{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Underdog Standard","title":"The Hard Truth: Pressure Doesn’t Break You — Avoiding It Does","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":231,"description":"Most people run from pressure.\nThat’s exactly why they never become the person they’re meant to be.\nThis episode is about training for the life you say you want — by entering the pressure you’ve been avoiding.\nIn Episode 2 of The Underdog Standard, Andrew Owlett breaks down how pressure shaped him from a 1.6 GPA kid into a first responder, a Fortune 5 leader, a real estate developer, and a tech founder building AI companies.\nThis isn’t a motivational pep talk — it’s a tactical framework born from nights inside burning buildings and days negotiating multimillion-dollar deals.\n\nIn the first five minutes, you’ll hear:\nHow the firehouse taught Andrew more about business than any classroom\nWhy pressure becomes the “diagnostic tool” for your systems\nHow most founders break not from the work — but from avoiding pressure\nWhy being calm under chaos becomes your competitive advantage\nWhether you're scaling your first company, pivoting careers, leading teams, or raising capital, this episode will change how you think about stress and uncertainty.\nDM Andrew the word PRESSURE for the worksheet version of The Pressure Triad.","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/7D_WpwwLKr38qdyq4pF9WPgWNsJ_ZJEHlfJfQ5NDD4I/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9mZDI5/OWJjYmI3MjQzZjgz/MjQwNTIzODYyOGEy/NTBjMC5QTkc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}