Aim to Win Podcast

Tracy Pleschourt is the Founder of Self-Made U, a school that ends unnecessary suffering by teaching people self-control. In today's episode, Wade and Tracy discuss the most important step to changing your life, ways to define your pursuit of happiness, and the Self-Control Operating System - a simple framework to achieve goals and solve problems fast.

Join host Wade Thomas as he interviews the resilient and determined Hans Hageman, a man with a diverse upbringing and a burning desire to make a significant impact, as he shares his inspiring journey from Washington, D.C. to the Mississippi Delta, where he faces resistance and challenges while pursuing his goal of empowering the community through education and service.

Aaron is the Founder of Performance Mindset Coaching where he helps executive leaders unleash & reach their full potential, and co-creates strategic roadmaps for them to accelerate the path to becoming their best version. In today's episode Wade and Aaron discuss leadership success through embracing failure, the benefits of taking imperfect action, and how success can lead to complacency. 

 Crystal O'Connor is the founder and CEO of the Moxie Entrepreneur, a marketing & media company. Starting her business from scratch, she is known as the queen of Rapid Cash Infusions. She alone is responsible for over 30 Million Dollars in sales over the last 20 years. In today's episode, Wade and Crystal discuss the ups and downs of business, why you need to play the long game to succeed in business, and ways to get your money's worth from coaching. 

In this episode, host Wade Thomas interviews Catherine Llewellyn, a master humanistic psychologist and Founder of Yes You Now. They discuss personal growth, overcoming ego, developing inner resilience, and leadership during uncertain times. Catherine emphasizes the importance of self-awareness, personal responsibility, and agility in navigating uncertainty. She also shares her advice on being a better leader by focusing on what nourishes your soul.

Glenn is an author, team building and leadership consultant, father, grandfather, community activist, and volunteer. He is also the author of some 17 books, including several best sellers on team building and leadership as well as the Parker Team Player Survey which has sold more than one million copies. In today's episode Wade and Glenn discuss the characteristics of a positively influential leader, how to lead your people through a crisis, and ways happy employees lead to organizational success. 

Dea Irby is a Professional Speaker/Author who is on a mission to encourage leaders in the marketplace to build a culture of belonging. She is also a TEDX speaker, Lover of Truth, Wife, Mother, and Grandmother. In today's episode Wade and Dea discuss why building community is the most valuable aspect of leadership and ways leaders can satisfy their people's need for love and belonging.  

Maggie Perotin is a business and leadership coach who is focused on helping service-based entrepreneurs attract paying clients consistently and without overwhelm. Through her DREAM-PLAN-DO coaching model, she helps my clients align their mindset, business strategy, and high-performance habits to transform their businesses from unreliable sources of income to client-attracting gems. In today's episode, Maggie and Wade go through strategies and tools business owners can use to exceed their business goals and evolve into high-performing CEOs.

Martin Salama is a Life Coach, an author, and the Architect of The Warriors L.I.F.E. Code. He specializes in helping people frustrated in their life quickly shift their mindset to UNCOVER their greatness so they can live their true potential and enjoy LIFE! In this episode, he shares practical tips to help you master the ability to Live Incredibly Full Every day, stop being a people pleaser, and regain control of your life.

Lori Michele Leavitt, “The Pivot Catalyst”, has coached, consulted, and trained hundreds of leaders around the world to achieve their objectives and generate extraordinary momentum. Her teachings guide leaders to generate positive influence throughout their organizations, strengthen alignment, and catalyze momentum. In today's episode, we discuss ways to drive organizational change, ways to make changes stick, and why clarity is a leader's most important skill.

Mike Hayashi is a personal safety and empowerment expert having conducted training for 600,000 people at over 700 companies, high schools, universities, and associations worldwide. In today's episode, we discuss the benefits of learning self-defense and how this crucial skill can improve all aspects of your life. 

