Second Peak with Mitchel Schwindt, M.D.

Mitchel Schwindt, M.D. | author | coaching | consulting

You built a career that worked. Now it does not fit. Second Peak is for professionals in the middle of that gap. Physicians, executives, founders, and operators who hit the target and found the target was the wrong one. Dr. Mitchel Schwindt spent two decades in emergency medicine and helicopter flight medicine, where bad decisions have immediate consequences. He now builds systems for reinvention. Time leverage. AI. Human performance. Stoic practice applied to actual problems instead of quoted on a poster. No motivation. No affirmations. Frameworks you can run this week. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  1. 3d ago

    The Second Slap

    If you listen carefully, the universe will conspire to help you. Ignore it at your own peril. Fortunately, the universal force will reach back out and hit you a second time to fully wake you up.  Welcome to ReCharge, the show where ancient wisdom meets modern science. Each episode delivers practical, high-impact tools you can use immediately. This is your place to reset, reframe, and rebuild a life with more clarity, energy, and purpose. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  2. Jul 21

    You Don't Have A Discipline Problem

    You Don't Have a Discipline Problem Most people think they need more discipline. They're wrong. They have an identity problem. There's a canyon between eating a healthy meal and being a healthy eater. One is something you do. The other is something you are. This is how you cross it. Drawing on twenty years in emergency medicine and Tynan's work on habit formation, here's why your habits never stick and what actually turns an action into part of who you are. Subscribe for straight talk on leverage, reinvention, and performance for professionals who are done grinding Welcome to ReCharge, the show where ancient wisdom meets modern science. Each episode delivers practical, high-impact tools you can use immediately. This is your place to reset, reframe, and rebuild a life with more clarity, energy, and purpose. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  3. Jul 7

    Fixing The Broken Process

    Sharing an interview I did with a men's health high-performance coach, my friend and colleague Shimshon Meir Frankel What happens when an ER trauma physician who spent 25 years making life or death decisions is forced to audit his own life? In this episode of Masterful Leaders, we sit down with Dr. Mitchel Schwindt, a physician, founder, and the creator of Time Leaver. After surviving a life-threatening thoracic aneurysm at age 45, Mitchel underwent a radical personal reboot. He and his family stepped completely off the hedonic treadmill, sold their house and toys, and redesigned their lives from scratch. Today, Mitchel applies clinical precision to executive workflows, helping high-performing professionals reclaim 10 to 15 hours per week through intentional time-blocking, AI automation, and rigorous process auditing. Inside this briefing: The 22-Hour Leak: How automating just four basic, daily typing tasks hands you back three full working days a year. The Broken Process Trap: Why implementing AI into an already fractured business system will never fix your operational drag. The Ultimate Diagnostic: How to use a 15-minute time audit to separate high-load friction from real, productive output. Non-Negotiable Scheduling: Why protecting time for your spouse, children, and personal recovery requires the exact same calendar discipline as a high-stakes board meeting. Your most precious asset is your time. Learn how to say no, protect your focus, and automate the mundane so you can show up for the relationships that actually matter at the end of your life. Youtube:    / mitchelmd   LinkedIn:   / mitchelschwindt   Website: www.mitchelschwindt.com Welcome to ReCharge, the show where ancient wisdom meets modern science. Each episode delivers practical, high-impact tools you can use immediately. This is your place to reset, reframe, and rebuild a life with more clarity, energy, and purpose. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  4. Jun 30

    Why AI is not delivering value

    Data shows that professionals using AI are gaining back hours of free time every week, but they are not gaining traction. Here is why.  AI was designed to make you more productive, so how come high-performers are not regaining their time?  Welcome to ReCharge, the show where ancient wisdom meets modern science. Each episode delivers practical, high-impact tools you can use immediately. This is your place to reset, reframe, and rebuild a life with more clarity, energy, and purpose. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  5. Jun 16

    Your Career Is a Bet. Here's What It's Betting On.

