Josh Adam /// Shorten the distance between us /// Season5:E0108

Josh Adam offers a coaching/personal perspective behind his successes using the power of self-reflection, to answer the question; What does it mean to be human? ⁠ 

Leading a team is not an easy task, every coach has unique tactics and coaching techniques to maximize their teams successes. Josh Adam uses the power of self-reflection for his team's success stating that “success is a byproduct of us working on the best version of ourselves”. ⁠ 

Individual self-reflection transferred into a team setting creates individuals who are tied together by one goal and one sense of spirit, to be the best version of themselves as a whole. Which ultimately embodies what it means to be authentically human.⁠ 

 

" Faith is a hope in evidence of things that are unseen" -  Josh Adam 
 

Josh is a Navy veteran, married with 4 children, including twins.  He Graduated with a bachelor's degree in history and  Christian education from Seattle Pacific in 2000, did his post-bachelor's research at Katholieke Universiteit-Leuven in Belgium and then received his master's in sports and exercise science from Minnesota.  

He rowed for 4 years at Seattle Pacific and started coaching rowing in 2001.  That lead to a career in coaching.  He has coached at Seattle-Pacific, Indiana, Washington State, the US National Team and now at USC as the head coach. 

 

" Faith is a hope in evidence of things that are unseen" -  Josh Adam 
 

Topics we discuss: 

• Studying History of the Iberian Peninsula  
• Learning how to listen verses speaking 
• The essence of competition  
• The true definition of love 
  • Sitting with a life coach to discuss it  
• Learning how to balance EGO among family, work and life  
• How to become authentically Human and  
  • figuring out your purpose  
• Learning about leadership as a young coach to now divulging into potential recruits  
• The definition of success 
  • how its perceived 
• How to coach  
• What does it mean to make it  
• Perfect flow state, and how it doesn’t have to equal success  

 

References: 

• Martin Buber "I and Thou" 
• Aristotle De Anima / On The Soul 
• Self talk 
• Radiohead "Where I End and You begin" 
• Flow state  

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi 

 

Credits: 

 

Lead editor + Producer: Ruf Holmes 

 

Music: 

Main Theme: "Eaze Does It" by Shye Eaze and DJ Rufbeats, a More In Common Podcast Exclusive. 

Guest theme:  "Keel" by DJ Rufbeats created as a More In Common Podcast Exclusive.