In this episode, acclaimed tennis coach Paul McNamee describes the detail, preparation and holistic buy-in that a true team needs to take to perform at its peak.

He explains that the key is for a team to be aligned with a common purpose and clarity on each person’s role. He expounds that the focus is on the setup – enabling a game strategy to maximise your strengths, eliminate your weaknesses and, importantly, neutralise the weapon of your opponent. in that way, 60% of the likelihood of team victory is already achieved before the match is even played.

I dedicate my first song, which was co-created with my team with abundant love, to my beloved brother, who is now no longer with us, but who is alive in my heart forever. I love you my brother, and I thank you for our precious shared moments together. It was truly beautiful.

Special gratitude to our dream team:

Vasko Mladenov – music and arrangement

Martin Kostadinov – music, back vocals, 2nd Director

Julian Janev – recording, mix and mastering, back vocals

Hristina Neykova – back vocals

Todor Gadjalov – video production

These are my friends, who had faith in me and inspired me in a beautiful co-creative process to give light to my first musical baby. They are also some of the best young musicians on the Bulgarian musical stage, exquisite professionals, and amazing people. Gratitude and love… The story continues … soon.

LINKS:

SoundCloud:  https://soundcloud.com/user-913266965/elly-hinova-on-a-roll-jjmast-03-wav-44100hz-16bit/s-vEO8mcLqFdH

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdrI7PZlU9o

In this episode you will discover what triggered Julie Anne Christophe to embark on a transformational journey which she describes as ‘going from personal growth to living consciously’. Wanting to be better is just an external desire, whereas when you want to live in connection to your true self ‘that’s a very different ball game.’

What are the three deep questions she asked herself, being in a quest to live a happy and fulfilling life, and how did she find the answers? In her captivating and inspirational story, she explains the difference between being aware versus embodying and living who you are at the core. 

You’ll learn what the difference is between conscious evolution and change revolution.

Julie Anne talks about how a person’s individual purpose is revealed as we move forward in life. Purpose is discovered when we follow our ‘pull’ every time, which means we need to slow down and be present. Because when you are always in your head, you are not hearing your pull. The pull is what excites you, what you are curious about, and what you want to know more of. ‘It’s every step that we take, that reveals what our passion and purpose is.’

Julie Anne describes leadership as taking responsibility, and how easy is to assume that responsibility when you know who you are and what you love. In fact, it’s fun to take responsibility when you do what you love! She speaks about the interplay between responsibility and freedom, and how this affects our exchanges with others in a far more empowering way. You’ll also learn what stands in the way of teams being aligned and thriving. 

Learn about Julie Anne’s inspirational purpose and, in my recurring theme in this series, how her purpose protects her. 

Curious to know about the five stages of conscious evolution, and what the virtue and resistance is at each stage? Then tune in for episode 7 ‘Thrive with Conscious Awareness’.

If you’d like to connect to Julie Anne Christophe and explore your unique pathway to living consciously, don’t hesitate to visit: https://www.changerevolution.ca

‘I know I cannot lead someone past my own evolution point, no one can, so if I want to continue to serve, I need to continue to expand, and rise, and evolve, and grow, and transform.’  Julie Anne Christophe

In this episode you will learn what triggered Sarah to embark on a purpose led journey. You’ll see how her journey unfolded with beauty, and allowed her to focus her energy on systemic environmental change. As she puts it, this is ‘being in the position to do good, to influence things for the better, and it comes with a huge feeling of responsibility’. She continues ‘We need systemic change if we want to be really sustainable, in the sense that it doesn’t need constant repairing.’

You will hear how Sarah is empowering others through education, around her meaningful environmental projects. She wants people to be empowered not only through understanding the problem, but also seeing the solution. In her upcoming book, kids’ education will be a focus.

You’ll see we don’t need to be climate or biodiversity experts for each of us to play a meaningful and impactful role.

You will also observe a recurring theme in my podcasts, about how our purpose is protecting us. Sarah’s stubborn optimism is embellished with meaningful action in order to attract more and more people to the movement of change makers.

Awareness leads to small changes, and through the ecology of small gestures, and by reaching only a 3.5% tipping point, we can change the world.

Why are sustainability consultants nowadays overbooked? What do leaders need to know about the circular economy and, in fact, to be able to go beyond it to include health and wellbeing and biodiversity?

