John Brenkus, Producer, Director, TV Personality
This week’s conversation is with John Brenkus, who has spent the last decade studying and popularizing the unique characteristics of the world’s greatest athlet...
Sports
Erik Vendt, 3x USA Swimming Olympian
This week's conversation is with Erik Vendt - a 3x USA swimming Olympian.He won a silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics and the 2004 Summer Olympics in t...
Des Linden, 2018 Boston Marathon Winner
This week’s podcast is with Des Linden, a 2x Olympian, running the marathon for the U.S. in both the 2012 London Olympics and 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics.H...
Sam Darnold, New York Jets Quarterback
This week’s conversation is with quarterback Sam Darnold on leadership, trust, and confidence.Sam was just selected by the New York Jets with the 3rd pick i...
Conor Dwyer, American Swimmer and Olympic Gold Medalist
This week’s conversation is with American Swimmer and Olympic Gold Medalist Conor Dwyer.You wouldn’t know it looking at him now, with his 6’5”, athletic fra...
Valorie Kondos Field, UCLA Gymnastics Head Coach
This week’s conversation is with Valorie Kondos Field, often referred to as “Miss Val.”She’s the head coach of the six-time NCAA Champion, 21 NCAA Regional ...
The Mindset Required to Make it to the Pros
This is an excerpt from Finding Mastery #093 with Los Angeles Lakers head coach Luke Walton, in which he describes the mindset required to make it at the pro ...
Bob Bowman, ASU Swimming Head Coach
This week’s conversation is with Hall of Fame swimming coach Bob Bowman, the maestro behind the illustrious career of Michael Phelps.He’s now the Head Coach...
UC Berkeley Rugby Coach Jack Clark
This conversation is with UC Berkeley rugby coach Jack Clark on team, culture, honesty.Jack is the iconic rugby coach at the University of California. His t...
MMA Fighter Vitor Belfort
This conversation is with MMA fighter and legend, Vitor Belfort, on belief, mindset, and overcoming fear.I wanted to sit down with Vitor to understand how h...
Rugby Union Coach Stuart Lancaster
This conversation is with rugby union coach Stuart Lancaster on handling pressure, developing resiliency, and building team culture.Stuart is currently coac...
Be Humble & Be Confident
This is an excerpt from Finding Mastery #099 with USA Women’s Water Polo head coach Adam Krikorian in which he explains why being humble and confident are w...
USA Women’s Water Polo Coach Adam Krikorian
This week’s conversation is with Women’s Senior National Team Water Polo head coach Adam Krikorian on competition, relationships, and sustaining success.Sin...
Coach Anne Parmenter: Resiliency, Mindset, Ethics
Imagine being within striking distance of your lifelong dream, only to come to a fork in the road.Continue onward but in doing so, put others lives in dange...
Author David Epstein: Sports Gene, Curiosity, Self-Discovery
This week’s conversation is with David Epstein.
David is author of the New York Times bestseller The Sports Gene. He is a science writer and investigative...
Kobe Bryant’s Mindset
This is an excerpt from Finding Mastery #093 with Los Angeles Lakers head coach Luke Walton in which he shares his experience playing with Kobe Bryant. ...
Los Angeles Lakers Head Coach Luke Walton: Coaching, Leadership, Relationships
On this podcast, we get to hear from many different vantage points: artists, scientists, elite military, politicians, those who run highly successful businesses...
How I Manage Ego & Challenge
How do I manage ego when it doesn't go my way? When it doesn’t go the right way for an engineer or a teammate?I don't think that there is a single a...
Toto Wolff: Risk, Innovation, Winning
This conversation is with Toto Wolff. If you follow Formula One, you know what Toto has helped build over the past handful of years. He's an owner and the Head ...
Bringing Out the Best in Others
If you are going to change a person's behavior and their performance, the first thing you have to do is change the way they think.We've got to inspire...
Peter McLoughlin: Negotiation, Change, Management
This conversation is with Peter McLoughlin - the president of the Seattle Seahawks.
When most people think of professional franchises, they think of the at...
George Raveling: Hall of Fame Coaching, Progression, Being Relevant
George Raveling, referred to by many as “Coach”, is Nike’s Director of International Basketball. George is a husband, a father, a friend, and a mentor to many. ...
Drew Bledsoe: NFL Quarterback, Life Student, Entrepreneur, Wine
Drew Bledsoe was a star quarterback at Washington State University before he skipped his senior year to go professional. In 1993, he was the No. 1 NFL draft pic...
Creating a Relationship-Based Culture
Pete Carroll explains why creating a relationship based culture in Seattle is vital to their success. He believes his job is to help others become their be...
Paul Assaiante: Longest winning streak in NCAA, perspective, and courage
Coach Paul Assaiante knows how to motivate teams for success. As the current coach of the Men’s Squash team at Trinity College and the former Men’s Tennis team ...
