S9 E7 ‘Achieving ambitious endeavours’

The Business of Being Brilliant podcast

S9 E7: 'Achieving ambitious endeavours'
with Adolfo Gomez Sanchez

Monday 28 October 2024

About this episode

We explore what drives exceptional performance, from how we learn to acquiring mastery, to achieving big, hairy audacious goals. And when our organisations announce a big transformation or we experience a significant change in our work lives, what helps us to adapt successfully so we can keep performing at our best?

My guest is Adolfo Gómez Sánchez, a performance mentor with over 30 years’ experience working with elite athletes and global executives. A CEO, former professional athlete and martial arts expert, Adolfo is the founder and Chief Passion Officer of GOLD Results and the author of The Optimal Performance Formula. He shares his insights on the "performance formula"—mindset, maps, and mojo— along with some practical tips for leaders and managers to help their teams embrace change more successfully,

Perspectives from Adolfo

On thinking in decades

Nothing great is ever done in a short period of time. […] We have this naiveté in companies that we're going to transform the company in six months. It isn't going to happen.

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On failure

Failure is just data. But nobody really understands it. Companies are not set up to allow people to fail.

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On challenges

When we run into a challenge, (the) first thing you need to try and evaluate is: what part can you do something differently and what part is totally out of your control?

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