Whenever I have something that makes me really nervous, it's like some speaking gig or something like that. If I were to just have a group of people and like, have to talk, it doesn't bother me. But if I'm just talking, I'm fine. Part of that might be because I have ADHD. So my memory, short-term memory is like really, really bad. And so like, my issue is really staying present and recognizing, I know everything I need to know.
Today Josh speaks with Terry B. McDougall about courage, fear, corporate leadership, and living a fulfilling life.
Terry is an executive coach, speaker, and best-selling author of Winning the Game of Work
After more than 30 years of corporate business experience leading marketing efforts in senior management roles, Terry chose to become a coach to concentrate on helping leaders step fully into their potential to lead satisfying careers.
Some of the other topics we dive into are:
- The external trappings of success.
- The negative feedback loops of work stress and pain avoidance.
- Childhood trauma, high achievers, and external validation.
- Unhealthy coping mechanisms, setting governors and detoxing from corporate life.
- The operating costs of poor leadership.
- Fear detachment and the illusion of job security.
- Self-moderation and critical self-talk.
- The future of work in the corporate world.
- Courage, anxiety, and letting go.
- And so much more.
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Music by Kirby Johnston – check out his band Aldaraia on Spotify