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Janette A. Ekanem of Hirsch Roberts Weinstein LLP and Ellen J. Messing of Messing, Rudavsky & Weliky, PC present an overview of the case law and statutes regarding employee rights in regards to speaking on social and political topics in the workplace in this podcast, excerpted from MCLE's 3/2/2021 program, Where & How to Draw the Boundary Lines of Employee Free Speech, Improper Behavior & Political Expression. The full program is available as an on demand webcast or an MP3 here. Get 24/7 instant access to hundreds of related eLectures like this one—and more—with a subscription to the MCLE OnlinePass. Learn more at www.mcle.org/onlinepass.
In this episode, Puja Marwaha, who is the CEO of CRY India (Child Rights & You) talks about why giving is something that should become part of the DNA & fibre of all Indians. The belief of 'Daan' only after reaching a certain age or level of success is problematic and there's much to learn from the West in this regard. She clarifies the 'What', Where & How' of giving and also shares her learnings from both the kids that she works with & her 27 years in the social sector. Donation link: https://www.cry.org/give Volunteer link: https://www.cry.org/volunteer-with-cry Instagram: @cry_india @pujamarwaha @heartonmysleeveofficial @manshakauranand
Exclusive Download: Review Collector Maximizer™ – When, Where & How to Ask For Reviews, Plus The Top List of Sites That Really Move The Needle in Driving Qualified Leads - https://bit.ly/2ZjDMOb -- Try this theoretical A/B test in your mind. The control is your SaaS product as it is right now. The ‘B’ variation is your exact same business… …but with hundreds of 3rd party product review sites publishing in-depth reviews of your software. Let’s get clear on this: You aren’t writing these reviews. Other people are. These reviews are shared on blogs, social media, and on YouTube. The publishers of these reviews are driving their own traffic. Without changing anything about your product, here’s how your ‘B’ variation is better: - Your website ranks higher on Google - You get more traffic and product awareness - You convert more paying customers Why? These product review sites have their own marketing strategies, attract and educate the exact kind of people your product is for, and link directly to your site. It’s like recruiting an army of marketers without paying a dime! If you aren’t leveraging word-of-mouth marketing through product reviews… then you’re leaving money on the table. But there are some very specific best practices to make sure you get the most out of customer reviews. What are they? Check out this week’s video to find out. To leverage product reviews and accelerate your company growth, these are the 5 cornerstone techniques: 1. Capture Feedback 2. Craft Profile 3. Grease Flow 4. Leverage Reviews 5. Maintain Momentum As a SaaS coach, I’ve seen many of my clients using reviews to drive demand and volume for their signups, trials, and demos. I’ve always done this with my own software companies too, even asking for reviews and encouraging our customer base to be vocal with their product experience. There’s one major takeaway I want you to get from this video, though. Don’t just cross your fingers and hope for reviews. Create an environment that makes them happen. Have you thought about leveraging product reviews? Leave a comment on the video with your story. Looking forward to hearing it. -- Dan Martell has advised more startups than his hometown has people and teaches startup founders like you how to scale. He previously created, raised venture funding for and successfully exited two tech startups: Flowtown and Clarity.fm. You should follow him on twitter @danmartell for tweets that are actually awesome. + Instagram (behind the scenes): http://instagram.com/danmartell + Facebook (live trainings + Q&A): http://FB.com/DanMartell + Twitter (what I'm reading): http://twitter.com/danmartell Exclusive Download: Review Collector Maximizer™ – When, Where & How to Ask For Reviews, Plus The Top List of Sites That Really Move The Needle in Driving Qualified Leads - https://bit.ly/2ZjDMOb
Where & How to Donate Meghan is a body empowerment coach who helps women master their mindset to transform their bodies inside & out. She is the founder of Fit & Fierce and the host of the Fit & Fierce Podcast. Her passion is showing women how to finally make peace with food & their body and live their best fucking life! Connect with Fit & Fierce: If you enjoyed the podcast, please share it. Subscribe, rate, and review the show on ITunes. Your rating and review help more people discover it. Work with Meghan Tag me on Instagram @fittandfierce and let me know your favorite takeaways --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/fitandfierce/message
He is your host Ben Baller, not Ben Humble & this is Episode 85! Today Ben is here to discuss: George Floyd & the cops who killed him, shops opening in Southern California, baseball cards taking over his life & the hobby going crazy, his cards, releasing autographed cards, giving back, card signing issues & having to cancel appearances, family & followers making money off the cards & more. Then it's an honor & a privilege to have Seattle Seahawks Safety Quandre Diggs on Behind The Baller Podcast with Ben Baller to discuss: Where/How he's spending Quarantine, playing high school & college football in Texas, playing quarterback in high school & safety in college, his brother being a top NFL draft pick, running track, D1 college offers, what he majored in, NFL Draft Day, playing for Detroit, being traded to Seattle & the marketability, toughest receivers to go against in Nickel, Trash Talking, cracking talker players, Tyler Lockett getting the Snickers chain, getting followed on social media by celebrities, big plays, the highlight of his career, practicing against Russell Wilson, toughest Quarterbacks to read, playoff football, training in Quarantine, the upcoming season, what he wants to do after his career, favorite music, Mike Tyson & more. Then Ben brings it back for the Outro: Whats going to happen to his Seahawks season tickets, big print runs of Topps Project 2020, staying healthy, his money counter being featured in a drug bust, the vacuum sealers coming out again, The Giveaway, Cal Ripken Jr. card coming out next & a whole lot more. This episode is not to be missed! Produced by: DBP CORP www.dbpodcasts.com Follow @dbpodcasts on Instagram & Twitter Music by @lakeyinspired Available on all Podcast Platforms, YouTube & BehindTheBallerPod.com Behind The Baller Theme Music Artist: Illegal Kartel (@illegal_kartel_mikal_shakur) Produced by: Gene Crenshaw @yuyuthemaker
The NBA is one of the most popular sports to bet on in the United States, and in this episode of Betting for Dummies with Missy Mitchell, Miss sits down with NBA handicappers Tony Finn and Hakeem Profit to guide beginners through the basics when it comes to NBA betting. Some of the questions Missy goes over with her panel in this episode are:► What are my betting options when wagering on the NBA? (Total, Moneyline, ATS)► How much should I bet? ► Where/How can I place my bet?
The NBA is one of the most popular sports to bet on in the United States, and in this episode of Betting for Dummies with Missy Mitchell, Miss sits down with NBA handicappers Tony Finn and Hakeem Profit to guide beginners through the basics when it comes to NBA betting. Some of the questions Missy goes over with her panel in this episode are:► What are my betting options when wagering on the NBA? (Total, Moneyline, ATS)► How much should I bet? ► Where/How can I place my bet?
• Have you ever been “thirsty,” “needed a drink,” and God showed up? When? Remember every detail. • How is this moment—sickness, hatred-gone-viral, and so much we can’t breathe—an opportunity for God to show up? Where? How?
