My name is Tony LaPrino. Welcome to OnAscent Radio, where each week, it's my job to fire you up, ignite the leader inside you, and push you to achieve your full potential. I hope you'll join me for this journey so we can help each other scale our way to lifestyle freedom!
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Have you ever looked back at your life and begun to make sense of the events and circumstances that have taken place and now see how they all worked together to bring you to the place where you are now? It's hard to see in the moment when it's all taking place. However, as time goes on and doors open and close, it begins to make sense. One of the h…
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If you have followed along with OnAscent Radio over the last couple of years, you have more than likely listened to the episode entitled "The First Monday". Today's episode is only fitting because of the nature of where I was in my life on the First Monday, November 4th, 2022, after I moved out of my home of 17 years and into an apartment, preparin…
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A rare interview episode! You won't want to miss Nate's awesome story and all we can learn from it. Check it out!
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Ep. 195 - Establishing a Winning Rhythm to Life
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The Earth has a rhythm: the days have a rhythm, the week's have a rhythm, the years have a rhythm. I found this very interesting as I have examined my life. People, including myself, talk, train, and teach on building habits, and these habits become part of the rhythm of our lives. Think about someone banging on the drums with no rhythm: it sounds …
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Ep. 194 - Finding Purpose in Pain: Transforming Your Story for Good
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Have you ever been in a situation where you thought to yourself, "Is this pain ever going to end?" or "Is this what my life is supposed to look like?" One of the biggest challenges I've had to face and work my way through is finding purpose in the pain... but it has been crucial for getting through the tough times and coming out stronger.…
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Ep. 193 - Breaking Free from Mediocrity: Steps to Transform Your Life
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If you don't like where you're at, do something about it. Be radically responsible for your life. Today, I'm sharing the 12 key points for how to take personal responsibility.
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Ep. 192 - Moving On: Why Letting Go is Essential for Your Mental Health
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Letting go does not mean you have given up. It does not mean that you no longer care. It means that you are releasing the attachments of the past that get in the way of your happiness and mental clarity. Letting go and unshackling is the process of removing oneself from old patterns of behavior that lead to unnecessary worry and mental tension. Whe…
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Ep. 191 - Breaking the Chains of Perfectionism
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Today I'm diving into the often debilitating world of perfectionism. I'm exploring what perfectionism is, its causes, the impact it has on our lives, and most importantly, how to overcome it. I'm sharing personal stories and practical tips to help you navigate your own struggles with perfectionism and hopefully triumph over it.…
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Ep. 190 - The Power of Self-Awareness: Uncovering Hidden Patterns in Your Life
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To see your hidden patterns, you need to intentionally build self-awareness. Question your perception. A mantra that I have adopted in my life is, "Change your story, change your life." What does that mean? It means that much of the way we think, see, and operate as individuals is based off a story. The question then becomes, "Is the story that I'm…
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Ep. 189 - Believe in Yourself: Unlocking Your True Potential
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What does it means to believe in yourself? Self-belief is the confidence in your own abilities and judgment. It's not about being arrogant or dismissing others' input, but rather having faith that you are capable of handling life's challenges and making decisions that lead to your personal growth. "Whether you think you can, or you think you can't,…
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Ep. 188 - Go Beyond Conditioned Thinking: How to Break Free and Find Your True Self
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As we venture deeper into ourselves, we may encounter a challenging barrier within our own thoughts, like a dense layer of sediment that has been hardened by conditioning. When we shed our emotional armor, it can be a painful process. We often feel the impact of the release in our personal lives: the storms of yesterday, the heaviness of the past m…
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Ep. 187 - From Doubt to Drive: Using Fear as Motivation for Success
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It's ok to not have the answer. I believe one of the bravest things you can do is boldly embrace the unknown. Accept your fears. All fear is manageable. When fear is not managed and tuned into fuel and fire, it leads to doubt, hesitation, and procrastination. Fear will play tricks on you and make you think that you're not ready. Courageous people f…
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Ep. 186 - Shining a Light: Raising Awareness for Men's Mental Health & Suicide
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We all go through difficult times in our lives, and no one's experiences and pain should be compared with others. With these dark times come thoughts and actions that are not to be overlooked. Today, I'm bearing my soul a bit so that you can know you are not alone, you are valued, and you can get through this and get to brighter days.…
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Ep. 185 - Are You Batshit Crazy?! Buying Businesses Without a Penny of Your Own Money, with Carl Allen
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I am joined on the show today by Carl Allen, a world-class entrepreneur, investor, and corporate dealmaker who has worked on more than 330 transactions worth close to $48 billion. In his 30-year career, Carl has analyzed thousands of businesses, big and small, in 17 different countries and across nearly every business sector, including technology, …
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Ep. 184 - 3 Simple Words Can Change Your Life
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Often, I have found the three most challenging words to speak are, "I need help." But I will have you consider the possibility of a life filled with people willing to help, lend support, motivate you, and believe in who you are as a human being, as well as having even more people in your life that are just rooting for you and want the best for you.…
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Ep. 183 - The Power of Determination: Why It's Essential to Success
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Why is determination essential for success? Simple, no one's coming to save you. Life doesn't stop for you. It keeps coming at you, day after day after day. You have a simple decision to make. Live a life of truth, or live a life of lies. Honesty is what is needed to go after what you want. Once the truth is told, determination is required to go ge…
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Ep. 182 - How One Weak Link Can Bring Down the Whole Chain
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There is a strong connection between all the primary domains in your life: faith, family, fitness, and finances. When one of those domains is weak, it affects all the other areas.
