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Participating in our own rescue may be a new concept to some of you. I had never heard the concept described until Tommy Breedlove mentioned it in episode #131. Have you ever noticed that you pick up on a phrase from a conversation or from something you read and it stays with you for awhile? I've learned over the years that's usually a clue I need to be paying attention to the message it's sending. And this time is no different. What message do you need to be hearing right now? Today's show may reveal it to you!

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Participating in our own rescue may be a new concept to some of you. I had never heard the concept described until Tommy Breedlove mentioned it in episode #131. Have you ever noticed that you pick up on a phrase from a conversation or from something you read and it stays with you for awhile? I’ve learned over the years that’s usually a clue I need to be paying attention to the message it’s sending. And this time is no different. What message do you need to be hearing right now? Today's show may reveal it to you!

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At one point during our conversation, today's PYP MVP Tommy Breedlove paused and said: "I am a Picasso of screwing up. The journey never ends. When the train is running on all cylinders, the demons and the noise show up even stronger." He then goes on to tell a story he's never told anyone, one that involves flashing blue lights and having a gun held to his head. He also shares a story about a time when a trusted adviser asked him the following question: "Do you want to live your life? Or do you want to live your story?"

This question stopped Tommy in his tracks and caused him to make some big changes, including doubling down on serving others. What happened next was nothing short of magical.

In fact, Tommy Breedlove proves that when you start living your life from a position of serving others -- everything changes.

Everything.

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 re-tain 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.

Since beginning his career at Deloitte, Tommy has spent 20 years serving companies as a CPA and financial consultant. He still serves as Board Advisor, Chair and/or Director for multiple for-profit and civic entities.

But what he loves most these days is serving the Choose Goodness community and demonstrating that it's possible -- and never too late -- to live an authentic, satisfying life.

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At one point during our conversation, today’s PYP MVP Tommy Breedlove paused and said: "I am a Picasso of screwing up. The journey never ends. When the train is running on all cylinders, the demons and the noise show up even stronger."


He then goes on to tell a story he's never told anyone, one that involves flashing blue lights and having a gun held to his head.


He also shares a story about a time when a trusted adviser asked him the following question:


“Do you want to live your life? Or do you want to live your story?”

This question stopped Tommy in his tracks and caused him to make some big changes, including doubling down on serving others. What happened next was nothing short of magical.

In fact, Tommy Breedlove proves that when you start living your life from a position of serving others -- everything changes.

Everything.

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 re-tain 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.

Since beginning his career at Deloitte, Tommy has spent 20 years serving companies as a CPA and financial consultant. He still serves as Board Advisor, Chair and/or Director for multiple for-profit and civic entities.

But what he loves most these days is serving the Choose Goodness community and demonstrating that it's possible -- and never too late -- to live an authentic, satisfying life.

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Become a Founding Member of the PYP Patreon Community and get access to all sorts of super cool bonuses!

Leadership Lift: "Our level of success rarely exceeds our level of personal development." Jim Rohn

January is traditionally the month where millions set goals for how the next 12 months will be different than the previous 12. I bet you set at least one goal for the year -- how are you doing with it?

Don't worry if it's not going like you thought. Huddle up with it again for ten minutes to explore what's working and why you could be off your game. Be sure to be crystal clear about why this one goal is important to you. Clarity often solves pesky problems.

In today's show, I share with you 5 ways to show up differently this year. Self leadership is grounded in several tenants including conscious decision making about all aspects of our life. Sometimes making changes we know we need to make can be overwhelming.

That's why I subscribe to the notion of making small shifts -- little things that over time add up to big things.

Don't be shy about sharing on social media the insights you pick up from today;s episode! Use #pyp when posting. Step into your next level of leadership and share ideas today!

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Leadership Lift: “Our level of success rarely exceeds our level of personal development.” Jim Rohn

January is traditionally the month where millions set goals for how the next 12 months will be different than the previous 12. I bet you set at least one goal for the year -- how are you doing with it?

Don’t worry if it’s not going like you thought. Huddle up with it again for ten minutes to explore what’s working and why you could be off your game. Be sure to be crystal clear about why this one goal is important to you. Clarity often solves pesky problems.

In today's show, I share with you 5 ways to show up differently this year. Self leadership is grounded in several tenants including conscious decision making about all aspects of our life. Sometimes making changes we know we need to make can be overwhelming.

That's why I subscribe to the notion of making small shifts -- little things that over time add up to big things.

Don't be shy about sharing on social media the insights you pick up from today;s episode! Use #pyp when posting. Step into your next level of leadership and share ideas today!

