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"Movement" - Austin Wheeler
There are some people who are just natural observers in life. We never really know why-- maybe genetics, maybe their environment, maybe a spiritual purpose? But what we do know is that they are able to see our world in a unique way. My guest Austin fits directly in this category for me. He grew up around dogs and probably started to hone his skills by trying to understand their behavior. He eventually became a dog trainer, then eventually began training young athletes, and then eventually began training parents.
Along each step in this journey he was observing and studying. Constantly taking in more input, reassessing the systems and frameworks he was using, and determining optimal techniques to improve. It's funny because the conversation started off relatively light and direct. Austin stated "movement" as his most important value and we went down a path talking about the very basic, primal benefits of movement. We talked about how it related to a dog's need to move, how our bodies stop allocating resources to parts we don't use, and how big of a factor pain is in peoples' lives.
He talked about a personal experience with a severe leg injury, which led him to understanding the importance of building a "good" relationship with pain. I really enjoyed this part of the discussion because I find pain fascinating in general, but also for the deep insights Austin provided about the role his ego played and the specific lessons he learned about listening to your body.
As the conversation progressed in this one, it became more obvious how effortlessly Austin went through this "observe, study, optimize" process in his life. His expertise and passion is around physical activity, training, and therapy; so naturally he covered a ton of aspects of those topics. Getting to hear his deeper observations as we explored these topics was really interesting. We also realized, the somewhat obvious, conclusion that these same lessons could be applied to dealing with the mental aspects of life. That illustrates why we need "observers" in the world, no matter their field, they identify patterns about life that we can all learn from.
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There are some people who are just natural observers in life. We never really know why-- maybe genetics, maybe their environment, maybe a spiritual purpose? But what we do know is that they are able to see our world in a unique way. My guest Austin fits directly in this category for me. He grew up around dogs and probably started to hone his skills by trying to understand their behavior. He eventually became a dog trainer, then eventually began training young athletes, and then eventually began training parents.
Along each step in this journey he was observing and studying. Constantly taking in more input, reassessing the systems and frameworks he was using, and determining optimal techniques to improve. It's funny because the conversation started off relatively light and direct. Austin stated "movement" as his most important value and we went down a path talking about the very basic, primal benefits of movement. We talked about how it related to a dog's need to move, how our bodies stop allocating resources to parts we don't use, and how big of a factor pain is in peoples' lives.
He talked about a personal experience with a severe leg injury, which led him to understanding the importance of building a "good" relationship with pain. I really enjoyed this part of the discussion because I find pain fascinating in general, but also for the deep insights Austin provided about the role his ego played and the specific lessons he learned about listening to your body.
As the conversation progressed in this one, it became more obvious how effortlessly Austin went through this "observe, study, optimize" process in his life. His expertise and passion is around physical activity, training, and therapy; so naturally he covered a ton of aspects of those topics. Getting to hear his deeper observations as we explored these topics was really interesting. We also realized, the somewhat obvious, conclusion that these same lessons could be applied to dealing with the mental aspects of life. That illustrates why we need "observers" in the world, no matter their field, they identify patterns about life that we can all learn from.