Sustainability, of course, is not doing further harm. But given so much harm has already been done, there is a need to go to regeneration and repairing. However, nature is very resilient, and it can repair and actually thrive, but we need to give it a little bit of help. The conversation needs to be more about regeneration and restoration, and companies need to go down that route. 

You will hear how we now need to act collectively to make mother Earth healthy!

In this fascinating episode you will learn the Michael Bloomfield story, and how he embarked on a journey to discover the first unified scientific theory of creativity, Cusp Theory, as described in his upcoming book Creative Being: An Introduction to the Secrets of Creativity.

Dr. Michael Bloomfield is a creativity expert and anthropologist with a PhD from the University of East London, where he was a lecturer. Michael now teaches people how to think more creatively and imaginatively.

Creativity is such a mysterious phenomenon. In this episode you’ll learn what a creative idea really is, whether we are naturally creative, and the importance of cultivating a ‘creative mindset’.

Michael reveals the secret to unfolding your own creative intelligence so that you can become a thriving creative being.

Michael speaks about how building ‘creativity practice’ into a ritual, and following it with wholehearted commitment, is the way to tap into your creative intelligence. Michael’s brainchild, the Creative Being app will help you on this journey, as well as the insights from this episode.

You will learn why creativity is the pathway to thriving. And for all leaders listening to this podcast series, learn how to create an environment in your organization where people can nurture themselves and be more creative and innovative.

You’ll find out Michael’s purpose, and how his purpose is protecting him?

Curious to hear Michael’s song ‘Birthday suit’, a fruit of his “love affair with creativity”?

Tune in to the ‘Thrive on Purpose’ podcast series, episode 5 ‘Is Creativity the Pathway to Thriving?’ and inspire yourself to expand your creative intelligence.

As Michael beautifully expressed “Being creative is being human”.

In this episode you will learn about the founder and Chief Do-Gooder of The Sponge, Luke Faccini  (https://thesponge.com.au) and his amazing journey to thrive on purpose. The Sponge is a branding agency that specialises in helping the next generation of business owners rebrand with purpose. He was born and raised in Sydney, Australia and now lives in Brisbane.

Since beginning his professional brand design journey in 1999, he has helped thousands of people put their brands on the map. He started The Sponge right out of college and had to learn what it takes to grow a business.

While starting out as a trained graphic designer, the entrepreneurial leap took him on a path of transformation. He experienced firsthand the impact that purpose and values have in business, and the connection to brand story.

In this episode, Luke shares his purpose-moment, which was so vivid and compelling. After this special moment, he made a complete reset to start a new purpose-driven brand from scratch. Luke talks about his challenges while leading his own brand to thriving, and the importance of aligning his team and his clients’ values.

You will learn about the magnetic strength when the intention to create perpetual goodness led Luke to turn down clients that could bring him millions of dollars of business.

Learn about the inspiring process that Luke and his team went through to co-create a new purpose, and a vision to be able to live for fifty years.

Luke shares the power of electromagnetic brands and their essence, through 5 core pillars: audience, culture, impact, strategy, and evolution. 

As Luke beautifully expressed it ‘Purpose is the gel, the connector, the magic if it is shaped right’. 

Have you thought of the Impact your business is making in the world, and have you started thinking of building an impact model? Luke explains the importance of getting your impact model right, and creating a strong culture to magnetise your brand, to naturally pull the right clients to you.

You can discover how electro-magnetic your brand currently is by measuring it with the quick free tool Luke refers to. 

You will also learn the pathway to thriving occurs when doing good as a business is at the core of your organisation.

In January 2017 The Sponge obtained the highly respected certification by B Corp, an organisation whose philosophy is that business can and should be a force for good. This also led Luke to co-create a purpose-led community where founders, entrepreneurs, and leaders can have a meaningful connection and experience the power of collaboration. Luke shares the beautiful story of the GoodNorth (https://www.goodnorth.co) community.

Tune in now to this podcast with Luke if you need inspiration to connect your brand to a noble purpose so that you too can thrive on purpose.

Simon Tyler is a renowned and recognised voice on the topics of Simplicity, Personal Impact and Attitude. He has had a profound and positive effect on many individuals and organizations in these areas, leading to significant enhancements in morale; mental health; motivation; creativity and purpose.

