The Big Leap

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Attaining, Atoning and Attuning with Chip Conley Jun 20, 2022

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You Probably Have More Life Ahead of You Than You Think

Today Gay and Mike are interviewing one of their heroes. Someone whose wisdom they have great respect for, so needless to say, they've been looking forward to this one for a while.

His name is Chip Conley. He’s a New York Times bestselling author and the hospitality maverick who helped Airbnb's founders turn their fast-growing tech start-up into a global hospitality brand.

He’s also the founder of the Modern Elder Academy, where a new roadmap for midlife is offered at a beautiful oceanfront campus in Baja California Sur, Mexico.

In today’s episode they'll talk about where you’ll find the greatest level of purpose in your life—plus Chip explains attaining versus attuning and atoning.

Chip tells them that “You probably have more life ahead of you than you think! If you're 54 and live until you’re 90, you’re exactly halfway through your adult life. When you know you have that much life ahead of you, it's time to start planning and doing the things you've always wanted to do, and make the Big Leap.”

Chip is a big believer in the fact that resilience alone will just wear out your knuckles. It buys you time, but adaptability buys you a future. Having the courage to be adaptable, creative, curious, and the willingness to make mistakes along the way. The biggest mistake you could ever make is not even trying.

Key Takeaways

Chip talks about moving from Attaining to Atoning (06:03)
Chip explains how he got into the boutique hotel industry (08:24)
Chip talks about how he navigated interfacing with millennials when he ran Airbnb at age 52 (13:04)
Chip talks about what motivated him to start Modern Elder Academy (20:31)
Chip explains the Modern Elder Academy’s mission and purpose (25:40)

Additional Resources

Check out Chip’s daily Wisdom Well Blog: http://www.MrBz.com/WisdomWell
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Bill Moses’ Epic Journey with Kevita and Flying Embers Jun 03, 2022

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The guest today is lifelong entrepreneur, Bill Moses, the co-founder of Kevita and CEO and Founder of Flying Embers.

Today he’s going to share some of his Big Leaps, including the one that saved Kevita when everyone else wanted to throw in the towel because it looked like they might lose it all.

He’ll tell Mike and Gay about his ideas for creating alignment, building trust, and aligning values and drive. Surprisingly, it's nothing obvious.

You'll also learn what Bill's genius zone is. It’s an amazing skill that if you’re able to duplicate it and spend most of your time in this space, great things will happen for you, too.

All things that every entrepreneur needs to know.

You'll find out what Bill's daily practices are that keep him centered, and a really cool gadget he uses that gives him more energy and keeps him at the top of his game.

Bill says, “You could never expect the unexpected, but you could envision it, and you can make it a reality with a lot of hard work and daunting conviction.”

Bill is living proof of this statement, so let’s dive in and learn from a master.

Key Takeaways

Bill tells Mike and Gay about the major Big Leap that turned Kevita around when it looked like they were going to lose it all (22:56)
Mike asks Bill, “What keeps your fire going after a big exit and keeps you in the game?” (26:10)
Bill answers Mike’s question, “What is your Superpower or Genius Zone?” (31:26)
Mike asks Bill, “What is your biggest personal or professional upper limit challenge that you routinely find yourself bumping into?” (34:41)
Bill tells Mike and Gay what his “perfect hero’s journey” looks like within his companies (39:01)

Additional Resources

Connect with Bill on LinkedIn: http://www.MrBz.com/BillMosesLI
Check out Bill’s latest beverage company, Flying Embers: http://www.MrBz.com/FlyingEmbers
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The Intersection of Comedy and Transformation May 24, 2022

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Today we’re talking with Kyle Cease, a New York Times Best Selling author who has the unique gift of being able to merge comedy and personal transformation.

He’s what would happen if Eckhart Tolle and Jim Carrey had a baby!

Kyle believes that “for us to really grow, we almost have to let go of everything—and that less effort equals more magic.”

In other words, if we surrender a little more and take more of what Gay calls "Big Leaps," we can transcend the parts of us that are creating out of fear and instead create amazing things.

Mike is a huge fan of stand-up comedy, so he asked Kyle what his thoughts were on the evolution of comedy—plus what his creative process is.

The answers he gave were so different from what Mike thought they were going to be.

