Less Talk More Work Podcast

On Episode XXVIII: Josel Signs as a Strength Coach for a Professional Soccer Team, we discuss Josel's progress over the past few years and the new club that he has signed for! We are all so proud of this next step that Josel earned the right to make. Listen to his reaction to the new position, his reservations and everything else related to Josel becoming a strength coach for a professional soccer team!

Episode XXVII: Matt Pyzdrowski - battling depression, hiding in stadiums from hostile fans, the weight of the gloves and so much more. Former pro and current pro goalkeeper coach Matt Pyzdrowski talks us through his story thus far.

On Episode XXVI: Embrace the Challenge - Eric Goes on Loan we discuss how Eric's loan comes about, his feelings surrounding this new opportunity and what it means for the future of his career.

On Episode XXV: The 25th Episode - The Evolution of LTMW, we reflect on the first 25 episodes. We discuss the evolution of the podcast, where it started and where it is now as well as what we learned along the way and where the podcast is headed!

On Episode XXIV: 5 Keys to Making Your Cancelled College Season Successful, Josel and Eric give every college athlete who has had their seasons cancelled or delayed a pathway forward. It is easy to be the pessimist, it is easy to make excuses for why you weren't successful. Don't be the person making excuses, be the person who grew from the adversity and was better because of it. Less Talk More Work.

On Episode XXIII: How Soccer Players Can Improve While Being Injured with Dr. Andy Seraphin we sit down with Andy to talk how he helps players improve during their rehab process. Andy is a Duke University and Temple University graduate and runs the well known social media page "The Futbol Phsyios". Andy has worked with the North Carolina FC Academy, the Athletic Lab and is also a certified strenght and conditioning coach.

On Episode XXII: Extreme Ownership Part 2, Josel and Eric discuss the ideas and principles of leadership from the second half of the book Extreme Ownership by Jocko Willink and Leif Babin. We discuss our thoughts on the book in general, the concept of decentralized command, empowering junior leaders and how discipline can create freedom.

Episode XXI: Life as the MLS Pool Goalkeeper with Charlie Lyon we chat with Charlie about the uncertainty of life as a professional soccer player. This topic is particularly relevant for, as Charlie describes it, "the utility goalkeeper" for any team in Major League Soccer. In this position, Charlie can essentially be chosen by any club at any time to come in and train or play on a moments notice. Charlie discusses finding normalcy amongst such an ever changing lifestyle, preparation for life after soccer, his short stint working for a logging company and many other topics. An amazing conversation with an amazing person.

On Episode XX: Extreme Ownership by Jocko Willink and Leif Babin Part I, Josel and Eric breakdown some of their favorite and least favorite aspects of the first half of the book. Topics such as how often we as people genuinely exhibit extreme ownership in our lives, what are the negatives of not taking extreme ownership and whether bad teams actually exist.

On Episode XIX: Personal Development with David Acuna Camacho we chat with the former Monmouth University soccer star and Costa Rican Youth International about how he has developed personally and how his identity has changed over the course of his life. Through loss, injury, expectation and at times, judgment, David has grown so much so that we felt he was the perfect example of personally developing through your sport to live a more purposeful life.

On episode 18 Josel and Eric discuss how to know when to dial it back and when to put your foot on the gas. This is a question many goal oriented people find themselves asking as opportunities arise. Am I doing too much? Am I not doing enough? How do we say no to opportunities? Josel and Eric break down how happiness and comfortability play into this dynamic and touch upon the idea of keeping the main thing, the main thing. The question is, what is the main thing? Is the main thing our career? Our side hustle? Our education? Maybe focusing on yourself in general is the main thing? Is it possible our attempts to do everything lead us to do nothing? These are the questions episode 18 discusses.

On Episode XVII: Can't Hurt Me by David Goggins Part II - Overcoming the Fear of Failure, we close out the second half of the book. The book references the fear of failure that so many of us deal with and we break down some of David Goggin's main points from the second half of Can't Hurt Me. This episode is partially a discussion between Josel and Eric with a Q&A portion at the end with guests from the LTMW Facebook Group.

