Pause, Breathe, and Reflect with Michael O’Brien

How do you pull yourself together when you’ve been hit with the
most unfortunate circumstance you could ever imagine? It’s
human nature to be transfixed by the problem. 


How about slowing down, so you can get faster? How
about reframing your perspectives, so you find opportunities and
not just challenges? 


Michael O'Brien is the Chief Shift Officer at Peloton
Executive Coaching and helps leaders prevent bad moments from
turning into a bad day. He has shared his personal
transformational Last Bad Day story and leadership advice on the
TEDx stage, with Fortune500 companies, Entrepreneur, Fast
Company, Real Simple, ABC, and NBC. 


In this episode, Michael shares what difference it makes when
making a significant change in business and leadership and, most
importantly, in the people who matter most to us, our family, and
our closest friends. He believes that when we change one life, we
make a change everywhere.


What you will learn from this episode: 


Discover about a simple exercise to do away with stress and
use the time to shift perspectives to find
opportunity beyond the problem  

Learn how to live a life in alignment where authenticity and
consistency rule your life 

Learn the power of seeing a problem as
happening for you and
not to you



"When we feel that we're stressed, when we feel that our
self-narrative or chatter isn't as healthy as it could be, I
recommend to people - pause, breathe and reflect. Slow it down
for a minute or two."


- Michael O'Brien


Topics Covered:


01:27 - Why the name Chief Shift Officer? 


03:13 - How to fully show up as your true self in every aspect of
life 


05:11 - How authenticity means consistency 


06:57 - What have his clients done wrong before consulting with
him? 


08:37 - Getting results which are impacting not just business
success but one’s personal life 


10:57 - Shifting perspectives in the way we look at a
problem 


13:10 - Get your FREE ‘A Better Life Workbook.’ Click
here: https://www.michaelobrienshift.com/ 


14:25 - The need to pause, breathe, and reflect 


Key Takeaways:


“What I'm trying to do is help leaders show up fully as
themselves in every aspect of their life. And when they do that,
they send a powerful ripple to the people on their teams. And as
a result, they show up in the way that they can show up. And when
we all show up with the type of potential we have, I believe we
create better change that the world desperately needs right
now.”  


“I think there's a line there that is important to honor when we
think about work and life. It’s that consistency to say, 'Hey,
you know what, the person I meet, in-person or online or in the
conference room is that same person. That consistency, when
there's alignment, things are less stressed.”  


“I get hired because I'm going to help them get better at
leadership, better at business, help their company make more
money, return on shareholder investment, all that jazz. But the
stuff that fires me up is that when they're better at home with
the people that truly matter in their lives, not to say that
their corporate colleagues don't matter.” 


“When we think about those people who are going to be with us for
our whole lives, we're talking about our family and our closest
friends. When they show up better for them, I know we've made an
incredible difference.” 


Resources:


Get your free ‘A Better Life Workbook.’ Click
here: https://www.michaelobrienshift.com/ 



Connect with Michael O’Brien:


Website: https://www.michaelobrienshift.com/ 


LinkedIn:  www.linkedin.com/in/michaelobrienpelotoncoaching 


Instagram:  www.instragram.com/michaelobrienshift 

Facebook: www.facebook.com/michaelspeloton 

Twitter: www.twitter.com/roadieob