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Sunday Jun 20, 2021
Sunday Jun 20, 2021
I woke up this morning with thoughts about achievement, struggle and flow.
These thoughts were prompted by a conversation earlier in the week with someone who is currently caught in struggle. I was reflecting on what that was about for them and more generally why we sometimes choose to stay with the struggle and why other times we refuse to.
It seems that there are some people, for whom life always seems to flow, whereas for others it seems to be a perpetual struggle. What is that all about. Here are my current thoughts on it.
Life Passion & Business Podcast is about finding answers to life’s big questions through weekly interview with guest speakers. The Shortcast is my ongoing commitment to staying inquisitive and passionate about life with whatever is alive for me each week. Follow the links below to discover what else is on offer.
Events and Resources: www.lifepassionandbusiness.com
The Five Questions eBook: https://lifepassionandbusiness.com/the-five-questions
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Thursday Jun 17, 2021
Thursday Jun 17, 2021
Soul Alignment is this week’s topic of conversation with Robyn Harris. It is a story of how following a passion can sometimes take us to a place of hopelessness. However, there is a happy outcome, it just requires going a little further along the road to discover it.
When I asked her what she wanted to be when she grew up, Robyn’s considered reply was Doctor Doolittle. It is hardly surprising then, that the future held a place for animals and for language interpretation. Albeit a very different type of interpretation than that of the children’s story book character.
Today Robyn is the founder of EQUENERGY: Wellbeing Naturally. She describes herself as a Soul Alignment Mentor and works with people at the end of their rope, needing support.
Robyn is currently offering her ‘Feel Your Way from Stress into Flow’ workshops on Zoom and is planning to run them in person again when lockdown restrictions lift. Tickets and further information are available along with all her other website and social links at:
www.lifepassionandbusiness.com/robyn-harris-soul-alignment
Life Passion & Business is dedicated to exploring what it takes to be Extraordinary, to face challenges and rejoice in the opportunities they bring, and expand our vision into new ways of thinking and living.
There is a lot to gain from listening to other people’s stories, however the real work begins by taking action in your own life.
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Sunday Jun 13, 2021
Sunday Jun 13, 2021
This weeks thoughts are prompted by a podcast interview with one of my guests who has strong Christian beliefs and is in regular communication with (what for her is) God. She runs her entire life based on the guidance she receives and it clearly works.
Some might say this is just coincidence. I personally believe it is something more. In fact ‘coincidence’ is such a regular part of my life that I am rarely fazed by it and have almost come to expect it. I don’t call this God, but for me it is still feels like the guiding hand of unseen help.
I know many people who connect with an unseen force and have different ways of explaining it. Our Spirit-duality event significantly highlighted this for me and more recently I am reading Perry Marshall’s latest book and discovering a lot of people are working directly with what they call ‘Memos From Head Office. It’s a fascinating subject, and yet it is still rarely openly talked about.
How does coincidence figure in your life? Do you call it God, or something else?
Links referred to in this conversation are available at:
www.lifepassionandbusiness.com/the-power-of-coincidence-shortcast
Life Passion & Business Podcast is about finding answers to life’s big questions through weekly interview with guest speakers. The Shortcast is my ongoing commitment to staying inquisitive and passionate about life with whatever is alive for me each week. Follow the links below to discover what else is on offer.
Events and Resources: www.lifepassionandbusiness.com
The Five Questions eBook: https://lifepassionandbusiness.com/the-five-questions
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Sunday Jun 06, 2021
Sunday Jun 06, 2021
How would you like to be in an elite group?
Have you considered that you already are?
This is one of the considerations in today’s shortcast about Bad Days. Those days when nothing seems to go well, are all a matter of perspective. What is your viewpoint on this? What makes a day good or bad for you?
Life Passion & Business Podcast is about finding answers to life’s big questions through weekly interview with guest speakers. The Shortcast is my ongoing commitment to staying inquisitive and passionate about life with whatever is alive for me each week. Follow the links below to discover what else is on offer.
