Laura Gassner Otting is deeply passionate about helping people become a better version of themself. She is someone who talks the talk because she has walked the walk! This episode is so full of energy from the first couple of minutes so be sure you are ready for this one because it is something special! In the full episode, we walk about how failure is not final. It's fulcrum. It's where you find out what you're really made of. LGO also gives her definition of success and failure, and it's a pretty powerful definition.

In this particular clip, LGO gives 3 lies we tell ourselves about why we don't chase our dream and then explains how we can change the voice in our head to chase after our dreams instead of believing those lies.

Episode 15 - Pursue a Better You with Laura Gassner Otting

"Leaders like to take all the wins. You can’t take the wins if you’re not willing to accept the failures. You’ve got to own them both."

Today's episode is with the Founder and Chairman of the Board at Liftbrands, Mr. Peter Taunton. Peter is a pioneer in the fitness industry as the founder of Snap Fitness, which now has 2500 locations in 26 countries. In recent years, he has acquired and founded several brands to round out the consumer fitness experience; 9Round, Farrell's, YogaFit, STEELE Fitness, and Fitness On Demand. Together with the Snap Fitness brand, they comprise one of the world's largest wellness franchise organizations with over 6000 locations across multiple brands serving 165 million workouts and counting.

In 2010, he was named an Ernst and Young Entrepreneur Of The Year, and his companies have been featured in such prestigious lists as Entrepreneur 500, Inc 5000, and Top Global and Franchise 500. For Taunton, it comes down to one word: passion. He has it, he teaches it and the results speak for themselves.

David Meltzer is all about accelerating his growth! He gets excited when he feels pain because he knows that there is a growth opportunity! In the full episode, we talk about the importance of celebrating your mistakes; how he became a ferocious buddha; what he means by Stop-Drop-Roll to get out of ego-based consciousness and so much more.

In this particular clip, Dave talks about how pain really is an indicator to learn and for growth! He talks about his mindset regarding pain/failure, and it's an incredible couple of minutes.

Episode 13 - Dave Meltzer on Accelerating Your Growth

"Until you give yourself permission to suck, you can never give yourself permission to improve."

Today’s episode goes deep as we hang out with and learn from former NFL Athlete, Competitor on American Ninja Warrior, International speaker, Host of the Aww Shift podcast, author of Trust Your Hustle and founder of Identity Shift coaching, Anthony Trucks.

Anthony has an insane story to how he has gotten to where he is today. A story that includes foster care and beatings as a child; being adopted into an all-white family; divorce from his high school sweetheart – remarrying his high school sweetheart; losing his NFL career to a devastating injury; nearly declaring bankruptcy on multiple occasions; contemplation of suicide and more. He now runs an extremely successful business, Identity Shift, helping people shift their identity to reach their full potential.

Morgan Stuart is all about Maximizing Failure. In the full episode, we talk about why she and her team needed to fail to improve their business; Why you need to forgive yourself for failing; What #maximizefailure really means to her and so much more. In today's Thriving Thursday, we talk briefly about the 4 Step Training Method she created to deal with failure, ASAP.

Episode 6 - Maximize Failure with Morgan Stuart

"If you want, you can decide to never fail again. Because if you attempt something, and it doesn't turn out the way you want, don't look at it as failure. Look at that as practice."

Today’s episode promises to be incredible as we get to hang out with the ‘Michael Jordan of Dentistry,’ Dr. Bill Dorfman. Dr. Bill has had a career unparalleled to any other dentist in history transforming the smiles of some of the biggest celebrities in the world such as Katy Perry, Usher, Anthony Hopkins, Mark Wahlberg, and many many more. He was the only dentist featured on ABC's hit show Extreme Makeover and is currently a recurring guest on the CBS Emmy Awarded daytime talk show, The Doctors. He has also appeared on numerous TV shows including Oprah, Larry King Live, Good Morning America just to name a few.

As the founder of Discus Dental – one of the world's leading dental companies – he helped lead the company from its inception to more than $1.3 BILLION in sales primarily with award-winning tooth whitening products such as ZOOM! and BriteSmile. Dr. Bill has received 20-lifetime achievement awards, 2 Guinness Book of World Records, is a New York Times Bestselling Author, and recently was the first dentist ever Knighted by the Royal Order of Constantine.

He’s a passionate philanthropist, who with the help of Garth Brooks and the Crown Council of Dentists, has helped raise more than $44 million for children's charities. Dr. Bill is also the founder of the non-profit LEAP Foundation, which is a week-long motivational/leadership program taught at UCLA every summer for high school and college-aged students. Along with all of these incredible accomplishments, he is a health and fitness enthusiast and proud father of 3 daughters.

Alan Stein talks about what he means by being open to and inviting failure into our lives. He says, "If you want to have some big payoffs to be extremely happy or to be uber-successful, then you have to be willing to take some big risks. Part of taking a big risk is understanding that you're leaving yourself open and vulnerable to bigger failures." This is such an incredible clip and an even more powerful full episode.

- Episode 4 - Alan Stein, Jr. talks Parenting, Embracing Failure, and Controlling the Controllable

"Failure is when something goes wrong and you let it control you instead of going back to the drawing board and learning something."

For anyone who wants to learn, grow, and personally develop, this episode is incredible!

We get to hang out with Coach Pete Wehry. Pete has had the privilege to mentor and guide college coaches, NBA coaches, business leaders, and non-profit leadership. He’s spoken in nearly all 50 states including Haiti, DR, Mexico, and Italy.

Pete currently serves as a National Director at Nations of Coaches, a non-profit organization serving Division 1 basketball coaches and players. He’s also the best person I’ve ever seen lead the game Simon Says.

But what makes Pete so special, and why he’s had such a big impact on life, is because he was my college coach for 3 years. He taught me so much about relationships and the importance of people; and the power of faith and just so much more.

In this week's Thriving Thursday episode, Adam talks about the importance of having a positive perspective on failure. He says, "So much of failure is about perspective. If your perspective is off, then you’re going to view things in more of a negative light". He also talks about how the phrase, "Think Smart. Fail Fast." has helped reshape Lead Em Up's focus on trying new things.

- Episode 2 - Redefining Failure with Adam Bradley

"You have to expect failure. If you don't fail, you're not going to learn why something worked!"

If you are an entrepreneur, thinking about starting your business, or know someone who has their own business, this episode is a MUST listen!

We get to hang out with engineer, entrepreneur, inventor, and advisor, Dave Ferrera. Dave has more than 25 years’ experience in the medical device field. He has a proven track record of success in leading US-based medical startups from founding companies, developing products, and managing those companies from the idea phase all the way to successful commercialization of products and exits.

He’s been featured on Forbes, Yahoo Finance, Entrepreneur Magazine, and much more. Currently, he's a managing partner of Quantum Fund OC which is a Venture Studio that evaluates investments into catheter-based diagnostic and interventional radiology technologies.

Dave has some incredible insight and wisdom to share from the lessons that he has learned on his journey.