169 Design a Life of Discipline and Commitment with Veteran and Coach, Sean Garick

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

🗓️ 26 May 2021

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

This week in the United States, it's Memorial Day Weekend, where we take a moment to reflect and honor those who have served in the military. Today, we celebrate by welcoming long-time Purple Patch coach and veteran, Sean Garick.

Sean didn't get into coaching simply by being an endurance athlete-turned-coach. His background is something entirely different. He's an aerospace engineer, a longtime United States Marine Corps fighter pilot, and he was a test pilot with over 2300 flight hours. He has a background that is eclectic, strong, and steeped in intentional focus and performance.

What can we learn about endurance sports from this Marine Corps vet? Plenty. This conversation digs into Sean's journey as a Marine and how mentorship is vital, both with the mentors that he had, as well as his role as a teacher and mentor in the Marine Corps and now as a coach.

Matt and Sean also explore various words that are synonymous with success in the military, but also across success in any aspect of life. Words like: discipline, commitment, team, focusing on the controllables, and everything else that you might imagine around success.

Sean is, in many ways, an inspiration to the entire team of coaches and athletes. He certainly provides a unique perspective on collaboration, trust, and remaining calm under pressure.

Thank you for your service, Sean, and thanks for your invaluable role as a Purple Patch coach.

Episode Timestamps

02:40-08:05 - Who the Bleeding 'Eck Are You - Athlete Spotlight: Mike Olzinski

08:05-10:00 - Word of the Week - Connect

10:15-1:04:00 - Interview with Sean Garick

Episode Resources

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Transcript

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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.
0:12.8	The purpose of this podcast is to help time-starved people everywhere in a great sport into life.
0:20.3	And welcome to the Purple Patch podcast, as ever,
0:23.6	your host Matt Dixon. And this week in the US, it is Memorial Day weekend. So we thought,
0:30.8	what could we do to celebrate this weekend? A little time of reflection and celebration in some ways.
0:40.3	Well today, we're going to celebrate it by welcoming long-time Purple Patch coach Sean
0:46.3	Garrick. What the heck does endurance coaching got to do with Memorial Day weekend?
0:52.3	Well, Sean didn't get into coaching by being an endurance athlete and just wandering through
0:58.4	life and thinking, what else is there to do?
1:00.8	You know what?
1:01.5	I'm going to do a little bit of coaching.
1:03.4	His background is something entirely different.
1:06.8	He's an aerospace engineer, a long-time United States Marine Corps fighter pilot.
1:12.5	He's got on multiple cruises on aircraft carriers.
1:15.3	He was a test pilot with over 2,300 flight hours.
1:19.5	He has a background that is eclectic, strong and steeped in performance.
1:27.0	Today we have a conversation.
1:28.7	We dig into his journey as a Marine and how mentorship is really, really important, both
1:34.3	the mentors that he had as well as his role as a teacher and mentor in the Marine Corps.
1:40.4	We also dig into words that are synonymous with success in the Marine Corps, but also success
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