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S1E36 - Sumbul's rant on the hype about following your passion and how it relates to your career (or not)!


S1E36:Who are you – Part 5 (Passion or lack thereof)

Restless to Joyful with Toks Adebiyi - Part 2
Today’s guest
This interview on the Start Anew Show is recorded at a beautiful theatre in North London, UK at the book launch of Joyful – A Truthful Guide to Finding Peace and Living a Fulfilling Life by my friend Toks Adebiyi. This is part 2 of our conversation when we unpack the golden nuggets from Tok’s book such as Believing instead of Worrying, Pursuit of Dreams and much more.
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Toks Adebiyi is an author, entrepreneur, business consultant and a Godly man. He is the founder of two restaurants, a real estate company, a business consultancy, and an Internet marketing company. Toks is blessed with a beautiful wife and daughter who live with him in Barnet, London.
Click here for part 1 of this interview when we talk about how Toks goes from feeling lost to finding himself and how he starts anew with joy and purpose.
You will learn
•	Why the title ‘Joyful’
•	Who this book is written for and why
•	Lesson on believing instead of worrying
•	Lesson on why most people feel unfulfilled even when they achieve their goals
•	Lesson on the pursuit of dreams

Your resources:
•	Toks on Goodreads 
•	Joyful on Amazon US
•	Joyful on Amazon UK
•	Toks & Sumbul at the book launch in London


Toks Adebiyi shares golden nuggets from his book Joyful – A Truthful Guide to Finding Peace and Living a Fulfilling Life.

S1E35: Restless to Joyful with Toks Adebiyi - Part 2


Restless to Joyful with Toks Adebiyi - Part 1
Today’s Guest
This interview on the Start Anew Show is recorded at a beautiful theatre in North London, UK at the book launch of Joyful – A Truthful Guide to Finding Peace and Living a Fulfilling Life by my friend Toks Adebiyi. We talk about how Toks goes from feeling lost to finding himself and how he starts anew a joyful and purposeful man.
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Toks Adebiyi is an author, entrepreneur, business consultant and a Godly man. He is the founder of two restaurants, a real estate company, a business consultancy, and an Internet marketing company. Toks is blessed with a beautiful wife and daughter who live with him in Barnet, London.

We talk about:
•	The social pressures growing up in Nigeria and their impact on young Toks
•	The fateful encounter on Bond Street, London that left Toks jobless and joyless
•	Creating wealth and success in the property market in London
•	The shift from living for the future to living in the present
•	The transformation from feeling unfulfilled to joyful and peaceful
•	The 60s version of how Toks found himself
I felt like a man on a plane to NY when my intended destination was BK

Click here for part 2 of this interview when we unpack the golden nuggets from Tok’s book such as Believing instead of Worrying, Pursuit of Dreams and much more.

Your Resources:
•	Toks on Goodreads 
•	Joyful on Amazon US
•	Joyful on Amazon UK
•	Toks & Sumbul at the book launch in London


Toks Adebiyi on feeling lost and finding himself, on living for the future to living in the present, on being unfulfilled to joyful and peaceful.

S1E34: Restless to Joyful with Toks Adebiyi - Part 1

Finding Freedom from Oppression with Fizz Shah – Part 2
Today’s guest
In this interview on the Start Anew Show with Fizz Shah, we talk about the practicalities of starting anew in a foreign country, with an infant and nothing but a bag of clothes and a gold bracelet. Fizz also shares her strategies for leveraging her time and connections to create multiple streams of income from her online platform – ‘I Have a Dream Show’. 
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Fizz Shah is an online entrepreneur and a fellow Londoner. She enjoys a life of freedom that our friends in America fondly refer to as the ‘laptop lifestyle’. She is the host of ‘I Have a Dream Show’ that you can find on YouTube and iTunes.
Click here for part 1 of this interview when Fizz Shah shares her incredible story of how she escaped oppression, arrange marriage and sexism in the Middle East.
We talk about
•	Why she only lasted 2 weeks in her first & only job!
•	How she started and scaled her first business 
•	Mother’s guilt and its effect on her health & business
•	Why she shut down her marketing agency without a plan b
•	Clarity on her priorities and values
•	How she started making money online working only 3-4 hours a day, around her daughter’s schedule
•	How and where the idea for ‘I have a dream show’ was born
You’ll learn
•	How she leverages her time and connections to create multiple streams of income from a single online platform
•	Serving, problem solving & entrepreneurship
•	Why she puts herself in the shoes of her target customer
•	Sneak-peak to her upcoming book – ‘9 to Shine’.
‘’If you focus on serving others, then you’re looked after.’’ – Fizz Shah 

Your resources:
•	Website
•	Podcast 
•	Facebook 


Fizz Shah on starting anew in London, with an infant and nothing but a bag of clothes and one gold bracelet.

