In today’s episode, you will be inspired by the positive power of patience. Patience, as exercised by taking positive action in the face of set-back, frustration, anger, and compulsion leads to peace, calm and greater effectiveness! Like any state we’re trying to achieve in our life, a state of patience, calm, and perspective requires deliberate practice and…patience, exercised through positive action, gives you just that kind of peace and calm to be a highly successful leader!

Yoga practitioners say that just as much work happens in the resting place as in the active poses, and the same goes for patience. If you commit to really beginning a ‘practice’ of patience accompanied by positive action, you will find that, over time, frustration will be replaced with positive results and allow you to achieve your dreams, goals, and aspirations.

Tune in for more insights on the positive power of patience!

In this episode, you will…

• Learn to replace frustration with positive action when the unexpected happens
• Understand the power of patience and how slowing down will change your life!
• Realize that patience is developed as a state of mind over time
• Hear how you can become better at patience the more you work at it
• Get insights on how patience allows us to achieve our dreams, goals, and aspirations

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Becoming Your Best

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What’s the best way to help others succeed?

It’s an important question for all of us, and it’s one that my accomplished guest today, Joanie Connell, PhD, has made a central part of her career. Joanie is a Harvard-educated organizational consultant and leadership coach who helps people achieve their highest potential. Her clients include Fortune 100 companies, government agencies, as well as non-profits. She also teaches business and psychology at the university level.

Joanie’s book, Flying without a Helicopter, explores what it takes to achieve success in the workplace and includes insights on parenting, educating, and managing young people in a way that encourages resilience and self-reliance.

Listen in for fascinating—and practicable—advice on leadership that you can use at home, at work, or both!

In this BYB episode, you will . . .

• Hear insight on getting the most from young people
• Understand how to lead by allowing others to endure challenges
• See how parents can inadvertently hinder their children’s success
• Get essential tips for better leadership

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Flying without a Helicopter: How to Prepare Young People for Work and Life by Joanie Connell, PhD

Becoming Your Best: The 12 Principles of Highly Successful Leaders by Steven R. Shallenberger

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Hearing the insights from amazingly successful people who care deeply about helping others reach their own success—that’s one of the best parts about what I do. And today is a great example. My guest, Jean Henri Lhuillier, is an exceptional business leader, education advocate, and ardent supporter of athletics in his home country, the Philippines. Cebuana Lhuillier's serves customers throughout the world.

As President and CEO of Cebuana Lhuillier, Jean Henri has created an impressive culture of high-performing, dedicated employees. Listen in to hear his personal story, along with his wisdom for getting the most out of yourself and the people in your organization!

In this BYB episode, you will . . .

• Learn how Jean Henri’s company sets high standards for its employees • Hear why it’s so important for a leader to establish the vision for an organization • Understand why continuing education is so integral to Jean Henri’s company • Hear why any effort to improve an organization needs to start with yourself • Be inspired by Jean’s commitment to helping his company—and his country

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“Believe in yourself”—we’re all familiar with that advice.

And although the intentions may be good, when you stop and thinkabout it, just telling people to believe in themselves is probablynot enough. What’s actually more important is showing people how tobelieve in themselves.

Doing that is at the core of my guest’s mission. Native NewZealander Paula Gosney is a writer, entrepreneur, mother, andfierce advocate for the power of believing in yourself. She’s alsothe founder of Belief School, a program that carefully guidespeople through exercises to help them believe in themselves—andbegin living the lives they really want.

Paula’s own belief in herself comes hard-won. She knows pain andsuffering firsthand and spent much of her twenties making reckless,drug-fueled choices. Fortunately, Paula managed to transcend aself-destructive mindset and found a way to believe in herself. Intoday’s episode, she shares her story and her inspirationalinsights—insights that no doubt can help you on the path toBecoming Your Best.

In this BYB episode, you will . . .

• Hear how believing in yourself is the single most importantfactor for growth and change• Learn core values that Paula helps her clients find withinthemselves• See if you’re setting yourself up for failure—and instead learnhow to progress from small successes to larger ones• Learn Paula’s “ARC principle” and hear how accountability,recognition, and community can help you reach your goals• Discover why “You are enough” is such a powerful idea toaccept

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Becoming Your Best: The 12 Principles of HighlySuccessful Leaders

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Your visions and dreams, Napoleon Hill once wrote, “are the children of your soul.” So I want to ask you this: What are your visions and dreams? Because I believe within them lies your life’s purpose. The challenge is to have the strength and confidence to let that purpose emerge.

My guest today, Julie Marie Carrier, knows what I’m talking about. She went from struggling to find her purpose in life to now helping others find theirs. As a leadership expert, Julie has channeled her abilities into empowering girls and young women to proudly be their authentic selves. She is one of the country’s leading youth leadership speakers and is the author of Beyoutiful!, a self-improvement guide written especially for girls and young women.

Julie’s own moving story and her powerful insights are helpful not just for parents with daughters but for anyone struggling to live a truly authentic life!

In this BYB episode, you will . . .

• Get inspired by Julie’s story of overcoming the challenges in her life• Understand how outside influences can prevent us from being authentic• Hear why having a personal vision is the first step to a purpose-driven life• Learn the question Julie asked herself that brought about a life-changing epiphany—a question you can ask yourself• Discover the ultimate “beauty secret” that Julie shares with her audiences

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Who’s a leader out there?

