Max Out

As the old warrior ethos goes, "The more you sweart in practice, the less you`ll bleed in war." Life will inevitably provide us with challenges and setbacks, and if we`re not prepared it will knock us out. Practicing these 5 ideas every day will bulletproof your resilience in advance so that when adversity hits, you`ll be well prepared.

Today I am joined by our first repeat guest, world-renowned speaker and author Michael Gelb. If you haven`t checked out the first episode, we had an epic time discussing creativity, his work with the Rolling Stones, and How to Think Like Leonardo DaVinci! Today we`re in for another treat as we will be discussing his new book, Mastering the Art of Public Speaking, how to transform fear and supercharge your career.

Max Out Insights:

Fear is almost universal, so don`t beat yourself up for having it

CAN > DOSE. In fear, we experience cortisol, adrenaline, and norepinephrine. The way to get out of this is by creating the neurochemistry of dopamine, oxytocin, serotonin, and endorphins through reframing fear into excitement.

If you know what you want others to feel, it`s easier for you to catch that feeling

Instead of just trying to “get through”, set intentions for your speech: What do you want your audience to know? How do you want them to feel? What do you want them to do?

Max Out Quotes:

“If you can`t improve on silence, zip it.”

“If you want to be a public speaker, have something interesting to say first.”

“Everybody has butterflies, the secret is to get the butterflies to fly in formation.”

“Excitement and terror are the same physiology, just a different framework.”

#83: How to Transform Negative into Positive Emotions by Max Weigand

Lanny Bassham is a legend of the sports world that is a former World and Olympic Champion as well as 4x World Record holder in rifle shooting! After being told in 6th grade he was the least likely person in his school to ever win the Olympics, Lanny threw himself into Rifle Shooting and developed his Mental Management System that has since helped thousands of elite athletes, senior executives, special forces and many more to perform at their best when it matters most. If you want to master your self-talk, improve your self-image, and consistently make the most of your potential, this one is a must!

Max Out Insights:

Every behavior has three phases: Anticipation, Action, and Reinforcement. In the anticipation we use the conscious mind to direct our thoughts, in the action phase the subconscious mind takes over, and in the reinforcement phase we change our self-image depending on what we think about what we have just done.

When things go well, rehearse what went well. When things go bad, rehearse what would make it good.

3 questions for post-performance contemplation: What went right? What did I learn? What am I going to do about it?

Don`t seek accomplishment, seek attainment: What you achieve + WHO YOU BECOME

When challenges arise, ask: What is life teaching me?

Max Out Quotes:

“I learned from my father that you don`t take no for a no the first time.”

“Everything in life has a best way to do it, you just need to find out what it is.”

“Your self-image grows when you think about the solution and it shrinks when you think about the problem.”

“Every shot I shot was either a success or a lesson. It wasn`t win or lose, it was win or learn.”

“Reality is not reality. Your perception of reality is your reality.”

“If you talk about what went right, your self-image grows. If you talk about what went wrong, your self-image shrinks.”

“Think about what you want to happen, not what you don`t want to happen.”

“What you think about before and during this race affects this race. But what you think about afterwards affects all future races.”

“Winning is about reaching the top of your potential.”

#81: Use Kindness As Your Superpower by Max Weigand

Clarity comes from action, not thought. This mantra has become one of the guiding principles of my life.

What’s one goal or challenge that you could take a first step towards?

Mike Straw is the founder and CEO of Achieve Breakthrough, an award-winning organizational change consultancy that helps businesses improve their culture and leadership as well as achieve seemingly impossible breakthroughs. My dad is a huge fan of him, so of course I had to reach out and get some of his wisdom on creating breakthroughs in business and life!

Max Out Insights:

Successful change efforts require a change in thinking

Your current assumptions may have led you to here but prevent you from reaching the next level

Before creating a new future, let go of your past results, stories, assumptions, and habits

When asked what they really want to accomplish, people tend to look at their past to predict their future

If you were already the leader you want to be, how would you think and act?

What`s missing from you living your ideal life right now?

Developing presence is key to dealing with uncertainty

We learn best in action, not by sucking our thumb

To learn from failure, stop beating yourself up and ask yourself: What would my winning moves be next time?

