Inside The Rise: Stories, Mindset & Methods of High Performers

After receiving an invitation to the Olympic Training Center and becoming the youngest MMA fighter to join The Ultimate Fighter reality show, Justin lost it all to a drug addiction.

• How did he turn it around?
• What led him to the other side of the world"
• What's with the name The Big Pygmy?
• What will it take to reach the pinnacle of his fighting career once again?

Discover the mindset and methods Justin leveraged to transform his identity. And hear why people around the world love this warrior.

Join the fight at http://fightfortheforgotten.org.

Bonus: Justin shares when you can expect the documentary that has been years in the making.

Justin Wren became one of the youngest MMA fighters to appear on The Ultimate Fighter television show and to fight for the title in the main event in Las Vegas.

As a two-time national champion in wrestling, he made appearances in multiple countries and received an invitation to train with the elite of the elite at the US Olympic Training Center.

But an injury that threatened to ruin his career surfaced a deeper pain from severe bullying he faced as a child. To deal with the pain, he turned to painkillers and then to street drugs. His addiction forced his teammates to expel him from the training center. And his family had to break into his apartment just to find him.

So how did he turn things around?

Why do they now call him the Big Pygmy?

How did he convert such deep pain into a clear purpose to help a forgotten people on the other side of the world?

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For all things Justin Wren, check out his website, www.fightfortheforgotten.org.

Pick up a copy of his amazing book here!

Scholars have spent years studying and testing personality traits. The most commonly investigated traits are collectively known as The Big Five. Here they are, in no particular order:

1. Openness to experience
2. Conscientiousness
3. Agreeableness
4. Extraversion
5. Neuroticism

What has decades of research revealed?

ONE of these traits accurately predicts success - and a whole lot more.

Do you have it? More importantly, can you develop it? Find out.

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11-time Emmy Award winner Nick Nanton has built a network of friends that includes Larry King, Daymond John, Jack Canfield, Brian Tracy, Peter Diamandis, and a host of other recognizable leaders.

If you want to build a network like that, listen to this!

JC Cross revisits the episode with Nick Nanton:

Why can't people access those they aspire to be like?

What's the one thing that will open the door with someone at an elite level?

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11-time Emmy Award winning producer and director, Nick Nanton, runs the world's largest celebrity branding agency. His platform has enabled him to connect with Sir Richard Branson, Mark Cuban, Ivanka Trump, Daymond John, Steve Forbes, Will.I.Am, Jack Canfield, Brian Tracy, and Tony Robbins. There are too many more names to mention.

Prior to building his media empire, he found himself several million dollars in debt and facing bankruptcy. So how did he turn things around? Part of it involved making connections with the right people.

In this episode, you'll hear:

• Why Nick doesn't believe you're the average of the five people you spend the most time with
• How to connect with people way out of your league
• What Sir Richard Branson told him that shifted his perspective on life
• How to counter negativity
• What he considers his most important belief

Connect:

• Meditation March Challenge
• Nick Nanton's website

Books Mentioned:

• Da Vinci and The 40 Answers

Documentaries Mentioned:

• Operation Toussaint
• Visioneer, The Peter Diamandis Story
• The Soul of Success: The Jack Canfield Story
• Maximum Achievement: The Brian Tracy Story
• Rudy Ruettiger: The Walk On

Listen to this if you think stress is bad...

Scientific research reveals the surprising truth behind what improves our memory and learning capabilities...

And what impact does stress have on our relationships...

Listen in and connect with JC at...

www.InsideTheRise.com

This episode delivers practical applications from the Sean Conway interview. JC and Caleb debate the intensity needed to accomplish your goals.

• Should you "burn the ships?"
• Do you need to have a plan before you go "all in?"
• How has your childhood conditioned you?
• What implications does your conditioning have on your current behavior?
• And, the surprising statistic of how many of us live so close to Mom (and what that might mean).

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Sean Conway had a successful business but felt a longing for something more. So he sold it for a little more than $1.

After a few months of sleeping on a sofa, he decided to go on an adventure. That was over 15 years ago. Now he holds multiple world records, the most recent of which is the fastest unsupported cycling trip across Europe (over 4,000 miles in 24 days).

His impressive feats have been featured by the BBC, CNN, and Red Bull, and his ultra triathlon around the coast of Britain was made into a series for the Discovery Channel.

Hear how Sean turned a dream into reality and discover:

- Why Sean sold his business for peanuts

- How he got enough money to start on his new path

- The one thing Sean recommends for anyone looking to improve their life

- How you can build your confidence enough to reach seemingly unattainable heights

Resources mentioned:

• Sean's website
• Running Britain by Sean Conway
• Sean on Instagram, Twitter 
• The 3 Types of Fun

We're told the value of dreaming big and pursuing massive goals...

So why do we fail to achieve them when we so desperately want them?

JC explores the methods the Iron Cowboy used to achieve an impossible feat of endurance.

And...

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James Lawrence, aka the Iron Cowboy, has achieved the impossible.

People laughed when he shared his plan to complete 50 Ironman distance triathlons in all 50 states in just 50 days. Companies wouldn't sponsor him. His coach thought he would fail. People criticized him for even trying.

In 2008, James lost nearly all his possessions in the Great Recession. Despite the financial setback, his family of six stuck together, sometimes sleeping on the floor by the fireplace just to stay warm. Together they started a journey that would ultimately lead to one of the greatest feats of physical endurance ever recorded.

