Do Less vs Get It Done! / Joe De Sena and Jessie Kanzer
The Hard Way w/ Joe De Sena
Spartan Races
4.7 • 870 Ratings
🗓️ 22 February 2022
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
The author of "Don't Just Sit There, DO NOTHING: Healing, Chilling, and Living with the Tao Te Ching" goes head to head with Spartan Race CEO and Founder Joe De Sena. Joe's answer to everything is do more, and do it sooner. Just get it done. Today he sits down with Jessie Kanzer to talk about the Tao Te Ching, her book and why she says sometimes it's best to do nothing.
More about Jessie Kanzer
Her website https://jessiekanzer.com/
Her book https://amzn.to/3v7PeOy
Joe De Sena’s Parenting book “10 Rules for Mental Toughness for Families”
The Tough Bible - the best information from Spartan Up all in one place
Be ready for ANYTHING - download the free book https://www.spartan.com/readyforanything
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CREDITS:
Producer – Marion Abrams, Madmotion.com
Host: Joe De Sena
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| 0:00.0 | Jesse Kanser just wrote a book called Don't Just Sit There Do Nothing. |
| 0:05.0 | And I think this was a trick interview for me because everybody knows I'm a maniac. |
| 0:10.0 | I don't stop. I work incredibly hard. The name of of your book the title of your book is like almost the opposite of who I am so I literally an email came in and said do you want to interview this woman Jessie I don't know if she stands for what you stand for I see yeah let's do it |
| 0:25.2 | Welcome to the Spartan Up podcast with Joe DeSena founder and CEO of Spartan Race |
| 0:32.0 | We are talking about overcoming obstacles. |
| 0:34.0 | The same way we teach people to get over obstacles on the course, |
| 0:40.0 | we will teach you here on the Spartan Up podcast to get over obstacles in your mind. |
| 0:45.0 | This episode of Spartan Up is brought to you by Usana Health Sciences, driven to innovate and advance the science of nutrition. |
| 0:51.0 | Visit Usana.com to learn more |
| 0:53.6 | about their incredible selection |
| 0:54.8 | of nutritional supplements and healthy lifestyle products. |
| 0:58.1 | Joe DeSenna, CEO and founder of Spartan |
| 1:02.3 | and the Spartan up podcast. I got a special one for you today. |
| 1:05.5 | Your grandparents survived the Holocaust. You grew up in Russia. |
| 1:09.8 | Jesse Kanser just wrote a book called Don't Just Sit There Do Nothing. |
| 1:15.0 | And I think this was a trick interview for me because everybody knows I'm a maniac. |
| 1:20.0 | I don't stop. I work incredibly hard. |
| 1:22.0 | The name of your book, the name of your book the title your book is like almost the opposite of who I am so I literally an email came in and said do you want to interview this woman Jessie I don't know if she stands for what you stand for I see yeah let's do it I |
| 1:33.1 | think it'll make an interesting topic so explain let's go back in time tell me |
| 1:38.3 | about Russia growing up in Russia sure and Joe I thought the same thing First I was very excited because I'm a fan of your |
| 1:45.2 | podcast. I've listened to several episodes that do align with what I believe, but then there |
| 1:51.0 | was a big part of me that was like, oh my God, they're going to hate me. |
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