Hustle & Motivate

Hustle & Motivate

Digging deep into real-life underdog stories. Guests share their tales of overcoming adversity through raw and honest storytelling. Brought to you by JokerMag.com, the home of the underdog.

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June 22, 2020 48 mins

Reconnecting with Jim Morris to discuss everything that's happened since the Disney hit film "The Rookie".  Jim provides a sneak peek at the details revealed in his new book, Dream Makers – including why he left baseball, his personal struggles with addiction and chronic illness, and how he persevered through all of it.

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[2:28] Striking out Royce Clayton in his first MLB appearance

[13:42] The toughest hitter he ever...

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Chris Mallee is a journalist for 4th and Jawn, a popular Philadelphia Eagles blog.  After 4 years of going to college to be a teacher, he flipped the script and decided to pursue his dream of becoming a sports writer. Here's how he did it.

SHOW NOTES

[4:31] From track team walk-on to school record holder

[8:22] Taking a leap of faith to become a sports writer

[15:08] Getting started with 4th and Jawn

[22:30] How to become a sp...

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Pat O’Shea is an Advance Scouting Analyst for the Los Angeles Dodgers.  He previously pitched at Haverford College (Division III) where he helped the Fords win the 2016 Centennial Conference Championship.

SHOW NOTES

[4:45] O'Shea vs. O'Shea in the Centennial Conference

[9:16] Lessons learned as a college pitcher

[11:52] A roadmap for starting your career in baseball

[19:57] Making the jump from intern to Advance Scouting Analy...

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Robert Klinchock is a left-handed pitcher in the Detroit Tigers organization.  Despite pitching 3 straight complete game shut-outs and helping Shenandoah University win back-to-back conference championships, he wasn’t invited to any pre-draft workouts.

Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 35th round, Klinchock became one of just nine Division 3 players selected in the 2019 MLB Draft.

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[2:09] Sprouting up from 5'7" to...

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January 29, 2020 22 mins

Richard Colman AM is a Paralympic athlete who represented Australia in four Paralympics.  Richard was born with spina bifida, the second most common disability in the world behind cerebral palsy.

Competing primarily in category T53 sprint events, Richard has won multiple gold medals and was made a Member of the Order of Australia in 2014.

He is also the first person in a wheelchair to complete the Death Road in Bolivia.

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Coach George Bennett won 531 games as a college coach at Saint Joseph’s University and Villanova University. He was named Big East Conference Coach of the Year twice and Villanova retired his jersey number 6 in 2003.

Bennett produced seven major leaguers including Gene Schall and Gary Scott. His first recruit was a left-handed pitcher named Jamie Moyer.

SHOW NOTES

[1:34] Too small to fit into his uniform

[6:00] Playing college base...

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Dr. JP Pawliw-Fry is a New York Times Bestselling author and co-founder of IHHP, a successful research-based training company. He is an advisor to the US Army and Navy, Fortune 500 companies such as IBM, Mercedes Benz, and Goldman Sachs and is a performance coach to NFL and NBA teams, Olympic medal-winning athletes, and even the CIA.

SHOW NOTES

[3:10] How it all started

[5:47] Our brain's reaction to pressure situations

[8:18] Pro ...

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December 4, 2019 40 mins

Sal Tartaglia is the author of World Series Chronology: Compare, Contrast, & Coordinate The Champions. In our conversation, he discusses the arduous self-publishing process, and the various creative marketing tactics he's using to promote his book.

SHOW NOTES

[3:25] Discovering his love for the game

[9:00] Challenges of a first-time author

[16:00] Handing over his book to a Philly sports legend

[25:10] The effect winning a Worl...

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Randy Ginsburg is the author of Adversity to Advantage: How to Overcome Bullying & Find Entrepreneurial Success.  Featured in major publications like Inc. and Newsweek, the book explores the stories of highly successful entrepreneurs who have used the trauma of bullying as fuel for personal growth.

SHOW NOTES

[5:35] Bullying within the friend group

[14:00] The Third Door and finding the courage to go against the grain

[25:...

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Frank King spent 20 years as a writer for The Tonight Show with Jay Leno before sharing his story of what was really going on behind the scenes.