Hear how James achieved what others thought impossible. 

Resources mentioned:

• Fasting February Challenge - choose your type of fast and join us!
• Redefine Impossible by James Lawrence
• Iron Cowboy website
• The Story of the 50.50.50 trailer
• Iron Cowboy team training
• Utah's Toughest Race

NEWS FLASH: Your brain is plastic, and no matter who you are or how old you are, you have the power to change it.

What JC and Caleb cover in this one:

• How you can hack your hormones to change your behavior?
• One thing that will strengthen your interpersonal relationships and absolutely make your marriage better
• How you can build a deeper bond with anyone
• How to train your brain for positivity and gratitude
• Why people pass others who are in distress
• What is the Law of Least Effort?
• How people with difficult childhoods develop resiliency and turn a negative into a positive
• The best way to create long-term, sustainable change

Resources mentioned in this episode:

• The Brain That Changes Itself by Norman Doidge
• Brain Rules by John Medina
• Talent Is Overrated by Geoff Colvin
• The Talent Code by Daniel Coyle
• Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
• The Prisoner's Dilemma explained

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Do you believe you can change? How much do you really believe it? And what if someone asked you how to do it?

As it turns out, science has a lot to say about it, and few people can say it with more authority than Dr. Michael Merzenich.

Dr. Merzenich's work as a neuroscientist over the past 50 years changed the way we view the brain. His efforts disproved mainstream science's belief that the brain became hardwired at a young age. Armed with this knowledge, he sought to practically apply it to help people.  Through several enterprises, his tools have benefited countless people around the globe, helping them regain their hearing, recover from brain trauma, and reverse the effects of mental illness and dementia.

If you've ever wanted to understand the biology behind behavior change...or if you've ever felt like you couldn't change...

LISTEN TO THIS!!

Mentioned in the episode:

• Dr. Merzenich's brain training tool, BrainHQ
• The Brain That Changes Itself by Norman Doidge
• Soft-Wired by Dr. Michael Merzenich

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Have you ever NOT done what you really wanted to do?

Have you every wondered WHY you made a poor decision when it seemed so right at the time?

Listen to this!

Your beliefs and values drive your behavior, whether you have an explicit belief system or not. So how can you have more control of your decisions and make the choices that move you forward?

We discuss the following:

1. How your values drive your behavior
2. How do you form values, and what's the best method
3. What MUST you do to be happy
4. How has your culture conditioned you to respond to pain
5. What can you do to change your subconscious values

Kute Blackson moved to the U.S. from Ghana with little to nothing. Determined to break into the personal development industry he worked tirelessly to learn from the likes of Jim Rohn and Jack Canfield.

Now a bestselling author and international powerhouse, he's been featured on Larry King Now, Fox News Live, NPR, and many others for his transformational message.

What is his most important teaching?

And what are the three questions you must ask yourself if you really want to make the most of life?

Tom Bilyeu made a life-changing switch on what he built his identity around.

What can we learn from the power of constructing your identity? Making the right decision can mean the difference between a life of growth and one of despair.

On this episode, we discuss:

• what makes your identity anti-fragile
• whether or not to set short-term goals
• how purpose plays a direct role in your motivation and performance
• the formula for making continual progress in life

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In this episode, Tom Bilyeu shares his now legendary story of how he went from scrounging in his couch cushions for enough change to put gas in his car to the founder of a company that became worth more than a billion dollars in less than six years. That same company, Quest Nutrition, was ranked as the second-fastest growing company in North America in 2014.

While creating amazingly-delicious products with the goal of ending metabolic disease, Tom began to invest in a new passion - to do what he called "helping people escape from the matrix." He launched a show called Inside Quest. The success of the show and his ever-expanding vision, led him to leave the company at the end of 2016 to start Impact Theory.

In less than two years, Tom amassed a social media following of over 2M (of which I can say, I was one of the first) with some of his videos being viewed tens of millions of times.

What can we learn from the man who wants to build a studio to rival Disney? You're about to find out in this never-before heard interview.

Also hear Tom share:

- how he measures his blood levels to monitor his performance
- the diet he leverages for consistent energy throughout the day
- why he never sets an alarm
- the one mindset shift that changed everything
- the skills he's most committed to developing in his life
- the one action he recommends everyone take to improve their own performance

Although Noah St. John went from attempting suicide to publishing a breakthrough book, he didn't experience a linear rise. Years later, he found himself at another low point. What was the key to finding his ultimate breakthrough?

What's the difference between passion and purpose? Learn why understanding this crucial distinction will forever alter the way you live.

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Growing up dirt poor (literally) in a very wealthy community - the same one as President George Bush - gave Noah St. John two very different perspectives.

His search for success took him from the brink of suicide to a multi-million dollar business. It didn't come without many setbacks. At one point, he found himself $40,000 in debt and living in his parents' basement.

How did he turn things around?

Hear the big discovery that made it possible. And learn why so many people praise his work, including Jack Canfield, Jenny McCarthy, Marie Forleo, and John Assaraf.

Think you're an independent high achiever, and you choose your own behavior?

Think again.

As sociologist James Hunter notes, "Culture is the power to define reality."

How did Chris become one of the best negotiators in the world - and what does a suicide hotline have to do with it?

What are the actual statistics around forming a habit?

What's the single most powerful tool in negotiation and persuasion?

JC and Caleb break down the episode with Chris Voss to identify the critical steps to mastery.

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