The Quentin Hafner Podcast

In today's episode of The Business of Connection, I talk with Nathan "Carnage" Corbett about the strength of being open and vulnerable in male friendships.  

We talk about aggression, masculinity,  fighting, being vulnerable and all sorts of fun topics.

Many guys struggle with the idea of being vulnerable as a weakness, so I wanted to interview literally one of the toughest guys around and hear his take on why it's not only OK, but important for men to open with each other.

Nathan is an 11 time Muay Thai Boxing World Champion with over 65 professional fights,  with 59 wins (44 wins by KO).

Currently, Nathan teaches Muay Thai and his famous Carnage Elbow system at Rising Sons Muay Thai in Newport Beach, CA.  Nathan is the Muay Thai coach to many of the top UFC fighters.

Nathan can be found at IG: https://www.instagram.com/carnagecorbett/

For people that identify as being high-achievers, there is a constant tension between knowing when we’re working too much, and when we’re not working enough to achieve our goals.  A word that gets tossed around sometimes, is the work “workaholic”, which is this idea that our work becomes a sort of addiction.   

 In today's episode, I'm with my friend and super smart dude Uriah Guilford, where we talk about workaholism and go through these questions and more: 

• What is workaholism? (commonly held definitions)
• What’s the difference between workaholism and being just a hard worker?
• What are the signs of workaholism?
• Why does workaholism happen?
• What might be the upsides of workaholism?
• Why is workaholism bad for your relationship, family, physical health, etc.  And what happens if it’s not addressed? 
• Any action steps for someone that feels they might be struggling with this?  Or for a family member of someone who might be a workaholic?

Questions like these, and many more are the focus of today’s conversation on The Business of Connection. Today, I interview my friend Uriah Guilford…..Uriah is a multi-business owner, and Business Made Simple certified executive coach.  In our conversation today, we discuss the pros of working too much, the cons, and how to assess where you’re at in your own life around this topic. I’m really excited to share this episode with you and I hope you get something from it!

For more information about Uriah Guildford and his business consulting services, he can be reached at: [email protected] 

What an ambitious podcast right!?  

My friend Dr. Andy Garrett and I talk about how our unique identities forge the way for our unique purpose in life, love, and business, and Andy brilliantly lays out a process for anyone to discover how they are uniquely different and the unique purpose that is the outflowing from this place.  

We cover some questions like: 

• How we discover our unique purpose.
• What tends to be the greatest barriers to people living with purpose
• How getting to know yourself - and turning this self-knowledge into a simple - but practical blueprint for how to make decisions that reflect what is most important and meaningful to you.
• The role that autonomy plays in creating a life of purpose?
• How understanding your core values is critical to knowing your purpose - and living Authentically.
• How true purpose should be intrinsically motivated?
• What role does our identity play in establishing our purpose?
• How understanding what true virtuousness is - can help you discover your purpose?

Without understanding our unique identities, our unique core values, and our unique purpose, it makes life and relationships a real challenge.  In order for any of us to be truly successful, we have to know who we really are, and how this translates to showing up in the world.  I hope you enjoy our 60 minute conversation!

Dr. Andy can be reached here: 
https://ag-thrive.com/about/

When we take a look around, particularly on social media, we see so much division.

The world, and sometimes even our families, can get divided into camps of “good guys” and “bad guys”.  Of course, the world is never this simple, and when we don’t know how to have conversations that unite, things become divided.

Unfortunately, this division is taking place inside some families and business teams, which is just too sad and tragic.

Creating more unity with the people we care about is simply about engaging best practices with our ability to communicate with each other.

In this short solo podcast, I talk about an essential 3-step process to creating more unity with the people we care about.

If your family or business team feels divided, take the lead by watching this video and practicing these 3 steps; my promise is that it will bring a greater sense of unity with those you care most about and put a halt to the unnecessary and challenging tension.

Cheers to building unity,

Quentin

In today's episode, we’re having a conversation with a special friend of mine, John Davidson.  John is a psychotherapist and happiness coach in the UK, and the owner of Happiness Hacks, an international training program to help people increase their level of happiness.  