Hi Guys! I hope everyone enjoyed the MLK holiday so we took a little break from our Monday Motivation but we are back.This week we are continuing to explore the "W's" and talking about "Where?" How does this apply to us in life and business, right? Well, the question for this cast is "Where are you supposed to be?" Spoiler alert... You are exactly where you are supposed to be.This concept has really changed my life and I share my three step thought process on "Where." I hope you enjoy, and after all, it's just, my opinion :-) XOXO Maya
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For our 22nd episode, I had the pleasure to sit down with Jason Nemer. Jason co-founded and continues to grow the practice of AcroYoga. He has certified over 1000 teachers in more than 65 countries. He travels the world to share this incredible practice believing that movement and play are a great way to bring people together, and that using open communication and trust can change the world. Today we sat down to talk about his journey and the principles behind Acroyoga.We have other great guests lined up for you so make sure to subscribe to the podcast where ever you listen! If you’re in the San Francisco Bay area and you're curious about Acro, you’re in luck. I’ve partnered with AcroSF to offer you a discount on your ticket for the upcoming AcroSF festival running March 15-17. Use the code Erika at checkout to save 10%, but hurry, there are only 10 coupons available!As always, I really appreciate your support. So as you leave a review on iTunes or on your iPhone podcast app, you automatically enter a giveaway. Once more Athleta is supporting this podcast in their effort to ignite a community of strong women who lift each other up, and is giving out a 75$ shop card! If you're not sure how to leave a review, check this article. The winner of our last giveaway is iTunes user ali c rucker. Thank you for your comment. DM me on instagram or email me erika.belanger@gmail.com to get your shop card!ABOUT OUR GUESTJason Nemer is a visionary, a catalyst and someone that connects the dots. He dedicated his life to mastering and blending acrobatics, yoga and healing arts. In 1991 he became one of the first American acrobats to win medals in international competitions and also performed at the Olympics in 1996. He co-founded and continues to grow the practice of AcroYoga that has a reach of over 1000 certified teachers in more than 65 countries. His students and clients include; Serge Brin, Ashley Judd, Tim Ferriss, Marla Maples and more.Jason’s mission is clear, “Support all people through movement, connection and play.” Success of this goal is reaching 1 billion practitioners in his lifetime. Build your practice with expert instruction :LA Foundation Course with Jason NemerOnline Foundation Course with Jason NemerFind out more here about Jason and Acroyoga here :IG JasonnemerFB Jason Nemerwww.acroyoga.orgQUESTIONS HE ANSWERED DURING THIS EPISODE :Can you tell us a bit about yourself and your journey through acrobatics and yoga?How did Acroyoga start? How did it come together for you? Do you prefer to be a base/flyer? How does that relate to your personality?Can you explain what it is exactly. How is it different than acrobatics? Where/How does yoga come in? Should people have a practice of yoga to start Acro?How has it evolved since it first started? What’s the main difference between Canadian Acro and American Acro?How does a typical class look like? What can people expect from their first class? How does practicing Acro and what you learn in this particular practice ripples into your life of the mat?How do you cultivate/encourage a tightly knitted community ? For people that might think it’s all about acrobatic and circus arts, can we talk about how Acroyoga can actually be healing and therapeutics? On the other hand, how do you create a safe space where personal boundaries can still be honored and respected?How can you encourage a non-gender specific roles in the practice?Any tips for beginners? What’s your hope for Acro in 5, 10 or 20 years?If people want to try Acro, get involved in the community, how do they start?REFERENCEAcro-Yoga MontrealAcrosage, Benjamin MarantzContact Yoga, Ken Nateshvar Scott*Edited and mixed by Alexandre Saba See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
In this episode Mo & Miles dive into what it takes mentally so that you never have a "bad day" of training or racing again. We cover: Vegan Santa Claus :-) What to do when you miss a workout or training/race goal Where/How to shift your focus during hard training sessions How to change your self-talk for a more positive outcome The importance of setting daily training goals and intensions Then we jump into a quick review of the book Peak Performance and talk about: The importance of rest and extended breaks from training When and why you need to go slow and take it easy How mental fatigue could be ruining your training How to use stress as a tool for success How to get your mind right and more!
Okay - You're feeling pretty certain that God has called you to plant a church. Now the question is, "Where?" How do you select a region, city or neighborhood in which to start? Should you stay in your current town or move far away? Is there anywhere you **shouldn't** plant? In this episode, we dive into these murky waters and challenge you to consider two factors above all others. Even if you already know where you're headed, we think this will be a helpful conversation! -- New Church Hustle is a podcast designed to highlight the big faith and hard work behind every thriving church.
9 “Secrets and Rules For More Success and A Better Richer Life” Charlie Munger Part 1: https://youtu.be/b3gcUGvU53s If you want to get your own copy of Poor Charlie’s Almanack: Expended Third Edition here’s the link. http://amzn.to/2iIgtvX 1) Understand “Cognitive Bias” and What Default Human Practices/Tendencies to Avoid Three Tendencies To Avoid While Making Life and Business Decisions: 1) Bias from envy and jealousy, related from Buffett – “It’s not greed that drives the world…it’s envy.” 2) Avoid accepting delusional beliefs (sounds simple but…), and 3) Making closed minded judgments about people…remain open to learning from people who you at first dislike. Here’s a link to a brief video reminder: https://www.cnbc.com/video/2017/06/28/3-psychological-habits-buffetts-partner-charlie-munger-warns-can-hurt-your-career.html https://youtu.be/sJgHvuTeryM 2) Practice Frugality and Simplicity "One of the great defenses — if you're worried about inflation — is not to have a lot of silly needs in your life." According to CNBC: “Despite their success, Munger and Buffett are notably frugal.” Buffett goes to breakfast every day but often spends less that $4.00. Both Charlie and Warren have lived in modest homes and driven older-model cars most of their lives. It was a habit they built to ensure that they had money to invest. 3) Read Daily and Choose Your Reading Wisely "In my whole life, I have known no wise people who didn't read all the time — none, zero." The richest man in the world, Bill Gates, reads 50 books a year, or Buffett, who spends as much as 80 percent of his day reading. Munger's been an avid reader since he was a kid and he notes that "By age eight both Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin had permanent places on the bookshelf above his bed." Dave Frees’ Tool To Do This Better Developing the ability to read with discipline and more effectively – set aside time to do it…everyday. Set aside time to think strategically about what you want to read. Reading rules: Read the cover, intro, table of contents. Then, and as you read, do a note card(s) with the essential ideas, copy and quotes you might later use and also a separate note card with action items/resources. Once you’re done the book do a mind map on a card. Keep both in the front of the book but take the action item and resources card out and buy/acquire the resources and diary the action items. 4) Develop the Right Habits and Use The Compounding Effect Of Knowledge and Wisdom "Spend each day trying to be a little better, smarter, and wiser than you were when you woke up." The wealthiest, most successful people tend to push themselves beyond their comfort zones and prior achievements. They are constantly looking for ways to improve and Munger is no exception. Again, according to CNBC: "In Charlie's own life, when he was practicing law, he implemented a self-education regime for one hour a day to learn such things as real estate development and stock investing…He has often said that he is a much better investor at 90 than he was at 50, a fact he attributes to the compounding effect of knowledge." 5) Rules For Business Owners & Career Advice: "Three rules for a career: 1) Don't sell anything you wouldn't buy yourself, 2) Don't work for (or hire) anyone you don't respect and admire, 3) Work only with people you enjoy." Dave’s Take on This: whenever you’re brainstorming new products and services, or the re-vamp of an existing one, make sure to repeatedly ask the question “Would I buy this for myself or another person? If so Why? And, “how could it be even better, simpler, and even easier to get the desired result?” And when it comes to hiring and working for clients/customers/patients, it’s not enough to know that you enjoy and respect them. Try to understand what it is about people who you have, for years, enjoyed and respected, and why you feel that way. This makes judgments about others in the future easier. 6) Be A Renaissance Man or Woman And Learn Across Disciplines “If you skillfully follow the multidisciplinary path, you will never wish to come back. It would be like cutting off your hands.” “I paid no attention to the territorial boundaries of academic disciplines and I just grabbed all the big ideas that I could.” Munger https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-pat-flynn-show/id1253261458?mt=2 Generalism 7) Be Aware of Your Limits and Expand Them But Excel Within Them Don’t Get Ahead of Them “It is remarkable how much long-term advantage people like us have gotten by trying to be consistently not stupid, instead of trying to be very intelligent.” “I think Warren and I know the edge of our competency better than other people do.” Munger Think strategically and globally as you take on a project, about the following: What are the upsides? Financially as well as in terms of happiness and team/work satisfaction/motivation What are the risks? Financially and to all of the above. What are our known and existing resources and strengths that are used here? Where/How are we weak here? Do others within the organization agree? How have customer’s clients and patients rated us in these skill areas in past transactions? 