"Am I willing to take imperfect action to achieve my goals?"

• How to get yourself to do something you've been putting off (3:30)
• Questions to ask yourself to get clear on your next action step (6:40)
• The difference between doing and deciding (13:15)
• How to know when your intuition is talking (15:05)
• Why resistance shows up before you take big action (19:50)

Links mentioned in this episode:

• EP 1 The Power of Imperfect Action

• The War of Art

• Recommended Reading List

"A person's view of their own future is the strongest indicator of who they are."

• What motivated Ben to write a book about personality (3:20)
• Whether there is value in personality tests (9:14)
• Myths versus truths about our personalities (14:53)
• The power of choice and how it works with our personality (21:36)
• Why what you say yes to makes such a difference (29:30)
• How to become someone that you currently aren't (35:20)
• Why hope is essential for change (42:40)

Links mentioned in this episode:

• Personality Isn't Permanent

• Willpower Doesn't Work
• The Color Code
• Man's Search for Meaning by Victor Frankl
• Cal Newport's So Good They Can't Ignore You
• Dan Gilbert's The Psychology of Your Future Self TED talk

• Who Moved My Cheese?

• Dan Sullivan's The Strategic Coach

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"Confidence is a choice and it's a habit."

• The difference between feeling good enough and having high self esteem (4:01)
• The relationship between money and self-esteem (8:50)
• Why self-confidence doesn't remove risk (11:50)
• How to know how your self-confidence is doing (13:59)
• Habits to build self-esteem (24:37)

Links mentioned in this episode:

• Free self-care guide

"Our harmony is our integrity."

• How promises are more important than goals (6:05)
• What "the promise to the one" is (13:35)
• How Jason become a special kind of performer (17:55)
• Why it's helpful to have someone else tell you what makes you great (19:50)
• How Jason became a headliner for his own Vegas show (22:03)
• Why keeping our promises to ourselves doesn't guarantee immediate success (27:30)
• Jason's advice for someone who is waiting to take action on their gifts (35:25)

Links mentioned in this episode:

• The Promise to the One

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"Perfectionism is a dream stealer."

• Question 1: What do I want? (8:12)
• Question 2: Am I clear on what I want? (10:56)
• Question 3: Do I give myself permission to want what I want? (14:58)
• Question 4: How will I architect what I want? (18:11)
• Question 5: What's one simple action I can take to create what I want? (22:30)

Links mentioned in this episode:

• Danielle LaPorte's The Desire Map
• Calling In the One by Katherine Woodward Thomas
• 7 Strategies for Successful Goal Achievement

"Everything is energy."

• The limiting beliefs we can create around play when we are young in our careers (2:31)
• How to think of play as a business or relationship strategy (5:01)
• The question to ask yourself about your relationship with play (12:15)
• How to navigate play time into your schedule (16:30)

Links mentioned in this episode:

• Office Hours for the Entrepreneur video
• The Happiness Advantage by Shawn Achor

"What would I do today if I wasn't afraid?"

• The wake up call and health transformation Mary went through at age 50 (2:45)
• Why we can be afraid to lose excess weight or improve our health (6:22)
• How to begin a reinvention of self-love (8:47)
• The importance of grace and grit to a strong person (14:30)
• What prompted Mary to climb Mt. Kilimanjaro at age 65 (17:20)
• The phrase that got Mary to the top of the mountain (21:55)
• The passage from fear to love (34:01)

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"I am not what you call me, I am only what I answer to."

• How Steve made the choice to leave a conscious legacy (3:38)
• How Steve transformed his anger and pain into light (8:58)
• The power of knowing who you are (12:30)
• The steps to grounding yourself in the truth when you feel down (15:55)
• What Steve's mom taught him about legacy and love (20:20)
• The questions to ask yourself when you want to be a changemaker in the world (31:15)

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"It doesn't mean you're a lost cause, it means you're a progressionary human."

"Often our dreams don't come true, but when we give our all and work toward them, sometimes we come true, and that's more important."

• How Mark learned to handle fear through living with cancer (2:50)
• What a miracle actually is (5:50)
• The wisdom of a broken open heart (11:23)
• The power of symbols in our lives (22:45)
• What not getting what we want teaches us (24:20)
• How to use grieving as a process of preparation for what we have (33:02)
• A new way to think of hustling and putting your work out into the world (42:15)

Links mentioned in this episode:

• The Book of Awakening
• The One Life We're Given
• The Book of Soul
• Tu Fu
• Wayne Muller's Sabbath
• 1440 Multiversity
• Sofia Institute Workshop with Mark
• Mark's Webinar Series on The One Life We're Given

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