    Here's what most people miss about AI disruption: it's not your job that's at risk. It's the problem your job was built to solve. If that problem graduates and you don't, you're standing on ground that no longer exists. I break down three specific moves in this video. Which one hit hardest for you? Drop it below. I read every comment. Welcome to ReCharge, the show where ancient wisdom meets modern science. Each episode delivers practical, high-impact tools you can use immediately. This is your place to reset, reframe, and rebuild a life with more clarity, energy, and purpose. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  6. Jun 12

    Second Peak

    You didn't get here by accident. Don't let the next chapter happen by default.You've built the career. You've earned the income. And somewhere in the last few years, a quiet question started showing up: Is this it? Second Peak is an AI-powered life optimization program built for high-performing men in the second half. No life coaching. No financial advice. No motivational fluff. Just tools, systems, and frameworks that use artificial intelligence to audit, optimize, and redesign the areas of your life that matter most. Welcome to ReCharge, the show where ancient wisdom meets modern science. Each episode delivers practical, high-impact tools you can use immediately. This is your place to reset, reframe, and rebuild a life with more clarity, energy, and purpose. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  7. Jun 9

    The Hidden Asset Making Some Professionals Wealthy

    Most professionals think wealth is built through better tactics, better credentials, or working harder. But the people who create real leverage understand something different: Your network is not just a list of contacts. It is a living portfolio of trust, reputation, generosity, and strategic relationships. In this video, I break down how relationship capital becomes one of the most powerful forms of wealth you can build, especially if you are a high-performing professional, entrepreneur, creator, or leader. We’ll cover why transactional networking fails, how trust compounds over time, and what you need to stop doing immediately if you want better opportunities, stronger alliances, and more long-term leverage. Most people are unknowingly destroying their relationship capital every week. Don’t be one of them. Grab the Kill List: the things professionals need to stop doing immediately. https://mitchelschwindt.com/kill-list #RelationshipCapital #WealthBuilding #Networking #ProfessionalGrowth #PersonalBrand #CareerSuccess #Leadership #entrepreneurship Welcome to ReCharge, the show where ancient wisdom meets modern science. Each episode delivers practical, high-impact tools you can use immediately. This is your place to reset, reframe, and rebuild a life with more clarity, energy, and purpose. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  8. Jun 2

    The Door You Don't Open

    I spent twenty years in level one trauma centers and helicopter medicine. I've been swung at, grabbed, cursed at, and threatened by people I was actively trying to save. And the most important thing I learned in those rooms had nothing to do with medicine. Not every emergency is your emergency. Not every emotion aimed at you belongs to you. And just because someone shows up screaming does not mean the scream deserves a response. Most professionals have been leaving their door wide open their entire adult life. Every toxic coworker gets access. Every abrasive customer gets a front row seat to your headspace. Every family member who thrives on conflict gets a key to your mental real estate. And then you wonder why you're exhausted before noon. This video is about the door. Not a wall. A door. The difference between shutting everything out and choosing what gets in. The difference between being reactive and being sovereign over your own energy, focus, and peace. Marcus Aurelius figured this out two thousand years ago. Most of us still haven't. This is not motivational fluff. This is a framework for protecting the most valuable thing you have, which is not your time. It's your attention. If this hit you in a way that most content doesn't, subscribe. I put out videos every week at the intersection of Stoic philosophy, real-world performance, and building leverage in a world designed to consume everything you've got. No corporate nonsense. No guru energy. Just hard-won lessons from two decades of high-stakes environments applied to the way you work, think, and live. Here's your challenge. This week, identify one door you've been leaving open. One person, one pattern, one recurring drain on your energy that you keep honoring even though it costs you every time. And close it. Not with anger. With intention. See what happens to your focus when you stop volunteering to carry weight that was never yours. More frameworks like this at mitchelschwindt.com. Welcome to ReCharge, the show where ancient wisdom meets modern science. Each episode delivers practical, high-impact tools you can use immediately. This is your place to reset, reframe, and rebuild a life with more clarity, energy, and purpose. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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You built a career that worked. Now it does not fit. Second Peak is for professionals in the middle of that gap. Physicians, executives, founders, and operators who hit the target and found the target was the wrong one. Dr. Mitchel Schwindt spent two decades in emergency medicine and helicopter flight medicine, where bad decisions have immediate consequences. He now builds systems for reinvention. Time leverage. AI. Human performance. Stoic practice applied to actual problems instead of quoted on a poster. No motivation. No affirmations. Frameworks you can run this week. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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