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S1, Ep 9: Smart Risk taking "Winging It" Book Review
Elevate with Grace
11/03/21 • 37 min
Welcome to our 9th episode of Elevate with Grace. In this episode we are rounding out our first smart risk taking series with an excellent book from Emma Isaacs', Winging It! https://www.emmaisaacs.com/
As the title suggests Emma has some great tips on taking a chance on yourself, trusting your gut and winging it. The sub-heading on her book - Stop thinking, Start Doing. Why Action beats planning every time - gives you a hint. There is a lot of rich content within this book that Claire and Miranda discuss from:
- Gut versus decision tool situations
- "When you know you know, and when you don't you decide"
- Tips & Hacks to make more time... meetings are at the top of Emma's list, also some wonderful honesty around outsourcing & not doing it all!
- If its not a hell yes, its a no (linking back to episode 5 - The one thing Emma talks to the need to say no far more than you say yes)
- Team Decision Making
- Avoiding sunk cost bias & Zoom think
- Networking - to help build lasting relationships
- An encouragement to take action
- "Seize the Day, Today"
- Kindness and Fun always
ELEVATEE CHALLENGE
1. Let's foster some kindness. A thank you note, flowers, coffee with a friend and just remember what it's like to be together again.
2. For our real decision making action challenge. Over the past few weeks you have done the work to analyse a key decision, checked any biases, used 1 or more tools to interrogate the options. So you're 70 or 80% comfortable with decision. This is the week let Emma Isaacs inspire you to to take the decision on and just leap. Let's see what happens.
Booktopia Winging It link: https://booktopia.kh4ffx.net/ElevateWingingIt
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Music created by Claire's daughter Hannah
S1, Ep 8: Decision Making Tools to support Smart Risk Taking
Elevate with Grace
10/27/21 • 30 min
Welcome to Episode 8 & the third in our series of Smart Risks. In this episode we are exploring the all important tools to help you make better decisions. Last week we explored some of the decision making biases, this week we paired your profile with some of the biases to watch out for and offer tools to overcome these biases. In this Pod you will receive quick hacks, larger decision analysis systems and some watch outs for decisions making in teams.
ELEVATE CHALLENGE:
Take the 6Step/Decision tree model and use it to solve a decision you have been mulling over. Try writing down as much as possible, sleeping on your initial thoughts, then going out and researching the alternatives and probabilities. If this model doesn't work for you try one of the other larger decision systems discussed the OOC/EMR Tony Robbins model, or the decision pre-mortem.
Annie Duke 6 Step decision tool: https://wisdomfromexperts.com/to-make-a-good-decision-you-must-use-a-decision-tree-with-probabilities/
Tony Robbins OOC/EMR: https://www.tonyrobbins.com/ask-tony/making-tough-decisions/
Risk Profile Survey: https://www.elevatewithgrace.com.au/post/risk_profile_survey
SHOW NOTES
Collective thought leaders on the topic of decision making
Seth Godin, The Dip
Annie Duke, How to Decide
Mike Bayer, One Decision
Tony Robbins
Daniel Kahneman, Thinking Fast & Slow
Emma Isaacs, Winging It
Michelle Gibbings, Executive Coach & Author
Articles:
9 Steps of decision making: http://www.success.com
Fast Company: https://www.fastcompany.com/90613220/12-ways-to-overcome-bias-and-strengthen-decision-making-skills
HBR Psychological Safety at work: https://hbr.org/2021/06/4-steps-to-boost-psychological-safety-at-your-workplace
If you could like a free month of linked in learning: https://linkedin-learning.pxf.io/Elevate
If you are keen to check out any of the books we spoke about today: http://www.booktopia.kh4ffx.net/Elevate
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Music created by Claire's daughter Hannah
S2, Ep 5 Tips & Tools for Mastering your Time
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04/13/22 • 28 min
Ever wished for more time, found yourself sacrificing sleep to fit more into the day. This is the episode for you. Part 3 in our Time and Boundaries series we are delving into tips & tools for mastering your time and setting you up for success.