8) Build On Simplicity – Informed Simplicity “Take a simple idea, and take it seriously.” Munger Ultimately, we build best when we build on simplicity and we are dedicated to simplifying. Don’t start with ideas that are too complex. Find one that solves a basic need or problem is a new OR proven way that’s not previously or currently being applied to this market/problem/niche. Build from there but continuously seek to “re-simplify.” 9) Build A “Lattice” of Mental Models To Be Truly Effective In Every Aspect of Life “What are the models? Well, the first rule is that you've got to have multiple models because if you just have one or two that you're using, the nature of human psychology is such that you'll torture reality so that it fits your models, or at least you'll think it does. … And the models have to come from multiple disciplines because all the wisdom of the world is not to be found in one little academic department. That's why poetry professors, by and large, are so unwise in a worldly sense. They don't have enough models in their heads. So you've got to have models across a fair array of disciplines. You may say, “My God, this is already getting way too tough.” But, fortunately, it isn't that tough because 80 or 90 important models will carry about 90% of the freight in making you a worldly wise person. And, of those, only a mere handful really carry very heavy freight.” Munger Here’s an amazing resource on Munger and models: https://www.farnamstreetblog.com/mental-models/ The categories from which we derive useful mental models/frameworks of thinking and more accurately understanding the world: Mathematics and Statistics Biology Human Nature and Judgment Military and Covert Warfare Improved Thinking & Psychology Systems Thinking Physics of the Observable World and Quantum Mechanics Micro Economics And when we align our lives and practices with not only our principles and values but also with the “laws of nature” and a better way of thinking (a matrix of mental models) then things start to get really good. There are hundreds of models under each category above, but let me suggest a few that you learn and consider in the future as you: 1) develop products and services, 2) solve problems for yourself, team and clients, 3) launch new marketing and sales efforts and campaigns, 4) improve your profitability, systems, and the value of your practice as well as, 5) taking actions to radically improve your relationships and personal life. Mathematics and Statistics: Compounding and the time value of money – Once we understand the power of compounding of money, we can begin to understand the time value of money AND that compounding might apply to other things as well. For example, if we understand the time value of money we may stop giving away value by allowing clients to pay us over long periods of time. Can’t be done? Yes it can but you need to think more deeply. Can you alter who you attract? Can you offer multiple payments but with interest or at a higher price? Likewise, when we understand compounding in one way (of money) we can start to think about building skills earlier and reaping the reward of getting better and better sooner. For example, I learned a set of skills as a negotiator and interrogator that I have used since my twenties. Had I learned them later I’d have left millions of dollars on the table over the years. And, I’m better than ever now and can use these skills is more imaginative ways, across multiple disciplines to make even more and to limit downside risk. Pareto’s Principle - Otherwise known as the 80/20 rule. Once we learn that 20 percent of most societies seem to amass 80% of the wealth (across cultures, religions, nations, and throughout time) we begin to realize that we use 20% of our homes 80% of the time and that 80% of the time we are wearing the same 20% of our shoes and clothes. This leads us to understand that 20% of our marketing and advertising gets us most of the results (but not always the 20% of the clients that yield/pay us 80% of our profits or the 20% who make 80% of the best referral. That 20% of our team accomplishes 80% of the tasks. When we do we can look at hiring, training, client selection, lines of business and service, and our advertising and marketing in a totally different (and more effective and profitable) way. The laws of small and large numbers - One of the fundamental underlying assumptions of probability is that as more instances of an event occur, the actual results will converge on the expected ones. For example, if we know that the average man is 5 feet 10 inches tall, we’re far more likely to get an average of 5′10″ by selecting 1,000 men at random than 5 men at random. The opposite of this model is the law of small numbers, which states that small samples can and should be looked at with great skepticism. Can you think how this might apply to thinking about a sales letter, Facebook advertising, reviewing resumes? Biology: Adaptation Species tend to adapt to their surroundings and changes in their surrounding.. But, the adaptations made in an individual organism’s lifetime are not passed down genetically. Rather, whole Populations of species adapt through the process of evolution by natural selection, as the most-fit offspring of the species survive in the new and changed environment and are then able to reproduce at an above-average rate. Can this help us in business? Well, think about testing and marketing. The landscape recently changed dramatically for trusts and estate lawyers. For most of their clients, the old motivations to do planning…the federal estate tax…is now gone. So what to do? What will get them to act in this new, and tax friendlier environment? Before we create or offer a new product or service in a full launch and expensive rollout (where we dedicate enormous resources that cannot easily be recovered) it might be useful to offer a few variations based on our theory of what’s best in a new legal environment. One or two of our tests may substantially outperform the others (as they did). Then and only then do we put our resources behind a broader release of the real survivors. The Red Queen Effect (The Arms Race of Genetic and current Adaptation) As the above blog observes, “The evolution-by-natural-selection model leads to something of an arms race among species competing for limited resources.” Thus, when one species acquires an advantageous adaptation, a competing species must also adapt in some equal or better way or it will fail as a species. Essentially, this model tells us that staying in the same place, can mean falling behind or dying out. This evolutionary arms race is called the Red Queen Effect for the character in Alice in Wonderland who said, “Now, here, you see, it takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place.” So, this gets us thinking about the need for constant reinvention or at least about being aware of changes in the environment and in our competition. It also suggests both an advantage in being innovative and able to cloak or hide the innovation from our competitors for as long as possible. It means we have to develop ways of working smarter NOT just harder. Finally, if we bring different models to bear there is also a model from warfare that tells us that splitting our forces diminishes their power and makes error more likely. So do we do ourselves harm by splitting our energies and resources and developing new services and products when our existing ones are still going strong? Now we know we’re getting somewhere because our models have conflicting things to tell us and we have to think about it even more. Complicated? Yes. Extremely powerful? You Bet. Human Nature and Judgment: Trust Fundamentally, most societies and social/business structures operate on the basis of trust. A trusting system is one that tends to work most efficiently and as a result, the rewards of trust are extremely high. When prospects learn to trust you and your business, cost of acquisition is lowered. This means that the skills of truly building and maintaining trust are a highly valuable. But how people test for trust and what they require to maintain it seems complicated and dependent on contest. To learn more see my article on trust here: Trust Part I https://www.successtechnologies.com/2016/12/why-trust-is-essential/ Trust Part II https://www.successtechnologies.com/2017/02/why-trust-is-essential-part-two-of-four-tests-clients-use-and-how-to-establish-trust-in-business-relationships/ Trust Part III https://www.successtechnologies.com/2017/02/why-trust-is-essential-part-3-of-4-building-trust-as-a-leader-and-using-that-power-for-good-not-evil/ Trust Part IV and Resources https://www.successtechnologies.com/2017/03/why-trust-is-essential-part-4-of-4-building-trust-bonus-materials/ Tendency to Distort Due to Liking/Loving or Disliking/Hating Here are links to two more excellent articles on two more mental models worth adding to your way of thinking about and looking at problems and creating solutions. Basically, we tend, based on past association, stereotyping (another human mental model that must be understood), our own ideology, or by direct experience, to distort our thinking and judgments in favor of people or things that they like and against people or things they dislike. This tendency leads to overrating the things we like and underrating or broadly categorizing things we dislike, often missing crucial nuances in the process. Application in business and in life: Build a practice of asking ourselves the question, “Am I making this decision/Judgment based on objective