We recently connected with Glenn Hattem and have shared our conversation below.
Glenn, so good to have you with us today. We’ve got so much planned, so let’s jump right into it. We live in such a diverse world, and in many ways the world is getting better and more understanding but it’s far from perfect. There are so many times where folks find themselves in rooms or situations where they are the only ones that look like them – that might mean being the only woman of color in the room or the only person who grew up in a certain environment etc. Can you talk to us about how you’ve managed to thrive even in situations where you were the only one in the room?
Being curious enough about my clients to love up on the parts of them they’re hyper-critical about so thy can heal and believe in their dreams that they want to realize is essential. I ask questions and give healthy feedback to demonstrate that I understand WHY they are stuck currently, so we can work together to improve things.
When it comes to coaching others you have to ask better questions to understand someone’s world they’re living in that’s a different interpretation than yours. By caring enough to go deeper beneath the explanations and words used it’s critical to come from a place where you are well-resourced and courageous enough to follow your own intuition on where the conversation needs to go vs coming with a set agenda and holding steadfast to it when it’s possible that something better wants to happen.
Thanks for sharing that. So, before we get any further into our conversation, can you tell our readers a bit about yourself and what you’re working on?
For 3 decades I’ve been a Coach, Consultant, Mentor and Author, helping thousands of high-achieving, men and women around the world Get Unstuck, Get Empowered, and Transform their Business, Health, and Relationships.
I guide the 1%, the resilient, self-reliant providers who seem to have it all: money, success, and status. They’re weekend warriors who have the marriage, the kids…but they can no longer ignore the gnawing emptiness that’s not going away.
I’ve been a competitive multi-sport athlete and fitness/gym fanatic my whole life. I enjoy high-altitude wilderness activities: skydiving, rock climbing, hiking, mountain biking, running, rafting, and snow sports. I’ve even swam with a few whales, sharks. In my younger years I enjoyed team sports: crew, track, x-country, wrestling and swim. I’ve even been a model.
I’m a free spirit, extremely motivated and driven, and not afraid of speaking raw, bold universal truths. My passion is living a clean lifestyle, paying attention to life’s lessons, and discovering strategies that work. These days I celebrate clients sharing the deepest, most courageous and transformational work they’ve ever done to break-free, activate their intuition, and leap into their greatest success.
In My 20s I was a bad boy, hustling in the SF Bay Area, making mistakes and learning quickly. I was full of passion, on fire, and business was BOOMING! I invested everything into my business growth.
In My 30’s I landed in Boulder/Denver, Colorado for the Rocky Mountains multi-sport outdoor lifestyle, worked with top-tier athletes, SWAT teams, numerous Billionaires and corporations, PhDs, Ivy-League alumni and studied extensively peak-performance, sports and spiritual psychology, exercise physiology, bioenergetics, epigenetics, nutrigenomics and personal and business growth. I was fighting the good fight to maintain my competitive edge and unique identity.
In My 40s my long-term relationship ending in toxicity and heartbreak from ignoring the problems ignorantly hoping for a miracle until shit hit the fan, business direction shifts and some good wear and tear injuries would take me into a personal identity crisis that seemed to last forever. I hadn’t felt such fear ever before in my life. Though this triumph of humility and fierce resolve I came into a realization that there are losing, compromising seasons and also revealing winning seasons in life. The real litmus test was getting in touch with my authentic self and committing to show up 100% myself, rooted in love, take it or leave it in becoming a self-made success story!
All these important lessons would lead to my ability to provide a safe and powerful structure for DEEP WORK life coaching. I’ve studied and embodied universal truths of ancient wisdom and modern truths and developed Optimal Living courses. Every time you draw strength from yourself and humility you birth a new version of yourself out of the previous cluelessness.
There is so much advice out there about all the different skills and qualities folks need to develop in order to succeed in today’s highly competitive environment and often it can feel overwhelming. So, if we had to break it down to just the three that matter most, which three skills or qualities would you focus on?
I would say my resilience, positivity, and refusal to accept failure are the 3 qualities that have been most impactful in my journey. As I mentioned above, I have been through it all; cancer, loss of a parent and close friends, physical and emotional setbacks, and I had to fight through all of those in order to become the coach that I am today. My advice to my clients always includes the refusal to accept failure. If you refuse to live a mediocre life, I will help you find greatness!
Tell us what your ideal client would be like?
I am here to help those who know they can be better. I specialize in helping professional businessmen and businesswomen who know they can do better in their lives! I work with former athletes, actors, special forces, multi-millionaires, entrepreneurs, and anyone who can be the best of the best that this world can offer. I’m here to help them get past the hurdles standing in their way to reach their full potential.
Contact Info:
- Website: coloradolifecoaching.com
- Instagram: @glenn.hattem
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/colifecoach
- Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/80917940
- Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4EbV3N3wrCgCZUpYmlHrJg
