Mastering Midlife Podcast

Jos Willard is the creator of the Profit for Coaches program, a system to guide great coaches through the business of running a profitable coaching practice. He is the host of the Profit for Coaches podcast, a show filled with resources, advice, expertise, and support for coaches who deserve to be rewarded for making a meaningful difference in their client’s lives. Jos is also a Book Yourself Solid Master, training entrepreneurs and small business owners with the Profit First method to ensure they increase their profits and efficiently grow their companies. He has over two decades of international coaching experience, which he now pays forward from Calgary, Alberta Canada, where he currently lives with his wife Emma and two sons.

 

In today’s episode, Jos joins me to share his experiences of working in the coaching industry, where he guides coaches to effect change and get paid fairly for it in the face of the ‘Bro & Guru’ culture. We discuss our need to ‘blow it up’ as we enter midlife and how to avoid this by having new conversations and adapting our current careers or relationships. We discuss how shifting your passions can impact your relationships and career. We also discuss the positives that eustress - that’s good stress’ to you and me - can bring when it comes to asking the simple questions of yourself to bring out those difficult answers to life.

 

“We have the ability to change the rules. We can rewrite them” - Jos Willard      

 

Today on Mastering Midlife:

 

• Why you need to take stock of your past decisions to understand why you are where you are today
• How you can assess your current life and make modifications rather than ripping it up and starting from scratch
• Why changing what you are passionate about can save careers and relationships
• What you should ask yourself when trying to understand your chosen path and goals
• How asking yourself simple questions can help you focus and realize your ambitions
• Why you shouldn't be afraid of ‘eustress’

 

Connect with Jos Willard:

• Profit For Coaches Website
• Profit For Coaches Podcast
• Jos Willard on LinkedIn
• Jos Willard on Twitter
• Jos Willard on Instagram

 

 

Are you a busy, overwhelmed business leader?

 

Through my work as an author and executive coach, I’ve discovered the 10 lies we all tell ourselves that keep us away from true productivity and creativity. 

 

If constant firefighting is part of your daily grind, I have a free gift for you.  My “10 Uncomfortable Truths” about overwhelm, from “Only 10s, Confront Your To-Do List – Transform Your Life.”

 

Go to www.markjsilverman.com, click on the red banner and receive your 10 videos (one minute, one per day) as well as the first chapter of the book. 

 

While you are there, check out some of the other ways I may be able to help you on the journey.

 

 

Mastering Midlife...Together!

 

Thanks for tuning into today’s episode of the Mastering Midlife Podcast: How to Thrive When the World Asks the Most of You with Mark Silverman. If you enjoyed this episode, subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts and leave us a review.

 

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Steve Renard is the founder of Crowned Fox Adventures, where he is dedicated to helping leaders and executives connect with their audiences, on camera and on stage, by mastering their presence and telling powerful stories. He spent 20 years as a corporate video producer, and developed a unique process for working with people who frequently didn’t want to be in front of a camera, but knew they had a responsibility to be there. He uses an inside-out approach, focusing on the particular challenges and internal roadblocks to connection his clients face, and helps them overcome those to find the parts of themselves that work best in these high-pressure situations. He also had to learn how to develop his own camera presence, and refined many of the same techniques he uses with clients while doing his own work to connect with his audiences.

I have this conversation almost every day with my clients. 

“You must be visible.  You need to be the face of your company.”

Whether we like it or not, this is an attention economy.  And it’s only moving faster in that direction.  If we are to succeed, we cannot leave it to the “kids.”  We need to tell our story.  We need to connect with our customers and clients. 

Video Confidence Coach Steve Renard, helps us through the nerves and self-consciousness and to “get our butterflies flying in formation.”

“As a leader, a business person or a parent, communication is absolutely vital to what we are doing.” – Steve Renard      

 

Today on Mastering Midlife:

• Why you need to take stock of your past decisions to understand why you are where you are today
• Being good on camera is an inside out thing
• How to use the energy (nerves) that comes up for good
• How to communicate whether at an all hands meeting or the dinner table
• EPIC
  • Energy Needed
  • Parts of myself
  • Interest/information
  • Context
• It’s not a performance, it’s about what you have that is valuable

 

Connect with Steve Renard:

• Website
• LinkedIn
• [email protected]

 

Are you a busy, overwhelmed business leader?

