The Jim Fortin Podcast

Start Your Transformation NowIf you listened to episode number six you heard me talk about your highest potential. Your highest potential is not what most people think, it’s far more. And, it’s not external, it’s internal.This is an encore episode with an addition.The encore episode was recorded in 2019 and last week I found an old text from my brother-in-law, the shaman, don Xavier sent me about silence.In episode six I mentioned that Rumi is quoted as saying, “The quieter the mind the more you can hear.”I do talk about quieting the mind in this episode and most of us think and I did for decades, that silence is stopping the mind, but it’s not that.In this episode I put an entirely new spin on “silence of mind,” and this episode approaches silence of mind from a new direction. For me, when I learned this, there was so much peace in this for me.This updated episode shares with you, verbatim, the text that don Xavier sent me and he shared with me the four fundamental things for silence of the mind.It can take us many years to master what I share in this episode but at least it’s more tangible and measurable than, “Silence your mind.” Enjoy.Transformational Takeaway: Living your highest potential is not external, it’s internal. it’s all about quieting the mind.Mentioned Resources:EPISODE 6: “Here’s The Only Place To Find Your Highest Potential”Binaural Beats, Healing Meditation Music, Relaxing Music Meditation, Healing Meditation Music CalmLet's Connect: Instagram Facebook YouTube LinkedIn LIKED THE EPISODE?If you're the kind of person who likes to help others, then share this with your friends and family. If you have found value, they will too. Please leave a review on Apple Podcasts so we can reach more people.Listening on Spotify? Please leave a comment below. We would love to hear from you!Thank you for listening! With Gratitude, Jim Fortin

Start Your Transformation NowLao Tzu said, “Mighty is he who has power over others and mightier still is he who has power over himself.”I’m not sure if you have recognized this or not but all your unhappiness comes from your self-mismanagement. Yep, all your unhappiness comes from mis-managing yourself and specifically, mis-managing your thoughts and emotions.What I find in life is that as long as things are going well we tend to be happy and the more challenging life becomes, the unhappier we become. What I talk about in this episode is things to come in the world and managing ourselves and how to do that. As I have been told by a shaman, the world is going to become more chaotic over the next several years. More fear, more worry, unstable economies, climate change, political instabilities and all the other challenges going on in our chaotic world.We have to understand that when our emotions and feelings become unstable because of the external world, that just creates more instability in your world – both internally and externally. Do we let these instabilities drain us or do we get stronger?Do we live in fear and worry or do we live in peace of mind? The key to the life you want is balance but it’s not the kind of balance you’re used to thinking about, it’s balancing the higher part of yourself with the lower part of yourself. I weave a lot into this episode but the overall gist is this.Transformational Takeaway: Higher and Lower balance are the key to the peace and well being you want despite all the turbulence in the world.Mentioned Resources:Episode 9: How The Law Of Attraction Repels The Money And Abundance You WantLet's Connect: Instagram Facebook YouTube LinkedIn LIKED THE EPISODE?If you're the kind of person who likes to help others, then share this with your friends and family. If you have found value, they will too. Please leave a review on Apple Podcasts so we can reach more people.Listening on Spotify? Please leave a comment below. We would love to hear from you!Thank you for listening! With Gratitude, Jim Fortin

Start Your Transformation NowHave you ever really thought about it in that way? I mean, have you ever thought, “What is the objective for my life?”Many years ago, one of my mentors, a shaman, said to me, “The most important thing I ever did was I decided what I was to do with my life before I crossed over.” When he said, “crossed over,” he means what most people call – die.Have you thought about that, what are you supposed to do with your life before you die?This episode goes in a few different directions, and specifically, if focuses on your Attention and Intention.Your intention is your objectives for what you want to happen and where you hold your attention determines your intention. This is why it’s vital that you focus on mastering your attention.Intention is the most abundant force in the universe and yet most of our lives are not determined by conscious attention and intention but from subconscious default. This is why we don’t have what we want in life. This Is why we do without. This is why we struggle.In this episode I explore two aspects of intention and attention. Those aspects are both macro and micro intentions. Consciously intending what you want in life is a super power, yet most of us leave it used and beyond that, even untapped.I keep it simple and in this episode I talk about utilizing your intention and creating the life of your desires.Transformational Takeaway: Consciously set your intent for what you want to create with your health, wealth and relationships.Mentioned Resources:Episode 9: How The Law Of Attraction Repels The Money And Abundance You WantEPISODE 240: Are You Leaking Your Power?The Visionary Window: A Quantum Physicist’s Guide to Enlightenment by Amit GoswamiDisclosure: Some of the links above are affiliate links, meaning, at no additional cost to you, I will earn a small commission if you make a purchase.Let's Connect: Instagram Facebook YouTube LinkedIn LIKED THE EPISODE?If you're the kind of person who likes to help others, then share this with your friends and family. If you have found value, they will too. Please leave a review on Apple Podcasts so we can reach more people.Listening on Spotify? Please leave a comment below. We would love to hear from you!Thank you for listening! With Gratitude, Jim Fortin

