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TTE95 – Jewels, Spaces and Your Mitochondria

Posted on May 4, 2017 by Eugenia Zelaya

It’s enthusiasm time again. Let me know what you think via twitter at @JamieSmartCom, on my Facebook page, or on my blog here.

1. A quote I’m resonating with this week

This week’s quote is courtesy of William Shakespeare (turns out he knew quite a bit about the human condition). This one speaks to the capacity for resilience we all have.

“Sweet are the uses of adversity which, like the toad, ugly and venomous, wears yet a precious jewel in his head.” Read More →

JST 173 – Is your value equation adding up?

Posted on May 2, 2017 by Eugenia Zelaya

Photo courtesy of Abhilash Ramachandran and Flickr

“You get what you give. What you put into things is what you get out of them.”
Jennifer Lopez

Q: How is the value equation adding up for you?

I asked that question in one of my Facebook groups recently, and explained that each week, I enjoy casting an eye over the promotional posts that fill the group on a Wednesday (this is the day all the members are invited to share what they do). I said that I love seeing our members sharing their gifts and being more visible. But there’s something else I’ve noticed. In many cases, a person’s #promowednesday offer is the *only* post I see from them each week. And it gets me wondering: what level of response are you getting? Read More →

TTE94 – Beliefs, Brains and Baptists

Posted on April 27, 2017 by Eugenia Zelaya

Photo courtesy of Takayuki Miki and Flickr

It’s enthusiasm time again. Let me know what you think via twitter at @JamieSmartCom, on my Facebook page, or on my blog here.

1. A quote I’m resonating with this week
This week’s quote comes from Rebecca Costa’s brilliant book, The Watchman’s Rattle. She points out that when people and societies reach ‘cognitive threshold’ (ie. they get stuck), there’s a tendency to replace the search for knowledge with reliance on superstitious beliefs and rituals. Lots of this going on at the moment!

“When we can’t separate facts from fiction we become highly susceptible to misdiagnosing our problems.”

Rebecca Costa Read More →

YEPP 26: Liz Scott – You Don’t Have to Try So Hard

Posted on April 26, 2017 by Eugenia Zelaya

Released 26 April 2017 Subscribe: iTunes | Stitcher

Liz Scott is a coach and trainer who works with a wide variety of individuals and organisations, ranging from police forces to education authorities. She collaborates with schools and works directly with children, teachers and head-teachers. And one of the interesting things about Liz is that she worked as a reporter and producer for the BBC for 12 years..

JST 172 – How to walk through fog

Posted on April 25, 2017 by Eugenia Zelaya

Photo courtesy of Jarle Refsnes and Flickr

“Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.”
– Steve Jobs

Can you walk through fog?

One morning recently, it was super-foggy, and I was reminded of one of my favourite quotes (by EL Doctorow). He said, “Writing is like driving at night in the fog. You can only see as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way.”

This is a beautiful metaphor for stepping into the unknown, and into the adventure of your life. It’s how I’ve built my businesses and how I wrote my #1 bestselling book CLARITY: Clear Mind, Better Performance, Bigger Results. Read More →

TTE93 – Tupac, Surgery and VR

Posted on April 20, 2017 by Eugenia Zelaya

Photo courtesy of Timothy Takemoto and Flickr

It’s enthusiasm time again. Let me know what you think via twitter at @JamieSmartCom, on my Facebook page, or on my blog here.

1. A quote I’m resonating with this week
This week, an excellent quote from Julian Simon’s 1996 book The Ultimate Resource 2:

“Natural resources are not finite in any meaningful economic sense, mind-boggling though this assertion may be. The stocks of them are not fixed but rather are expanding through human ingenuity.” Read More →

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RMP 15: Adam Ashe – The Source of Excellence

Posted on April 19, 2017 by Eugenia Zelaya

Released 19 April 2017 Subscribe: iTunes

Adam Ashe is a Scotland international rugby union player who plays for Glasgow Warriors. And one of the interesting things about Adam is that he’s passionate about sharing the principles behind clarity. In fact, he and his team-mate Grayson Hart are delivering a “Healthy Mind, Healthy Body” seminar.

CCR9 – Transitions, Memes and Breaking Free

Posted on April 14, 2017 by Eugenia Zelaya

As we enjoy the first day of the bank holiday here at Clarity HQ, here is a quick round up of last 5 days’ activities Read More →

TTE92 – Surgeons, Kanye and Krauss

Posted on April 13, 2017 by Eugenia Zelaya

Photo courtesy of Kevin Gill and Flickr

It’s enthusiasm time again. Let me know what you think via twitter at @JamieSmartCom, on my Facebook page, or on my blog here.

1. A quote I’m resonating with this week
Louis Pasteur is one of my heroes (he’s one of the bold pioneers who helped get germ-theory established as a mainstream orthodoxy).

“Fortune favours the prepared mind.” Read More →

JST 170 – The bully / victim / paper metaphor

Posted on April 11, 2017 by Eugenia Zelaya

Photo courtesy of Liz West and Flickr

WARNING: Includes strong language / swear words

“Life is like any other contact sport; you’re gonna get your knocks. But it’s not the knocks that count; it’s how you handle them.”
Sydney Banks

I don’t know if you’ve ever seen the “bullying / crumpled paper” meme that’s been doing the rounds. Basically, the message is of a teacher who gets children to crumple up a piece of paper then smooth it out, and to observe how the scars (creases) stay forever, and that’s what happens when you bully someone so don’t be a bully. When I saw it, my first thought was, ‘great metaphor’. But my second thought was, “This is horrible; they’re teaching children to believe they’re fragile”. Read More →