Raise Your Bars

The diagnosis was not good as the Doctors told John that he had Spina Bifida and would never have a career in performing. This news could have stopped John in his tracks but he used it as fuel to achieve even more. This involved a change in mindset and it was the start of his amazing journey. John read a Bruce Lee book while he was in hospital and it resonated with him so much that he refused the Doctor's advice to put a pin in his back. Instead John took up Yoga to increase and develop his flexibility.

John shares that your outer experience is dictated by what you believe in the present moment. The small actions that you take daily will create momentum that eventually will produce massive results. 

"Small things that are repeatedly with consistency over time will produce massive results" - Chris Baker

The only moment you are living is here and your outcome will be a result of the actions you are taking now. The past is gone and the future isn't here yet so live today and be intentional about what you do to produce the results you want. In other words, be the person you want to become, starting today.

"When you believe it you will see it" - Chris Baker

John describes his technique, The 5 "F's", that he uses to help people set their fears aside so that they can achieve anything they want. This is stepping aside from the fight or flight response so that you can take a breath then change your present timeline to move forward.

Use declarations to change your mindset rather than affirmations that you may, or may not believe in. Are you trying to do something or do you see yourself as the person that no longer does what you are moving away from? 

John explains how he uses the present moment active words method to help his clients to retrain their minds to focus on what they are choosing to do right now. When you can focus on the positive in your current situation you will use your momentum to keep moving forward. 

"When something comes up that seems contrary to what you are looking to achieve, don't get into self-defeating talk and beat yourself up" - John Davis.

You can follow John on his website, Corporation Action Hero. 

Final message from Chris: Your current circumstance does not define who you are. You are special, you are loved, you are a unique being with unlimited potential and now is the time to rise up to maximize your potential every day.

You can connect with me at:

Website: www.Chris-J-Baker.com

Email: [email protected]

Learn more about joining The Book Club here.

Facebook Group: Developing Tomorrow's Leaders

LinkedIn: Chris Baker

Instagram: Chris J Baker

To purchase my book 10 Steps 2 Freedom from Amazon click here.

To purchase my book Organizational Culture and Leadership

Our aim is to help individuals and organizations to raise their bars and be on a journey of continuous improvement. Therefore it is important that you know your own values and align yourself with a company that shares those and has a culture that you can get behind.

Are you ready to Raise Your BARS and be the person you want to become?

Download your ultimate guide to getting promoted in the next 12 months here!

We want you to become the best version of yourself and to do that you have to break away from the limiting beliefs that other people impose on you and step into your greater self. If you are an aspiring leader or a leader who wants to continue growing to be the best you can be we encourage you to visit and subscribe to the Stand Up Leaders YouTube channel.

We invite you to join our Facebook group, Raise Your  Bars  - Personal Growth Solutions, and if you are ready to reprogram your current belief systems,  visit our website by clicking here. 

"One of the saddest things in life is to get to the end and look back in regret, knowing that you could have been, done, and had so much more." - Robin Sharma

One of the greatest universal challenges we face is how to overcome mediocrity and live to our full potential. That is why I started this podcast and why I continue to publish episodes. I firmly believe that we all have unlimited potential and as Hal Elrod shares in chapter 3 of his book, The Miracle Morning, 95% of people never get anywhere near to realizing this.

He writes: According to the Social Security Administration, if you take any 100 people at the start of their working careers and follow them for the next 40 years until they reach retirement age, here's what you will find: only 1 will be wealthy; 4 will be financially secure; 5 will continue working, not because they want to but because they have to; 36 will be dead; and 54 will be broke and dependent on friends, family, relatives, and the government to take care of them.

Scary right?

Why is this the case?

Most people do not acknowledge this and therefore they will remain within their life of mediocrity, struggle, and regret. If we don't change our actions today we can never improve the results we get tomorrow - fact!

Rear View Mirror Syndrome:

As human beings we are conditioned to mistakenly believe that who we were is who we are, thus limiting our true potential in the present based on the limitations of our past. Whenever we face adversity we automatically look back in our rear view mirror for guidance on how to respond and as a result we restrict our potential because we believe that we are defined by our past - and we are not!

