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107 Connect With Family Through Mindfulness, Says Orlando Magic Cameraman, Clem Harrod Jun 15, 2016

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Clem Harrod is a video projectionist and sports camera operator. He’s worked with the Orlando Magic Basketball team, shooting games for fifteen seasons. He also works with many well-known companies as a wide screen projectionist for events and shows. Clem’s career involves a considerable amount of travel and he uses his mindfulness practices to remain grounded and connected to home and family in spite of not being there in the flesh. Clem graduated from Florida State University and where he grew his knowledge of production, filming and editing techniques. Clem has used his expertise in shooting sporting events to propel him to a career in convention services as a projectionist and playback operator.

Contact Info

Instagram: #clemco / tuvac15

Most Influential Person

Nick Snapp (Coach & Podcaster) of www.MakeItSnappy.com

Effect on Emotions

To help me be calm, to relax and to be a better father.

Thoughts on Breathing

Learning how to pause, take a breath, gather my thoughts. Because a lot of times they're scatter all over the place.

Suggested Resources

Book: The Five Love Languages: The Secret To Love That Lasts by Gary D. Chapman
App: Calm

Advice for Newbie

It takes time. It's not going to just happen for you. You have to understand that everything that you experience in life has shaped who you are. And it's shaped who you are for a reason. And you need to try to understand that reason.

106 All Humans Are Connected To A Universal Energy Explains Julie Zuzek Jun 12, 2016

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Julie Zuzek is a highly sought-after business coach and works with top entrepreneurs around the world. Recognizing her own entrepreneurial journey was an intense form of personal development, Julie helps entrepreneurs conquer their fear and limiting beliefs to remove the barriers in the way of success. Julie is also well known for her edgy podcast, Conscious Business with the Corporate Yogi. Julie’s core values are freedom, risk, love, growth and adventure.

Contact Info

Website: thecorporateyogi.com
Podcast: Conscious Business

Most Influential Person

Deepak Chopra

Effect on Emotions

I am more able to observe my emotion, I'm more calm and I don't react in an intense, volcanic way like I used to when I was younger. I can really observe scenarios and say okay you know what this is really upsetting me because xyz is that what you meant and then the other person says no that's not what I meant. I can talk through things without having an intense, emotional reaction and I think that is from being so mindful and all the meditation work that I have done.

Suggested Resources

Book: Thrive By Arianna Huffington
App: Calm

Advice for Newbie

Be patient please. I find so often that people have so many questions i.e. Am I doing it right? Just observe your emotions and trust that you will get it right. Keep at it, don't stop every day or so to observe whether it's working, just keep going.

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105 Consistency and Mindfulness Weekends With Bruce Langford Jun 10, 2016

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Consistency paired with mindfulness will help you achieve your most important goals. Stick with it. I'm sure you've heard that plenty of times. Consistency can be one of the trickiest concepts, because as humans, we tend to see things differently depending on our mood and the world around us. When you decide on a goal, it is important to also decide at the same time to be consistent.

Create a habit to help you achieve your goal and keep that habit going. Be consistent and you will notice you'll start to do the action like its on auto pilot. This is what I found when I was learning to play the piano, then later the accordion and saxophone. Sometimes my mind would tell me the song was too hard, I'd never get the rhythms, and I might as well give up. In spite of those voices, I'd usually end up practicing anyway, and by being consistent, putting in the time and sticking with it, I'd eventually learn to play the piece of music I was working on.

Quotes:

“Whatever you hold in your mind on a consistent basis is exactly what you will experience in your life.” Anthony Robbins
It’s not what we do once in a while that shapes our lives. It’s what we do consistently. Tony Robbins
If you are persistent you will get it. If you are consisted your will keep it. Anon
Consistency is not perfection. It is simply refusing to give up. Tina Reale
Consistent action creates consistent results. Christine Kane
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. - Aristotle

Books:

Inner Strength: Harnessing the Power of Your Six Primal Needs by Anthony Robbins

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104 Lose The Mercedes and Still Be Happy Says Kelly Roach Jun 08, 2016

Show notes

Kelly Roach is an expert at helping you achieve your dreams. Before the age of 30, she handled hundreds of millions in assets for a fortune 500 company, managing teams across 17 locations and breaking sales records on a regular basis. Now she uses the power of mindset, mindfulness and gratitude to help others achieve success through her International coaching and consulting firm.

Kelly is also host and founder of Unstoppable Success Radio.

Contact Info

Website: kellyroachcoaching.com
Podcast: Unstoppable Success Radio

Most Influential Person

Tony Robins

Effect on Emotions

It definitely makes me much more even keeled. Since I started meditating I would say that I am much better able to handle the ups and down's of life much more quickly and have a better response to them.

Thoughts on Breathing

I am one of those people who probably holds my breath and gets way too intense in the moment at times. I think for me the number one thing is when I catch myself holding my breath and being so over the top intense, just taking a deep breath and just slowing down and decompressing. Also walking away from things for a minute so that I can gain some perspective, then revisiting them is the way I have to handle that.