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Sunday May 23, 2021
Sunday May 23, 2021
This week’s topic is Contribution. It is one of the 5 questions I ask my podcast guests, and has historically been about what we contribute to the world, which I believe is a very valuable thing to explore. But more recently (particularly since Covid) the question has expanded to also consider how we contribute to ourselves.
Anyone who travels will be familiar with the airlines safety precaution about putting your own oxygen mask on first, well the same applies in all areas of life: physical, emotional and spiritual. If we don’t take care of ourselves we cannot give our best to others.
In this conversation I share the values of ‘self’ contribution and how I have incorporated it into my daily routine. One of the valuable things I do daily is called ‘Renaissance Time’ and comes from some work I recently did with Perry Marshall. Another comes out of the work my wife and I have been doing to develop The Five Questions. It is an exercise we include in the eBook which I am discovering to be a very powerful in my own life.
How are you taking care of yourself? How are you contributing to yourself on a daily basis? I hope this shortcast gives you some food for thought and supports you in making time for THE one thing that is your most valuable contribution to the world. And that is YOU.
Life Passion & Business Podcast is about finding answers to life’s big questions through weekly interview with guest speakers. The Shortcast is my ongoing commitment to staying inquisitive and passionate about life with whatever is alive for me each week. Follow the links below to discover what else is available from Life Passion & Business.
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Monday May 17, 2021
Monday May 17, 2021
Today’s topic stems from my meditation practice on Monday where my Monkey Mind was exploring every possibility to break the meditation process and draw me away from my focus. But why is this relevant?
Because it got me thinking about what it means to be Conscious and Present with who we are, where we are and why that is so important. To me it is all about the wider exploration of what it means to be living this life and about who is Paul Harvey?
Is Paul Harvey the body or is Paul Harvey something else?
In this episode I am exploring the concept of mindfulness and the values that can be found when we stay present and in relationship with who we are.
Life Passion & Business Podcast is about finding answers to life’s big questions through weekly interview with guest speakers. The Shortcast is my ongoing commitment to staying inquisitive and passionate about life with whatever is alive for me each week. Follow the links below to discover what else is on offer.
The Five Questions eBook: https://lifepassionandbusiness.com/the-five-questions
Research Survey: https://cutt.ly/Gxg5AiS
Wednesday May 12, 2021
Wednesday May 12, 2021
Geraldine Schmidt is the founder of The Story Weavers. An online service that connects children from around the world through monthly collaborative writing projects. It's all about nurturing kids' active communication skills. Geraldine says that…
"Everything previous to this was preparation for what I am doing now."
In this conversation we discover how an early passion for communicating with horses and building a successful career wasn’t enough to alleviate her debilitating self doubt.
The turning point came when she discovered a book that showed her the way to inner peace and the discovery that success is not a measure of how well you are doing in the world. It is a feeling that comes from within.
Since then her mission has been to support children to face life's challenges with confidence and handle conflict in a way that builds relationships rather than breaks them.
Full Show Details, Guest’s Website and Social Links are all available at:
www.lifepassionandbusiness.com/geraldine-schmidt-active-communication-skills
Life Passion & Business is dedicated to exploring what it takes to be Extraordinary; to face challenges and rejoice in the opportunities they bring; and expand our vision into new ways of thinking and living.
There is a lot to gain from listening to other people’s stories, however the real work begins by taking action in your own life.
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Monday May 10, 2021
Monday May 10, 2021
Prompted by an interesting comment on LinkedIn, this week’s conversation is about the gap between learning and doing.
The comment, posted with a tongue in cheek smile is by Susan Payton asking: “Are there any courses out there on how to stop buying courses?” There are naturally some fun flippant answers including my own. But it did get me thinking, because this is a common problem a lot of us come upon.
Chasing the Shiny Object
The reason many of us jump from one course to another is about chasing the elusive shiny object. This is a trap entrepreneurs often fall into.
