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    The Jedburgh Podcast

    The Jedburgh Podcast empowers leaders to achieve success on their journey to transform themselves and their organizations. Creator, Host and Special Forces Green Beret Fran Racioppi interviews the world’s most prominent visionaries, drivers of change, and those dedicated to winning.

    Each episode is an in-depth discussion with trailblazers who’ve earned success through a dedication to talent development, preparation, introspection, and the drive to get things done. Our conversation will empower listeners to define success and operate at an elite level, regardless of the task at hand. 

    In May 1943 the Allied Forces determined a new type of leader was required to win World War II. Operation Jedburgh parachuted three-man teams deep behind enemy lines to win no matter the challenge. Jedburghs lived by the mantra “how you prepare today, determines success tomorrow.”  Today’s leaders are no different.

    Fran speaks with leaders in public service, business, athletics, and academics about their personal leadership stories of success, failure, and the road to continuous improvement. Our discussions focus on the character traits of elite performance used by Special Operations Forces to recruit, assess, select and retain elite performers. Through this lens, we show listeners that success in any field must be earned every day.

    We strive for each listener to take valuable lessons learned and concrete action steps to improve themselves, their teams, and their organizations. Although developed and used by US Special Operations Forces, these characteristics are inherently applicable to building resilient and successful organizations in any sector or industry, as well as in the betterment of our personal and professional lives. 

    The Nine Characteristics of Elite Performance:

    -Drive: Growth mindset, be better than yesterday, continuous self-improvement

    -Resiliency: Perseverance in the face of challenges

    -Adaptability: Adjust one’s behavior to the situation

    -Humility: Recognize that you do not have all the answers; a willing learner maintains accurate self-awareness

    -Integrity: Understand what is legal and correct and align actions and words to both

    -Effective Intelligence: apply one’s experience and knowledge to the situation

    -Team Ability: Prioritize organizational needs ahead of oneself, work as a cohesive unit

    -Curiosity: Exploring the unknown, questioning the status quo in pursuit of better

    -Emotional Strength: Emotional control in stressful situations brings calm to chaos

    Fran Racioppi is the Founder & CEO of FRsix where he leads operations in critical infrastructure projects. He served 13 years in the US Army Special Forces as a Green Beret. Fran is passionate about building the world’s best leaders and the impact our special operators have in service and beyond. He holds a BA from Boston University in Broadcast Journalism and an MBA from NYU Stern, as well as the security industry’s highest accreditation as a Certified Protection Professional.

    The Jedburgh Podcast is an official program of the Green Beret Foundation, a nonprofit charitable organization dedicated to supporting U.S. Army Special Forces Soldiers and their families. The Foundation provides emergency and ongoing support across five pillars: Casualty Support, Health and Wellness, Transition, Family Support, and Gold Star and Surviving Families. Learn more at https://greenberetfoundation.org/the-jedburgh-podcast/.

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    #038: Midnight Express Powerboats - President Harris Glaser Dec 16, 2021
    Show notes

    Midnight Express sets the standard as the leader in luxury center console powerboats. In this episode, Host Fran Racioppi travels to Miami to combine his passion for boats, journalism, and the beach as he sits down with Harris Glaser, President and Owner of Midnight Express.


    Harris, along with his brother Eric, bought Midnight Express in 2006 and have since redefined the boating industry bringing unparalleled design and construction, elaborate color schemes, flawless precision and unmatched performance.


    Fran and Harris discuss entrepreneurism, building an iconic brand, precision engineering, high-level customer experience, the importance of human capital, and the keys to building a successful family business. We also discuss the impact the loss of his father had on the company and his family; and how COVID has propelled the boating industry into uncharted seas.


    Read the full episode transcription here and learn more on The Jedburgh Podcast Website.


    Highlights:


    -Harris explains the history of Midnight Express, the rebranding efforts after the company was acquired by his family, and how their design and color patterns have changed the boating industry.