Start Your Transformation NowMy brother-in-law, Don Xavier, once said to me, “You can’t do a whole lot without peace of mind.”Your peace of mind determines your quality of life yet we give our power away and squander it by living in fear and worry.In this episode, I talk about five ways you may squander your power and peace of mind. When you squander your power you give up your ability to manifest, heal, and tap into Divine wisdom. And of course, you give up your peace of mind.Here are the five ways you may give up your power. I share the bullets and then I dive into each of them in this episode.EXPECTATIONS – When you stop having expectations the actions of others stop affecting you.OFFENSE –If the actions of others offend you, you’ll spend your lifetime offended.SELF-PITY – Animals do not have self-pity. It’s a waste of your power.TRIGGERS –These are your most powerful tools for growth.ATTACHMENT – This is your greatest source of suffering.These poisons rob you of your power and it’s vital that you become aware of how these play out in your life.Your objective should be to conserve and build your power, not deplete it. And, when you start mastering these concepts you start to build your power.Transformational Takeaway: You can do nothing well without peace of mind.Let's Connect: Instagram Facebook YouTube LinkedIn LIKED THE EPISODE?If you're the kind of person who likes to help others, then share this with your friends and family. If you have found value, they will too. Please leave a review on Apple Podcasts so we can reach more people.Listening on Spotify? Please leave a comment below. We would love to hear from you!Thank you for listening! With Gratitude, Jim Fortin

Start Your Transformation NowYou probably believe in the Law of Attraction, but if you’re like most people you’re struggling with money. This is because you’re most likely using law of attraction against you. If this is you, listen to this episode now because we're about to change all that for you!Transformational Takeaway: If you don’t have it on the inside, you won’t have it on the outside.Mentioned Resources:Episode 9: How The Law Of Attraction Repels The Money And Abundance You WantDR. QUANTUM – DOUBLE SLIT EXPERIMENTThe KybalionDisclosure: Some of the links above are affiliate links, meaning, at no additional cost to you, I will earn a small commission if you make a purchase.Let's Connect: Instagram Facebook YouTube LinkedIn LIKED THE EPISODE?If you're the kind of person who likes to help others, then share this with your friends and family. If you have found value, they will too. Please leave a review on Apple Podcasts so we can reach more people.Listening on Spotify? Please leave a comment below. We would love to hear from you!Thank you for listening! With Gratitude, Jim Fortin

Start Your Transformation NowI have not run an Encore episode in a few years, and this is one of my best episodes ever, and…it has never played here to my own audience. You’re going to love this one! This episode is from September 3, 2017, and I was a guest on my friend James Wedmore’s podcast. Soon after he interviewed me he became a coaching client, and after that, we have remained close friends for many years. I have not asked him in a while but for years this was his most downloaded episode, and to date, he has one of the most popular podcasts out there, with over 12,000,000 downloads. If it were not for this episode, I’d not be doing my very own podcast. I owe James a huge debt of gratitude and a massive thank you for all he has done for me over the years. Thank you, James! When I did this episode, I was not yet doing transformational coaching full-time, as I am now, but the whole episode is about transformation. We talk about:  Why people really won’t change their mindset (even when they say it’s needed).  The reasons the personal development industry is “broken.”  How the right way to make lasting change is the opposite of what most will do.  What the three levels of thinking are.  The 6 words that will change your life!  Jim’s tips on making integrity a key part of your identity (and why it’s necessary).  The real reason why it is so hard to quit bad habits. And, of course, much, much more!  100s of 1000s of people have commented on and enjoyed this episode, and I hope you do too. You can find James at jameswedmoretraining.com. If you’re an online entrepreneur, you’re going to want to check him out! Mentioned Resources:James Wedmore https://www.jameswedmoretraining.comThink and Grow Rich by Napoleon HillAs A Man Thinketh by James AllenThe KybalionThe Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom by Don Miguel RuizDisclosure: Some of the links above are affiliate links, meaning, at no additional cost to you, I will earn a small commission if you make a purchase.Let's Connect: Instagram Facebook YouTube LinkedIn LIKED THE EPISODE?If you're the kind of person who likes to help others, then share this with your friends and family. If you have found value, they will too. Please leave a review on Apple Podcasts so we can reach more people.Listening on Spotify? Please leave a comment below. We would love to hear from you!Thank you for listening! With Gratitude, Jim Fortin

