1. A quote I’m resonating with
I’m a huge fan of British documentary-maker Adam Curtis. His films are extraordinary. I was listening to him again on Russell Brand’s podcast and he said something that speaks to the ‘reality tunnels’ we all live in. Here it is:
“Someone once said ‘The sign of a great ideology is something that’s doesn’t look like an ideology. That you just accept as natural and normal.’”
2. A podcast that’s blowing people’s minds
A few weeks ago, I did a coaching session during a free ‘Mindset Masterclass’. The session was with one of my clients – Christina Cooper; a coach and a therapist who’s already transitioned from charging by the hour to enrolling clients onto longer term coaching packages. As you’ll hear in this session she had some ‘teething pains’ with that, feeling uncomfortable about talking to clients about money and as you’ll hear, all of that turned out to be what I call a grounding issue. The cool thing about this is that within a few days of us doing the session Christina enrolled a client on a £2500, 6-month coaching package. https://www.jamiesmart.com/pcp16
3. This week’s glimpse of the future
OK – life has really started imitating art. The third season of Charlie Brooker’s mostly-excellent series, Black Mirror, one of the episodes included autonomous robot bees (with unintended consequences). Now, Wal-mart have patented them (aka ‘pollination drones’): https://futurism.com/robot-bees-drones-walmart/
4. An interview that sparkles
I met Christina Cooper (the coach who I worked with in the episode above), last year shortly before she joined my Thriving Coaches Blueprint programme. At the time, she was charging by the hour for her coaching and therapeutic work, but wanted to transition to a ‘coaching package’ model so she could work with more committed clients and stabilise her income. As she’s gone through the programme’s 3 transformations, she’s been changing how she works, and as I mentioned, last week she signed up a client on a six-month package at £2500. When I asked her if I could share her news, she told me:
“Yes absolutely!! I really am so grateful for the programme, I want everyone to know! The best part is the enrolment conversation was a dream. She was smiling the whole way through, and so the price part was a piece of cake! Xx”
You can see the 8-minute mini-interview we did with Christina talking about her insights and what’s changed here. This interview was made a few weeks ago, *before* she’d signed up the £2500 client, but as you’ll see, she’d already come a long way: https://www.jamiesmart.com/thriving/#christina
5. This week’s 3 minute miracle
Spike Jonze is one of my favourite directors, and he’s created a fantastic short to promote the new Apple Homepod. Creativity and innovation gone wild: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=305ryPvU6A8
That’s it for this week!
Big love
Jamie
Jamie Smart
Sunday Times Bestselling Author, Speaker and Executive Coach
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PLUS: check these out :
Get your free Profitable Coaches Scorecard book www.JamieSmart.com/scorecard
Listen to the Results Mindset Podcast www.JamieSmart.com/resultspodcast
Listen to The Profitable Coaches Podcast www.JamieSmart.com/pcp
Read the first 2 chapters of my Sunday Times Bestseller RESULTS: Think Less, Achieve More www.JamieSmart.com/instantresults