Welcome back to The Serial CEO! Today, I’m going to talk about living above life’s turmoil. What does it mean to be living above the drama? What does it mean to be living above the things that we don’t have control over, that seem to steer us out of control mentally and physically in a lot of different ways? Inspired by my readings of James Allen, I hope that you guys can pick up a nugget of wisdom or two from this episode. Enjoy!

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* What is drama? Drama is ultimately attaching yourself to something that you don’t have control over to where it becomes a problem.

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How can we live above life’s turmoil? We have to eradicate portions of ourselves that get attached to external problems or tensions, or things that have nothing to do with us.

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What do these things have to do with desire? The things we pay attention to lead us to what we get in life. Ultimately, we pay attention to what we desire.

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What are some of the traits that indicate negative desire? These include lust, hatred, avarice, doubt, dark beliefs, self-indulgence, self-seeking, vanity, and pride.

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What does it mean to be living above drama? It’s about regaining an appreciation for what’s simple and what’s true.

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Why is there comfort in releasing what you cannot control? Because now you understand that your presence, your being, is only controllable and directly affected by what you choose to focus on.

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What are some things that we could focus on? Purity, patience, humility, self-sacrifice, self-reliance, fearlessness, knowledge, wisdom, compassion, and love.

* Why should we focus on self-truth? Because if you know your truth, you can offer that truth to others and then you win.

“If you’re reaching outside of yourself to try to bring something into yourself as far as your self-identity, I think that’s when you find yourself in a place where you’re not being authentically you.” [03:24]

“At the end of the day, the things that you can’t control are in the control of something else, and when you release it into that, there’s comfort in that.” [06:33]

“If you just try to detach from drama and you don’t re-attach yourself to something internal, you’re going to reattach to it.” [07:10]

“Love of gratification and desire makes you reluctant to love others.” [11:46]

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The Serial CEO is a show where we are looking to break barriers! We’re looking to put you in a position to win by developing an elite mindset, by creating the life that you choose for yourself — a self-directed life. In my opinion, that is an elite life!

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This life is a journey! Today on The Serial CEO, I want to talk to you guys about finding the course for your life, your brand, and your business.

If you’re alive, you’re probably moving. If you’re not moving, you’re probably dead. You’re in between those two categories pretty much with every decision that you make. Are you going to give more life to who you want to be, or are you going to retreat away from that potential?

Tune in to this episode and start charting your course towards that Elite LYFE today!

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A course is a direction, a charted path to a definite end goal. When you go to sea, you have to account for a lot of different hurdles. You MUST to chart a course beforehand. Success is about having a plan and sticking to that plan over time.

Be realistic with yourself! You need to know where you want to be, but more importantly, you need to know you’re not there yet.

Make sure that you never settle. You have to stay mobile in order to make your life an epic journey worth going through. Create a paradigm in your mind that when you settle, you die.

Prepare for problems, but don’t fear them. A problem is something that you don’t know the answer to, and you can’t possibly know the answer without solving it.

The key to the Elite Mindset: decide to be a problem solver. Problem solvers resolve the unknown and discover the universe.

Discovery enables creation. When you discover who you are, you unlock your ability to manifest your purpose on this planet.

“A stagnancy of the mind is a death to the soul.” [03:06]

“When you settle for less than the elite version of an experience that you want to have, you die a little.” [03:26]

“You have to be willing to embark into the unknown if you want to create a journey out of your life.” [05:25]

“When you discover who you are, you unlock your ability to manifest your purpose on this planet.” [06:48]

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Get clear on your game plan! Plant your flag on your path in life!

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Welcome back to The Serial CEO! Today, we’re going to talk to Kelli who, in my opinion, is one of the elite achievers in Indianapolis. She’s someone who has really set the bar, and has been in the position of being an influencer and a leader. I hope you can all pick up some valuable lessons from her. Enjoy!