It regularly occurs when we are following a course with a strategy and hit against something that stops us moving forward. Then along comes another course that catches our attention and promises a better solution. It may offer a simple shortcut that enables us to bypass the thing we are avoiding. So we follow that direction for a while until we hit against something else we’d rather avoid.
Another aspect of chasing courses is due to ‘imposter syndrome’. This is that niggling feeling that we are not good enough or we are missing a vital piece of information that will give us the confidence to believe what others see in us. In other words, by doing this ‘new course’ we will have all the answers and will be able to own our authority on the subject.
Chasing courses in this way is just the busyness of feeling we are making progress. When what is actually happening is we are standing still.
The chances are, that if we are willing to be really honest with ourselves we know what needs doing to move forward, we just don’t want to face it. What is often lacking is the support and motivation to get us passed the blocks and into new territory. Sometimes all we need is the right incentive, like the one I had to get my tax done. Or the one my mentor came up with that involved burning money to get his book written on time.
Solutions For Success
The LinkedIn post started the conversation with my wife about resistance and what gets in the way. It got us thinking about the coaching solutions that support people to move forward. From there the conversation transitioned into the value of rewards and celebrating successes, and resulted in the creation of four new Life Passion & Business Focus Coaching packages.
Focus Coaching bridges the gap between learning and doing by driving you through the challenges. We have added an incentive to celebrate the successes that take you closer to your goal, and rewards for meeting targets on time.
You can discover more about this on the Focus Coaching page. It’s under the Resources tab on the Life Passion & Business website: https://lifepassionandbusiness.com/focus-coaching/
Life Passion & Business Podcast is about finding answers to life’s big questions through weekly interview with guest speakers. The Shortcast is my ongoing commitment to staying inquisitive and passionate about life with whatever is alive for me each week. Follow the links below to discover what else is on offer.
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Sunday May 02, 2021
Sunday May 02, 2021
De-commit to Commit is a conversation about goal setting, the tools for goal setting and some important considerations about de-commitment that came out of a conversation with my accountability partner.
I have a weekly commitment partnership that has been going for over 18 months. We help keep each other on track with our short term goals whilst holding the bigger perspective for our long term goal. I highly recommend it as an effective way of staying focused.
Our conversation came around to Goal Mapping, a technique created and developed my Brian Mayne (see below). My accountability partner found the map they had created 18 months ago and discovered that many of the things on it had come to pass. This prompted me to reflect on the achievements with my own Goal Map.
When I created my map in 2019, I said that by August 2020 I would be Podcasting full time. I also included an income figure and various other actions I said I would achieve. The interesting thing is the way it all came to pass, something I could not have predicted back then. The other interesting fact is what has been holding me back.
Letting Go To Move Forward
This is something that has taken me a long time to release. But it is only in doing so that I can truly commit to the new direction I want to take. In this conversation I share my experience and explore what we hold on to and why. I invite you to look what you may need to de-commit from to move forward in your own life.
Life Passion & Business Podcast is about finding answers to life’s big questions through weekly interview with guest speakers. The Shortcast is my ongoing commitment to staying inquisitive and passionate about life with whatever is alive for me each week. Follow the links below to discover what else is on offer.
Brian Mayne – Goal-Mapping
Brian Mayne was one of the inspiring speakers in our 2020 Spirit-duality event. He is a truly amazing man with a fascinating life journey that started in the travelling fairground business. It includes bankruptcy, working for Tony Robbins and moving on to create his own powerful transformation tool called Goal Mapping. Brian’s book is included in my Recommended Books list and you can discover more about Brian through our Spirit-duality event.
- Goal Mapping: https://goalmapping.com/
- Spirit-duality: https://lifepassionandbusiness.com/events/#spirit-duality
- Book List: https://lifepassionandbusiness.com/books-paul-recommends/
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Sunday Apr 25, 2021
Sunday Apr 25, 2021
Today’s Shortcast explores the reason why Values are important and how to find your own core values.