We need to break this cycle and start to believe, and then see, a life of unlimited possibilities where we can achieve anything we want as long as we have the courage to pursue it.

"Where you are is a result of who you were, but where you go depends entirely on who you choose to be from this moment on" - Hal Elrod

Find your purpose:

If you have followed my work over the last few years you will be familiar with my belief that you must life a purpose driven life of you want to find true freedom. It doesn't matter what your purpose is as long as it drives you to get out of bed every morning and make a difference. You can start small and build it until you have a purpose that is so big it scares you. That is how you become a person of influence who changes not only your own life, but the lives of others. 

Final message from Chris: Your current circumstance does not define who you are. You are special, you are loved, you are a unique being with unlimited potential so now is the time to rise up and maximize your potential every day.

You can connect with me at:

Website: www.Chris-J-Baker.com

Email: [email protected]

Learn more about joining The Book Club here.

Facebook Group: Developing Tomorrow's Leaders

LinkedIn: Chris Baker

Instagram: Chris J Baker

To purchase my book 10 Steps 2 Freedom from Amazon click here.

To purchase my book Organizational Culture and Leadership

Our aim is to help individuals and organizations to raise their bars and be on a journey of continuous improvement. Therefore it is important that you know your own values and align yourself with a company that shares those and has a culture that you can get behind.

Are you ready to Raise Your BARS and be the person you want to become?

Download your ultimate guide to getting promoted in the next 12 months here!

We want you to become the best version of yourself and to do that you have to break away from the limiting beliefs that other people impose on you and step into your greater self. If you are an aspiring leader or a leader who wants to continue growing to be the best you can be we encourage you to visit and subscribe to the Stand Up Leaders YouTube channel.

We invite you to join our Facebook group, Raise Your  Bars  - Personal Growth Solutions, and if you are ready to reprogram your current belief systems,  visit our website by clicking here. 

The 1918 influenza pandemic was the most severe pandemic in recent history. It was caused by an H1N1 virus with genes of avian origin. Although there is not universal consensus regarding where the virus originated, it spread worldwide during 1918-1919.  It is estimated that about 500 million people or one-third of the world’s population became infected with this virus. The number of deaths was estimated to be at least 50 million worldwide with about 675,000 occurring in the United States.

With no vaccine to protect against influenza infection and no antibiotics to treat secondary bacterial infections that can be associated with influenza infections, control efforts worldwide were limited to non-pharmaceutical interventions such as isolation, quarantine, good personal hygiene, use of disinfectants, and limitations of public gatherings, which were applied unevenly.

The measures used to contain influenza greatly affected the day-to-day lives of citizens. While some accepted the changes imposed on them, others protested regulations that they considered unfair. Some called for more stringent methods, while others blatantly broke the new rules that were intended to protect them.

Does this sound familiar?

Think about how your life has been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. What changes have you been faced with and how have you reacted to them?

What many people fail to accept is that change is good. In fact, change is the one constant in life. After all, if we never changed where would we be? Still living in caves, hunting and fishing for our dinner with no semblance of civilization.

Henry Ford said: “If you always do what you have always done, you will always get what you have always got.”

While we cannot always control what happens to us or around us we can control how we respond. In order to remain in control, it helps if you have a clear and concise picture in your mind of who you are.

The truth is, we are not taught to think this way which is why so many people ask this question. I will say at this point that the process is not a “quick fix” one. To truly define who you are will take time and even then, the hard work is just beginning because then you have to start living as that person and that will be your biggest change yet!

The first thing you need to identify is what is important to you, in other words what are your values. These are the things that you will not compromise under any circumstances. 

When I work with people on this process I give them a list of 100 values and ask them to choose 25 that they feel are important to them. Once they have completed this task I ask them to narrow down this list to just 5 and write down why they feel that these are their core values.

This sounds simple, and it is, but don’t mistake that for thinking that it is easy. You need to spend time thinking about why you feel these values are important to you. This is a break from the conventional thought process where we are taught “what” to think not “how” to think. If you are not sure where to start with this I suggest you think about people that you admire and ask yourself why you admire them. What do they do that you respect and why?

