Reframing your mindset is the most powerful thing that you can do to change the trajectory of your life, as well as improve your general mental health and wellbeing.

Your thoughts are extremely powerful! Framing starts with a choice. How can you change your frame of mind?

Choose to focus on how the difficulty you’re facing will make you stronger, more intelligent, more emotionally complex, or more resourceful. See the problem as an opportunity!

The key takeaway from today’s podcast is that have we total, 100% control over our mindset, our mood, our reaction to events, what we pay attention to and how present we are.

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“Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms—to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.”

“When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.”

“Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.”

All from Victor Frankyl

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Blase Grinner is a Men’s MINDFIT coach,  founding father of C.M.B (Conscious Men Brotherhood); Co Owner of Adventure company Experientia Sunshine Coast & MAB Life Adventures.

In this episode, Blase tells his story. The beauty of Blase’s story lies in his honesty and vulnerability, which I believe will allow you to connect with and relate to him, whilst also prompting powerful self-reflection.

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Lots of great lessons in our conversation including:-

• How Blase has grown to learn why “the work will never cease”.
• How Blase has built ‘conscious conversations’ with his partner into his day as a non-negotiable and the importance of structure.
• How childhood trauma has impacted his life and the lessons that Blase has learned though reliving his story.
• How consciously tapping into memories, stories and life lessons helps drive him today.
• How unwiring himself has empowered him to help others.
• The dangers of a scarcity mindset.
• Why Blase believes men need to make the uncomfortable become comfortable.
• The analogy of the sprinter in relation to speaking your truth.
• The humbling experience of becoming a Dad.
• How getting through chaos, trials, and trouble can become your gift.
• How Blase went from lonely to a connector of men.

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“ I am always a student and always will be”
“Speak your truth honestly and wholeheartedly.
“Movement equals movement and truth empowers truth”
“Do something just for you every day”

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• Be a Lifelong Learner
• Embrace Discomfort
• Find Simplicity

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Hunter Johnson is CEO of The Man Cave, a preventative mental health and emotional intelligence organisation for boys and young men.

Hunter is driven by purpose and created The Man Cave in an attempt to do something meaningful about Australia’s shocking statistics around men’s mental health and suicide.  Hunter is a change agent who is fascinated by how business solutions can be used to solve social problems. He is passionate about creating safe, non-judgemental spaces where young men can take off the masks they wear each day and authentically connect with one another.

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Lot of great lessons in our conversation including:-

• How a serious injury was a “get out of jail free card” in breaking free of a masculine environment.
• The importance of an unrestricted view of masculinity.
• How mobilisation of mentors for young men and boys could build community and connection.
• How self-awareness needs to be cultivated and strengthened like a muscle.
• Why a culture of judgment is so damaging and how it results in young men floating in ‘the middle’ with their masks on.
• The role Fortnite and other games in the mental health of our young men and boys.
• How a habit of exercise helps Hunter in all areas of his life.

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“We need to create the space, language, and permission to have those deeper connections?”.

“Self-awareness is the windscreen wiper to the soul”.

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Do you know what your values are? Most of us don’t. We don’t understand what’s most important to us. Instead, we focus on what our society, culture, and media values.

The problem with not being connected to our values is we don't have a foundation in and a focus on what is really important to us!

Your values are, "your personal code of conduct." They are your core beliefs that guide your actions, behaviors, and interactions with the world.

The path to self-improvement and personal expansion can often seem uncertain, but it's your core values that remain constant, guiding you along the way.

Intimately knowing your values gives you the foundation to not only make large, life-changing decisions but also allows you to conduct your life on a day to day basis with integrity and authenticity.

We all want to live at peace with ourselves and the world. It’s not easy! But going through a process to discover your values is a great place to start.

Defining your values is the most crucial component of The Great Bloke Project Blueprint.

Get started with… The How to Guide to Defining Your Values

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The practice of self-awareness is one of the greatest skills in life because it enables us to learn about ourselves in a way no one else can ever teach us.

Learning the art of self-awareness is the most crucial component of The Great Bloke Project Blueprint. Understanding who we are at a deeper level is the foundation to navigating our path through life. To be the best version of ourselves we must know ourselves.

Self-awareness causes us to stop ignoring our feelings, fears, and emotions and forces us to start exploring them.

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Mike is an author and a coach. He helps men get more of life, from the smallest change to become un-stuck, to the largest transformation. Mike challenges the broken model of masculinity and encourages men to connect with one another and go below the surface. 