 

Through my work as an author and executive coach, I’ve discovered the 10 lies we all tell ourselves that keep us away from true productivity and creativity. 

 

If constant firefighting is part of your daily grind, I have a free gift for you.  My “10 Uncomfortable Truths” about overwhelm, from “Only 10s, Confront Your To-Do List – Transform Your Life.”

 

Go to www.markjsilverman.com, click on the red banner and receive your 10 videos (one minute, one per day) as well as the first chapter of the book. 

 

While you are there, check out some of the other ways I may be able to help you on the journey.

 

 

Mastering Midlife...Together!

 

Thanks for tuning into today’s episode of the Mastering Midlife Podcast: How to Thrive When the World Asks the Most of You with Mark Silverman. If you enjoyed this episode, subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts and leave us a review.

 

Be sure to visit our website and connect with us on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and YouTube and don’t forget to share your favorite episodes on social media.

Darrell Gurney, aka The Career Guy, is an Inspirational Career Strategist & Coach who has helped thousands of people achieve business success and make game-changing career moves. He is the author of several books, including Finding the S Spot: Career Pleasure Secrets for Merging Skills, Pay and Play. Darrell has featured on numerous national media outlets and publications, including CBS Moneywatch, Fortune.com. Forbes.com and Businessweek Online and has been a regular guest on local and national radio & television programs. His recent pilot TV show Dream, Job, Life won the New Hope Film Festival’s Best Webisode Audience Choice Award. He is also the Founder of The Back Forty; a program supported inspirational guide and companion for ‘designing a fulfilling second half of life.’

In today’s episode, Darrell joins me to discuss why ‘midlife’ has become the subject of his excellent coaching work and shares the moment he began considering taking it ‘Back to 40’. He explains how our self-perceptions and prejudiced ideas about who we are and what midlife should be are the very things stopping us from becoming who we want to be. He breaks down his theory called The 7 Embraces, each of which he encourages us to address within ourselves to begin the second half of our life authentically and with purpose. Darrell also discusses the common blocks that stunt many people’s growth in midlife, such as fear of failure, firmly held beliefs about where they should be in life, how one should act at a certain age, and gives a new perspective on ‘becoming’ in our 40’s 50’s and after.

“The Back 40 is not about reinventing. It's not about ‘re’ anything because if you live that your first half was just setting you up for the second half - it's inventing. It's becoming. It’s not ‘RE’.” - Darrell Gurney

Today on Mastering Midlife:

• Why midlife means something different today than when we were growing up
• How you can let go of who you were to find happiness in what you can become
• Why you're acquired ‘wisdom’ could be the prison stopping you from moving forward from 40
• How COVID 19 has accelerated midlife for many people
• The 7 Embraces you should allow yourself to change for the better
• Why we are more afraid of failing in our 40’s than in our 20’s
• How to access the upcoming Back Forty Masterclass

Connect with Darrell Gurney:

• The Career Guy’s Website
• The Career Guy on Facebook
• The Career Guy on Twitter
• The Career Guy on YouTube
• Darrell Gurney on LinkedIn
• The Back 40 Freedom Masterclass

Are you a busy, overwhelmed business leader?

Through my work as an author and executive coach, I’ve discovered the 10 lies we all tell ourselves that keep us away from true productivity and creativity. 

If constant firefighting is part of your daily grind, I have a free gift for you.  My “10 Uncomfortable Truths” about overwhelm, from “Only 10s, Confront Your To-Do List – Transform Your Life.”

Go to www.markjsilverman.com, click on the red banner and receive your 10 videos (one minute, one per day) as well as the first chapter of the book. 

While you are there, check out some of the other ways I may be able to help you on the journey.

Mastering Midlife...Together!

Thanks for tuning into today’s episode of the Mastering Midlife Podcast: How to Thrive When the World Asks the Most of You with Mark Silverman. If you enjoyed this episode, subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts and leave us a review.

Be sure to visit our website and connect with us on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and YouTube and don’t forget to share your favorite episodes on social media.

