As a dynamic speaker whose career spans several domains, Jonathan Cohen has always brought resilience and purpose to the table. His podcast features conversations with high performers across multiple industries who provide their insights and strategies to help people overcome obstacles, shift their mindset, and live with intention. With over 100 interviews of individuals ranging from fighter pilots and Navy SEALS to best-selling authors and nine-figure entrepreneurs, he’s built an audience of over 30,000 across social media and provided different strategies, tools, tips, and tactics they can leverage to lead a higher quality of life.

In this episode of The Dealmakers' Edge, Jonathan discusses mental fitness as foundational for effective high-performance in deal-making, emphasizing resilience, reframing stress, and managing limiting beliefs. He presents practical frameworks to help individuals build self-awareness, overcome impostor syndrome, and maintain mental fitness under pressure. Jonathan also confronts mental health stigma in organizations, challenges leaders to foster supportive environments, and reveals how you can cultivate mental fitness from the moment you wake up.

6:06 - The persistent stigma around mental health in high-pressure professional settings

7:57 - How to break the silence and shift the culture and conversation around mental health 

12:41 - Mental fitness as both a practice and a form of professional competency 

18:01 - The role of leadership in supporting mental well-being for their employees

23:22 - The passenger seat exercise and its roots in inner child work

28:13 - How the evidence framework challenges imposter syndrome and encourages growth

35:16 - How naming your sacrifices helps you strategically manage suffering to achieve big goals

39:07 - The future self framework that provides insight and provokes reflection

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Principles and other booksby Ray Dalio

The Body Keeps the Scoreby Bessel van der Kolk, M.D.

The Art of Resilience by Ross Edgley

Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill

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