The Inner Chief

In this episode we meet Read to Lead CHIEF Jeff Brown. He is the founder of the Read to Lead podcast and community

Before beginning Read to Lead, he spent 26-years in radio and co-hosted an award-winning and nationally syndicated morning show from 2002 to 2008 with over a million daily listeners.

The Read to Lead Podcast began in 2013. Since then he's been fortunate to interview a number of New York Times bestselling authors including John Maxwell, Seth Godin, Dan Miller, Daniel Pink, Simon Sinek, Chris Brogan (not once but twice), Gary Vaynerchuk and Liz Wiseman among others.

It has been a top #10 Business and top #3 Career podcast in iTunes, is an iTunes Essentials podcast (Book Lovers), and has been nominated Best Business Podcast no fewer than three times.

I'll ask Jeff to share about:

• His 26 year career on US Radio and what led him to being on main morning drive show with over a million listeners
• What is the most important lesson he learned from going out on his own that is so important for leaders still in the corporate world
• Which of his over 200 guests has stood out the most
• The importance of learning, taking action and relationships.
• ...and much more

You can connect with Jeff on Twitter or Instagram @THEjeffbrown and to learn more about read to lead just visit here: http://readtoleadpodcast.com

In this episode, Part 2 on confidence, I talk about confidence 'boosters' and how they can help take your game to a whole new level. The 7 boosters we focus on are:

1. Mindset
2. Reframing Fear
3. Getting in flow
4. Putting on your game face
5. Rehearsal and scenario modelling
6. Building a game plan
7. Decision making frameworks

If you've got a confidence issue or just want to lift your game then this will definitely serve up some new ideas.

In this episode we hear from Golf Coaching legend Peter Knight on mastering your craft.

Peter Knight is one of only four master golf professionals in Australia. He is the author of Iron Golf Mind and has over 25 of years successfully coaching at State and National level as well as driving golf programmes for the Australian Institute of Sport, Golf Australia, Taiwan Golf, Golf Victoria, NSW Golf and NSW Institute of Sport.

In 2012 he was one of three coaches in Victoria recognised for his contribution to coaching in Australia over the past 100 years.

His book is called Iron Golf Mind: Five lessons to achieve an amazingly strong mindset for golf. And might I add - your career and life in general.

During this far reaching interview we explore:

• His 5 C's of Optimal Performance - Confidence, Concentration, Commitment, Composure and Competitiveness
• What is mastery and how you can apply it in your work
• How do you build the right routines around your performances
• The most important question you should ask yourself everyday if you want to master your profession

You can connect with Peter on Facebook here @MelbourneGolfCoach.

In this episode I talk about confidence and the critical role it plays in performance and career progression. The topics is huge and I've split it out of over two minisodes. In this episode we'll focus on 7 big blockers that most of us can take practical action to turnaround if pay close attention to our performance.