452: Adopting the Habits of Elite Performers with Nick Hays

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How to be Awesome at Your Job

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🗓️ 17 June 2019

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Former Navy SEAL Nick Hays shares practical advice on how to elevate your performance and push yourself to unlock your maximum potential.

— YOU'LL LEARN —

1) How to conquer large goals by celebrating the tiniest of victories.

2) How to find gratitude in the most unpleasant circumstances.

3) How to tune out the “yeah, but…” voice in your head.

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— ABOUT NICK —

Nick Hays is former a Navy SEAL. His operating days came to an end when he ruptured a disk while preparing for an operation in Afghanistan. Disillusioned, broken, and without means to provide for his family, Nick was left without a purpose in life. After recovery, his training kicked in, and he remembered the lessons learned from the SEAL teams and put them to the test with professional athletes. He’s helped train the Miami Heat and helped the Atlanta Falcons to a Super Bowl. Nick holds a BA from the University of Maryland, a Masters in Business from the University of San Diego, and a post-graduate degree from Harvard Business School. He now resides in California with his wife, Ivy, and their three children.

• Nick’s Book: “Elite: High Performance Lessons and Habits from a Former Navy SEAL”

• Nick’s Website: EliteTeams.com

• Nick’s Twitter: @NickHaysLife

• Nick’s LinkedIn: Nick Hays

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• Movie: “300”

• Book: “Mindset: The New Psychology of Success” by Carol Dweck

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0:00.0	Welcome to the How to Be Awesome at Your Job Podcast, the show where brilliant professionals share how to sharpen the universal skills required to flourish at work.
0:10.0	Enjoy more career fun, wins, meaning, and money.
0:14.0	With your host, Pete McKitis.
0:20.0	Hello and thanks for joining us for episode 452 with Nick Hayes.
0:23.0	Nick is a former Navy SEAL who has some real great perspectives on how to elevate your performance
0:29.2	and push yourself to get to your maximum potential at least.
0:34.0	So you'll learn one how to conquer large goals by celebrating the
0:36.8	tiniest of victories.
0:38.5	Two, how to find gratitude in the most unpleasant of circumstances.
0:42.3	And three, how to tune out that, yeah, but voice
0:45.2	inside your head.
0:46.3	So if you want to check out the show notes or the transcript,
0:48.2	or the links to Adams we've referenced,
0:49.7	it's on over to awesome at your job.
0:50.9	com slash eep 452. Now here's Nick's story. Nick Hayes is a
0:55.4	former Navy seal and his operating days came to an end when he ruptured a disc while
0:59.4	preparing for an operation in Afghanistan. Disillusioned, broken, and without a means to provide for his family, Nick was left without a purpose
1:06.8	in life.
1:07.8	But after recovery, his training kicked in and he remembered the lessons learned from the SEAL teams and put them to the test with
1:14.9	professional athletes.
1:16.8	He's helped train the Miami Heat and helped the Atlanta Falcons to a Super Bowl.
1:20.9	Nick holds a BA from the University of Maryland, a Masters in Business from the University of San Diego,
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