Jens Heitland is a serial entrepreneur, a former IKEA executive, and the host of The Jens Heitland Show. He's worked in every size company and offers a unique perspective for anyone seeking to innovate and foster human innovation in the process. In this episode, he shares how leaders can use innovation to build and run businesses which solve the big challenges the world faces. Say goodbye to outdated innovation methods and hello to a revitalized approach. 

Tom Ruwitch shares practical strategies to transform your content from ignored to adored and turn marketing from frustrating to fun. He also talks about the rise of AI and why you should never delegate relationship-building to AI tools like ChatGPT. 

Bobbi Kahler shares how you can overcome the fear of starting something new by turning your fear into excitement. She also describes the incredible change that happens when you decide to take control of what you have power over instead of craving control over what you don't.

 Imagine a self-directed team that is self-motivated and performs at a high level? Every leader wants that! Kevin Herring is a recognized expert in team and business unit turnarounds. In this episode he shares his experiences and strategies to build great leaders and turn any workgroup into a highly engaged, high performing team in just 90 days. 

Eric Twiggs is a procrastination expert on a mission to help people understand the urgency of spending time efficiently and purposefully. He shares his philosophies and encourages others to spend time on activities that are fruitful, productive, and aligned with their life's calling. Through his stories and motivational concepts, Eric helps leaders better manage their time so that they get more done with less effort to increase efficiency, productivity and profitability

Wendy Caverly shares powerful strategies people can use to build intentional networks and get the most out of networking events. She also reveals why annual year-end celebrations are a powerful way to connect with inaccessible leaders, build connections, and plant seeds for future business success.

Jim Salvucci shares his journey through higher education and why dropping your ego is an essential part of being an impactful leader. Ego and leadership cannot coexist. And although leading without ego is hard, Jim explains that leadership is not about what makes you better than those you lead but what binds you together. This is why people respect the authority of a boss, but cherish the humbleness of a leader. 

Life, work and leadership requires mental and physical courage to do the difficult things and leveraging the wins and losses. I chat with James Heppner to show us how to embrace all in life (wins, losses and the uncomfortable). You'll discover why empathy is key and how to lean into discomfort to revolutionize your way of living. 

Over the past 30+ years Renée Safrata has worked with thousands of companies and executives throughout North America and Europe, helping them to connect, adopt new behaviors, and become confident members of highly functioning teams. As Founder and CEO of Vivo Team Development, she oversees the company's full spectrum learning experience and develops leaders and teams through live online training, coaching, and people analytics.

Greg Wieting shares his story and why healing trauma should be an essential part of effective leadership. It's okay to be vulnerable and have a policy of openness. Past trauma's impact beliefs and decisions, not only for your team, but you as a leader. Greg shares his methodology and how it impacts your leadership style. 

After overcoming an abusive childhood and experiencing life in the marines, Alundas Havens has come out on top. He's not only created a podcast in the top 3%, but a successful business and mindset. He shares his story and what it takes to create the winning edge in both business and life. 

Leadership Development Expert Luke Owings discusses metaverse online training. He shares how adopting the latest learning trends allows organizations to empower their staff and retain their best employees to impact networking and professional development. 

Our childhood, our biases can affect the way we lead and the results we get from our team and company. Jeannie Moravits Smith talks about Energy Leadership, what it is and how to address your childhood biases and build your leadership around your core values to change yourself and those around you positively.

Mark Ashby is an Australian consultant, former surfer and paratrooper with 40 tours and over 1,600 missions in Iraq. He brings everything he learned on the field into the corporate world – and shares it all on the show: key elements that impact today's leaders, how to develop resilience and how to get the best out of people around you.

Mark Silverman shares a powerful story and how it provoked him to really look into his behaviors and motivation behind those behaviors and how it affected his success. He shares powerful productivity insights so you can be a better leader and create a team that generates success. 

Performance Coach Alan Stein Jr shares his insights on staying in peak performance and manage stress and burnout. Plus he shares how to sustain your game, help your team overcome stress and stagnation and why your core values matter.

