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  • 240 Thinkific Content Manager Inspired by Rich Dad Poor Dad; Tyler Basu
    Tyler Basu is a prolific content creator, marketer, and online success story. He is content manager for Thinkific, a widely sought-after platform for creating and selling online courses. He is creator and host of the Podcast called Lifestyle Business Magazine and Publisher of the online Magazine of the same name. He is a contributor to numerous online publications including Entrepreneur, Influencive and Addicted2Success.
    Contact Info
    Website: TylerBasu.com
    Blog: Lifestyle Business Magazine Blog
    Podcast: Lifestyle Business Podcast
    Most Influential Person
    My father-in-law (I've never seen him upset in my whole life).
    Effect on Emotions
    My wife teases me and says I don't have emotions.
    The majority of the time I'm very, very calm. It's difficult to upset me because, in the grand scheme of things, most things that happen to me are not that big a deal.
    Thoughts on Breathing
    Breathing is something that I've practiced. I think it was Tony Robbins or one of those influences that introduced me to that.
    In the morning or at night, the same time that I'm sitting down to reflect on the day and express gratitude, I'll just take some time to focus on breathing.
    Even a few times throughout the day, if I need a break, I'll drink some water and focus on breathing. It calms me down before I jump into something else.
    Suggested Resources
    Book: The Morning Miracle by Hal Elrod
    App: N/A (Pen and paper)
    Bullying Story
    I can think of quite a few stories. I was beat up quite a few times as a kid. One time, I didn't even see it coming. Two other kids were fighting. You know how everyone gets in a circle to watch a fight in schools?
    I was standing there eating some Skittles and I must have said something cocky or lippy. This was grade 8 or 9, and all of a sudden one of the kids who was about to fight the other kid started to turn around and start hitting me.  And with the Skittle; when he hit my face, the Skittle popped out my cheek and I ended up needing stitches to close up half my mouth for a few days.
    This is just one example and one of the times I learned to think about what I was about to say before I started to say something dumb that might offend someone. It was a good experience in a way.
    Me and that kid became friends after that; we worked it out.
    I'm not saying that bullying is a good thing, but if there's something in your life that's hard on you, find a way to appreciate what's happening, because hopefully, you're getting strong because of it.
    Your ability to tolerate hardships increases. Business is tough, so if you don't have the thick skin or if you are not willing to make the calls and present your ideas and get shot down; if you're not willing to get out there and still keep going when other people are giving you a hard time or don't believe in you, then you're going to have a really hard time of it.
    Whatever you can do to develop some thick skin and some mental toughness is generally a good thing.
    29 min
  • 239 Flourish With A Focus On Smaller Steps Suggests Nancie Vito
    Nancie Vito is a transformational life coach, public health professional and certified health educator specializing in helping people go from functioning to flourishing. She works with creatives, aspiring entrepreneurs and other professionals who want to get unstuck, prevent burnout and take steps towards what they really want in life. She holds a master’s degree in public health with an emphasis on prevention and mental health and is in the process of obtaining a graduate degree in organizational psychology. Since starting her business Flourish in 2009, she has been mentioned or featured in online publications such as Huffington Post, MindBodyGreen and Marie Claire UK.
    Contact Info
    Website: www.NancieVito.com
    FB: Facebook.com/FlourishWellness
    Most Influential Person
    Corey Keyes (A Sociologist and Psychologist)
    Effect on Emotions
    Mindfulness has helped me be much less reactive and much more conscious of my behavior and how my behavior effects others. In general, much calmer.
    Thoughts on Breathing
    I love the whole concept. It just brings me back to center, it helps me become grounded. It's something I can do anywhere; on a plane, on a subway. In the middle of a workday I can take some conscious deep breaths and have a change within seconds.
    Suggested Resources
    Book: The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle
    App: Calm
    29 min
