

What Got You There with Sean DeLaney
Sean DeLaney
What Got You There with Sean DeLaney: Beneath the Surface
A podcast for high performers, deep thinkers, and those who refuse to live on autopilot.
Every week, Sean DeLaney explores the ideas that don’t just make you better at what you do — but more connected to who you are.
Through solo episodes and long-form conversations with world-class performers, thinkers, and creators, we go beneath the surface of success to ask the questions most people avoid:
What if the version of you the world rewards… isn’t the version that makes you feel alive?
Can ambition and inner peace coexist?
How do you perform at your best — without abandoning yourself in the process?
This show is a space to get honest. To let go of old scripts. To reconnect with what actually matters. And to explore how we live, create, lead, and perform — from the inside out.
Not just for more success. But for deeper presence. Greater freedom. And a life that breathes.
🎧 Subscribe to join the journey.
📬 Connect at whatgotyouthere.com
A podcast for high performers, deep thinkers, and those who refuse to live on autopilot.
Every week, Sean DeLaney explores the ideas that don’t just make you better at what you do — but more connected to who you are.
Through solo episodes and long-form conversations with world-class performers, thinkers, and creators, we go beneath the surface of success to ask the questions most people avoid:
What if the version of you the world rewards… isn’t the version that makes you feel alive?
Can ambition and inner peace coexist?
How do you perform at your best — without abandoning yourself in the process?
This show is a space to get honest. To let go of old scripts. To reconnect with what actually matters. And to explore how we live, create, lead, and perform — from the inside out.
Not just for more success. But for deeper presence. Greater freedom. And a life that breathes.
🎧 Subscribe to join the journey.
📬 Connect at whatgotyouthere.com
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Jun 26, 2022 • 59min
Episode #306 Steve Magness-The Surprising Science of Real Toughness
Steve Magness is a world-renowned expert on performance, well-being, and sustainable success. He is coauthor of the best selling Peak Performance and The Passion Paradox. His most recent work is Do Hard Things: Why We Get Resilience Wrong and the Surprising Science of Real Toughness. In his coaching practice, Steve works with executives, entrepreneurs, and athletes on their performance and mental skills. "Real toughness isn’t just about helping you deal with pain or perform better; it’s about making you a healthier, happier human being. By adopting the principles of real toughness, you’ll learn how to prepare for, communicate with, respond to, and ultimately transcend discomfort. It’ll help you navigate arguments, handle your emotions, and wrestle back control of your life when you are on the brink of burnout." Watch on YouTube You Unleashed Course 50% off You Unleashed is an online personal development course created by Sean DeLaney after spending years working with an interviewing high achievers.The online course that helps you ‘Unleash your potential’! You Unleashed teaches you the MINDSETS, ROUTINES and BEHAVIORS you need to unleash your potential and discover what you’re capable of. You know you’re capable of more and want to bring out that untapped potential inside of you. We teach you how. Enroll Today & Receive 50% off by using code “WGYT”- Click Here Subscribe to my Momentum Monday Newsletter Connect with us! Whatgotyouthere TikTok YouTube Twitter Instagram

Jun 19, 2022 • 60min
#305 Daniel Coyle- The Playbook to Build A Great Culture
Daniel Coyle is the New York Times bestselling author of The Culture Code, which was named Best Business Book of the Year by Bloomberg, BookPal, and Business Insider. Coyle has served as an advisor to many high-performing organizations, including the Navy SEALs, Microsoft, Google, and the Cleveland Guardians. His other books include The Talent Code, The Secret Race, The Little Book of Talent, and Hardball: A Season in the Projects, which was made into a movie starring Keanu Reeves. Coyle’s latest book is The Culture Playbook, which is the ultimate handbook for fostering and cultivating a strong team culture. Watch on YouTube Follow on TikTok You Unleashed Course 50% off You Unleashed is an online personal development course created by Sean DeLaney after spending years working with an interviewing high achievers.The online course that helps you ‘Unleash your potential’! You Unleashed teaches you the MINDSETS, ROUTINES and BEHAVIORS you need to unleash your potential and discover what you’re capable of. You know you’re capable of more and want to bring out that untapped potential inside of you. We teach you how. Enroll Today & Receive 50% off by using code “WGYT”- Click Here Subscribe to my Momentum Monday Newsletter Connect with us! Whatgotyouthere TikTok YouTube Twitter Instagram

