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