Success Through Failure With Jim Harshaw Jr | Goal Setting, Habits, Mindset And Motivation For Sports, Business And Life

#380 The True Story of World-Class Endurance Athletes and Father-Son Duo Travis and Mark Macy in a Race Against the Odds -------- Action Plan: https://jimharshawjr.com/ACTION Free Clarity Call: https://jimharshawjr.com/APPLY   It’s one thing to compete in the “Eco-Challenge.” It’s another to do so with Alzheimer’s. This is the true story of the phenomenal father and son duo, Travis and Mark “Mace” Macy. You may remember Travis Macy from episode 353— or for the longtime listeners, episode 52. Well, this interview is totally different and even more incredible than our prior conversations. Travis is a professional endurance athlete and coach, and a finisher of over 130 ultra-endurance events in 17 countries.  He is also the author of “The Ultra Mindset: An Endurance Champion’s 8 Core Principles for Success in Business, Sports, and Life.” Travis is back on the Success Through Failure podcast, this time with his father, Mark “Mace” Macy— who is one of the godfathers of endurance racing.  In this interview, the

#379 Self-Sabotage: How to Handle Your New Level and Crush Self-Sabotage -------- Action Plan: https://jimharshawjr.com/ACTION Free Clarity Call: https://jimharshawjr.com/   There’s an insidious little force inside of us that gets in the way of our success. Most of the time we don’t even recognize it. Most of the time we don’t even know it’s happening.   “New level, new devil,” they say. Well, “Old level, same devil,” too! It depends on your default mindset— your paradigm— and that will dictate how you perform in order to achieve and then maintain your next level. In this episode, we’re talking about how to identify and defeat the invisible force inside of you that’s holding you back, that’s keeping you from Success Through Failure and keeping you in a loop of failure to failure to failure.  And that invisible force is self-sabotage. Listen now to unlock your potential and release the parking brake on your life and your success— whether it’s in your career, your relationships, your health and fitness, or in

#378 Rocky Bleier: The Incredible Story of a Wounded Combat Vet Turned Superbowl Champion -------- Action Plan: https://jimharshawjr.com/ACTION Free Clarity Call: https://jimharshawjr.com/APPLY   Ever wonder how different the NFL was in the ’60s and ’70s? Super Bowl Champion and wounded Vietnam vet, Pittsburgh Steeler Rocky Bleier shares an unlikely story of success after war.  Growing up north of Pittsburgh, Rocky Bleier was a household name in my home. I had always known about his story as a great running back and as a wounded combat veteran but I never knew the story behind the story until this interview.  Rocky’s story is a gripping tale of courage on both the gridiron and the battlefields of Vietnam. His life story details how ordinary people can become extraordinary achievers, which defines success in the new American century.  The hard lessons Rocky learned early in his life that helped him overcome adversity and reach his goals have paid off after football. Truly, he’s an epitome of a success through

#377 10 Ways to Manage Your Energy for Peak Performance -------- Action Plan: https://jimharshawjr.com/ACTION Free Clarity Call: https://jimharshawjr.com/APPLY   Do you feel great some days and sluggish other days? Listen now and let’s tap into your hidden energy, and reach for that peak performance!  Are there certain times of the day when you’re just locked in and others when you're distracted by watching squirrels out the window?  Do you want to show up every day at the top of your game— focused, productive, and locked in? Then this episode is for you. In this episode, we’re going to talk about the 10 critical tactics that you can use to maintain high energy so that you can get the most out of your day. You may have heard or read about this being talked about out there on the interwebs but I’m going to give you my version and what works for me and the Pathfinder community who my team and I coach. Keep in mind that this will be a success through failure process for you. You will try things and fail— bu

#376 Author of The 5 Love Languages Dr. Gary Chapman on Success, Failure, and 3 Questions to Transform Your Marriage -------- Action Plan: https://jimharshawjr.com/ACTION Free Clarity Call: https://jimharshawjr.com/APPLY   What’s your love language? The man behind the 5 Love Languages shares the story of how this all started.   Written more than two decades ago and with more than 20 million copies in print, “The 5 Love Languages” by Dr. Gary Chapman is known worldwide and has become a cultural phenomenon with its popularity recently exploding on TikTok!  The concept continues to help strengthen marriages around the world as couples learn to communicate better by speaking each other’s “love language.”   The book is so popular that it’s been on the New York Times bestsellers list since 2007 and has been translated into more than 50 languages! In this episode, I had the opportunity to interview Dr. Chapman where we talk about the secret to love that lasts and how determining your love language and three simple

