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Your Gift Is You Not What You Do | Ep 969
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- May 24, 2026
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Summary
"The gift that your people are looking for is you." — Niiamah Join Niiamah (@niiamahashong) and Matt for a live throwback soul-to-soul coaching session that goes to unexpected places. Matt's mantra as a goalkeeper was "you can't hurt me." He built an armor of mental endurance that carried him through Ironman races, executive life, divorce, and grief. Now he's a coach trying to give the world his gift and realizing the harder he tries, the less he gives. In this session, Niiamah catches him in the act: upgrading from "impressing people with achievement" to "impressing people with vulnerability" is still impressing. The real move is to impress yourself. And then live from the space after the mountain, where nothing is left to prove, and play is all that remains. Welcome to the Outlier's Edge Podcast, hosted by Niiamah Ashong, Founder of Outlier's Edge and Sherpa of the World of Difference. On this podcast, you'll join other high-performing unconventional leaders and entrepreneurs (aka Outliers) as they talk about leveraging what makes them different to make a difference in the world. Timestamps: 00:02 — Are you willing to go there 05:27 — Meet Matt, Today I Begin 09:23 — Goalkeeper mantra: can't hurt me 11:55 — Two Ironmen and 18 years corporate 15:32 — What would really serve you 18:01 — Gift nobody sees yet 22:56 — Soul to soul breathing exercise 25:41 — Why are you on this earth 29:02 — What you would regret 35:14 — Gift is you not what you do 43:24 — Recovering people-impressor 49:01 — Impress yourself not others 54:30 — Live from after the mountain Follow Outlier's Edge Socials: Facebook | Instagram | LinkedIn | Youtube | Website Episode originally published on: 7/30/2020