Cut the Noise, Own Your Mindset & Find Your Why

The Hard Way w/ Joe De Sena

Spartan Races

Fitness, Alternative Health, Health & Fitness, 792700

4.7 • 870 Ratings

🗓️ 3 April 2025

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

In this solosode, Joe De Sena dives into the raw truth about extremism—why it can either fuel your greatness or sabotage your life.

He opens up about his own intense lifestyle, the myth of moderation, and why chasing more is often a trap. Whether you're grinding toward a big goal, feeling burned out, or stuck in a cycle of doing too much, this episode is your wake-up call. Joe shares practical mindset shifts to help you define your why, eliminate distractions, and live with unstoppable purpose.

Find clarity. Cut the noise. And start living aligned with what truly matters.

Timestamps:

00:00 Intro

00:45 The problem with extremism

02:35 Joe’s personal struggle with moderation

04:18 Define your standards & stick to them

06:10 How removing comfort brings happiness

08:38 De-programming social pressure around success

10:17 Find your why and align your life with it

Transcript

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0:00.0	If you're extreme towards junk food, if you're extreme towards a device, if you're extreme
0:06.1	towards stuff that I consider to be unhealthy, that's not good. So like, whatever it is you want,
0:12.8	whatever it is you want to be, what you want to portray to the world, just be that person.
0:17.7	Make sure you write it down, you laminate it, you stick it on your wall, and you stick to the standards that deliver the person you want to be.
0:24.1	Welcome to the Hardway podcast with Joe DeCena, founder and CEO of Spartan races.
0:29.9	We're teaching you how to overcome your obstacles in your life the same way we teach
0:34.1	our 10 million plus Spartans to overcome obstacles on the course.
0:38.1	With insight from the smartest, must accomplish experts from every corner of the world get ready to elevate
0:42.8	your life today joe desente's CEO and founder of spartan host of the hardway podcast we've got a
0:49.7	solo episode here we are talking extremism less is more and how to recalibrate your life to match that concept.
1:04.0	Look, my mom always talked about moderation. Everything in moderation was a common theme around the house.
1:13.4	I had a problem with it.
1:14.8	I'm an extreme guy.
1:16.9	I love pushing to the edge.
1:20.0	Do I believe that's the right way?
1:23.2	I don't know.
1:24.0	I mean, I'm certainly not a Buddhist monk.
1:26.1	My engines are rev pretty high.
1:28.3	My tagline on my email says, the fast, eat the slow. I wake up early. I tell people I'll sleep
1:35.8	when I'm dead. I suggest that my exit strategy with Spartan is death. I'm a pretty extreme guy.
1:43.3	I don't party. I don't drink. I, you know, if there's a
1:48.1	party at my house because a bunch of people are invited over, by 9 p.m., I'm turning the light,
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