I also ask my clients to give the same list of 100 values to 3/5 people that they know and ask them to do the same exercise based on what they think the client’s values are and why. What this does is show the difference in what you think internally and what others see you as. This exercise can be a tough realization as we often see ourselves as one thing when other people see us as something else. 

Once you have all of the lists you should start to identify how these values are displayed in your daily life. Are you living the values or do you merely believe that these are important?

Keep a list of these values somewhere that you will see them every day. You are working to build a habit which means you need to be consistent in what you do. Look at the list in the morning and then before you go to bed write down how you lived these values that day. By doing this you will get a sense of achievement that will keep you moving forward. This may seem like an onerous task to start with but stick with it because eventually it will become automatic. 

The key is to always be moving towards something. Once again, this may sound simple but I can assure you that most people spend their time running away from something instead of moving toward something. 

Let me explain. When I ask people what they want in their lives they often answer something like:

• I don’t want to be poor.
• I don’t want to be in a boring 9-5 job
• I don’t want to struggle
• I don’t know what I want

Here is the truth, if you don’t know what you want you will never get it. It is also true that what you think about you usually get so saying “I don’t want to be poor” is putting an emphasis on the word poor, which means that you will probably be poor. I know this is a little deep but hang in there with me.

Here are some questions to ask yourself that will help you formulate the vision of what you want:

• If money were no object, what would I do?
• If I knew I couldn’t fail, what would I do?
• What activity do I enjoy most that makes me lose track of time?
• If I could design my ideal life what would it look and feel like? (Be as detailed as possible with this answer and build on it over time)
• What difference do I want to make in the world and why?

I want to emphasize again that this is a new way of thinking and it may seem daunting at first but stick with it, do not give in, and I promise you it will be worth it. I also find it is helpful to work with other people who want to define who they are. This doesn’t mean you use each other’s ideas. It means that you share your thoughts and as a result you will grow together. 

Jim Rohn said that we become the average of the 5 people who we associate with the most so I suggest that you choose these people wisely. You are only accountable to yourself on this journey of discovery and growth but it helps to have other people who will encourage you, especially when times get tough – which they will. 

Final message from Chris: Your current circumstance does not define who you are. You are special, you are loved, you are a unique being with unlimited potential so now is the time to rise up and maximize your potential every day.

You can connect with me at:

Website: www.Chris-J-Baker.com

Email: [email protected]

Facebook Group: Developing Tomorrow's Leaders

LinkedIn: Chris Baker

Instagram: Chris J Baker

To purchase my book 10 Steps 2 Freedom from Amazon click here.

To purchase my book Organizational Culture and Leadership

Our aim is to help individuals and organizations to raise their bars and be on a journey of continuous improvement. Therefore it is important that you know your own values and align yourself with a company that shares those and has a culture that you can get behind.

Are you ready to Raise Your BARS and be the person you want to become?

Download your ultimate guide to getting promoted in the next 12 months here!

We want you to become the best version of yourself and to do that you have to break away from the limiting beliefs that other people impose on you and step into your greater self. If you are an aspiring leader or a leader who wants to continue growing to be the best you can be we encourage you to visit and subscribe to the Stand Up Leaders YouTube channel.

We invite you to join our Facebook group, Raise Your  Bars  - Personal Growth Solutions, and if you are ready to reprogram your current belief systems,  visit our website by clicking here. 

So, now we are into 2021 what is going to be different?

We are still living with the impact of a global pandemic. Some people seem to be under the impression that because the year has changed all the bad stuff will go away but this clearly is not the case. 

Over my lifetime I have come to understand that there is only one constant, and that is CHANGE. As a race we need to embrace change and see it as a positive. Henry Ford said:

"If we always do what we have always done, we will always get what we have always gotten."

Nothing could be more true and now more than ever this applies to our lives. We have had to get used to a new way of doing things and working in a virtual world with limited in person interaction. How have you coped with this change?

I encourage you to look back on 2020 and think about what you gained, what did you learn and how can you apply this moving forward. DO NOT spend time thinking about what went wrong because you cannot change that and if you dwell on the negative you will attract exactly that in 2021.

DO NOT get in the habit of running away from things. Instead be someone who moves towards a brighter future. Take time to identify what is important to you and what you want to achieve in 2021 and beyond. What is one small daily action that will help you be the person you want to become.

