Shawn Harper has helped transform thousands of corporate environments, built leadership, trained teams and impacted youth development in schools, and churches with high energy keynote speeches that activate winners.His unique story is one of really inner belief and never giving up on his dream of reaching the NFL. Since retiring from professional American Football he has become an exceptional speaker and when Shawn steps on the stage, he delivers strategies and techniques used by professional athletes to compete and win at the highest levels. His unique no excuses approach leaves his audience ready to win as individuals and in teams and I hope that energy comes across in this episode.

On the show today I'm pleased to introduce a good friend of mine, Ian Leman.Ian spent 12 years in the UK Military, including three tours of Afghanistan leading eliteteams on military intelligence operations. Specialising in influence, he used his expertiseon defence liaison operations in the Middle East and South East Asia, dealing with anarray of influence and security challenges in complex and demanding environments.Ian demonstrated his abilities to elicit information that unlocked high performance inindividuals at a world leading officer academy, where he quickly became the seniorleadership instructor, earning the trust of his seniors and, most importantly, the trainees.Ian left the military and co-founded an influence consultancy, helping FTSE 100companies gain competitive advantages. With a passion for elite sport and highperformance, Ian moved on to found PDP Performance

On this weeks episode, I'm delighted to say that we have sleep and recovery expert Anna West. Anna has worked in a variety of fields from research to the military, corporate wellness to elite sports performance, - where she has now really found her niche.Her goal is to pass on knowledge about circadian rhythm, sleep, stress and performance, not through scientific texts, but through implementable strategies, that can help people change bad habits and ultimately make them understand how they can use sleep as a repeated performance enhancer.Given my own interest in this field, this was a fascinating conversation for me and I hope you enjoy it to...

What's The Story that you are telling yourself right now?We've all had a crazy experience over the last year or so and as we emerge out of lockdown we've got a number of choices to make...In this episode I'm going to discuss what I believe is often the single biggest factor in determining success - and that's the story that we choose to tell ourselves.For some people the pandemic has caused them a lot of stress and discomfort, for others they have come out of this time in a better place.Whatever may have happened to you, one thing is for sure, you cannot change the events of the last 12 months. But you do have the power to change the story that you choose to tell yourself now.This little episode is all about being aware of the words that you use and the beliefs that you hold, because ultimately they will determine your success or failure.As Henry Ford once said "Whether you think you can or think you can't,  you're right.

Russell set up CBD performance with his business partner Simon Church, after they both had positive personal experiences with CBD oil.Through CBD Performance they have create a unique premium brand offering 100% natural & vegan friendly CBD supplements and are on a mission to educate people on the benefits of regular use in the health, fitness & sports industry to enhance performance and wellbeing.I've personally been a big fan of their products and as I'm often asked about the benefits of CBD for athletic performance and effective recovery, I thought it would be great to get Russell on the show to dive into this subject!

Paul Robinson is a former professional footballer who represented five clubs spanning over 22 years in the Premier League and Football League between 1996-2018 and was also capped three times for England at under-21 level in 1999.Paul began his professional career with his hometown club Watford,  in 1996 making his competitive debut at just 17 against Luton Town and went on to make 252 appearances for the club, winning two promotions, one play-off final, and reaching an FA Cup semi-final. In 2003 he signed for West Bromwich Albion and went on to make 238 appearances for the club, winning two promotions, one FA Cup semi-final and being part of "The Great Escape" in 2004/05 Premier League season, where West Brom survived relegation on the final day of the season.He went on to play for Bolton Wanderers, Leeds United  before finding himself without a club for several months. Where other players may have decided to throw the towel in at this point, Paul's Never Give Up attitude, self belief and strong resilient mindset enabled him to keep going and led to him signing for Birmingham City in 2012 where he would stay until he eventually hung up his boots in 2018.Paul Robinson Sports Mindset is a unique service that utilises Paul's natural leadership abilities, and draws upon his own personal positive and negative experiences during his 22 year playing career and subsequent coaching career to enable individuals to cope with the pressures on and off the field, and push themselves to achieve new limits they didn’t realise they were capable of.This was a thoroughly enjoyable conversation with a great guy!

On the show this week we have Somerset County Cricketer, Jack Brooks.After coming into the professional game relatively late, Jack has had an incredible career. Starting out at Northants he was fortunate to be mentored by the late, great David Capel and he grew from someone who wasn’t sure if he could make it, into one of the country’s best fast bowlers who was on the fringes of the England team.This led to a move to the big boys of Yorkshire where he not only starred in their back to back County Championship winning seasons in 2014 and 2015, but became a firm fans favourite in his time in Leeds.He’s currently plying his trade for Somerset and like any great story that has a beginning, middle and end, he’s thoroughly enjoying this time as the senior member of the squad, the leader and the mentor for others.  We discuss Jack’s career, his highs and lows, his future plans and his current recovery from triple surgery over the winter.

This week I'm taking a slightly different route with the podcast as I share the news of the birth of my second child, Oliver John Osgathorp, who was born on 4th February 2021.You can't really have a more life changing moment than the birth of a child and the last few weeks have been incredible for me and just made me re-assess what I want from life and WHY I do what I do.Ultimately it all comes down to purpose and I think that anyone who wants a high performance life, needs to align their thoughts and beliefs to a strong purpose. My family is mine.

On the Show this week we have former USA Mens 8 Rower, Hans Struzyna. His 12 year rowing career culminated in him being a member of the 2016 USA Olympic rowing team and in this episode we discuss the highs and lows of his sporting career and the habits and dedication that led to him reaching the pinnacle of his sport.We also discuss how he dealt with life after the Olympics, and how he found himself without a real purpose until he found real estate.We talk about the carry over of work ethic and competition to drive success in sport, work and life and the lessons that he has leaned along the way. Hans is also the host of his own podcast, Another Way to Play, which brings inspiration to listeners at their own personal crossroads by interviewing top entrepreneurs.

Nathan Flear is an Ultra Marathon runner. He competes in events of up to 250km, - through the mountains! For most of his competitors this has been a lifelong pursuit, but five years ago Nathan weighed 18 stone, he was drinking and smoking every day and literally decided overnight that something needed to change. Instead of dipping his toe in with a half or even a full marathon, Nathan decided to go all in on the pursuit of ultra marathons and in particular the Spartathlon. Within weeks he completed his first ultramarathon, in a few months he’d won his first 100 mile race and in just over a year he picked up his first international vest.This is an incredible story and we were fortunate to be joined by Dr Mark Slaski, a Sports and Organisational Psychologist, who helps to delve into the mind of an ultra marathon runner. We discuss the ability to push through pain, the ability to go all in on your goal and the power of big picture thinking.This was a fascinating conversation for me and I hope you really enjoy it