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#11 Ganon Baker On Leadership—Trainer of Kobe Bryant and Lebron James, Leadership Specialist, Keynote Speaker and Author, Entrepreneur 

Key topics we discuss:

1. Winning teams talk and touch.

2. DEMONSTRATION IS WAY MORE POWERFUL THAN EXPLANATION

3. You can’t give away what you

4. Your Words Create Your WORLD

5. Empathy is a skill Set- Compassion is a Superpower. Take away their stress replace with Solutions

6. The greatest leaders are the greatest mentors.

7. WIN THE DAY

Ganon Baker is regarded as one of the premier basketball player development coaches and speakers in the world. He pioneered the business in 2001 and has been doing it ever since.

Ganon has a Masters degree in Kinesiology and was a professional basketball Player in Iceland.

Ganon worked for Nike Player Development 13 years.  He is also a National Keynote Speaker and Author.

Ganon has trained over 300 professional players from the WNBA and NBA, including 24 Hall of Famers and world champions. He has also coached thousands of college, high school and middle school-level players.

Ganon has trained Kobe Bryant, Lebron James, Kevin Durant, Chris Paul, Grant Hill, Vince Carter, Maya Moore, Lindsay Whalen, and thousands of others.  He brings an unmatched passion and knowledge of the game to his workouts.

He has coached and spoke in 48 states, 52 countries, and six continents.  He has written and produced over 55 best-selling instructional videos and now provides keynote speeches on a variety of topics all over the world.  

Ganon is married to MJ, who is a very successful coach herself, and is the proud father of KK, Kalel, and ESPN.

https://www.ganonbakerbasketball.com/

A.J. Madden is a performance enhancement specialist and 7x author who helps successful people make life-changing breakthroughs both personally and professionally. His clients include CEOs, business owners, executives, surgeons, professional athletes, and professional entertainers.

To work with him to dramatically improve your performance and transform your life, go to coachajmadden.com. 

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#10 Ganon Baker—Trainer of Kobe Bryant, Lebron James, and Maya Moore, Greatness Expert, Keynote Speaker and Author, Entrepreneur 

Key topics we discuss:

1. Repetitions equals your reputation.

2. Greatness always has a routine.

3. You could be comfortable or you could be great. But you can’t be both.

3. The great ones are curious, the weak ones are judgmental

4. The great ones are attracted to the basics. They make the Elementary look Extraordinary

5. GET THROUGH HARD!!

6. Greatness F I O ( Figures it Out)

7. Your PRESENCE is your present.

8. The GREATS GROW. They have a Growth mindset

 Ganon Baker is regarded as one of the premier basketball player development coaches and speakers in the world. He pioneered the business in 2001 and has been doing it ever since.

Ganon has a Masters degree in Kinesiology and was a professional basketball Player in Iceland.

Ganon worked for Nike Player Development 13 years.  He is also a National Keynote Speaker and Author.

Ganon has trained over 300 professional players from the WNBA and NBA, including 24 Hall of Famers and world champions. He has also coached thousands of college, high school and middle school-level players.

Ganon has trained Kobe Bryant, Lebron James, Kevin Durant, Chris Paul, Grant Hill, Vince Carter, Maya Moore, Lindsay Whalen, and thousands of others.  He brings an unmatched passion and knowledge of the game to his workouts.

He has coached and spoke in 48 states, 52 countries, and six continents.  He has written and produced over 55 best-selling instructional videos and now provides keynote speeches on a variety of topics all over the world.  

Ganon is married to MJ, who is a very successful coach herself, and is the proud father of KK, Kalel, and ESPN.

https://www.ganonbakerbasketball.com/

A.J. Madden is a performance enhancement specialist and 7x author who helps successful people make life-changing breakthroughs both personally and professionally. His clients include CEOs, business owners, executives, surgeons, professional athletes, and professional entertainers.

To work with him to dramatically improve your performance and transform your life, go to coachajmadden.com. 

