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I’m excited to introduce a weekly Friday episode called a Resist Average Quick Hit. These episodes will appear every Friday and will be way shorter than our usual Monday full length, interview style episodes.   The purpose of the Quick Hit Episodes is to give you a 4-8 minute nugget of wisdom, inspirational, a lesson and combine it with a practical action step so you can finish your weaken absolute fire!   I understand not everyone has 45-60 minutes to listen to every full-length episode and will be hitting all kinds of new topics as well as taking feedback from you, my loyal listener on what to include during the next Quick Hit.   If you enjoyed this episode, make sure you subscribe and review and connect with me if you want a specific topic or angle on the next Quick Hit!

Connie Chapman is a life coach, speaker, and writer empowering big dreamers and soul seekers to create lives they love (from the inside out). Through her international 1:1 coaching practise she has personally guided hundreds of women and men to break free of their limitations and unlock their true potential.   Connie is the creator of life-changing e-course The 90 Day Transformation Project, and the host of the Awaken Radio podcast where she shares raw and heartfelt conversations that receive over 10,000 listens a month and which are downloaded in more than 50 countries every single week.   Known for her authentic, honest and soulful approach, Connie's transformative work is all about re-connecting with your heart and inner wisdom, embodying more love, peace and freedom, creating a mindset that empowers you, and learning to truly accept and value yourself.   In this episode, we go through topics such as harnessing the power of intuition, how to take consumption and turn it into action, what fear really is,

I’m excited to introduce a weekly Friday episode called a Resist Average Quick Hit. These episodes will appear every Friday and will be way shorter than our usual Monday full length, interview style episodes.   The purpose of the Quick Hit Episodes is to give you a 4-8 minute nugget of wisdom, inspirational, a lesson and combine it with a practical action step so you can finish your weaken absolute fire!   I understand not everyone has 45-60 minutes to listen to every full-length episode and will be hitting all kinds of new topics as well as taking feedback from you, my loyal listener on what to include during the next Quick Hit.   If you enjoyed this episode, make sure you subscribe and review and connect with me if you want a specific topic or angle on the next Quick Hit!

Michael Port has written six books, including Book Yourself Solid and Steal the Show, the latter which—according to the former President of Starbucks—“might be the most unique and practical book ever written on the topic of public speaking.” He's been called an “uncommonly honest author" by the Boston Globe, a "marketing guru" by The Wall Street Journal, a “sales guru” by the Financial Times, “a public speaking phenom” by Jonathan Fields and “the best public speaking coach in the world” by Lewis Howes. The founder of MastermindTalks, Jayson Gaignard, declared, "Michael Port is the best speaker I've ever seen." His books have been on the bestseller lists of the NY Times, Wall Street Journal, USA Today and Publisher's Weekly and have been selected by Amazon and 800-CEO-READ as "best books of the year." He was once a professional actor, having received his MFA from NYU's Graduate Acting Program, guest starring on shows like Sex & The City and Law & Order, and in films like The Pelican Brief and Down t

This week I’m excited to introduce a weekly Friday episode called a Resist Average Quick Hit. These episodes will appear every Friday and will be way shorter than our usual Monday full length, interview style episodes.   The purpose of the Quick Hit Episodes is to give you a 4-8 minute nugget of wisdom, inspirational, a lesson and combine it with a practical action step so you can finish your weaken absolute fire!   I understand not everyone has 45-60 minutes to listen to every full-length episode and will be hitting all kinds of new topics as well as taking feedback from you, my loyal listener on what to include during the next Quick Hit.   In this Quick Hit Episode #1, I discuss the powerful concept around a question of being committed to what you’re working on for the next 10 years and why the long game is so essential towards achieving worldly success.   Because overnight success is a myth, framing your goals by playing this long game takes the pressure off and allows you to celebrate small wins and appre

Jim Steg and Brandon James Duncan, two former guests join us on this special episode of the Resist Average Academy to reveal the lessons learned coming fresh from an intense, deep, spiritual experience called Kokoro put on my Seal Fit and Mark Divine.   We wanted to create this episode to reveal to the listeners how what we do physically can allow us to learn about ourselves in a deeper, more powerful way and how to avoid the life of comfort and security and instead chase the impossible.    Sit back and listen to this powerful content and see what you may apply from it. It doesn’t mean you have to sign up for something crazy, but maybe you decide to sign up for a 5K or 10K, competition or adventure race to further fuel your fitness and training goals.   To learn more about SealFit, visit www.SealFit.com. As a result of this experience, I have signed up for Kokoro in April 2017 and will be detailing my journey on social media.   