  • 238 A New Business Mindset Revealed by Gareth Young
    Gareth Young is an experienced, corporate businessman who decided to transform his life. He did this by undertaking a journey that took him into the unknown. As a result of his explorations into life's meaning, he now feels more connected in his relationships and he feels his life has far more depth than ever before. He explains, 'I've learned a new way of being with people'. Gareth is anxious to share the profound lessons he's learned with the world through his podcast which is called, A New Business Mindset.
    Contact Info
    Website: GarethJYoung.com
    Podcast: A New Business Mindset
    Most Influential Person
    Nisargadatta Maharaj - Hindu Teacher and Author
    Effect on Emotions
    I used to be scared of my emotions and now I embrace them.
    My emotions used to be overwhelming and now they're a really, really important part of who I am and I cherish them.
    Unless you move through this process and experience it, it's kind of counterintuitive because my emotions are much deeper, much richer, and I'm much more sensitive to them.
    Yet I am much deeper and much stronger and much more able to hold those healthily.
    Thoughts on Breathing
    Breathing is an enormously powerful practice. If there's a stressful moment, if you intentionally drop your breath to the belly, it slows and stabilizes everything. Paying attention to breathing just slows things down and brings peace.
    Suggested Resources
    Book: I Am That: Talks With Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
    Book: Pointers From Nisargadatta (Free Download)
    App: Insight Timer
    Bullying Story
    I have absolutely been bullied. I was bullied as a mature adult without recognizing it at the time.
    As a child I was bullied, but nowhere near as much as some kids, but some. I would tell you, mindfulness, would not just help me get through it, mindfulness would have allowed me to see more clearly what was happening.
    In those situations as an adult, I would have been much more aware of the dynamic in a couple of relationships and I wouldn't have stayed in those relationships. I would have just moved on much more quickly.
    As a child, it's not just that I would have been able to deal with them better, and survive them better, I would have responded to the behaviour in different ways that would have been much more healthy for all concerned.
    35 min
  • 237 Be Present Explains 'Cindy Uncorked' Host Cindy Ashton
    Cindy Ashton is a performer, singer, musical theatre actress and a blast of energy. She inspires people wherever she goes and is known for her ability to entertain anywhere, anytime on the spot. Her natural ability combined with her Second City comedy improvisation experience has a lot to do with this part of her sparkling personality. She studied performing arts, Opera and Kinesiology so she’s all about movement. One of her most recent projects is a TV show called Cindy Uncorked, described as a daring, hilarious and intelligent talk show that tackles important women's issues from a fresh perspective.
    Contact Info
    Website: www.YourPersuasiveVoice.com (For Speaker Training)
    Website: www.CindyUncorked.com (For TV Show)
    Most Influential Person
    Madonna
    Effect on Emotions
    I don't get triggered very often anymore. I find that I don't react. I just listen and am present with people and so I don't take things personally.
    Thoughts on Breathing
    Constant. I constantly check in with my breathing throughout the day. Am I breathing down into my pelvic floor? Am I dropping into my body? It's about being mindful of it [breathing], 24-7 so I'm present.
    Suggested Resources
    Book: Wild Feminine: Finding Power, Spirit and Joy in the Female Body by Tami Lynn Kent
    App: Yoga Glo (Over 4000 Yoga classes of all types)
    Bullying Story
    I've been bullied most of my life until the last few years. As a child, after three heart surgeries, leaving scars on me ... I was born with a twenty percent chance of living.
    The whole left side of my body was structurally damaged at birth. I had to have casts on my legs to learn how to walk. I had a lisp and had to have speech therapy to learn how to speak.
    I was a very deformed looking kid. So I was always the girl who was ugly and unworthy and beat up on the play ground for being ugly and having scars.
    By the time I got to high school it didn't stop. I was the girl who could never get a boyfriend. I was too ugly for any man to ever want to date me or be with me.
    45 min
  • 237 Be Present Explains ‘Cindy Uncorked’ Host Cindy Ashton

