About this episode

Matt Formston AM discusses overcoming excuses and building self-trust through accountability and standards.

Summary What does it really take to stop making excuses and become someone you can trust? This conversation isn't just about blindness, sport or breaking records. Matt Formston AM joins Amy to explore identity, trust, accountability and what it really takes to stop making excuses and become someone you can trust. Guest Matt Formston AM is a world champion surfer, world champion cyclist, Paralympian, Guinness World Record holder, business leader, keynote speaker, husband and father of three. Overview Matt Formston AM has built an extraordinary life across elite sport, business and leadership. Diagnosed with macular dystrophy at the age of five, Matt was told he would lose most of his sight and face a life of limitation. Instead, he went on to become a world champion athlete, business leader and author. In this conversation, Amy and Matt explore why blindness was never his biggest fight, how bullying and anger shaped his early years, and what it took to rebuild himself through trust, accountability and what Matt calls his hard standards. They discuss the difference between genuine limitations and inherited excuses, why "standards without consequences are just wishes", and how…

People in this episode

Host: Amy Faulkner

Guest: Matt Formston AM

Topics covered

• identity
• trust
• accountability
• excuses
• standards
• sport
• leadership

Keywords

• blindness
• world champion
• Paralympian
• business leader
• self-trust
• hard standards
• excuses

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Guinness World Record

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