AJ Richards served in the Utah National Guard and started a few businesses over the years. AJ is also an entrepreneur and the CEO of Rush Club Nation. He was born in Southern Utah and spent much of his childhood playing with cousins at the family cattle ranch. He dropped out of high school his senior year and joined the military. From the age of 16 until he deployed, AJ went through a new job every three months. In 2005 he deployed with his field artillery unit to Ramadi, Iraq. After returning from Iraq, AJ took a job but found himself miserable selling pest control door-to-door. He was depressed and was soon misdiagnosed by doctors with PTSD. He chose to not take the prescribed antidepressants, he started exercising and discovered CrossFit as a way to enhance his mental and physical wellbeing. AJ opened his own CrossFit gym in 2011, in 2013 he had an idea to do with CrossFit athletes and competition what Dana White did with the UFC. He took CrossFit and made it entertaining and added weight divisions. Wi

Mark Divine is from upstate New York and did his formal undergraduate education at Colgate University. His years at Colgate University were focused on the athletic endeavors of competitive swimming, rowing and triathlon racing.   Mark pursued a Ph.D. in Leadership at the University of San Diego and served as an Adjunct Professor of Leadership in their undergraduate school. The Doctorate was interrupted by a one-year recall to active duty for Operation Iraqi Freedom.   The recall took him to Baghdad in 2004 with SEAL Team One to conduct a special project studying the future role of the USMC in the Special Operations Command. Upon return home he left USD to focus on developing SEALFIT and put his Unbeatable Mind training philosophy to work on a new generation of Special Ops candidates.   I've been a big fan of Mark's training and life philosophy for years -- and his message resonates deeply with what I believe in. In this episode, we discuss the state of Men in 2016, the 5 mountains of becoming a warrior, how

Jayson Gaddis, host of The Smart Couple Podcast, is the breakthrough marriage and relationship coach for smart, successful, people. He’s on the planet to help people learn and master intimacy and relationship. He’s a husband and part-time stay-at-home Dad getting schooled by his two cosmic kids. Jayson writes his own highly personal blog, and has also written for Integral Life, Digital Romance, The Jungle of Life, Primer Magazine, Recovering Yogi, & Elephant Journal. You can find him over at his website portal: Jayson Gaddis   In this episode we go deep on one of my favorite topics: relationships. You'll learn why so many of us experience a drift in our intimate relationships, common fixes of communication, why Men tend to hide their feelings -- and even catch Jayson coaching Tommy live on the air about a question many Men ask all the time.   If you enjoyed this episode of the Academy, we'd deeply appreciate a subscribe and review on iTunes and sharing it with your friends, you can also grab your FREE R

Jim Harshaw, Jr. is an entrepreneur, father, former Division I athlete and executive leadership coach who runs the Wrestling With Success Podcast.   Failure, struggle and setbacks are not only an inevitable part of life but a necessary step on the path to success. Jim Harshaw has learned many life lessons on the wrestling mat. Having won three ACC Championships for the University of Virginia, trained at the Olympic Training Center and competed overseas for Team USA he has experienced significant triumph and devastating defeat. He shares those powerful lessons of failure, struggle and setback to empower his audiences to overcome their own challenges and achieve success despite their inevitable failures.   In this episode we discuss the hybrid lessons we both learned from failing in athletics, how to set process goals, becoming outcome independent, taking life less seriously and having more fun (which paradoxically leads to better results) and so much more.   If you enjoyed this episode of the Academy, we'd de

