Blunt Talk

The elusive ‘big game’ is pursued in every field. Reaching the ‘big game’ in whatever you do takes a #process that usually looks like and feels like hell. You have to go through hell to get to any ‘big game’ and then some more hell to win it. Thank you to Tommy Denison of the G.T.A. All-stars football team and T.J. Williams of the Ottawa Invaders football team for being interviewed on Blunt Talk Podcast to preview the Northern Football Conference championship game this Saturday. #peace

The greatest reward is lifting souls. No material possession will ever provide a greater reward. The soul of a lifter strives to build strength in mind, body& soul. Lifting souls, lifting weights, and lifting higher are all connected, forming integral elements of #TheProcess. Today’s guest is another X Player and business owner, Jamie Grabell, who explains #The Process that helped him beat enormous odds to become one of the first Canadian linebackers to get to a USA college in the 80s. Jamie was another #‎Groundbreaker literally and figuratively who worked out in #‎TheBasement in the 80s. #TheProcess was the difference between something and nothing, that no student-athlete would go through today, day-in, day-out, for years. It had to be experienced to be believed. Jamie also explains how he became a successful entrepreneur and business owner when no one believed in his ideas. #TheProcess is a 3-month series on Blunt Talk #Podcast with X Players who explain the true meaning of old-school training and practice. We’re going to bring it back. #‎peace

Be Fit Don't Quit

“Nothing bad happens.”
– Violet King

My 3 year old granddaughter Violet selects reading material based on that principle – “Nothing bad happens.” That’s the objective of our children’s book series. #nothingbadhappens

Happy Kid's Series

Parents dream of their children making it to the pros. Student-athletes dream about playing in the pros. But there is a Process that can’t be circumvented. Today’s guest is another X Player, Jeff Benoit. Jeff explains The Process he endured to become one of the first Canadian running backs, in the 80s, to get a scholarship to an American university. #Groundbreaker literally and figuratively. Working out in the #basement – old school – in the 80’s had to be experienced to be believed. It was the difference between something and nothing. It was part of The Process that none of today’s student-athletes would go through – day-in, day-out, for years. The #Process is an ongoing series on Blunt Talk #Podcast with X Players who explain the true meaning of training and practice. We’re going to bring it back.  #peace

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Leadership challenges are not created equal. Leading businesses, organizations, and governments is tough but it’s not the toughest leadership job. Today’s episode discusses the toughest leadership job of all – parenting, coaching, teaching, mentoring, developing young people to reach their full potential. This episode introduces the next three guests who were #groundbreakers, high-performing student-athletes who started from scratch and become #groundbreakers who paved the way for others to the next level. They did it by raising the bar – triple meaning. High-performance doesn’t just happen. Neither does #groundbreaking. It takes raising the bar. #Peace

The fear of being different is the difference between making a difference and making no difference. We all share a common calling – to make a difference, to use our potential to make a difference in lives in order to change the world for the better. Those who made a difference in our lives chose to be different. They overcame their fear of being different to lead the way. Today’s guest is X Player Tom Denison, one of our ex-quarterbacks who became a record-breaking high-performer. His back-to-back Hec Crighton awards, symbolic of the best Canadian university football player, led Tom to a being signed as a pro in the CFL. Tom endured The Process in a way that has to be heard to be believed. #Peace

Today’s guest is Doug Pawson, ex-Niagara X-men Quarterback. Doug explains his academic journey, one that is on course to adding a fifth degree in the very near future. Five degrees is unheard of! It takes special persistence to earn five degrees but it can be done. The need for intellectual fitness is the same as the need for physical fitness. Both, when strived for, will change your life, and raise your IQ. Intelligence quotient, has a different meaning for today’s show. It represents the motivating force behind host Gino Arcaro’s life-long learning and fitness commitment. If you want to motivate you children to excel in school, listen to Doug Pawson’s academic journey. #peace

The elusive big hit is a personal and professional goal in everyone’s life. The desire to be a big hit, produce a big hit, create a big hit is one of the differences between making a difference and making no difference. Guest Leon Robinson discusses #TheProcess he goes through to produce music and art. #TheProcess is not limited to a chosen few but few choose it. #TheProces s is available to anyone who choses it and commits to it. #Peace

“The Process” is the natural struggle that all achievement must pass through. No achievement just happens. Achievement doesn’t happen overnight, accidentally, or randomly. Achievement is dependent on high performance, a level of performance that many strive for but not all reach. This episode starts a series of interviews with X Players – dual meaning – ex-student athletes I’ve coached, who went through the X Fitness/X-Men Football Process. Football was a part of The Process in each of these X Players’ lives, but only a part. The lessons they learned are transferable to any field – sports, business, academics, career, and personal life. We didn’t invite those who have gone on to achieve money and fame as it’s traditionally defined. We invited Grassroots Successes to tell their story. Listen as they explain their personal journey through The Process as well as subsequent achievements on and off the field. #peace

Why we attack ourselves and how we do it is a #Process within a #Process. Every challenge has degrees of difficulty that we make more difficult with self-destructive habits. Today’s episode continues the discussion of the fight against self-sabotage. #peace

There are many ways to commit self-sabotage. Each way has its own distinct ethos, a characteristic that makes it unique. But ironically, they all accomplish the same goal: get in the way of progress and move us away from what we’re supposed to achieve and who we are supposed to become. It’s easy to dismiss self-sabotage as fate or destiny. The hard part is acknowledging that you have control over it, starting with accepting responsibility to self and to the teams of people you live with, work with, and who depend on you. #peace

Available this Friday on Kindle, Nook, iTunes and www.GinoArcaro.com