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🎙️ Welcome back to The Cnesta Perspective with Kevin Fitzpatrick
In today's episode, Kevin shares the story of his trip to Phoenix to become a Kolbe Certified™ Team Specialist — a journey that turned into 21 hours, 5 airplanes, and 4 airports' worth of mechanical delays, missed connections, weather groundings, and one very wrong pair of pants. What could have been a miserable day became a live demonstration of the very thing he was traveling to study: how your conative strengths — your Kolbe MO — carry you through adversity when nothing goes as planned.
🔥 What You'll Learn
✅ What a Kolbe MO is — and what it feels like when it "fires on all cylinders" under pressure ✅ How to adapt and re-route in real time without losing sight of the goal ✅ Why resilience is a strength you can recognize and deliberately lean on ✅ How preparation and commitment turn a sunk cost into a payoff ("We made an investment — I really want to get to Phoenix") ✅ Why not taking yourself too seriously is a leadership skill
💡 Key Quote: "No matter what's thrown at you, don't take yourself too seriously. Go with the flow — and if it's important, make it work."
👇 Timestamps (approximate — adjust to final edit)
0:00 – Introduction: a story from the Kolbe Team Specialist certification 1:00 – A seasoned traveler's worst travel day begins (Harrisburg, 4:30 AM) 2:15 – Missed connection in Charlotte — and the redirect to Tampa 3:30 – Tampa to DC: still on the East Coast, no closer to Phoenix 4:30 – Three and a half hours on the tarmac — and a choice about attitude 5:30 – Arriving at 11 PM: animal crackers, wrong pants, no socks, no glasses 6:15 – The red eye home and the $40 Philadelphia tourist sweatshirt 7:00 – The moral: go with the flow — if it's important, make it work
👤 About Your Host Kevin Fitzpatrick is the founder and Managing Partner of Cnesta Group, a retained executive search and leadership advisory firm. Through The Cnesta Perspective, Kevin brings clarity, structure, and empathy to the challenges of leadership, career transitions, and professional growth.
🔗 Let's Connect 🌐 Website: https://cnestagroup.com/ 💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cg1kfitzpatrick/
🔔 If this episode made you smile, like, subscribe, and turn on notifications so you never miss a reflection from The Cnesta Perspective.
💬 Question for you: What's the worst travel day you've ever had — and what got you through it?
#TheCnestaPerspective #KevinFitzpatrick #Resilience #KolbeIndex #LeadershipDevelopment #PersonalGrowth #ExecutiveCoaching
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By Kevin Fitzpatrick🎙️ Welcome back to The Cnesta Perspective with Kevin Fitzpatrick
In today's episode, Kevin shares the story of his trip to Phoenix to become a Kolbe Certified™ Team Specialist — a journey that turned into 21 hours, 5 airplanes, and 4 airports' worth of mechanical delays, missed connections, weather groundings, and one very wrong pair of pants. What could have been a miserable day became a live demonstration of the very thing he was traveling to study: how your conative strengths — your Kolbe MO — carry you through adversity when nothing goes as planned.
🔥 What You'll Learn
✅ What a Kolbe MO is — and what it feels like when it "fires on all cylinders" under pressure ✅ How to adapt and re-route in real time without losing sight of the goal ✅ Why resilience is a strength you can recognize and deliberately lean on ✅ How preparation and commitment turn a sunk cost into a payoff ("We made an investment — I really want to get to Phoenix") ✅ Why not taking yourself too seriously is a leadership skill
💡 Key Quote: "No matter what's thrown at you, don't take yourself too seriously. Go with the flow — and if it's important, make it work."
👇 Timestamps (approximate — adjust to final edit)
0:00 – Introduction: a story from the Kolbe Team Specialist certification 1:00 – A seasoned traveler's worst travel day begins (Harrisburg, 4:30 AM) 2:15 – Missed connection in Charlotte — and the redirect to Tampa 3:30 – Tampa to DC: still on the East Coast, no closer to Phoenix 4:30 – Three and a half hours on the tarmac — and a choice about attitude 5:30 – Arriving at 11 PM: animal crackers, wrong pants, no socks, no glasses 6:15 – The red eye home and the $40 Philadelphia tourist sweatshirt 7:00 – The moral: go with the flow — if it's important, make it work
👤 About Your Host Kevin Fitzpatrick is the founder and Managing Partner of Cnesta Group, a retained executive search and leadership advisory firm. Through The Cnesta Perspective, Kevin brings clarity, structure, and empathy to the challenges of leadership, career transitions, and professional growth.
🔗 Let's Connect 🌐 Website: https://cnestagroup.com/ 💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cg1kfitzpatrick/
🔔 If this episode made you smile, like, subscribe, and turn on notifications so you never miss a reflection from The Cnesta Perspective.
💬 Question for you: What's the worst travel day you've ever had — and what got you through it?
#TheCnestaPerspective #KevinFitzpatrick #Resilience #KolbeIndex #LeadershipDevelopment #PersonalGrowth #ExecutiveCoaching