April Garcia's PivotMe

April interviews Martin Hewlett, a renowned British hypnotherapist who has been guiding millions through a season of high anxiety and stress, and who's calming words have been a beacon of light to many through his podcast Calming Anxiety.

What you will learn in this episode:

• [11:56] If you rush you will make mistakes, just take a deep breath and say "I am going to do the best I can do" there is no need for stress or anger, don't focus on the things you can not change.
• [13:18] How to manage anxiety and navigate change. Prioritize yourself and your mental health and then you will be able to look after your family.
• [16:48] Practicing mindfulness with your kids teaching them to know their emotions and work on them.
• [18:45] Parents apologizing to their kids is important. They know you make mistakes, own them.
• [19:55] Teaching our kids the value of debating. I didn't get parenting right the first time, but that was my past (childhood) interfering.
• [35:12] How to deal with overwhelm and high-performance anxiety. You need to take time out 5-10 minutes a day to let your brain relax.

Show notes Quotes:

• "Don't let the past define you but use it as an instrument of strength and growth." [7:30]
• "You can change your world just by thinking about it". " [37:42]
• "The negative anchors of our past holds us from really being who we want to be" [50:10]

You can listen to Martin Hewlett podcast Calming Anxiety Podcast here:https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/calming-anxiety/id1485448436 or at his website at www.martinhewlett.co.uk

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Are you struggling to stay focused? If you have the right framework, it takes the guesswork out of Productivity.

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We discuss the book Tribe of Millionaires, shared the 6 secret lessons, and show how it applies to 𝙈𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙨 and what makes them so freaking effective. For more info on what makes Masterminds great, reach the PivotMe team at [email protected]

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝟲 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝗿𝗲𝘁 𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝗿𝗶𝗯𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗠𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗶𝗿𝗲𝘀 What if One Choice Could Change Everything. [1:24]

#1 Connection Effect. Your future is remarkably shaped by those around you. Your life will be measured by the quality of your relationships.

#2 Propose effect. The right people reveal your true source of power.

#3 Authenticity effect. Be authentic, gain trust. You find your true self among those you trust.

#4 Accountability effect. Accountability is the world's most powerful force.

#5 The Multiplier Effect. The right group of people compound your efforts and have a synergistic effect. Your net worth is your network.

#6 The Influence Effect. What may be the most important lesson of them all, as Tony Robbins says- you are the average of the 5 people you spend your time with. Implement these 6 lessons in your life and business, and it will radically improve in under 90 days.

𝗛𝗼𝘄? 𝗝𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝗮 𝗠𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗱. [9:58] They are small groups of people that regularly meet in the pursuit of a goal- through the goals can be different for each person. [11:54] Discussed by Napoleon Hill in his book Think and Grow Rich, Hill said, "No mind is complete by itself. It needs contact and association with other minds to grow and expand." And it needs to be specific minds, or as April says—not your default peer group (the people you live, work, or are related to)—go out and pick the people!

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗠𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗮 𝗠𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁?

1. [13:53] Consistency. It is a scheduled, sacred time, that does not get moved (weekly, monthly, or quarterly)

2. Goal-oriented. Actively in pursuit of a goal.

3. Accountability. Show up, be seen, hold yourself and others to a standard. If you get off track (spoiler alert—we all do) get back on track faster and have the courage to call out your team when they are off track. There is no perfect execution, you aren't German engineering, just consistent execution.

4. Vulnerability. The Mastermind must be honest about both the joy of achievement and the pain of growth. Because there is pain.

5. No dog in the fight. No one is directly influenced by your decisions (different than a pure networking group), so they can give unadulterated advice. Where else in life do we get that?

If you are reaching for that next level of success, don't do it alone. And don't do it just with your default peer group. Love them, but seek out those that will educate and elevate you to levels you didn't think possible.

To learn what makes Masterminds so successful, or if you'd like to know more about the PivotMe Masterminds we run each Wednesday, reach out to us [email protected]. Masterminds give you the power of expertise, connection, vulnerability, and – perhaps most important- accountability!

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Is a past limp still serving you? Are those adjustments still protecting you, really? They're probably just holding you back and you need to recognize it before you miss opportunities you believe you aren't ready for. Start by deciding and then continue with the process of rewiring to walk your journey without a limp.

In this episode, April shares her limping story of how her brain tried to protect her from hurt that no longer existed. Listen in to learn how April's story relates to how you're probably holding on to past adjustments to a pain that no longer exists.

What you will learn in this episode:

• [0:58] April shares a throwback story of how she got held back by a limp.
• [5:52] How you try to protect yourself after getting hurt for survival and how that can hold you back over time.
• [6:47] Learn to recognize what's holding you back before you miss opportunities that you think you aren't ready for.

• "In life, especially after being hurt, we're trying to protect ourselves, do anything to avoid that hurt again." [5:57]
• "Change your story and you can change your life." [6:50]
• "Walking without a limp is worth it." [7:34]

Join us in this episode to learn how not to answer your emails at home and make your work-life integration safe!

What can you do today? To Be Productive. Effective. Perform at your best. Even now.