S1E33: Finding Freedom from Oppression with Fizz Shah - Part 2

Finding Freedom from Oppression with Fizz Shah – Part 1
Today’s Guest
In this interview on the Start Anew Show with Fizz Shah, we unfold her incredible journey of finding freedom. We are not talking about freedom to work from home or from the beach but freedom to be herself, to speak her mind and follow her dreams. This is the story of a young woman who spends the first 23 years of her life behind a veil, oppressed by her family and the society. She shares with us her story of how she breaks away from the shackles and finds freedom in a foreign land.
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Fizz Shah is an online entrepreneur and a fellow Londoner. She enjoys a life of freedom that our friends in America fondly refer to as the ‘laptop lifestyle’. She is the host of ‘I Have a Dream Show’ that you can find on YouTube and iTunes.

We talk about:
•	Being the daughter of a prominent royal family in the middle east 
•	Being trained and groomed to be a wife
“Women are considered temporary visitors of a home.'' – Fizz Shah
•	Being punished for giving birth to a daughter 
•	Arranged marriage & polygamy 
•	How motherhood awakened the courage of a lioness
“Giving life gave me life!'' – Fizz Shah
•	The perception that everything a woman says or does reflects on the men of her family
•	How women are controlled in different ways in the East and the West

Click here for part 2 of this interview when Fizz Shah talks about the challenges and practicalities of starting anew in a foreign country, with an infant in her arms and nothing but a bag of clothes and a gold bracelet. 
“You don’t have to accept your current reality as your ultimate reality. '' – Fizz Shah

Your Resources:
•	Website
•	Podcast 


This is the story of Fizz Shah, a young woman, who spends the first 23 years of her life behind a veil, oppressed by her family and the society. 

S1E32: Finding Freedom from Oppression with Fizz Shah - Part 1

Theatre to Corporate to Consulting with Ron Carucci – Part 2

Today’s Guest:
In this interview on the Start Anew Show, Ron Carucci puts his leadership consultant hat on and coaches entrepreneurs and start-up founders on how to lead your StartUp to GrowUp phase.
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Ron Carucci has spent the last several years exploring his new passion of ushering in the next generation of leaders, helping organizations connect multi-generational workplaces. 
Click here for part 1 of this interview when Ron unfolds his various career transitions and how he found his sweet spot, making money doing what he loves and making an impact with it.
You’ll Learn:
•	How baby startups go through some mitosis just like an infant in the womb
•	Knowing the difference between opportunism and impulsivity
•	Why most founding entrepreneurs can’t let go & how it hurts the business
•	Going from StartUp to GrowUp
•	Why the best contribution of a founder or leader is at the strategic level 
•	Why it’s essential to build capacity for coordinating and operational activities
•	Stepping back from working IN the business to working ON it
Your Resources:
•	Website 
•	LinkedIn
•	Ron at Forbes
•	Ron’s latest article in Harvard Business Review


Ron Carucci puts his leadership consultant hat on and coaches entrepreneurs and start-up founders on how to lead your StartUp to GrowUp phase.

S1E31: Theatre to Corporate to Consulting with Ron Carucci – Part 2

Theatre to Corporate to Consulting with Ron Carucci – Part 1

Today’s Guest:
In this interview on the Start Anew Show, we unfold Ron Carucci’s journey of multiple career transformations from performing arts to corporate world and how he finally found his sweet spot with business consultancy. Ron was introduced to me by Dorie Clark. Dorie suggested that he would a good fit for the Start Anew Show and I can’t agree more. There is an art and science to starting anew successfully and Ron has mastered it and you can model him.
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Ron Carucci is the founder of a boutique consultancy called Navalent. He has spent the last several years exploring his new passion of ushering in the next generation of leaders, helping organizations connect multi-generational workplaces. He has spoken around the world on numerous topics pertaining to developing leaders of tomorrow.
He is a co-author of 8 books and contributes regularly to Forbes and HBR.  He has been featured in Fortune, Business Insider, CNBC, Thought Leaders, Business Week, and Bloomberg.   
 
You’ll Learn:
•	How Ron felt about performing the same show 8 times a week
•	One incident in Munich, opened Ron’s eyes to what ignited his passion 
•	The shift from using content to entertain to using content to engage with leaders 
•	Why he was collecting severance packages in his corporate career
•	What he means by ‘It’s very difficult to be a prophet in your own land.’
•	Why he left big corporate to start his own consultancy business
•	How & why he transforms corporate leadership from the outside rather than the inside
•	Why he has his company logo tattooed on his leg
“I realised that presenting content from a stage was far less meaningful to me than engaging people in conversations about that content.'' – Ron C
Click here for part 2 of this interview when Ron puts his coaching hat on and teaches leadership in small business.
Your Resources:
•	Website 
•	LinkedIn
•	Ron at Forbes
•	Ron’s latest article in Harvard Business Review



we unfold Ron Carucci’s journey of multiple career transformations from performing arts to corporate world and how he finally found his sweet spot with business consultancy.

S1E30: Theatre to Corporate to Consulting with Ron Carucci - Part 1

Jeremy Ryan Slate shares his journey of how he created his own life, on his own terms, honoring his values and living his passions. 

This is the story of a young man who refuses to settle for a mediocre life. He refuses to accept the drudgery of a job he isn't passionate about. He is a dreamer, starter and a creator. You can also find him in the Starters Community. Over the last few years, he has been hustling hard, modelling some of the most iconic and successful online entrepreneurs in the USA including Gary Vee, Pat Flynn, Hal Elrod and John Lee Dumas.

