Ep 318 | From Dreams to Lessons: One Man’s Journey to the NBA and Beyond 🏀

Ryan Leak is an author, speaker, executive coach, and filmmaker. He is widely known as the groom who pulled off The Surprise Wedding where he proposed to his girlfriend and married her on the same day. The number one question he still gets is, “What if she said no?” It was a risk he was willing to take. The video going viral led him to think about what others would do if they weren’t afraid of hearing “no” or of being met with failure. Ryan realized that many people never pursue their hopes and dreams because they pre-calculate their own failure. They quit before they ever even try. So, he asked himself: What would he want to do if he knew he could not fail? The answer was easy— he’d be in the NBA— and since the only way to know if that dream could be a reality was to try, that is exactly what he did. In this episode, Ryan joins us to amplify why our show is called Success Through Failure. Listen in as we talk about procrastination, “perfection pressure,” how chasing failure will take you further than chasing success, and of course, his stories of success BECAUSE of failure. Tune in now! GRAB YOUR FREE COPY OF THE ACTION PLAN: Want to save yourself time and energy by getting just the top tips, tactics, links, and action items from this episode? https://bit.ly/372Qrdm CLAIM A SPOT ON JIM’S CALENDAR FOR A FREE ONE-ON-ONE COACHING CALL: Want to learn how you can begin to implement what you learned here into your life? Schedule your free one-on-one clarity call with Jim Harshaw, Jr. now: https://bit.ly/2W1Gyqg SUBSCRIBE TO THE SUCCESS THROUGH FAILURE PODCAST: iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/success-through-failure/id990838400 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1OchFAONiJ6Hp1ixdtX3iX?si=zcgCJiKVSPuOCh1K33tObA Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9qaW1oYXJzaGF3LmxpYnN5bi5jb20vcnNz&ved=2ahUKEwia5Je5jvLpAhXQB50JHXhYBo8Q4aUDegQIARAC&hl=en Amazon Podcasts https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/7ad01d4f-9e2f-47ea-9407-a3c83ad61606/Success-Through-Failure-with-Jim-Harshaw-Jr Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/success-through-failure-with-jim-harshaw-jr LISTEN ON YOUR SMART SPEAKER: Just say... "Hey Siri/Alexa/Google... Play Success Through Failure Podcast." #RyanLeak #ChasingFailure #SurpriseWedding