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144: How to Think Less and Trust More

Trust is not basing your level of belief on evidence. While evidence builds confidence, trust is a feeling first. It’s a sensation. It’s a deep knowing that it will all work out. The how of trust is unknown. Our mind even tries to figure it out, weigh options, and logically navigate it. While the mind is a powerful tool to …

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143: Congruence, Flow, and The Malleable Identity with Mike Bledsoe and Mark England

If you’ve listened to The Next Level, you know we’ve done some shows on language and how our language affects our reality. Language has been an absolute game changer in my own life and continues to be a practice in awareness, choice, and presence. Another area where I find great solace is through movement and exercise. It just so happens …

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141: Identifying What’s Most Important

Understanding what’s important, what you value, is the key to navigating life’s many options. Whether you’re trying to decide on your next big project, long-term goal, or just whether or not you should go out tonight, weighing your options against your values makes all the difference between making the right choice or the one that leaves you feeling regret. Values …

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140: Ethical Persuasion and Moving People to Action with Erin Gargan

Face to face with another individual, we have the opportunity to see their body language, tone, eye movement, and many other non-verbal cues that clue us into how to best interact. Translating your offline persona and style into the digital arena isn’t always the easiest when these subtleties are left out. I know I’ve certainly experienced this, and maybe you …

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139: A Remedy for Distraction – When Time Management Isn’t Enough, Do This Instead

We now have the opportunity to fill every waking moment with something… anything. Idle time doesn’t exist anymore. Powering down and turning off comes with this looming sense of guilt that “I should be doing something.” As if our sense of self is not just subtly, but wholly tied up in doing. The philosopher Blaise Pascal said this: All men’s …

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138: Emotional Intelligence, Self-Worth, and Knowing Your Triggers with Jenna Phillips Ballard

To show up fully as leaders, it’s essential to know thyself. Knowing your triggers, what trips you up, along with your strengths and being emotionally intelligent is what will create strong and compassionate families, teams, organizations, and governments. Jenna Phillips Ballard began her career in 2006 as a certified personal trainer and life coach for celebrities and has been featured …