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Kelli Jones is a young entrepreneur who leads two amazing brands. She is co-founder of Be Nimble Venturs and From Nap, With Love. Her background is mostly in marketing, advertising, and sales while working in the music industry for the last 10 years. Now, with From Nap, With Love, she works to bring culture together by creating a hub for young professionals, and creating enticing events that are more than just a party. Be Nimble is a venture where Kelli works to create a culture that’s dedicated to diversity, inclusion and technology.

 

Pieces of advice and lessons learned from Kelli

Do what you really love. Do something that you feel attached to, something that doesn’t feel like work every day.

Be motivated. Go out there, connect with people, and make an impression.

99% of success is showing up and asking questions. When you always show up and you always ask questions, that will lead you to opportunities.

Learn from the people you’re working with.

Start thinking higher of yourself. Don’t be okay with just doing enough, you need to start thinking that you deserve more.

Be fearless. As an entrepreneur, fearlessness is something that you have to have. Don’t be afraid to take that leap, take the lead and just do it.

Don’t settle. Always look for what can be better. Always look to improve and step things up.

 

Connect with Kelli

Kelli | Twitter: @kellinikole

Be Nimble | Website: www.benimbleco.com | Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/benimbleco/

From Nap, With Love | Website: www.fromnapwithlove.com | Twitter: @fromnapwithlove | Instagram: @fromnap | Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/fromnapwithlove/

 

“We wanted to focus on two things, two brands. One being basically trying to bring culture together. Meaning, I think in Indianapolis, specifically, there’s a lot of stuff going on but no one’s ever doing things together, like there’s not a collaborative environment. It’s kind of everything is a competition. It’s either segregated or it’s a competition. I don’t work that way and I hated seeing it.” — Kelli [08:56]

 

“I want everyone to start thinking higher of themselves, if that makes any sense. I feel like people need to deserve more. I think what happens sometimes — and this is no shade to anyone, but I feel like people are okay with just doing enough, like you just got to do this in order to get these people to the door, and we don’t operate that way. We are trying to really do something that you are going to walk away from and say, ‘Oh, this is crazy.’ It’s not a money grab for us. It’s really about having a good time doing something different.” — Kelli [10:16]

 

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Here in The Serial CEO we want to guide you guys on your path towards a self-directed life and give you glimpses of the elite life. Be fearless! Boss up! Be elite! Leave me with a rating and a review and let me know if The Serial CEO was able to create an impact in your life. Peace!

 

Welcome back to The Serial CEO! Today, I’m here to talk to you guys about Direction. And I’m here to help you be clear about it, because even if you have the most well-charted out course towards achieving the life that you want, if you’re going in the wrong direction, you could still end up in the wrong location.

Dominate your environment! Be intentional every day and never aimless in your life! Find your direction and be the elite version of yourself!

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Strap up into the driver’s seat of your life! Understand that it may get hectic but if you’ve got the wheel, if you’re in control, then you can get where you’re trying to go and do so in an amazing way.

Be in complete control of the things that you care about the most. Now that you know what those things are, who you want to be and why you want to be that person, you are on the right course, on the right direction.

Human beings are like ships. Our minds can set sail to break boundaries and go across the horizon of what we can currently see, our perspective can be shifted and heightened, but when we leave the stability of shore, there are a lot of unknowns. Weather can knock you off of your course and change your direction.

It’s important to maintain our state of conscious control when it comes to what’s going on in our life.  If you’re clear on your direction, you can always make course adjustments and realign yourself to make sure that you’re always going in the right direction. We can’t be knocked off course from what we’re supposed to be thinking about.

Don’t put yourself in a position to fail. When you do things that keep you from fulfilling your full potential, things that are not in alignment with you being who you know that you should be, who you were created to be, you’re sinning.

Manifest your destiny! Know what currently motivates you and why, and what you can do to influence that motivation to create change and become the elite version of yourself.

