Episode 152: Extreme Ownership (Interview with Brendan Callahan)
Welcome back to the Fitness, Wellness, and Longevity podcast.This week, my guest was Brendan Callahan. Brendan is the Head Lacrosse Coach at Dartmouth College. He is also a father of two, former Division 1 lacrosse player, and longtime friend of mine. In today's conversation we cover:2:30: Brendan’s intro into coaching 4:30 10,000 hours of practice8:20: Mike Francis (coaches who were influential)9:00 Uncle Mike10:00 Taking the lessons into your own coaching 12:00 How do you make it not about you? (Jacko Willick-Extreme Ownership)14:00 Acceptance Balancing acceptance with changing what is15:00 No room for growth in the kids22:00 how do you convey the messages 27:00 Bill Belicheck29:30 there is no avoiding uncomfortable situations. You will have to go through the pain32:00 working on yourself34:00 enlightened experiences42:00 How to start pulling kids in the right direction44:45 Two ways to learn: learn through reason or learn through pain47:40 Some only learn if something is on the line52:00 what are you looking for that aren’t on the stat sheets? Winning edge: effort plays, communicating, playing with passionIf you like today's podcast, please subscribe, rate, review, and share with your friends!