  Aaron Anastasi is a Southern California native who graduated with a master's degree from Princeton Theological Seminary, where he studied philosophy, psychology and theology.   He's also a serial entrepreneur with online businesses such as Superior Songwriting Method, Singing Success and the internationally recognized Superior Singing Method, an online lessons singing program which grosses 7 figures annually.   Aaron has the #1 singing channel on YouTube, harnessing over 11.5 million organic views and 130,000+ subscribers.   Along with being a Los Angeles based filmmaker and actor, Aaron is a prominent success coach and author of The Voice Of Your Dreams, a book about unleashing your creativity and living out the dreams in your daily life, becoming an Amazon Bestseller.   In this episode, we discuss how everyone is deeply creative, how to learn from your biggest failures, how pioneers keep pushing even when it seems that nothing is working, a super powerful concept called the Truth About You and the key top

Danny Page has taken social media by storm in the last 9 months. Leveraging video to share the power of venerability he has sparked a movement that has over 100,000 social media impressions across the globe with the creation of his 7 Day Facebook Video Challenge. In this episode of the Academy, it was an honor and pleasure having Danny in studio share lessons of honesty, truth, shifting mindset and most importantly -- getting back up when you've got no one except yourself. One of Danny's core strengths is his ability to speak from the heart and come from a place of compassion -- there is no doubt you will hear this and it will empower you to do the same. Danny is also COO of the fastest growing head to head functional fitness competition in the world, Rush Club. Featuring Crossfit games athletes, Olympic competitors and some of the health and fitness verticals top names. Have you grabbed your FREE Resist Average Blueprint yet? The Resist Average Blueprint was created with you in mind…specifically, an actiona

In this short and special edition episode of the Academy, I announce the official release of a free resource that can change your life, help you achieve massive clarity and level up every area of your life.   The Resist Average Blueprint was created with you in mind…specifically, an actionable, printable and simple document based on everything I've learned from my guests, going to seminars, hiring coaches and reading countless books as well as achieving amazing results for people in my coaching programs.   To grab your free blueprint, go right here and claim yours now!   Lastly, I want to reward people who take action -- so please tag me once you've completed your Blueprint and I will give you a shout out on the podcast.   LISTEN HERE:   iTunes  Android Stitcher   Resist Average,   Tommy    www.ResistAverageAcademy.com

  Karan is a #1 bestselling Indian novelist with more than 200,000 copies of his novels in print, both optioned into major films. Karan’s first worldwide novel, The Yoga of Max’s Discontent, will be be published by Random House on May 3rd, 2016.   The book, called “The greatest adventure of our Generation” by The Daily Telegraph and was inspired by Karan’s one year sabbatical traveling from Europe to India by road and learning yoga and meditation in the Himalayas. He has also worked in senior executive roles at companies like Procter & Gamble and the Boston Consulting Group and was named among Ad Age’s “Top 40 Under 40 Executives” in the US.    I'll be honest, this episode blew my mind and will be absolutely change your view on spirituality, sabbaticals, travel and taking some time "off" goal setting, personal development and always looking to achieve and be more.   Karan defines "emotional materialism" as a key virtue in the West, how to create uncomfortable practices for disciplining the mind and spirit

Kolby Kolibas is an entrepreneur, author, revolutionary, teacher, student, husband and father as well as host of the Healthy Primate podcast. He spent over 15 years in corporate America as an executive running sales and marketing for companies such as IBM, Hewlett Packard, Microsoft, Dell and many others. Kolby has built, sold and advised over 20 startups that have generated over 50 million dollars in revenue. In episode 26 of the Resist Average Academy, Tommy and Kolby address a variety of topics, themes and empowering action steps to help you take your idea to revenue in 90 days or less, how to build a tribe, the art of pivoting and reinvention, breakthrough moments of failure and success and taking action with your life today. This engaging, high energy episode is bound to leave you excited and with a fresh perspective on pushing through your own obstacles and circumstances in life. If you enjoyed this episode, share it with your friends on social media, subscribe and reviewing, this is so crucial to the