Small daily actions repeated consistently over time will produce massive, life changing results. 

Who are you going to be?

Final message from Chris: Your current circumstance does not define who you are. You are special, you are loved, you are a unique being with unlimited potential so now is the time to rise up and maximize your potential every day.

You can connect with me at:

Website: www.Chris-J-Baker.com

Email: [email protected]

Facebook Group: Developing Tomorrow's Leaders

LinkedIn: Chris Baker

Instagram: Chris J Baker

To purchase my book 10 Steps 2 Freedom from Amazon click here.

To purchase my book Organizational Culture and Leadership

Our aim is to help individuals and organizations to raise their bars and be on a journey of continuous improvement. Therefore it is important that you know your own values and align yourself with a company that shares those and has a culture that you can get behind.

Are you ready to Raise Your BARS and be the person you want to become?

Download your ultimate guide to getting promoted in the next 12 months here!

We want you to become the best version of yourself and to do that you have to break away from the limiting beliefs that other people impose on you and step into your greater self. If you are an aspiring leader or a leader who wants to continue growing to be the best you can be we encourage you to visit and subscribe to the Stand Up Leaders YouTube channel.

We invite you to join our Facebook group, Raise Your  Bars  - Personal Growth Solutions, and if you are ready to reprogram your current belief systems,  visit our website by clicking here. 

This is a fascinating conversation where Tammy shares her journey, philosophy, and dreams for the future. It fits in perfectly with the theme of this podcast: Maximize Your Potential.

I invite you to listen along, take notes, and share this episode with any parent, teacher, or educator. Follow myself and Tammy on Facebook and please share your thoughts, takeaways, and a-ha moments. 

You can check out Tammy's websites below or follow her on Facebook (Tammy Vallieres):

http://www.hero-intelligence.com/

https://theherointelligenceteacher.com/

Final message from Chris: Your current circumstance does not define who you are. You are special, you are loved, you are a unique being with unlimited potential so now is the time to rise up and maximize your potential every day.

You can connect with me at:

Website: www.Chris-J-Baker.com

Email: [email protected]

Facebook Group: Developing Tomorrow's Leaders

LinkedIn: Chris Baker

Instagram: Chris J Baker

To purchase my book 10 Steps 2 Freedom from Amazon click here.

To purchase my book Organizational Culture and Leadership click here

Our aim is to help individuals and organizations to raise their bars and be on a journey of continuous improvement. Therefore it is important that you know your own values and align yourself with a company that shares those and has a culture that you can get behind.

Are you ready to Raise Your BARS and be the person you want to become?

Download your ultimate guide to getting promoted in the next 12 months here!

We want you to become the best version of yourself and to do that you have to break away from the limiting beliefs that other people impose on you and step into your greater self. If you are an aspiring leader or a leader who wants to continue growing to be the best you can be we encourage you to visit and subscribe to the Stand Up Leaders YouTube channel.

We invite you to join our Facebook group, Raise Your  Bars  - Personal Growth Solutions, and if you are ready to reprogram your current belief systems,  visit our website by clicking here. 

During the Covid-19 Pandemic 2020 Chantel, Kanika, and Dionne were inspired by the ‘Miracle Morning’ by Hal Elrod to reassess their values and to create an extraordinary life for themselves and others. They write:

"Our Big Sister Programme supports young people in visualising and vocalising their dreams and aspirations. We offer practical strategies to positively change attitudes and behaviours to achieve transformation in the areas which have presented as challenging for them. We provide a bespoke programme which builds upon what the young person recognises as good about themselves. Our approach is always positive. Mentoring isn’t just about talking. We work on building life skills, confidence in social settings, resilience and overcoming difficulties plus so much more. Our programme empowers young people to develop positive peer relationships, deal with peer pressure, and focus more on their own feelings of self-worth."

A young BAME female lacking aspiration can have a devastating impact upon their future and social positioning, which in turn may affect generation after generation. Sister2Sister want to break down boundaries, which is why they decided to create an opportunity for young women to cultivate their self-esteem, develop their confidence and become visionaries; because they know that young women who have confidence along with positive role models who believe in their abilities and skills are unstoppable.