On Episode XVI: Being Uncommon Amongst the Uncommon, Josel and Eric discuss just that. The motivation for this episode comes from Chatper 9 of Can't Hurt Me by David Goggins. We dive into how each of us relate to being uncommon, how it can benefits us individually, socially as well as the complexities that arise with being uncommon within a leadership role. Josel and Eric speak about when they started to realize they weren't cut from the same cloth and how this realization manifested in their day to day lives as young people.

Welcome back to another episode of the Less Talk More Work Podcast, for those of you that have followed along this may come as a surprise or this may not come as a surprise. As many of you know, we also have a Less Talk More Work Facebook group where we are trying to build a high performance culture. We read high performance books, we theorize over habits and exercises to be more efficient with whatever it is that each of us do and we share ideas about how each of us strive for more in our lives. Instead of the Facebook group being an extension of the podcast, now the podcast will be an extension of the Facebook group. Our episodes will be round table discussions about the topics we are reading in whatever book it is that we are reading, this month is Can’t Hurt Me by David Goggins. So for this episode you will be hearing a round table discussion with Josel, professional soccer players Michael Lansing and John Hollinger as well as medical student Matthew Busch, college soccer player Max Blacker and myself. If you are interested in getting involved in building this culture with us, reach out! We’d love to have you. Without further adieu, welcome to our first Less Talk More Work Round Table Discussion!

Today we have former professional soccer player, Rob Vincent. Rob played for the Pittsburgh Riverhounds of the United Soccer League and DC United of Major League Soccer before multiple knee surgeries unfortunately ended his career early. Rob currently works as an Academy Coach for the Pittsburgh Riverhounds Academy. This episode will focus specifically on transitioning from player to coach and Rob's experience making that transition. We discuss battling through injuries, preparations for retirement and combatting stress while playing. Rob provides some incredible insight in regard to how he goes about growing as a coach and closes the episode with a few bits of applicable advice for both coaches and players.

The purpose of today's episode is to push the conversation in the world in the direction of ending racism. We had an episode ready to go but with respect to recent events we wanted to make it a point to be a part of the solution. Today we have Derrick Etienne Jr, Derrick currently plays for the Columbus Crew in Major League Soccer as well as the Haiti National Team. Derrick starts us off with breaking down how he identifies himself, his perspective of the current state of the world and the dangers of silence and complicity with regard to racism. We discuss what Derrick is doing to push the conversation towards ending racism and touch on some advice he would give to young people trying to figure out their role in these trying times. We also touch on how the soccer community handles racism and the changes Derrick would like to see as well as the importance of legacy and how Derrick wants to be remembered. As always, we close with three pieces of advice to 18 year old Derrick.

On today's episode, Becoming Successful and Sustaining Success with Auburn Football Graduate Assistant Joe Moreno, we discuss just that. We ask Joe what makes Joe, Joe. Who he is? Who cultivated him in the direction he's headed and which mentors made the biggest impact in his life. We breakdown what a normal day at Auburn looks like for Joe as well as his "Five Year Plan". How he goes about accomplishing the goals he's set out for himself and what makes Joe different? Joe played Division III College Football at Trinity College and has gone on to coach at Harvard, Stanford and Auburn. Joe is cut from a different cloth, that's why we ask him what makes him different. What is it that has brought him to such success in a short period of time? We also talk about the expectations his co-workers at Auburn have for him, how Auburn Football builds their culture of excellence and how Joe "organizes the chaos" in a rapidly changing environment. As always, we close with three pieces of advice Joe would give to 15 year old Joe.

On Episode XI we are joined by Dundee United Midfielder, Ian Harkes. Dundee was recently promoted this past season from the Scottish Championship (2nd Tier) and into the Scottish Premiership (1st Tier). Ian will be competing with Scottish giants, Celtic FC and Glasgow Rangers next season amongst others. On this week's episode we discuss with Ian how he's grown psychologically as a professional over his first three seasons. We also discuss how his college recruiting process shaped up and give Ian the hypothetical "College or Pro" question that so many young Americans will be faced with. We dive into how Ian goes about improving, the difference between belief and hope as well as how Ian has grown through his periods of doubt throughout his career. We close this week's episode with Ian's best and worst parts of being a pro and three traits Ian sees in himself as a player that he hopes those watching him play can take from his game.

