What advice would you give yourself if you were labelled ‘slow’?
Summary:
In this episode Phil Rose talks Matt Cox. Matt is a serial entrepreneur, coach and consultant who was once labelled ‘slow’ by teachers at school. That prompted him, after a number of years, to look at the choices he really had in life. He could live with the label as a burden or look for ways to make the most of the gifts he has.
(Some of) The main points for listeners:
- Making sense of complexity is key to prevent chaos
- From Chaos to Cohesion – vision, purpose and clarity come first
- What do you do when you are labelled slow…
- Matt shares his experience of his ‘processing disorder’ (ADD)
- How Matt dealt with anxiety and how he coped with it
- You can either be a victim to it or make a choice to do it differently
- Those who gave Matt advice had a good intent (generally) – but it may not always land like that
- What you can learn from a guy who flunks maths 7 times
- What is your teaching style? And how can you use that to your advantage
- What’s your gift? When you find it how will you use it?
- Living through your values. What are yours and how do they guide you?
- Grit, Meaning, Family – core values that drive out behaviours
- When you’re given a lot, you’ve got to give a lot – Warren Buffet
- We only have around 30K days in our lives.. don’t waste them
- The Courage to Lead Differently
- The Courage to Learn Differently
- Hire a coach to guide you…
- What advice would you give your younger self…
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