In this episode: Investing in Yourself, Mental Wealth, Entrepreneurship, Self-Compassion, Self-Awareness with Rich Jones

Episode Summary

In this episode, Adam interviews Rich Jones, a health and performance coach, speaker, and masters track and field athlete. Rich shares his journey of how he invested in himself and made the decision to quit alcohol, work with a leadership coach, and take a mental health leave from work. He also talks about the importance of mental wealth and how it's more important than financial wealth. Adam and Rich discuss the challenges of entrepreneurship and the importance of self-compassion and self-awareness in the pursuit of personal growth and development.

Guest Bio

Rich Jones is a health and performance coach, speaker, and masters track and field athlete. He is also a diversity, equity, and inclusion specialist at Google. Rich is the host of the Mental Wealth Show, a podcast that explores the intersection of mental health and personal finance.

Connect with Rich Jones

Rich's community: Find More Balance Network
Rich’s Coaching : Find More Balance
Rich’s Podcast: The Mental Wealth Show
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/richrunstrack/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/richrunstrack

Key Takeaways

Journey of healing and self-awareness being lifelong practices
Is Mental wealth more important than financial wealth?
Importance of self-compassion and patience in pursuing goals
The importance of self-awareness and being kind to yourself
Need to have a general idea of where you're going when investing in yourself
The importance of having a strategy and knowing your values when investing in yourself.
Consistency and sustained effort over time are what get results.

Resources & Books Mentioned

🔥 Did you know that only 14% of reorgs are successful?

That means 86% of reorgs fail to achieve their goals. Shocking!

Honestly, after living through 11 reorgs in my last 10 years at Google it kind of makes sense.

I created the Ask What's Possible Workshop to help newly formed teams rebuild trust, create psychological safety, and align around a BIG shared vision in hours, not quarters.

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🔥 What teams walk away with:

Rebuilt trust and psychological safety
A co-created, ambitious shared vision everyone is energized by
Clear alignment between personal goals and team vision
A short list of mini-experiments to generate momentum immediately

🔥 What makes this workshop different:

Executive-level facilitation with a track record at CEO-level forums, including sessions with 27 Google VPs at Sundar's leadership conference
- One VP shared: "Adam was masterful as he guided us through exercises to expand our perspective and ambition on our vision of what we could be and do."
Neuroscience-backed, mindful conversation practices th...

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