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Coach Dana Cavalea posted thisQuestion? What would you rather have in life – meaning? Or happiness? You only get to choose one. Comment below, but most importantly, tell us why!
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Coach Dana Cavalea posted thisI can’t believe this post went over the way it did… My post yesterday was about rest/relaxation and taking it easy as a high performer… I didn’t realize I was so far on the other end zone by the response I got! People said – are you’re losing your edge? Did you get hacked? What’s going on over there? And after a long talk at My Wife last night – the Takeaway was this: SYSTEMS > Efforts sometimes. Meaning – so many of those high performers are wired to grind, to chase, to control- and we think that is the only way to success… But the truth is – it’s the systems that we have in our life – that we develop, that are automated, that are on repeat that determine victory. We, can only do so much. A system can introduce leverage. That leverage gives us the chance to do what we need to do and wanna do- all while the system lifts. Growing up, my mother told me to do this with money. Every week the system was going to the bank on Saturday and making a deposit – no withdrawals allowed. Then, as I get older, I automated the process and had money pulled out every month for investments. The more you automate- the more you dominate. Keep your mind free. Dial in on your zone of genius : excellence and watch things change. Most brains today just need a shakeup. That shakeup changes your game. Go out and win today! -COACH 2.0
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Coach Dana Cavalea posted thisI have never done this before.... Guys- as crazy as this may seem- I am a hard charger with the GO - switch always on... But this weekend- my wife made us stay home. No going out. No traveling. No dinners out. Nothing. (outside of a trip to home goods- yes- I said it) And I have to tell you- I feel extremely refreshed and relaxed... Who would have thought! So- this is a message to all the hard-chargers out there... Don't fear it.... Embrace it... REST, recover, rejuvenation is a thing- and you do not have to travel for it... Ok- rant over. -COACH
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Coach Dana Cavalea shared thisHad an awesome time with a former teammate, Johnny Damon last week! Baseball is the ultimate fraternity – there’s something special about spending 200+ days a year with guys – all on the same mission, winning. What if business functioned that way? What I see in business is mostly a cover your ass culture – where self advancement matters more than team advancement. That right there is the ultimate hijack of trust, culture, and ultimately results. There’s a reason why I could not see a guy for 5+ years – and immediately it turned into the bromance that it was! That’s what’s so cool about authentic relationships. That’s what is so great about professional sports. Having spent a lot of time now, corporate executive coaching – my takeaway is this: Most people in these settings are completely full of shit – acting, kissing ass, and doing whatever it takes for a title change/advancement/pay raise. In sports – it’s based 100% on merit and results. You suck, you go home. It doesn’t matter how big your lips are and how big the ass is that you’re trying to kiss. You either get it done or you leave. That’s our business should work. Nothing gets me more sick than going into these kiss ass cultures – or watching these wimpy leaders run these fucking internal meetings/ retreats to motivate and inspire their people. If you need motivation and inspiration to win, you are a loser. Winning in the motivator. Thats it. OK, we’ll end on that for today. Have a great day everybody. Go out and win today. -COACH
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Coach Dana Cavalea shared thisFantastic time this past weekend with Eric Trump and his Curetivity Foundation supporting the children of St. Jude.. Freedom Farms NY supplied the proteins for a great meal. The energy in the room was infectious and it was a great illustration of what happens when you run with Champions. Want to improve your life and everything in it? Improve your network. Great things always follow.
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Coach Dana Cavalea shared thisThis guy is relentless AF. But- he may just be one of the best sales people I have ever seen. This guy has been borderline harassing us to work with his network for (2) years… And this just may have been the piece of personalized marketing that gets him the gig. A+ Personal, thoughtful, and strategic. Old coach over here loves it. This is how it’s done boys. Go out and win today. Keep it personal. COACH DANA CAVALEA
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Coach Dana Cavalea shared thisSince most live in a bubble today- below is what many business owners hear, frequently. This was a guys first day/ interview in our warehouse. Unfortunately for him- it will also be his last. What you tolerate- you get more of. Thank you for your attention to this message.
