Ep121: The Ninja Warrior Mother-Daughter Dynamic Duo, Part 2 | with Jessie Graff, ANW

<p>If you’ve been listening to this show for any amount of time, you know that I love breaking seemingly impossible goals down to small, manageable steps. I’m all about creating tiny habits and incrementally building upon them to progress gradually - hence playing chess with your life instead of checkers. This is one of the key elements in my <a href= "https://optimizeyourself.me/optimizer-workwithme" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><strong>coaching and mentorship program</strong></a> and it’s also the foundation that today’s guest has used to build herself up to one of the top competitors in American Ninja Warrior (which is frankly being modest - she’s a LEGEND).</p> <p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/jessiegraffpwr/" target= "_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><strong>Jessie Graff</strong></a>, also known as the modern-day Wonder Woman, is the first woman to finish stages 1 & 2 in the Las Vegas finals of American Ninja Warrior, she is an accomplished stunt woman in Hollywood working on such films as <em>G.I. Joe</em>, <em>Transformers</em>, <em>Wonder Woman</em>, and <em>Alita: Battle Angel</em> (to name a few), and she is also the daughter of fellow American Ninja Warrior and <a href= "https://optimizeyourself.me/ginny-maccoll-american-ninja-warrior-podcast-interview/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><strong>recent podcast guest Ginny McColl</strong></a>.</p> <p>In today’s conversation, Jessie and I go deeeeeeeeeep into the inner psychology that drives her to compete and perform with such consistency and at such a high level. We talk about the practices and habits that have led to her success as well as the struggles, injuries, and the challenges she has overcome both as a child and an adult. And most importantly we discuss how she developed the mental toughness and fortitude that has led to her becoming the badass she is today (spoiler alert: Her mom had a lot to do with it).</p> <p>But don’t let all of that scare you away...Jessie is also one of the nicest, sweetest, and down-to-earth “