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Ep. 181 - Embrace Your Authentic Self: The Power of Giving Yourself Permission
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Last week, I took one of the biggest steps I've taken in my life in a long time. I took a trip on my own for a few days. This may seem like something insignificant. No big deal. However, I'm coming to you from a place of permission: giving myself full permission to be all of me. I can't think of a specific time in my life when I fully embraced this…
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Healing is possible. Change not only happens around all of us, but it happens within us. As I keep going and moving forward, I feel certain this is the way, because it is the only real option I have; it's the only real option for any of us, unless we just want to give up and die. We just have to focus on putting one foot in front of the other, step…
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Ep. 179 - A Journey to Self-Discovery: Embracing Change for a Brighter Future
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Every time you love yourself better, build your self-awareness, understand your patterns, improve your ability to communicate, or expand your compassion for others, the future of humanity grows brighter. You not only impact your own life, but you impact the world.
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Ep. 178 - Breaking the Silence: Unveiling the Untold Struggles of Men in Today's Society
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Men face a variety of challenges that are often not openly discussed due to societal expectations, gender norms, and stigmas. Today, I want to tackle 10 of the biggest challenges facing men today.
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Ep. 177 - The Path to Self-Discovery: Embracing Change for Personal Growth and Healing
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You know healing is real when you find more joy in unexpected places. You were built for redemption. We were all born into imperfection and live it daily. But just as we can make mistakes, we can also learn and improve. With enough conviction, we can understand where we went wrong and not keep making the same mistakes. Break free from the past. Lea…
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Ep. 176 - Breaking Boundaries: Conquering New Challenges and Thriving
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As you grow, you level up... but operating at a higher level does not mean that things get easier. On the contrary, they often get more difficult because the standards are now higher, and it takes more work to clear a higher bar. As we continually improve and level up, we must accept each new level of difficulty and rise to meet it, not only in exp…
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Ep. 175 - 3 Ways to Keep Your Energy Strong
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Do you struggle with feeling drained, not just physically, but also emotionally or mentally? I definitely do, but I have developed three ways to get my energy up despite speedbumps and keep it strong. Today I'm sharing them with you.
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We understand intellectually that everything is fundamentally governed by change. But when life throws its challenges at us, we deeply crave for things to stay the same. Change is so predominant in the structure of reality that being absent-minded of it will inevitably result in dissatisfaction, stress, and suffering. The greatest adversity of the …
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Ep. 173 - The Importance of Having a Determined Mindset
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Determination is a crucial quality to develop in life. It is the unwavering resolve to pursue your goals and dreams, even in the face of obstacles or setbacks. At some point, you must make a firm decision and declare to yourself and others, "I'm going to move in this new direction, and no person or circumstance will deter me." Developing determinat…
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Ep. 172 - The Characteristics of a Powerful Leader
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There are 7 key characteristics that I believe make a powerful leader. Today, I want to share them with you. I hope they will help you in your journey of self-improvement.
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Ep. 171 - You May Be Sabotaging Your Own Self-Confidence
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If I don't like the results I have in my body, it's up to me to figure out a solution to get the result I desire. That being said, it's also up to me to understand the balance between my expectations and the reality that results take time. They take a level of commitment. They take a level of consistency. They are not instant, and perfection is not…
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I got injured last week. This doesn't happen to me much, so it was a big setback for me. Today I'm discussing how I overcame this, first mentally, and then by taking the right course of action. I hope my journey will help you with your own thought processes and actions as well.
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You are not always going to get it right. Sometimes the reaction is going to be strong, and it will pull you into saying and doing things that are counterproductive. Even if you have grown immensely, you are not perfect; you are not flawless. This is why growth is nonlinear. The journey of self-development and personal growth is not about developin…
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Ep. 168 - My Ego Wants Others to Think & Act Like Me
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This topic is a hard one for me and I spent a lot of time thinking about this. The topic came to me multiple times over this last week. Rather than reacting because others are not seeing things the way I do, I need to take a breath, take a step back, and try to see things the way they do and understand.…
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Happy New Year, and welcome to the first episode of 2024. Perhaps you're feeling anxious. If you're like me, you're good at planning, but you're uncomfortable because it's now time for doing. What I've realized is, it's in doing that I grow the most–not in doing the same things repeatedly, but in doing the uncomfortable things when I do not feel li…
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Why does my journey matter? Why does your journey matter? Time to answer this question and begin the new year motivated to make it count.