    -As a family business, Harris and his brother Eric jumped into building a boat manufacturing company and have complementary skill sets as an entrepreneur and an engineer. Harris credits his father, Bert, in mentoring and leading them in the early days of the company and describes the details of how he and Eric split responsibilities and resolve brotherly disputes.

    -Fran and Harris break down the proprietary construction methods used to build each custom boat, as well as some of the wildest requests the team has been asked to build.

    -Harris gives The Jedburgh Podcast the exclusive first look, never publicly released details on the brand new Midnight Express 52’ coming this winter.

    -Government and law enforcement have different requirements for their boats; Harris explains how Midnight Express worked with Customs and Border Patrol to customize the boats to their needs.

    -Harris shows the importance of access as the owner of a premium brand, how he empowers his team to take ownership, and his thoughts on making mistakes.

    -Despite supply chain disruption, Harris describes how boating has skyrocketed since the start of COVID, but also how Midnight Express has weathered multiple industry setbacks throughout the years.


    Quotes:


    -”You see it and you know it’s a Midnight Express.”

    -”We can adapt the boat to be able to get what they want out of it.”

    -“We don’t throw many marketing dollars out there, but social media has been very impactful.”

    -“Content, content, content...create new content. Create better content.”

    -”I don’t think there is any one master plan for family businesses...communication is key to even having a hint of hope to making it successful.”

    -”It took me time to learn humility. Certainly when I was 22, humility was not oozing out of my veins.”

    -”Even when you are right, sometimes you give anyways.”

    -”I’m ok if you make a mistake...you lie to me...that’s when we have problems.”

    -”We found our way around without having to sacrifice quality.”


    Harris’s Three Daily Foundations to Success:


    -Communicate effectively and openly

    -Show gratitude to all people, regardless of role and level

    -Think macro but get micro quickly when needed


    This episode is brought to you by 18A Fitness and Analytix Solutions.

    #037: Championship Formula – Jack Stark Dec 09, 2021
    Show notes

    Winning teams and companies aren’t built overnight. Leadership and a championship formula are needed for an organization to win. Dynasties are created when leaders apply this formula year in and year out without compromise.


    In this episode, Fran Racioppi discusses how championship dynasties are built with renowned performance psychologist Dr. Jack Stark. Jack has been a part of 22 national championships, eight NASCAR championships with Hendrick Motorsports, as well as multiple Olympic and professional teams. He has authored or co-authored 12 books, treated over 10,000 patients as a psychologist, and worked with over 100 companies, many in the Fortune 500.


    This episode is filled with lists that any leader, in any organization, in any industry can bring to their teams today to make an impact.


    Read the full episode transcription here and learn more on The Jedburgh Podcast Website.



    Highlights:


    -Jack defines a dynasty and explains how DYNASTY=P4 (People, Personality, Process, Purpose)

    -Dynasties require four specific roles within the organization: Thinker, Promoter, Coordinator, and a Corps of Action Oriented Staff.

    -Fran and Jack compare Jack’s nine C.H.A.R.A.C.T.E.R attributes to the nine characteristics of elite performance used by Special Operations to evaluate talent.

    -Jack breaks down the importance of analytical thinking using induction vs deduction in our problem solving process in an effort to develop breakthrough ideas.

    -Jack builds dynasties through the SPEED process (Select, Plan, Execute, Educate, Document).

    -Assessment is an integral part of building teams and talent. Fran and Jack describe different methods to assess talent and performance including Jack’s Behavioral Assessment and Selection Survey (BASS).

    -Purpose guides us and consists of a dream, a love, and a mentor.

    -Jack describes his diamond-shaped mental process to approaching competition.

    -Fran coins the term Jack’s “Factors of Failure” to identify how the stages of moral development can determine a leader’s likelihood of failure.



    Quotes:


    -”Culture is how we behave as a group. Our values. Our attitudes.”

