Raise Your Bars

As soon as I started my podcast I wanted to introduce Andy as a guest because we are "cut from the same cloth" in terms of our core beliefs around how "people" are the heartbeat of every organization. 

After spending 30 years in the corporate world and rising to executive status he realized that there was a difference in how he felt leadership should be versus what he was experiencing which led him to leave and set up his own coaching organization.

Andy describes his last interview experience and it is important to note the different perceptions of how this went. Can you relate to a similar experience in your life?

This was the catalyst for Andy starting his own business so that he could change the way leadership is approached. Treating people with respect, challenging them to grow while making it a fun environment to work in were the traits that Andy wanted to instill. Customer service is another driving factor in his leadership style as improving this will improve the bottom line results. 

Make people feel special and they will be loyal to you. This works the same for customers and employees - People don't care how much you know until they know how much you care.

Andy Hall Coaching was set up with the desire and urge to make a difference by helping other people to maximize their potential. Andy describes how he had observed young soccer players come into the game showing a lot of potential yet they fall by the wayside and disappear because they don't have the right leadership. This happens in the corporate world too and it is something that can be changed.

Note: Andy and myself will NEVER be ballet dancers!!

Andy became certified by the International Coaching Federation (ICF) and then the John Maxwell Team in addition to becoming an Associate with Lane 4 in the UK. 

His natural instinct and urge is to help, encourage, and support anyone to live into their potential. This also causes frustration for Andy when he sees people suffering from "George Best" moments where they fail to fulfill their potential. (Johnny Manziel is another example of someone who seemed to have it all and let it go through not having the right support)

Andy was 15 years into his corporate career before anyone showed an interest in his development and introduced him to personal growth. It only takes one person to care in you to make a difference to the trajectory of your life. Do you have this person in your life and are you this to other people?

"Make people fee special and they will buy" is a saying that Chris first heard in 2001. This concept applies to customers and if you replace the word "buy" with "respond positively" it is relevant to employees plus your teenagers. 

During this current pandemic it is even more important for organizations to adopt this approach as Andy explains in his example about Virgin America. 

"Care about your people and get them to care about your customers will bring you better results" - Andy Hall

Question: What advice would you give to yourself if you could travel back to 1991?

Andy - Believe in yourself! Understand that you have unlimited potential and that you can do whatever you want to do. You are worthy, you are good enough and you are responsible for your own development.

If you don't have someone in your life that is helping add to your belief in yourself, go and find someone who will pull you up.

You can connect with Andy on his website: Andy Hall Coaching.

We are here to Develop Tomorrow's Leaders Today and we need your help to make this dream a reality! To receive lifetime access to the June, 2020 Youth Leadership Summit click here.

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Website: www.Chris-J-Baker.com

Email: [email protected]

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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. 

Carson explains how suicide does not always come as a result of long standing battles with mental health and anxiety, in fact in his case it surfaced pretty quickly.

He had always been a high achiever and was good at sports. He started to lose this sense of high achievement and after breaking his arm playing hockey he started to feel like he was letting himself and his parents down. He was feeling that he was not worthy of being here and this led to him attempting suicide on March 4th, 2017 at the age of just 14.

After the suicide attempt he felt even more of a failure and that he had let his parents down more. The gunshot wound changed his physical appearance and that has been something else that he has had to overcome as people tend to judge others on "front end" appearances.

Carson had always been close to his parents and after the attempt this relationship got even closer. He felt guilty and so did his parents but they were able to work through this and one of the main tools they used was forgiveness. This applies to both yourself and other people and it is a great source of resolution that we should all adopt.

Carson's tips for teenagers include:

• Always be thankful for what you have every day, Look for the good that is happening instead of focusing on what has gone wrong previously.
• Remember that no one is perfect. What you see on the outside does not always reflect what is going on inside that person.

There is so much more that I could write but I really want to encourage you to listen to this episode a few times to take in the wisdom and awareness that Carson shares. 

Please follow him on TikTok, subscribe to his YouTube channel, and share this with as many people as you can. 

Many Teenagers are suffering from feelings of depression and anxiety but most of them hide this because they feel a sense of expectation on them that they have to be perfect. Learn to talk AND listen to your teenagers and share your feelings with them too.

We are here to Develop Tomorrow's Leaders Today and we need your help to make this dream a reality! To receive lifetime access to the Youth Leadership Summit click here.