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Jun 12, 2022 • 1h 36min
#304 David Senra- Lessons Learned Reading 250+ Biographies of Great Founders
David Senra is the creator of Founders Podcast (one of my FAVORITE podcasts!) Learn from history's greatest entrepreneurs. Every week David reads a biography of an entrepreneur and find ideas you can use in your work. This quote explains why: "There are thousands of years of history in which lots and lots of very smart people worked very hard and ran all types of experiments on how to create new businesses, invent new technology, new ways to manage etc. They ran these experiments throughout their entire lives. At some point, somebody put these lessons down in a book. For very little money and a few hours of time, you can learn from someone’s accumulated experience. There is so much more to learn from the past than we often realize. You could productively spend your time reading experiences of great people who have come before and you learn every time." —Marc Andreessen Watch on YouTube You Unleashed Course 50% off You Unleashed is an online personal development course created by Sean DeLaney after spending years working with an interviewing high achievers.The online course that helps you ‘Unleash your potential’! You Unleashed teaches you the MINDSETS, ROUTINES and BEHAVIORS you need to unleash your potential and discover what you’re capable of. You know you’re capable of more and want to bring out that untapped potential inside of you. We teach you how. Enroll Today & Receive 50% off by using code “WGYT”- Click Here Subscribe to my Momentum Monday Newsletter Connect with us! Whatgotyouthere

Jun 5, 2022 • 34min
#303 Brunello Cucinelli - Building a Fashion Empire, My Life Story
Read the episode notes & full interview HERE *I made an error in the audio/video introduction of Brunello. He is not the CEO of Brunello Cucinelli but the Founder & Creative Director. Today I sit down with fashion icon, Brunello Cucinelli. Brunello is the founder of Brunello Cucinelli and is known as “The King of Cashmere” but he didn’t start out on top. Brunello Cucinelli was born into a peasant family in Italy in 1953 and in 1978 he set up a small company and captivated the market with his idea of dying cashmere. Since when he was a boy, he witnessed his father working in an environment that degraded him as a person and became a catalyst for developing his dream to promote a concept of work that ensured respect for the human being’s moral and economic dignity. In a world filled with company management trying to push their employees to the limit Brunello has a refreshing and proven method that is vastly different from what we’re used to. Brunello Cucinelli, has striven to create an enterprise that follows principles of what he calls “humanistic capitalism." Human capitalism, according to Cucinelli, means pursuing growth and profitability in a “gracious way.” At the company, humanistic capitalism manifests itself in a very specific set of policies and behavioral norms. Workers are paid wages that exceed 20% of the market norms; the workday (even for senior executive) is limited to the hours of 8:30 AM to 5:30 PM; emails are not to be sent after hours or on weekends; lunch breaks are one and half hours long to allow workers to have lunch at home should they choose. There are also strong cultural norms emphasizing respect and dignity. Brunello is the embodiment of a good soul who brings more beauty to this world and is constantly working to help humanity. Episode Transcript Watch on YouTube You Unleashed Course 50% off You Unleashed is an online personal development course created by Sean DeLaney after spending years working with an interviewing high achievers.The online course that helps you ‘Unleash your potential’! You Unleashed teaches you the MINDSETS, ROUTINES and BEHAVIORS you need to unleash your potential and discover what you’re capable of. You know you’re capable of more and want to bring out that untapped potential inside of you. We teach you how. Enroll Today & Receive 50% off by using code “WGYT”- Click Here Subscribe to my Momentum Monday Newsletter Connect with us! Whatgotyouthere