    -“One player, one play, one game, can determine a season.”

    -”Leadership is a word used by many but truly understood by few.”

    -”If you don’t have character, you can’t lead.”

    -“You get up every day and decide your attitude.”

    -“The greatest leaders are great teachers.”

    -“It’s not just hard work; it’s the focus you have.”

    -“People fail not because they are not smart...they fail because of some sort of moral flaw.”

    “Make sure you do one thing with your kids...teach them how to love and be loved.”

    “40% of college athletes actually suffer from some form of a psychological disorder or mental health issue.”



    Jack’s Three Daily Foundations to Success:


    -Evaluate my dream and pursue it daily

    -Look to my mentors for guidance

    -Share my life with someone who loves me


    This episode is brought to you by 18A Fitness and Analytix Solutions.

    #036: Sana Health - CEO Richard Hanbury Dec 02, 2021
    Show notes

    Richard Hanbury is the CEO and founder of Sana Health, the company behind the Sana device. It's an innovative audiovisual device that trains brain pathways to reduce pain. Richard founded the company to save his own life after he was forced to drive his car off a bridge in Yemen. He was 19 and he lost the use of his legs. Richard developed Sana as a long-term solution to the root causes of pain and as an alternative to prescription drugs; which often only mask the pain and cause untold adverse effects on patients.


    Find out how Bruce Willis saved his life and how he dove into wearable technology. Learn more about his clinical trials on fibromyalgia and neuropathic pain. Richard also shares three of the most profound daily foundations of success we have heard to date on the podcast.


    Sana has won numerous medical industry awards including the MedTech Innovator Award and the Under Armour Innovation Award. Richard joins host Fran Racioppi to tell his entrepreneurial story of resilience, adaptability, innovation, and his mission to save not only his life, but the lives of all those suffering from chronic pain and opioid addiction.


    Read the full episode transcription here and learn more on The Jedburgh Podcast Website.


    Highlights:

    -Richard describes the life-changing car accident in Yemen which left him paralyzed, in a coma, clinically dead and diagnosed with less than five years to live.

    -Richard explains how he took his medical future into his own hands studying the extent of his injuries and associated nerve damage to develop a non-invasive and non-narcotic solution to reduce the pain and improve sleep.

    -Fran and Richard walk through the entrepreneurial story of Sana Health as they discuss the first versions of the hardware and software, as well as the iteration of the technology required to support the around-the-world flights of Sir Richard Branson and Bertand Piccard; including sitting in a lobby to cold approach engineers!

    -Sana is described in detail providing a first hand, founder look at how it was designed, how it helps to clear a busy mind, support enhanced relaxation, improve sleep management, reduce stress and enhance recovery from fatigue.

    -Richard discusses receiving FDA breakthrough status legitimizing the need for a device like Sana.


    Quotes:


    -“It stayed laptops, wires and boxes until Bertrand Piccard.”

    -“I used that as an excuse to harass everyone coming into the building.”

    -“Wearables were just not a thing...next year I will finally have what I wanted to build.”

    -“The more pain you are in the more you are going to damage your sleep...and once you damage your sleep, you are damaging everything.”

    -“Where is the pill that I can pop that is going to solve my problem. The human body and human brain don’t work like that.”

    -“However bad a day is, I can guarantee you anybody can find one thing or one person that did something to help them that day.”



    Richard’s Three Daily Foundations to Success:


    -Journal to express gratitude to determine what brings you happiness

    -Make your bed

    -Spend time doing the things that make you happy (and not work!)


    This episode is brought to you by 18A Fitness and Analytix Solutions.

    #035: Velontra Hypersonics - Major General Craig Whelden & Rob Keane III Nov 18, 2021
    Show notes

    The rapidly growing industry of hypersonic propulsion requires both sage experience and youthful vigor. The team at Velontra Hypersonics has both. Host Fran Racioppi is joined in this episode by their President, retired Major General Craig Whelden, and their founder and CEO, Rob Keane.


