
The 2% with Eric Partaker
Only 2% of people are estimated to operate at their full potential. Join us as we interview peak performers in all walks of life to decode excellence and help you reach your full potential.
Latest episodes

Aug 24, 2020 • 10min
PPI #43: Run Your Business Like a Team, Not a Family
If you're like many leaders, you probably remember a time when you referred to your company or team as family. But the truth is, it is difficult to achieve high performance running a family instead of a team. That's because families stick together no matter what, while teams are optimized to win at all times. In this episode, I’ll be presenting six ways in which you can transition from running a family to running a team, and perform better as a result.

Aug 21, 2020 • 11min
PPI #42: The 6 Reasons You Need a Business Coach
Do you feel your business should be further ahead than it currently is? Perhaps your company is not hitting its goals, or lacks the edge to become a leader. The answer might just come from the outside. Having a coach could be the one thing that brings your business to its full potential. And there are many ways a coach can help you. In this episode, we’ll be discussing six of these.

Aug 20, 2020 • 9min
PPI #41: Change Your Story, Change Your Life
While the power of storytelling is all the rage these days, many of us miss the most powerful story of all: the one that we tell ourselves. Our old story hinders us from venturing further; it discourages us from improving ourselves and achieving great things. But we have the power to change all these by simply writing a new story for ourselves. In this episode, I’ll reveal a six-step process that will transform your inner story, to further empower yourself and elevate your business and personal life.

Aug 18, 2020 • 10min
PPI #40: How to Become More Decisive
Decision fatigue affects everyone: making tons of decisions each and every day can be quite exhausting. That’s why you need to make faster, fewer and better decisions if you want to succeed in your business and personal life. What’s great about becoming more decisive is it's all learnable. In this episode, I’ll be teaching you eight ways how you can do it.

Aug 14, 2020 • 9min
PPI #39: How To Avoid the Top 5 Regrets of the Dying
Have you ever thought about what the most common regrets are for someone right before they die? A nurse by the name of Bronnie Ware looked after many people who were in their final days and hours and documented all of these regrets in a book called The Top Five Regrets of the Dying. In this episode I'll take you through those 5 regrets and give you some powerful tools that you can use to make sure that you're avoiding them and living a fulfilling life.

Aug 13, 2020 • 13min
PPI #38: How to Become More Courageous
Do you feel that fear is holding you back in life? That you're not achieving everything that you're capable of achieving because you're too afraid? Do you look at the courageous actions of others and say, “I wish I was like that. I wish I had more courage.” In today's episode I want to teach you what you can do to become more courageous and develop the confidence to overcome your fears.

Aug 11, 2020 • 13min
PPI #37: How To Avoid the World's #1 Health Risk
Do you know what the number one killer in the world is? It's not war or violence – it's high blood pressure because it causes cardiovascular disease, heart attacks and strokes. In this episode I'll share how I went from having high blood pressure, to normal low and sometimes even low blood pressure without the use of any medications at all.

Aug 7, 2020 • 13min
PPI #36: Abraham Maslow’s Lessons for a Fulfilling Life
What if I told you there's a path you can take, that would allow you to reach your full potential and live a fulfilling life? For me, this has been an obsession for years and it was for psychologist Abraham Maslow as well. In this episode I'll share my key lessons from Maslow's work and my own experience to help you live a more fulfilling life.

Aug 5, 2020 • 10min
PPI #35: Use Small Habits to Create Big Successes
Learn how small daily actions lead to big successes through consistent habits. Discover the power of single-tasking, starting and stopping actions over time, and leveraging routines for lasting changes. Find out how small habits can compound to produce remarkable results, driving long-term success.

Aug 3, 2020 • 14min
PPI #34: Lessons to Improve your Team from the Chicago Bulls & LA Lakers
Did you realize that the Chicago Bulls and Los Angeles Lakers can teach us a lot about how to improve the performance of our teams at work? I had no idea but after reading the book 11 Rings by 11-time championship winning coach Phil Jackson, my approach to managing teams completely transformed. In this episode I'll share what I learned from the book and give you practical tools to take your team to the next level.