You can connect with me at:

Website: www.Chris-J-Baker.com

Email: [email protected]

Facebook: Release Your Unconscious Page

Facebook: Leadership Excellence with Chris Baker

LinkedIn: Chris Baker

Instagram: chris _j_baker_ryu

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. 

Ray's big A-ha moment occurred as a result of a tragedy where he ended up as a quadriplegic after a car accident. As he was being wheeled out of the hospital after regaining 80% of his mobility he was furious that he had to be wheeled out even though he had worked so hard to walk again.

Ray had been reading a book of quotes and this one, by Winston Churchill, was at the forefront of his mind at this moment in time: "Truth is incontrovertible, malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is."

Listen as he describes that this was the moment he died as the person he used to be and walked out as the person he had become and then breaks down why this quote became his defining moment. He stopped being known by his first name, Harold, and became Ray.

Ray explains how this is happening today and especially with the youth populations. Our teenagers are living under the labels that other people have put on them. (This came out in the recent Youth Leadership Summit and you can gain access to the recordings from that below.)

In his book, Shades of Faith, Shadows if Fear, Ray digs deeper into his experience of being paralyzed and moving out of this shadow into a new shade. When living in the shadows you see no way out and when you make the shift your energy changes and hope takes over. 

Once you understand the energy the next challenge is to deliberately put it into action by changing your vocabulary. Try the exercise that Ray describes where you write down all of the emotions that you have within a given week. You only have 30 seconds to write these down and if you pause to think about it you must stop and go with what you have written down.

Once you have your negative emotion words, create 3 similar emotions that are just a little above the negative emotion. Once you do this, take away the original negative words from your vocabulary.

Question to ask: What is not great yet today?

This presupposes that something will be great and therefore you will work towards it.

Always be moving towards something rather than be stuck in a situation that you are trying to break away from.

Ray's newfound core beliefs took him away from counter intelligence as he identified a conflict of interests. He decided that he wanted to focus on where his conscience took him and this resulted in him returning to school. During this time he created a study guide based on what he had learned in counter intelligence to enable him to learn quickly.

This learning method was so successful that Ray was accused of cheating because he aced an exam! After his innocence was proven Ray was asked to share this study guide with others and this led to the creating of a study skills program. This solidified his discovery that other people could be helped, regardless of the labels that other people had placed on them.

You can contact Ray on Facebook, Twitter, on his website: Truestudyskills.com or email him at [email protected]. 

We are here to Develop Tomorrow's Leaders Today and we need your help to make this dream a reality! To receive lifetime access to the Youth Leadership Summit click here.

You can connect with me at:

Website: www.Chris-J-Baker.com

Email: [email protected]

Facebook: Release Your Unconscious Page

Facebook: Leadership Excellence with Chris Baker

LinkedIn: Chris Baker

Instagram: chris _j_baker_ryu

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 summarize the content with some of the highlights that I took from the speakers and engagement. 

Too many Teenagers are feeling:

• That their needs are not being met
• That they are not loved
• That they are unworthy
• Rejection, Abuse, or Addiction
• That they are not good enough

Teenagers are looking for:

• Compassion
• Care
• Respect
• Someone to LISTEN to them
• A trusted Adult

We need to help them identify and then overcome the limiting beliefs that hold them back. To teach them how to express their feelings and emotions so that they can be the person they are inside. We want to help them to enjoy their teenage years without feeling like they have to live up to false expectations that they believe are put on them.

We heard how 1 in 3 teenagers will suffer from anxiety and/or depression and this has to change. We cannot assume to know what teenagers are thinking and feeling, we have to take time to connect with them and thereby gain a greater understanding of what they are going through.

As parents we need to be the adult that we want our children to become. Not to copy us but to set the example of how to behave, how to think, and how to live the life that we choose rather than by default.

It is time to: Step In, Step Up, and Step Out and I invite you to join this movement alongside your teenagers and become founding members of the Acorns 2 Oaks Leadership Academy where we teach life and leadership skills. You can find out more by clicking here and by doing so make the move towards a brighter future for you and your teenagers.

To receive lifetime access to the Youth Leadership Summit click here.

We are here to Develop Tomorrow's Leaders Today and we need your help to make this dream a reality!