I have worked for quite a few excellent and inspiring leaders in my career.  I have been fortunate enough to be mentored directly, or indirectly at every step of my journey.  And, one man stands out, decades later, who’s influence on me has only deepened with time and age.  Tom Mendoza, former President of NetApp and current Board member of UniPath, Varonis and VAST Data.

Every leader after had big shoes to fill.  Without Tom’s guidance, wisdom, passion and direct influence on me… I would not be doing what I am doing. 

This episode is a bit too personal for a “leadership” conversation, but F-ck it.  It’s my story, and I am super proud of it.  I’m sure I am not alone when it comes to Mr. Mendoza’s vast impact.

 

"The good news is, Tom Mendoza knows who you are.  The bad news is, Tom Mendoza knows who you are.”  – Greg Collins/Mike O’Donnell

 

Today on Mastering Midlife:

1. Never speak bad about anyone
2. Look for the people in a room that look uncomfortable and be welcoming.  Bring them in.
3. Be passionate about what I do… if I am not, find it, if I cannot find it, find something different I can be passionate about.
4. Customers are lifelong relationships.  My job is their success first and foremost.  
5. Competitive means doing MY absolute best, improving and learning as I go.  Gracious when I lose, Gracious when I win.
6. I am the culture of an organization.  It starts with me.
7. Lead by example.
8. Catch someone doing something right…. And tell them and everyone.
9. The CEO, the People in Shipping, Admin or Cleaning the Bathrooms all contribute to our success.  Treat everyone with the same respect.
10. Find the fun in a very tough job.

 

Are you a busy, overwhelmed business leader?

Through my work as an author and executive coach, I’ve discovered the 10 lies we all tell ourselves that keep us away from true productivity and creativity. 

If constant firefighting is part of your daily grind, I have a free gift for you.  My “10 Uncomfortable Truths” about overwhelm, from “Only 10s, Confront Your To-Do List – Transform Your Life.”

Go to www.markjsilverman.com, click on the red banner and receive your 10 videos (one minute, one per day) as well as the first chapter of the book. 

While you are there, check out some of the other ways I may be able to help you on the journey.

Mastering Midlife...Together!

Thanks for tuning into today’s episode of the Mastering Midlife Podcast: How to Thrive When the World Asks the Most of You with Mark Silverman. If you enjoyed this episode, subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts and leave us a review.

Be sure to visit our website and connect with us on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and YouTube and don’t forget to share your favorite episodes on social media.

Todd Palmer is the Founder and CEO of Extraordinary Advisors, a collaborative business advisory firm that promises to ‘Get. S#!t. Done.’ He is a coach to entrepreneurial CEOs, a strategic advisor to business leaders, and a keynote speaker, a confessed ‘Chief Rulebreaker.’ Todd is also the Founder and President of Diversified Industrial Staffing, a company named by INC Magazine as one of the fastest-growing companies in America and one of CORP! Magazines “Michigan 50 One to Watch”.  Todd is a member of the Executive Advisory Board for Eastern Michigan University's College of Business, the institution from which he previously gained his Bachelor’s degree in Organizational Communications & Marketing. He is the author of The Job Search Process, a tool to help power individuals to complete their job search within seven days, and will soon release From “Suck” to Success: A Guide for Extraordinary Entrepreneurship.

In today's episode, Todd discusses his new book’s origins, From “Suck” to Success, which began as a kind of autobiographical love letter to his son before going through eight versions to nail his authentic writing voice. He reveals how perfectionism was a block to completing the book and how listening to the wise words of Paul McCartney gave him a useful insight into surrendering a creative project to the public. We discuss the power of vulnerability when seeking guidance in the professional space and how ‘vulnerable’ means deeper connections, not weakness. We also discuss a four-step empowerment process you can use to deal with a current reality you want to change.