#business #leadership #success #confidence #coaching #ceo 

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#10 Ethan “Wolverine” Goss—MMA Champion and Fighter of the Year on Excellence, Service, and How To Achieve Your Dreams 

Key points we discuss:

1.  The power of commitment, consistency and getting the most out of your day.

2.  The importance of visualization and mindset.

3.  Studying and learning from the greats.

4.  Why it’s important to have a dream and go after it.

5.  The importance of inspiring others.

Ethan Goss is a mixed martial arts champion from Petersburg Pennsylvania.  He is a Bellator veteran and is the number one ranked featherweight fighter and number three at lightweight in Pennsylvania. He is the 24/7 Fighting featherweight champion and was awarded back to back fighter of the year awards in 2022 and 2023.  He has not lost a fight in four years.

He is the first fighter in Pittsburgh mma history to win titles in two different weight classes simultaneously.

Ethan is a fighter because of a dream that he’s had ever since watching the very first Ultimate Fighter when he was 13 years old. He always felt that he was different, could do different things, and could be different than others in the small town he grew up in.

He was born and raised on a farm on the outskirts of a very small town that doesnt even have a stoplight. 

Ethan wakes up at 5am every day, works from 6a-4p for himself and other construction companies as he runs a small excavating business. He leaves for the gym each day at 5pm, sometimes straight from the jobsite, and trains from 6-8pm- traveling an hour one way.

Ethan has a soft-spot for baby wild animals. He known around his town for being the one to call when there's an abandoned baby animal. He has raised raccoons, squirrels, chipmunks, deer, and birds in his home. The past two years he’s raised two pet raccoons name Chloe and Ivy.  Just recently he rescued two baby squirrels that he named Pip and Squeak.

Ethan has spent the last 12 years competing in the toughest sport in the world, mixed martial arts, and has a Black Belt in Brazilian Jiu-jitsu.

He is married to the lovely Kaleigh.

A.J. Madden is a performance enhancement specialist and 7x author who helps successful people make life-changing breakthroughs both personally and professionally. His clients include CEOs, business owners, executives, surgeons, professional athletes, and professional entertainers.

To work with him to dramatically improve your performance and transform your life, go to coachajmadden.com. 

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#9 Mark Divine—Navy SEAL Commander, Bestselling Author, Leadership and Mental Performance Expert, Entrepreneur 

Key topics we discuss:

1.  The Big Four of Mental Toughness

2.  Passion, Purpose, Principles 

3.  We are capable of 20x more than we think we are

4.  Key traits of the best SEAL leaders 


Our first guest of season two is Navy SEAL Commander Mark Divine.

On top of being a SEAL, Mark has a bachelors degree in economics from Colgate University, and MBA from New York University, and is a certified public accountant

He is also a black belt in Seido Karate and
Goju Ryu Karate 

At 21 years old Mark was fascinated by eastern philosophy. He embarked on what would eventually be a lifetime of studies in Zen meditation, the martial arts and mindset training.

At the same time, he worked as a consultant for PriceWaterhouse Coopers, Four years later, Mark left the corporate world for a twenty year career in the Navy SEALs where he led critical missions around the globe.

The highest ranked trainee of SEAL BUD/S, Mark served 9 years on active duty, 11 as a Reserve SEAL and retired as Commander in 2011. His leadership of teams was so effective the government tasked him with creating a nationwide mentoring program for SEAL trainees. This program eventually became SEALFIT

Commander Divine is also the author of 5 bestselling books, including two of my favorite books Way of the SEAL and Unbeatable Mind

Mark founded Courage Foundation to help veterans heal themselves holistically and restore a sense of purpose, hope and connection.

Driven by the passion to transform lives – and to make the world a more compassionate, connected and courageous place, Mark continues to inspire and teach, with a personal mission of impacting 100 million people.

https://markdivine.com/

https://unbeatablemind.com/

https://sealfit.com/


A.J. Madden is a performance enhancement specialist and 7x author who helps successful people make life-changing breakthroughs both personally and professionally. His clients include CEOs, business owners, executives, surgeons, professional athletes, and professional entertainers.