Highlights:

How plan A and B didn't pan out
How he tried a bunch of things in the short space of a few years to discover his passions
How he took a stand to create his own life

Jeremy Ryan Slate is the founder of 'Create Your Own Life Podcast' which helps entrepreneurs live the lives they know they were meant to.  He has a degree from Oxford and a diverse work experience in teaching, network marketing, digital marketing, entrepreneurship and podcasting. By day, he is a digital marketer and by night he is a podcast ninja. His podcast hit#1 in iTunes New and Noteworthy and attracted 10K downloads just in the first few weeks! If you want to learn some tried & tested podcast growth strategies from Jeremy, shoot me an email for an introduction.

So what is it like for Jeremy to create his own life, I ask:

“It’s been an amazing experience to really be able to live life on my terms.'' – Jeremy Ryan Slate


Jeremy of The Create Your Own Life Podcast talks about his early podcasting journey, his communication strategy and goes deep with how to find your purpose in life. 

S1E28: Create Your Own Life with Jeremy Ryan Slate - Part 1

Jeremy of The Create Your Own Life Podcast talks about his early podcasting journey, his communication strategy and goes deep with how to find your purpose in life.

Jeremy Slate is the founder of Create Your Own Life Podcast which helps entrepreneurs live the lives they know they were meant to.  Jeremy believes that Dreaming big is his biggest asset.

Jeremy of The Create Your Own Life Podcast talks about his early podcasting journey, his communication strategy and goes deep with how to find your purpose in life.

S1E29: Create Your Own Life with Jeremy Ryan Slate - Part 2

This is part 2 of my interview with my dear friend and an unstoppable-force-of-nature-of-a-man – Tanner Gers, a Paralympian, motivational speaker, author, entrepreneur and an all-round high performer in sports & life. He is the founder of The Athlete Summit and host of the Creative Success Show.

In this segment of our conversation, Tanner talks about:
•	How serving and giving back to others is his big WHY, that drives everything he does and has not only brought him success but also deep fulfilment.
•	His daily rituals of stepping into his greatness (so you can model it!)
•	The inspiration behind his podcast Creative Success Show.

‘’Achieving success regardless of circumstance can happen when you are creative.’’ – Tanner Gers

We dig deeper into his daily rituals, how he starts his day with gratitude and forgiveness followed by restating and affirming his goals. Then he gets on with the day to take action and progress towards his goals.
Tanner also reflects on his journey and draws on powerful lessons that can transform your life, such as:
•	How to attack your day with an unrelenting mindset that leads to achieving your goals.
•	How to manage your fear and move forward with activities that will lead you to success and fulfilment
•	The power of creative thinking to create your own success

Tanner’s parting words of profound wisdom:
‘’Time’s gonna pass anyway, so what are you gonna do about it?’’ – Tanner Gers



This is part 2 of my interview with my dear friend and an unstoppable-force-of-nature-of-a-man – Tanner Gers, a Paralympian, motivational speaker, author, entrepreneur and an all-round high performer in sports & life.

S1E27: From Survive to Thrive with Tanner Gers - Part 2

21-year-old Tanner (2004) had big dreams! He was getting ready to go into the military to serve his country but this dream crashed as he was impaled by a tree through the head in an auto accident which rendered him legally blind.
The next phase of Tanner’s life was filled with multiple brain surgeries, reconstructive surgeries and psych evaluations. 
But the biggest tragedy in Tanner’s life, wasn’t losing his sight - it was NOT living life, and NOT taking every day by the horns.
As you can imagine, he was in a lot of pain, angry and severely depressed.
‘’I felt like my life was pretty much over’’ – Tanner Gers
The big shift - Wise words from dad ‘it could always be worse’ shifted his perspective gave him a positive outlook on his life and planted the seeds of appreciation and gratitude.

Discovering baseball for the blind brought joy back in his life and enabled him to express himself physically on a level plain field. This super motivated him and sparked a desire to be as fit as possible and sent him on the path to more competitive sports and Paralympics.
Since that fateful accident in 2004 Tanner has reinvented himself into a pro-athlete and an all-round high performer. He has graduated from college and has won several sporting laurels including 2011 Para Pan American gold, 2012 US Paralympic trials gold medal and National Beep Baseball Association World Series Offensive MVP.
He has also ignited his entrepreneurial passions and founded a sports performance membership site called The Athlete Summit. 

I know this man outside of this interview and I can vouch that he is an all-round high performer and an unstoppable force for good. When he is not training for the Paralympics in Rio 2016, he is lifting others (metaphorically speaking) with his motivational speaking and free podcast - The Creative Success Show.

Key lessons from Tanner’s story:
•	Learn how self-pity and complaining is the recipe for hitting rock bottom
•	Learn the power of perspective and positive outlook to create success
•	Learn to use of mindset to break through obstacles

Click here for part 2 of this interview, when Tanner shares his daily habits that keep him progressing towards his goals and shares the lessons from his experience of overcoming adversity and thriving from it.

This is the story of a young man’s journey of surviving a life changing tragedy, overcoming adversity and thriving with creative success. 

