Harder Than Life

You don’t need a new job. You don’t need a raise. You don’t need motivation. You need a reset. The kind that recalibrates your mind, body, systems, identity, and execution. In this powerful episode, Kelly Siegel lays out a 5-Day Career Reset designed to completely rewrite your 2026. Not a vacation. Not a break. A full recalibration of how you think, work, show up, and lead. Most careers don’t collapse overnight. They erode quietly through drift, distraction, and lack of structure. This episode gives you a simple, disciplined framework to take the wheel back and stop letting life happen to you. Key Takeaways 🟥 Why most career problems are actually clarity problems. 🟥 How energy, not opportunity, determines success. 🟥 Why your calendar reveals your character. 🟥 How identity upgrades create lasting change. 🟥 The execution system that turns hope into momentum. (00:00) Intro (01:07) The Reset Necessity (03:28) Day 1 - The Mind Reset (05:37) Day 2 - The Body Reset (07:39) Day 3 - The Workflow Reset (09:42) Day 4 - The Identity Reset (11:53) Day 5 - The Execution Reset (14:09) Your Future Self Will Thank You 🔔 Subscribe for weekly episodes that help you heal, lead, and live Harder Than Life. Harder Than Life: 🔴 Apple 🔴 Spotify 🔴 YouTube ⚫ Instagram ⚫ Facebook ⚫ LinkedIn ⚫ TikTok ⚫ Website Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mindset creates the ceiling. Influence determines how far you go. In this powerful Best Of Mindset and Influence mashup, Kelly Siegel brings together elite performers, innovators, and thought leaders to break down what it really takes to master your mind, define your identity, and influence the world around you without losing yourself in the process. From Olympic champion Justin Gatlin on mental warfare and identity after sport… to JoAnn Garbin on innovation, trust, and leadership lessons from Microsoft… to Craig Siegel on consciousness, discomfort, and quantum leaps… to Rene Rodriguez on influence, emotional intelligence, and significance… This episode is a masterclass in mental toughness, purpose, self-awareness, and earned influence. If you want to think clearer, lead stronger, and show up with authority and authenticity, this one’s for you. Key Takeaways: 🟥 Identity is built through discipline, not applause 🟥 Influence is earned through self-awareness, empathy, and consistency 🟥 Discomfort is the gateway to growth and expansion 🟥 Innovation comes from trust, curiosity, and testing, not ego 🟥 Fulfillment is internal; external wins are temporary (01:33) The Journey to Becoming the Best (02:16) The 2017 World Championship (05:00) Redefining Identity After Athletics (06:27) The Power of Meditation and Visualization (09:09) The Importance of Mentorship (12:33) Innovation and Business Strategies (16:42) The Joy of Creativity and Innovation (17:19) Microsoft's Approach to Ideas (18:39) Learning from Failure and Resilience (22:58) The Journey of Personal Growth (24:17) Embracing Discomfort for Growth (25:18) Achieving Quantum Leaps in Performance (26:39) The Power of Commitment and Integrity (28:45) Finding Fulfillment from Within (32:15) The Role of Influence and Self-Awareness (35:42) The Value of Suffering and Significance (38:55) Balancing Aspiration and Reflection 🔔 Subscribe for weekly episodes with real, raw guests who live, speak, and fight Harder Than Life. Harder Than Life: 🔴 Apple 🔴 Spotify 🔴 YouTube ⚫ Instagram ⚫ Facebook ⚫ LinkedIn ⚫ TikTok ⚫ Website Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If your confidence rises and falls with praise, paychecks, or likes, you’re outsourcing your worth. In this Hard Reset episode, Kelly Siegel calls out one of the most dangerous traps in modern life: letting jobs, bosses, numbers, relationships, and social media decide how valuable you feel. Kelly gets personal about growing up chasing approval, tying self-worth to performance, and riding the emotional rollercoaster of external validation. Then he breaks down the truth: Your worth is not rented. It’s owned. When your value comes from discipline, integrity, and promises you keep to yourself, no one can take it from you. The job can change. The numbers can dip. The applause can disappear. But internal worth makes you untouchable. Key Takeaways 🟥 Outsourcing your worth puts your self-esteem in someone else’s hands. 