#375 How to Get Unstuck and Get to Your Life’s Work -------- Action Plan: https://jimharshawjr.com/ACTION Free Clarity Call: https://jimharshawjr.com/APPLY   Henry David Thoreau said, “The masses of men lead lives of quiet desperation,” but that doesn’t have to be you. This is your sign to take action and unleash the greatness inside of you. Do you sometimes feel like you have this deep nagging question inside of you of “what’s next?”  Do you struggle to find time to work on the things that you want to achieve, but you feel like you're being pulled in a million different directions, which leaves you wishing for more time in the day? Well, I got news for you— the key to solving this is in you.  Behind the excuses and your fears, there’s actually MORE potential inside of you. In this episode let’s talk about the catalyst or the small actions that you can do now that will set off a larger chain reaction so you can find your life’s work and achieve your own personal greatness. Tune in now! If you don’t have

#374 Money Mindset: Risk, Failure, and Self-Imposed Consequences with Jerremy Newsome -------- Action Plan: https://jimharshawjr.com/ACTION Free Clarity Call: https://jimharshawjr.com/APPLY   What’s a movie that is so good it actually changed your life? For Financial Mentor Jerremy Newsome, it’s “Forrest Gump.” And just like Forrest, of course, he also invested in Apple… at six years old! Jerremy Newsome’s mission and calling in life is to enrich lives through mentally liberating financial education.  His love for business started at the age of six after watching the award-winning film, “Forrest Gump.” At such a young age, he convinced his father to match his investment deposit for some Apple stock back in 1995— just like Forrest and Lieutenant Dan! In 2014, he established Real Life Trading— a company designed to make trading accessible to everyone. This has allowed him to assist and enrich tens of thousands of lives while also growing the company organically to a seven-figure business.  But this is NOT an i

#373 What To Do About Unproductive Days -------- Action Plan: https://jimharshawjr.com/ACTION Free Clarity Call: https://jimharshawjr.com/APPLY   If you listen to any guru who tells you that they never have a bad day— they're lying. Imagine a world where there are no unproductive days... Where you never have to experience going off the path and delaying your journey toward your goals...  What a dream!  But reality check, we will ALWAYS have bad days! Yes, even your favorite gurus and world-class performers have unproductive days. You will have… ➡️ Days where you don’t feel like journaling➡️ Hours that seem to pass by without you getting anything done➡️ Seconds you spend watching every viral video on YouTube or TikTok We’re all guilty as charged! So what can you do about it? In this episode, I’m going to reveal 5 tactics that you can do to help boost your productivity— especially during the bad days or when you just (desperately) need to get things done.  It’s time to end your Unproductivity Mode and sta

#372 Steven Pressfield on Commitment, Self-Reinforcement, and Getting Yourself to Do What’s Necessary to Achieve Your Goals -------- Action Plan: https://jimharshawjr.com/ACTION Free Clarity Call: https://jimharshawjr.com/APPLY   Steven Pressfield is one of these once-in-a-lifetime people who comes along and speaks truth to the world. His writing speaks to a part of your soul that has never been spoken to before.  If there’s someone who understands you and me— the dreamers, people with goals bigger than their eyes, people who know there’s more inside of them but just haven’t been able to get it out into the world— it’s Steven Pressfield. His writing is clear and it’s real. It shines light on the real struggle that is your journey to who and what you are meant to be.  If you’re not familiar with his work, Steve is the mind behind the books “Gates of Fire” and “The Legend of Bagger Vance”— the latter having been made into a movie with Matt Damon, Will Smith, and Charlize Theron. He’s also written landmark pers