facts/observations OR might my basis for the decision be based on a tendency to like or dislike a person or institution involved? Another thought to drive better business practices and more effective behavior in life: “And what will a man naturally come to like and love, apart from his parent, spouse and child? Well, he will like and love being liked and loved.” — Charlie Munger Manipulative? Yes. But if you do truly love and carefor your clients, customers, friends, and relatives…think about it. Military, Covert Practices & Warfare Seeing the Front One of the most valuable military tactics is the habit of “personally seeing the front” before making decisions – not always relying on advisors, maps, and reports, all of which can be either faulty or biased. The NLP Map Is Not The Territory model illustrates the problem with not seeing the actual front, as does the incentive model. Leaders of any organization can generally benefit from seeing the front, as not only does it provide firsthand information, but it also tends to improve the quality of secondhand information. In business this can translate into periodically observing and/or debriefing front line contacts. Listening to phone call recordings and, for a sales manager/director might mean actually taking calls when a new product launches to hear the questions, objections and vocabulary used. This is turn can inform marketing and sales training. Asymmetric Warfare Think the American Revolution, ISIS, Osama Bin Laden and the Iraqi Insurgency. The asymmetry model as applied to warfare is one side creating and playing by different rules than the other side. Generally, this model is applied by an insurgency with limited resources. Unable to out-muscle their opponents using conventional weapons and tactics that favor the conventional force, asymmetric fighters use other tactics, as with terrorism creating fear that's disproportionate to their actual destructive ability. Two-Front War Model – From Both Directions The Second World War was a good example of a two-front war for Germany. Once Russia and Germany became enemies, Germany was forced to split its troops and send them to separate fronts, weakening their impact on both fronts. America was lured into a two front war in Europe and the Pacific which successfully (for a time) diluted it’s ability to bring it’s full military force to bear. In business, opening a two-front war can often be a useful tactic that will cause competition to divide it’s forces. This can be especially powerful if the second “front” is launched by another competitor or type of competition. If you care currently fighting a two front war solving that dispute or avoiding the opening of a second front, An example might be an organization effectively tamping down “internal discord” (think Uber) to focus on its competitors or external attacks. Improved Thinking & Psychology: The Map Is Not the Territory This NLP model tells us that there will always be an imperfect relationship between reality (on the ground) and the various models we use to simplify, represent, understand and to operate within the reality. The reduction and simplification is helpful and often allows us to act, but we should not be unmindful of it or surprised when the reality differs from the model. Thought Experiments A technique popularized by Einstein, Tesla and Edison, the thought “experiment” is a way to logically carry out a test in one’s own head that would be very expensive, difficult or impossible to perform in real life. With the thought experiment as a tool, we can “solve problems” in advance and then deploy/implement and test our “solutions” in the real world. Occam’s Razor Named after the friar William of Ockham, Occam’s Razor is a heuristic for simplifying choice and selecting between or among competing explanations or solutions. Ockham’s Razor essentially states that we should prefer or select the simplest explanation with the fewest moving parts. Such explanations are, in general, easier to understand, and more likely, on average, to be the correct explanation. This principle is not an ironclad law but a useful mindset/force multiplier. It allows us to make more accurate choices more often. Essentially, the idea is that “If all else is equal, it’s more likely that the simple solution suffices. Of course, we also keep in mind Einstein’s famous idea (even if apocryphal) that “an idea should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler. Systems & Systems Thinking Feedback Loops (and Homeostasis) People (and the business structures that they create) prefer the comfort zone. Once they have achieved a safe place to live in a comfortable way it will take quite a bit of energy or a significant threat to get them to change. That is why creating and monitoring feedback loops matters so much in business as standing still is, in reality moving backwards. Without careful and regular self assessment and a review of the data we become subject to disruption by people and entities willing to lie with change and who are more aware/adaptive. Algorithms An algorithm is generally an automated set of rules, code, or a “blueprint” leading a series of steps or actions moving the result step-bystep toward a desired outcome. Algorithms are best known for their use in modern computing, but are a feature of biological life as well. For example, the DNA of any organism contains an algorithm for building a new version of that organism. Redundancy A critical model of the engineering profession is that of backup systems. A good engineer never assumes the perfect reliability of the components of the system. He or she builds in redundancy to protect the integrity of the total system. Without the application of this robustness principle, tangible and intangible systems tend to fail over time. Criticality A system becomes critical when it is about to jump discretely from one phase to another. The marginal utility of the last unit before the phase change is wildly higher than any unit before it. A frequently cited example is water turning from a liquid to a vapor when heated to a specific temperature. “Critical mass” refers to the mass needed to have the critical event occur, most commonly in a nuclear system. Network Effects A network tends to become more valuable as nodes are added to the network: this is known as the network effect. An easy example is contrasting the development of the electricity system and the telephone system. If only one house has electricity, its inhabitants have gained immense value, but if only one house has a telephone, its inhabitants have gained nothing of use. Only with additional telephones does the phone network gain value. This network effect is widespread in the modern world and creates immense value for organizations and customers alike. Black Swan Also popularized by Nassim Taleb, a Black Swan is a rare and highly consequential event that is invisible to a given observer ahead of time. It is a result of applied epistemology: If you have seen only white swans, you cannot categorically state that there are no black swans, but the inverse is not true: seeing one black swan is enough for you to state that there are black swans. Black Swan events are necessarily unpredictable to the observer (as Taleb likes to say, Thanksgiving is a Black Swan for the turkey, not the butcher) and thus must be dealt with by addressing the fragility-robustness-antifragility spectrum rather than through better methods of prediction. Physics of the Observable World and Quantum Mechanics: Velocity Velocity is not equivalent to speed; the two are sometimes confused. Velocity is speed plus vector: how fast something gets somewhere. An object that moves two steps forward and then two steps back has moved at a certain speed but shows no velocity. The addition of the vector, that critical distinction, is what we should consider in practical life. Activation Energy A fire is not much more than a combination of carbon and oxygen, but the forests and coal mines of the world are not combusting at will because such a chemical reaction requires the input of a critical level of “activation energy” in order to get a reaction started. Two combustible elements alone are not enough. Catalysts A catalyst either starts or maintains a chemical reaction, but isn’t itself a reactant. The chemical reaction may slow or stop without the addition of catalysts which can maintain it. Social institutions and systems, of course, take on many similar traits, and we can view catalysts in a similar light as they might apply to business and life. My dog Tucker was a catalyst to the rebirth and longevity of a much older dog Jazz. Hiring the right leader within an organization might be a catalyst to improved performance at multiple levels. Leverage As famously stated by Archimedes, “Give me a lever long enough and I shall move the world.” With the right leverage, even a small amount of input or force, can create a great output force that changes the system it is applied to. In business and life, we can use another model like the 80/20 rule to give our existing sales and marketing budgets/teams amazing leverage. Micro Economics: Opportunity Costs Doing one thing means not being able to do another. We live in a world of trade-offs, and the concept of opportunity cost rules all. Most aptly summarized as “there is no such thing as a free lunch.” Creative Destruction Coined by economist Joseph Schumpeter, the term “creative destruction” describes the capitalistic process at work in a functioning free-market system. Motivated by personal incentives (including but not limited to financial profit), entrepreneurs will push to best one another in a never-ending game of creative one-upmanship, in the process destroying old ideas and replacing them with newer technology. Beware getting left behind. Scarcity Game theory describes situations of conflict, limited resources, and competition. Given a certain situation and a limited amount of resources and time, what decisions are competitors likely to make, and which should they make? One important note is that traditional game theory may describe humans as more rational than they really are. Game theory is theory, after all.
