With the US election results fresh on everyone’s minds, there’s been a palpable wave of emotions echoing across social media and personal conversations—some are celebrating, while others feel deeply unsettled.
Even many folks outside the USA are feeling it, with some conversations turning to confusion, disbelief, and fear.
Read More →Last month, I got the chance to interview my friend Jeff Booth, author, coach and co-founder of the intriguingly-named investment fund, “Ego Death Capital”.
Jeff mentors teams in entrepreneurial startups who are working with some of the most innovative ‘freedom technologies’ being created today.
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Almost everyone who’s been touched by the inside-out understanding gets hit by several questions:
1) Why doesn’t everyone know this? Have you asked yourself that? I remember when I first glimpsed this understanding, it qualified as psychology’s best kept secret.
2) What can I do to help get this ‘out there’? Once you start seeing this for yourself, you start to realise just how many people this understanding could help. Almost everyone I know who sees the truth of this for themselves is inspired to share it with others.
And it turns out that’s a profoundly wise impulse. In his recording, Quiet Mind, Sydney Banks says,
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This week’s Shot of Clarity is a re-run of one of my most popular articles from a few years ago. I decided to share it now because this weekend I’m going to be seeing the 1:1 client whose story I tell in it, Ian Selby (pictured below en-route to Hamburg with the new edition of my book CLARITY).
Ian runs Timbawood, a specialist manufacturing business whose purpose is to restore and preserve Britain’s architectural heritage.When I asked him if I could share this photo, here’s what he said:
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There’s a quote by one of my heroes, Buckminster Fuller, who said, “In order to change an existing paradigm you do not struggle to try and change the problematic model. You create a new model and make the old one obsolete.”
The evolution of human knowledge has numerous examples of old models being washed away by a new paradigm, for instance…
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The term “interesting times” is an ironic description of uncertain and volatile times; the times we’re living through at the moment. In the decade since I first wrote my book CLARITY, the levels of VUCA (volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity) have been increasing, and the signs are all around us:
Released 15th May 2024 Subscribe: Spotify | iTunes | Stitcher | YouTube
Hi. I’m Jamie Smart. Welcome to the podcast. In this episode, you’re going to hear a conversation I had with my good friend and colleague, Ankush Jain. Ankush is a life and business coach, he’s a consultant, a proud father, a published author, a podcast host and a public speaker. As you’ll hear, he’s on a mission to raise the consciousness of the planet through changing the coaching industry. And one of the vehicles he’s using for this is his Coaching Career School which he launched in 2022, helping coaches grow impactful, ethical and sustainable practices.
Released 30th April 2024 Subscribe: Spotify | iTunes | Stitcher | YouTube
Hi. I’m Jamie Smart. Welcome to the podcast. This episode is a coaching demo I did with Clarity Coach Jan Harte around weight loss and limiting beliefs. The demo itself took place during my Clarity Advanced Coach & Facilitator Programme, and only lasted 20 minutes, but it’s followed by a 4-minute follow-up I did with Jan a year later (just a few weeks ago). As you’ll hear, the impact of the coaching session was profoundly transformational.
| Human beings have an extraordinary job to do from the moment we are born. We need to create a map of reality that’s “good enough” for us to navigate our world and accomplish the things that matter to us. The child instinctively knows their map is provisional, so it gets updated quickly and easily when presented with new data from the world. At certain points, parts of the map get solidified into “beliefs”; patterns of thought and sensation that are experienced as “actual reality”. Beliefs are always developed to serve a person at a certain point in life. They help us make sense of the world, make predictions and make decisions. But here’s the thing: The world is dynamic; beliefs are static. |
Legendary change wizard Milton Erickson’s reply to this question was unequivocal:
“Yes, I choose my words very carefully, and I suggest you do the same. Because the words you say will influence your clients today, and twenty years from today.” Read More →