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Coach Dana Cavalea shared thisOne of my favorite things to do in the morning in order to reset my mind is walk the farm… I never appreciated what a Farm is – until we got started in farming. For me, it is the tale of two lives.. One being a very competitive, high performance, life of coaching… Working with some of the finest in the world. The other – run Cattle and deal dealing with 1500 to 2000 pound animals and getting them to do what I need them to do… The more I think about it – the similarities are incredible. It takes a lot of trust. It takes a lot of focus. It takes a lot of daily commitment. But the reward is tremendous when you get the job done – and you see something amazing happen: results. What’s the point? The point is not your strengths – and apply them. The environment doesn’t matter. The point is- immerse yourself in your strengths and you will win! Go out and win today.
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Coach Dana Cavalea liked thisCoach Dana Cavalea liked thisWe built a virtual co-working space called TOP Cafe… It’s amazing but something was missing. Introducing The Black Coffee Table! There’s a new table in TOP Cafe, and at this specially designated table it’s served one way: straight up with no sweetener. The Black Coffee Table is for conversations where you want the truth, not the polite version. Bring the business plan you’re unsure about, the decision you keep circling, or the blind spot you suspect you have. The people at this table have permission to tell you what they actually think. By asking to sit at The Black Coffee table you’re giving permission to give and receive honest feedback. The ground rules are simple: ☕️ Honest, never harsh. Be direct about the idea and generous with the person. ☕️ Ask for it to get it. Sitting down means you want real feedback. ☕️ What’s said here stays here. Outliers don’t grow on applause. Pull up a chair and grab a cup of the official coffee of TOP Cafe, Bonefrog Coffee Company led by former Navy SEAL and Outlier Tim Cruickshank and start having courageous conversations that will change your life. I’m honored to lead The Outlier Project, a brilliant bunch of contrarians on a mission to create a better world and live extraordinary lives by building our business • brain • buddies • body. #SeeWhoYouCanBecome
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Coach Dana Cavalea liked thisEvolution Equity Partners is very pleased to lead our growth investment into Aurachain to continue its rapid growth in the US and EMEA. The Aurachain platform is unique in its ability to combine AI, Cybersecurity, and fully provide actionabilty, audited source of truth records, and a vital community network to regulated financial entities that shares and alerts community members of fraud actors and events along with fraud vectors and remediation for these events in near real time. Regulated entities such as Banks and Credit Unions in the US alone are subjected to annual fraud loses in the hundreds of millions of dollars. Many of these fraudulent actors repeat the same modus operandi across multiple financial institutions. Aurachain’s Fraud Watch provides the community with alerts on occurrences and its methodology to forewarn financial institutions before they too are targeted. Aurachain - The System of Action for Compliance, Risk and Fraud.Coach Dana Cavalea liked thisEvolution Equity Partners is backing Aurachain! Today we announced a strategic growth investment to expand Aurachain across the United States. The investment funds three things: → Our U.S. team and partner network → Fraud.Watch, the collaborative fraud defense network built on the Aurachain platform → Product and AI expansion across compliance, risk and fraud Regulated institutions are moving from experimenting with AI to running it inside the work that matters most, governed and audited from end to end. That's the work Aurachain runs. Now we're expanding it across the U.S. "Aurachain has built a compelling platform at the intersection of AI, regulated operations, financial crime and fraud defense” said Dennis Smith, Managing Partner, Evolution Equity Partners We did, and we're just getting started! Thank you Evolution Equity Partners for the partnership, and to our customers and partners who got us here. Full announcement: https://lnkd.in/dBYZ-ePr #FinancialCrime #Compliance #RiskManagement #FraudDefense #FraudWatch
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Coach Dana Cavalea liked thisCoach Dana Cavalea liked thisEveryone talks about legacy, but legacy means nothing if you don’t remain true to the quality, craftsmanship, safety and integrity that built it. For 45 years, those values have driven A1 Roofing forward, and we’re still going strong. Take a fun look back at the evolution of our truck fleet and see just how far we’ve come. The trucks may have changed, but the values have remained the same. #A1Roofing #CommercialRoofing #45YearsofA1Roofing
