At the end of every episode of The Upgraded Man there is a physical journal. The guest reads what the last guest wrote, sits with it, and then writes something down for the man who comes next. Same book every time, passed hand to hand. No prep. No script.
This week it is Nate Spangle, founder of Get Indiana and host of the Get IN. podcast. He built a media company out of a three thousand dollar truck he did not own when he announced the idea, and he is the first guest to write in the journal in person.
The entry he read was left by Larry Hagner, founder of The Dad Edge: "The definition of hell is being on your deathbed and meeting the man you could have become."
He sits with it before he says a word. Then he goes somewhere honest.
Here is what comes out of it:
- Why Nate says you are never too old, and the three excuses he kills in about ten seconds
- The one thing he believes is actually holding most men back, and it is not talent
- What really turned him into a man he can look at in the mirror, and why it was not a book, a coach, or a plan
- How he uses the worst thing that ever happened to him without letting it define him
- The only standard he holds himself to on a given day, which is being closer than he was yesterday
- The advice he gave on stage that he now believes is the whole secret
- The test he runs on himself every night when his head hits the pillow
- The entry he wrote for the next guest, read out loud
If you have been telling yourself you are too late, too old, or not smart enough, this one is about four minutes and it takes that excuse away from you.
Find Nate:
getindiana.com @natespangle on every platform His show: Get IN. with Nate Spangle
The entry Nate read was left by Larry Hagner of The Dad Edge, thedadedge.com.
New episodes of The Upgraded Man drop three times a week. Full guest episodes on Monday, the best moment from a past guest on Wednesday, and the Journal on Friday.
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