Play Your Position Podcast

Hi there! Welcome Play Your Position Podcast listeners to my website!

On my interview on the Play Your Position Podcast podcast with Mary Lou Kayser, I shared my insights on resilience, reinvention and leadership drawn from my experiences as an elite gymnast, startup founder, and now executive coach.

Here are some key takeaways from our conversation:

• Gymnastics training and mental strength: training to uncover insights into the development of mental strength and discipline
• Traditional Masculinity and Its Impact on Resilience: how traditional notions of masculinity influence resilience, both positively and negatively, and the importance of redefining strength in modern leadership.
• Prioritizing Values and Relationships Over External Achievements: shifting focus from external success metrics to internal values and relationships, and cultivating a more fulfilling personal and professional life.
• Startup Journey with Pivots and Setbacks: emphasizing the inevitable pivots and setbacks, and how they contribute to a deeper understanding of business dynamics.

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If you enjoyed my conversation on the Play Your Position Podcast, I appreciate you taking this journey with me. My goal is to equip leaders like you with the mindset, skills and support to thrive through challenge and change. Let's stay in touch!

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Get back to our convo here:

Jason Shen on Giving Up to Go Forward

Jason Shen is a former national champion gymnast and an executive coach with a focus on resilience and reinvention. As CEO of Refactor Labs, he coaches entrepreneurs and teams through crucial transitions and writes about creative risk-taking in his weekly newsletter Cultivating Resilience. He has b…

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Relevant Issues

125: The Double Loop Pivot

Why The Double Loop Pivot Is the Best Way To Explore Changing Your Business + Strategies for Managing ADHD

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066: How Masculine Ideals Affect Resilience

🖼 Lessons Learned (Scotch & Bean) + 👉 Flow Club (focused virtual coworking)

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080—Unpacking “Traditional Masculinity” and How It Relates to Resilience

In late 2018, the American Psychological Association put forward a set of guidelines for psychological practice with boys and men. The drafting process started way back in 2005 so it’s far from a flash-in-the-pan project.

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