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Season 2 Episode 12: Expand Your Circle

Hello, my friends, and welcome to the Redefining High Performance Podcast. My name is Ty Bennett, and in this short episode today, I want to challenge some conventional wisdom. I want to challenge a phrase that you’ve probably heard before in some conversation around success. I’m guessing you’ve heard a version of this phrase. You’ve probably heard somebody say, you become the average of the five people you spend the most time with. Have you heard that? I think that was originally Jim Rohn’s quote. John Wooden said it a different way. He said, show me your friends and I’ll

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September 3, 2025 No Comments

Redefining High Performance Podcast Season 2 Episode 10: The Framework for Decision Making

hello my friends and welcome to the redefining high performance Podcast. My name is ty Bennett. I’m excited to be with you today because today i’m going to give you a framework for decision making that i think is going to reshape how you look at decisions. I think this is framework is going to be revolutionary for you. I’m going to give you a couple examples of where this has helped to shape and grow incredible companies. This is a framework I’m trying to implement into my life and into the organizations that I run, the companies that I

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August 20, 2025 No Comments

How Is Fear Holding You Back?

  Perfectionism – The fear of not being good enough, so you try to be flawless—and end up stuck. Comparison – Measuring your worth against others to validate your value—fear disguised as self-doubt. Procrastination – Putting things off isn’t laziness—it’s often fear pretending to wait for “the right time.” People-Pleasing – When you fear rejection, you trade authenticity for approval. Imposter Syndrome – Fear tells you you’re not ready, even when you are. Overthinking – Fear’s favorite strategy: keep you stuck in analysis instead of taking action. Avoidance – If you fear discomfort, you avoid the work that leads to

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May 27, 2025 No Comments

Change is Inevitable, Adaptability is Essential

  There has never been a point in time where adaptability – the ability to deal with change – has been more essential. The new normal seems to be a never-ending, changing target and so we have to learn to be flexible. But why is change so hard? One word – fear. Change triggers a fear of loss. Giving up what we know, what we enjoy and what is comfortable. What happens in our mind when we face the unknown is we ask, what if? And our mind tends to answer with a worst-case scenario response. Our minds are actually

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February 3, 2022 No Comments

A Lesson In Marketing

Today I am in the virtual studio speaking to the leadership team at Charles Schwab. Let me tell you how that happened. 11 years ago I wrote an article on LinkedIn about how to grow your influence. It was read by Liz Hall, VP of Training for C&A Industries, a staffing company in Omaha, Nebraska. Liz got on my site and bought my book The Power of Influence. When the order came through I saw her title in charge of training so I emailed her and started a dialogue. A few months later I was speaking in Nebraska for Subway

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December 10, 2021 No Comments

The Commitment Scale

    As a young entrepreneur I had a mentor who used to tell me, “If you treat your business casually, you will become a casualty of your business.” This advice has stuck with me for nearly 20 years and with time I have found it to be applicable in many areas beyond business. If you treat your health causally, you will become a casualty. If you treat your personal and professional growth casually, you will become a casualty. If you treat your marriage casually, you will become a casualty. If you treat parenting casually, then your kids will become

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September 28, 2021 No Comments

The Best Advice Stephen Covey Ever Gave

https://youtu.be/H8wHTBJwRQgWhat Is the best advice you have ever received? Was it a coach telling you, “When you quit, you fail.” Or maybe it was a friend who said, “It’s ok to say no.”Or perhaps it was your Mom who told you to wear clean underwear.  In any case, advice from the right person at the right time can often change our perspective. That is what happened to me the first time I met Dr. Stephen Covey.  The advice he gave me at first seemed specific but I have found it to be more general and has shaped my mindset.  When Stephen Covey found out I was

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July 6, 2021 No Comments

If You Don’t Express It, You Can’t Expect It

Last week I was helping my friend Sydne Jacques prepare her speech that she is giving this week. One of the lines in her speech that stuck out to me was, “If you don’t express it, you can’t expect it” I love the way Sydne explained it. She said: “Often in our lives both at home and at work expectations change and we don’t talk about it. We need to learn to talk about expectations because I’m convinced 98% of the time that you are sad, mad or frustrated it’s because you expected somebody to do something but they either

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April 28, 2021 No Comments

How To Get Free Popcorn

One of the best strategies I know to win with people is to focus on being interested, not interesting. The problem with being interesting is that it’s all about you. But being interested is all about the other person. It’s where influence comes from. It’s placing other people’s interests first. People who are interested know how valuable it is for relationships and friendships to let the other person talk. They listen more than they talk. They allow others to share ideas and opinions. They make people feel welcome, involved and appreciated. I have taught this idea for more than 10

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April 16, 2021 No Comments

Outward Thinking

This is going to seem like a parent brag and maybe it is, but my kids seem to teach me much more than I teach them and I hope this will inspire you too. Last week Lizzy (who is 7) competed in a Ninja Warrior competition. There were five girls who competed in her age group and Lizzy did great and ended up taking 2nd place. 1st Place got $50, 2nd Place got $20 and 3rd Place got $10. When they brought up all five girls, Lizzy and Maisey (who got 1st) realized that the girls in 4th and 5th

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February 3, 2021 No Comments
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