Ep. 343 | Escaping the Traps of Accomplishment | When to Quit Habits that Lead to Success with Henna Pryor
What enables high performers to reach new heights? Henna Pryor, an award-winning keynote speaker and Workplace Performance Expert, reveals why the very qualities that led to your success can end up limiting you. Known for her science-backed, no-nonsense approach, Henna shares counterintuitive insights on when to quit the habits that got you here and lean into what’s next.
Discover:
Why saying “yes” to everything holds you back at higher levels
How being resolute can become detrimental stubbornness
Why you must shift from “fuel-based” to “friction-based” thinking
How to move from obvious to hidden frictions hampering your team
Why the most powerful performance gains come from “problem finding”
How to dig deeper to discover and remove limiting “sandbags”
Why you need to re-evaluate strengths that become weaknesses
Get ready to challenge your assumptions on achievement and learn unconventional tactics to reach your next level of success. Henna brings a wealth of experience coaching top performers at companies like Google and Johnson & Johnson. Her provocative insights will shake up your mindset and show you how to avoid the pitfalls of past accomplishments.
ABOUT Henna Pryor
Henna Pryor, PCC is a highly sought after Workplace Performance Expert and an award-winning 2x TEDx and global keynote speaker, virtual presenter, team facilitator, and professional executive coach. She’s known for her science-backed approach to improving the performance, habits, and actions of hungry high achievers – in her fun, no-nonsense, no-jargon way – to move them from their first level of success to their next one.
She has been invited to speak twice for TEDx in New York City and Wilmington, DE and brings her expertise to a variety of global organizations including Google, Workday, FIS Global, and Johnson & Johnson. She has also been featured in articles for media including Forbes, Real Simple, Fast Company, and more.
Henna founded Pryority Group – a fast-growing performance growth firm – to expand on her belief that the key to most people’s success is leaning into awkwardness a little bit longer to skyrocket strategic risk-taking and be braver in the work that we do.
ABOUT THE BLUEPRINT PODCAST
The Blueprint Podcast is for busy professionals and Household CEOs who care deeply about their families, career, and health. Host Dr. Erik Korem distills cutting edge-science, leadership, and life skills into simple tactics optimized for your busy lifestyle and goals. Dr. Korem interviews scientists, coaches, elite athletes, entrepreneurs, entertainers, and exceptional people to discuss science and practical skills you can implement to become the most healthy, resilient, and impactful version of yourself.
On a mission to equip people to pursue audacious goals, thrive in uncertainty, and live a healthy and fulfilled life, Dr. Erik Korem is a High-Performance pioneer. He introduced sports science and athlete-tracking technologies to collegiate and professional (NFL) football over a decade ago. He has worked with the National Football League, Power-5 NCAA programs, gold-medal Olympians, Nike, and the United States Department of Defense.
Erik is an expert in sleep and stress resilience. He is the Founder and CEO of AIM7, a health and fitness app that unlocks the power of wearables by providing you with daily personalized recommendations to enhance your mind, body, and recovery.
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