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Built for the Cold
This is ICE COLD RESILIENCE. How to go through the D's (debt, despair, death, demoted, de-edified, amongst others) of life and not blame the G-O-D.
Joe Wanner invites you to join Generation Zero—where excuses, victimhood, and critics hold no power. This podcast brings you three 'cold' segments: Ice Cold Resilience for staying strong in life's storms, Melting Your Cold Audience for mastering cold calls and networking, and Ice Cold Peak Performance Health Systems for building unstoppable health habits. Transform your health, business, and mindset with the coolest strategies around!
Episodes
35 episodes
34 The Cold Standard #5: You Don't Have to Pretend It Was Fair
What if what happened to you really WAS unfair?What if they betrayed you?What if you got fired when you didn’t deserve it?What if someone broke your trust?What if you lost something you genuinely earned?
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33 The Cold Standard #4: Achievement Can Be Anesthesia
What if the thing everyone praises you for is actually the place you’ve been hiding?High performers don’t always fall apart when life gets hard.Sometimes we do the opposite.We work harder.We make more money.
32 - The Cold Standard #3: I Thought I Needed More Discipline. I Needed Oxygen.
What if the reason you’re struggling isn’t because you lack discipline?What if you’re already pushing as hard as you can—but you’re fighting an opponent you can’t see?For years, I thought exhaustion meant I needed to work h...
31 - The Cold Standard #2: What If You Do Everything Right… and Still Lose?
What if you do everything they tell you to do?Wake up early. Put in the work. Stay consistent. Sacrifice. Grind when nobody’s watching.And it still doesn’t work out?That’s the part nobody likes to talk about.Sometime...
30 - The Cold Standard #1: Intense Intentionality — Stop Trying to Fit It All In
Everybody has a plan when life is going right.But what happens when life hits you with something you never saw coming?That’s when you find out whether you actually built yourself for the cold.Most people ask, ...
29 - The Worst Thing That Ever Happened to Me Built My Life with Chris Kiefer
What if the worst thing that ever happened to you ended up building the best parts of your life?At 21 years old, Chris Kiefer lost his father to pancreatic cancer.It could have broken him.Instead, it forced him to co...
28 - He Lost Everything... Then Built a $15M Insurance Empire | David Price
"Entrepreneurship is like running a race, but no one's telling you where the finish line is. Just run. We'll tell you when to stop."David grew up in New Jersey with teenage drug-addicted parents, lived in 20 different places before high...
27 - Too Analytical to Sell — So He Proved Them Wrong: Milind Gupte
"I love being the underdog." – Milind GupteThe Underdog AdvantageMilind was told he was too analytical to sell. He failed the sales assessment. They said he should be an engineer. Most people would’ve accepted that label....
26 - The Forward Formula
"Clarity doesn’t create movement. Execution does." – Joe WannerWhy Goals Alone Don’t Move YouIn this episode, Joe Wanner breaks down why goal setting without execution leads to frustration, not progress. Most people don’t fa...
25 - Built for the Cold: Moritz Lohr’s Journey from Pressure to Purpose
"I didn’t just survive the pressure. I found purpose in it." – Moritz LohrThrown Into Life Too Early At just 12 years old, Moritz had to grow up fast. There was no clear plan, no real guidance — just pressure. His dad w...
24 - True North - Separation Season Series
"Fear is the compass. Resistance is the map." – Joe WannerThe Thing You Resist Is the Thing You Need In this episode, I break down the two tools that will never lie to you: resistance and fear. And I challenge you with ...
23 - Building Momentum - Separation Season Series
"Momentum works both ways. The question is: which direction are you stacking?" – Joe WannerMomentum Never Stays Neutral In this episode, I break down a truth most people ignore: you’re either gaining momentum or losing ...
22 - Accessing Infinite Intelligence - Separation Season Series
"You don’t access infinite intelligence with logic — you access it through alignment." – Joe WannerA Force Bigger Than WillpowerIn this episode, I walk you through a power most people don’t tap into — not because it isn’t av...
21 - The Power of Spiritual Alignment - Separation Season Series
"You can’t align with blessing while drifting in distraction." – Joe WannerThe Energy That Works With You — Or Against YouIn this episode, I share why spiritual alignment matters more than most people realize — especially du...
20 - Consistency systems - Separation Season Series
"Discipline gets the credit, but consistency builds the life." – Joe WannerThe Slow Work That Actually WorksIn this episode, I talk about the often-overlooked truth that real momentum isn’t built in a breakthrough — it’s bui...
19 - FEAR's Greatest Myth - Separation Season Series
"Fear will lie to you — but your response to it will define you." – Joe WannerThe Fear That Poses as Logic In this episode, I break down how fear doesn’t always show up loud — sometimes it sounds like reason, hesitation...
18 - What We Accept-Separation Season Series
"Just because you don’t like where you are doesn’t mean you haven’t accepted it." – Joe WannerWhat You Allow, You End Up LivingIn this episode, I break down one hard truth: if your life hasn’t changed, it’s probably because ...
17 - Embracing Adversity - Separation Season Series
"You don’t get to choose whether life hits — but you do get to choose what you do next." – Joe WannerThe Reality We Don’t Talk About If you’ve been facing adversity, battling setbacks, or struggling to rebuild, this epi...
16 - What Clarice Barnett Had to Unlearn to Win
"Detachment isn’t about giving up — it’s about making space for something better." – Clarice BarnettThe Shift That Changed Everything Clarice Barnett didn’t just leave a job — she left an identity built on burnout. Afte...
15 - Shawn Pollard Mindset Monster
"The fear I saw in that man's eyes—the one I almost executed—is the same fear I now see in people not living to their full potential." – Shawn PollardWhen Survival Becomes the StandardSome stories don’t just inspire — the...
14 - How Caleb Katz Turned Athletic Discipline into Entrepreneurial Drive
“Fear disappears after the first step. Doubt? That lingers every day — and that’s where the real battle begins.” – Caleb KatzBuilt for the CourtWhat happens when a former college athlete decides to build something off the field — in ...
13 - Resilience Grown Through Financial Fire with Mike and Carmen
“We lost everything… but we didn’t lose each other, and we didn’t lose our faith.”A Dream Built On FaithMike and Carmen Kosychek didn’t set out to build an empire—they just wanted enough to buy back time with their kids. One rental p...
12 - The Devil's Two Biggest D's
“The devil lurks behind the door of your doubt, just waiting to throw you off tune.”Wrapping Up a Season of ResilienceWelcome to the final episode of this season of Built for the Cold. It’s been a season of real talk — diving into...