Formerly known as "The World's Most Handsome Social Media & Content Marketing Strategist" our guest today now goes by another title: Superhero.Jeff Gibbard (”Gih-Bird”) is the Author of The Lovable Leader, a professional speaker, and the founder of several companies including Super Productive, and The Superhero Institute. Jeff  shares how to be lovable leader to build a productive and happy team. He shares the 3 Pillars of a loveable leader and how to build trust in your team to unlock their potential and make a positive impact. Links:@jgibbardhttps://jeffgibbard.com/

Sean Glaze is an expert at helping leaders create unique cultures and lead high-performing teams. In this episode he shares how to stay coachable (and what that means), how great leaders deal with change and mistakes you'll want to avoid. Plus he shares 4 questions to help you thrive in change and enjoy relentless improvement.

Candice Gottlieb-Clark's work as an Author, Business Advisor and Coach can be summed up in one sentence: helping leaders and organizations create thriving work environments. She helps businesses of all sizes and from various industries, and their leaders, through coaching, speaking, and her new book Find, Fix, Fill Your Leadership Gap.She shares....What workplace should be all aboutWhy it's better to vindicate vs villainizeHow leaders gain their employees trust How to find, fix, fill your leadership gapCommon mistakes that create and widen the leadership gapHow to build trust in 4 stepsCandice Gottlieb-Clark is a renowned Author, Business Advisor, Speaker, Coach and Conflict Management Specialist. She founded Dynamic Team Solutions to help businesses strengthen their leaders and teams through enhanced communication, teamwork, leadership, and conflict management.Along with her team of expert coaches, trainers, and facilitators, Candice has successfully worked with private companies, public institutions, non-profit, and governmental agencies in industries including entertainment, education, medical, legal, financial, manufacturing, and professional services. At Dynamic Team Solutions, our core expertise is in handling the one thing all industries share – people.Candice holds a master's degree in Counseling and is a Board-Certified Executive Coach. She is a sought-after keynote speaker and writer on topics including Leadership, Communication, and Team Dynamics. Candice is a contributing writer with Forbes coaches council and has been published in Business Insider and other mainstream publications. Her newly published book, Find, Fix, Fill Your Leadership Gap, uses a narrative of real stories to illuminate key lessons in trust, role clarity, and conflict management for leaders of all types.Check out her author website and learn more about the book here:https://candicegottliebclark.com/https://tinyurl.com/FindFixFillBookhttps://dynamicteamsolutions.org/

William Attaway is a Leadership Coach for Catalytic Leadership, LLC, a company he founded to help leaders to INTENTIONALLY grow and thrive. He has served in local church ministry for nearly 25 years, and is currently the Lead Pastor of Southview Community Church, a church in Herndon, Virginia (near Washington, D.C.) where he has served since 2004. He holds a Ph.D. in Old Testament (with an emphasis in Biblical Backgrounds and Archaeology), and he loves to read and speak about leadership, organizational change, archaeology, and building up people and teams. His newest book is Catalytic Leadership (January, 2022). Originally from Birmingham, Alabama, William now lives in northern Virginia with his beautiful wife Charlotte and their two daughters.

Steve Fredlund is a sought-after innovator engaged to solve the most complex problems. His insights have powered hundreds of breakthroughs in corporations, nonprofits and small businesses. He is the Founder and Lead Strategist for Steve Fredlund Solutions and Small Small Business as well as the creator of The Solving BOX ™. Currently, Steve is focused on improving leadership effectiveness, employee engagement and organizational expertise in problem-solving.Steve knows the highs and lows of leadership. For the past 15 years, he has been on a quest to understand the true driving forces of authentic happiness. As a professional speaker, Steve's insights are transforming the lives of leaders and employees across the country. He has spent his entire life in East Central Minnesota with his wife Tracy and their three, now-grown children. He loves podcasting, poker, disc golf and trying to stay a loyal Minnesota sports fan.