S1E26: From Survive to Thrive with Tanner Gers - Part 1

Don Hutcheson puts his career coach hat on and distills 30 years of research and experience to help you discover your talents and do you what you love.

S1E25: Do Good, Have Fun & Make Money with Don Hutcheson - Part 2

In this interview on the Start Anew Show, Don Hutcheson shares his journey of how he has done good, had fun and made money for over 30 years. He talks about the multiple start ups he founded about his fascination with career development and announces the launch of their membership based online university to help people discover their talents and do what they love!

Don Hutcheson shares his journey of how he has done good, had fun and made money for over 30 years.

S1E24: Do Good, Have Fun & Make Money with Don Hutcheson - Part 1

Farnoosh Brock started her own company, Prolific Living Inc., to fulfill her diverse entrepreneurial passions.  As an author, speaker and business coach, she helps business owners and executives achieve new heights of leadership and success. In her spare time, Farnoosh loves traveling extensively with her husband and business partner, Andy Brock and stays devoted to her daily Ashtanga yoga practice.

Farnoosh on Clarity:

Farnoosh believes that the first step to starting anew is CLARITY.

''If you are clear on what it is that you need to create for yourself and WHY, then few things can get in your way.''
While clarity is paramount, she recognizes that it is not easy to find it. Here is an exercise she recommends to get clear on your personal vision:

Make a list of all the things in your life you don't want and why you don't want them. Aim for 30 items on your list.
Then rank them in order of how badly you want to get rid of them. You will start to see the top few things that are non-negotiable. For Farnoosh, she realized that she didn't want to have a boss and it was non-negotiable for her.
What is your non-negotiable?

She further clarifies that while lack of confidence sometimes hinders our progress, what often holds us back from starting something new is not knowing what we want or how to get there.

''Lack of confidence doesn't hold us back so much, I think its lack of clarity.''
Speaking of clarity, download your FREE Self-Awareness toolkit to help you get clear on who you are and what you want in life.


Farnoosh on Fear of being Judged:

I am fascinated with the psychology of confidence (recommend The Code of Confidence ) and the more I read and observe, the more I realize that women in general battle with self-confidence more so than men. I will go into more details in another post but I wanted to know Farnoosh's take on it. As a woman, she has sympathy for our kind, for our fear of being judged. She suggests that whenever we are feeling the grip of fear of failure or fear of being judged, we just stop! We allow ourselves time to stop and think about what is the worst that could happen. Once we embrace our fears, they don't hold us back anymore. She admits however that this issue and its solution is not so black and white. For her full analysis, subscribe to the Start Anew Show and find out what more Farnoosh had to say on this subject.

In this interview on the Start Anew Show, Farnoosh Brock of prolificliving.com coaches you on how to start anew with clarity and confidence.

S1E23: From Fortune 100 to Laptop Lifestyle with Farnoosh Brock - Part 2

In this interview on the Start Anew Show, Farnoosh Brock of prolificliving.com shares her story of of quitting her 6-figure Fortune 100 job to starting her own business. She is very transparent with how she felt about her 1st career, how her 2nd act career evolved from a passion project, the time and effort it took to replace her old income, the twists and turns including how her first product bombed.

Farnoosh talks about her boredom and frustration with her 9-5 that progressed over the years. The subtle sings of discontent had been there for a while but it was around her 8 year mark in her corporate career, when she was the most successful she had been but also felt the most unfulfilled. Can you relate to that feeling? What do most of us do in times like this, we go into escapism mode and binge on Netflix but not Farnoosh!

Farnoosh created productive distractions for herself by starting a few new hobbies such as writing, dancing and yoga. One of these new hobbies was to start a few hobby blogs in 2008. Her blogging experience turned out to be a breath of fresh air. She was really enjoying writing and her readers were responding very well to it and she was growing an online following.

It was in the summer of 2010 that she attended Blogworld in Las Vegas. The speakers at this event opened her eyes to the possibilities with blogging, social media and the ‘underworld of online business’. This is where true inspiration and determination found its place in her mind and heart. She came back from Blogworld 2010, with a dream, a vague plan and a determination to go after her dream to become her own boss and start an online business.

In the months that followed, she continued to work in her 9-5 but she no longer saw it as a career, she saw it as a job. While she still performed well at her job with great work ethic, she held back on evening socials and going over and beyond like she had in the past. The biggest mind shift was that she stopped looking at her blog as a hobby but instead she started treating it as side business, a side hustle.

She immersed herself in the world of online business and social media, learnt a lot, implemented a lot and started growing her blog based business. One of her earliest strategies was to focus on turning her blog readers into subscribers and building a relationship with them. With her husband, they agreed to halve their living expenses so she could quit her job and start working on her business full time. And only 6 months after the fateful summer in Vegas, she did! She screwed her 9-5!

The rest as they say is history!

Tune into the episode to find out about the diverse projects Farnoosh worked on in her first year in the business to create multiple revenue streams and how they opened doors for more opportunities.

Farnoosh Brock of prolificliving.com shares her story of of quitting her 6-figure Fortune 100 job to starting her own business.