Figure out your next direction or your next move towards the elite version of you by asking yourself these questions:

1. Is it a present goal? You may have things that are meant for you, but it’s possible that you may have to table them for a while so that you can have a firm foundation in place that you can move forward from.

2. Is it something that you can do immediately? If it’s not a present goal but you could do it immediately, maybe you could just go ahead and knock it out so it’s not on your mind anymore.

3. Is it something that you can table? If it’s not something you can do immediately and it’s not something urgent, then maybe you should just table it for a little bit. But then if you table it, maybe it’s also possible for you to just go ahead and discard it.

“If you’re going in the wrong direction, you could have the most well-charted out course and end up in the wrong location.” [0:00:19]

“There’s a graveyard of ships of crashed human consciousness from too many people being in the wrong place mentally at the wrong time.” [0:04:47]

“As humans we have to make sure that we’re cognizant of what’s going on in our conscious mind.” [0:04:48]

“Every time you don’t fully extend yourself to be elite in all aspects of your life, you sin against yourself.” [0:07:31]

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The reason why it’s important that you prioritize finding direction in your life is because it’s going to give you power. It’s going to give you liberty. It’s going to give you control. And in my opinion, that’s freedom.

It’s important to be intentional and never be aimless with your life.

As promised, I’m back to talk about Drive! In the last episode, we talked about why it’s important to figure out your “Why”, the thing that puts you into a state of mind where you’re willing to delay gratification, where you’re not operating on a day-to-day basis to pacify yourself. Today, I want to lock in on some actionable ways that you can go about creating progress in your life.

How do you become a technician, get under the hood, work on that engine and apply that drive in a way that’s going to create sustainable progress for your life? Let’s get into it!

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What is missing in your life? Ask yourself, “What do you want, and why do you want it?” And more importantly, “Is it something that you should do?” because intention translates into results with anything that you believe or strive for.

Progress is binary. You either go up or you go down. There’s no such thing as “staying the same,” that’s not the way life works.

Don’t let your dreams become stagnant. You definitely have to take it for something that you should do or something that you could do to something that you must do. It has to be something that if you don’t do it you feel like your existence isn’t even complete.

Make a decision and then create a plan of action around how you can fulfil that desire. You have to have a deep, burning desire for the things that you want. That’s what this is about. It’s cultivating a deep desire for those things that you really want.

Don’t just focus on the end goal. You have to focus on the steps that will get you there. In order to be somebody who actually gets the goals that you set, it’s important to be a planner.

Plan the steps that are going to get you to where you want to be. What’s the curriculum for your success? With your self-directed goals, what’s the curriculum for your achievement?

Don’t just focus on the finish line! Focus on the pace! If you only focus on the finish line and not on the strides that you’re taking to get there, you’re not going to win.

“When you pacify yourself, you normally kill any type of ambition to do something else because you’re complete and totally content.” [0:00:42]

“If you enter your day with purpose and intention, then the future will make sure that you get an honorable mention.” [0:05:11]

“Success is simple but it’s not mandatory and it definitely doesn’t happen by default.” [0:06:17]

“Every dream is achievable but you have to have a plan.”[0:09:01]

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Hit me up on Twitter or on Facebook and let me know what your plan is. Who is it that you need to become? What are you going to do to get to the next level? How are you going to finesse the system for achieving the things that you want? Write it down and it becomes possible. Schedule it and it becomes real.

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Welcome back to The Serial CEO! Today, what I want to talk about is the reason why you need to have a “Why” in your life. A lot of people are trying to get somewhere, but most people are just not getting anywhere anytime soon. Do you happen to be one of those people? Do you know why you have motivators and things that keep you on pace to get to your ultimate destination? Let’s talk about Drive!

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Be honest with yourself about what you really want out of life. This is the first thing you need to do. Then you have to be okay with understanding that the level you may be enjoying things in your life right now is just not it.

Contentment is fine, but contentment breathes stagnancy. It’s good to have happiness. It’s good to understand what you enjoy. But it’s also good to be in a mental state of wanting to appreciate the things you appreciate at a higher level.

