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  • 230. 8 Examples of an unhealthy Ego and what to do about it 

    Title: 8 Examples of an unhealthy Ego and what to do about it

    Description:

    Your ego can be your best friend or your worst enemy. You get to choose. In today’s episode James shares his Healthy/Unhealthy Ego framework to help you check your Ego so you can continue to level up your relationships, business and life.

    Show Topics:

    8 examples of how your Ego prevents you from greater levels of growth

    Show Links:

    Connect with James:

    jamessilvas.com

    Bethatonepercent.com

    IG: @james_silvas

    24 min
  • 229: How to live in alignment with Diamandia Lingos

    Description: Diamandia Lingos is a consultant, speaker, mentor, athlete and advocate. She’s been on my podcast before, in a powerful and profound two-part series called Rising From the Ashes. You can check those out here (part 1) and here (part 2).

    In this episode, we talk about alignment, self worth, trusting the process, goal setting, and enforcing boundaries.

    She says, “Invest in yourself, and wherever you are feeling resistance lean into that because that is where you need to do the work.”

    Show Topics:

    What is alignment?
    How the pandemic forced her to sit still
    Meditation led to clarity
    How Diamandia embodied her new identity
    New energy, new people
    Betting on herself by investing in a coach
    How she secured a $50 million real estate deal
    Following through, despite fear
    Full body yes
    It’s not about the “how”, it’s the “who”
    Goal-setting – is it important?
    Being in-tune with mind/body alignment
    Less doing, more being
    Self-worth is most important
    The answers are within
    Everyone should invest in themselves

    Show Links:

    Connect with Diamandia:
    Twitter: @diamandia
    IG: @diamandia
    https://diamandia.com/

    Connect with James:

    jamessilvas.com
    Bethatonepercent.com
    IG: @james_silvas

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    59 min
  • 228: What the Top Athletes in the Game do Differently with Jesse K. Wright

    Title: What the Top Athletes in the Game do Differently with Jesse K. Wright

    Description:

    Jesse K. Wright, founder of the Balance The Bar initiative, is a high performance consultant, Amazon best-selling author, coach, and public speaker. His career has spanned over two decades in the team sport culture, including working with organizations in the NBA, NFL, NCAA, and in private sports training.

    He has a passion for helping young professionals grow and advance in their careers and lives. Through continuing education resources and private coaching, he seeks to create awareness, recognition, and comprehensive solutions for others in both professional and personal development.

    His experiences as a teammate and leader in professional sports, collegiate athletics, and in business have him uniquely positioned to provide guidance for successfully navigating and thriving in today’s challenging, high performance environments.

    I wanted to find out what he has learned from the top athletes in the game. What do they do differently, and what characteristics do they cultivate, or bring into the NBA that differentiates from the rest?

    Show Topics:

    What called Jesse into this profession

    What separates the highest-caliber athletes from the rest

    Game day routines

    An athletes level of obsession

    Performance-enhancing supplements

    Time management and recovery applied to business

    Sympathetic vs parasympathetic

    Mindfulness & exercise for stress

    Building future leaders

    Vulnerability is vital for growth

    The symbiotic relationship between touch and connection

    Your environment shapes your behavior

    Show Links:

    Connect with Jesse:

    IG: @jessekwright

    His company website: Balance the Bar

    His book “The Intent is to Grow” is available on Amazon

    Connect with James:

    jamessilvas.com

    Bethatonepercent.com

    IG: @james_silvas

    Show Notes:

    8:40 How Jesse got his start in sports

    As a kid, Jesse was the undersized high school football player that wanted to get big and strong to be able to compete and contribute to the team.

    “I was small so I joined a powerlifting team in the off season and that was my first exposure to structured, well-planned out strength training. And we retrained with a local deadlift masters champion and he wrote programs for us and exposed us to like my first exposure to high level nutrition and all that stuff. And it was a world where I'm like, this is really interesting. I like it, it pairs right with my passion and love for sports. Like I kind of want to go into this world somewhere. And I sought out programs that had degrees in kinesiology or exercise science or something. And I landed at Temple university.”

