The Post Game Podcast Joe Poduslenko

Geoff Miller is a highly regarded expert in baseball psychology. He provides mental skills coaching to professional and amateur athletes, coaching to executives and business teams, and coaching for retiring athletes transitioning into life after sports.

He was the founding partner at Winning Mind LLC and a mental skills coach with the Pittsburgh Pirates, Washington Nationals, Atlanta Braves, LA Angels, and Philadelphia Phillies.

His book Intangibles: Big League Stories and Strategies for Winning the Mental Game – in Baseball and in Life, gives an inside look at the mental game of baseball through real life stories.

Most recently, he is the founder of Dots Miller, LLC, where he continues to work with elite performers to help them accomplish their goals.

He is also part of the team at Optimize Mind Performance, an app at the forefront of science and technology in the mental performance space providing mental performance coaching for athletes and organizations.

 

What You’ll Learn About:


Knowing that you want something and having no idea how you’ll get it
Dealing with rejection going after what you want
High achievers wanting to do well and getting out of their own way
Finding the key that unlocks something for a player
Athletes transitioning out of their playing days
App Optimize Mind Performance
Chipper Jones’ mental approach
Philosophies of Baseball IQ and Character Development Inventory

 

Timestamps:

(0:00) – Intro to Geoff Miller

(2:25) – John Kirwan

(4:45) – Writing letters to MLB organizations

(5:40) – Goal without a plan is a wish?

(7:10) – Phone call from Allard Baird

(8:20) – Do you have to be confident all the time?

(10:40) – Bobby Kingsbury

(12:40) – I know I can do better

(15:20) – The people that work on it the most always have questions

(16:40) – How do you measure success when you’re not getting results?

(17:00) – Jackson Holliday / Andrew McCutchen

(18:30) – Experiencing failure yourself

(19:50) – Movie scenes to relate to players

(20:45) – “Intangibles” is timeless

(21:20) – Relating to next generation of players

(22:10) – Understanding what motivates and drives players

(23:30) – Looking for perfect way to relate

(24:40) – Athlete transitions

(27:30) – Don’t compare it to baseball

(29:00) – Baseball lessons to corporate world and vice versa

(30:30) – One real job in his life

(32:25) – So you’ve never actually worked a day in your life?

(33:15) – Optimize Mind Performance

(36:20) – Universities using the app for athletic departments

(37:45) – Relevance to travel ball orgs and colleges

(40:00) – Geoff’s podcast

(42:00) – What do YOU need to do to be successful?

(44:00) – Chipper Jones

(46:00) – Insinuating that it’s possible to be mentally weak

(47:00) – Check out Intangibles

(48:00) – Where to learn more about Geoff



Dotsmiller.com

Optimizemindperformance.com

Geoff Miller on Twitter

Order his book "Intangibles" on Amazon

Email me: joe.poduslenko@gmail.com

Gregg Swanson, The Warrior Mind Coach, is a peak performance coach specializing in physical, emotional, spiritual, and mental strength coaching

His life defining moment came in 1998, when he survived an avalanche while descending from the top of Mt. Rainier.

Gregg works with driven individuals who want to reach personal goals and achieve new levels of personal success.

He asks three main questions:

1. Are you prepared to make a change?

2. Once you have made the decision to change, are you courageous enough to start?

3. Will you commit to finishing what you started?



Gregg offers “corporate warrior” training, Peak performance training, and Men Coaching.



What You’ll Learn About:


Correlation between sales success and physical activity
How can I help the other person look good?
Front-loading your day with important tasks
Importance of preparation
Being Afraid of our potential
It’s easier to make excuses as to why we can’t do something
What’s going to happen if you don’t change?
Quantum physics and creating your reality
Difference between “warrior” and victim
OK to express what you don’t want as long as you can pivot to what you DO want
Inspiring others through how we’re living

 

Timestamps:

(0:00) – Intro to Gregg

(2:00) – Gregg’s family and background

(4:15) – His sales career  

(6:15) – Correlation between working out and sales

(7:00) – Confidence

(9:30) – Focusing on the relationship in sales

(10:50) – Do the proactive stuff first

(12:50) – Life-altering experience

(15:30) – Being prepared

(18:00) – We don’t rise to occasion, we fall to level of training

(19:00) – Placing limitations on ourselves

(19:45) – Our complacent zone

(20:45) – Setting a new standard

(22:15) – We can be our own worst enemy

(25:15) – How are you measuring yourself?