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"No matter how skillful we are, we are always going to have blind spots. We just can't know what we don't know," says today's PYP MVP Pamela Gold. "And don't even get me started on what phones are doing to us!" she laughs. "Our phones are messing with our minds!"

You will love today's conversation with Pamela Gold. Some history: Pamela grew up on her family's apple farm in upstate New York, graduated from Yale University, and then entered the business world in NYC where she was the point person on an IPO at the age of 24. Leaving the workforce to start a family, she co-founded West Village Parents and went on to pursue her passion for fitness and wellness. It was through this pursuit that she discovered yoga, which connected her love of philosophy, science, psychology, and wellness and eventually led her to discover her life's work: teaching inner peace as the key to our greatest evolution and ultimately, world peace.

About a year and a half ago, she had a really big shift and wrote a book as a result of that shift -- it took her two weeks to write and the rest is history. It's called Find More Strength: 5 Pillars to Unlock Unlimited Power and Happiness and it is full of tragedy to triumph personal stories, along with actionable tools to help increase power and happiness in life.

She jokes that all her friends read it and liked it and gave her those warm and fuzzy feelings we all love to feel from time to time. But the real mark of success for her is the outpouring of positive responses she continues to receive from strangers who tell her how much this book is changing their lives.

Leadership skills and insights Pam shares on today's show include:

• How do we use our phones to make life better, while minimizing the noise and clutter that threaten to take us out if we don't develop the right skills to tackle them
• How to use our brains to stay centered
• What to do when we lose an important relationship
• Why we give away our power too easily sometimes
• When putting some of our happiness on how another person is treating us and caring about us becomes a problem
• How to practice self compassion
• Why it's so hard not to take things personally

Ways to be more involved with us and step into PYP Leadership:

Become a founding member of the PYP Patreon community

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“No matter how skillful we are, we are always going to have blind spots. We just can’t know what we don’t know,” says today’s PYP MVP Pamela Gold. “And don’t even get me started on what phones are doing to us!” she laughs. “Our phones are messing with our minds!”

You will love today’s conversation with Pamela Gold. Some history: Pamela grew up on her family’s apple farm in upstate New York, graduated from Yale University, and then entered the business world in NYC where she was the point person on an IPO at the age of 24. Leaving the workforce to start a family, she co-founded West Village Parents and went on to pursue her passion for fitness and wellness. It was through this pursuit that she discovered yoga, which connected her love of philosophy, science, psychology, and wellness and eventually led her to discover her life’s work: teaching inner peace as the key to our greatest evolution and ultimately, world peace.

About a year and a half ago, she had a really big shift and wrote a book as a result of that shift -- it took her two weeks to write and the rest is history. It’s called Find More Strength: 5 Pillars to Unlock Unlimited Power and Happiness and it is full of tragedy to triumph personal stories, along with actionable tools to help increase power and happiness in life.

She jokes that all her friends read it and liked it and gave her those warm and fuzzy feelings we all love to feel from time to time. But the real mark of success for her is the outpouring of positive responses she continues to receive from strangers who tell her how much this book is changing their lives.

Leadership skills and insights Pam shares on today’s show include:

• How do we use our phones to make life better, while minimizing the noise and clutter that threaten to take us out if we don’t develop the right skills to tackle them
• How to use our brains to stay centered
• What to do when we lose an important relationship
• Why we give away our power too easily sometimes
• When putting some of our happiness on how another person is treating us and caring about us becomes a problem
• How to practice self compassion
• Why it’s so hard not to take things personally

Ways to be more involved with us and step into PYP Leadership:

Become a founding member of the PYP Patreon community

Follow us on Twitter

Subscribe to the Find Your Football Newsletter

Leave Us a Rating and Review

Read the Shownotes

Kicking off the new year with our annual highlight reel show featuring the voices of every PYP MVP from 2017. You will love their wisdom and insights as you continue planning your goals for the next 12 months and step up into new leadership roles at work, in your business and life. This episode is jam-packed with timeless reminders of how we can all show up and be our best at everything we do. As always, check out the shownotes page for more info on individual guests and then let our guests know how much you appreciate them with a quick 5-star rating and review on iTunes! Happy New Year!

Kicking off the new year with our annual highlight reel show featuring the voices of every PYP MVP from 2017. You will love their wisdom and insights as you continue planning your goals for the next 12 months and step up into new leadership roles at work, in your business and life. This episode is jam-packed with timeless reminders of how we can all show up and be our best at everything we do.

As always, check out the shownotes page for more info on individual guests and then let our guests know how much you appreciate them with a quick 5-star rating and review on iTunes!

Happy New Year!