Becoming The Hero

Today we discuss taking risks and opening up to opportunities.

Welcome back to the 117th episode of the Hard Thing Podcast.

Today I share my conversation with author and entrepreneur, Andrew Miller. You can reach out to him via https://andrewstartups.com/.

Here are some highlights from today's show:

• We talk about some of the best suicide advice (also here is the suicide hotline if you need it: 800-273-8255)
• We talk about the importance of being open to the good and the bad
• You need to go where opportunity is
• Build your net so you have somewhere to crash.
• Why you need to contemplate your death so you can live
• Doing the $10 Million exercise

We also got some great action items from today's guest:

1. Contemplate death and life
2. Look for and respond to opportunities
3. Market from Day 1
4. Do the $10 Million Exercise

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Welcome back to the 116th episode of the Hard Thing Podcast.

Today I share my conversation with Coach Matt Doherty. You can reach out to Matt via his Twitter.

Here are some highlights from today's show:

• Matt shares his accomplishment of overcoming alcohol
• He explains his later successes wouldn't have happened without that achievement
• We talk about how to lead a team of different people with different needs
• We discuss what is needed in order to accept critical feedback
• We talk about some of the ways each of us can be a better leader

We also got some great action items from today's guest:

1. Practice humility

2. Be a person developer

3. Think about other's motivations

4. Learn from Adversity

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Today we discuss leadership.

Welcome back to the 115th episode of the Hard Thing Podcast.

Today I share my conversation with the author of the new book Clarity In Crisis, and former CIA Officer, Marc Polymeropoulos. Reach out to him via his website: https://www.findingclarityintheshadows.com/.

Here are some highlights from today's show:

• Marc shares his experience of losing a member of team during an operation
• We discuss various leadership lessons specifically about how to be a person developer
• Marc shares some tips on building relationships, namely listening

We also got some great action items from today's guest:

1. Practice humility

2. Be a person developer

3. Think about other's motivations

4. Learn from Adversity

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Today we discuss learning to cook, having people try your dishes, and what this all has to do with business.

Welcome back to the 114th episode of the Hard Thing Podcast.

Today I share my conversation with entrepreneur and author Todd Connor. You can reach out to him at thirdshiftentrepreneur.com

Here are some highlights from today's show:

• Todd's hardest thing was dealing with the permanence of writing a book
• Beta testing business ideas is critical
• The way to ask for feedback is simply to explain what you're doing and then invite people to "taste the sauce"
• Only once you dissociate yourself from your idea emotionally can you truly learn how to improve it?
• Each of us needs to test and try experiments

Todd also left us some action items:

1.Beta test your business idea

2. Ask for genuine feedback

3. Identify the problem you are solving

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Today we discuss addiction, your mental process for using memories to assess your current situation.

Welcome back to the 113th episode of the Hard Thing Podcast.

Today I share my conversation with addiction expert, Bob Gardner.

Some highlights from today's show:

• We talk about how our brain is constantly looking to keep us alive by using memories of similarly difficult experiences
• We talk about the body's responses to stress
• We then discuss the importance of changing your personal narratives

Bob also left us some action items as well:

1. Ask where are these emotions coming from?

2. Gain context around hard things

3. Set an alarm to ask you "what are you feeling and how long do you want to feel that?"

4. Ask, "what if I'm wrong"

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Today we discuss failure, defining success, and doing odd social things.

Welcome back to the 12th episode of the Hard Thing Podcast.

Today I share my conversation with startup expert and author, Steve "Captain Hoff" Hoffman. Reach out to Captain Hoff via his website, https://www.foundersspace.com/ or join Captain Hoff's Adventures with his podcast.

Some highlights from today's show:

• You will fail. What you need to do then is determine what success really meant and then rewrite your mental script
• Emotions are a resource just like everything else.
• Tragedy may not be a tragedy
• Sometimes you need to do outrageous things in order to grow the skills within yourself that you need to succeed

Steve gave us some action items too:

1.Change your mental script

2. Believe that you can make a positive change

3. Define your success

4. Make the best of your current situation today

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Today we discuss ultra-endurance, being pushed, and rethinking your life.

Welcome back to the 111th episode of the Hard Thing Podcast.

Today I share my conversation with endurance athlete and author, Addie Bracy.

Here are some highlights from today's show:

• We chat about reforming your outward identity
• We talk a lot about getting to the point of giving up and keeping going
• We talk about the mental activity of endurance
• We talk about having the right team with you
• We talk about constantly practicing making hard decisions

Addie also left us some action items:

1. Develop a curious mind

2. Practice doing hard things

3. Practice new mental narratives during those hard things

4. Practice making hard decisions well beforehand

5. Don't over-identify with those hard things.

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Today we discuss rites of passage, misogi, and the Arctic.

Welcome back to the 110th episode of the Hard Thing Podcast.

Today I share my conversation with Michael Easter.

Some highlights from today's show:

• Michael shares how he spent 33 days in the arctic
• Michael's hardest thing was getting sober
• We talk about misogi's the importance of continually pushing yourself to do hard things
• We talk about how putting yourself in uncomfortable situations strengthens you and turns on valuable human instincts
• We talk about the necessity of rites of passage

He also gave us some action items:

1. Do a Misogi

2. Spend more time in Nature

3. Go Rucking

4. Find boredom

5. Spend more time in extreme temperatures

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Today we discuss playing sick, getting over your instincts, and stop being afraid

Welcome back to the 109th episode of the Hard Thing Podcast.

Today I share my conversation with author Rebecca Heiss. She also is having a mastermind coming up and wants to invite you as listeners of the podcast. Click this link to sign up for her mastermind.

Some highlights of today's show:

• Rebecca talks about her divorce and quitting her job and writing a book
• We talk about how we are prone to be fearful
• We talk about ways to rely less on our instincts to be fearful
• She talks about her experience of playing sick.

Rebecca gives us some great action items as well:

1. Go get rejected

2. Practice better mental narratives

3. Breathe in difficult situations

4. Stop playing sick

5. Begin with Microsteps

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Today we discuss farts, forgiveness, and getting up on stage.

Welcome back to the 108th episode of the Hard Thing Podcast.

Today I share my conversation with comedian and life coach, Lexis Sharde. She also does a Youtube Channel that is quite popular.

Some highlights of today's show:

• Lexis shared how she had a poor father figure which ended up messing up her relationship with men
• She then became an exotic dancer
• She also started to do stand up comedy because she always felt goofy and loved to make people laugh
• We talk about the strength required to get up on stage and keep going even though you will bomb sometimes
• She mentions how she reconnected with her estranged Sicilian grandfather
• We talk about parenting and what it takes to do it well.

She also left us some action items for us to do:

1. Start over

2. Start compartmentalizing correctly

3.Laugh at your ego

4. Plan your goals

5. Start a Gratitude Journal

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