    14:30 High-caliber athletes

    What is the separating factor of the elites of the elites in the NBA? What are the character traits of these top 1%?

    “One word, and we can dig into this a little bit more, but one word is consistency, right?

    The ability to sustain efforts over time. And I'll, I'll apply that first. When you talk about the one percenters I think you should first recognize that anybody that's in the NBA has already less than a 1% or with respect to their ability to play that game, their genetic athleticism and what they inherited their size, their length, like they were born to be NBA players.
    Right. So that, that, that should be the first thing, but it doesn't mean you have to make it there right there. That's when you get into like your habits and, you know, your commitment to growing the game and your commitment to building character and everything that comes with team sports and being a great teammate and working your way through whatever that process would be to be discovered to reach that level.”

    18:38 Adopting a set routine and repeating it over and over

    In the midst of chaos, travel and media, and more, sustaining a successful routine is key.

    “So the athlete that is able to find like seek out, find, develop, and sustain a successful routine within that chaos, for a long period of time, not just a fleeting two or three weeks when you're really motivated or someone crawls in and chews your ass a little bit and says you need a better routine. Like it's like these guys have adopted probably through some trial and error that maybe I didn't even see, particularly if we inherited a free agent or somebody that spent some time at another team first, or talking to veterans, right. If it's a rookie, you know, or a younger guy that hasn't yet developed his routine, leaning on the experience of older players that have, or that provide some counsel on how to go about and what might work for them. But through all that trial and error, you develop a set routine that you can lean on and find comfort. And repeat that over and over and over, that leads to that1%, cause there's a lot that goes into being a successful elite level professional athlete.”

    22:00 Game day routines

    Jesse gives a play-by-play of a typical game day routine.

    “Let's look at game day schedule, right? You're going to have some form of a shoot around. And then we got to play at seven o'clock at night. Those are two givens. Well, what does the rest of that day look like to prepare you for that game? What time do you wake up your meal timing? Now you get to your registered dieticians and they're going okay. We should probably set up a game day fueling routine. Right. So what's that going to look like? And then you go to in the college world academics, you can't blow off class that day. Right? So let's, let's set up a successful routine in and around class and making sure you still acknowledge the study and the student part of your, uh, your career here right now.”

    25:25 An athletes level of obsession

    James asks Jesse to explain what level of obsession athletes have to have to be this dedicated and consistent.

    “Some are not obsessed with it. Some very much are right down to the amount of jumpshots the better player wants to get on a game day, the morning of a game before and after shoot around. I know some players, you have watched some players that will absolutely shoot a set number of three-pointers or even better make a certain number of three-pointers every single game day, morning, every single one. Right. And that's what psychologically prepares them right now. Let's go back to your last question. At some point in time, they attached success to shooting or making the amount of three pointers, right?”

    27:30 Performance-enhancing supplements

    Jesse breaks down the nutritional advice they give athletes to help optimize performance-enhancing supplements.

    “A lot of guys lean on caffeine as a stimulant. As a supplier of performance enhancing supplements. A lot of our guys chew gum, some guys will drink coffee, right. There was a bunch of vehicles to deliver that, but what time do you take that? And that, that might come from some advice from someone like me or a registered dietician for the team. It's like, Hey, we favor this. We think it's going to be helpful, but let's make sure we optimize the timing. Cause we don't want to compromise your sleep at night either. Let's not take down 200 milligrams of caffeine at 6:30, even though it might help you for the game. It's going to keep you up until three or four in the morning. Because of our half-life of caffeine.”

    30:15 Time management and recovery skills applied business

    The time management skills and recovery methodologies Jesse has learned in sports that can be applied to life and business.

    “There's a bunch of health professionals that are going, hey, we need proactive attempts at recovery to drag parasympathetic tone. Right? So let's work on mindfulness. Let's work on recovery breathing. Let's work on all the different 1% recovery modalities. Let's get some pneumatic compression and let's, you know, Headspace and let's talk about cold water immersion, and all these things where we know you're good at the sweating part. It's what you've been doing, your whole life, stuff that makes you sweat and the stuff that you would, that we would define as injury, risk reduction and performance enhancement everything.