Gregory Offner is a multi-talented individual, with a passion for entertaining and educating others.His keynotes, workshops, and corporate consulting engagements help the worlds leading organizations create high performing, highly fulfilled leaders.Prior to this work, Greg led global sales and marketing efforts for several Fortune 100 organizations; brokered complex Risk Management and Insurance programs for large commercial organizations; and drove process improvement initiatives as a certified Lean Six Sigma practitioner.

 Collin Jewett hated school growing up. He was rejected at job fairs, failed tests, often felt stupid, and even cried in front of his guidance counselor. But once he discovered how to take charge of his own learning, he joined the Dean's list, landed a senior engineering position out of college, and went on to become the director of coaching for a 7 figure eLearning company.  

Tara Halliday is a specialist in imposter syndrome. Tara has a PhD in engineering and over 20 years' experience as a holistic therapist, coach and neurofeedback trainer. She is the author of Amazon #1 bestseller ‘Unmasking: The Coach's Guide to Impostor Syndrome'.Tara runs Inner Success, an 8-week, one-to-one intensive training and coaching programme for C-level executives to eliminate impostor syndrome for good.Tara Halliday runs a 12-week Certification in Imposter Syndrome coaching for experienced coaches.

Roy Osing is a former president, CMO and entrepreneur with over 40 years of successful and unmatched executive leadership experience in every aspect of business.As President of a major data and internet company, his leadership and audacious ‘unheard-of ways' took the company from its early stage to $1 Billion in annual sales.He is a blogger, content marketer and mentor to young professionals. As an accomplished business advisor, he is the author of the no-nonsense book series ‘BE DiFFERENT or be dead.'

Doug Noll, JD, MA left a successful career as a trial lawyer to become a peacemaker. His calling is to serve humanity, and he executes his calling at many levels. He is an award-winning author, teacher, and trainer. He is a highly experienced mediator. Doug's work carries him from international work to helping people resolve deep interpersonal and ideological conflicts.

Bessi Graham is an award-winning entrepreneur with over 20 years experience working with business owners, governments, and large funding bodies to bring "doing good" and "making money" back together. From the grassroots of sitting in the dirt working with business owners in the Pacific Islands to the United Nations headquarters in Geneva, Bessi has seen it all and brings an unparalleled perspective on what makes change happen.Working with people who have "made it" but haven't found fulfillment, she helps them put their Time, Talent and Treasure to work in ways that align with their values and allow them to create a legacy they can be proud of. Bessi teaches people to quiet the noise of the demands and opinions of others and hear their own voice more clearly so they can contribute from a place of authenticity. She removes the frustration and pressure that comes from living someone else's idea of success and replaces it with a sense of flow and fulfillment that can only come when you tap into the fullness of who you are and who you are becoming.LinksFacebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/789735838552817LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/bessi-graham-48a31323Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bessigraham/

Dr. Samreen Mongillo holds her doctorate in physical therapy and is a success and life coach. She is the founder of www.coachingbysamreen.comShe teaches people how to own their power, develop a strong mindset, remedy burnout, and make use of seven tools that promote a healthier lifestyle and greater life balance.Her true passion is all about coaching people to believe in their self-worth, to be their most confident version, connect to their highest potential, and help them live their best life.As a physical therapist for over a decade, she has observed the strong correlation between the mind and body. When her physical therapy patients focus on pain, they experience more pain. When they focus on healing, they experience more healing. Now she applies this knowledge with her life coaching clients as well.Guiding people to think about positive outcomes almost always delivers positive results — it's the very essence of the law of attraction. You cannot separate mind and body.LinksWebsitehttp://www.coachingbysamreen.comLinkedInhttps://linkedin.com/in/dr-samreen-sofia-mongillo-7ba3b97aFacebookhttps://www.facebook.com/coachingbysamreenInstagramhttps://www.instagram.com/coachingbysamreen

