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Welcome to my blog. My passion is to motivate people so they can unlock their unlimited potential and energy. By highlighting some incredible individuals and their accomplishments, I hope to add a little fuel to your fire.
Welcome to my blog. My passion is to motivate people so they can unlock their unlimited potential and energy. By highlighting some incredible individuals and their accomplishments, I hope to add a little fuel to your fire.
Education comes in all shapes and sizes. Some of the most valuable life lessons you will learn by picking up a biography, listening to a podcast, or watching a documentary. Regardless of the format, it is extremely important to expose yourself to the experience of others, and to learn from their journeys. I have highlighted a few of the most influential podcasts, books, and documentaries I have learned from over the years below.
Team Never Quit Podcast: The true originators of spreading the Never Quit mindset to the masses. Dave, Marcus, and the Wizard host THE MOST motivating individuals on their show and delve deeper in what drives them to never quit. Dave and the crew drive some pretty energetic (and often tangential) humor, so if you are not used to that, just hang tight because the guests on this show are truly inspirational (and you will quickly learn to appreciate Dave's intensity and spirit). Highly, highly suggest you check them out.
Jocko Podcast: It is hard to find someone who articulates and projects the motivational and resilient mindset as well as Jocko does. Together with Echo Charlie, he hosts a range of motivational legends in a super high quality, long format podcast.
Unbeatable Mind Podcast: As a former SEAL commander and founder of the Unbeatable Mind and SealFit movements, Mark Divine is a foremost authority on the holistic approach to maximizing your physical and mental capabilities. He brings in some of the most impressive and battle-proven guests and dives deep into what it takes to be the best version of yourself.
Blue Grit Podcast: Maj Anya Fedotova, a psychologist at Los Angeles Air Force Base, dives deep into what resiliency and grit really means. She highlights some of the underlying foundations and shares valuable lessons by bringing in guests who have had to call on those principles in their past.
Hazard Ground Podcast: Mark Zinno & Matt Pascarella team up to offer a great podcast highlighting some incredible stories of service and resilience (both on and off the battlefield). This show will bring you some valuable perspective on life, and help you live each day to its fullest.
The Tim Ferriss Show: Probably the original motivational podcast. Tim hosts high performers from all spectrums of life to talk about what drives them to be great.
Star Talk Radio: Few scientists can replicate the effect Carl Sagan had on the masses. Neil Degrasse Tyson comes as close to that as anyone. A great informational podcast and an easy listen for both ends of the spectrum (those who love science and those who think they don’t love science), thanks to the great weekly comic support crew.
Houston We Have A Podcast: This NASA podcast brings together all the people who are the drivers behind human spaceflight and robotic exploration. The scientists, doctors, astronauts, technicians, etc. that come onto this show share incredible first-hand accounts of what it takes to make space exploration possible.
Rescue Warriors: This documentary about the relatively unknown United States Air Force Pararescue program provides an extremely authentic look at the sacrifices required to realize your dreams. My all time favorite documentary.
Inside Combat Rescue: Probably the best documentary about in-theatre CSAR (Combat Search And Rescue) operations. These selfless Airmen put other's lives (including all allies) before their own so they can bring honor to the USAF Pararescue creed: So that others may live.
Making of Class 234: The classic BUDS documentary that originally aired on the Discovery Channel. The opportunity to get such a close look at the massive physical and mental undertaking that is BUDS will undoubtedly get you motivated to go fitness.