What’s the “inside” bit of “inside-out”?

FSOC – What’s the “inside” bit of “inside-out”?

Posted on March 18, 2022 by Jamie Smart

Happy Friday

I’m still in Portugal working on the 2nd edition of CLARITY. I talk a lot in the book about the inside-out understanding, so one of the things I’ve decided to do in the new edition is define “inside” and “outside” as clearly as I can.

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FSOC – The morphine of self-improvement

Posted on March 11, 2022 by Jamie Smart

I’m still in Portugal, writing the 2nd edition of CLARITY: Clear Mind, better Performance, Bigger Results, and at the moment, I’m working on Chapter 18 – Penicillin for the Mind. It starts with this line:

“There’s nothing in this world that you can’t turn into heroin…”

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FSOC – Love and Understanding

Posted on February 4, 2022 by Jamie Smart

I’m away on holiday this week so I’m sharing a very brief Friday Shot of Clarity, in preparation for Valentine’s day on Monday. See, when Sydney Banks was asked what the essence of the 3 Principles was, he’d always say the same thing…
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Who are you, really?

Posted on January 7, 2022 by Jamie Smart

As you may or may not know, my work (and my life) have been profoundly influenced by the work of the philosopher Sydney Banks. The very first recording I ever heard of his was called ‘Beyond Psychology’, made in the early 1970s.

But here’s the thing…

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Your Most Beautiful Year Yet

Posted on December 31, 2021 by Jamie Smart

I hope you’re having a great time over the holidays. I’ve had a lovely time with loved ones, and am now wrapping things up for 2021 and looking at how we can make 2022 ‘your most beautiful year yet’.

What do I mean by ‘your most beautiful year yet’?

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[GULP] A leap of faith (and a new direction)

Posted on December 24, 2021 by Jamie Smart

Two months ago, I wrote a post saying I was embarking on the biggest experiment I’ve done in a decade.

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FSOC – Turning Mountains Into Molehills

Posted on December 10, 2021 by Jamie Smart

Q: How do you turn mountains into molehills?

I was coaching a client recently around something they’d been preoccupied with.

Worried, anxious, frustrated…

It was the kind of thing where they would think about it so much that it was exhausting.

So I asked them a strange question…

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[FSOC] The Most Under-Appreciated Skill

Posted on December 3, 2021 by Jamie Smart

This week’s article is about the under-appreciated topic of listening, starting with an excerpt from my first book, CLARITY (© Jamie Smart 2013, published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd):

“Don’t take this the wrong way, but I get the impression that you haven’t been listening very well until now…”

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[FSOC] Career Change, Intensives & Weight-Loss

Posted on November 26, 2021 by Jamie Smart

I’m out of the office today, so rather than have a ‘theme’ for this week’s shot, I’ve put together some of the resources our clients have found most valuable over the years for you to explore. Here’s what I’ve got for you…

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FSOC – My latest insights into the 3 principles

Posted on November 19, 2021 by Jamie Smart

I’m working on the second edition of CLARITY (I’ve got until December 31st to deliver it & I’ve just finished the Introduction).

Here’s what I told my publisher, Wiley…

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