Stephen Bates is a British business coach that specialises in helping Entrepreneurs and Business People who know they and their teams are underperforming.Stephen has spent the last 28 years looking at why 40% of people sabotage themselves both in their personal lives, and also in business.In 2002, he founded Certain Change Ltd where he now specialises in two core topics.1) Stopping Entrepreneurs self-sabotage.2) Helping them develop their Leadership & Management skills which can extend into their Senior Management teams when working with big organisations.His main mission is to help people achieve tangible results by understanding their own thinking and behaviours and that of their team, the people they employ and their customers.Changing Behaviours To Create Better Results, Fixing Imposter Syndrome & Confidence Problems and Developing Influential and Effective Leaders is the objective of Stephen's unique methodology .Stephen has helped thousands of clients across the globe. He is the creator of the Alpha Programme, the Certain Change Programme and Co-Founder of Tech Leaders.LinksWebsite: https://www.certainchange.co.ukLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephenbatesuk/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/stephenbates.uk/Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC82ZvWv5Dfxt3guOawUqU9Q

Jennifer has developed her expertise in Talent Strategy & Leadership Professional Development over her exciting 20+ year career as an HR Professional.She's led international teams across Greater China, Mexico, the U.K., and the U.S. to expand into new markets, managing franchise retailers, and developing key strategic partnerships - all while exceeding business objectives and financial results.The rapid growth of her consulting firm 304 Coaching has been largely due to Jennifer's unconventional approach to building innovative workforce development solutions for companies who are facing breakthrough growth and accelerated hiring patterns.She is a sought-after business strategist, specializing in start-ups and large value-based organizations. She assists her clients in building talent strategies that complement their business strategies to ensure exponential growth.She lives in Texas with her family and rescues. In her free time, she enjoys reading, historic preservation, remodeling her lake home, and spending time with friends.LinksWebsite: 304coaching.comEmail: Jen@304coaching.comLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jenniferrthornton/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgMj1eVGsseqo9znNlPriXA

 Otto Siegel is a Genius Coach and Owner/CEO of Genius Coaching in Scottsdale. He partners with brilliant and sensitive children and their families to help them overcome behavioral challenges and anxiety symptoms. He provides a highly innovative program called Parent Playtime and started to offer the program as Power of Play (POP) to company leaders and their teams. Links:https://www.geniuscoaching.comhttps://www.facebook.com/GeniusCoachinghttps://www.instagram.com/genius_coaching/https://www.linkedin.com/in/otto-siegel-6a30705/Joy Inc

Bruno Pešec helps business leaders innovate profitably. He is the rare innovator who can claim that he's worked on a regulation-defying freight train and an award-winning board game. In addition to his corporate experience with brands like DNV, DNB, and Kongsberg Group, Bruno runs a community of entrepreneurs of several thousand members. He is currently undertaking a doctorate in organisational change, with a specific focus on the issues with innovation in large enterprises.Linkshttps://www.pesec.no/https://www.linkedin.com/in/pesechttps://twitter.com/brunopesec

Like many of us in the working world today, Darcy Eikenberg wears a lot of hats. She's been an executive coach to leaders at organizations such as The Coca-Cola Company, Microsoft, State Farm, Deloitte Consulting, and more. She consults and speaks about career growth, employee engagement, and leadership development all over the world.She's the author of Red Cape Rescue: Save Your Career Without Leaving Your Job and blogs regularly on leadership and career issues at RedCapeRevolution.com. Her ideas have been shared in the Harvard Business Review, Thrive Global, CNN.com. The Ladders, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, and Forbes, among others. She's an International Coaching Federation (ICF) Professional Certified Coach (or PCC), former principal and communication consulting business leader at Hewitt Associates (now part of Alight Solutions) and graduated from Northwestern University.Darcy brings a sense of encouragement and humor to serious matters in our work and careers and offers simple, practical ways we can transform our lives at work, right where we are, right now.LinksRedCapeRescue.com: for details about the bookRedCapeRevolution.com/Insider: for free weekly career strategies and toolsRedCapeQuiz.com: for a customized plan to help you decide whether it's time to move on or stay in your job

