Pivot with Jenny Blake

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  • 126: How We Ran Our 2-Day Strategy Sprint (with Template)

    This week’s episode comes fresh off the heels of a two-day strategy sprint that my team and I ran to tackle our biggest business frogs. 

    One commitment we made at the end was to “share truth while it's fresh” — with delightful specificity and crazy-smart systems — so that’s what I’m doing! This is a behind-the-scenes peek at what we're building (and how) during my “JB 3.0 Business Renaissance,” in as real-time as we can.

    📝 Check out full show notes from this episode with links to resources mentioned at http://pivotmethod.com/126

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    51 min
  • 125: Penney & Jenny Show — Discriminating Truth, Just-Rightness, and Making "Good Choices"

    Penney and I are back in action, with the 9th (!) installment of our Penney & Jenny show. If you missed last week’s episode (#124) on liminal space and embracing the in-between, check it out here.

    This is installment is all about discriminating truth, just rightness, and making good choices. How do you trust your truth and anxiety signals? How do you know when it's time to Pivot? What's the difference between authenticity, honesty, and humility versus hiding, avoidance, and apathy? 

    As poet David Whyte says, some beautiful questions need to be lived. We explore how the body is the first level of knowing in the physical world, and how we can better trust and tune into our bodies to know if something is true or not.

    📝 Check out full show notes from this episode with links to resources mentioned at http://pivotmethod.com/125

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    58 min
  • 124: Penney & Jenny Show — Embracing Liminal Space (the In-Between)

    Penney and I are back in action, with the 8th (!!) installment of our Penney & Jenny show. This week we dive into why it can be so difficult to embrace liminal space, also known as a transitional state of “in-between.”

    Penney equates the liminal space to the time when a caterpillar has created and entered the cocoon, but has not transitioned into a butterfly. It is the space in which we are given the chance to rest, reset, and recharge before moving into the next phase. It sounds lovely when put that way, so why do we often want to rush the process?

    Tune into this episode to learn all about why hindering the liminal state is like fighting a tidal wave, and why taking the time to stop is so important to your life, brain, and success.

    📝 Check out full show notes from this episode with links to resources mentioned at http://pivotmethod.com/124

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    1 hr 8 min
  • 123: Peeking Out from the Plateau — My Latest Pivots (and Why Plateaus Actually Signal Progress!)

    I’m baaaaaack! Did you miss me? I sincerely apologize for (unintentionally) ghosting out on you. I hit a (Pivot) point of total overload and overwhelm with some BIG personal updates on school and my love life (you’ll have to listen in to get the full deets!).

    All while mid-way through second semester at seminary, moving to a new home in Manhattan, and traveling every week for speaking busy season this spring. Spotting burnout potential (I know it a mile away), and after hitting a clear decision fork-in-the-road, I gave myself permission to pause on non-essentials. Unfortunately that included the podcast and #PivotList newsletter!

    But what looked like a plateau from the outside (seeing as I haven’t released a new show in six months) sparked a mega-business renaissance on the inside. On Friday, July 5 I celebrate my eighth (!!) year of solopreneurship, and I’m getting ready to take things up to a whole new level of joy, revenue, meaning, momentum, and systems-ninjary.

    📝 Check out full show notes from this episode with links to resources mentioned at http://pivotmethod.com/123

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    35 min
  • 122: Digital Minimalism with Cal Newport

    What are the hidden costs of digital clutter? How can we counter screen addiction and phantom phone vibrations? We explore these topics in this episode with Cal Newport as we discuss his new book, Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World.

    Cal Newport is a familiar voice on the Pivot Podcast and back by popular demand! On our first episode we discussed deep work—the increasingly important deliberate practice of focused work, especially in a world of cognitive junk. Now we turn to digital minimalism: applying a just enough mindset to our personal technology, freeing ourselves from the overwhelm, distraction, and “fear of missing out” side effects of the always-connected world. Or as Cal quotes Bill Maher from May 2017: “Likes is the new smoking . . . Philip Morris just wanted your lungs, The App Store wants your soul.” 

    📝 Check out full show notes from this episode with links to resources mentioned at http://pivotmethod.com/122

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    52 min
  • 121: Raise Your Game (and Ditch Compare-and-Despair) with Alan Stein Jr.

    Nobody knows the daily grind of competition and mental game better than athletes and coaches. Today I’m thrilled to share a conversation with basketball and performance coach Alan Stein Jr. on how we can apply these hard-fought principles to building better businesses.