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Today we are discussing personal commitments (or resolutions) going into the new year. In the last couple episodes, we have laid the foundations for accountability and goal-setting, so now it is time to commit to specific goals for the upcoming year.
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There are three levels of targets that I like to set for myself each year: Reasonable - Good results that aren't super difficult or excessive; logical, moderate results. (1-2x growth) Radical - Extreme results that surpass reasonable, logical, or moderate expectations. (4-5x growth) Impossible - Utterly not possible in your mind right now; probably…
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It's time to review and reflect on the year. 2023 is coming to an end quickly, and there's no better time than to take an honest look back at the plans you had in place for this year and examine where you have ended up. I've adopted this practice over the last seven years, and I can tell you this is not easy. I spent the better part of my weekend i…
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The judgment of others is largely informed by a combination of their old conditioning and current emotion. Once you realize this and begin to see it as it is, you will have the freedom to genuinely be yourself.
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How do you build a good life for yourself? In this episode, I want to share with you six key components to answering this question that I have learned in my journey.
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Ep. 160 - Transformation Isn't a Smooth Process
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In the world that we live in today, speed is glorified: big leaps forward and meteoric rises... but reality usually moves at a slower pace, especially when it comes to personal transformation. Not every day needs to involve a "big win" for you to end up in a thriving and beautiful place. Transformation isn't a smooth process: cloudy, dark days are …
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Everyone does time in the Pit. This episode, I'm spending a little time reflecting on the past year, the hardest year of my life thus far, and all the time I've spent in the Pit. Time in the pit above all else is what distinguishes top performers by their persistence in the face of failure and setbacks. The Pit is where you learn things about yours…
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This episode is going to be a little different than the others in the past. I want to not only take you on a journey, but I also want you to come out of listening to this episode with an experience that you will continue to come back to and make it a part of your life going forward. Listen to the full episode to receive this powerful message.…
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Ep. 157 - The Great Lie You Are Telling Yourself
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Not letting yourself be who you are is the great lie you are telling yourself. It's the same lie I was telling myself for years, and even today a bit. Who are you? What a powerful question that is, a question that can be one's life's work. Once you figure that out, can you allow yourself to be you? All of you? For yourself and no one else?…
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Ep. 156 - Training the Spiritual Mind & Body
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Last week, I hit on the topic of stress and meditation: using the tool of meditation to increase your capacity and power to deal with the stresses that come into your life. Today, I want to talk about how to train the spiritual mind and body. The willingness to sit in silence in the world we live in today is incredibly difficult to muster. It's unc…
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Ep. 155 - The Ability to Deal with Stress
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Stress is non-negotiable. It's everywhere and shows up in our lives in many different capacities, like physical stress, emotional stress, and environmental stress. The sources are also different: some stress is self-induced, such as a hard workout. Some stress is not. However, the one thing that is inevitable is that to grow in all areas of our liv…
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Ep. 154 - The Heart Reveals the Real Person
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Proverbs 27:19 says, "As a face is reflected in water, so the heart reflects the real person." Each day I spend time reading my Bible, and it never fails that what I need to see in the moment stands out to me in the passage that I'm reading. On September 27th, I was reading in the book of Proverbs, and this verse stood out to me. Today, I get into …
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Ep. 153 - Do You Know Who Will Stand With You?
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Who will stand with you in the darkest of times? I'm lucky enough to have a couple of those people in my life who are willing to be there for me at any time, regardless of what the circumstances are. I found myself in deep appreciation and gratitude for those people as I was reflecting on the last year of my life. I've needed these people to help g…
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Things are not assets, people are assets. In this episode, I discuss why your number one asset is YOU! This podcast episode provides deep insight into the reasoning behind why you are your number one asset. I dive deep into how you can change your mindset and start developing yourself as your true number one asset. As your guide on this journey, it…
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Most of my life I've lived in the Gap. You know you are in the Gap every time you measure yourself or your situation against an ideal. The ideal is where you wish you were. This leads to feelings of failure, frustration, disappointment, low self-esteem, guilt, and depression. Being in the Gain means you measure yourself against where you were befor…
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Ep. 150 - From Bartender to CEO, with Zachary Beach
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Today I welcome to the show special guest Zachary Beach. Zachary is the CEO and a Partner of SmartRealEstateCoach.com, which is a 3-time Inc. 5000 Fastest Growing Company that focuses on transforming W2 employees into creative financing real estate investors. With a passion for business building, he is also a partner in Original Real Estate, Wicked…
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Ep. 149 - Give Yourself Permission to Suck
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I have come to realize that I struggle with perfectionism. I have always wanted to do the best and be the best. Sucking has never been an option for me. But obviously, we all have to learn new things, and we can't be great at something brand new to us. Furthermore, we can't lie to ourselves about how good we are at things we have been doing for a l…
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