Achieving Clarity Podcast

Life is constantly changing - and we should be as well. Understand the growth and opportunities we desire will require us to upgrade ourselves to a new version so we can adapt, grow, and flourish in the new seasons of life. In this episode, we examine the need to change and grow and the resistance we can sometimes face.

Within every organization, there are people at different stages in life, different motivations, different desires. It is the leader's responsibility to connect with all of them, validate them, and move the organization forward. In this episode, we will examine three types of these people and how best to work with and inspire them.

We can often fool ourselves into thinking we are truly learning a subject when in fact we are only achieving short-term mastery. This can help us with the homework sheet or tomorrow's quiz but is not preparing us well for the end of course exam. In this episode, we examine the different styles of learning, and the counterintuitive actions we should take to enhance our long-term, conceptual learning of a subject or skill.

We each know what a goal is and how motivated we can be to reach them. However, these are external factors that we can fall prey to receiving our validation. There is an unimaginable amount of abundance that begins to reveal itself when we connect to and stay in the intention to let go of our chasing something external, and allow life to fill us up from the inside.

Here is a link to the book I reference in this podcast, "How Wonder Woman Became A Smuggler" by Edie Little;

 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08LSLDLT1   

Each of us has a primary style of relating to others. Some of this may be God-given from birth, but other aspects of it might be a cause of wounding we have suffered combined with a strong desire for self-protection. We discuss three relational styles here and explore the reasons why we relate to others in the manner that we do.

Goals often masquerade as plans; in this episode, we discuss the differences between goals and plans, the superpower of planning...and of course Mike Tyson.

In order to move to the next level in life, there are certain things we need to stop doing in order to clear the way for our progress and success. We discuss five key things to stop doing now in this episode.

Burnout, be it personally or professionally, can have significant consequences for not only the person involved but also those in their organization and those closest to them outside of the office. Join us as we explore the issue of burnout and what can be done to counteract it.

Ego can sometimes be given the controls to our life, to our ship, leading to collisions with icebergs we knew were in our path but ego chose to ignore the warnings. In this episode, we look at the dangers of giving ego the keys to the car, or the ship, or the aircraft, and learning to instead navigate our life from our true, authentic self.

Leadership asking an employee to lead a project outside of their realm of expertise, with little to no experience in the matter, is a lot like asking the plumber to build the house. In this episode, we'll discuss how leaders can better handle tasks and projects that need delegation, ensuring plumbers are not assigned to home construction!