To work with him to dramatically improve your performance and transform your life, go to coachajmadden.com. 

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“Become the most fearless person you know.” -Michael Serwa

Michael Serwa is a coach for the elite and the highest paid coach in the United Kingdom

Starting in 2011, he has worked with over 500 clients. He has also spoken at around 250 events on a wide variety of personal development and business topics.  He has written the book “From Good to Amazing” available on Amazon, as well as 100 articles. 

Michael has been interviewed on a number of TV channels, including the BBC.  He was featured in the world’s first full-length coaching documentary Leap.  He has also been featured in Forbes,
GQ, The Guardian, The Telegraph, 
Entrepreneur, Luxury London, and 
Luxury Lifestyle Magazine.

https://michaelserwa.com/

I am a performance enhancement specialist and 7x author who helps successful people achieve life-changing goals both personally and professionally. My clients include CEOs, business owners, executives, surgeons, professional athletes, and professional entertainers.

To work with me to dramatically improve your performance, achieve breakthrough goals, and transform your life, message me here or go to coachajmadden.com. 

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“Everything happens twice.  Once in your mind, and once in reality.”  -Brian Cain

Brian Cain is the creator of The Mental Performance Mastery Coaching Certification Course (https://briancain.com/certification) and The 30 Days to Mental Performance Mastery for Athletes Program (https://briancain.com/30dayathletescourse), a #1 International Best-Selling Author and highly sought after Speaker and Mental Performance Coach.

Brian has taught his 10 Pillars of Mental Performance Mastery System on stages all over the world to audiences such as Paul Mitchell, Whirlpool, and Burton Snowboards.

His resume boasts a list of hall of fame athletes including 4 Major League Baseball Cy-Young Award winners, a Heisman Trophy Winner, 8 UFC World Champions, World Series and Super Bowl Champions, Olympians and over 1,000 professional sports draft selections.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mental-performance-daily-with-brian-cain/id1578012159

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-brian-cain-mental-performance-mastery-podcast/id1499162056

https://www.youtube.com/c/BrianCainPeak/playlists?view=58

BrianCain.com/mvp

A.J. Madden is a performance enhancement specialist and 7x author who helps successful people achieve life-changing goals both personally and professionally. His clients include CEOs, business owners, executives, surgeons, professional athletes, and professional entertainers.

To work with him to dramatically improve your performance and transform your life, go to coachajmadden.com. 

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Dr. Jason Selk is one of the top performance coaches in the United States, with dozens of professional athletes, Olympians and Fortune 100 executives and organizations as his clients. His clients include companies such as Merrill Lynch, Bacardi, and Enterprise Rent-a-Car.  

As the Director of Mental Training for Major League Baseball's St. Louis Cardinals, Dr. Selk helped the team win two World Series championships, in 2006 and 2011. 

He is a regular contributor to Forbes, ABC, CBS, ESPN and NBC, and has been featured in USA Today, Men's Health, Muscle and Fitness, INC., and Self magazines.

A licensed mental health professional, Dr. Selk earned his doctorate in counseling and sport psychology at the University of Missouri.

His latest book Relentless Solution Focus has hit the best-seller list multiple times. Selk’s earlier book, Executive Toughness, was ranked one of the best career development books ever published by Book Authority.

https://www.amazon.com/Relentless-Solution-Focus-Pressure-Underperformance/dp/1260460118 (https://www.amazon.com/Relentless-Solution-Focus-Pressure-Underperformance/dp/1260460118)

A.J. Madden is a performance enhancement specialist and 7x author who helps successful people achieve life-changing goals both personally and professionally. His clients include CEOs, business owners, executives, surgeons, professional athletes, and professional entertainers.

To work with him to dramatically improve your performance and transform your life, go to coachajmadden.com. 

#business #leadership #success #confidence #coaching #ceo 

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“When you get fired, you either get distraught or angry.  If you get distraught, you get depressed.  I got really angry.” -Dr. Alan Weiss

Dr. Alan Weiss’s consulting firm, Summit Consulting Group, Inc., has attracted clients such as Merck, Hewlett-Packard, GE, Mercedes-Benz, The Federal Reserve, The New York Times Corporation, Toyota, and over 500 other leading organizations.