Are you struggling to stay focused? If you have the right framework, it takes the guesswork out of Productivity.

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On this momentous New Years' eve, I'm going to share 10 Questions to Rock Your 2020 Reflection! And you need this- this year- because we don't want to slip into 2021.

We can't just whooo thank god that is over. We need to think about it. We need to mark this occasion. With Celebration, Reflection, and some change!

Happy New Year's Eve! Today is one of my favorite holidays. Or pre-holidays. New Year's eve is a significant moment in my book. A time of analysis, reflection, goal setting, gratitude, forgiveness – it is the personal development smorgasbord of growth.

What can you do today? To Be Productive. Effective. Perform at your best. Even now.

Are you struggling to stay focused? If you have the right framework, it takes the guesswork out of Productivity.

Get our FREE mini-series 4 Steps: Doing More in Less Time. Visit pivot-me.com/4Steps to get it TODAY!

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In today's episode, we are going to be talking about… Stones you need to drop in in 2020. No not losing weight for my European listeners. I mean rocks, that you are carrying around.

They are weighing you down. Time to let things go! Let it go! • Way back in eps 27 Release your STONE and stop SABOTAGING we discussed the stones in depth. If you haven't listened to that one already—scroll back to our early years- and have a listen to eps 27.

Why is this important now? Because 2021 is going to take work. It's going to take focus. And we cannot be constantly distracted by all things that didn't go right this year.

So we asked you—what are the Stones you need to leave behind from 2020? What needs to stay in 2020 and no get carried over into the new year—so you can start fresh.

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What can you do today? To Be Productive. Effective. Perform at your best. Even now.

Are you struggling to stay focused? If you have the right framework, it takes the guesswork out of Productivity.

Get our FREE mini-series 4 Steps: Doing More in Less Time. Visit pivot-me.com/4Steps to get it TODAY!

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What is taking you so long to get to the success of your goal? Success isn't a mystery and can be quite predictable, but for it to work, you have to put in strategic work. What if there was a secret formula that you can use to get to your personal, business, or big project goals?

In this episode, April shares Cameron Herold's Secret Formula to success- a quantitative way to predict success. Listen in to learn how to calculate the Focus x Faith x Effort = Success formula and execute it to ensure you reach your goals strategically.

What you will learn in this episode:

• [0:32] How to use the Focus x Faith x Effort = Success quantitative formula to predict the success of a personal or business goal. Give each of the 3 factors a rating like a percentage and calculate your realistic chances of success.
• [6:31] Think of the biggest needle-mover between the focus, faith, and effort factors when doing your calculations.
• [7:20] The power of affirmations, visualization, and getting in the room with people who've already done what you're trying to do to bump up your faith.
• [10:38] How raising necessity increases your chances of success.
• [13:00] Figure out which lever to pull and the likelihood to change the three factors to impact and move along your success.

What can you do today? To Be Productive. Effective. Perform at your best. Even now.

Are you struggling to stay focused? If you have the right framework, it takes the guesswork out of Productivity.

Get our FREE mini-series 4 Steps: Doing More in Less Time. Visit pivot-me.com/4Steps to get it TODAY!

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My guest today is a top business consultant, best-selling author of multiple books, and world-renowned speaker, Cameron Herold. He's the driving force behind hundreds of companies' exponential growth and he's directly influenced innumerable businesses through his expertise.

Cameron is the founder of the COO Alliance, author of Double Double / Meetings Suck / Vivid Vision / Free PR / The Miracle Morning for Entrepreneurs. He is also the mastermind behind 1-800-GOT-JUNK?'s amazing growth as their COO plus the adviser to several large companies including a "Big 4" wireless carrier and a monarchy.

In this episode, we discuss how Cameron was groomed to become an entrepreneur at a young age and now uses that expertise to help grow businesses. Cameron shares the focus- faith- effort formula that you need to execute to become a successful entrepreneur.

Listen in to learn how to perfect the art of building a personal brand by design!

Some Questions I Ask:

• How does one become an adviser to a Monarchy? [1:33]
• How specifically were you groomed to be an entrepreneur? [8:25]
• What's a pivotal moment in your life when it all changed? [20:41]
• How much vulnerability should a leader bring to the table with their team so that there is trust and confidence? [25:24]
• Can you expand on the concept of vivid vision and how often you're communicating that to your team? [27:20]
• What are you telling the businesses that you work with on how to best navigate the COVID-19 season? [36:10]
• I noticed that you have a really strong personal brand, how did you go about that process? [50:05]
• What is the role of a COO and at what point does someone bring on a COO? [52:12]

In This Episode You Will Learn:

