Executive Breakthroughs Podcast

Ron Nash (@hronaldnash) is the CEO and Chairman of Pivot 3 in Austin. He’s worked alongside Ross Perot, Mort Myerson and many other industry titans. He’s been a VC, Board Member, and avid art collector. He has been a corporate officer at the following companies that completed IPO's: Perot Systems, Teleci and Rubicon. He has been a director of the following successful companies that were acquired: Vendavo, Lombardi Software.

"We have survival patterns and they can really hold us back because they end up being our blind spots. Back in the “cave man” days our survival patterns actually helped us survive and stay alive. But now most of our fears are not about whether we’d be alive or dead. Now they’re fears that are irrational and they stop us from doing something like talking to a person across the room, starting our own business, leading and managing others, or speaking up at a meeting at work. We need to turn our survival patterns into patterns of purpose. Patterns that fuel us and allow us to live our dreams. The challenge for people is to how to go about doing that, it may sound simple but it’s not easy. It’s about going into the root of what’s holding them back starting with behavior, stories, emotions, limiting beliefs, and modeling from childhood.

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Today we are becoming overwhelmed with the need for instant reward, immediate verification that we are significant. It’s a misguided attempt to satiate our hunger for meaning and belonging. Because we are propelling ourselves toward an emptiness that can only be filled by a constant need for temporary pleasures and distractions. Our need to belong, understand, explore, connect to others and the world around us, lead, and express and create are foundational to the human experience. Mastery is a journey — It’s a curious and wonderful trail — that has few, if any, guides. It’s much more than the pursuit of expert performance. It’s far deeper than high performance and the achievement of success. In each episode you’ll learn from the most visionary, transformative and standout (and their missteps). You’ll learn how to apply the information with “game changing” tools to help you: Maximize your true potential in your business and career, Make your unique mark in the world, and Lead and inspire others to soar to heights they never thought possible.

“Life purpose” is a pretty common phrase these days, but I have a different spin on the subject. Instead of focusing on specific tasks, projects, career paths, etc, I emphasize the importance of generating the emotions that drive your happiness and fulfillment. Why? Because you have control of your emotions. You don’t have control over external experiences. I share with you a quick and transformative exercise you can do. We look at the happiest moments in your life, and give you the framework to recreate those moments every single day.

I break down for you how to create extraordinary relationships (and network for business), and create an urgency for the other person to follow back up with you. You’ll learn the three pillars to building extraordinary relationships and how to master each pillar. This methodology works especially well for introverts, and people that are shy. It’s quick, easy and you can implement it immediately. My clients have built millions of relationships using this process. You'll master business networking and relationship building too.

We discussed in Part 1 how our survival patterns turn into blind spots. They are based on irrational fears. I share with how to go about making long-term changes from the inside-out. It's where the most powerful transformations and lasting change starts.