This has been a long time in the making.  It's taken me countless hours to fix my terrible audio (not David's) and lots of helter-skelter in my life over the past year, BUT, we are back!  I promise, the audio is merely okay in this podcast and I will improve this moving forward.  

You do not want to miss this podcast.  David Fannin, a former Scrum Master and colleague of mine at Cofense, joins me in some very powerful discussion that you can go back to and reflect on days, months, even years from now.  I have been editing this recently and something we recorded 1 year ago, was able to positively impact my mindset and life just recently.  Hopefully, since I found this valuable and impactful, you will too.  It's truly timeless advice and all tends to just marry together nicely.

Empathy, sympathy, compassion, strong peer selections, building healthy routines and being a valuable contributor are all integral to being a great leader.  In this episode, we dive deep into all of this and how you can better understand how to leverage these terms and concepts to make yourself a better leader in establishing very strong interpersonal relationships with people.  It's these relationships that grow them, grow your team and ultimately grow yourself.  

People routinely ask me the value of an Agile Coach or Scrum Master and the most powerful value they bring to the table is relatively intangible.  They harness strong soft-skills and don't just preach these concepts, they are masters of utilizing these concepts to get results for your teams and your company.  Listen in as we explore these topics.

00:20 - Intro

02:27 - Meet David Fannin

03:24 - Hear how David was involved in an Agile Transformation

04:05 - How David approaches perceiving things from a different perspective

05:50 - We dig into empathy and learn the distinct differences between empathy, sympathy and compassion and how someone should consider each in their approach when utilizing their interpersonal connections with others - using this to build and establish powerful relationships

20:04 - Guilt and feeling I have failed in maintaining my podcast, David steps in to help me, coach me and transform my perceptions, this is amazing and very helpful to me, most important, learning to be kind to ourselves is key here

25:14 - Some advice on personal growth, surround yourself with good people and people you trust that can strengthen you

30:17 - David has some amazing advice and tips on establishing a healthy routine in your life

43:42 - How establishing your routine and the choice of your selective peer group, can help you maintain the routine - they do intertwine

46:20 - An intention is only an intention, turn it into action and leverage these tips and advice provided

47:10 - Process helps as a supporting tool

48:52 - Turn around your negative situation by putting your energy into someone who needs help in their journey

50:40 - Closing it out