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The One Exercise I Give To All My Clients

Posted on 09.21.18 | | Leave a Comment

TIME FOR A LITTLE ROLE PLAYING

One of the most impactful things I have ever done for myself is creating a “who do I need to be” list.

I now have nearly all of my clients do the same exercise.

When they say they have goals that involve a certain level of success with money, business, health, or relationships, I don’t ask them to create a detailed 5-year plan to make that fantasy into a reality.

Instead, we slow down, and I ask them, “Who would you need to be for those things to happen?”

The BEING must come before the DOING…

For example, on my own list, there is nothing about how much money I will make, how many talks or trainings I deliver, how many books I sell, how many vacations I take, or how much body fat I have.

Instead, it has characteristics of my BEING such as…

Enthusiastic (my #1 core state of BEING that makes everything else “work” better), relaxed, unattached to outcomes, grateful, joyful, courageous and playful.

I know that when I embody those qualities, which are always present, though I don’t always consciously choose them, it exponentially increases the effectiveness of any tasks, plans, projects, or strategies I decide to execute.

What would BE on your list? What are your top 3 states of BEING that you know would have an exponentially positive effect on your DOING?

How Rubber Bands Can Teach Us EVERYTHING About TRANSFORMATION

Posted on 09.14.18 | | Leave a Comment

Focusing SOLELY on “POSSIBILITIES” Can Hold Us Back…

Luckily, RUBBER BANDS hold the secret that can teach us everything we need to know about TRANSFORMATION and GROWTH!

My work is primarily helping coaches to build IMPACTFUL and PROFITABLE practices (Competition-Proof Businesses as I call them) and beyond biz strategies and the mindset to make it FUN, a BIG part of having a successful coaching or online education business…

Is based on the people you serve ACTUALLY experiencing the RESULTS they are looking for from working with you…

It’s very common in coaching to help our clients and prospective clients see the POSSIBILITIES for their lives, their businesses, their health, their relationships…

And when done from a service-based, co-creative, curiosity-based place, can create tons of enthusiasm and excitement in our world…

BUT it can also backfire if we UNCOVER this vision and then start feeling the stress of worrying about how we can possibly CREATE such a seemingly impossible or daunting outcome…

There is a concept called DYNAMIC TENSION that is the solution to the stress that can accompany SEEING such a big possibility (or set of possibilities for ourselves or our clients)…

Dynamic tension in EXERCISE is a method by which you both FLEX THE MUSCLE while SIMULTANEOUSLY moving…you tense a muscle or body part while ALSO moving against the tension…

Imagine stretching a rubber band (with an equally frightening grimace like the one in this photo)…if you continue to keep one side of the rubber band fixed and the other one moving away from it, it will eventually SNAP!

The same happens in our minds when we focus SOLELY on the LONG-TERM vision without also LEANING INTO and MOVING WITH that vision…

Our opportunity here is that for every big, scary, exciting, edgy vision we hold, we spend an equal amount of time moving the side of the rubber band that is in a fixed position even ONE INCH CLOSER to the side of the rubber band on the other hand that represents that vision…

Have fun, stretch yourself, stretch your clients, create a vision for the future, but also remember to be DYNAMIC and move WITH the tension so your BAND doesn’t snap!

THIS Was a Really Happy Day, But…

Posted on 09.07.18 | | Leave a Comment

THIS was a “HAPPY” day, but we all know they won’t all be…

Because the fact is that no matter how much personal growth and self help we consume…

No matter how masterful we get at practicing Self-Leadership or living a Not-Serious Life or having a gratitude ritual or whatever, the fact is that as a part of the human experience, sometimes it will feel like we just can’t handle or don’t know what to do with what the 🌎 throws our way…

So what are we to do in the inevitable days where an inspirational quote or looking through the notes of the online course we took on happiness aren’t working?

Well there are lots of things – all with the potential of being effective – but today I want to focus on your TRIBE!

Your peeps, your soulfam, your friends (if you wanna be all boring about it 😜)…

We all MUST have someone we can call upon when we are struggling with our thoughts and our current experience of life (and I literally mean someONE, we don’t need 100).

Someone who we can lean on…

When we aren’t feeling strong…

Someone who will be our friend and help us carry on…hmmm someone should really write a song about this 🤔

Release any stories that leaning on others makes you weak or that you will be a burden or that people won’t want to help you.

I held those beliefs as TRUTHS for so long and so when I had a huge challenge and unexpected life situation occur last year where I really needed support, I made myself reach out to those around me, let them know I needed help and that I would no longer believe the thought that I was a burden for doing so…

And how was that received by the beautiful souls (several of whom are in this picture)?