Suggested Resources

The Oprah Show: Super Soul Sunday Episodes By Oprah Winfrey

Advice for Newbie

I would say get started on doing what comes naturally to you. If you like to walk outside, go for a walk and instead of listening to the radio or listening to music just say for ten minutes I am going to get still and present and just count my blessings. Find something that is a match for your personality for what's most comfortable for you. Definitely give yourself an opportunity to take a couple minutes for reflection everyday in a way that feels right for you that incorporates in your life. It will absolutely have an affect on not only your success but also your happiness.

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103 Have a Positive State of Mind To Start The Morning Urges Fitness and Mindset Coach, Ian Ryan Jun 05, 2016

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Ian Ryan is a personal trainer and has worked with hundreds of clients in the Washington DC area over the past 8 years. He gets excited working with clients who are committed to changing their body and mindset. Ian hosts his own podcast called Fearless and Healthy and has a blog called Golden Habits.com

Contact Info

Company: Fearless and Healthy
Website: fearlessandhealthy.com
Blog: Golden Habits.com
Podcast: Fearless and Healthy Podcast

Most Influential Person

Darren Hardy

Effect on Emotions

It has definitely helped so much in my life. It has made me happier, it really has and being mindful has made me more grateful for the world around me. It has made me realize that we live in an amazing place, so I can't say enough about how much it has impacted me.

Thoughts on Breathing

Breathing really helps me get centered and it relieves stress from my life, so when I feel like I have a million things that are discombobulated in my head, just taking a step back, working on my breathing, being present. This really relieves so much stress from my life and as a fitness guy I'm going to say that it will help decrease your cortical levels. You wanna keep your cortical down so having some type of stress relief practice in your life can really help with that and breathing is just one of those things.

Suggested Resources

Book: Mindset Matters Most By Brian Grasow
App: Evernote

Advice for Newbie

Don't think that you have to do a million things to get benefits from it. Start with one simple practice, take timeouts during your day. If your stressed out at work just take a couple minutes every single day to get up and move around, take some deep breaths and you can build on things. If your starting with meditation, you might start with a simple hundred count breathing exercise and then expand on that as you become more comfortable with it but simply it at first. Build small incremental habits one step at a time and over the long haul you will see a ton of results.

102 Change Your Thoughts Using Mindfulness Weekends With Bruce Langford Jun 03, 2016

Show notes

Change your thoughts and let mindfulness help you do it. Dr. Wayne Dyer encourages you to do the same. He even wrote and entire book dedicated to this concept. It is based on the Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu.

Quotes:

If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.
How people treat you is their karma; how you react is yours.
When you judge another, you do not define them, you define yourself.
“You must become the producer, director and actor in the unfolding story of your life.” — Wayne Dyer
“Doing what you love is the cornerstone of having abundance in your life.” — Wayne Dyer
“There is no scarcity of opportunity to make a living at what you love; there’s only scarcity of resolve to make it happen.” — Wayne Dyer
“Passion is a feeling that tells you: this is the right thing to do. Nothing can stand in my way. It doesn’t matter what anyone else says. This feeling is so good that it cannot be ignored. I’m going to follow my bliss and act upon this glorious sensation of joy.” — Wayne Dyer
“What we think determines what happens to us, so if we want to change our lives, we need to stretch our minds.” — Wayne Dyer
“The more you see yourself as what you’d like to become, and act as if what you want is already there, the more you’ll activate those dormant forces that will collaborate to transform your dream into your reality.” — Wayne Dyer
“Change the way you look at things and the things you look at will change.” — Wayne Dyer
“Not only do you become what you think about, but the world also becomes what you think about. Those who think that the world is a dark place are blind to the light that might illuminate their lives. Those who see the light of the world view the dark spots as merely potential light.” — Wayne Dyer
“If you believe it will work out , you’ll see opportunities. If you believe it won’t you will see obstacles.” — Wayne Dyer
“Begin with the end in mind. Start with the end outcome and work backwards to make your dream possible.” — Wayne Dyer
“A belief system is nothing more than a thought you’ve thought over and over again.” — Wayne Dyer

Books:

Change Your Thoughts, Change Your Life by Dr. Wayne Dyer

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101 Mindfulness is My Diet Focusing On Nothing But Positive Thoughts; Olympic Boxer Daniel Hayes Jun 01, 2016

Show notes

Daniel Hayes is on a unique and interesting journey; he is pursuing a gold medal in the 2016 Olympics as a boxer representing Trinidad and Tobago. Based in California, he is an authority on fitness, nutrition, and boxing as well as the athletic mindset, perseverance and how that applies to life. Daniel is also an actor. After one semester in college as a Kinesiology major, he switched to Theater. Daniel currently trains at the world famous Wild Card Boxing Club and aspires to motivate and inspire others. Daniel practices mindfulness every single day.

Contact Info

Website: www.daniel-hayes.com

Most Influential Person

George St.Pierre
Kobe Bryant

Effect on Emotions

One hundred percent it has because it allows you to be calm and master your emotions because your emotions can result in some of the most erratic actions. It really helps you and for me to really think logical before I react out of emotion.