Don’t be afraid to be disturbed by mediocrity. Everybody knows what that peak experience they want is, and it’s fine to be discontent with the fact that you just aren’t where you want to be yet, because that gives you a “Why”. It gives you a reason to change what you’re doing or who you are so that you can attain that higher level of what you appreciate.

Success is simple. There are two primary drivers to achievement: pain and pleasure.As the CEO of your life, as the executive of your life, most things are binary decisions. You have to simplify your life and simplify your decision-making process so that you can successfully force yourself to raise the bar.

“Contentment is fine, but contentment breathes stagnancy.” [0:02:04]

“Don’t be afraid to not be fine with mediocrity.” [0:02:51]

“Refuse to gratify yourself today so that you can fully satisfy yourself tomorrow.” [0:04:15]

“Be authentic with yourself about the things that you really, really, really want.”[0:05:05]

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I want you guys to come to the table and boss up. Bring who you are, bring the full presence of your being to the table with us and let’s grow together. On the next show, I’m going to give you guys some very clear actionable things that you can use and apply in your life to come up with your drivers, hammer those things home and then strategically implement them into your day and who you are and what you do.

Drop me a line on Twitter or on Facebook. I look forward to interacting with you guys. Thanks for plugging intoThe Serial CEO! Boss up and be elite!

Welcome back to The Serial CEO! In today’s show, I’m going to talk about ideas and about how you can get rich in this information age. I’m not going to necessarily tell you how you can get money, but I’m going to tell you where you can find the ideas and the things that are going to ensure that you are dictating your own future.

Are you ready? Let’s get it on!

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Ideas are the new money. You can take your ideas and turn them into something that’s profitable and something that you could build a life around.

How do you turn ideas into money? It’s all about consumption. That’s where it starts. Your ideas are fed by the things that you consume. You have to mine your mind.

Cultivate great philosophies. The philosophies that reside in your mind are going to dictate the velocity and the trajectory of your life. If you have low level thoughts happening in your mind, you’re not going to have a high value output happening from your life.

How do you determine what you’re cultivating? It starts with whether or not you’re a good steward of the ideas that have already been planted in your mind. Are you optimistic? Are you feeding your attention and your energy to the things that you say you care about? Because if you don’t, your mind will wander! And if your mind starts wandering, you’re going to be so off base that no planning can get you back to where you need to be because your mind is not conditioned.

This is about being tactical with your life! This is about putting things in place, judging each and every decision and idea that comes across your table, and judging it tactically as to whether it’s helping you to be the type of person who is capable of reaping the type of results that you want and gaining the type of rewards that you want.

How do you judge whether an idea is good or bad? Take action on it! Do it! That’s how you’ll judge whether it’s good or bad.

Don’t hesitate! Hesitation kills opportunity.

Get prepared! Opportunity isalways present. If you’re not winning, it’s because you’re not prepared.

How do you prepare? Focus on consumption. Focus on your connections. Focus on being consistent. Focus on you becoming the peak person that you could possibly be.

“Your ideas really are where you can harvest your mind.” [0:03:30]

“With old money, you mined for it. For new money, you must be mindful! So mine your mind!” [0:04:36]

“We have such a high potential that we also have the potential to not realize it. It’s an unfortunate truth.” [0:08:23]

“You’ll never find success, you just prepare for it. And once you get above a certain bar, success begins to find you.” [0:13:04]

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The Serial CEO is all about giving you key insights to help shape your perspective and shape your life philosophy so that you can begin your progress towards a self-directed life. I definitely look forward to bringing you guys more content on a consistent basis. Thanks for plugging in! And if you like what you’re hearing, do subscribe and leave me a feedback.

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The Serial CEO Episode 30: Perspective, Fatherhood, and Legacy w/ Brandon L Washington

My brother B. Wash joined me on the show today to discuss how important our perspective on opportunity can shape our decisions and outcomes. Be Bold. Be Unapologetic. Be Elite!