    Cindy Ashton is a performer, singer, musical theatre actress and a blast of energy. She inspires people wherever she goes and is known for her ability to entertain anywhere, anytime on the spot. Her natural ability combined with her Second City comedy improvisation experience has a lot to do with this part of her sparkling personality. She studied performing arts, Opera and Kinesiology so she’s all about movement. One of her most recent projects is a TV show called Cindy Uncorked, described as a daring, hilarious and intelligent talk show that tackles important women's issues from a fresh perspective.


    Contact Info
    • Website: www.YourPersuasiveVoice.com (For Speaker Training)

  • Website: www.CindyUncorked.com (For TV Show)

    • Most Influential Person
    • Madonna

    Effect on Emotions
    • I don't get triggered very often anymore. I find that I don't react. I just listen and am present with people and so I don't take things personally.

    Thoughts on Breathing
    • Constant. I constantly check in with my breathing throughout the day. Am I breathing down into my pelvic floor? Am I dropping into my body? It's about being mindful of it [breathing], 24-7 so I'm present.

    Suggested Resources
    • Book: Wild Feminine: Finding Power, Spirit and Joy in the Female Body by Tami Lynn Kent

  • App: Yoga Glo (Over 4000 Yoga classes of all types)

    • Bullying Story
    • I've been bullied most of my life until the last few years. As a child, after three heart surgeries, leaving scars on me ... I was born with a twenty percent chance of living.

  • The whole left side of my body was structurally damaged at birth. I had to have casts on my legs to learn how to walk. I had a lisp and had to have speech therapy to learn how to speak.

  • I was a very deformed looking kid. So I was always the girl who was ugly and unworthy and beat up on the play ground for being ugly and having scars.

  • By the time I got to high school it didn't stop. I was the girl who could never get a boyfriend. I was too ugly for any man to ever want to date me or be with me.

