Jordan Carr destroys the "I don't have time" excuse by juggling life as a construction worker, barber apprentice, and 3-0 professional boxer. But his biggest fight wasn't in the ring; it was shedding over 100 pounds, transforming himself from a 300-pound teenager into an ABO Champion. We discuss th…
Adrian Van Balen III is the definition of unkillable, having survived four brain tumors, three craniotomies, and 57 rounds of radiation. After losing his father to a heart attack at just 54, Adrian refused to retreat, instead...
From a basement in Western Maryland to the legendary ID Labs in Pittsburgh, Nick DiMercurio proves that if you master the craft, the art will follow. He built his career on a simple philosophy: "Everyone is searching for gold...
Erica Amoroso is a walking contradiction: a compassionate Special Ed teacher by day and a fierce Jiu-Jitsu competitor by night. After carrying the weight of severe childhood trauma until the age of 25, she broke the cycle and...
From getting cut from the D1 baseball roster to launching his own firm just one year after passing the bar, Jacob Rosnick embodies the ultimate "Walk-On Mindset." We explore how he channeled the grit developed in Weirton, WV ...
We love the word "freedom." We get it tattooed, put it on bumper stickers, we sing about it in anthems, and we chase it in our careers. In the modern world, we define freedom as the absence of restriction. We think freedom means sleeping in, doing w…
Why You Don’t Need More Motivation (You Need a Map) Scroll through Instagram or LinkedIn right now, and you’ll see the same war being fought in the comments section: Motivation vs. Discipline. The "Gurus" will tell you that motivation …
Look around. Scroll through your feed. Turn on the TV. What do you see? You see a curated reality. You see the awards, the exits, the finish lines, and the polished smiles. You see the result. But you rarely see the grit it took to get there. We ar…