Stay ConnectedJust. STUCK. That’s how we all feel at some point in our lives. Stuck in a job. Stuck in a relationship. Stuck on autopilot and drifting through our one life meaninglessly getting to the end of each boringly stressful day. Not anymore!
The Focus Initiative with Jim Larsen is your ticket to finding meaning, purpose, and living with passion!
We're ALL salespeople - the difference is that some of us recognize that fact and so we practice and use it to our advantage, while others of us pretend that "we're just not salespeople"... The ironic thing to realize, is that sales happens in ALL OF LIFE - not just business, so the people who learn the skill - tend to get what they want... In this episode, I bring on my business partner Jamie Soucy as a special guest and we talk through 3 tricks to win the MINDSET of sales. 1. You have to be SOLD yourself. 2. You have to be COMMITTED to hitting goals. 3. You have to TAKE RESPONSIBILITY for the outcome Learn how those 3 tricks will help you overcome all the obstacles so you can begin to implement the SKILLSET of sales.
"Finding your purpose is beautiful, but pursuing your purpose is messy" In this episode I have the pleasure of interviewing millionaire businesswoman and brand new author Jess Dennis on the eve of launching her book: The Balanced Entrepreneur. Hear Jess talk about why BALANCE is so important and how to become OBSESSED with creating the life you're truly after.
We often feel stretched so thin - and so overcommitted that we can look at every single area of our lives and just feel like we're failing...that we're not enough. It doesn't have to be that way. Success is NOT SIMULTANEOUS, it's SEQUENTIAL. In this episode, I talk about WHY we feel as though we don't have time, and how when we learn to FOCUS, we can create time and make progress on multiple fronts. If you've ever felt like you don't have time for important things - this episode is for you!
I talk often about how success requires two things: COURAGE to get started and FAITH to persevere through obstacles. In this episode, I break down how we often have the wrong view of FAITH, because we limit the subject of Faith to conversations about God and Religion. Faith encompasses so much more than just those topics, and when we're not aware of that, we can't use it intentionally:
1. Faith is a CHOICE- we choose to believe or not, and often that choice is based on our feelings and not any actual evidence. 2. Faith is a MUSCLE- it requires exercise or it will atrophy. 3. Faith is UNNERVING- for those people who haven't chosen to place faith in the things that you have. 4. Faith is NECESSARY- we use it EVERYDAY! The question is whether we're using it intentionally for our benefit or not. Once you understand this - then you're positioned to persevere through any obstacle, which is required if you're going to be successful.
Most people would trade their average life FOR success, but they wouldn't trade their average life to PURSUE success. In this episode, I talk about the secret to success being an obsession with one singular goal that you're passionate about, and how the pursuit of that will likely make you look weird to people - especially people who recognize that your obsession comes at the cost of BALANCE.
Are you forcing yourself to be content? Does wanting more seem like you're not thankful for what you have? Chances are, you've bought the same lie I did. In this episode, I talk about the lie that I was sold growing up that forced me to choose between having gratitude or being content: See, if I wasn't content - then it was as if I wasn't thankful for what I had, which is a common lie in the middle class! If I forced myself to be content, I was denying the haunting for more deep inside me, and that didn't feel right either. Listen to the episode to learn that GRATITUDE and CONTENTMENT are not at odds with each other! You can be thankful for what you have and still want more! In fact, it's often the gifts and abilities you were born with, but haven't tapped into that are haunting you with the idea that there's more out there!
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Often the reason we either don't hit goals - or find ourselves still unsatisfied after achieving what we thought would fulfill us comes down to whether those goals align with our CORE VALUES. In this episode we look at core values and how passion for life is found when we're doing what we were wired and designed to do. In fact, BALANCE is only something we pursue in the absence of passion. Pursuing "balance" is a code word that should raise a red flag and alert you to the fact that your life is likely not aligned with your values. When you find PURPOSE and PASSION, you're not looking for BALANCE, you're not looking for rest, you're not looking for a vacation. You're living LIFE!
In our first ever podcast episode, Jim talks about how we often settle for less in life simply because we haven't been burned by conventional wisdom. WAKE UP! And start claiming the life you're REALLY after!
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