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    45 min
  • 236 Archangel Event Creator Inspired by X-Men; Giovanni Marsico
    Giovanni Marsico is a connector of superheroes. He is is the founder of the wildly successful Archangel Academy which is an organization bringing together mission-driven entrepreneurs who are making the world a better place. Archangel proceeds go to The Archangel Fund, which is used to provide micro-loans and donations to entrepreneurs and charities making the world a better place. On September 7th, he will again host the Archangel Summit in Toronto, which will unite two thousand passionate attendees who will grow and prosper as a result of their Archangel experience. Included in the impressive list of featured speakers are Lewis Howes, The Shark Tank’s Daymond John, MeToWe’s Marc Kielburger, and Danielle LaPorte. Giovanni is directed, centered and focused as he prepares for these large scale events which seamlessly interweave music, high calibre speakers, and video, to create a masterpiece presentation.
    Contact Info
    Company: Archangel
    Website: www.ArchangelSummit.com
    Coming in Fall 2017: ArchangelAcademy.com
    Most Influential Person
    Dr. Stephanie Estima / Phillip McKernan / Jesse Elder
    Effect on Emotions
    I feel that I'm constantly growing and being more and more awake and aware to the idea that I am the perceiver of the emotion, the feeler of the emotion, but I can also be the narrator, the actor, the audience.
    I can be different roles and I can step back and watch this happening and not think that it is me. I am the one perceiving.
    For me this is really important because I'm not attached to what is happening. The emotions become a guidepost for my intuition giving me messages about what's happening in the moment.
    Thoughts on Breathing
    It's such a simple thing that we all don't understand. I used to suffer from really bad panic attacks and anxiety.
    Scientifically I learned that when you start feeling adrenaline or cortisol, you actually hold your breath, or you breathe shorter breaths. Then your body kicks in more adrenaline and says, hey, you're not breathing. Start breathing. But then you feel more of a panic and it leads into a panic attack.
    I remember learning square breathing from a nurse. One of my panic attacks was so bad, I thought it was a heart attack. I called the ambulance. It was just a very deep panic attack. This one awesome nurse taught me square breathing and how important breath is when you're feeling anxiety. It is the easiest way to get centered, ever.
    Last week at the Archangel Show, Elizabeth DiAlto said, "It's very complicated, just breathe."
    Suggested Resources
    Book: Find Your Why: A Practical Guide for Discovering Purpose for You and Your Team by Simon Sinek
    Book: Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill
    App: N/A
    Bullying Story
    It's part of my origin story. I'm a comic book geek and that's part of the story. When I was in fifth grade, my school did IQ testing which I think a lot of schools do and I was labeled as gifted. I didn't know what that meant, so I asked my parents. They said, you're really, really smart, you have a high IQ. Cool. No judgement.
    But that year I started getting bullied in class for being smart which is something I can never understand. I remember one day, a bunch of kids ganged up on me and said, 'stop doing so well on your test, you make us all look bad.' I thought, what?
    I went home crying and now had this negative charge to the idea of being gifted. It was strange for me.
    Shortly after, I started getting into comic books and I discovered the X-Men. The very first page I opened, there was an image that said, Xavier's School For Gifted Youngsters. And there was that word again.
    But now it actually meant something different. It meant you had a super power. So now it kind of shifted everything. I fell in love with the X-Men.
    When people ask me, who's your favourite comic book character? I say, Professor X. I think I'm the only person who says that. Usually people say Iron Man or Batman, or Superman. Mine is Professor X.
    Since then, I've actually modelled the Archangel busi
    33 min
  • 235 See Into Your Mind With Timothy Carroll
    Timothy Carroll is a leadership expert who, through his study of cognitive behaviour sciences and psychology has equipped himself to coach high level achievers. Also a successful athlete, at only 16 years old he represented New Zealand at Four World Championships as a barefoot waterskier. Later, in 2008, he participated as a performance coach at the Beijing Olympics for a Swedish equestrian riding event. Through his elite coaching, Timothy has helped top companies in Europe greatly boost their bottom line including Schneider Electric Group, Kuwaiti National Petroleum Co, Yellow Pages and Mannheimer Swartling. In spite of all these successes, Timothy is down-to-earth, gentle and generous in his desire to share his incredible wisdom.
    Contact Info
    Company: Carroll Consultancy
    Website: CarrollConsultancy.com
    Blog: LinkedIn.com/in/TimothyCarroll
    Podcast: Facebook: @TimothyCarroll and @TimothyJCarroll
    Timothy Carroll's Book: The Evolutionary Leader: Five Steps to Dramatically Develop People and Performance by Timothy Carroll
    Most Influential Person
    Dr. Deepak Chopra
    Effect on Emotions
    Well I think mindfulness has helped me to be a much happier and more fulfilled person.
    I've learned to get on top of my mind and and see in my mind.
    I'm aware of my thinking process. I'm able to step back from that and not get caught up in all of those thoughts that come up inside.
    My focus is on the gap between those thoughts. I have a good friend of mine who's a world record holder in free-diving. So he's diving down 120 metres on just one breath of air. And I said to him, What are you thinking about. What's your experience when you're diving down that deep?
