How to Dig Deep and Discover Your Greatness with Thomas Williams
Win Make Give with Ben Kinney
Ben Kinney Training
4.9 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 3 November 2023
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
What choices would you make if you knew greatness was on the other side of adversity? In this episode, Bob Stewart and Chad Hyams talk with Thomas Williams, NFL linebacker turned professional speaker and author, about insights from his new book, "DIG: Discover Your Depth, Determination, and Destiny Through Adversity," on how to manage pressure, purpose, and promise.
Connect with Thomas Williams:
- Websites: http://thomasrwilliams.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomasrwilliams/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/TRW_permissiontodream
In this episode, we cover the following:
- Thomas Williams introduction [1:29]
- Are we misdiagnosing ourselves? [5:35]
- Pressure, purpose, and promise [7:50]
- Managing all three seasons [9:10]
- Understanding the promise stage [14:02]
- Pressure and sharing is part of the privilege [19:30]
- The benefits and responsibilities of mentorship [24:15]
- Identifying the vision: microscope or telescope [25:13]
- Mastering what other people won't [27:06]
- Two ways to motivate and lead people [28:36]
- A leadership lesson from Pete Carroll [35:15]
- Overcoming adversity to find greatness [38:08]
Resources discussed in this episode:
- Win Make Give Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/WinMakeGive
- Get your copy of "DIG: Discover Your Depth, Determination, and Destiny Through Adversity" here: https://amzn.to/3QCbxpE
Connect with the hosts:
- Ben Kinney: https://www.BenKinney.com/
- Bob Stewart: https://www.linkedin.com/in/activebob
- Chad Hyams: https://ChadHyams.com/
- Book one of our co-hosts for your next event: https://WinMakeGive.com/speakers/
More ways to connect:
- Sign up for our weekly newsletter: https://WinMakeGive.com/sign-up
- Explore the Win Make Give Podcast Network: https://WinMakeGive.com/
- Listen to Win Make Give Season 3 on YouTube: bit.ly/3pPEdAx
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the WinMake Give podcast Chadheim's here, Bob Stewart there. |
| 0:11.2 | Bob, how are you doing today? You know, background, envy, a little bit of there. Bob, how are you doing today? |
| 0:13.0 | You know, background envy, a little bit of that. |
| 0:16.0 | This dude, I'm glad we don't do video either. |
| 0:19.0 | This guy, this man is handsome. |
| 0:21.0 | For Christ sakes, he's just a handsome dude. Thank you. |
| 0:24.1 | Not you, Chad, you don't head. I'm talking about our guests, but we'll bring him in |
| 0:28.0 | in a minute. I'm good, man. I'm ready to, I'm excited for our conversation. |
| 0:31.0 | Yeah, Bob, before we get into today's conversation with our |
| 0:34.4 | guests, Thomas, who's here with us, you're right, good-looking guy, got good-looking |
| 0:38.4 | background there for you, all those things. Bob, I need you to stay focused though. |
| 0:42.4 | Okay, I'm gonna to stay focused, though. |
| 0:42.6 | Okay, I'm gonna try. |
| 0:43.6 | I'm gonna try my best. |
| 0:44.8 | We know that you're already wanting to squirrel over here |
| 0:47.1 | and you wanna ask him about that over there. |
| 0:49.1 | We'll let you have some fun, Bob, |
| 0:50.7 | but let's make sure we remember our listener. |
| 0:52.7 | All right. |
| 0:53.4 | All right. |
| 0:54.3 | So we want to welcome to our podcast, the man, the myth, |
| 0:58.0 | the legend, at least in Bob's head already. |
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