I’m motivated to have a conversation about the evolution of learning with all of you. Without further delay let’s engage in conversation. According to the American Institute of Stress 80% of workers feel stress on the job, nearly half say they need help in learning how to manage stress and 42% say their coworkers need such help. To bring some context to this discussion I want to introduce you, to Adam Strong.
Adam Strong is an Ultra-High Personal Productivity Authority, Business Strategist, Author, Public Speaker and the Founder of the Game Changers Experience. Adam was a former elite athlete in distance running (current world and Olympic champion Sir Mo Farah was his former training partner) and teaches the same success principals creating high energy and fast growing companies.
I lived near to a golf course which was going to be the corner stone of my first business. So I started to run up and down the fairway, wading through streams with a fishing net and exploring undergrowth in a search for lost golf balls.
Naturally the golfers were more than a little curious about why a young lad was walking around their course with a bucket and fishing net.
I’d show them the rescued golf balls and offer to sell them. Most said yes and I quickly learnt two things.
The branded Dunlop and Slazenger balls would be worth 2/3 times more than an unbranded one. But only If they were undamaged.
But to make any money I had to quickly learn how to negotiate. They’d offer me ‘X’ and I would haggle and haggle for a higher price until both of us were happy. Every time I came back with deep pockets of coins, I’d give some to my mum and save the rest.
At the same time – maybe because of all that running around the golf course – I got into long distance running, some people though I was mad because I suffered from asthma!
But a big advantage of running to me was that it didn’t need too much money to get started and the more I ran the more my confidence returned and the better I got.
This is when I met my first coach, a guy who was well versed in turning normal joe public people into champions. He helped me become an elite long-distance runner because I was willing to listen and determined to do work other kids were not.
I learned so much from him.
Things like, distractions will destroy your progress; when you eliminate them, getting into the zone becomes simpler and more productive.
This culminated with being a training partner of Sir Mo Farah (currently world and Olympic champion in 5,000 and 10,000 metres).
That’s when I had my second breakthrough. The determination, creativity and mindset techniques world class athletes use to achieve impossible results could also be used to help entrepreneurs achieve the same thing.
Take it from an ultra-athlete with asthma as a child.
I’m featured on the front cover of Influential People Magazine, Global Woman magazine and Steer Magazine. Also featured in the Huffington post, The Guardian newspaper, People Management magazine and others. He joined me this week to tell me more.
For more information: https://adamstrong.net/
LinkedIn: @AdamStrong
To start I needed a bucket. So a brand was important, but so was quality.
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