Compete Every Day with Jake Thompson | A Show for Driven Leaders
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S8 Ep 799The Story Needs a Struggle
Every great story needs a struggle - finish May with some encouragement on how to reframe the setbacks into something much more productive.___________________Continue building your Competitor Mindset after today's episode by clicking HERE
S8 Ep 798Being a Competitive Athlete While Building a Professional Career with HYROX Ambassador Alex Shabo
Realtor & HYROX ambassador Alex Shabo joins the podcast to discuss how she balances her athletic love with growing her professional career. We discuss vulnerability & community, the importance of pushing yourself consistently and creating non-negotiables in your schedule.Sign up for Alex's newsletter Hybrid Letter here. Connect with Alex on Instagram here.___________________Continue building your Competitor Mindset after today's episode by clicking HERE
S8 Ep 797One Choice That Separates Great Careers from Average Ones
It's not enough to learn about your blind spots - great careers are determined by those who act upon their knowledge. ___________________Continue building your Competitor Mindset after today's episode by clicking HERE
S8 Ep 796Being Purposeful & Intentional with Your Team's Culture with Angie McGilvrey of APEX Physical Therapy
Grab YOUR copy of 'PT Runs Free' on Amazon here.APEX Physical Therapy's co-founder Angie McGilvrey joins the show to discuss the importance of integrating your purpose & values into your culture, how to make those two vital foundations stick, and what she does as a small business owner of multiple locations to empower her leadership team to step up. Learn more about APEX Physical Therapy here.Connect with APEX team on Instagram here.___________________Continue building your Competitor Mindset after today's episode by clicking HERE
S8 Ep 795What If You Changed the Focus of the Game You're Playing?
What if you stopped trying to win just this week - and started making choices to win the next 5 years? How would that impact your grit, relationships, and growth?___________________Continue building your Competitor Mindset after today's episode by clicking HERE
S8 Ep 794Building a Great Life Now vs. Waiting Until You Get *There* with Steve Riley of Atticus Advantage
Atticus Advantage partner Steve Riley joins the show to discuss the importance of building a great life while you're building an impactful career instead of falling into the trap of 'there.' He shares his own story of struggle with this as well as what lessons he's learned from working with the top 1% of legal practice owners - and how all leaders can apply those lessons to their work. Learn more about Atticus Advantage's coaching programs here.Connect with Steve on LinkedIn here.___________________Continue building your Competitor Mindset after today's episode by clicking HERE
S8 Ep 793How to Use Sundays to Set Up a Winning Week
Learn the 10-minute ritual Jake does every Sunday to set up wins during his upcoming week.___________________Continue building your Competitor Mindset after today's episode by clicking HERE
S8 Ep 792Olympic Gold Medalist Caryn Davies on Gratitude, Performance, & the Boring Work
Grab the new Manifesto / Strong Sailor drops here!Three-time Olympic medalist and recipient of the 2023 Thomas Keller Medal (lifetime achievement in rowing) Caryn Davies joins the show to discuss her Olympic career, high-performance mindset, and how she leveraged gratitude over fear in her performance.Connect with Caryn on LinkedIn here.Learn more about her Boston-area legal practice and team here.___________________Continue building your Competitor Mindset after today's episode by clicking HERE
S8 Ep 791One Reason to Give Yourself Grace
One of the hardest things a high performer can do is give themselves grace for a mistake - but here's why you should and how learning to can help you ultimately perform better in the long-run.___________________Continue building your Competitor Mindset after today's episode by clicking HERE
S8 Ep 790A Massive Key to Being a High Performance with Dr. Ruth Gotian
Jake sits down with high-performance thought leader Dr. Ruth Gotian to discuss key findings with high performance in the workplace, including motivation, rewards, and the power of mentorship.Connect with Dr. Ruth Gotian on LinkedIn here & order her newest book, Financial Times Guide to Mentoring, here.Order the Manifesto 3.0 shirt early here!Join the FREE May Challenge with Jake HERE.___________________Continue building your Competitor Mindset after today's episode by clicking HERE.
