Su2g: Step Up To Greatness Podcast

What started as a passion for a game at the age of 5, Performance Coach and Author, Alan Stein Jr., took that passion for basketball and over the next several decades transformed it into a training career working with likes of top elite athletes such as Kevin Durant and the late Kobe Bryant. If that wasn't enough, he took the principles he with these high performers and transformed them into high performance concepts applicable to the corporate and business world. Listen in as we talk about his journey to becoming a performance coach and trainer to some of the top basketball players in the world, his transition into speaking, the surprising genres he picks up new speaking skills from and some insight into some of the ideas he shares in his book, "Raise Your Game: High Performance Secrets From The Best of The Best." You can pick up his book here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1546082859/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_fabc_AXTDEX0JN8W82MXGKZGN

Everyone was expecting the simple change of the year on the calendar was going to make everything better than what was the dumpster fire of 2020. But has that been the case for you so far? Or are you struggling to find the happiness you had been looking for? In this episode of Coming Unstuck, I share with you 10 ways to boost your happiness that have nothing to do with simply changing the date. Be sure to share with someone else who could use a little happiness. 

Are you guilty of complaining about how hard life is sometimes? Did you know that YOU might be the reason it's that hard? Yea, I said it. But take 12 minutes to hear me out and see if you can identify one of the things you might be doing that is making your life harder than it has to be.  

After a couple years under the SU2G moniker, I've switched my focus on my coaching and on my podcast of helping people avoid the tragedy of being stuck when you can be somewhere greater. In this first episode I share a bit of my story and unveil the first part of my "Unstuck Method."

You can't always get what you want. Some times in life, you'll actually be rejected. But should we let the rejection destroy all the good we have going and all that life has to offer us? NO! In this episode I share ways to bounce back from rejection.

It's great to look up to other people, but it's even better to be the hero of your own story. In this episode we examine what it takes to become your own hero.

Do your days just blend together? Are they lacking excitement? Maybe it's time to change the way you do things and bring more passion, energy and purpose into your daily life. I give you strategies how in this week's episode.

Nobody's perfect and nobody can get everything perfect. But if trying to be perfect keeping you from making progress? Does it keep you from experiencing joy. In this week's episode I go over some reasons why you just may want to give up the perfectionist lifestyle.

Do you let your thoughts consume you and your time? Do they affect your happiness and productivity? You're not alone. We ALL have thoughts that can be intrusive, shocking or even scary if we let our minds go there. But, in this episode I give you some tips and strategies on how to overcome those thoughts, including taking them head on.  #controlyourthoughts #dontletyourthoughtscontrolyou #youcanovercome #itsokaytoneedhelp #thursdaythoughts #intrusivehtoughts #lifecoach #lifecoaching #publicspeaker #motivationalspeaker #greatnessfacilitator #keepmovingforward #stepuptogreatness

Between a pandemic, controversial election, changing jobs and facing other big moments in life, no one could blame you for your mood being all over the place in 2020. But did you realize that it's really the small, day to day things that affect your mood the most? In this episode I share some of what has had my mood flipping on a dime and help point out the things to either pay attention to or avoid when it comes to your mood.

Do we let our emotions and thoughts, whether positive or negative, dictate the way we live our lives too much? What would life be like if you had the tendency to look at things more subjectively? In this episode we talk about living life with an even keel mindset.

Many people, including myself, have relied on retreats to refill, renew, re-energize and sometimes just relief from their daily lives. In this episode I share with you tips and strategies on how to get the same benefits of a retreat without spending the big money sometimes associated with retreats. With these strategies you can have your retreat at home and "recharge without spending money on an expensive retreat." And with a full battery you can keep moving forward and step up to greatness.

As you look back on moments in your life, do you feel like you missed opportunities? Do you feel like you weren't as focused as you needed to be? Do you think you would be living a different life had you seized the opportunities?  In this episode I share with you tips and tricks on how to stay focused and in tune with what's around you so you can seize the opportunities and transform your life. 

Do you spend a lot of your time pretending to be somebody you're not? Doesn't that drain your energy and your soul? In this podcast episode, I talk about the importance of being authentic and give you values, ideas and practices to follow to protect your authenticity. You want to make sure the people in your life know the real, authentic YOU.  As a bonus, if you visit this "How to be Authentic" episode at my website, www.stepuptogreatness.com, you can download a page of affirmations that go along with this episode, titled,"I am Authentically, me" for you to review and reflect on as often as you wish to stay grounded in the real you.

Yea, 2020 has been messed up and we've gotten comfortable with sitting in our house all day in our pj's. But it is time to get moving again and create the life you really want for yourself. And a big part of that, believe it or not, is your clothes. In this episode I discuss how your clothes can affect your mood, how people view you and even your health and fitness. 

Does using the internet control much of your time, energy and emotions? In the midst of a current personal social media hiatus, I made some discoveries and have strategies to help curb your usage and the negative aspects too much internet can have on your life. 

Yes, life and society as we know it has been altered over the last 4 months plus, but were you wasting valuable time before then? Are you wasting good years of your life now? In this episode I go over 8 signs that you are wasting precious time in your life and some simple solutions to fix them.

Music has long been a bridge that connects athletes to big moments as it increases their adrenaline, confidence and focus. If it works for the athletes, don't you think it can work for us and our daunting tasks?

Let's face it, 2020 hasn't been what any of us have expected. But we still got the second half of the year to transform our lives and the lives of others. I share with you some strategies to do just that.