🟥 External validation creates emotional volatility you can’t control. 🟥 Your worth comes from integrity, effort, and self-respect, not applause. 🟥 Discipline builds internal confidence no one can repossess. 🟥 When worth is internal, rejection loses its power. (00:00) The Trap Of Outsourcing Worth (00:47) The Dangers of External Validation (01:37) Building Internal Worth (01:54) What's Next On HTL 🔔 Subscribe for weekly episodes with real, raw guests who live, speak, and fight Harder Than Life. Harder Than Life: 🔴 Apple 🔴 Spotify 🔴 YouTube ⚫ Instagram ⚫ Facebook ⚫ LinkedIn ⚫ TikTok ⚫ Website Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

F.O.C.U.S. = Follow One Course Until Success. It’s the simplest habit you’ll ever learn and the most life-changing one you’ll ever master. In this episode, Kelly Siegel delivers the single business habit that will transform your results in 2026: relentless, disciplined focus. Not chasing shiny objects. Not trying 10 strategies at once. Not quitting when it gets hard. Kelly breaks down why people fail (it’s NOT laziness), why your brain sabotages new goals, how to choose the one thing that actually moves the needle, and how measurement becomes your greatest superpower. If you’re tired of starting over, overwhelmed by distractions, or jumping from idea to idea… this episode is your reset. 2026 will not reward the most talented person. It will reward the most focused one. Key Takeaways 🟥 Focus collapses timelines 🟥 Your brain is wired for survival, not success 🟥 Needle-moving tasks create results; dabbling creates nothing. 🟥 Measurement = improvement 🟥 Mastery lives on the other side of fear 🟥 2026 belongs to those who cut the noise, pick one path, and finish. (00:00) Intro (01:15) F.O.C.U.S (03:35) The True Path to Results (06:21) Measure and Manage Everything! (08:10) Confronting Fear and Finding Mastery (10:45) Dominate 2026: Focus for Legacy 🔔 Subscribe for weekly episodes that help you heal, lead, and live Harder Than Life. Harder Than Life: 🔴 Apple 🔴 Spotify 🔴 YouTube ⚫ Instagram ⚫ Facebook ⚫ LinkedIn ⚫ TikTok ⚫ Website Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Every one of us has lived through something that could’ve broken us. This episode is about the people who refused to stay broken. In this Harder Than Life Best Of mashup, you’ll hear powerful moments from Darren McCarty, Ezra Frech, Forbes Riley, and Dana Grant — four humans who took their pain, their trauma, their disabilities, their failures, their rock bottoms, and turned them into fuel. These stories prove one thing: Pain doesn’t define you. It refines you. If you’re healing, rebuilding, or climbing out of something heavy, this episode will remind you what you’re made of. Key Takeaways: 🟥 Respect, accountability, and facing your demons with honesty. 🟥 Sobriety, identity, and rebuilding after losing everything. 🟥 Living and thriving with disability. Choosing confidence. 🟥 Surviving tragedy, finding purpose, and claiming your self-worth. 🟥 Healing family wounds, breaking patterns, and rewriting your story (01:32) Surviving Tragedy and Personal Growth (04:32) Life's Rollercoaster & Successes (05:56) The Power of Pitching (08:06) Fitness Transformation at 60 (09:30) Overcoming Adversity (11:30) Understanding Transformation (12:06) Living With Disability (13:26) Motivational Speaking (14:38) Staying Grounded Amidst Success (15:23) The Importance of Setting High Goals (16:46) Normalizing Disabilities and Adaptive Sports (25:33) Healing from Dysfunctional Family Patterns (26:05) Letting Go (28:06) Trusting The Process (28:47) Self-Abandonment (31:27) The Power of Authority and Worthiness (37:15) Struggles with Addiction and Sobriety (43:05) Something To Be Proud Of 🔔 Subscribe for weekly episodes with real, raw guests who live, speak, and fight Harder Than Life. Harder Than Life: 🔴 Apple 🔴 Spotify 🔴 YouTube ⚫ Instagram ⚫ Facebook ⚫ LinkedIn ⚫ TikTok ⚫ Website Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices