Breaking Work

#459: In this episode, we are diving into the biggest lie that is holding you back from the path you want.

#458: All productivity hacks are just noise. Nothing comes even close to the output you get when you align who you are with what you do. NOTHING.

Alignment means becoming who you were meant to be (your purpose). It's deep, but it is really simple. There are only 4 big questions. Discovering how to systematically answer the questions is the difficult part.

No one ever taught you how. "Find your passion" isn't good enough. There's no roadmap.

In this episode, I'm going to show you what the 4 big questions are, and how I answer them with clients.

457: How do you find passion? What's the difference between passion and purpose? In this episode, we will walk through a simple 4-step process to help you find your purpose. We will also share how Advantage Mapping can increase your odds of finding your purpose.

#456: The biggest mind blowing moments in my life have come from tiny perspective shifts that broke the way I looked at the world.

Here are a few:

• Investment in loss
• money is a tool, nothing more
• Every person has two lives and the second begins when he realizes he only has one - Confucius

I use the term "perspective" separately from "mindset" because perspective comes from the outside. It's a shift to a new way of seeing through a new lens. Mindset implies it's your mind that needs to change.

I believe you can change your mindset by changing your inner beliefs about yourself, but that journey comes from perspective shifts.

#455: Imagine being a pudgy, bullied high school dropout going nowhere, then miraculously, building a successful business, selling it, and then going on to coach thousands of high-performing executives and entrepreneurs on fitness and energy.

How did he do it all? Dan's remarkable story starts with one simple decision - his BREAK moment. He decided to get in shape, and little by little Dan transformed the way he looked, but more importantly, he transformed how he thought of himself and what he was capable of.

Dan is now THE fitness coach to high-achieving entrepreneurs. He's spent the past 20 years coaching thousands of clients, helping them lose over 100,000+ pounds while growing one of the most successful gyms in Toronto. In 2018 he left the gym world to help high-achieving entrepreneurs improve their health and build world-class bodies.

This episode is packed with wisdom on getting in shape and transforming your psychology. I was particularly keen to ask Dan about the parallels between getting in shape and career performance.

#454: Last week I wrote about the Hero's Journey I think we are all on, and how it is in The Unknown that anything worth doing resides.

The Unknown is risky. But what most people miss is that The Known is also risky. How can that be? Because most of what we think is certain, actually isn't.

Your career is riskier than you think. Learn how you can manage it.

#453: We all have a voice that is calling us to be a hero. We all have a voice that is telling us why we can't be one. Who are we going to listen to?

#452: Teddy is a former D1 athlete. He played baseball at UNC, then took his two passions: sports and writing, and built a career in sports media starting with ESPN. Somewhere along the line, as most of us come to find out, Teddy realized how he was using his talents wasn't as impactful as it could be. He worked for a startup for a while, where he built the confidence to later go out on his own.

Today Teddy combines his unique skills to help executives become better digital writers and build powerful brands online.

Pulling lessons from the worlds of athletics, leadership, and the military, Teddy has built quite a following of his own digital writing.

What enabled Teddy to parlay his experience into a business where he is creative, fulfilled, and in control? He says it's consistency. And consistency is all about the process.

This episode is packed with great insights about adversity, courage, and being consistent. Plus Teddy shares from his experiences training with Navy Seals and climbing the equivalent height of Mt. Everest.

#451: Most of us:

1. don't know where we are - we're lost
2. know where we are but don't know where to go
3. know where to go, but don't know how to get there

I've been in all three stages - too many times for me to even count, but I've managed to find my way again.

I've navigated change, not through blind trial and error, but through a systematic process of feedback.

Your path is not set. Your destiny is not fixed. You don't have to choose the default path laid out in front of you.

You can chart a new course to a destination you don't even know exists yet.

Are you ready to become a career wayfinder?

#450: Eliana Goldstein is a Certified Professional Coach who works with ambitious individuals to create the necessary mindsets, learn the key strategies and set the goals needed to move to the next level in their careers whether that's growing where they are or moving into an entirely different career path. We spend over 90,000 hours of our lives working so her goal is to teach people how to build careers where they don't completely dread Monday morning.

This episode is packed with great insights from a woman who took control of her career and had the courage to forge a new and better path. I'm so happy I've gotten to know Eliana and proud to call her a new friend.

As a bonus for listening Eliana is giving you $100 off her amazing course. Use the code THEBREAK to receive your discount today.