Tina Seelig on Luck, Gratitude, and Why Your Phone Is Killing Your Opportunities
A Stanford professor who has spent 27 years studying how opportunity works says the device in your pocket is destroying your luck. Tina Seelig, PhD in neuroscience, builder of Stanford's entreprene...
7 Jul 24min
Joel Del Rosario on Surviving an IED in Iraq, Losing His Memory, and Owning Every Decision After
Joel Del Rosario enlisted in the Marine Corps in 2005 because a girl asked him to. She left him with a Dear John letter while he was deployed to Iraq. Then an IED nearly killed him. His mother receive...
30 Jun 21min
11 Years Pro Soccer: Hugh Roberts on Getting Benched, Training Alone, and Never Quitting
Spartan Race started as an idea written on a napkin during a financial crisis. No business plan. Limited money. No guarantee any of it would work. Brian Duncanson, one of the original architects behin...
23 Jun 25min
Building How Brian Duncanson Helped Turn a Napkin Idea Into Spartan Race
Spartan Race started as an idea written on a napkin during a financial crisis. No business plan. Limited money. No guarantee any of it would work. Brian Duncanson, one of the original architects behin...
16 Jun 27min
Down Syndrome, Ironman Triathlons, and Never Quitting: Robert Norris on Doing the Work
A doctor said he needed knee surgery. He said no. Robert Norris is 22 years old, has Down syndrome, and completes Ironman triathlons without a guide. He taught himself to ride a bike, swam with Navy S...
9 Jun 17min
Herb Thompson on Leaving Safety, Owning Your Journey, and Earning the Green Beret
Herb Thompson had already made it. He was Drill Sergeant of the Year, on a clear path to a top enlisted career, and could have stayed where it was safe. He didn't. In this conversation with Joe De Sen...
2 Jun 23min
Four Warriors on Combat, Survival, and What It Takes to Keep Going When Everything Breaks
Nine soldiers in a hilltop position. Rocket-propelled grenades and machine gun fire from every direction. Seven killed. One man left on the radio, calling for help that was not coming. That is where t...
26 Mai 34min
From Crack Binges to Service: Matt Grace on Addiction, Enabling, and the Moment Everything Changed
At 29 years old, Matt Grace weighed 129 pounds and walked into his mother's house after a three-day crack and alcohol binge. She told him that if he was going to die, it would not be in her house. Tha...
19 Mai 19min