With the most loving, supportive, open arms and hearts that I could ever wish for!

YOU are loved. Your people WANT to support you. They WANT you to be HAPPY.

Don’t deprive THEM of that opportunity when YOU might need it the most 💚

If you are feeling at all sad, alone, confused, or even a bit hopeless, please know that it WILL pass AND there is no shame in “getting by with a little help from your friends”.

…hmm…someone should make a song about THAT too 😇

Stop Trying To Be a SERIOUS Entrepreneur!

Posted on 08.31.18 | | Leave a Comment

Ok, Pop Quiz…What the F am I doing in this picture? Because it looks like I’m either I’m preaching hardcore OR recounting how ginormous the last fish I caught was in this pic…(spoiler: its neither)

But beyond the questionable hand gesture, you will see a belief on the screen behind me that I both wholeheartedly agree with, and simultaneously completely DISagree with!

The “AGREEMENT” part is simple and easy — YES, in my experience, nothing is created IN the world without purposeful engagement WITH the world, aka DOING THE WORK, doing it consistently and doing it with a focus on MASTERY.

So where is the DISAGREEMENT you may be asking (if you are even still reading this and haven’t scrolled past this post to find a cat meme or food porn post)…

Well, it’s the SPIRIT with which most people believe that the WORK must be DONE…

I can’t count the times that someone has told me, with a look of despair and frustration, that they would be RIDICULOUSLY successful IF ONLY they:

1. Had a better “work ethic”

2. Were more committed

3. Would stop sabotaging themselves

And any other number of things that put them in a place of heavy SHAME instead of realizing this can all be a creative and intentional GAME!

I call this “DEEP SHAME THROMBOSIS” in my book Prison Break and it is one of the BIGGEST ways we hold ourselves back from DOING THE WORK!

What if, #JFT (that’s JUST FOR TODAY if you are new to my tribe), we dropped the shame, the self-judgement, the obsessive seeking for the “identity” of someone with a “strong work ethic”, “highly committed”, or a person who doesn’t “self-sabotage”…

And INSTEAD, CHOSE to bring 5% more of a Spirit of PLAY to the work that is to be started or completed!

…to rub our hands together and get in the game…

…to take action NOT because it will FINALLY make us good enough (or a “SERIOUS entrepreneur” or “TRUE professional coach” or “REAL online educator”) but because WE ARE spirit and creativity at PLAY and because living as a VERB is just more FUN and more FULL-filling!

My One Word Business Plan (Feel Free to Copy!)

Posted on 08.17.18 | | Leave a Comment

😃 JOY 😃

Joy is much more than JUST a feeling!

In my world, JOY is actually my entire business plan (…or more specifically to “leave everyone I meet with AT LEAST 5% more joy than I found them”)

JOY, my friends, is a FORCE MULTIPLIER!

It amplifies your work, it elevates your impact, it is, for me, the base foundational element – the “butter in the pan” as I like to call it – for everything I create, every “dish” I whip up!

In your personal relationships, in your business, in anything you do that involves another human being, bringing joy TO and evoking joy WITHIN interactions with people in your world leads to infinitely deeper, more supportive, more prosperous and more enJOYable relationships!

If you were to bring 5% more joy TO your next conversation, what might you do differently? How might your energy change as you go into that interaction?

(JG bringing joy – or at the very least a terrible joke – to Steven Kotler, Pulitzer Prize nominated journalist and author of “Stealing Fire”)

What Would Robin Williams Do?

Posted on 09.13.17 | | Leave a Comment

What we can learn from Robin Williams and a pink, silk scarf…

As you are reading this, I am most likely getting on a plane and heading to Denver, Colorado to speak at the Reinventing Yourself Weekend Conference with dear friend and mentor Steve Chandler and a powerful group of PLAY-FULL rockstars!

I’m so excited to see everyone and to take in more of those breathtaking mountain views like the ones I saw earlier this week when I delivered a keynote speech on the Art of Self-Leadership to a group of about 500 accountants in Asheville, North Carolina.

(oh and quick, but very important side note, HELLO to all of the awesome NCACPA people who I met in Asheville who are brand new to our tribe! You all rocked, thank you so much for having me in, for being so awake and alive on a Monday morning, for all the love during and after the talk, and for laughing at my jokes – that is the FASTEST way to my heart!)

