I took notice to some of the other dads and I saw that as soon as life, you know, quote-unquote, life happens, they just stopped everything aside from work and sitting down, meaning they stopped being fit. They stopped trying to be strong. They stopped trying to develop themselves, not just physically but mentally.

They just let it go. Are you ready to find success in the new year, physically, mentally, socially, socially?

Welcome to this classic episode of Spartan Up.

We have three takes on that idea, the idea that you have to think success to have success.

First, Dr. Laura Pence brings a little psychology to the conversation.

Second, Rick Cabot, the CEO of Darn Tough Sox, puts it in a business perspective.

And third, Underground Strength Coach Zach Evenesch joins Joe DeSenna to talk about being successful in life

and all the little things it takes to get you there.

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Maybe you've heard of confirmation bias lately

when it comes to the news, that's not what we're talking about.

We're talking about how confirmation bias can impact your drive to success.

Well one of the reasons why we're talking about confirmation bias today is not because of Santa Claus.

It's because of your belief about yourself.

Because if we have negative beliefs about ourselves or negative judgments or stories that we tell

ourselves, we're going to scan the external world for information that confirms those beliefs and that gets us into trouble because there could

be tons of information out there that disproves our belief but if we are hell-bent on sticking to this belief, then we're going to get all of the

information that we can that proves the belief to be true and suck that in.

So let me give you an example of that.

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