Get Clarity with Jamie Smart

The episode you're about to hear is an excerpt from one of the private laser-coaching & Q&A sessions I do each month with my ClarityPro Members.

Just to give you a bit of background, I'd been telling my clients about something my team and I do called 'Project Gretsky', inspired by a quote from the phenomenal hockey player, Wayne Gretsky who famously said, "Skate to where the puck is going, not where it's been."

In Project Gretsky, my team and I look to the future, and make guesses about where the world's heading, how we can best guide our clients and how we can inspire and educate a generation to experience lives of clarity, resilience and wellbeing. It's how we ended up developing our state of the art live-streaming facility, as well as a number of other innovations we've got in the pipeline.

So during last night's Laser-coaching / Q&A session, one of our ClarityPro members (Andrea Bruno) asked a question that stopped me in my tracks.

Andrea said he was thinking about Project Gretsky, and thought it would be very cool and useful to do something like that, but he said that in the past, whenever he tried to predict the future, he got frustrated because he wanted to be right about it. If things didn't go his way he got increasingly worried, and in the end, he just stopped trying to make any predictions because it wasn't worth the anxiety factor. But something in Project Gretsky spoke to him, and he wanted to get some clarity about that.

So why did this stop me in my tracks? Because I'd never given much thought to how I relate to this whole domain of prediction and future trends.

What you're going to hear in this episode is this: first you'll hear Andrea's question, then you'll get my counter-intuitive answer, then finally you'll hear how it lands with Andrea.

So here's the episode:

During a recent podcast episode, I mentioned that while climate change is one of the threats facing humanity, there are many others, including artificial intelligence, exponential technology, authoritarianism, pandemics, nuclear winter and many more. This week's episode is another in this series of 'public service announcement' conversations, this time with one of my favourite twitter-follows, Vinay Gupta.

Here's the back story. Last year, I heard a podcast episode with a chap called Vinay Gupta and started following him on twitter (his handle is @leashless).

He's proved to be one of my more fascinating follows, and has a unique perspective on a number of things (including the environment / climate change, the future of money, modern-day slavery, the rise of warlord entrepreneurs and more).

Just to provide some bona fides, Vinay helped organise the launch of the crypto-currency Ethereum a few years back, is the designer of Dubai's national blockchain strategy and is the inventor of the hexayurts you may have used / seen if you've ever been to the Burning Man festival.

Among other things, he's introduced me to the idea of 'goat rodeos' (an explanation of why certain national-level problems prove resistant to resolution, and what you can do about it).

So I reached out to him and said this:

"I find your perspective on the whole 'welcome to the world of the people who grow your coffee' overlap with racism / modern slavery / environment / meditation and fairness super-important. Would you be up for being interviewed on my podcast? (It's called the Get Clarity Podcast). It only has a few thousand listeners but they're mostly people who want to make a difference in the world."

He said, "Yes", and what you're about to hear is the conversation that followed.

By the way, SCIM stands for Simple Critical Infrastructure Maps; an approach for planning for survival in the case of societal collapse

Follow Vinay Gupta on twitter: @leashless Learn more about Mattereum at https://mattereum.com/ Learn more about Simple Critical Infrastructure Maps at http://resiliencemaps.org/

The 1:1 intensives deep dive you're about to hear is an excerpt from a Q&A Session I did with my ClarityPro Members. I was answering questions I'd been asked by ClarityPro Members and our wider community about 1:1 Coaching Intensives, where you spend up to 3 or 4 days working closely with a client to help them have the breakthroughs that matter to them.

1:1 Coaching Intensives are a bit of a dark art, so I thought it would be nice to shed a little light on the process, and I'm sharing this recording on both my podcasts for several reasons as follows:

Number 1, If you've been thinking about doing a 1:1 intensive with me, this will give you a sense of what to expect, and whether or not it's a good fit for you. That's why I'm sharing it on the Get Clarity Podcast.

Number 2, If you've been considering doing 1:1 intensives with your clients, this will answer some of the questions you may have had, and help you take the next step. That's why I'm sharing it on the Thriving Coaches Podcast.

And number 3, A few years ago, I did a 1:1 coaching intensive with a corporate lawyer called Andy, but I did it in front of an audience of coaches and therapists, answering their questions and unpacking what I'm doing. We recorded the whole thing, and whether you want to do an intensive with me, or you want to do one with your own clients, it's one of the easiest and most cost-effective ways of experiencing an intensive without paying 5000, 10,000 or 50,000 pounds (that's what I charge for my CEO Intensive).