Time is such a hotly discussed, bemoned, and challenging issue right now for so many and it is so, so important for our mental wellbeing that we take back control of our time.
To recognise our time for the absolute asset that it is and to ensure we are actively owning our time.
Action Challenge:
Inspired! We encourage you to jump right in & select one of the time management tools (best to start with one, then come back for another once the first is locked in & working). This should be the one that you think will give you the quick win or add the most value to you and put that into action. We look forward to hearing how everyone goes with that in our next pod. (We would love to hear your thoughts & how you are going with the challenges - please add your comments here, on Instagram post, DM us or email [email protected])
Show Notes:
Donna McGeorge, The 1 Day Refund https://booktopia.kh4ffx.net/elevate-one-day-refund
Laura Vanderkam, 168 hours https://booktopia.kh4ffx.net/elevate-168hours
Laura Vanderkam, I know how she does it https://booktopia.kh4ffx.net/elevate-iknowhowshedoesit
Brian Tracy, Eat that Frog! https://booktopia.kh4ffx.net/elevate-eatthatfrog
Gary Keller & Jay Papasan, The One Thing, The Surprisingly Simple Truth behind Extraordinary Results https://booktopia.kh4ffx.net/elevate-theonething
HBR. The Research is Clear: Long Hours Backfire for People and For Companies
Next episode
Bringing together all of the topics from this season so far - difficult conversations, boundaries + time management & the perfect juncture as we move into topics around our financial pillar is Own It by Sallie Krawcheck. Look forward to sharing this gem with you & our key takes from this.
Sallie Krawcheck https://booktopia.kh4ffx.net/elevate-own-it
Music created by Claire's daughter Hannah
S1, Ep3: Why we've got to talk about our Why
Elevate with Grace
09/22/21 • 25 min
In this episode we will explore the brain science and long known benefits of taking charge & setting the vision and goals. As always we have scoured the best content out there to bring you a curation of the best tips, insights and knowledge. You will discover that being passive in vision / why undermines your efforts in every area of your life.
- Starting out that why vision is so important
- Benefits of setting your vision
- Three hacks to help you unpack your why
- Elevate Action challenge
- Show notes below with all of the great links
ELEVATE ACTION CHALLENGE:
Let's find your key goal and action for now. Start with an SFD (remember it's only paper)
Set yourself a timer know 10 minutes and write down everything that comes to mind - thoughts on visions, goals, things you love doing. If you have finished in 3mins then start to use one of the models from the podcast (listed below).
Once the timer stops its pen down & walk away. That's it - just 10mins today.
Next let it ruminate - allowing thoughts to flow in the shower, exercising, and getting your brain to work for you while you sleep.
First thing in the morning (next day or as soon after as you can) open up your book, don't look at what you wrote, first just write down everything that comes top of mind. Then go back and review your earlier list and start to articulate your key vision and narrow in on what is the most important goal that you really want to achieve now. Perhaps there's one for each category of your life. Perhaps there's just one big one that you just really want to work towards. If there are extra gems on the page, save them in your calendar or somewhere that you'll look back to. Next week when we go through our what, then we'll start to really narrow down on our vision.
SHOW NOTES:
Simon Sinek - https://youtu.be/yNiWviKEoa8 (a short video from Simon Sinek presenting his concept around why) reminder: this is business focused but absolutely can be applied to your vision & why. His books - Start with Why and Find your Why
https://www.booktopia.com.au/start-with-why-simon-sinek/book/9780241958223.html Carolyn Tate, The Purpose Project
https://www.booktopia.com.au/the-purpose-project-carolyn-g-tate/book/9780646971001.html
Dominic Price of Atlassian: https://domprice.me/personal-moral-inventory/
>> Consider your life in 4 buckets - Productivity & Profit, Purpose, People, Planet and seek to first score yourself -1 to 1 on how you are tracking and then consider a vision for each area.
Michelle Obama, Becoming - both in book form and also as a Netflix special https://www.netflix.com/au/title/81122487
Quote from Michelle Obama in Becoming: "What I've learned is that getting back on what track? It's a whole new track. It's not getting back on track. I'm creating my next track. I'm doing what you're doing. I'm figuring out what I want to do, what I care about. And it takes time to process your life and figure out what it all means."