    But now let's talk about the other side to provide real balance, to give you a chance to have real, sustainable sustainability and success within the environment. So you take that model and you say, okay, If the definition of an entrepreneur or a CEO, or just a, a business leader or even an employee, is that same kind of definition of work, but just in a different way. It's not going out and playing basketball or putting time into a weight room, or, you know, repeat sprints in a quarter to train your anaerobic cardiovascular system or anything like that.”

    35:13 Sympathetic and parasympathetic

    Why you need a balance of both to make an impact over the long-term.

    “Whether you're talking meditation or morning reflections and journaling, or mindfulness training or anything else that's out there you go into sensory deprivation or you do like the cold tubs, recovery breathing. That's kind of fashionable, even in a business world now for like CEOs and all that stuff.

    Like all of that stuff's great. And you experiment with it, but it all falls under the heading of Again let's talk parasympathetic. If sympathetic is fight or flight, right, parasympathetic is rest and digest. And that that is a critical piece to balance out the hard work part of it.

    And that you truly believe, and you embrace and you internalize that I need both sides of those to have real impact over the long-term.”

    35:25 Jesse shares the habits that have the greatest ROI for him....

    1 hr 4 min
  • 227:Inside the Mind of the Bare-Knuckle Fighting Champion, Christine Ferea

    Christine Ferea is an American bare-knuckle boxer who competes in the Featherweight division of the Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship. She is currently the BKFC women's featherweight champion capturing the first BKFC women's title ever awarded.

    She’s also the first ever World Diamond Gazette Police Champion. To sum it up, she’s a badass.

    We met at my gym here in town, DLX Boxing, and I knew I wanted to have her on my podcast.

    In this episode, we dive into how she got into fighting, the mental techniques and strategies she’s used to rise to champion-level, and her secrets to consistently staying at the top of her game.

    Show Topics:

    Christine’s background and how she got into fighting

    How a discipline became a lifestyle

    Her mental techniques and strategies

    How she handles an unexpected hit

    What it feels like to knock someone out

    Sensing fear in an opponent

    Why fights are 99% mental

    Her advice on staying disciplined

    Imagination is a fighter’s greatest superpower

    Giving back and coaching others

    Why water and nutrition are paramount

    Show Links:

    Connect with Christine:

    IG: @christineferea

    FB: Christine Ferea

    IG: bareknucklefc

    BKFC

    Connect with James:

    jamessilvas.com

    Bethatonepercent.com

    IG: @james_silvas

    Key Takeaways”:

    5:37 Christine’s start in fighting

    Christine couldn’t participate in sports in school because her grades weren’t good enough. She describes herself as “rambunctious” and an “adrenaline seeker” so that energy had to go somewhere. She stumbled upon a fight gym.

    “There was a fight gym. And I was always looking at these little 125 pounds girls. I was like, I can definitely handle all of them. You know? I would mean mug them for about six months. And then they're like you guys are sparring today…. Well, they beat the living crap out of me. I found out that street fighting is not really fighting. And it hooked me from there. They beat the crap out and it made me want to get better. And a lot of things didn't hold me like that. So, I got hooked and they threw me in my first fight within 3 months.”

    10:39 What began as a discipline turned into a lifestyle.

    James asked her what she loves about what she does. She says it keeps her disciplined because she has to stay strong. Who wants to get the shit beat out of them?

    “It pushes me in every single way– mentally, emotionally, physically, and I have to be disciplined. I have to eat well. I have to be healthy, you know. A lot of people are like, oh, you're so disciplined. I'm like, well, if someone wants to beat the shit out of you, are you going to fuck up on your diet? Are you not going to get up and run? Because I don't want to get knocked out on TV in front of my friends, family, and to me and all the sponsors that.

    11:40 Mental techniques and strategies

    She says she learned a lot from Gil Martinez, her mental coach. Visualization plays a key role.

