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Getting After Your Goals with Mental Toughness Coach Andy Riise

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This week Jon's friend and rival, Andy Riise, joins the show! After a heated Army vs Navy debate, he gets down to business about what it means to be Mentally Tough.

Andy is a 2001 graduate of West Point, former Army football player, Presidential Leadership Scholar, and retired Army LTC. During his 20+ year military career, he led soldiers overseas during multiple overseas deployments, including five years with two Special Forces units. He also taught psychology and leadership at West Point and the Air Force Academy.

After retiring, he served as a mental skills coach for two Major League Baseball teams, as well as the Director of Defense Innovation at Texas A&M University. His research and teaching focuses on leadership, resilience, and mental toughness. He's currently the CEO and founder of Design to Perform LLC. He and his wife have four children and live in Houston, TX.

//TIMESTAMPS

00:00 Getting After Your Goals with Mental Toughness Coach Andy Riise
04:00 Join us on our next Retreat! May 18-21 mentalkingmindfulness.com/retreat
07:00 Will leads Opening Grounding Practice (~2 min)
11:00 Andy’s Journey
29:00 Goals and Goal Pursuit
31:00 The 4 C’s of Mental Toughness
39:00 Developing discipline
45:00 Friendly competition as accountability
57:00 Andy leads Closing Practice (~1 min)

//LINKS

Find Andy on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/andyriise/
Follow Andy on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/coach_riise/
Designed to Perform - https://www.DesignedtoPerform.org
Limitless Minds - https://www.LimitlessMinds.com
N2Growth - https://www.N2Growth.com

//WHERE YOU CAN FIND US

Website - http://mentalkingmindfulness.com/
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Watch on YouTube - https://youtube.com/@mentalkingmindfulness
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/mentalkingmindfulness
Follow Will - https://www.instagram.com/willnotfear/
Follow Jon - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonmacaskill
Join the MTM Facebook Group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/153173176744665