Welcome to the 20th episode of The Forge

The goal of the Thursday show is to show you our journey to hopefully help inspire you and hopefully help you relate more.

Today's a little different. I'm on the road doing a solo show so I'm going to share 4 tips that will help change your life.

1. Get around the right people
2. Consume the right media
3. Practice Self awareness
4. Work on all aspects of yourself.

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Hey, there adventurer!

Today we discuss mindset, growth, and getting out of severely difficult situations.

Welcome back to the 93rd episode of the Hard Thing Podcast.

Today I share my conversation with Master Motivator, Christopher Rausch. Reach out to him on Facebook, Linkedin, Youtube, and Twitter.

We start off by talking about how Christopher had to forgive his mother and move on and get out of a terrible situation. Christopher grew up in an abusive childhood.

We talk about his experiences living in hard situations and an opportunity he had to get himself out of there.

All of this was an opportunity for him to move on mentally, and finally, break the ties that held him down.

Christopher was then able to move on and help many people and have an amazing career all because he was able to push himself out of that hard mental space and subsequently out of a hard situation.

Christopher left us some action items to do as well:

1. Change from a victim mindset to a victor mindset
2. Make your own decisions
3. Ask if you believe that life is happening for you or to you
4. Write your own eulogy
5. Do a people inventory looking for positive and negative people

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Hey, there adventurer!

Welcome to the 19th episode of The Forge

The goal of the Thursday show is to show you our journey to hopefully help inspire you and hopefully help you relate more.

Today we started off talking about how Ty failed his challenge.

From now on, anyone who fails their challenge will be showcased on thehardthingpodcast.com/average as a person who is Just Average.

We then move on to talk about the action items from this last week's podcast guest

1. Befriend the pain
2. Make your Bed
3. Do a reset
4. Establish a morning routine

We spend most of the time talking about befriending the pain and how we can all do that.

I then give Ty the challenges to

1. Book an out of state vacation
2. Lose 2% of his body weight
3. Do 1 cumulative hour on the Assault bike

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Hey, there adventurer!

Today we discuss emotional resilience, logistics, leadership and so much more.

Welcome back to the 92nd episode of the Hard Thing Podcast.

Today I share my conversation with former Navy Seal, firefighter, and current father, Ryan Lane. You can reach out to Ryan via his Instagram (@r.lane3), or via his email ([email protected]). Don't forget to ask about his BUDS Guide to get in the best shape so you can get through and qualify to be a Seal or just to become mentally stronger.

I have to say this was one of my favorite conversations up-to-date.

We talked about so many things. First, we talked about being a father, and what it takes to be a good parent, and what kids really need.

We also talked a little about Ryan's experiences and how he got to where he is today.

I think when we talked about logistics and being a leader and how those two relate really spoke to me personally.

My favorite story that Ryan shared was when he first got to BUDS, he and a friend burned their Navy dungarees as a symbol that they weren't going back. I thought that was really powerful.

As always, Ryan left us some action items to do:

1. Be friends with the pain
2. Do a reset
3. Make your bed
4. Start your day with an effective morning routine

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Hey, there adventurer!

Welcome to the 18th episode of The Forge

The goal of the Thursday show is to show you our journey to hopefully help inspire you and hopefully help you relate more.

Sorry for the late upload today. Today's going to be very different than normal episodes. I'm doing today's show solo, so bear with me.

I start off by talking about the challenge to do a gratitude journal every day.

I then talk about one of the action items from this last week's podcast guest, namely to do something you've always wanted to do.

I researched doing a Spartan Race and for me, it looks like June 19th in Colorado is the race I want to do. I'll be speaking with the misses to make sure our finances are in order.

I then mention a new method for submitting challenges to us. Go to thehardthingpodcast.com/submit-challenge and you can submit a challenge. Then Ty and I will use those for our weekly challenges as well as pick our favorite three and have the audience vote on the best one and we'll do that as a monthly challenge in April. Also the person who submitted the winning challenge will win $20.