S1E22: From Fortune 100 to Laptop Lifestyle with Farnoosh Brock - Part 1

Angus Nelson goes personal and shares the story of how he lost his business, marriage and self worth resorting to addiction and pornography. But more importantly, this is a story of a man picking himself from rock bottom and starting anew. Angus shares the long and painful process of recovery and healing and his road to becoming a leadership and relationship expert.

Angus shares the long and painful process of recovery and healing and his road to becoming a leadership and relationship expert

S1E21: From Divorce to Relationship Expert with Angus Nelson

In this interview on the Start Anew Show, Britany Felix shares how she is financing her  'Freedom Journey' - her open-ended and open-minded road trip with her husband and two dogs.  She started planning the finances 4 years ago by investing in a property. Britany and her husband did the house up while they lived there for four years and worked their 9-5 jobs.

Around 9 months ago,  Britany and her husband set the plan in motion to sell their house, sell all the things they could do without, quit their jobs, buy an RV and travel around the US indefinitely. Tune in to the episode to learn about the money matters and the ups and downs - how they made a profit on the sale of the house, how they downsized, how they started entrepreneurial side hustles to sustain their RV travelling lifestyle.

Britany is very real and authentic and talks about how her 'side-hustle' is not her calling but it is way better than the imprisonment of the 9-5. She talks about her journey of self-discovery and what entrepreneurial leaps she may be making in the future. 

In this interview on the Start Anew Show, Britany Felix shares how she is financing her  'Freedom Journey' - her open-ended and open-minded road trip with her husband and two dogs.  She started planning the finances 4 years ago.

S1E20: Living Unconventionally with Britany Felix - Part 2

In this interview on the Start Anew Show, Britany Felix shares her 'Freedom Journey' of selling almost everything she owned, including her home, quitting her 9-5, and taking an open-ended and open-minded road trip with her husband and two dogs. After living most of her adult life (well, she's only 30!) like most of us do, she has found the courage to start anew unconventionally.  She has said NO to drifting, NO to living life on repeat, NO to society's expectations of how she should live her life.



In this interview on the Start Anew Show, Britany Felix shares her 'Freedom Journey' of selling almost everything she owned, including her home, quitting her 9-5, and taking an open-ended and open-minded road trip with her husband and two dogs.

S1E19: Living Unconventionally with Britany Felix - Part 1

Welcome to the Start Anew Podcast interview with:

Brendan Baker.

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Brendan  writes an incredible blog on living a happy and fulfilling life at www.startofhappiness.com. He is also a life coach and online entrepreneur from Down Under with a mission to help you make a difference and an income doing what you love.  Brendan puts his coaching hat on and coaches you on how to launch your life with clarity & confidence. Download the free self-awareness toolkit for career clarity at the bottom of the page.



Show Highlights

During the show we unfold:

1 exercise to help you discover your 'sweet spot', also called the 'hedgehog concept'. Your sweet spot is the intersection of what you are really passionate about, what you are really good at and what you can actually earn an income from.
hedgehog-concept

1 exercise you can do on your own to elicit and prioritize your values - your building blocks of happiness
Brendan describes confidence as being authentic and be able to freely express who you are.
''You can be shy and confident at the same time.'' - Brendan Baker
How to develop the confidence to start anew, the confidence to launch your life.
How to begin discovering what you want from your life, your purpose, your personal WHY.
Brendan's parting piece of guidance


Resources

Brendon's blog
Launch Your Life Academy
Australia's Graduate Careers Portal
Check out part 1 of the interview here to learn about Brendan's transformation from Corporate Australia to Professional Blogger, Life Coach and online entrepreneur.





How to discover your 'sweet-spot',  elicit your values and be confident with who you are

S1E17: Launch Your Life with Brendan Baker - Part 2

Welcome to the Start Anew Podcast interview with:

Brendan Baker.

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Brendan  writes an incredible blog on living a happy and fulfilling life at www.startofhappiness.com. He is also a life coach and online entrepreneur from Down Under with a mission to help you make a difference and an income doing what you love.



Show Highlights

During the show we unfold:

Brendan's near death experience and how it impacted his outlook on life.
Why a promising and lucrative career in Corporate Australia was not enough for him.
How he created a life aligned with his values.
The birth of his blog The Start of Happiness and the start of his entrepreneurial journey.




Brendan shares how he created a life aligned with his values

S1E16: Launch your life with Brendan Baker - Part 1

What Interests you?

While we all adapt and evolve with time, research shows that our core interests and passions stay relatively stable. For a peripheral jab into your interests, answer these questions:

What do you 'like' doing?
What activities do you 'enjoy' doing?
What were your childhood hobbies?
What activities do you 'dislike'? (I call it anti-interest!)
Why do Interests matter?

Many people give up on their childhood interests and hobbies in the process of 'adulting' and replace them with drudgery (I was guilty of that!). Their life satisfaction drops over time and the drudgery zaps their life. There comes a point when they can't even remember what hobbies they enjoyed once.

 

If you want more life satisfaction, more fulfillment, pursuing your core interests (at work or outside of work) will you help you get there.
It is not only common sense but it is backed by research that people enjoy occupations or work environments that match their interests (and personality traits).
Deep Dive into YOUR Career Interests

If you aspire to start a new career or business, you must begin with self-awareness. I have created a free toolkit that lists my favorite tool for discovering your vocational interests. Download your free self-awareness toolkit here.  This tool is based on Holland's Six Tendencies, let's take a deep dive into that.

