88: Owning Your Clarity

Anthony Ongaro interviews me about finding clarity, making lasting changes and how I got into this thing called coaching. It’s a rebroadcast from his video podcast in 2019.

Highlights

Links mentioned in the introduction

• The original conversation which contains Anthony’s notes, links, etc.
• Video of our conversation
• Learning To Play Like Yourself In 2020
• Sign-up for Anthony’s newsletter

My highlights after re-listening to our conversation

• Becoming a CPA and leaving it–starting my career in a very different place than today
• The big hole in my resume that never was
• Scary transitions can make a big impact
• Courage versus commitment
• How I started working with my first coach
• Asking for what you need and want
• My path to coaching
• The intensity and value of my coaching training through the Co-Active Training Institute
• Taking little steps forward vs. doing nothing / experimenting
• Thoughts create feelings
• Over-identifying with our thoughts and feelings
• The stories we create about ourselves and live into
• The power of changing and using different physical spaces
• Embodiment
• Thinking your way to different state doesn’t always work
• Being vs. Doing and the power that comes from both
• Systems and task tracking
  • Fail safe storage
  • The Beehive
  • Successful and motivating instead of self-defeating
  • The amount of things that have our attention
• Book reading fast
  • Looking for a hit of knowledge
  • Conscious and intentional reading instead of
    • As much as possible
    • The latest shiny object
  • Honoring my commitment
• Straight-Line Leadership: Tools for Living with Velocity and Power in Turbulent Times by Dusan Djukich
  • The most successful people don’t necessary ready more books–they likely take more action based on what they know or learn
• Redefining minimalism as removing distractions
• 6,800 mile road trip
• Being present to everything in the moment even if it is unpleasant
• Michael Neill
• Challenges and experiments that have paid off
  • Meditation–Insight Timer App
  • Daily journaling with the Five Minute Journal
• The “legacy” I want to create around ending unnecessary suffering

Credits

• Hallon by Christian Bjoerklund
• Cold Funk by Kevin MacLeod
• Original photo source

All songs licensed under Creative Commons

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