The Post Game Podcast Ep. 46 - Dana Cavalea: Closing the Gap on Potential, Coaching America's Top CEOs, Nobody Really Cares
Dana Cavalea is the former Director of Strength & Conditioning and Performance for the New York Yankees and a World Series Champion.
He is currently a High Performance & Executive Leadership Coach to C-Suite Leaders, Sales Teams, Tech, Private Equity & Venture Capital Leaders.
He is also a speaker, author, podcast host, and founder of Freedom Farms, a family farm providing Americans with naturally raised beef, chicken, and pork.
What You’ll Learn About:
- Moving towards the thing you’re called to move towards
- What’s the first feeling you have
- Closing the gap on potential
- Coaching the top CEOs
- How does he manage his time?
- Posing the question “where are we going?”
- MLB managers relatability to players
- The Four things people are afraid of
- Nobody’s Thinking about you
Timestamps:
(0:00) – Intro to Dana
(2:40) – Always leaving something for something
(4:30) – Embracing who you are
(5:40) – First feeling
(7:50) – No interest in the fluff
(10:20) – Working with CEOs of big companies
(12:30) – What’s bothering you and where can you improve?
(14:15) – Fatigue
(15:20) – How does Dana stay on track
(19:15) – First 6-12 months require your time
(20:00) – Only as good as your team
(20:40) – Where are we going?
(22:45) – Different mentalities
(24:30) – Joe Girardi vs. Rob Thompson
(27:20) – Evolution of management styles
(28:00) – Mariano Rivera story
(29:10) – 4 Things People are Afraid of
(31:00) – Nobody cares
(33:40) – Where to find Dana
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