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Project: High Performance conversations

True peace does not come from avoiding the storm, but from building the absolute capability to walk through it. Here, we deconstruct the quiet mastery of the world's most capable individuals, so you can, yourself, find peace through incredible strength through their lessons.

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Follow along this project as we have open conversations with high performers. Hear straight from the sources what these amazing people do to stay at their peak. Learn how high performance serves is an integrated approach to life with topics including physical training, mental resilience, nutrition, recovery, stress management, and others. 

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You can catch all of the episodes here as well as on Spotify or Youtube

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Sam is joined by SOF veteran and One's Ready Podcast co-host Aaron Love discussing key points of what "high performance" looks like in practice. In short, it's less looking like a superhero and more about being the stubborn student. Learn what it looks like day-to-day to build the discipline to sustain elite output. 

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Faith, Identity, and Mental Resilience with Brenna Mulligan

"Baby" Principal Dancer Brenna Mulligan joins Sam in tackling a critical component in high performance, personal identity. Aligning the pieces of talents, faith, identity, intentional practice and a strong mind play a crucial role in overcoming challenges and improving the outcomes of our actions. 

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Yoshi Suzuki shares his story of strength and longevity.

International Principal dancer for São Paolo Ballet Company, Yoshi has enjoyed a tremendous 19 year career. Here he shares his story about eliminating excuses to achieve your goals and the importance of building your body intentionally to perform your best. Finally, loving your art and yourself will enable you to tap into your best performances.

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Chris duffin talks about Removing the Blinders and new science breakthroughs

Chris and Sam dive right in to the mindset and qualities needed to achieve a high performance lifestyle. You need an ability to remove the blinders around your life and accept reality. Chris also shares some significant breakthroughs around proteomics, metabolomics and peptides to optimize health and longevity outcomes. 

Learn more, get peptides and schedule consultations with Chris on his website Enhanced Executive​

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Don't leave any stone unturned with alex kopp

Professional Strongman Alex Kopp knows a thing or two about how to be strong. As an athlete on the smaller side of the heavyweights, his focus to every aspect of performance is dialed in. He takes us through how he lives this himself and helps his clients apply that mindset in their lives.  You should look him up in Boise, Idaho at Iron Legacy Barbell gym

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If people said only one thing about you, "reliable" would be solid. with Cici murray

Coming from a non-traditional background in elite athletics, Cici discusses what got her from hopping fences at high school fields to train athletes to working with the elite of the NFL at her professional facility. She also walks through the need to be reliable and paying attention to those you work with. Beautiful things happen when you show up and put in a genuine effort to help day after day.  

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Making an impact comes from lots of trial and error. and that helps you become a master in your trade.

Anthony Carey has been part of the fitness industry for a greater part of 30 years. When he started training, his curiosity about movement and pain drove him to becoming one of the world's foremost authorities on solving chronic pain through movement correction. This also drive him to invent the original reactive platform Core-Tex, a stability platform for rehab and performance. You can check out Anthony's work at: 
www.coretexfitness.com  |  www.functionfirst.com  | www.functionfirsted.com

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rewiring your subconscious by removing the interference with Nancy bisbikos

-Nancy is the Founder and CEO of the Biko Method. Their practice focuses on unlocking potential through the subconscious mind, removing interference, and enabling access to our potential. She shares the process, the proof and the science behind how anyone can rewire their subconscious for their personal peformance.

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there are no secret weapons: with Craig Lane

Craig Lane was the first dedicated sport scientist in the MLS with Minnesota United. His career has taken him on a wild ride from S&C intern at Boise State, all the way to Kinesiology Professor at St Thomas University & Boise State (full circle). In between there were some great opportunities that he had prepared to take advantage of and got to work at the highest levels of sport.   

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How to kill your ego and lead at every level with Jamie cocharn

COO of Echelon Front and Leadership expert Jamie Cochran dives deep into the principles of leadership and how being honest with yourself and losing your ego will lift your personal performance.

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Martial Arts Philosophy, Shelving Ego, and Strategic Mastery with Benjamin Chen

Benjamin Chen is a world renowned entrepreneur having achieved amazing feats in both business and martial arts practice. His work and philosophies of life teach a lot of how the physical, mental, and spiritual go hand-in-hand and harnessing it will lead to higher performance. 

LINK TO EPISODE 11🔗

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The purpose of achieving higher performance is to obtain a life of peace. True peace before the battle is not the absence of difficulty or challenges; it is the deep, quiet knowing that you are fundamentally prepared to face it all. 

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