301: High Performance Expert: Don't Let Fear Motivate You, Do This Instead | Josh Perry

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Written By damon lembi

Josh Perry, former professional BMX athlete, X Games competitor, brain tumor survivor, and high-performance coach, shares why fear may be fueling your success—but also holding you back. In this episode, host Damon Lembi and Josh explore the hidden costs of fear-based leadership, imposter syndrome, and operating in survival mode. Through Josh’s personal journey and coaching work, they reveal how leaders can shift from force-driven performance to purpose-driven growth and create sustainable success without burnout.

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Key Leadership Lessons from Josh Perry’s Journey:

  • Fear Can Create Results—But at a Cost – Learn why force and pressure often lead to burnout, resistance, and unhealthy leadership patterns.

  • Challenge the Story You're Telling Yourself – Discover how reframing setbacks can transform growth, confidence, and resilience.

  • Lead with Awareness, Not Control – Understand why the best leaders focus on seeing and supporting people rather than constantly fixing problems.

Connect with Josh Perry:

Josh Perry is a former professional BMX athlete and X Games competitor who transformed a life-changing brain tumor diagnosis into a mission to help leaders, entrepreneurs, athletes, and executives break free from survival-based thinking. Today, he coaches high performers to uncover the beliefs, fears, and identity patterns driving their behavior so they can lead and perform with greater clarity, alignment, and purpose.

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