    Alan first blew me away with his networking skills — he joined a private group we’re both part of and quickly became an integral member, after I’d been mostly wall-flowering as the hidden introvert that I am. We talk about his strategies for building relationships and ditching unhelpful compare-and-despair for mindsets that are far more helpful and empowering.

    📝 Check out full show notes from this episode with links to resources mentioned at http://pivotmethod.com/121

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    48 min
  • 120: Mantras in Motion with Erin Stutland

    What’s the difference between affirmations that feel fake and those that actually work? How can you move your body in a way that also transforms your mind? What falls under the category of spiritual bypassing versus actual transformation? Join me for a conversation with one of my favorite New York friends, Erin Stutland, as we discuss her new book: Mantras in Motion: Manifesting What You Want through Mindful Movement.

    Happy happy new year everyone! I’m thrilled to be jumpstarting the podcast again with this episode :)

    📝 Check out full show notes from this episode with links to resources mentioned at http://pivotmethod.com/120

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    42 min
  • [Best Of] Deep Work: Ditch Cognitive Junk Food with Cal Newport

    As I get up to speed in my first semester at Union Theological Seminary, I’m re-launching a few of my favorite podcast episodes from four years of archives: I hope you enjoy some of these oldies but goodies, particularly if you missed them the first time around! Here’s a conversation I loved with Cal Newport from April 2016.

    When was the last time you were in the zone?There’s nothing I love more than working with time flying. The sun rises and sets and I barely notice because I’m so engrossed in my work. Cal Newport calls this deep work, and says that contrary to what many assume, it is a skill, not a habit. That means it takes deliberate practice, and is a cognitive muscle that can atrophy with disuse—something we are all prone to as we get sucked into network tools like social media and email. I loved this conversation and I know you will too! Enjoy 

    📝 Check out full show notes from this episode with links to resources mentioned at http://pivotmethod.com/

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    45 min
  • [Best Of] Live Fiercely, Study Deeply . . . While Earning a Living — with Jonathan Fields
    "Uncertainty may bring unease, but it also brings a vital energy, the
    exhilaration of creation. Without uncertainty, there is no
    possibility." —Jonathan Fields
    As I get up to speed in my first semester at Union, I’m re-launching a few
    of my favorite podcast episodes from four years of archives: I hope you
    enjoy some of these oldies but goodies, particularly if you missed them the
    first time around! Here’s a conversation I loved with dear friend and
    mentor Jonathan Fields, from October 2016.
    Jonathan Fields' mission is to "live fiercely and study deeply." How does
    he do that while earning a living? That's what we unpack in this week's
    episode. According to Jonathan, "There are only two ways to earn a living:
    you're either solving a problem or delivering a delight. If you're lucky
    and creative, you do both simultaneously."
    Jonathan—or "JF" as I like to call him—has been a longtime mentor whose
    pivots have inspired me and countless others at every turn: from lawyer to
    yoga studio founder to author of three books, Jonathan is now studying and
    embodying what it means to live a good life. We recorded this episode from
    his plush velvety couches at Good Life Project Headquarters (aka his
    apartment on the Upper West Side) — I hope you enjoy this off-the-cuff
    conversation as much as I did. Be sure to grab Jonathan's new book, How to
    Live a Good Life: Soulful Stories, Surprising Science, and Practical Wisdom
    , out this week! And his free recently released Unbusy Manifesto.
    0 min
  • [Best Of] Martha Beck on Enlightenment and Messages our Bodies Send
    As I get up to speed in my first semester at Union, I’m re-launching a few
    of my favorite podcast episodes from four years of archives: I hope you
    enjoy some of these oldies but goodies, particularly if you missed them the
    first time around! Here’s a conversation with one of my author superheroes,
    Martha Beck, who says “Suffering is a sign you are about to be woken up
    again.”
    This week we tackle a tiny little topic—enlightenment—with one of my
    all-time favorite authors and thinkers, Martha Beck. I have read all eight
    of Martha's books (two or three times each) as they helped me through some
    of my biggest transitions in life and work. Martha is someone who blazes
    her own trails and has inspired me to do the same time and time again. 
    I admire Martha for her tremendous courage. She's been through hell and
    back, from leaving the Mormon church despite getting death threats and her
    entire family disowning her, keeping her pregnancy after finding out her
    baby had Down Syndrome and her Harvard colleagues suggested otherwise, or
    following her body's signals to turn away from the academic life that was
    making her sick, and even saying no to Oprah when it didn't feel right to
    say yes.
    0 min

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