Desire Too Inspire

Life is hard. But sometimes, the way we think about what we're going through makes it even harder.

This week on the Desire To Inspire Podcast, we get into physical fatigue, marathon training, adversity, negativity, faith, losing people you love, friendships, and one question that completely changes how you look at your problems:

**If you could put every problem in your life into a bag and trade it for a random person's bag without knowing what was inside would you do it?**

Probably not.

Everyone is carrying something.

The goal isn't to pretend that life isn't difficult. It's learning how to navigate the difficult seasons without allowing them to completely derail you.

We also somehow start the episode with Freddy nearly BURNING DOWN HIS BRAND-NEW HOUSE after only two weeks of living there. 😂

This episode is a reminder that you can acknowledge that life is hard without becoming a victim of it.

Because you can't be the victim and the victor at the same time.

Keep moving forward. Keep challenging yourself. Keep people around you who make you better.

And as always...

Have the Desire To Inspire.

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0:26 - New Studio

1:16 - Fred Almost Burns The New House Down

14:14 - Training Fatigue

21:54 - Would You Trade Your Problems For Someone Else’s?

29:16 - Living For The World

36:03 - We All Need To Be Challenged

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The boys are back and the studio is under construction. Fred is all moved into the new house and feeling overwhelmed with life, but when you ask to eat, you can’t complain when your plate is full. He also tells us about his recent trip to Nashville and his run-in with a possum.

0:26 - Under Construction

2:38 - Overwhelmed, But Blessed
7:50 - Expect To Win

10:46 - Taking Action

20:27 - Fred vs The Possum

The time has come - this is the last week in this studio for the boys. They talk about what’s to come with the move, how life can feel overwhelming, even when it’s a blessing, and the importance of having more meaningful conversations.

0:26 - Last Episode In The Studio

7:28 - Blessings Can Still Feel Overwhelming

20:47 - Different Priorities For Different Seasons

29:16 - fantasy Football Trip To Nashville

35:19 - The Overwhelming Times Is Where You Grow

43:11 - Having More Meaningful Conversations

This week the boys are a little all over the place. They start with how we’ve been conditioned to certain things like addictive foods and that leads down a dark, fast-food rabbit hole. They wrap up with an interesting finding on why the 8-hours of sleep a night began and that maybe it isn’t the optimal way to live.

0:26 - Being Conditioned To Things

5:19 - How Do Certain Things Even Work?

11:10 - Go-To Fast Food

15:27 - Chipotle Addicts

20:09 - White Condiments

23:27 - Do We Really Need 8 Hours Of Sleep?

This week Fred and Dylan talk about the idea of looking your life through an inverse lens. They also break down treating your life like a business and how you may need to do things differently if you want different results.

0:26 - The Inverse Theory

4:45 - Treating Life As A Business

12:05 - Do Different Things If You Want Different Results

20:37- Personal Audits

22:03 - Shaming People

This week is the most stressful week of Fred’s life. They break down exactly why that is, how everything can still be looked at as a blessing, and that there is no blueprint for any of these things in life.

0:26 - A Stressful Week

5:42 - It’s All A Blessing

11:31 - Changing Your Life Takes Time

17:16 - Reaching Your Potential Requires Risk

28:19 - There Is No Blueprint

This week the boys talk about the need to either sacrifice things in the pursuit of your dreams or releasing the desire for that outcome. They dive deep on what this means for them personally and touch on the importance of executing even when things aren’t “perfect.”

0:26 - Studio Malfunctions

4:40 - You Must Sacrifice Or Release The Desire

12:05 - Dylan’s Real Conversation With Himself

16:36 - Don’t Wait For Perfect

24:32 - Community Matters

33:20 - Even Coaches Need Coaches

This week the boys talk all about sales. Everything from their career path, the skills that you learn from sales, how that transfers over to mindset in every day life and being okay with failure.0:26 - Sales & Sports Correlation

11:12 - Skills Gained Through Selling

22:55 - Transferring A Sales Mindset Into Your Personal Life

34:36 - There’s No Blueprint

34:04 - Becoming Okay With Failure

After a month long break, the boys are finally back! During the time away Dylan got married so they discuss married life and recap some of the honeymoon. They also talk Hyrox, dialing it back in, different ways of life and the process and cons of consumer culture.

0:26 - Fred’s Home Updates

5:02 - Hyrox & Dialing Back In

9:14 - Physical Activity Is The Best Cure For Depression

15:38 - Marriage & Honeymoon Updates

25:47 - Different Ways Of Life

34:24 - The Parable of the Mexican Fisherman

39:30 - Consumer Culture & The Chase

It’s Dylan’s wedding week so the guys break down how he’s feeling, discuss the new Drake albums and Drake fans, and how Dylan wiped out at a winery.

Just a reminder, the DTI Podcast is taking a midseason break and will return June 19th with brand new episodes.

0:26 - Wedding Week Is Here

4:19 - Winery Wipeout

9:50 - Wedding Week Thoughts

16:31 - Drake Fans

24:27 - Life Changes

30:28 Sleep & Waking Up Early