His honest and entertaining style, his life and work experiences, and his written work, continue to inform and inspire many leaders and coaches throughout the world.

The host of the series, Elena Hinova, asks Simon when was the start of his journey to discover his purpose and what were the moments that triggered him to look within. You’ll also learn what impact

Simon wants to make in the world for years to come.

In this episode, you will learn how to simplify the complex, and why simplicity is at the core of thriving. And to understand the difference between complexity and complication, and how you can bring simplicity to your organization.

Simon describes in detail what attitude is and what attitude leaders need in order to Thrive. We discuss how coaching supports the sustainability of the leader’s attitude shift or, as Simon brilliantly nailed it, “the angle of approach”.

Simon shares three of his favorite simple notes ‘3-4-3’, ‘Urgentia’, and ‘What’s your story?’

Tune in for this energizing and entertaining episode, which hopefully will touch and inspire you to refresh or better still, to rewrite your story… or as Simon beautifully said “We feel the hearing of our story and that has a massive impact.”

You can connect with Simon at https://www.simontyler.com and embark on a journey to simplicity and impact, or listen to ‘The Keep it Simple Notes Podcast’ in Apple Podcast.

Want to read Simon’s books? Don’t miss this opportunity and find out more

here: https://www.amazon.com/Simon-Tyler/e/B008DGKJXQ%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share

Let’s keep it simple and Thrive on Purpose so that we have more impact in our world.

Simon Tyler is a renowned and recognised voice on the topics of Simplicity, Personal Impact and Attitude. He has had a profound and positive effect on many individuals and organizations in these areas, leading to significant enhancements in morale; mental health; motivation; creativity and purpose.

His honest and entertaining style, his life and work experiences, and his written work, continue to inform and inspire many leaders and coaches throughout the world.

The host of the series, Elena Hinova, asks Simon when was the start of his journey to discover his purpose and what were the moments that triggered him to look within. You’ll also learn what impact

Simon wants to make in the world for years to come.

In this episode, you will learn how to simplify the complex, and why simplicity is at the core of thriving. And to understand the difference between complexity and complication, and how you can bring simplicity to your organization.

Simon describes in detail what attitude is and what attitude leaders need in order to Thrive. We discuss how coaching supports the sustainability of the leader’s attitude shift or, as Simon brilliantly nailed it, “the angle of approach”.

Simon shares three of his favorite simple notes ‘3-4-3’, ‘Urgentia’, and ‘What’s your story?’

Tune in for this energizing and entertaining episode, which hopefully will touch and inspire you to refresh or better still, to rewrite your story… or as Simon beautifully said “We feel the hearing of our story and that has a massive impact.”

You can connect with Simon at https://www.simontyler.com and embark on a journey to simplicity and impact, or listen to ‘The Keep it Simple Notes Podcast’ in Apple Podcast.

Want to read Simon’s books? Don’t miss this opportunity and find out more

here: https://www.amazon.com/Simon-Tyler/e/B008DGKJXQ%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share

Let’s keep it simple and Thrive on Purpose so that we have more impact in our world.

Learn about former professional tennis player Paul McNamee’s journey to discover his purpose in life, and how his purpose is protecting him.

The host of the series, Elena Hinova, asks Paul, her partner, what triggered him to embark on a transformational journey later in life, after a sparkling tennis and leadership career?

“It’s not about the destination, the journey is way more fun. Also, what you do is not who you are, it’s not your identity. What matters is how you do it”. Paul speaks about that identity trap, especially for professional athletes.

Paul also shares how your journey ought to incorporate both the present and the future. “Keep one eye on the ball and one eye on the summit”.

Paul speaks about how his purpose guides his everyday decisions, whether small or big and how it protects him when facing challenges in life.

Curious to hear Paul’s story about how to build a thriving brand? Then don’t miss this episode and learn from the leader who won three Wimbledon titles and revitalized the Australian Open into becoming Australia’s biggest sports event.

How do you energize people and create buy-in when revitalizing a brand? In Paul’s words “Break the rules, on purpose, and you’ll be fine”.

You can also find Paul’s latest book ‘Welcome to the Dance’ here: https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B0953GNB4G/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=welcome+to+the+dance&qid=1621294993&s=digital-text&sr=1-1

Here`s a sneak peek from the newest episode of the Thrive On Purpose podcast tomorrow.