The directors have a passion for personal development and growth. For several years, theye have explored a variety of personal development theories and coaching and mentoring techniques. They want to share these and utilise their experiences to serve the community that has helped shape the women that they have become.

Questions to ask 13-21 year olds:

• Are you going through a lot of changes at the moment?
• Are your studies and education starting to feel overwhelming?
• Do you feel as though you don’t fit in with your ‘friends’ or ‘family’?
• Do you feel lonely sometimes?
• Are you concerned about your next steps?
• Do you sometimes lack motivation?
• Do you need support with your goals and aspirations?
• Do you wish you had someone to talk to who won’t judge you?

Being mentored is like having a friend who looks out for you. A mentor isn’t like a teacher, a parent, or a social worker, they’re just an adult you can talk to.

You can connect with Sister 2 Sister via email at [email protected] or on their website, https://sister2sister.org.uk.

Final message from Chris: Your current circumstance does not define who you are. You are special, you are loved, you are a unique being with unlimited potential so now is the time to rise up and maximize your potential every day.

You can connect with me at:

Website: www.Chris-J-Baker.com

Email: [email protected]

Facebook Group: Developing Tomorrow's Leaders

LinkedIn: Chris Baker

Instagram: Chris J Baker

To purchase my book 10 Steps 2 Freedom from Amazon click here.

To purchase my book Organizational Culture and Leadership click here

Our aim is to help individuals and organizations to raise their bars and be on a journey of continuous improvement. Therefore it is important that you know your own values and align yourself with a company that shares those and has a culture that you can get behind.

Are you ready to Raise Your BARS and be the person you want to become?

Download your ultimate guide to getting promoted in the next 12 months here!

We want you to become the best version of yourself and to do that you have to break away from the limiting beliefs that other people impose on you and step into your greater self. If you are an aspiring leader or a leader who wants to continue growing to be the best you can be we encourage you to visit and subscribe to the Stand Up Leaders YouTube channel.

We invite you to join our Facebook group, Raise Your  Bars  - Personal Growth Solutions, and if you are ready to reprogram your current belief systems,  visit our website by clicking here. 

What I mean by this is do you use words of encouragement such as:

• I am so proud of the effort you put in today
• You did a great job
• It may not have gone as you wanted but you learned something

Or, are you making comments like this:

• You are so stupid
• You will never be good at that
• You are not worthy

Most people tend to slip into the second category without even thinking about the effect this is having on their self-esteem. We are harsh on our self but we would never dream of saying those things to other people, would we. Why is this? 

Why are we okay chastising our self when we would not be happy saying the same thing to someone else?

Why do we value the feelings of other people more than we value our own?

The “Golden rule” tells us to treat other people as we would want to be treated and this is a great thing to remember. My question to you is this: Why would you talk to yourself in a different way than you would want other people to talk to you?

Before you start beating yourself up about this I want you to understand that this is a natural response because we have not been taught to value our self as we would value others. I cannot answer why this is the case and in reality, it doesn’t matter what has happened in the past, the important thing is that you start to change it today. 

I know that this has been my reality and I didn’t realize this until I was 50 years old! I always wanted to please others and would do so at my expense. What I didn’t know was the effect this was having on my confidence and self-esteem. On the surface I appeared confident and self-assured but underneath I was anything but these things. The effect of this was me not loving myself and living in a perpetual state on underlying unhappiness. 

A mentor of mine, John C. Maxwell, says that you cannot give what you don’t have. So, you may ask, what does this have to do with self-talk? Well, conventional thinking teaches us to love others and while this is true, we have to learn to love our self so that we can give love to other people. In other words, we need to experience the emotion and feelings so that when we do something to make other people feel the same it is a genuine action. 

I want you to think about the people you admire the most. What do they do that makes you admire them? If you were to meet them what would you say to them?

