Why Mindset Alone Is Not Enough to Win | Justin Sua
RP Strength Podcast
Dr. Mike Israetel, Nick Shaw
4.7 • 582 Ratings
🗓️ 4 May 2026
⏱️ 65 minutes
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Summary
00:00 Intro + why Nick wanted Justin on
01:05 What a "process coach" actually is
05:13 Why mindset alone is not enough by itself
07:00 Consistency over perfection: friction, environment, and better systems
12:41 Why you should only change one variable at a time
16:05 Justin Sua's background: baseball, sports psych, and coaching journey
20:22 From coaching to the Browns, WWE, Google, and UConn
29:10 Applying these systems to fat loss, muscle gain, and body composition
41:59 Why advanced people have more flexibility, but beginners need simplicity
50:01 "Are you prepared for this moment?" Confidence, routines, and missed habits
52:40 Building a "feel ready" system with elite athletes
55:52 Why community and masterminds accelerate growth
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome, everyone to the RPCTrank podcast. |
| 0:06.4 | I am Nick Shaw, and today I am joined by, I got to be honest, I'm super excited. |
| 0:10.2 | I'm super stoked. |
| 0:11.5 | Listen, this guy he had to reschedule on Monday, I got to be honest, I was a little bummed. |
| 0:15.1 | I was like, damn, okay, we got to wait two more days. |
| 0:18.0 | Justin Sua, welcome to the RPS strength podcast, first time ever, me personally, long time fan, been following you forever. I think someone just like reposted something, um, you'd shared a long time ago and I was like, yes, like that's my jam. That's kind of exactly how I think. I was like, I got to get in touch with them. Here we are. A few years later, |
| 0:37.7 | the universe worked in mysterious ways. You ended up reaching out. I guess, you know, hey, |
| 0:43.8 | welcome to the show, man. Thanks so much for being on. Huge pleasure. Honor that you're here. |
| 0:48.3 | Thanks a lot, Nick. I really appreciate it. I've listened to a lot of your guys' episodes, |
| 0:52.7 | great content, great information, and I can't |
| 0:55.9 | wait to chop it up with you. |
| 0:58.0 | Yeah. |
| 0:58.6 | So we were talking a little bit before we hit record here. |
| 1:01.4 | So because I was asking and, you know, kind of like what your title is and all that. |
| 1:04.9 | And so you are a process coach. |
| 1:09.4 | All right. |
| 1:10.9 | That is a term I've not heard before. |
| 1:14.5 | And so immediately I'm like, I need you to explain what that is. |
| 1:18.7 | And you are also the CEO of Performance Advisory Group. |
| 1:22.0 | So please explain what your title is, what you do, because how I viewed you, and this is why I asked |
| 1:27.3 | beforehand, I was like, you were sort viewed you, and this is why I asked before |
| 1:27.6 | and I was like, you were sort of a mindset and performance coach from my understanding, |
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