In 2014, Frank came out as depressed and suicidal in his very first TED Talk.  Since then, he's become known as The Mental Health Comedian, speaking across the country and helping save countless lives in the process.

SHOW NOTES

[3:10] Selling insurance vs. stand-up comedy

[9:15] Touri...

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Henry Duncan is a contributing writer at Joker Mag.  In our conversation, Henry shares his deeply personal journey from 34% body fat to 11%, battling depression, and how the underdog mentality continues to shape his life.

SHOW NOTES

[7:27] Harsh truths about the underdog mentality

[12:12] Battling depression and transforming his life

[19:35] How to dig yourself out of dark times

[25:05] The compound effect of a focused vision

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Frances Reimers is the CEO of Firestarter, a personal branding firm based in Alexandria, Virginia.  Every day, Frances helps athletes, coaches, and sports executives across the nation to develop, manage, enhance, and protect a key professional asset: their personal brands.

SHOW NOTES

[3:27] What is a personal brand?

[10:22] Leaving a six-figure job to launch Firestarter

[16:27] Early challenges and road blocks

[27:30] How to k...

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September 24, 2019 1 min

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Shawn Harper is a former NFL offensive lineman who played a total of seven seasons with the Rams, Colts, Oilers, and NFL Europe.  He's also the CEO of a multi-million-dollar security services firm headquartered in Columbus, Ohio.

But before he was blocking pass-rushers on an NFL field, Shawn was just a kid with a dream.  In fact, he barely started in high school sports and played a total of one play his entire first year ...

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Raymond Power is an actor and writer.  He's appeared in eight films and is also a college student with several honors under his belt, including the 2019 DREAM Scholar Award.

As a teenager, he joined a gang and served time in prison after getting shot four times.  After his release, he started a family which helped him find a new purpose.

SHOW NOTES

[5:40] Getting shot 4 times

[8:17] Out of prison and changing for the bett...

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Tim Flattery is the host of The Moonlight Graham Show, a podcast celebrating the role player, underdog, and the great stories in sports.

With 116 episodes and counting, the aptly named show features guests ranging from a Paralympic gold medalist to an NFL long-snapper to the PCL Pitcher of the Year.

SHOW NOTES

[3:10] How he played a real baseball game on the Field of Dreams

[5:35] Why Iowans feel like underdogs

[8:00] Landing proli...

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Papa Joe DeMaio is a singer, songwriter, actor, and speaker. A Vietnam veteran, he's battled PTSD and addiction on the way to living his dream.

Joe and has toured with the likes of Eddie Money, Pat Travers, Randy Jackson (Zebra), and many other legendary musicians. Today, he's the lead singer of his band, The Papa Joe Show.

SHOW NOTES

[3:45] What it's like having your dreams squashed at a young age

[5:55] Returning home from Vietna...

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Kevin Caliber is a Hollywood actor, filmmaker, and fitness model.  A Marine veteran, Kevin is known for his work on the Hulu series Future Man as well as Supergirl and The Haves and the Have Nots.

Since taking the leap of faith and moving to Hollywood at 30-years-old, Kevin has accumulated over 75 acting credits, 15 as a producer, and has worked with the likes of Seth Rogen and Tyler Perry.

SHOW NOTES

[5:27] Kevin's current pr...

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Zack Bryers has been a homeless teenager, a soldier in Afghanistan, and a football player for Australia in the IFAF World Championship in Canton, Ohio.

In 2018, he was named ACT Young Australian of the Year for his work with at-risk youth. Today, he's helping small businesses grow and leave a lasting legacy.

SHOW NOTES

[5:25] A near-deadly scuffle

[10:10] Out of school and onto the streets

[14:30] What Afghanistan was really like

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Manny Kess is the founder & CEO of The Kess Group, a full service concierge company based out of Las Vegas. His clientele includes A-List celebrities and superstar athletes such as Odell Beckham Jr., Von Miller, Jarvis Landry, Travis Kelce, Stefon Diggs, Kevin Durant, and many more.

SHOW NOTES

[3:38] How often Manny sees his NFL friends

[5:41] Why he chose the Naval Academy over 60 full-ride scholarship offers

[8:06] Opening hi...

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