You'll also hear how Kyle managed to get himself a gig at the Dolby Theater (the theater they hold the Oscars in!) That and a lot more in this episode…

Key Takeaways

Kyle describes exactly what he does and his Evolving Out Loud Events (03:32)
Kyle tells Mike and Gay about his first Big Leap (07:02)
From full-blown stage fright and panic attacks to complete transformation (10:00)
Kyle explains the 2 different voices that we all have (17:42)
Mike asks Kyle about his relationship with comedy and how it shifted (20:47)

Additional Resources

Check out Kyle’s upcoming Evolving Out Loud events: http://www.MrBz.com/KCwebsite
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How To Come Up With Your Top 5 Life Goals May 13, 2022

Show notes

Today, Mike and Gay are answering a great question that Gay came up with several years ago:

How to Come Up with Your Top Five Life Goals

These are arguably some of the most powerful questions you could ever ask yourself that ended up being in a book that Gay wrote called, “Five Wishes.”

The process is super simple and can be done no matter what stage of life you're in.

Once you answer them, you’ll have a great advantage and be on the right path.

If you're not following your own life purpose, you can bet that you're following somebody else's,

so it's a good idea to figure out where you want your life to be focused.

You're going to walk away with a lot of clarity about what you want to do after listening to this episode.

Key Takeaways

The origin story of how Gay came up with his process (03:07)
The question to ask yourself at the end of your life (08:58)
How Mike came to terms with his own mortality when he had Cancer (12:45)
One of the main causes of stress and discomfort (18:38)
What inspired Gay to write his book (39:02)

Additional Resources

Get your copy of Five Wishes.
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The Big Leap is a podcast dedicated to helping its listeners achieve their maximum level of contribution, love, and abundance, and discovering their genius.

It is brought to you by Gay Hendricks & Mike Koenigs.

Improving Your Creative Processes with “The Beatles: Get Back” May 05, 2022

Show notes

Mike and Gay take The Beatles: Get Back documentary and dive into it.

The documentary was produced and directed by Peter Jackson, and it is an absolute masterpiece. Both Mike and Gay learned a ton about creativity and collaboration during it.

Their goal is just to pick it apart and talk about their favorite spots that had the most impact on them. They also open a great discussion about what you can learn from it for your own creative processes.

This episode was on the loop for weeks and months because Mike was a massive Beatles fan. He listened to their music, both as an engineer and a musician, and he affirms he thinks they're one of the most incredible bands ever to exist.

You will respect them more after listening to this episode as creative collaborators.

Key Takeaways

What we learned about The Beatles and their creative process (04:48)
Is this the essence of the universe? (10:58)
How the people involved in The Beatles' production left their mark (14:00)
The role of publishing in the music business (17:37)
How we are going to apply the insights we got from The Beatles: Get Back (25:27)

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Reinventing Yourself: 3 Ways to Create a Better Future Apr 28, 2022

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Some of the things discussed here you have not heard before.

Mike and Gay will be talking with Jim Selman, a living legend in the coaching industry.

Jim is the person who coined the ideas of corporate coaching and executive coaching (and first used the term in print). But this is not only a history lesson.

We will disclose some unique tactics and concepts that will change how you see the world and approach personal transformation.

You have the opportunity to shape, create, and design your future, but this will only happen if you take charge of your present and work your way forward intentionally.

This episode is not your average coaching discussion. These ideas have been polished through literally thousands and thousands of hours of corporate and personal transformation, working with real people.

Are you ready to take control of your future?

Key Takeaways

Applying the term coaching to executive transformation (02:39)
Jim’s best advice for entrepreneurs (06:31)
The book: Living in a Real-Time World (11:39)
What transformation is at its core (23:09)
Come from where you want to go (27:24)

Additional Resources

Apply to the exclusive Superpower Accelerator Program
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Get your copy of Living in a Real-Time World
Learn more aboutMike Koenigs

The Big Leap is a podcast dedicated to helping its listeners achieve their maximum level of contribution, love, and abundance, as well as discovering their genius.

It is brought to you by Gay Hendricks & Mike Koenigs.

For more episodes, follow us on your favorite podcast app!

5 Principles to Build a Happy and Successful Marriage Apr 13, 2022

Show notes

Mike has been married to Vivian for 21 years. Gay has been married to Katie for 42 years.

Both couples have built successful and fulfilling relationships, tested by time. For both, their marriage has been their priority, the key to their success, and the primary source of happiness. So backed up by that experience, Mike and Gay will dive deep into the mechanics of love.

You will learn how Gay and Katie, when they first got together, within months of meeting, sat down at a fireplace and made a commitment to five big concepts.

Five big ideas that they've held true to. These non-negotiable principles have given them immense intimacy, power, and love to create that flow we will be talking about.

Mike and Gay will also uncover:

How the flow of love works between couples
What they do to maintain the flow of love with their couple
What messes up that flow, and how to get back into it again

You're going to learn a lot in this episode!

