#77 – From Burnout to Breakthrough: How a Vision and Plan Transformed My Health, Career, and Life
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Episode Summary:
In this episode, Ian Hawkins shares the transformational power of having a clear vision, concrete goals, and a well-thought-out plan for life. Reflecting on his past struggles with health, career dissatisfaction, and lack of direction, Ian reveals how implementing daily, weekly, and yearly plans changed everything. From overcoming chronic pain and burnout to becoming the healthiest and happiest he’s been in years, Ian emphasizes the importance of aligning your actions with what truly matters—your health, family, and purpose.
Tune in to learn practical strategies to plan your year with confidence, build resilience, and create the life you deserve.
About the Host:
Ian Hawkins, host of "Sport Is Life," is dedicated to showing how sports can transform lives. With extensive experience as an athlete, a coach, PE teacher, community volunteer, and manager at Fox Sports, Ian brings a wealth of knowledge to the podcast. His journey began in his backyard, mentored by his older brother, and has since evolved into coaching elite athletes and business leaders. Ian's commitment to sports and personal development is evident in his roles as a performance coach and active community member. Through "Sport Is Life," Ian shares inspiring stories and valuable lessons to help listeners apply sports principles to all areas of life.
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Transcript
Did last year go so fast it got to the
Speaker:end of the year and you just thought I
Speaker:didn't get anywhere near the things I
Speaker:wanted to get done? Are you already
Speaker:behind on your goals for 2025? Maybe
Speaker:you don't even have any goals for 2025?
Speaker:If that's you, listen 'cause I'm
Speaker:gonna give you some answers on how you're
Speaker:gonna change that for this year.
Speaker:I'm Ian Hawkins and this is Sporty's
Speaker:life. The purpose of sport, as I
Speaker:see it, is to see your vision become a
Speaker:reality, find your voice, create
Speaker:strong connections and learn to trust
Speaker:your body.
Speaker:Back then I was. I've
Speaker:wait. I was going
Speaker:nowhere in my career.
Speaker:Working really hard, trying really hard,
Speaker:not really getting anywhere. I was not
Speaker:healthy. I was bringing my
Speaker:frustration home from work to the
Speaker:people that I cared about the most.
Speaker:And yeah, not
Speaker:not being the sort of father that I
Speaker:wanted to be, not being the sort of
Speaker:husband that I wanted to be, not being
Speaker:the sort of friend I wanted to be, and
Speaker:really just not happy with who I was.
Speaker:And it wasn't until I started making
Speaker:plans for my life just to actually set
Speaker:proper goals, but but just as important
Speaker:is to put those plans in place, have the
Speaker:stepping stones. But it wasn't until
Speaker:I hired my first coach when I learned
Speaker:those skills that I realised just how
Speaker:beneficial they were.
Speaker:No. If you're
Speaker:watching this, and
Speaker:hopefully I've done a good job of getting
Speaker:the image of the before and after shots,
Speaker:but if you're just listening to this on
Speaker:the podcast platforms, the first shot is
Speaker:me lying on the bed after a big night.
Speaker:Like I said, overweight. Not
Speaker:looking healthy at all. And then the
Speaker:after is Fast forward about 10
Speaker:years. Fittest and healthiest I've
Speaker:been since I was a teenager.
Speaker:Because I had plans, because I was really
Speaker:determined in how I wanted to change my
Speaker:life. At the time, my body was riddled
Speaker:with pain. I was tired all the time. I
Speaker:thought I must have had a serious illness
Speaker:because I was just. Almost hoping I
Speaker:have a serious illness that will be
Speaker:explained to people why I was always
Speaker:complaining and tired and weary and all
Speaker:those different things and all these
Speaker:injuries from football, you know,
Speaker:broken both my feet, broke my both my
Speaker:ankles, my back had gone trying to lift
Speaker:kids in and out of the car. And
Speaker:I, yeah, just aches and pains.
Speaker:And I didn't want life to be that way.
Speaker:And one of the critical things, and the
Speaker:critical first step was, like I said, to
Speaker:have a vision for the future, to have
Speaker:goals, to have plans, because I wanted my
Speaker:body to be free. I didn't want this pain
Speaker:anymore. I wanted to be able to do things
Speaker:with my children as they were growing up.
Speaker:I didn't want to be complaining or making
Speaker:excuses, which is what I was doing. They
Speaker:were little kids. And I was like, I can't
Speaker:do that. Too tired I've got to do this
Speaker:because working too hard I had to do all
Speaker:these other things. Making excuses.
Speaker:And yeah, my body letting me down, ending
Speaker:up seeing all these different healthcare
Speaker:practitioners, trying to get my body
Speaker:right, not really making much progress.
Speaker:The moment I put that vision in place,
Speaker:I started creating concrete goals
Speaker:for all areas of my life, career,
Speaker:of course, health, family.
Speaker:All the personal stuff. Then everything
Speaker:started to change. My
Speaker:health started improving, solutions
Speaker:started showing up. I was able to
Speaker:continue to stick to my plans, sometimes
Speaker:adjust them as I went, and what I learned
Speaker:is you need to have a
Speaker:plan. Every day,
Speaker:every week. Every month, every quarter,
Speaker:every year. And then as I started
Speaker:coaching, like the more that I learn
Speaker:about this stuff and realise I had a bit
Speaker:of a knack for it. So the passing on to
Speaker:the people that was leading in my
Speaker:corporate job started passing on these
Speaker:same skills. And as a department, we
Speaker:started getting awesome results. I wasn't
Speaker:bringing that stuff home as much. I was
Speaker:feeling more purposeful, was enjoying
Speaker:life.
