Personal Development Essentials [Archive]

People who struggle with imposter syndrome believe that they are undeserving of their achievements - they feel like a fraud - and that soon enough, people will discover the truth about them.

Agi and Paul feel like impostors discussing this, but apparently it's very common to feel like this!

"When I won the Oscar, I thought it was a fluke. I thought everybody would find out, and they'd take it back. They'd come to my house, knocking on the door, "Excuse me, we meant to give that to someone else".

- Jodie Foster

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After a (short) pause of 4 months during the lockdown, Paul & Agi are back!

We talk about perfectionism: is it an advantage or a disease?

"If you wait until everything in your life is perfect before you begin something challenging and new, you'll be waiting forever. The best time is Now." -Bill Phillips

"Have no fear of perfection; you'll never reach it." -Salvador Dali

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We are back for a special "coronavirus" episode to discuss the unprecedented situation we are in.

Here are some topics we discuss on this "lockdown list" episode:

• Shifting our focus from fear and negativity to faith and positivity.
• At the end of the lockdown, will you be fit or fat? Choose!
• Our immune system - the only thing that can protect us against coronavirus, and how to enhance it.
• "Social distancing" or deeper human connections?
• Now is the time for doubling down on healthy habits and routines.
• Could this be humanity's "reset button"?
• What does this mean for the environment?
• The time that has been freed for most of us and how to utilise it.
• Income streams cut off? How to handle it.

"Every adversity, every failure, every heartache carries with it the seed of an equal or greater benefit." - Napoleon Hill

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Listen to Agi's new podcast "Personal Development Mastery":

https://tinyurl.com/75podcast

We are discussing self-education and the Knowledge Broker Blueprint (KBB).

Self-education (being an "autodidact") is fundamental to personal development. If we want to keep becoming a better version of ourselves, we must never stop learning. And in the information age we are, it's easier than ever.

The "Knowledge Broker Blueprint" is an online course by Tony Robbins and Dean Graziosi. It's designed to transform knowledge and self-education into positively impacting lives, while fixing the broken education system. Tony and Dean's vision is to make self-education the new norm.

Listen to a fascinating discussion, and find out about the livecast that will take place on 27th Feb 2020!

To register for Tony & Dean's free online training, click: bit.ly/74podcast

We are talking about action as an antidote - antidote to anxiety, depression, procrastination, fear. Action is the currency of the universe - get active in your own rescue!

"Don't let your learning lead to knowledge. Let your learning lead to action." -Jim Rohn

"All courses of action are risky, so prudence is not in avoiding danger (it's impossible), but calculating risk and acting decisively. Make mistakes of ambition and not mistakes of sloth. Develop the strength to do bold things, not the strength to suffer." -Niccolo Machiavelli

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We are reviewing the books we read in 2019 that made the most impact in our life - the best personal development books that we read last year. If you want to move forward faster and smash your goals in 2020, make sure that you listen to this episode and check out the books that interest you!

Here's the list:

1. Sleep (Nick Littlehales) 2. Stealing fire (Steven Kotler and Jamie Wheal) 3. Younger next year (Henry Lodge & Chris Crowley) 4&5. Tools of titans & Tribe of mentors (Tim Ferriss) 6. The magic (Rhonda Byrne) 7. How to fail at almost everything and still win big (Scott Adams) 8. Zero limits (Joe Vitale) 9. Toughness training for sports (James Loehr) 10. The five love languages (Gary Chapman) 11&12. The daily Stoic & Stillness is the key (Ryan Holiday) 13. The power of intention (Wayne Dyer) 14. Millionaire success habits (Dean Graziosi) 15. Belief bound mind (Aaron Timms) 16. The laws of human nature (Robert Greene) 17. Atomic habits (James Clear) 18. The power of less (Leo Babauta) 19. Willpower doesn't work (Benjamin Hardy) 20. Triggers (Marshall Goldsmith) 21. Principles (Ray Dalio) 22. Total rethink (David McCourt)

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"A person who won't read has no advantage over one who can't read." -Mark Twain

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In episode 71, Paul is interviewing James Nicholson. James is a Facebook ads specialist, the founder of the business accelerator method, and the author of the book "Expert Mastery".

www.james-nicholson.co.uk james-nicholson.co.uk/book

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End of year review and how to set your next year up for success! Wishing you a bountiful holiday season! :)

As you might have heard on the previous episode, for a short while we will be releasing the podcast every 2 weeks, rather than every week.

"The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low, and achieving our mark."

-Michelangelo

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Today we are revisiting the topic of daily routines, which we first discussed about in episode 6. As we evolve, our routines evolve with us, and we wanted to reflect on it and share our newest findings!

And also an announcement: From now on, and for a (brief) period of time, we will be releasing the episodes of our podcast every 2 weeks, rather than every week. Listen to the episode to find out more about this.

"Success is nothing more than a few simple disciplines, practiced every day." - Jim Rohn

"Routine, in an intelligent man, is a sign of ambition." - W.H. Auden

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Today we are talking about the growth mindset movement.

The growth mindset movement is all about taking ownership, taking responsibility for yourself for that which is within your control, taking it upon yourself to, to improve yourself first. So, do you want to change the world? You change yourself first. You change your own thoughts, your own habits, your own mind, everything in your orbit first.

We can do something in our powers and within our range of improving the collective, it doesn't have to be on a massive scale. So I'm not setting out to change the world, but I am setting out to improve myself, to change myself.

"Nothing is as powerful as an idea whose time has come." ― Victor Hugo

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