Meet Trevor Ragan, the guest on this week’s Way of Champions Podcast. Trevor is the founder of Train Ugly, and the host of a fantastic podcast called The Learner Lab [link]. This one goes a little over an hour, but we promise it is worth the time! Grab a notebook and a pen, and maybe some coffee or tea. This one is packed with incredible information!
Highlights from the Podcast:
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The most important trait of a great leader: the ability to learn
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How Trevor came up with the name “Train Ugly”
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Helping learners appreciate the pain of messing up to get better
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The difference between a tiger growing up in the zoo or growing up in the jungle
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Trevor shares his story of trying out for Duke Basketball
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Spending two years experiencing the leadership of Mike Krzyzewski
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Why Trevor started his podcast
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Overcoming Fear, Stress and Anxiety
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Things that create fear: Uncertainty, Attention, Change and Struggle
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Practice: Doing vs Reading
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Trevor explains how baseball coaches can improve pregame warm ups
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What is psychological safety and why is it more important than most people know?
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Why sleep is the best performance enhancing drug available
Connect with Trevor Ragan
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Website: https://trainugly.com/
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Email: trevor@trainugly.com
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Twitter: @train_ugly
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Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/trainingugly
Resources Mentioned
The Learner Lab [podcast]
The Fearless Organization: Creating Psychological Safety in the Workplace for Learning, Mindset: The New Psychology of Success by Carol Dweck [book]
Innovation, and Growth by Amy C. Edmondson [book]
The Culture Code: The Secrets of Highly Successful Groups by Dan Coyle [book]
How to ‘overcome’ fear, a TedTalk with Trevor Ragan [video]
Learning Like a Jungle Tiger, a TedTalk with Trevor Ragan [video]
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