Michael O’Brien is inspirational speaker on a quest to help 1 Million people have their last bad day. On July 11th, 2001, Michael had his last bad day when he was struck head-on by a speeding SUV while out on a training bike ride. He shares his journey in his best-selling memoir, Shift: Creating Better Tomorrows.
Top Takeaways: Head-On Collision at 40mph Can’t Stop Resiliency with Michael O’Brien
- Head-on collision at 40mph can’t stop resiliency
- Shift: Creating a Better Tomorrow
- Get on the hamster wheel and grind it out
- Pedaling forward through current crises
- A power “with” mentality, instead of power “over”
- A goal of riding my bike in all 50 states
- Cutting the tension after the crash “how’s my bike”
- If I live, I’m going to stop chasing happiness
- Surrounded by professionals but feeling so lonely
- Happiness is not a destination we can get to, it is the journey
- Up until that moment, I thought happiness was in the next promotion
- Avoid Do, Have, Be
- Be, Do, Have advice from Zig Ziglar
- That SUV gave me a mulligan
- After the accident, I had a big ah-ha, I needed to get my mind and my body right
- I got truly focused on what really mattered with my company, being more human
- I led my way to the top
- Bringing home more than my energy leftovers
- Manage your energy through the day
- First thing we check upon waking- our phones- it frames our day
- Pause Breathe Reflect #PBR
- Reflect- how am I doing against the priorities I set this morning
- I’m nothing without the people in my life
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Learning From Leaders:
Current Book: The Mindful Leader: 7 Practices for Transforming Your Leadership, Your Organisation and Your Life by Michael Bunting
Leadership Superpower: Resilience
Motivational Mantra:
[shareable]When the going gets tough, the tough get going[/shareable]
[shareable]All the events in your life are neutral until you label them positive or negative[/shareable]
Book Most Often Gifted: The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
Additional Items Mentioned
Shift: Creating Better Tomorrows: Winning at Work and in Life by Michael O’Brien
Michael’s Website: www.michaelobrienshift.com