On Episode X we sit down with Monmouth University Men's Soccer Associate Head Coach, Hugh MacDonald. An ex-professional soccer player with the New York Red Bulls and Kearny, New Jersey native, Hugh starts out this week's episode by diving into what inspired him to be a soccer coach and which mentor has played the biggest role in his growth as a person, player and coach through the beautiful game. Hugh discusses some of the inevitable unknowns when recruiting collegiate student-athletes and focuses in on the non-negotiables attributes that every single Monmouth Soccer player has to share.For collegiate prospects, knowing what not to do is arguably more important than knowing what to do when going through the recruiting process. Hugh explains some of the most common red flags he comes across when dealing with potential incoming recruits. Want to know some of the most common reasons Hugh crosses a player off his list? Episode X has the answer for you. Hugh closes this week's episode by dispelling the myth of a "Full Ride" and scratches the surface on how to decide between signing a professional contract at 17-18 years old or heading to college. Hugh caps the episode off with three pieces of advice that all of our listeners can apply to their lives.

Itamar Keinan is the owner and founder of Total Football Soccer Agency. On Episode IX: Behind the Scenes with FIFA Agent Itamar Keinan we dive into some of the facets that make Itamar a person that we feel embodies the mantra of "Less Talk More Work". We go behind the scenes with Itamar to talk about what he looks for in his potential clients and how he goes about finding them. Itamar discuss the importance of how to reach out to an agent as well as what potential clients can expect from him as their agent. The mindset Itamar looks for in a player and how he aids in managing a player's psychology through the inevitable rough patches of a professional playing career are also touched upon in this episode. Itamar closes off the episode with three amazing pieces of advice for listeners to apply.

On Episode VIII: Perception of Pain with Dr. Charles Ferruzza we dive into what Charles does differently at Mindful Movement Physical Therapy in Cedar Grove, New Jersey. Charles discusses the importance of trust between patient and therapist as well as how critical thinking and skepticism from clients may be in their best interests during rehab. Trust and skepticism are followed by pain perception; when an athlete should push through pain and when they shouldn't along with the responsibilities of the therapist throughout that process. As always, Charles closes the episode with three applicable pieces of advice for our listeners to take away from the episode.

Rasih Pala is the owner of Two Six GK Development and is currently a Toronto Police College Instructor. Rasih joins us in this episode to discuss how scenario based training with police officers relates to training elite athletes as well as hyperviliglance (work/life balance).

In this episode, Josel and Eric are joined by goalkeeper specific strength & conditioning coach Jesse Goleman. On an episode with two strength coaches well versed in soccer as well as a professional soccer player - we go in depth into the positional needs in relation to strength and conditioning for goalkeepers in the modern game and what we believe they should focus on in the gym.

From the streets of Liverpool, to the Liverpool FC academy, to playing with Oldham Athletic, and now holding a UEFA A License and coaching with the top teams in New Jersey, Coach John Saunders has seen it all and then some in the sport of football. In this episode, Eric and Josel discuss what it means to be a person of character with their former coach, how John adapted and implemented his coaching style coming from England to the states, and how values can guide you or stop you from becoming a successful athlete and person.

Social media - do you let it consume you or do you use it to help you grow? Eric and Josel discuss the implications and benefits of social media, how to use it specifically for athletes, and share their thoughts on trying to be someone you're not online.

In this episode, Eric and Josel are joined by Mike Lansing, Professional Goalkeeper in the Danish Super Liga for AC Horsens. We discuss dealing with uncertainty and the unknown and how to overcome mental battles such as being an outsider on trial with a professional club in a foreign country.

In this episode on Finding Your Purpose, Eric and Josel talk about finding what you're passionate about and how parents and athletes should view sports in regards to growth.

In this episode Josel and Eric discuss how they met, and how and why they came to be outside of "just an athlete" and what the implications can be if you don't.