It’s enthusiasm time again. Let me know what you think via twitter at @JamieSmartCom, on my Facebook page, or on my blog below.
1. A quote I’m resonating with this week
I sometimes listen to the Future Thinkers podcast, and I follow @FutureThinkers_ on twitter. Here’s a tweet I really liked, and that resonates deeply with me at the moment:
“If you want to do something extraordinary, there is no map. You have to make your own map.”
Released 3rd Oct 2018 Subscribe: Spotify | iTunes | Stitcher
In this episode we are doing something a little different. This past Sunday (Sep 30th) was international Podcast Day and so to celebrate it we are re-releasing the most popular episode of any of our podcasts.
The original episode went out on the Results Mindset Podcast a year ago and it’s a keynote that I did at the unlimited conference in Finland called ‘The Search is Over (except when it isn’t)… by far our most listened to show.
To view the Youtube video this episode was taken from click here
Enjoy!
Last Sunday, September 30, was International Podcast Day, and it’s so interesting: some of the world’s most popular podcasts now have more listeners than the most popular TV channels, and here’s the thing:
Even though we’re often told that people’s attention span is shrinking in the face of social media, hundreds of millions of people are spending anywhere from 45 minutes to 3 hours consuming long-form material via podcasts.
Why?
It’s enthusiasm time again. Let me know what you think via twitter at @JamieSmartCom, on my Facebook page, or on my blog below.
1. A quote I’m resonating with this week
I’ve been thinking about the skill of writing, and I came upon this quote by the advertising master, David Ogilvy (of Ogilvy and Mather fame). While his quote is directed to people in his firm, I think it applies far more broadly than that:
“The better you write, the higher you go in Ogilvy & Mather.
People who think well, write well.”
Released 26th Sep 2018 Subscribe: Spotify | iTunes | Stitcher
In this episode you’re going to hear an interview I did eight years ago with a good friend and colleague – Sandy Krot.
At the time I was very early in my own journey into exploring the principles behind Clarity and Sandy had been sharing these principles with individuals and with corporate clients for over 30 years.
“Overthinking: the art of creating problems that aren’t even there.”
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I’m currently having a planning week so we are revisiting one of our popular articles from this time last year! ‘The Only Two Problems You’re Ever Up Against’.
It’s now a couple of weeks since I kicked off the Certified Clarity Coach Training 2018. One of the things that really had a big impact for people was when I told them that all my clients arrive with the same two challenges. So I decided to share this excerpt from my Sunday Times bestselling book, RESULTS: Think Less, Achieve More (©2016 Jamie Smart, published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd):
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It’s enthusiasm time again. Let me know what you think via twitter at @JamieSmartCom, on my Facebook page, or on my blog below.
1. A quote I’m resonating with this week
I love Frank Zappa. I fell in love with his music the very first time I heard it when I was 14 years old. I also loved his irreverent take on the world, and his total commitment to his authentic vision. I haven’t been listening to his stuff much lately, but I think it’s about time. He and one of my other heroes, Bill Hicks, died within a few months of each other; early 1994 was tough. I miss them both. Here’s a Frankie favourite:
“Information is not knowledge. Knowledge is not wisdom. Wisdom is not truth. Truth is not beauty. Beauty is not love. Love is not music. Music is THE BEST.”
Released 5th Sep 2018 Subscribe: Spotify | iTunes | Stitcher
This week’s episode is a coaching demo I did during the first module of this year’s Clarity Coach Training programme which kicked off a couple of weeks ago. We record all the modules so we can give the footage to the participants to review, as well as share it with the people who had to miss the first module, and this coaching demo was a shocker for everyone who saw it. Here’s why: The client, Karen, was struggling to be productive, take action and make progress on growing her coaching practice. She said she knew what she should be doing but just wasn’t doing it. Can you relate to that?
“God demands nothing less than complete self-surrender as the price for the only real freedom that is worth having. And when a man thus loses himself he immediately finds himself in the service of all that lives. It becomes his delight and his recreation. He is a new man, never weary of spending himself in the service of God’s creation.”
– Gandhi
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It’s enthusiasm time again. Let me know what you think via twitter at @JamieSmartCom, on my Facebook page, or on my blog below.
1. A quote I’m resonating with this week
I’m creating something this week all about the creative process, and I was reminded of this quote by the dancer and choreographer, Martha Graham:
“There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening, that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all time, this expression is unique. And if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium and will be lost.”