    “When you walk through the door of your gym, you flip the switch. It's focus. You can go in there or I liked Martinez because we didn't talk during the practice. We were super laser focused and worked very hard. And I believe that in my training, when I walk into that gym and I'm going in there to train, I go in there, I might look like an asshole, but when you walk into that ring, it's not all fun and games and talking and making friends… you're literally there to fight. And at any time, anything can happen. So I like to walk in and be focused, get straight to work, and everything is a fight in there. The bag is not a bag. It's a person when I'm on pads. It's not just some guy telling me to hit something. That's my opponent's face moving, punching web shadow boxing. I'm picturing someone in front of me. It's not just moving around, throwing my arms, you know. I find it very important even when I run, I listened to either motivational stuff or sometimes just background music to focus and then visualize, visualize my fight and what I want to happen.”

    16:50 High-performing athletes must be highly coachable

    James asks her what goes through her mind when she gets hit unexpectedly by a kick or punch that knocks her off center.

    “I have coaches tell me if you get dropped, or you get your bell rung, deep breaths, get it back, throw your jab out there or clench up. So that's all that comes to my mind when that happens. It's what they told me. And when I have coaches, I listen and I'm going to do whatever they tell me. I’m pretty good at listening.”

    19:00 “I can see fear. I know when they’re scared.”

    When asked what she looks for in her opponent, right before the fight starts and they hit gloves, Christine says its important to look in their eyes.

    “I'm definitely looking at the body language, but you can hide body language. You can't hide the eyes. I look to see if I could see fear. I know when they're scared or I know when they're determined and they're coming in.”

    20:00 Fights are 99% mental

    Mental strength is the whole game.

    “It’s 99% mental. Yeah, because if you can't push through a run. You're not going to. If your mental tells you to stop, I'm tired. You're not even going to get a physical part because your mind's already stopping you. Or if you get up in the morning like ‘Oh it’s too early.’ You're not even going to get up to do the physical. So I think mental is huge. I think it's the whole game because we can, if, if you tell yourself you're strong is going to be strong. If tell yourself you're a victim, you're a victim. We're all human. We're all capable of doing anything we want.”

    24:35 How to push through and commit to discipline

    Remembering your ‘why’ can be motivating.

    “When I first came up, when I first started coming up it was remembering what you started for. Why you started, the reason why you started to stay motivated. So I think remembering the reason why. Only good things come out of pain and the struggle. That's why I appreciate it. Appreciate the struggle. I appreciate it. When that shit's happening to me, I'm like, thank you. 'cause I know that something great is going to be at the end of it. It will, but it sucks during of course I don't like it. It's not fun, but I know the more I suffer in training, the more I suffer in life through a certain whatever period time period it is because we all know it, nothing lasts forever, no pain lasts forever. You know, we all, it comes in bouts or it's like mountains, we're climbing and then sometimes we're chilling in it, you know?”

    32:30 Imagination is a fighter’s greatest superpower

    James asks Christine how someone can get better at their craft by embracing imagination or visualization to get better at something.

    “For me, I'm very extreme. I'm so extreme. So for me, I just literally drown myself in whatever I like to do. I want to be great in everything I do. I don't want to just be okay. I don't just want to be number one contender. I want to be the champ. So I bury myself in it. I watched Sugar Ray Leonard. I see what they do and, and I know running and doing the things that you hate to do, do them the most, because usually when you're doing the things that you hate the most are probably the best for you.”

    43:00 Giving back and coaching others

    It’s important to Christine to give back and help younger generations– especially those who are less fortunate.

    “When I was younger and I won, I was like I want to help these kids and these kids. So I have, it's taken a little bit longer for me to get where I wanted to be in terms of like what I wanted to do with my platform. I want to get to the little gangster kids that nobody gives a shit about. They ones in juvenile hall, they send them, get them locked up and they just forget about them. I’m talking to a kid in prison right now. I talked to him every day and he's like, thank you. I help him. They just need someone to give a shit, someone that is important or, you know, an authority figure to have respect for them. Talk to them with respect and. Compassion. Because I was a youngster that people threw away and they didn't understand me.”

    49:10 Learn when to be a savage, and when to be a lover

    Christine adjusts her power accordingly.