Holland’s Occupational Themes

Holland's framework will help you identify your strongest career interests among six occupational themes: Realistic, Investigative, Artistic, Social, Enterprising and Conventional. For most people, primary interests combine two or three themes. Holland's framework is based on a theory developed by John L. Holland that our vocational interests are an expression of our personality. This makes it an excellent framework for identifying what type of work activities or work environments are most aligned with your interests and personality. In other words, what types of work will you thrive in.

Generally speaking, realistic people are 'doers', investigative people are 'thinkers', artistic people are 'creators', social people are 'helpers', enterprising people are 'influencers' and conventional people are 'organizers'. For a more in-depth analysis of what types of work activities and work environments you would enjoy based on your Holland's Themes, download the FREE chart below.

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There are plenty of free and paid self-assessment tools available online that are based on Holland's theory. For starters, use the FREE tool listed in the  free self-awareness toolkit. There will be questions asking you how much you would like or dislike doing an activity. It is quick, there are no descriptive answers, you just choose from multiple choice options. For this self-assessment exercise, think about whether you would enjoy the activity proposed, irrespective of your level of skill or experience with it.

 

Strong Interest Inventory

Psychologist Edward Kellog Strong, Jr developed a test to help people exiting the military find suitable jobs back in 1927. This is the modern version of this test which is now also based on Holland's 6 Themes. It measures an individual's interests not just in terms of occupational interests but also in other areas such as Subject Areas, Leisure Activities, People and Characteristics.

 

'Each of us carries within a secret yearning - a yearning that, as time and life march on, often becomes a secret sorrow. That yearning will be different for each of us, as it is the most deeply longed-for expression of self. Only to the degree that we - each of us - are able to bring forth our own heart's core will our lives feel fulfilled, truly worthwhile.' - George Kinder

 

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Discover your career interests with these self-assessment tools.

S1E15: Who are you? Part 4 (Interests)

Highlights: <ul> <li>Her morning routine starts with gratitude as she steps out of her bed. This and a healthy breakfast are the most important parts of her morning routine.</li> <li>Her favorite productivity hack is that she schedules everything- not just work activities but also fun activities, downtime and social commitments.</li> <li>She challenges herself all the time to keep growing.</li> <li>She works with coaches who support her. Her tip for selecting a coach is to have a trial session, make sure you  feel safe to have intimate conversations with this person and then trust your gut.</li> </ul>   <div class="shadow-box-yellow"> 'Enjoy your career, love your life!' - Caroline Dowd-Higgins Resources: <ul> <li><a href="http://carolinedowdhiggins.com/">Thrive</a> Video series for career and well-being for women.</li> <li>Your <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/your-working-life-caroline/id909681506?mt=2"> Working Life Podcast</a> on iTunes.</li> </ul>   Click here to support the show by rating and reviewing it on <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/start-anew-show-find-work/id1118877851">iTunes.</a>

Career Consultant and author of 'This is not the career I ordered', Caroline Dowd-Higgins shares her morning routine, how she juggles a portfolio career and her success habits.

S1E14: From Opera Singer to Career Consultant with Caroline Dowd-Higgins- Part 2

Career Consultant and author of 'This is not the career I ordered', Caroline Dowd-Higgins tells the story of how the career she loved stopped loving her. She talks about what triggered the career change, how self-awareness was so important to figure out her next career. She talks how she tried a few careers before she found the one that really energized her and eventually how she became an entrepreneur.   <h1>What triggered her career change:</h1> <ul> <li>As much as she loved performing opera, it was difficult to sustain that career financially. The feast-to-famine lifestyle was exhausting and it was frustrating that she didn't have full control over her earnings as an artist.</li> <li>It also required a lot of international travel and she wanted to spend more time at home with her husband.</li> <li>Her lowest point was after after returning from a gig in Germany, she had a melt down. At that moment, she knew enough was enough.</li> </ul>   <h1>What Caroline did at her career crossroads:</h1> <ul> <li>She assessed her values and realized that she security, creativity and autonomy were very important to her. She chose to honor these values in her second act career.</li> <li>She discovered her strengths outside of singing and found that she was very good at writing and communication and really enjoyed it too.</li> <li>Most importantly, she tried out many different roles before she found the one that really energized her. She explains this the metaphor of trying many pairs of shoes before buying one. <ul> <li>Initially, she  started working as an academic adviser at Indiana university, while in this role, she accidentally discovered that having conversations with students about their careers was something that really got her excited. That self-discovery led to a series of roles in career development until eventually Caroline started her career consultancy.</li> <li>Her sweet spot is public speaking as it really ignited her passion for performing.</li> </ul> </li> </ul>   <h1>Tips for those starting a new career:</h1> <ul> <li>Informational interviewing. Interview people in careers that fascinate you.</li> <li>Don't be afraid to fail forward.  Be confident.</li> <li>Take more risks. Women in particular are often afraid to take risks, don't be.</li> <li>Know your strengths and maximize them.</li> <li>Know how you bring value to your role, service or product.</li> <li>Ask for help. Smart people ask for help! Leaders ask for help.</li> <li>Solve problems for other people. This is specially important if you are an entrepreneur.</li> <li>Pay It Forward.</li> <li>Get a board of directors of friends and colleagues who support you and coach you.</li> </ul>   Click here to support the show by rating and reviewing it on <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/start-anew-show-find-work/id1118877851"> iTunes.</a>