The latest episode of Resist Average Academy features fitness entrepreneur, athlete, CrossFit Games Champion and owner of OPEX (formerly OPT) based out of Scottsdale, Arizona. When not coaching, he’s a full time husband, father and fitness athlete. His 20+ years of experience and service as a strength coach/technician, tireless practice on refining energy system work, nutritional and lifestyle balancing techniques and training of other coaches has made OPEX a sought after method of bringing fitness to a Higher Order. James has found a desire and passion to understanding fitness through assessment, testing, research, programming and more. He has had many years experience as an athlete from early childhood into adulthood, from playing top level soccer, short and long distance running to CrossFit where he was crowned “The Fittest on Earth”, Winner of the 2007 CrossFit Games. It was my pleasure to have my former Coach and a life mentor on the Academy, as we delve through topics including fitness, coaching, the e

Tyson James Lee, AKA the "Action Boss" has been training clients for over 7 years and has a bachelor’s degree in sports medicine, launching his company, TyFit. TyFit is a company built on delivering the truth to the world about nutrition and fitness. The company’s mission is to have a direct impact on the obesity epidemic in America. TyFit teaches weight loss, muscle gain, injury recovery, anti-aging and ultimate human performance. Tyson spends countless hours researching and trying the most effective ways to achieve your ultimate body of health.  Tyson has overcome several career and life threatening injuries from a Strep A blood infection that left him crippled to blowing out 3 discs in his back. Each time he was forced to discover more effective ways to achieve peak performance without putting severe stress on the body.  In this episode, we go through the psychology of food, why we are all responsible for the obesity epidemic, how to eat quality foods on a budget, seeing food as an investment versus an e

Tom Bilyeu is the co-founder and president of Quest Nutrition and the host of the weekly thought leadership talk show, Inside Quest.   Tom and his business partners have been working as a team for 13 years, across multiple companies. Quest Nutrition, however, was the company that broke the mold. Previously driven by an obsessive focus on profitability and companies designed to be sold, Tom and his partners founded Quest with a different vision: building a company with a mission - a company designed to last. To do so, they asked themselves one question, “What would we love doing even if we were failing?” Enter Quest Nutrition. In just five years, Tom has helped grow the company from a modest passion project into the second fastest growing private company in America, with over 57,000% growth in its first three years alone (via Inc. 5000).   For Tom the mission of Quest is deeply personal – he wants to save his mom and sister from metabolic disease. To do that he plans to transform the entire food industry by c

In Episode 22 of Resist Average Academy, we welcome personal trainer, peak performance coach, podcaster and speaker, Ted Ryce.    Ted Ryce has overcome a tremendous amount in his quest to live a legendary life.   Ryce has worked with Fortune 500 CEOs, busy professionals and celebrities, including Richard Branson, Ricky Martin and Robert Downey Jr. He helps his clients develop and stick with high-performance habits that help them manage stress and adversity and lead more successful lives.   His philosophy is that being a high-performance person, one who chases and achieves their biggest goals, isn’t a luxury, it’s a necessity to survive and thrive in the modern world.   His path to becoming a high-performance person was beset by tragedy he needed to overcome and he now shares his message through the Legendary Life Podcast.   If you enjoyed this episode, I would absolutely appreciate you sharing it with your friends, subscribing and reviewing as well, this is so crucial to the long-term growth and expos

In this latest episode of Resist Average Academy, we have Dr. Matthew Accurso in which we discuss ways to level up your vitality, energy, focus, get better sleep and start your path to becoming superhuman. Dr. Matthew Accurso is on mission to catapult individuals into their most fulfilling life potential imaginable. Dr. Accurso has helped spearhead some of the largest performance enhancing seminars ever conducted in the United States and Canada helping thousands overcome mental and physical barriers. His leadership has assisted in developing the most advanced cutting edge procedures being done to remove mind/body interference in the top wellness clinics across the United States. Dr. Accurso’s calling is to transform average human potential into extraordinary human performance. His conviction to restore human potential and effectuate a 24/7 healing culture has touched people across the country and the world. If you enjoyed this episode, I would absolutely appreciate you sharing it with your friends, subscr