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How to Be Powerfully Peaceful

7/19/2021

Developing Conscious Skills, Mindfulness, and Success with Neil Seligman

Wouldn’t it be ideal if we could take our full, relaxed, connected and authentic selves everywhere, including to work? Wouldn’t it be better if leaders of all kinds could lead from a place of mindfulness, self-awareness, and peaceful power? If Consciousness and Corporateness coexisted wouldn’t they create something new and revolutionary?

Guest Bio:
Our guest today is Neil Seligman. He was a trial lawyer - or Barrister - in England for 8 years, but his interest in Consciousness and meditation pre-dated his law career. It wasn’t until he ditched the day job and spent several years exploring his inner and outer worlds that he saw how to connect mindfulness practice with corporate life and productivity.

Now Neil trains and coaches professionals in a wide variety of “conscious skills,” and speaks at prestigious corporate events and seminars around the world, from Europe to America, Asia, and Australia. Having immersed himself in mindfulness since his teens, Neil combines his authentic passion for the practice with unrivalled professional expertise in his pioneering business, Conscious Corporate Consultancies. His insight and compelling enthusiasm leave his audiences inspired, energized and armed with practical ways to reach their highest potential.

We are so pleased to bring you our conversation with the calm, grounded, and utterly delightful Neil Seligman. If you don’t relate to the corporate angle, don’t worry - there is a ton in our talk that relates to personal growth and using mindfulness to make pretty much everything more joyful and functional.

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SHOW NOTES
Key Takeaways:

We can open and close
Mindfullness can lead to increased stress resilience/decreased stress reactivity

Do a Science:

Daily FHB Meditation
- Feet on the Floor
- Hands on the Heart
- Body on Breathing

More About Neil:

Public Website
The Conscious Professional Website
Zen in Ten program
Neil’s Books
- 100 Mindfulness Meditations: The Ultimate Collection of Inspiring Daily Practices
- Conscious Leadership. Reveal your potential. Inspire excellence
Neil’s Art
- Soul Portrait Photography

Neil’s Social Media Resources

Group
Facebook The Conscious Professional
Twitter Neil Seliman
LinkedIn Neil Seligman
YouTube ConsciousProTV

Other relevant Episodes:

Episode 55, How Not to Know with Pete Pierson - using a mindfulness practice to inform social action and advocacy
Episode 78 How to Build Soulful Power - Breathing, laughing and learning with Christian de la Huerta

Dive Deeper on the Topic:

Dance and Movement
- Gabrielle Roth’s Five Rhythms Movement Practice
- Biography of Anna Helprin
Other Topics
- Matthew Fox
- Byron Katie Loving What Is Video

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How to Live Your Purpose

3/12/2021

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Combining Drive, Acceptance, and Compassion

Imagine you won the lottery - either literally, or by somehow managing to hit a grand slam in your professional life. You bought the cars, the homes, took the vacations, paid off the debts of some people you love, lived the fantasies. Then what? Where do you go from there? How do you stay interested and engaged? Where do you find real satisfaction and meaning? Being too rich isn’t a problem most of us are likely to have, but it’s an important lesson to understand that money doesn’t solve the problem of being a human navigating Life. Today’s guest has done quite well for himself, but his true legacy is not just helping people create successful careers, which he has certainly done, it's his work helping people create joyful lives at any level by getting clear on their purpose.

Guest Bio:
Our guest this episode, Rick Heyland, spent a career as a top executive with RLG, a global consulting & coaching organization. Now in his “retirement” he’s speaking, writing, podcasting, and still coaching through his business Continuous Improvement 4 Life. Rick works with small businesses and individuals to improve their skills around goal setting, accountability, engagement, and detailed planning so they can enhance their performance. Rick’s secret sauce, though, is his passionate focus on crafting a coherent and inspiring purpose and on following simple, continuous steps to live and work as close to that purpose as possible.

Rick’s enthusiasm for this work drove him to write a book, Live Your Purpose: A Step by Step Guide on How to Live Your Best Life. Adrian Gostick, New York Times bestselling author of "Leading with Gratitude," had this to say about Live Your Purpose: "As Rick Heyland reminds us, purpose is the reason you were created, it is your ultimate why. This terrific book not only addresses the need to develop purpose statements, but takes us on a practical journey to live our best lives. Full of real-world takeaways and wisdom from a highly rated management consultant and senior business leader, this gem of a book will quickly become the go-to standard for anyone looking to live a more purposeful life."

Rick is also using his skills and passion to help nonprofits like People Who Care and Operation Underground Railroad. In fact, he is donating all the proceeds from his book to these two charities.

Stay tuned to learn what the power of purpose can do to help you live a more effective and fulfilling life, with our guest Rick Heyland! You’ll want to listen all the way until the end to learn about this week’s prize giveaway.

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Music Credits:
A Hawaiian in Paris feat.-Pierre-Grill

Munchie using headphones incorrectly.

