Raise Your Game Show with Alan Stein, Jr. (Alan Stein, Jr.)

Please make sure to join the conversations at @AlanSteinJr on all major social platforms, go to AlanSteinJr.com to subscribe to my Full Time Out, 30 Second Time Out, and Overtime monthly emails.

Additionally, you can order the audiobook of Raise Your Game: High Performance Secrets from the Best of the Best at http://www.Audible.com or wherever audiobooks are sold. You can also order paperback or hard copies, for you or your entire team or organization, at http://www.RaiseYourGameBook.com. 

This season will be focused on sustaining both individual and organizational excellence. More specifically, what it takes to manage stress, avoid stagnation, and beat burnout. Which, not coincidentally, is the theme of my new book, Sustain Your Game, which is currently available for pre-order and will launch worldwide on April 12th.  

What makes the best the best? Ultimately the best are where they are because of the mindset, habits, and rituals they have—both in their respective “arenas,” but also in private, during the unseen hours. Success isn’t something that happens to you. It's something you attract and you create. Successful people do the little things better than everyone else because they know all the big things arise from them. The highest performers in all walks of life have taken full ownership. They got to where they are and have stayed there because they have chosen to establish, tweak and repeat positive habits. They understand that you can’t be selective when it comes to excellence, that how we do anything is how we do everything.

Sustain Your Game teaches you how to bring your A game to every area of your life. With advice from top CEOs, journalists, social scientists, and more, you'll learn the framework for how to beat stress, stagnation, and burnout. Sustain Your Game will help you be the best in your arena, wherever that may be.

Sustain Your Game if available for pre-order now at http://www.SustainYourGameBook.com and will launch worldwide on April 12th!

Please make sure to join the conversations at @AlanSteinJr on all major social platforms, go to AlanSteinJr.com to subscribe to my Full Time Out, 30 Second Time Out, and Overtime monthly emails.

Additionally, you can order the audiobook of Raise Your Game: High Performance Secrets from the Best of the Best at http://www.Audible.com or wherever audiobooks are sold. You can also order paperback or hard copies, for you or your entire team or organization, at http://www.RaiseYourGameBook.com. 

I’ve been in the lab the past several months reorganizing and revamping my content. The result? Four standalone keynote programs that address four separate audiences:

• INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCE (RAISE YOUR GAME)
• LEADERSHIP PERFORMANCE (RAISE THEIR GAME)
• ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE (RAISE OUR GAME)
• SALES PERFORMANCE (RAISE YOUR SALES)

For more information on each program, please visit AlanSteinJr.com or reach out directly to Michelle Joyce (my amazing Director of Events): Michelle@MichelleJoyce.com or 704.965.2339

In today’s episode, I am mesmerized by stand-up comedian, social influencer, and Orlando’s best actor… "Equity" Ben Ptashinsky. Ben is former Disney Cast member and a current author, cooking show host, Instagram & TikTok celebrity, and a brilliant comedian. I’ve done hundreds – yes hundreds – of interviews over my podcasting hosting career… and this is absolutely one of my favorites. Ben’s transparency, openness, and charisma are beyond admirable, and I am truly grateful he made the time to chat. I learned a lot and I am confident you will too! I was first introduced to Ben by my brother Jeremy, who loves all things Disney! 

Follow Ben on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@equity.ben

Follow ben on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/equityben/

This season I’m exploring what high performers do behind the scenes. I’ve been enjoying fascinating conversations with professional stand-up comedians, magicians, actors, rappers, dancers, YouTubers, athletes, coaches, and everything in between to find out exactly what they do behind the curtain – when the cameras are off and the arenas are empty – to work towards mastery of their craft and to prepare themselves to perform at a world class level. I hope you find their insights, perspectives, and personal strategies as helpful as I do and use what they share to continue to Raise Your Game.

Thank you so much for investing your time with us. I hope we helped you Raise Your Game and provided useful insight on how you can maximize your time and effort. If you found this episode helpful, would you be open-minded to supporting the show? Would you be kind enough to share it with a friend or colleague? Would you take 30 seconds and leave us a rating and review? Those two things help support the show’s mission and message more than you know. And don’t ever forget, a candle loses nothing by lighting another candle.

Sustain Your Game teaches you how to bring your A game to every area of your life. With advice from top CEOs, journalists, social scientists, and more, you'll learn the framework for how to beat stress, stagnation, and burnout. Sustain Your Game will help you be the best in your arena, wherever that may be.

Sustain Your Game if available now at http://www.SustainYourGameBook.com

Please make sure to join the conversations at @AlanSteinJr on all major social platforms, go to AlanSteinJr.com to subscribe to my Game Changer monthly emails.

Additionally, you can order the audiobook of Raise Your Game: High Performance Secrets from the Best of the Best at http://www.Audible.com or wherever audiobooks are sold. You can also order paperback or hard copies, for you or your entire team or organization, at http://www.RaiseYourGameBook.com. 

Lastly, if I can ever be of service to you or your organization, please visit AlanSteinJr.com and StrongerTeam.com for a variety of speaking and coaching resources. 

Please make sure to join the conversations at @AlanSteinJr on all major social platforms, go to AlanSteinJr.com to subscribe to my Full Time Out, 30 Second Time Out, and Overtime monthly emails.

Additionally, you can order the audiobook of Raise Your Game: High Performance Secrets from the Best of the Best at http://www.Audible.com or wherever audiobooks are sold. You can also order paperback or hard copies, for you or your entire team or organization, at http://www.RaiseYourGameBook.com. 

Your Game Plan: Student Athlete Edition is an on-demand, digital course that reinforces the traits, habits, and mindset necessary for your middle school through collegiate student athlete to achieve high performance.

Your Game Plan Coaches Edition is an on-demand, digital course that reinforces the traits, habits, and mindset necessary to maximize coaching performance, impact, influence, and legacy.

Check out www.MakeYourGamePlan.com to learn more! 

The purpose of the Raise Your Book Club is to take a deeper dive into the book’s teachings and to spark action that results in improved habits, mindset, and performance. 

This program will unpack the book’s most pivotal lessons and convert them into tangible action steps to help everyone on your team narrow the gap between knowing and doing. 

You can find everything you need here – including a link to order.  

Welcome to Season 14 of the Raise Your Game Show… a podcast dedicated to providing you with practical, actionable ideas, concepts, and strategies to help you improve your individual productivity and your team’s organizational performance.

I’m your host, Alan Stein, Jr. - corporate keynote speaker and the author of two books: Raise Your Game: High Performance Secrets from the Best of the Best and Sustain Your Game: High Performance Keys to Manage Stress, Avoid Stagnation, and Beat Burnout.

In this season, I’ll share the most impactful lessons I teach on stage along with exclusive commentary to arm you with the tools you need to level up your habits, mindset, focus, and self-awareness. Each episode will be concise by design.

This episode’s featured lesson came from this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvW5_cUBQl0

If you like what you hear, please hit subscribe… so you don’t miss a new video each week!

If you’re interested in learning how I can deliver messages like this to your team or at your next event - please visit AlanSteinJr.com and hit the ‘Contact’ tab in the top right corner.

Please make sure to join the conversations at @AlanSteinJr on all major social platforms, go to AlanSteinJr.com to subscribe to my Full Time Out, 30 Second Time Out, and Overtime monthly emails, and check out http://www.MakeYourGamePlan.com (the online course every middle school, high school, and college student athlete needs).

Additionally, you can order the audiobook of Raise Your Game: High Performance Secrets from the Best of the Best at http://www.Audible.com or wherever audiobooks are sold. You can also order paperback or hard copies, for you or your entire team or organization, at http://www.RaiseYourGameBook.com. 

As we prepare to launch Season 13… where we’ll explore how high performers utilize the Unseen Hours… I wanted to insert this BONUS episode and share the 22 most impactful lessons I learned from a 26-hour Navy SEAL training experience I did at the of July. 

I’ve been interviewing magicians, rappers, dancers, stand-up comedians, YouTubers, pro athletes, actors, and everything in between to find out exactly what they do behind the curtain – when the cameras are off and the arenas are empty – to work towards mastery of their craft and to prep themselves to perform at a world class level. I’ve got a feeling Season 13 will be our best season yet!

On that note, do you know of any organization that would benefit from hearing a customized version of this message? Can you think of someone that may be open-minded to investing in their team or in their annual event by bringing me in as speaker? If so, please encourage them to visit AlanSteinJr.com and fill out a speaking inquiry. I’d be honored to collaborate with them and co-create an impactful, meaningful, and memorable experience.

What makes the best the best? Ultimately the best are where they are because of the mindset, habits, and rituals they have—both in their respective “arenas,” but also in private, during the unseen hours. Success isn’t something that happens to you. It's something you attract and you create. Successful people do the little things better than everyone else because they know all the big things arise from them. The highest performers in all walks of life have taken full ownership. They got to where they are and have stayed there because they have chosen to establish, tweak and repeat positive habits. They understand that you can’t be selective when it comes to excellence, that how we do anything is how we do everything.

Sustain Your Game teaches you how to bring your A game to every area of your life. With advice from top CEOs, journalists, social scientists, and more, you'll learn the framework for how to beat stress, stagnation, and burnout. Sustain Your Game will help you be the best in your arena, wherever that may be.

Sustain Your Game if available now at http://www.SustainYourGameBook.com

Please make sure to join the conversations at @AlanSteinJr on all major social platforms, go to AlanSteinJr.com to subscribe to my Game Changer monthly emails.

Additionally, you can order the audiobook of Raise Your Game: High Performance Secrets from the Best of the Best at http://www.Audible.com or wherever audiobooks are sold. You can also order paperback or hard copies, for you or your entire team or organization, at http://www.RaiseYourGameBook.com. 

I’ve been in the lab the past several months reorganizing and revamping my content. The result? Four standalone keynote programs that address four separate audiences:

• INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCE (RAISE YOUR GAME)
• LEADERSHIP PERFORMANCE (RAISE THEIR GAME)
• ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE (RAISE OUR GAME)
• SALES PERFORMANCE (RAISE YOUR SALES)

For more information on each program, please visit AlanSteinJr.com or reach out directly to Michelle Joyce (my amazing Director of Events): Michelle@MichelleJoyce.com or 704.965.2339

If you’re new to our show, each of the previous 12 seasons have had a different theme, a different format, and a different approach to unpacking and dissecting both individual and organizational performance.

These Rewind episodes take a look back at some my favorite shows in case you missed them the first time around… or in case you’d like to give them a second listen.

I hope you enjoy, and more importantly, I hope this Rewind episode helps you Raise Your Game!

You may know him as the architect to 2 college basketball National Championships for Villanova, but did you know Coach Jay Wright (first name is actually Jerold) is a multiple winner of GQ’s Fashionable Four, an award given to the best-dressed coach in college basketball. Did you know that Jay was a pretty decent baller himself? He once scored 69 points in a high school game and ended up being a 4-year letter winner at Bucknell.  

Here are several isolated responses from a really quick in-person conversation I had with Coach Jay Wright, in Las Vegas at UNLV – back when I hosted the Pure Sweat Basketball Show.  We discussed the 3 traits he values most in assistant coaches, the key to maintaining a championship caliber culture and why relationships have always been and will always be the most important part of coaching. 

What makes the best the best? Ultimately the best are where they are because of the mindset, habits, and rituals they have—both in their respective “arenas,” but also in private, during the unseen hours. Success isn’t something that happens to you. It's something you attract and you create. Successful people do the little things better than everyone else because they know all the big things arise from them. The highest performers in all walks of life have taken full ownership. They got to where they are and have stayed there because they have chosen to establish, tweak and repeat positive habits. They understand that you can’t be selective when it comes to excellence, that how we do anything is how we do everything.

Sustain Your Game teaches you how to bring your A game to every area of your life. With advice from top CEOs, journalists, social scientists, and more, you'll learn the framework for how to beat stress, stagnation, and burnout. Sustain Your Game will help you be the best in your arena, wherever that may be.

Sustain Your Game if available now at http://www.SustainYourGameBook.com

Please make sure to join the conversations at @AlanSteinJr on all major social platforms, go to AlanSteinJr.com to subscribe to my Game Changer monthly emails.

Additionally, you can order the audiobook of Raise Your Game: High Performance Secrets from the Best of the Best at http://www.Audible.com or wherever audiobooks are sold. You can also order paperback or hard copies, for you or your entire team or organization, at http://www.RaiseYourGameBook.com. 

I’ve been in the lab the past several months reorganizing and revamping my content. The result? Four standalone keynote programs that address four separate audiences:

• INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCE (RAISE YOUR GAME)
• LEADERSHIP PERFORMANCE (RAISE THEIR GAME)
• ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE (RAISE OUR GAME)
• SALES PERFORMANCE (RAISE YOUR SALES)

For more information on each program, please visit AlanSteinJr.com or reach out directly to Michelle Joyce (my amazing Director of Events): Michelle@MichelleJoyce.com or 704.965.2339

Please make sure to join the conversations at @AlanSteinJr on all major social platforms, go to AlanSteinJr.com to subscribe to my Full Time Out, 30 Second Time Out, and Overtime monthly emails.

Additionally, you can order the audiobook of Raise Your Game: High Performance Secrets from the Best of the Best at http://www.Audible.com or wherever audiobooks are sold. You can also order paperback or hard copies, for you or your entire team or organization, at http://www.RaiseYourGameBook.com. 

What makes the best the best? Ultimately the best are where they are because of the mindset, habits, and rituals they have—both in their respective “arenas,” but also in private, during the unseen hours. Success isn’t something that happens to you. It's something you attract and you create. Successful people do the little things better than everyone else because they know all the big things arise from them. The highest performers in all walks of life have taken full ownership. They got to where they are and have stayed there because they have chosen to establish, tweak and repeat positive habits. They understand that you can’t be selective when it comes to excellence, that how we do anything is how we do everything.

Sustain Your Game teaches you how to bring your A game to every area of your life. With advice from top CEOs, journalists, social scientists, and more, you'll learn the framework for how to beat stress, stagnation, and burnout. Sustain Your Game will help you be the best in your arena, wherever that may be.

Sustain Your Game if available for pre-order now at http://www.SustainYourGameBook.com and will launch worldwide on April 12th!

Please make sure to join the conversations at @AlanSteinJr on all major social platforms, go to AlanSteinJr.com to subscribe to my Full Time Out, 30 Second Time Out, and Overtime monthly emails.

Additionally, you can order the audiobook of Raise Your Game: High Performance Secrets from the Best of the Best at http://www.Audible.com or wherever audiobooks are sold. You can also order paperback or hard copies, for you or your entire team or organization, at http://www.RaiseYourGameBook.com. 

