"What makes you come alive?" That question is at core of everything Grant Mosher does. Grant built his career as a Certified Financial Planner for millionaires...only to realize that so many of his clients had sold the most exciting years of their lives to an employer, and were now too old or too tired to fully enjoy the benefits of their hard work. In early 2018, he had a choice: Continue taking Door #1 - stay on cruise control, grind away at his 8-5, and build a lucrative career as a partner of an established financial planning firm... Or Door #2 - wake the f*ck up, quit his day job, start his own business, travel the country, and live a life that made him come alive. Spoiler alert: he took Door #2, and he wants to help you do the same.

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Show Notes:

5:00 Grant's realization he was not serving in the capacity that he desired

7:00 Falling victim to the script

12:00 How to make the jump

23:00 The importance of striking an emotional cord for financial and life action

23:45 Importance of thinking about death

28:00 Social media's and other's influence on our self worth

33:00 Losing sight of who you are and the importance of self-healing

36:00 Embracing the truth hosed within mental struggles and shattering old belief systems

37:40 The grind to overcome insecurity and rebuilding the material we put into our minds

40:00 How strong people should act

42:00 If you don't have your mental health right, your life is on the verge of shambles constantly

44:00 Positive tribalism and building a tribe

46:45 The importance of alone time in self-development

Content Referenced:

"Ego is the Enemy" - Ryan Holiday

In Ep 15, Justyn sits down with Jesse Leng, who truly embodies what it means to Create the Game. Justyn and Jesse discuss the combat mentality, integrity and self-awareness, and some of Jesse's business and life philosophies. This episode is filled with insight, particularly in the area of developing self-awareness.

Jesse Leng is the CEO of Rudis, a company currently on a massive come up. Rudis is a lifestyle brand that is the most authentic expression of wrestling.

Jesse is deeply committed to the sport of wrestling with many notable experiences; two of which are wrestling at The Ohio State University in College, and building out & coaching at one of the best high school wrestling dynasties in the country (St. Paris Graham High School). His next evolution in the sport is his pursuit at Rudis. Additionally in this discussion, Jesse talks about some of his mentality he grew during his experience in the Marine Corp.

Notes:

4:00 Building yourself into someone capable of leading

7:00 Self-awareness

9:00 Go into battle focusing on your strengths

13:00 Redefining strategy, catering to individual needs, and performance

15:40 Business at a cellular level

21:00 Being a voracious consumer of knowledge and influence, while balancing a world-view

25:30 The difference between a technician and an entrepreneur

27:20 How do you influence

31:00 Why justification is the enemy of integrity

35:00 "Life or Death" mentality in business

36:30 Becoming supremely confident in yourself

40:30 What is Jesse working through

42:30 It's not a balance, it's a blender

In a single word, Mr. Michael Giuliano can be best summarized as a modern day Impresario.

He is a serial entrepreneur most recently leaving his mark in Silicon Valley in the highly competitive electric vehicle space.

Michael is perhaps one of the most sought after marquis speakers today on leadership and team concept by the highest ranked athletic programs as well as in the Fortune 500’s elite.

Most importantly, he is an authentic person filled with the ability to donate generous amounts of time and effort to his true passion of making people become their best, exceeding their own personal limits.

Cathy Hanlin is the founder of Empowered Minds and also serves as a success and results coach. In this episode, Justyn and Cathy discuss their experience at the world famous Tony Robbins Unleash the Power Within seminar. This episode sheds light on many areas; particularly why waking up to see what your life could be and that changing the world starts with changing ourselves first. Justyn and Cathy even weigh-in on what it would take to achieve world peace.

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https://empoweredminds.mykajabi.com/

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Episode Timeline:

2:00 “The Fire Walk”

6:45 Cathy’s toughest adversity

10:00 Empowered Minds and a struggling generation

12:50: Why its important to be the person first and start with ourselves in order to change the world

16:00 Living life in gratitude

20:30 What beliefs construct your reality

26:00 Asking “What do I really want?”

29:00 Letting go of the desire to control others

33:00 Understanding Failure

38:00 Things that Cathy is working on

41:00 Caring what others think of us and asking better questions

49:00 Is world Peace attainable?

Thanks so much for your listen. The Creating the Game team appreciates it very much!

This is an episode recorded on Justyn's 22nd birthday.

Justyn shares some of the truths that have allowed him to "level-up" in his life and also the importance of developing self-awareness in order to live a more proactive and anticipatory life. He shares some of his lessons he learned from close deaths that have occurred in his life. This podcast episode is attributed to Lucas Marcelli & Jayden Bostic.

Books Referenced:

Power of Now - Eckhart Tolle

Other Recommended Resources:

Tony Robbins Gratitude Meditation (on youtube)

Connor McGregor documentary (Netflix)

Episode 11 is with Paul Delany, a partner and the Chief People Officer at AMEND Consulting. Listen to Paul's insights on his approach to making the most of his life and finding a way to connect with everyone around him.

SHOW NOTES:

Book Mentioned: Tribe of Mentors by Tim Ferris

1:30 Introduction

4:30 Growing up in a different country

12:00 Recognizing what is going for you

17:30 Overcoming victim mentality

20:00 Empowering yourself to overcome the default

26:00 Developing Agility

35:00 The world's currency is connection

39:00 The long game

42:00 Unique culture at AMEND

48:00 What's Paul working on?

Wes Smith is a recent grad of The Ohio State University and will be an analyst at Barclays investment bank on Wall Street.

Wes's circumstance he was brought up in provided him a significant amount of struggle to finance his education. He started a lawn care company at the age of 14 and grew it into one of the most successful companies in his area. He has started a scholarship program to help the kids behind him in his community attend great colleges. Additionally, he started an investment banking development program at Ohio State to prepare Freshman and Sophomores prepare themselves for the investment banking track through college.

His mindset is what makes him different. Check it out in Episode 10 of Creating the Game.

Jay Clouse is a local entrepreneur and influencer in the Columbus community. He runs a business callled "Unreal Collective" which is an accelerator for freelancers, entrepreneurs, and creatives to take their craft to the next level.

Jay can be found at jayclouse.com or on instagram/twitter @jayclouse

If you find this episode to be helpful, please rate our podcast on iTunes or share the podcast with those people you love most. Go out and create your game.

Alex Poinar is a MMA fighter with a pro-debut coming in the beginning of Summer 2018. He is a combat sport veteran with experience and success in Ju-Jitsu, Wrestling, Boxing, Kickboxing, Shotokan Karate and a business owner of ATP - A successful athletic apparel company.

Alex has awesome insights on visualization techniques, setting goals, having a relentless work ethic, and many other awesome thought processes in his approach to life.

Check out Alex on instagram: apoinar_atpmma

Nicki Meyer-Dennis is the CEO of AccelWELL; a company that works with employers to advocate for wellness in the workplace. Nicki comes from a athletic background where she played college volleyball and her father is a well known college football coach. Justyn and Nicki weigh in on the importance of her family, a proactive approach and perspective to mental health and different ways to view purpose and values.

Check Nicki out on social media:

Insta: @Nicki_Meyer_Dennis

Twitter: @Nicki_07