Ep. 8. Dan Pfaff Like You’ve Never Heard Him Before – Vulnerability, Spirituality & Adversity – The Underlying Triad of Mental Resilience After 45 Years In The Sporting Trenches & His Studies Into The Military

Dan Pfaff is a GENIUS!! He’s a track and field coach, who coached Donovan Bailey to Gold in the 1996 Atlanta Olympics and has coached many other World Championship and Olympic medals in his time, including Gold to Greg Rutherford in the 2012 Olympics and Silver to Australia’s very own Aussie, Fabrice Lapierre at the 2015 World Championships in the Long Jump, where his other athlete, that darn Englishman again, Greg Rutherford, won the Gold medal. Dan has also worked with many elite NFL and Soccer stars, and Tennis players such as Maria Sharapova. I’ve shadowed Dan numerous times over the years and he’s helped mentor me into the coach and therapist I am today. But in this episode, I don’t really talk to him about Track and Field, or athletes much for that matter. He has an abundance of value to offer in so many different areas and i believe this is the first episode of many with this exceptional human. In this episode you will learn: - What mental resiliency actually is from his learnings of 45 years in the sporting trenches and his studies into the military. - One of Dan’s moments that he’s not most proud of - How he went off the rails for 5 years and had some very turbulent times in his life - How he learned to use the biggest adversities in his life to redirect his journey in a positive direction and how he teaches this to others We also talk about: - How Dan helped me through the toughest times in my life - His connection with the change in design of the Nike Free shoe - Our connection to chicken schnitzel - And something really cool from my learning perspective in how he helped create context on a BIG decision in my life. Resources mentioned in this episode: Altis Brett Bartholomew Conscious Coaching Peak Performance Book The Flow Genome Project Audible link to get your free audible trial Follow Dan online: Twitter - @PfaffSC