I’ve been in the lab the past several months reorganizing and revamping my content. The result? Four standalone keynote programs that address four separate audiences:

• INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCE (RAISE YOUR GAME)
• LEADERSHIP PERFORMANCE (RAISE THEIR GAME)
• ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE (RAISE OUR GAME)
• SALES PERFORMANCE (RAISE YOUR SALES)

For more information on each program, please visit AlanSteinJr.com or reach out directly to Michelle Joyce (my amazing Director of Events): Michelle@MichelleJoyce.com or 704.965.2339

This season will be focused on sustaining both individual and organizational excellence. More specifically, what it takes to manage stress, avoid stagnation, and beat burnout. Which, not coincidentally, is the theme of my new book, Sustain Your Game, which is currently available now!

What makes the best the best? Ultimately the best are where they are because of the mindset, habits, and rituals they have—both in their respective “arenas,” but also in private, during the unseen hours. Success isn’t something that happens to you. It's something you attract and you create. Successful people do the little things better than everyone else because they know all the big things arise from them. The highest performers in all walks of life have taken full ownership. They got to where they are and have stayed there because they have chosen to establish, tweak and repeat positive habits. They understand that you can’t be selective when it comes to excellence, that how we do anything is how we do everything.

Sustain Your Game teaches you how to bring your A game to every area of your life. With advice from top CEOs, journalists, social scientists, and more, you'll learn the framework for how to beat stress, stagnation, and burnout. Sustain Your Game will help you be the best in your arena, wherever that may be.

Sustain Your Game if available now at http://www.SustainYourGameBook.com

Please make sure to join the conversations at @AlanSteinJr on all major social platforms, go to AlanSteinJr.com to subscribe to my Game Changer monthly emails.

Additionally, you can order the audiobook of Raise Your Game: High Performance Secrets from the Best of the Best at http://www.Audible.com or wherever audiobooks are sold. You can also order paperback or hard copies, for you or your entire team or organization, at http://www.RaiseYourGameBook.com. 

I’ve been in the lab the past several months reorganizing and revamping my content. The result? Four standalone keynote programs that address four separate audiences:

• INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCE (RAISE YOUR GAME)
• LEADERSHIP PERFORMANCE (RAISE THEIR GAME)
• ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE (RAISE OUR GAME)
• SALES PERFORMANCE (RAISE YOUR SALES)

For more information on each program, please visit AlanSteinJr.com or reach out directly to Michelle Joyce (my amazing Director of Events): Michelle@MichelleJoyce.com or 704.965.2339

Please make sure to join the conversations at @AlanSteinJr on all major social platforms, go to AlanSteinJr.com to subscribe to my Full Time Out, 30 Second Time Out, and Overtime monthly emails, and check out http://www.MakeYourGamePlan.com (the online course every middle school, high school, and college student athlete needs).

Additionally, you can order the audiobook of Raise Your Game: High Performance Secrets from the Best of the Best at http://www.Audible.com or wherever audiobooks are sold. You can also order paperback or hard copies, for you or your entire team or organization, at http://www.RaiseYourGameBook.com. 

During this past season, I shared a series of lessons to help you level up your habits, mindset, focus, and self-awareness. Each episode was short, sweet, and concise by design and featured some of my favorite lessons I’ve shared from stage in the past few years. I hope you enjoyed, I hope they helped you Raise Your Game, and I hope at the end of each episode you thought…

For those that are new, The Raise Your Game Show is the third podcast I’ve hosted… and I’m proud to have put out well over 500 episodes – including a new episode almost every single week – since 2013.  

And now it’s time for a break. I’ve decided to hit pause, temporarily put this show on ice, and step away for a bit… so this will be the last episode for the time being.

If you’re new to our show, each of the previous 12 seasons have had a different theme, a different format, and a different approach to unpacking and dissecting both individual and organizational performance.

These Rewind episodes take a look back at some my favorite shows in case you missed them the first time around… or in case you’d like to give them a second listen.

I hope you enjoy, and more importantly, I hope this Rewind episode helps you Raise Your Game!

You may know him as the brilliant head coach of the Boston Celtics, but did you know after his standout career as a Division III basketball player, Brad Stevens became the director of basketball operations at Butler in his early 20’s, a position that paid a mere $18,000 a year. Unfazed, he spent 14 hours a day logging, categorizing and editing game tape and quickly earned a reputation as a relentless worker that valued the process.

Here are several isolated responses from a brief in-person conversation I had with Coach Brad Stevens, in Las Vegas at the USA Basketball Fantasy Camp – back when I was the host of the Pure Sweat Basketball Show. We discussed why winning as a part of a team is the ultimate fulfillment, how he structures his practices with priority and urgency and how surrounding yourself with great people is the key to success.

What makes the best the best? Ultimately the best are where they are because of the mindset, habits, and rituals they have—both in their respective “arenas,” but also in private, during the unseen hours. Success isn’t something that happens to you. It's something you attract and you create. Successful people do the little things better than everyone else because they know all the big things arise from them. The highest performers in all walks of life have taken full ownership. They got to where they are and have stayed there because they have chosen to establish, tweak and repeat positive habits. They understand that you can’t be selective when it comes to excellence, that how we do anything is how we do everything.

Sustain Your Game teaches you how to bring your A game to every area of your life. With advice from top CEOs, journalists, social scientists, and more, you'll learn the framework for how to beat stress, stagnation, and burnout. Sustain Your Game will help you be the best in your arena, wherever that may be.

Sustain Your Game if available now at http://www.SustainYourGameBook.com

Please make sure to join the conversations at @AlanSteinJr on all major social platforms, go to AlanSteinJr.com to subscribe to my Game Changer monthly emails.

Additionally, you can order the audiobook of Raise Your Game: High Performance Secrets from the Best of the Best at http://www.Audible.com or wherever audiobooks are sold. You can also order paperback or hard copies, for you or your entire team or organization, at http://www.RaiseYourGameBook.com. 

I’ve been in the lab the past several months reorganizing and revamping my content. The result? Four standalone keynote programs that address four separate audiences:

• INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCE (RAISE YOUR GAME)
• LEADERSHIP PERFORMANCE (RAISE THEIR GAME)
• ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE (RAISE OUR GAME)
• SALES PERFORMANCE (RAISE YOUR SALES)

For more information on each program, please visit AlanSteinJr.com or reach out directly to Michelle Joyce (my amazing Director of Events): Michelle@MichelleJoyce.com or 704.965.2339

Welcome to Season 14 of the Raise Your Game Show… a podcast dedicated to providing you with practical, actionable ideas, concepts, and strategies to help you improve your individual productivity and your team’s organizational performance.

I’m your host, Alan Stein, Jr. - corporate keynote speaker and the author of two books: Raise Your Game: High Performance Secrets from the Best of the Best and Sustain Your Game: High Performance Keys to Manage Stress, Avoid Stagnation, and Beat Burnout.

In this season, I’ll share the most impactful lessons I teach on stage along with exclusive commentary to arm you with the tools you need to level up your habits, mindset, focus, and self-awareness. Each episode will be concise by design.

This episode’s featured lesson came from this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-eILPLw7ik

If you like what you hear, please hit subscribe… so you don’t miss a new video each week!

If you’re interested in learning how I can deliver messages like this to your team or at your next event - please visit AlanSteinJr.com and hit the ‘Contact’ tab in the top right corner.

If you’re new to our show, each of the previous 12 seasons have had a different theme, a different format, and a different approach to unpacking and dissecting both individual and organizational performance.

These Rewind episodes take a look back at some my favorite shows in case you missed them the first time around… or in case you’d like to give them a second listen.

I hope you enjoy, and more importantly, I hope this Rewind episode helps you Raise Your Game!

You may know him as a world-renowned expert on improving habits and the author of the NY Times Best Selling book, Atomic Habits, but did you know James Clear was an elite baseball player until he suffered a catastrophic, freakish injury that left him completely debilitated with brain damage. He had to learn how to do everything all over again – even the most basic of functions. This is where he formed a strong bond, respect and appreciation for habits, systems and processes.

Here are several isolated responses from an in-person conversation we had with James Clear, at a PGC Snaps event in Dallas, TX – back when I was a co-host of the Hardwood Hustle. We discussed the origin of his fascination with habits/systems/processes, what a Keystone Habit is (and why they are so important) and how doing a series of little things 1% better will create monumental changes.

What makes the best the best? Ultimately the best are where they are because of the mindset, habits, and rituals they have—both in their respective “arenas,” but also in private, during the unseen hours. Success isn’t something that happens to you. It's something you attract and you create. Successful people do the little things better than everyone else because they know all the big things arise from them. The highest performers in all walks of life have taken full ownership. They got to where they are and have stayed there because they have chosen to establish, tweak and repeat positive habits. They understand that you can’t be selective when it comes to excellence, that how we do anything is how we do everything.

Sustain Your Game teaches you how to bring your A game to every area of your life. With advice from top CEOs, journalists, social scientists, and more, you'll learn the framework for how to beat stress, stagnation, and burnout. Sustain Your Game will help you be the best in your arena, wherever that may be.

Sustain Your Game if available now at http://www.SustainYourGameBook.com

Please make sure to join the conversations at @AlanSteinJr on all major social platforms, go to AlanSteinJr.com to subscribe to my Game Changer monthly emails.

Additionally, you can order the audiobook of Raise Your Game: High Performance Secrets from the Best of the Best at http://www.Audible.com or wherever audiobooks are sold. You can also order paperback or hard copies, for you or your entire team or organization, at http://www.RaiseYourGameBook.com. 

I’ve been in the lab the past several months reorganizing and revamping my content. The result? Four standalone keynote programs that address four separate audiences:

• INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCE (RAISE YOUR GAME)
• LEADERSHIP PERFORMANCE (RAISE THEIR GAME)
• ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE (RAISE OUR GAME)
• SALES PERFORMANCE (RAISE YOUR SALES)

For more information on each program, please visit AlanSteinJr.com or reach out directly to Michelle Joyce (my amazing Director of Events): Michelle@MichelleJoyce.com or 704.965.2339

Please make sure to join the conversations at @AlanSteinJr on all major social platforms, go to AlanSteinJr.com to subscribe to my Full Time Out, 30 Second Time Out, and Overtime monthly emails.

Additionally, you can order the audiobook of Raise Your Game: High Performance Secrets from the Best of the Best at http://www.Audible.com or wherever audiobooks are sold. You can also order paperback or hard copies, for you or your entire team or organization, at http://www.RaiseYourGameBook.com. 

Please make sure to join the conversations at @AlanSteinJr on all major social platforms, as well as go to AlanSteinJr.com to subscribe to my Full Time Out and 30 Second Time Out monthly emails.

StrongerTeam.com is a comprehensive collection of resources that can be utilized to raise organizational performance – from sports teams to Fortune 500 companies – by focusing on developing The 5 C’s of a High Performing Culture: Cohesion, Chemistry, Communication, Collaboration, and Commitment.

Additionally, you can order the audiobook of Raise Your Game: High Performance Secrets from the Best of the Best at http://www.Audible.com or wherever audiobooks are sold. You can also order paperback or hard copies, for you or your entire team or organization, at http://www.RaiseYourGameBook.com. 

Please make sure to join the conversations at @AlanSteinJr on all major social platforms, go to AlanSteinJr.com to subscribe to my Full Time Out, 30 Second Time Out, and Overtime monthly emails, and check out http://www.MakeYourGamePlan.com (the online course every middle school, high school, and college student athlete needs).

Additionally, you can order the audiobook of Raise Your Game: High Performance Secrets from the Best of the Best at http://www.Audible.com or wherever audiobooks are sold. You can also order paperback or hard copies, for you or your entire team or organization, at http://www.RaiseYourGameBook.com. 

Please make sure to join the conversations at @AlanSteinJr on all major social platforms, go to AlanSteinJr.com to subscribe to my Full Time Out, 30 Second Time Out, and Overtime monthly emails.

Additionally, you can order the audiobook of Raise Your Game: High Performance Secrets from the Best of the Best at http://www.Audible.com or wherever audiobooks are sold. You can also order paperback or hard copies, for you or your entire team or organization, at http://www.RaiseYourGameBook.com. 

For additional resources on improving performance, leadership, and culture, please check out AlanSteinJr.com/Free, follow me @AlanSteinJr on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn, and opt in to receive my Full Time Out, 30-Second Time Out, and Overtime content heavy monthly emails.

Welcome to Season 14 of the Raise Your Game Show… a podcast dedicated to providing you with practical, actionable ideas, concepts, and strategies to help you improve your individual productivity and your team’s organizational performance.

I’m your host, Alan Stein, Jr. - corporate keynote speaker and the author of two books: Raise Your Game: High Performance Secrets from the Best of the Best and Sustain Your Game: High Performance Keys to Manage Stress, Avoid Stagnation, and Beat Burnout.

In this season, I’ll share the most impactful lessons I teach on stage along with exclusive commentary to arm you with the tools you need to level up your habits, mindset, focus, and self-awareness. Each episode will be concise by design.

This episode’s featured lesson came from this video: https://youtube.com/watch?v=b9seHb3N74U&feature=shares

If you like what you hear, please hit subscribe… so you don’t miss a new video each week!

If you’re interested in learning how I can deliver messages like this to your team or at your next event - please visit AlanSteinJr.com and hit the ‘Contact’ tab in the top right corner.

In today’s episode, I step into the ring with Camee “Double Whammy” Adams, a mother of two daughters, WMMA fighter and comprehensive wellness coach. She powers positive transformations through various training methods, workshops, retreats and speaking. She is a mental health advocate and a Safe Talk certified teacher through the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. I first met Camee a few years ago in Utah through a mutual friend.

This season I’m exploring what high performers do behind the scenes. I’ve been enjoying fascinating conversations with professional stand-up comedians, magicians, actors, rappers, dancers, YouTubers, athletes, coaches, and everything in between to find out exactly what they do behind the curtain – when the cameras are off and the arenas are empty – to work towards mastery of their craft and to prepare themselves to perform at a world class level. I hope you find their insights, perspectives, and personal strategies as helpful as I do and use what they share to continue to Raise Your Game.

Thank you so much for investing your time with us. I hope we helped you Raise Your Game and provided useful insight on how you can maximize your time and effort. If you found this episode helpful, would you be open-minded to supporting the show? Would you be kind enough to share it with a friend or colleague? Would you take 30 seconds and leave us a rating and review? Those two things help support the show’s mission and message more than you know. And don’t ever forget, a candle loses nothing by lighting another candle.

