Change Proof

Time for a resilience checkup: are you doing the things you should be doing to build personal resilience? The book, Change Proof, seeks to debunk the old paradigm of resilience that is based on grit and endurance. In the book, Adam Markel aims to change that dynamic and help people suffer less, thrive, and succeed while enjoying every step of the process. A big part of what Adam talks about in the book revolves around the 14 markers of resilience. In this episode, he talks about three of the most important: attention to health and good cardiovascular fitness; the capacity to recover rapidly from stress; and the ability to regulate our emotions. Tune in and find out how each of these markers contribute to building resilience and how we should implement them in our daily lives.

Show Notes:

03:35 Attention to health and good cardiovascular fitness

09:01 The capacity to recover rapidly from stress

13:58 The ability to regulate our emotions

Financial resilience is one key aspect of resilience that we don’t usually talk about. In this solocast episode of Change Proof, Adam Markel discusses how we can change our attitude towards money, see it for its true value, and use it to build true resilience in this changing world. This is an extremely relevant topic now that we are facing unprecedented inflation and a possible recession on the horizon. Most people have very little to no education when it comes to managing personal finances, so financial resilience is something that not many people really have or even understand. Even if you think you understand it, there is always something more to unpack. Start doing that by tuning in.

Show Notes:

• 01:17 The True Value of Money
• 08:20 The Vital Importance of Financial Resilience
• 11:14 Lessons from Pain
• 15:39 Greater Consciousness
• 21:06 The Psychology of Wealth
• 35:44 Slow and Steady Wins the Race

Simply accepting the status quo is a huge obstacle for personal growth and development. If you want to achieve even bigger goals or successfully navigate every unpredictable thing in life, you must embrace your fears and undergo a self-disruption. Adam Markel opens up on his own journey of pivoting from stagnation and getting more aligned with his business goals and core life values. He explains how to be proactive in dealing with and growing in the midst of change, one of the constants of life everyone has to live with.

Show Notes: - Raw Audio

0:00 - Introduction

1:10 - Fear of the status quo

8:37 - Getting ready to pivot

13:21 - Disrupting proactively

20:05 - Conclusion

As a salesperson, you need to start leveraging your unique skills so that you get the sale. You don't need to follow all the textbook rules of what it means to be a great salesperson. Just be your most authentic self and not someone else.

Join Adam Markel as he talks to entrepreneur, keynote speaker, podcast host, and author of the bestselling business book, It’s Time to Sell: Cultivating the Sales Mind-Set, Chris Spurvey. Discover how Chris helps turn business owners and new sales professionals into confident and effective sellers. Chris has sold over $300 million in consulting services and has worked with thousands of entrepreneurs and professionals in their efforts to close more businesses and create win-win relationships with their clients.

Learn more about Chris' sales mindset and philosophy. Find out how to open even more doors by tapping into what makes you special. Start feeling good about sales today!

Show Notes:

4:36 - The Philosophy Of Sales

15:32 - Start Taking Action

22:32 - Sales Is Not A Competition

26:11 - Chris' Success Rituals

Many people say we need a lot of different skills for our career path, but has anyone ever actually taught you these skills? That’s what Mark Herschberg discusses today. Mark is a CTPO, Speaker, MIT Instructor, and Author of The Career Toolkit, Essential Skills for Success That No One Taught You. In this episode, Mark shares the career skills, tools, and approaches that are often undervalued and underutilized but are actually essential, especially in this generation. He also discusses in-depth resilience and what it looks like in the tech world. Tune in now and learn the essentials for your career path! 

Show Notes:

[01:27] Mark Herschberg's Past

[08:28] Renaissance Weekend

[12:47] Pivot

[15:18] MIT's Career Success Accelerator: The 10 Essential Skills

[15:29] Section 1, Chapter 1: Career Planning

[15:49] Section 1, Chapter 2: Working Effectively

[16:01] Section 1, Chapter 3: Interviewing

[16:25] Section 2, Chapter 1: Leadership and Management

[16:32] Section 3, Chapters 1-4: Communication, Networking, Negotiations, Ethics

[18:05] Leadership is Not Atomic

[19:40] The Reason Behind the Bankruptcy Code

[23:17] Why We Have Rules

[31:08] How Companies Approach Culture

[44:52] There Is A Change

Wendy Swire is an author, speaker, professor, leadership consultant, and certified fitness coach who founded the DC Neuroleadership Group. One of her missions is to guide people in giving their minds a well-deserved break by teaching them the concept of brain hygiene. In this conversation with Adam Markel, she shares simple practices and rituals to recharge and reset your brain, giving it a chance to handle the endless flow of information every single day. She explains the best approach to reducing cognitive load and how to fight negativity bias by embracing a mindset of gratitude. Wendy also talks about how any person can play the role of a coach and empower others just by asking the right questions.