Speaker:That's what happened with planning and
Speaker:what I realise is the more I put plants
Speaker:in place and then reviewed them and
Speaker:started helping the people I was coaching
Speaker:doing that and they were getting nice and
Speaker:fantastic results and now it's like the
Speaker:foundational piece of what I coach
Speaker:and also. Still, the people
Speaker:location, whenever I run these events, it
Speaker:tends to be the people I've coached
Speaker:previously that come back and join in to
Speaker:do their session for the year. And it's
Speaker:something that I have picked up from
Speaker:learning from huge number of
Speaker:experts and then putting my own flavour
Speaker:to it because I know what works. And
Speaker:often the people that are telling you
Speaker:this information, they're so far removed
Speaker:from what it's like to be in that
Speaker:struggle that they don't really know. I
Speaker:don't really know the the the bits that
Speaker:really work. And that's why I've
Speaker:continued. To repeat
Speaker:these planning sessions every year
Speaker:because I know what's possible for
Speaker:people. They don't have to be in that
Speaker:place of feeling like they're struggling.
Speaker:I speak to people all the time and I'm
Speaker:like, oh, your job, you look like you
Speaker:love it. Like must be going well. And
Speaker:they're like, well, not so much. Like,
Speaker:oh, you know, it looks, you know, stuff
Speaker:on social media. It looks like you had a
Speaker:great holiday. It looks like, you know,
Speaker:having a lot of fun. It's like, well,
Speaker:those pictures don't tell the full story.
Speaker:And then they've got other health issues
Speaker:and challenges, and as they get older,
Speaker:they get more and more of those things.
Speaker:Without finding myself healthier,
Speaker:stronger, I'm having more time for what's
Speaker:most important and prioritising those
Speaker:thingsand making
Speaker:sure the work that I do that I enjoy.
Speaker:And surely there are some things that you
Speaker:have to sacrifice when you change
Speaker:direction. There are some things that you
Speaker:might have to just slow down with, but
Speaker:then you soon realise what's most
Speaker:important, but you only realise that
Speaker:when you have those things in place.
Speaker:When you have the vision, you
Speaker:have the goals and you have the plan.
Speaker:You have the plan mapped out for the
Speaker:year, you haven't broken into quarters,
Speaker:and you know with extreme certainty what
Speaker:you need to be doing at any given time.
Speaker:You have the confidence to make it
Speaker:happen. And you find
Speaker:yourself feeling more
Speaker:organised, so much better with your
Speaker:time. Are you not worrying about all of
Speaker:those things in the future because you've
Speaker:got certainty on what's coming? You're
Speaker:able to build more resilience, more
Speaker:strength, and it has a huge impact on the
Speaker:things that are really most important to
Speaker:you. Because when it comes down to
Speaker:it, people talk about what's
Speaker:most important and it's their health and
Speaker:it's their family and usually their
Speaker:career and their work is way down the
Speaker:list. Maybe not way down, but it's like
Speaker:it's, it's after those things. And
Speaker:yet the way they're living their life is
Speaker:not like that. And you might be feeling
Speaker:the same thing. You might be putting a
Speaker:lot of time and energy into your work and
Speaker:it might be taken up the best of you.
Speaker:It's not, it's not in your heart of
Speaker:hearts that you know you want because I
Speaker:tell you when people are facing their
Speaker:mortality. That's what they look
Speaker:at, I think now did I, did I work
Speaker:enough? No, they're not thinking that.
Speaker:They're thinking I work too hard and I
Speaker:didn't focus enough on the things that
Speaker:were most important. So
Speaker:if you know this is something you need.
Speaker:This 2025
Speaker:planning to set you up for having the
Speaker:best year you've had and to be able to
Speaker:start getting your health where you want
Speaker:it to have more of that quality time with
Speaker:your family. Start and find more purpose
Speaker:in your everyday. Then come and join me.
Speaker:The training is on this week so this is
Speaker:Tuesday's episode. So this Thursday,
Speaker:February 13. If you miss it when it's
Speaker:live. There will also be an opportunity
Speaker:for you to purchase the recording with a
Speaker:couple of little bonuses thrown in as a
Speaker:CHEAT SHEET on all the steps you need to
Speaker:take. Is also a bonus visualisation
Speaker:that's going to help you stay on track
Speaker:and focused every single day.
Speaker:So if you know this is calling you. Check
Speaker:out the show notes, jump on to the link.
Speaker:So you can be a part of this training and
Speaker:completely change the trajectory of this
Speaker:year. But then every year, because if you
Speaker:do end up going with the option of
Speaker:purchasing the recording and the CHEAT
Speaker:SHEET, then you'll have the tools that
Speaker:you need to repeat them again and again.
Speaker:Play.
Speaker:You've taken the time to listen to this
Speaker:whole episode. Now it's time to take
Speaker:action. Commit to one thing you've
Speaker:learned today and make it happen. And to
Speaker:avoid any obstructions, join the Sporty's
Speaker:Life movement by clicking on the link in
Speaker:the show notes.