    General Whelden brings 40 years of leadership and experience in the defense industry. Rob brings engineering and innovation. Together they are propelling objects at five times the speed of sound and disrupting an industry that has long been dominated by major defense contractors. Pushing the sound barrier has not been done since the 1950's. It was an area the United States once dominated, but today we are losing ground to China.


    Rob shares the technology needed to move faster than we ever have, how he has implemented the FAST model to problem solving, and why bringing in Craig was so integral to compete. Craig provides his command philosophy, the importance of character in choosing your team, and his top leadership quirks that bring organizations, and people, all the wrong attention.



    Read the full episode transcription here and learn more on The Jedburgh Podcast Website.


    Highlights:

    -Fran presses Craig and Rob on the importance of senior leadership in young companies and the value young leaders get from bringing in seasoned leadership to their executive teams.

    -Craig defines inspired leadership and provides examples of both right and wrong when taking over organizations and instilling your work ethic.

    -Rob explains the FAST model of innovation (Fast, Attritable, Scalable, Tangible)

    -Craig delivers his leadership quirks to building organizations built on transparency and standards.

    -A deep conversation about hypersonic propulsion, America’s race against China in the development of hypersonic technology, and a history of the innovation of propulsion systems in the defense sector.



    Quotes:


    -“We are vertically aligned so we design both the aircraft and the propulsion system.”

    -“We are currently flat out behind the Chinese in the field of hypersonics and hypersonic propulsion.”

    -“I’ve got lots and lots of rocks in my rucksack that I have picked up over decades… you use the experiences of your life to shape what you might do in the future.”

    -“I trust you until you demonstrate that you are not worthy of that trust. That puts a healthy pressure on people.”

    -“Character is a foundation, without which, just about everything else fails”

    -“You really see the strength of a person’s character when they are under pressure. It holds or you see it fall apart.”

    -“If they don’t have character it almost doesn’t matter what technical skills they bring to the table.”

    -“When Craig came on the team the very first feedback he gave us was that Rob is doing too much.”

    -“The team is the number one reason startups fail. That is the number one risk.”

    -“You have to put yourself in the shoes of the other person...how is your message going to be received?”



    Craig’s Three Daily Foundations to Success:


    -Make a List

    -Work the List

    -Be thankful


    Rob’s Three Daily Foundations to Success:


    -Never quit

    -Do something

    -Have fun


    This episode is brought to you by 18A Fitness and Analytix Solutions.

    #034: Risk: A User's Guide - General Stan McChrystal Nov 11, 2021
    Show notes

    Risk exists in every corner of our professional and personal lives. Risk is something we as leaders cannot - and should not - shy from. How we choose to detect, assess, respond and learn determines if our organizations (and we as leaders) succeed or fail.


    In this episode General Stan McChrystal joins Host Fran Racioppi and special guest host Lisa Jaster, to break down Stan's new book "Risk: A User's guide." They define the Risk Immune System and explain how the 10 Factors of Control guide us in understanding and mitigating risk by taking action. They tie-in Afghanistan as Stan provides his assessment of the 20-year Global War on Terror. Stan explains the decisions behind the withdrawal. And he shares his insight on the next battlefield.


    This is our Veteran's Day episode. In honor of all those who have served our nation Fran, Stan and Lisa share their thoughts on America today, our position as the bastion of hope and freedom, and how we all come together as Americans to build a resilient future.


    Read the full episode transcription here and learn more on The Jedburgh Podcast Website.



    Highlights:


    -Stan defines risk as a simple mathematical equation and how buying into risk analysis breeds responsibility, accountability and ownership in organizations.

    -The Risk Immune System is made up of our ability to Detect, Assess, Respond and Learn from the threats that come to us.

    -The 10 Factors of Control are the levers leaders use to respond to and mitigate risks.