I've only been in Bali five days and I already feel blissed out. I've had four massages, two meditation sessions, one surf lesson, two yoga lessons and a 4.5 hour pampering session! And I TOTALLY needed this, because the last month or two has been pretty cray-cray. As you may remember in my previous episode called Changing Plans, there's been quite a few plans that have been changed, including now owning a lifestyle property and getting a puppy for my birthday. Yes! My lovely man Josh has gone ahead and put a deposit on a white German Shepherd. So when I get back to New Zealand on April 5th, it's going to be all go - moving into the house, getting it furnished, setting up our new base and waiting on the puppy. I was content to go hard out on the organizing, planning, doing and making shit happen on all fronts, because I knew I'd be having this relax time in Bali, and of course my upcoming business sabbatical starting April 1st. If you've never been to Bali, let me just tell you this island has a very special energy to it. It's renowned for being a vortex of feminine energy. So for females in particular, when you're here you have this sense of being grounded, feeling strong, sensual and in your feminine power. Everywhere you look there are lush trees, green rice fields, beautiful flowers, street dogs, friendly Balinese people smiling, scooters whizzing by, yoga studios, cute cafes, healthy juices galore and many relaxed looking foreigners who are whiling their days away doing not a lot of anything much. Which is why Bali is the perfect island to come and unwind, de stress and lose yourself, or find yourself depending on what you're here to do. But obviously we don't all have the opportunity to buggar off to Bali when we feel like it do we? So it got me thinking: Why can't we have a mini vacation each and every day to get some of the same affects of a longer vacation? Why do we have to book in holidays months, and for some people, years in advance? Why all this waiting when we have the power and ability to take a break right now? In a Huffington Post article by Jill Ferguson she lists the benefits of vacations as: Reduces stress - as I can attest to, vacations help shrink stress and anxiety while boosting the mental and physical health of you and the entire family, if you happen to be vacationing with them. Helps your heart stay healthy - no really. In a 20-year study, researchers found that women who took a vacation once every six years or less were almost eight times more likely to develop coronary heart disease or have a heart attack than women who took at least two vacations per year. Improves your mental health (especially if it's longer than 2 weeks) because you're less tense, have higher energy levels and more positive emotions, fewer negative feelings and less depression. Improves your relationships because families or couples who vacation together undergo shared experiences, communication and togetherness, escape and relaxation and experiential learning, all of which contribute positively to well-being and to relationships. You may have heard me talk about taking a mid week weekend. I mean why wait for the weekend to experience one, but what about a daily vacation? That's a novel thought right? I dug into this idea with my dear friend Jaime Masters, of Eventual Millionaire fame, who's with me here in Bali. We planned this holiday in late 2016 when she found out she got asked to speak in the Philippines, just before my Freedom Mastermind Retreat I hold in Bali each year. So this was our window of time to fly into Bali at the same time and enjoy 9 days together. And we are doing that extremely well. Jaime is a single mother of two with an extremely successful and busy coaching and mastermind business. She's also a self prescribed geek when it comes to maximizing time efficiency and more recently bio hacking - do it yourself biology optimization, so to speak. Or as Jaime puts it - how to be a badass. So here's our jam session on how to optimize your day and also how to take mini vacations through a variety of suggested activities we do, and that we also think should be on your list. Natalie: So this is exciting! We are recording this in our lovely little room in Ketut's Place in Bali in Ubud and there's thunder and lightning happening and rain. This is cool. I am sitting on the bed as you do, with my girl, Jaime Masters and we've been talking a lot over the last couple of days about treating yourself because yesterday we had a four and a half hour pamper session! Thanks to Jaime, an early birthday present and it was amazing. And I was like, "Why don't we do this all the time?" and then I think actually if you did that all the time you'd just be in bliss zone and you wouldn't get anything done. Jaime: I think it can get boring after a little while. Natalie: Yeah, but it was pretty amazing. Like we had several massages, we had a facial; we had pedicures, manicures, head massage, hair treatment, body scrub. And I was in and out of states of bliss, in an out of state of sleeping, dreaming, imagining, ideating. It's beautiful. But what I want to just chat to you about, because I think you are really good at this with your full-time roster of amazing clients that you coach over at Eventual Millionaire and your business and your full time podcast where you are interviewing millionaires all the time. I mean you have one of the busiest schedules I know off plus you are a mom, full-time mom. So do you want to just share a couple of the ways you treat yourself throughout the day because I think you do this really well. Jaime: So first of all anybody that says that they don't have time, means that they don't want to. There is a great quote about that by Lao Tzu. "Time is a created thing. To say 'I don't have time,' is like saying, 'I don't want to." ? Lao Tzu So out of everybody I know, I am extremely busy. We need that time because we go crazy and nutso and when you get on that roll you are not efficient or effective in anything you do. So lessons learned from me sort of going a little insane, to children, and to my business and everything else has led me to actually taking the time in between. Even 15 minutes of going, "Ah! This is just for me and I don't have to do anything else." So we talked about meditation before and I definitely do meditate a lot. Sometimes in small spurts. Like I literally was just meditating for fifteen minutes while you were on the phone just now, because I feel like it gives me a deeper state of relaxation. I do that throughout the day quite often even at home in-between calls. But just trying to take that time where you can actually shut off whatever you're crazy entrepreneur brain is saying and go, "Okay this is time that I don't actually have to think about that", because otherwise we will. Our brain will just keep going forever and ever and ever. And so trying to pull those pieces out as best as you can, you know what I mean? Natalie: And I think we started discussing this from the minute I landed in Bali and I think you did too. We've both come off some pretty hectic schedules, me with house buying and packing up and book writing and helping my mom move and you with speaking in the Philippines, and having to do all the work around that as well. I think we both got to Bali and we are just like, 'ahhhhhhh' and I just noticed instantly how my mind just quietened and I've done more yoga and massage in the last two days than I had probably in the last months. So why don't we roll through, like kind of spit-fire out some of our favorite at home mini vacations we take during a pretty busy working day? Jaime: Okay so for me, I have a routine at the beginning. I literally wake up before my kids wake up now, 5:30am in the morning. I am not a morning person as much as Hal Elrod told me to wake up in the morning. I was like, "No I don't think so." It's literally only been the last four months or so. Beforehand I would meditate right after I brought them to school, but I realized that it wasn't quite enough for me and I kept feeling like I had too much to do throughout the day when the kids are at school so I moved it. And so far so good. I'm going strong but I am not a morning person! Natalie: Thunder. If you have any of this, this is real Bali in the background. Just making it real. Jaime: That was number one, so that was an evolution in my process. I have been meditating for a very long time and I was never like, "I have to meditate every day." It's just I wanted to, I wanted to. It is something that I pull out. I also do probably five to fifteen minutes in between whenever I am feeling overwhelmed or brain dead. So when I do a lot, I batch everything and so whenever I do client calls, sometimes I'm like, "How can my brain stop functioning like it should?" and being in states of flow are way more productive in general, so I try and figure out ways. There's a good book called Stealing Fire, it talks about hacking into the flow state that I was telling you a little bit about. What can we do that makes us feel so much better that we can come back and hit the ground running instead of just feeling horrid and crazy? Just what we were talking about this before too, like all day long nutso. And so I'll do that, I have a pool in the back sometimes when it's nice out, I'll go jump in the pool and reassess things, especially during the day when I'm actually working on stuff. At night time I'll definitely go, "This is my time! I am going to have a bubble bath. I am going to do whatever I can possibly do to turn that piece off". Because we don't make a conscious effort in general to turn it off. Natalie: A bubble bath is so good. I am looking forward to potentially buying a spa and having a spa pool for night time relaxation. I like the idea of a sauna, whether you go to one or have one at your place. Often gyms have a sauna so just even ten minutes sweating it out and just being present with your body is pretty amazing. Other things are just dropping into fifteen, twenty, or a thirty minute yoga session during the day, and I love starting with five minutes of downward dog because it ultimately ends up being a lot more, and just giving yourself that space. Also, when I have a dog which I am