    “When you're in the ring and you're punching or you're with someone who's smaller, you don't go in there and just, if you're sparring lead, you're not going to hit me with all your manpower. Right? You have to learn to put that savage away that you would use for another person. I think with all those trainings and in boxing and combat sports and martial arts, you learn how to turn that on and off, you know, at certain times cause you, and when you're teaching kids, you can't go in hitting super hard. You have to learn control and learning when to be loving and kind to your family and friends.”

    52:40 Keeping your ego in-check is crucial

    Christine consciously reminds herself to remain coachable and always be open to learning.

    “I still got to keep my ego in check when I'm with a new coach and I'm like, why is he telling me this I don't do that. But then I’m like shut up… you're learning something new, you're learning a new combination. Let this guy teach you. I still have to be coachable. Like I am very coachable, but sometimes you get your head to be like, I know this, like no shut up. Listen and learn and be open to other people's views and tools and ways of life. I mean, you never know when you're going to need it.”

    54:06 Your water intake and nutrition is paramount

    Christine says her nutrition habits have been life-changing for her. She stays away from drugs and alcohol for peak performance and stresses that you have to cut

    59 min
  • 226: Blood, Sweat, and Tears: Building a Business From the Ground Up with Jodi Stabile

    Description:

    Jodi Stabile started out as a client of mine and our relationship has progressed into a deeper friendship. She’s worked in fitness for over 17 years, and is the owner of Sweat, a group fitness facility in St. Pete, Florida, which was recently recognized by ClassPass as one of the top 5 fitness studios in North America. She’s also a fitness expert on (HSN) Home Shopping Network.

    In this episode, we dive into the strategies she’s used to grow and sustain her business, and how she’s come to live a life on her terms.

    This episode will resonate with anyone who is building a business from the ground up, with no qualifications or experience doing so.

    Jodi opens up about her own trials and tribulations along the way, as well as the things she wishes someone had told her when she first started out as an entrepreneur, including what a lonely road it would be.

    Show Topics:

    Jodi’s upbringing and family life

    How dance led her to fitness instruction

    Building her business from the ground up

    How lessons in Muay Thai translate over to business

    Building a loyal community

    Staying present by enjoying the pursuit itself

    Saying ‘no’ is powerful

    Her advice to new entrepreneurs

    Time management

    Service vs sales

    Show Links:

    Sweat St Pete

    Sweat on ClassPass

    IG @sweat_stpete

    Connect with Jodi:

    IG: @jobodyfit

    Connect with James:

    jamessilvas.com

    Bethatonepercent.com

    IG: @james_silvas

    You can call this “Show Notes” or “Key Takeaways”:

    4:04 “Choosing your sacrifices rather than sacrificing everything.”

    Jodi had to give up a lot, and make sacrifices to get to where she is today.

    “I had to sacrifice a lot, but time, energy, sleep, relationships. There's a lot of sacrifice that went into kind of where I'm at today. I’m learning how not to always have to sacrifice and there's going to be some sacrifices, but I think I'm kind of choosing the sacrifices rather than just sacrificing everything.”

    7:40 How dance led her to her love for fitness instructing

    Jodi fell into teaching when a group fitness instructor approached her and asked her to be a substitute instructor for a class.

    “I met a woman who was a group fitness instructor. And one day she was like ‘Hey, I need a kickboxing substitute for a class at the gym here in St. Pete’… I'll show you what to do all the things. And I was like, oh, okay. Talk about like rip the band-aid off and just jump in. I have no certifications yet. So I'm literally on a stage. I have a mic on and I have 30 people in front of me and I'm going to run them through this kickboxing class. And I did it and I was like, ‘Oh my gosh, this is it.’ So it was like this flood of like awesomeness and that's where I found my love for teaching. And that was instructing back then. So I was 23. I found my love for instructing and that was very group fitness based.”

    11:11 Blood, sweat, and tears… Building a business from the ground up

    Jodi had no problems when it came to growing her client-base. The challenges she faced came when she needed the right space, and managing all the operations that come with running a “business”.

