TOOLS OF CHAMPIONS - Leadership|Mindset|Erfolg - Ein Blick hinter die Maske besonderer Menschen

Diese Folge ist Teil 2 von 3 des Gesprächs mit dem ehemaligen Profisportler und Serien-Champion Daniel Welser. Vor etwa mehr als 1 Jahr hat Daniel durch einen überraschenden Schlaganfall beinahe den ultimativen Preis für das Persönlichkeitsmerkmal gezahlt, welches ihn während seiner gesamten Karriere ausgezeichnet hat und überhaupt größtenteils dazu beigetragen hat ihn erfolgreich werden zu lassen...

Daniel Welser ist ein Mann mit einer besonderen Geschichte.  Aufgewachsen im kärntnerischen Moosburg hat er sich hinaufgekämpft und in der Eishockeywelt durchgesetzt. Wenige Sportler haben in Österreich mehr Titel gewonnen als Daniel.  Der Erfolg ist allerdings weder über Nacht gekommen, noch in den Schoß gefallen. Daniel ist der Typ Mensch, der für seine Meinung einsteht und wenn nötig, keiner Ko...

In this episode I had the privilege to talk with Petri Matikainen, an Finnish Ice-hockey Coach. Petri has seen the world already during his active playing career, collecting a couple of Championship Trophies, including a Gold-Medal with the Finnish U20 Junior National-Team at the World Championships. Finnland, Canada, Germany and Austria can be found on his path, combining quite a few cultural dif...

Michael Raffl ist einer der grössten Sportstars Österreichs! Punkt!  7 Jahre durchgehend in der National Hockey League, der NHL, bei den Philadelphia Flyers zu spielen, sich jeden Tag von Neuem gegen unglaubliche starke Konkurrenz durchsetzen zu müssen, ist ja auch kein "walk in the park". Der Villacher Bub aus einer erfolgreichen Eishockey-Familie hat das erreicht, was bisher nur eine Handvo...

Er war eines der größten Talente seiner Zeit im österreichischen Eishockey und in seiner Heimatstadt Klagenfurt bekannt wie ein bunter Hund. Immer dabei wenn es irgendwo blau heraus rauchte und es etwas zu erleben gab, auf der Suche nach dem Adrenalin-Kick. Der Sport war dabei nicht das Wichtigste und besser als andere zu sein war einfach. Zu einfach! Es kam der Moment an dem sich sein Leben für i...

What do you do when you check in on your Facebook group and you see a video of a person asking for help? A bright, talented young man, who is fighting his childhood demons and traumatic experiences and does it bravely and courageous, but every once in a while he wakes up in the morning wishing that he was dead.  His name is Tom Krojzl and when he ends up in that dark place, nothing seems...

Heading into part 3, we are discussing plan B and try to take a look into the future.  What is so special about the sport, the team-feeling, winning and losing together?  Where is this all leading and what is the true meaning of success? Those questions and more are covered by Tyler as we sum up an awesome interview. Look up the terms "warrior", "true leader", "great teammate", or "capta...

Episode 9: Listen to part 1 of 3 Growing up in Edmonton, Alberta, more or less the home of ice-hockey, the Canadian national sport #1, it was quite clear where this man's passion would grow strong. A kid with a dream on his journey to achieve his big goal of becoming a ice-hockey professional and to play in the NHL. In this interview he tells his story, talks about his coaches and the values they...

Going into Part 2 of this conversation, here is a little glimpse of what you are about to hear. This part is straight out awesome. For me it is a must hear for any young athlete trying to start a career, anybody who is struggling to come back from an injury or is just feeling sorry for him or herself because life has not been fair. Tyler is brutally honest about the tough moments away from the bri...

In part 2 of this Episode with Pierre Beaulieu we continue to talk about how to climb the ladder in the coaching business without having a big lobby promoting you. We speak about bulls.., if you really think about it.  All in all you hear the thoughts of a man who is building his reputation slowly but steadily, knowing that authenticity, building trust and respect by setting high standards fo...

In this episode I had the honor to interview a rising professional coach, who has all the tools to become one of the really good ones in his business. This is him in a nutshell: Great personality, great work ethic, passion, student of the game, constantly trying to learn and to improve himself, compassionate, smart, eloquent... Pierre is a prototype of a "modern Coach" , and what that really means...

Coaching is coaching, right? It is always dealing with people in a certain way, with the goal to bring the best out of them, to perform, to succeed. Sounds pretty simple, but is it also easy? Ken Tyler gives great insight into coaching differences between the corporate world of business and professional sports. He should know, he has been successful in both worlds for the past 30 years! This is pa...

In Part 1 of this Episode I reconnect with one of the most influential coaches during my 22 year professional career. Why? Because now I understand the impact his believe in my abilities as a young athlete of 18 years of age had on my development and my international career. He did with me, what is perhaps the most important thing a coach has to do with his athletes in order to be successful and t...

Forget about all the clichés of boring, greedy, emotionless bankers, that you might have noticed in movies and various stories. This guy here seems to be the total opposite of that stereotype, which makes any conversation with him unique and highly interesting. Meet Manish Gvalani, who was born and raised in India until he had to witness his families life work vanish before their eyes, leaving the...

Life can be perfect when you are young, hungry, smart and wanting to make a name for yourself while conquering the world. Natalia Saldarriaga has been there and done that, a prodigy in the international consulting world, a male dominated high performance shark tank, she did not stop pushing and pushing. Perfection was the name of the game. Until one night in Paris something happened that would cha...

Great players become great coaches! Well, that might be the case sometimes, but is not  neccessarily true. Vice versa, great coaches don't have to former great players! This episodes guest is living proof of that. Anders Olsson has an very interesting story to tell. A story about a kid, who has to give up his dream just to form another version of it and to live a life of competition and passi...

Growing up and playing hockey in Canada, pushing your dream of becoming the best in what you are most passionate about, teaches you many lessons. You are reaching quite a few crossroads and challenges where you have to make tough decisions and overcome failure and defeat. How you are dealing with those potentially life-changing moments, what conclusions you are drawing in order to move forward, wi...

Back in the time when the political landscape in Europe has been much different than today, when the iron curtain of dividing the west and the east was still very much a reality, boys and girls of both sides were dreaming similar dreams and were working on reaching similar goals. Still, there have been significantly different challenges to be overcome, depending on which side you where born into!...

This is the first episode of season 1 of this podcast. You will learn about who i am and were i come from, about the WHY and WHY now and what it all has to do with the 74. It's kind of a mission statement and the pathetic intro of a Rookie broadcaster, who has seen a lot and realised that he doesn't know much after all. This is all about dreams come true and real passion, passing on the knowledge...