Episode 12

Now to Next with Nick Nanton Feat. Todd Herman

Todd Herman is New York Times Best-Selling author, entrepreneur, business coach, and mentor who has spent more than 20 years as a performance adviser to athletes and business executives at the highest level. Host Nick Nanton and Todd discuss his recovery from COVID-19, the principles behind Todd’s latest book — “The Alter Ego Effect,” and the importance of having a mentor. Nick and Todd also talk about the four layers of the core self, creating a secondary ego to reach new levels of performance as well as protecting yourself from criticism, and the language of peak-performance. 

Timestamps:

  • 2:27: Overcoming COVID-19
  • 6:65: Why Todd wrote “The Alter Ego Effect”
  • 11:47: The truest sense of your alter ego
  • 15:52: Examples of using the alter ego in real life — and with athletes 
  • 23:38: Todd played football and was a nationally ranked badminton player
  • 27:07: Who is the biggest hero in a particular setting? 
  • 31:46: Turning off the alter ego 
  • 35:46: James Altucher
  • 38:18: Four layers of the core self
  • 43:25: Hidden forces of the enemy

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Now to Next with Nick Nanton
On Now to Next, Nick Nanton sits down with specialists from all walks of life to discuss what’s happening right now in their prospective field, and where the future lies for a positive tomorrow.