Define Your Own Path with Laura Gassner Otting & Joe De Sena

Who has created your idea of success? Are you on the path you want should be on? Laura Gassner Otting, author of “Limitless” talks with Joe De Sena about carving your own way and revisiting what it is that ignites your passion. Don't be afraid of change, get comfortable being uncomfortable. Push yourself beyond what you thought was feasible, making the peaks & possibilities of life ahead of you Limitless! Joe is joined by Marko Cheseto, a Kenyan runner who lost both legs while on a running scholarship in Alaska who now holds the world marathon speed record for a double amputee. LESSONS Stay in your center of competence & excellence Failure is not a finale it’s a fulcrum Lean out over your comfort zone You ultimately make you own decisions Confidence to do big things comes from competence Never settle for mediocrity Define success for yourself Consonance: calling, connection, contribution & control Remember that you GET to do this!   FIND OUT MORE: Laura & her Book “Limitless:” https://lauragassnerotting.com/limitless/ SpartanX Leadership https://www.spartanxleadership.com/ TIME STAMPS 0:00 Joe & guest host Marko Cheseto introduce this episode and SpartanX 1:30 Interview begins at Fenway & Laura’s origins in Miami 3:00 Experiences in Law School leading to the White House 3:45 Working in the Clinton Administration 4:30 Becoming a headhunter & starting her own advisory group 5:55 Growing a business, becoming a professional speaker & author 7:00 Listening for eight motivating factors 8:00 Does success equal happiness? 9:30 Making decisions with the frontal lobe 11:00 Staying in a center of competence & excellence 12:45 Leaning out over your comfort zone 14:00 Pushing yourself to a place you haven’t been before 15:15 Competence & confidence 17:45 Never settle for mediocrity 19:00 Consonance: what is calling you? 21:45 What trajectory do you want? 23:15 Weekly family meeting 25:00 Reaching new heights 26:00 The blur of past & present 28:00 Challenging others to see the best in themselves 31:00 Marko & Joe discuss what they learned from this Limitless interview SUBSCRIBE: Apple Podcasts: http://bit.ly/SpartanUpShow YouTube: http://bit.ly/SpartanUpYT Google Play: http://bit.ly/SpartanUpPlay FOLLOW SPARTAN UP: Spartan Up on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/spartanuppodcast/ Spartan Up on Twitter https://twitter.com/SpartanUpPod CREDITS: Producer – Marion Abrams, Madmotion, llc. Hosts: Joe De Sena & Guest host Marko Cheseto Dr. Johnny Waite, Col. Nye & Sefra Alexandra are off climbing a mountain Synopsis – Sefra Alexandra | Seed Huntress Production Assistant - Andrea Hagarty © 2019 Spartan