You can connect with me at:

Website: www.Chris-J-Baker.com

Email: [email protected]

Facebook: Release Your Unconscious Page

Facebook: Leadership Excellence with Chris Baker

LinkedIn: Chris Baker

Instagram: chris _j_baker_ryu

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. 

Mark has experience working with global organizations including Hilton Grand Vacations, McGraw-Hill, AAA, Randstad, Tesoro, Citrix and Boston Scientific to deliver high quality blended learning solutions.

He has featured in a range of leading global industry publications including Training Magazine, e Learning Guild, Learning Solutions Magazine and Training Industry.

Mark is a Client Partner at Newleaf Training and Development whose mission is to help people and organizations be their best. Newleaf Training and Development deliver seminars, keynotes, coaching and online to help people better manage themselves, lead others and build business financial intelligence.

Mark starts by detailing his career journey which is a clear indication of how you can change direction to lead the life that you choose and you never have to settle for what is expected of you. He had, in his owns words, a pretty awesome childhood where his parents owned a major toy store in the UK. This is where Mark gained the bug for wanting to eventually live and work in the US.

Mark is an advocate of Steven Covey's "7 Habits of Highly Effective People" which advocates starting with the end in mind.

Mark is another example of someone who went to college not knowing what he wanted to do with his career. Even after graduating he didn't know what he wanted and ended up as a teacher. 

Note from Chris: This is a wide-spread challenge and one of the reasons why I started this podcast and now work with Young Adults to help them discover their purpose, passion and strengths so that they can earn a good living doing what they love.

Mark decided that he needed to change direction and use the experience that he had gained in a position that would provide him with fulfillment. He always had a plan to become an entrepreneur and the key to his message is that he had a plan, an end in mind. He aligned his experience with a position that would provide him additional experience and set off on a new venture.

The culmination of this journey has brought Mark and his family to Florida where he started his own business as a consultant in Newleaf Training and Development. 

Four years later the business is doing well with several employees and Mark has been able to develop and build the online element of the business, even before the COVID-19 pandemic that really brought virtual communication to the forefront.

The current crisis has showcased why it is so important for individuals and organizations to continually look for new and better ways of growing. When we stick with what we know we get comfortable and this can lead to complacency. 

Newleaf Mantra: Perception, behavior, results - How we see things drive behaviors which produce the results we get in life.

Mark describes how he put on a lot of weight when he moved to the US because he loved fast food. This perception changed when he had to have a medical as part of the visa process and was diagnosed as obese. He changed his eating habits and exercise routine and in the last 7 months has lost 70 pounds as a result.

What advice do you give your daughter Scarlett?

Look to the future and align your passion with a skill and career path that will be able to pay you the standard of living you require. Become a great leader, remain humble and keep yourself relevant in he workplace.

You can connect with Mark on LinkedIn, through Newleaf website, or on Twitter.

You can connect with me at:

Website: www.Chris-J-Baker.com

Email: [email protected]

Facebook: Release Your Unconscious Page

Facebook: Leadership Excellence with Chris Baker

LinkedIn: Chris Baker

Instagram: chris _j_baker_ryu

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. 

Corinne has quite a resume!

Living in Wisconsin all her life Corinne is the middle child of 3, born to teenage parents. Her family was moved to the country by her parents to avoid violence that was evident in the 1970's. Topical today!

After meeting a Nun in a hospital she was told to live out the legacy of her father and remember the good things that had happened. When she then lost her brother to substance abuse she started digging into what trauma looks like and subsequently became certified as a Trauma specialist.

Two thirds of Americans are exposed to adverse childhood experiences. Corinne applied her learning and awareness to the kids in her school. Listen as she explains how ADHD is often mis diagnosed and is actually a result of trauma in many cases.

Corinne realized that all that was required is one caring adult and she decided that she would become that person. After joining he John Maxwell Team she started utilizing  the Youth programs to serve others.

We all have a choice as to what cards we play, if we don't have a good hand we can trade those for a better one.

When we remove our limiting beliefs it enables us to rewire our brains so that we can create a better future for ourselves.

Corinne shares the 10 questions used in the assessment for kids. Listen to these and think about it from your own perspective, does this resonate?

We become a product of our environment so ensuring that our teenagers are nurtured and listened too is vital in developing their potential. 

