#182 Todd Herman: Unleashing Your Secret Identity

The Knowledge Project with Shane Parrish

Farnam Street

Business, Investing, Entrepreneurship

4.7 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 28 November 2023

⏱️ 103 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

We all inhabit different identities throughout our day. Perhaps we’re entrepreneurs or employees, mothers or fathers, athletes or CEOs. But how can you harness the strengths of these different identities to get the best out of yourself? And can these different identities be used to get through tough times? Todd Herman calls on more than two decades of experience working with top performers on performance, strategy, mindset, and execution to discuss his thoughts on peak performance, the value of patience, the fear that prevents us from performing our best, imposter syndrome, and how he worked with Kobe Bryant to build the legendary alter-ego of The Black Mamba.

Herman has worked with elite athletes, peak performers, and entrepreneurial leaders for over 22 years. He helps them achieve their most ambitious goals by becoming more resilient, creative, confident, and courageous. He is also the author of the bestselling book The Alter Ego Effect.

Want even more? Members get early access, hand-edited transcripts, member-only episodes, and so much more. Learn more here: https://fs.blog/membership/

Every Sunday our Brain Food newsletter shares timeless insights and ideas that you can use at work and home. Add it to your inbox: https://fs.blog/newsletter/

Follow Shane on Twitter at: https://twitter.com/ShaneAParrish

Our Sponsors:

MetaLab: Helping the world’s top companies design, build, and ship amazing products and services. https://www.metalab.com

Aeropress: Press your perfect cup, every time. https://aeropress.com

Vanta: Helping you get compliance-ready, fast. https://www.vanta.com/

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	If you're
0:02.0	actually pursue the thing you want and start taking action on it,
0:05.0	you're losing the excuse of hope.
0:08.0	I think hope is a double-edged sword like everything in nature. The moment I take action on it, I no longer
0:16.4	have that warm blanket of hope that someday maybe I'll be able to go and do it. And I think that many people stay stuck where they are, not
0:27.5	pursuing the things that they really want to do because of hope. Welcome to the Knowledge Project a podcast about mastering the best of what other people have already figured out
0:53.4	so you can apply their insights to your life.
0:56.7	I'm your host, Shane Parish.
0:59.7	Every Sunday, I send out the brain food newsletter to over 600,000 people. It's
1:04.9	considered noise cancelling headphones for the internet and is full of
1:08.4	timeless wisdom you can apply to life and work. It's concise, it's quick, you can read it in a few minutes.
1:15.0	Sign up at FS. blog slash newsletter.
1:18.0	If you're listening to this, you're missing out.
1:21.0	If you'd like access to the podcast before public release, special
1:24.4	episodes that don't appear anywhere else, hand-edited transcripts, first access to our
1:30.0	events which we've started to run again, or you just want to support the show you love
1:34.9	you can join at FS. blog slash membership check out the show notes for a link
1:40.0	my guest today is Todd Hermann. Todd is a coach and mentor to elite athletes leaders and public
1:45.5	figures on mindset and execution. I've wanted to talk to Todd since I discovered his work through
1:52.1	Kobe Bryant and read his book The Alter Ego Effect.
1:55.0	This episode is about the power of mindset, specifically around identities and what it can do for you to unlock the next level.
2:03.0	Each of us is inhabiting different identities throughout the course of our day,
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Farnam Street, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Farnam Street and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.