The Inner Chief

In this week’s episode we meet Mastery of Money Guru Adam Carroll.

Adam is an internationally recognized financial literacy expert, author and speaker. He is a two-time TED talk speaker, with one of his talks surpassing 2 million views. Adam is the founder and curator of www.MasteryOfMoney.com, and creator of the documentary film, Broke Busted & Disgusted.

His passion is helping people build a bigger life, not a bigger lifestyle.

In this episode we build your own Life Scoreboard.

Like most successful professionals, you probably started your career with clear ideas about what you wanted to do and who you wanted to become. Then, as time progressed, you got caught up in the corporate life. Before you knew it, you were running from one meeting to the next, and what you expected of yourself started to come second to what others expected of you. Add to the equation the responsibilities that come with a family and a mortgage and it's easy to see why so many of us fall into this trap. We look forward to time away from work, but the four weeks of leave most of us take a year don't ever seem enough.

It just doesn't feel like living.

Years fly by, seemingly at the speed of light, and no matter how hard you try you can't seem to slow it down. You may even have started to feel a little lost, disconnected from our soul, and of control as the year has progressed you don't feel as comfortable in your own skin. You're not coming from a place of personal strength and centredness. And worst of all you know you're not reaching your potential in any area of your life.

One of the many great lessons I've learnt from elite sport is their infatuation with analysis and then how they present data as useful information to athletes and coaches. One particular scoreboard really resonated with me. This was the elite athlete scoreboard at the QLD Reds for their academy players. Every player had a set of measures they needed to reach in every part of their game. It was the technical, tactical, mental, physical, social elements of their development. They had benchmarks they had to achieve every year and this was updated regularly in red, amber, green when a particular element was out of sync. Essentially they could identify when players were out of balance and how that was affecting other parts of their game. They wanted well-rounded and growing young men and women in their programs.

This gave them a baseline for taking intentional action to stay in balance. As Michael E Gerber said:

"The difference between great people and everyone else is that great people create their lives actively, while everyone else is created by their lives, passively waiting to see where life takes them next. The difference between the two is the difference between living fully and just existing." —Michael E. Gerber

About 10 years ago I developed my first vision board for my life and then I added to it a Life Scoreboard. This Life Scoreboard is a pictorial representation of how I'm performing in all the most important elements of my life. Things like my relationship with my wife and kids, wider family, best friends, my career and legacy, finances, health, mastery, travel, spirit and dreams.

I use this scoreboard religiously. It gives me immediate insight into how I can improve an element or two to improve my overall life. And whenever I'm feeling down, out of whack I return to this. It normally takes about 5 mins and I'm back on track at least with some actions to take.

The thing is we've all met the guy or gal that is all about their fitness. They spend all their time thinking that the fitter they get the happier they'll be while so many other elements are suffering. The same of the social butterfly who has a fear of missing out syndrome out of control but as a result never re-centres, loses their fitness or the spiritual guru who spends all their time in meditation but becomes disconnected from the world. In the end, your Life Scoreboard is about YOUR journey and what is RIGHT FOR YOU. No one else's scoreboard is yours. We are all so beautifully unique. So treat it as a process of reconnection to WHO YOU TRULY ARE.

I want to talk you through a Four Step Process now for you to develop your own Life Scoreboard:

1. Define each of categories
2. 1. The elements of your scoreboard are totally up to you. We've provided an example but you need to work out what is most important to you.
   1. On each element give yourself a gut-feel score out of 10
3. Score yourself out of 10
   1. On any item that you scored lower than 7 define anything you can do in the next 48 hours to boost that score
4. Pick low hanging fruit
   1. Identify ways you can boost scores by combining pursuits and any other longer activities to get your score higher
5. Kill two birds with one stone

Remember, this is about YOU. Think deeply as to why you're giving certain scores. What is the root cause? How can you bring your greatest self to the table.

