This week’s guest is business consultant James Glover. James is a world champion white-water rafter, former performance lifestyle practitioner and head of support for the sport of triathlon in Britain. In these sporting support roles James began to explore and research some deeper concepts of human performance and found himself drawing upon some emerging and quite powerful principles being applied to business people around the world in the area of well-being, sustaining our energy and achieving greater productivity and human vibrancy.
In this episode we explore his early experiences, a supportive family home, how he felt so disconnected through his university education, becoming world champion, making the transition to working in elite sport and then sensing an opportunity to take the step to the business world and the key lessons he has learnt from both arenas.
Shownotes
How are you feeling?…the vulnerability behind the question
James’ background
The predictability of career path is a turn off
Taking leaps of faith which pay off
Disengagement from the learning environment
The qualities required to be a world champion white water rafter
The human experience and contributions people make
Performance lifestyle and athlete support
Business demands and reflections
Extreme performance, stress being a stimulant for adaptation and growth for athletes but also other aspects of our lives
The transition between stress and distress
The leap taken towards The Energy Project
The reverence in business for sport and the power of human endeavour expressed through sport
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