Kenneth Kollasch has been a professional soccer player, a national ballroom champion, a pastor, an author, and a business coach — and he turned down a pro soccer contract to marry his wife, Caroline. But this isn't a conversation about doing it all. It's about the difference between being nice and being kind, why the people who love you should be willing to interrupt your dreams, and how an undecided decision becomes an open loop that quietly drains you. Kenneth shares the "40% rule" he and Caroline use to make decisions without overthinking, and why real accountability isn't about your tasks — it's about your identity. Got a loop you need to close? Start with my free tool: closetheloopsnow.com Hosted by Robin Quinn Keehn — Human Dynamics Specialist, Certified Mediator, and author of Stop Stealing From Yourself. What conversation is worth your courage?
Kenneth Kollasch has reinvented himself more times than most people attempt in a lifetime — professional soccer player, national ballroom champion, pastor, author, business coach. At the start of it all, he turned down a pro soccer contract to marry his wife, Caroline.
What turned him wasn't a plan. It was his grandfather putting down his fork at a Mexican restaurant and asking one question: "Kenneth, is that what you really want?"
That's where this conversation lives — in the difference between being nice and being kind. Nice agrees with you. Kind is willing to risk a little of itself to tell you the truth, especially about the decisions you're most sure of.
We talk about:
— Why an undecided decision is an open loop, and what it quietly costs to leave it open
— The "40% rule" Kenneth and Caroline use to decide without overthinking — and the freedom of knowing you can always make another decision
— Accountability that's about your identity, not your task list
— The three levels of being known — served, loved, and truly known — and why the deepest one is worth the risk
— What it takes to give someone permission to coach you, and why permission changes everything
A conversation about becoming someone new without losing yourself along the way.
Kenneth is the author of Beating Average: A Story to Extraordinary.
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The Liberated Life is hosted by Robin Quinn Keehn — Human Dynamics Specialist, Certified Mediator, and author of Stop Stealing From Yourself.
What conversation is worth your courage?