Success, Decisions, & Rock N' Roll

What do you do when you actually GET the success you're looking for? How do you keep from losing your $H*T??? Most of us, when we first start to meet our goals, flip out, and immediately STOP doing the things that got us the success in the first place. This is wrong, and will stop you cold. This week's episode goes over how to handle the awesomeness without going nuts.

For all of Human History, we had a community surrounding us that would tell us if we were saying something crazy! BUT NOW, we've traded that in for artificial intelligence - algorithms that are not here to tell us that what we're saying is crazy, quite the contrary! They WANT to hold our attention, to sell ads, and so we are shown more wacky, controversial stuff! This is slowly shifting humanity towards crazier and more extreme perspectives! Take control of your own mind control, and don't be a sheeple!

Andy Gibbons! The lesser known BeeGee, and how you must actively discover your Dark Side to get the Love you want! This week we dive into your dark side as it applies to relationships! As we said last week, your dark side is not "bad," it's just the parts of you that you keep hidden out of shame and guilt; your dark side is your potential!

Your Dark Side is not evil, it's just hidden. It's actually a remaining part of you that you have been ashamed of most of your life. This week we dive into this whole concept from Carl Jung, and use his works to guide us towards the fully integrated life that we all so deeply desire.

What do you do when you're at a fork in the road, and both paths are ones that you want to take? This week we look at major decision-making, what we owe others, and what we owe ourselves.

This week we show how there's more to all of us than Words, there is a part of us that exists BEFORE the words we use to describe ourselves, and of course, because it's our Success, Decisions and Rock & Roll podcast, how words and the structure of language holds us back! Grab hold of your success, think without words!

What do you do when they reach the top? This week, we jump into the importance of doing the things that YOU want, and NEED to do, rather than playing out other people's stories!

How to Spot people's "pain bodies," avoid and even see past them, bringing them to their higher selves. This week we go over Radiohead's classic "Karma Police," against Ekhart Tolle's brilliant lens.

This week we dive into the FUTURE, as told by a brilliant historian, who wrote 21 Lessons for the 21st Century, the effect Artificial Intelligence will have (and has already) had on us--and how we can plan our success around it!

What do you think about how you think? This week we dive into altered states of mind and being, as a way to gain perspective on your life! And don't worry, we're not promoting psychedelics, other than sitting on the meditation pillow and perceiving more (from quieting down). In the words of Pink Floyd, "Breathe, breathe in the air; don't be afraid to care... all you touch and all you see, are all your life will ever be"

Why is it that we focus so well and so much on creating our most successful lives possible, but skimp on the relationship piece? What does a relationship that is not attended to look like? What's the structure? To Contrast, what's the structure of a successful relationship that's on the next level?

What is the Blue Ocean Strategy Method? This week we dive into how be completely yourself, and use your own authenticity to create your own market! A blue ocean, if you will, where you're the only business selling products in that market! You've got the music in you!

Life, and certainly business is going to throw you some curve balls, and when that happens you need to have an inner peace to fall back on and rest in. Some people call that the Divine, Jesus, Spirit, the Buddha Nature, etc., but whatever you call it, it is something that we all need, now more than ever. This week, we reference The Rolling Stone's classic song, "Gimme Shelter" for its dual terror and hope.

What fundamental cultural changes do to us, as people--our psyches, relationships and mindsets, OR, how to navigate the change you're seeking in a healthy way!

I've been asked a lot how I trimmed down so much and got to the fitness levels of my dreams, so this week I've put in ALL the answers! This is how I got ripped, sexy, and six-packed up!

It's all about mindset! This week we discuss how to get out of the assembly-line-worker-Employee-Mindset, and get rooted in a BOSS Mindset! Cardi B takes us all the way there, with her hard rocking song, Bodak Yellow!

This week we go over America's LITERAL pre-disposition towards entrepreneurship, being Driven, and generally awesome

Looking towards the top of the mountain from the foothills can feel overwhelming--we often want to run away! But, if you make yourself a map, broken out into small daily chunks, getting to the top becomes an easy daily grind. In this week's episode we "take care of business" and go over how to break out your goals into an eazy-peezy dashboard!

