28 - Personal Progress, Self Awareness, and Accountability Partners

The Urban Engine Podcast

Description- Matt McLellan talks with Kodi Lovelace the Team Lead at Absolute Nutrition and Matt Miller of Matt Miller Coaching, about Personal Progress, Self Awareness, and Accountability Partners. Highlights (2:30) Matt Miller draws a great comparison between the benefits of coaching in sports and business. (4:00) Matt Miller talks about the benefits of clearly defining what it is you want, as a means to evaluate progress over time. (6:10) Matt Miller discusses the fundamental differences between coaches and consultants, and gives a few tips on what to look for. He also discusses how his technical training in the social sciences has aided him in developing accurate empathy, which he considers a key skill for his career. (10:50) Matt McLellan asks Kodi why he began to work with Matt Miller. Kodi tells an interesting story relating his past education/fitness journey, and discusses how we can often do things that aren't aligned with our real goal. (16:00) Kodi discusses his method for identifying and hiring a personal performance coach. (19:38) Matt McLellan admits it can be difficult as a human to open up and expose ourselves, he then ask Matt Miller how he pulls back the layers. Matt Miller talks about how being an addiction treatment specialist aids him in getting people to conduct an emotional intelligence analysis. Specifically evaluate 5 things: Self Awareness, Self Manage, Self Motivation, Social Awareness, Manage Relationships. (26:00) Matt Miller discusses cognitive behavior, and the Bike Shed Effect. (30:15) Matt Miller discusses the effects of self pity on personal performance. (46:00) Matt Miller talks about setting healthy boundaries in coaching and business. Summary Matt, Kodi, and Matt Miller discuss the value of allowing an independent non-biased person namely a Coach, help point out blind spots in your life, whether that be in business, fitness, or life skills. This is vital, because what we know in life is far less than what we need to know, and often times our personal connection to the events occurring in our life and business lead us make poor choices. Blind spots are a natural aspect of every car you see driving down the road, technology now aids the driver avoid hazards as they head towards their destination. Maybe a Coach could do the same for you? Links Rogers, Carl: A Way of Being Rogers, Carl: On Becoming a Person https://albertellis.org/ https://www.instagram.com/mattmiller37/