Success With Smitte (Success With Smitte)

Ali is a Professional swimmer who previously swam for the University of Michigan And also for 3 different ISL teams.    

She is the previous world record holder in the 4x50 short course meter medley relay where she led off backstroke.   

Ali has won 3 Golds and 1 Bronze at the FINA World championships, won 1 Gold at the Pan American Games, and 1 Gold and 1 Silver at the World University Games.   

She’s also a social media creator for Biene Wellness Building.  

In this episode we talk about Ali breaking an American and World Record, her experience at ISL, all the tools in her mental toolbox, working with a confidence coach, and the power of self talk and affirmations. 

Social Media:  

Ali's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/adeloof/  

Andrew's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/andrewmsmith9/  

Success With Smitte Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/successwithsmitte/ 

#alideloof #swimming #swimmingpodcast

Nikki was a previous collegiate athlete and was a collegiate swim coach for 9 years at John Hopkins University, University of Pennsylvania, and finished off at the University of Michigan. She is currently a mindset & life coach. She has her masters degree in sports psychology and a masters degree in organizational dynamics.

In this episode we talk about creating culture, building more confidence, navigating your emotions, leadership, and the things Nikki learned being a high level swim coach.

Social Media:

Nikki's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nikkikettcoaching/

Andrew's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/andrewmsmith9/

Success With Smitte Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/successwithsmitte/

Melanie talks about her journey to being an Olympic Gold Medalist and a World Record Holder and what it took to get there, the sacrifices she had to make growing up as a kid, and the lessons she has learned from swimming.  

Melanie started swimming at 3 years old and by the time she was coming out of high school in 1987, she posted the fastest time in the nation in the 100yd freestyle at 50.6 seconds. She attended and Swam at the University of Virginia during college and qualified for the Olympics where she won and became an Olympic Gold Medalist in the Women’s 4x100m Freestyle Relay in 1996 for Team USA. And to top that all off she is the current Swimming World Record Holder from 2015 in the Women’s 45-49 year old age group 100m Freestyle Event.  

Melanie was also the first female swimmer sponsored by NIKE, the first ever TIMEX Fitness Director and the first Ironman athlete sponsored by a rock band – Cheap Trick. She also was a model featured in numerous magazines including Marie Claire, Vogue, Swimming World, Triathlete, as well as Nike catalogs.

Social Media: 

Melanie's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/swim96melanie/ 

Andrew's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/andrewmsmith9/ 

Success With Smitte Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/successwithsmitte/?hl=en

Ivonne is the Founder & CEO of Delaflor Teachings International, an author of 17 books which she self published, and has been a mindfulness & transcendental meditation practitioner for many years.

At the age of 7 her Mother was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis and she became committed to find through spirituality and healthy living a way to support her mother and many others.   

She survived a Near Death Experience at the age of 17, where she lost an arm, almost a leg, and while the arm was being reattached to her body, she remained awake during the whole process and experienced an altered state of consciousness that allowed her to choose a different future after receiving what she calls her second chance of being alive.  

In this Episode we talk about the power of visualization/meditation, experiencing an altered state of consciousness, what it was like training with the Shaolin Monks at the Shaolin Temple, and the importance of gratitude.  

Social Media:  

Ivonne's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ivonne_delaflor/ 

Ivonne's Email: support@delaflorteachings.com  

Ivonne's Website: https://delaflorteachings.com/ 

Andrew's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/andrewmsmith9/ 

Success With Smitte Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/successwithsmitte/ 

#podcast #shaolinmonks #meditation

Kevin Lerena is a South African boxer who is a top 10 contender in the heavyweight division with a record of 28-1. He’s also a 7x IBO World Champion! He has a super exciting fight coming up against Daniel Dubois as the co-main event for the WBA World Title on with Tyson Fury vs Derek Chisora fighting for the WBC World Title December 3rd.

In this episode Kevin talks about his journey as a boxer, the lessons boxing taught him, what his training looks like, and the mentality to become great in whatever you do.