Brene Brown: For more on SFDs check out Unlocking Us the podcast or Brene's website for a quick cheat sheet: https://brenebrown.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/The-SFD-and-Checking-Our-Stories-Secondary-8-1-19.pdf
7 core value areas: #1 career or contribution #2 financial #3 personal #4 spiritual & connectedness #5 intellectual #6 relationship and #7 physical health.
For more thought starter hacks please check out our blog on the website: www.elevatewithgrace.com.au
Music created by Claire's daughter Hannah
S2, Ep 8 Mindsets, Tips & Conversations on Money
Elevate with Grace
06/08/22 • 26 min
The third in our money in focus series, this episode rounds out the conversation we started in Episode 6 with Sallie Krawcheck's Own It and continued last episode (#7) exploring mindset, conditioning and biases. In our final epsidode in this series we bring to life the tips, hacks and conversation starters to drive you to take regular, sustained action.
From mapping out your current situation with candles and permission not to judge or whip yourself, through to heavy goal setting and incremental changes to achieve a far bigger goal than possible today. We also offer conversation starters to ensure we are collectively supporting and lifting each other up and some great articles, social links and thought leaders that don't spin the same old hold the smashed avocado.
This episode will leave you with some great life hacks and thought leadership to take action and master your productivity. to help set up your next big goal, your super. Neither Miranda or Claire are qualified in any way to give financial advice of any sort., simply girlfriends having a chat, encouraging you to start a conversations and offer some new reference points to explore.
Action Challenge:
This episode your action challenge is to pick one of the 3 key money tips areas (mindset, ) and really make headway with a dedicated focus that you know will help you elevate your financial prowess in 2022 and offer opportunities to design your life on your terms.
Social/Article references:
The Broke Generation, https://thebrokegeneration.com/blog/2020/10/30/financial-personality-questions-money-mindset/
The Financial Diet & the Financial Confessions Podcast & Socials, https://thefinancialdiet.com/
Budgetista, The Financial Wholeness Quiz (2mins) https://thebudgetnista.outgrow.us/thebudgetnista-2
Scott Pape, The Barefoot investor Monday newsletter, https://www.barefootinvestor.com/
Financial Gym, https://financialgym.com/blog/2021/2/25/how-to-talk-to-your-friends-about-money
Book References:
Tiffany Aliche, Get Good with Money, https://booktopia.kh4ffx.net/GetGoodwMoneyThe Latte Factor, https://booktopia.kh4ffx.net/LatteFactor The Financial Diet, https://booktopia.kh4ffx.net/financialdiet Sallie Krawcheck, Own It, https://booktopia.kh4ffx.net/elevate-own-itGary Keller & Jay Papasan, The One Thing, The Surprisingly Simple Truth behind Extraordinary Results https://booktopia.kh4ffx.net/elevate-theonething
Emma Isaacs, Winging It link: https://booktopia.kh4ffx.net/ElevateWingingIt
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We would love to hear your thoughts on this episode - check out our Instagram, LinkedIn or Website or Email [email protected]
Music created by Claire's daughter Hannah
S2, Ep 7 Money is Not a Dirty Word
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05/19/22 • 33 min
In this episode Miranda and Claire are here to convince you that conversations about money and finances are fun! How can that be, you ask. Because having a positive mindset about all things $ is a critical element to unlocking our opportunity to live life on our own terms.
We dive into some of the crazy stats about how much women are stressing about money. We chat about how wonderful it can be to embark on a learning journey to explore our own money mindsets and change them for the better. And why now is the perfect time to supercharge our collective girl power and change the money game in a way that our future selves, and the next generation of women, will love us for it.
Our action challenge this week: To dig deep into our money mindset. Write down the emotions you're feeling around money and any financial goals you've been putting off. Choose one of them to take action on. Set clear timelines on when you will get it done. Take a least one step towards that goal in the next two weeks. And, importantly, decide on a reward you will treat yourself to when you've achieved that money goal for yourself.
