It’s an interview with Design Thinking & Innovation Expert, Olympic Silver Medalist & NBC analyst, Keynote Speaker, and best selling author, it’s John Coyle. This episode is about: How Fixing Your Weaknesses Can Make Things Worse.
I met John several years ago when he was the keynote speaker at a chamber event that I was also speaking (but at that time as a breakout presenter). John is truly a leader of leaders and as I share at the beginning of this interview, has inspired me in my mindset as a speaker.
This episode is for anyone who feels that there must be another way to succeed.
In this interview, we talk about:
- What almost always precede your high points in life and why we should embrace these struggles.
- Why one of John’s professors jumping up and down in class had a profound impact on how John solves problems and illustrates design thinking.
- John explains exactly why summers seemed to last forever when you were a kid but now seem to be shorter by contrast.
- How John found a way to acknowledge his weaknesses and use his strengths to become 12th in the world in speed-skating with no training program or coach while also in California.
- Why acknowledging the ship that has already sailed after you turn 25 and what you should do about it.
Resources Mentioned In This Episode:
- Book: Design For Strengths: Applying Design Thinking to Individual and Team Strengths by John K. Coyle
- Book: Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst by Robert M. Sapolsky
- Book: Mao: The Unknown Story by Jung Chang and Jon Halliday
Connect with John
- Website: TheArtOfReallyLiving.com
- On LinkedIn: John Coyle
- On Instagram: @CoyleJohnK
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