Start Your Transformation NowThink about what scares you. Now, think about what makes you happy. How much of your life do you spend in fear? How much of your life do you spend in joy? Here is a truism that will set you free. Every fear you have, every joy you have…it’s all made up in your mind! You made it all up. I know that sounds banal and ridiculous, but that’s the truth. Everything that brings you to what you want in life or takes you away from it us made up in your mind. You have heard me say it before, and maybe now it sinks in if I say it in a different way, but you are the creator. You are the creator of every single aspect of your life. You make it all up. And, here is the kicker, most us make up the same things over and over and over again. Even when we don’t like them, why keep making them up. Why? Because most of us make up our lives not from the here and now but from the past. We create our now from our past. Many times people can say, “Yes Jim, I know that.” Well, if you did know it why are you keep making up what you don’t want in your life? Ponder that? So either you don’t know it like you think you do, or you enjoy pain. Which is it? I’m going to keep this simple. Everything about your life, with the exception of being alive, is made up in your head, and then what people do is pretend what they made up is real, and that keeps them trapped. In this episode we’re going to quickly take a look into your fears, and my objective is to have you realize and accept that you make them all up in your mind, and when you do that…you can free yourself from your fears. Transformational Takeaway: The truth is that your thoughts are not real. Your fears are not real. You created them. Your thoughts are a fabrication of your mind. Your fears are a fabrication of your mind. All the “bad” things in your life are not bad, it’s the interpretations that you make up in your mind that make them so.Let's Connect: Instagram Facebook YouTube LinkedIn LIKED THE EPISODE?If you're the kind of person who likes to help others, then share this with your friends and family. If you have found value, they will too. Please leave a review on Apple Podcasts so we can reach more people.Listening on Spotify? Please leave a comment below. We would love to hear from you!Thank you for listening! With Gratitude, Jim Fortin

Start Your Transformation NowSo, we’ve been talking about identity for two months now, and I want to finish the identity series with a problem solving approach. The only reason you listen to the podcast is because you’re wanting to solve a problem, and for most, specifically, that problem is how to create a better quality of life. With global audience I have coached, when I ask people, “What is your biggest obstacle,” most people instinctively say, “me.” Yet, they don’t know what that “me” is or what it means. It’s not your physical body that causes the lack in your life. It’s not your mind, per se. It’s your subconscious identity. I've said it a bazillion times, “You’ll not have it on the outside until you first have it on the inside.” Let me ask you a question. If you have heard me say that, think back to the first time. How long ago was that? A month ago, a year, three years? You MUST get your mind around this and you must take action on this if you want to create a better life. Your circumstances aren’t going to magically change until you change, so this episode is a reminder that you have to BE more before you can ever have more in life and that pertains to all areas of your life. Ok, so what are you biggest problems? They most likely fall into one of three areas: Health, Wealth, Relationships. Before I offer you a solution or thoughts about solving your problems, you must, and I repeat MUST, understand that there is a part of your identity (brain) that will try to prevent you for changing your circumstances. In this episode I’m going to talk about the dichotomy of wanting more and life and self sabotaging yourself at the same time. Transformational Takeaway: Your identity keeps you trapped in thought…and the only way out is action of some kind to see the error of the thought identity keeping you trapped. BTW….TCP…Mentioned Resources:EPISODE 252: Who Are You?EPISODE 253: What Makes You Matter?EPISODE 254: The Patterns Of Your LifeEPISODE 255: Do You Value Your Value?EPISODE 256: How Your Identity Is A Self-Fulfilling ProphecyEPISODE 257: Your Identity Confirms ItselfEPISODE 258: What is my message?EPISODE 259: What Are You Worth?Let's Connect: Instagram Facebook YouTube LinkedIn LIKED THE EPISODE?If you're the kind of person who likes to help others, then share this with your friends and family. If you have found value, they will too. Please leave a review on Apple Podcasts so we can reach more people.Listening on Spotify? Please leave a comment below. We would love to hear from you!Thank you for listening! With Gratitude, Jim Fortin

