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Success Leaves Clues with Jon Karcich — 245 episodes

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#230- Water the Plant: Why Success Takes Longer Than You Think

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#229- The 1 Cent Mindset

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#227- Nico Hoerner: Be the Teammate Everyone Wants

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#226- My 5-Year-Old Taught Me This Mental Game Lesson

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#225- Showcase Ready Or Wasting Time?

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#224- Confidence Isn’t a Feeling...It’s Evidence

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#223- Comparison Is Stealing Your Focus

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#222- Your Coach Doesn’t Care About You… He Cares If You Can Win

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#221- Your Default Mode Is Costing You

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220- Pete Crow-Armstrong’s “I Don’t Care” Mindset Is a Superpower

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#219- Delusional Confidence

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#218- Your Brain Doesn’t Hear “DON’T”

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#218 - In a Slump? Stop Trying Harder—Start Smiling

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#217- Trust, Not Talent, Gets You Paid

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#216- You’d Give Anything to Strike Out Again

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#215- The REAL Difference Between Division I and Pro Athletes

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#214- Athletes: This Is For You

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#213- You Belong at the Next Level

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#212- Why Hard Work Isn’t Enough

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#211- Christian McCaffrey Workout

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#210- Oops—Wrong Airport

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#209- Size Doesn't Matter

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#209- MLB Scouts Watch THIS

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#208- Slow Lane Is Faster

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#207- Inversion: Think Backwards to Win

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#206- Winners Fail More Than Losers Part 2

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#205- Fail More = Win More

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#204- The Championship Mindset: One Pitch at a Time

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#203- Attention Vs Intention

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#202- How to Build Confidence

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#201- Mental Shift- 90 vs 10

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#200- Time To Sharpen Your Tools

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#199- The NCAA’s New 5-for-5 Rule: Don’t Chase the Shortcut

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#197- How To Play Loose

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#196- It’s Not a Big Game. It’s Just Another Game.

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#196- How Michael Jordon Dealt With Pressure

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#195- The Injured Advantage

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#194- Parents Porch- Why Your Athlete Needs More Failure, More Competition, and More Freedom

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#193- Train Hard So the Game Feels Easy

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#192- The $40,000 Mistake Athletes Keep Making in the Transfer Portal

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#191- He Hit .053 as a Freshman… Now He’s in the College World Series

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#190- Take The Stairs Next Time

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#189- What Showcases REALLY Do… (Former D1 Recruiting Coordinator Explains)

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#188- The Relationship Game | Why Great Coaches Build Connection First

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#187- Why Most Athletes Leave Showcases Thinking the WRONG Thing

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#186- The 1% Mental Edge Athletes Ignore: Force a Smile

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#185- The Athlete's Porch - Mets Player Development Coach Tucker Frawley: What Young Baseball Players Are Missing

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#184- Your Thoughts Are Programming You

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#183- Recruiting Cigar Puffs

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#182- Face the Tiger: Accountability, Action, and Growth

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#182- The Athlete's Porch With USA Baseball President John Gall

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#181- The Best Athletes Bend — They Don’t Break

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#180- Recruiting Then vs Now: Why Players Are Still Uncommitted

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#179- Are You a Rock or a Jelly Bean? The Truth About Toughness

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#178- The Recruiting Process Will Break Your Heart (No One Tells You This)

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#178- The #1 Recruiting Mistake Athletes Make (It’s NOT Work Ethic)

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#177- What Makes an Athlete a DOG?

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#176- Why JUCO Baseball Builds Dogs (And Eliminates Wannabes)

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#175- The 5-Year-Old Who Understands Confidence Better Than Most Athletes

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#174- You Think You’re Slumping… But You’re Actually Winning

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#173- Dugout Routine Dominance: The 4 Away, 3 Away System for Hitters

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#172- The #1 Recovery Tool Athletes Ignore (It’s FREE)

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#171- If You See the Glass Half Empty in Baseball, You’re Cooked

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# 170 - Power of Language Part 3: Self-Talk

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#169- Change Your Language (Part 2): The Words Holding You Back

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#168- Power of Language Part 1: Eliminate “Perfect”

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#167- MLB to Little League: Why Players Don’t Lose It—They Drift

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#166- Circle of Greatness

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#165- The Inner Scorecard (A Billionaire's Secret to Athlete Confidence)

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#164- Utility Players Win More: Why Versatility Matters in Baseball

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#164- Why Your Best Warm-Up Doesn’t Mean a Great Game

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#163- What I Learned Playing With Mike Trout

