Are Your Kids Ready to Face Life? Joe De Sena and His Friend Ilias Diakomihalis

The Hard Way w/ Joe De Sena

Spartan Races

Fitness, Alternative Health, Health & Fitness, 792700

4.7 • 870 Ratings

🗓️ 28 September 2021

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

As parents, it's the ultimate question. Today Joe De Sena, founder & CEO of Spartan, talks with his friend Ilias Diakomihalis about building mentally strong kids. Ilias' son is wresteler Yanni Diakomihal a 2021 US World Team member and was the 2020 Pan American champion, 2019 US Open National Champion and a two-time age-group World Champion.

https://www.spartan.com/10Rules Joe De Sena’s Parenting book “10 Rules for Mental Toughness for Families”

Spartan.com/toughbible The Tough Bible - the best information from Spartan Up all in one place

This episode of Spartan Up is brought to you by DUROLANE, a single injection that may provide up to six months 1 of relief from osteoarthritis knee pain. Risks can include general knee pain and pain at the injection site. You can see full prescribing information at DUROLANE.com.

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Producer – Marion Abrams, Madmotion.com

Host: Joe De Sena

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Transcript

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0:00.0	you can't betray the long-term goal for the immediate reward.
0:04.3	So that's a hard one for parents, I think, sometimes,
0:07.7	because they'll want some immediate success
0:10.0	with their kids, especially in sports,
0:11.9	and they'll trade away something else for it and
0:14.6	I don't even realize they're doing it.
0:16.0	I love that.
0:18.0	Welcome to the Spartan Up Podcast with Joe Descenta, founder and CEO of Spartan Race.
0:25.0	We are talking about overcoming obstacles.
0:30.0	The same way we teach people to get over obstacles on the course, we will teach you here on the Spartan Up podcast to get over obstacles in your mind.
0:39.0	This episode of Spartan Up is brought to you by Duralain, a single injection that may
0:43.7	provide up to six months relief from osteoarthritis knee pain. Risks
0:47.5	can include general knee pain and pain at the injection site. You can see full
0:51.0	prescribing information at doorlane.com.
0:54.0	Jojicana here, Spartan founder and CEO with a very close friend of mine.
0:59.0	Alya daqamahollis happens to be Greek, happens to be the father of a bunch of great wrestlers.
1:04.6	This guy is as intense as they come.
1:08.4	But I happen to know because I stayed at his house a few times.
1:11.2	He does sleep on the couch every night.
1:13.1	He is stuck to the couch, he stuck to the TV at night,
1:15.6	and I'm trying to rip him off it.
1:17.4	That does not negate the fact,
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