223: Mike Miller | What 100,000 Olympians Can Teach You
The Hard Way With Joe De Sena
Spartan Races
4.8 • 874 Ratings
🗓️ 27 November 2018
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
What does it take to become an Olympian and do those things carry over into success in other endeavors? If anyone knows it's Mike Miller. He's CEO of the World Olympian Association, which brings together the 120,000 living Olympic alumni. How do these athletes transition into the business world? Will Spartan become an Olympic sport? The Olympic spirit is strong in SPartan's international competitions!
LESSONS
Set a plan. Work hard to achieve the plan.
Be motivated by your values.
Push yourself in training.
Be curious.
Keep positive people around you.
GO FOR IT - don't overthink.
If you're not making mistakes, you're not trying.
Approach life the way you would approach training for the Olympics.
Be a part of someone else's success
LINKS
World Olympians Association https://olympians.org/
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TIME STAMPS
00:00 Introduction with Johnny, Sefra and Col. Nye
00:47 Powerful Foods shop.spartan.com/powerful code SpartanPower
1:17 Interview with Mike Miller
2:45 Transitioning from being an Olympian
4:00 How athleticlic skills translate to business
5:15 Who are you after retirement
6:30 Mentoring programs
7:25 Pushing yourself in training
8:45 Olympic games as a platform to bring people together
10:00 Spartan in the Olympics?
10:32 Powerful Foods break
13:00 Mike Miller Interview continues
14:30 Believe in yourself
15:15 Be determined in life
18:00 Help others to succeed
20:20 Everyone has skills
21:40 Joe De Sena with Johnny Waite, Sefra Alexandra, and Col. Tim Nye discuss the interview.
26:43 Performance Foods close
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CREDITS:
Producer – Marion Abrams, Madmotion, llc.
Hosts: Joe De Sena with Johnny Waite, Sefra Alexandra, Col. Tim Nye
Synopsis – Sefra Alexandra
Production Assistant - Andrea Hagarty
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| 0:00.0 | We are here for Spartan Up Podcast in Morzine, France, with my favorite Colonel and I on my right, |
| 0:05.0 | my almost favorite, Seth from my left, and barely favorite Johnny, further on the left. |
| 0:11.0 | And, Marion, who's all of up the rear, our producer Marion. |
| 0:14.4 | And we got Marion. |
| 0:16.4 | But we interview Mike Miller on this show and who the heck is Mike Miller runs the |
| 0:21.6 | World Olympian Association? |
| 0:24.1 | 120,000 Olympians, any Olympian that's still alive. |
| 0:28.6 | And who better to talk to than Mike Miller, |
| 0:33.2 | who's talked to, I don't know, |
| 0:34.9 | thousands of these Olympians, |
| 0:36.5 | to find out what we're trying to find out here |
| 0:38.8 | in Spartan-O podcast? |
| 0:39.7 | What makes an Olympic caliber person. |
| 0:43.1 | What are the attributes? |
| 0:43.8 | How do you do it? |
| 0:44.9 | That's what we're going to learn here. |
| 0:46.1 | This episode of Spartan Up is brought to you by Powerful Foods. |
| 0:49.6 | Fuel your active lifestyle with high protein, |
| 0:52.4 | no sugar added products. We have a special |
| 0:54.8 | deal just for our podcast listeners go to shop dot Spartan.com slash powerful and |
| 1:00.1 | save 10% with the code Spartan Power. Spartans. I am here with Mike Miller. You have no idea who he is in Morzine, |
| 1:18.4 | France. I'm soaking wet because I've been running up and down mountains. |
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