On talking to a podcast guest this week about values, we discussed how it leads to dissonance and discomfort when they are not being fulfilled. Our conversation was about the working environment, but it applies to every aspect of life.
I know many people who have started working for an organization because it represented something for them. Then somewhere down the line the values they thought the organization represented are no longer true. This can be something discovered early on, or several years down the line. We also see this played out in the media and politics, where a company or person is found out to be doing something that goes against the values people thought they represented.
Why It Is Important To Know Your Values
Values are an integral part of the choices we make, in the way we live our lives and who we associate with and yet we rarely consciously list them. One advantage of clearly defining your values is that it helps you make critical choices or resolve complex issues where a decision is required. For example, when choosing a new job, partner, role or life direction.
In the shortcast I offer some suggestions to help you ascertain your values and narrow them down to a set of core values that will give you a solid grounding. This is useful as a personal exercise, and is a particularly valuable resource for businesses. Ascertaining your values in business helps in choosing employees and in marketing and promoting your brand.
Life Passion & Business Resources
As mentioned in the Shortcast, if you would be like to help me develop the podcast and Life Passion & Business resources follow the links to the survey below.
For support in building a life full of passion, purpose and meaning The Five Questions eBook and Worksheets is currently free and has a special bonus offer attached. There are also other useful resources and links on the Life Passion & Business website.
Life Passion & Business Podcast is about finding answers to life’s big questions through weekly interview with guest speakers. The Shortcast is my ongoing commitment to staying inquisitive and passionate about life with whatever is alive for me each week. Follow the links below to discover what else is on offer.
Can You Help With My Podcast Research?
So what are the conversations I am having about podcasts? Well, the aim is to explore how to move Life Passion & Business to the next level, and for this I need your help. There are two options…
Option One:
The written survey will give me valuable information on what listeners enjoy and what inspires you. It’s anonymous and just a handful of multiple choice questions with space to add comments if you wish.
Survey Link: https://cutt.ly/Gxg5AiS
However, there is nothing better than a good conversation and an opportunity to get to know you better. So my preference is…
Option Two:
To have a one to one chat on Zoom. This would be a 15 minute informal chat about your listening choices and what you think makes a good podcast. It’s quick and easy to book, and you choose a time and date that suits you.
Appointment Link: https://paulharvey.as.me/research-chat
I hope you can help me out. The podcast is for you, so the more conversations I have with listeners the clearer my direction will be.
Life Passion & Business quick links:
- Free eBook: https://lifepassionandbusiness.com/the-five-questions
- New Event: https://lifepassionandbusiness.com/people-planet-progress
- Support The Podcast: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/lifeandpassion
Sunday Apr 11, 2021
Sunday Apr 11, 2021
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Whilst shopping I noticed the in-congruence of seeing a lone adult pushing one of those child sized shopping carts loaded to capacity with groceries. It became apparent why when an exuberant 4-5 year old came running up the isle full of excitement about being bought a packet of biscuits by the other (as yet unseen) adult with them.
This sheer joy over a packet of biscuits is something we rarely experience as adults.
Although, it may not be a packet of biscuits that does it for us, there are still some equally joyous moments to be experienced that we often let slip by without fully appreciating.
So on that note, I am sharing with you what I’m so excited about this week, the special gift my wife and I have joyfully created for you.
I’m so excited to launch the newly updated Five Questions eBook and Worksheets
It finally completed and ready to be shared with you, and the reason it’s so exciting is because it is our combined passion and life experiences that have been poured into it and the vision that it can support others in reconnecting with moments of passion in their life.
And, as if that wasn’t enough on it’s own, the extra special offer that we are sharing to celebrate it’s launch is the gift of One Month’s Free Access to 3 event sessions from any one of our currently available Virtual Events.
Follow this link for full details:
www.lifepassionandbusiness.com/the-five-questions/
That’s it from me. I hope you enjoy our gift and that you find some equally joyous moments to celebrate this week.
Can You Help With My Podcast Research?