    -Stan challenges traditional thought on recruiting mid to senior level military leaders from the civilian workforce, in addition to growing talent from the junior levels.

    -Stan discusses the priorities of the war in Afghanistan providing his assessment of the risk checklist President Biden faced when determining strategic policy and its effect on diplomacy, military action and people.

    -Fran asks Stan to provide an After Action Review of the Global War on Terror, the 9/11 response and the invasion of Iraq resulting in the toppling of Saddam Huseein and the effect on the entire Middle East.

    -Fran, Stan and Lisa provide their assessment of the state of America, the next battlefield of cyber & hybrid warfare, and the role of politics and disunity today.



    Quotes:


    -”If we can do away with all our threats, good on us. Because anything times zero is zero. But we can’t do that.”

    -“We put leaders in positions to take very difficult, sometimes hazy situations and make bold but probability-based rational decisions.”

    -”Each of these 10 Factors forms into a system...you don’t have to max all of them perfectly in your plan, but any you violate...you’ve got a gaping hole of vulnerability.”

    -”Whether it’s the right decision, or the wrong one, I think President biden’s decision was courageous because he was going to get attacked no matter what he did.”

    -“We are viewed as less reliable partners, less consistent, less resolute than we would like to be considered...but we have to navigate from where we are; not from where we wish we were.”

    -”I would describe America as a promise...a promise that we can be stronger, more prosperous, safer...if we unite.”



    Stan’s Three Daily Foundations to Success:


    -Work out to remain centered

    -Take care of the family

    -Fulfill promises made to others


    This episode is brought to you by 18A Fitness and Analytix Solutions.

    #033: SOAA - Daniel Elkins, Founder Nov 04, 2021
    Show notes

    Special Operations Forces volunteer to answer the call to protect our nation and its people in every corner of the world. They look out for us so we can live our lives in freedom and liberty. Daniel Elkins founded Special Operations Association of America to give a voice to our Special Operators in policy and legislative affairs.


    This episode is our lead up to the first Veterans Day in two decades in which our nation is not in a declared war. However, brave men and women stand ready to serve - and take action - each and every day. Daniel joins host Fran Racioppi to discuss the founding of SOAA and their work supporting Special Operators, displaced Afghan refugees, those affected by burnout and Operator Syndrome, as well as to share his personal story of service as a Green Beret.


    Read the full episode transcription here and learn more on The Jedburgh Podcast Website.



    Highlights:


    -The history of SOAA and its goal to provide policy advocacy as the voice of Special Operations Forces on legislative affairs.

    -Daniel shares how his early career in anti-human and sex trafficking shaped his views on injustice in the world instilling in him the Special Forces motto of “De Oppresso Liber” - free the oppressed.

    -Fran and Daniel have an in-depth conversation about violence in the world, how it affects our Special Operators, how different cultures in the world view violence as a part of life, and why military action is the final step of diplomacy.

    -A breakdown of current SOAA initiatives to include advocating for changes in policy that currently restrict Special Operators from decision-making on the ground, the rise of Operator Syndrome among high-level performers, and the application of VA benefits.

    -SOAA’s efforts to relocate and resettle Afghan refugees displaced by the US withdrawal from Afghanistan, as well as their assistance to continue to assist and evacuate many still there.

    -Daniel shares his emotional personal story of supporting friends with Operator Syndrome and how quickly it has debilitated high performers around him.



    Quotes:


    -”The idea was formed around being a voice for the SOF community.”

    -”The goal is to get operators who have recently transitioned and people with the ground truth that have dirt under their fingernails into the highest levels of policy makers and decision makers to help them make informed decisions.”

    -”I was confronted with the reality of the world we live in.”

    -”If you engage in violence in war should you be happy about that, or should you be ashamed?”

    -”I realized that...there was a vast disconnect between the ground truth and what policy-makers and decision-makers were considering and why.”

    -”Many people who we have resettled are from the Afghan National Army or the Commando Force.”