Now the key is to transfer these feelings into how you behave and what you say to yourself. Here are some things that you can do every day to improve your confidence and self-esteem:

• Write down 3 things that you are grateful for
• Write down one thing that you did today which you are proud of
• Write down one lesson that you learned today
• Write down 1-3 things that you said to other people that made you feel good
• Write down 1-3 things that other people said to you that made you feel good
• Read 10 pages of a personal development book

I understand that this is going to feel a little strange to start with but I want you to persist. Once you do this for 21 days without missing one day it will become a habit and when this happens it will become natural. I don’t expect you to do all 6 to start with so start with one that speaks to you and master that before adding another. The important thing is that you make a positive change and keep that momentum going. When you do this, you will start to see a difference in your life and I promise you that other people will notice this too. 

Final message from Chris: Your current circumstance does not define who you are. You are special, you are loved, you are a unique being with unlimited potential so now is the time to rise up and maximize your potential every day.

You can connect with me at:

Website: www.Chris-J-Baker.com

Email: [email protected]

Facebook Group: Developing Tomorrow's Leaders

LinkedIn: Chris Baker

Instagram: Chris J Baker

To purchase my book 10 Steps 2 Freedom from Amazon click here.

To purchase my book Organizational Culture and Leadership click here

Our aim is to help individuals and organizations to raise their bars and be on a journey of continuous improvement. Therefore it is important that you know your own values and align yourself with a company that shares those and has a culture that you can get behind.

Are you ready to Raise Your BARS and be the person you want to become?

Download your ultimate guide to getting promoted in the next 12 months here!

We want you to become the best version of yourself and to do that you have to break away from the limiting beliefs that other people impose on you and step into your greater self. If you are an aspiring leader or a leader who wants to continue growing to be the best you can be we encourage you to visit and subscribe to the Stand Up Leaders YouTube channel.

We invite you to join our Facebook group, Raise Your  Bars  - Personal Growth Solutions, and if you are ready to reprogram your current belief systems,  visit our website by clicking here. 

Hayley is a mum of four 19, 16, 14 & 11 yrs an has worked with children and families for over twenty eight years. She is passionate about emotional empowerment, her motto is Self knowledge is a super power.  She created EmotionMind Dynamic after her successful battle with depression and supporting her son to conquer his anxiety.

Working with a diverse client base of business leaders, managers and professionals, as well as children, parents and victims of domestic abuse. Her work helps to improve quality of life through increased emotional awareness and personal growth.

Hayley shares her own experience of suffering with mental health challenges as well as how her son coped, and overcame similar obstacles. 

Mental health is real! Way too often we ignore it or compartmentalize it pretending that it doesn't exist, but it is REAL and needs addressing. This applies to adults and children so if you have any inclination that you or your children are suffering from any form of mental health please seek out professional help. 

Very often this can be as simple as talking to someone like myself or Hayley. You should make sure to engage someone who has been trained in the art of coaching, listening, and mentoring as they have the required skill set to help guide you through this challenge. 

You can learn more about Hayley and the work she does on her website where you will find links to all of her information and her own podcast. You can also listen to Hayley's teaching more about her experience on her YouTube channel.

Final message from Chris: Your current circumstance does not define who you are. You are special, you are loved, you are a unique being with unlimited potential so now is the time to rise up and maximize your potential every day.

You can connect with me at:

Website: www.Chris-J-Baker.com

Email: [email protected]

Facebook Group: Developing Tomorrow's Leaders

LinkedIn: Chris Baker

Instagram: Chris J Baker

To purchase my book 10 Steps 2 Freedom from Amazon click here.

To purchase my book Organizational Culture and Leadership click here

Our aim is to help individuals and organizations to raise their bars and be on a journey of continuous improvement. Therefore it is important that you know your own values and align yourself with a company that shares those and has a culture that you can get behind.

Are you ready to Raise Your BARS and be the person you want to become?

Download your ultimate guide to getting promoted in the next 12 months here!

We want you to become the best version of yourself and to do that you have to break away from the limiting beliefs that other people impose on you and step into your greater self. If you are an aspiring leader or a leader who wants to continue growing to be the best you can be we encourage you to visit and subscribe to the Stand Up Leaders YouTube channel.

We invite you to join our Facebook group, Raise Your  Bars  - Personal Growth Solutions, and if you are ready to reprogram your current belief systems,  visit our website by clicking here. 

In this episode I share the story of how I got to this stage in my life and why I do what I do. 