    And he said, well you know, I have this little devil on my shoulder that comes up when thoughts come and go. Sometimes it says, you know this could be the last breath you ever take.
    When I'm diving my mind will tell me, hey turn around you're going to die. And I don't pay attention to that anymore because it doesn't suit me to dive deep into the ocean.
    But out of curiosity what are you paying attention to? And he said I'm paying attention to the silence between those thoughts. And the deeper that I dive into that silence, the deeper I dive into the ocean.
    And that's my experience as well as an athlete. And when I'm interviewing other athletes, [I ask], what were you thinking about when you broke that world record, when you broke that personal best?
    They all say I was thinking nothing. And so this is the peak performance and if that's what is found when the mind is still, then you've got to make that the number one thing in your life. Learn how to still your mind and get out of the way of yourself.
    Thoughts on Breathing
    We build this internal turbulence.
    Very often when I talk to my clients about taking the time to just be and challenging them to just sit and be and do nothing but be present with their breath, they find that extremely difficult to sit for even five minutes.
    The first thing I do is talk to people about literally training in neurology, training your nervous system to be still. It's something that we typically only do when sleeping.
    To be able to do it regularly on a consistent basis and practice just being, and stopping minding, or doing mind is a great skill. That's what I first teach executives and athletes when we first begin.
    Your responsibility is to just focus on your breath and if you get lost in your thoughts, come back to it. That's all you are responsible to do.
    Suggested Resources
    Book: The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success By Deepak Chopra
    Book: The Evolutionary Leader: Five Steps to Dramatically Develop People and Performance by Timothy Carroll
    App: n/a
    Bullying Story
    Mindfulness and meditation is something that you practice sitting down and its typically in that way.
    If you look at mindfulness, mindfulness is really around taking that into every moment. so that you practice being super present in every moment, not just when you're sitting for twenty minutes i
    32 min
  • 234 Your Higher Conscience Is Your GPS Explains Antar The Navigator
    Antar The Navigator is a screenwriter, author and coach. He’s passionate about using his own rocky story to inspire and motivate others to make the best of their lives. In his late teens, robbing banks and drug trafficking became his life, resulting ina six-year prison sentence. While in jail he experienced an epiphany which changed Antar into a person intensely focused on helping others. In his books, Antar teaches you how to reach your true consciousness and how meditation and prayer is a solid way to help you move forward.
    Contact Info
    Company: www.StayInTheMiracleInstitute.com
    Website: www.AntarTheNavigator.com
    Free Gifts from Antar worth $5100.00
    Book: The Secret of the Infinite Intelligence by Antar
    Most Influential Person
    The Honorable Wallace D Muhammad (Antar was his personal assistant)
    Effect on Emotions
    What happens to us in this life, the body is the cocoon. You can't see what's going on inside me. I look like the same person that you saw last week but I'm not.
    Thoughts on Meditation
    The first meditation I learned to do was Transcendental Meditation and I did it for 20 minutes in the morning and 20 minutes in the afternoon.
    Then I came up with a meditation of my own. It's astral projection. It's called Bequello. It's an acronym.
    Bequello is the mantra. It stands for Beyond Earth Quantum Universal Energy Light Laser and Oṁ.  Bequello.
    You don't concentrate on your breath or your mantra, you're actually on an assignment while you're meditating. You're traveling while you're meditating.
    Suggested Resources
    Book: As A Man Thinketh by James Allen
    Book: Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill
    Book: Outwitting The Devil by Napoleon Hill
    Book: The Secret of the Infinite Intelligence by Antar
    Bullying Story
    So I was bullied. Like I said, I grew up with the wrong crowd you know. So we're what they call people of the street, people of the night, people of the vampires.
    I mean we're out doing things to other people. What people don't realize is that if you are a criminal, or you're a thug or whatever you want to call it, you're living with the murderers, you're living with the rapists, you're living with the gangsters.
    Other people are scared of these people. We're living with them, next door to them, you know. So [we're talking about] people that are just dangerous people.
    And there was this one guy; he was the ultimate bully. I'm not going to mention his name because he was so big. He's a totally different person now. I was really young and I was growing up and getting involved in the criminal life.
    I remember one day I was playing basketball at the Boys Club and he got mad at something. I don't know what he was mad at. I did something in the basketball game and I'm kind of looking the other way now.
    Whatever I did, he was looking over at the basketball. He's a pretty big guy and he threw it [the ball]. He hit me on the head with it. It knocked me off my feet.
    I wasn't going to fight him or get into a conflict with him because I was scared of him, and he knew it. A lot of people were scared of him. And he was waiting for me.
    What are you going to do? Well you know I'm not really ready to do anything. And then he started approaching me like he was going to hit me again. And I'm young and smaller than him and I'm scared to death.
    And there was another occasion that he looked like he was going to get aggressive on me. He didn't really have to do anything to me. All he had to do was look at me a certain way and act like he was going to get aggressive with me.