Again, sorry for such a strange episode but thanks for sticking through it and being here again this week.

We really appreciate the support.

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Hey, there adventurer!

Today we discuss not having regrets and doing crazy things.

Welcome back to the 91st episode of the Hard Thing Podcast.

Today I share my conversation with the author, Wayne McFarland. He wrote the book Tales from the Day and you can reach out to him on his website.

We talk a lot today about Wayne's various experiences, namely, running with the bulls, pitching loan sharks, fishing for sharks while in his underwear, and roping a bear.

We talk a lot about doing things to avoid regrets and living a full life full of experiences. Wayne also left us some action items:

1. Do something you'd regret not doing
2. Think about what you always wanted to do
3. Get to know yourself and your limits
4. Don't do things you wouldn't do in your own town

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Hey, there adventurer!

Welcome to the 17th episode of The Forge

The goal of the Thursday show is to show you our journey to hopefully help inspire you and hopefully help you relate more.

Today we start off forgetting what Ty's last challenge was. Luckily we write things down and realized that his challenge was to spend 45 minutes outside every day. Apparently, he did it just because he has a new puppy which forces him to go outside every day.

We then spend the rest of the time talking about finding mentors.

We also mention the action items from this last week's guest:

1. Find a mentor
2. Plan your goals
3. Explore the benefits of reaching your goals
4. Get to a better environment.

Lastly, I give Ty the new challenge of running a 7-mile run.

Thanks for listening to today's podcast episode.

We really appreciate the support.

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Hey, there adventurer!

Today we discuss martial arts, gangbangers, and rewriting your life.

Welcome back to the 90th episode of the Hard Thing Podcast.

Today I share my conversation with David Armstrong, author of the book Why Me?, martial artist, Air Force retiree, and life coach. YOu can reach David at upna.net or on Facebook or Instagram.

We start by talking about David's history growing up in a very troubled household and eventually becoming a ward of the state.

David moved from home to home, never really finding his place but starting a path that would certainly have led to him being dead or in jail.

That is until he met a specific social worker that also ran a martial arts school This mentor showed David that there was more to life.

David also had that same experience in meeting another man who was a former Airman who inspired David to join the Airforce.

David then decided to join the Airforce and had to study for many months in order to pass the ASVAB.

David shared many insights into fighting for a goal and pushing yourself to do what helps you the most.

It was a great conversation with David and as always he left some action items:

1. Meditate
2. Learn to be ok with failure
3. Re-Evaluate after failure
4. Get the right people on your team

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Hey, there adventurer!

Welcome to the 16th episode of The Forge

The goal of the Thursday show is to show you our journey to hopefully help inspire you and hopefully help you relate more.

Today we start off talking about my last challenge: to spend time every day in mental focus. I failed in the strict sense of the challenge but succeeded otherwise.

We then move on to talk about the action items this week:

1. Seek signs from the universe
2. Spend 5 minutes in silence every day
3. Practice Affirmations

Ty then gave me the challenge of doing a gratitude journal.

You can see me doing this on social media @thehardthingpodcast

Thanks for listening to today's episode

We really appreciate the support.

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Hey, there adventurer!

Today we discuss tsunami's, starting over and going on adventures.

Welcome back to the 89th episode of the Hard Thing Podcast.

Today I share my conversation with Jennifer Benson. You can reach out to her via Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter.

We start off talking about Jennifer had to remake her life twice.

We talk a lot about going on adventures and following signs from the Universe. Jennifer tells about her experience teaching overseas in the Middle East.

She also mentions her experience with the Thailand Tsunami and surviving that as well as surviving coming back to the States and having to remake her life, again.

She left some action items for us to follow:

1. 5 minutes of silence a day
2. Ask for signs from God, the Universe or whatever you believe in
3. Practice Affirmations

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