Well Being for Personal and Business Performance with George Anderson – Well Being and Performance Coach
In this episode of Sparks by Ignium Phil Rose talks to George Anderson, Well Being and Performance Coach. People are your key asset in growing your business. You know that don’t you. Yet how often do we as people and business leaders neglect the health and well-being of that core asset.
George shares his tips and ideas to help you build and maintain your own personal well-being so that you can look after yourself better. I am sure you’ll find some nuggets of information that you can employ straight away to help you lead a better, more focussed life both in your professional and personal life.
Summary:
In this episode of Sparks by Ignium Phil Rose talks to George Anderson, Well Being and Performance Coach. People are your key asset in growing your business. You know that don’t you. Yet how often do we as people and business leaders neglect the health and well-being of that core asset.
George shares his tips and ideas to help you build and maintain your own personal well-being so that you can look after yourself better. I am sure you’ll find some nuggets of information that you can employ straight away to help you lead a better, more focussed life both in your professional and personal life.
(Some of) The main points for listeners:
· Self Leadership matters!
· How to build and maintain your energy habits
· The DASH principle for better health
· The best activity you can do, ever!
· How the Stone of Focus keeps George Focussed!
· Alternative ways of learning (other than reading)
· George’s tip on podcasts and books he is listening to and reading
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You can skip to the sections you want using the following show notes:
[2:00] The holistic nature of leadership and leading yourself based on your values to support your own wellbeing
[3:10] People are at the centre of a business – and you need the right people on the bus
[4:15] Pay attention to ourselves to support ourselves to provide physical and mental energy
[6:10] Getting into the right physical and mental state – the exercise and healthy eating habit – exercise with a goal in mind. Using exercise as a energiser and making it an important part of your life
[8:50] Energy and networking – using exercise and mental attitude to make massive changes – to help you feel good.
[12:10] DASH – Diet, Activity, Sleep and Hydration – to feel better and step up
[14:20] The best form of exercise you can do ever! To boost physical and mental state
[16:15] Activities to further boost your mind – and why going from a ‘standing start’ takes time
[17:00] Shoulds and coulds
[19:00] Why looking at what everyone else is doing may not be the best course of action. We don’t need to do it all the same as everyone else – map it into your life appropriately
[21:30] Giving ourselves ‘permission’ to relax
[22:30] The Human Doing vs the Human Being – giving ourselves breaks and accepting that we don’t need to be ‘on it’ all the time
[24:40] How do I want to ‘show up’ each day. Creating space for recovery and allowing ourselves to be focussed on those things that give us energy
[26:15] How tech companies design devices to be addictive and how we need to learn to become ‘Indistractable’ (Nir Eyal)
[28:10] The Stone of Focus and how to create friction that will keep you focussed!
[29:40] The Pomodoro Approach – 25 minutes of focussed work
[30:20] Tips for creating a break between work and home. Creating Superstructures in your life that form your habits (‘Atomic Habits, James Clear) (‘The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do, and How to Change’, Charles Duhigg).
[31:00] Superstructures in detail - Morning Routines and evening routines to create the break from work – ‘the fake commute’ to shake off the day
[34:50] ‘Five Ways to well-being’ – Connect, Give, Be Active, Take Notice, Keep Learning
[36:30] The best ways to learn aren’t the same for everyone!
[37:20] Why Podcast listening dropped in 2020! And how you can use NET to build your own learning time.
[38:50] It doesn’t matter what you learn as long as you are learning. The lessons from a 98 year old – use it or loose it!
[39:50] Alternative ways of learning new stuff
[42:30] Gut health and the link to mental health (more to come later)
[44:50] To know something conceptually vs explaining it and how speaking in front of a group is such a vital skill to learn
[44:10] The benefits of being a Toastmaster!
[46:20] Have we gone too far in building connections through social media – we don’t need 100s of friends we just need a small number who can keep us grounded!
[48:00] Virtual coffees help to bring our friends back to us and why it’s important to really connect! The Zoom Pub.
[50:00] Finding and working with an accountability partner (What Got You Here Won't Get You There, Marshall Goldsmith) and why coaching is so important to help us develop
[52:30] George Anderson’s top tips! – Don’t just create a to do list - schedule your priorities. Connect the what to the Why to give your work meaning.
[55:00] Podcast Suggestions: Dr Ranjan Chatterjee: Feel Better Live More. A Bit of a Boost – The podcast from George Anderson; Elizabeth Day “How to Fail”
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Learn More: visit the Ignium https://www.igniumconsult.com/
Subscribe for more exclusive content in the Ignium Spark Tank https://www.igniumconsult.com/the-spark-tank/
More about George Anderson - https://bygeorgeanderson.com
Subscribe for more exclusive content in the Ignium Spark Tank https://www.igniumconsult.com/the-spark-tank/
More about George Anderson - https://bygeorgeanderson.com
Books Referenced in this episode:
Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life. Nir Eyal https://amzn.to/39ZG2Ao
Atomic Habits: The life-changing million copy bestseller. James Clear https://amzn.to/3uL6i9H
The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do, and How to Change’, Charles Duhigg https://amzn.to/2PKMjJo
What Got You Here Won't Get You There: How successful people become even more successful, Marshall Goldsmith https://amzn.to/3wLwB0X
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, Stephen R Covey. https://amzn.to/3fZF2zZ
Dr Ranjan Chatterjee: Feel Better Live More. https://drchatterjee.com/blog/category/podcast/
A Bit of a Boost – The podcast from George Anderson https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a-bit-of-a-boost/id1548360511
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