(27:45) – While You are Waiting

(29:15) – Joe Dispenza

(30:45) – Meditation

(34:20) – You can change it

(35:45) – Be, Do, Have

(38:50) – At every point we’re at a decision

(40:10) – Legacy he’s leaving

(42:00) – Clarity around coaching vs. therapy

(42:30) – Where to Find Gregg



Warriormindcoach.com

Podcast & Blog Posts

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Nate Fish, aka the King of Jewish Baseball, has had quite the baseball journey.

After graduating from the University of Cincinnati with his dreams of playing in the big leagues squandered, he began training youth baseball players in New York City.

Over two decades later, he has played professional softball and baseball. He has traveled the world in a baseball uniform, been part of Israeli National team coaching staffs, competed in the World Baseball Classic and Olympics, coached elite college baseball players in the Cape Cod League, and helped manage the increasingly popular Savannah Bananas.

His phone has continued to ring along the way for the next opportunity.

Today, he is the CEO of Israel Baseball Americas, a 501c3 whose mission is to give Team Israel players and fans a common outlet for their interest in Israel Baseball and provide human and financial resources to the Israel National Team program.



What You’ll Learn About:


Knowing when to shut up and learn
The really good coaches don’t have as much to say
The best advice is support
Ability to focus and compete
Different outlets for expression           
His work with Israel Baseball Americas
Thoughts on following your dreams vs. doing something useful first



Timestamps:

(0:00) – Intro to Nate

(2:50) – Pushing back against conventional wisdom 

(4:20) – His background

(7:00) – College career at Cincinnati

(8:30) – Taking a step back to develop

(9:55) – Going back to school

(11:30) – Phone Call that got him back on the field

(13:10) - Fast pitch softball

(14:20) – Still curious, How good am I?

(14:50) – What was his game like?

(16:50) – Getting into the coaching side

(18:20) – World Baseball Classic

(19:20) – Adam Greenberg

(20:45) – Imposter Syndrome

(23:50) – Lessons during his coaching journey

(25:30) – Thoughts on advice

(27:00) – Robinson Cano story

(28:10) – Separators for the guys that are the best

(29:45) – Can you teach competing?

(32:00) – His creative work

(34:50) – Israel Baseball Americas

(39:20) – He’s got a crazy story!

(40:00) – Still want to get to the big leagues

(41:00) – Following Your Dreams

(43:00) – Do something useful and it will become your
passion

(44:45) – Unhappiness and entitlement

(45:30) – Becoming a father

(47:00) – His Article: “Two Things”

(48:15) – Where to find The King of Jewish Baseball

 

Links:

kingofjewishbaseball.com

Two Things: The Unbelievable, Unlikely, Unavoidable Convergence of Israel Baseball and Me

Email: nate.fish@israelbaseball.org

The Real Estate God runs a well-known anonymous Twitter Account with over 115k followers (@TheRealEstateG6).

He is a REPE Firm Founder who talks about Real Estate, evaluating risk, traditional W-2 jobs vs. building your own business, and much more.

In addition to his Real Estate expertise, he dives deep into mindset, networking, and careers.

His Twitter articles “Creating Your Own Yacht: The Art of Making People Come to You,” “Engineering Luck: Spend Money, Create Luck,” THE BUSINESS OF HAVING A CAREER VS THE BUSINESS OF MAKING MONEY,” and others, have gone viral on multiple occasions.



What You’ll Learn About:


Organic Networking
Being someone fun to talk to
Do you need to be passionate about what you do?
Make mistakes early on
Growing confidence
Thoughts on W-2 jobs – downward pressure on wages
Getting service business up to $500k in revenue
If you’re holding onto money too tight, it’s harder to make it
Trying new things and making mistakes
Evaluating risk yourself
Learning lessons with your money
Importance of a business partner

 

Timestamps:

(0:00) – Intro to The Real Estate God

(1:50) – His Dad

(3:30) – Getting started on Twitter

(5:40) – Forced Networking

(7:00) – Getting started in Real Estate

(9:00) – Do you need to be passionate about what you do?

(9:30) – Would you still do this if you were a billionaire?

(10:45) – Early losses

(12:20) – Better to learn early on than later on

(13:40) – Overleverage in Real Estate

(14:40) – Confidence coming after losses

(16:20) – W-2 jobs under pressure

(19:00) – Service businesses

(21:00) – How do you think about money?