Social Media:

Kevin's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kevinlerena/

Andrew's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/andrewmsmith9/

Success With Smitte Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/successwithsmitte/

Jeremy Cody a 3x high school state champion in the High Jump, 4x100m relay, and in football and also helped lead his basketball team to the CHSAA Final Four in 2017 & 2018. Jeremy is #6 All-Time for Indoor High Jump & #9 All-Time for Outdoor High Jump at CU Boulder. He also tied 5th All-Time for Indoor High Jump & tied 9th All-Time for Outdoor High Jump at ASU.

In this episode we talk about Leadership, The Power Of Positivity, Breath-work, How To Stay Relaxed At Big Competitions, Visualization, and more!

Social Media:

Jeremy's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jeremy.cody/?hl=en

Andrew's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/andrewmsmith9/

Success With Smitte Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/successwithsmitte/

#athletics #mindset #sports 

Megan is a Former D1 swimmer at Florida Atlantic University and runs The Lifeletics Podcast where her mission is to empower athletes to take on the sport of life by interviewing athletes as they transition into their life after sports.

In this episode we talk about life after sports, all the lessons learned from sports, the challenges or leaving sports and transitioning to the real world, and more.

Social Media:

Megan's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/teamlifeletics/?hl=en

The Lifeletics Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/50UlJkT3d5o0ojdbSMRP7I

Andrew's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/andrewmsmith9/

Success With Smitte Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/successwithsmitte/

#athletics #mindset #sports

Gabby Deloof is a professional swimmer from Michigan who swam at the university of Michigan and graduated with a bachelors in sport management in 2018.

She’s been part of three big ten championship teams, she individually finished 4th place in the NCAA Championship Meet her senior year along with being team captain that year as well.

Gabby is an NCAA all American, and all American honors, 5x big ten champion, on the USA national team from 2018-2021, 5x world university games gold medalist. silver medalist in 800 free relay at FINA world championships, and was part of the ISL New York Breakers in Season 1 and Tokyo Frog Kings in Season 3.

She is currently training at the university of Tennessee as a pro for the 2024 Olympics, an AFPA Certified Sport Nutrionist, along with being a Social media content creator for Beine Wellness Building and an AFPA Certified Sport Nutrionist.

In this Episode, we talk about what it was like training and competing with 3 competitive sisters, being your most authentic self, how to handle and approach areas you "fail" in, and some tips that have helped her have the greatest success in the pool.

Social Media:

Gabby's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gdeloof/

Andrew's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/andrewmsmith9/

Success With Smitte's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/successwithsmitte/

Have you ever wondered how to connect with people more successful than you? Maybe you're looking for a mentor or some advice from somebody who has done what you're doing. In this episode Greg talks about how to connect with 7, 8, and 9 figure earners, how to give value to people more successful than you, finding a mentor, what he learned living with his $50 million dollar mentor for a month, and how he threw multiple successful entrepreneur dinner parties.  

Greg is the master of networking! He’s networked with many high level CEOs and Founders of large companies! He’s been invited to a mastermind called the War Room where you need a 7 figure business to qualify and costs 30k a year to be a member. He’s been invited to speak to the financial times! He got invited to go to a Private event with people who pay $85k a year to be a member of that specific mastermind. He was invited and attended the first royal ball since the French Revolution. He had dinner with Chris Voss who is a famous author who wrote the book “never split the difference”. He is currently working on a project for young entrepreneurs that Billionaire Richard Branson is supporting, and even had dinner with a Prince... all through leveraging his network.   

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Social Media: 

Greg's Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ceo-life/id1540652389 

Greg's Instagram: https://instagram.com/gregthemaverick?igshid=YzA2ZDJiZGQ= 

Andrew's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/andrewmsmith9/

John Sonmez is the founder of Bulldog Mindset, author of 6 books, and also an Ultramarathon runner. John started out as a software developer making 6 figures, and after doing the math he realized you can’t get rich from a regular job. So that’s when after some digging he realized that the most common way to financial freedom was through real estate. And after taking massive action he ended up retiring at only 33 years old! 

