The Company Road Podcast E31 Nick Berman - The mindful intrapreneur: Lessons in primal screaming, monkey brains & 10 days of silence
“I’m 46 and I'm going to continue to do new stuff constantly my entire life. It's going to challenge me. I'm going to be uncomfortable with it. And the neurons in my mind will keep developing the ability to be adaptable if I keep challenging myself.”
Nick Berman
In this episode, you’ll hear about:
Balancing personal & professional life: How to regularly assess emotion states, seek equilibrium and create space for introspection to live in balance and mindfulness
Nick’s primary philosophy on self-growth: Understanding the choices you have available in life & learning to take ‘left turns’ to continuously push personal boundaries and growth through discomfort
Detecting & dealing with overwhelm: How to recognise early states of overwhelm and take actional steps early to avoid breakdown
Building trusting & authentic relationships: Steps to establishing trust with yourself, and those around you in a professional social context
Changing ahead of change: Acknowledging the changing state of the world and learning how to actively make changes to your life, routine and mindset to adapt in advance
Key links
Vipassana Silent Retreat https://www.dhamma.org.au/
Brené Brown https://brenebrown.com/
Tony Robbins https://www.tonyrobbins.com/
Qigong https://www.nccih.nih.gov/health/qigong-what-you-need-to-know
HireGround https://www.hireground.co/
Breathwork https://health.clevelandclinic.org/breathwork/
About our guest
A self-titled ‘specialist in being nice to people’, Nick Berman (https://www.linkedin.com/in/batmanbeard/) is a purpose career coach and founder of HireGround. With over 15 years experience in recruiting for creative roles, from graphic designers to marketing managers, he started his current business to ensure that the work he does can offer “true career guidance, honest connections and long-term support.”
About our host
Our host, Chris Hudson (https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-hudson-7464254/), is a Teacher, Experience Designer and Founder of business transformation coaching & consultancy Company Road (www.companyroad.co)
Chris considers himself incredibly fortunate to have worked with some of the world’s most ambitious and successful companies, including Google, Mercedes-Benz, Accenture (Fjord) and Dulux, to name a small few. He continues to teach with Academy Xi in Innovation, CX, Product Management, Design Thinking and Service Design and mentors many business leaders internationally.
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