Start Your Transformation NowWe have talked for seven weeks now about identity and we have talked about some external things and ways of BEing but what about internally? What about your self-worth as it relates to your identity? What is your intrinsic worth? What do you think you are worth? Do you determine your self-worth on your own knowing of yourself or do you and have you let the world determine your worth and value? Does society’s perceptions of you help you determine your own value and worth? I talk about a lot of things in this episode but I also talk about being gay and how that completely annihilated my own sense of self-value and worth earlier in life. I learned from my parents what my value was and was not in the world and the same probably goes for you as well. Like I asked before, do you determine your own worth, or does the world do it for you, and, if you said you do it yourself, as you 100% certain of that? The world overall, as a whole will teach you to find little value in yourself because people can only find value in you based on the value they can find in themselves. And, most people struggle with self-worth issues.I want to go deep inside you, at least with a question: How do you FEEL about yourself? Not what do you think of yourself but how do you feel about yourself?Transformational Takeaway: How you feel about yourself is the degree to which you value yourself and if you don’t feel good about yourself it’s time to raise your self-worth.Mentioned Resources:EPISODE 252: Who Are You?EPISODE 253: What Makes You Matter?EPISODE 254: The Patterns Of Your LifeEPISODE 255: Do You Value Your Value?EPISODE 256: How Your Identity Is A Self-Fulfilling ProphecyEPISODE 257: Your Identity Confirms ItselfEPISODE 258: What is my message?Let's Connect: Instagram Facebook YouTube LinkedIn LIKED THE EPISODE?If you're the kind of person who likes to help others, then share this with your friends and family. If you have found value, they will too. Please leave a review on Apple Podcasts so we can reach more people.Listening on Spotify? Please leave a comment below. We would love to hear from you!Thank you for listening! With Gratitude, Jim Fortin

Start Your Transformation NowEvery single thing you do is a “message.” Of course, it’s a behavior too, but beyond that, it’s a message as to who you are and how you think. And, who you think you are is your identity. The focus of this episode is about the imprint or lack thereof that you’re going to leave in and on the world. When you think of MLK what do you think of? Who do you think he was? What was his subconscious identity? Look at MLK. We know his analytical message, but what was his “message?” Everyone has and carries a message, and what is yours? Your life in itself is a message and what does your message say? In my opinion, the most powerful message you can share and live is a message of service to others. When we serve others and do it at the highest measure of ourselves then something magical happens. If you look at many of the great and most impactful people of the last 100 years, the majority became known that way because of the footprint they left on humanity.What would your subconscious identity be if you served at your highest ability? How would you think, feel and act? Who is that person who lives their life in service to others? What does that say about them? Transformational Takeaway: If you lived your life in service to others, what would be the identity of that person, meaning your identity?Mentioned Resources:EPISODE 252: Who Are You?EPISODE 253: What Makes You Matter?EPISODE 254: The Patterns Of Your LifeEPISODE 255: Do You Value Your Value?EPISODE 256: How Your Identity Is A Self-Fulfilling ProphecyEPISODE 243: Understanding One Of Your Super PowersEPISODE 227: The Three Biggest Problems In Relationships And How To Solve Them!EPISODE 216: charity water: An Extraordinary Story Of Service And HumanityLet's Connect: Instagram Facebook YouTube LinkedIn LIKED THE EPISODE?If you're the kind of person who likes to help others, then share this with your friends and family. If you have found value, they will too. Please leave a review on Apple Podcasts so we can reach more people.Listening on Spotify? Please leave a comment below. We would love to hear from you!Thank you for listening! With Gratitude, Jim Fortin