Dave Stahoviac here, host of the Coaching for Leaders podcast. I work with a lot of high

achievers, and they tend to set the bar really high for themselves. As one of my mentors once told me,

any strength, if overused, often becomes a liability.

Sometimes our desire to achieve a lot can actually stop us from starting, or something I see a lot,

to keep from continuing when we run into obstacles. That's why I'm sharing this conversation

today with Brooks Bradford. He's leading a super successful

organization that, as you'll hear, is really busy. And we discuss what he did through our

academy to help motivate people and himself towards an important vision. By the way, if you're

considering the coaching for leaders' academy, applications close this Friday, March 14th.

More details about that at the end.

Now, here's our chat.

I'm talking with Brooks Bradford today.

He is the president of hydrokinetics.

He's also an alum of the Coaching for Leaders Academy.

Brooks, so good to be talking with you. It's always a

pleasure to talk with you, Dave. I know people have heard of the oil and gas industry, especially

folks in Texas like you are, of course, but I think probably a lot of folks aren't familiar

with the kind of work your organization would do. Could you share a bit about what is

hydrokinetics and what's the kind of work you all do? Absolutely. So we are an oil and gas service

company. We have a patented process for cleaning process lines. So downstream, so not drilling or

midstream, but it's at the end, end of the road where they're actually making plastic.

And when these facilities have an upset, that's when we come in and that could be in our backyard here in Houston or it could be in Thailand or anywhere else in the world.

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