S8 Ep 789An Exercise to Being More Productive
Inspired by a coaching conversation, try this four-step method to improve your productivity on priorities.___________________Continue building your Competitor Mindset after today's episode by clicking HERE
S8 Ep 788The Horseshoe Relationship of Confidence & Imposter Syndrome with Rocky Garza
Coach Rocky Garza is focused on helping people 'kill doubt & build confidence.' In today's episode, he and Jake discuss the challenges of his childhood, the work to break some of those habits developed, how they ultimately ended up started him down the path to helping achievers battle back against fear and imposter syndrome to lead more effectively.Learn more about Rocky's coaching programs here.Connect with Rocky on LinkedIn here & Instagram here. ___________________Continue building your Competitor Mindset after today's episode by clicking HERE
S8 Ep 787What is "Perfect" Costing You?
What progress do we end up costing ourselves by looking for 'perfect' in the current moment?___________________Continue building your Competitor Mindset after today's episode by clicking HERE
S8 Ep 786[HUGE ANNOUNCEMENT] Dealing with Insecurity as a Leader with Tyler Dickerhoof
Click here to buy your ticket for Tyler's event where you can see me AND John Maxwell speaking!Impact Driven Leader's founder and leadership coach Tyler Dickerhoof joins today's show to talk about a leader's biggest challenge and how to work through the discomfort to make your biggest impact.Learn more about Tyler's coaching program here.Connect with Tyler on Instagram here.Mentioned in the episode:The Andrew Schulz Flagrant podcast episode with JJ Redick here.Book: The Twin Thieves How Great Leaders Build Great Teams by Lucas Jadin here.Book: The Culture System by J.P. Nerbun here.J.P.'s appearance on the Compete Every Day podcast here.___________________Continue building your Competitor Mindset after today's episode by clicking HERE
S8 Ep 785A Fun Exercise for Dealing with That (annoying, frustrating, etc) Coworker
What is a leader supposed to do when dealing with *that* coworker or direct report? You could complain... but that would be doing what most people do. Do better and try today's activity.___________________Continue building your Competitor Mindset after today's episode by clicking HERE
S8 Ep 784When You Lack Your Best
How should you respond when you wake up and realize, 'I don't have my best today.'___________________Continue building your Competitor Mindset after today's episode by clicking HERE
S8 Ep 783Are You Learning from Both Directions?
Be careful to make sure you're not solely focused on learning from the people ahead of you...Grab the NEW 'Make Life Count' design here. Save 15% with code PODCAST at checkout!___________________Continue building your Competitor Mindset after today's episode by clicking HERE.
S8 Ep 782Are You Surrounded by Cheerleaders or Coaches?
What do the people surrounding you sound like?Grab the NEW 'Make Life Count' design here. Save 15% with code PODCAST at checkout!___________________Continue building your Competitor Mindset after today's episode by clicking HERE.
S8 Ep 781One Way to Replace the Limiting Beliefs Limiting You
How do you start to reprogram limiting beliefs that are limiting you?Join the FREE April Challenge with Jake HERE.___________________Continue building your Competitor Mindset after today's episode by clicking HERE.
S8 Ep 780A Different Way to Encourage Confidence in Yourself
Jake shares strategies to encourage himself during challenging moments and how each of us can implement the same strategy for whatever situation we face.Join the FREE April Challenge with Jake HERE.___________________Continue building your Competitor Mindset after today's episode by clicking HERE.
S8 Ep 779What's In Your Mental Carry-On?
What are you packing in your mental carry-on to be able to pull out when you need it?Listen to this past episode referenced with Lauren Rantala here.Join the FREE April Challenge with Jake HERE.___________________Continue building your Competitor Mindset after today's episode by clicking HERE.
S8 Ep 778An Inspiring Story of Resilience with Michael Bednarz
Compete Every Day community member Mike Bednarz shares his near-death experience in 2023 and how he's approached the long, painful road back with a Competitor Mindset.Follow Mike's journey on Instagram here.___________________Continue building your Competitor Mindset after today's episode by clicking HERE.
S8 Ep 777Four Underrated Skills that Will Make You a Better Leader
Learn four underrated skills that will make you a better leader and take on Jake's challenge to actively work on one of them this next quarter.___________________Continue building your Competitor Mindset after today's episode by clicking HERE.
