Episode 50: Coaching High Performers, with Rich Litvin

Rich Litvin runs a leadership consultancy for world leaders, based in Los Angeles and London. The methodology is deep coaching. Bespoke. Not time-based.

Ultra-successful people – people you would assume don’t need a coach – are the ones who call Rich. His clients include Olympic athletes, Presidential candidates, Hollywood film directors, Special Forces operatives and serial entrepreneurs.

Rich is the author of a best-selling book on coaching (The Prosperous Coach) and he runs a program for 40 of the world’s most successful consultants and coaches (4PC).

His big picture is to mobilize $100Million for charity through his connections.

What you’ll learn about in this episode:

• How Rich’s childhood shaped him into a high performer
• Rich’s mantra: “Slow down to speed up”
• Rich’s book, The Prosperous Coach, about how to build a business the old fashioned way
• “What got you here won’t get you there” and why you need an “avoid at all cost” list
• Michael Neil’s “lamppost effect”
• Why even Rich needs a coach
• What happens when Rich becomes the interviewer
• A great goal for high performers: making them feel more and more lazy
• Finding your “zone of genius”
• Where Rich goes to meet people more interesting than him
• Entrepreneurship has multiple summits—it’s not for everyone
• A free gift for Avanti listeners at www.richlitvin.com/Avanti

Ways to contact Rich:

• Website: www.richlitvin.com/hello
• Twitter: @rich_litvin
• Facebook: Rich Litvin
• YouTube: Rich Litvin