255. Joe De Sena — The Spartan Mindset: Embracing Discomfort and Unleashing Mental Toughness [Encore Edition]

The Game Changing Attorney Podcast with Michael Mogill

Michael Mogill

Management, Business, Marketing, Entrepreneurship

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🗓️ 16 April 2024

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

In a world where comfort is often prioritized over challenge, Joe De Sena — the pioneering mind behind the Spartan Race — offers a compelling counter-narrative. He champions the idea that true fulfillment comes not from ease, but from overcoming obstacles and embracing discomfort head-on. On this episode of The Game Changing Attorney Podcast, Joe and Michael take a deep dive into: The transformative power of personal accountability in navigating life's challenges Strategies for fostering a resilient mindset that thrives in adversity Why venturing outside our comfort zones is essential for unlocking our full potential and experiencing genuine happiness ---- Show Notes: 02:38 — Why the majority of people are lazy 04:28 — Why human beings avoid discomfort 05:22 — Why people are depressed 08:02 — Why food tastes so much better when you’re hungry 10:14 — How Joe developed mental toughness 11:32 — How to manufacture adversity in your life 13:29 — What the other side of adversity feels like 15:14 — Joe’s obstacle-racing catalyst 19:03 — Why Joe started the Spartan Race 21:07 — What "Suffering Together" means 23:26 — The difference between "difficult" and "desperate" 25:16 — Joe’s advice to anyone who wants to do a Spartan Race 29:38 — How to raise resilient kids 32:21 — The application of "Fire. Ready. Aim." 34:41 — Tactical ways to do hard things 39:56 — How Joe describes success ---- Links & Resources Netflix The Menu (film) Wendy’s Shackelton’s Expedition Sir Edmund Hillary Spartan Race Tough Mudder Event Wall Street The Transcendence Run Iditarod Saks Fifth Avenue Nike Facebook Goldman Sachs Mat Fraser Green Beret ---- Listening to this episode but want to watch it? Check it out on Spotify. Do you love this podcast and want to see more game changing content? Subscribe to our YouTube channel. ---- Past guests on The Game Changing Attorney Podcast include David Goggins, John Morgan, Alex Hormozi, Randi McGinn, Kim Scott, Chris Voss, Kevin O’Leary, Laura Wasser, John Maxwell, Mark Lanier, Robert Greene, and many more. ---- If you enjoyed this episode, you may also like: #73 James Lawrence – Iron Cowboy: 101 Ironmans in 101 Days #63 Mat Fraser – The Fittest Man on Earth #173 AMMA – Healthy Habits and High Performance

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0:00.0	What do you think all of a sudden purpose is going to show up at your front door and say, I'm here?
0:08.0	No.
0:09.9	That's Joe Dicenna, accomplished endurance athlete, New York Times bestselling author, and the founder and CEO of Spartan.
0:17.0	You've got to get out in the arena.
0:19.0	You've got to bump into people.
0:20.3	You've got to be in the fight every day.
0:22.2	You'll meet something.
0:23.4	You'll see somebody, whatever it may be.
0:25.7	And boom, you're doing it.
0:34.0	I'm Michael Logel, founder and CEO of Crisp, the nation's number one law from growth company.
0:38.7	I've built my business through practice, not theory.
0:41.5	Crisp started with just $500 to my name and has grown to over eight figures in revenue over the last few years,
0:46.8	earning a spot on the Inc. 500 list of the fastest growing private companies in America.
0:51.2	Our approach has been to take everything we've learned about generating massive growth within our own organization and help the country's most ambitious and
0:57.8	committed law firm owners do the same for theirs. In each episode of this podcast, I sit down with
1:02.4	innovative market leaders from the legal industry and beyond to learn from those who thrive
1:06.8	in the face of adversity, challenge the status quo, and define what it means to be a true
1:11.1	game changer. Today, we're revisiting one of our most popular episodes from the podcast where I sat down
1:16.5	with Joe DeSenna to discuss the role of personal accountability and achieving success, how to cultivate
1:21.6	a mindset of resilience and perseverance in the face of adversity, and why doing hard things is the
1:27.4	secret to happiness.
1:28.6	When I go to bed, I giggle in bed. As soon as I get horizontal, I giggle. It's a funny response,
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