We talk a lot about our successes, but what the hell are we supposed to do when our world explodes and everything feels like it's crashing down around us??? You go into MONK MODE! This week, we discuss how to take care of ourselves during a crisis, so that we can maintain a rock star mindset, and turn our failures into wins!

Happy Father's Day! This week we tackle how to raise super independent, responsible, happy, entrepreneurial kiddos, taking a note from one of my favorite parenting songs "Just the Two of Us!"

This week, we go deep on what it's like spiritually, and philosophically to actually allow yourself to desire what it is that you're looking for. We even get into an exercise called "Time Traveling," sounds crazy, I know, but it'll blow your sub-conscious mind and hey, that's a great thing! Bob Dylan's "The Man in Me" takes us on a wonderful journey through our own bullshit on the road to our success!

The OLD solutions that got you to where you are, are your NEW problems! You have to entirely re-invent yourself every time you "double" in revenue, and complexity--every time you level up!

Jonathan Sparks is a Business Lawyer, Musician, Business Coach, Public Speaker, and Podcaster!If you'd like to consult with Jonathan for business law or coaching, you can email info@sparkslawpractice.comJonathan's music is available on all major platforms including Spotify and iTunes, and at his website www.JonathanSparksMusic.com/music, or you can email him at J@JonathanSparksMusic.com

This week we dive into the importance of Resilience, and hear from the King, Mr. Johnny Cash's "Ain't No Grave."

This week we dive into a crucial ingredient to success: Vulnerability. As Brené Brown defines it, "entering a situation in which you do not know the outcome." John Moreland's deep track, "You Don't Care For Me Enough To Cry" helps us along.

Get Comfortable Being Uncomfortable! Your gut isn't always there to help you--sometimes it holds you back! This week we dive deep in the trenches of decision making, where we find our own potential. "Down to the wire, I wanted water but I walked through the fire, if this is what it takes me even higher, then I'll come through like I do when the world keeps testing me!" - John Mayer

This week we tackle the myriad ways that Perfectionism holds us back, and makes everything worse. As human beings, we cannot be perfect, and so if we expect perfection from ourselves, we can never move forward and "try" anything. We review my new Single, "Run Away," too. Hope you enjoy!

How I stopped trying to be someone else, and play out someone else's story, and found endless energy from stepping into my own shoes. It's clichéd, sure, but finding yourself, and even being proud of who you are, awards you with the energy you need to fulfill your life's purpose.

A lot of mindset gurus fail to realize that PERCEPTION is what builds our minds--our minds are dependent on what we perceive, just as what we perceive depends on our mindset. This week, we break down Kurt Cobain's brilliant lyrics, through the lens of Philosophers David Hume, Descartes, and Maurice Merleau-Ponty!

Feel like life is passing you by? Is it as if things aren't as interesting anymore? Do you feel uninspired? You're probably falling victim to the zombie-mentality! This week we discuss how to avoid that entirely, and instead, we grow YOUNGER as we age!

Do. Have. Understand! In that order! We all think it's the reverse, but it's NOT! This week we analyze David Bowie's genius song "Ch Ch Ch Changes!" and how, in life, you've got to fake it 'til you make it!

This week we discuss how our triggers are haunted GOLD MINES, with the ghosts of our past, filled with the energy we need to go after our success!

The Post Modern Dilemma, discussed at length in Episode 6, inevitably results in "Cancel Culture." In this short bonus episode, we break down why and how this happens, and how

This week we dive deep into the post modern dilemma and how it affects our everyday lives, making everything "comfortably numb," and of course, how to avoid the trap!

This week we dive into the most important part of your success: Decision Making! For obvious reasons, The Clash's "Should I Stay or Should I Go" is analyzed, we get into why our brains may prevent us from making the decisions we really need to make to get where we want to!

We analyze Secret Heart by the Beegees, played by Feist, and how it relates to our own terror barriers. 

Our Financial Set Point dictates the amount of monetary success we will ALLOW, and the lowest income that we'll TOLERATE. In today's episode, we cover Drake's "Nonstop" and how to shift your income to a higher level.

This week we discuss why having friends with the right mindset is crucial to your success!

When it comes to your success, the most important question is "What Do You Want?" This week, we use the genius lyrics of The Temptations and get through the first road block holding us back!