Sustain Your Game teaches you how to bring your A game to every area of your life. With advice from top CEOs, journalists, social scientists, and more, you'll learn the framework for how to beat stress, stagnation, and burnout. Sustain Your Game will help you be the best in your arena, wherever that may be.

Sustain Your Game if available now at http://www.SustainYourGameBook.com

Please make sure to join the conversations at @AlanSteinJr on all major social platforms, go to AlanSteinJr.com to subscribe to my Game Changer monthly emails.

Additionally, you can order the audiobook of Raise Your Game: High Performance Secrets from the Best of the Best at http://www.Audible.com or wherever audiobooks are sold. You can also order paperback or hard copies, for you or your entire team or organization, at http://www.RaiseYourGameBook.com. 

Lastly, if I can ever be of service to you or your organization, please visit AlanSteinJr.com and StrongerTeam.com for a variety of speaking and coaching resources. 

What makes the best the best? Ultimately the best are where they are because of the mindset, habits, and rituals they have—both in their respective “arenas,” but also in private, during the unseen hours. Success isn’t something that happens to you. It's something you attract and you create. Successful people do the little things better than everyone else because they know all the big things arise from them. The highest performers in all walks of life have taken full ownership. They got to where they are and have stayed there because they have chosen to establish, tweak and repeat positive habits. They understand that you can’t be selective when it comes to excellence, that how we do anything is how we do everything.

Sustain Your Game teaches you how to bring your A game to every area of your life. With advice from top CEOs, journalists, social scientists, and more, you'll learn the framework for how to beat stress, stagnation, and burnout. Sustain Your Game will help you be the best in your arena, wherever that may be.

Sustain Your Game if available for pre-order now at http://www.SustainYourGameBook.com and will launch worldwide on April 12th!

Please make sure to join the conversations at @AlanSteinJr on all major social platforms, go to AlanSteinJr.com to subscribe to my Full Time Out, 30 Second Time Out, and Overtime monthly emails.

Additionally, you can order the audiobook of Raise Your Game: High Performance Secrets from the Best of the Best at http://www.Audible.com or wherever audiobooks are sold. You can also order paperback or hard copies, for you or your entire team or organization, at http://www.RaiseYourGameBook.com. 

I’ve been in the lab the past several months reorganizing and revamping my content. The result? Four standalone keynote programs that address four separate audiences:

• INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCE (RAISE YOUR GAME)
• LEADERSHIP PERFORMANCE (RAISE THEIR GAME)
• ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE (RAISE OUR GAME)
• SALES PERFORMANCE (RAISE YOUR SALES)

For more information on each program, please visit AlanSteinJr.com or reach out directly to Michelle Joyce (my amazing Director of Events): Michelle@MichelleJoyce.com or 704.965.2339

Please make sure to join the conversations at @AlanSteinJr on all major social platforms, as well as go 
to AlanSteinJr.com to subscribe to my Full Time Out and 30 Second Time Out monthly emails.

StrongerTeam.com is a comprehensive collection of resources that can be utilized to raise organizational performance – from sports teams to Fortune 500 companies – by focusing on developing The 5 C’s of a High Performing Culture: Cohesion, Chemistry, Communication, Collaboration, and Commitment.

Additionally, you can order the audiobook of Raise Your Game: High Performance Secrets from the Best of the Best at http://www.Audible.com or wherever audiobooks are sold. You can also order paperback or hard copies, for you or your entire team or organization, at http://www.RaiseYourGameBook.com. 

This season will be focused on sustaining both individual and organizational excellence. More specifically, what it takes to manage stress, avoid stagnation, and beat burnout. Which, not coincidentally, is the theme of my new book, Sustain Your Game, which is currently available now!

What makes the best the best? Ultimately the best are where they are because of the mindset, habits, and rituals they have—both in their respective “arenas,” but also in private, during the unseen hours. Success isn’t something that happens to you. It's something you attract and you create. Successful people do the little things better than everyone else because they know all the big things arise from them. The highest performers in all walks of life have taken full ownership. They got to where they are and have stayed there because they have chosen to establish, tweak and repeat positive habits. They understand that you can’t be selective when it comes to excellence, that how we do anything is how we do everything.

Sustain Your Game teaches you how to bring your A game to every area of your life. With advice from top CEOs, journalists, social scientists, and more, you'll learn the framework for how to beat stress, stagnation, and burnout. Sustain Your Game will help you be the best in your arena, wherever that may be.

Sustain Your Game if available now at http://www.SustainYourGameBook.com

Please make sure to join the conversations at @AlanSteinJr on all major social platforms, go to AlanSteinJr.com to subscribe to my Game Changer monthly emails.

Additionally, you can order the audiobook of Raise Your Game: High Performance Secrets from the Best of the Best at http://www.Audible.com or wherever audiobooks are sold. You can also order paperback or hard copies, for you or your entire team or organization, at http://www.RaiseYourGameBook.com. 

I’ve been in the lab the past several months reorganizing and revamping my content. The result? Four standalone keynote programs that address four separate audiences:

• INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCE (RAISE YOUR GAME)
• LEADERSHIP PERFORMANCE (RAISE THEIR GAME)
• ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE (RAISE OUR GAME)
• SALES PERFORMANCE (RAISE YOUR SALES)

For more information on each program, please visit AlanSteinJr.com or reach out directly to Michelle Joyce (my amazing Director of Events): Michelle@MichelleJoyce.com or 704.965.2339

If you’re new to our show, each of the previous 12 seasons have had a different theme, a different format, and a different approach to unpacking and dissecting both individual and organizational performance.

These Rewind episodes take a look back at some my favorite shows in case you missed them the first time around… or in case you’d like to give them a second listen.

I hope you enjoy, and more importantly, I hope this Rewind episode helps you Raise Your Game!

In this episode I am joined by Kyla O’Connell, a top executive and Senior Partner at Asher (a world renowned sales and marketing company). Kyla is a phenomenal speaker, sales trainer, facilitator, and coach. Kyla and I unpack and explore my signature story of Steve Nash and his tsunami of touches and why great leaders fill other people’s buckets with their contagious enthusiasm and how this directly applies to effective sales and marketing. You’ll hear this story from when it was performed on stage during one of my 2019 keynotes.

What makes the best the best? Ultimately the best are where they are because of the mindset, habits, and rituals they have—both in their respective “arenas,” but also in private, during the unseen hours. Success isn’t something that happens to you. It's something you attract and you create. Successful people do the little things better than everyone else because they know all the big things arise from them. The highest performers in all walks of life have taken full ownership. They got to where they are and have stayed there because they have chosen to establish, tweak and repeat positive habits. They understand that you can’t be selective when it comes to excellence, that how we do anything is how we do everything.

Sustain Your Game teaches you how to bring your A game to every area of your life. With advice from top CEOs, journalists, social scientists, and more, you'll learn the framework for how to beat stress, stagnation, and burnout. Sustain Your Game will help you be the best in your arena, wherever that may be.

Sustain Your Game if available now at http://www.SustainYourGameBook.com

Please make sure to join the conversations at @AlanSteinJr on all major social platforms, go to AlanSteinJr.com to subscribe to my Game Changer monthly emails.

Additionally, you can order the audiobook of Raise Your Game: High Performance Secrets from the Best of the Best at http://www.Audible.com or wherever audiobooks are sold. You can also order paperback or hard copies, for you or your entire team or organization, at http://www.RaiseYourGameBook.com. 

I’ve been in the lab the past several months reorganizing and revamping my content. The result? Four standalone keynote programs that address four separate audiences:

• INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCE (RAISE YOUR GAME)
• LEADERSHIP PERFORMANCE (RAISE THEIR GAME)
• ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE (RAISE OUR GAME)
• SALES PERFORMANCE (RAISE YOUR SALES)

For more information on each program, please visit AlanSteinJr.com or reach out directly to Michelle Joyce (my amazing Director of Events): Michelle@MichelleJoyce.com or 704.965.2339

Please make sure to join the conversations at @AlanSteinJr on all major social platforms, go to AlanSteinJr.com to subscribe to my Full Time Out, 30 Second Time Out, and Overtime monthly emails.

Additionally, you can order the audiobook of Raise Your Game: High Performance Secrets from the Best of the Best at http://www.Audible.com or wherever audiobooks are sold. You can also order paperback or hard copies, for you or your entire team or organization, at http://www.RaiseYourGameBook.com. 

In today's episode, I go behind the stage and behind the page with my new friend Nicole Kalil. Nicole is an in demand speaker, author of the incredible new book, Validation is For Parking, a respected coach and the host of the This is Women's Work Podcast. Nicole's passion for eliminating gender expectations and redefining women's work is both what keeps her up at night and what gets her up in the morning. She is a former Fortune 100 C-suite executive and has coached thousands of women in business, which has given her a unique insight into what structurally, systematically, and socially is and isn't serving women and leaders within an organization. But gentlemen, make sure you listen closely as the strategies she shares on commitment, courage, and authenticity during the unseen hours directly applies to us as well. 

This season I’m exploring what high performers do behind the scenes. I’ve been enjoying fascinating conversations with professional stand-up comedians, magicians, actors, rappers, dancers, YouTubers, athletes, coaches, and everything in between to find out exactly what they do behind the curtain – when the cameras are off and the arenas are empty – to work towards mastery of their craft and to prepare themselves to perform at a world class level. I hope you find their insights, perspectives, and personal strategies as helpful as I do and use what they share to continue to Raise Your Game.

Warning: this episode contains the occasional use of adult language – words like BLEEP and BLEEP and quite possibly some nudity… so please be advised. 

Thank you so much for investing your time with us. I hope we helped you Raise Your Game and provided useful insight on how you can maximize your time and effort. If you found this episode helpful, would you be open-minded to supporting the show? Would you be kind enough to share it with a friend or colleague? Would you take 30 seconds and leave us a rating and review? Those two things help support the show’s mission and message more than you know. And don’t ever forget, a candle loses nothing by lighting another candle.

Sustain Your Game teaches you how to bring your A game to every area of your life. With advice from top CEOs, journalists, social scientists, and more, you'll learn the framework for how to beat stress, stagnation, and burnout. Sustain Your Game will help you be the best in your arena, wherever that may be.

Sustain Your Game if available now at http://www.SustainYourGameBook.com

Please make sure to join the conversations at @AlanSteinJr on all major social platforms, go to AlanSteinJr.com to subscribe to my Game Changer monthly emails.

Additionally, you can order the audiobook of Raise Your Game: High Performance Secrets from the Best of the Best at http://www.Audible.com or wherever audiobooks are sold. You can also order paperback or hard copies, for you or your entire team or organization, at http://www.RaiseYourGameBook.com. 

Lastly, if I can ever be of service to you or your organization, please visit AlanSteinJr.com and StrongerTeam.com for a variety of speaking and coaching resources. 

You can download the Raise Your Game audiobook at Audible.com, in iTunes or purchase a hard copy on Amazon. If you’d like info on the Raise Your Game Book Club which includes a Facilitator Guide and Team Member Workbooks in both business and education editions, or to order a team set of signed copies for your organization at a 40% discount – please visit RaiseYourGameBook.com or email me directly at Alan@AlanSteinJr.com

Would you like to receive my Key Themes from the talks I give? Please enter your information here: https://buff.ly/2UMPEpo In addition, you will receive a list of 8 Books Every Leader Needs to Read as well as monthly emails with a ton of valuable content. 

If you’d like info on my event keynotes, interactive workshops and full day trainings – the programs I’ve done for groups like Starbucks, American Express and Pepsi - please visit AlanSteinJr.com or hit me up at @AlanSteinJr on Instagram, Twitter and LinkedIn.

I hope this helps you Raise Your Game!

This season will be focused on sustaining both individual and organizational excellence. More specifically, what it takes to manage stress, avoid stagnation, and beat burnout. Which, not coincidentally, is the theme of my new book, Sustain Your Game, which is currently available now!

What makes the best the best? Ultimately the best are where they are because of the mindset, habits, and rituals they have—both in their respective “arenas,” but also in private, during the unseen hours. Success isn’t something that happens to you. It's something you attract and you create. Successful people do the little things better than everyone else because they know all the big things arise from them. The highest performers in all walks of life have taken full ownership. They got to where they are and have stayed there because they have chosen to establish, tweak and repeat positive habits. They understand that you can’t be selective when it comes to excellence, that how we do anything is how we do everything.

Sustain Your Game teaches you how to bring your A game to every area of your life. With advice from top CEOs, journalists, social scientists, and more, you'll learn the framework for how to beat stress, stagnation, and burnout. Sustain Your Game will help you be the best in your arena, wherever that may be.

Sustain Your Game if available now at http://www.SustainYourGameBook.com

Please make sure to join the conversations at @AlanSteinJr on all major social platforms, go to AlanSteinJr.com to subscribe to my Game Changer monthly emails.

Additionally, you can order the audiobook of Raise Your Game: High Performance Secrets from the Best of the Best at http://www.Audible.com or wherever audiobooks are sold. You can also order paperback or hard copies, for you or your entire team or organization, at http://www.RaiseYourGameBook.com. 

I’ve been in the lab the past several months reorganizing and revamping my content. The result? Four standalone keynote programs that address four separate audiences:

• INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCE (RAISE YOUR GAME)
• LEADERSHIP PERFORMANCE (RAISE THEIR GAME)
• ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE (RAISE OUR GAME)
• SALES PERFORMANCE (RAISE YOUR SALES)

For more information on each program, please visit AlanSteinJr.com or reach out directly to Michelle Joyce (my amazing Director of Events): Michelle@MichelleJoyce.com or 704.965.2339

Welcome to Season 15 of the Raise Your Game Show… a podcast dedicated to providing you with practical, actionable ideas, concepts, and strategies to help you improve your individual productivity and your team’s organizational performance.  

I’m your host, Alan Stein, Jr. - corporate keynote speaker and the author of two books: Raise Your Game: High Performance Secrets from the Best of the Best and Sustain Your Game: High Performance Keys to Manage Stress, Avoid Stagnation, and Beat Burnout.

In this season, I’ll revisit my favorite conversations with my favorite podcast hosts (from when I was a guest on their shows).

If you like what you hear, please hit subscribe… so you don’t miss an episode!

If you’re interested in learning how I can deliver messages like this to your team or at your next event - please visit AlanSteinJr.com and hit the ‘Contact’ tab in the top right corner.

You can order the full audiobook at http://www.Audible.com or wherever audiobooks are sold.

You can also order paperback or hard copies, for you or your entire team or organization, at http://www.RaiseYourGameBook.com. 

