Exploring Possibility

Exploring Possibility

By Christopher GeelEducationSelf-Improvement
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Exploring Possibility episodes

  • How To Believe In Yourself And Understanding Self-Motivation with Jim Cathcart - 031

    Jim Cathcart is an American entrepreneur, speaker and author. He is also a leadership development expert, mentor, strategic advisor, motivational expert, sales consultant, entertainer & author of 20 books including The Acorn Principle and Relationship Selling, international bestsellers.

    As a TEDx speaker he made it into the Top 1% of most watched videos (over 1.9 million views). 

    He’s been conducting immersive training experiences for people who want to transcend their current limits and expand their life. 

    Noteworthy questions:
    • How do we become extraordinary? (32:20)
    • What is success velocity and how do we use it? (37:09)
    • What is the acorn principle for success? (43:00)
    • Commitment. Why is it vital for our success? (45:11)
    • Key takeaways

      • Structure your life to make it a perfect fit for the qualities that you bring to the world.
      • A motive without an action is just a wish. An action without a motive with just random behavior.
      • Focus on your nobler motives. Focus on the desirable and the helpful motives.
      • The first step in activating your nobler motives occurs within the power minute. The power minute is the opportunity gap between thinking or feeling and doing something about it.
      • Reach out to Jim:

        • Website: https://cathcart.com/
        • LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/in/cathcartinstitute
        • The Power Minute: (book): https://amzn.to/2y3YR5h
        • The Acorn Principle: Know Yourself, Grow Yourself (book):  https://amzn.to/2J9HNNr
        • Music site: http://www.guitarmusiclive.com
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          1 hr 8 min
        • How To Renegotiate Your Nervous System And Master Your Emotions with Jennifer Whitacre - 030

          As an Empowerment Strategist, Jennifer works with practitioners and clients who are feeling stuck and overwhelmed by typical, mainstream modalities.

          Over the past several years, Jennifer has studied the life-long effects of trauma and abuse and she has discovered several tools and techniques that work well for overcoming these effects that often hold us back in life.

          Jennifer uses all of these tools and techniques to help he clients explore the depths of themselves in order to effect change in their lives.

          Noteworthy questions:
          • How do we renegotiate the nervous system? (9:02)
          • Do our emotions get affected by the outer or inner world? (22:09)
          • How do we discern emotions? (29:42)
          • What is trauma and how do we work through it? (46:44)
          • Key takeaways

            • In your first 7 years of your life, you are in a brain wave state that creates much of who you are.
            • If you are the common element in a repeating pattern then it’s worth looking at yourself as the obstacle.
            • Just because you have the right to be (add emotion - eg. angry), does not mean you should let (emotion) dictate your words or actions.
            • If there is no space between stimulus and response, we automatically go into reaction.
            • Reach out to Jennifer:

              • Website: http://jenniferwhitacre.com/
              • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yesandjw/
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                Subscribe to the show for lots more to come! New episodes every Monday.

                If you enjoyed this episode, please visit http://exploringpossibility.co.za/ for more episodes, follow us here https://www.instagram.com/exploringpossibility/ or join the community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/exploringpossibility 

                1 hr 13 min
              • How To Deliberately Reprogram Your Subconscious Mind For Higher Performance with Bennie Louw - 029

                Bennie is a qualified NLP, HNLP coach, practitioner and certified hypnotherapist. He provides an opportunity for change and motivation to succeed. Bennie has a passion for motivating people to breakthrough limiting beliefs.

                Bennie has more than 10 years experience in coaching with a background in human resources, working with a number of corporate companies and clients on an individual and group basis throughout his career, with sound and proven systems, programs and interventions to create success.

                Noteworthy questions:
                • What is the subconscious mind? (6:27)
                • Where does someone start if they want to change their subconscious? (11:40)
                • How can we use mental rehearsal to improve performance? (25:34)

                • Key takeaways

                  • Majority of your programming has already been placed on you before the age of 7.
                  • The way we retrain our mind is with emotions.
                  • Theta state is the most optimal state to make suggestions to your subconscious.
                  • The subconscious mind can’t distinguish between what is real and what is imaginary.
                  • If you are not getting uncomfortable then you are not learning.

                  • Reach out to Bennie:

                    • Website: https://metaphore.co.za/
                    • Sport mind coach: https://sportmindcoach.co.za/about/
                    • LinkedIn: https://za.linkedin.com/in/bennielouw
                    • HOW CAN YOU SUPPORT THE PODCAST?

