117 Jesse Thomas - The Value and Lessons of a 10-Year Coaching Relationship

Purple Patch Podcast

Matt Dixon

Humanpotential, Nutrition, Education, Empower, Fitness, Executive, Coach, Strengthtraining, Purplepatch, Sleep, Cycling, Performance, Running, Recovery, Health & Fitness, Ironman, Swimming, Timemanagement, Triathlon, Meditation, Yoga

4.8 • 647 Ratings

🗓️ 20 May 2020

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

Jesse Thomas joins Matt to discuss his recent retirement from a successful 10-year professional triathlon career.

This conversation with Matt and Jesse is full of stories that include many lessons of high performance, the importance of sharing the journey, the value of coaching, how to navigate adversity, using metrics correctly, keeping it fun, and emerging stronger from failure.

It's a testament to friendship, respect, and the value of a long-term coaching relationship.

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0:00.0	I'm Matt Dixon and welcome to the Purple Patch podcast.
0:03.5	The mission of Purple Patch is to empower and educate every human being to reach their athletic potential.
0:09.3	Through the lens of athletic potential, you reach your human potential.
0:13.3	The purpose of this podcast is to help time-starved people everywhere integrate sport into life.
0:19.7	And welcome to the Purple Patch podcast, as ever, your host Matt Dixon.
0:24.9	And it's a special one today.
0:27.2	We are joined by the one and only Jesse Thomas, CEO of PickyBowse, Purple Patch athlete,
0:33.7	and now the retired professional triathlete. Yes, Jesse has hung his hat on a wonderful 10-year
0:42.3	professional career. A career that I would say, as his coach for the journey, was one that was
0:48.0	done right. And his journey, as well as the conversation today, includes many lessons of high performance.
0:56.5	The importance of sharing the journey, the value of coaching, how to navigate adversity,
1:02.9	using metrics the right way, keeping it fun, emerging stronger from failure.
1:09.1	Sound familiar? The list just goes on, folks.
1:13.2	And for the show, Jesse and I decided to do something
1:16.0	a little bit different for this conversation.
1:18.8	We wanted to reminisce on a 10-year coaching journey.
1:22.7	And so we thought, what's better than just telling stories about each other?
1:27.9	Some of them funny, others poignant, but all of them carrying valuable lessons for us all.
1:33.9	I promise you you're going to enjoy this.
1:36.7	It's really fun and I might point out was probably the most unprepared I've been for any of these shows. I literally wrote down
1:46.6	five or six bullets and said, you know what, let's go with it. And the outcome, organic and lively
1:53.4	conversation with a wonderful athlete, great person and an incredible supporter of Purple Patch.
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