Success Through Failure with Jim Harshaw Jr

SAM CONNIFF ALLENDE is a multi-award-winning social entrepreneur and co-founder and former CEO of Livity, Don’t Panic, and Live magazine. Since starting his entrepreneurial career at age 19, Sam has mentored thousands of talented young entrepreneurs and hustlers around the world. Sam is an acclaimed public speaker and advocate of “business as unusual,” and a purpose-driven strategy consultant to brands such as Red Bull, Unilever, and PlayStation. Sam has refined the concepts explored in his bests...

We all have defining moments in our lives. Sometimes we expect them– like getting married or winning a championship. Other times we don’t– like a death in the family or a surprise promotion. When you have to move on despite change, transition, loss, or new challenges, will you be able to? Do you have a framework from which to live and work that will propel you into ... This episode on moving on is the fourth of a four-part series on defining moments. Find all the episodes at JimHarshawJr.com/DefiningM

Clint Wattenberg is currently the Director of Nutrition at the UFC Performance Institute in Las Vegas. Clint was a 2X All American wrestler at Cornell University and a member of the US National Team. He is a registered dietician and earned his master’s degree in exercise physiology. He now works with some of the top MMA athletes in the world.

We all have defining moments in our lives. Sometimes we expect them-- like getting married or winning a championship. Other times we don’t-- like a death in the family or a surprise promotion. Will you back down when yours arrives? Or will you face your fear? Take action? Speak up? Move on? This episode on taking action is the second of a four-part series on defining moments. Find all the episodes at JimHarshawJr.com/DefiningMoments

Alan Stein, Jr. is a performance coach, consultant, speaker and author. He spent 15 years working with the highest performing basketball players on the planet. Alan delivers high-energy keynotes and interactive workshops to improve performance, cohesion, and accountability. He inspires and empowers everyone he works with to take immediate action and improve mindset, habits, and productivity. In other words, Alan teaches how to utilize the same strategies in business that elite athletes use to perform...

We all have defining moments in our lives. Sometimes we expect them-- like getting married or winning a championship. Other times we don’t-- like a death in the family or a surprise promotion. Will you back down when yours arrives? Or will you face your fear? Take action? Speak up? Move on? This episode on taking action is the second of a four-part series on defining moments. Find all the episodes at JimHarshawJr.com/DefiningMoments

We all have defining moments in our lives. Sometimes we expect them-- like getting married or winning a championship. Other times we don’t-- like a death in the family or a surprise promotion. Will you back down when yours arrives? Or will you face your fear? Take action? Speak up? Move on? This episode on facing your fear is the first of a four-part series on defining moments.

Today I bring you Sheila Heen. An expert on managing difficult negotiations, Sheila is a lecturer at Harvard Law School and a founder of Triad Consulting. Her corporate clients include Apple, Unilever, the Federal Reserve Bank, Pixar, Novartis, and numerous others. She often partners with executive teams, helping them work through conflict, repair working relationships, and make sound decisions together. She’s the author of two New York Times bestselling books. Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What

Ever feel like you go through your day at 100 mph and get 100 things done but you didn’t really make meaningful progress toward anything? Like you’re hustling but not getting any closer to your goals? Like you’re not able to move the needle? Me too. That’s when I started studying how elite performers operate. How they get things done. How they structure their day so that they get more out of the same 24 hours than everybody else. Now, I get twice as much done as the average person. And I hav

James Fell is a motivation, health, and fitness writer for the Los Angeles Times and the Chicago Tribune. He has authored pieces in TIME Magazine, the Guardian, Men’s Health, Women’s Health, and many other publications. His blog, Body For Wife, has millions of visitors a year. He is the author of two books: The Holy Sh!t Moment: How Lasting Change Can Happen in an Instant (St. Martin’s Press, 2019), and Lose it Right: A Brutally Honest 3-Stage Program to Help You Get Fit and Lose Weight Without Losing

I talk a lot on this podcast about how to live your life right. How to focus on the important things and have goals in the right areas of your life. And I talk about failure. Failure is hard. But failure, by definition, is in your control. It’s caused by choices you make. And because of that, you can adapt, iterate, learn, and improve. But sometimes, life throws curveballs at you. Sometimes you face impossibly tough situations that are outside of your control. Like the death of a loved one.

A few important words of advice from Jim for making the most of the holidays.

J’den Cox was a 3X NCAA Champion wrestler at the University of Missouri, a 2016 Olympic Bronze Medalist, 2017 World Bronze Medalist, has recently been crowned king of the world… 2018 World Champion. I have many friends and acquaintances who have won world and Olympic medals who I could invite onto the show. It’s just the nature of having been deeply involved in the sport for three and a half decades. They’reworld-classs performers. I don’t invite most of them onto the podcast though. But J’den i

Do you want to have your best year yet in 2019? Are you uncertain of exactly how to make that happen? In this episode, I walk you through how to do a year in review. That is, how you should evaluate your year and create a plan to have an even better year next year. You can do a year in review any time but December and January are the most common times that people are thinking about it. Let’s get started in creating your best year yet! Listen now...

Jeff Eggers is Executive Director of the McChrystal Group Leadership Institute, where he focuses on organizational performance and leadership. Jeff was a Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs and worked at the White House from 2010 to 2015. He retired from the US Navy in 2013, after serving over 20 years as a combat veteran Navy SEAL. Jeff received a Master of Arts from Oxford University and a Bachelor of Science from the United States Naval Academy. Along with former General...