Hello and welcome to Upgrade Thought! On this episode, I will be talking to Shari Rudavsky. Shari is a journalist at the Indiana Star, a Newspaper in Indiana. She previously wrote about healthcare, and recently stepped into a new role as the editor for the education and entertainment sections of the same paper. In this conversation, we discuss how the everyday person should go about consuming news in the most effective way possible, what the transition from print to digital journalism means for the media industry, how Shari builds rapport with interviewees, how breaking stories often start out as a series of tweets, how Shari deals with writer’s block, how readers' media consumption patterns affect the content that gets publicized, and more. Enjoy the show.

Hello everyone and welcome to episode 4 of Upgrade Thought! On this episode, I will be talking to Joe Carbone; Joe is a certified mental performance consultant, meaning that he helps people in various fields improve their thought processes to perform at their best. Joe has worked with athletes of all types, but currently works for Magellan Federal (a company that delivers wellness services to the military) helping soldiers work through the psychological challenges that present themselves in the day-to-day training environment. Get ready to learn about the mindset of an elite soldier, how the story of his high school baseball teammate got him into performance psychology, what his thoughts are on mindfulness and diaphragmatic breathing, what he means by “stupidity over malice,” how performance psychology can be applied across all disciplines, how the movie "Finding Nemo" has helped his soldiers, and more. Enjoy the show!!!

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Hello and welcome to Upgrade Thought! Today, I answer all of your questions related to why I am doing this, and what the future holds for this show. Tune in for a quick preview.

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Today, I will be talking to the strongest man in America, Jeff Lee. A couple weeks ago, Jeff was able to win the Strongman competition, making him the top national powerlifter, for his weight class. Strongman, as you will hear more about on this episode, is a weightlifting competition, that tests competitors on a wide variety of unique, and just flat-out superhuman movements. Get ready to learn about the absurd events that take place in the Strongman competitions including lifting boulders, walking around in circles while holding a bar, carrying 400 pounds for 30 feet, and at one point, pulling trucks. Additionally, we will be learning about Jeff’s mindset, what drives him, how mental health challenges outside of the gym impact what he does in the gym, how he handles the adversity of being injured, what the parallels are between Strongman and other sports, what his favorite exercises are, whether or not Jeff is on steroids, and more. In addition to powerlifting, Jeff currently works as the athletic trainer at the Ethical Culture Fieldston School in The Bronx, NY. Not only will we be talking about his journey, but the fulfillment he gets out of helping  people with theirs. Enjoy the show!

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We all feel an innate connection to something - whether that is a game, a sport, a subject in school, a person, a song, etc. For Manyu, it is stories. On this episode, expect to hear his thoughts on why stories are so powerful, what makes a great story, and what stories you need to hear, read, and watch.

Gus played not one, but two sports at the professional level: football, and baseball. He is currently the athletic director and head football coach for an independent high school in the Bronx, New York. Today, I was able to hear about the thought processes, traits, behaviors, and skillsets that helped him climb to the top of the athletic world. 

The conversation is loaded with incredible stories, lessons, and information. Some of the topics that we discussed include the role of friendship in coaching, dealing with performance-related anxiety, building confidence, how to react to losing, teaching life through sport, addressing parents worried about injuries, and more. Gus goes in depth about his most motivational speech, the time when a player he was coaching grabbed him and yelled at him in the middle of a game, why he thinks that coaching is 95% psychology, and more.