This week I’m thrilled to chat with best selling Author, Joseph Nguyen. Joseph has devoted his life to helping others see beyond what they can currently see and live a limitless and creative life full of passion and inspiration. His new book titled, “Don’t Believe Everything You Think” is an incredible guide to helping people overcome anxiety, self-doubt, and self-sabotage without needing to rely on motivation or willpower. Joseph is a well-spoken, deep thinker, who is full of wisdom and advice for anybody with an open mind and willingness to improve their mindset.

Topics

-Why we shouldn’t believe everything we think

-Creating awareness and asking the right questions around our thoughts

-Observing the world vs. being consumed by it

-The difference between thoughts and thinking

-How to prevent over thinking

-Why choice = freedom

-“Nothing is nor good or bad, but thinking makes it so.”

-Getting into a flow state by eliminating distractions 

-“Thinking is the root cause of suffering.”

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This week on The MiFit Podcast I get to chat with branding Coach, Patrick Cummings. Patrick has been building brands, starting companies, and creating media inside the CrossFit space since 2006 and was the co-founder of Again Faster Equipment. Through his brand, Functional Branding, Patrick has worked with hungry and humble gym owners, coaches, and entrepreneurs toward stronger brands and more confidence. Patrick is also co-host of one of the most popular fitness podcasts in the world, Chasing Excellence, with Ben Bergeron.

Topics

-Similarities between fitness and brand building 

-Micro action mixed with macro patience

-The power in great questions

-How to stand out in a world full of noise, clutter, and distraction

-Be the only, be wrong for most people, be remarkable

-Rebranding vs. evolving

-How to optimize your schedule for success

-Parkinson’s Law

-Being busy vs. being overwhelmed 

-Biggest lessons learned from EC Synkowski and Ben Bergeron

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This week on The MiFit Podcast isa throwback to a chat I had in 2020 with with Dawn Fletcher, owner of The Mentality WOD. Dawn has coached more than a dozen CrossFit Games athletes and has helped many other driven individuals to championships, podiums, and elite competitions over the past 14+ years. Dawn is a CrossFit Level 3 trainer, certified strength and conditioning specialist with a Master’s Degree in Kinesiology and a specialization in Sport and Exercise Psychology. Dawn is a very passionate individual who loves helping others achieve excellence in their pursuits. 

Topics

-Dawn’s background and her intro to Mindset Coaching

-Creating a better mindset starts with having awareness

-How to create clarity

-Aligning your values, goals, and daily habits 

-Using language to improve your mindset

You can follow Dawn and everything she is up to at the following links

IG @mentality_wod and @dawnmfletcher

Website mentality wod

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This week i’m thrilled to chat with award-winning science writer David Robson. David is currently based in the UK, graduated from Cambridge University, and has appeared in several notable publications including Guardian, the Atlantic, Men’s Health, and Washington Post. 

You’ve heard of the placebo effect and how sugar pills can accerlerate healing. But did you know that people who believe stress is beneficial become measurably more creative when placed under strain? Or associating aging with wisdom can add seven-plus years to your life? Such is the power of the Expectation Effect. What we think will happen changes what does happen

Topics

-“The mind is its own place and in it self can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven.”

-Personal story of the Expectation Effect showing up in David’s life

-How your beliefs and your words shape your reality

-How we can rethink pain and discomfort in a better way

-How thinking of everyday activities, rather than work, gives us a healthier life

-Your expectations are greater than your genes

-How to turn negative feelings to your advantage 

-Why you are really as young or old as you feel

-Three ways to implement the Expectation Effect into your own life

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This week I chat with two-time Emmy Award Winning Journalist, Founder and CEO of Clarity Media Group, and former reporter for ABC and CBS News, Bill McGowan. Bill has anchored hundreds of hours of news and information programming as well as thousands of interviews with CEO’s, Professional Athletes, Book Authors, and celebrities. Bill now uses his experience to coach clients on how to exude more confidence and command on television and in front of a live audience. Those he has trained include Eli Manning, Sheryl Sandberg, Jack Welch, Mary J. Blige, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, the CEO’s of Facebook, Airbnb, Snapchat, Spotify, Calvin Klein, Whole Foods, and many more. Bill is also the author of the best selling book Pitch Perfect: How to Say it Right the First Time, Every Time.

Topics

-How to tell a captivating story

-The do’s and don’t’s of the first minute of your presentation

-The no-tailgating principle

-The pasta-sauce principle 

-How to use pitch variations to make the most out of your voice

-Overcoming a distracted audience 

-Crafting a speech for a wedding

-How to overcome pre-speech nerves

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This week on The MiFit Podcast I chat with Physician, Author, and Ted Speaker BJ Miller. BJ specializes in helping patients and families face illness and death realistically, comfortably, and on their own terms. BJ has had tremendous outreach through his popular Ted Talk “What Really Matters at the End of Life” has over 10 million views on YouTube as well as his best selling book titled “A Beginner’s Guide to the End.” BJ’s passion for palliative care stems from personal experience — an electrocution shock sustained while at Princeton cost him three limbs and nearly killed him. But his experiences form the foundation of a hard-won empathy for patients who are running out of time.

Topics

-Reflecting on becoming electrocuted and losing three limbs

-The power of the mind during healing

-Using death as a way to live your best life

-How to have a better relationship with death

-Consistent themes and regrets of people on their death bed

-“We are freer than we think we are. And that freedom owes much to death.”

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This week i’m fired up to bring back the world’s leading authority on mental performance, Brian Cain. Brian is a #1 international best-selling author and one of the world’s most sought after coaches in the mental performance field. His mental performance training strategies have been used by thousands of elite performers, and top athletes around the world, including UFC World Champions, multiple NCAA National Champions, thousands of MLB draft pics, and hundreds of athletes in the NBA, PGA, NFL, and NHL.

Brian has a ton of knowledge and expertise backed up with a contagious high energy spirit that makes you want to run through a wall. It was a pleasure to reconnect with him and dive deeper into the nuances of Mental Performance Training. 

Topics

-Top 2 misconceptions of mental performance training

-The relationship between confidence and arrogance

-The importance of talking to yourself AND listening to yourself

-How Brian would coach Bill Buckner after his famous error in the World Series

-How to change the culture of a program that is used to being below average

-Your attention without intention is wasted life

-How to enjoy each day and still be an elite performer

-Dealing with clients that are resistance to mental performance training

If you enjoyed this conversation and want to hear more from Brian, be sure to dial back to episode 134 where we break down the top 10 pillars of mental performance. Additionally, be sure to leave a rating, review, and refer to a friend as that helps the show grow tremendously. Thank you all for the continued support. Enjoy the show!

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This week on The MiFit Podcast i’m honored to sit down with retired chief of the FBI Counterintelligence Behavior Analysis Program, a former recruiter of Russian Spies, and a globally recognized expert in human motivations and behaviors, Robin Dreeke. Since retiring from the FBI Robin has now taken his knowledge into coaching, speaking, and writing three books included his latest called Sizing People Up: A veteran FBI agent’s user manual for behavior prediction.

Topics

-Robin’s experience as a Russian spy recruiter 

-Top 4 techniques for creating quick rapport

-5 Principles of gaining trust

-6 ways to predict behavior

-Likability vs. Trustworthy

-How to rebuild trust after it’s been blown

-How to establish trust in a new environment 

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