Over the last few years I have spent a lot of time reflecting on my life. As I have done so I started to realize that when I was growing up in the relatively small city of Leicester, England, I never had much confidence. This lack of confidence affected the path my life has taken but I wasn’t aware of it until this time of reflection. Understanding who you are and why you are here is the starting point of all achievement which is why I am sharing my story with you today. 

Often the smallest thing can make a difference to the confidence of a child and this can stick with them for years without anyone being aware of it.

How often do we praise others for doing well? In childhood and then in the corporate world, it is too common to concentrate on what can be improved instead of complimenting what is going well. In other words, we spend too much time trying to improve weaknesses and not enough time focusing on developing strengths. 

I believe that the best way to change anything is to go to the source rather than the more traditional practice of trying to cure the symptoms. This is why I am so passionate about working with teenagers so that I can show them it is good to dream, to have a purpose, to forge new paths rather than conform with the expectations of others, and above all to grow their confidence in themselves so that they can maximize their potential every day. 

Over the next few months I will be bringing some amazing guests onto the podcast to share their own journey of awareness and how this has impacted their lives.

Final message from Chris: Your current circumstance does not define who you are. You are special, you are loved, you are a unique being with unlimited potential so now is the time to rise up and maximize your potential every day.

You can connect with me at:

Website: www.Chris-J-Baker.com

Email: [email protected]

Facebook Group: Developing Tomorrow's Leaders

LinkedIn: Chris Baker

Instagram: Chris J Baker

To purchase my book 10 Steps 2 Freedom from Amazon click here.

To purchase my book Organizational Culture and Leadership click here

Our aim is to help individuals and organizations to raise their bars and be on a journey of continuous improvement. Therefore it is important that you know your own values and align yourself with a company that shares those and has a culture that you can get behind.

Are you ready to Raise Your BARS and be the person you want to become?

Download your ultimate guide to getting promoted in the next 12 months here!

We want you to become the best version of yourself and to do that you have to break away from the limiting beliefs that other people impose on you and step into your greater self. If you are an aspiring leader or a leader who wants to continue growing to be the best you can be we encourage you to visit and subscribe to the Stand Up Leaders YouTube channel.

We invite you to join our Facebook group, Raise Your  Bars  - Personal Growth Solutions, and if you are ready to reprogram your current belief systems,  visit our website by clicking here. 

Today I want to share with you 8 phases that you will go through as you navigate your own journey to success. You cannot go directly from 1-8, you will navigate each phase and overcome it in order to move forward.

Phase #1: I won't do it!

One of the biggest fears that we face is the fear of failure. This stops most people dead in their tracks and as a result they stay stuck in their current life.

Phase #2: I can't do it!

My parents always told me that there is no such word as "Can't", and they were correct. If you say you can't do something you will be 100% correct and therefore never try. This is the fear of not knowing "how" to do it.

Phase #3: I want to do it!

Now your attitude is changing from negative to positive, albeit slightly. You are prepared to move forward in spite of your fear of failure and lack of knowing how to do it.

Phase #4: How do I do it?

Now you are starting to grow. You are starting to ask the right questions and seek out experts who will help guide you - you are on your way!

Phase #5: I will try to do it!

Yoda says: Do or do not, there is no try! The thing here is that you are moving forward, taking the first step, and learning as you go.

Phase #6: I can do it!

You are becoming more confident in what you are doing and the fact that you are good enough to make it happen. Momentum is setting in so keep going.

Phase #7: I will do it!

As you move forward and stretch yourself it will become tougher and therefore you need to employ persistence. When you fall down, get back up and learn from what happened before you move forward again.

Phase #8: Yes, I did it!

You experience the sweet smell of success and it feels good. This is the just a stepping stone on your journey because now you have belief in yourself and can step out into bigger and better things, pushing yourself further and further. 

I am here to help you and on October 24th, 2020 I will be hosting a virtual summit to help guide you toward Career Clarity.

If you want to learn more about what is on offer and join us for the full summit live you can do so by clicking here. 

Final message from Chris: Your current circumstance does not define who you are. You are special, you are loved, you are a unique being with unlimited potential so now is the time to rise up and maximize your potential every day.

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