Joe De Sena: CEO and Founder of Spartan Race | #ThePlaybook 211

The Playbook With David Meltzer

David Meltzer, Entrepreneur.com

Entrepreneurship, Business, Careers

4.6 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 19 March 2020

⏱️ 24 minutes

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On this episode of #ThePlaybook, Joe De Sena, CEO and Founder of Spartan Race, provides his insights on: [6:51] - Why you need to set expectations about your management style immediately upon hiring team members [8:14] - How a feeling of accomplishment or achievement can help people push through tough times or challenges [12:00] - How many entrepreneurs fall into a trap of being guided by their desire to avoid discomfort [14:31] - Why having the right frame of reference will help to get you out of what Joe calls the “Valley of Death” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	On this episode of the Playbook, I have Joe Descenta, CEO and founder of Spartan Races,
0:05.5	and we're going to talk about all the tools for toughness,
0:09.6	and also how human beings are most often guided by the avoidance of discomfort.
0:15.4	You're also going to learn you're lucky or not as kids.
0:17.9	Join us for all of us and more on the playbook.
0:20.8	This is entrepreneurs, the playbook, where each week I bring you some of the greatest athletes, celebrities, and entrepreneurs to talk about their personal and professional playbook to success and what made them champions on the field and in the
0:35.7	boardroom.
0:36.7	I'm your host and CEO of Sports One Marketing, David Melzer.
0:41.9	This day Melter with entrepreneurs the playbook and I have an old dear friend and truly a mentor of mine.
0:47.3	He doesn't know it.
0:48.6	Joe DeSena, he is the CEO and founder of Spartan and we have known each other from the inception of Spartan. It's got to be 10
0:55.8	11 years now. Yeah, right? It's right there. You and I have one thing in common.
1:00.0	It changed my life in a conversation. You said I'm an overnight success, you know, 17 and a half.
1:05.1	That's right. And that's what I teach young entrepreneurs. And I really want to get to that with you because I think the most needed person for entrepreneurs in America is
1:16.0	Joe Descenten.
1:17.0	I'm not just saying that because I'm here, it's because what you teach.
1:20.5	You hear this?
1:21.5	Yeah. You hear this? It's true though. What you teach is what's missing.
1:25.0	Everything else you can access online and it's really about discipline,
1:30.2	consistency, pain threshold.
1:32.6	Since we had a conversation, I've thought about sending my kids.
1:35.7	I'm a nine-year-old.
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