For additional resources on improving performance, leadership, and culture, please check out AlanSteinJr.com/Free, follow me @AlanSteinJr on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn, and opt in to receive my Full Time Out, 30-Second Time Out, and Overtime content heavy monthly emails. 

You can order the full audiobook at http://www.Audible.com or wherever audiobooks are sold.

You can also order paperback or hard copies, for you or your entire team or organization, at http://www.RaiseYourGameBook.com. 

Please make sure to join the conversations at @AlanSteinJr on all major social platforms, go to AlanSteinJr.com to subscribe to my Full Time Out, 30 Second Time Out, and Overtime monthly emails.

Additionally, you can order the audiobook of Raise Your Game: High Performance Secrets from the Best of the Best at http://www.Audible.com or wherever audiobooks are sold. You can also order paperback or hard copies, for you or your entire team or organization, at http://www.RaiseYourGameBook.com. 

Hey coaches, if you want your team to make massive improvement this summer, check out MakeYourGamePlan.com. 

Your Game Plan will provide every athlete and coach in your program with actionable strategies for creating championship habits, developing a winner’s mindset, and becoming impactful leaders. It will spark measurable improvement in communication, chemistry, cohesion, and culture as well as teach the traits of the world’s highest performers, pitfalls that undermine success, as the most effective ways to handle adversity.

If you want your team to raise their game, check out MakeYourGamePlan.com right now.

Please make sure to join the conversations at @AlanSteinJr on all major social platforms, as well as go 
to AlanSteinJr.com to subscribe to my Full Time Out and 30 Second Time Out monthly emails.

StrongerTeam.com is a comprehensive collection of resources that can be utilized to raise organizational performance – from sports teams to Fortune 500 companies – by focusing on developing The 5 C’s of a High Performing Culture: Cohesion, Chemistry, Communication, Collaboration, and Commitment.

Additionally, you can order the audiobook of Raise Your Game: High Performance Secrets from the Best of the Best at http://www.Audible.com or wherever audiobooks are sold. You can also order paperback or hard copies, for you or your entire team or organization, at http://www.RaiseYourGameBook.com. 

This season will be focused on sustaining both individual and organizational excellence. More specifically, what it takes to manage stress, avoid stagnation, and beat burnout. Which, not coincidentally, is the theme of my new book, Sustain Your Game, which is currently available for pre-order and will launch worldwide on April 12th.  

What makes the best the best? Ultimately the best are where they are because of the mindset, habits, and rituals they have—both in their respective “arenas,” but also in private, during the unseen hours. Success isn’t something that happens to you. It's something you attract and you create. Successful people do the little things better than everyone else because they know all the big things arise from them. The highest performers in all walks of life have taken full ownership. They got to where they are and have stayed there because they have chosen to establish, tweak and repeat positive habits. They understand that you can’t be selective when it comes to excellence, that how we do anything is how we do everything.

Sustain Your Game teaches you how to bring your A game to every area of your life. With advice from top CEOs, journalists, social scientists, and more, you'll learn the framework for how to beat stress, stagnation, and burnout. Sustain Your Game will help you be the best in your arena, wherever that may be.

Sustain Your Game if available for pre-order now at http://www.SustainYourGameBook.com and will launch worldwide on April 12th!

Please make sure to join the conversations at @AlanSteinJr on all major social platforms, go to AlanSteinJr.com to subscribe to my Full Time Out, 30 Second Time Out, and Overtime monthly emails.

Additionally, you can order the audiobook of Raise Your Game: High Performance Secrets from the Best of the Best at http://www.Audible.com or wherever audiobooks are sold. You can also order paperback or hard copies, for you or your entire team or organization, at http://www.RaiseYourGameBook.com. 

I’ve been in the lab the past several months reorganizing and revamping my content. The result? Four standalone keynote programs that address four separate audiences:

• INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCE (RAISE YOUR GAME)
• LEADERSHIP PERFORMANCE (RAISE THEIR GAME)
• ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE (RAISE OUR GAME)
• SALES PERFORMANCE (RAISE YOUR SALES)

For more information on each program, please visit AlanSteinJr.com or reach out directly to Michelle Joyce (my amazing Director of Events): Michelle@MichelleJoyce.com or 704.965.2339

You can download the Raise Your Game audiobook at Audible.com, in iTunes or purchase a hard copy on Amazon. If you’d like info on the Raise Your Game Book Club which includes a Facilitator Guide and Team Member Workbooks in both business and education editions, or to order a team set of signed copies for your organization at a 40% discount – please visit RaiseYourGameBook.com or email me directly at Alan@AlanSteinJr.com

Would you like to receive my Key Themes from the talks I give? Please enter your information here: https://buff.ly/2UMPEpo In addition, you will receive a list of 8 Books Every Leader Needs to Read as well as monthly emails with a ton of valuable content. 

If you’d like info on my event keynotes, interactive workshops and full day trainings – the programs I’ve done for groups like Starbucks, American Express and Pepsi - please visit AlanSteinJr.com or hit me up at @AlanSteinJr on Instagram, Twitter and LinkedIn.

I hope this helps you Raise Your Game!

Welcome to Season 15 of the Raise Your Game Show… a podcast dedicated to providing you with practical, actionable ideas, concepts, and strategies to help you improve your individual productivity and your team’s organizational performance.  

I’m your host, Alan Stein, Jr. - corporate keynote speaker and the author of two books: Raise Your Game: High Performance Secrets from the Best of the Best and Sustain Your Game: High Performance Keys to Manage Stress, Avoid Stagnation, and Beat Burnout.

In this season, I’ll revisit my favorite conversations with my favorite podcast hosts (from when I was a guest on their shows).

If you like what you hear, please hit subscribe… so you don’t miss an episode!

If you’re interested in learning how I can deliver messages like this to your team or at your next event - please visit AlanSteinJr.com and hit the ‘Contact’ tab in the top right corner.

You can download the Raise Your Game audiobook at Audible.com, in iTunes or purchase a hard copy on Amazon. If you’d like info on the Raise Your Game Book Club which includes a Facilitator Guide and Team Member Workbooks in both business and education editions, or to order a team set of signed copies for your organization at a 40% discount – please visit RaiseYourGameBook.com or email me directly at Alan@AlanSteinJr.com

Would you like to receive my Key Themes from the talks I give? Please enter your information here: https://buff.ly/2UMPEpo In addition, you will receive a list of 8 Books Every Leader Needs to Read as well as monthly emails with a ton of valuable content. 

If you’d like info on my event keynotes, interactive workshops and full day trainings – the programs I’ve done for groups like Starbucks, American Express and Pepsi - please visit AlanSteinJr.com or hit me up at @AlanSteinJr on Instagram, Twitter and LinkedIn.

I hope this helps you Raise Your Game!

Please make sure to join the conversations at @AlanSteinJr on all major social platforms, go to AlanSteinJr.com to subscribe to my Full Time Out, 30 Second Time Out, and Overtime monthly emails, and check out http://www.MakeYourGamePlan.com (the online course every middle school, high school, and college student athlete needs).

Additionally, you can order the audiobook of Raise Your Game: High Performance Secrets from the Best of the Best at http://www.Audible.com or wherever audiobooks are sold. You can also order paperback or hard copies, for you or your entire team or organization, at http://www.RaiseYourGameBook.com. 

This season will be focused on sustaining both individual and organizational excellence. More specifically, what it takes to manage stress, avoid stagnation, and beat burnout. Which, not coincidentally, is the theme of my new book, Sustain Your Game, which is currently available now!

What makes the best the best? Ultimately the best are where they are because of the mindset, habits, and rituals they have—both in their respective “arenas,” but also in private, during the unseen hours. Success isn’t something that happens to you. It's something you attract and you create. Successful people do the little things better than everyone else because they know all the big things arise from them. The highest performers in all walks of life have taken full ownership. They got to where they are and have stayed there because they have chosen to establish, tweak and repeat positive habits. They understand that you can’t be selective when it comes to excellence, that how we do anything is how we do everything.

Sustain Your Game teaches you how to bring your A game to every area of your life. With advice from top CEOs, journalists, social scientists, and more, you'll learn the framework for how to beat stress, stagnation, and burnout. Sustain Your Game will help you be the best in your arena, wherever that may be.

Sustain Your Game if available now at http://www.SustainYourGameBook.com

Please make sure to join the conversations at @AlanSteinJr on all major social platforms, go to AlanSteinJr.com to subscribe to my Game Changer monthly emails.

Additionally, you can order the audiobook of Raise Your Game: High Performance Secrets from the Best of the Best at http://www.Audible.com or wherever audiobooks are sold. You can also order paperback or hard copies, for you or your entire team or organization, at http://www.RaiseYourGameBook.com. 

I’ve been in the lab the past several months reorganizing and revamping my content. The result? Four standalone keynote programs that address four separate audiences:

• INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCE (RAISE YOUR GAME)
• LEADERSHIP PERFORMANCE (RAISE THEIR GAME)
• ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE (RAISE OUR GAME)
• SALES PERFORMANCE (RAISE YOUR SALES)

For more information on each program, please visit AlanSteinJr.com or reach out directly to Michelle Joyce (my amazing Director of Events): Michelle@MichelleJoyce.com or 704.965.2339

In today’s episode, I step off the court with NBA player Micah Potter and his wife Elle. Micah is a center for the Utah Jazz after a successful stint with the Pistons and the Sioux Falls Skyforce in the G-Leauge. He was a phenomenal college player at Ohio State and Wisconsin. His amazing wife Elle was a phenomenal volleyball player at Loyola and is now the Head Coach of their relationship! As you will hear, this convo gets raw and real and truly respect and appreciate their level of vulnerability. I was first introduced to Micah and Elle by a mutual friend at Northwestern Mutual.

This season I’m exploring what high performers do behind the scenes. I’ve been enjoying fascinating conversations with professional stand-up comedians, magicians, actors, rappers, dancers, YouTubers, athletes, coaches, and everything in between to find out exactly what they do behind the curtain – when the cameras are off and the arenas are empty – to work towards mastery of their craft and to prepare themselves to perform at a world class level. I hope you find their insights, perspectives, and personal strategies as helpful as I do and use what they share to continue to Raise Your Game.

Thank you so much for investing your time with us. I hope we helped you Raise Your Game and provided useful insight on how you can maximize your time and effort. If you found this episode helpful, would you be open-minded to supporting the show? Would you be kind enough to share it with a friend or colleague? Would you take 30 seconds and leave us a rating and review? Those two things help support the show’s mission and message more than you know. And don’t ever forget, a candle loses nothing by lighting another candle.

Sustain Your Game teaches you how to bring your A game to every area of your life. With advice from top CEOs, journalists, social scientists, and more, you'll learn the framework for how to beat stress, stagnation, and burnout. Sustain Your Game will help you be the best in your arena, wherever that may be.

Sustain Your Game if available now at http://www.SustainYourGameBook.com

Please make sure to join the conversations at @AlanSteinJr on all major social platforms, go to AlanSteinJr.com to subscribe to my Game Changer monthly emails.

Additionally, you can order the audiobook of Raise Your Game: High Performance Secrets from the Best of the Best at http://www.Audible.com or wherever audiobooks are sold. You can also order paperback or hard copies, for you or your entire team or organization, at http://www.RaiseYourGameBook.com. 

Lastly, if I can ever be of service to you or your organization, please visit AlanSteinJr.com and StrongerTeam.com for a variety of speaking and coaching resources. 

If you’re new to our show, each of the previous 12 seasons have had a different theme, a different format, and a different approach to unpacking and dissecting both individual and organizational performance.

These Rewind episodes take a look back at some my favorite shows in case you missed them the first time around… or in case you’d like to give them a second listen.

I hope you enjoy, and more importantly, I hope this Rewind episode helps you Raise Your Game!

In this episode I am joined by Kyla O’Connell, a top executive and Senior Partner at Asher (a world renowned sales and marketing company). Kyla is a phenomenal speaker, sales trainer, facilitator, and coach. Kyla and I unpack and explore my signature story of the Duke vs Butler rematch of 2010 and why it is so important to know what gives you a competitive edge and how this directly applies to effective sales and marketing. You’ll hear this story from when it was performed on stage during one of my 2019 keynotes.

What makes the best the best? Ultimately the best are where they are because of the mindset, habits, and rituals they have—both in their respective “arenas,” but also in private, during the unseen hours. Success isn’t something that happens to you. It's something you attract and you create. Successful people do the little things better than everyone else because they know all the big things arise from them. The highest performers in all walks of life have taken full ownership. They got to where they are and have stayed there because they have chosen to establish, tweak and repeat positive habits. They understand that you can’t be selective when it comes to excellence, that how we do anything is how we do everything.

Sustain Your Game teaches you how to bring your A game to every area of your life. With advice from top CEOs, journalists, social scientists, and more, you'll learn the framework for how to beat stress, stagnation, and burnout. Sustain Your Game will help you be the best in your arena, wherever that may be.

Sustain Your Game if available now at http://www.SustainYourGameBook.com

Please make sure to join the conversations at @AlanSteinJr on all major social platforms, go to AlanSteinJr.com to subscribe to my Game Changer monthly emails.

Additionally, you can order the audiobook of Raise Your Game: High Performance Secrets from the Best of the Best at http://www.Audible.com or wherever audiobooks are sold. You can also order paperback or hard copies, for you or your entire team or organization, at http://www.RaiseYourGameBook.com. 

I’ve been in the lab the past several months reorganizing and revamping my content. The result? Four standalone keynote programs that address four separate audiences:

• INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCE (RAISE YOUR GAME)
• LEADERSHIP PERFORMANCE (RAISE THEIR GAME)
• ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE (RAISE OUR GAME)
• SALES PERFORMANCE (RAISE YOUR SALES)

For more information on each program, please visit AlanSteinJr.com or reach out directly to Michelle Joyce (my amazing Director of Events): Michelle@MichelleJoyce.com or 704.965.2339

Please make sure to join the conversations at @AlanSteinJr on all major social platforms, as well as go to AlanSteinJr.com to subscribe to my Full Time Out and 30 Second Time Out monthly emails.

StrongerTeam.com is a comprehensive collection of resources that can be utilized to raise organizational performance – from sports teams to Fortune 500 companies – by focusing on developing The 5 C’s of a High Performing Culture: Cohesion, Chemistry, Communication, Collaboration, and Commitment.

Additionally, you can order the audiobook of Raise Your Game: High Performance Secrets from the Best of the Best at http://www.Audible.com or wherever audiobooks are sold. You can also order paperback or hard copies, for you or your entire team or organization, at http://www.RaiseYourGameBook.com. 