>>> And now for a Not-so-subtle-segue… <<<

SPEAKING of that talk I gave this past Monday, I wanted to give you a little sneak listen of something I shared with that group about the POWER of PERSPECTIVE and the principles of IMPROV in dealing with the challenges we face in our lives and in our work.

Click below to listen to this LESS THAN 2 minute (but very powerful) story!

No matter what is going on in your world, there IS an opportunity to bring a SPIRIT OF PLAY to every challenge and opportunity. I hope this short clip helped you to see that, by even 5% more.

What is the proverbial PINK SCARF that may have come out of nowhere but that you are willing to PLAY WITH today?

Where can you embody the creative, light-hearted spirit that Robin Williams brought to his work into your world?

Let me know in the comments below – I love hearing YOUR creative ideas for being more PLAY-FULL and living into one of my favorite mantras: Creativity is Greater than Circumstance!

Sending you lots of love, tons of fun, and the reminder that, in each and every moment, you have limitless access to your own BADASS Creativity and Self-Leadership!

Lots of love,

Jason “JG” Goldberg

Playful Prosperity Mini-Masterclass: What to do when you feel like IT isn’t happening fast enough…

Posted on 05.10.17 | | 2 Comments

Ever get the sense that you are trying hard, taking action and still feel like you are stuck on the treadmill of life?!?!

This was the message I got from someone who just enrolled in my Playful Prosperity Program.

She sent me a private note on Facebook to let me know that she is loving all of the bonus training that is included in all the training and she is FEELING the big shifts in her mindset happening BUT she still feels like she is stuck on a treadmill…

I’m sure we can agree that we ALL know what that feels like!

I have felt it PLENTY of times, especially as an entrepreneur and so based on the exchange I had with my client, I knew I needed to share an incredibly simple and powerful shift that came out of our conversation.

So I jumped on Facebook Live and went on a 20 minute rant…but I’ve done you the favor of cutting it down the a 5 minute clip that will really drive the point home.

(if you want to watch the whole thing, click here to watch it on my Facebook Page – warning, there is a tiny bit of adult language)

In this week’s 5-Minute Mind-Shifting Mini-Masterclass you will learn:

The powerful distinction “The Treadmill vs. The Airplane” that I created to shift your mind around your progress
That it isn’t TIME but our relation TO our TIMELINE that is causing us stress
The number one thing that will KILL your forward movement and what to do instead
The KEY to maximize the action you are taking even if it feels like you are barely moving

My challenge to YOU aka “Go from INFORMATION to TRANSFORMATION”:

For the next 24 hours, whenever you notice yourself JUDGING the amount of progress you have made, celebrate instead the action you are taking, the forward motion you are making, and remember that you are on a commercial jet and not a treadmill!

Let us know your challenges and victories in PLAYING with this shift in the comments below!

Sending you lots of love, tons of fun, and the reminder that, in each and every moment, you have limitless access to your own BADASS Creativity and Self-Leadership!

Lots of love,

Jason “JG” Goldberg

Playful Prosperity Mini-Masterclass: How to GAME-ify Your Business

Posted on 04.26.17 | | 2 Comments

“We run SERIOUS businesses…”

This was one of the first things that the interviewer proclaimed in this week’s Mini-Masterclass that illustrates what I call “The Biggest Lie We Were Ever Told Sold!”

…So of course I had to have a little fun with him BUT he is DEFINITELY not the only person who believes they run a SERIOUS business.

It comes up time and time again with my private coaching clients who are entrepreneurs and in the workshops and keynotes I deliver for corporations.

AND I know I have definitely given FAR too much significance to the work I do in the world; in a debilitating (ego) way, not an empowering (service) way!

When we do that, taking sh*t WAAAAAY too seriously in our work, we get into this entitled and self-indulgent place where everything is heavy, we resent all that is on our “forced to-do list” and go into full-blown Prisoner mode!

So let’s just get rid of that BS for good right now!

You are TOTALLY going to want to bookmark this audio and ESPECIALLY from about 1:00 – 2:10 because what I share THERE is the KEY TO FREEDOM FROM the stress, overwhelm and struggle of managing all the pieces of your SERIOUS business!

After this ~3 minute Mini-Masterclass, you will have the simple and powerful shift to finally make work FUN again!

Remember: “When you RELAX, you see the possibilities of where you can GAME-ify your business!”
(click here to tweet this out!)

My challenge to YOU aka “Go from INFORMATION to TRANSFORMATION”:

For the rest of the day, be on the lookout for when something on your to-do list, a deadline or an interaction seems SERIOUS and ask yourself what would be possible if you were 5% more RELAXED in that moment. What would happen if you gently shifted your lens to see that LIFE is in itself a GAME that you GET TO play?