getting soon! I would just have cuddle time with my dog. I'd literally have a play time, go outside, throw the Frisbee, throw the ball, play. You've got kids around you, you'd grab them, play. Jaime: That's a funny thing. So sometimes I'm so back-to-back I like walking into the mailbox it's like my time. I literally go, "Okay I need some sun. I am going to go walk outside", because I literally only have like five minutes, like literally I am so scheduled. No matter what the time is, it doesn't matter I think it's the intention behind it that makes a huge difference. Because sometimes you can play with your dog and be like, "Oh that still didn't really help." But if you are really intentional about it, it makes-- Natalie: Throw the phone away for a minute. Jaime: As hard as it is. Natalie: Get back to nature. Sometimes just actually being outside and getting sun on your face is a really beautiful thing and just tune into the sounds around you. Jaime: I go and I lay in my backyard. I have the pool and I will go and lay on the bed and feel like, because we have an outdoor bed, just sit there for five minutes and not even have to do a meditation or anything like that, but just sort of soak in the sun. Natalie: The Vitamin D. Jaime: Sometimes I need that big time. And then being able to sort of go; "Now I reset. Now I can go back in". Very helpful. Natalie: We should caveat this with the fact that you are very efficient with your time. So it's not like you ever say, "I am really busy." You are fulfilled. You are busy but I as you said you batch things. Do you want to maybe talk people through kind of your working week so that... they do hear that you have time off, and time out and you are really good at, oh we didn't even mention it, you get regular massages? So do I but you get them every single week, yeah? Jaime: Oh yeah. Natalie: I think if you can you should even if it's half an hour. Jaime: Well this is the thing I kept going, "Oh I don't have the time because I have kids and I can't... when can I get a massage when I don't have them. We'll I have to work during the school hours". All that craziness goes on in your head. Let me just say, everybody can solve every problem pretty much. So my massage person comes in at their bed time, my kids go to bed, massage person comes in and I literally go to sleep right afterwards. Natalie: They come to your house? Jaime: They come to my house. It's not anymore expensive either. And they will do it like nine o'clock at night which is insane. Natalie: And then you just go to sleep? Jaime: I just go to sleep. It's like the best ever. It's amazing but it's because I am so scheduled and so intentional with my time. Because this is the thing too, it's not like I don't take a time off with the kids, it's that I have to be super effective whenever I am doing whatever I am doing. I have a lot of things going on so a typical schedule for me ,and I make my clients do all this too. I call it the master's schedule: Mondays are meeting days, back to back meetings like literally, with my masterminds, with my personal scrum from my team. Tuesdays are coaching days. Wednesdays, every other Wednesday is an interview so either back to back millionaire interviews or back to back me doing interviews on other people's podcast and then the rest of the week is free. So it's 'working free' so within the time my kids are in school which they get out at three thirty. Then I have open space that I can actually fill in advance because I am one of those people. But usually when I have the kiddos I'm done at three and then I don't work again unless it's like a crazy launch and I have to make an exception. It's me like going for a walk with the kids or I try and get some of the more special, relaxing kind of time with them. Not that I don't have to do homework, not that I don't have to do all the other stuff, but it's just trying to have that space within the confinement. How to take a quick daily vacation Alright hopefully you have some firm ideas on how to take a daily mini vacation. To recap: Short bursts of exercise - dance, walk to the mailbox, dip in the pool, play with your dog, drop down and do yoga. Treat yourself - have a massage or a sauna, at home or book it in at your local. Read a book - jump in a hammock, laze on your bed, lie on the floor, curl up in the couch, throw your phone away and disconnect the internet for 30 mins...then enjoy your fave book. Pleasure yourself - did I really just say that? Heck yeah I did. Have a quickie, grab your fave sex toy and take a moment to...you know...have some fun. Or grab your partner and kiss them passionately. It releases endorphins which are feel good hormones and everyone needs those - plus you do that stuff on vacation right? So this IS a mini vacation. Meditation - refer to episode 2 - Mind Your Mindfulness for a 1 minute one! They say meditation can be better than sleep and sometimes sex. So I think it's time to really take this one seriously. Before we bring back Jaime, as she's been delving into meditation for almost a decade but has upped her game in the last year with amazing results, let's say hello to Freshbooks The working world has changed. With the growth of the internet there's never been more opportunities for the self-employed. To meet this need, FreshBooks is excited to announce the launch of an all new version of their cloud accounting software! It's been redesigned from the ground up and custom built for exactly the way you work. 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I know the benefits of meditation but I wanted to bring Jaime back because she's just sort of open my mind and blown my mind with the routine and the practice and the intention behind her meditation and how much is that impacting everything else. So I haven't seen Jaime for a year and a half and this time around seeing her I turned up and I was like, "Oh my gosh! You are just more like grounded." So here's a conversation we had about her meditation. Natalie: So who is this Joe Dispenza guy that you keep going on about? Jaime: Okay so I've been meditating for a really really long time and then I became a disciple. The reason why I found Joe is because I'd injured my foot and he wrote a book called "You Are the Placebo" and I didn't want to have foot surgery. That's the thing it was for the problem-solution piece of it. I'd always meditated. I didn't even know his whole thing was about meditation. Natalie: How did you find him? Jaime: My best friend gave me the book. Because she had been following him for awhile. But I was just trying to solve whatever the heck that thing was. I didn't know how deep he goes into meditation about how your body can change itself. And so it makes sense with, You Are the Placebo, but I never linked meditation and that before which was really awesome. Because before I thought it was, "I am a crazy, business entrepreneur that needs to get everything out of her head and feel okay" because otherwise I might have anxiety or whatever the pieces are. That's why I'd meditated before. And then I found this thing and I was like, "Oh there's so much more to it than that!" Natalie: And they are self-guided aren't they? Which I like because It's quite hard to just sit and not have thoughts. In fact, it's near impossible. Even the monks after many decades of practice don't' do it super well but they are far better than us. And I think I'd like to be like walking down the beach listening to meditation and then there you were, I was having a surf lesson and you were walking down the beach listening to a self-guided meditation. One where Joe got you to like ground your feet into the sand at one point, stop and just be. So I love the sound of that. Because I love walking and I like being active while meditating. What happens in that meditation? Jaime: So that one's really interesting. Joe has a bazillion different types of meditation. Some were shorter. This one's an hour and fifteen minutes. Some of our friends are like, "Oh surfing is so like that". It was funny when I was walking, thankfully eyes open for quite a bit, I was looking at some of the surfers and just thinking about how amazing that is too. There's a quite a few different pieces to his types of meditation. And so one is a big breathing aspect and then walking, where he doesn't have you do that because you look weird. But what he does as you start walking, he has you start envisioning your future and then walking as your future self. And imagining whatever happened that you want to have happened in the future as if it was a memory of the past. So you are walking and he is like talking about how to think of this and think of that, and as you are walking you feel amazing, on top of the world type of person. And then he has you stop and just close your eyes and imagine the feelings that you would feel: gratitude, joy - whatever those things are or affirmations are. And literally, because your body's been walking and energized, already like to me it goes like crazy. It makes you really feel the emotions. And then you walk again. And it levels up the emotional side of it. Levels up the feeling of, "Oh my gosh! This is what I'll feel like in the future." Right, that confidence, whatever those pieces are. And so you are sort of stepping into what that is and it makes a lot more believable. So as an entrepreneur I feel like, "Oh I want to speak on a stage at TEDx in front of a thousand people." I was chatting with somebody when I spoke in the Philippines, she's like, "I love crowds of 10,000 to 15,000 people." And I was like, "Hmmmm. I haven't done that before. 