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The Art Of Coaching

E108 | Dan Noble: The Advantages of Anxiety

The Art Of Coaching

Brett Bartholomew

Health & Fitness, Business, Education

5642 Ratings

🗓️ 27 July 2020

⏱️ 85 minutes

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Summary

Can certain levels of anxiety be advantageous for intelligence and creativity? Can we live fully without taking risks? Join me as I contemplate these and other controversial questions with coach, author, and contributor to Conscious Coaching, Daniel Noble. Also on today’s episode: How to quiet your mind and center yourself through activity Getting athletes to think / options for those who don’t love journaling Closing the gap between those who “make it” and those who don’t 3 timeless truths when dealing with chaos Daniel is the co-owner of GRIT Athletics in Toronto, as well as the Director of Performance at the Hill Academy. As a coach, he’s trained Olympians, athletes from the NHL, CFL and NCAA. Daniel is also a speaker and contributing author to my book, Conscious Coaching: The Art and Science of Building Buy-In & Weight Room Wisdom. He’s been featured as a S&C Hockey expert in Sports Illustrated, The Hockey News, Hockey Night in Canada, Sportsnet and other media outlets. On this show, we discuss the “light sides” of anxiety and risk as well as the “dark sides” of certain leadership traits. If you want to dive deeper on these topics and develop a framework to know yourself, your audience and how to tailor communication for that population, our flagship online course Bought In is the perfect next step. Click here to get started today! Connect with Daniel: Via Instagram: @coachnoble45 Via Twitter: @coachnoble45 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

On today's show, the advantage of anxiety.

0:04.4

Now, the word anxiety typically brings up a stigma.

0:07.6

It makes people think of this mental illness that affects 40 million people in the US every

0:12.6

year and all these things and, oh, it makes you go all over the place.

0:16.4

Now we're not talking about that type of anxiety.

0:20.4

This exists on a dimensional scale.

0:22.6

We're talking about the type of restlessness and anxiety that you feel when you really want to make a difference in doing something great

0:29.7

And maybe it doesn't have to be something great on a global scale

0:32.8

But just doing something that matters being useful this restlessness this this tireless work ethic that you have that

0:39.3

You know other people might just look at it as you're stir crazy

0:41.7

But you know you have all these ideas bubbling up inside you and you can't always get him out.

0:47.1

That's something my good friend Dan Noble and today's guest knows a lot about and I'm

0:51.3

with him.

0:52.3

Now Dan is the co-owner of Grit Athletics.

0:55.2

It's a new facility in Toronto.

0:57.6

He previously was a director of performance at the Hill Academy which works with some

1:01.3

of the top hockey players in the world.

1:04.0

He's also a speaker in contributing author. Most importantly, Danna's somebody that has a unique background

1:09.5

himself with his family dynamics, the way he approaches coaching, the unique ties he

1:14.8

has into the community and not only in sport but in business and beyond. And Danna's somebody

1:20.6

that I can always talk to and I know that despite the fact that his mind and my mind often earn a NASCAR race against one another, he's always going to

1:29.3

a destination that's worth it.

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