Let us know your challenges and victories in PLAYING with this shift in the comments below!

Sending you lots of love, tons of fun, and the reminder that, in each and every moment, you have limitless access to your own BADASS Creativity and Self-Leadership!

Lots of love,

Jason “JG” Goldberg

Mini-Masterclass: The Playful Way to Stop Your Past from Dictating Your Future

Posted on 04.05.17 | | 4 Comments

You are suffering from an identity crisis…and it’s all because of a damn smoothie!

Makes sense right?

Oh, you want context…ok fine!
(jeez, you are so needy sometimes)…

Have you ever experienced the frustration of knowing that you want to DO something – try a new hobby (or revisit an old one), launch a new business, get healthier, be more bold and confident, finally try Quinoa – but some type of anxiety, resistance or fear bubbles up and you just can’t bring yourself to take that first (or second or third) step?

Most traditional self-help would tell you do something to “push through” the resistance but in my world, that just sounds like too much work!

In this week’s Mini-Masterclass, I want to share with you a much more PLAYFUL way to deal with your past that will free you to go from INACTION to “In Action” in your present.

This came out of a coaching session with one of my clients who felt debilitated with fear and anxiety about taking action and how getting clear on this one simple fundamental misunderstanding helped her to start moving forward!

You’ll have to watch the video to see where the smoothie comes into play 😉

In this week’s Mind-Shifting Mini-Masterclass you will learn:

(0:55) – The one thing to do when you are DOWN on yourself
(1:36) – Why the source of your anxiety about or attachment to the past is a simple case of identity crisis
(2:04) – What a competing commitment is and how it holds us back
(3:02) – The Playful Prosperity Test (involving a smoothie) that will help you immediately overcome any issues with identify crisis
(4:20) – Why it’s a myth to think you have to do “deep work” on your past challenges in order to move forward
(5:23) – Your only job in life is to be a photographer.

Remember: “If you want to be prosperous in your present, you must be playful with your past”
(click here to tweet this out!)

My challenge to YOU aka “Go from INFORMATION to TRANSFORMATION”:

For the next 24 hours, whenever some type of fear or anxiety from your past stories or scripts pop-up, PLAYFULLY see them as snapshots of time (not a diagnosis about the future) and watch how your resistance and fear immediately start to decrease.

Let us know your challenges and victories in PLAYING with this shift in the comments below!

Sending you lots of love, tons of fun, and the reminder that, in each and every moment, you have limitless access to your own BADASS Creativity and Self-Leadership!

Lots of love,

Jason “JG” Goldberg

Mini-Masterclass: How To Fall In Love With Sales

Posted on 03.30.17 | | 4 Comments

Do you ever say that you hate selling?

That selling feels manipulative or pushy?

That the only thing that is supposed to matter is “closing the deal” and something about that feels off or inauthentic for you?

Yeah, you and me both!

BUT, what if there were a more PLAY-FULL and creative way to approach sales that made selling not only feel more EFFORTLESS and EFFECTIVE but also feel like it was a PART OF and not APART FROM the service and value you provide to the world?

In this week’s under 4-minute Mini-Masterclass you will learn:

Why the current method of selling being taught (ahem, forced) on sales teams is not only UN-FUN but also counterproductive.
What I realized was the REAL reason I thought I hated sales when I became an entrepreneur AND the shift that changed everything!
A simple distinction that a good friend taught me to focus on instead of “conversions”.
How a prospect saying “NO” is often a crystal clear roadmap to “YES”.

P.S. When the interviewer Alex Osenenko (CEO of the incredible Fourandhalf organization that helps property management companies grow their business from a real place of service) references “not every shot is the game winning shot” at the 10 second mark in our conversation, he is talking about the chapter of the same name in my book “Prison Break”.

If you have the book (especially if you are in sales), make sure to read that chapter and if you don’t, click here now to get your free digital or paperback copy

This week’s challenge to you aka “go from INFORMATION to TRANSFORMATION”:

Are you willing to slow down in your next sales conversation, release the “gotta close em now” scarcity mindset and see how you can SERVE the person in front of you instead of SELLING them – from a relaxed, creative, “I Don’t Know” place?

Let me know in the comments below!

Sending you lots of love, tons of fun, and the reminder that, in each and every moment, you have limitless access to your own BADASS Creativity and Self-Leadership!

Lots of love,

Jason “JG” Goldberg