From Ghetto to Greatness: The True Story of Jamaican Olympic Bobsledder Devon Harris
The world should never have heard of Devon Harris yet he became a 3-time Olympian, an author, and a highly sought-after international motivational keynote speaker. Devon Harris was raised in the slums of Kingston, Jamaica, yet he graduated from the prestigious Royal Military Academy Sandhurst in England and served as an officer in the Jamaica […]
Why and How to Create Personal Core Values
“Core Values” is just a buzzword, they say. I say, “It’s your life’s compass.” “Core Values” is not just a buzzword. There’s a reason why gurus and life coaches often preach about the importance of core values; about having a mission and vision statement in your life. So why? What are core values? How exactly […]
Mindset of a Champion from a Champion: UFC’s Michael Chandler on Success, Failure, and Your Journey to Greatness
How do the best in the world handle failure? What keeps them going? What makes them extraordinary? Michael Chandler grew up in a typical blue-collar, hard-working, middle-America household. He attributes a lot of his work ethic to the example his parents provided. Passing on scholarship offers to smaller schools, Michael took a leap of faith […]
The World’s Toughest Lifelong Learner: Wisdom from the Octagon and Beyond with Charlie “The Spaniard” Brenneman
What do you actively pursue to become a lifelong learner? What media do you consume to achieve this? For the 6th time (starting with episode 4 and now 322 😲), Charlie “The Spaniard” Brenneman is back on the Success Through Failure podcast for another crazy and insightful episode. Charlie fought the scariest men on Earth, […]
Better Great Than Never with Olympic Gold Medalist Linsday Shoop
We all need a person in our lives who holds us to a higher standard. Who is this person for you? Olympic gold medalist Lindsay Shoop is a coach, author, speaker, and lifelong athlete. In addition to her Olympic gold, she is a three-time World Champion, five-time World Cup medalist, and a National Rowing Hall […]
Chasing Failure: Real Life Lessons from One Man’s Shot at the NBA with Ryan Leak
What would you do if you knew you couldn’t fail? How would it change your life? Ryan Leak is an author, speaker, executive coach, and filmmaker. He is widely known as the groom who pulled off The Surprise Wedding where he proposed to his girlfriend and married her on the same day. The number one […]
The Comfort Crisis and What To Do About It With Michael Easter
When does comfort become a crisis? Do we really want EVERYTHING to be easy? Michael Easter is the author of The Comfort Crisis: Embrace Discomfort To Reclaim Your Wild, Happy, Healthy Self as well as a writer and editor for Men’s Health and Outside magazines, and a professor at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. […]
Suffering, Affirmations, and the Value of Absurdly Hard Goals: Inside the Mind of Ultramarathoner Dean Karnazes
Finding your thing. Named by TIME magazine as one of the “100 Most Influential People in the World,” Dean Karnazes has pushed his body and mind to inconceivable limits. Among his many accomplishments, he has run 50 marathons in all 50 US states, in 50 consecutive days. He’s run across Death Valley in the middle […]
Should I Crush It Every Day? Or Get Off the War Path? How to Create Balanced Success
What does it take to be successful? Should you crush it or get off the war path? Gurus and successful people like Elon Musk often attribute success to crushing it and working ALL. THE. TIME; on changing the world with your personal life on the line. Their success is admirable. Ask yourself this… is that […]
A True Story of Overcoming the Unthinkable: How to Override Limiting Beliefs with John Register
“HURDLE adversity. AMPUTATE fear. EMBRACE a championship mindset to WIN life’s medals.” —John Register John Register is a two-time Paralympian, Paralympic Games Silver Medalist, Persian Gulf War veteran, and TEDx Motivational Speaker. He embraced a “new normal” in becoming an amputee following a misstep over a hurdle while training for the 1996 Olympic Games. An […]