Max Out Quotes:

“Leadership is the art of taking something that was impossible to possible to real.”

“Most of the reason great things don`t happen is because you and I have inherited some story of why it isn`t possible.”

“How do you start to be the way you want to be NOW?”

“Collaboration, in the purest sense, is many great minds coming together and creating something that they could have never done on their own.”

“If you get to a place where you`re trying to prove yourself and you`re not listening to what`s really going on, you`re going to have a massive failure.”

Bob Burg is a Hall of Fame Speaker and the international best-selling author of The Go-Giver. Named one of the 30 Most Influential Leaders by the American Management Association, Bob has helped millions of people around the world expand their influence, sales, leadership skills, and most importantly, their ability to give. Bob, welcome to the show!

Max Out Insights:

Selling is about discovering what the other person wants and giving it to them

5 laws of success: value, compensation, influence, authenticity, receptivity

Price is a dollar figure, value is the desirability of the product to the user

If you consistently show up as your best self, over time you become it

Max Out Quotes:

“Giving is about constantly and consistently providing immense value to others.”

“Giving is not only a more pleasant way of conducting business, it`s the most financially profitable way as well.”

“No one`s gonna buy from you because you have a quota to make. They will buy from you because they believe they will be better off because of it.”

“Be a go-giver and a go-getter, just not a go-taker.”

“Your true worth in the business-sense is determined by how much more you give in value than you take in payment.”

“All things being equal, people will do business with and refer business to those people they know, like, and trust.”

“Authenticity should never be confused with not growing and staying where you are.”

“The key to effective giving is to stay open to receiving.”

Today`s guest is Brandon Powell, Founder of PHYR, black belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, and instructor of the Wim Hof Method that has taken the world by storm over the last few years and is now practiced by some of the highest performers on the planet. And that`s exactly what we`ll talk about today: How to use breathing and ice to master the mind and live your life on fire!

Max Out Insights:

When you enter the water calm and you leave the water calm, it allows you to consciously process the impact and deal with your emotions

Breathing: 30 breaths (full inhale, partial exhale), breath hold,recovery breath, repeat

You can strengthen the mind by deliberately seeking discomfort

You can create joy, bliss, and fulfillment on a daily basis through cold water, deep breathing, and the right focus

Emotions are neurochemical reactions of our body that we interpret as pleasant/unpleasant, so to feel positive we need to create the neurochemistry aligned with that

Max Out Quotes:

“The beauty of the ice is that it always delivers the same results.”

“Train your breath, and everything else will grow from there.”

Today I`m joined by the real-life superwoman Janine Shepherd, one of the most inspiring people I`ve ever met. At 24, Janine was Australia`s biggest hope for an Olympic Gold in Skiing when a horrible accident suddenly shattered her dreams and almost her life. After being told she could never walk again, Janine decided to bring the same fire that won her the nickname Janine the Machine in sports and apply it to life, and has since inspired millions of people around the world to develop resilience and realize that a broken body does not make a broken person.

Max Out Insights:

• When you get broken by life, find a reason to get out of bed and keep living

• Study your victories to repeat them: Once you see that overcoming obstacles is a process, it makes it easier to do it again

• What do you think, feel, and do at your best?

• You build resilience by being resilient

Max Out Quotes:

• „Rock bottom doesn`t show you who you are, it shows you who you`re not. And it showed me that I`m not my body.“

• „If I can`t do that, what can I do? If I can`t walk, then maybe I can fly?“

• „How do you create a new identity for yourself? Inch by inch.“

• „I can`t cherrypick my experiences, I`m gonna take them all: The good, the painful, and the joyful.“

• „I truly believe that what we really want in life is not just to be happy, but to have a life of meaning.“

• „My happiness is more of a contentment of knowing that I`m doing what I`m meant to be doing.“

• „Don`t compare your life to others on social media, just run your own race.“

• „What brings me joy? What makes me come alive? What creates meaning for me?“

• „What`s the gift in this?“

• „Learn to love the hills of your life. What`s your hill in life right now? And what`s one thing you can do TODAY to get over that hill?“