#095: Mastery Development & NESTRE -2x NFL Pro Bowl Tight End Julius Thomas (TYR Wodapalooza 2023 Series)

The Jedburgh Podcast

Whole health requires a balance of physical, mental, and emotional strength; but which of these buckets do we focus on the most? In this Saturday sunset conversation live from TYR Wodapalooza, Fran Racioppi and Jessie Graff sit down with 2-time NFL Pro Bowl Tight End Julius Thomas to talk about his journey from the football field to entrepreneurship to a PhD in Psychology.

Julius shares his three buckets of wellness along with his Five Keys to Success: Commitment, Discipline, Guidance, Quality of Support and Resilience. He shares the importance of training your brain just like we train our bodies for elite performance; and how his new app NESTRE Health and Performance is improving the cognitive capability of leaders at every age. Julius also discusses his journey in building Mastery Development where he coaches others to follow their dreams and take action no matter the challenge.

Follow Julius Thomas on Instagram at Julius_Thomas and on LinkedIn.

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Highlights:

• 0:00 Welcome to Wodapalooza
• 4:06 Why elite performers seek “mastery” of their craft
• 10:10 Working hard to go from college basketball to the NFL
• 17:45 Transitioning from elite performance to being a novice
• 20:25 Balancing physical, mental and emotional strength
• 25:48 Training the brain at NESTRE
• 36:03 Five keys to success
• 41:18 Julius’s three daily foundations

Quotes:

• “That’s what a lot of high performing people have in common. They’re trying to master what they do.” (5:40)
• “I just don’t like to fail.” (6:35)
• “Sometimes you gotta get laughed at to get to where you’re going.” (12:18)
• “The better you get at one thing, the harder it is to be a beginner at another thing.” (17:02)
• “The climb from novice to master; you’ve got to pay the dues all over again.” (18:39)
• “If we don’t have whole health we’re not showing up as the best version we can possibly be.” (23:44)
• “We want to give people access to tools that are gonna help them better understand the way their mind works.” (29:55)
• “Give your miracles a chance to happen.” (45:15)

Julius’s Three Daily Foundations For Success

• Dream big in the morning
• Never make excuses
• Don’t procrastinate

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