Podcast Episodes

“If you don't know where you're going, any road'll take you there.” — George Harrison

Life skills and character development. Are they things you work on? Tim and Steve tell you when it comes to martial arts training it's not about physical techniques. It's about mental and emotional strength. It's about your e...

“The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.” — Mark Twain

Breaking through figurative walls is necessary for personal growth and achieving goals. It helps to overcome mental and physical barriers that hold us back. We need to be pushed beyond our comfort zone to reach new heights. I...

“The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man.” — George Bernard Shaw

The Book of Five Rings by Miyamoto Musashi is a classic text on strategy and martial arts, but it also contains valuable lessons about motivation. Motivation is a crucial aspect of achieving our goals and fulfilling our dream...

Kick-start Your (Valentine's) Week with several quotes about love including: “Love does not consist in gazing at each other, but in looking outward together in the same direction” — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry and “Where there is love there is life” — Mahatma Gandhi

Listen to this podcast episode, then play the Peter Gabriel video and enjoy the alluring and enchanting song: “The Book of Love”

“The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naive forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget.” — Thomas Szasz

When you think of rituals, you probably jump to religion; however, rituals don’t have to be religious. They're often part of religious communities — but that's not what makes them rituals. A ritual is simply a sequence of act...

“Don't walk behind me; I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend.” — Albert Camus

Even good people can do bad things in moments when emotions are high. It’s all too easy to lose control. We must strive to have a certain level of stoicism. And that must be maintained. Funakoshi emphasized that karate traini...

“If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.” — JK Rowling

Jaciel Cordoba, Steve Mittman's colleague at WFMZ-TV, joins us to discuss some ways to reduce the impact that alarming news has on our mental health. Filling our minds with good things combats the negative Working on the “ins...

"In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: It goes on.” — Robert Frost

”I’m the one that has to die when it's time for me to die, so let me live my life the way I want to.” — Jimi Hendrix Tim and Steve talk about what they feel this quote from Hendrix means. At first they agree. Then they don't....

"If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything." — Mark Twain

It's a new year, we've got new tools under our belts to attack life and some exciting news: Stand-alone website: AttackLifeNotOthers.com Featuring a voicemail system. Leave a voicemail for Tim and Steve directly from the webs...

"Be the change you wish to see in the world." — Mahatma Gandhi

Forget New Year's resolutions. Instead, make the decision to first hold yourself accountable, then find accountability partners — and you'll see changes in your life take place. Accountability begins with accepting responsibi...

A plane trip, an encounter with a young woman and her credit card, a 5-year plan, some life wisdom, and philosophy — hear that and more on this episode. One thing's for sure: not much is free these days, certainly not on a pl...

The word "warrior" is thrown around a lot today, even being used in marketing and on names of products that have nothing to do with warriorship. So what is a warrior? What do you think being a warrior means? That's what Tim a...

Besides your Creator, you are alone on this journey. It’s YOUR body, YOUR mind, and YOUR spirit having this experience, taking this trip. Your choices, your mindset, your decisions to move forward — they’re all yours to do wh...

The MOST valuable thing anyone has, more than money, real estate, gold, stocks — more than ANYTHING — is time. Time is the most valuable commodity. That’s indisputable. And we all have the SAME amount of it! Let that sink in....