Eric Recker: WINtheNOW: Become the Best Version of Yourself

Oct 17, 2023

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About Eric Recker: Eric is the Owner and CEO of WintheNOW, LLC, where they help High-Achieving Leaders to #WINtheNOW and design a life where they are working to become the best version of themselves for themselves and those around them. He has also been a dentist since 2002 and has led a team of 18 dentists since 2002. Eric has been a pilot since 2018, traveling to 12 countries and 46 states. He has been mentoring and coaching most of his life. As a Certified Elite Success Coach, he works with high-achiever personalities who want to #WINtheNOW and enjoy life while realizing their goals. Check out the latest episode of our Conversational Selling podcast to learn more about Eric.

In this episode, Nancy and Eric discuss the following:

What's common in dentists and coaches?
The story of Eric's burnout journey.
Lessons from climbing the mountain of life.
Tips for leading a team of 18 and staying like a family.
A pivot from dentistry to coaching and speaking.
30 minutes of quiet: the technique to hear yourself.
How has COVID-19 changed Eric's burnout phase?

Key Takeaways:

One of the biggest things that I've been gifted with is to be able to teach from my journey.
I had been so distracted by achievement, and I wasn't getting any satisfaction out of any of this.
As business owners, entrepreneurs, people in the business world, and even people in life, we must understand why we are working so hard, or we'll end up with many hollow achievements.
We won't make it if we don't have time for our brains to idle when we're not consumed with screens.

"I believe that one of the most important things we have in our life is our relationships. So, in our office, we are a family. We go through highs and lows together. We go through the journey of life together. So, one of the significant things in our office is knowing our patients' stories and our other team members' stories. So, people from this other company had noticed: "Boy, when we come in for our appointments, we're not just a number; we're asked how we're doing. We have a little bit of conversation before we sit down. And then, through every step of the process, we know what's going on. We know the next step, and we're noticed". So that's one thing I stress with my team is that we have to notice people because many people go through life and they're never noticed. They may be because they're isolated working from home, maybe because it can be a laundry list of reasons, but when they come into our office, if their name calls them and they are asked how they're doing, then that's two touch points right there where someone feels like they're seen, heard, and they're valued. And that's huge in our current society." – ERIC.

"Through those 30 minutes of quiet, and believe me, I failed big time when I started this. The first day I looked at my watch, 45 seconds into it, I thought: "Boy, I got to be getting close." So I tried to give my mind just some space to run. Faith is a big part of my life, so having some quiet space for God to be able to speak to me or to be able to hear what's impressed upon my heart. During that time, I had to bring myself back to the moment for the first couple of times, probably every minute or two as my mind would wander and use a re-centering phrase like: "I am here". I would say to myself: "I am here, right here, right now". And then, I would get back to focusing on my breathing. And things like that helped me stay in that moment, in that quiet moment. And I think without that the burnout would have spiraled more and more." – ERIC.

"Yeah, I think what we're going to find in our lives is the biggest regrets that we're going to have been going to be at the end of our life when we realize things that we didn't try, things that we more of the regrets of omission. The things that we didn't put ourselves out there for. So, it's important for people to know what success looks like at this stage of life. And then also to know that that's dynamic. So, a year from now, success might look different. So, to keep re-examining that and realize: "Okay, what are the opportunities I have in front of me that I'm not taking advantage of? And the decisions I must make if I don't do these things... Are these the things that I will regret five years down the road, ten years down the road?" – ERIC.

Connect with Eric Recker:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eric-recker-583849278/
Personal Website:https://ericrecker.com/

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