John knows a lot about happiness and we cover some really important ideas in this show!

We talk about: What are some unique challenges or obstacles to happiness and fulfillment to those that are busy professionals?

Is there a difference between happiness and fulfillment?

There’s so much in the world that promises to make us happy.  More money, new jobs, new relationships, material possessions, etc.  Why don’t these things ever really make us any happier?

What are the secrets that happy people know about happiness, that others don’t?

How can someone listening cultivate more happiness in their lives?

You can find John Davidson here: 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/happinesshackspodcast/

Website: https://www.happinesshacks.net/login-here

Podcast: https://happinesshacks.podbean.com

Everyone's drinking more since COVID-19. 🙋🏼‍♂️

That's not necessarily a horrible thing, unless it's becoming something you're struggling with that's negatively effecting your life. I did this podcast with a friend where we talked about:

The 4 Secrets Top-Performing CEO's Know to Keep a Healthy Relationship with Alcohol.

Although we did this podcast for a group of CEO's, It doesn't matter is you're a CEO or not, it can be useful and valuable information for anyone that wants to fine tune their relationship with alcohol.

It's long (51 minutes), but it might be valuable if you or someone you love could use some encouraging thoughts on this topic now.

In this latest episode, I interview Marriage and Family Therapist, Vanessa Cain, LMFT, about what parents can do right now to parent well during this time of being full-time parents while working from home. 

In this episode, Vanessa talks about 5 helpful parenting must-do's for busy parents: 

1. Make Meaning

2. Self Care.

3. Follow a flexible schedule.

4. Teach mindful breathing to your children.

5. Make “fun” family time a priority.

Vanessa give some great insights into parenting during this time, and we hope you find it useful in your own parenting journey right now. 

In this episode, I have the pleasure of interviewing Philipe DellaMonica, the head instructor at Gracie Barra Jiu-Jitsu U.S. Headquarters in Irvine, CA.

Philipe manages and oversees Brazilian jiujitsu instruction for over 700 customers; one of the largest BJJ schools in the world.  He is also:

·     BJJ coach and cornerman for UFC champions TJ Dilliashaw and Rafael Dos Anjos

·     BJJ National champion 

·     BJJ European Champion 

·     BJJ World championship medalist 

·     BJJ Pan ams medalist 

·     BJJ Multiple times IBJJF international open champion. 

And seriously...one of the nicest guys you’ll ever meet.  I had the honor of discussing with Philipe his natural leadership style of being open, caring, friendly, and extremely personable and how this contributes to his success in life and in business. 

Philipe can be reached on IG at philipefurao and at https://graciebarra.com/irvine-ca/

This is a quick 13-minute episode where I discuss 5 things we can all do to help those around us feels more psychologically and emotionally safe. 

Providing an emotionally safe environment has never been more important than right now. Whether you're managing a team at work and want to create enough safety so employees remain loyal and committed, or you're trying to help your kids feel more safe as a parent during these changing times, these are the 5 guidelines for all of us to follow.

In this show, I interview my friend and personal business mentor, Jeff Zakaryan.

Jeff worked as a senior marketing executive for a Fortune 500 company before leaving the corporate world to become an executive coach.  While working as an executive coach to some of the most prominent CEO's in Southern California, Jeff and I met each other and developed a friendship that later turned into a mentor/mentee relationship.

In this episode, here are some of the things we talk about: 

**Why has it been important for Jeff to dedicate his time and energy to mentoring? 

**How should we see the role as a mentor?  What do mentors actually do?

**What is the the greatest value mentors provide?

**Why do you think having a mentor is essential?  And what might happen if we didn’t have one?

**In all your experience coaching high-level executives and mentoring entrepreneurs, what is the ONE THING you’ve seen that limits the potential of individual’s or organizations?

**How has mentoring others helped you grow as an individual?

**What would you say to anyone listening to this episode that doesn’t have a mentor, or doesn’t mentor others?