The Game of Leadership: A Conversation with Coach Bill Courtney
The Dad Edge Podcast
Larry Hagner
4.8 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 17 November 2023
⏱️ 66 minutes
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Summary
Bill Courtney is an accomplished businessman, speaker, award winning film subject and writer, and the founder of Classic American Hardwoods, Inc., a company that employs 120 people with a 45 acre manufacturing facility and domestic sales offices boasting in excess of $45 million in annual sales. He is also a nationally recognized and sought-after speaker keynoting at a variety of venues from the Para Olympics in Colorado Springs to Nike, Frito Lay, FedEx, and other nationally recognized companies.
In this episode of the Dad Edge Podcast, Bill Courtney shares his three rules when it comes to playing time and dealing with helicopter parents. He emphasizes that asking to play won't guarantee more playing time and encourages parents to have conversations off the field about anything other than playing time. Coach Bill Courtney also opens up about his challenging upbringing, including the absence of his father and the traumatic experiences he faced growing up.
Bill Courtney grew up in a broken home, with his parents divorcing when he was just four years old. His father passed away recently, and he had no relationship with him. His mother, on the other hand, was married and divorced five times, exposing him to various father figures who were often worse than his absent father. This lack of stability and constant changes in his family structure undoubtedly had a profound impact on his childhood.
Childhood trauma can have long-lasting effects on individuals, often leading to negative outcomes. However, it is essential to recognize that resilience can be fostered even in the face of adversity. Bill's story serves as an inspiration, showing that it is possible to rise above one's circumstances and build a successful and fulfilling life.
This conversation highlights Bill's journey from a childhood filled with dysfunction and trauma to becoming a resilient and successful individual. His ability to forgive, excel in sports, and find healing demonstrates the impact of childhood trauma on shaping resilience. This story serves as a reminder that resilience can be cultivated, even in the face of significant challenges, and that childhood trauma does not have to define a person's future. The choice to be a rock, as advocated by Coach Spain, empowers individuals to rise above their circumstances and become symbols of strength and resilience.
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| 0:00.0 | When we think about our lives and relationships, five, ten, fifteen, and even twenty years from today, |
| 0:06.0 | none of us desire to be saying things like, |
| 0:09.0 | I wish I would have done something different, |
| 0:11.0 | or I wish I would have learned a few things that would have made a difference, or I wish I didn't wait too long. |
| 0:18.0 | What you guys are about to hear is a quick one minute reflection from one of our members John who started doing life with |
| 0:23.7 | us in the alliance five months ago and his words say it all. Going back 30 years I |
| 0:30.4 | might not have ever had the opportunity to be with my current wife, but I also think that I'm better |
| 0:38.9 | off where I am now and I'm because of this I'm becoming a better I've learned so much in the |
| 0:45.9 | well since Memorial Day is when I actually started my dojo I've learned so much |
| 0:51.8 | since then that I never was taught. |
| 0:56.4 | My dad was kind of closed off. |
| 0:58.8 | I know you always asked guys on the podcast |
| 1:01.7 | how your relationship was with your dad. My dad was a |
| 1:04.8 | construction worker, he was hard, raised in a completely different era than me. |
| 1:09.2 | And I have a relationship with him now, but not as a kid, and we weren't taught some of the stuff, we weren't taught to communicate. |
| 1:18.0 | We weren't taught to listen. The dad was the head of the family and that was the way things went. |
| 1:24.0 | So learning just to stop and listen and to be like you said, you know, let them know that they're |
| 1:31.5 | seen and heard and safe and you know it's just that I wish I |
| 1:36.4 | would have learned that 30 years ago. |
| 1:38.0 | Jents I know if you listen to this show you have a deep desire to do the work that |
| 1:41.9 | create the same results in your life and for |
| 1:44.3 | the past seven years we have helped over 4,000 men just like you and just like John |
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