Key Takeaways

What the flow of loving energy between couples is (02:10)
The Five Big for Gay & Katie (03:45)
“Nobody had ever made their relationship itself, the hero” (11:11)
Wake up every day saying, “how can I create happily ever after?” (26:35)

Additional Resources

Apply to the exclusive Superpower Accelerator Program
Learn more aboutMike Koenigs

The Big Leap is a podcast dedicated to helping its listeners achieve their maximum level of contribution, love, and abundance, as well as discovering their genius.

It is brought to you by Gay Hendricks & Mike Koenigs.

For more episodes, follow us on your favorite podcast app!

Stephen M.R. Covey’s New Book: Trust and Inspire Apr 05, 2022

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In this episode, Mike and Gay interview Stephen M.R. Covey about his new book Trust and Inspire: How Truly Great Leaders Unleash Greatness in Others, as well as his leadership legacy, vision, and current projects.

The world has changed all around us in all the ways we know. And yet our style of leadership hasn't kept pace with the changing world.

We're still too rooted in the old model, what we might call Command or Control. It’s a more advanced and sophisticated version of it, but it is the same in principle.

We haven't shifted the paradigm of how we view people and leadership.

And until we shift that paradigm, we won't lead in a new way.

We invite you to join Mike & Gay as they dialogue with Stephen M.R. Covey about his new book Trust and Inspire.

This book presents a new way to lead, created for a new world that requires it.

Key Takeaways

The whole idea behind Trust and Inspire (01:34)
How Stephen’s leadership changed through writing this book (03:08)
How to “trust and inspire” Gen Z generation individuals (07:45)
Two inspiring stories about leadership in action (18:08)
Why is the concept of “stewardship” a core part of your book? (25:09)
Readers, keep this in mind when first going through the book (37:20)

Additional Resources

Get your copy of Trust and Inspire
Apply to the exclusive Superpower Accelerator Program
Learn more aboutMike Koenigs

The Big Leap is a podcast dedicated to helping its listeners achieve their maximum level of contribution, love, and abundance, as well as discovering their genius.

It is brought to you by Gay Hendricks & Mike Koenigs.

For more episodes, follow us on your favorite podcast app!

Why You Should Never Stop Trying New Things Mar 30, 2022

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Gay & Mike meet Kirsten Vangsness, the Criminal Minds star, and actress, who talks about creativity, trying new things, as well as some of her exciting personal projects.

Gay loves mystery shows! With his wife, he started to avidly watch Criminal Minds. And rather immediately, this one character kind of jumped out at them — Penelope Garcia (portrayed by Kirsten).

They ended up watching the show primarily because of Kirsten. When they eventually got introduced to her, it really blew Gay’s mind that she was doing a lot of unusual projects and different things at the same time.

Gay wondered, where does she get all this energy and creativity from?

Today we will have the opportunity to discover that and a lot more!

Throughout her career, on her road from a “starving artist” to TV star and producer, Kirsten has always tried new things and started fresh projects. We’ll learn more about this wonderful woman and what drives her to do what she’s passionate about.

Key Takeaways

How did Gay & Kirsten originally meet? (03:05)
Kirsten’s beginnings as a theater actress (08:53)
Her big leap into a network television show (13:13)
“Can you still feel Penelope in yourself?” (22:23)
Performing vs producing? (26:03)
Kirsten’s Agenda & other personal projects (29:39)

Additional Resources

Visit Kirsten’s website
Check out Kirsten’s YouTube channel

The Big Leap is a podcast dedicated to helping its listeners achieve their maximum level of contribution, love, and abundance, as well as discovering their genius.

Brought to you by Gay Hendricks & Mike Koenigs.

For more episodes, follow us on your favorite podcast app!

3 Secrets to Removing Your Barriers to Receiving Mar 16, 2022

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What are your limiting beliefs, behaviors, or habits that cause you…

To fear…
To not take action…
To be Unwilling to receive?

In this episode, Gay unlocks some of his deepest thinking around this topic and Mike gets to be his real-life guinea pig.

Today you’ll learn how to look at your life as an unfolding series of opportunities and go beyond your upper limits.

You’ll figure out the fears that are keeping you from receiving and how to remove those barriers without working any harder.

Life changing stuff, right? Click the play button for the details.

How do you produce more results without doing more work?

Open your mind to a counterintuitive idea.

More of anything is all about letting go of trying to get more customers or grow your presence in the world and focus instead on increasing your ability to receive.

But how do you do that in the laziest possible way?

Listen for the full blueprint, and to hear Gay giving Mike some great recipes that he uses on the fly—and you can too.

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