    -”Walking someone through that process galvanized me...if no one does this, who will?”

    -“Suicide is 30% higher in the SOF community than it is in the rest of the military...these people are not coming into this program and these pipelines broken.”



    Daniel’s Three Daily Foundations to Success:


    -Wake up before the sun and conduct physical activity

    -Do the most important task of the day first

    -Learn continuously

    (And do all this before breakfast!)


    This episode is brought to you by 18A Fitness and Analytix Solutions.

    #032: WHOOP - Kristen Holmes, VP Of Performance Science Oct 28, 2021
    Show notes

    WHOOP has changed the game in human performance and our ability to understand what our body is telling us so we can make actionable decisions about our physical, mental and emotional health.


    In this episode WHOOP's VP of Performance Science, Kristen Holmes joins host Fran Racioppi to break down human performance, the evolution of data and how we use it to reach our peak levels, the importance of rest as the driver of workload, her four characteristics of elite performance, how to build successful teams and athletes for the long term, and what we have coined Kristen’s Pathways to Attention.


    WHOOP just closed a $200m funding round and is the fastest growing wearable technology in the world. They are now valued at over $3.6 billion. Kristen spent 13 years as the Head Coach of Princeton University's Women's Field Hockey Team where she won 12 Ivy League Championships and the school's first National Championship. She is a 2021 Iowa Athletics Hall Fame Inductee, 3 x All American, 2 x Big 10 Athlete of the Year competing in both Field Hockey and Basketball and a 7-year member of the U.S. National Team.


    Read the full episode transcription here and learn more on The Jedburgh Podcast Website.



    Highlights:


    -WHOOP’s rise to incredible valuation, the focus on data as a leading indicator of performance, and their positioning in the wearables market.

    -Our choices affect our behavior, including our sleep patterns, nutritional choices and how we choose to recover mentally and physically.

    -Kristen breaks down her decision to join WHOOP after winning 12 championships in 13 years as a Division 1 collegiate coach.

    -Kristen provides insight into her coaching mindset, developing a culture of performance, and the principles she instilled in the organization to set a foundation for winning.

    -Why tolerance, innovation, presence and internal fitness are Kristen’s core leadership values.

    -Fran coins the term “Kristen’s Pathways to Attention” and she explains the importance of breathwork.



    Quotes:


    -”It’s not data for the sake of data, it’s data so we can coach you to a better future.”

    -“We see incredible behavior modification...data really helps you face the truth.“

    -”You can’t just talk yourself into a better future. You really have to get your physiology on track.”

    -”We can’t perceive our own cognitive and physical declines.”

    -”I’ve never been one to chase security and happiness…those are kind of illusions.”

    -”I chase personal growth, professional growth and intellectual growth...I chase impact.”

    -”Tolerance is just a reminder that I don’t necessarily have the answer to everything.”

    -”I love the idea of being able to discover. I love the idea of being able to innovate.”

    -”Being present is the path to peace.”

    -”If I understand who it is I want to be, I can align my behaviors in the right way.”

    -”If you come to training with capacity, and you then train with quality, it is very hard to lose.”



    Kristen’s Three Daily Foundations to Success:


    -Go to bed and wake up at the same time to set a repeatable pattern

    -Find sunshine within 20 minutes of waking up

    -Breathe through your nose to control your physiology



    This episode is brought to you by 18A Fitness and Analytix Solutions.

    #031: Head Of The Charles - Olympic Medalist Gevvie Stone Oct 21, 2021
    Show notes

    The Head of The Charles is rowing's premier international competition. The sport requires the highest standards of physical and mental drive, discipline, toughness, preparation and the need for precision execution.


    In this episode, host Fran Racioppi is joined by one of rowing's fiercest competitors and the greatest of all time on the Charles River. Gevvie Stone is a three-time Olympian and the 2016 Rio Games Silver Medalist in the women's single. She has won the Head of The Charles 10 times in the Championship Single, including six in a row from 2014-2019.


