The Head and The Heart…. Choosing Your Team
The things I look for in a coach or employee (or anyone I want to be around for that matter):
1. They have to care – “No one cares how much you know, until they know how much you care”. I can remember Michael Boyle saying this and it resonated from the second I heard it. But I can tell you, after owning a business for 5 years, their is nothing more important than this. I don’t care if you are a bright and knowledgeable trainer or not. We can teach you that. But I’m not sure that “caring” and “kindness” can be taught. Maybe it can, maybe it can’t. What I do know, is that I can TEACH someone how to be a great trainer, but I want to first find someone who already has “kindness” brewed in them from the start.
Everything else follows #1…..
2. Passion – They have to really love what they are doing. It’s not a job, it’s an obsession. Ok maybe obsession is not the right word but I know that’s the way I personally feel about training. This is simple. I want someone who enjoys what they are doing, not for the sole goal of money (I’m not saying money isn’t important) and takes it upon themselves to read, learn more and better themselves.
3. They have to smile – I don’t think this is cheesy. No one wants to be around “Eeyore”. Depression is poison and it will spread like cancer. People who don’t smile always give me a strange feeling. That strange feeling is my gut telling me to not be around this person. Smile and smile often. It’s also contagious.
No one wants to be around this guy
A few weeks ago, I was talking about this with my partner and great friend Matt Leech (who by the way, is one of the wisest guys I have ever met). He said at the Fire Department (his other job), they hire the “head” and the “heart”. That right there, is BRILLIANT!! They look for someone who cares and is a thinker.
What perfect criteria.
In closing; I have to brag about the members at Impact. I am blown away sometimes at how our members make new “potential” members feel when they come in. They actually care and want that person to stay and be a part of something special with absolutely no hidden agenda.
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