Coach Josh Greco

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Big shout out to Mike Hartman for allowing me a couple minutes on an episode of his podcast. Thank you, Mike. This is Josh Greco. Mike and I have an interesting story of how our paths crossed just a few months ago at a local coffee shop that we both frequent. Mike recognized my hat that I was wearing. He had attended an event a few months prior at the Charlotte Street Hockey League, and that was the hat I was wearing. Cshl and I'm the president and CEO of that organization. And I'm also a business coach. So Mike, of course, is passionate about the sport of hockey and as a coach himself. So we had overlap there. And then I discovered and remembered that Mike lived in Buffalo, played for the Sabres for a while. And I'm originally from Buffalo, New York. So that's where my mindfulness journey starts, is leaving Buffalo. And as soon as I graduated college, I was in pursuit of finding my passion, finding what I wanted to do in this world. I think an important point before we move forward in talking about mindfulness is to think about how we've we've been not a victim, but we've been in this pattern for the first 22 years of our life. Most of us, where we go from seventh grade to eighth grade, eighth grade to ninth grade, nine to 10, 10 to 11th, 11 to 12. Then we go to college, freshman, sophomore, junior, senior. You become a graduate of an institution and then, oh crap, for the first time in your life, the next year is not planned out for you. And this was a moment in my life that I saw coming. I didn't know how to handle it, though. And the way that I handled it was circling a date on the calendar and deciding that I was going to leave everything that I knew, all of my comfort zone, all my friends, all my family, and moved from Buffalo, New York to Charlotte, North Carolina. And I did that one year after I graduated college. So that's where my mindfulness journey begins. And I'd like to share a few things about that journey that I think might be helpful to the listeners out there. I'd like to fast forward all the way to 2020, of course, when the pandemic was in process. And I think that was a good Gut check time for many people put myself in that category and I wanted to be mindful about what was important to me. How was I going to use this time for my benefit? A lot of people reacted in different ways to having extra free time in the world, shutting down for a little bit. And I, I wanted to use it for good, to be able to accelerate my progress and get closer to fulfillment and happiness and financial independence and all these things that I desired and wanted over these past 10 years. So I want to share when I first was introduced to yoga, that, that flipped the world on its head for me because I had been dealing with some hockey injuries as a 32 year old that I remember recovering from in my mid 20s and upper 20s and it just wasn't happening the same way. As a 32 year old, I had some hip problems and just walked through a quick 10 minute yoga video. Yoga with Adrian. Shout out Adrian for those who know, you know. And I immediately felt better, not only physically, but in a better mood. My mind felt better as well. So I decided to take both benefits of exercise and the meditative aspect in different directions. So I ran more and then I meditated, I began meditating. So three things, yoga, meditation and running. I'm not saying that you have to do all of those things, you have to practice any one of them, but they were all mindful to me in different ways. So yoga as I described, mindfulness practice for sure, with running, just being with myself. And even if I'm listening to music, that's still being mindful about what's going on and very, very attentive to my surroundings. And then also meditation. So I want to get a little funky with the meditation because this was a game changer for me and I want to be able to share it with people because it's the way that I live my life now. So I want you to think about how we've been taught consciously and subconsciously to believe that getting different things or achieving different things or having different experiences is going to change our state. And while that's true, maybe for brief moments, it's not substantial, it's not something that is foundational, that you can stand on and count on to be there. So I discovered that, and here's the basic concept of this, of this approach, is that everything in this universe is vibrating, is moving. So when you discover that, when you realize that, you realize that we are vibrating at different levels as well, so we can control that process. We vibrate at different levels when we're angry, when we're frustrated when we're happy, when we're fulfilled, when we're sad, when we're grieving. And when I say vibrating, you know, think of it. You know, a mood is a. Is a great indicator of how you're vibrating. So you're putting that out into the world. Well, guess what? You attract more likeness of that vibration. So if you think the same things or similar things over and over and over again, you will continue to find yourself with people and situations and experiences that match that vibrational output. So I discovered through this meditation process that you can control your state. You can control the way that you vibrate. You can intentionally put out into the world a higher level or higher rate of vibration and therefore attract more of those situations, people and experiences into your life. Now, that