    Gevvie lays out the importance of physical, mental and emotional strength; how a dedication to standards is essential to compete at the highest levels; and why trust and confidence in yourself and your team are developed one stroke at a time over years.


    Read the full episode transcription here and learn more on The Jedburgh Podcast Website.


    Highlights:


    -Fran and Gevvie recall the history of The Head of The Charles, the importance of the event to the sport of rowing, and the community developed through shared purpose.

    -Gevvie breaks down the race course, explains her mental approach to the competition and how to effectively execute a race plan.

    -As the all-time leader in wins, Gevvie talks about the expectations of winning and her decision to step away from the elite category.

    -Gevvie’s parents were both national team members and her father is her coach. She shares the importance of being able to ‘choose’ rowing for herself, her lessons for parents raising athletic children and the dynamic relationship with her father.

    -In 2008 Gevvie was cut from the US National Team; something that lit a fire in her to earn three Olympic appearances.

    -Gevvie’s 2016 Silver Medal Olympic experience was the result of controlling the uncontrollables as a freak storm forced her to adapt and focus her energy on the fundamentals.

    -Fran and Gevvie dig deep into the mental, physical and emotional aspects of performance in rowing and how the sport is filled with some of the toughest athletes on the planet.



    Quotes:


    -“Head of The Charles holds a special place in my heart.”

    -”If I feel nauseous. If I feel butterflies. That is a good thing. It means that my body is ready to go.”

    -”My parents put no pressure on me to row. In fact, avoided rowing at first because it was their thing and I didn’t want to do what my parents did.”

    -“On the National Team you make it or you don’t. Only half the team will actually race...I don’t think I was mature enough to understand that.”

    -“I didn’t make the team. I shouldn’t have made the team.”

    -”Rowing is hard...hard things bond people together more than easy things.”

    -”Being a successful rower is more up to the mental side of things than the physical side of things.”

    -”I couldn’t have asked for a better year in my career to be in the double. It strengthened my weaknesses.”

    -“We came to practice every day wanting to improve and with intent; and put it all on the table in the run up to Tokyo.”

    -”People need to find what fuels them up...for me it was the underdog.”



    Gevvie’s Three Daily Foundations to Success:


    -Stretch the mind and the body

    -Communicate a major goal for the day and talk through challenges

    -Keep a journal with a focus on achieving expectations


    This episode is brought to you by 18A Fitness and Analytix Solutions.

    #030: American Ninja Warrior - Jessie Graff Oct 14, 2021
    Show notes

    The highest levels of physical performance require the utmost mental and emotional strength. To achieve the impossible, we must first believe that the impossible can be achieved if we only put our minds - and our bodies - to the test. Jessie Graff is an American Ninja Warrior, a stuntwoman, a martial arts expert and an inspiration to all those who seek to defy physics and elite performance.


    Jessie joins host Fran Racioppi to share her leadership lessons on competition, the mental approach to negotiating complex problems, combatting failure through expectation management and how every setback is an opportunity to grow.


    Read the full episode transcription here and learn more on The Jedburgh Podcast Website.



    Highlights:


    -Jessie describes how her affection for flying, love for the freedom of weightlessness, and the open air has been a driving force in her career and decision-making.

    -Effective training is guided by purpose, but clarity of purpose is not required to generate positive results.

    -Jessie explains how preparation and planning for the unknowns is the key to handling the uncontrollables. We cannot control all aspects of a competition but we can control how we prepare and how we react.

    -Fran and Jessie discuss effective ways to handle the pressure of the moment when all eyes are on us to perform. Jessie explains her ability to focus on the details of the task at hand vs the noise around her when in the spotlight.

    -No stranger to injury, Jessie is one of the most resiliency and adaptive competitors. She provides a glimpse into her mental approach to recovery from injury, how she focuses on expectations, ad her focus on small victories.

