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That's Artofcoaching.com slash events. Artofcoaching.com slash events. That's Artofcoaching.com slash events right now. Welcome to the Art of Coaching podcast. I'm Brett Bartholomew and at a young age, poor communication nearly caused me my life. Now, I help others navigate the great area of social interaction, power dynamics, and communication so they can become more adaptable leaders regardless of their profession, age, or situation.

This podcast is for everybody who is fascinated with solving people problems. So if you're in the no nonsense type who appreciates frank conversations, advise you can put to use immediately and learning how others navigate the messy realities of leadership, you're in the right place. I'm glad that you're joining us. Let's dive in. I'm gonna go back to the hotel.

I'm gonna go back to the hotel.

I'm gonna go you're joining us. Let's dive in. Today I sit down with Dr. Nick Holtin and Dr. Adam Wright. Dr. Nick Holtin is an international

speaker, consultant, trainer, and coach, and his work focuses on helping individuals become

better versions of themselves through the application of cutting edge science of human

flourishing, a synergistic development of peak performance and overall well-being and fulfillment. He's worked with individuals, teams, businesses and organizations ranging from professional athletes to Fortune 500 executives. Dr. Adam Wright, who I also enjoyed having a great chat with, is also a high performance coach, executive coach, consultant, and educator. Collectively, both of these people's resumes read like a who's who, but most importantly, people that are grounded in just doing great research. And the reason we all connected is, they have a tremendous initiative called the Anti-Fragile Academy. And they go into deep research, but most importantly, practical application about how to make people more resilient, how to really help people in the face of hardship, and help people become more adaptable. I mean, we talk about terms like grit and resilience and all these things, but what does it really mean pragmatically? And what I really appreciate is we start just talking about the definition of unpleasantness and how do you thrive amidst unpleasantness? And I think that this is really potent because in today's world, people just wanna seek pleasure more than anything. Yet they always talk about and pay lip service to growth. That's not a reality, right?

A precursor to adaptability is hardship and going through things. And there's very few people that talk about this stuff in general. Let alone talk about it as practically as they do. So we're having a real conversation here. Nothing's scripted. It's three people getting together saying, hey, from a research perspective, from a pragmatism standpoint, from a real life perspective, how do we build more anti-fragility in children, in ourselves, and in the world so that people can become the best version of themselves without being a fake version of themselves? There's a lot here. This could easily be a four-hour discussion, and I urge you to go to the antifragileacademy.com to learn more. But without further ado, here is Dr. Adam Wright and Dr. Nick Holden. Welcome back to another episode of the Art of Coaching podcast. I am here with Dr. Nick Holden and Dr. Adam Wright. Gentlemen, thanks for joining me for this conversation. Thanks for having us. Excited to be here. Yeah, genuinely happy.

I know you're work for a long time, but I loved your book when it came out a long time

ago.

I write it.

It's actually in the office.

I appreciate your stuff for a very long time. So I'm very happy to be here. Well, let me ask the obvious question, then, as an on ramp, right? his first five minutes of always key why the hell haven't we met in person i

didn't know this i didn't know this yeah yeah conscious coach you do i know

it yeah absolutely and you know we're struck in more than anything key, why the hell haven't we met in person? I didn't know this. I didn't know this. Yeah. Yeah, conscious coach, you do.

I know it.

Yeah, absolutely. And you know, what struck me more than anything is I finally met a strength coach who's willing to be vulnerable and tell real stories about their life as opposed to some cultivated nonsense that sounds good, though we all know is not the real story behind scenes. Yeah, well, I appreciate that. and you teed it up for me perfectly

because I listen to a lot of your guys' episodes as well

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