Welcome to the BTB Project (Built to Be Project): Empowering listeners to discover their purpose and live their best lives, regardless of circumstances. As a former athlete and motivational coach, I've spent the last 20 years inspiring thousands through my story, helping individuals, teams, and organizations achieve their true potential. Prepare to be inspired by featured guests from various fields, including athletics, business, entrepreneurship, science, fitness, and nutrition. Remember, impossible is nothing. Together, we will strive to become 1% better with each episode.
Allow, Don't Force: 5 Ways to Perform at an Elite Level
What if performing at your highest level isn't about trying harder? In this BTB short, Kollman Gearhart shares what he saw watching his son, a Division I cross-country runner, set an 8K personal best of 24:08 by relaxing and trusting his training. Kollman is a coach and a dad. He turns that moment into five ways to let yourself perform instead of forcing it, whether you're at work, in the classroom or in competition.You'll learn how to:
Drop the mental weight that gets in the way of your training
Chip away with small, consistent steps instead of all-or-nothing efforts
Stay in the process instead of gripping the outcome
Give yourself permission to perform before the result shows up
Protect your recovery, boundaries and confidence
If this episode helped you, like and subscribe, and share it with a friend, teammate or colleague who needs to hear it.Chapters0:00 Welcome and today's topic2:57 Perform instead of force it3:23 The race: a personal best5:13 1. Drop the extra weight7:25 2. Chip away, don't smash9:24 3. Stay in the process11:10 4. Give yourself permission to allow12:55 5. Protect what you've built15:30 Believe, trust, relax16:56 Wrap-up and call to action
10 Sept 2026
Why Motivation Fades and 5 Steps to Keep It Lit
Why Motivation Fades and How to Build a System That Keeps It LitThis solo episode from The BTB Project argues that motivation is not something other people can install in you. It has to be uncovered, protected, and reinforced with systems that work on tired Tuesdays, not just on inspired days.Coleman Gearhart breaks down five practical ways to find your fire, define your why, and create an environment that makes action easier than avoidance.Key topics
Motivation is not hype or a halftime speech
Why consistency breaks down
Tip 1: Name the why until it is specific
Tip 2: Stop chasing the feeling and become the person
Tip 3: Make the first step embarrassingly small
Tip 4: Write if-then plans before pressure shows up
Tip 5: Build the locker room around you
Small wins build real momentum
The core distinction: spark vs. system
Timestamps00:00 - Opening claim: motivation is 90 percent of the outcome
01:47 - Why talent and strategy fail without internal fire
03:06 - The real problem is chasing feelings instead of building systems
04:24 - Motivation is not hype, it is what turns a blueprint into results
05:28 - Every person’s motivation looks different
06:43 - Why coaches and parents cannot install motivation
07:37 - Coaches do not create motivation, they call it forward
08:36 - What the BTB mission asks you to uncover in yourself
09:33 - Five tips to find and protect your motivation
10:43 - Tip 1: Fill the cup by naming the why
11:43 - Step one from the BTB blueprint: study your story
12:59 - Put your why where you will see it every day
14:08 - Tip 2: Become a person instead of waiting for a feeling
15:33 - Finish the sentence: I am the kind of person who
16:22 - Tip 3: Shrink the first step to something you can do on your worst day
17:32 - Motion creates emotion and action creates momentum
18:17 - Tiny daily effort beats heroic effort twice a month
18:46 - Tip 4: Use if-then plans instead of relying on willpower
19:36 - Morning, slump, and miss-day examples of implementation intentions
20:40 - Tip 5: Build the locker room by changing your environment
21:37 - Phone, space, habits, and people can pull you up or drag you down
22:24 - Track small wins so your brain can see proof of progress
23:39 - Quick recap of the five motivation tools
24:59 - Why the goal is not to feel on fire every day
25:42 - The real issue is spark and system, not strategy
26:07 - Final challenge: find your why, shrink the step, and call the play
27:06 - Closing encouragement and call to share the episode
2 Sept 2026
The Lie of Kindness: Why People Pleasing Isn’t Service
This BTB short tackles the difference between true service and people pleasing, and why confusing the two can drain your identity, energy, and purpose. Host Kollman Gearhart, also known as Coach K, argues that real helping comes from alignment and fullness, not fear and the need to keep everyone happy.We discuss the hidden cost of saying yes too often, the signs that your body and purpose are paying the price, and a few practical ways to protect your capacity while still serving others well.
Key topics
In this episode, Coach K defines the “lie of kindness” as people pleasing disguised as service.
He explains the difference between serving from fullness and helping from fear, and why the root matters more than the motion.
He says people pleasing can erase identity, turning someone into a mirror or chameleon instead of a person with clear purpose.
He warns that chronic overcommitment burns the engine, leaving no energy for meaningful work or healthy relationships.
He argues that resentment becomes the tax paid for every dishonest yes.
He says purpose gets postponed when most of your energy is already rented out to other people’s needs.
He stresses that self-neglect shows up in the body through stress, sleep issues, gut problems, and dread.
He uses the airplane oxygen mask analogy to show why self-care is required before service.
He shares practical resets like pausing before yes, telling the truth in one small place, and scheduling yourself first.
He closes by reframing self-focus as the path to greater, more effective service to others.
Pause before saying yes and check your capacity first.
Tell one truthful “no” this week without over-explaining.
Schedule personal time before your calendar fills up.
Separate love from approval in your relationships.
Practice giving a clean no and a full yes.
Focus on becoming 1% better instead of becoming more available to everyone.
Timestamps:
(01:17) Why this short is about the “lie of kindness”
(02:26) People pleasing versus real helping and serving
(03:34) Serving from fullness while people pleasing comes from fear
(04:57) Five dangers of people pleasing begin with losing your identity
(06:35) Danger two: burning the engine through chronic overcommitment
(07:52) Danger three: nobody gets the real you
(08:38) Danger four: your purpose gets postponed
(09:58) Danger five: your body keeps score
(11:17) The airplane oxygen mask analogy for self-care
(12:22) Self-care as maintaining the instrument, not selfishness
(14:18) The 1% protocol and the call to keep growing
(14:49) Practical reset: pause before yes and tell one truth this week
(15:17) Put yourself on the calendar first
(15:49) Separate love from approval
(16:03) Practice a clean no and a full yes
(17:06) Why exhaustion is not heroic and why liking everyone is not the goal
(18:37) The ripple effect of becoming more aligned
(19:57) Final challenge to share the episode and reset with others
Action items
Pause before saying yes and check your capacity first.
Tell one truthful “no” this week without over-explaining.
Schedule personal time before your calendar fills up.
Separate love from approval in your relationships.
Practice giving a clean no and a full yes.
Focus on becoming 1% better instead of becoming more available to everyone.
Who has been a guest on The BTB Project Podcast
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Mitch Stewart
Ashley Leahy
David Bayer
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YouTube views
4,657,724,772
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Apple Podcasts (US)
5.0 / 5
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Spotify
5.0 / 5
26 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 80 / 100
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Social presence
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YouTube
93
Engagement
71
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