And we've got he 1:1 Coaching Intensive Unpacked in our summer sale at over 40% off until Monday August 31st, so if you'd like to find out more about that, head over to www.clarityacademy.co/intensive

If you want to do an intensive with me, head over to www.JamieSmart.com/ceo.

And finally, we've opened the doors to ClarityPro while our Summer Sale is on, so head over to www.ClarityAcademy.co to see if you want to join, and to see everything else that's in the summer sale.

I'm Jamie Smart - welcome to the podcast. A few months ago, I had a conversation with my good friend and colleague, Ami Chen Mills. As well as being a very experienced principles teacher (Ami was one of the first people I heard talking about this understanding), she's the co-founder of the Santa Cruz chapter of Extinction Rebellion.

Earlier in the year, Ami wrote a Medium article, calling out her colleagues in the principles community for a lack of comment and action on climate change (the article was called, 'An Open Letter to My Spiritual Colleagues: On "Spirit" and the Climate Emergency'.)

I read the article and invited Ami to come on my podcast (she accepted.)

While I know that there is a broad range of opinion on the subject of climate change, one thing is abundantly clear to me:

Humanity currently faces a number of existential threats, including climate change, global pandemics, possible nuclear winter and the dizzying rise of artificial intelligence. In recent years, the world seems more and more like a Marvel comic, replete with mustachioed villains and killer robots.

One of my heroes, Buckminster Fuller once wrote,

"Whether it is to be Utopia or Oblivion will be a touch-and-go relay race right up to the final moment… Humanity is in 'final exam' as to whether or not it qualifies for continuance in Universe."

This has never looked more true to me.

So how can we usefully orient ourselves to the challenges we face in the years ahead? And how can the principles help us make sense of things that sometimes seem insensible?

Exploring the answers to these questions is what this episode is all about. By the way, we recorded this before the full scale of the pandemic was known. For that reason, I've delayed the release of this episode until now. So regardless of what your current perspective on the whole question of climate change is, I look forward to hearing your thoughts on this episode.

Visit the Ami Chen Mills website here: http://www.amichen.com/

You can get to know more about 'Light on the Horizon' webinar here: http://www.amichen.com/light-on-the-horizon

Visit Ami's YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/user/AmilliaABT/videos

Welcome to the podcast - I'm Jamie Smart. It's now nearly two months since the tragic killing of George Floyd sparked a wave of protests that's echoing around the globe. And it got me wondering...

"As a member of the principles community, what does it make sense for you to say or do in relation to this?"

And as I wondered about this, I realised something... I realised that I didn't know the answer to the question.

So I reached out to my good friend and colleague, Clarity Coach Davida Arnold.

Davida is a coach and educator based in Columbus Ohio. She's a mother with young children, and she's a black woman.

As Davida and I talked, I realised it could be valuable for us to have a conversation to release more widely.

Our discussion didn't have an agenda per se - the purpose was to have a connected conversation to see what we could discover about 'the truth of the matter'. We had a great conversation, and afterwards, we both felt it might make sense to have a follow-up chat in a month or so. For now, here's the episode...

In this episode, I'm speaking with Louise O'Dalaigh. Louise works in the NHS, but she's gone from anxiety, depression and burnout to sharing the principles with people at every level in the NHS and beyond. She was a keynote speaker at this year's 3PUK conference, and was instrumental in helping bring over 400 healthcare professionals to the event. She's got a refreshing, straightforward approach to sharing this understanding, and has a fascinating story. Just before we get to that, I wanted to let you know that we've opened the doors to our ClarityPro Community and we're accepting new members until midnight pacific time today, Monday, July 13th. You may have heard me say that my mission is to awaken people to the truth of the inside-out understanding, and help them to awaken others to this. The ClarityPRO membership programme is designed to give you everything you need to share the inside-out understanding with anybody, on any topic, in any situation. If you're passionate about sharing the principles, our community is here to support you as you find your voice, make a real difference and help get the principles out there. You can learn more and register now at www.JamieSmart.com/claritypro - that's www.JamieSmart.com/claritypro Now here's the episode: https://www.facebook.com/groups/claritylifecommunity/permalink/2354696578169485/

In this episode, I'm speaking with Pete & Mira Griffiths. Pete & Mira are passionate about sharing the principles behind clarity with creatives, leaders and entrepreneurs. They're both highly skilled clarity coaches and podcasters, and they're a great example of people who are navigating by wisdom, and using a highly experimental approach to building their business and doing work they're passionate about.

Just before we get to that, I wanted to let you know that we've opened the doors to our ClarityPro Community and we're accepting new members until midnight pacific time this Monday, July 13th. You may have heard me say that my mission is to awaken people to the truth of the inside-out understanding, and help them to awaken others to this. The ClarityPRO membership programme is designed to give you everything you need to share the inside-out understanding with anybody, on any topic, in any situation. If you're passionate about sharing the principles, our community is here to support you as you find your voice, make a real difference and help get the principles out there.

You can learn more and register now at www.JamieSmart.com/claritypro - that's www.JamieSmart.com/claritypro

Learn more about the guests of this podcast at this website: https://www.themindtakeaway.com/

Now here's the episode:

https://www.facebook.com/JamieMSmart/videos/10158754631524459/?filter=304605650664619

In this episode, I speak with author, podcaster and coach, Anke Hermann. Anke is author of the book, "Taming the Technology Monster", but her work with clients is as much to do with their thinking and their ideas about themselves as it is with their technology projects. In this brief conversation, she reveals how her passion for the work she does today was steadily tapping her on the shoulder while she looked somewhere else for work she loved doing. This conversation speaks to the wisdom that's guiding every single one of us, once we know how to tune into it.

You can find out more about Anke Herrmann here: https://www.ankeherrmann.com/

Find out more about the guest's podcast here: https://www.ankeherrmann.com/passionbusinesspodcast/

Find out more about the book here: https://taming-the-tech-monster.mn.co/

By the way, I'm about to kick off a free masterclass series on sharing the principles in these turbulent times. If you want to join in, just go to www.ClarityAcademy.co/free3p to register.

Now here's the episode.

In this episode, I'm speaking to Dr Giles P Croft. Giles helps people to reconnect to their mental, psychological, spiritual and physical health, in a way that's focused on experiencing their natural, inbuilt, healthy state. You can find out more about Giles at https://gilespcroft.com/ Just before we get to that, I wanted to mention that the doors are now open for the January 2021 intake of our flagship Clarity Certification Training programme. And you can save up to £3000 when you book your place by June 26th 2020. Just go to www.JamieSmart.com/coach So here's the episode...

In this episode of the Get Clarity podcast, you're going to be hearing one of our most popular episodes, a conversation I had with a good friend and colleague, Clarity Coach Christine Mitchell. Christine works with people who arrive with a variety of challenges and objectives, particularly around anxiety, stress and OCD. And one of the interesting things about Christine is she's working more and more with nurses and first-responders. And here's one of the reasons I'm really excited to be sharing this conversation with you. As you may already know, at our company, we're passionate about what we call subtractive psychology: the only thing you can learn that takes things off your mind automatically and uncovers your true potential. It works on the basis that human psychology functions perfectly; that every person is born with innate resilience, clarity, natural motivation, the capacity to enjoy life, and navigate its ups and downs with ease. So what does that actually mean, in rough going? What it means is that there's something very simple a person can discover for themselves that makes the difference between stress and freedom, between a lifetime of mental health challenges, and complete recovery. And in this interview, you're going to hear about an extraordinary example of how that happened for Christine and her family. As you may know, we believe the most valuable things a person can discover is how your mind works and who you really are, because this realisation sets you free. And once you know the truth about this, your very *presence* can set others free. Christine saw the truth of this so clearly that those around her saw it too. Two of her closest family members recovered spontaneously from lifelong depression and OCD after a single conversation. Just before we get to that, I wanted to mention that the doors are now open for the January 2021 intake of our flagship Clarity Certification Training programme. And you can save up to £3000 when you book your place by June 26th 2020. Just go to www.JamieSmart.com/coach that's www.JamieSmart.com/coach So now to the episode. You're about to hear Christine share in her own words what she realised, how she shared it with her loved ones, and the dramatic difference it made to them. She also talks about the differences it's making with her other clients. Christine didn't have years of training or the so-called "right way" of talking about it, she had two things: certainty and the willingness to share what she'd seen so far, that: – Clarity, resilience & wellbeing are pre-existing capacities rather than things to be achieved – People aren't broken and they don't need fixing And this episode was first aired back in 2017, but I'm re-publishing it because I want it to be heard by so many people who missed it the first time around. So sit back, relax and prepare to discover just what a difference it's possible to make when you're sharing what you've seen for yourself. Here's the episode… If you'd like to contact Christine to find out more about her coaching services, you can reach her on her Facebook page here To view the original video that this podcast was taken from on Youtube click here