In this episode of Durand on Demand, Dave Durand speaks to a collegiate women’s soccer team about the deeper truths behind sports psychology and peak performance.

Performance isn’t just about raw ability — it’s shaped by relationships, mindset, and self-awareness. Dave unpacks how pride blinds athletes while humility — “precision truth about yourself” — fuels growth. He shares why bench players can be more valuable than starters, how relationships with coaches, teammates, and even family affect performance, and why psychological talent often matters more than physical skill.

✅ What You’ll Learn:

• Why humility is the hidden talent that fuels champions
• How relationships shape athletic and team performance
• Why pride and “my truth” distort growth and clarity
• How bench players can play a critical role in winning
• Why psychological talent separates long-term winners from the rest

Whether you’re an athlete or part of a team in business or life, this episode will show you how humility and clarity unlock true performance.

In this episode of Durand on Demand, Dave unpacks the most powerful force in the world: decision. Every part of life flows from the choices we make — but it’s not just the primary decisions (to take a job, get married, or start something) that matter. It’s the secondary decisions and recommitments that determine whether we thrive or fail.

Recorded live, Dave illustrates this through the story of King David — a leader who chose comfort over adventure and fell into folly — and shows how the same dynamic plays out in our own lives. The path forward, he explains, lies in the virtues: prudence, justice, fortitude, and temperance.

This talk also explores the universal desires of every human being — goodness, beauty, truth, and unity — and why denying truth or lowering standards leads to distortion and decline. At its core, this is a call to live a life of adventure, virtue, and reality.

✅ What You’ll Learn:

• Why decision is the most powerful force in your life
• The difference between primary and secondary decisions
• Why comfort leads to folly and adventure fosters growth
• How prudence, justice, fortitude, and temperance shape optimization
• The universal human desires: goodness, beauty, truth, and unity
• Why rejecting objective truth destroys clarity and character

This episode is both a wake-up call and a roadmap: choose adventure, embrace virtue, and ground yourself in truth.

In this episode of Durand on Demand, recorded live with a group of collegiate leaders, Dave takes a deeper dive into personality optimization—focusing on extraversion, agreeableness, and how the Big Five test really works.

Forget the clichés like “listen twice as much as you speak.” Dave explains why communication depends on context, why extraversion isn’t an either/or label but a spectrum, and how your natural tendencies can be shaped by experiences.

He also unpacks agreeableness: why being too agreeable leads to people-pleasing and lowered standards, while being too disagreeable creates conflict and isolation. The goal? Learning to optimize these traits at the center—where virtue and effectiveness meet.

✅ What You’ll Learn:

• The real formula for balancing listening and speaking
• Why extraversion is a spectrum, not a binary
• How past experiences can distort personality expression
• The dangers of excessive agreeableness (a.k.a. “suicidal philanthropy”)
• Why lowering standards always drags leadership down

This short but practical episode will help you see personality optimization in action—and why finding the right balance makes all the difference in leadership and life.

In this episode of Durand on Demand, Dave explains why one personality trait consistently outpaces talent, intellect, and even charisma as the leading indicator of long-term success: conscientiousness.

Being conscientious doesn’t just mean being neat or organized — it’s about reliability, self-mastery, and the discipline to follow through. Dave unpacks how this trait impacts relationships, careers, and leadership, why it’s so difficult to be around people who lack it, and why those who choose conscientious behavior despite natural inclinations demonstrate the highest level of virtue.

Along the way, he highlights the critical difference between making judgments and being judgmental, shows how empathy functions as a leadership “superpower,” and uses real-life examples (from temperaments to traffic jams) to illustrate how virtue transforms raw temperament into trustworthy leadership.

✅ What You’ll Learn:

• Why conscientiousness is the #1 indicator of career and relationship success
• The difference between judgment and judgmentalism in leadership
• How empathy helps you understand without excusing errors
• Why acting against your natural temperament is a mark of high virtue
• The hidden motivators that drive conscientious people to act

This episode is both practical and challenging — a reminder that true success doesn’t come from talent alone, but from the discipline to be reliable, virtuous, and consistent.

