On this episode of the Tandem Talks Podcast, Carrie and Craig speak with Joshua Miller, executive coach to Fortune 500 leaders, Amazon best-selling author, TEDx speaker, and LinkedIn Learning Author. Joshua starts with the story of how he "fell" into coaching and learning from his mentor. He shares his insights on leadership and actionable tips to safeguard your time, an entrepreneur's most important asset. Joshua also explains how fear of the ego creates roadblocks to success. To build his mindfulness, Joshua recommends meditation and encourages anyone to start with one minute of meditation. He also highlights how the word "try" is a convenient excuse many people give to refrain from taking accountability of their actions. He advises others that being vulnerable is not to be feared as it may be the key to creating more meaning in your life.
HIGHLIGHTS
01:42 Falling into coaching: How a tripping incident gave birth birth to a career
06:12 Leadership is a skill anyone can develop
08:25 Be intentional with time, energy, and presence
11:09 Set very clear boundaries
16:25 Fear of ego: A selfish undertone beneath the fear
25:18 Meditation and mindfulness: Start with one minute and build from there
32:41 "Try" is an out to accountability and the problem with got to/need to/have to
42:25 Being transparent and vulnerable for a meaningful life
46:15 Connect with Joshua and join his LinkedIn Learning Course
QUOTES
09:01 "I am very intentional with my time, my energy, and my presence. So the time that I spend with, who, where, my presence, am I really present? As a coach, my job is to show up and be present in a way that other people don't find."
12:26 "If you're an entrepreneur, the one thing that you have that's more valuable than getting a seed round of money is your time. That's the one thing. It's actually more important than your product or your service or your business."
18:18 "When I hear the fear of ego, to me, it's people that really... don't know what to do. They're paralyzed because they can't own their greatness. Like they just accomplished something amazing, they're afraid to acknowledge it."
39:46 "You have a better chance of putting your energy, your best foot forward, when you say 'I want that promotion.' Great. Versus I got to get that promotion."
44:39 "If you want to have a more meaningful and purposeful life and really have some breakthrough around meditation or business success or hustling, one of the access points is learning how to be more vulnerable."
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