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The Athlete’s Porch | Top Prospect Ethan Holliday Already Knows the Answers

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#162- Thinking About the Transfer Portal? Watch This First

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#161- Train Calmness Under Pressure | The Baseball Mental Game

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#160- Write It Down or Stay Stuck (The 42% Rule for Athletes)

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#159- Stop Doing “One More Rep” — It’s Hurting Your Performance

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# 158- Stop Trying to Figure It Out Alone

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#157- The .01% Mindset | Your Choices

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#156- 3 Words That Can Change Your Mindset

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#155- Feeling Off? You’re Not Lost | Athlete Mindset Reset

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#154- Why the Game Speeds Up (And How to Slow It Down)

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#153- Resetting & Releasing: The Mental Reset Every Athlete Needs

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#152- Your Excuse List Is Holding You Back (Urban Meyer’s BCD Rule)

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#151- Rewrite the Story. Change the Result.

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The Athlete's Porch | The Power of Self Talk

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#150- Stop Overthinking: How Athletes Beat Self-Doubt

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#149- PAIN IS CALLING. Champions Pick Up.

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#148- The High 5 Trick That Boosts Performance

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The Athlete’s Porch | Why Being Normal Wins Championships

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#146- Swipe or Deposit? The Mindset That’s Holding You Back

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#145- Don’t Let the Scoreboard Steal Your System

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The Athlete’s Porch | It Wasn’t Talent | Skylar Hales on Routine, Growth & Pro Baseball

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#144- Bendable or Breakable? The Mindset That Separates Athletes

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#143- The Gold Medal Mindset: Who’s In Your Corner?

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#142 Good Swing vs. Good Hitter — What Really Separates Them

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The Athlete’s Porch | 97 Gets Hit Too: Expectations, Execution & Recruiting | Toran O’Harran (Stanford Baseball)

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#141- Learning Isn’t Memorizing — It’s Changing Your Behavior

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#140- The Power of Action: Why Confidence Follows Movement

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The Athlete's Porch | Tempo Wins: The Aggressor Edge — Blake Hammond (Pro Pitcher)

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#139- Playing College Baseball

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#138- Kobe Bryant – 4 Points for Success

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#138- The One-Time Rule | Tom Brady on Habits & Performance

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#137- Fail More Like Billionaires

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The Athlete’s Porch | Blinders On: The Mindset That Separates Pros | Drew Dowd (Stanford → Pro Pitcher)

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#136- Let’s Compare Two Players: Busy vs Prepared

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#135- Athletes: How to Become Unstoppable Before You’re Unstoppable

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#145- 5 Musts College Coaches & Scouts Want to See

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#135- Communication With Recruiting Coordinators | Why Texting Hurts Your Recruiting

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The Athlete’s Porch | How Being Normal Wins Championships

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#134- 3 Types of Competitors

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#133- 4 Characteristics to Be Great

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#132- The Recruiting Advantage: A Parable

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#131- My Man Crush

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From The Athlete’s Porch: Tom Brady’s Blueprint for Greatness

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#130- The Pillow Test

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#129- Attention to Detail (ATD)

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#128 - Journaling Isn’t Soft — It’s a Competitive Advantage

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Special Episode from The Athlete’s Porch, Max Jung Goldberg’s Banana Ball Journey

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#126- The Best Free Advice I've Gotten

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#125 Blisters Are Proof You’re Growing

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#124 How You Can Make $10 Million

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#123- A.C.E- Action

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#122 - Dear 2026 Athlete

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#121 - 50,000 Negative Thoughts

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#120 - How To Get Recruited In 2026

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#119 - Playing Like A Kid Again

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#118 - The Juco Advantage

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#117 - 4 Things NOT To Do If You Pitch

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#116 - Getting HBP = More Playing Time

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#115 - Inner Scorecard

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#114 - Separation Starts Early

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#113 - WHY YOU SHOULD PLAY MULTIPLE POSITIONS!

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#112 - 16 Years Of Showing Up

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#111 - Fail More In 2026

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#110 - Belief Comes Before Ability

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#109 - Target Schools & Dating Supermodels

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#108 - You Only Get One First Impression

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#107 - Why Colleges Post Depth Charts

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#106 - Courage Is Calling

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#105 - Learning Before You Lead

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#104 - Simplicity Is The Ultimate Sophistication

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#103 - Specialize Or Multi-Sport?

