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Habits of Leadership · Jun 14, 2025 · 1 hr 13 min

100: Handling Pressure in Life or Death Situations

In this episode, Dan sits down with NSW Firefighter and member of the Australian Urban Search & Rescue Team, Sam Monaghan to explore how he uses mental skills to perform under pressure in the highest stakes situations. You'll definitely be able to take some learnings from this episode and apply them to your day-to-day pressure scenarios! You can connect with Sam via LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sam-monaghan-1a68b1207/ And the book we mention The Inner Game of Tennis by Timothy Gallwey If you'd like to learn more about our work or the Habits of Leadership Academy, you can do so by going to: https://habitsofleadership.com/ You can also leave us a question for an upcoming Q&A episode. Don't forget to like, comment and share!

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In this episode, Dan sits down with NSW Firefighter and member of the Australian Urban Search & Rescue Team, Sam Monaghan to explore how he uses mental skills to perform under pressure in the highest stakes situations.

You'll definitely be able to take some learnings from this episode and apply them to your day-to-day pressure scenarios!

You can connect with Sam via LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sam-monaghan-1a68b1207/

And the book we mention The Inner Game of Tennis by Timothy Gallwey

If you'd like to learn more about our work or the Habits of Leadership Academy, you can do so by going to: https://habitsofleadership.com/

You can also leave us a question for an upcoming Q&A episode. 

Don't forget to like, comment and share!

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