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You have to have a story to back up your voice and to back up what you’re saying. Use your voice to make a change and as a platform to make a change. Be consistent with staying focused on what your agenda is for your life, and manifesting the progress that you know you want for yourself.

Capitalize on perspectives and opportunities. Everybody has a story and no matter who you are, you have a perspective. Oftentimes, that perspective shapes your reality. Capitalizing your perspective may ultimately open or close opportunities for you. It starts with people realizing they have a story that help create what exists among their own thoughts and channels of understanding. Perspective and capitalizing on opportunity is essential for forward movement and progress.

Understand that your very next decision is your best decision. That’s because it’s going to get you where you’re going to be headed. Even if that destination isn’t the one that you ultimately want to be at, the decision that you make is the best one because now you’ve got another opportunity in front of you.

“Be bold is essential, and be unapologetic and intentional with your decisions and your movements and actions.” – Brandon L. Washington [0:04:29]

“A lot of people need to be willing to step to the plate and accept the challenges that the universe is throwing at them.” – Mike Pirtle [0:11:35]

“Those who are building a legacy are rarely talking about it because they’re too busy walking it out.” – Mike Pirtle [0:16:02]

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We want to make sure that we are helping you to capitalize on the perspectives that you see on a day to day basis no matter what those decisions are. And I want to encourage you to be elite in those decisions, whatever that may be for you.

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Thank you for plugging in to The Serial CEO. If you like what you’re hearing, do subscribe and leave me feedback. I want to encourage you to Boss Up and I want to encourage you to Be Elite.

The Serial CEO Episode 30: The Importance of I

Do you know what you really truly care about? Or do you spend a lot of time doing things that you don’t really care about or that won’t get you to where you want to go? We are all inherently selfish, but it is important to be aware of what we value and are collecting into our lives. In today’s episode, let’s dive in to the importance of I.

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It’s very important that we understand that we are all inherently selfish. The problem is that society has added this negative attachment to it.

What is the elite definition for being selfish? Being selfish is giving attention to what you value. There’s definitely a negative side to that because many people are selfish with the wrong things and if you’re selfish with the wrong things, you’re really being selfish from a space of collecting or holding on to those things that you believe you value. If you’re selfish from a good place, then it should be a space of contribution of those things that you value because we are contributing, thinking, creating beings. We have the ability to create amazing things on this planet. And if you’re very selfish about what it is that you want to create, that can be powerful.

The elite mindset is full of the things you care about. When you can identify those things that you value, you can consciously be selfish and begin to accumulate those things. You’ll become full and you will overflow. That’s the only type of pure and powerful love on this planet because when you come from a place of overflow, you come from a space of fulfilment.

A lot of people who are empty or who are not able to give from a place of overflow and achieve their elite life, they’re empty because of a lack of self-love – a mental admiration for who you really want to be.

What do you really care about? Once you know what you value and come to grips with the fact that your most potent self is this you that is surrounded by those things, you can be elite in your pursuit of those things because you’ll have purpose behind your passionate pursuit of progress.

“A lot of people aren’t able to identify what they really truly care about and spend a lot of their time doing things that they don’t care about or things that won’t get them to where they want to go because they haven’t learned this one fact: the importance of I.” [0:01:32]

“Humans are naturally going to be progressive individuals when put in the right environment. And you have the ability to create that environment.” [0:06:27]

“I is about you, but I is ultimately about why you’re you.” [0:08:06]

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Take a quick second to be selfish. Think about – what do you really want in life? What do you want your life to be full of? And then get to work because when you do, you’ll come from a place of overflow and you’ll come from a place of love.

Thank you for plugging in to The Serial CEO. If you like what you’re hearing, do subscribe and leave me a feedback. This month, I still want to encourage to boss up and I want to encourage you to be elite.