The Ignition Show with Chris Janzen

“If you want an average life; copy the masses. If you want an extraordinary life; zig when others zag.” – Adam Sicinski

I’m reminded of that especially this week as the world unites in self-imposed isolation due to the spread of the COVID-19 or Coronavirus.

While it’s a serious topic with serious risks to our health, our economy and our way of life, it’s also an occasion to remember the law of opposites.

In this episode, Chris discusses how there is always ‘good’ to be found in any ‘bad’ situation and how following the masses is rarely the best and only option.

So make it your job this week to find the good, or spread some good, as the masses and the media spread fear, worry and panic.

Enjoy the episode…

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Following each interview, Chris is joined by his wife, Sarah, for the After Show.

In the After Show episodes, Chris and Sarah dissect their takeaways from the inspiring interviews, discuss how they are applying the wisdom in their own lives and how these topics have affected their journey on a more personal level.

Listen in for candid opinions, personal anecdotes and a dynamic interactions between husband & wife.

In this episode, Chris and Sarah discuss their takeaways from Chris’ conversation in Episode 60 with Katherine Bailey.

For more than 25 years, Katherine has been an energetic, passionate, heart-led, agent of change. Her expertise lies in helping individuals and organizations perform at the highest level in the face of chronic stress, adversity, and trauma.

Katherine’s approach is grounded in social science, business theory, neuroscience, and spiritual practice, giving her a unique and powerful perspective that helps simplify how to break through the complexity of barriers that holds us back from achieving our true potential.

The organizations she has helped inspire cultures of hope and reclaim greater meaning and purpose are vast including Apple, The United States Air Force, the giants of Wall Street and one of her personal favourite, NASA.

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Do you ever wrestle with feeling seemingly opposite emotions at the same time?

You’re excited about the project you’re working on but are incredibly stressed frustrated when working on it?

Being a parent makes you super happy but you’re a very anxious parent.

You’re trapped by fearing your money is dwindling but hold hope that it will soon change.

When we face these opposing forces, we often layer more challenge on ourselves by either thinking that one feeling is wrong and one is right. And in the process we make ourselves wrong for feeling whatever we’re feeling. A classic example would be you find yourself guilty for something you did or didn’t do, but then you go ahead and feel guilty about feeling guilty!

But with our infinite capacity to learn and develop skills, managing the complexity of our emotions, challenges and navigating the ups and downs of life is absolutely a learnable skill.

So I’m delighted to bring you today Katherine Bailey.

Katherine has spent decades diving into a deep understanding of the human condition, working with both some of the most disadvantaged members of our society and some of the highest profile, successful and influential members of society.

Through the thousands of interactions she’s had, Katherine’s superpower is to help simplify and ease the way forward for people who are struggling to move forward in challenging times.

What’s more Katherine masterfully mixes the art of calling it straight even when it’s hard to hear and always coming from love.

Enjoy the conversation…

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“It isn’t the mountains ahead to climb that wear you out, it’s the pebble in your shoe.” – Muhammad Ali

The champ was referring to the small distractions, irritations and excuses that prevent us from achieving the pinnacle in our lives.

Today Chris gives you three keys to going after your biggest aspirations (climbing that mountain) with a lighter, easier and more enjoyable load (getting rid of those pebbles in your shoe).

Enjoy the episode…

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Following each interview, Chris is joined by his wife, Sarah, for the After Show.

In the After Show episodes, Chris and Sarah dissect their takeaways from the inspiring interviews, discuss how they are applying the wisdom in their own lives and how these topics have affected their journey on a more personal level.

Listen in for candid opinions, personal anecdotes and a dynamic interactions between husband & wife.

In this episode, Chris and Sarah discuss their big takeaways and personal lessons from Chris’ awesome conversation in Episode 57 with Jeremiah Brown.

To Jeremiah Brown, reinvention and resilience are the lifeblood of progress, and as such, he’s spent his life harnessing the power of resilience to adapt to new environments and overcome setbacks, including the grandest of stages, the Olympics.

Jeremiah’s national bestselling book, The 4 Year Olympian, tracks his odyssey going from his parents’ couch to the Olympic podium in just four years, having never previously participated in his sport of rowing.

Redefining the power of enduring uncertainty and trusting others, Jeremiah uses his story to inspire audiences around the world to rethink what is possible for themselves in just four years.

What’s more, Billy is someone who practices what he preaches. He’s jumped out of an airplane more than 100 times, trekked in the Himalayas, Run with the Bulls in Spain, and swam with sharks in Thailand.

He knows what’s it’s like to be uncomfortable and is the author of the fantastic book, Your Comfort Zone is Killing You.

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I’d like to ask you to stop what you’re doing for a moment and think back to four years ago, early in 2016 (if you’re listening to this in 2020). Do you remember where you were? What you were involved in? What goals or aspirations you had?

Does that four years ago seem like a long time ago…or almost yesterday? 

