Our hero found himself on top of the world after 16 months of crushing his personal development goals... looking forward to not just a "new year, new you" but a whole new DECADE. 

But 2020 had other plans, and the well thought out game-plan went out the window. Back on the couch watching Netflix and surrounded by skip the dishes, our hero had lost his way.

But during a forced reflection period he was given the gift. The gift of self-realization. He was not living in alignment with his  true self. So he did what he always does when he doesn't feel in frequency or in tune... he shuts off the world by turning on a movie....

What's this... LIMITLESS??? And just then he got a fateful phone call from Phil.

Tonight’s episode features Dr. Graham Norton, co-owners & operator of East Coast Chiropractic. We discuss how he and Dr. Marie pivoted their practice during a forced pause last year for the better. “Money matters, but integrity matters more.” With that in mind they've forged forward with a new way of preventative based care for their clients. 

We discuss how to balance and maintain equilibrium between entrepreneurship, parenting, and marriage. Hint, it doesn’t always go as planned! Dr. Graham focuses his attention on his main 4 pillars, as well as his core values. These values are his life's song and living life in congruence with them determines his frequency. Find out what his daily non-negotiables are to keep himself in tune.

Let’s dive further as our guest speaks about scientific approaches to life like:
Can neuroplasticity and neurogenesis turn back the clock?
Why mentorship can be a double-edged sword
The pursuit of perfection and other issues with setting goals
Fixed versus Growth mindsets

Make sure you watch or listen to our next episode of Sounds Like Schmidt 

04:40The benefits of planning versus just taking action 
11:15Pivoting his practice during a forced pandemic pause
19:46 Hear the WOW story of his 1st date with Dr. Marie Battaglia
22:29 Learn how a husband & wife balance love, parenting & business
27:17 Daily non-negotiables to keep him singing in tune
32:01 Ben asks if he can get younger
35:03 Absolute versus relative goals, the pursuit of perfection
37:52 Growth versus fixed mindset
43:27 Can you get smarter? 
47:14 His idea of personal development
51:44 Listen to Dr. Graham’s two cents on minimalism & downsizing
55:38Does journaling using the Five-Minute Journal process
57:36How does a dad of two keep a meditation practice
1:02:40Graham’s lofty vision

In the last episode, we saw our fallen hero down on his luck & on his knees on the living-room floor. He finally hit rock bottom. Frustrated with himself he felt surrounded by the traps of fake victories that now had him in a hollowed out world. 

But while on rock bottom there was dust settling.  When the air cleared our hero’s mountain could be seen again. His childhood dream. A firm decision made. He rose to his feet. 

Reignited by an old flame, our hero journeys over the threshold  into his Unknown World. As he crosses over he is met with tests and enemies, but he finds an ally, a childhood hero, his mentor, The Spellbinder!

Go hero go.

⁠This week we have Dr. Tiffany Keenan. ⁠She dreamt of the stars and cosmos at an early age wanting to become an Astronaut, but she needed corrective spine surgery for Scoliosis at 15. Showing her high performance mentality early on,  she transitioned her childhood dream towards her new reality. Inspired by her attending physician she moved towards medicine.

Dr. Tiffany Keenan has now been an emergency physician (or a self proclaimed bronco riding cowgirl) & a family doctor for the last 22 years, in Miramichi, New Brunswick, Canada. Her background was in Nutritional Science, she's always been focused on our food and how vital of a role it plays in our health.

In this episode we discuss:
⁠- new alarming trends in health⁠
- how to read your baseline blood tests⁠
- public enemy number 1 = sugar⁠
- a history of the diet-heart hypothesis & its impacts⁠
- our gut instincts are the next wave of modern medicine⁠
- poop pills..... yes 💩 💊⁠
- and we nerd out on our love of self-help & journaling⁠

intro - excuse me if I stumble and fall
2:10 - rise@five - the self help show
3:40 - found an early rising habit theme in life
6:28 - many attempts, many failures... setbacks
7:09 - bought a house, got my real estate license, & dropped outta school!
9:20 - a little TIME management will solve my new dilemma 
12:35 - I didn't keep my stick on the ice... and the game passed me by
14:28 - returned to my once home now a house
16:12 - at rock bottom the clouds parted & my mountain could be seen
17:54 - my path, by way of The Spellbinder was found on x-mas morning...
18:42 - ... up nExt is Dr. Tiffany Keenan w/ GUT health & poop pills?!

