Austin Hatch talks about surviving two plane crashes and rebuilding his life. He argues that gratitude and negativity can't coexist, and shares his GRIT framework for overcoming tragedy.
How did Austin Hatch keep going?
Well, I think after the first one, when I tragically lost my mom, Julie, my sister Lindsey, little brother Ian, my dad led me through that. Right. And I don't know how he did it.
You were given a second chance twice.
It's impossible to be truly grateful and very negative at the same time. It's impossible. Right. Those two emotions can't coexist.
So what did it mean to you for Coach Beline to honor the scholarship that he had given you after the crash, after the second crash.
The way I define integrity, of course, is doing the right thing. And no one's looking very important, obviously. But I think it's also following through on our commitments, even when circumstances change. Or I should say, especially when circumstances change. Right.
I've been following and implementing for a while now your GRIT framework.
So it's four letters, four key components to it. But first and foremost, I think it's driven by a greater purpose. I think we need to be driven by something bigger than ourselves. Faith, family, friends, teammates, colleagues, your organization. You're part of whatever your purpose is. You gotta. You gotta be a little patient at times. You know, trust the process that everybody, you know. Well, everybody says let the process, you know, work itself out. But I'm not trying, like. Like, if something could take five weeks, I'm not trying to. I want to do it in one week.
