Deconstructing Success

Deconstructing Success

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Deconstructing Success episodes

  • #TimaTalks: Thinking Styles & How to Improve your Thoughts with Tima Elhajj

    Each week we will deconstruct a concept, an idea, a thought.  Basically it will be something valuable to you. Here at the Deconstructing Success Podcast our focus is for you to take action so we can help you & inspire you to improve your thoughts and ultimately your life.  

    This week we are deconstructing “unhelpful thinking styles” and what we can apply to change our thinking.  

     

    In today’s episode we discuss the thinking styles:

     

    • Negative thinking style.
  • Obsessive thinking style.
  • Impulsive thinking style.
  • Paranoid thinking style.

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    AND what action to take action to change each thinking style.

     

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    18 min
  • #2: Change Your Habits, Change Your Mindset, Change Your Life with James Clear

    How can we apply habits to create success in our lives?

    On today’s episode, I interview the Author of “Atomic Habits”, James Clear.  Anytime I come across anyone who has read this book, has been completely blown away by it.  It is such a fantastic book and is incredibly easy to read and apply.  With James' insights & knowledge he shares, he makes success feel possible.

     

    In today’s episode we discuss:

     

    • How habits are created?
  • How to form new habits to get the results we want.
  • How we execute a 4-step pattern every time we perform a habit which includes; cue, craving, response & reward. 
  • How to change one’s habits.
  • What habit stacking is.
  • The power of the 1% rule.
  • The compounding interest of applying habits in one’s life.
  • Jame’s definition of “Limitless Potential”.

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    Project Optimism: https://www.projectoptimism.com.au/

     

    TIMESTAMPS

     

    00.20 - Introduction

    00.50 - Why did James write the book ‘Atomic Habits’?

    03.30 - Why the name ‘Atomic Habits’ for the book?

    04.50 - Why focus on habits when one is changing their life?

    06.35 - What does James think of social media and how it impacts on people’s habits?

    09.30 - How do habits work?

    15.00 - Why has our brain not evolved?

    17.30 - How can you be aware if a habit is effective or not?

    19.50 - How can you measure if these changes will be beneficial or negative?

    22.45 - What is the mindset of a successful person?

    26.20 - What is the ‘1 percent’ & the compounding effect of applying small changes?

    29.50 - What is habit stacking?

    31.40 - When James was a kid, what did he want to do?

    32.30 - How did James recover from his injury when he was 15?

    36.15 - How does James manage through days where he doesn’t follow through with habits, and how to manage through this?

    40.00 - What habits & systems can be applied to strengthen relationships?

    42.30 - What are things that people can apply if they are in an environment that they can’t control?

    47.20 - Depression and how habits can help.

    50.30 - The difference between ‘I have to’ to ‘I get to’

    51.25 - What is the biggest challenge most people face?

    54.00 - What is a starting point when changing your habits?

    56.50 - Finishing statements & where to find James online.

    57:40 - James definition of “Limitless Potential”.

    1 hr 4 min
  • #TimaTalks: Deconstructing Memories with Tima Elhajj

    Each week we will deconstruct a concept, an idea, a thought.  Basically it will be something valuable to you. Here at the Deconstructing Success Podcast our focus is for you to take action so we can help you & inspire you to improve your thoughts and ultimately your life.  

    This week we are deconstructing memories and how they impact our future decision making process.  In today’s episode we discuss the following:

     

    • What is the difference between having a strong internal sense of power and control vs an external sense of power and control.
  • Your belief systems.
  • How memories are constructed.
  • How all of this information impacts your view of the world, your self-belief and the future decisions you ultimately make.

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    Connect with Tima on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_timaelhajj/

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    9 min
  • #1: How to Dominate with Grant Cardone

    How can we dominate anything we put our mind to?

    On our very first episode we interview Grant Cardone.  Grant is a powerhouse & he truly understands how to continue to get up and dominate when faced with extreme difficulty and challenges. 

    In today’s episode we discuss:

    • The concept of self-made and the fact that he does not believe he is self-made.
  • How Grant has transitioned from maintenance to domination.
  • What it means to live in a poverty state of mind.
  • The importance of sharing how success works.
  • How the death of Grant’s father fuelled him.
  • What it means to be a successful businessman.
  • How did the Cardone’s get through and thrive through the financial crisis of 2008.
  • Grant’s first book “Sell or be sold” and why this was written.
  • The importance of “getting known” and how this can help build an empire and also save it.
  • Tapping into your own superpowers.
  • The cornerstone of his success - having Elena by his side.
  • What it means to have a successful team at home with your partner.
  • Elena’s process of who to trust and bring into the Empire.
  • How Elena found her power through her husband.
  • Grant & Elena’s definition of “Limitless Potential”.

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    SOCIAL MEDIA LINKS

     

    Connect with Tima on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_timaelhajj/

    Connect with Tima on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/timaelhajj/

    Email Tima directly on: [email protected]

    Follow Deconstructing Success on Instagram: 

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    TIMESTAMPS

     

    00:00 - Introduction.

    01:16 - Never quitting, never being satisfied to dominate. 

    03:50 - Obsession is a Superpower. 

    05:17 - Ignore what others say. 

    06:43 - Money mindset & the Cardone Jet. 

    07:38 - The wealthy don’t share the ‘how’. 

    08:28 - When Grant asked a Billionaire to show him his bank accounts. 

    09:50 - The purpose of having the Jet. 

    11:33 - How Grant’s father let his family down. 

    14:02 - Mastering Sales even though Grant hated sales. 

    14:59 - At 35, Grant did not feel successful. 

    17:07 - The 2008 financial crisis & owing $42M. 

    19:26 - Grant’s turning point “You gotta get known”. 

    21:28 - $60M lawsuit & how to push through. 

    22:40 - Elena being a driving force & the fuel. 

    25:49 - The $1B conversation. 

    28:22 - Elena finding her power through a man. 

    31:50 - Defining their roles in the relationship. 

    32:35 - How Elena & Grant protect their empire. 

    34:07 - Elena’s vetting process on who they let into their circle. 

    36:52 - How to keep an empire once you have built it. 

    37:30 - What are Grant & Elena teaching their kids. 

    38:50 - What are the Cardone’s definition of “Limitless potential”?

    44 min

About Deconstructing Success

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Tima has an insatiable desire when it comes to learning from the best in the world and an obsession with how successful people think, operate and execute. She wants to know what sets these people apart from the average person. Each week, Tima‘s focus is to have intimate conversations with successful CEOs, Founders, Athletes, experts and leaders that have created (extraordinary levels) of success in their own lives. The goal is to deconstruct these individuals success process, mindset, their life philosophy and how they continue to achieve success so that you can change your life.