is not to say you're not bumping off of all everybody else's vibrations. And it's an easy road and, you know, it's not complicated. It is. It's all those things. But the more you practice being attuned to your environment and recognizing that when you experience something that's out of that ideal vibrational state, that it is a challenge for you. It's a test. There's something in that for you to overcome so that you can achieve that higher level of vibration. So anyways, that's the, the deep version, the advanced course version of meditation. But its basic premise is that you have control over your state. You can control the way that you feel to a certain degree, right? It's not that life doesn't happen, it does, but it's how we handle it. It's. It's the fact that we have a choice in the matter and we can be conscious and mindful about our reactions to the events in our lives that flip it on its head and reverse that flow. And not only are you reactive in a positive way, but you're creating. You're creating your environment and your experiences and the people around you. And that was. That's just a game changer. So it's something that I continue to practice and never gets easy. It never gets to a point to where I figured it out and I can rest my laurels and stop. It's a practice. It's something that I do every day and I will continue to do every day because it's how I, and this is one of my favorite words, how I calibrate. So I calibrate to the vibration that I want and then go out and live my day in accordance with that vibration. So I mentioned I was going to tie this back to what I do and what I'm involved with. So, first of all, I'm a business coach. I left the corporate world about three years ago in pursuit of my passion. This is something that I manifested, I believe in my life because it's what I wanted. I wanted a job, something I could wake up to every day and be excited about to where I could add value to other people, I could work with and for the people that I care about. And I can earn really, really good money doing that and be paid the value that I am worth. And I have that. I love business coaching. I love challenging others to be the best, best version of themselves. And the more that I coach and add value to others, the better my life gets, too. I have to practice these principles. I get to practice these principles, and I love that. So this is a practice for me. It's something I do regularly. And then the other involvement is the Charlotte Street Hockey League. So this is something that has become really a great passion of mine to grow and scale the game of hockey in Charlotte. And it is. It's quite sad that there's. There is the demand here. There are two hockey rinks, but besides ice hockey, there's not a lot of access at the roller or the deck level or the street level. So the Charlotte Street Hockey League is more of an entry level for kids to come out and try hockey. And of course, we're open to all skill levels. We have youth leagues that go up and down. The age ranges from 4 to 15. And we're trying to grow. We're currently playing on a tennis court. So if this is something that you're listening to this and you care about hockey or care about youth sports, our vision is to grow our youth program to 500 kids. And there's just no way we can do that right now with the facilities that we have access to. So our biggest barriers are finding land to either build a new rink on or partner with somebody to allow us to have access to a rink. A legitimate playing service, and money donors that are aligned with what our vision is and care about youth sports and either hockey in general or kids in general or both. So shameless plug. If you're wanting to get involved, if you're interested in supporting our program, if you want to come out and just play hockey with us, we have an adult program and a youth program. Adult program is over 70 members right now, and the youth program is over 80 kids enrolled in our youth program. So I encourage you to reach out. I will share my email addresses my contact information coaching company I work for ProAdvisorCoach.com you can look at my bio on the website and you can email me@joshuaproadvisorcoach.com and Charlotte Street Hockey League website is Charlotte Street Hockey League.org and you can contact us by sending an email to cshlarlotstreet hockey league.org so my intentional vibration has attracted both of these experiences in my life and I'm passionate about both. I'm living an ideal life right now to where every day I wake up, I get to coach people and work with fantastic business owners and entrepreneurs and I get to give back. It's not a paid position. It's all volunteer for an organization that I've grown to really care about that is in alignment with what what I really care about in the sport of hockey. And providing happiness for kids. A way to come out and forget about your cares and your worries and all the stuff, all the crazy stuff that's happening in the world to come out and play hockey and enjoy a sport that's so fun to play. So anyways, Josh Greco with Pro Advisor Coach with Charlotte Street Hockey League. Thank you, Mike Hartman, for these few minutes. I hope this helps out there. And this is my, this is my jam. This is my stuff. So if this resonates with you and you want to talk a little bit about this or ping some ideas off of me, I will respond. So I look forward to that. Thank you so much. Have a very mindful day.

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