Thoughts on Breathing

Breathing is a big part of it just because with anything, with breathing, air, oxygen that's what keeps you centered. That's me when I am practicing yoga but that what keeps you centered and that's what keeps your body centered. So even throughout both physically or mentally our most tedious points or experiences, breathing is always what will keep you centered.

Suggested Resources

Book: Rafa by Rafael Nadal

Advice for Newbie

The most important thing is momentum and what I mean by that is breaking it down to very very small steps. I once heard that habit is formed after three weeks. After practicing something for three weeks it becomes a habit so whether it's making sure you just drink two liters of water a day, just something as simple as that. If you are continually building on that and making that a habit and practicing it over and over again you are going to build momentum and then you're going to be able to take on something else. For mindfulness start small and build on it, gain momentum to move forward.

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100 Battlezone Advice On Decisions by Veteran and EOFire Founder, John Lee Dumas May 29, 2016

Show notes

John Lee Dumas is the founder and host of EOFire, an award winning Podcast where he interviews today's most successful Entrepreneurs 7-days a week. JLD has interviewed over 1300 Entrepreneurs and EOFire generates over 1 million monthly listens. John's latest project is The Freedom Journal; a gorgeous leather bound journal that guides you in accomplishing your #1 goal in 100 days. As a highly respected interviewer, JLD lives ‘in the moment’ with his guests. John is also a veteran of the United States Military, having served in Iraq at the age of 23

Contact Info

Websites: EOFire.com, TheFreedomJournal.com

Most Influential Person

Tony Robins

Effect on Emotions

It has really just made me more present and it has made me just less dramatic of a person. I am not so stressed out about the future and regretting the past and thinks I now can't control. It has just made me more of a present, relaxed and calm individual.

Thoughts on Breathing

When I meditate every day and I have that headband on that is measuring my brainwaves, when I am doing well it is because I am breathing deeply and really thoughtfully. When I am not I've noticed that my breathing really has shifted and I am not really focused on my deep breathing and more on my shallow breathing, so it's been a big impact.

Suggested Resources

Book: The Way Of The Peaceful Warrior by Dan Millman
App: calm.com

Advice for Newbie

Start slow, a couple minutes a day, just sit down and be quiet, just breathe and just close your eyes so you can be present in the moment and focus on your breathing. Go to three minutes and then a couple weeks later go to four. Then maybe if you can invest in yourself or invest in an app or invest in something like this chose muse device that I use which is really powerful and just continue to grow slowly and surely.

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099 Focus and Mindfulness Weekends With Bruce Langford May 27, 2016

Show notes

Focus and mindfulness; people often ask me how they can improve their focus. Today, we talk about the importance of having a clear focus. Think about how increased focus could improve your life.

Quotes:

"Life is like a camera, just focus on what’s important and capture the good times, develop from the negatives and if things don’t work out, just take another shot.”
“People make their choices about where to focus based on their perception of what matters to leaders." Daniel Goleman
"The successful warrior is the average man with laser-like focus." Bruce Lee
"To me, living in the present means being aware of your conscious choice to focus on the past, present or future - it is not necessarily having to focus on the present." Bo Bennett
"The power of one, if fearless and focused, is formidable but the power of many working together is better." Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

Books:

The Power of Focus by Jack Canfield

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098 Let Go Of Judgement To Become Truly Mindful Says Alex Charfen May 25, 2016

Show notes

Alex Charfen has been working since he was eight years old. He sold his first company when he was 16 and another one when he was 21. After dealing with financial challenge due to the economic downfall in 2008, Alex and his wife, Cadey, founded a system to help homeowners in crisis called ‘Certified Distressed Property Expert (CDPE). This massively successful venture has helped 6-10 million homeowners facing foreclosure.

CHARFEN, the company behind CDPE, grew quickly and appeared on the Inc. Magazine list of fastest-growing private companies in America three years in a row, reaching as high as #21 in 2011. Charfen is now a leading training and consulting organization. Alex uses mindfulness and meditation daily to maintain his edge and continue his momentum.

Contact Info

Company: http://www.charfen.com

Most Influential Person

My Wife

Effect on Emotions

I have learned how to ignore the rest of the worlds judgement on emotion and pursue momentum. I think that for most of us people that think like you and I do have a hard time with happy, sad, frustrated, ticked off, pissed off, and confused, we don't know the difference. For me learning who I really was and getting a higher level of presence showed me that my life's motivation is to create momentum, forward motion and innovation not happiness. That's a bulls**t term that doesn't work for me.

Thoughts on Breathing

I think there is four pillars to becoming a transformational leader, breathing, hydration, nutrition and movement. Most people would say I was crazy because I didn't name one thing about the functions of being a leader, but if you breathe, you hydrate, you're supported nutritionally and you move an appropriate amount, you will be the most present person in the room.

Suggested Resources

Book: The Highest Goal by Michael Ray
App: Paper and Pen

Advice for Newbie

Get away from electronics as much as you can and don't turn a screen on in the morning until you have had at least an hour or two of time to become present and plan your day. Then understand your intention for the day and record were you uncomfortable yesterday, that will take you out of the constant reactivity most humans are in today.

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