Pivot with Jenny Blake
Jenny Blake
What’s next for your career and creative projects? Pivot with Jenny Blake launched in 2015 to help us better embrace fear, insecurity, imperfection, and intuition as the superpowers they are while pivoting. Join Jenny Blake, award-winning author of Pivot: The Only Move That Matters Is Your Next One, Life After College, and Free Time: Lose the Busywork, Love Your Business, for intimate conversations with authors and friends on finding opportunities in unexpected places through practical tips and tools. Jenny’s motto? If change is the only constant, let’s get better at it. Subscribe now so you don’t miss an episode (released every Sunday) at pod.link/pivotmethod, view show notes at http://PivotMethod.com/podcast, and learn more about Jenny’s private community at http://itsfreetime.com/bff ❤️ If you're looking Pivot with Kara Swisher and Scott Galloway, visit https://podcasts.voxmedia.com/show/pivot. Check out Jenny's other award-winning podcast Free Time for Heart-Based Business owners at pod.link/freetime.
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Nov 11, 2017 • 55min
72: BREATHE. From Burned-Out Bodybuilder to Yin Strength Trainer with Anders Varner
"I was broken. Everything hurt. How could I know so much but constantly be in pain? I could go fast with the best, but I was a complete amateur at going slow."—Anders Varner, founder of The Lower Back FixWhen Anders Varner reached out to me to share his story, I only got halfway through his about page when I knew it was an immediate YES! for a podcast conversation. Many of you know that one of my passions is exploring the intersection of mind, body and business—particularly how we make time to rest, recharge, and take care of ourselves during intense career-building times so that we don't burn out, and can instead build sustainable careers (and bodies) we love.📝 Check out full show notes from this episode with links to resources mentioned at http://pivotmethod.com/72 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 4, 2017 • 50min
71: Finding Faith, Courage and Confidence as a Secret Agent—Michele Rigby Assad's Pivot from CIA to Author
"Was it hard to be a CIA officer with all of the challenges and change that entailed? Yes. Scary? Of course. But if I was going to fulfill my life mission, I had to conquer my instinctual tendency to freeze in place. Fear would get me nowhere. Faith, however, would take me to places I could never have imagined."📝 Check out full show notes from this episode with links to resources mentioned at http://pivotmethod.com/71 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 28, 2017 • 49min
70: Build a Referral Engine with John Jantsch
There a few classic books—and business concepts—that I declare must-reads for every solopreneur and side-hustler I work with, and The Referral Engine is one of them. Especially if you're someone who bristles at so much of the online marketing tactics out there like I do, referrals are one of the best ways to get new clients. There is already a foundation of trust established with the incoming client, and it means that you exceeded expectations enough for the referring client to authentically spread the word about your services. In this week's show, business master-thinker John Jantsch and I dive into exactly how to create delightful experiences and systems that will make referrals a key part of your business, not just a happy accident. 📝 Check out full show notes from this episode with links to resources mentioned at http://pivotmethod.com/70 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 21, 2017 • 54min
69: Worrier's Guide to the End of the World with Torre DeRoche
Contrary to what she'd probably tell you herself, Torre DeRoche is one of the bravest people I know. When we first encountered each other online, she had just finished sailing the world for two years with her boyfriend at the time. Just the two of them . . . on the open seas . . . despite her deathly fear of sharks. I've been captivated by her story and her writing, under the moniker Fearful Adventurer, ever since, and I had the pleasure of meeting her in person for a meal in Chiang Mai when we crossed paths there in 2013. 📝 Check out full show notes from this episode with links to resources mentioned at http://pivotmethod.com/69 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 14, 2017 • 28min
68: On the self-help taboo of staying inside your comfort zone with Andy Molinsky
As Andy Molinksy writes in Reach, chances are if you've ever been interested in the topic of personal growth as it relates to risk, you've heard tropes like "life begins at the end of your comfort zone" and have encountered this meme-of-all-memes: 📝 Check out full show notes from this episode with links to resources mentioned at http://pivotmethod.com/68 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 7, 2017 • 1h 3min
67: What Does Your Soul Know? Flow and Transparency with Penney Peirce
What does it mean to make enlightenment normal? How do you remove the filters that dim your soul's wisdom? How can you feel into what wants to happen and find greater flow in life and work? What does it mean to be so authentic and transparent that we live as truth with nothing to hide? Penney and I dive into these questions and many more on this week's show as we discuss her new book, Transparency: Seeing Through to Our Expanded Human Capacity, which I was incredibly honored to write the foreword for. 📝 Check out full show notes from this episode with links to resources mentioned at http://pivotmethod.com/67 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 30, 2017 • 34min
66: Create Multiple Streams of Income with Dorie Clark
So you become known for your ideas: now what? Many entrepreneurs find out the hard way that being a recognized expert is still not enough to guarantee a healthy living. One of my best friendtors in New York City, Dorie Clark, returns to the show for the third time to complete our Pivot Podcast trilogy—a conversation about her brand new book, Entrepreneurial You: Monetize Your Expertise, Create Multiple Streams of Income and Thrive.📝 Check out full show notes from this episode with links to resources mentioned at http://pivotmethod.com/66 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 23, 2017 • 1h 2min
65: Master Public Speaking and Performance with Michael Port
My guest today, Michael Port, has written six books, including one that changed my life: Book Yourself Solid, which I read in 2010 just before leaving Google to strategize how to launch my coaching practice. I have since recommended it to every coach I've ever mentored! Fun fact, Michael also guest starred in one of my favorite Sex and the City episode in his early acting days :)📝 Check out full show notes from this episode with links to resources mentioned at http://pivotmethod.com/65 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 16, 2017 • 42min
64: Only the Truth Sounds Like the Truth — with Former Starbucks President Howard Behar
Former Starbucks President Howard Behar discusses the importance of acting on good values for personal fulfillment, driving business success through values and human service, finding purpose in serving others, managing challenges and responding to crises, and reevaluating retirement.
Sep 9, 2017 • 48min
63: Artist as CEO with Jenny Blake, Michel Karsouny & Kerri Lowe
Hi friends, long time no talk! I am super excited to be gearing up the Pivot Podcast again with a special episode on Artist as CEO, featuring my guy, Michel Karsouny. Michel and I met over a year ago walking in opposite directions down a New York City sidewalk — how's that for the magic of serendipity?!📝 Check out full show notes from this episode with links to resources mentioned at http://pivotmethod.com/63 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