We all have our own failures in life. Failure happens; it’s normal. But then, why is it so hard to let them go? Why can it sometimes be a struggle to forgive ourselves for our very human failures? Our special guest for today is Dr. Eric Holsapper, Founder and Lead Facilitator at Living in the Gap, Author of “Profit with Presence – The Twelve Pillars of Mindful Leadership,” and Vistage Worldwide Speaker with over 40 years of business experience and 30 years meditation experience. In this episode, Dr. Eric discusses the forefront of what animates our emotional state, how to infuse mindfulness into a business career, how success is really about managing failure, and more! Tune in to our conversation with Dr. Eric now!

Show Notes:

• 02:22 – Managing Failure: How you turn things and transform
• 06:57 – Mindfulness practice: Finding your blind spots
• 10:02 – All issues are solvable if we can talk and get along and find compromise.
• 15:44 – We’re the root cause of everything we’re experiencing.
• 25:00 – We love to be distracted because when we’re distracted, we’re not present. We’re not comfortable with the present.
• 27:36 – Profit with Presence: The Twelve Pillars of Mindful Leadership
• 32:43 – Ritual for resilience
• 35:26 – It’s an inside-out game.

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How do we leverage continuous uncertainty to thrive in this unprecedented new world? 

The answer is to build the resilience we need to power us through the challenges we face so that we become “Change Proof.” Prepare to tackle the future with confidence by reading Adam’s latest book Change Proof: Leveraging the Power of Uncertainty to Build Long-Term Resilience.

With the holidays coming up, Change Proof Podcast releases a special holiday episode! Today, #1 WSJ bestselling author, resilience keynote speaker, resilience researcher, workplace expert, CEO & attorney, and Change Proof Podcast host Adam Markel shares his experiences throughout the years as a podcast interviewer and a human being and talks about concerns about the human heart, mind, and world. Full of honest reflections and discussions on emotions, challenges, and resiliency, this lighthearted will be sure to add meaning to your holiday cheer!

Show Notes:

01:42 The holidays: a time of great joy, great challenge, or both

05:56 Change Proof: what it means to develop resilience

11:35 The collective evolution (advancing beyond regression)

17:17 Emotions are dangerous, or are they?

30:38 We're all baked the same way, built the same way, and wired the same way

35:45 What change proof loves, and is really all about

40:27 Awareness changes the game

Ever since the pandemic, the winds of change have been getting stronger and stronger. As a consultant, you would need even more resilience to get through these times of uncertainty. Your clients could be away from your home, so you need the resilience to push forward. Today's guest is Larry Hitchcock. He is a Partner, Principal, and Transportation Sector Leader of Deloitte. Larry is a man that thrives in uncertainty, as he has been serving Fortune 50 clients for over twenty years. Join Adam Markel as he talks to Larry Hitchcock about what it means to be resilient, especially as a consultant. If you're new to consulting, you definitely want to listen to what you can do when you're faced with adversity. Build up your resilience today!

Show Notes:

0:44 - Larry's Bio

5:34 - The Meaning Of Resilience

9:45 - What We Learned During The Pandemic

18:12 - Measurements & Outcomes

22:45 - Thriving In Uncertainty

29:38 - Tips On Overcoming Challenges

36:25 - Go-To Reset Rituals

Continually feeling drained, worn out, and mentally exhausted despite the amount of workload? Fatigue is not an uncommon term, but it is among the body signs that humans just don't see and acknowledge. To let you in a little secret: it's all hardwired into our heads. In this episode, Dr. Amy Mednick, a Board-Certified Adult Psychiatrist specializing in the compassionate treatment of a variety of conditions, shares the curious way the mind works, how to identify the causes of fatigue and learn how to address them, and how every basic human need—seen or unseen—is hardwired into our heads. Tune in now and enter the world of seeing the unseen! 

Show Notes: from RAW Audio

●       4:02 – Psychiatry: The Art Of Understanding People

●       7:50 – The Corporate Wellbeing

●       4:50 – Writing Stuff Down Helps Big Time

●       37:53 – Breaks Are Essential

●       39:52 – You Cannot Sustain The Grit Grind

●       46:27 – Natural Empathy Vs Cognitive Empathy