THE STORY OF RISE AT FIVE
So the story of rise@five it didn’t start of May 19 in 2019, when a fateful phone call from Phil started a 90-day rise at five challenge between amigos. No that's not where the Self-Help-Show came to be.

I’d been fascinated with the concept of personal development and the idea of an early rising habit for many years. When I was a boy my dad would take me to hockey camps in the summer, or corn-picking as a teenager, or working at my friend's dad's estate. If I wanted high performance, I needed to rise early!

Even though I felt strongly about this habit many attempts were made, but none stuck.

… the early morning has gold in its mouth – Ben Franklin

Listen or watch the story of how I applied my early rising habits as kid, to the challenge of becoming a college drop out turned sales superstar. Somewhere along the way things slowed down, became lethargic, eventually just ceased. The dull-drum of life had crept in, ands the crushing realization that I had stopped chasing my dream.

.... find out the firm decision I made while at rock bottom, and how my mountain was revealed to me once I finally landed.... oh and my mentor, The Spellbinder is afoot

Ben Schmidt hosts Phil Evans on the very first episode of Sounds Like Schmidt. A podcast for cReativ3 entrepreneurs looking to rise up and tackle resistance head on. When we cross over the threshold into our unknown worlds, we're put to the ultimate test as we face head on our greatest inner demons. 

Will you prevail? Will you start that business? Will you finish that project? Will you lose those 30lbs?
.... will the HERO in you rise?

Phil Evans is REALTOR© residing in Halifax NS, and a new friend. Phil's my amigo from another man's burrito. We share similarities with real estate, travelling, "partying",  journaling, high performance, personal finance, self-development and more.

Born in Newfoundland, Phil worked his way across the Great White North. He would spend every cent he could earn on exploring the world and it paid off! Valuing experiences over equities and memories over materials  since a young age, Phil's heart enthusiastically led him to a life of adventure. Eventually the compounding effects of his vegabond lifestyle would have him at a personal crossroads.

Over the last few decades, Phil has lived in six different provinces and explored over 40 counties. He's picked apples in New Zealand, taught English in South Korea and sailed the seas on cruise ships, DJ'n his way from Alaska to the Caribbean. 

At 28, Phil returned to school to attain his MBA and was left with the task of picking up the tab of a life well travelled and an education earned. The desire to combine his formal education & knowledge from travel with his creative  nature, he found his outlet in the world of real estate sales & ownership.  Something he always felt drawn towards. 

Now in his 5th year of real estate, Phil has grown a tremendously successful sales business. At the time of filming he held the 14th overall units sold position in Canada, for his brokerage Keller Williams! 

• (01:28) A big Go Daddy gracias to Rajesh for your help amigo... Sounds Like Schmidt!
• (01:28) A REALTOR® confuses his love for self-help
• (06:04) After toasting to the launch, Phil details the benefits of the 5AM Club 
• (09:17) Phil Evans REALTOR®, M.B.A., of Keller Williams Select Realty
• (16:00) Phil flipped a coin, heads or tails to decide his fate! 
• (23:58) How Phil globe trotted to New Zealand w/ only $1,200 to his name & while there like Newton, a lightbulb moment in an Apple Orchard
• (31:243) Ben explains how he was on a 'path to average', and why this The 5AM Club means so much to him
• (37:16)  "small, daily improvements, when done over time, with consistency, yield staggering results" - Robin Sharma
• (42:50) the boys geek out with their bullet journals & discuss the rewards of journaling as part of their daily routines 
• (45:20) how Ben rediscovered his love of learning in the GROW pocket of the 20-20-20 in The 5AM Club
• (47:11) Find out how a fateful phone call from Phil jump started a 90 challenge, or rising at 5 AM to do the 20-20-20 Protocol... ultimately birthing rise@five, the first ever self-help show... bringing story telling to non-fiction
• (49:41) Phil breaks down what it's actually like to develop the resolve to rise at five... plus he had to go head to head w/ le champion de cinq heures
• (54:54) How to find YOUR hero's journey!

to reach this week's guest:
Phil Evans
REALTOR®, M.B.A.
Keller Williams Select Realty
(902) 449-6342
[email protected]
www.realestateinhalifax.ca

this has been a cReativ3 project from benschmidt.tv... an unFun production