Emily Sander is a C-Suite Executive and Founder of Next Level Coaching. As an ICF-Certified Coach, she guides clients towards new perspectives that enable them to adapt and evolve as leaders. She is the author of the book, Hacking Executive Leadership.Links:Hacking Executive Leadershipnextlevel.coach

Mr. Falke is a 21-year combat veteran of the U.S. Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) community and retired Master Chief Petty Officer. Ken is highly respected around the world as an innovative and forward-thinking leader on the subjects of wounded warrior care, military and veteran transition, counterterrorism, military training, and innovative technology development.Ken's passion is taking care of his fellow combat veterans and their family members, and he is chairman and founder of Boulder Crest, an organization focused on the teachings of posttraumatic growth. Ken spends the majority of his time educating the public and private sectors on the issues surrounding the long-term care of our returning military personnel and their families from the last 20 years of war. As part of this effort, Ken authored Struggle Well: Thriving in the Aftermath of Trauma.Linkshttps://www.linkedin.com/in/ken-falke-58992036/recent-activity/https://www.facebook.com/ken.falke

Decades of experience in the corporate world has shown me that resiliency is a key feature of every enduringly successful individual and every organizational culture that is productive and collaborative over the longer term.The modern workplace is filled with constant challenges and competing priorities, both for the business at large and for the individuals within the business, and resilience is a key component of effectively navigating these challenges.I am passionate about assisting businesses to build an enduring resilient culture at the whole culture level, the various levels of leadership within the business and at the individual level, so that the business as a whole and the individuals within the business can experience the enormous benefits of an enduring resilient culture.Links:jodiwoelkerling.comhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/resilient-culture-consultant/

Maria Brito is an award-winning New York-based contemporary art advisor, author, and curator. A Harvard graduate, originally from Venezuela. Brito has been selected by Complex Magazine as one of the 20 Power Players in the Art World she was named by ARTNEWS as one of the visionaries who gets to shape the art world.She has written for publications such as Entrepreneur, Huffington Post, Elle, Forbes, Artnet, Cultured Magazine, Departures, and the Gulf Coast Journal of Literature and Fine Arts from the University of Houston, Texas. For several years, Maria has taught her creativity course in companies and, in 2019, she launched "Jumpstart", an online program on creativity for entrepreneurs based on years of research and observation in both the areas of business and art.In 2019 she created and hosted "The "C" Files with Maria Brito", a TV and streaming series for PBS's new station "ALL ARTS".Maria and her projects have been featured extensively in national and international publications including The New York Times Style Section, T: The New York Times Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, The Huffington Post, W Magazine, ELLE Magazine, Harper's Bazaar, Time Magazine, New York Magazine, The New York Observer, The Daily Beast, The Economist, Interview Magazine, VOGUE and more.She's the author of "How Creativity Rules The World" (HarperCollins March 15, 2022).Linkshttps://www.mariabrito.com/bookhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/mariabrito-nyhttps://www.facebook.com/MariaBritoNYhttps://twitter.com/MariaBrito_NYhttps://www.instagram.com/mariabrito_ny

Dr. Ruth Gotian is the Chief Learning Officer and Assistant Professor of Education in Anesthesiology and former Assistant Dean of Mentoring and Executive Director of the Mentoring Academy at Weill Cornell Medicine. She has been hailed by the journal Nature and Columbia University as an expert in mentorship and leadership development. In 2021, she was selected as one of 30 people worldwide to be named to the Thinkers50 Radar List, dubbed the Oscars of management thinking. Recently, she won the Thinkers50 Distinguished Achievement - Radar Award given to a "thinker with the potential to change the world of theory and practice" and cemented her place as the #1 emerging management thinker in the world. She is also a semi-finalist for the Forbes 50 Over 50 list. In addition to publishing in academic journals, she is a contributor to Forbes and Psychology Today where she writes about ‘optimizing success'. Her research is about the mindset and skill set of peak performers, including Nobel Prize winners, astronauts and Olympic champions. Her forthcoming book, The Success Factor, will be out in January and now available for pre-sale.Linkswww.ruthgotian.comwww.twitter.com/ruthgotianwww.instagram.com/ruthgotianwww.linkedin.com/in/rgotian/www.ruthgotian.com/book

