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Back to SearchPatrick Sweeney on Rowing, Building Companies, and Closing the Belief Gap
Season 2025 Episode 18
Starting a company feels like eating glass for breakfast. Every morning. Olympic rowing hopeful turned five-time founder Patrick Sweeney sits down wi…
2 months, 1 week ago
Zachary Garner on Survival, Service, and High-Stakes Endurance After Near Death
Season 2026 Episode 17
A stiff knee looked like a minor problem. Two days later, it was swelling toward the size of a basketball. Then doctors opened it and found an infect…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Jim Baird on Arctic Survival, Alone, and Owning Bad Decisions
Season 2026 Episode 16
Pinned against Arctic cliffs with no way out, Jim Baird realized the truth too late. One bad decision had put him and his brother in a position where…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Discipline After Amputation: Green Beret Nick Lavery on Ownership and Performance
Season 2026 Episode 15
Machine gun rounds took his right leg in Afghanistan. Nick Lavery decided that wasn't the end. He's an active-duty Green Beret with 5th Special Force…
3 months ago
Dr. Layne Norton on Intensity, Nutrition, and Why Consistency Wins
Season 2026 Episode 14
Most people in the gym aren't training hard enough. Dr. Layne Norton has competed in bodybuilding and powerlifting for over two decades, holds a PhD …
3 months, 1 week ago
Discipline After Combat Injury: Rules for Ownership and Resilience
When everything breaks, excuses disappear and standards are exposed. Joe De Sena sits down with Johnnie Yellock, Air Force Combat Controller, combat …
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Discipline at 8,000 Meters: David Göttler on Everest, Ego, and Turning Back
Quitting at the right time takes more discipline than pushing to the top. Elite high-altitude mountaineer David Göttler talks with Joe De Sena about …
3 months, 3 weeks ago
Under Fire: Discipline When Everything Breaks
Hard moments expose your standards fast, and this episode shows what discipline looks like when the stakes are life or death. Retired Staff Sergeant …
4 months ago
Standards Over Wins: Discipline, Recovery, and Growth in Competitive Youth Sports
Winning early often creates weak habits later. Veteran coach and founder of Changing the Game Project, John O'Sullivan, joins Joe De Sena to explain …
4 months, 1 week ago
Life After the Uniform: Chase Chewning on Discipline Without Orders
Most people don't fall apart overnight. They drift when structure disappears. In this episode, former U.S. Army veteran, health and wellness entrepre…
4 months, 2 weeks ago