In this episode of Durand on Demand, Dave challenges the way we think about potential. At first, being told you have potential feels like a compliment. But at some point, it becomes an insult — because potential is just unused ability. The real question is: what are you doing with it?

Dave explains how to move from promise to performance through the discipline of personality optimization. Using the Big Five framework, he breaks down the first trait — Openness to Experience — and shows how both excess and deficiency hold you back.

✅ What You’ll Learn:

• Why “potential” eventually stops being a compliment
• The difference between unused ability and real growth
• How optimizing personality unlocks opportunity
• The role of Openness in shaping success and creativity
• Why balance — not excess — is the true marker of optimization

This short, high-impact episode delivers a wake-up call: potential without optimization is wasted. Listen now and learn how to maximize who you are.

UFC legend Bas Rutten has fought battles in the cage, on the streets, and inside his own mind. But his most important fight was spiritual.

In this deeply personal conversation, Bas opens up about:
🔑 His return to the Catholic faith after years of addiction and spiritual attacks
🔑 The terrifying encounters that made him believe in the demonic
🔑 How a conversation at a Las Vegas pool sparked his journey back to God
🔑 The surprising impact of St. Thérèse of Lisieux on his conversion
🔑 Losing 150,000 followers after publicly embracing his faith — and why he has no regrets

This isn’t just a story about religion — it’s about battling the darkness, reclaiming manhood, and finding purpose beyond the spotlight.

🔔 Watch the full interview and subscribe for more conversations on leadership, faith, and becoming who you were meant to be.

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UFC Hall of Famer. Former King of Pancrase. World Champion. Street-fighting survivor turned disciplined warrior. In this powerful episode of Durand on Demand, Dave Durand sits down with legendary MMA fighter Bas Rutten to explore how the greatest victories happen before the fight begins — in your mind.

Bas opens up about:
- Overcoming childhood bullying through martial arts
- Developing psychological strategies to beat opponents before the first punch
- Tapping out three Navy SEALs back-to-back
- Why staying calm in combat is more powerful than rage
- The mental discipline behind his UFC and Pancrase reign
- His Catholic faith, fatherhood, and fighting without ego
- How failure (like losing to a submission) led to obsession, growth, and mastery
- The voice in his head that told him how to win

Whether you're in the cage, the boardroom, or your own daily battles, Bas shares wisdom that will challenge your mindset and sharpen your edge.

In this bold and truth-filled episode, Dave Durand breaks down the real reasons marriages unravel — and what it takes to rebuild them. From ego and selfishness to pride and pettiness, Dave pulls no punches as he exposes the silent killers of love and commitment. But this isn’t just about calling out the problems — it’s a roadmap for transformation.

Whether you’re married, engaged, or preparing for love, you’ll walk away challenged and inspired to choose humility, magnanimity, and forgiveness — and most importantly, to move forward.

Let’s go slay some dragons. 

In this episode of Durand on Demand, Dave challenges you to step out of your past and take control of your future. Too many people stay stuck replaying their worst moments, making excuses, or blaming circumstances. But your story isn’t over — and you have the power to write your final chapter starting today.

✅ What You’ll Learn:
- Why fixating on your past kills growth
- The surprising truth about post-traumatic growth (not just stress)
- How to adopt a forward-focused mindset and transform your trajectory
- Why self-mastery and virtue—not victimhood—shape your future
- How to practically start rewriting your story today

Dave shares personal stories, hard-won lessons, and practical ways to shift your mindset so you can finish strong — no matter how you started.

Listen now and start writing a final chapter you’ll be proud of.

Most people think their personality is fixed. That it’s just “who they are.”

Wrong.

In this episode, I break down 20 shocking truths about personality — what science actually says about how you’re wired, what’s trainable, and how your traits are shaping your future in ways you don’t even realize. This is the real roadmap to optimizing who you are — not for hype, but for legacy.

🔥 If you're serious about leadership, fulfillment, or just becoming a better human… don’t skip this one.