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10 minute Tuesday - Pragmatism

Pragmatism as a life philosophy is an approach that evaluates theories or beliefs in terms of the success of their practical application.

The central question pragmatic people are most concerned with, is always how well something is working and then how could it work even better?

There are great advantages to taking a pragmatic approach to life and it definitely makes the list of the top 5 most surprising qualities of genuinely good human beings.

On today’s podcast episode, I’ll show you the 5 most important areas of life to be pragmatic about.

I’ve also got some super exciting news about the launch party for the Insecurity App which is being released on the 1st of December.

Listen in to find out all the details.

Rana Kordahi is a Sales Coach, NLP Practitioner, Writer, TEDx Speaker and Top 10 Female Sales Coach in 2020 by as voted by Yahoo Finance.

She has trained and coached thousands of sales and non salespeople in the art of sales, influence, mindset, leadership and personal development.

She is also a remarkably sharp social and political commentator, and has used her significant LinkedIn following to speak courageously about the current crisis of leadership in this pandemic season.

In this conversation Rana shares her great insights into the interplay between insecurity and selling, highlighting the importance of developing confidence with integrity.

Rana also shares very personally about the impact of growing up in war-torn Lebanon before moving to Australia, and her views on where our political leaders have failed us in selling their policies through coercion, bullying and trickery.

This is a wonderful conversation with a truly remarkable human being.

10 minute Tuesday - The problem with vulnerability

While vulnerability is often celebrated as a central component in ending the stigma around mental health, there are 3 big reasons why it is only making things worse. Vulnerability definitely has value as an entry point into the transformation process, yet it is commonly used as an end in itself which then validates, solidifies, and rewards personal dysfunction.

The only real value of vulnerability is for you to be able to see your disfunction clearly enough to change it. The aim of the game is to become less dysfunctional and yet the culturally celebrated vulnerability movement only seems to give people more reason to hold onto their dysfunction and resit getting help in a way that genuinely transforms them.

Listen in to understand more about how vulnerability is supposed to work so that you can avoid the vulnerability trap.

David Neagle is the founder of the multimillion-dollar global coaching company Life Is Now, Inc, and host of the Business News Daily ranked podcast - The Successful Mind.

On this episode I talk to David about where his personal development journey all started and discover the most important lessons he’s learnt along the way, culminating in the extraordinary ‘Law of more life’ which sums up David’s philosophy of success as a spiritual path better than anything else:

“The universe does not withhold anything from you. The next thing you need for growth and advancement is always provided for you, so what are you resisting or avoiding of afraid of?”

We also chat about his interactions with Tony Robbins at the beginning if his career all the way to going into business with one of the fathers of the modern life mastery movement, Bob Proctor.

This is a wonderful conversation with a great man who has helped thousands of people change their life for the better over the last 25 years.

10 Minute Tuesday - How to hack your own biochemistry.

How often do you find yourself in a strong state and feel you have no ability to alter it?

Your body is one giant chemistry set with a range of well designed signals and triggers that activate various chemical sequences to create certain emotional and physical states.

When you discover how the bio chemical world works, it gives you more agency over your own experience of life instead of being caught up in physical and emotional experiences that you have no control over.

The purpose of this episode is for you to understand that you can adjust your levels of dopamine, serotonin, oxytocin, cortisol and even the PH levels and endorphins in your blood.

Obviously there is so much to learn under this broad topic, but this 10 minutes will give you a fun introduction into the subject and whet your appetite for more.

Christopher Avery is the founder and CEO of the Responsibility company. He is the author of 'Teamwork is an individual skill' and 'The Responsibility Process' and is known as the Responsibility guy.

On the podcast today we explore the 5 stages of the responsibility process, which has been Christopher’s life work, and how it directly relates to overcoming insecurity.

This is a wonderful conversation with a truly remarkable human being about the way responsibility sets us free to get more of what we truly desire in life.

10 minute Tuesday - Quid pro quo. Discovering all the hidden transactions in your life.

This Latin phrase is literally translated as - What for what, something for something, this for that.

Life is one big series of quid pro quo’s. We only do what works. Everything has some kind of transactional base, but most people are completely unaware of how these transactions really work.

This phrase has become another one of the most useful pieces of language I’ve ever added to my vocabulary because it helps to bring all the transactions of life into the light rather than having them remain hidden.

On today’s podcast episode I’ll show you the importance of understanding ‘what’s-in-it-for-me’ and ‘what’s-in-it-for-them’ so that you too can bring all of your hidden transactions into the light.

To do so is to greatly improve the quality of your relationships. Otherwise these hidden transactions breed obligation, expectation and resentment and cause you to behave in ways that violate your values.

10 minute Tuesday - Why adding more reverence to your life will change you forever.

The word reverence has been the most important addition to my vocabulary for 2021. In many ways this word has saved me in the midst of a particularly difficult year.

To have reverence for something is to understand and acknowledge the great value it has and to treat it as something truly remarkable. It is also to bring deep respect and a sense of wonder to the way you interact with it.

Perhaps the most important application of this idea is in your relationship with yourself. Until you treat your own life with reverence, you will find that no one else treats you this way either.

Listen in to today’s podcast episode to understand more about what it means to live with reverence for the life within you and all around you.

10 minute Tuesday - The 5 most surprising qualities of genuinely good humans.

The central ambition of my life is to be a good human being and to contribute to the world in a way that helps others do the same.

Each of us have this capacity within us, yet many people will get caught in the various traps and challenges this life presents us with and therefore never reach their full potential. Worse still, their human experience may bring great suffering to themselves and those around them.

On today’s episode of 10 minute Tuesday, I’ll show you 5 key attributes that when combined produce the qualities of a good human being. Listen in to discover the most important component for you to develop in your life right now.

‘No child escapes their childhood without some kind of woundedness.’

Each one of us develop limiting beliefs about ourselves based on personalising the negative experiences of our past. Even perfect parents do not protect their children from becoming hurt in some way.

In today’s episode of 10 minute Tuesday, I’ll show you why woundedness is not only something to be grateful for but why it also holds the gift of strength and growth for your adult life.

But first, following on from my take on the current global pandemic situation in the last episode, here is an optimistic view of how it will all end.