will be the perfect fit to your journey to consistency? Drop by my social media accounts if you want to share your experiences, share this episode with your loved ones, and let’s talk about how these episodes have made you one step closer 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.
Nov 30, 2020 • 27min
#276 How to Create World-Class Consistency: 15 Step-by-Step Tactics To Unleash Your True Potential (Part 1)
Action Plan: https://jimharshawjr.com/ACTION Free Clarity Call: https://jimharshawjr.com/APPLY Consistency is key! Do you feel like if you could just be more consistent then you could finally achieve the goals that you’ve always wanted to achieve? Make that career move…Start a business…Fix a relationship…And a whole lot more?! Clearly, this is not a walk in the park. It’s traversing a bumpy trek of lack of focus, system, and consistency. But at the end of the day, our goal is to get “THERE.” The destination. Our goals. But just like what the name of our show suggests, there is success in failure. And we both know that you have that drive in you. You just need the extra nudge to lead you to the right path. In this two-part episode, I give you 15 tactics to help you be consistent—what methods, tools, and mindset are effective in building that consistency in your life. But no pressure! Take your time in choosing just 1 or 2 of these tactics; apply it and see what perfectly fits your goals. After listening to this, I’d LOVE to hear what tactics you’ll employ and how it worked for you. Tune in now and good luck! 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.
Nov 23, 2020 • 45min
#275 The Underground Movement That's Transforming Men Across America: F3 Founder Dave "Dredd" Redding
A new episode
Nov 16, 2020 • 43min
#274 Training Your Mind and Creating the Impossible: A Lesson in Thinking Big with Steve Sims
Action Plan: https://jimharshawjr.com/ACTION Free Clarity Call: https://jimharshawjr.com/APPLY There are no limits. Do you know anyone that’s worked with Sir Elton John or Elon Musk, sent people down to see the wreck of the Titanic on the sea bed or closed museums in Florence for a private dinner party and then had Andre Bocelli serenade them while they eat their pasta? You do now. Quoted as “The Real Life Wizard of Oz" by Forbes and Entrepreneur Magazine, Steve Sims is a best selling Author with "BLUEFISHING - the art of making things happen”, sought-after coach and a speaker at a variety of networks, groups and associations as well as the Pentagon and Harvard—twice! 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. How to Leave a Rating and Review for STF on iTunes Ratings and reviews help a lot! Please consider leaving one. It’s really simple. Here’s how: https://youtu.be/T1JsGrkiYko
Nov 9, 2020 • 34min
#273 How to Create Laser Focus So That You Can “Project Warp Speed” Your Life
Action Plan: https://jimharshawjr.com/ACTION Free Clarity Call: https://jimharshawjr.com/APPLY How to Get Focused Do you find yourself easily distracted? Do you feel that if you could just get focused—and STAY focused—that you would be able to achieve more? You are definitely not alone in this. We all have those days! And it doesn’t really help that this new normal—where we are stuck at home, with our communication being limited to screen-to-screen interaction—is taking a toll on our productivity and focus. But our drive doesn't have to stop there. There’s an exciting road ahead of us and no pandemic or distraction should get in the way of reaching your desired destination. With discipline and determination-- and a little help from this episode-- you can snap out of this roadblock and continue to carry out successful goals! In this episode, I talk about tactics and tools (that my clients swear by!) on how to get and stay focused so you could do great things and deliver high-quality performance. 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.
Nov 2, 2020 • 39min
#272 Finding Time In Your Day: Discipline, Values, and Consistency with Charlie “The Spaniard” Brenneman
Action Plan: https://jimharshawjr.com/ACTION Free Clarity Call:https://jimharshawjr.com/APPLY Resilience and reading. One of my favorite people in the world is Charlie “The Spaniard” Brenneman. He’s tough. He’s disciplined. He’s smart. And he happens to be kinda funny. We have a lot of fun in our conversations and I always learn so much so I welcomed him back on the show to talk about how he handles a pandemic, how he finds time to read a book a week, and his new Spaniard School. Having fought the scariest men on Earth, taught junior and senior high Spanish, won a reality TV show on national television, and read incessantly for many years, UFC veteran, speaker, and author Charlie “The Spaniard” Brenneman calls upon his myriad personal and professional experiences and knowledge to inspire you, challenge you, and make you believe. He’s been knocked out cold on live television and lived out his own Rocky story in front of a million people. Now, through traditional keynotes and workshops, you can get an inside look at what it takes to compete, and win, at the highest levels. 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.
Oct 26, 2020 • 40min
#271 How to Simplify Your Life: Time Saving Tech Hacks to Get More Done in Less Time Even If You’re Not Non-Tech-Savvy
Action Plan: https://jimharshawjr.com/ACTION Free Clarity Call: https://jimharshawjr.com/APPLY Practical hacks for simplifying work. Do you ever feel bogged down by minutia? Are there tasks you do that are time-consuming, repetitive, and annoying? Yes! But most people feel there’s nothing they can do about it. They grind through work and waste precious minutes and hours every day on minutia. Or, worse yet, they skip over the small but important things. What if there were simple, inexpensive systems you can use to make this minutia go away? To help you be more consistent? To help you get the small things done that make the big things easier to get done? Here’s the good news. There are! I share over a dozen hacks in this episode that you can set-up quickly and easily that will make your work and personal life simpler and easier so that you can focus on the more important things. It’s time to start leveraging technology to make your life simpler, not more complicated. Afraid of technology? Me too. Especially when it’s complex. But when it's easy to use and gives me more time and energy, I LOVE it! You will too. Give this episode of STF a 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.
