EP 3612 The Odds Increase the More You Try is a straight talk episode about a truth most people avoid: outcomes aren't mainly about talent, timing, or luck, they're about volume, consistency, and staying in the game long enough for probability to work in your favour.

In this episode, Shaun O'Gorman breaks down how momentum is built through repeated reps in the real world, not motivation in your head. The more shots you take, the more feedback you collect. The more feedback you collect, the faster you adjust. And the faster you adjust, the less "luck" you need. This applies to business growth, fitness, relationships, leadership, and rebuilding your life after setbacks.

You'll hear why perfection is a disguised form of fear, and how overthinking creates a fake sense of control while quietly stealing your opportunities. Shaun shares practical ways to raise your "attempt rate" without burning out: set a daily minimum standard, measure inputs you can control, and treat every miss as data rather than identity. He also challenges the listener to stop negotiating with themselves and to start stacking small wins that compound into confidence.

If you're tired of waiting to feel ready, this episode gives you a simple framework: decide the behaviour, schedule it, do it whether you feel like it or not, review the results, and repeat. The goal isn't to guarantee success on every attempt. The goal is to increase the odds by doing what most people won't: showing up again.

Expect a call to action: pick one goal, define one daily rep, and commit for 30 days. Document your attempts. Your future self is built from those receipts of proof.

Listen if you want a mindset reset that's grounded, no fluff, and built for people who are done with excuses and ready to act.

EP 3611: What you hate in them you hate in you

Most men say they want to be strong leaders. Then they avoid the exact moments that require strength: hard conversations, clean boundaries, decisive action, and taking responsibility when it would be easier to blame the world.

In today's culture, a lot of men have been trained to second-guess their instincts. Be assertive and you're "too much." Be calm and you're "checked out." Speak up and you're "controlling." Stay quiet and you're "weak." So men retreat. They outsource their leadership to the loudest voice in the room, then resent it.

This episode cuts through that noise with one uncomfortable truth: the traits you can't stand in other people are often the parts of you that you've disowned. The arrogance you hate. The selfishness you judge. The incompetence that triggers you. The emotional chaos that makes you furious. If it hooks you, it's got something to teach you.

That doesn't mean you accept bad behaviour. It means you stop being owned by it. You learn to separate standards from triggers. You build self-awareness so you can respond like a leader instead of reacting like a wounded bloke trying to protect his ego.

In The Strong Life Project style, I walk you through how projection works, why resentment is a warning light, and how men can reclaim healthy masculine strength without becoming aggressive, toxic, or performative. Expect practical questions you can use today, including how to identify your "shadow" patterns, where they came from, and what to do instead.

If you want better relationships, more respect, and a calmer mind, start here: own what's yours, lead where you are, and stop waiting for permission to be the man you know you can be. Listen now, then write down one trigger this week and choose a different response.

In The Strong Life Project Podcast EP 3610, Men are losing their way, Shaun O'Gorman has a straight conversation about the crisis happening in front of us: good men backing away from leadership because they don't want the heat that comes with it. Live with strength, tenacity, resilience.

A lot of men aren't afraid of strength. They're afraid of the consequences of being seen as strong. They've watched strong get labelled as toxic, controlling, dangerous, or "too much." They've learned it's safer to stay small, agreeable, and silent. But when a man opts out of leadership, it doesn't create peace. It creates drift in every part of his life.

In this episode, Shaun breaks down what real strength actually is: a calm nervous system, strong boundaries, honest communication, and the willingness to do the hard thing even when it's uncomfortable. This isn't chest beating. It's integrity. It's showing up when you'd rather disappear. It's being the stable presence in the room when everyone else is reactive. That's leadership.

We also unpack why modern life makes it harder: blurred roles, father wounds, constant comparison, dopamine distractions, and a culture that rewards image. If you don't build your own code, you'll live by someone else's.

Ask yourself: What am I avoiding? What does it cost me? What would the strongest version of me do next? Then take one action that proves you mean it: the hard conversation, the training session, the apology, the boundary, the plan.

Decide what you stand for, set a standard you won't negotiate, and take one action today that aligns with the man you want to be. Leadership starts with self leadership. The world doesn't need perfect men. It needs men who are accountable, steady, and willing to be counted.