#371 A Success Perspective: How to Handle Life When You Don't Get What You Want -------- Action Plan: https://jimharshawjr.com/ACTION Free Clarity Call: https://jimharshawjr.com/APPLY   There are things in your life that you didn’t want but may be exactly what you need. My mission for this podcast is to reveal the true nature of success— that failure is a necessary step on the path to success for you. We don't seek it out. We don't want it. But it is part of success. And that’s life! We don’t always get what we ask for but often it’s what we actually need.  It’s not exactly an easy idea to reconcile to, I know, BUT once you learn how to shift your mindset, the adversities, challenges, and setbacks that you’ll face in life will turn into one opportunity after another! Join me in this episode as I translate a viral poem into a usable and functional action item that will crystalize the power of failure to open new opportunities for growth and success despite— and sometimes even because of— failure.

#370 Implicit Bias: How Our Brain Unconsciously Leads Us Astray and What To Do About It -------- Action Plan: https://jimharshawjr.com/ACTION Free Clarity Call: https://jimharshawjr.com/APPLY   In the Reveal Your Path coaching program, there’s a concept we call the “Environment of Excellence.” These are the people, messages, and mindsets that influence us— the very same factors that shape our “Implicit Biases.”  So much of what we talk about here on Success Through Failure is about mindset— unlocking the power of our mind, revealing limiting beliefs, and the unconscious wiring that often controls us and our actions.   Oftentimes we fail because we tell ourselves a story that we're not good enough, or not smart enough, or not capable enough— or maybe others tell us that story… Maybe it's through their body language, their facial expressions, how they talk to us, or maybe even what we see in the media.  This is all part of the messaging that we receive from our environment that shapes our unconscious b

Action Plan: https://jimharshawjr.com/ACTION Free Clarity Call: https://jimharshawjr.com/APPLY If there's a "cheat code" that can help you create success at anything, how would you maximize it? It’s NOT an antidote to failing— because failure is a step on the path to success— but using this cheat code will bring change that will lead you to your success.   I had an intriguing conversation with a client recently… In the past few years, he went from a guy who didn't really work out much to working out regularly. He even took on the challenge of doing the Murph workout, which he successfully completed. A year later, he committed to doing the Murph again, but due to work and other commitments, he trained less yet, surprisingly, he completed the Murph even faster! How is that possible?! In this episode, we’re going to talk about the “cheat code” that my client used and how you can implement the same concept to transform your life and performance in any area: your career, fitness, or otherwise.  Af

Action Plan: https://jimharshawjr.com/ACTION Free Clarity Call: https://jimharshawjr.com/APPLY “Easy and elite were never meant to coexist.” And if you wish to lead a life as an elite performer, like Tom Ryan, then you have to be prepared to embrace “chosen suffering.” Tom Ryan is the Head Coach of the Ohio State University Wrestling Team. It was his guidance and leadership that led the team to unprecedented heights by winning the 2015 NCAA National Championship, among many milestones. He also had a decorated wrestling career as a 2x NCAA All-American, taking second in the 1991 NCAA Tourney and third in 1992 for the University of Iowa. Tom embraced “chosen suffering” to become elite in what he does. This became the inspiration for his book, "Chosen Suffering: Becoming Elite In Life And Leadership."  It wasn’t until he and his wife, Lynette, suffered the sudden death of their five-year-old son, Teague, that they encountered “unchosen suffering” in a way they never wished. In this fire, they found the

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Action Plan: https://jimharshawjr.com/ACTION Free Clarity Call: https://jimharshawjr.com/APPLY There are few people known worldwide by their first name. "Rudy" is one of them. Listen to the fascinating "story behind the story" that you've never heard before. Against all odds on a gridiron in South Bend, Indiana, Daniel "Rudy" Ruettiger, in 27 seconds, carved his name into history books as perhaps the most famous graduate of the University of Notre Dame.  As fans cheered “RU-DY! RU-DY!” he sacked the quarterback in the last 27 seconds of the only play in the only game of his college football career. He is the only player in the school's history to be carried off the field on his teammates' shoulders. In 1993, his life story was immortalized in the blockbuster film, “Rudy.” Written and produced by Angelo Pizzo and David Anspaugh, the award-winning team behind “Hoosiers.” Today, Rudy entertains international corporate audiences as a sought-after motivational speaker with a un