SHOW NOTES:
Key Takeaways:

Take small steps toward fulfilling your purpose - This prevents overwhelm and keeps the limbic system calm so you can move forward with ease.
Combining mindfulness, presence, and compassion with the pursuit of excellence is not just possible, but necessary for a fulfilled life.
Three defining characteristics of the happiest individuals:
- Daily exercise
- Daily planning
- Being in Service to Others

Do Rick’s Science:
OPTION 1

Day 1-5 Journal everyday for a week on these questions:
- What do I want them to say about me at my funeral?
- What is my best self?
- What are my strengths that I want to build on?
Day 6 Journal on: What are the common themes I’m seeing?
Day 7 Using the themes and values you surface write a 6 to 50 word purpose statement

OPTION 2

Take 10 full, cleansing, conscious breaths before going to bed each night.

Rick's Purpose Statement

I will strive for and share the benefits of Continuous Improvement in my life, my families' and those in my circle of influence. I desire my Continuous Improvement efforts to be interdependently benefiting my vocation, avocation, and service efforts. I desire to live Continuous Improvement with a spirit of love, acceptance, and compassion for others and myself.

Episode References:

Rick’s Coaching Website: Continuous Improvement 4 Life
Rick’s Book: Live Your Purpose: A Step by Step Guide on How to Live Your Best Life
100 Who Care Alliance
Operation Underground Railroad

Other relevant Episodes:

Episode 65 How to Get a Heart in Business with Mike Spangenberg
Episode 64, How to Be Purposeful and Fulfilled with the Bucket List Guy, Travis Bell
Prescott Woman Podcast

Dive Deeper on the Topic:

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People - Stephen Covey
One Small Step Can Change Your Life: The Kaizen Way - Dr. Robert Mauer
Published: The Proven Path from Blank Page to Published Author - Chandler Bolt
HBR's 10 Must Reads on Managing Yourself (with bonus article "How Will You Measure Your Life?" by Clayton M. Christensen)
Talent Is Overrated - Colvin, Geoff

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How to Do the Right Thing

2/28/2021

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Take the High Road to Raise the Bottom Line

How do you think of successful businessmen? Selfish and greedy or generous and thoughtful? I’m guessing there have always been both kinds, but overall, I’ve tended to think about people with a LOT of money in less than charitable terms. Pun intended.

What if I told you about someone who has generated $100Million in annual business revenues, and not only gives generously, but wants others to be able to do what he’s done? We were privileged to talk with a man who made his fortune and realized that money and achievement alone didn’t bring him satisfaction. Come with us to find out what does.

Guest Bio:
Jeff Morrill started Planet Subaru in Boston years ago with his brother and brought with him into his business life, the ideas of win-win, superior service, and a culture of inclusion, mentorship, kindness, and sustainability that extends to employees and customers alike. At Planet Subaru, Jeff knows that those values must come with concrete steps… they must be implemented to be real and to mean anything. So Jeff’s team decided to power the whole facility with solar panels. They hired sales people from diverse backgrounds, who other dealerships wouldn’t hire. And they created an apprenticeship program to train women for higher-paying service jobs.

This approach, along with hard work and savvy, made Jeff’s “un-dealership” a success.

Now in a new season of life, Jeff seeks to mentor others in leadership and promote the ethical business practices that he says made his bottom line all the better. Jeff wrote the book Profit Wise - How to Make More Money by Doing the Right Thing to share what he learned. The book teaches 10 principles for running a successful business that is also ethical and sustainable. See the list of principles in the Show Notes on this page.

Instead of the shady, ruthless, or corrupt approaches to business that we’ve seen unfold all too often, stay tuned to hear how businesses… maybe even the one you run… really can, as Jeff says, “take the high road to raise your bottom line.”

Explanation: Just so you know, dear H.tties, this episode is actually part one of a two-episode arc with Jeff. This week we are releasing the parts of the conversation that focus on business, community, and how Jeff’s values of inclusion and abundance infuse his projects. Although this episode focuses on Jeff’s business, we believe that everyone will find inspiration in his life story, his powerful ethics, and his genuine human warmth.

Toward the end of the original recording, Jeff turned the tables and started asking US questions about interpersonal communication and about our relationship. It became an “un-podcast.” It’s such a special and unique conversation, that we’re releasing it as its own episode next week.

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SHOW NOTES:
Key Takeaways: Being ethical, kind, and sustainable is good for business and good for us.

Do Jeff's Science:
Jeff Morrill recommended we

Sent an intention and then
Make sure to take a concrete step toward that intention every day.

(This is a good science to pair with a Bucket List item from Travis Bell!)

“I really believe in the American Dream. I lived it. I am living it. You can accomplish so much because there’s so much opportunity. But there’s a responsibility that comes with the American Dream, too, and that’s to make sure you turn around and pull some people along in your wake.”
~ Jeff Morrill

Episode References:

About Planet Subaru

Human + Canine Employee Bios
Diversity: People from backgrounds traditionally excluded from retail automotive careers constitute the majority of our team, including:
28 women in every department, including 5 female mechanical technicians-
15 team members representing diverse ethnic and racial backgrounds;
7 LGBQT team members;
4 current and former active-duty military service members

Other Relevant Episodes:

Episode 65 How to Have a Heart in Business with Mike Spangenberg
Episode 50 How to Be a Local Hero with Thomas Barr
Episode 42 How to Turn Setback Into Success with Melanie Banayat

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