The Elite Performance Podcast

"When results dip, you think: let me occupy my brain with something new that I don't have rejection on yet. Nothing has failed there. It feels safer. It is the recipe for disaster." Most entrepreneurs are basing their...

"I didn't expect it to hit as hard again." Alan shifted from operator to executive thinking after his first run through the Arena program, but there was an even bigger shift ahead of him. He came on the pod after his...

"I was afraid coaching would reveal the real blocker was me." Most founders never say that out loud, but Natalia Scheidegger had the courage to face that and overcome it. Natalia’s business was growing and she was...

Momentum feels like traction. But it can also keep you locked into the wrong things, long past the point you should have stopped. And the scariest part? It still feels like progress. In this episode, Itamar breaks down...

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Emotions that don't drive action are pointless. They just drain your energy. In this episode, Itamar opens up about a challenging year and the lessons learned when his old playbook stopped working, how small integrity...

You're trading your time for someone else's effort. In this quick episode Itamar breaks down how to leverage content and get the highest ROI on your time while covering the one trade that lets you cash in on 15 years of...

You're stuck not because life is hard, but because you expect it to be easy. In this episode, Itamar shares a brutal mindset shift learned in Special Forces: want things to be hard. When obstacles feel personal, we...

If you feel like your results aren’t matching your ambitions and desires, there’s a reason for that. Whether the barrier is internal or external, in this episode Itamar walks you through a 5-step system to uncover why...

How do you go from burnout cycles and self-doubt to crushing $100K months with clarity and control? Vlad breaks down: Facing the exact fear that quietly ran his life. Ditching a fluffy “WHY” for a more practical one and...

You’re not tired. You’re unprepared. High performers prep for keynotes but wing the travel. That gap kills performance. Itamar shares the exact system he built as an air marshal and now uses when travelling for...

Are you actually angry or just confused about what you should be expecting? Entrepreneurs don't get angry without cause, they react when expectations aren’t met. In this tactical breakdown, Itamar reveals how to...

Raising capital should elevate your game. For one entrepreneur, it did the opposite. When stakes rose, his performance tanked. Why? He didn’t anticipate the emotional cost of failing with other people’s money. This...

If C-players in most industries are getting replaced by AI, why won’t this happen with therapy? Itamar breaks down why the therapy industry is broken, how AI will expose big parts of it, and why emotional baggage plus...

Still chasing confidence before taking action? That’s the trap. This episode breaks down why imposter syndrome isn’t about competence, it’s a psychological glitch from survival wiring. You’ll learn how to strip emotions...