                      -> This show grows and impacts people only because of awesome people like you!


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                      Subscribe to the show for lots more to come! New episodes every Monday.


                      If you enjoyed this episode, please visit http://exploringpossibility.co.za/ for more episodes, follow us here https://www.instagram.com/exploringpossibility/ or join the community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/exploringpossibility 

                      58 min
                    • Live Successfully And Purposefully Through Spirituality And Personal Growth with Manuj Aggarwal - 028

                      Manuj is a start up coach who empowers entrepreneurs to maximize their potential, take their results to the next level and turn their visions into reality.

                      He grew up in a small town in India. His home was a troubled one and he therefore withdrew into his shell, becoming aloof and angry. At age 15, He started working in a factory where he labored 12 hours/day with only $2 as a daily salary.

                      Noteworthy questions:
                      • What did you do initially to get out of poverty? (09:29)
                      • What is the biggest difference between those who fail and those who succeed? (16:20)
                      • What is spirituality? (20:00)
                      • How do you balance doing versus being? (34:13)
                      • Key takeaways
                        • Knowing what you want is the first step towards moving away from where you are.
                        • Your life purpose always changes. It’s dynamic and evolving all the time.
                        • We are spiritual beings having a physical experience.
                        • Don’t be afraid of challenges because those are the learning opportunities and growth opportunities.
                        • Reach out to Manuj:
                          • Website: https://tetranoodle.com/
                          • Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/manujaggarwal/
                          • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/manuj.aggarwal
                          • Podcast: https://tetranoodle.com/podcast/
                          • HOW CAN YOU SUPPORT THE PODCAST?

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                            Subscribe to the show for lots more to come! New episodes every Monday.

                            If you enjoyed this episode, please visit http://exploringpossibility.co.za/ for more episodes, follow us here https://www.instagram.com/exploringpossibility/ or join the community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/exploringpossibility 

                            53 min
                          • Be Yourself To Free Yourself And Find Your Personal Freedom with G. Brian Benson - 027

                            G. Brian Benson is an award-winning and #1 best-selling self-improvement and children’s book author, actor, filmmaker, coach and TEDx speaker.

                            As a 4x Ironman triathlete and cross-country bicyclist, Brian knows the value of hard work and never giving up on his dreams, a message he shares with audiences through each of his creative expressions.

                            Noteworthy questions:
                            • What is your advice to introverts to also win in this world? (9:46)
                            • How to get inspired to do what we need to do? (14:14)
                            • How do you get and express intuition? (22:38)
                            • How do we set up goals for success? (36:04)
                            • Key takeaways
                              • As an introvert, being an observer is an immense power.
                              • The more that you learn to love and accept yourself, the easier others things become.
                              • Giving and being of service is one way of finding happiness.
                              • We have so much abundance in our life that other people would die for.
                              • Being intentional guides you to your vision.
                              • Reach out to Brian:
                                • Website: https://www.gbrianbenson.com/
                                • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gbrianbensonmedia/
                                • Habits for success book: http://habitsforsuccessbook.com/
                                • HOW CAN YOU SUPPORT THE PODCAST?

                                  -> This show grows and impacts people only because of awesome people like you!

                                  To impact more people, please subscribe, share & review this podcast on your preferred platform: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, RadioPublic, TuneIn, PocketCast & Castro

                                  Subscribe to the show for lots more to come! New episodes every Monday.

                                  If you enjoyed this episode, please visit http://exploringpossibility.co.za/ for more episodes, follow us here https://www.instagram.com/exploringpossibility/ or join the community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/exploringpossibility 

                                  51 min
                                • Elevate Your Mental Performance By Winning Your Mental Game with Sebastian Little - 026

                                  Sebastian Little - NCAA Division I football player, leadership speaker, and mental performance coach. Having learned, implemented, studied, and taught mental performance strategies, Sebastian retains an authentic first-hand connection between theory and application. 

                                  He frequently works with individual athletes, teams, and schools to drive results at all levels of the organization.

                                  His mission: To build a world where leaders, teams, and organizations show up and perform at their best every single day. 