Career Consultant and author of 'This is not the career I ordered', Caroline Dowd-Higgins tells the story of how the career she loved stopped loving her. She talks about what triggered the career change, how self-awareness was so important to figure out h

S1E13: From Opera Singer to Career Consultant with Caroline Dowd-Higgins- Part 1

<h1>What will you get out of today's lesson on VALUES</h1> Today, we cover the single most important topic in the curriculum of Self-Awareness - Your VALUES! <ul> <li>The #1 thing I want you to take away from today's lesson is to develop a deep understanding for the benefits of knowing your values.</li> <li>With this lesson, you will also start your journey of identifying your core values.</li> </ul> Let the class begin! <h1>Start with WHY</h1> Most books and teaching materials begin with a definition of concepts and terms. But I believe in starting with 'why' (Thank you Simon Sinek for this golden nugget). So, why care about your values? <div class="shadow-box-yellow"> Because values are the building blocks of your life's satisfaction! I know that is a big claim but by the end of today's lesson, I hope to have you convinced. A bit more on on the why of values: <ul> <li>Know your values so you have a very strong sense of who you are and what you value in life.</li> <li>Know your values because they drive your behaviors and decisions.</li> <li>Know your values so it's much easier to choose which path to take when you are at cross roads in life.</li> <li>Know your values so you know why you feel what you do. Often the answer to why you have been feeling crappy about yourself over a period of time lies in a conflict with your core value.</li> </ul> <h1>So WHAT are values</h1> The dictionary definition is 'the regard that something is held to deserve; the importance, worth, or usefulness of something.'  I know that isn't particularly useful.  To help you understand what values are, let’s look at them from a few different angles and consider some examples. Ask yourself: <ul> <li>What is most important to you?</li> <li>Who are you inside? What is the stuff you are made of? For instance, are you a person of integrity,  honesty and fairness?</li> </ul> <div class="shadow-box-yellow"> “What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us” – Ralph Waldo Emerson <ul> <li>What do you want others to think of you? How do you want others to describe you? Do you want to be known as the person who has a zest for life or do you want to be known as someone who is a go giver?</li> <li>Who do you admire? Think about why you admire them. It is our natural inclination to admire people who possess the values, virtues, qualities we admire. Do you admire them for their hard work, determination and grit (that might have manifested itself in the form of wealth and success).</li> <li>Which of your accomplishments do you feel the most proud of?</li> </ul> <h1>Eliciting your values</h1> There are frameworks and self-awareness exercises to help you identify your core values, not global values like peace or success, but YOUR definition of peace and success.  Let's look at one such framework - quite often, your highest values come from your strongest desire to fill a huge void or to move away from a pain in your life.  A dear friend of mine grew up without a father. This was the biggest void in his life that nothing could fill until he became a father himself and dedicated himself to being the best, most present, most engaged father he could be! That childhood void made him value family and fatherhood above all else in his life. Think about how this is true in your life. <ol> <li>What was your most painful experience in life?</li> <li>What was the biggest void or vacuum in your life growing up?</li> <li>How has this void or painful experience influenced the decisions you have made?</li> <li>How has this pain or void  influenced the actions you have taken or the actions you have NOT taken?</li> </ol> Do this next exercise whe

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S1E12: Who are you? Part 3 (Values)

Serial entrepreneur and business strategist, Tiffany Largie puts her coaching hat on and teaches newbie and wanna-be entrepreneurs how to start and grow their business.    Highlights: <ul> <li>Money Mindset</li> <li>Entrepreneurial Clarity</li> <li>Sales, sales and more sales</li> </ul>

Serial entrepreneur and business strategist, Tiffany Largie puts her coaching hat on and teaches newbie and wanna-be entrepreneurs how to start and grow their business.

S1E11: From hungry and option-less single mom to 7 figures in business with Tiffany Largie - Part 2