Welcome to Season 14 of the Raise Your Game Show… a podcast dedicated to providing you with practical, actionable ideas, concepts, and strategies to help you improve your individual productivity and your team’s organizational performance.

I’m your host, Alan Stein, Jr. - corporate keynote speaker and the author of two books: Raise Your Game: High Performance Secrets from the Best of the Best and Sustain Your Game: High Performance Keys to Manage Stress, Avoid Stagnation, and Beat Burnout.

In this season, I’ll share the most impactful lessons I teach on stage along with exclusive commentary to arm you with the tools you need to level up your habits, mindset, focus, and self-awareness. Each episode will be concise by design.

This episode’s featured lesson came from this video: https://youtu.be/-82HoVv_gHU

If you like what you hear, please hit subscribe… so you don’t miss a new video each week!

If you’re interested in learning how I can deliver messages like this to your team or at your next event - please visit AlanSteinJr.com and hit the ‘Contact’ tab in the top right corner.

What makes the best the best? Ultimately the best are where they are because of the mindset, habits, and rituals they have—both in their respective “arenas,” but also in private, during the unseen hours. Success isn’t something that happens to you. It's something you attract and you create. Successful people do the little things better than everyone else because they know all the big things arise from them. The highest performers in all walks of life have taken full ownership. They got to where they are and have stayed there because they have chosen to establish, tweak and repeat positive habits. They understand that you can’t be selective when it comes to excellence, that how we do anything is how we do everything.

Sustain Your Game teaches you how to bring your A game to every area of your life. With advice from top CEOs, journalists, social scientists, and more, you'll learn the framework for how to beat stress, stagnation, and burnout. Sustain Your Game will help you be the best in your arena, wherever that may be.

Sustain Your Game if available for pre-order now at http://www.SustainYourGameBook.com and will launch worldwide on April 12th!

Please make sure to join the conversations at @AlanSteinJr on all major social platforms, go to AlanSteinJr.com to subscribe to my Full Time Out, 30 Second Time Out, and Overtime monthly emails.

Additionally, you can order the audiobook of Raise Your Game: High Performance Secrets from the Best of the Best at http://www.Audible.com or wherever audiobooks are sold. You can also order paperback or hard copies, for you or your entire team or organization, at http://www.RaiseYourGameBook.com. 

I’ve been in the lab the past several months reorganizing and revamping my content. The result? Four standalone keynote programs that address four separate audiences:

• INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCE (RAISE YOUR GAME)
• LEADERSHIP PERFORMANCE (RAISE THEIR GAME)
• ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE (RAISE OUR GAME)
• SALES PERFORMANCE (RAISE YOUR SALES)

For more information on each program, please visit AlanSteinJr.com or reach out directly to Michelle Joyce (my amazing Director of Events): Michelle@MichelleJoyce.com or 704.965.2339

Please make sure to join the conversations at @AlanSteinJr on all major social platforms, go to AlanSteinJr.com to subscribe to my Full Time Out, 30 Second Time Out, and Overtime monthly emails, and check out http://www.MakeYourGamePlan.com (the online course every middle school, high school, and college student athlete needs).

Additionally, you can order the audiobook of Raise Your Game: High Performance Secrets from the Best of the Best at http://www.Audible.com or wherever audiobooks are sold. You can also order paperback or hard copies, for you or your entire team or organization, at http://www.RaiseYourGameBook.com. 

Please make sure to join the conversations at @AlanSteinJr on all major social platforms, go to AlanSteinJr.com to subscribe to my Full Time Out, 30 Second Time Out, and Overtime monthly emails, and check out http://www.MakeYourGamePlan.com (the online course every middle school, high school, and college student athlete needs).

Additionally, you can order the audiobook of Raise Your Game: High Performance Secrets from the Best of the Best at http://www.Audible.com or wherever audiobooks are sold. You can also order paperback or hard copies, for you or your entire team or organization, at http://www.RaiseYourGameBook.com. 

Please make sure to join the conversations at @AlanSteinJr on all major social platforms, go to AlanSteinJr.com to subscribe to my Full Time Out, 30 Second Time Out, and Overtime monthly emails, and check out http://www.MakeYourGamePlan.com (the online course every middle school, high school, and college student athlete needs).

Additionally, you can order the audiobook of Raise Your Game: High Performance Secrets from the Best of the Best at http://www.Audible.com or wherever audiobooks are sold. You can also order paperback or hard copies, for you or your entire team or organization, at http://www.RaiseYourGameBook.com. 

Your Game Plan: Student Athlete Edition is an on-demand, digital course that reinforces the traits, habits, and mindset necessary for your middle school through collegiate student athlete to achieve high performance.

Your Game Plan Coaches Edition is an on-demand, digital course that reinforces the traits, habits, and mindset necessary to maximize coaching performance, impact, influence, and legacy.

Check out www.MakeYourGamePlan.com to learn more! 

The purpose of the Raise Your Book Club is to take a deeper dive into the book’s teachings and to spark action that results in improved habits, mindset, and performance. 

This program will unpack the book’s most pivotal lessons and convert them into tangible action steps to help everyone on your team narrow the gap between knowing and doing. 

You can find everything you need here – including a link to order.  

Welcome to Season 15 of the Raise Your Game Show… a podcast dedicated to providing you with practical, actionable ideas, concepts, and strategies to help you improve your individual productivity and your team’s organizational performance.  

I’m your host, Alan Stein, Jr. - corporate keynote speaker and the author of two books: Raise Your Game: High Performance Secrets from the Best of the Best and Sustain Your Game: High Performance Keys to Manage Stress, Avoid Stagnation, and Beat Burnout.

In this season, I’ll revisit my favorite conversations with my favorite podcast hosts (from when I was a guest on their shows).

If you like what you hear, please hit subscribe… so you don’t miss an episode!

If you’re interested in learning how I can deliver messages like this to your team or at your next event - please visit AlanSteinJr.com and hit the ‘Contact’ tab in the top right corner.

You can download the Raise Your Game audiobook at Audible.com, in iTunes or purchase a hard copy on Amazon. If you’d like info on the Raise Your Game Book Club which includes a Facilitator Guide and Team Member Workbooks in both business and education editions, or to order a team set of signed copies for your organization at a 40% discount – please visit RaiseYourGameBook.com or email me directly at Alan@AlanSteinJr.com

Would you like to receive my Key Themes from the talks I give? Please enter your information here: https://buff.ly/2UMPEpo In addition, you will receive a list of 8 Books Every Leader Needs to Read as well as monthly emails with a ton of valuable content. 

If you’d like info on my event keynotes, interactive workshops and full day trainings – the programs I’ve done for groups like Starbucks, American Express and Pepsi - please visit AlanSteinJr.com or hit me up at @AlanSteinJr on Instagram, Twitter and LinkedIn.

I hope this helps you Raise Your Game!

Welcome to Season 14 of the Raise Your Game Show… a podcast dedicated to providing you with practical, actionable ideas, concepts, and strategies to help you improve your individual productivity and your team’s organizational performance.

I’m your host, Alan Stein, Jr. - corporate keynote speaker and the author of two books: Raise Your Game: High Performance Secrets from the Best of the Best and Sustain Your Game: High Performance Keys to Manage Stress, Avoid Stagnation, and Beat Burnout.

In this season, I’ll share the most impactful lessons I teach on stage along with exclusive commentary to arm you with the tools you need to level up your habits, mindset, focus, and self-awareness. Each episode will be concise by design.

This episode’s featured lesson came from this video: https://youtu.be/yYhZd79BjDA

If you like what you hear, please hit subscribe… so you don’t miss a new video each week!

If you’re interested in learning how I can deliver messages like this to your team or at your next event - please visit AlanSteinJr.com and hit the ‘Contact’ tab in the top right corner.

This entire season, including these 8 bonus episodes, are entirely focused on sustaining both individual and organizational excellence, which not coincidentally, is the theme of my new book, Sustain Your Game: High Performance Keys to Manage Stress, Avoid Stagnation, and Beat Burnout. This season will highlight several of the top lessons and strategies directly from the book. I sure hope you enjoy!

What makes the best the best? Ultimately the best are where they are because of the mindset, habits, and rituals they have—both in their respective “arenas,” but also in private, during the unseen hours. Success isn’t something that happens to you. It's something you attract and you create. Successful people do the little things better than everyone else because they know all the big things arise from them. The highest performers in all walks of life have taken full ownership. They got to where they are and have stayed there because they have chosen to establish, tweak and repeat positive habits. They understand that you can’t be selective when it comes to excellence, that how we do anything is how we do everything.

Sustain Your Game teaches you how to bring your A game to every area of your life. With advice from top CEOs, journalists, social scientists, and more, you'll learn the framework for how to beat stress, stagnation, and burnout. Sustain Your Game will help you be the best in your arena, wherever that may be.

Sustain Your Game is now available at http://www.SustainYourGameBook.com 

Please make sure to join the conversations at @AlanSteinJr on all major social platforms, go to AlanSteinJr.com to subscribe to my Full Time Out, 30 Second Time Out, and Overtime monthly emails.

Additionally, you can order the audiobook of Raise Your Game: High Performance Secrets from the Best of the Best at http://www.Audible.com or wherever audiobooks are sold. You can also order paperback or hard copies, for you or your entire team or organization, at http://www.RaiseYourGameBook.com. 

I’ve been in the lab the past several months reorganizing and revamping my content. The result? Four standalone keynote programs that address four separate audiences:

• INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCE (RAISE YOUR GAME)
• LEADERSHIP PERFORMANCE (RAISE THEIR GAME)
• ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE (RAISE OUR GAME)
• SALES PERFORMANCE (RAISE YOUR SALES)

For more information on each program, please visit AlanSteinJr.com or reach out directly to Michelle Joyce (my amazing Director of Events): Michelle@MichelleJoyce.com or 704.965.2339

You can order the full audiobook at http://www.Audible.com or wherever audiobooks are sold.

You can also order paperback or hard copies, for you or your entire team or organization, at http://www.RaiseYourGameBook.com. 

Welcome to Season 14 of the Raise Your Game Show… a podcast dedicated to providing you with practical, actionable ideas, concepts, and strategies to help you improve your individual productivity and your team’s organizational performance.

I’m your host, Alan Stein, Jr. - corporate keynote speaker and the author of two books: Raise Your Game: High Performance Secrets from the Best of the Best and Sustain Your Game: High Performance Keys to Manage Stress, Avoid Stagnation, and Beat Burnout.

In this season, I’ll share the most impactful lessons I teach on stage along with exclusive commentary to arm you with the tools you need to level up your habits, mindset, focus, and self-awareness. Each episode will be concise by design.

This episode’s featured lesson came from this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFnfuVpwPTI

If you like what you hear, please hit subscribe… so you don’t miss a new video each week!

If you’re interested in learning how I can deliver messages like this to your team or at your next event - please visit AlanSteinJr.com and hit the ‘Contact’ tab in the top right corner.

You can order the full audiobook at http://www.Audible.com or wherever audiobooks are sold.

You can also order paperback or hard copies, for you or your entire team or organization, at http://www.RaiseYourGameBook.com. 

Welcome to Season 14 of the Raise Your Game Show… a podcast dedicated to providing you with practical, actionable ideas, concepts, and strategies to help you improve your individual productivity and your team’s organizational performance.

I’m your host, Alan Stein, Jr. - corporate keynote speaker and the author of two books: Raise Your Game: High Performance Secrets from the Best of the Best and Sustain Your Game: High Performance Keys to Manage Stress, Avoid Stagnation, and Beat Burnout.

In this season, I’ll share the most impactful lessons I teach on stage along with exclusive commentary to arm you with the tools you need to level up your habits, mindset, focus, and self-awareness. Each episode will be concise by design.

This episode’s featured lesson came from this video: https://youtu.be/YKPqKjU8Wh4

If you like what you hear, please hit subscribe… so you don’t miss a new video each week!

If you’re interested in learning how I can deliver messages like this to your team or at your next event - please visit AlanSteinJr.com and hit the ‘Contact’ tab in the top right corner.

You can download the Raise Your Game audiobook at Audible.com, in iTunes or purchase a hard copy on Amazon. If you’d like info on the Raise Your Game Book Club which includes a Facilitator Guide and Team Member Workbooks in both business and education editions, or to order a team set of signed copies for your organization at a 40% discount – please visit RaiseYourGameBook.com or email me directly at Alan@AlanSteinJr.com

If you’d like info on my event keynotes, interactive workshops and full day trainings – the programs I’ve done for groups like Starbucks, American Express and Pepsi - please visit AlanSteinJr.com or hit me up at @AlanSteinJr on Instagram, Twitter and LinkedIn.

I hope this helps you Raise Your Game!

Are you a parent (or coach) of a youth or high school athlete?
 
If so, you need to read The Sideline: A Survival Guide for Youth Sports Parents

This book has one goal: to help you navigate the often tricky and confusing world of youth sports to ensure your child has the most meaningful and memorable experience possible.

Books are now available for sale! We have a feeling our first print run will sell out by Thanksgiving, so please reserve your copy as soon as you can.

Order your copy today! 

We will soon offer two alternate covers (hardwood floor for basketball/volleyball and a home plate for baseball/softball) as we’ve had numerous organizations show interest in purchasing a copy for every parent and coach their coach in their program. We also have the ability to customize covers and add your school/club/organization’s logo!

If you know of any program who may be interested in a customized bulk order, please have them reach out to me directly (Alan@AlanSteinJr.com).

And for those of you that don’t have child in youth or high school sports, if you know someone that does, this would make the ideal holiday gift.

Thank you for the early support, we appreciate your help in making the youth sports landscape a more enriching environment!

For additional resources on improving performance, leadership, and culture, please check out AlanSteinJr.com/Free, follow me @AlanSteinJr on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn, and opt in to receive my Full Time Out, 30-Second Time Out, and Overtime content heavy monthly emails.

This entire season, including these 8 bonus episodes, are entirely focused on sustaining both individual and organizational excellence, which not coincidentally, is the theme of my new book, Sustain Your Game: High Performance Keys to Manage Stress, Avoid Stagnation, and Beat Burnout. This season will highlight several of the top lessons and strategies directly from the book. I sure hope you enjoy!

What makes the best the best? Ultimately the best are where they are because of the mindset, habits, and rituals they have—both in their respective “arenas,” but also in private, during the unseen hours. Success isn’t something that happens to you. It's something you attract and you create. Successful people do the little things better than everyone else because they know all the big things arise from them. The highest performers in all walks of life have taken full ownership. They got to where they are and have stayed there because they have chosen to establish, tweak and repeat positive habits. They understand that you can’t be selective when it comes to excellence, that how we do anything is how we do everything.