So what are the conversations I am having about podcasts? Well, the aim is to explore how to move Life Passion & Business to the next level, and for this I need your help. There are two options…
Option One:
The written survey will give me valuable information on what listeners enjoy and what inspires you. It’s anonymous and just a handful of multiple choice questions with space to add comments if you wish.
Survey Link: https://cutt.ly/Gxg5AiS
However, there is nothing better than a good conversation and an opportunity to get to know you better. So my preference is…
Option Two:
To have a one to one chat on Zoom. This would be a 15 minute informal chat about your listening choices and what you think makes a good podcast. It’s quick and easy to book, and you choose a time and date that suits you.
Appointment Link: https://paulharvey.as.me/research-chat
I hope you can help me out. The podcast is for you, so the more conversations I have with listeners the clearer my direction will be.
Wednesday Apr 07, 2021
Wednesday Apr 07, 2021
This week’s topic is Hummus & Hobbies with Ziad Zammer. Born in Lebanon, Ziad moved to Australia when he was 3 years old and at 10 he returned to Lebanon. He stayed there for 6 years before returning once again to Australia where he has lived ever since. His life is a fusion of both cultures.
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At high school in Australia, Ziad did Business Studies and hated it. Which brought him to the decision that physical work was the better option.
He found work in the mines and stayed for few years, becoming became a driller. This inspired him to explore the oil and gas industry. That led him back into study, he achieved a Bachelors degree in Petroleum and Drilling Engineering.
Working in the industry was good, well paid but not enough, and he longed to do more. In Arab culture, food is a big part of family life. So he decided the restaurant business was the place to fulfil his true potential. However, he had no knowledge or experience, and as it is often said,
If you want to loose money, start a restaurant”
My jaw dropped when Ziad said he managed the kitchen but hated cooking. But none of this stopped him. Working with his ex-wife Kaitlin Eterovich in 2016, they opened a Lebanese Arab fusion restaurant called The Hummus Club
This project is an example of being willing to take on a challenge with the purpose to fulfil a bigger objective.
Starting a new 100 seater restaurant business with 25 new staff, and none of them having any idea what they were doing might be considered crazy. And that’s how it looked for a while. Day one, nothing happened. Day two got better and within a few weeks, the restaurant was serving 100 plus covers a night.
This is an amazing story of how a project can be successful with passion and purpose at the helm. We talk about leadership, self-awareness, the wake call and the mistakes made along the way.
This is about values and failures and acceptance of who we are.
My conversation with Ziad is very candid and unexpected. His main reason for doing the podcast was to talk about his Baseball Card Collecting compulsion. So along with the highs and lows of being a restaurateur, there are some deep issues in this conversation. Amongst others they include the psychology of collecting.
There is one point in where he turns the tables on me and my inspiration for podcasting. Which gave me an interesting challenge.
Thank you for joining me with Ziad Zammer for Hummus & Hobbies. His links are below along with opportunities to enjoy more podcasts and resources on Life Passion & Business.
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Sunday Apr 04, 2021
Sunday Apr 04, 2021
This week’s topic is about that well known phrase “Living the Dream” and it has come about because of a conversation with a shop assistant earlier this week.
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This week’s topic is about that well known phrase “Living the Dream” and it has come about because of a conversation with a shop assistant earlier this week.
As it is always my way to open conversations, I asked this young assistant “how is your day going” and she replied with “Oh yeah, living the dream” in a sarcastic sort of way. Ignoring the sarcasm I continued with “do you genuinely mean that” and she looked at me as though I’d just done something inappropriate.
As we were coming to the end of the transaction I left her by gently suggesting “maybe you need to look at that and do something about it”. But this conversation has stuck with me all week and that is why I am bringing the question up here.
Podcast Research
So what are the conversations I am having about podcasts. Well, the aim is to explore how to move Life Passion & Business to the next level, and for this I need your help. There are two options:
Option One:
The written survey will give valuable information on what you enjoy listening to and what inspires you. It’s just a handful of multiple choice questions and space for additional thoughts.
