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The Jon Gordon Podcast

Nick Hays - Former Navy SEAL

The Jon Gordon Podcast

Jon Gordon

Leadership, Teamwork, Success, Positiveuniversity, Jongordon, Health & Fitness, Positivity, Education, Positiveu, Happiness, Teambuilding

4.81.2K Ratings

🗓️ 21 March 2018

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Bestselling author / speaker Jon Gordon interviews writer / speaker / consultant and former Navy SEAL Nick Hays.

Nick shares insights on overcoming challenges, what bonds a team together, performing under pressure and more.

Watch more Positive University interviews with guests such as Ryan Holiday, Dabo Swinney, Inky Johnson, Brandon Marshall, and more at http://www.PositiveUniversity.com

Learn more about Nick Hays at http://www.eliteteams.com

Learn more about Jon Gordon at http://www.jongordon.com

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey, I'm John Gordon with Positive University, and I am with my friend Nick Hayes.

0:16.4

Nick Hayes is a former Navy SEAL.

0:19.5

We met at the Miami Heat.

0:21.7

He was working with a team. He's worked with a lot of teams. Nick,

0:26.1

tell us about what you do when you go in and you work with a team like the Miami

0:29.5

Heat or the Atlanta Falcons. what does that look like?

0:33.0

Hey, John, first of all, thanks for having me on a positive university.

0:36.9

I appreciate it.

0:37.9

It's always good to connect.

0:39.9

Yeah, so in the past, with sports teams, it's always kind of taking a different look depending on where the team is at and their development.

0:46.0

But for the most part, it's centered around developing culture, which is something that, you know, it sounds like this magical thing there's culture in the air you

0:56.5

know and it really everybody means something different when they say it it's a little bit

1:00.8

wimzy kind of like you know the word love we can all It's a little bit wincey.

1:04.6

Kind of like, you know, the word love. We can all say the word love,

1:06.0

but we all mean something else.

1:07.1

The Greek have what, like seven words for love,

1:09.9

and they're all different.

1:10.7

One's passion, one's friendship, one's family, you know, I can love a cup of

1:15.3

coffee, I can love my wife, what's the difference? That's kind of how culture is. One thing that I've learned

1:21.8

is that you can't have culture without a standard that has backbone.

1:26.0

So usually the first part is like establishing who the influencers are in the group,

1:31.0

giving them a voice, and then them working with the coaches to establish a standard

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