 Otto Siegel is a Genius Coach and Owner/CEO of Genius Coaching in Scottsdale. He partners with brilliant and sensitive children and their families to help them overcome behavioral challenges and anxiety symptoms. He provides a highly innovative program called Parent Playtime and started to offer the program as Power of Play (POP) to company leaders and their teams.  Otto's approach is informed by his 17 years as a high school teacher in Munich and Educational Consultant for the German Government in Sao Paulo/BR. His unique behavioral approach in coaching is based on proven principles from neurobiology, the physiology of the human body, positive psychology, educational kinesiology and behavior science (ethology).  He combines the power of play with professional coaching as a transformational force and initiates lasting behavior upgrades in his clients by activating their most powerful intrinsic motivator: Joy and playfulness. 

After over 40 years of working with national and international corporations and businesses, world-class sky-divers, cyclists, triathletes, golfers, and thousands of individuals who want to succeed in life, Bill has distilled his knowledge and experience into a series of books that have just one goal; to help people become better versions of themselves.Podcast HighlightsWho is Bill Lee Emery? Bill started his career working with computers but he knew that wasn't his calling. He realized that when he was going to work he was leaving his heart at home. He left his career in search of more meaning in his work, and in the process Bill found mentors and wisdom that he eventually distilled into his series of books.If what you do isn't pleasurable or enjoyable, and doesn't energize you it's time to find work that checks those boxes for you. As an old lion, Bill is working on passing on the gems of wisdom that he has picked over the past 4 decades and passing them onto younger generations.Gems of WisdomYou can have a theory about something, but putting it into practice is the real goal. Criticism comes from two places, internal and external. For many people, their internal critic can do a lot of damage and can hold us back. The first step is becoming aware of your internal critic and why you're being self critical. Every element of criticism is a positive intention to do something different. Taking criticism as feedback is important to growing so you have to separate who you are from what you've done. You need the emotional capacity to take in criticism so that you can be honest with yourself and other people.Tips on giving criticism: don't do it in front of other people, and focus on behavior and not the person. When someone asks you for your perspective, starting with asking them what they like and what they would change is a gentle way to analyze their own work.When there are differences of opinion, there are two intentions you can have: to protect or to learn. When someone is giving you feedback and your intention is to learn, you can take those good elements and grow yourself, but you have to be aware of your intention to do that.When you do something for a long time, you come to expect that everyone can do it as easily as you can, but that's not the case.We need to be conscious of the level of compassion we use with ourselves. Bill always focuses on self-care and he teaches other people that they need to do the same. Take the compassion you show to other people and treat yourself like someone you are taking care of. From Perfectionist To CompassionateWhen someone is in pain, they will do almost anything to get through it. If a perfectionist doesn't feel the pain of perfection yet, they won't be ready for the conversation yet.Using simple questions can open the door to leveraging a pain point and helping a perfectionist change.We choose the meanings we make out of every single event of our lives. The meanings that we choose become our reality, and it doesn't matter if they are true or not. The key question is whether the meaning we are choosing is useful or not. If the meaning you are choosing isn't useful then it's time to drop it and find a new, more useful one.Links:Australia How To Be Bulletproof From Criticism: And Do Whatever the Heck You Want (It is YOUR Life!)USA How To Be Bulletproof From Criticism: And Do Whatever the Heck You Want (It is YOUR Life!)bulletprooffromcriticism.com.au/Take this free