Josh Adam /// Shorten the distance between us /// Season5:E0108

Josh Adam offers a coaching/personal perspective behind his successes using the power of self-reflection, to answer the question; What does it mean to be human? ⁠  Leading a team is not an easy task, every coach has unique tactics and coaching techniques to maximize their teams successes. Josh Adam uses the power of self-reflection for his team's success stating that “success is a byproduct of us working on the best version of ourselves”. ⁠  Individual self-reflection transferred into a team setting creates individuals who are tied together by one goal and one sense of spirit, to be the best version of themselves as a whole. Which ultimately embodies what it means to be authentically human.⁠    " Faith is a hope in evidence of things that are unseen" -  Josh Adam    Josh is a Navy veteran, married with 4 children, including twins.  He Graduated with a bachelor's degree in history and  Christian education from Seattle Pacific in 2000, did his post-bachelor's research at Katholieke Universiteit-Leuven in Belgium and then received his master's in sports and exercise science from Minnesota.   He rowed for 4 years at Seattle Pacific and started coaching rowing in 2001.  That lead to a career in coaching.  He has coached at Seattle-Pacific, Indiana, Washington State, the US National Team and now at USC as the head coach.    " Faith is a hope in evidence of things that are unseen" -  Josh Adam    Topics we discuss:  Studying History of the Iberian Peninsula   Learning how to listen verses speaking  The essence of competition   The true definition of love  Sitting with a life coach to discuss it   Learning how to balance EGO among family, work and life   How to become authentically Human and   figuring out your purpose   Learning about leadership as a young coach to now divulging into potential recruits   The definition of success  how its perceived  How to coach   What does it mean to make it   Perfect flow state, and how it doesn’t have to equal success     References:  Martin Buber "I and Thou"  Aristotle De Anima / On The Soul  Self talk  Radiohead "Where I End and You begin"  Flow state   Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi    Credits:    Lead editor + Producer: Ruf Holmes    Music:  Main Theme: "Eaze Does It" by Shye Eaze and DJ Rufbeats, a More In Common Podcast Exclusive.  Guest theme:  "Keel" by DJ Rufbeats created as a More In Common Podcast Exclusive.