David Wood on Personal Transformation, Courage, and Extreme Focus
Enter the Lionheart
Lawrence Dunning
4.9 • 67 Ratings
🗓️ 18 January 2022
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
Lawrence is joined by David Wood, an entrepreneur, and a veteran personal transformational coach of over two decades. David is extremely passionate about helping people stay focused in attaining their goals, and becoming extraordinary humans both professionally and personally. David is the author of "Get Paid For Who You Are" with foreword by motivational leader, Jack Canfield, author of Chicken Soup For the Soul, alongside with inspirational thought leaders, Don Miguel Ruiz, John Gray, and Marianne Williamson. David is currently finishing his book, "The Mouse in the Room" to help people use a little more courage to step outside of their comfort zones, and employ laser focus in order to live their best lives.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the End of the Lion Heart Podcast with your host, Laurence Dunning. |
| 0:15.6 | Today I'll be talking to human development coach David Wood. |
| 0:19.4 | David is a man who is truly inspired by transformation. |
| 0:23.6 | And one of his central messages is that of using a little more courage to step outside |
| 0:28.7 | a comfort zone and utilizing extreme focus to live the life you dream of. |
| 0:35.6 | I can say I agree strongly with both these sentiments. |
| 0:39.0 | Courage is something that I always look to, I'm always trying to face my fears daily |
| 0:44.2 | and to get used to being uncomfortable because that is normally the sign of growth. |
| 0:49.1 | And focus is something that is more important today than ever, with all the myriad of distractions |
| 0:54.0 | around us. |
| 0:55.0 | As my dear friend Rocco Jarmer is fond of saying, we live in an attention economy |
| 1:00.0 | and focus is crucial to get anything worthwhile done. |
| 1:03.6 | It's why I love doing things that put me into flow states, |
| 1:06.6 | like doing jiu-jitsu or hard exercise that forces you into the present |
| 1:11.0 | and that forces you into focus. |
| 1:13.6 | I hope you enjoy a conversation. |
| 1:17.2 | I am here with performance coach extraordinaire David Wood. |
| 1:20.8 | David, thank you so much for joining me. |
| 1:22.7 | My pleasure. Good to meet you, Lawrence. |
| 1:25.4 | You too. So I guess the natural place to start is how did you get into coaching? |
| 1:30.0 | I was consulting in New York at the age of 24. |
| 1:35.2 | I was very thrilled to be on Park Avenue going to Sony Music and Ford and Exxon |
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