    “I signed on the dotted line. I now have this building and this “business” and I'm like what am I doing? I have no idea what I'm doing. What I'm good is knowing how to train people. I know how to get them results and builds kind of like a network and community. And we were doing that. So started at this small facility. But we didn't have AC we had one bathroom, no shower. So it got really hot in there. I remember getting the computer system set up. And I was running the front desk. I was doing all the classes. I was cleaning up after I did everything. But I showed up every single day. There wasn't a day that I called in. I wasn't taking any vacations. And everyone who's ever built anything knows what goes into this.”

    19:26 How lessons in Muay Thai translate over to success in business

    Getting comfortable with being uncomfortable primed Jodi to be a better coach.

    “I lived 10 years uncomfortable. You know, I was always sore, always tired, always challenged sparring guys getting knocked down, literally kicked in the face. My current position as an athlete and then my athletic training for myself, transfers over to me being a coach. So the more I'm a student, I am such a better coach. And that's the one thing I teach my staff all the time. I'm like, if you're not in here with these people going side by side and feeling what they're going through, how are you coaching them? That's helped me a ton with my business aspect.”

    26:33 Community-building and establishing true connections

    Jodi’s ability to create relationships is how she has built a loyal fan base and community. It’s also helped Sweat St Pete garner national attention.

    “It's funny beause I tell people, I tell my staff all the time… I’m not the best trainer in the world. I am not the smartest. There's nothing about me that is different than anyone else. The only reason I built this business is because of relationships, literally. We say hi to every single person that walks in the door. We say hi to every single person that leaves, we know people's names. We know their kids. We know that they went on vacation. We knew that they had an injury. Like it is probably the number one thing that I've done right. It was building the community and it was building like fans and people that loved me personally, and then loved what we had at wherever we were, whether that was the dance studio or whether we were at the kickboxing gym taking class, wherever we were, we had a group, a tribe, you know, and I think that people really long for connection and tribe and community.”

    29:10 Create psychological safety and you create loyalty

    James shares a study done by Google called Project Aristotle, where they hired the psychologists and sociologists to study cultures and understand why certain teams were performing better than others in all areas.

    “The first and the most important element was psychological safety. How comfortable do people feel in that environment? Do they feel comfortable enough to say, “I don't know, I don't understand help me.” Or do they feel that I am not going to be judged by being myself. And if you can make people feel like that, if a leader can create a space like that, people won't want to leave.”

    37:08 Being a visionary and embracing the journey

    Jodi shares that she constantly envisions the next step. She aims for continued progress and growth. James adds that the pursuit itself has become more exciting and rewarding than the end goal itself.

    “I'm wanting to get to next level smarter and make the process more enjoyable because like we've discussed before, there is no end goal. And I have to remind myself that like the next level doesn't mean we're done. It's just the next level. How am I enjoying the process in it? Who am I teaching during this time? What am I learning? So I try to just remind myself to like, be in it and not overthink it and not, but I do because I am a visionary.”

    “The day to day has become more exciting than the anticipation of the goal for sure. And that has led to so much more energy sustainability. And it's brought so much more enjoyment to the things that I do on a daily basis whereas before I kind of just got lost in the, “Oh, I can't wait till I have this…”

    43:58 Do the things that your body & mind are in alignment with

    James shares how he gauges whether he’s doing something because he’s obligated to versus if it’s something he truly wants to do.

    “Something that I learned a couple of years ago was this idea of a full body yes. And that's where your body says yes, you feel ‘Oh, that's expansive. I like that.’ And then your mind is like, this makes sense. This looks good. This feels right. Go for it. When those two things sync up, that's when I personally will be like, let's do it. But if something in my body isn't right. Like my gut is saying slow down. Like, this is not cool. But my mind is like, yay, go, go, go, go. Then I'm like let me pause for a second. I got to really sit on this. I got to journal about this and meditate about this. And usually those things are the things that I feel obligated to do rather than want to do. And the things that I want to do that are full body yeses are the things that explode fast. I feel like I'm learning more about that.”