Serial entrepreneur and business strategist, Tiffany Largie shares how she transformed her life by deciding to stop thinking small. She has built three six-figure businesses, the last went from zero to doing roughly $2 Million in under four years. She did it all, as a single mom,  by the age of 30 with no money, no capital … no magic bullet. <div class="shadow-box-yellow"> ''I started my business to change my life, to create options for my family. Once I decided to stop thinking small, everything changed.'' Tiffany Largie At one point, Tiffany is a young 'option-less', single mom, struggling to feed her kids consistently.  She couldn't afford pre-school or childcare for her little girls with her job that paid $10.20/hour. She got fed up of being option-less and hungry. She grew tired of people telling her to stay in her lane. She turned her life around by resolving to stop thinking small. <div class="shadow-box-yellow"> ''The mere concept of entrepreneurship, it had more possibilities than getting a job did. I could determine my own value and my ability to make whatever money I was worth.''Tiffany Largie <h2>Key milestones in Tiffany's road to success and financial freedom:</h2> <ol> <li>Made a decision that no matter what, she was going to change things for her family</li> <li>Purchased a business book from Barnes and Nobles along the lines of top 100 businesses to start</li> <li>Started a basket business selling them door to door and for the first time in her life, she felt like she owned hope!</li> <li>She purchased an event management company on credit and turned it into a 6 figure business. This was a key milestone in her life, her confidence soared, she really plugged back into the universe and began to appreciate what was possible if she allowed herself to dream!</li> <li>She then ventured into an IT hardware business that also made 6 figures</li> <li>With the goal for freedom and scaling her business, she started a new venture from scratch in a new city that turned $2.5 MIL in revenue</li> </ol>   <h2>Lessons from Tiffany's story:</h2> <ul> <li>Tiffany's sense of humor and her ability to laugh at her misfortunes is definitely something to model</li> <li>Her mindset and resolve changed her life</li> <li>People need to be clear that 6 figures doesn’t mean that you're taking home 6 figures, it just means that you can pay your bills consistently and start investing back in your business</li> </ul>   Support the show by <a href="http://www.letsstartanew/com/review">subscribing, rating and reviewing</a> it on iTunes.

Serial entrepreneur and business strategist, Tiffany Largie shares how she transformed her life by deciding to stop thinking small. She has built three six-figure businesses, the last went from zero to doing roughly $2 Million in under four years. She did

S1E10: From hungry and option-less single mom to 7 figures in business with Tiffany Largie - Part 1

Sumbul continues the lesson on self-awareness by delving into how and why to identify your strengths and weaknesses. Download a FREE guide to understanding the basics of strengths from Gallup Strengths Finder team. Highlights: <ul> <li>What comes naturally to you & what doesn’t</li> <li>Difference between skill, talent and strength. Download the FREE guide above for quick reference.</li> <li>My favorite self-assessment tool for finding your strengths</li> <li>How and why to identify your weaknesses</li> </ul> Resources: <ul> <li><a href="https://www.gallupstrengthscenter.com/" target="_blank">Gallup Strengths Finder</a></li> </ul>

Sumbul continues the lesson on self-awareness by delving into how and why to identify your strengths and weaknesses. Download a FREE guide to understanding the basics of strengths from Gallup Strengths Finder team.

S1E9: Who are you? Part 2 (Strengths)

Award winning speaker and podcaster, Tony Woodall shares key insights from his Goal Achievement Success System that you can use to get the goals you want. He also talks about the free meditation tool used by Pat Flynn of Smart Passive Income.

Award winning speaker and podcaster, Tony Woodall shares key insights from his Goal Achievement Success System that you can use to get the goals you want. He also talks about the free meditation tool used by Pat Flynn of Smart Passive Income.

S1E8: How to Land Your Dream Job with Tony Woodall - Part 2

The author of '9 Steps to Successful Goal Achievement', Tony Woodall shares the intentional steps he took to discover his calling, the strategic actions he took to prepare himself for his ideal job and how he landed it by paying it forward.

The author of '9 Steps to Successful Goal Achievement', Tony Woodall shares the intentional steps he took to discover his calling, the strategic actions he took to prepare himself for his ideal job and how he landed it by paying it forward

S1E7: How to Land Your Dream Job with Tony Woodall - Part 1

Sumbul outlines the curriculum of self-awareness to be covered in the next few Strategy Saturday sessions and dives into the fun topic of getting to know your personality as it impacts your work life. Download your free chart to track your personality, strengths, values, interests and passions.

Self-awareness Curriculum

S1E6: Who are you?  Part 1 (Personality)

Former NFL Cheerleader, Kelly Roach shares golden nuggets from her book UNSTOPPABLE: 9 Principles for Unlimited Success in Business and in Life, how to create a business around a life of freedom and fulfillment. She also shares her free productivity guide for business owners.

Kelly's '9 Principles for Unlimited Success in Business and in Life'

S1E5: From Success to Fulfillment with Kelly Roach : Part 2

Former NFL Cheerleader, Kelly Roach, shares her journey of transformation from a burnt-out Fortune 500 executive to a life of abundance, freedom and fulfillment.

Kelly's transformation from Fortune 500 executive to entrepreneur

S1E4: From Success to Fulfillment with Kelly Roach: Part 1

Sumbul explains what to expect from Strategy Saturday sessions and explores the most common triggers for career transformation.

Introducing Strategy Saturday Sessions

S1E3: Why you should start anew

Justin discusses his morning routine, how he prioritizes what is most important to him, his favorite productivity hack and how you can get him to answer your business related questions.

Justin's success habits

S1E2: The Power of Clarity with Justin Glover: Part 2

Three times Entrepreneur, Justin Glover of Results513.com shares his struggle with juggling 3 jobs, his epiphany as he is laying under a bus, how he turned around $100K in 91 days and why he shut down his $1.9 Million business.   Like the show? <a href="http://getpodcast.reviews/id/1118877851">Leave Us A Rating and Review</a>.

The Power of Clarity with Justin Glover: Part 1

S1E1: The Power of Clarity with Justin Glover: Part 1

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