In this podcast episode we talk building confidence, how to properly set goals, the bulldog mindset, the law of attraction vs the law of repulsion, and running his ultra marathon. 

Social Media: 

John's IG: https://www.instagram.com/bulldogmindset/ 

Bulldog Mindset Website: https://bulldogmindset.com/ 

Andrew's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/andrewmsmith9/ 

Success With Smitte Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/successwithsmitte/

In this Episode I talk about the power of Visualization, the 4 Steps to Visualize, and my experience using Visualization.  

Social Media:  

Andrew's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/andrewmsmith9/ 

Success With Smitte Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/successwithsmitte/ 

#visualization #visualize #successwithsmitte

Julian is a swimmer at Arizona State University which is the #1 swim team in the country currently. He has been on the Junior national team, and is the current school record holder in the 500 freestyle at ASU. He is a Pac-12 champion in the 800 freestyle relay and a 3x Florida state champion in the 200 and 500 free. Julian is also an NCAA finalist in the 800 free relay where his relay placed 5th. 

In this episode we talk about what it was like training with Caeleb Dressel, how Julian has been leveling up his mentality, things he learned from his races, and how he's continually been improving inside and outside the pool.

Social Media:

Julian's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/julianohill12/

Julian's Twitter: https://twitter.com/JulianHillJules

Andrew's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/andrewmsmith9/

Success With Smitte Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/successwithsmitte/

#swimming #swimpodcast #ASUswimminganddiving

I'm sure you've probably heard the saying "It's not what you know, it's who you know."   

Alex Landry is a professional and All Star dancer. She danced for the Luvabulls which for those of you who don’t know, Luvabulls is the Chicago Bulls Basketball Team’s, Dance Team that comes out during half time. She moved to New York and she also Danced for the New York Knicks this past year.   

Alex's story is a perfect example of “it’s who you know that matters", where she went from dancing with the Professional Dance Team called the Luvabulls, and through networking was able to move to New York and get one of her dream opportunities to dance for another incredible Professional Dance Team in downtown New York. She breaks down the lessons she's learned through dancing, the challenges she's faced, how she deals with the pressure and anxiety, and advice she would give to younger dancers wanting to make a career out of it.

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Social Media:  

Alex's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alandry01/ 

Andrew's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/andrewmsmith9/ 

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Jill Berger is the Ceo and Founder of Lushra which is an event company located in Dallas, TX specializing in balloon installations and over the top “insta worthy” activations! Along with being featured on Shark Tank, she is also a dog mom to Jack the party pup who is basically the company mascot.

Jill talks about her journey through building her company Lushra. We talk about how much Shark Tank helped her develop herself and her business and what she is currently doing to become her best self and reach her highest potential.

If you want to celebrate and throw an amazing and memorable event, party, wedding, or moment head over to Lushra's website at https://lushra.com/

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Social Media:

Jill's IG: https://www.instagram.com/jill_berger/

Lushra IG: https://www.instagram.com/lushra/

Andrew's IG: https://www.instagram.com/andrewmsmith9/

Success With Smitte IG: https://www.instagram.com/successwithsmitte/

Grant House is a CoSIDA All-American (3rd ever in ASU history), Dual in the pool Champion, Ohio’s most winning athlete in history, 2x USA top 10, Pan American Games 2x Silver Medalist, World Univeristy games Gold medalist, Jesuit Network award winner at his high school, Junior world champion + World Junior Record Holder in the - 4x200 free relay and a proud uncle who runs the "Swim Bros Podcast".  

In this episode we talk about training under Michael Phelps old coach Bob Bowman, the incredible environment at ASU, the mental side of training and racing, how Grant takes care of himself outside of the pool, and stoicism.   

