Your Last Bad Day with Michael O’Brien - a podcast by Jessica Sun
from 2020-10-12T10:00
Don’t let one bad moment ruin your entire day. Don’t let one bad situation ruin your entire life. You don’t need to chase happiness by doing and having. There is a better way to live and here is the insight you’re looking for to help you reframe what seems to be happening to you.
Michael is an executive coach and speaker who had a near-death experience in 2001. He was hit head-on by a speeding SUV while cycling. As he lay on the asphalt he promised himself that if he lived, his life would be different. He is the author of Shift: Creating Better Tomorrows; Winning at Work and in Life.
Quotes to remember:
“I thought I could be more if I did more.”
“Try to sit in a moment so we can understand why this moment is showing up for us.”
Takeaways:
- Nothing has meaning until you give it meaning
- Ask yourself: how did this happen for you, rather than to you?
- We are tougher than our tough moments
- No mud, no lotus
- Create the change you want, don’t wait for it
What you’ll learn:
- Why Michael vowed that his life would be different as he lay on the asphalt dying
- How he built a healthier self-narrative
- What his cycling accident means to him now and how it has happened for him
- How to address impostor syndrome and the self-critical voice
- How to connect better with others during Covid
- About his breath practice and a simple way to connect to your breath
Mentioned on the podcast:
- https://www.michaelobrienshift.com/
- Shift: Creating Better Tomorrows; Winning at Work and in Life
- Man’s Search for Meaning - Viktor Frankl
- The War of Art - Steven Pressfield
- Breath - James Nestor
Links:
Further episodes of Guru Please
Further podcasts by Jessica Sun
Website of Jessica Sun