(22:40) – Mistakes scaling in real estate

(23:30) – Rewiring thought process on risk  

(25:40) – Start making mistakes and throw out preconceived notions

(26:40) – 401k mindset

(29:30) – Actions not aligning with what they say

(31:00) – Routines / health

(33:15) – Where are you spending your time?

(35:45) – Business Partners

(38:15) – Detachment to money

(40:00) – Anonymity on social media

(43:00) – Writing on Twitter

(43:40) – Favorite piece of writing

(45:15) – Where to find the Real Estate God



Twitter

Acquisitions Bootcamp / RE God University

Watch his YouTube Video “How I Turned $800k Into $4.1 Million In Under 2 Years”

Jack Barry is a former All-American at Salisbury University.

He is the owner of JB Performance, where he provides remote and in-person / hybrid training to pitchers from the high school level through the major leagues.

He is also the Host of the "Just Rippin" podcast.

Jack is passionate about impacting as many ballplayers as he can and helping them fulfill their full potential.



What You’ll Learn About:


Yin and Yang between college coaching staff
Thinking things into existence - good and bad
Growing audience on twitter with consistent niche content
Becoming an expert in one thing vs. being average in a bunch of things
Having skin in the game to get better
Open and honest communication between coaches and athletes
Taking aggressive action towards something you want
Throwing 95 at 185

Timestamps:
(0:00) - Intro to Jack
(1:50) - Sketch
(3:15) - Youngest of 3
(5:15) - Getting to Salisbury
(9:00) - Relationship with college coaches
(12:40) - Sports Psych
(13:30) - Imposter syndrome
(15:30) - Figuring out what to do after college
(18:15) - Tread Athletics
(19:00) - Starting to post content
(23:00) - Hey man, don’t do that
(24:45) - Initial tweets that blew up
(27:10) - Inch wide mile deep
(30:30) - Going all in on baseball stuff
(31:30) - His coaching business
(32:50) - Establishing trust with athletes
(34:45) - Skin in the game
(37:20) - Looking for the next big thing vs. slow progress
(41:20) - The business side of it
(43:30) - No free lunch
(45:00) - Stability vs. making the jump
(48:30) - Meat Mafia
(49:50) - Curiosity about performance / health
(52:00) - Human potential is untapped
(54:15) - Nicotine
(57:45) - Where to Find Jack



Train.jackbarryperformance.com

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Eric Duncan is a field coordinator with the Toronto Blue Jays. He was the 27th overall selection in the 2003 MLB Draft by the New York Yankees and went on to play parts of 10 seasons in the Yankees, Braves, Cardinals, and Royals organizations.

He is a former Gatorade High School Player of the Year in New Jersey and MVP of the Arizona Fall League. Prior to his role with the Blue Jays, he coached in the New York Yankees and Miami Marlins organizations, serving as the Marlins Hitting Coach.

Dunc was the volunteer assistant at Seton Hall while I was there from 2013-2016.


What You’ll Learn About:


If you’re going to do something, be prepared and don’t half ass it
Attention to detail, caring about the little things, taking pride in your work  
Staying where your feet are and staying process-oriented
Having an appreciation for how hard the game is as a Coach
It’s all about the people
If you want to go quickly go by yourself, you want to go far go with others
Impacting players' lives after the game as a Coach

Timestamps:

(0:00) – Intro to Eric Duncan

(3:00) – Dunc’s brother Aaron

(4:25) – Relationship with his parents

(5:30) – Growing up in California

(6:45) – Paul O’Neill

(8:00) – There’s people out there working as hard as you

(9:10) – Seton Hall Prep / Mike Sheppard

(11:15) – Getting drafted by the Yankees

(13:30) – Signing in the first round

(15:15) – Sacrifices you have to make

(17:45) – Hot start to his career

(19:50) – Arizona Fall League - Rising to the level of your competition

(23:25) – Mindset during the low points

(24:40) – Easy to not be where your feet are 

(26:10) – It’s ok to be obsessed with something

(28:20) – Most important parts of coaching

(31:00) – Retiring and going back to school

(32:20) – Opportunity to coach with Yankees

(34:30) – Always want to be a coach?

(35:50) – Qualities of successful organizations and coaches

(38:10) – Building trust and relationships

(40:30) – Relationships taking Dunc to next opportunity

(41:50) – Goals as a coach

(43:20) – Go quickly by yourself vs. Going Far with Others

(44:30) – Mental Performance in baseball today

(46:30) – Wife and daughters

(48:25) – Matty G

(49:40) – Making an impact on lives as a Coach