May 29, 2022 • 57min
#302 Brian Dawkins- Philadelphia Eagles Hall-of-Famer - Success Comes on the Back End of Pain
Brian Dawkins is an NFL Hall-of-Famer who played 16 seasons in the National Football League, primarily with the Philadelphia Eagles. Brian is regarded as one of the greatest safeties of all time and during his illustrious career was named to nine Pro Bowls and five All-Pro first teams. Brian was the heart and soul of the Eagles defense and on this episode he discusses what it takes to become great, that challenges he faced that lead to his growth and what each of us can do to uncover and unleash more of our potential! https://briandawkins.com/ Brian’s Book Blessed by the Best: My Journey to Canton and Beyond - https://amzn.to/3GkdgcB Watch on YouTube You Unleashed Course 50% off You Unleashed is an online personal development course created by Sean DeLaney after spending years working with an interviewing high achievers.The online course that helps you ‘Unleash your potential’! You Unleashed teaches you the MINDSETS, ROUTINES and BEHAVIORS you need to unleash your potential and discover what you’re capable of. You know you’re capable of more and want to bring out that untapped potential inside of you. We teach you how. Enroll Today & Receive 50% off by using code “WGYT”- Click Here Subscribe to my Momentum Monday Newsletter Connect with us! Whatgotyouthere

May 22, 2022 • 1h 2min
#301 Michael Singletary- NFL Hall-of-Famer on The Relentless Pursuit of Greatness
Mike Singletary is an NFL Hall- of- Famer, Super Bowl Champion and one of the Top 100 NFL Players of All-Time. This episode is all about understanding what it takes to cultivate a championship mindset, how to handle adversity and why failing is an essential ingredient on the path to greatness! Mike grew up with a tremendous amount of adversity became the “man of the house” at the age of 12 and that’s when he wrote out that he wanted to be a NFL all time great player! After playing college football for the Baylor Bears, Singletary was drafted by the Chicago Bears in the second round of the 1981 NFL Draft and was known as "The Heart of the Defense" for the Chicago Bears' Monsters of the Midway in the mid-1980s. He was part of their Super Bowl XX championship team that beat the New England Patriots. Singletary was inducted into the Texas Sports Hall of Fame in 1995 and into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1998. Mike along with his wife Kim established the Change Our Perspective foundation to help make a difference. They do this by developing future leaders and healthier communities through the use of innovative technology, educational access, vocational services, and health and mental wellness enhancements. You can find out more here- https://changingourperspective.org/ Watch on YouTube You Unleashed Course 50% off You Unleashed is an online personal development course created by Sean DeLaney after spending years working with an interviewing high achievers. The online course that helps you ‘Unleash your potential’! You Unleashed teaches you the ☑️Mindsets ☑️Routines ☑️Behaviors you need to unleash your potential and discover what you’re capable of. You know you’re capable of more and want to bring out that untapped potential inside of you. We teach you how. Enroll Today & Receive 50% off by using code “WGYT”- Click Here Subscribe to my Momentum Monday Newsletter Connect with us! Whatgotyouthere

May 15, 2022 • 47min
#300 Dr. Michael Gervais Interviews Sean DeLaney on What Got Him There
For our 300th episode Sean is the one who's interviewed! Sean is interviewed by high performance psychologist Dr. Michael Gervais! Sean talks about some of the influential experiences that shaped him, lessons learned along the way and so much more! Sean DeLaney is an entrepreneur, investor and host of the “What Got You There” podcast. Sean’s relentless pursuit of his passions in life have led to him being awarded a 2x NCAA Division 1 Lacrosse All American honor; leading a multimillion- dollar sales division for Nike while playing professional lacrosse, co-founding a nationally distributed, health-focused better for you snack brand, NuSkool Snacks; and investing in and advising successful startups such as Super Coffee (Kitu Life), Spero, and Go Fuzemee. Along the way, his journey allowed him to cross paths and build relationships with professional athletes, billionaire investors, New York Times bestselling authors, and successful entrepreneurs. Sean shares the stories behind the success of those people on his weekly “What Got You There” podcast. Sean has taken everything he’s experienced and shares the most valuable lessons he’s learned over the years and teaches them to others in his popular "You Unleashed" personal development course.” Watch on YouTube You Unleashed Course 50% off You Unleashed is an online personal development course created by Sean DeLaney after spending years working with an interviewing high achievers. The online course that helps you ‘Unleash your potential’! You Unleashed teaches you the mindsets, behaviors, and habits to unleash your potential and discover what you’re capable of. You know you’re capable of more and want to bring out that untapped potential inside of you. We teach you how. Enroll Today & Receive 50% off by using code “WGYT”- Click Here Subscribe to my Momentum Monday Newsletter Connect with us! Whatgotyouthere

