finding the Why with Mike Angelillo

In this conversation with Mike Angelillo - father, husband, mountain biker, community gatherer, and long-time pharma salesman and leader - we talk about Mike's ah-hahs about his own big Why and the discomfort that goes with big, juicy, meaningful learning.

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Key Moments from the Conversation

• Mike describes himself as a seeker, eternal optimist, and by his social connections to family and friends
• What he’s currently all up in is shifting his focus toward the structures and habits to create his life well-lived rather than focusing on goals.
• He says goals are good for direction but they’re ultimately limited in utility. For example, he doesn’t have to have a spiritual goal in order to create a meaningful spiritual habit
• While goals and accomplishment offer a fleeting feel-good, he’s focused on integrating success into his way of living
• His tools include understanding his why – he has a great example related to the zombie apocalypse to explain what he means. (Amazingly, he’s able to tie it into a reflection about MLK’s why!)
• Another tool is simplifying his environment to ease the way to his new habits, rather than relying on will power
• A final tool he describes is humility because there’s always more to learn about himself and his biases
• Mike also offers a perspective on how to navigate divergent political view
• Finally, Mike spotlighted the non-profit Rails-to-Trails; he and I have enjoyed many a meandering mile on one particular Rails-to-Trails greenway!

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About Mike Angelillo in his own words

Main things about my work:

•  My work involves helping health care systems to develop programs that identify, assess and diagnose patients with a rare cardiac disease
• The challenges in my job include small team dynamics, leading without the authority or title to lead, accessing challenging customers and staying current on a wide range of topics that impact health care systems
• Additionally, I am also part of a small group developing new and ongoing training programs for people in my position
• I work for one of the world's largest pharmaceutical companies, Pfizer
• I've been in this industry for 24 years
• Currently I work at home approx 75% and in the field 25%

The main thing I'm working on is simplifying my physical environment and structure in order to develop the habits necessary to progress towards my goals.

Find him on LinkedIn @michaelangelillo  

Mike chose to highlight Rails-to-Trails Conservancy, a non-profit focused on reimagining public spaces to create safe ways for everyone to get outside: https://www.railstotrails.org/

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