    47:16 Saying no is powerful

    There is something empowering about the ability to draw a line and make it clear where you stand.

    “When you're clear on where you stand, there's confidence there because most people don't draw that line or that line is super blurry and like non-existent and there. So then you're just like playing tennis back and forth in your mind back and forth and that's exhausting.”

    48:40 What Jodi wishes someone had told her while she was building a business

    From building a team to delegating work, when Jodi started this journey she knew nothing about growing a business. But she was eager to figure it out as she went along.

    “When I went into business, I didn't have a business plan. I knew nothing. I've always been intrigued by entrepreneurship. I want to listen to the podcasts. I want to read the books. Those are the things– like self-development stuff or business. I should probably be reading fitness books and things like that. But my mind has shifted now as the being a business owner. The product and the service is obviously the most important thing but so is working in the business. I wish I would've known earlier how important building a team is....

    1 hr 8 min
  • 225. Training Mind-Body connection for maximum impact with Alex White  

    Today James connects with owner of Peak Human Performance, Coach Alex White.

    Coach Alex White is the CEO and Head Performance Coach at Peak Human Performance in Plain City, Ohio. Here, he and his team work with clients from High School to CEO's to implement his Three Pillars of Performance coaching model. A model that teaches high performers to prioritize Mindset and Lifestyle Habits above all else to improve their performance outcomes in life, sports, and business.

    White, who is also an official Lululemon Ambassador, was born and raised in Columbus, OH. He played college football in the great state of Ohio at Wittenberg University and continued his athletic career playing lacrosse and basketball overseas in Australia in the early 2000s until a career-ending injury forced him to rebuild his life, mind, and body.

    Coach Alex's passion for working with high performers at all levels has led him to coach over 1,000+ high school athletes, 75+ of which have gone on to play at various universities across the country. He works or consults with a roster of professional strength coaches and athletes in the NHL & MLB as well as countless CEO’s, Entrepreneurs and Founders from around the Midwest. His personal experiences span 17+ years across multiple disciplines, and he enjoys helping high performers improve their bodies as well as their minds.

    Away from his time working and educating, Coach White is an "elevational" speaker, passionate about working with teams, organizations, and corporations to improve culture and communication to create a championship mindset built for long-term success. He currently resides in Columbus with his amazing wife Amy and their two beautiful daughters.

    Topics discussed:

    Using empathy to connect with others

    The importance of listening when coaching someone

    How to train and give feedback

    A useful framework to use when coaching athletes or employees

    Connect with Alex:

    IG: howstrongisstrong

    Connect with James:

    IG: James_Silvas

    Web: Bethatonepercent.com

    Web: JamesSilvas.com

    52 min
  • 224. The Magic of Breathwork with Ben Holt

    In today’s episode James connects with Ben Holt, the creator of Connect and Evolve, an experiential program focused on providing resources for preventative health and full-spectrum wellness.

    IBen is primarily known for his work as a Breathwork and Plant Medicine facilitator, Sound Bath Maestro, Coach, Musician, and Filmmaker.

    Ben hosts retreats, training, courses, events, and workshops that help people learn to self-regulate, and feel empowered to become a healing space for others.

    Topics for today:

    The science of breathing

    The healing properties of breathing

    A simple strategy to ground, reconnect and calm the mind

    Easy ways to implement breathwork into your daily lifestyle

    Connect with Ben:

    IG: Connectandevolve

    Connect with James:

    IG: @James_Silvas

    Web. JamesSilvas.com / BeThatOnePercent.com

    1 hr
  • 221: Fear Series: Navigating Imposter Syndrome

    Today James talks about how Imposter syndrome holds us back from greater levels of success and fulfillment.

    Tune in and learn how to not let fear control your life and gain the tools to live life on your terms.

    Link to quiz - https://bethatonepercent.com/quiz

    Connect with James

    IG: James_silvas

    Web: Jamessilvas.com / Bethatonepercent.com

    26 min

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Be That 1% will challenge you to raise your standards, commit to greatness, and develop an UNLIMITED mindset. Join James Silvas weekly to help step into your your own 1%.

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