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May 8, 2022 • 50min
#299 Adam Robinson - -The Most Important Ideas I've Discovered In Life (Part 2)
This is part 2 of 2 with one of my all time favorite thinkers Adam Robinson. Adam is the Co-Founder of The Princeton Review, a rated chess master, an advisor to large hedge funds and financial institutions, who uses a unique approach that combines game theory and behavioral economics to outthink global markets and anticipate when major trends will change. This is a wide ranging conversation exploring topics such as: ☑️The epiphany he had that has forever changed his life. ☑️Getting clarity around things that don’t make sense. ☑️The ideas Adam feels have been most impactful in his life. ☑️The most important questions you can ask yourself. So get ready to expand your thinking and learn how to go from theory to action with Adam Robison! Transcript & Episode Page Watch on YouTube You Unleashed Course 50% off You Unleashed is an online personal development course created by Sean DeLaney after spending years working with an interviewing high achievers. The online course that helps you ‘Unleash your potential’ You Unleashed teaches you the mindsets, behaviors, and habits to unleash your potential and discover what you’re capable of. You know you’re capable of more and want to bring out that untapped potential inside of you. We teach you how. Enroll Today & Receive 50% off by using code “WGYT”- Click Here Subscribe to my Momentum Monday Newsletter Connect with us! Whatgotyouthere

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May 1, 2022 • 1h 16min
#298 Adam Robinson -The Most Important Ideas I've Discovered In Life (Part 1)
This is part 1 of 2 with one of my all time favorite thinkers Adam Robinson. Adam is the Co-Founder of The Princeton Review, a rated chess master, an advisor to large hedge funds and financial institutions, who uses a unique approach that combines game theory and behavioral economics to outthink global markets and anticipate when major trends will change. This is a wide ranging conversation exploring topics such as: ☑️The epiphany he had that has forever changed his life. ☑️Getting clarity around things that don’t make sense. ☑️The ideas Adam feels have been most impactful in his life. ☑️The most important questions you can ask yourself. So get ready to expand your thinking and learn how to go from theory to action with Adam Robison! Transcript & Episode Page You Unleashed Course 50% off You Unleashed is an online personal development course created by Sean DeLaney after spending years working with an interviewing high achievers. The online course that helps you ‘Unleash your potential’ You Unleashed teaches you the mindsets, behaviors, and habits to unleash your potential and discover what you’re capable of. You know you’re capable of more and want to bring out that untapped potential inside of you. We teach you how. Enroll Today & Receive 50% off by using code “WGYT”- Click Here Subscribe to my Momentum Monday Newsletter Connect with us! Whatgotyouthere

Apr 24, 2022 • 1h
#297 Jim Weber- CEO of Brooks Running on Chasing Your Purpose
Jim Weber joined Brooks Running Company as CEO in 2001 and is credited for the Seattle-based running company’s aggressive turnaround story. The business and brand success caught the attention of Warren Buffett, who declared Brooks a standalone subsidiary company of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. in 2012. Jim is the author of the new book Running With Purpose: How Brooks Outpaced Goliath Competitors to Lead the Pack. Brooks believes in a world where everyone is welcome to run and has a place to do it. Jim Weber will donate all profits from Running with Purpose to the Brooks Booster Club, a needs-based grant program that provides performance running footwear, apparel, and funding to under-resourced high school cross country and track teams. You Unleashed Course You Unleashed is an online personal development course created by Sean DeLaney after spending years working with an interviewing high achievers. The online course that helps you ‘Unleash your potential’ You Unleashed teaches you the mindsets, behaviors, and habits to unleash your potential and discover what you’re capable of. You know you’re capable of more and want to bring out that untapped potential inside of you. We teach you how. Enroll Today & Receive 50% off by using code “WGYT”- Click Here Subscribe to my Momentum Monday Newsletter Connect with us! Whatgotyouthere