Life's a Fight

In today's AMX, we talk: adversity, hard work and energy.

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Today's AMX is all fire. Energy and fight, that's what I bring you.

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Today's guest, Drew Swope, spotted The Spaniard at the beach .... and The Spaniard had been looking for him. Drew is a business leader and triathlete from The Spaniard's hometown and serves on the school board with The Spaniard's brother. Their talk covers developing and growing a business, but it's more about the operator than the operations: Motivations, learning, balance, gratitude, humility, clarity, persistence. Listen for how Drew speaks about quiet confidence ... because it's with (wait for it) quiet confidence.

In today's AMX, we talk: a perspective on your accomplishments, sleep running and living BOLDLY.

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In today's AMX, we talk: self-reliance, the dreaded cookie and bringing on the pain.

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Why would someone work over two years on a project for an audience numbered only in the dozens? And what can the rest of us learn from it? The Spaniard and Dread draw lessons from the play that Dread has been developing, first mentioned way back in Episode 20. The conversation touches on deep preparation, trusting your gut, and adjusting emotionally when you reach a long-term goal. There's also talk about "cutting the brush in front of you" when you can't know what's ahead. Oh yeah, Dread still loves those frontier analogies.

In today's AMX, we talk: relentless drive, buying into excellence and living by principles.

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In today's AMX, we talk: uneasiness and its beauty, the paradox that exists in many of us and the Grand Master (you).

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In today's AMX, we talk: outrunning your shadow (or not!), the rules of life and the excuses we make.

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Let's all hold The Spaniard to the promise that he makes Matt Anderson at the end of this episode. He owes Matt big-time for creating his website and all of his T-shirts during his fight career. But you'll see that these were labors of love that go back to their school days. It's crazy fun to hear them look back on pizza lunches and that time with the rattlesnake. Plus hearing Matt's stories about Channing Tatum, Matthew Broderick, Amy Adams … consuming all the wrong things before and during marathons … bluffing his way into Oakland Arena … and just plain taking leaps of faith and pursuing what he loves. Which, oh by the way, led the guy to win two Emmy awards!