Episode #176
Freedom and peak performance come from having fun and accepting the possibility of failure while focusing on the process over the outcome
A strong support system and professional help (therapy, mentors, and medication when needed) can pull you out of depression and create an environment for success
Elite growth requires humility: learn from anyone, make it your own, and use honest self-assessment after failure to change habits and improve
Well, I think fun creates freedom.
Accepting that failure is a possibility.
Disappointment is a killer of hope and it is a killer of confidence.
Rock bottom to top of the world. (49:23)
J’den Cox was a 3X NCAA Champion wrestler at the University of Missouri, a 2016 Olympic Bronze Medalist, 2017 World Bronze Medalist, has recently been crowned king of the world… 2018 World Champion.
I have many friends and acquaintances who have won world and Olympic medals who I could invite onto the show. It’s just the nature of having been deeply involved in the sport for three and a half decades. They’re world-class performers. I don’t invite most of them onto the podcast though. But J’den is different. His story isn’t your typical journey to the top of the world– if there is such a thing as a typical journey to the top of the world– but I know his story will resonate with you which is why I invited him to the podcast.
