We've lost the whole generation in my humble opinion to people being scared of being judged.

Because somewhere out there is another Bill Gates, another Bret Bartholomew, another

John Bartolo, as someone who's a forward thinker, maybe progressive in their thought process

and the things that they want to do and how they want to push the envelope in whatever

sector area that they end up working in.

But they're afraid because of what social media and not so much mainstream media has done because there's a lot of little kids out there

You know, and I say little kids, but maybe they're in that 10 to 15 age range where they're starting to develop their own thoughts and their own understanding

But they're afraid to even talk about them because of the Art of Coaching Podcast, a show aimed at getting into the core of what

it takes to change attitudes, behaviors, and outcomes in the weight room, board room,

classroom, and everywhere in between.

I'm your host, Brett Bartholmue.

I'm a performance coach, keynote speaker, and the author of the book, Conscious Coaching. But most importantly, I'm a lifelong student interested

in all aspects of human behavior and communication.

I wanna thank you for joining me,

and now let's dive into today's episode. We have an episode for you guys today.

I've been excited to do this for a while.

We're doing an episode and I think many of you can agree with this.

We live in unparalleled times, not only in everything we're facing with the pandemic and

what have you, but when we talk about mental health and cancel culture and the fact that

hate is so pervasive across the world within so many societal issues and you know

all these things that tie together that sometimes make us afraid to be who we really are

and stand up and lead because we're scared of being judged, we're scared of being called out,

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