Ep 185 - Great Communicators with Mike O'Connell
What's Next with Eric Wood
Eric Wood
5 • 714 Ratings
🗓️ 21 December 2022
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
Mike O'Connell is the Executive Pastor of Love Church in Omaha, Nebraska. Mike is also a former football player, an entrepreneur, a public speaker and leadership coach impacting the lives of many across the globe everyday.
Today on the show, Eric and Mike discuss what makes the best leaders, how to craft a vision and many lessons that you can apply to your life. Other topics include:
(2:00-5:10) - Mike's athletic career. Fate sends Mike from Iowa to Iowa State
(5:10-11:15) - Mike's transition from football to ministry. Omaha was calling
(11:15-16:45) - Becoming a gifted communicator. Traits of great leaders
(16:45-19:45) - Mike's journey into personal coaching and speaking
(19:45-24:00) - Finding balance between contentment and drive
(24:00-27:00) - Benefits of being proactive vs reactive
(27:00-31:00) - Creating a vision. Morning routine.
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| 0:00.0 | First of all, not everybody's called to be a preacher, but I will say this. |
| 0:10.2 | The best leaders are the best communicators. |
| 0:13.2 | As I look at the best leaders in any industry, whether that's a great pastor, a phenomenal |
| 0:19.5 | coach, a great entrepreneur, you know, even just the best parents, |
| 0:25.0 | the families that flow the best and have the most success, typically you're going to see that |
| 0:31.3 | it's connected to really good communication. And so I think we all need to understand that |
| 0:37.3 | this should be a high value for us. |
| 0:43.4 | Welcome to What's Next with Eric Wood, where we will prepare you to make your what's next in life your best yet. |
| 0:48.9 | Our next guest is Mike O'Connell. |
| 0:51.4 | And Mike serves as the executive pastor at Love Church |
| 0:54.5 | in Omaha, Nebraska. |
| 0:55.9 | He is also an entrepreneur, a speaker, and leadership coach. |
| 0:59.5 | And I've gotten to know Mike over the past year. |
| 1:01.7 | And I couldn't be more impressed what the man of God he is, |
| 1:04.5 | and also the leader he is, and how he impacts |
| 1:06.6 | every room he's ever in. |
| 1:08.6 | I'm extremely excited for this conversation |
| 1:10.4 | and get out your notepad now |
| 1:11.7 | because OC is surely to bring you more nuggets to spur you on in life than maybe any guest |
| 1:17.5 | we've ever had. And I have my notebook out as well. I am not exempt from that because I'm going |
| 1:22.7 | to be taking notes as we go as well. So OC, welcome to the show, brother. Hey, thanks for having me, man. It's so good |
| 1:29.1 | to be able to spend a few minutes with you here, man. Yeah, likewise. And I am truly excited for this |
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