No doubt much has happened to you in four years. In fact, I’d be willing to bet that not only did you do a lot in those years but you probably could have done a lot more, if you were focused, committed and uber purposeful about what you wanted to create or acheive.

And if you think that four years is not a lot of time to achieve something big, then you’re about to have your beliefs blown up big time!

Today’s guest is someone who has redefined what is possible in four years.

As you’re about to hear, back in 2008, at the age of 22, Jeremiah Brown was feeling that his dream of being a champion athlete was fading.

That is, until he flicked on the TV and watched athletes that looked just like him – same age, size, physique, complete on the world stage at the Beijing Olympics.

Something clicked in Jeremiah that day and he embarked on a remarkable odyssey to push, test and will himself to Olympic glory just four years later. And just so you really get the level of amazing, he had never even participated, let alone competed, in the sport he chose to pursue. He had to learn it all from scratch.

Whether you have fitness goals, business goals, life goals or Olympic goals, I hope you soak in the story and lessons from Jeremiah of how to make the impossible a true dream come true.

Enjoy the conversation… 

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Dr. Stan is a sport psychology consultant and director and founding member of the Leadership Resource Center in Atlanta, Georgia.

His breakthrough work with collegiate, Olympic, and professional athletes from many sports have afforded him an insight into the minds of great competitors that only a few have had the good fortune to gain.

What I appreciate most about Dr. Stan is how quickly he gets to the truth and calls it tight to enable people to realize they are capable of so much more, and unlocks the mindset, beliefs, and self-perception that holds us back.

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” A person cannot directly choose his circumstances, but he can choose his thoughts, and so indirectly, yet surely, shape his circumstances.” – James Allen, As a Man Thinketh

Life is going to throw us gems and grenades. When you’re facing really tough circumstances it’s very easy to convince yourself that “It’s not meant to be” or “it’s just my bad luck” or any of a variety of rationalizations that you don’t have much choice.

But you always have choices and most importantly, you ALWAYS have a choice on what and how you think about your circumstances.

Today Chris reminds you that any time you are bumping up against limitations, those limitation are just in your mind. Before your imagination gets the worst of you, you’ve got to remember that someone else would respond to your challenge differently, so perhaps it’s time for you to respond differently too.

Enjoy the episode…

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Following each interview, Chris is joined by his wife, Sarah, for the After Show.

In the After Show episodes, Chris and Sarah dissect their takeaways from the inspiring interviews, discuss how they are applying the wisdom in their own lives and how these topics have affected their journey on a more personal level.

Listen in for candid opinions, personal anecdotes and a dynamic interactions between husband & wife.

In this episode, Chris and Sarah discuss their learnings and ‘aha’ moments from Chris’ enlightening conversation in Episode 54 with Margaret Wheatley.

For 50 years, Margaret has been a consultant, advisor, speaker and formal leader inspiring people to use their power and influence and willingly step forward to serve in challenging times. Her consistently thought-provoking work and views summons us to reclaim leadership and create sanity in an increasingly troubled climate in our communities, cultures and businesses.

Her clients and audiences range from the head of the U.S. Army to twelve-year-old Girl Scouts, from CEOs and government ministers to small town ministers, from large universities to rural aboriginal villages.

Through her interdisciplinary curiosity, Margaret continues to provide new insights into the nature of how people interact and inspires us to build better organizations and better societies.

Her unwavering and decades-long commitment to influencing leaders earned her the Lifetime Achievement Award and an induction into the Leadership Hall of Fame by the International Leadership Association.

The author of more than 100 articles and 9 award-winning books, including her latest “Who do you choose to be?”, she is what the American Society for Training and Development calls, a true “living legend”.

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If you ever wanted to take charge of your life, or take charge of a group of people, a team, a cause or an organization, eventually you need to understand your relationship to leadership.

More specifically, who ARE you as a leader. What do you stand for? What is your core philosophy of being a leader? Where are you skillful or not? And do you have both the internal mindset and the external chops to lead in the current situation, climate or outcomes you desire to create?

Staring into the mirror, through the lens of leadership, inevitably you are faced with the question “Who am I?”. Answering that question can be both enlightening and difficult to answer in a meaningful way.

But whatever, or however, you do answer that question says a lot about the identity you hold of yourself. Your identity will directly and powerful shape your beliefs, your intention and your actions every single day.

Perhaps an even more important question than Who Am I, is “Who do I choose to be?”.

Our guest today is one leader that has taken a deep dive into exploring the choices of leadership — Margaret Wheatley.

Margaret has dedicated her life’s work to prompting and provoking leaders to think more, elevate more and become more.

For over five decades now, Margaret has helped people wrestle with a very difficult dilemma—how to maintain their integrity, motivation and effectiveness as they cope with the relentless upheavals and rapid shifts of today.

Since her breakthrough book in 1992, Leadership and the New Science, Margaret has been a relentless asker of important questions and expertly creates the space for you rethink your approach to leading yourself and the people you are called to serve.

I think you’ll enjoy both the wise perspective and the practical suggestions throughout this   episode.

Enjoy the conversation… 

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