Corinne explains how the first step she does with all of her students is to establish trust. She explains how they have low self-esteem and a lack of confidence so she allows them time to blow off steam so that they are willing to talk with her. Sharing bits of her own story help them to see that they are not alone. Corinne has changed her life and this gives the kids confidence that they can change their own too.

Encouraging them to use positive words and phrases helps develop a better outlook and allows for more expression. 

The key skill: LISTEN!!

Create a list of your "I am's" so that you can be constantly reminded of who you are. This self-talk is essential in creating a positive outlook. Repeat these statements daily and watch what happens to your confidence.

As the students Corinne works with see a difference in their life they start to bring other students to Corinne so that she can help them. Many of her students have gone from not expecting to graduate High school to blossoming into flowers who are achieving a better life. 

We need to increase the awareness about the levels of teenage suicide which is way too high and often hidden away. This is a topic that is being covered in the Youth Leadership Summit over June 26-28 so register today at https://www.chris-j-baker.com/youth-summit.

Corinne helps her students to move from the symptom to the source of their frustrations. She tells the story of one of her students realization of this and how it has helped change their thought process. Whatever you are seeing on the front end there is always something more going on in the back end. Take time to identify the cause rather than judge simply by the effect that you are seeing.

Advice for high school students: Find a trusted adult that will listen to you and establish a relationship with them.

Advice for Parents: Listen to your children and allow them to have their own voice. 

Everybody needs a mentor, whatever stage of life that they are in. This is the way that you can Maximize Your Potential every day.Reaching out for help is a strength, NOT a weakness. Be honest and open with your kids so that they know you don't have all the answers but that you will do everything you can to help find them.

You can follow Corinne on Instagram or Facebook and also register for the Youth Leadership Summit to learn more from Corinne and some of her former students.

Last word from Corinne: Parents, allow yourself to be vulnerable with your kids, and kids, cut your parents some slack!!

You can connect with me at:

Website: www.Chris-J-Baker.com

Email: [email protected]

Facebook: Release Your Unconscious Page

Facebook: Leadership Excellence with Chris Baker

LinkedIn: Chris Baker

Instagram: chris _j_baker_ryu

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. 

Hopefully you have already listened to episode #24 where Russell shared Secret #1 from his new book, Traffic Secrets, Your Dream Customer. In today's episode we share Secret #10 - Instagram Traffic Secrets!

Step #1 - Understand the history and the goal.

Russell explains the history of Instagram and two key ways that you can leverage the platform to gain exposure for your business.

Step #2 - Find your Dream 100.

Find your dream 100 influencers and follow them on Instagram. Spend time each day to engage in their posts with likes and comments so that you can see how they are engaging with their followers because this is what you will want to emulate.

Step #3 - Identify your the publishing strategy and create your publishing plan.

Russell goes in to detail about how to create hooks and share stories to engage your audience. The intention is to:

• Inspire
• Educate
• Entertain

Another key aspect is to ask questions which will prompt engagement from your audience which shows them that you want to listen - people love to be heard!

Use relevant Hashtags in your messages so that your reach is expanded and ultimately you will make an offer to your audience once credibility has been established.

Russell also explains how to use Instagram videos, stories, and lives to further enhance your status as an expert.

Step #4 - Work your way in.

By using the previous steps you will start showing up in people's feeds in addition to the feeds of your dream 100. Once this is in place you tap into the audience of your dream 100 with IGTV and Russell describes how to do this effectively.

Step #5 - Buy your way in.

If you want to quickly grow your Instagram following you can do so by engaging your dream 100 and paying them to give you a "Shout out" on their feed. Because they have 1000's of followers they can use the "Swipe-up" feature to send people to a clickable link where you sell your product.

Step #6 - Fill your funnel.

The final step is to convert the traffic into traffic that you earn, in other words capture their email address. Russell describes the process for doing this effectively.

Building your following takes time and effort but with these steps that Russell shares you will be one step ahead of many other entrepreneurs.

If you would like to receive a FREE copy of Traffic Secrets click here, all you pay is shipping and handling.

You can connect with me at:

Website: www.Chris-J-Baker.com

Email: [email protected]

Facebook: Release Your Unconscious Page

Facebook: Leadership Excellence with Chris Baker

LinkedIn: Chris Baker

Instagram: chris _j_baker_ryu

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 Russell Brunson shares Secret #1 from his brand new book, Traffic Secrets: Who is your dream customer?