Here’s the link: https://cutt.ly/Gxg5AiS
However, there is nothing better than a good conversation and an opportunity to get to know you better. So my preference is…
Option Two:
To have a one to one chat on Zoom and the quickest, easiest way to book it is through the link below. It’s a really simple procedure.
Appointment Link: https://paulharvey.as.me/?appointmentType=21323103
I hope you are up for this. The podcast is for you, so the more conversations I have the clearer the direction will be.
Monday Mar 29, 2021
Monday Mar 29, 2021
Is it on the bus with you, or are you traveling towards it?
What I am talking about is your passion and your happiness.
Gordon Mullan is one of the people who has taken up my request to discuss podcasts (more on that below) and what makes some stand out from others.
Gordon is a specialist on live events, he hosts events and trains speakers to use virtual technology so this was a very helpful conversation for me. One of the things he brought up is when people are looking outside of themselves (“I will be happy when…”) then internal contentment is difficult to find.
This brings me to Gratitude. It is the key to finding that inner happiness that enables us to achieve those elusive goals with greater ease. Getting on board with gratitude brings you closer to inner happiness and reigniting your passion and purpose.
On the bus with you is a conversation about this idea that when we seek what is outside of us the path to happiness will always be elusive.
Podcast Research
So what are the conversations I am having about podcasts. Well, the aim is to explore how to move Life Passion & Business to the next level, and for this I need your help. There are two options:
Option One:
The written survey will give valuable information on what you enjoy listening to and what inspires you. It’s just a handful of multiple choice questions and space for additional thoughts.
Here’s the link: https://cutt.ly/Gxg5AiS
However, there is nothing better than a good conversation and an opportunity to get to know you better. So my preference is…
Option Two:
To have a one to one chat on Zoom and the quickest, easiest way to book it is through the link below. It’s a really simple procedure.
Appointment Link: https://paulharvey.as.me/?appointmentType=21323103
I hope you are up for this. The podcast is for you, so the more conversations I have the clearer the direction will be.
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Wednesday Mar 17, 2021
Wednesday Mar 17, 2021
My guest on the show is Marques Ogden, NFL Player, Entrepreneur, and in different times Keynote Speaker.
Marques had some excellent family role models in his early years and was brought up to believe anything is possible. In high school, a visiting NFL football player inspired him to work towards a dream.
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It was his dedication to focus and hard work that won him a scholarship and a place at Howard University in Washington DC. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Finance, with an emphasis on construction and cost accounting.
But more than that, he was the first and only young man to be drafted (while at college) to the National Football League with the Jacksonville Jaguars, playing offensive lineman. The average NFL player gets 18-24 months at the professional level. Marques stayed at the professional level for 6 years, building a solid career with the Jaguars, the Baltimore Ravens, the Buffalo Bills, and the Tennessee Titans
As said, he played well beyond the average, but the body can only take so much before the injuries get serious. At 27 he hung up the helmet and padding and went to find a life as an entrepreneur.
Along with his dedication to hard work and focus, this is when the degree in construction paid off. It allowed him and his business partner to create one of the fastest-growing companies in Baltimore, Maryland, for 2010. However, rapid growth can lead to a significant fall, and that fall was deep.
Within 3 years he lost everything. His home, cars and his pride.
“I was a Millionaire in April 2012 by April 2013
I had just $400 to my name. and that was it. ”
Taking Any Job He Could Get
Playing with the NFL, Marques was on $20,000 a week; after lots of searching, the only work he could find was a custodian on the graveyard shift at $8.25/ hour.
Our conversation is the journey of his highs and lows. It takes time and dedication to get back on track and this is a beautiful story of financial rediscovery and contribution.
Today Marques has a mission to inspire accountably within people so they discover the passion and drive to get on and achieve greatness.
He is currently a Keynote Speaker, Executive Coach, Best-selling Author and Marketing Leader, helping to build others’ success.
I hope you enjoy the conversation with Marques Ogden.
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