    And those are the only two or three occasions in my life that I could remember where I know that I was being bullied and harassed by this guy.
    And when I grew up, I decided that I was not going to be bullied any more.
    39 min
  • 233 Slow Down Recommends Yokido Inventor, Damion Lupo
    Raised in Alaska, Damion Lupo is part Alaskan, part Texan and 100% Reinvention. He's a four-time college dropout who cut his teeth in the trenches of real life, becoming a self-made multimillionaire by age 25. He's the founder of Yokido, holds a black belt in Aikido, is a practitioner of yoga and a student of Reiki. He's a lifelong student of Austrian economics and runs a precious metals company based in Austin, Texas. Damion spends his time teaching and lecturing on the art of Reinvention with his unique teaching style focused on his personal life experiences and the process for developing consciousness and awareness to the truth. His personal philosophy of self responsibility influences his Yokido practice and his financial theory around retirement planning.
    Contact Info
    Company: Total Control Financial
    Website: www.DamionLupo.com
    Social Media: Twitter & FB @DamionLupo
    Most Influential Person
    Frank Allen
    Effect on Emotions
    It, [mindfulness] let me let go of the anxiety, the stresses, the ability to ask what is true. It allows us to let go of the stuff; the beliefs. We peel back these onion layers, and whether that was sitting in an office and chatting or whether that was on the dojo and we're throwing each other around. Always  repeatedly asking that question, you keep going deeper.
    To me this is what a great coach does or a great therapist; they just hold space because we are our own inner guru.
    We are all black belts. We have all this stuff in us. What we have to do is find ways to get outside of all of the barriers and blocks.
    Somebody that's holding space will ask questions to where we start peeking around the corners and we start seeing things and we show up because it's already inside us.
    Thoughts on Breathing
    One of the things that I really hated ago was, years ago, when I was stressed out, when my financial world was really at the peak.
    At the time I was spending a lot of money, making a lot of money and there was a lot of toxicity going on.
    And one of the problems was I took a break from martial arts for a couple of years where I wasn't really training and I don't think I was really breathing; very shallow breathing. And so there was a lot of dead air. There's a lot of dead life. There was just nothing going on deep down in my lungs and really pushing through my body.
    And so one of the things that I shifted to - I started learning about Transcendental Meditation.
    I started learning how to deep breathe and to really take breath all the way in and slow it down.
    And it's funny because if you think about this, the world is going so fast. Anything we can do to slow things down, even if it's for seconds or minutes a day, can change everything because we start seeing things. Otherwise we're just running, we're in a rat race all the time.
    So that was probably the one key thing was slowing it down and being able to focus on that.
    Literally thinking about my breath, counting my breath. It seems crazy or simple or like you know OK I've heard that before. All right. Well great. How often are we doing it? And that's really the question. How often can we get in that space where we're paying attention to our breath?
    And that's what I'm doing now more than ever. Back then one of the side effects of not being there, that toxicity, was the anxiety and the stress. And it was causing me to be really nauseous.
    And typical system answer; hey we'll give you drugs, let's give you clonopin or something.
    And the breath work has allowed me to shift away from that. So I haven't touched any of that stuff for many many years. But I think if people don't focus on their breath they're going to be stuck in big pharma and a lot of the other numbing agents whether it's drugs or alcohol or these different things and the breath can absolutely solve anything.
    Suggested Resources
    Book: Mastery: The Keys to Success and Long-Term Fulfillment by George Leonard
    App: Calendar
    Bullying Story
    Boys, the amount of bullying that I've experienced. I mea
    32 min
  • 232 Choose Goodness and Meaning With Tommy Breedlove
    Tommy Breedlove is the founder of Choose Goodness, a company dedicated to helping executives and entrepreneurs focus beyond the financial bottom line. By empowering leaders, Tommy bridges the gap between humanity and profitably. He transforms organizations to
    attract and retain the best and brightest people, create a loyal customer base and promote goodwill within their communities. Choose Goodness provides both the rational and emotional perspectives to the strategic and financial decision making process.
    Contact Info
    Website: choosegoodnessnow.com
    Twitter: @choosegoodness
    Facebook: @choosegoodnessnow
    Most Influential Person
    Nancy Vedo
    Effect on Emotions
    It made me from a fear-based to a loving-based person. I start with love now 90 percent of the time as opposed to a fear based mentality.
    Thoughts on Breathing
    Oh. Breathing is my mindfulness so it starts there and goes back there no matter what. If I find myself in a planning mode or remembering mode or a future mode, I always go back to the breath and start with the breath.
    Also have gratitude for your breath because at the end of the day it's actually what keeps us alive.
    And so breathing to me is everything. And so it's everything about how I live my life and in the choices that make it. It starts with the breath.
    Suggested Resources
    Book: Search Inside Yourself by Chade-Meng Tan
    App: Oprah & Deepak’s 21-Day Meditation Experience
    34 min

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