“In order to stand out in a crowded space as a coach, as a podcaster, or as an author, I have to show up and be myself. - Todd Palmer

Today on Mastering Midlife:

• Why creative projects are never ‘really’ finished for the creator and how this can hold you back
• What it means to ‘suck’ and how Todd’s honest approach to underperforming will give you the tools you need to change your external world
• How Todd swapped ‘artificial harmony’ for meaningful connections and deep working relationships
• How vulnerability will allow you to engage with the help you need to succeed
• The Four-Step Process for empowerment to deal with a current reality you want to change

Connect with Todd Palmer:

• Extraordinary Advisors Website
• Extraordinary Advisors on Facebook
• Extraordinary Advisors on YouTube
• Todd Palmer on LinkedIn
• Todd Palmer on Instagram
• Todd Palmer on Facebook
• Todd Palmer on Twitter
• Book: From “Suck” to Success; A Guide to Extraordinary Entrepreneurship

Are you a busy, overwhelmed business leader?

Through my work as an author and executive coach, I’ve discovered the 10 lies we all tell ourselves that keep us away from true productivity and creativity. 

If constant firefighting is part of your daily grind, I have a free gift for you.  My “10 Uncomfortable Truths” about overwhelm, from “Only 10s, Confront Your To-Do List – Transform Your Life.”

Go to www.markjsilverman.com, click on the red banner and receive your 10 videos (one minute, one per day) as well as the first chapter of the book. 

While you are there, check out some of the other ways I may be able to help you on the journey.

Mastering Midlife...Together!

Thanks for tuning into today’s episode of the Mastering Midlife Podcast: How to Thrive When the World Asks the Most of You with Mark Silverman. If you enjoyed this episode, subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts and leave us a review.

Be sure to visit our website and connect with us on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and YouTube and don’t forget to share your favorite episodes on social media.

Even a hundred dollar bill that’s been stepped on and crumpled and maybe even used as drug money is still worth….$100.  What it’s been through doesn’t determine its value. 

We tend to carry all our past with us, and measure ourselves with the weight of it tipping the scales negative. 

I have a different take.

"What if I treated myself the way I treat all those I love in my life.”  – Mark J. Silverman

Today on Mastering Midlife:

• The first time I thought to “put myself on the list,” with all those I love
• Uncomfortable truth: we are as precious and lovable as our kids and dogs.
• Do you value yourself by how hard you work, the money you make, how thin you are?
• Are you striving for the expensive car, the job title, to go viral?
• Or are you creating impact, relationship and connection?
• It’s not wrong to pursue extrinsic goals, the challenge is when we make them mean more than they do.

Are you a busy, overwhelmed business leader?

Through my work as an author and executive coach, I’ve discovered the 10 lies we all tell ourselves that keep us away from true productivity and creativity. 

If constant firefighting is part of your daily grind, I have a free gift for you.  My “10 Uncomfortable Truths” about overwhelm, from “Only 10s, Confront Your To-Do List – Transform Your Life.”

Go to www.markjsilverman.com, click on the red banner and receive your 10 videos (one minute, one per day) as well as the first chapter of the book. 

While you are there, check out some of the other ways I may be able to help you on the journey.

Mastering Midlife...Together!

Thanks for tuning into today’s episode of the Mastering Midlife Podcast: How to Thrive When the World Asks the Most of You with Mark Silverman. If you enjoyed this episode, subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts and leave us a review.

Be sure to visit our website and connect with us on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and YouTube and don’t forget to share your favorite episodes on social media.

In today’s episode, Steve shares his secret to escaping the rat-race WAY before regular retirement age and the pivotal moment he realized all the wealth he had accumulated until then still didn't make him feel fulfilled. He explains the concept of F.I.R.E (financial independence, retire early), which encourages the high earners who practice it to shun lavish lifestyles, save the majority of their earnings and quit to pursue a life free of the work grind.

The perfect Saturday morning.  All is right with my world.  It’s easy to feel love, joy and blessed.  But what do you do when it isn’t so easy to find?

In today’s episode, Trey discusses the problems entrepreneurs face with “the grind” when the hustle to success can lead to a breakdown in health, a breakdown in relationships, and general burn out that is not worth the money in the bank. He shares his ‘light bulb moment’ with Wealth Dynamics when he discovered why his Creator personality type clashed with how he had been running his business and life.

I don’t always walk my talk.  Especially when there are insurrections, impeachments and inaugurations going on.  For the past several years (and weeks) it’s been intense.  The world is shouting for our attention.  A.D.D. is running rampant. So how do I get back on the wagon of paying attention to my 10s