S8 Ep 776Flex Your Courage Muscle
Building your confidence requires that you flex this more often.___________________Continue building your Competitor Mindset after today's episode by clicking HERE.
S8 Ep 775Discomfort Done Beats Comfortable "Wish I Had"
This is why you want to make a choice that most people won't.___________________Continue building your Competitor Mindset after today's episode by clicking HERE.
S8 Ep 774Building a Strong Culture Virtually with Grant Baldwin
Grant Baldwin is an entrepreneur and founder of The Speaker Lab. Today we discuss the challenges of building culture in an all-virtual organization, and what Grant has done to build an intentional culture while scaling this multimillion-dollar business. Learn more about The Speaker Lab and their programs here.Grab Grant's book, The Successful Speaker, on Amazon here.___________________Continue building your Competitor Mindset after today's episode by clicking HERE.
S8 Ep 773What If I Can't Change the Culture?
What's a leader supposed to do if they can't change the entire culture from their position in the organizational chart?Join the FREE March Challenge with Jake HERE.___________________Continue building your Competitor Mindset after today's episode by clicking HERE.
S8 Ep 772Why You Need to Bet On Yourself
Learn four vital reasons why you should bet on yourself in your career. Check out the inspiration for today's episode here.Join the FREE March Challenge with Jake HERE.___________________Continue building your Competitor Mindset after today's episode by clicking HERE.
S8 Ep 769Why It's Important to Celebrate Small Wins
Don't overlook the importance of celebrating even your smallest steps forward.Join the FREE March Challenge with Jake HERE.___________________Continue building your Competitor Mindset after today's episode by clicking HERE.
S8 Ep 770Do You Throw It In or Try Again?
Join the FREE March Challenge with Jake HERE.Are you building the habit of throwing in the towel or trying again when you get off-track? ___________________Continue building your Competitor Mindset after today's episode by clicking HERE.
S8 Ep 769What If I Don't Believe I'm Good Enough?
Join the FREE March Challenge with Jake HERE.What do you do when you lack the confidence that you're even capable of reaching that goal?___________________Continue building your Competitor Mindset after today's episode by clicking HERE.
S8 Ep 768Creating Your Culture's System with JP Nerburn
Author and sports' coaches' coach J.P. Nerburn joins the show to discuss his book The Culture System and ideas for improving your team's culture and instilling larger impact on your people.Grab JP's books on his website here.Connect with JP on Twitter here. Want even MORE? Grab JP's FREE course on here.___________________Continue building your Competitor Mindset after today's episode by clicking HERE.
S8 Ep 767Leaders Who Want to Be Great Crave This
Most people avoid getting truthful (sometimes negative) feedback, because of how it makes them feel. Leaders have to separate the feedback of what they do from the facts of who they are - so they can leverage feedback to get better.___________________Continue building your Competitor Mindset after today's episode by clicking HERE.
S8 Ep 766Reframing Discomfort Instead of Running From It
Our relationship with discomfort - and our ability to reframe how we see it - is vital to our relationship with growth and success.___________________Continue building your Competitor Mindset after today's episode by clicking HERE.
S8 Ep 765Getting More out of Your Day with 3.3 Author John Briggs
Author & small business owner John Briggs returns to the podcast to discuss his newest book, The 3.3 Rule for better controlling your focus, and how we can squeeze more productivity out of less working hours. Grab John's book The 3.3 Rule here.Follow John on LinkedIn here.___________________Continue building your Competitor Mindset after today's episode by clicking HERE.
S8 Ep 764My Advice to a Women's College Basketball Team - And You
Sit in on the words of encouragement I gave recently to a college basketball team and how that same advice can help you as you step into work and life today.___________________Continue building your Competitor Mindset after today's episode by clicking HERE.
S7 Ep 763Are You Focused on the Right Lane?