"Each business needs to understand their dream customer avatars better than the customers know themselves."

The first step in the process is to become obsessed with your dream customer rather than the product that you sell. Being obsessed means understanding them better than they understand themselves. Often, just remembering how you felt when you were trying to solve the problem you're now solving for other people is usually hard. 

"Our mess becomes our message" - Nicholas Bayerle

Look back in time and find the point where you were struggling with the same problem your dream customer has now. Once at that point remember what you were feeling when you were in that pain.

The 3 Core Markets/Desires

• Health
• Wealth
• Relationships

Two reasons why people get stuck getting inside he head of their dream customer:

1. My product fits into more than one if these desires
2. My product doesn't fit into any of these desires

Moving away from pain toward pleasure

Every human being on the planet is moving in one of two directions when they make a decision: away from pain or toward pleasure.

Exercise:

Write down at least a dozen things that your potential future customers are saying or thinking as they're trying to move away from pain.

Now write down at least a dozen phrases that people in your market who are moving toward pleasure may have running on a loop in their head.

The Searcher and the Scroller

People will either be searching for your product, or you will interrupt them to get their attention with your ads as they are scrolling.

 This is just one chapter from Russell's book, Traffic Secrets, and I will be sharing another chapter on Instagram Secrets in an upcoming episode so I encourage you to subscribe to Maximize Your Potential podcast to receive notifications as each episode is released 

If you would like to receive a FREE copy of Traffic Secrets click here, all you pay is shipping and handling.

You can connect with me at:

Website: www.Chris-J-Baker.com

Email: [email protected]

Facebook: Release Your Unconscious Page

Facebook: Leadership Excellence with Chris Baker

LinkedIn: Chris Baker

Instagram: chris _j_baker_ryu

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. 

Margaretrose started in the hospitality industry working in hotels and restaurants. She didn't finish college and the absence of a degree meant that she always started at the bottom and worked her way up in the organizations she worked for. She knew she wanted more and was searching for the way to do it. After being a stay-at-home Mom for a while she started work as a Manager in a restaurant chain where she started coaching servers, her first experience of coaching.

She was 42 years old and serving tables when the other servers told her she should coach and be paid for it. This also happened when Margaretrose started working for the Government in Tallahassee. This is when someone told her about the John Maxwell Team certification program which made Margaretrose really excited. So much so that she quit her job, cashed in her retirement and joined the certification program. To support herself she drove for Uber and Lyft which had the added benefit of giving Margaretrose the experience of talking to people. 

Question: What did you learn from what these college kids were experiencing?

Almost everyone of them was full of joy and excitement which was refreshing however the majority of them had no idea what they wanted to do with their life. They were getting a degree but didn't know what job they wanted or what life entailed. There appeared to be a lack of basic life skills, such as cooking a meal, going grocery shopping, or budgeting.

Baby Brandon Syndrome.

Margaretrose was designing a curriculum, Adulting 101,  and put out a post to ask parents if she could interview their young adults as research. One of the students was Brandon who was a 21-year old Junior in college. Brandon was a quiet student who was getting ready to look for internships. Listen to the story as Margaretrose describes her conversation with Brandon about budgeting, shopping, cleaning and other basic life skills. 

This story embodies the challenge with parents loving their children so much that they want to protect them but by doing so they are shielding them from growing and developing into functioning adults.

Note: Our young adults want to learn and yet they don't have the tools to succeed which is why I created Acorns 2 Oaks Leadership Academy. My mission is to help educate our young adults on finding their "Why" and pursuing their passion so that they can live within their strength zones and do more of what they love to do. 

As a society it is our responsibility to help guide our young adults to think for themselves so that they live a purpose driven life. Too many do not know what they want to do and will drift through life, following the example that has been set by the adults in their life. We want to protect them from failure and by doing so the net effect is that we enable them to not try new things for themselves. We do it with the best intentions although it will ultimately hurt them by fulfilling our needs at the expense of helping them to grow.

While we don't want our kids to fail, it is important that they do so that they can learn from these experiences. We cannot wrap them in cotton wool forever as eventually they have to step out on their own so the sooner we start educating them on life skills the better.

Decorating the Christmas tree.

This is a great example of how we want our kids to help but after they have gone to bed we often correct the work so it looks better. We are doing this to satisfy our needs but what message does this send to the kids? They will reflect and say why should I try as Mum and Dad only fix it after and maybe ask: Do they not think I am good enough?

