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Second Peak with Mitchel Schwindt, M.D.

You built a career that worked. Now it does not fit. Second Peak is for professionals in the middle of that gap. Physicians, executives, founders, and operators who hit the target and found the target was the wrong one. Dr. Mitchel Schwindt spent two decades in emergency medicine and helicopter flight medicine, where bad decisions have immediate consequences. He now builds systems for reinvention. Time leverage. AI. Human performance. Stoic practice applied to actual problems instead of quoted…

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Welcome to Second Peak

New format intro Welcome to ReCharge, the show where ancient wisdom meets modern science. Each episode delivers practical, high-impact tools you can use immediately. This is your place to reset, reframe, and rebuild a life with more clarity, energy, and purpose. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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The Second Slap

If you listen carefully, the universe will conspire to help you. Ignore it at your own peril. Fortunately, the universal force will reach back out and hit you a second time to fully wake you up. Welcome to ReCharge, the show where ancient wisdom meets modern science. Each episode delivers practical, high-impact tools you can use immediately. This is your place to reset, reframe, and rebuild a life…

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You Don't Have A Discipline Problem

You Don't Have a Discipline Problem Most people think they need more discipline. They're wrong. They have an identity problem. There's a canyon between eating a healthy meal and being a healthy eater. One is something you do. The other is something you are. This is how you cross it. Drawing on twenty years in emergency medicine and Tynan's work on habit formation, here's why your habits never…

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Fixing The Broken Process

Sharing an interview I did with a men's health high-performance coach, my friend and colleague Shimshon Meir Frankel What happens when an ER trauma physician who spent 25 years making life or death decisions is forced to audit his own life? In this episode of Masterful Leaders, we sit down with Dr. Mitchel Schwindt, a physician, founder, and the creator of Time Leaver. After surviving a…

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Why AI is not delivering value

Data shows that professionals using AI are gaining back hours of free time every week, but they are not gaining traction. Here is why. AI was designed to make you more productive, so how come high-performers are not regaining their time? Welcome to ReCharge, the show where ancient wisdom meets modern science. Each episode delivers practical, high-impact tools you can use immediately. This is your…

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Your Career Is a Bet. Here's What It's Betting On.

Here's what most people miss about AI disruption: it's not your job that's at risk. It's the problem your job was built to solve. If that problem graduates and you don't, you're standing on ground that no longer exists. I break down three specific moves in this video. Which one hit hardest for you? Drop it below. I read every comment. Welcome to ReCharge, the show where ancient wisdom meets modern…

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Second Peak

You didn't get here by accident. Don't let the next chapter happen by default. You've built the career. You've earned the income. And somewhere in the last few years, a quiet question started showing up: Is this it? Second Peak is an AI-powered life optimization program built for high-performing men in the second half. No life coaching. No financial advice. No motivational fluff. Just tools,…

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The Hidden Asset Making Some Professionals Wealthy

Most professionals think wealth is built through better tactics, better credentials, or working harder. But the people who create real leverage understand something different: Your network is not just a list of contacts. It is a living portfolio of trust, reputation, generosity, and strategic relationships. In this video, I break down how relationship capital becomes one of the most powerful forms…

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The Door You Don't Open

I spent twenty years in level one trauma centers and helicopter medicine. I've been swung at, grabbed, cursed at, and threatened by people I was actively trying to save. And the most important thing I learned in those rooms had nothing to do with medicine. Not every emergency is your emergency. Not every emotion aimed at you belongs to you. And just because someone shows up screaming does not mean…

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Win By Subtraction

In 1892, Sherlock Holmes solved a murder by asking one question nobody else thought to ask. Why didn't the dog bark? Everyone else was staring at the evidence in front of them. Holmes paid attention to what was missing. That single idea changed how I think about time, work, and productivity. Most professionals are losing 10 to 15 hours a week to silent repetition they've never questioned. Same…

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The Productivity Payoff Nobody Is Talking About

I was walking backwards on a treadmill doing knee rehab when I realized everything I believed about productivity was wrong. Most systems promise more output. More tasks completed. More revenue. But the real payoff of reclaiming 10 to 15 hours a week has nothing to do with work. Barbara Fredrickson's research at UNC shows that love operates through micro-moments — brief shared experiences of…

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