Everyone should be saying, “I am!” You may or may not be a leader in an official way, but in reality, we are all leaders! At the very least, we’re leaders of our own lives. Why is that important to realize? Because it helps us see the power in our decisions. Great leaders make good decisions. And good decisions lead to good results—no matter what aspect of your life we’re talking about.

On my recent travels to various parts of the world, I made an effort to note when I saw outstanding leadership demonstrated. From Central America to Napa Valley, from Dubai to the Philippines, I had the privilege of interacting with amazing leaders, people who are not only transforming lives now but are also paving the way for future generations.

More specifically, I noted 4 key elements to the leadership I saw. Today, I want to share those with you because I have no doubt they can help you in Becoming Your Best!

In this BYB episode, you will . . .

• Discover how you’re a leader in more ways than you think• Hear why you should formulate a personal vision for your life• Learn why making a plan with measurable goals is so important• Get good advice on getting ready for the upcoming week• Think about leadership in relation to how you treat people daily

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Becoming Your Best: The 12 Principles of Highly Successful Leaders

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This episode is short but important. It’s both an invitation and a challenge: In the next week, find someone to mentor. That’s right—wherever, whoever he or she is, reach out. It can start with an email, a phone call, a simple chat. Just make that first step.

Why is this our topic today? Well, on a recent trip abroad, my father and I were walking through a neighborhood of extreme poverty, and it got us thinking: How do people break negative cycles, transcend barriers, and create real change in their lives?

In the days that followed, I considered the examples I knew of people who overcame tremendous challenges in the midst of adversity. And do you know the common thread I realized in them? They all had a mentor of some kind—a person that gave them a spark of hope and a sense of possibility. Now it’s our turn to be a spark for someone.

In this BYB episode, you will . . .

• Understand just how crucial the mentor spark can be
• Learn how people take hope and turn it into a vision
• See how having a plan lays the foundation for transformation
• Get motivated to mentor someone today
• Be reminded that the path of Becoming Your Best involves lifting up others along the way

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Becoming Your Best: The 12 Principles of Highly Successful Leaders

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So you’ve got a goal in mind and you’re about to go for it? Great. But first, stop!

At least that’s what my guest Kim Ades says. According to her, before you take action, you need to do this: figure out where you are right now. (And she’s not talking about geography.) Kim is a successful author, entrepreneur, and founder of Frame of Mind Coaching. She’s considered one of the foremost experts on improving performance through thought mastery.

Today she describes how she helps people reach their goals by first helping them understand their thinking. Kim believes that our thought patterns can explain why many of us, especially the goal-oriented among us, lose our focus—and our priorities in life. But we can change that tendency by controlling the way we think. Listen in and get Kim’s unique insights for Becoming Your Best.

In this episode, you will . . .

• Hear how Kim addressed her own frame of mind as she went through the most challenging time in her life
• Learn why so many highly driven people end up getting stuck and frustrated
• Discover how to take your negative thoughts and feelings and “milk them” for the valuable information they contain
• Get powerful examples of how seemingly bad situations can be turned into positive ones
• Come to a deeper understanding of why journaling can really be a transformative exercise

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Frame of Mind Coaching

Becoming Your Best: The 12 Principles of Highly Successful Leaders

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Ready for some jaw-dropping inspiration?

To say that Weldon Long turned his life around doesn’t come close to conveying his amazing story of transformation. Sure, today Weldon’s a highly respected entrepreneur, sales expert, and New York Times bestselling author. But would you believe that 20 years ago this same man was a three-time convicted felon who’d been living, in his words, a life of “poverty, desperation, and struggle”?

Today you’ll hear how over a seven-year period—from the confines of his prison cell—Weldon profoundly and irrevocably changed himself by changing the way he thought about his life. Within just a few years of leaving prison (for the last time), he went on to build an Inc. 5000 company with $20 million in sales. And that’s just the beginning.

In this BYB episode, you will . . .

• Hear the details of Weldon’s success story and get powerful insights that can help you in Becoming Your Best
• Discover why creating a specific vision for the future was so crucial for Weldon
• Learn what it means to live with a prosperity mindset
• Understand how the things you fear most can find their way into your own life—and how you can change that
• Learn how to handle life when you’re in the depths of despair
• See why blaming others only hurts you in the end

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Weldon Long

HVAC Sales Academy

The Upside of Fear

The Power of Consistency

The Invincible Sales Professional (forthcoming from Weldon Long)

Becoming Your Best: The 12 Principles of Highly Successful Leaders

The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People

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If you’re a leader (at any level), you’ll want to tune in to today’s episode with Wally Thiim. Wally has a B.A. in Business & Communications from Brigham Young University, was a top-level athlete, and Lieutenant Colonel in the US Army’s Armored Calvary! Since retiring from the Army (after 26 years of service!), he spends his time aiding developing universities and supporting health initiatives in Hawaii, where he was born and raised. Listen in to hear Wally’s remarkable story and invaluable insights.

In this episode, you will…

• Hear about what it’s like growing up on a remote island in Hawaii
• Discover how Wally built self-reliance at a young age
• Be inspired by how he struggled and survived the challenges he faced when he joined the army
• Hear how Lt. Col. Thiim turned one of the worst units in the Army into the best just in time to make a huge difference in winning the Gulf war with no casualties. An amazing story.

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