The Life Scoreboard is a vital tool in becoming the CHIEF of your Career and Life. Use it wisely, use it often and I guarantee you'll find yourself coming from a play of personal centredness and power. Then and only then are you a true CHIEF.

For a detailed example and steps I've created a page with all those resources at www.chiefmaker.com/55.

Like most successful professionals, you probably started your career with clear ideas about what you wanted to do and who you wanted to become. Then, as time progressed, you got caught up in the corporate life. Before you knew it, you were running from one meeting to the next, and what you expected of yourself started to come second to what others expected of you. Add to the equation the responsibilities that come with a family and a mortgage and it’s easy to see why so many of us fall into this trap.

In this episode we meet Alex Mandossian.

Alex has helped his clients generate over $203 million in sales from TV spots, infomercials, national retail catalogs, direct mail, web marketing and postcards.

Here is what Mark Victor Hansen, public speaker and best-selling author of Chicken Soup For The Soul and One Minute Millionaire series, has to say about Alex: "The first time I watched and heard Alex Mandossian give a marketing presentation, my pen ran out of ink because I took so many notes! Alex's greatest gift is the way he uses the power of stories to make his marketing strategies stick in your mind."

He has coached George Foreman, Larry King, Russell Brunson, Jay Abraham, Brian Tracy, Jack Canfield, Brendon Buchard, Alexandria Brown, Barbara DeAngelis to name a few.

He is the also the subject of many books on marketing and selling, the author of Alexisms, host of the iTunes top podcast All Selling Aside and just an all round good bloke.

In this episode we meet Alex Mandossian.

Alex has helped his clients generate over $203 million in sales from TV spots, infomercials, national retail catalogs, direct mail, web marketing and postcards.

He is the also the subject of many books on marketing and selling, the author of Alexisms, host of the iTunes top podcast All Selling Aside and just an all round good bloke.

In this episode I countdown the top 5 lessons from the first year. When I chat to listeners they all tell me they've got a favourite guest from the show and every chief has been mentioned. It just goes to show that there is NO single way to be a chief. In putting this list together I studied the transcripts of 28 episodes and found the most common themes and I've included one quote from each of our chiefs and gurus. Righto Chiefs counting down from 5 to 1 here are the Top 5 lessons from the last year. Go to www.chiefmaker.com.au/53 for full summary.

When I chat to listeners they all tell me they’ve got a favourite guest from the show and every chief has been mentioned. It just goes to show that there is NO single way to be a chief.

In putting this list together I studied the transcripts of 28 episodes and found the most common themes and I’ve included one quote from each of our chiefs and gurus.

This week's episode welcomes Jame Whittaker. James has interviewed more than 100 of the world's most revered business leaders, cultural icons and athletes to unlock their secrets to success. People like Oprah Winfrey, Lewis Howes, Bob Proctor, Barbara Corcoran...in all 100 legends of our time.

Today, the bestselling author, speaker, entrepreneur and film producer draws on his unique experience to give people the tools to take ownership of their financial, physical and mental health.

His book and new movie are "Think & Grow Rich: the Legacy".

More at www.chiefmaker.com.au/52

This week’s episode welcomes Jame Whittaker. James has interviewed more than 100 of the world’s most revered business leaders, cultural icons and athletes to unlock their secrets to success. People like Oprah Winfrey, Lewis Howes, Bob Proctor, Barbara Corcoran...in all 100 legends of our time.

His book and new movie are “Think & Grow Rich: the Legacy”.  

More at www.chiefmaker.com.au/52

In this episode we dive deep into Meticulous Preparation.

Most of you have heard me wax lyrical about systemising high performance by using a High Performance Lifecycle like Prepare, Perform, Recover, Review. This is a powerful model and really comes to live when every step is respected and completed like a pro.

10 years ago I went off the grid and spent 3 months living in the remove mountains of China with the Shaolin Kung Fu Monks.

See more at www.chiefmaker.com.au/51