Sustain Your Game teaches you how to bring your A game to every area of your life. With advice from top CEOs, journalists, social scientists, and more, you'll learn the framework for how to beat stress, stagnation, and burnout. Sustain Your Game will help you be the best in your arena, wherever that may be.

Sustain Your Game is now available at http://www.SustainYourGameBook.com

Please make sure to join the conversations at @AlanSteinJr on all major social platforms, go to AlanSteinJr.com to subscribe to my Full Time Out, 30 Second Time Out, and Overtime monthly emails.

Additionally, you can order the audiobook of Raise Your Game: High Performance Secrets from the Best of the Best at http://www.Audible.com or wherever audiobooks are sold. You can also order paperback or hard copies, for you or your entire team or organization, at http://www.RaiseYourGameBook.com. 

I’ve been in the lab the past several months reorganizing and revamping my content. The result? Four standalone keynote programs that address four separate audiences:

• INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCE (RAISE YOUR GAME)
• LEADERSHIP PERFORMANCE (RAISE THEIR GAME)
• ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE (RAISE OUR GAME)
• SALES PERFORMANCE (RAISE YOUR SALES)

For more information on each program, please visit AlanSteinJr.com or reach out directly to Michelle Joyce (my amazing Director of Events): Michelle@MichelleJoyce.com or 704.965.2339

Welcome to Season 15 of the Raise Your Game Show… a podcast dedicated to providing you with practical, actionable ideas, concepts, and strategies to help you improve your individual productivity and your team’s organizational performance.  

I’m your host, Alan Stein, Jr. - corporate keynote speaker and the author of two books: Raise Your Game: High Performance Secrets from the Best of the Best and Sustain Your Game: High Performance Keys to Manage Stress, Avoid Stagnation, and Beat Burnout.

In this season, I’ll revisit my favorite conversations with my favorite podcast hosts (from when I was a guest on their shows).

If you like what you hear, please hit subscribe… so you don’t miss an episode!

If you’re interested in learning how I can deliver messages like this to your team or at your next event - please visit AlanSteinJr.com and hit the ‘Contact’ tab in the top right corner.

For additional resources on improving performance, leadership, and culture, please check out AlanSteinJr.com/Free, follow me @AlanSteinJr on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn, and opt in to receive my Full Time Out, 30-Second Time Out, and Overtime content heavy monthly emails.

This season will be focused on sustaining both individual and organizational excellence. More specifically, what it takes to manage stress, avoid stagnation, and beat burnout. Which, not coincidentally, is the theme of my new book, Sustain Your Game, which is currently available for pre-order and will launch worldwide on April 12th.  

What makes the best the best? Ultimately the best are where they are because of the mindset, habits, and rituals they have—both in their respective “arenas,” but also in private, during the unseen hours. Success isn’t something that happens to you. It's something you attract and you create. Successful people do the little things better than everyone else because they know all the big things arise from them. The highest performers in all walks of life have taken full ownership. They got to where they are and have stayed there because they have chosen to establish, tweak and repeat positive habits. They understand that you can’t be selective when it comes to excellence, that how we do anything is how we do everything.

Sustain Your Game teaches you how to bring your A game to every area of your life. With advice from top CEOs, journalists, social scientists, and more, you'll learn the framework for how to beat stress, stagnation, and burnout. Sustain Your Game will help you be the best in your arena, wherever that may be.

Sustain Your Game if available for pre-order now at http://www.SustainYourGameBook.com and will launch worldwide on April 12th!

Please make sure to join the conversations at @AlanSteinJr on all major social platforms, go to AlanSteinJr.com to subscribe to my Full Time Out, 30 Second Time Out, and Overtime monthly emails.

Additionally, you can order the audiobook of Raise Your Game: High Performance Secrets from the Best of the Best at http://www.Audible.com or wherever audiobooks are sold. You can also order paperback or hard copies, for you or your entire team or organization, at http://www.RaiseYourGameBook.com. 

I’ve been in the lab the past several months reorganizing and revamping my content. The result? Four standalone keynote programs that address four separate audiences:

• INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCE (RAISE YOUR GAME)
• LEADERSHIP PERFORMANCE (RAISE THEIR GAME)
• ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE (RAISE OUR GAME)
• SALES PERFORMANCE (RAISE YOUR SALES)

For more information on each program, please visit AlanSteinJr.com or reach out directly to Michelle Joyce (my amazing Director of Events): Michelle@MichelleJoyce.com or 704.965.2339

This entire season, including these 8 bonus episodes, are entirely focused on sustaining both individual and organizational excellence, which not coincidentally, is the theme of my new book, Sustain Your Game: High Performance Keys to Manage Stress, Avoid Stagnation, and Beat Burnout. This season will highlight several of the top lessons and strategies directly from the book. I sure hope you enjoy!

What makes the best the best? Ultimately the best are where they are because of the mindset, habits, and rituals they have—both in their respective “arenas,” but also in private, during the unseen hours. Success isn’t something that happens to you. It's something you attract and you create. Successful people do the little things better than everyone else because they know all the big things arise from them. The highest performers in all walks of life have taken full ownership. They got to where they are and have stayed there because they have chosen to establish, tweak and repeat positive habits. They understand that you can’t be selective when it comes to excellence, that how we do anything is how we do everything.

Sustain Your Game teaches you how to bring your A game to every area of your life. With advice from top CEOs, journalists, social scientists, and more, you'll learn the framework for how to beat stress, stagnation, and burnout. Sustain Your Game will help you be the best in your arena, wherever that may be.

Sustain Your Game is now available at http://www.SustainYourGameBook.com

Please make sure to join the conversations at @AlanSteinJr on all major social platforms, go to AlanSteinJr.com to subscribe to my Full Time Out, 30 Second Time Out, and Overtime monthly emails.

Additionally, you can order the audiobook of Raise Your Game: High Performance Secrets from the Best of the Best at http://www.Audible.com or wherever audiobooks are sold. You can also order paperback or hard copies, for you or your entire team or organization, at http://www.RaiseYourGameBook.com. 

I’ve been in the lab the past several months reorganizing and revamping my content. The result? Four standalone keynote programs that address four separate audiences:

• INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCE (RAISE YOUR GAME)
• LEADERSHIP PERFORMANCE (RAISE THEIR GAME)
• ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE (RAISE OUR GAME)
• SALES PERFORMANCE (RAISE YOUR SALES)

For more information on each program, please visit AlanSteinJr.com or reach out directly to Michelle Joyce (my amazing Director of Events): Michelle@MichelleJoyce.com or 704.965.2339

What makes the best the best? Ultimately the best are where they are because of the mindset, habits, and rituals they have—both in their respective “arenas,” but also in private, during the unseen hours. Success isn’t something that happens to you. It's something you attract and you create. Successful people do the little things better than everyone else because they know all the big things arise from them. The highest performers in all walks of life have taken full ownership. They got to where they are and have stayed there because they have chosen to establish, tweak and repeat positive habits. They understand that you can’t be selective when it comes to excellence, that how we do anything is how we do everything.

Sustain Your Game teaches you how to bring your A game to every area of your life. With advice from top CEOs, journalists, social scientists, and more, you'll learn the framework for how to beat stress, stagnation, and burnout. Sustain Your Game will help you be the best in your arena, wherever that may be.

Sustain Your Game if available for pre-order now at http://www.SustainYourGameBook.com and will launch worldwide on April 12th!

Please make sure to join the conversations at @AlanSteinJr on all major social platforms, go to AlanSteinJr.com to subscribe to my Full Time Out, 30 Second Time Out, and Overtime monthly emails.

Additionally, you can order the audiobook of Raise Your Game: High Performance Secrets from the Best of the Best at http://www.Audible.com or wherever audiobooks are sold. You can also order paperback or hard copies, for you or your entire team or organization, at http://www.RaiseYourGameBook.com. 

I’ve been in the lab the past several months reorganizing and revamping my content. The result? Four standalone keynote programs that address four separate audiences:

• INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCE (RAISE YOUR GAME)
• LEADERSHIP PERFORMANCE (RAISE THEIR GAME)
• ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE (RAISE OUR GAME)
• SALES PERFORMANCE (RAISE YOUR SALES)

For more information on each program, please visit AlanSteinJr.com or reach out directly to Michelle Joyce (my amazing Director of Events): Michelle@MichelleJoyce.com or 704.965.2339

In today's episode, I laugh it up with my friend and comedy coach, Robert Mac. Robert is an award-winning standup comedy veteran with over two decades of experience in comedy clubs and boardrooms around the world. He was the grand prize winner of Comedy Central's National Standup Competition, and has appeared on Last Comic Standing, Dry Bar Comedy, and the very prestigious Just for Laughs Comedy Festival in Montreal. I met Robert four years ago after seeing him perform at a local comedy club, and soon thereafter, I hired him as my comedy coach to help me add some humor to my speaking. 

This season I’m exploring what high performers do behind the scenes. I’ve been enjoying fascinating conversations with professional stand-up comedians, magicians, actors, rappers, dancers, YouTubers, athletes, coaches, and everything in between to find out exactly what they do behind the curtain – when the cameras are off and the arenas are empty – to work towards mastery of their craft and to prepare themselves to perform at a world class level. I hope you find their insights, perspectives, and personal strategies as helpful as I do and use what they share to continue to Raise Your Game.

Warning: this episode contains the occasional use of adult language – words like BLEEP and BLEEP and quite possibly some nudity… so please be advised. 

Thank you so much for investing your time with us. I hope we helped you Raise Your Game and provided useful insight on how you can maximize your time and effort. If you found this episode helpful, would you be open-minded to supporting the show? Would you be kind enough to share it with a friend or colleague? Would you take 30 seconds and leave us a rating and review? Those two things help support the show’s mission and message more than you know. And don’t ever forget, a candle loses nothing by lighting another candle.

Sustain Your Game teaches you how to bring your A game to every area of your life. With advice from top CEOs, journalists, social scientists, and more, you'll learn the framework for how to beat stress, stagnation, and burnout. Sustain Your Game will help you be the best in your arena, wherever that may be.

Sustain Your Game if available now at http://www.SustainYourGameBook.com

Please make sure to join the conversations at @AlanSteinJr on all major social platforms, go to AlanSteinJr.com to subscribe to my Game Changer monthly emails.

Additionally, you can order the audiobook of Raise Your Game: High Performance Secrets from the Best of the Best at http://www.Audible.com or wherever audiobooks are sold. You can also order paperback or hard copies, for you or your entire team or organization, at http://www.RaiseYourGameBook.com. 

Lastly, if I can ever be of service to you or your organization, please visit AlanSteinJr.com and StrongerTeam.com for a variety of speaking and coaching resources. 

Please make sure to join the conversations at @AlanSteinJr on all major social platforms, go to AlanSteinJr.com to subscribe to my Full Time Out, 30 Second Time Out, and Overtime monthly emails.

Additionally, you can order the audiobook of Raise Your Game: High Performance Secrets from the Best of the Best at http://www.Audible.com or wherever audiobooks are sold. You can also order paperback or hard copies, for you or your entire team or organization, at http://www.RaiseYourGameBook.com. 

Your Game Plan: Student Athlete Edition is an on-demand, digital course that reinforces the traits, habits, and mindset necessary for your middle school through collegiate student athlete to achieve high performance.

Your Game Plan Coaches Edition is an on-demand, digital course that reinforces the traits, habits, and mindset necessary to maximize coaching performance, impact, influence, and legacy.

Check out www.MakeYourGamePlan.com to learn more! 

The purpose of the Raise Your Book Club is to take a deeper dive into the book’s teachings and to spark action that results in improved habits, mindset, and performance. 

This program will unpack the book’s most pivotal lessons and convert them into tangible action steps to help everyone on your team narrow the gap between knowing and doing. 

You can find everything you need here – including a link to order.  

Please make sure to join the conversations at @AlanSteinJr on all major social platforms, go to AlanSteinJr.com to subscribe to my Full Time Out, 30 Second Time Out, and Overtime monthly emails, and check out http://www.MakeYourGamePlan.com (the online course every middle school, high school, and college student athlete needs).

Additionally, you can order the audiobook of Raise Your Game: High Performance Secrets from the Best of the Best at http://www.Audible.com or wherever audiobooks are sold. You can also order paperback or hard copies, for you or your entire team or organization, at http://www.RaiseYourGameBook.com. 

Please make sure to join the conversations at @AlanSteinJr on all major social platforms, go to AlanSteinJr.com to subscribe to my Full Time Out, 30 Second Time Out, and Overtime monthly emails, and check out http://www.MakeYourGamePlan.com (the online course every middle school, high school, and college student athlete needs).

Additionally, you can order the audiobook of Raise Your Game: High Performance Secrets from the Best of the Best at http://www.Audible.com or wherever audiobooks are sold. You can also order paperback or hard copies, for you or your entire team or organization, at http://www.RaiseYourGameBook.com. 

If you’re new to our show, each of the previous 12 seasons have had a different theme, a different format, and a different approach to unpacking and dissecting both individual and organizational performance.

These Rewind episodes take a look back at some my favorite shows in case you missed them the first time around… or in case you’d like to give them a second listen.

I hope you enjoy, and more importantly, I hope this Rewind episode helps you Raise Your Game!

You may know him as 2-time NBA champion, back-to-back NBA Finals MVP, perennial All-Star and the newest member of the Brooklyn Nets, but did you know that Kevin Durant launched the Durant Company in 2016 with business partner Rich Kleiman. They have invested in 30+ companies like the delivery service Postmates and the micro-investing app Acorns, as well as created their own development and media firm, Thirty Five Media.

Here are several isolated responses from an in-person conversation we had with KD when he was still with the Oklahoma City Thunder, at his Nike Summer Skills Academy in Washington, DC – back when I co-hosted the Hardwood Hustle. KD shared why his love for the game always comes first, the difference between playing on edge and playing with an edge and why being born with talent means nothing if you aren’t willing to put in the work to develop it.

What makes the best the best? Ultimately the best are where they are because of the mindset, habits, and rituals they have—both in their respective “arenas,” but also in private, during the unseen hours. Success isn’t something that happens to you. It's something you attract and you create. Successful people do the little things better than everyone else because they know all the big things arise from them. The highest performers in all walks of life have taken full ownership. They got to where they are and have stayed there because they have chosen to establish, tweak and repeat positive habits. They understand that you can’t be selective when it comes to excellence, that how we do anything is how we do everything.

