Nick Santonastasso on How to Get Whole, No Matter How Broken You Are
From Tom Bilyeu's Mindset Playbook by Impact Theory
March 5, 2026 · 46 min
About this episode
Nick Santonastasso shares his journey of overcoming physical challenges and how his mindset has shaped his success.
Nick Santonastasso was born with no legs and one arm. And he absolutely refuses to make excuses. He became a varsity wrestler, a social media sensation, and wrote the book that perfectly describes his mindset, “Victim to Victor.” On this episode of Impact Theory with Tom Bilyeu, Nick Santonastasso describes how his mindset is his superpower, how he deals with failure, and how he balances ego and confidence. SHOW NOTES: Nick talks about how his parents raised him [2:52] Nick describes his process for figuring out his body and fitness [4:22] Nick talks about being in full victim-mode in middle and high school [7:24] Nick explains how his mindset became his superpower [14:20] Nick explains how failure and getting beat up helped him out [15:30] Nick talks about how the lessons he learned in wrestling applied to life [20:27] Nick describes why the biggest disability is a bad mindset [24:22] Nick describes how his value system has changed [26:46] Nick explains how he balances ego and confidence [29:37] What is the path to confidence? [32:05] Nick describes what he does when he doesn’t follow through on his commitments [35:24] Nick shares his experience with prosthetics [36:38] Nick…
People in this episode
Host: Tom Bilyeu
Guest: Nick Santonastasso
Topics covered
- mindset
- overcoming adversity
- confidence
- wrestling
- personal growth
Keywords
- mindset
- adversity
- confidence
- wrestling
- personal development
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: Victim to Victor
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