Margaretrose shares another example of her Brother laying mulch with his kids and how his attitude was one of helping hem to learn even though it meant his flower beds didn't look perfect as they did.

This lesson applies equally in the workplace as it does in families because you need to encourage your team to learn and develop. Show confidence in them and watch them blossom!

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Vanessa is the founder of ‘The Limitless Potential Academy’, where growth-seekers come to get the support and experience they need to breakthrough to their next level of potential with Monthly Masterclasses and Group Coaching. Vanessa also runs the 'Limitless Potential' show where she interviews the world's leading authorities in personal development, human behavior and human potential. She also founded the Limitless Potential Inner Circle Community of 5,000+ like-minded, outstanding human beings from 30+ countries across the globe whom support and challenge each other to reach ever increasing levels of their potential daily.

Vanessa describes her journey which started by her brother choosing the degree she chose at University because she wasn't aware of what she wanted to do with her life or what her purpose was. This is a common challenge as we are not taught to think for ourselves, we live to please our parents and follow what they want for us, which is usually the "safe" route!

After completing her business degree Vanessa still didn't feel good about what she was doing and went into banking but this still didn't fulfill her. She went back to university and started a Law degree because she thought that would open up more doors. She still wasn't happy and it was at this point that her then boyfriend introduced her to the teachings of Tony Robins and this became the turning point for Vanessa.

At 24 years old Vanessa was under the impression that she was too old to change (I know right?!?) when she saw a 65 year old attendee of the Tony Robins conference stand up with tears of happiness in her eyes as she exclaimed how she just realized that she had been successful in her career because she felt that is who her father wanted her to be but it had been at the expense of her family life. She now felt free and knew that she could find a life of fulfillment and freedom with her new awareness.

Vanessa left Law school, much to the dismay of her family who disconnected from her, claiming Vanessa Jane was a failure! The easy route is very often the most difficult in the long run so find your purpose and follow your heart.

Over the last 7 years Vanessa Jane has invested a lot of time and money in her own personal growth and is now sharing these messages with other people to help them live out their potential, which is limitless.

Vanessa Jane's advice for her teenage self would be: "listen to yourself and do what you want to do." When you do something with a passion it will be more fulfilling.

Question: Who did you crave love from the most when you were growing up?

As teenagers we need options with regards to what we can do and encouragement to think for ourselves and pursue our passion. Parents and teachers have our best interest at heart when they try to protect us as teenagers, but at the same time they are not setting us up for success because we are not thinking for ourselves.

Vanessa Jane explains how most people are living a life of mediocrity because they have too much "stuff" that is holding them back. When you get rid of that stuff you can transcend your life into one of meaning and fulfillment. Carl Jung: What you most need is where you least want to look.

What are the patterns that repeat in your life? What is tripping you up? 95% of what determines our life comes from our subconscious mind which is the programs from he past. We need to rely more on our feelings and emotions to draw on the wisdom rather than what our head says from he programing of the past.

Book suggestion: Soulshaping: A Journey of Self-Creation by Jeff Brown

I asked Vanessa Jane how her family react to her success now and she was pleased to say that her Mum is now her number one fan who helps and supports her in the business. Some members do not get it and it is important to understand that not everyone will because personal growth requires a new thinking.

"When you get clear on what authentically inspires you, you actually become unshakeable to all the things your past self was terrified about." - Vanessa Jane Patrick

Understand that our families want us to be happy and they are coming from a level of awareness where getting a stable career is the right route. It may be right for some but not for all so raise your level of awareness and be authentic in the direction your choose for your life.

** Be on the lookout for an upcoming episode where I am going to break down the Golden Rule and explain why I think it us fundamentally flawed **

The best place to follow Vanessa Jane is on her Facebook page via the link below. 

Final word from Vanessa Jane: Her life changed when she decided to take 100% responsibility for her actions and destiny. Role model that to others and you will have a greater impact on the world.

You can contact Vanessa Jane on Facebook, Website, or Instagram.

You can connect with me at:

Website: www.Chris-J-Baker.com

Email: [email protected]

Facebook: Release Your Unconscious Page

Facebook: Leadership Excellence with Chris Baker

LinkedIn: Chris Baker

Instagram: chris _j_baker_ryu

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.