Transforming Fear into Power with Adam Hill

10/12/22 • 23 min

As CEO of a 4th generation family business, elite triathlete and author Adam Hill has led his century-old family company through economic, cultural, and leadership changes on the path to long term sustainability. After overcoming more than a decade of alcoholism and unhealthy life habits, Adam transformed his inner fear and anxiety disorder into a superpower. Today he is a highly sought after international speaker and Amazon bestselling author of Shifting Gears: From Anxiety and Addiction to a Triathlon World Championship.

How can a crippling anxiety disorder actually be a superpower? Adam Hill has proven that his greatest weakness isn’t actually a weakness. Instead, he sees it as a launching pad into a life of inner healing and dynamic leadership. After years of using alcohol to cope with debilitating fear and anxiety, Adam bravely pursued recovery by asking himself how he could turn his inner enemy into his friend. By shifting his mindset, he now recognizes the value in using fear as an encouragement to lean into challenges. Constantly pushing himself out of his comfort zone, Adam is able to have hard conversations with compassion and has built a team that transcends fear of the unknown into clarity in business. He encourages leaders and entrepreneurs to accept personal struggles as gifts. This shift from judgment to acceptance leads to growth and big wins, allowing people to achieve more than they ever dreamed possible.

Main Topics

Coping with the cultural norms of anxiety and overstimulation (03:38)
Using anxiety as a superpower and learning to “party with the beast” (05:40)
How facing fears in leadership positively impacts business (09:26)
Having difficult conversations with care increases confidence in leadership. (13:30)
In his book, Adam uses his story to encourage others to courageously step into their power. (17:48)

Episode Links

Connect with Adam Hill:

https://www.youtube.com/user/TriFundracing

https://www.facebook.com/adam.hill.39982

https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamchill/

Connect with Adam:

https://www.startwithawin.com/

https://www.facebook.com/AdamContosCEO

https://twitter.com/AdamContosCEO

https://www.instagram.com/adamcontosceo/

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Main Topics

Coping with the cultural norms of anxiety and overstimulation (03:38)
Using anxiety as a superpower and learning to “party with the beast” (05:40)
How facing fears in leadership positively impacts business (09:26)
Having difficult conversations with care increases confidence in leadership. (13:30)
In his book, Adam uses his story to encourage others to courageously step into their power. (17:48)

Episode Links

Connect with Adam Hill:

https://www.youtube.com/user/TriFundracing

https://www.facebook.com/adam.hill.39982

https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamchill/

Connect with Adam:

https://www.startwithawin.com/

https://www.facebook.com/AdamContosCEO

https://twitter.com/AdamContosCEO

https://www.instagram.com/adamcontosceo/

Listen, rate, and subscribe!

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Spotify

Google Podcasts

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Connect with Adam:

https://www.startwithawin.com/

https://www.facebook.com/AdamContosCEO

https://twitter.com/AdamContosCEO

https://www.instagram.com/adamcontosceo/

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