Alan has a Ph.D. is in psychology and is also an inductee into the Professional Speaking Hall of Fame®.

His has written over 500 articles and 60 books, including his best-seller, Million Dollar Consulting now in its 30th year and sixth edition.  His books have been on the curricula at Villanova, Temple University, and the Wharton School of Business, and have been translated into 15 languages

His career has taken him to 60 countries and 49 states. (He is afraid to go to North Dakota.) 

He is the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award of the American Press Institute, the first-ever for a non-journalist.

Alan is married to the lovely Maria for 52 years, and they have two children and twin granddaughters. They reside in East Greenwich, RI with their dogs, Coco and Bentley, a white German Shepherd.

https://www.amazon.com/Million-Dollar-Maverick-Differently-Decisively/dp/1629561266

A.J. Madden is a performance enhancement specialist and 7x author who helps successful people achieve life-changing goals both personally and professionally. His clients include CEOs, business owners, executives, surgeons, professional athletes, and professional entertainers.

To work with him to dramatically improve your performance and transform your life, go to coachajmadden.com. 

#business #leadership #success #confidence #coaching #ceo 

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In pursuit of the American Dream, Kevin Kruse started his first company when he was just 22 years old. He worked around the clock, literally living out of his one-room office and showering each day at the YMCA, before giving up a year later deeply in debt.

But after discovering the power of Wholehearted Leadership and Extreme Productivity, Kevin went on to build and sell several, multimillion dollar technology companies, winning both Inc 500 and Best Place to Work awards along the way.

Kevin is also the author of several books including the NY Times bestseller, We: How to Increase Performance and Profits Through Full Engagement, Employee Engagement 2.0, 15 Secrets Successful People Know About Time Management, and Great Leaders Have No Rules.

He is a Forbes Leadership columnist and was named to the Trust Across America Top Thought Leader in Trust.

https://www.amazon.com/Secrets-Successful-People-Management-Straight/dp/0985056436

https://www.amazon.com/Great-Leaders-Have-Rules-Contrarian/dp/1635652162

https://www.amazon.com/Secrets-Successful-People-About-Setting-ebook/dp/B0C8QR1VLL

A.J. Madden is a performance enhancement specialist and 7x author who helps successful people achieve life-changing goals both personally and professionally. His clients include CEOs, business owners, executives, surgeons, professional athletes, and professional entertainers.

To work with him to dramatically improve your performance and transform your life, go to coachajmadden.com.

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Mark Sherwin is the former General Manager of the Ritz-Carlton hotel in Tysons Corner, Virginia, Regional Vice President Sales & Marketing with Ritz-Carlton, Vice President of Sales Products and Promotions with Marriott International, Vice President of Sales Strategy at Marriott International, and Executive Vice President, of Operations at Sonesta International Hotels.

He has a Bachelor of Science in Hotel Administration from Cornell University and a Master of Business Administration in International Finance from Georgia State University - J. Mack Robinson College of Business. 

Mark was a Certified Speaker for the Ritz-Carlton Leadership Center specializing in guest experience and delivering superior customer service.

He is currently the owner of Sherwin Hospitality Advisors and also ameriCARE NOVA, whose caregivers help seniors, veterans, those recovering from surgery, and individuals managing chronic illness thrive in the comfort of their own home.

Mark brings over 30 years of experience in hospitality.

The New Gold Standard: 5 Leadership Principles for Creating a Legendary Customer Experience Courtesy of the Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company:  https://www.amazon.com/New-Gold-Standard-Leadership-Ritz-Carlton/dp/0071548335

A.J. Madden is a performance enhancement specialist and 7x author who helps successful people achieve life-changing goals both personally and professionally. His clients include CEOs, business owners, executives, surgeons, professional athletes, and professional entertainers.

To work with him to dramatically improve your performance and transform your life, go to coachajmadden.com.