Joe De Sena
Founder & CEO, Spartan Race, Inc.
Joe De Sena is the founder and CEO of Spartan Race, Inc. De Sena has been an entrepreneur since his pre-teens. From selling fireworks at age 8, to starting a t-shirt business in high school, to building a multimillion-dollar pool business in college, to creating a Wall Street trading firm, De Sena is a living definition of "entrepreneur." De Sena is the New York Times bestselling author of SPARTAN UP! A Take-No-Prisoners Guide to Overcoming Obstacles and Achieving Peak Performance in Life and SPARTAN FIT! 30 Days. Transform Your Mind. Transform Your Body. Commit to Grit. He is also the host of the Spartan Up! Podcast, available on iTunes, Stitcher and YouTube. For information about a Spartan Race in your area, visit www.spartan.com.
Take It From The Pros
Don't Believe Success Comes From Hard Work Alone
Get-it-done grit is necessary but not sufficient to attaining success in life. That which you do must be worthy of your precious time, and that's a determination only you can make.
Happiness
To Get What You Want, Be Happy First
Achieving goals won't bring happiness until you learn to love the process.
Work-Life Balance
Here's My PSA: Life is a Gift
There is no rehearsal to life, so seize its opportunities while you can.
Take It From The Pros
Driving Yourself Toward Success
Find inspiration in the determination of Amelia Boone, legal counsel at Apple.
Veterans
What a Combat Veteran Knows About Transformation Through Adversity
It took hitting rock bottom for the war vet Earl Granville to take back his life.
Health and Fitness Businesses
The Most Important Question for Any Entrepreneur, Period.
The secret to success for four highly motivated people comes down to what makes them move forward.
Work-Life Balance
Best Ticket to Success? Start with Nothing.
Follow these steps to creating a strong work-life balance that will yield multiple fortunes.
Entrepreneurship
Why Wrestlers Make the Best Entrepreneurs
In wrestling, you know that success or failure rests on your shoulders alone. That's a great lesson.
Diet
The 3-Word Diet That Can Lead to a Better Life
Chris Kresser knows that what we put into our bodies is what determines our health.
Overcoming Obstacles
What Producer Jerry Zaks Can Teach You About Overcoming Obstacles
To make it in the theater, Zaks needed a tremendous amount of commitment, dedication, motivation and perseverance.
Expectations
Define Yourself With the Expectations You Set
A key lesson from Gen. Stanley McChrystal: You are whatever you expect yourself to be.
Entrepreneurship
6 Things Wearing a Skirt Taught Me
How an idea about adding style to athletic success fed one woman's entrepreneurship.
Business Moving Forward
Get More Done In Less Time
There's nothing you can't achieve if you work just four hours every week on it.
Overcoming Obstacles
A True Goal Needs to Become an Obsession
Michael Wardian thought he'd broken a world record. Then, in the middle of the night, a tweet stated otherwise. His response will amaze you.
Overcoming Obstacles
The Pursuit of Happiness: Self-Actualization and Maslow's Mistake
What if we looked at self-actualization just a little differently? Maybe, just maybe, the goal isn't to get to the top.
