What’s the one excuse you’ve been giving yourself long enough that you’ve started believing it?
As part of the “Road to the Summit,” a special series ramping up to the 2026 Game Changers Summit this November 11-12, we’re revisiting some of the most powerful conversations ever featured at our events. In this encore episode of The Game Changing Attorney Podcast, we’re throwing it back to the 2025 Game Changers Summit, where Kyle Maynard, award-winning extreme athlete and quadruple amputee, took the stage to share the mindset that got him up some of the tallest mountains in the world.
Born without lower arms and legs, Kyle built a career as a wrestler, powerlifter, and mixed martial artist before taking on peaks most able-bodied climbers wouldn’t attempt. In this presentation, he breaks down how a near-failure on Mount Aconcagua became one of the most meaningful days of his life, and why focusing on the next three feet applies just as much to running a law firm as it does to climbing a mountain.
Here’s what you’ll learn:
Why discipline isn’t about five-year plans, but about the next three feet in front of you
How to turn panic and self-doubt into fuel instead of an excuse to quit
What it takes to stop waiting for permission and build your own version of “no excuses”
Whatever mountain you’re staring down this year, remember you only ever have to make it up three feet at a time.
(00:00:00) Introduction
(00:01:48) There Are No Excuses
(00:05:37) When the Plan Falls Apart
(00:09:32) Three Feet at a Time
(00:13:37) The Boulder and Wanting to Quit
(00:17:46) Taught to Be Normal, Not Coddled
(00:19:41) Learning to Dress Himself at 15
(00:22:31) Grandma’s Grocery Store Lesson
(00:26:54) Consistency Beats Everything
(00:29:04) Losing His First 35 Matches
(00:31:19) Fighting in the MMA Cage
(00:34:24) The Monkey Mind
(00:41:44) One Shot at the Summit
(00:44:04) Wanting to Find Out If It’s Possible
(00:46:04) Standing on the Roof of South America
(00:48:50) Closing Thoughts and Free Resources
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Links & Resources:
No Excuses: The True Story of a Congenital Amputee Who Became a Champion in Wrestling and in Life by Kyle Maynard
A Fighting Chance
David Goggins
Richard Machowicz
Mike Tyson
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Past guests on The Game Changing Attorney Podcast include David Goggins, John Morgan, Alex Hormozi, Randi McGinn, Kim Scott, Chris Voss, Kevin O’Leary, Laura Wasser, John Maxwell, Mark Lanier, Robert Greene, and many more.
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