10,000 people that's a lot of people. Wow, Okay great!" She said, "The energy is just insane." And so then I started going, "Let's imagine what that would look like. I'm sure I can do it". And so in the walking meditation, I started bringing in some of those pieces. So when you start bringing in the pieces as if it already happened, especially the science behind meditation, it actually does. Have you heard the piano player thing? They had a study where: Some people actually play the piano in a certain number of hours per day for a specific song. Another one just did the finger exercises with no piano. And then the other ones meditated on it. So the people would actually meditate on it. They never touched the piano, and they actually were just as good as the other people. Natalie: When they finally went to play the piano? Jaime: Yes which is insane. Natalie: I've heard a few studies around stuff just re-visioning exercise on that. Jaime: Yes. It gets your body in certain state. It's really interesting to see the studies because we are placebos by the way, right? So we affect our thoughts and everything affects everything. And I think entrepreneurs need to get this better and better and better. It's not just clearing your brain it's all those thoughts that we think, that determine what we actually take action on, what we actually do. All those beliefs or whatever you want to say whether they are subconscious or not. When you start flushing those out, and you start imagining yourself..... I've had a friend who hated speaking and then he did like a hundred different speaking gigs all in a row just to get over the fear and to get really good at it. Well, you do a 100 of them and you'll get really good at it! Imagine meditating on it a hundred days in a row instead of actually having to go do it. And again there might be a little bit of twinge when you do the first one but it's going to feel so much more natural even just the visualization of it. And I've interviewed a ton of millionaires, 400 and something millionaires, so many of them bring up visioning, it's insane. I was not woo-woo at all and I started going down this road and interviewing millionaires and I'm like, "How come everybody keeps talking about this?". Because I really wanted to know and so then I started looking at the science behind it all. And then I'm like, "There's something to this", because I am a sciency kind of gal and then I've started implementing and doing it. It has literally changed so many things and what I can see is possible moving forward. Natalie: You mentioned that it's helped you, one being all grounded and not even noticed that visibly in you. You said your skin is glowing. You think you looked younger like not aging. What are some of the other benefits? Jaime: There's a whole thing on epigenetics which if you read any of Joe's books. Sleep Smarter by Shawn Stevenson talks about epigenetics - our bodies and what we feel basically. Because this is the thing, I don't think people really understand, and again the science is very very new behind all this. It hasn't really come out to the general population. If I say epigenetics, people are more like, "I don't have a clue what that is". But your DNA actually can turn on and off based on your environment. And so it's not all like you were born like this and now we are like that forever, it's what you ingest, what you are doing, what you are thinking that all affects your body, which makes logical sense when you think about it. We are not emotionless robots. All the pieces and parts really make a difference. You've seen the president go from looking really really young beforehand and how the heck did he age so much in such a short period of time? Like the stress and everything. And so it really affects your body. So you can do it in the opposite direction also. How can we change that? Natalie: I was telling you about Josh's friend Rohan, his father from England who's been doing transcendental meditation for something like forty five years or more. I haven't met him and I really want to meet him. I told you that right? Because he is late 70s and he looks like he is in his 40s. He gets up at five a.m every morning. He does one to two hours of transcendental meditation with the music and all the vibrations and everything. And he is apparently just super focused and onto it. He doesn't need much sleep. Just incredibly aware and has energy all day and that youth, that vitality and that absolute solidness around what he does and who he is. He's absolutely precise and clear on who he is and what energy he gives off. So that fascinates me. It does make me feel, yes you could change your state and you can change your entire DNA makeup. By the way, did you know that when you get sunburnt you are changing the DNA? There's a whole science behind it which you'd love. When you get sunburnt, your cells are exploding and we have billions of cells right, but they are exploding and each little explosion is shifting and changing your DNA. So overtime you can actually change your DNA of your body. Jaime: Good way or bad way? Natalie: I don't think sunburn is obviously good for you at all, but it's just more the point that scientists have seen that you are actually changing your DNA through that. So there must be other ways of changing your DNA. Jaime: When you look up epigenetics and you'll see some of those pieces because it's insane to read some of the studies on this. I didn't realize this. I'm like, "Man!". It is one of those things where it's such a new science so it seems a little woo-woo to people. It is with any sort of newer science. Natalie: I know scientists needs the data and the facts but also I just want to see it's working. Jaime: This is what I do, I'm like, "Well I'll test it and If I like it, I'll keep doing it and if I don't like it, then I won't." But there's a lot of Charletons that are like, "Oh you do this thing and it's amazing!". So that's what we have to be careful of, but to me I'll test anything and if I like it and I see results then I'll continue. I care about the smarts and logic. And so meditation has allowed me to tap in way more and not just be a 'running around like trying to do everything head wise', but actually tapping into all parts of your body. I never thought that your gut or intuition was a big deal until, again I heard so many millionaires going, "I went with my gut" and I'm like, "Wait! There's no real science behind that." I'll put a spreadsheet together so I can look at all the facts, this is why I am so science based because I need something to make a decision. I would almost never go with my gut. Natalie: Gut every time. Jaime: See... but to me I didn't get the point of gut. I thought that that wasn't logic. When you read like the book, Blank and we realize how amazing we are as human beings. We can make an assessment on something without even necessarily knowing the facts and data. Like that book was very eye opening to me because I was like, "Oh, maybe I do know more than logic will tell me and research and data." And so realizing that, along with everything else tapping into that. You can shut yourself off big time. Most people do. Most of the clients that I talk to I ask "What's your gut saying?" They are like "I don't know." Natalie: Oh really? I do it all the time. The only time that I haven't sometimes is travelling, because I listen to my gut and instinct all the time in travelling. "Don't go down there" or actually "Don't take that bus". Jaime: What does that feel like? Where? How do you do that? Natalie: Literally like a strong sensation to not go ahead and buy that ticket. Where? It's a good point. You do actually feel it in your stomach and then I feel like it just triggers straight away to your brain with a no. I have voice in my head going, "That's not a wise idea." It's really crazy and I just listen to it all the time. Jaime: I had heard this one place, and I have not verified sources but, what's interesting is they were saying that it's actually your heart that is making a lot of these decisions, and then going to either your stomach and then your brain and so it triggers all of them right? We sometimes think it's our brain first. Natalie: It's literally like a decision and sometimes your body will stop. Sometimes your body will stop walking like 'you are not going to go down there, Natalie'. It's the fight-or-flight response that I feel kicks in and that is triggered by your immune system and/or your nervous system, so I guess your heart is the thing that's beating. Jaime: We just don't know very much about our bodies though. Like it's kind of sad. I am trying to teach my children like, "Okay. Where do you feel that in your body?" so that they can become more in tune because I never was. I was like, what is that feeling? I would never go with my gut in general. So knowing and being able to say, "This actually works." I needed all the data from all the millionaires like, "Wait, you've went with your gut and that worked? Wow! Interesting." It would be really interesting to ask which ones typically go with their gut and which ones don't. Natalie: And where do you feel that in your body - that's an interesting question to ask anybody. Going on a bit of tangent here but asking 'how do you feel' and see what people's responses are, because if you ask a very pragmatic logic based person, they will go, "I am blah blah blah." Jaime: Okay so this is my best friend, she had to ask me every single day. She goes, "How do you feel?" and I'd say, "Good" and she'd go, "Good is not a feeling." "Great! I feel great!", she said, "That's not a feeling." I didn't have the words to express it. I literally had one of those little cards that said all the emotions on it. But I couldn't find the nuances between the emotions because I didn't think it was a big deal. Like what does it matter? Natalie: And it does matter. Jaime: It totally does now I know. I am teaching my children this. So tapping into intuition or tapping into your gut is an example. I don't know what that felt like. I was like, "Huh! Nope. I got nothing." The little nuances in anxiety or the little nuances in joy, the little nuances in things that I just never paid attention to. And yet we can be so much more expressive as human beings if you actually know that. I had beforehand thought, "If I just negate all the bad emotions and only felt the good ones, I'll be happy in my world". I mean you know in entrepreneurship too, it doesn't work that way. Shit happens. Natalie: It's a rollercoaster. Jaime: Exactly. You have to mitigate all of it and sometimes the crappy stuff is teaching you the most and you have to be okay with those emotions because if you try and negate that you won't take the risks, even calculated risks. You just won't make the steps towards that because you are so scared of negative