• How Cameron got the chance to be a business coach to a Monarchy and the power of putting yourself there [1:44]
• The type of clients he coaches and why he doesn't work with people he can't be friends with [5:56]
• How Cameron was groomed by his parents to become an entrepreneur and the value of time for him [8:44]
• How to create a daily accountability partner to help you get through your goals [12:07]
• How to master the art of teaching and encouraging entrepreneurship in your kids [14:26]
• Cameron's entrepreneurship journey, getting into the mastermind mind world and learning to connect [21:10]
• The three things that he focuses on when attending mastermind events [24:25]
• How to be vulnerable with what you don't know as a leader while retaining the confidence of your team [25:42]
• The concept of vivid vision- describing your business in a plan that you work towards achieving today [27:27]
• The focus- faith- effort formulae that entrepreneurs need to follow with their businesses for success [31:01]
• The importance of focusing on business growth and investing in sales and marketing during the COVID-19 season [36:34]
• How to use your bipolar as a superpower and the benefits of associating with business owners as a business owner [39:27]
• Understanding the importance of an executive assistant [48:00]
• Cameron's personal brand built by design and intention [50:17]
• The role of a COO explained as the second in command after the CEO [52:25]
• What being an entrepreneur allows you to do plus some pivot points on how to balance entrepreneurship and life [57:20]
• Cameron's favorite movie and his plans for the future [1:01:02]

Connect with Cameron Herold:

Website: https://cameronherold.com/

What can you do today? To Be Productive. Effective. Perform at your best. Even now.

Are you struggling to stay focused? If you have the right framework, it takes the guesswork out of Productivity.

Get our FREE mini-series 4 Steps: Doing More in Less Time. Visit http://www.pivot-me.com/4Steps/ to get it TODAY!

👉👉 Connect with me here:

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As part of our Thanksgiving special, we are doing Part of 2 of Hearing from YOU! We hear from more listeners and we finally tell you...what the hell happened to Al!

April gives an update on her family's, eh hem, pivot on Thanksgiving and how they still made it memorable – fire, lots of fire.

She also discusses how she realized she had been giving away her power to this season (pandemic, school closures, politics, health challenges, family loss, oh my!) and what she did about it…

Here are the 3 things she's doing each day to take back her power and her focus:

1. Every morning list 3 things you are grateful for. And it can't be the same 3 you picked yesterday.

2. Every morning list 1 thing you are looking forward to today.

3. In the evening list 1 thing that progressed today and 1 thing that went well. Remember Fulfillment is found in progress, so make sure we are progressing something each day.

It's about training your eye to see what is going right in your life today. Though not turning a blind eye to the challenges our world faces right now. Yes, ignorance is bliss, but it's no way to live.

She discussed how to strike a balance like the one Jim Collin's discussed in Good to Great when examining how to prevail in times of crisis. The Stockdale Paradox from Admiral James Stockdale says:

"You must never confuse faith that you will prevail in the end —which you can never afford to lose —with the discipline to confront the most brutal facts of your current reality, whatever they might be."

Yes we must face the most brutal facts of our current reality. To not do that would be reckless at best. However let's also focus closely on that first part—"faith that you will prevail in the end". Yes! That!

And for the audio from our listeners—we have

Laura from DC looks at herself in the mirror and clearing away the BS that shielded her.

Author Scott Miller makes a huge shift away from his 25-year lucrative career to go after something new. As he says "I disrupted myself".

Babajide discusses how his fashion business in Italy shifted quickly during the lockdown and what happens next.

Also her about the awesome things in 2020, like when Thomas from New Jersey talks about the struggle of his family business plummeting by 70+ percent. But then he says 2020 gave us a hard reset, to really value what we value. Take a step back and assess what is really important.

And most importantly, she reminds us not to put 28 days later on your watch list. Don't do it. You don't need that right now…

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This week we heard from you! We did something different this week and connected with PivotMe listeners, staff, and others from around the world sharing the challenges they overcame this year and also something they are surprisingly grateful for.

We heard from people who moved into new careers, had huge swings in their business, lost a family member, got a dog, counted their blessings, screamed into their pillow—and everything in between.

Thanksgiving is a great time to reflect on the year and our lives and take inventory.

Join us to hear of my own journey this year and mostly importantly why dogs are better than cats.

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Do you want to create a bigger impact than what you're creating now? Stuck in that starfish story of impacting individuals instead of the massive impact you know you're capable of? April was once there exhausted and stuck until she made that decision to change.

In this episode, April talks about how you can move from one-on-one level and intentionally magnify who you're impacting.

What you will learn in this episode:

• [1:50] Stop impacting on a one-on-one level. It is important to understand that one-on-one impacts do matter but you need a bigger audience to influence. Be intentional when you're influencing.
• [5:34] Look for ways to expand your impact. Think of the impact you're going to make on either a few or the many and find ways to magnify that by teaching others how to impact.

Quotes:

• "You've got the ability to have a massive impact too and get a bigger bucket to get your starfish back in."
• "Sometimes you're going to just impact one person with what you're doing, but you can magnify that impact by teaching others to impact."

What can you do today? To Be Productive. Effective. Perform at your best. Even now.

Are you struggling to stay focused? If you have the right framework, it takes the guesswork out of Productivity.

Get our FREE mini-series 4 Steps: Doing More in Less Time. Visit pivot-me.com/4Steps to get it TODAY!

👉👉 Connect with me here:

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• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/AprilGarciaPivotMe
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