Action Plan: https://jimharshawjr.com/ACTION Free Clarity Call: https://jimharshawjr.com/APPLY In the finale of the Mastery series, the topic is ‘wealth mastery’ and the 5 systems and habits you’ll need to achieve your desired financial life. Do you want to get to the next level in your career and in your financial status?   Do you wish to… Earn more money?Get promoted at work?Start or grow your business?Reach financial independence? If you’ve been working hard to achieve any of those, then it’s time you hit play on this episode. For the finale of the four-part series on Mastery, we’re going to talk about how you can master your wealth and your career. In this episode, I’ll reveal the 5 systems and habits you’ll need for mastering your financial life and finally reach your financial and career goals. Listen now, take notes, and— more importantly— take action! 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 you

Action Plan: https://jimharshawjr.com/ACTION Free Clarity Call: https://jimharshawjr.com/APPLY Cody Smith is the living proof that “nothing is impossible.” From being homeless to losing his mom at a young age, he had every excuse to not succeed. But his story turned out differently. For Cody, it's not the strong that survive, it's those who are willing to change— and the easiest way to change is to track your habits. It took years of bad experiences, bad habits, and self-destruction for him to learn that knowing where you've been explains how you got to where you are and creating better habits will show you where you're going.  He believes that small consistent steps lead to revolutionary big leaps, which gave birth to his Geared 4 Life company and habit tracking system. From working on multiple jobs to make ends meet, he now owns multiple businesses. He also manages a real estate team and is actively investing in real estate and different businesses— all while enjoying life with his beautifu

Action Plan: https://jimharshawjr.com/ACTION Free Clarity Call: https://jimharshawjr.com/APPLY Do you struggle to stay on track with your health goals?  Remember the time when you finally got to working out only to find yourself slowly falling off track?  Or that time when you found a great diet routine but then you went on vacation and it was a struggle to get back on track?  This episode is for you. In this third installment of the four-part series on Mastery, we’ll talk about how you can master your health and wellness. After listening to this episode, you’ll be equipped with the right ingredients to achieve consistency and discipline in your physical and emotional wellness leading to your mastery of health. Listen now! Don’t forget to listen to the rest of the episodes on mastery. Just go to: JimHarshawJr.com/MASTERY. 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 th

Action Plan: https://jimharshawjr.com/ACTION Free Clarity Call: https://jimharshawjr.com/APPLY Chris Warner has been at the top of the world— literally and figuratively. Buckle up as he takes us through some of the most absurd, most challenging, and most rewarding leadership expeditions one could ever imagine. Chris Warner is a climber, entrepreneur, and leadership educator. He’s led over 230 mountaineering expeditions in Asia, North and South America, Africa, and Antarctica.  He guided the first-ever reality TV show on Mount Everest, filmed an Emmy-nominated documentary about his team’s K2 climb, and pioneered new routes throughout the Himalaya.  In 1990, Chris started a business with $592 and grew it into the first national chain of indoor climbing gyms. When he retired as CEO, the company had 1,000 employees serving 2 million customers annually.  Today, he’s an investor in private companies, a mentor to CEOs, and a real estate developer in Aspen, Colorado.  During his 25+ years as a leadership educator, h

Action Plan: https://jimharshawjr.com/ACTION Free Clarity Call: https://jimharshawjr.com/APPLY After 5 days of doing manual labor in sweltering 95-degree heat in West Virginia, summer would never be the same for my two sons and me…  I always tell my kids, “You get tough by doing tough things.” So I thought, “what better way to start their summer break than to give my two oldest kids their much-needed coming-of-age experience!” Instead of our usual fun summer getaway adventures, my sons— Jesse (16) and Wyatt (14)— and I went on a mission trip that changed the way we view the world. This year, my boys and I signed up for a mission trip organized by the Appalachia Service Project— a “Christian ministry that inspires hope and service through volunteer home repair and replacement.” During the seven-day mission trip, we spent our nights sleeping in a gymnasium with 70 strangers, while our days were spent sweating through our jeans from the non-stop digging and hammering and building.  The experience changed us, to