E102 | Luka Hocevar: Navigation VS Inspiration - How leadership and Management Differ

The Art Of Coaching

Brett Bartholomew

Health & Fitness, Business, Education

5 • 642 Ratings

🗓️ 6 July 2020

⏱️ 116 minutes

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REMINDER: We are currently offering 20% OFF ALL ONLINE COURSES until July 15th! Use code “century20” for a major discount on anything at artofcoaching.com/courses. If you’ve done the courses and need a new challenge, sign up for our first Apprenticeship™ of the summer - July 25-26th in Charleston, SC! Today’s guest perfectly personifies the intersection of AOC’s various audiences. Not only a coach, Luka Hocevar is also a business man, entrepreneur AND a master storyteller. Trust me, you’re going to have a hard time believing some of the stories he shares… Born and raised in Ljubljana, Slovenia, Luka credits basketball, fitness and coaching for taking him from a path of crime to playing professional basketball. Following his playing career, Luka pursued his passion of training. As the founder and co-owner of Vigor Ground gym in Ljubljana, Slovenia and owner of Vigor Ground Fitness and Performance in Seattle, WA, Luka has coached over 3,000 elite athletes (in the NBA, NFL, UFC, MLB, college and high school), rehab patients and clients from every walk of life. Luka is also the creator of Vigor Ground Fitness and Business Summit, an educational event for coaches and gym owners. Luka and Vigor Ground Fitness and Performance have been featured in Mens Health, Stack Magazine, Onnit Magazine, Entrepreneur Magazine, HBO Real Sports, Precision Nutrition, as well as CBS, FOX, USA Today, ABC and KING5 New Day NW as Seattle’s top fitness expert. In today’s episode we discuss: The role of deception in effective leadership Creating an environment to practice chaos and adversity Is there a difference between leadership and management? How vulnerability and humility can be “overdone” "What’s difficult is scarce and what’s scarce is valuable" If you love the stuff Luka talks about in this episode, but are new to the field and just need help getting started, we have a new resource for you. This ebook is called “Advice for New Coaches” and can be downloaded for free here! Connect with Luka: Via his website: www.VigorGroundFitness.com Via his Instagram: @LukaHocevar Via his Podcast: Vigor Life Podcast Join our exclusive Facebook group of fellow Art of Coaching Podcast listeners and have your voice heard! Don’t forget to check-out and download our new free resources. Podcast Reflection Sheets: Click Here How to Find a Mentor Guide: Click Here Sign up for my course: Sign Up Now! Follow me on social media: Via Instagram: @coach_BrettB Via Twitter: @coach_BrettB Subscribe to my YouTube channel here Learn More About My Courses, Clinics, and Live Events At: www.ArtofCoaching.com

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0:00.0	Today on the show we have Luca Hosevar.
0:03.6	Now I'm not sure if you're ready for this one.
0:05.6	We have a lot of unique guests on the show, but when you hear about Luca and you hear about
0:09.9	his background and almost kind of being raised in the streets and then everything he's created
0:14.7	as a result of it and you know it's interesting you can hear oh the passion and the ingenuity
0:20.1	of this guest and this guest but so much of what we know about people and what drives
0:25.3	them comes from a deeper understanding of their background and man is Lucas complex.
0:30.1	So I hope you're ready to listen, pay attention.
0:32.1	This is not when you want to do when you're mowing the lawn or anything else.
0:35.1	Luca, and I'm just going to give you a tidbit here, was born and raised in Slovenia and gives
0:40.0	credit and a lot of things in his life to sport, fitness and coaches really being able to
0:44.7	take him in.
0:45.6	Otherwise, he still would have been on the streets.
0:47.5	And he talks about how it was these things that took him from the streets to playing basketball
0:51.5	in high school, to the pros where he played in Europe, as well as the NBA Summer Pro League.
0:57.0	This eventually led Luca today's guest to a lifelong passion in fitness and performance,
1:02.4	where for over a decade he has co-founded Vigor Ground,
1:05.4	which is one of the most successful performance gyms in Slovenia.
1:08.9	Now, after moving to Seattle, Luca had to start from ground zero, something that he knew
1:13.4	really well, somewhere a place that he's comfortable in this place of chaos, which is
1:17.7	something that I love about him, working at commercial, big box gyms, health clubs,
1:22.0	these suffocating environments. And sometimes again, I don't want to be offensive if you work in them, but you know what I mean?
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