emotions. It's an interesting thing. Natalie: I think a lot of people live in the state of, "I'm okay. I'm okay. So I am not going to show any emotions." And you asking me the other day, "Do you feel that you tapped into that? Are you emotional?" I have my moments around my Dad because I was quite surprised that I wasn't more upset or just really in that state, but I do think it's because I focused on celebrating his life. It doesn't mean I think I shut down my feelings. Like I will have my moments where I'll just cry. As I told you I am big soak in movies. I'll just have waterworks in movies. I feel like a lot around animals and nature. I don't worry so much or sweat the small stuff but I often think about global issues or environment or inhumane treatment of animals or people. And that stuff gets me really emotional but I think there are so many people who are walking through life they are taking the drugs and numbing them. Jaime: But that's the point right? The placebo, the book is all about, you don't need to rely on what we think. One of the reasons why we take a placebo and think it will work is because people have told us that it will work. If a doctor someone of high authority goes, "This will work for you." Even if it numbs you like crazy, you are like, "Oh then half of it's probably the placebo effect and the pills don't even work." So it's one of those things where us knowing ourselves better. If you are the type, "I am emotional in these sort of ways and I don't need to like make myself be emotional in other ways either", but knowing yourself better makes a huge difference. So if you do get sick or whatever, trying to pay attention to what those emotions were within it and then solving that instead of going after like, "I just need more alcohol" or "I need more drugs". Like when I injured my neck they gave me Hydrocodone and I'm like, "That's a lot!". It's a narcotic. They gave me a lot of pills. I was kind of surprised. They gave me like three sets of pills. Natalie: The United States scares me with what they give out. It's such a pill based society. Jaime: And I was like, "So how do I fix it though?". It's one thing to numb the pain and I am okay with pain I can handle a lot of pain but how do I fix it? Nobody really went down that path which sucks. Natalie: It does. Western medicine is very much like immediate solution where as I love the Eastern philosophy around preventing it before it's even happened. Jaime: Yes but the thing is I agree a thousand percent but because we've already gone past the point. So again this is western world but we are sold that we can have everything right now and this is why meditation is so important too. Because we are moving at a constant pace especially entrepreneurs. We are problem solvers and we wanted the problem solved yesterday not today. And so a pill, sure! Faster, easier, more efficient. Natalie: The headache was just from the hours of pampering and all the detox. And when I was in that yoga class, that restorative yoga which I loved and I was having trouble with the hamstring pose and it was really like sinking in. Sinking into that pose and feeling the pain and I wanted to come out of it because we had to hold it for five minutes. And that's when she said, "If you are challenged by this pose, you probably have issues with control, because the control that you put into your everyday life will manifest itself into your basically your hamstring." So the tightening there is the constant control or tension. And I think in intrinsically you know that but whatever we are holding any source of tension or pain or even love manifests itself in your body. Jaime: So that's the whole point of Joe Dispenza, the whole point completely. He was a doctor and he actually cut his spinal cord. It was like crazy he couldn't walk and he didn't want to have surgery. And all the doctors are like, "So you kind to have surgery to fix this", and he was, "I am not going to do it." He meditated. And people were like, "Okay, you meditated your spinal healing. That's a little insane." Natalie: Have he done meditation before? Jaime: I don't remember. I think he must have done something. I'm pretty sure he wouldn't be like, "Oh I am going to try meditation and see if this works." He was a chiropractor so he knew the body really really well but what is interesting like you were saying is being able to have whatever is existing in our body usually is for a reason. And unfortunately because we are problem solvers and we want to fix this so fast we just take the pill and go, "That will be okay." But more and more instances of cancer, more and more instances of crazy stuff and we are going, "What's wrong?". Well yeah it's probably food and stuff like that too but there's so many things that we don't understand that us taking care of ourselves, like you said the eastern side of things could have probably prevented but now we are at this tipping point where we can't see the force for the trees anymore. And so that's why it's great that he wrote the book called, You Are the Placebo because there's literally everybody going, "I have a problem. I need a solution." And so being able to show people, "Oh by the way, this could help this." Natalie: I was going to say it sounds of ironic but I am about to say we have to take control or more importantly, we have to take responsibility because things are not going to get better. We are going to have more and more technology. We'd be more and more connected. We are going to have more and more devices. We are going to have more multi-tasking. We are going to have more and more things in our life that are causing us to live lives in totally different way where we don't have peace, quiet, nature, reflection, timeout, thinking time, quiet time. And so we just have to and that's why I am so proud of you because you are making time because you love it every morning to do your meditation. Jaime: One I didn't love it. I couldn't sit for five minutes. I used to lay down because I couldn't sit up. So I couldn't sit up for that long and I hated the five minutes every single time. It's just very much an evolutionary process. That being said I learned my own process. A lot of clients are resistant because they are entrepreneurs and logical and my brain is way too crazy, "I can't do it Jaime". I was like, "I have the same crazy brain you do. I have ADD literally". And so when we are looking at, "Okay what can you do as a first step?" We talked about five minutes of headspace. Headspace is great, Calm app is great, just to sort of slowly get into that and then I have people come back and they are like, "Oh that felt a little better." And then what is that next step and what is that next step, I did this as part of the evolutionary process it to try to make meditation efficient. I would get all the crap out of my head so that way I could feel like i could be more clear. David Allen's Getting Things Done, getting everything out of your head. So I would do that piece along with having this inspired thoughts of, "Oh you know what I should do and this". Natalie: You'd actually literally go sit down or lie down to meditate but then you'd have bing bing bing thoughts. So you'd actually then stop the meditation? Jaime: I wouldn't actually stop the meditation. It's really kind of funny I had a eye pillow on and I'd literally have a journal right next to me and I'd scribble. It's just like a twenty, thirty minute meditation, it wasn't a lot because I would only do the first piece like this. I would literally just go, "Oh!" and write those. Changes of launch plans or the ideas that I have. And then I would be able to clear and be a lot better. So it's still guided meditation but this is what I have my clients do because in general they are like," I can't make it stop." You know what makes it stop? Write all that crap down. And because David Allen talks about with getting things done, if it's still on your head it will keep reminding it. It will keep bringing it up. So there you have it. This topic of Personal Freedom here on the Quest for Freedom Podcast continues to come back to freedom of the mind in so many respects. I know I will continue to delve deeper into this. In the next episode I'll be discussing personal freedom from a place of less stuff weighing you down - as in decluttering. Tune in for that one. And read the full show notes for this episode at nataliesisson.com/7 You can also sign up to get fresh, hip and timely email updates when I release a new episode. Or you can simply subscribe in iTunes, Stitcher, SoundCloud or Google Play and make my day - and hopefully make yours. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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If you have been in Qatar for over a year or so you would understand that sometimes finding things in shops or knowing what the procedure is with official paperwork can be a little frustrating at times and confusing, so generally you turn to your work colleagues or friends for help and advice. Now there is a Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/groups/579287658767294/ and website https://wwhidoha.com/ When, Where & How in Doha which brings together the Qatar community to help each other with relevant information you want to know. Sean Garret founding partner talks to @dohaheat about how the Facebook page came about, the amazing response from the Qatar community, the strange questions and the future for the Facebook site & website.
What sports did you do as a child? Did you play outside much as a child? Where did you play? Did you ever go to the country? Where? How often? Do you ever go to the country these days? What do you do there? คุณเล่นกีฬาอะไรบ้างเมื่อตอนเป็นเด็ก แล้วตอนเด็กคุณออกไปเล่นนอกบ้าน บ่อยไหม ไปเล่นที่ไหนบ้าง คุณเคยไปแถวชนบทบ้างไหม ที่ไหน ไปบ่อยแค่ไหน แล้วทุกวันนี้คุณยังไปแถวชนบทไหม คุณไปทำอะไรที่นั่น
Have you ever had a conversation with a stranger?What did you talk about? Have you met any old friends recently? Where? How did you know one another? คุณเคยสนทนากับคนแปลกหน้าบ้างหรือไม่ คุณพูดคุยกับเขาเรื่องอะไรบ้าง ในช่วงไม่นานมานี้คุณพบเพื่อนเก่าบ้างหรือเปล่า ได้พบที่ไหน พวกคุณรู้จักกันได้อย่างไร
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