What could happen if you started channeling your energy into your race - instead of someone else's?___________________Three Ways to Keep Building Your Competitor Mindset After Today's EpisodeHire Jake to speak at your company or event. Click here to learn more.Text PODCAST to 972-945-9113 to join our Morning Motivation ClubSave 15% on empowering gear at CompeteEveryDay.com with code PODCAST at checkout
S8 Ep 762Excellence Isn't Common
Excellence isn't common, so why do we try so hard to blend in with society when society isn't achieving excellent outcomes?___________________Continue building your Competitor Mindset after today's episode by clicking HERE.
S8 Ep 761Is This Getting in the Way of Your Growth as a Leader?
Take a page from this research project featuring CEOs, MBA students, lawyers, and more against.... kindergarteners. Guess who won?It's not who you think - and what this lesson can teach about improvement.Join the FREE February Challenge with Jake HERE.___________________Continue building your Competitor Mindset after today's episode by clicking HERE.
S8 Ep 760Success is the Byproduct, not the Destination
In today's episode, I dive into the importance of focusing on something other than success in order to actually reach it.___________________Continue building your Competitor Mindset after today's episode by clicking HERE.
S8 Ep 759The Reason Why I Always Say "I'm Cheering For You"
There's a very special reason why I close every podcast and every social media post with the line, "I'm cheering for you." In this episode, I reveal why it's so important to me.Join the FREE February Challenge with Jake HERE.___________________Continue building your Competitor Mindset after today's episode by clicking HERE.
S8 Ep 758Is This Keeping You From Going?
Are we honest with ourselves to admit when it's FOPO that's stopping us from starting - and how can we reframe that mindset to reach our goals & realize no one that matters actually cares. Join the FREE February Challenge with Jake HERE.___________________Continue building your Competitor Mindset after today's episode by clicking HERE.
S7 Ep 757Did You Push Yourself Today?
How do you handle that inner voice that tells you that you aren't "good enough?"Join the FREE February Challenge with Jake HERE.___________________Continue building your Competitor Mindset after today's episode by clicking HERE.
S8 Ep 756Embracing the Boring (Nutrition) to Build Your Best Self with Justin Murphy
iCoach founder & nutritional coach Justin Murphy makes his second appearance on the show to discuss the importance of embracing the basics and small shifts to fit your lifestyle vs trying to change everything in your diet. We talk accountability, LEGO blocks, and the importance of consistency.Learn more about iCoach here.Sign up for the FREE CED February Challenge here.___________________Continue building your Competitor Mindset after today's episode by clicking HERE.
S8 Ep 755One Thing a Leader Has to Do Consistently
It's vital when cultivating influence as a leader to continually keep your mind open to doing this on a consistent basis.Join the FREE February Challenge here!___________________Continue building your Competitor Mindset after today's episode by clicking HERE.
S8 Ep 754Embracing "Just One" for Building Momentum
Could you get started if you saw it as "just one" step?___________________Continue building your Competitor Mindset after today's episode by clicking HERE.
S8 Ep 753A New Way to Deal with Crowded Gyms & Those "Resolution Chasers"
What if we stopped complaining about all of the new gym-goers (and resolution chasers) and started using it as an opportunity to encourage?___________________Continue building your Competitor Mindset after today's episode by clicking HERE.
S8 Ep 752Transforming Grumbles into Gratitude
Are your complaints something that someone else would gladly take? An encouraging conversation on the power of reframing our situations as leaders.___________________Continue building your Competitor Mindset after today's episode by clicking HERE.
S8 Ep 751Stop Shrinking This to Make Others Feel Comfortable
You're only hurting yourself when you shrink your goals to make other people feel comfortable about them.___________________Continue building your Competitor Mindset after today's episode by clicking HERE.
S8 Ep 750Living Full After Hiding It All: A Former HYROX World Champion’s Journey to Overcome Adversity with Lauren Rantala
Warning: NSFW Language in this episode - but it's one you MUST listen to.2022 HYROX Doubles champion Lauren Rantala joins the show to discuss her journey to sobriety, the importance of gratitude & self-talk during competition, and why it's more important to get in the arena rather than sit on the sidelines.Key Links from the Show:Follow Lauren on Instagram here.Check out Lauren's hybrid coaching programming here.Jake's newest book, Lead Better Now, is available for preorder here & on Amazon Kindle here.___________________Continue building your Competitor Mindset after today's episode by clicking HERE.