106: Making Peace with the Present

11/30/17 • 11 min

Any time we try to change something in our life, we find out how we REALLY handle change. We all have a very predictable way that we respond emotionally to the uncertainty that inevitably arises when we go about creating change. This emotional response is woven into the fabric of our current circumstance and when we can understand what that response looks like and make peace with the present, we can start to cultivate the emotions of our end goal and maintain the emotional terrain necessary for change.

In this episode you'll learn

How to cultivate the set of emotions that you want to experience
Why getting clear on what you want to experience instead will help you create peace with the present
How to stay centered even when you feel triggered
Tips for fueling your future and not the frustration of the present moment
A set of questions to ask yourself about how you really want to feel
How you always have a choice to choose something different
Playing the game of to do's and to be's to get to where you want in life
How to extract the lessons from life's situations
A nightly practice to cultivate new actions and emotional states
How you respond to change

In this episode you'll learn

How to cultivate the set of emotions that you want to experience
Why getting clear on what you want to experience instead will help you create peace with the present
How to stay centered even when you feel triggered
Tips for fueling your future and not the frustration of the present moment
A set of questions to ask yourself about how you really want to feel
How you always have a choice to choose something different
Playing the game of to do's and to be's to get to where you want in life
How to extract the lessons from life's situations
A nightly practice to cultivate new actions and emotional states
How you respond to change

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105: How to Become a Hero and Leader for Your Family and Community with Nate Lind

Even after achieving financial success he felt something deeper calling. Using what he learned in that external journey, Nate applied his lessons of higher accountability and responsibility to developing communities and sharing his gifts with those around him.

Nate Lind, the youngest of six kids, is an entrepreneur, explorer and investor. He is the founder of Legendary Man an 8-figure e-commerce company, and one of the most popular men’s grooming and lifestyle brands in the world.

His first taste of financial success came in his early twenties when he became proficient in the art of buying and flipping houses. When he saw the impending housing crash coming in 2007, he transitioned from flipper to Fortune 100 consultant, with projects at the world’s largest financial institutions like Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. By 2011 he was recruited to Bank of America as a Vice President.

Though he’d tasted wealth, married, started a family, he found a deep sense of emptiness in his own purpose outside of family. As he began looking for opportunities to fill that emptiness he discovered men’s grooming products such as beard oil and a unique brotherhood like no other.

Nate introduced his first proprietary beard oil, product and watched every aspect of his life start to improve. Nate’s most recent project is a culmination of his community building, events and e-commerce experience – the launch of Legendary Man. Legendary Man inspires men to discover their inner hero and to create community through adventure.

In this episode you'll learn

The power of authentically connecting as men and why it’s become a lost art in the world today
Nate’s modern-day definition of powerful and positive masculinity
Strategies to overcome your internal and external limitations
How to find support and encouragement by surrounding yourself with a band of brothers
Learning to identify when the shadow side of your masculine characteristics may arise
How to become an authentic leader and build a community around your mission
The power of giving and providing value before asking for something in return
Why the caregiving aspect of masculinity is commonly overlooked
and MORE...

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107: The Art of Making Things Happen with Steve Sims

Growing up an Irish boy in East London, Steve Sims was the son of a brick mason. This laid the foundation, yes... pun intended..., for his insane work ethic. Steve paints this amazingly vivid picture in his new book Bluefishing: The Art of Making Things Happen, where he saw his dad, uncles, and cousins. His entire family tree down the line of ladders. In that moment he realized that he would eventually be that next one on the ladder for the rest of his life. That night, he quit.

The second he was clear there was a different way to think, he took action.

Ever since Steve has been pulling off the unimaginable. He's been able to make his clients' wildest dreams come true, from a wedding at the Vatican, to being serenaded by Andrea Bocelli, to powerful business introductions to moguls like Elon Musk.

Steve Sims is is the visionary founder of Bluefish: the world’s first luxury concierge company that delivers the highest level of personalized travel, transportation, and cutting-edge entertainment services to corporate executives, celebrities, professional athletes, and other discerning individuals interested in living life to its fullest. He has been invited to speak to MBA students at Harvard (twice), has spoken at the Pentagon, and has been featured in major media all around the world: From The Sunday Times and China Post, to The Wall Street Journal.

Today we'll dive into how Steve pulls the strings and the art of Bluefishing.

In this episode you'll learn

How Steve built his luxury concierge service that delivers extravagant adventures to rich and famous clientele
Why most people are scared to acknowledge or go after their deepest passions
Strategies to develop and nurture your personal relationships
How raw transparency will help others connect with your vision
The power of using video messaging to spark excitement and connection
How many of today’s entrepreneurs are misallocating their time
Why genuine engagement is more important than the size of your following