Article references:
Fidelity Investments, Women Financial Sentiments Survey
Forbes, The Psychology of Money: What You Need To Know To Have A (Relatively) Fearless Financial Life
Marie Claire, The Gender Imbalances That Still Exist in Australia Right Now
Australian Financial Review, New Worries Drive Restless Workers To Look Around
Book References:
Sallie Krawcheck, Own It, https://booktopia.kh4ffx.net/elevate-own-itGary Keller & Jay Papasan, The One Thing, The Surprisingly Simple Truth behind Extraordinary Results https://booktopia.kh4ffx.net/elevate-theonething
Emma Isaacs, Winging It link: https://booktopia.kh4ffx.net/ElevateWingingIt
These are affiliate links
We would love to hear your thoughts on this episode - check out our Instagram, LinkedIn or Website or Email [email protected]
Music created by Claire's daughter Hannah
S1, Ep4: Hacks for How to Create your Purpose
Elevate with Grace
09/29/21 • 24 min
It was a cliffhanger ending last week, thanks for coming back to ensure you have the all important second half of your WHY.
Last week we shared why it was crucial to knowing your vision/why and the danger of a life in autopilot. This week we reveal all the good tools to uncovering and starting to live your vision.
Find your vision & provide a clear path for your future self to live by
Articulate your vision & see it start to come to life daily
Value of strategic goals
Creating a purpose statement or mission
Finding a guiding word
Give you tools to uncover your strengths & personal values
Elevate weekly challenge
ELEVATE WEEKLY CHALLENGE:
Take your draft from last week (or start one today - no judgement) and start to rumble with the words. Interrogate and test the key concepts you have in your vision statement. Remove repetition, ensure your why / vision is big enough that you can live by them in all facets of your life. If you need to dig into one of the models discussed to help refine your statement please do.
Ideally you want to get your vision/why to one sentence, maybe two max, or perhaps you can pull it into a word you can present consistently.
CONTENT MENTIONED
Carolyn Tate, The Purpose Project https://carolyntate.co/
Simon Sinek, Find your Why
Ali Edwards, One Little Word https://www.aliedwards.com/one-little-word-2021
Tom Rath, Strengths Finder (Gallup Strengths Finder Survey) https://www.tomrath.org/book/strengthsfinder/
Brene Brown, Dare to Lead https://daretolead.brenebrown.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Values.pdf
Jeff Hayden, The Motivation Myth
https://www.booktopia.com.au/the-motivation-myth-jeff-haden/book/9780399563768.html
Nick Leighton, Forbes 5 Reasons Why you need a Personal Mission Statement
https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbescoachescouncil/2019/10/08/five-reasons-why-you-need-a-personal-vision-statement-and-how-to-write-one/?sh=18e254f61ab5
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Music created by Claire's daughter Hannah
S2, Ep 4 Tips & Tricks on Establishing Healthy Boundaries
Elevate with Grace
03/30/22 • 33 min
Welcome to part 2 of a 3 part series on time & boundaries.
In episode 3 we explored why boundaries and time management were so important and why NOW is the right time. In this episode we dig down on our boundaries and start to consider personality traits, and why its important to communicate your boundaries - as cultural, demographic, generational and lived experience backgrounds result in others never really knowing what you need... unless you tell them.
Its a great episode we look forward to you listening to this one & then in our next pod we deep dive on time management tips and tricks.
ACTION CHALLENGE
Our action challenge for this episode is two fold.
#1 If you didn’t get a chance to track your time for a week to understand where it really goes then this in your time, along with energy tracking feels important particularly if you are feeling quite burned out, or drained at the end of each day.
#2 Then it's time to take action - one boundary tool each week for the next few weeks until you are finding more time to work on your vision!
SHOW NOTES
The Burnout Fix, Jacinta Jimenez
Boundaries, by Henry Cloud and John Townsend
https://womensagenda.com.au/latest/four-in-five-australians-faced-burnout-in-2020/
Ryan Howes, blog In Therapy https://psychcentral.com/blog/how-to-figure-out-your-boundaries#6
Quoted from article: Remember that you’re not harming anyone by saying no, he said. “You haven’t become a boundary violator, just someone who is making a point of taking care of yourself. They’ll get used to it.”
