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Sports Motivation Podcast
Hosted by Niyi Sobo · EN
Take control of your sports career and start DOMINATING your competition. The "I'm Not You" Sports Domination Podcast is hosted by Former All American and NFL Running Back Olaniyi Sobomehin ( Niyi Sobo ) , and he walks you through the specific strategies, habits, and most important MINDSET that you need to take your game to the NEXT level. You'll learn how to master your emotions, how to set goals and crush them, and the mindset of the worlds best athletes so you can get the results you want. This show will feature interviews with NFL, NBA, MLB and Professional Soccer players so you can leverage their experience to reach your sports goals!
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Live like your parents are DEAD
4d ago00:12:35Tap to summarizeAt 20, I found out my ex girlfriend was pregnant. I stared at the ceiling for an hour, drowning in guilt, shame, and the fear of what my church going family would think. I ended up back with her. Had another kid. Spent almost 10 years in an on and off toxic relationship, three failed engagements, all because I was chasing my dad's approval instead of building my own life. He was a devoted Christian who wanted me married, and he never seemed to care that we weren't right for each other. I wasn't even living my own beliefs, I was living his. In this episode I break down why so many of you are still doing the same thing: running your adult life on programming you inherited and never actually chose. I get into why re-evaluating everything you were taught isn't disrespect, it's required. And why living like your parents are dead, no longer needing their approval, is the only way you build a kingdom that's actually yours. Ready to stop performing someone else's standards and start building your own? Reach out for coaching by going to imnotyou.com/coaching
Transcribe →Reality Check: You think you're changing, but you are not (The realities of change)
1w ago00:17:46Tap to summarizeYou think you're changing. You're not. Most of what people call growth is just a new way to avoid pain. Your body is wired for survival, homeostasis. Change registers as a threat. So when your relationship fails and you try again, only to repeat the same patterns with new fears layered on top, that's not growth. When you overtrain, get injured, then pull back and call it wisdom, that's not growth either. It's avoidance dressed up as evolution. Real change requires four things: a genuine disgust with how things have gone, hyper awareness of your own patterns like a scientist studying a disease, a real strategy for new behavior, and a relentless spirit to carry it through. I break down why most people never actually change, and what it takes to break the cycle for real. Your challenge: spend 30 minutes today tracking the thoughts, fears, and emotions tied to the pattern that keeps repeating in your life. That's where hyper awareness starts. Ready to build a real system for change? Apply for 1 on 1 coaching with Niyi Sobo.
Transcribe →BARS: The Power of Emotional Flow (Excerpt from 50th Law)
1w ago00:10:14Tap to summarizeYour mind won't shut off at night because there are stress loops still open in your brain and nervous system. This is what emotional flow fixes. Every night before bed, set a timer for 7 minutes. Grab a pen and paper or a voice recorder. Then let everything out, every thought, every emotion, every idea sitting in your head. Don't try to organize it. Don't try to do it right. Just keep the thought vomit going until the timer stops. I break down why emotional flow works, how it helps close the open loops keeping you buzzing and antsy at night, and why doing this consistently changes the quality of your sleep and your headspace the next day. Start tonight. See you in the Jungle. For more tools like this, grab the free Pressure Protocol training at imnotyou.com/pressure
Transcribe →DOMINATE your woman (just like you dominate your sport)
1w ago00:14:41Tap to summarizeYou dominate your sport but hand the keys of your relationship straight to your woman. You call it fairness. It's fear. Athletes and high performers build their careers on clarity, control, and uncompromising standards. Then they get into a relationship and turn into a pillow. Soft. Yielding. Compromising. Borrowing beliefs from Disney movies, social media, and politics instead of running their own process. The result: a sexless marriage, a platonic friendship dressed up as a partnership, and a woman who resents you for refusing to lead. I break down why the same principles that make you dominant in your sport, knowing what you want, building the process, executing with precision, are the exact principles missing from your relationship. This isn't about controlling her. It's about reclaiming the identity you already know how to build everywhere else in your life. If you're ready to stop denying your instincts and start leading like the Killa you already are on the field, email me ay niyi@imnotyou.com and tell me a little about your situation.
Transcribe →The game has changed...
3w ago00:17:15Tap to summarizeInformation is not your problem. Fear is. You have access to AI, YouTube, books, experts, every tool imaginable. And you're still not moving. This episode breaks down exactly why, and what the three things are that will actually determine whether you win from here. The bottleneck is no longer what you know. It's whether you can take in the right information, act on it consistently, and adjust in real time when it's not working. Most people fail at step two. They build the plan, they feel good about the plan, and then fear convinces them the plan is too dangerous to actually run. Niyi breaks down exactly how fear operates, what it's protecting you from, and why everything it's calling dangerous is actually required for the result you want. Book a free consultation with me here
Transcribe →When the vision feels so far away, and you're unsure how it will play out
Jul 300:10:22Tap to summarizeYou keep looking at the whole mountain instead of the next step. That's why you're stuck. In this episode, Niyi breaks down a simple mindset from Charlie Munger: you get ahead step by step, not in fast spurts. Using the analogy of a team down 3-0 in a seven-game series and a cross-country drive from Portland to New York, Niyi shows you how to stop drowning in the size of your goal and start focusing on the next milestone and the next best action. If you've been stuck in a pattern of overwhelm, procrastination, or avoidance around your big goals, this episode gives you a way out that doesn't require having it all figured out. Ready to break the pattern for good? Go to imnotyou.com/dominance and book a call.
