On this episode, I'm joined "in studio" by Adam Kreek. A two-time Olympian, Adam holds 60 international medals, including Olympic Gold, and multiple hall of fame inductions. Adam’s new book, The Responsibility Ethic, teaches us the how of self-leadership, driving personal and professional results in individuals and organizations.
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Talking Points
How does failure and Adam's knowledge on that play into his book? (2:04)
What does Adam think responsibility means? (5:01)
Adam shares with me the idea of providence (8:51)
This is what Adam uses instead of SMART goals (20:43)
How important is it to truly understand your values and how that ties into ethics (30:11)
Adam and I talk about deciding where to spend your time and how to come to those decisions (33:20)
We (finally) get to talk about patience and its role when you know that you have plenty you want to accomplish in a short timespan... like an athletic career (45:21)
Quote
"You visualize the end point and you want the end point to be there now because you can see it, yet you have to put in the work." - Adam Kreek
Helpful Links
https://www.kreekspeak.com/ (KreekSpeak)
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/films/free-solo/ (Free Solo)
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJ24N4O0bP7LGLBDvye7oCA (Matt D'Avella | YouTube)
https://amzn.to/396pV0X (The Responsibility Ethic | Amazon)
https://relay.fm/focused (The Productivityist Podcast Pick of the Week: Focused)
http://thebigready.com/ (Join me at The BIG Ready on February 29, 2020)
http://productivityist.com/fivedollars/ (Take my 30 Days of TimeCrafting fundamentals course)
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