S1E0 – This Is Your Wake Up Episode
What if the thing holding you back isn't lack of opportunity—it's too much comfort?
I'm Shawn Stringham, founder of Game On Live Studio and father of five. At 53, I'm in the biggest challenge of my career: scaling GOLS while protecting what matters most—family, health, and the mission to serve underserved sports. "Find Your Challenge" is where entrepreneurs, athletes, and everyday warriors share the defining challenges that shaped them. Not just the victories—the messy middle, the 3am doubts, the moments that demanded everything. Each episode features:
✅ Long-form conversations with elite performers (45-75 minutes)
✅ Real strategies from hockey legends, water polo pioneers, rugby warriors, and business builders
✅ Book club episodes dissecting frameworks that work (Comfort Crisis, Buy Back Your Time, Good to Great)
✅ Community-driven stories from listeners finding and conquering their own challenges
Your challenge is waiting. Let's find it together. Subscribe and join the Find Your Challenge community.
Podcast Transcript
It's 6:17 AM. I'm on my bike, heart rate climbing, mind already racing through today's battle plan. Game On Live Studio has 350 contractors across multiple markets. Revenue targets that sound insane. A franchise model that hasn't been proven yet. And tonight, I need to be fully present for Peter's game and family dinner.
Most people would call this overwhelming. I call it my challenge. And it's exactly where I'm supposed to be.
I'm Shawn Stringham. 53 years old. Husband to Melissa, who is my partner in all things. Father to five incredible humans who keep me honest about what really matters.
Thirty years in sport psychology, coaching and business taught me something: the athletes who thrive aren't the ones avoiding pressure—they're the ones who've learned to find the right pressure and lean into it.
Now I'm living that principle. We built GOLS to serve underserved sports—water polo, hockey, rugby, lacrosse—giving families high-level production of their athlete's most important moments.
5 years of grit has put GOLS on a launching pad. Traveling through the night, sleeping in a van, hundreds of thousands of miles of travel, hundreds if not thousands of relationships around the country of people working to create greatness and accomplish their challenge.
My challenge? Scaling without losing quality. Building GOLS without losing control. Growing revenue while protecting time with Melissa and the kids. Staying fit enough to enjoy the ride.
But here's what I've learned: you don't find your best self in comfort. You find it in challenge.
That's what this podcast is about. Finding YOUR challenge. The thing that scares you and excites you simultaneously.
Every episode, I'm sitting down with people in the arena—not just those who've made it, but those fighting through the messy middle right now.
Hockey legends who've transitioned to business. Water polo pioneers building the sport from scratch. Rugby warriors who understand brotherhood under pressure. Entrepreneurs scaling companies while raising families. Athletes optimizing performance as they age.
We're also doing book club episodes—deep dives into frameworks that actually work. Comfort Crisis. Buy Back Your Time. Good to Great. Not just summaries—real application to your specific challenges.
And here's the key: this community is built on YOU. Submit your challenge. Share your strategy. We'll feature listener journeys and build this together.
Every episode is long-form—45 to 75 minutes. No surface-level motivation. We're going deep on:
Strategy: What actually works when scaling, competing, or building legacy Mindset: How elite performers handle pressure and protect mental health Health optimization: Staying sharp and strong while juggling everything Family integration: Building success without sacrificing relationships Real numbers: Revenue, timelines, failures—the stuff most podcasts hide
You'll get full episodes on YouTube and GOLS Network. Shorts and clips across Instagram, TikTok, LinkedIn—wherever you consume content.
So here's my question: What's YOUR challenge? The thing you've been avoiding or the mountain you're already climbing?
Find it. Name it. Then subscribe to Find Your Challenge and let's build the roadmap together.
First episode drops soon. Let's go. Go be great. Peace.
Contributor Details
S1E0 – This Is Your Wake Up Episode
Shawn is the founder of Game On Live Studio and a passionate advocate for athlete development, both on and off the field of play. His work centers on supporting athletes in their growth as competitors and as human beings, with a mission to create opportunities for athletes to play, develop, and stay engaged in the sports they love.
In 2020, Shawn launched Game On Live Studio to bring this vision to life. Since then, GOLS has grown into a multi-sport digital platform capable of supporting virtually any sport looking to expand its reach, amplify its stories, and connect athletes to their personal hero’s journey.
A husband and father of five (plus two dogs), Shawn embraces an active lifestyle beyond broadcasting. When he’s not building the future of sports media, he can be found swimming, riding bikes, playing disc golf, cruising on his OneWheel, or spending time outdoors with his family.