Coach's Corner: Jason Dorland, my first high school rowing coach!

Jason introduced me to rowing as my very first coach, and played a massive role in creating the environment in which I fell in love with the sport.
Jason was a highly accomplished rower himself, representing Canada in the Men's 8+ at the 1988 Olympics in Seoul. He subsequently spent the better part of two decades teaching and coaching rowing at the high school level while bootstrapping a small business producing organic nut butters. He no longer coaches rowing, but has parlayed his experience and life lessons into three published books, as well as Your Mindset, a successful executive coaching and leadership consultancy that he still runs today.
In our conversation, Jason shares how the adversity and challenges he faced many years ago helped shaped his unique approach to coaching afterwards. It's a truly compelling and refreshing perspective, and one that I enjoyed diving into with him.
0:00 Catching up!
2:41 Introducing Jason
5:02 Rowing & coaching at Shawnigan
16:23 Jason's rowing journey
32:37 Jason's endeavors after rowing
44:56 Jason talks about the catalyst for his change in coaching style
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[@YourMindsetCoaching]

Thoroughly enjoyed our conversation, Justin. Thanks for the chat! Look forward to seeing you in-person next time...

[@dadboddadvlog]

You bet!

[@ianbarnett6027]

This was tremendous insight with Jason, not only the rowing side of things but also the person. Very much enjoyed his honest frank openness . Personally for me, the true value of this conversation is in the questions I now ask myself. Thank you.

[@dadboddadvlog]

Agreed. Part of me wishes I’d been held back a year so I could’ve benefited from another year of his coaching!

[@ianbarnett6027]

Ordered 2 of Jason's books on line from Amazon. Because I qualified free postage will take about 6-8 weeks before arrival.

[@dadboddadvlog]

Awesome; will let him know!