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The School of Greatness

68 Joseph De Sena: How to Overcome Obstacles and Achieve Peak Performance (Like a Spartan)

The School of Greatness

Lewis Howes

Entrepreneurship, Fitness, Inspiration, Greatness, Health, Money, Celebrity Interview, Self Care, Celebrity, Success, Mental Health, Relationships, Mindset, Health & Fitness, Education, Alternative Health, Business, Self-improvement

4.821.6K Ratings

🗓️ 19 May 2014

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

“Instant gratification kills ya.” For show notes and more, visit http://lewishowes.com/68

Transcript

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0:00.0

This is episode number 68 with Joe DeSena

0:07.8

Welcome to the School of Greatness. My name is Lewis Howe's former pro athlete turned lifestyle entrepreneur in each week

0:15.8

We bring you an inspiring person or message to help you discover how to unlock your inner greatness

0:22.9

Thanks for spending some time with me today now let the class begin

0:31.0

Hey, what is up great? So thanks so much for hanging out with me today on this special episode of the School of Greatness podcast and

0:40.6

I'm about a month away from the Pan American Championships with my brothers on the USA national team for team

0:48.4

Handball and this was a great episode for me to really dive in and

0:52.7

Connect with Joe DeSena because of what he represents in his mindset in his philosophy on life and

1:00.0

Sports and what he's created with this Spartan race is incredible if you guys haven't heard about these

1:06.6

Kind of obstacle races that have been going around. There's tough mother. There's Spartan race

1:10.7

There's a lot of other you know copycasts as Joe said people have created other events after seeing his success

1:16.7

And what he's really done

1:18.8

for individuals to get off the couch and live a better healthier lifestyle and

1:25.1

His philosophy is simple

1:27.3

It's to work hard

1:28.9

put one step in front of the other and get the results until you finish and

1:33.3

for me training constantly

1:36.0

With all that I've got going on in my business and life and travel

1:39.4

You know, I've got to continue to stay focused and train and put in the grit as we talk about in this interview

1:46.4

And he's gonna dive more into grit in the hard work it takes to achieve the results that we want in our lives

1:52.7

Throughout this entire interview so I was I was so excited into a connect with Joe

1:57.5

It took us about a month to connect because we had so much going on

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