Confidence Classic: The PRO Secrets To EXCELLENCE with Alan Stein Jr.

Creating Confidence with Heather Monahan

Heather Monahan

Entrepreneurship, Education, Business, Self-improvement

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🗓️ 17 September 2025

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

What separates the best of the best from everyone else? In this episode, I sit down with performance coach and bestselling author Alan Stein Jr., who shares habits behind NBA icons like Steph Curry, Kevin Durant, and Kobe Bryant, and how the same principles apply to business, leadership, and life. We talk about standards vs. goals, blending confidence with humility, purposeful practice in the “unseen hours,” and why discipline creates freedom. Alan also shares the strategies to reduce stress, escape stagnation, and prevent burnout, including my traffic gratitude hack. Get ready to master your craft with daily choices that build tomorrow’s results. In This Episode, You Will Learn Why STANDARDS > GOALS and how today’s choices build tomorrow’s results. Why DISCIPLINE creates FREEDOM in every area of life. How purposeful PRACTICE and REPETITION lead to mastery. Steph Curry’s FREE-THROW STANDARD that separates the greats. How HUMILITY and COACHABILITY fuel continuous growth. Why KIND SELF-TALK and VULNERABILITY build unshakable confidence. Resources + Links Get your copy of Alan’s “Sustain Your Game” HERE⁠ Learn more about Alan at ⁠alansteinjr.com⁠ & ⁠strongerteam.com⁠ Sign up for a one-dollar-per-month trial period at shopify.com/monahan Download the CFO’s Guide to AI and Machine Learning at NetSuite.com/MONAHAN. Want to do more and spend less like Uber, 8x8, and Databricks Mosaic? Take a free test drive of OCI at oracle.com/MONAHAN. Get 10% off your first Mitopure order at timeline.com/CONFIDENCE. Get 15% off your first order when you use code CONFIDENCE15 at checkout at jennikayne.com. Call my digital clone at 201-897-2553! Visit heathermonahan.com Sign up for my mailing list: heathermonahan.com/mailing-list/ Overcome Your Villains is Available NOW! Order here: https://overcomeyourvillains.com If you haven't yet, get my first book Confidence Creator Follow Heather on Instagram & LinkedIn Alan Stein Jr. on LinkedIn⁠, ⁠Facebook⁠, Instagram & X

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0:00.0	Steph Curry will go down in history as the greatest shooter the game has ever seen. And I want
0:04.9	folks to know that's not by accident and it's not by luck. It's not even because his dad played in the
0:09.8	NBA. It's because Steph is willing to hold himself to an unparalleled standard. And that's one of the
0:15.3	messages that I'm always trying to share that the standards we set for ourselves in our lives today
0:20.3	determine who will be tomorrow.
0:23.4	And when people hold themselves to that level of excellence, they're going to achieve.
0:27.6	Come on this journey with me.
0:29.0	Each week when you join me, we are going to chase down our goals.
0:33.3	We'll overcome adversity and set you up for a better tomorrow.
0:38.0	I'm ready for my close-up.
0:39.7	Tell me, have you been enjoying these new bonus confidence classics episodes we've been dropping on you every week?
0:46.0	We've literally hundreds of episodes for you to listen to.
0:48.9	So these bonuses are a great way to help you find the ones you may have already missed.
0:53.8	I hope you love this one as much as I do.
0:56.4	Hi, and welcome back. I'm so excited for you to meet my guest today, Alan Stein Jr. He's an experienced
1:02.3	keynote speaker and author. At his core, he's a performance coach with a passion for helping
1:07.6	others change behaviors. Who doesn't want that? He spent 15 plus years working
1:12.4	with the highest performing basketball players on the planet, including NBA superstars, Kevin Durant,
1:18.6	Steph Curry, and Kobe Bryant. Where is my son right now? He would love to meet Alan. Through his
1:23.5	customized programs, he transfers his unique expertise to maximize both individual and
1:28.9	organizational performance. Alan is a dynamic storyteller who delivers a practical,
1:34.1	actual, actual lesson that can be implemented immediately. He teaches proven principles on how
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