Michael Gervais: Initial Thoughts From Rio
Michael Gervais spent the last three weeks in Rio De Janeiro supporting two different volleyball teams at the Olympics.
Throughout this experience, there ...
Anthony Ervin: Swimming, Finding Authentic Self
Anthony Ervin is a U.S. Olympic Gold Medalist, former world record holder in the 50 freestyle, and former World Champion in the 50 and 100 freestyle. After winn...
Overcoming Pressure at the Olympics
I am obsessed with watching the Olympics right now – there are so many lessons to learn. It’s funny, I used to watch the Olympics when I was a kid with admira...
Thriving in Uncomfortable Environments
Legendary volleyball player Karch Kiraly discusses how he was able to focus deeply and perform in uncomfortable environments.Challenging practices wer...
Stephanie Labbé: Deep Focus, Soccer, Mindfulness
Stephanie Labbe is the goalkeeper for the Canadian women's national soccer team and is headed to Rio for the Olympics.
Stephanie truly believes that ever...
Inviting Stress to Grow
In the conversation with Katie Holloway, she discussed how she's been able to turn the pain of being bullied throughout her childhood into a positive....
Finding Your Optimal Mindset
NHL great Pat LaFontaine speaks to incoming NHL rookies on how to consistently perform at a high level and maintain success in the league. He believes it ...
Where Confidence Comes From
In the conversation with Nicole Davis, she discussed where confidence comes from. She believes confidence doesn't come from preparation, but rather f...
Nicole Davis: Volleyball and Making a Ripple
The word "libero" is an Italian word that means "free." In sport, it captures a player who roams freely - with the design that removing some of the structural c...
Alyssa Roenigk: Writing About and Living Adventure
Some design their life to “go for it” and others research those who do. It’s a joy to know Alyssa Roenigk, who is doing both. Alyssa lives fully – thinks deeply...
Pat LaFontaine: Being Ignited and Igniting Others (Part 2)
There are no short cuts on the path of mastery and those that carve a path – that has yet be carved – have much to teach us about pushing the accepted norms of ...
Pat LaFontaine: Being Ignited and Igniting Others (Part 1)
There are no short cuts on the path of mastery and those that carve a path - that has yet be carved - have much to teach us about pushing the accepted norms of ...
Ian Walsh: Big Waves, Facing Fear, Giving
When humility, passion, risk taking, mother nature and service collide: Ian Walsh. The Maui native has been tackling massive waves around the world since he was...
The Importance of Being Present
Being where your feet are at is a skill. Pete Carroll talks about why being present is vital to the success of the Seattle Seahawks.
“When we’re at our best...
The Moment He Knew He Thought Different
Pete Carroll describes the first time he noticed he had a unique approach to coaching football.It was one precise moment.He was an assistant c...
Pete Carroll: Competing to Be Your Best
Is there a right way to live life? For thousands of years, this question has been at the heart of some of the most influential shapers of modern living. ...
Katie Holloway: Fire in the Eyes
Fire in the eyes. What does that thought conjure up for you? Katie Holloway describes it as what she feels like when she's at her best. She outlines how she thi...
Carli Lloyd: Purpose Driven Work
Imagine there was a global award for what you do, whatever you are most passionate about: parenting, marketing, coaching, law, giving to others, teaching, etc. ...
Rich Roll: Change
If you've ever thought, “If I would have known then, what I know now, I’d shift gears in a heartbeat” — or — If you've ever wanted to shift gears and blaze a n...
Kevin Levrone: Strength
The path toward mastery requires honoring what is true. Often times what is true can be intensely painful. Kevin Levrone walks us through his journey of loss, g...
Dave Phillips: Golf & Entrepreneurship
One of the accelerants to growth is surrounding ourselves with people that have insight…..another accelerant is going down the path of developing insight within...
Ariana Kukors: Swim
In this conversation we learn from Ariana Kukors, who is a USA Olympic Swimmer, current American Record holder and former World Record holder in the 200-meter i...
Luke Tyburski: Endurance Adventurer
Luke Tyburski has designed the past three years of his life to push the limits of what “we" think to be possible. He’s designed an event to test his mental and ...
Baggio Husidic: Soccer
Sport is a way to learn more about who we are — how we handle success, failure, pain, loss, friendships, challenges and opportunities. In this conversation, spo...
Tom Osborne: Leadership
While in graduate school, a psychology professor asked the class to draw a line across the middle of the paper. He asked us to write down, above the line, three...
Karch Kiraly: Leadership, Passion, Risk
Volleyball legend and three-time Gold Medalist, Karch Kiraly is synonymous with the sport of Pro Beach Volleyball.
The ‘winningest’ player in the history...