Social Media:  

Grant's Instagram: https://instagram.com/mitochondria_house?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= 

Grant's Twitter: https://twitter.com/HousetheMouse 

Swim Bros Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/5dJy66zSFfTel32uLaH66E

Andrew's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/andrewmsmith9/ 

Success With Smitte Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/successwithsmitte/ #granthouse #swimming #swimpodcast

Ryggs Johnston is a golfer at ASU. He got top 3 at NCAA D1 championships and had the 2nd best NCAA Championship round in school history just under Jon Rahm. He has the 7th most eagles in a season in school history where he had 8. Ryggs had 3 top 10 finishes this past year at ASU along with being an NCAA All American and All conference. He also won almost every tournament he entered in Montana Junior ranks. He Posted 3 rounds of 67 or better in the regular season and won 4 state championships in high school. 

In this episode we talk about Tiger Woods & Jon Rahm, the psychology behind golfing, the values of ASU golf, gratitude, how he approaches the details, and more. 

Social Media: 

Ryggs' Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ryggsjohnston/ 

Andrew's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/andrewmsmith9/ 

Success With Smitte Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/successwithsmitte/

Cory Budovitch is the Founder and President of Budovitch Legacy Planning which is a Niche financial advisory firm which focuses on removing the key erosion factors of wealth.  

Cory has had qualification numbers of the MDRT top of table for the last decade. He’s been the top in his agency of 10,000 brokers and does multiple 6-7 figure premiums on an annual basis. He has also done one of the largest cases in Canada for insurance. 

In this episode we talk about they keys to winning, understanding who you are, journaling, finding your highest purpose and your special gift, and more.  

Social Media:  

Cory's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cbudovitch/  

Budovitch Legacy Planning: https://www.budovitch.ca/  

Andrew's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/andrewmsmith9/  

Success With Smitte Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/successwithsmitte/  

#Winning #CoryBudovitch #mindset

Why just build a Brand when you can build a Legacy? 

In this episode Ruben explains how he got invited to become a Ted X Speaker, how he is building a Legacy through branding, and how he has used visualization to prepare, deal with pressure, and build confidence. 

Ruben Alvarez is the Founder of The Marketing Hunters, a company that specializes in Branding and Market Positioning and is the top marketing company in Arizona and El Paso Texas.

He is the Author of the International Book Brand Sharks: Unstoppable Strategies from Industry Leaders, a book endorsed by Tim Storey. Brand Sharks has been called The #1 Book For Young Entrepreneurs Looking to Grow their Brands.

Along with recently checking a huge goal of being a Ted X speaker off his bucket list, Ruben’s story has been featured in Markets Insider, NY Weekly, and many other news outlets for his disruptive Branding methods. 

His main message is, “Sales will bring you money, but the brand will bring you legacy.”

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Social Media:

Ruben's Instagram: https://instagram.com/iamrubenalvarez?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

Success With Smitte Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/successwithsmitte/

Andrew's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/andrewmsmith9/

Get Ruben's Book Here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09VWJ6VDN/ref=cm_sw_r_api_i_4RKDN2ZNTD4VJZFJYVHD_0

Keri was a former national team swimmer and is a 5x Olympic Trial Qualifier. Keri was also a bronze medalist at the 2007 Pan American games. She placed 2nd at the 2009 US National Championships and also 2nd in the World championship trials.

In this episode we talk about the lessons Keri learned through swimming, her epic comeback from just missing the olympics, dealing with failures, training in a competitive environment, managing her feelings/emotions, and more.  

Social Media:  

Keri's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kerihehn/ 

Andrew's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/andrewmsmith9/ 

Success With Smitte Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/successwithsmitte/ #olympics #swimming #successwithsmitte

Rhonda has one of the most inspiring stories and is one of the toughest people I've ever met. Listen in as Rhonda explains her story of getting jumped near her house and nearly dying, dealing with all the mental and physical pain and trauma that came with that, and barely being able to walk, to finally playing at Worlds Championship Tournament only 6 weeks later and winning her first Worlds title, being named the #1 Racquetball player in the world. 

Rhonda is the most decorated Racquetball player and has been ranked the #1 Racquetball player in the world from 2005-2008 and 2010-2011! She has been World Champion in Women's Singles twice. She has 12 National Single Titles and has 3 National Doubles Titles. Rhonda has been Pan American Champion 6 times, as well as US Open champion 4 times.