Sustain Your Game teaches you how to bring your A game to every area of your life. With advice from top CEOs, journalists, social scientists, and more, you'll learn the framework for how to beat stress, stagnation, and burnout. Sustain Your Game will help you be the best in your arena, wherever that may be.

Sustain Your Game if available now at http://www.SustainYourGameBook.com

Please make sure to join the conversations at @AlanSteinJr on all major social platforms, go to AlanSteinJr.com to subscribe to my Game Changer monthly emails.

Additionally, you can order the audiobook of Raise Your Game: High Performance Secrets from the Best of the Best at http://www.Audible.com or wherever audiobooks are sold. You can also order paperback or hard copies, for you or your entire team or organization, at http://www.RaiseYourGameBook.com. 

I’ve been in the lab the past several months reorganizing and revamping my content. The result? Four standalone keynote programs that address four separate audiences:

• INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCE (RAISE YOUR GAME)
• LEADERSHIP PERFORMANCE (RAISE THEIR GAME)
• ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE (RAISE OUR GAME)
• SALES PERFORMANCE (RAISE YOUR SALES)

For more information on each program, please visit AlanSteinJr.com or reach out directly to Michelle Joyce (my amazing Director of Events): Michelle@MichelleJoyce.com or 704.965.2339

If you’re new to our show, each of the previous 12 seasons have had a different theme, a different format, and a different approach to unpacking and dissecting both individual and organizational performance.

These Rewind episodes take a look back at some my favorite shows in case you missed them the first time around… or in case you’d like to give them a second listen.

I hope you enjoy, and more importantly, I hope this Rewind episode helps you Raise Your Game!

In this episode I am joined by my friend David DeWolf, the President and CEO of 3Pillar Global and the best-selling author of The Product Mindset. David and I unpacked a story about the first and only time I ran a marathon… and how the lesson I learned about not allowing negative self-talk to undermined you directly applies to business leadership. You’ll hear this story as I performed it in studio.

What makes the best the best? Ultimately the best are where they are because of the mindset, habits, and rituals they have—both in their respective “arenas,” but also in private, during the unseen hours. Success isn’t something that happens to you. It's something you attract and you create. Successful people do the little things better than everyone else because they know all the big things arise from them. The highest performers in all walks of life have taken full ownership. They got to where they are and have stayed there because they have chosen to establish, tweak and repeat positive habits. They understand that you can’t be selective when it comes to excellence, that how we do anything is how we do everything.

Sustain Your Game teaches you how to bring your A game to every area of your life. With advice from top CEOs, journalists, social scientists, and more, you'll learn the framework for how to beat stress, stagnation, and burnout. Sustain Your Game will help you be the best in your arena, wherever that may be.

Sustain Your Game if available now at http://www.SustainYourGameBook.com

Please make sure to join the conversations at @AlanSteinJr on all major social platforms, go to AlanSteinJr.com to subscribe to my Game Changer monthly emails.

Additionally, you can order the audiobook of Raise Your Game: High Performance Secrets from the Best of the Best at http://www.Audible.com or wherever audiobooks are sold. You can also order paperback or hard copies, for you or your entire team or organization, at http://www.RaiseYourGameBook.com. 

I’ve been in the lab the past several months reorganizing and revamping my content. The result? Four standalone keynote programs that address four separate audiences:

• INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCE (RAISE YOUR GAME)
• LEADERSHIP PERFORMANCE (RAISE THEIR GAME)
• ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE (RAISE OUR GAME)
• SALES PERFORMANCE (RAISE YOUR SALES)

For more information on each program, please visit AlanSteinJr.com or reach out directly to Michelle Joyce (my amazing Director of Events): Michelle@MichelleJoyce.com or 704.965.2339

Please make sure to join the conversations at @AlanSteinJr on all major social platforms, as well as go to AlanSteinJr.com to subscribe to my Full Time Out and 30 Second Time Out monthly emails.

StrongerTeam.com is a comprehensive collection of resources that can be utilized to raise organizational performance – from sports teams to Fortune 500 companies – by focusing on developing The 5 C’s of a High Performing Culture: Cohesion, Chemistry, Communication, Collaboration, and Commitment.

Additionally, you can order the audiobook of Raise Your Game: High Performance Secrets from the Best of the Best at http://www.Audible.com or wherever audiobooks are sold. You can also order paperback or hard copies, for you or your entire team or organization, at http://www.RaiseYourGameBook.com. 

Please make sure to join the conversations at @AlanSteinJr on all major social platforms, go to AlanSteinJr.com to subscribe to my Full Time Out, 30 Second Time Out, and Overtime monthly emails.

Additionally, you can order the audiobook of Raise Your Game: High Performance Secrets from the Best of the Best at http://www.Audible.com or wherever audiobooks are sold. You can also order paperback or hard copies, for you or your entire team or organization, at http://www.RaiseYourGameBook.com. 

You can download the Raise Your Game audiobook at Audible.com, in iTunes or purchase a hard copy on Amazon. If you’d like info on the Raise Your Game Book Club which includes a Facilitator Guide and Team Member Workbooks in both business and education editions, or to order a team set of signed copies for your organization at a 40% discount – please visit RaiseYourGameBook.com or email me directly at Alan@AlanSteinJr.com

If you’d like info on my event keynotes, interactive workshops and full day trainings – the programs I’ve done for groups like Starbucks, American Express and Pepsi - please visit AlanSteinJr.com or hit me up at @AlanSteinJr on Instagram, Twitter and LinkedIn.

I hope this helps you Raise Your Game!

Are you a parent (or coach) of a youth or high school athlete?

If so, you need to read The Sideline: A Survival Guide for Youth Sports Parents

This book has one goal: to help you navigate the often tricky and confusing world of youth sports to ensure your child has the most meaningful and memorable experience possible.

Books are now available for sale! We have a feeling our first print run will sell out by Thanksgiving, so please reserve your copy as soon as you can.

Order your copy today!

We will soon offer two alternate covers (hardwood floor for basketball/volleyball and a home plate for baseball/softball) as we’ve had numerous organizations show interest in purchasing a copy for every parent and coach their coach in their program. We also have the ability to customize covers and add your school/club/organization’s logo!

If you know of any program who may be interested in a customized bulk order, please have them reach out to me directly (Alan@AlanSteinJr.com).

And for those of you that don’t have child in youth or high school sports, if you know someone that does, this would make the ideal holiday gift.

Thank you for the early support, we appreciate your help in making the youth sports landscape a more enriching environment!

Hey coaches, if you want your team to make massive improvement this summer, check out MakeYourGamePlan.com. 

Your Game Plan will provide every athlete and coach in your program with actionable strategies for creating championship habits, developing a winner’s mindset, and becoming impactful leaders. It will spark measurable improvement in communication, chemistry, cohesion, and culture as well as teach the traits of the world’s highest performers, pitfalls that undermine success, as the most effective ways to handle adversity.

If you want your team to raise their game, check out MakeYourGamePlan.com right now.

Please make sure to join the conversations at @AlanSteinJr on all major social platforms, as well as go 
to AlanSteinJr.com to subscribe to my Full Time Out and 30 Second Time Out monthly emails.

StrongerTeam.com is a comprehensive collection of resources that can be utilized to raise organizational performance – from sports teams to Fortune 500 companies – by focusing on developing The 5 C’s of a High Performing Culture: Cohesion, Chemistry, Communication, Collaboration, and Commitment.

Additionally, you can order the audiobook of Raise Your Game: High Performance Secrets from the Best of the Best at http://www.Audible.com or wherever audiobooks are sold. You can also order paperback or hard copies, for you or your entire team or organization, at http://www.RaiseYourGameBook.com. 

Please make sure to join the conversations at @AlanSteinJr on all major social platforms, as well as go 
to AlanSteinJr.com to subscribe to my Full Time Out and 30 Second Time Out monthly emails.

StrongerTeam.com is a comprehensive collection of resources that can be utilized to raise organizational performance – from sports teams to Fortune 500 companies – by focusing on developing The 5 C’s of a High Performing Culture: Cohesion, Chemistry, Communication, Collaboration, and Commitment.

Additionally, you can order the audiobook of Raise Your Game: High Performance Secrets from the Best of the Best at http://www.Audible.com or wherever audiobooks are sold. You can also order paperback or hard copies, for you or your entire team or organization, at http://www.RaiseYourGameBook.com. 

This entire season, including these 8 bonus episodes, are entirely focused on sustaining both individual and organizational excellence, which not coincidentally, is the theme of my new book, Sustain Your Game: High Performance Keys to Manage Stress, Avoid Stagnation, and Beat Burnout. This season will highlight several of the top lessons and strategies directly from the book. I sure hope you enjoy!

What makes the best the best? Ultimately the best are where they are because of the mindset, habits, and rituals they have—both in their respective “arenas,” but also in private, during the unseen hours. Success isn’t something that happens to you. It's something you attract and you create. Successful people do the little things better than everyone else because they know all the big things arise from them. The highest performers in all walks of life have taken full ownership. They got to where they are and have stayed there because they have chosen to establish, tweak and repeat positive habits. They understand that you can’t be selective when it comes to excellence, that how we do anything is how we do everything.

Sustain Your Game teaches you how to bring your A game to every area of your life. With advice from top CEOs, journalists, social scientists, and more, you'll learn the framework for how to beat stress, stagnation, and burnout. Sustain Your Game will help you be the best in your arena, wherever that may be.

Sustain Your Game is now available at http://www.SustainYourGameBook.com

Please make sure to join the conversations at @AlanSteinJr on all major social platforms, go to AlanSteinJr.com to subscribe to my Full Time Out, 30 Second Time Out, and Overtime monthly emails.

Additionally, you can order the audiobook of Raise Your Game: High Performance Secrets from the Best of the Best at http://www.Audible.com or wherever audiobooks are sold. You can also order paperback or hard copies, for you or your entire team or organization, at http://www.RaiseYourGameBook.com. 

I’ve been in the lab the past several months reorganizing and revamping my content. The result? Four standalone keynote programs that address four separate audiences:

• INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCE (RAISE YOUR GAME)
• LEADERSHIP PERFORMANCE (RAISE THEIR GAME)
• ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE (RAISE OUR GAME)
• SALES PERFORMANCE (RAISE YOUR SALES)

For more information on each program, please visit AlanSteinJr.com or reach out directly to Michelle Joyce (my amazing Director of Events): Michelle@MichelleJoyce.com or 704.965.2339

You can order the full audiobook at http://www.Audible.com or wherever audiobooks are sold.

You can also order paperback or hard copies, for you or your entire team or organization, at http://www.RaiseYourGameBook.com. 

Hello and welcome to Season 13 of The Raise Your Game Show. I’m your host, Alan Stein, Jr. This season I’m exploring what high performers do behind the scenes. I’ve been enjoying fascinating conversations with professional stand-up comedians, magicians, actors, rappers, dancers, YouTubers, athletes, coaches, and everything in between to find out exactly what they do behind the curtain – when the cameras are off and the arenas are empty – to work towards mastery of their craft and to prepare themselves to perform at a world class level. I hope you find their insights, perspectives, and personal strategies as helpful as I do and use what they share to continue to Raise Your Game. 

On that note, do you know of any organization that would benefit from hearing a customized version of this message? Can you think of someone that may be open-minded to investing in their team or in their annual event by bringing me in as speaker? If so, please encourage them to visit AlanSteinJr.com and fill out a speaking inquiry. I’d be honored to collaborate with them and co-create an impactful, meaningful, and memorable experience.

What makes the best the best? Ultimately the best are where they are because of the mindset, habits, and rituals they have—both in their respective “arenas,” but also in private, during the unseen hours. Success isn’t something that happens to you. It's something you attract and you create. Successful people do the little things better than everyone else because they know all the big things arise from them. The highest performers in all walks of life have taken full ownership. They got to where they are and have stayed there because they have chosen to establish, tweak and repeat positive habits. They understand that you can’t be selective when it comes to excellence, that how we do anything is how we do everything.

Sustain Your Game teaches you how to bring your A game to every area of your life. With advice from top CEOs, journalists, social scientists, and more, you'll learn the framework for how to beat stress, stagnation, and burnout. Sustain Your Game will help you be the best in your arena, wherever that may be.

Sustain Your Game if available now at http://www.SustainYourGameBook.com

Please make sure to join the conversations at @AlanSteinJr on all major social platforms, go to AlanSteinJr.com to subscribe to my Game Changer monthly emails.

Additionally, you can order the audiobook of Raise Your Game: High Performance Secrets from the Best of the Best at http://www.Audible.com or wherever audiobooks are sold. You can also order paperback or hard copies, for you or your entire team or organization, at http://www.RaiseYourGameBook.com. 

I’ve been in the lab the past several months reorganizing and revamping my content. The result? Four standalone keynote programs that address four separate audiences:

• INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCE (RAISE YOUR GAME)
• LEADERSHIP PERFORMANCE (RAISE THEIR GAME)
• ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE (RAISE OUR GAME)
• SALES PERFORMANCE (RAISE YOUR SALES)

For more information on each program, please visit AlanSteinJr.com or reach out directly to Michelle Joyce (my amazing Director of Events): Michelle@MichelleJoyce.com or 704.965.2339

Welcome to Season 15 of the Raise Your Game Show… a podcast dedicated to providing you with practical, actionable ideas, concepts, and strategies to help you improve your individual productivity and your team’s organizational performance.  

I’m your host, Alan Stein, Jr. - corporate keynote speaker and the author of two books: Raise Your Game: High Performance Secrets from the Best of the Best and Sustain Your Game: High Performance Keys to Manage Stress, Avoid Stagnation, and Beat Burnout.

In this season, I’ll revisit my favorite conversations with my favorite podcast hosts (from when I was a guest on their shows).

If you like what you hear, please hit subscribe… so you don’t miss an episode!

If you’re interested in learning how I can deliver messages like this to your team or at your next event - please visit AlanSteinJr.com and hit the ‘Contact’ tab in the top right corner.

Welcome to Season 15 of the Raise Your Game Show… a podcast dedicated to providing you with practical, actionable ideas, concepts, and strategies to help you improve your individual productivity and your team’s organizational performance.  

I’m your host, Alan Stein, Jr. - corporate keynote speaker and the author of two books: Raise Your Game: High Performance Secrets from the Best of the Best and Sustain Your Game: High Performance Keys to Manage Stress, Avoid Stagnation, and Beat Burnout.

In this season, I’ll revisit my favorite conversations with my favorite podcast hosts (from when I was a guest on their shows).

