How To Find The Joy & Savor the Moments
Sometimes we get so focused on having a successful future we forget to find joy in the present moment. Lauren welcomes producer, author, dad and coach, Steve Morris to the show. After graduating from Yale and hitting his own dark phase in New York City television and commercial producing, Steve moved to Los Angeles and began a coaching stint that turned into a full-time full-fledged soccer and Summer-of-Fun camp. Listen in as Steve reminds us to take a deep breath and let yourself lighten up, have a sense of humor, and savor the moment!
In this podcast episode, Lauren and Steve discuss:
Life lessons from camp and keeping the camp spirit
Coaching with light and humor
Steve’s hope for elite and club sports
Recognizing the need to slow down with more perspective and balance
Appreciating the moment of now
Advice for dialing down the pressure and helping others
Memorable Quotes:
“But it always, even at the worst times, I always was able to kind of look at it with a bit of remove and see that this is kids' sports, there's gotta be fun here. If it's not fun, why are we doing it? They've got so many years to be adults, right? Why are we imposing that on them now?”
“Dial down the pressure. Dial it down on yourself. Dial it down on your kids. What seems unbelievably important and critical today, take a deep breath. And tomorrow or next week or next year is going to seem insignificant. And while you're going through this, if you're going through hard times, try and keep a sense of humor, a sense of perspective, and embrace the hard time because, guess what, the hard time now is going to be your legend”
“Just because you don't know right away, take a deep breath. Don't beat yourself up. Just keep moving forward.”
About Coach Steve Morris:
Founder of Coast Camp for kids, the funnest place for kids to be happy over the summer, Coach Steve’s overcome screaming sideline parents for decades & a LOT more as a coach and parent in The Dizzying World of Youth Sports. Raising his 3 kids with his wife and finding that the world of backyard and pickup ball with your friends changed drastically, Steve authored a tell-all and funny warning to future parents reminding them how to have joy in the process.
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