Matt Young is a passionate health, recreation & sport servant leader who believes that supporting quality athletic achievement is good for our children, communities and society. He has 25 years of experience in the allied health care sector where we was recognized as a provincial and national Top 40 U 40 business leader. Matt has started many companies which support activity, health & athletic development, and now consults local, national & international sport organizations and business on how to ensure their information & education can be activated and accountable to results.
Entrepreneurial Role Models:
Jean Smith
When business started difficulties overcame:
“We had to come into an industry that has no governing body, and essentially change it from our offering from what is the celebrity trainer which is what we see now, to a team training format, we’re not about you buying a friends, you’ll see us ten times more than your doctor your physio, your chiro your nutritionist, we’ve got an even bigger responsibility”…[Listen for More]
Favourite Books:
QBQ! the Question Behind the Question: Practicing Personal Accountability at Work and in Life Book by John G Miller
Favourite Quote:
“The reasonable man adapts himself to the world, the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself, therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man”
Recommended Online Resources:
Best Advice to Other Entrepreneurs:
“Don’t operate in your silo, there are lots of people that are going through similar things that you’re doing, have great systems that could support your systems, I know we gleamed so much knowledge and resources and tools from connecting and plugging in and listening to other entrepreneurs, to think that you’re the only entrepreneur that has a HR issue, to think that you’re the only entrepreneur that’s worried about how to increase your bottom line, that’s not quite accurate”…[Listen for More]
More About Matt Young:
The Quality Coaching Collective
Neil’s Quote at the Beginning:
“We get wise by asking questions, and even if these are not answered, we get wise, for a well-packed question carries its answer on its back as a snail carries its shell.” James Stephens
Other Quotes From the Chat with Matt Young:
- “We’re built up to believe we’re awesome, and there’s nothing wrong with that except in times when we need to understand when we’re not that awesome and there’s room for improvement”
- “How many times do you walk into a book store and you’re looking at how do I become a better leader and a better manager, the bookshelves are absolutely stocked, how many times you gone into a book store and said, how do I become a better employee, zero, there’s zero books for that, not one, there’s not one book in our book store if I went there that would say here’s how I become a better employee
- “What is your vision, who is your customer, what are you delivering, what services or goods or products and really focus on being the absolute best at that and do not get distracted”
“Consistency isn’t sexy, and that’s why people aren’t consistent, but consistency is successful”
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