Transcribe →Why You Keep Talking Yourself Out Of What You Want
Jun 2600:26:02Tap to summarizeYou're doing something right now that you don't actually want to be doing. Maybe you had a real idea about what you want, and somewhere between having it and acting on it, you talked yourself right out of it. Or maybe it's worse, you're walking around acting like you want something you actually don't. In this episode, Niyi breaks down what's really happening underneath that pattern: the desire that's real, the fear that isn't, and why the things you've probably already tried, forcing action, hyping yourself up, beating yourself up, don't work. He lays out what actually does, and why you can't see your own fear without help. This is exactly what DOMINANCE is built to solve. If you're done watching yourself talk yourself out of what you want, go to imnotyou.com/coaching and book a call. Let's go find it together.
Transcribe →The Self Worship Ritual | All Praise Be To You
Jun 1900:22:16Tap to summarizeYou've been told worship belongs to God, never you. Today we flip that. Because the same hand that made the ocean, the sunset, every flower that's ever stopped you in your tracks, made you too. So when I say worship yourself, I'm not asking you to replace God. I'm asking you to stop disrespecting His work. This episode is an interactive ritual, not a lecture. I walk you through eight places to look: your favorite physical trait, the part of you you've been taught to hate, the shame you've been carrying, the quality you love most, the one you've been told to hide, your superpower, your jungle quality, and the person your pain built. You answer out loud. You write a declaration. You say it until you mean it. By the end, you're not performing confidence. You're agreeing with what God already said about you. Find somewhere quiet. Put this on. Do the work. If this one hit you, go deeper. Head to imnotyou.com/pressure and grab the Pressure Protocol free, your pre-game mental routine for staying calm and dominant under pressure.
Transcribe →Self Respect | Part 2
Jun 1700:34:40Tap to summarizeSelf-respect isn't a feeling. It's a contract you make with yourself, and most people break it the second it gets uncomfortable. In Part 2, Niyi breaks down the two biggest mistakes that keep people stuck: making excuses for situations they know are wrong, and wasting years deliberating instead of moving. He gets into why self-respect in relationships isn't about leaving, it's about being willing to leave, and why some relationships simply don't survive once you stop tolerating disrespect. Real talk on the price you pay for confidence, a Frederick Douglass story that'll stick with you, and a wrestler making weight on his brother's birthday that perfectly captures what self-respect actually costs in the moment. Haven't heard Part 1 yet? Start here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sports-motivation-podcast/id1055909466?i=1000769917324 (Apple) or https://open.spotify.com/episode/0fu5MBqgKelzbwEuFaT02o (Spotify). Ready to do the deeper work? Get the free Pe game visualization training at imnotyou.com/pressure.
Transcribe →How to Handle Pressure Like Jalen Brunson: Why Wemby and the Spurs Couldn't Stop the Knicks in the Largest Comeback in NBA Finals History
Jun 1200:15:29Tap to summarizeDown 29 points. NBA Finals. Madison Square Garden. The whole city watching. And after the game, somebody asked Jalen Brunson straight up, did the thought of losing cross your mind? He said yes. And then he said something most people missed, because they were too busy celebrating the comeback. In this episode, I break down exactly what Brunson said after the largest comeback in NBA Finals history, and why it matters more for your development as a competitor than the comeback itself. This is not a game recap. This is a mental performance breakdown that every serious athlete needs to hear. Most competitors have been told their whole career to block out the negative thoughts, stay positive, and push through it. But that approach is exactly what causes athletes to tighten up in the moments that matter most. Brunson did something different. And I'm going to walk you through what it was, why it works, and how you can start training the same mental state before your next game. We get into: What Brunson said on Inside the NBA that nobody is talking about Why fighting your thoughts under pressure makes everything worse The difference between an athlete who shrinks in big moments and one who shows up How to build the mental state that makes you dangerous when everything is on the line The mental game is a skill. And like any skill, it has to be trained before you need it. If this episode hits for you, The Pressure Protocol is your next step. It's a free audio training and guided pre-game visualization track built specifically for competitors who want to stop fighting pressure and start using it. Three mental shifts and one visualization that change how you show up when everything is on the line. Go get it at imnotyou.com/pressure.
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