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Lot of great lessons in our conversation including:-

• We all have crap! You’re not the only one!

• Why the traditional, narrow view of man and male identity is so dangerous.

• Why connection between men and meaningful conversation is so important!

• The reason why isolation and loneliness is such a problem for blokes.

• Mike’s definition of the inner man cave.

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• Reframe your mindset
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When men make coaching an everyday way of working and doing, they create more focus, more courage, and more resilience. Michael Bungay Stanier makes the art of coaching practical, achievable and powerful.

Michael says, “If you’re a human being that interacts with other human beings, then coaching is powerful… it’s for everyone!”

Michael Bungay Stanier is a Rhodes Scholar and has been recognized as one of the Global Gurus in coaching.

This is a resource episode of The Great Bloke Project Podcast that is designed to introduce (or reintroduce) men to a fundamental skill that has the ability to change the dynamics of your closest relationships and redefine how you lead and work.

Michael has written a number of books. His latest, the Wall Street Journal bestseller The Coaching Habit, has sold over half a million copies. Michael Bungay Stanier is the founder of Box of Crayons a company best known for teaching 10-minute coaching so that busy leaders and managers can build stronger teams and get better results.

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Lot of great lessons in our conversation including:- 

• Why you may find coaching weird and why it may not have worked for you in the past.
• Why we should you stay curious longer and rush to advice giving and action a little slower.
• Why are trained to be advice giving maniacs?
• The power of a question and how it has the ability to empower.
• Why coaching takes courage and why it opens the door for servant leadership.
• The usefulness of being “lazy”

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“Be Lazy, Be Curious, Be Often”
“Are you willing to play the bigger game, help someone grow, empower them and go for the bigger win?”

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Jeddy Azuma is a leader and mentor guiding men into purpose & power. He is the creator and host of 'The Rising Man Podcast', a platform where men from all walks of life come to share their personal stories about the journey from boy to man, the challenges, triumphs, and insights they’ve experienced, and what they’ve learned along the way. Jeddy is a husband, a father and a lead coach for Mancave.

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Lot of great lessons in our conversation including:-

• How our story from boy to man connects us and helps shape what we are capable of giving back to the world.
• How to defeat negative self- talk.
• The nature of male relationships and what makes us truly powerful.
• How being aware of what drains us and what energises us a can be an indicator of direction a purpose.
• The importance of  “taking off the mask” and when it is appropriate to wear a mask.
• How ego can help us!
• The connection between belonging and shame.
• The concept of slowing down to the speed of wisdom.

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“The most powerful, courageous, strongest man in the room is the one willing to go first”.

“A mask can be something you hide behind or something that amplifies your essence.

• Tell your real story
• Be kind to self and others
• Build Community
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• Reframe your mindset
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Kurt is a holistic high-performance coach focusing on connecting and training the mental, emotional, spiritual and physical in athletes. His coaching guides those working with him to transform so that they may embody the best version of themselves in performance and in all areas of life.

Kurt was working for the NBA in China and has had the privilege to coach in professional and semi-professional environments around the world. He has since started his own business and offers virtual and in-person individual and group training.

Find out how to work with Kurt and more

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Lot of great lessons in our conversation including:-

1. Make it a priority to establish the ‘Why’!
2. Ego can be the enemy.
3. Making time to just ‘be still’ is crucial.
4. Our thoughts are powerful! We need to be aware of them and use them to drive us forward! Don’t let them be a barrier!

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“Develop an unshakable why”
“Frankly, a lot of us have got soft. We want things handed to us!”

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• Care less what others think
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Jed Altschwager talks vividly about seeing two paths when lying in his hospital bed a few days after a serious accident.

The direction for his life could have been dark and negative but Jed’s mindset, love of life and incredible work ethic has seen his life take a path of positivity and gratitude.

Since the accident, Jed has designed a life for himself that has opened doors and created tremendous opportunity.  After barely entering a gym prior to his accident, Jed is now an elite para-athlete. He is representing Australia in the 2018 Rowing World Championships in Bulgaria.

Jed’s mindset, honesty, and authenticity is incredibly inspiring.

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Lot of great lessons in our conversation including:-

1. How embracing discomfort is essential
2. The role exercise plays in Jed’s life and how it has helped him rehabilitate and become the fittest version of himself.
3. Why building a community and being authentic is energising.
4. The role self-awareness plays in Jed’s life.

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