Defeating the Odds | NICK SANTONASTASSO
Order of Man
Ryan Michler
4.8 • 9K Ratings
🗓️ 16 July 2019
⏱️ 67 minutes
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Summary
All of us are dealt a hand, some harder than others. But as my guest today can attest, it’s not the hand we’re dealt that matters, it’s how we play it.
Today’s conversation is with Nick Santonastasso (who many of you are already probably aware of). He is a bodybuilder, entrepreneur, adventurer, and highly-sought-after public speaker. And, he was born with a debilitating medical condition which left him legless and missing one arm. Today, we talk about overcoming the victim mentality, how to develop confidence, how to view difficult circumstances as a gift, and how to defeat the odds.
SHOW HIGHLIGHTS
- Being a man of action
- Giving without expectations
- Putting your ego to the side
- Using the right vocabulary
- Reframing a victim mentality
- Filtering out the wrong people
- How to build confidence
- Defining your own success
- Becoming the CEO of your life
- How to overcome limiting beliefs
- Facing objective reality
- Progress within yourself
- Surrendering your ego
- Reflecting on your wins
- Appreciating pain
- Growing through curiosity
NICK SANTONASTASSO
As I mentioned earlier, my guest today is Nick Santonastasso. He has got to be one of the most inspiring people that I know and, if you’re familiar with him, I think you would likely agree.
He was born with a rare medical condition (he’s only one of 12 people born with it and 8 of them are dead). It’s called Hanhart Syndrom and it kept him from developing his legs and one of his arms.
But none of that has stopped him. In fact, if anything, it’s propelled him forward as he’s taken what would both literally and figuratively cripple most and turned it into something extremely empowering for him and the millions he inspires.
He’s tried it all from bowling to wrestling to bodybuilding and now, he’s speaking up as one of the most sought-after public speakers in the world. And, once you listen to this podcast, I think you’ll know why.
ORDER OF MAN MAINE EVENT
One of the most frequently asked questions I receive is something along the lines of “How do I get my life back on track?” I wish there was an easy answer. There isn’t. But, there is a simple one.
It’s called the Battle Plan and it’s a system I’ve been developing over 10 years to take control of my health, relationships, bank account, this movement, and my life in general.
If you’ve been listening to the podcast over the past month, you’ve heard me talk about the Order of Man Maine event (held August 10th-11th). Among the like-minded men you’ll meet, the challenges we’ll participate in, and the activities we have planned, you’ll be working on your own Battle Plan to accomplish more in the next 90 days than you potentially have all year.
If you know you’re meant for more but haven’t found the systems and tools to maximize your potential, join us August 10th-11th in Maine for an event designed to give you the network and framework to take complete sovereignty over your life.
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| 0:00.0 | All of us are dealt with hand, some harder than others, but as my guest today can attest, |
| 0:04.8 | it's not the hand that we're dealt with that matters, it's how we play it. |
| 0:09.0 | Today's conversation is with Nick Santanistaso, who I know a lot of you are probably already aware of. |
| 0:14.5 | He's a bodybuilder, an entrepreneur, an adventure. He's a highly sought-after public speaker, |
| 0:20.1 | and he happened to be born with a debilitating medical condition which left him |
| 0:24.0 | legless and missing one arm. Today we talk about overcoming the victim mentality that creeps in, |
| 0:30.3 | how to develop confidence, how to view difficult circumstances as a gift, and ultimately how to defeat the odds. |
| 0:38.0 | You're a man of action. You live life to the fullest, embrace your fears, |
| 0:42.0 | and boldly charge your own path. When life knocks you down, you get back up one more time, |
| 0:47.2 | every time you are not easily deterred and defeated, rugged, resilient, strong. |
| 0:53.3 | This is your life, this is who you are, this is who you will become. |
| 0:57.6 | At the end of the day and after all is said and done, you can call yourself a man. |
| 1:02.8 | Gentlemen, what is going on today? My name is Brian McClure and I am the host and the founder of |
| 1:06.9 | this podcast and the movement that is Order of Man. We're out to be back with you. It's been a |
| 1:13.0 | long weekend. I spent some time in Park City, Utah at the end of last weekend, into the weekend |
| 1:18.9 | with total archery challenge and it was good to see a bunch of the guys that are friends that |
| 1:23.1 | have become friends and of course do some podcasts. I've got some great shows lined up that I |
| 1:27.9 | happen to be able to do live, of course in addition to this conversation that we have today. |
| 1:33.0 | If you're joining us for the first time, this is a podcast, a movement if you will, about reclaiming |
| 1:38.4 | and restoring masculinity in a society that seems to be increasingly moving away from it. There's a |
| 1:43.8 | general softening and feminization of society and it's my goal to counter that movement |
| 1:50.4 | with the conversations and the tools and the resources that all of us need to be more capable |
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