If you like what you hear, please hit subscribe… so you don’t miss an episode!

If you’re interested in learning how I can deliver messages like this to your team or at your next event - please visit AlanSteinJr.com and hit the ‘Contact’ tab in the top right corner.

In today's episode, I chop it up with my longtime friend and colleague Drew Hanlen. Drew is the founder of Pure Sweat Basketball and is the world's top NBA Strategic Skills Coach and works closely on a year round basis with NBA stars, such as Joel Embiid, Jayson Tatum, Zach LaVine, Tyler Herro, and Bradley Beal. I met Drew well over a decade ago when he was a sophomore point guard at Belmont University. Drew is absolutely one of the most driven, dedicated, and hardworking people I have ever met.

This season I’m exploring what high performers do behind the scenes. I’ve been enjoying fascinating conversations with professional stand-up comedians, magicians, actors, rappers, dancers, YouTubers, athletes, coaches, and everything in between to find out exactly what they do behind the curtain – when the cameras are off and the arenas are empty – to work towards mastery of their craft and to prepare themselves to perform at a world class level. I hope you find their insights, perspectives, and personal strategies as helpful as I do and use what they share to continue to Raise Your Game.

Warning: this episode contains the occasional use of adult language – words like BLEEP and BLEEP and quite possibly some nudity… so please be advised. 

Thank you so much for investing your time with us. I hope we helped you Raise Your Game and provided useful insight on how you can maximize your time and effort. If you found this episode helpful, would you be open-minded to supporting the show? Would you be kind enough to share it with a friend or colleague? Would you take 30 seconds and leave us a rating and review? Those two things help support the show’s mission and message more than you know. And don’t ever forget, a candle loses nothing by lighting another candle.

Sustain Your Game teaches you how to bring your A game to every area of your life. With advice from top CEOs, journalists, social scientists, and more, you'll learn the framework for how to beat stress, stagnation, and burnout. Sustain Your Game will help you be the best in your arena, wherever that may be.

Sustain Your Game if available now at http://www.SustainYourGameBook.com

Please make sure to join the conversations at @AlanSteinJr on all major social platforms, go to AlanSteinJr.com to subscribe to my Game Changer monthly emails.

Additionally, you can order the audiobook of Raise Your Game: High Performance Secrets from the Best of the Best at http://www.Audible.com or wherever audiobooks are sold. You can also order paperback or hard copies, for you or your entire team or organization, at http://www.RaiseYourGameBook.com. 

Lastly, if I can ever be of service to you or your organization, please visit AlanSteinJr.com and StrongerTeam.com for a variety of speaking and coaching resources. 

This entire season, including these 8 bonus episodes, are entirely focused on sustaining both individual and organizational excellence, which not coincidentally, is the theme of my new book, Sustain Your Game: High Performance Keys to Manage Stress, Avoid Stagnation, and Beat Burnout. This season will highlight several of the top lessons and strategies directly from the book. I sure hope you enjoy!

What makes the best the best? Ultimately the best are where they are because of the mindset, habits, and rituals they have—both in their respective “arenas,” but also in private, during the unseen hours. Success isn’t something that happens to you. It's something you attract and you create. Successful people do the little things better than everyone else because they know all the big things arise from them. The highest performers in all walks of life have taken full ownership. They got to where they are and have stayed there because they have chosen to establish, tweak and repeat positive habits. They understand that you can’t be selective when it comes to excellence, that how we do anything is how we do everything.

Sustain Your Game teaches you how to bring your A game to every area of your life. With advice from top CEOs, journalists, social scientists, and more, you'll learn the framework for how to beat stress, stagnation, and burnout. Sustain Your Game will help you be the best in your arena, wherever that may be.

Sustain Your Game if available for pre-order now at http://www.SustainYourGameBook.com and will launch worldwide on April 12th!

Please make sure to join the conversations at @AlanSteinJr on all major social platforms, go to AlanSteinJr.com to subscribe to my Full Time Out, 30 Second Time Out, and Overtime monthly emails.

Additionally, you can order the audiobook of Raise Your Game: High Performance Secrets from the Best of the Best at http://www.Audible.com or wherever audiobooks are sold. You can also order paperback or hard copies, for you or your entire team or organization, at http://www.RaiseYourGameBook.com. 

I’ve been in the lab the past several months reorganizing and revamping my content. The result? Four standalone keynote programs that address four separate audiences:

• INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCE (RAISE YOUR GAME)
• LEADERSHIP PERFORMANCE (RAISE THEIR GAME)
• ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE (RAISE OUR GAME)
• SALES PERFORMANCE (RAISE YOUR SALES)

For more information on each program, please visit AlanSteinJr.com or reach out directly to Michelle Joyce (my amazing Director of Events): Michelle@MichelleJoyce.com or 704.965.2339

Check out TheSidelineBook.com now!

Welcome to Season 15 of the Raise Your Game Show… a podcast dedicated to providing you with practical, actionable ideas, concepts, and strategies to help you improve your individual productivity and your team’s organizational performance.  

I’m your host, Alan Stein, Jr. - corporate keynote speaker and the author of two books: Raise Your Game: High Performance Secrets from the Best of the Best and Sustain Your Game: High Performance Keys to Manage Stress, Avoid Stagnation, and Beat Burnout.

In this season, I’ll revisit my favorite conversations with my favorite podcast hosts (from when I was a guest on their shows).

If you like what you hear, please hit subscribe… so you don’t miss an episode!

If you’re interested in learning how I can deliver messages like this to your team or at your next event - please visit AlanSteinJr.com and hit the ‘Contact’ tab in the top right corner.

Please make sure to join the conversations at @AlanSteinJr on all major social platforms, as well as go 
to AlanSteinJr.com to subscribe to my Full Time Out and 30 Second Time Out monthly emails.

StrongerTeam.com is a comprehensive collection of resources that can be utilized to raise organizational performance – from sports teams to Fortune 500 companies – by focusing on developing The 5 C’s of a High Performing Culture: Cohesion, Chemistry, Communication, Collaboration, and Commitment.

Additionally, you can order the audiobook of Raise Your Game: High Performance Secrets from the Best of the Best at http://www.Audible.com or wherever audiobooks are sold. You can also order paperback or hard copies, for you or your entire team or organization, at http://www.RaiseYourGameBook.com. 

You can download the Raise Your Game audiobook at Audible.com, in iTunes or purchase a hard copy on Amazon. If you’d like info on the Raise Your Game Book Club which includes a Facilitator Guide and Team Member Workbooks in both business and education editions, or to order a team set of signed copies for your organization at a 40% discount – please visit RaiseYourGameBook.com or email me directly at Alan@AlanSteinJr.com

If you’d like info on my event keynotes, interactive workshops and full day trainings – the programs I’ve done for groups like Starbucks, American Express and Pepsi - please visit AlanSteinJr.com or hit me up at @AlanSteinJr on Instagram, Twitter and LinkedIn.

I hope this helps you Raise Your Game!

Welcome to Season 15 of the Raise Your Game Show… a podcast dedicated to providing you with practical, actionable ideas, concepts, and strategies to help you improve your individual productivity and your team’s organizational performance.  

I’m your host, Alan Stein, Jr. - corporate keynote speaker and the author of two books: Raise Your Game: High Performance Secrets from the Best of the Best and Sustain Your Game: High Performance Keys to Manage Stress, Avoid Stagnation, and Beat Burnout.

In this season, I’ll revisit my favorite conversations with my favorite podcast hosts (from when I was a guest on their shows).

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If you’re interested in learning how I can deliver messages like this to your team or at your next event - please visit AlanSteinJr.com and hit the ‘Contact’ tab in the top right corner.

Please make sure to join the conversations at @AlanSteinJr on all major social platforms, go to AlanSteinJr.com to subscribe to my Full Time Out, 30 Second Time Out, and Overtime monthly emails, and check out http://www.MakeYourGamePlan.com (the online course every middle school, high school, and college student athlete needs).

Additionally, you can order the audiobook of Raise Your Game: High Performance Secrets from the Best of the Best at http://www.Audible.com or wherever audiobooks are sold. You can also order paperback or hard copies, for you or your entire team or organization, at http://www.RaiseYourGameBook.com. 

Hey coaches, if you want your team to make massive improvement this summer, check out MakeYourGamePlan.com. 

Your Game Plan will provide every athlete and coach in your program with actionable strategies for creating championship habits, developing a winner’s mindset, and becoming impactful leaders. It will spark measurable improvement in communication, chemistry, cohesion, and culture as well as teach the traits of the world’s highest performers, pitfalls that undermine success, as the most effective ways to handle adversity.

If you want your team to raise their game, check out MakeYourGamePlan.com right now.

Please make sure to join the conversations at @AlanSteinJr on all major social platforms, as well as go 
to AlanSteinJr.com to subscribe to my Full Time Out and 30 Second Time Out monthly emails.

StrongerTeam.com is a comprehensive collection of resources that can be utilized to raise organizational performance – from sports teams to Fortune 500 companies – by focusing on developing The 5 C’s of a High Performing Culture: Cohesion, Chemistry, Communication, Collaboration, and Commitment.

Additionally, you can order the audiobook of Raise Your Game: High Performance Secrets from the Best of the Best at http://www.Audible.com or wherever audiobooks are sold. You can also order paperback or hard copies, for you or your entire team or organization, at http://www.RaiseYourGameBook.com. 

Please make sure to join the conversations at @AlanSteinJr on all major social platforms, go to AlanSteinJr.com to subscribe to my Full Time Out, 30 Second Time Out, and Overtime monthly emails.

Additionally, you can order the audiobook of Raise Your Game: High Performance Secrets from the Best of the Best at http://www.Audible.com or wherever audiobooks are sold. You can also order paperback or hard copies, for you or your entire team or organization, at http://www.RaiseYourGameBook.com. 

Please make sure to join the conversations at @AlanSteinJr on all major social platforms, go to AlanSteinJr.com to subscribe to my Full Time Out, 30 Second Time Out, and Overtime monthly emails, and check out http://www.MakeYourGamePlan.com (the online course every middle school, high school, and college student athlete needs).

Additionally, you can order the audiobook of Raise Your Game: High Performance Secrets from the Best of the Best at http://www.Audible.com or wherever audiobooks are sold. You can also order paperback or hard copies, for you or your entire team or organization, at http://www.RaiseYourGameBook.com. 

Please make sure to join the conversations at @AlanSteinJr on all major social platforms, go to AlanSteinJr.com to subscribe to my Full Time Out, 30 Second Time Out, and Overtime monthly emails.

Additionally, you can order the audiobook of Raise Your Game: High Performance Secrets from the Best of the Best at http://www.Audible.com or wherever audiobooks are sold. You can also order paperback or hard copies, for you or your entire team or organization, at http://www.RaiseYourGameBook.com. 

In today’s episode, I read between the lines with former Sports Illustrated Associate Editor and 11-time New York Times Best Selling author Don Yaeger. Don is an equally powerful leadership speaker and host of the Corporate Competitor Podcast. His sports knowledge is unparalleled, and his book writing process is fascinating. Don has an innate ability to get people to have the courage to open up and be truly vulnerable. To say he is a master at his craft would be an understatement. I first met Don at the National Speakers Associations annual conference in 2018 and have been a huge fan ever since. 

This season I’m exploring what high performers do behind the scenes. I’ve been enjoying fascinating conversations with professional stand-up comedians, magicians, actors, rappers, dancers, YouTubers, athletes, coaches, and everything in between to find out exactly what they do behind the curtain – when the cameras are off and the arenas are empty – to work towards mastery of their craft and to prepare themselves to perform at a world class level. I hope you find their insights, perspectives, and personal strategies as helpful as I do and use what they share to continue to Raise Your Game.

Thank you so much for investing your time with us. I hope we helped you Raise Your Game and provided useful insight on how you can maximize your time and effort. If you found this episode helpful, would you be open-minded to supporting the show? Would you be kind enough to share it with a friend or colleague? Would you take 30 seconds and leave us a rating and review? Those two things help support the show’s mission and message more than you know. And don’t ever forget, a candle loses nothing by lighting another candle.

Sustain Your Game teaches you how to bring your A game to every area of your life. With advice from top CEOs, journalists, social scientists, and more, you'll learn the framework for how to beat stress, stagnation, and burnout. Sustain Your Game will help you be the best in your arena, wherever that may be.

Sustain Your Game if available now at http://www.SustainYourGameBook.com

Please make sure to join the conversations at @AlanSteinJr on all major social platforms, go to AlanSteinJr.com to subscribe to my Game Changer monthly emails.

Additionally, you can order the audiobook of Raise Your Game: High Performance Secrets from the Best of the Best at http://www.Audible.com or wherever audiobooks are sold. You can also order paperback or hard copies, for you or your entire team or organization, at http://www.RaiseYourGameBook.com. 

Lastly, if I can ever be of service to you or your organization, please visit AlanSteinJr.com and StrongerTeam.com for a variety of speaking and coaching resources. 

Are you a parent (or coach) of a youth or high school athlete?

If so, you need to read The Sideline: A Survival Guide for Youth Sports Parents

This book has one goal: to help you navigate the often tricky and confusing world of youth sports to ensure your child has the most meaningful and memorable experience possible.

Books are now available for sale! We have a feeling our first print run will sell out by Thanksgiving, so please reserve your copy as soon as you can.

Order your copy today!

We will soon offer two alternate covers (hardwood floor for basketball/volleyball and a home plate for baseball/softball) as we’ve had numerous organizations show interest in purchasing a copy for every parent and coach their coach in their program. We also have the ability to customize covers and add your school/club/organization’s logo!

If you know of any program who may be interested in a customized bulk order, please have them reach out to me directly (Alan@AlanSteinJr.com).

And for those of you that don’t have child in youth or high school sports, if you know someone that does, this would make the ideal holiday gift.

Thank you for the early support, we appreciate your help in making the youth sports landscape a more enriching environment!

You can download the Raise Your Game audiobook at Audible.com, in iTunes or purchase a hard copy on Amazon. If you’d like info on the Raise Your Game Book Club which includes a Facilitator Guide and Team Member Workbooks in both business and education editions, or to order a team set of signed copies for your organization at a 40% discount – please visit RaiseYourGameBook.com or email me directly at Alan@AlanSteinJr.com

If you’d like info on my event keynotes, interactive workshops and full day trainings – the programs I’ve done for groups like Starbucks, American Express and Pepsi - please visit AlanSteinJr.com or hit me up at @AlanSteinJr on Instagram, Twitter and LinkedIn.

I hope this helps you Raise Your Game!