All Up in It with coach SB Rawz

finding the Why with Mike Angelillo

Episode Summary

Mike Angelillo is many things – a dad, husband, and community gatherer; a bicyclist (of the knobby-tire versions), ancient lit enthusiast, and kaiju aficionado; a caring professional and one hell of a friend. Mike, no doubt, has been so successful in his career in pharmaceutical sales and leadership because he’s so uniquely himself. Banish any stereotypes you have about pharma reps and replace them with visions of any of the most whole-hearted, fun-loving, authentic, transparent, curious, value-driven people you know. These days, Mike is working on simplifying his physical environment and structure in order to support the habits he hopes will help him achieve yet more of his unique definition of a Life Well Lived.

Episode Notes

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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All Up in It is a project by coach SB Rawz focused on telling stories of growth and change from the thick of learning. Learn more about SB & her projects at https://rawzcoaching.com/