Chasing Excellence
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Why Discomfort Means You're Growing (Not Failing)
Am I Building Grit Or Burning Out?
Life Is a Frisbee Balanced on a Pencil
Person First, Process Second, Goal Third
Why Chasing Excellence Is Going Daily
Why Smart People Keep Outsourcing Their Diet to Strangers (w/ EC Synkowski)
Forever Fit | Why Your Fitness Feels Stalled (And Why That's Normal)
Forever Fit | The 2 Signs You're Too Sore to Train
Why We Keep Choosing Work Over the People We Love (w/ Robert Waldinger)
Annie Thorisdottir Talks Training Character, Consistency, & Collaboration (w/ Christine Bald)
Our 21-Day Happiness Challenges Starts Today!
Chase Challenge | Happiness Is a Subtraction Problem We’re Solving All Wrong
Ben’s Battle With Depression & What’s Helping Now (w/ Dr Rich Joseph)
3 Simple Principles for a Life of Health, Happiness, & Hearts on Fire
20 Questions That Map Your Mental Fitness (w/ Chris Irwin)
Individual vs. Class Programming: What Actually Matters
5x5 | Accepting Adversity & Eating Clean When Going Out
Unconditional Love Isn't Soft. It's What Makes Our Kids Brave
When "Did You Work Out?" Feels Like an Attack
20 Simple Ways to Fight Drift — That Invisible Shift Away from Your Best Self
Raise | Screens Are Only 1 of 5 Causes of Anxious Kids (w/ Kim John Payne)
Chase Challenge | You Don't Need Anyone's Permission to Be a High Performer
5x5 | Building Real Friendships After 40 & Asking Questions That Connect
Forever Fit | Learn to Breathe (+ 9 More Habits That Upgrade Your Training)
You Don't Owe Your Past More Than You Owe Your Future
Raise | Receive Your Kids — Don't Just Shape Them (w/ Christina Watka)
The High Performer's Playbook: 2 Rules, 5 Habits, & 7 Traps
Chase Challenge | High Performance Isn't a Talent. Prove It in 21 Days
Purpose Effect | Athena Perez on Fasting 40 Days to Face Emotional Eating
The External-to-Internal Method for Raising Healthy Kids
7 Habits of People Who Make Other People Better (w/ Jon Gordon)
Chase Challenge | Why You Need to Reverse Engineer Your Triggers
Forever Fit | Train Heavy, Fast, Far, and Free: How to Stay Formidable for Life
Coaches Aren't Essential. Here's Why You Need One Anyway.
How to Persuade Yourself Into the Person You Want to Be (w/ Jay Heinrichs)
5x5 | Fixing Your Testosterone Without HRT & Building a Legit Home Gym
Raise | How to Build Emotional Immunity in Your Kids (w/ Jenna Cain)
Purpose Effect | Ryan Rivard on the Climb From Overdose to Everest
How to Adjust the 5 Factors of Health at 40, 50, 60, and Beyond
Chase Challenge | Stop Letting Your Triggers Run Your Life
Forever Fit | 6 Training Principles for a Yes-to-Anything Life
5x5 | Reading for Recall Over Ego & Letting Flow Happen at Home
Raise | Of the 272 Emotions, Most Parents Only Know 12 (w/ D. Earl Johnston)
The One Thing You're Actually Hiring a Coach For
Be Selfless So You Can Become Fearless (w/ Jim Murphy)
9 Distractions Quietly Keeping You From Health, Happiness, & A Heart on Fire
Ep 490The Most Important Question to Ask Your Kids Before Bed
What if the most powerful thing you could do for your child's confidence takes less than five minutes a day? In this short episode, we revisit a conversation with mindset coach Mark England that sparked something big — the idea of a wins journal — and we explore how one simple question before bed can reshape the story your kids tell themselves about who they are.We dive into why most of us have a black belt in dismissing our own accomplishments and how that pattern gets passed down to our children. Learn how replacing "what went wrong today" with "what went right today" connects to the Awareness → Intention → Action framework, and hear a full reading of Patrick's new children's book What's a Win I Won Today? — written to give families a way into the conversations that actually matter.📗 Grab the book!❤️ Free Newsletter & the Chase Club🏁 New to Chasing Excellence? Start here!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Ep 489The 10-Point Drift Diagnosis: Modern Life Is Like a Lazy River
Are you unknowingly losing your edge — not in one dramatic moment, but through a thousand small, quiet compromises? In this episode, we diagnose the 10 forces of modern life that pull us toward what we call "the pool of dysfunction" — and, more importantly, we explore the countermeasures to swim against the current. Discover why drift is the true villain in the pursuit of health, happiness, and hearts on fire.From comfort everywhere and infinite digital distraction to food engineered for addiction and the erosion of awareness, we break down exactly where drift shows up and what to do about it. Learn how Thomas Aquinas's four idols and the concept of entropy frame the battle, why anything under zero compounds just as powerfully as anything above it, and how choosing useful discomfort is the first step back toward intention and action.👉 Get the full Listener's Guide here❤️ Free Newsletter & the Chase Club🏁 New to Chasing Excellence? Start here!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Ep 488Feel It, Don't Feed It: Own Your Emotions Without Being Owned by Them (w/ Margaret Cullen)
Most of us were raised with only two options for dealing with difficult emotions: act them out or stuff them down. In this conversation with Margaret Cullen, author of Quiet Strength, we explore a powerful third door — equanimity — and learn how to fully feel our emotions without being hijacked by them.Discover why equanimity isn't about dulling your feelings — it's about deepening them while staying free. We dig into practical cognitive hacks for breaking the cycle of reactivity, the 90-second rule that can transform how you respond to life's hardest moments, and how creating the right conditions can let calm arise naturally rather than being forced. Learn to widen your window of tolerance and connect with reality as it actually is.👉 Get the full Listener's Guide here❤️ Free Newsletter & the Chase Club🏁 New to Chasing Excellence? Start here!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Ep 487The Anti Bucket List: Stop Chasing What You Already Have (w/ Marcus Wilson)
What if the secret to lasting fulfillment isn't adding more to your life, but letting go of your attachment to the things you're chasing? In this conversation with NOBULL co-founder Marcus Wilson, we explore the reverse bucket list — a powerful framework for breaking free from the endless cycle of wanting more so you can actually enjoy what you already have.Inspired by Arthur Brooks and Simon Sinek, we dig into why checking off every goal on your list can still leave you feeling empty, and how true satisfaction comes from wanting less — not having more. Discover how to raise expectations for yourself while releasing expectations for the world around you, stay present instead of performing your life for others, and build the warrior mindset that keeps you calm and connected no matter what comes your way.👉 Get the full Listener's Guide here❤️ Free Newsletter & the Chase Club🏁 New to Chasing Excellence? Start here!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.