                                  Noteworthy questions:
                                  • What is the mental game? (10:10)
                                  • How important is it to work on the mental game? (11:47)
                                  • What are the actual rewards for high performance? (21:07)
                                  • How can we improve our mental capacity? (29:11)
                                  • Key takeaways
                                    • Through pain comes a lot of resilience.
                                    • Most of our mental game is structured around routine. 
                                    • As you move up higher into performance, what becomes more and more important is how you execute the fundamentals. 
                                    • Growth = stress + rest. If you’re not pushing the envelope close to failure, you’re not going to reap the benefits of doing so. 
                                    • One of the biggest ways we can all learn is to distill down the information and share it with others. 
                                    • You don’t control winning. You control the factors and preparation that allow you to perform at your best.
                                    • Reach out to Sebastian:
                                      • Website: https://www.sebastianlittle.com/
                                      • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sebastian-little/
                                      • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/seblittle_
                                      • HOW CAN YOU SUPPORT THE PODCAST?

                                        -> This show grows and impacts people only because of awesome people like you!

                                        To impact more people, please subscribe, share & review this podcast on your preferred platform: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, RadioPublic, TuneIn, PocketCast & Castro

                                        Subscribe to the show for lots more to come! New episodes every Monday.

                                        If you enjoyed this episode, please visit http://exploringpossibility.co.za/ for more episodes, follow us here https://www.instagram.com/exploringpossibility/ or join the community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/exploringpossibility 

                                        51 min
                                      • How To Be A Master Of Self-Influence with Gilan Gork, The Mentalist - 025

                                        Gilan is a global authority on influence. He has presented for international companies, business organisations and government agencies in 30 countries across Europe, Africa, Asia and America, and is the author of the bestselling book Persuasion Games.

                                        With two decades' experience as a professional mentalist, Gilan creates unique learning experiences that help people unleash their influence. He teaches how to apply a working knowledge of influence and persuasion to real-life practical situations, to be able to lead, sell, negotiate, market and inspire on a new level.

                                        He says that the techniques that he uses are as accessible to anyone as the ability to breathe, all you need to do is learn how to apply them. POWERFUL!

                                        Noteworthy questions:
                                        • Which skills and philosophies are under mentalism? (09:11)
                                        • What is influence and how necessary is it to develop influence as a skill? (29:29)
                                        • What is the Rapid Influence Formula? (34:10)
                                        • Key takeaways
                                          • Question-storming: Rather than thinking about ideas, it’s about thinking about questions. 
                                          • The mind, speech and body are all interlinked. Everything that we experience and think is in our field of consciousness. 
                                          • Body language is a more reliable source of information than what somebody is saying because it’s easy to change what we want to say.
                                          • Our reality is the sum of everything that has come before it to make that moment what it is.
                                          • Reach out to Gilan:
                                            • Website: https://www.gilangork.com/
                                            • Website: http://influenceinstitute.com/
                                            • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gilangork/
                                            • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gilan.gork
                                            • HOW CAN YOU SUPPORT THE PODCAST?

                                              -> This show grows and impacts people only because of awesome people like you!

                                              To impact more people, please subscribe, share & review this podcast on your preferred platform: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, RadioPublic, TuneIn, PocketCast & Castro

                                              Subscribe to the show for lots more to come! New episodes every Monday.

                                              If you enjoyed this episode, please visit http://exploringpossibility.co.za/ for more episodes, follow us here https://www.instagram.com/exploringpossibility/ or join the community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/exploringpossibility 

                                              44 min
                                            • Take Ownership Of Your Character And Learn To Grow with Phillip Andrew Barbb - 024

                                              Phillip Andrew is TV Producer and Youth Motivational Speaker. Phillip is dedicated to inspiring, motivating, encouraging, and empowering students, teachers, and educators to reach for their best selves.

                                              Phillip Andrew is also an Emmy-Nominated Los Angeles-based television producer who has been asked to speak around the country educating and encouraging High School and College Students through high energy entertainment and unforgettable storytelling.


                                              Noteworthy questions:
                                              • How do we change our thinking and direct our focus towards solutions? (17:18)
                                              • Why is it important for us to take ownership of our character? (27:04)
                                              • What about the people who think they’re too old to work on character? (33:48)
                                              • Key takeaways
                                                • You need to face what’s going on. Your challenge might not be something like alcohol but your inability to grieve and cope with life.
                                                • One of the great educators is exposure.
                                                • Our own, unique stories are amazing because it helps us relate to other people.
                                                • Your character is you when you strip opinions and reputations away.
                                                • Reach out to Phillip:
                                                  • Website: https://www.phillipandrew.co/
                                                  • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/phillipandrewla/
                                                  • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/philbarbb
                                                  • Phillip’s book: https://www.phillipandrew.co/28-year-old-boss

                                                  • HOW CAN YOU SUPPORT THE PODCAST?

