MBP 101 - Michael Lauria - Forging Excalibur

06/28/19 • 52 min

Michael is a Men's Mentor and Relationship Coach with over 15 years experience helping people achieve better results in all areas of their lives from relationships, career, business and money. He works with small-medium business and organisations guiding CEO's and their staff through complicated staff management and re-structures. Michael is a published author of "Forging Excalibur - Rediscover your Masculinity", speaker and group facilitator He has been featured on local, national, and international radio and podcasts. He has a background in counselling, coaching and advanced knowledge and training in neuroscience, neuro-plasticity and the relationship between the conscious and sub-conscious minds. Michael's absolute passion is helping Men to embody and integrate all aspects of their masculinity and help them to grow into the Man they envision for themselves, their families and communities. Michael lives in Melbourne with his wife and three children. Take-Aways: “It’s really about understanding coming into awareness of what it is in subconscious mind. And as men, how to become fully integrated with what you consciously aware of and what you sub-consciously unaware of.” “As soon as you take 100 percent ultimate responsibility for everything in your life, you’re going to empower yourself to make changes in areas that are not serving or not working.” Mentioned Resources: Website: http://www.michaellauriacoaching.com Instagram: michaellauriacoaching Facebook: The Man Space Connect:

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MBP 100. My Wife and I - Paul & Pascale Averill

I am Paul, the founder and host of The Man Bits Podcast who run the success of 100 Episodes. Of course, the 100 episodes would not have been possible without my wife's help Pascale as a creative director. Our high level vision for this podcast is to reduce incidents of suicide globally, through content based strategies in mental health, physical health and financial know-how driving positive change and positive habits. I wanted to take this opportunity to sum up what we have achieved and accomplished so far throughout our journey as a couple and as business partners. Aside from podcasting, we are also active in building a property investment portfolio in New Zealand, Australia and United Kingdom which gives us the ability to help others improve financial intelligence. As a couple, we also shared same passion for Salsa dancing and Rock climbing. We’ve climbed in Canada, Thailand, New Zealand and Australia. Climbing is our way of connecting with the rock as a healthy way to find stability and balance in mental health and physical health. Our journey together as a couple especially being first time parents for our baby girl named Audrey made our relationship stronger than ever. The trust, respect, having conscious decisions, being open and honest are the foundations that we value most which are very important in a relationship. We're very blessed and thankful that we have reached and made it to 100 Episode. Please join us and tune in as we celebrate Episode 100 for us to share our past experiences, the life lessons that we've learned along the way, and to share our perspectives about how we do what we love to life a fulfilled life. Key Takeaways - “Do the thing even if you’re scared of it.” Paul - “Have a goal and put your effort to take action” Paul - “I find it by immediately taking assuming the positive and taking the positive step in a relationship now when I met people, it automatically tends them to something positive. Because that person actually probably has a good will towards me.” Pascale - “I never really hang out with babies. It’s really hard. If I would have maybe had some insight into some of the basics of parenting it would have maybe taken the edge a little bit. But I think the basis of parenting could be taught. This comes down kind of emotional intelligence. How to manage your emotions when you got a crying baby in your hands and you don’t know what to do.” Paul - “When you have a space, you can create more. I am more creative when I have space to think.” Paul - “It’s not a new concept to anyone of being honest with each other, of being open to each other. It’s a cliché piece of advice for people in relationship. Just tell the truth, just be honest with how you feel. Commit to not getting defensive. Not reacting.” Pascale - “What I’ve realized is that it challenged me in many ways. I think of become a more intensely feeling person that has gone through the experience of having Audrey and caring for her when she’s being challenging and some of the ways that I have doubt with, that had been my coping strategies.” Pascale Mentioned Resources: Website: https://themanbits.com/ Instagram: themanbitspodcast Facebook: The ManBits Podcast Connect:

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MBP 102 - Laura Garnett - The Genius Habit

Laura is a performance strategist, TEDx speaker, and the creator of the Genius Habit. She works with CEOs and executives to identify their unique genius and purpose, and craft an actionable plan to leverage them in their day-to-day work. She has consulted with organizations including Capital One, Pandora, LinkedIn, and Instructure. Prior to launching her own company, New York City-based Garnett Consulting, she honed her marketing, strategy, and career-refining skills at companies like Capital One, American Express, IAC, and Google. Areas of focus with the book and work:

(Who is your audience - corporate people or entrepreneurs?)
Building a habit of creating work you love and that will create great success
Identifying your Zone of Genius
Understanding the difference between passion and purpose when it comes to having work that you love
Knowing how to navigate career decisions - using The Genius Habit
Why being smart doesn't matter
Why Failures should be celebrated

Take-Aways: -“By understanding those two data points about yourself, you then have the essential ingredients of great individual performance that you can access at any point in time.” -"It’s fun to know who you are and then go to the process of accepting yourself, loving yourself and valuing what it is that you bring to the table.” -“Happiness is a skill. It is a habit and anyone can be happy. That was the building block for me. Having the confidence to really stretch my comfort zone. Personal happiness is personal growth, it’s very hard work but it pays off. It’s an essential part of being successful.” -“One of the biggest exciting thing that I’ve learned is that, once you know yourself, you know your genius, you can then pro-actively create moments where you’re going to be on fire and excited and that’s what everyone wants.” Mentioned Resources: Website: http://www.lauragarnett.com/ Facebook: Laura Garnett Linkedin: lauragarnett Connect: