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Join us as on the MYOB Podcast as we discuss the importance of an investor mindset, what it means to be a rainmaker, and how to create your real life dream roles with CEO and author, Shelene Atanacio. We discuss motherhood, priming, taking personal leadership, and intentionality. We lead you through numerous exercises; the Life Wheel, key questions to ask yourself, a formula for creating your day, and the 3-step process for creating your dream roles. We discuss how starting your day from a place of gratitude can reset your energy and why valuing your peace of mind can help you to deal with things that are out of our control. Shelene looks at her life as a masterpiece of her own creation and so can you. Enjoy this episode! There are lots of golden nuggets sprinkled throughout.

Highlights: 

• Valuing our peace of mind and dealing with things that are out of our control

Show notes: 

00:00 - Intro 

5:05 - During this pandemic people have been investing in themselves because you can’t control what is going on outside of yourself, we can’t control the virus or all the things that are happening but we can control how we are being about it, how it affects us, how the emotions are that go through us. I think a lot of people including myself have been investing in ourselves.

5:42 - Pattern interruption as a phenomenon. Realizing the value of our peace of mind. Being able to process these things that are out of our control because ultimately life is out of our control (we like to think it’s in our control, but it is not). 

7:00 - What does it mean to have an investor mindset?

8:50 - Every character in TV and film (and in your life) should have a motivation. This is what’s going to get you up everyday and wanting to keep working on yourself. 

12:36 - Things we’ve learned as Mothers. 

12:50 - The importance of taking care of yourself.

13:00 - Working with the life wheel. Success is not money, success is not one thing. At the core is yourself and feeling connected to yourself. Within that wheel there is your spiritual life, social life, family life, career and whatever else is in your wheel. If you number that 1-10, if you find it is unbalanced you can probably feel that energetically.

24:20 - Motherhood. The business that comes from being a mother.

29:20 -  Life is a constant calibration. The importance of being intentional. How do you wake up in the morning? Do you wake up dreading the day, do you wake up excited about the day? Are you involving yourself with people that excite you or people that drain your energy? As a Mother you are having to be much more intentional. 

31:00 - Who is taking care of the caretakers? 

31:46 - Creating a schedule that works for you - having accountability around it. Honoring your commitments. A formula for creating your day.

34:10 - Overworking yourself and why it’s important to take the time off.

36:34 - When COVID hit I realized there were alot of things to do on my to-do list that weren’t important

37:12 - What is essential? Through COVID we’ve been reminded to ask ourselves “What is essential?” What brings me joy? What is it that lights me up? What is it that drives and motivates me to create things in the world? Connecting with your why? What is behind what it is that you are doing? The fulfillment and success will follow because you are in action creating from that place.

37:32 - What is the most important component of success for you? You need a growth mindset, a success mindset, NOT a “no” mindset, be open to growing and learning. When you want to thrive, grow and hit certain goals, you have to learn from other people. 

38:32 - Creativity is a component of success. Due to the pandemic we are having to tap into our creativity to find new ways of doing things, connecting. Explore life in a way that’s fun. 

39:35 - The power of being present.

39:45 -  I don’t think anyone on their deathbed said I wish I had worked more.

42:56 - Why it’s important to check in.

48:13 - What is the cost of blame and fault avoiding? Hint: Happiness!

48:38 - We have this idea we are going to get somewhere.

49:12 - The importance of priming yourself. 

52:13 - Schedule the time to start the day from a place of gratitude. 10 minutes of meditation. 10 minutes of gratitude. 10 minutes of affirmations. Affirmations help to lead into acting exercise. How it resets your energy. 

57:28  - Exercise. Get a piece of paper, take a minute for yourself and write down these questions. Take the time to answer them and think about it. Bring that into the things you are doing throughout the day. 

59:40 -

Step 1) Write down your affirmations: Things you see yourself being. 

• Ie. anything in terms of body, mind, and soul that you are creating for this character. The affirmations help you to build and create a life for you to be the star. Start with 10 things you are grateful for and 10 affirmations. 

Step 2) Write down a Character breakdown using active, energetic descriptions. 

• Example: Jamie - life of a party, always gets things done, she is the charismatic one...etc

Step 3) Write down the kind of characters that you want surrounding you. Who do you see yourself creating this masterpiece with?

• In business this is a powerful exercise: you can ask yourself “What kind of CEO do I want to be?” “Who are the clients I am serving?” “How will I dress?” “What Conversations am I having?” “What networking events are you going to?” “What are you researching?”

Ask yourself: What are my real life dream roles? 

1:06:39 - When Shelene was growing up and started acting.

Resources:

• Act from the Inside Out: Powerful Acting Tools to Transform Your Real Life - Shelene Atanacio

Quotes: 

“We are always a work in progress.” -Elizabeth Upton

“I realized my to-do list is never ending.” -Shelene Atanacio

“We need to slow down often.” -Elizabeth Upton

“Start the day from a place of gratitude.”  -Shelene Atanacio 

“They say gratitude is the energy of creation.” -Shelene Atanacio

“What you focus on expands.” -Elizabeth Upton

“The voice in your head is akin to a grumpy cartoon character.” -Elizabeth Upton referencing Sauna Shapiro’s work

“Explore your life as if it were a script.” -Shelene Atanacio

“I don’t think anyone on their deathbed said I wish I had worked more.” - Elizabeth Upton

Contact Info/Resources:

Guest: Shelene Atanacio (on Instagram)

www.theshelenegroup.com

@theshelenegroup, @sheleneiam

[email protected]

Find her book on Amazon: Act from the Inside Out: Powerful Acting Tools to Transform Your Real Life

Host: Elizabeth Upton (on Instagram, Facebook, & LinkedIn) 

www.elizabethupton.com

@myobpodcast, @elizabethuptoncoaching

https://linktr.ee/MYOBsocial

Email us to be a guest on the show: [email protected] 

Discuss your business strategy with Elizabeth: https://calendly.com/elizabethupton/strategy-call

PA/Admin Support: Yasmin Senouci (on Instagram)

@yasminsenouci

Original music by Adrian Vaca (on Instagram & Facebook) 

[email protected]

@adrianvaca

MYOB S1,E8: Duration: 01:13:47