England Coaching

I have been doing this through physically challenging myself and developing my education.

I continue to work and interact with hundreds of people each month, helping them improve their physical performance while also working on building the psychological strength to eliminate self limiting beliefs (which we all have in some way, shape, or form). I have found the more people I am able to help develop change for improvement in their life, the more I find peace and purpose in myself.

Quotes:

“Winning requires you to lean, question what you learned, and then learn more.”– Tim Grover

Too often I meet people who have outdated or basic knowledge in the realm of what they do on a daily basis. It is not until we begin to question what we know, and ask if things could be/get better. It is the difference between average and good, or good and great. Often we are terrible at self assessing and instantly believe we are great at what we do, yet we have not learned or questioned our methods for years or decades. Often this is a recipe for mediocrity without even realizing it.

“When you know what to think, you’re ready to compete. When you know how to think, you’re ready to win.”– Tim Grover

Throughout our life in education and personal growth, we learn what to think. Not often do we question the idea of how to think. This is an issue when we come across a challenge our text book, instructors, or parents never told us what we need to do next in reaction to the issue. If we have the ability to critically think, it eases the cluster and possible distress in our minds. Which in turn can help provide clarity necessary to take our next step forward to overcoming adversaries.

Podcast I was introduced to: The Run Smarter Podcast- Brodie Sharpe

I so far skimmed his episode topics and listened to one episode specific to the psychology of distance running. Which, understanding the science of pain in relation to mental thought processes. This episode makes a lot of sense, along with expressing I myself have used some of the explained strategies to make it through an ultra distance run successfully. As I begin to humor the studies of becoming a running coach with an emphasis on injury prevention and recovery. I believe this podcast will be a great resource to build knowledge in this realm.

Experiences in conversation: Float

I have a unique opportunity to work with hundreds of individuals weekly. Have conversations, listen to interactions, and facilitate conversations to challenge perspectives. There was a particular conversation I recently had where the conversation of what was being said seemed as if the words would be welcoming but the tone of voice and body language said a completely different narrative. I understand why the tone was more pessimistic due to both the environmental culture and due to the burdening effect that would take place in the following week. However, when I brought up the conversation of the seemingly pessimistic tone of voice, this leader did not acknowledge how the message was relayed. The great thing is, they quickly made a mental note via our conversation to consider tone of what they say next. As they have the power to affect the culture of their environment.

This led to a quick reminder of the 55% , 38%, and 7% rule of conversations. Where body language and tone of voice are perceived well more than the specific words used. It’s not only an idea but supported published research since the 1970s.

I also had a great conversation with my wife, where she quoted Seth Godin from the book Tribes.

“Be a thermostat, not a thermometer.”

“Thermometer is great for identifying when something is broken after the fact while a thermostat does it’s best job to regulate temperature to stay in sync with its environment. “

Or how I interpreted this conversation. You can choose to help control an ideal culture and environment as a thermostat aids to do, or you could be reactive and regurgitate information about surroundings without taking an active role to help the environment be more ideal.

Question: In what scenario this week have you or will you react like either a thermometer or a thermostat?

Action: Challenge yourself and be honest with yourself. Are you conversing only to complain or express challenges or burdens that exist. Make an attempt be take ownership of your environment with solutions to those challenges or burdens that come your way.