As one of the founders of the Transforming People Academy, which specialises in accelerated learning, coaching and personal development, Michael Colhoun knows all about what it means to harness the fire in your belly, and turn that passion into something positive.

Michael joins Pete on this week’s show to discuss the challenges he faces in bringing about this positive change to a society very much set in its ways, the ways in which yoga has improved his connection between mind and body, how to turn negatives into positives, and how he built his journey upon discovering the secret that makes things work better for everyone.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• Especially in Northern Ireland, there seems to be a growing need for some way to help people see past the blocks and barricades that may be keeping their desire for personal growth. Michael and his academy are at the forefront of bringing those barriers down.

 

• If you can understand the methods and strategies that enabled someone to achieve success in their life, then you should be able to emulate that formula in order to find success for yourself.

 

• Yoga gave Michael the capability to tap into hitherto undisturbed forces within himself, in order to release energy that restored his flow-status. 

 

• If you’re doing a certain thing throughout your life, and you’re good at it, but not necessarily successful as a result of it, it can be difficult to pull yourself away from that “safety zone”

 

• We are responsible for the results we attain. We’re responsible for the choices we make. We’re also responsible for whether we feel good or bad. Each negative can be turned into a positive. We need to have a resilient internal voice in order to do so.

 

• It can be so easy to blame external forces for our sense of inadequacy, or our failures. The reality is that those feelings are just triggers for lessons you haven’t learned yet.

 

• Despite a hugely successful career in IT, Michael recognised that his future was in development, due to his experiences with NLP and the benefits that it can bring. This caused shock to those who knew him, but instinctually he knew that his choice was sound.

 

• One of the greatest pieces of education came through working alongside successful people with complex problems, and solving those problems on their behalf. Most of these issues stemmed from miscommunication, and through his NLP experience, Michael was able to make himself invaluable.

 

• Problem solving for Michael comes through not just getting from Point A to Point B, but understanding the wider issues that caused the problem, and the satellite issues that circle it. by gaining a depth of understanding, he can not only solve Point B, but Point C if asked.

 

• Michael gets direct feedback from teaching when he understands something so well, that his teachings provide “A-ha” moments from his students. By being able to communicate teachings in that spirit, we are truly mastering our subject.

 

• It’s as crucial to prepare your environment for your flow state as it is to be in the flow state itself. “Yak Shaving” is the process by where we do away with the things that will prevent this flow state from occurring, or can distract us once we’re there

 

BEST MOMENTS

• ‘If one person can do it, then anyone can do it’
• ‘I had a choice whether to feel good, or feel like a victim’
• ‘If you’re going to feel bad, then you might as well schedule it’
• ‘A big part of it is confidence and certainty’
• ‘I call it “deep dive” learning’
• ‘If you want to understand something, read it. If you want to know something, write about it. If you want to master something, teach it’
• ’The tell-tale is that time disappears’
• ‘How do we start to create a better future for everybody?’

 

VALUABLE RESOURCES

Fire In The Belly Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/fire-in-the-belly/id1499375061

Transforming People Academy - https://www.transformingpeople.com/home36075388

Transforming People Academy Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/transformingpeopleacademy/

Transforming People Twitter - https://twitter.com/transformingacm

ABOUT THE HOST

The ‘Mighty Pete Lonton’ from the ‘Mighty 247’ company is your main host of ‘Fire In The Belly’. 

Pete is an Entrepreneur, Mentor, Coach, Property Investor and father of 3 beautiful girls. Pete’s background is in Project Management and Property, but his true passion is the ‘Fire In The Belly’ project itself. His mission is to help others find their potential and become the mightiest version of themselves. Pete openly talks about losing both of his parents, suffering periods of depression, business downturn and burn-out, and ultimately his years spent not stoking ‘Fire In the Belly’. In 2017, at 37 years of age that changed and he is now on a journey of learning, growing, accepting and inspiring others.

Pete has the ability to connect with people and intuitively asks questions to reveal a person’s passion and discover how to live their mightiest life. The true power of ‘Fire In the Belly’ is the Q&As - Questions and Actions!

The ‘Fire In The Belly’ brand and programme is rapidly expanding into podcasts, seminars, talks, business workshops, development course and rapid results mentoring.

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