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Coach Dana Cavalea liked thisCoach Dana Cavalea liked thisOne of the most expensive things in business is staying too long. So respect yourself. Too long in the wrong job. Too long with the wrong strategy. Too long with the wrong client. Too long with the wrong leader. Too long trying to make something work simply because you’ve already invested years making it work. We call it loyalty. Persistence. Commitment. Sometimes it’s just stubbornness wearing a nice suit. There is enormous value in grit. Winners find a way. But maturity teaches you the other half of that lesson: Winners also know when to walk away. Not because something got hard. Hard is part of the deal. You walk away when the return on your time, talent and energy no longer justifies the investment — and there is no credible path to changing it. Careers are too short. Capital is too valuable. And great people have too many possibilities to spend years defending yesterday’s decisions. Knowing when to fight is leadership. Knowing when to stop fighting the wrong fight might be wisdom #career #jobs #leadership
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Coach Dana Cavalea liked thisCoach Dana Cavalea liked thisGreg Norman explains what it was really like to work with Saudi Arabia's PIF. 👀 Check out episode one of The Real Deal podcast with Bob Philion here: https://lnkd.in/gXSdf97x Presented by Goslings Rum
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Coach Dana Cavalea liked thisCoach Dana Cavalea liked thisEvolution Equity Partners is pleased to announce that John Cordo has been named a Partner. John has been with the firm for three years, working alongside a team of thirty investment professionals focused on investing in best-of-breed cybersecurity and AI companies. He recently led investments in Arize (acquired by Dynatrace) and Armis (acquired by ServiceNow), as well as Clay, Cyera, GetReal, Halcyon, Island, Legora, Silverfort, and Torq. Welcome to the partnership John! https://lnkd.in/g9TXmD6qEvolution Equity Partners Names Cyber Investor Veteran John Cordo as a PartnerEvolution Equity Partners Names Cyber Investor Veteran John Cordo as a Partner
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Coach Dana Cavalea liked thisCoach Dana Cavalea liked thisCongratulations to Niv Braun, Alon Tron, and the rest of the team at Noma Security on being named a 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝘁 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿 in the 2026 Gartner Emerging Market Quadrant for AI Application Security. Enterprises are putting AI agents to work across endpoints, SaaS, and the cloud, and governing those agents at runtime has become a core security requirement. This recognition reflects the platform Noma has built to meet it. We are proud to partner with Noma. #defendandprotect #evolutionportfolio
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Grant House CSCS
Being at the intersection of athlete, coach, performance, sports tech, & sports entertainment, my goal is to help bridge the gap between traditions that built great athletes and new tools that can make those systems better. At 28 now, I’ve been competing in swimming for 20 years and on the International/National stage for 15 years. Over the last eight years, I’ve continued to produce multiple lifetime-best performances every year. That doesn’t happen by accident. Marginal gains stack. In swimming, 0.01 seconds can separate medals, finals, teams, and Olympic dreams. There is almost no room for error. That’s why I believe so strongly in combining sports science, physical therapy, coaching, technology, recovery, testing, and athlete experience to make better decisions. This is precisely why I’ve been starting my Performance Consultation for teams, athletes, organizations, coaches & brands. The Sport of Swimming needs more Sports Science 🧬 There’s also a larger problem: swimming still lacks a truly sustainable professional pathway after college. Many athletes leave the traditional development system around 22 or 23, even though their physical and competitive potential may not fully flourish until years later. Resources in sports science can be very impactful. We may be losing athletes before we ever find out how good they could become. Before they can ever Pursue their truest Potential. Not technology for technology’s sake. Better information. Better decisions. Better health. Longer careers. Better performance. This is where performance, longevity, health, and wellness are moving. Grateful to Human Powered Health Mark Amick and Streamline Performance Physical Therapy Nick Hadinger for helping me continue to explore those margins & represent team USA 🇺🇸! If you’re an athlete, coach, team, performance organization, or health, wellness, or sports-tech brand looking to collaborate, consult, test ideas, or build better solutions for athletes, let’s connect.
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