    -Jessie shares how her love for learning, exploring new skills, and building new capability has helped her through injury, become a better strength trainer herself, and learn sign language during “Signing Sundays.”



    Quotes:


    -”I’m willing to do the work if it gets me to this amazing goal.”

    -”There is this community of ‘if I help you become a better performer, we work together as a better team when we get hired on a job.”

    -”Engineering comes into so much stunts and so much Ninja Warrior.”

    -“I assume there is a trick in every obstacle. If you look at something and think, ‘I should be able to do that...you are missing something.”

    -“I love impossible goals...those are the ones that drive me the most.”

    -”If I don’t respect the challenge..it will surprise me.”

    -”Having a specific purpose you are passionate about is almost a luxury.”

    -”When I fall it can initially feel really heartbreaking...so I really have to look at ‘what is the purpose of this training.’”

    -”You can blame a lot of outside sources., but does that make me better?”

    -”What thought process is going to give me the best results. What situations does that pressure help me...and when does it hurt me.”

    -”I’ve been able to grow from every injury I’ve had.”



    Jessie’s Three Daily Foundations to Success:


    -Sleep to enhance focus and drive

    -Hydrate to maintain nutrition and balance

    -Exercise to stay active and engaged



    This episode is brought to you by 18A Fitness and Analytix Solutions.

    #029: Chaos - 2021 PLL Champions - Andy Towers Oct 07, 2021
    Show notes

    On August 11, the Chaos were given a 3.2% chance of winning the Premier Lacrosse League. They were the sixth seed going into the playoffs and were given no respect. Today, they are the 2021 PLL champions.


    Head Coach Andy Towers joins host Fran Racioppi on the first follow-up episode of The Jedburgh Podcast proving that his goal to peak at the right time was achievable.


    Coach Towers explains how he focused the team to play the same style of game, how he valued chemistry over raw talent in personnel decisions, the resiliency the team showed after starting the season 0-3, and how the best players prepared relentlessly for precision execution.


    Read the full episode transcription here and learn more on The Jedburgh Podcast Website.


    Highlights:

    -The importance of creating a team culture in which every player is playing the same style and with the same goals.

    -How chemistry was the critical component to success on the 2021 team; a value that led to difficult personnel decisions for some of the top-rated players.

    -Coach Towers provides a detailed breakdown of the playoff run, the resiliency in the semifinal game after going down in the second quarter, and the tactics he used to keep the team focused on the big picture and playing their game.

    -Fran and Andy highlight the leadership and work ethic of some of the key players, including PLL MVP Blaze Riorden and Defenseman Jack Rowlett.

    -Coach Towers evaluates his performance in the league after initially being deemed an alternate head coach and having gone on to win Coach of the Year, a PLL Championship and second place finish.



    Quotes:

    -“The only opinions that matter are the opinions of the people in your locker room.”

    -“Balance in all areas is something that you strive for.”

    -“Finding that commonality, that binding element that creates a better group than they are a group of individuals “

    -“A team that is connected can become dangerous very very quickly”

    -“We were able to peak at the right time and prove that chemistry is the most important factor as it relates to winning the PLL championship.”

    -“Responsibility is for the group. Accountability is for yourself.”

    -“It’s easy to be team first when you are in the lineup…you find out who is truly, authentically in it for team success when you take them out of the lineup.”

    -“Everything in our locker room is a conversation.”

    -“Instead of us going into the locker and losing our minds, it was us going into the locker room and regaining our mind.”

    -“Make them have to manage us…make them have to deal with us.”

    -“The 2021 Chaos Lacrosse Club accomplished its goal…but we go into 2022 with the 2022 Chaos Lacrosse Club.”



    Chaos Lacrosse Club Offseason Foundations to Success:

    -Don’t forget the importance of remaining connected

    -Next season is a new and unique opportunity

    -Have fun and enjoy playing


    This episode is brought to you by 18A Fitness and Analytix Solutions.

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