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#102 - 95 year old vs 16 year old

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#101 - Wake Up On Offense

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#100 - Be Nasty Mookie

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#099 - New Way To Goal Set

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#098 - Tom Brady

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#097 - How To Erase Old Negative Memories

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#096 - Investment Season Not Off Season

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#095 - College Coaches Want To Know This Answer

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#094 - Being Called Out

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#093 - Skydiving And Baseball

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#092 - Start Studying The Standard

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#091 - How Colleges Coaches Look At Your X Profile

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#090 - An Easy Confidence Trick

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#089 - Are You A Jelly Bean Or A Rock?

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#088 - Parents: Listen To This Recruitment Advice

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#087 - What Voice Do You Listen To?

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#086 - Recruiting Is Brutal

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#085 - Build The Game That Earns The Call You'll Get

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#084 - Why Baseball Is The Best (Or Worst)?

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#083 - Create Your Own Scouting Report

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#082 - How To Win MVP

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#081 - The Arnold Palmer System

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#080 - Coach Elon Musk

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#079 - Do Simple Better

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#078 - Write Your Own Story

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#077 - Progress Over Perfection

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#076 - Less Thinking, More Action

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#075- Everything Counts

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#074 - Best Advice I've Gotten

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#073 - Defining Success For Your At Bat

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#072 - Your Mind Is A Muscle

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#071 - Are You A Carry It Over Player?

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#070 - Winning The Super Bowl Isn't What He Thought It Would Be...

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#069 - If You Can Track It, You Can Train It

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#068 - Not Dead, Can't Quit

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#067 - E + R = O: The Formula That Shapes Outcomes

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#066 - Would You Talk To Your Friend That Way?

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#065 - The Cost of 'One More'

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#064 - Two Questions To Ask Yourself...

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#063 - Mindset Check

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#062 - Making Mistakes Is A Privilege

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#061 - When To Pay Your Kids $50k

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#060 - Stop Giving A S***

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#059 - Start Laughing When You Fail

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#058 - The Secret Sauce To Playing College Baseball

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#057 - Parents... Relax With The Recruiting FOMO

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#056 - The Transfer Portal Will NOT Last

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#055 - You're Only As Good As The Next Pitch...

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#054 - A Transformational Team Meeting At Stanford

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#053 - Parents Should Talk To Their Kids About Losing

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#052 - The Transfer Portal Is Like Speed Dating

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#051 - Mike Trout's Greatest Separator

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#050 - From Hitting .103 To Being An All-Star

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#049 - The Guys Who Do The Little Things vs The Guys Who Forget Their Belts

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#048 - Driving Without A Destination

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#047 - Feelings Aren't Facts

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#046 - The Most Powerful Word

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#045 - Doing What Michael Jordan Did...

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#044 - Have The Conversation With Your Coach

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#043 - Can You Be Trusted Off The Field?

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#042 - Uncommitted Recruiting Q&A

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#041 - How Sharp Are Your Tools?

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#040 - How Human Thought Influences Our Overall Character

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#039 - Alter Egos and Keeping Doors Open

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#038 - Stop Asking For One More

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#037 - Staying In The Flow Zone

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#036 - The Difference Between You & A Big Leaguer

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#035 - Emotional Intelligence vs Artificial Intelligence

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#034 - The Max Effort Guy

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#033 - Vegas & Playing The Percentages

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#032 - Recruiting Experience

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#031 - Do Simple Better...

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#030 - The Gateway To The Present

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#029 - Doing Simple Better with Daniel Descalso

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#028 - Inner Scorecard vs Outer Scorecard

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#027 - Smile After You Lose?

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#026 - Nobody Cares

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#025 - How To Create More Confidence

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#024 - Longevity Secrets with Peter Attia

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#023 - Why You Should Swim With Sharks

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#022 - Emotional Players Ride The Tsunami Wave

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#021 - Write Your Story!

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#020 - We Can Lose Everything Except Our Choice

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#019 - Payback Your Parents

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#018 - Wake Up On Offense!

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#017 - 8th Grade Accountability

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#016 - Bullfighter Body Language

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#015 - Learning To Lose

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#014 - A Secret From Stanford...

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#013 - Controlling the Cerebral Mind with Penn Murfee

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#012 - If You Don't Go, You Won't Know

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#011 - Go For Progress, Not Perfection

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#010 - Everything Counts

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#009 - Year End Reflection

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#008 - Leveraging Compound Interest

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#007 - Visualizing a Homerun

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#006 - Training Brain Muscles

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#005 - Body Language

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#004 - Adversity - Fork In The Road

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#003 - Finding Success In The Journey

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#002 - Do Simple Better

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#001 - Less Thinking... More Action