                                                    -> This show grows and impacts people only because of awesome people like you!

                                                    To impact more people, please subscribe, share & review this podcast on your preferred platform: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, RadioPublic, TuneIn, PocketCast & Castro

                                                    Subscribe to the show for lots more to come! New episodes every Monday.

                                                    If you enjoyed this episode, please visit http://exploringpossibility.co.za/ for more episodes, follow us here https://www.instagram.com/exploringpossibility/ or join the community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/exploringpossibility 

                                                    56 min
                                                  • Be Present, Reignite And Expand Your Potential with James Yates - 023

                                                    James is a high performance coach, speaker, entrepreneur, dad and more.

                                                    He is also the founder of Reignite Enterprises. It is the culmination of his life’s work and it aims to bring quality, conscious education to the world and help more people live their truth. It allows people to transcend extremely outdated learning models and step into a more empowered, fulfilled life.

                                                    Noteworthy questions:
                                                    • What is freedom and how do we get there? (09:16)
                                                    • Does purpose drive productivity? (23:48)
                                                    • What does it mean to reignite? (27:01)
                                                    • How much of our education should be conscious based? (43:10)
                                                    • Key takeaways
                                                      • Potential is not about achieving it, it’s about expanding it.
                                                      • 3 P’s to live life more successfully:
                                                        1. Purpose: find meaning in what you do.
                                                        2. Passion: What lights you up.
                                                        3. Presence: Being aware of how you live.
                                                          • Sometimes the greatest risks, in terms of following our passion, bring the greatest rewards.
                                                          • The only way that we’re going to acknowledge that we grow and get better is when we reflect and celebrate the things we have done.
                                                          • Future education: providing people with the space to self-discover.
                                                          • Reach out to James:
                                                            • Website: https://www.jamesyates.me/
                                                            • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamesyatescoach
                                                            • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jamesyatescoach/

                                                            • HOW CAN YOU SUPPORT THE PODCAST?

                                                              -> This show grows and impacts people only because of awesome people like you!

                                                              To impact more people, please subscribe, share & review this podcast on your preferred platform: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, RadioPublic, TuneIn, PocketCast & Castro

                                                              Subscribe to the show for lots more to come! New episodes every Monday.

                                                              If you enjoyed this episode, please visit http://exploringpossibility.co.za/ for more episodes, follow us here https://www.instagram.com/exploringpossibility/ or join the community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/exploringpossibility 

                                                              1 hr
                                                            • Heal And Empower The World By Unleashing Human Potential with Anneme Coetzee - 022

                                                              Anneme Coetzee, the owner of Accelerated Excellence, is passionate about helping individuals to understand themselves so that they can achieve personal excellence.

                                                              As an International Neuro Linguistics Trainer, she provides support to enhance the skills, resources and creativity that her clients already have – and challenges assumptions and thoughts that are blocking or disabling them from moving forward. She is here to heal and empower the world by unleashing human potential!

                                                              Noteworthy questions:
                                                              • What is NLP? (7:00)
                                                              • What is a belief system and how does it drive our entire life? (16:54)
                                                              • Could a simple shift in how we view the world change our trajectory of our life? (27:55)

                                                              • Key takeaways
                                                                • Your words don’t describe the world that you live in, it determines the world you live in.
                                                                • The voids in your life create your values.
                                                                • We upgrade ourselves every year; why don’t we upgrade ourselves?
                                                                • You don’t need to know how a car was built to drive one.
                                                                • All our challenges in our past has molded us into who people see today.
                                                                • Our perception guides us and it will project out into the world.

                                                                • Reach out to Anneme:
                                                                  • Website: https://trueawakenings.co.za/
                                                                  • Website: https://ae-nlpcoaching.com/
                                                                  • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anneme-coetzee-b6b01832/

                                                                  • HOW CAN YOU SUPPORT THE PODCAST?

                                                                    -> This show grows and impacts people only because of awesome people like you!

                                                                    To impact more people, please subscribe, share & review this podcast on your preferred platform: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, RadioPublic, TuneIn, PocketCast & Castro

                                                                    Subscribe to the show for lots more to come! New episodes every Monday.

                                                                    If you enjoyed this episode, please visit http://exploringpossibility.co.za/ for more episodes, follow us here https://www.instagram.com/exploringpossibility/ or join the community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/exploringpossibility 

                                                                    39 min

                                                                  About Exploring Possibility

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                                                                  I conduct interviews and do deep discussions with thought leaders and experts with a focus on Possibility.