Music created by Claire's daughter Hannah
S2, Ep1 New Season... its time for a brave conversation
Elevate with Grace
02/16/22 • 25 min
We are back and excited for the season ahead.
Each fortnight we are dishing up bite sized, curated content and actionable tips to help focus you on achieving success on your own terms.
This episode we check in on our word for the year and then dive into a very topical issue of facing into the changes that are occurring in our post pandemic workplaces and homes as we all seek to solve how we learn from this experience and perhaps adapt to a new way of working.
We encourage you to think about what you need to achieve your goals and start to define what is working for you, how you want to show up, and what changes you are seeking. In this episode we share some compelling figures to take into your next chat and some thought leadership to help see all of your options.
Action challenge: Let's get curious and courageous about identifying someone in your life, whether that's your partner, your boss, anyone, identifying someone in your life that you need to have some brave conversations with, that would result in you taking a step forward to living life on your terms.
Exciting news we are featured on Feedspots top Australian women podcasts:
https://blog.feedspot.com/australian_women_podcasts/
Links:
https://www.mckinsey.com/featured-insights/diversity-and-inclusion/the-state-of-burnout-for-women-in-the-workplace
https://www2.deloitte.com/global/en/pages/about-deloitte/articles/women-at-work-global-outlook.html
https://hbr.org/2014/12/rethink-what-you-know-about-high-achieving-women
Fierce Conversations, Susan Scott
Simon Sinek, Infinite Game
http://www.elevatewithgrace.com.au
Music created by Claire's daughter Hannah
S2, Ep 3 Our Boundaries & Our Time
Elevate with Grace
03/16/22 • 30 min
This week we are diving head first into the area of healthy boundaries and time management a perfect follow up from our episodes on courageous conversations.
Leveling up on our ability to have brave conversations provides the perfect framework to now focus on cultivating new healthy boundaries and ensuring you start owning your time as the most precious resource you have.
There is a very good chance that even if you had good boundaries pre 2020 these have blurred so we are sure this is the perfect time to be sharing these curated insights.
Our action challenge this week: Write down 3 areas of your life that feel out of control and would benefit from a refocus. Jot down some thoughts around how to overcome. Then start for a whole week to mindfully track your time and get ready for our next episode.
SHOW NOTES:
Zeigarnik effect
Laura Vanderkam, Off the Clock
Nir Eyal, Indistractable
Gary Keller & Jay Papersan, The One Thing
In a January 2022 Trends Report by the American Psychological Association - called Burnout and Stress Are Everywhere - https://www.apa.org/monitor/2022/01/special-burnout-stress
Right to Disconnect: https://www.cnbc.com/2021/06/22/right-to-disconnect-could-become-the-norm-in-europe.html
Portrugal takes it one step further for parents: https://www.bbc.com/news/business-59263300#:~:text=Portugal%20has%20banned%20bosses%20from,from%20home%20in%20the%20country
To Do Lists don't work: https://www.wired.com/story/to-do-apps-failed-productivity-tools/Who is responsible: https://www.fastcompany.com/90720956/who-is-responsible-for-protecting-work-life-balance-it-depends-who-you-askHow much is too much that its not efficient?: https://www.atlassian.com/blog/productivity/this-is-how-many-hours-you-should-really-be-working
Music created by Claire's daughter Hannah
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How many episodes does Elevate with Grace have?
Elevate with Grace currently has 21 episodes available.
What topics does Elevate with Grace cover?
The podcast is about Society & Culture, Podcasts, Business, Female Leadership, Careers and Growth Mindset.
What is the most popular episode on Elevate with Grace?
The episode title 'S2, Ep 7 Money is Not a Dirty Word' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on Elevate with Grace?
The average episode length on Elevate with Grace is 29 minutes.
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Episodes of Elevate with Grace are typically released every 13 days, 23 hours.
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The first episode of Elevate with Grace was released on Aug 28, 2021.
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