Forcing Function Hour

About Forcing Function Hour

Are you a business leader looking for a competitive edge? Join Chris Sparks, top 20 poker pro and executive performance coach, as he interviews elite performers to reveal routines, systems, and mindsets for achieving world-class performance in business. Download Chris's peak performance workbook at experimentwithoutlimits.com to start taking action.

Publisher

Chris Sparks

Category

business · business · education

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

20 Mar 2020

Latest episode

20 Jan 2023

Latest episodes

40 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   20 Jan 2023

   How to Think Like a Poker Player with Chris Sparks and Justin Peters

   In this special edition of Forcing Function Hour, Chris Sparks is interviewed by Justin Peters of The Struggle is Real. Chris shares the key inflection points of his poker career, illustrating how to install systems for continuous improvement. By listening to this episode, you’ll learn how to recognize a good bet, be more decisive, and unlock the compounding returns of a process-oriented life. For the video, transcript, and show notes, visit https://forcingfunctionhour.com/the-struggle-is-real (https://forcingfunctionhour.com/the-struggle-is-real).

2. 

   6 Jan 2023

   Forcing Function Hour Best of 2022

   This is the “Best of 2022” episode, highlighting five of our favorite moments from the past year. Lots of stellar guests on Forcing Function Hour this year so it was really tough to limit down to just five. Listen for insights from a World Champion Gymnast, the author of Kindle’s Most-Highlighted book, one of the foremost experts on nonverbal communication, an Emmy-Nominated director of Chef’s Table, and the Artist Manager for one of the highest-paid hip-hop artists in the world.

3. 

   23 Dec 2022

   Unleash Your Creative Fury with ELEW

   Eric Lewis, known as ELEW, is a multi-talented artist with a career that spans the worlds of music performance, composition, and film production. Eric started his music career as a jazz and concert pianist playing with Wynton Marsalis and the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra and winning the prestigious Thelonious Monk International Piano Competition. Reinventing himself as ELEW, he pioneered the crossover musical techniques Rockjazz, Counterbop, and Piano Turntablism. Among many other accolades, Eric has opened for Josh Groban, produced tracks for Lil’ Wayne, appeared on America’s Got Talent, spoken at TED, and performed at the White House for the Obamas. In this conversation, Chris Sparks takes you inside the mind of a musical genius as ELEW shares the strategy, mindset, and principles required to put on an epic performance. You’ll learn how to reverse-engineer a creative vision, the keys to reinvention as an artist, why preparation seeds adaptability, how to overcome perfectionism, career lessons from the world of blitz chess, and much more. For the video, transcript, and show notes, visit https://forcingfunctionhour.com/elew (https://forcingfunctionhour.com/elew).

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