On this episode we look at an incredible story of resilience of a Greek college student studying in Scotland and his amazing journey home to Athens.

We also explore a question every leader must wrestle with: “What do you do when you are BLASTED?”
BLASTED stands for:
Bored
Lonely
Anxious/Afraid/Angry
Stressed
Tired
Envious
Depressed (or Distracted)

The backstory to this episode’s Stories of Resilience about Kleon Papadimitriou can be found here.
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On this episode, J.R. shares about another book that has recently impacted him – David Epstein’s book ‘Range’ - and the lessons we can learn from counter-intuitive training efforts with firefighters: dropping the tools we’re familiar with. We must be careful that while we master our tools our tools do not master us.
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On this episode, J.R. shares about another book that has recently impacted him – David Epstein’s book ‘Range’ - and the lessons we can learn from counter-intuitive training efforts with firefighters: dropping the tools we’re familiar with. We must be careful that while we master our tools our tools do not master us.
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If you’re an aspiring writer, or you are already writing and want to improve your writing skills, The Writing Life online master class course is now available for you at www.kairoscourses.com
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**Resilient Leaders is produced by the incredibly gifted Joel Limbauan. Check out his great video and podcast work at On a Limb Productions: www.onalimbproductions.com

On today’s episode J.R. talks about a key insight he gleaned from Andy Crouch’s new book the Life We’re Longing For – that leaders need to understand the significant difference between making an impact and having influence.
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Today we explore why focus is more important than ever before and how to retain your focus as a leader. We’ll get uber-practical in this episode, giving you next steps you can implement - starting today.
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J.R. talks about how his experience as a whitewater rafting guide and how it taught him four important practical lessons about leading with resilience.
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Today we talk about the scientific reasons why you have so many creative ideas in the shower and the wildly beneficial habit of going for walks and how it can strengthen your resiliency muscle. We unpack the Latin phrase solvitur ambulando, which means “it is solved by walking.”

Links:

Aqua Notes: www.myaquanotes.com

Digital Minimalism

“The Power of the Outdoor Office” (Cal Newport)

TED Blog: “Walking Meetings? 5 Surprising Thinkers Who Swore By Them”

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The past two episodes we’ve explored the importance of habits. But on this episode J.R. looks at the flip side of the coin and talks about randomization rituals. Leonard Sweet lives his life by putting himself in a position where he can experience things in a new – and sometimes strange – ways in order to have fresh eyes. The Russian term for this is ‘ostranenie’ – seeing the familiar in unfamiliar ways in order to understand it better or more deeply. When we experience ‘ostranenie’ we can become more resilient leaders.

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On this episode we explore Part 2 of why cultivating good habits is so crucial for you as a leader. We’ll explore the six crucial steps needed to see good habits integrated into your life to help you increase your leadership capacity

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Additional resources on habits:

Books:
1.      The Power of Habit (Charles Duhigg)
2.     Tiny Habits (BJ Fogg)
3.     Atomic Habits (James Clear)

Podcasts:
1.      Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast
2.     Resilient Leaders podcast

Email newsletters:
1.      James Clear’s 3-2-1 Thursday
2.     5 Things in 5 Minutes: www.kairospartnerships.org/5t5m

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On this episode, we’ll explore the importance of habits and how, when seen appropriately and implemented into your own leadership, can change your life. And that’s not an overstatement.

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