joe de sena

Aug 31

strategies from a suffering expert

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how are parents failing their kids? what does it feel like to lose human and be responsible for transforming lives? and what impact does witnessing abuse and divorce have on a kid from queens? this and more as we get curious with Joe De Sena.

joe de sena is the founder and CEO of Spartan Race, Inc, the world's largest endurance racing company. de sena has been an entrepreneur since his pre-teens. From selling fireworks at age 8, to starting a t-shirt business in high school, to building a multimillion-dollar pool business in college, to creating a wall street trading firm, de sena is a living definition of "entrepreneur." he is the New York Times bestselling author of SPARTAN UP! A Take-No-Prisoners Guide to Overcoming Obstacles and Achieving Peak Performance in Life and SPARTAN FIT! 30 Days. Transform Your Mind. Transform Your Body. Commit to Grit. he is also the host of the Spartan Up! Podcast, available on iTunes, Stitcher and YouTube.

on the podcast with Joe we get real about how parents are drifting towards comfort and moving away from the challenge of building resilient kids. we also explore failure, the mission of transforming lives, and the importance of activity. in a moment of vulnerability, joe gets real about the impact of witnessing domestic abuse in his home and how his parent's divorce led to a strategy of being able to compartmentalize.

OUR CURIOUS JOURNEY:

3:30 - what are kids missing these days.

9:40 - what do parents need to do to parent better?

11:20 - the development of Joe’s own skill of building and producing projects.

14:30 - how does Joe approach failure.

20:08 - joe’s pursuit of getting people to move and explore.

20:34 - how is Spartan similar to a Target Store?

25:50 - the impact of Joe’s childhood on his own parenting methods.

28:30 - the importance of being yourself with nothing to prove.

31:30 - joe’s simple message: walk the walk and do the work.

36:30 - the impact of divorce and abuse on Joe’s strategies.

38:00 - how does compartmentalization support productivity.