070: Jay Jackson | The Story You Won't Believe

The Hard Way w/ Joe De Sena

Spartan Races

Fitness, Alternative Health, Health & Fitness, 792700

4.7 • 870 Ratings

🗓️ 29 December 2015

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

Jay Jackson is the subject of Joe’s ultimate wrestling story, but you’ll have to wait to the very end of the episode to hear it. Jackson,assistant principal and wrestler, recognizes a need to nudge students into uncomfortable situations that will develop their grit, but that are often absent in an increasingly bubble wrapped society. He got his grit from his parents. His father, as a wrestling coach, would push his physical boundaries and his mom had clever strategies to develop his social skills. Jackson shares some valuable advice about how to advance towards your goals with a smile on your face.

Lessons:
1. To raise your children to be resilient, practice pushing them out of their comfort zone gradually through time, but not without building a solid foundation of security and love when they’re young.
2. Since a majority of your life is spent getting to a destination it is vital to find a way to enjoy the process.
3. If you can persist in every area of your life, physically, mentally, morally, you’ll succeed.

Transcript

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0:00.0	You're listening to Spartan Up Podcast. We're going to interview somebody every week from all over the world and see what they did in their life to become successful, no matter how they define it.
0:12.0	Ready? We are here for Spartan Up Podcast. I've got the team, Colonel Nye, Dr. Johnny, and
0:19.0	Seffrel-Alah. It is no longer raining in Pittsville, which is exciting.
0:24.2	We were just laying out in the sun.
0:26.5	We've got Jay Jackson this time.
0:28.8	Jay Jackson happens to be one of my favorites.
0:30.5	Wrestler, of course, trained in the basement blindfolded for years.
0:38.0	Oh, that's...
0:39.0	Why is it, why is it significant? You'll find out in just a few minutes.
0:44.0	Cool.
0:45.0	We are here in Palo Alto for Spartan Up with Jay Jackson.
0:50.0	You've heard a lot about Jay for me over the years. All kinds of podcasts and
0:56.0	dinner meetings, wherever I am I talk about Jay. So what we're not going to do is tell the Jay Jackson
1:01.1	story here. You're going to have to find it on another podcast.
1:03.3	We're just going to talk about grit.
1:05.1	So you're one of the most gritty guys I know.
1:08.0	You've wrestled your whole life.
1:09.3	You're a coach at Sanford.
1:12.2	Now you're a sensitive principal.
1:14.0	Correct. Public school must be difficult, right?
1:17.0	Every day, every day is an adventure. Every day is a battle.
1:20.0	How do you get success in life?
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