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Social Media:

Rhonda's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rhondarocks23/

Andrew's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/andrewmsmith9/

Success With Smitte Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/successwithsmitte/?hl=en

Karolina is a world-class pianist & music teacher from Poland who's risen to the top of the world's most talented musicians.

Karolina had her debut in the Carnegie Weill Hall in New York in 2015 and has performed at numerous musical festivals and international competitions around the world. Such as the International Music Competition in Corato; where she got first place and received the title of the absolute winner.

She got 2nd place of the International Piano Competition American Protégé in New York. Third place in the Rome International Piano Competition "Chopin Roma"; the special prize in the International Piano Competition in Brest; and many others.

In this episode Karolina talks about the preparation physically through ruthless hours of training, mentally through visualization, cold showers, etc. and emotionally to become a World Class Pianist.

Social Medias:

Karolina's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/carotomaszewska/

Andrew's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/andrewmsmith9/

Success With Smitte Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/successwithsmitte/

In this Episode I talk about my life growing up such as being physically abused as a kid, bullied in high school, and swimming.  

This was an extremely vulnerable and difficult episode to record, but I hope you get value from my story.  

Social Media:  

Andrew's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/andrewmsmith9/ 

Success With Smitte Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/successwithsmitte/

Carson Foster is a swimmer at Texas and currently holds the 400 IM record for the school. At the age of 10 years old he broke one of Michael Phelps 10 and under national age group records in the 100 fly right after becoming the youngest swimmer ever to break 30 seconds in the 50 fly.  He also broke Caeleb Dressels 15-16 year old National age group record in the 200 freestyle and Michael Phelps 15-16 year old National age group record in the 400IM. He was the first high school swimmer go under 1:33 in the 200 freestyle. Carson also placed top 3 at Olympic trials along with being a NCAA champion as well as having several top 3 finishes at NCAAs.   

In this episode we talk about what it's like training at Texas, the environment and culture there, the psychology of swimming and sports in general, being a 24 hour athlete/ 24-7 athlete, and more. 

 Social Media:  

Carson's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/carson24foster/ 

Andrew's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/andrewmsmith9/ 

Success With Smitte Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/successwithsmitte/ 

#swimming #carsonfoster #sports

Shannon is the Author of Body Language Basics, Former Professional Dancer, Stage Coach, Body Language Expert, and the CEO of Supreme Kinetics.  

In this Episode we talk about how to develop confidence through body language and how to use body language to your advantage in all areas of life from negotiations, interviews, presenting, speaking on stages, etc.  

Social Media:  

Shannon's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/supremekinetics/ 

Supreme Kinetics Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/supremekinetics.health/ 

Andrew's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/andrewmsmith9/ 

Success With Smitte Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/successwithsmitte/ 

#bodylanguage #masteringbodylanguage #successwithsmitte

Christine is a professional bare knuckle fighter with a record of 2-0. Along with being a Golden Gloves Winner In boxing in 2009, she’s been doing martial arts for around 17 years where she started with kick boxing. Christine is a mom of 2 kids and also owns a Construction Company.

In this Episode We Talk about Christine's preparation for a bare knuckle fight, balancing being a Mom, preparing for a fight, and business work, her daily routine, and how she controls her mind in training and right before a fight.

Social Media:

Christine's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/christyfitmma/

Andrew's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/andrewmsmith9/

Success With Smitte Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/successwithsmitte/

Tam is a Super-yacht Chief Stewardess from South Africa who is super passionate about traveling and loves to document her journeys and experiences through social media. She also happens to be my lovely girlfriend for 3 years.

In this episode we talk about the qualities of a healthy relationship, the challenges that may arise, navigating those challenges, and how doing long distance has helped us grow into and become better people.

Social Media:

Tam's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tamswim13/

Tam's Travel Page: https://www.instagram.com/tamonroute/

Andrew's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/andrewmsmith9/

Success With Smitte Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/successwithsmitte/