Personal Development Mastery: Clarity for Midlife Professionals in Transition

Richard Flint is a keynote speaker, trainer, coach, and mentor. Personal development and personal discovery are his areas of expertise, and he has authored 19 books on the subject. He has been sharing his insights and philosophies with audiences all over the world for over 35 years, and he now has dedicated his life to helping others break free and create the life of their dreams.⁣This conversation will help you achieve 3 things: Be better, be smarter, and be stronger!݆⁣𝗞𝗲𝘆 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗮𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀:⁣* The difference between living outside in and inside out.* The death trap of being comfortable and the circle of sameness people dig themselves into.* Behaviour never lies: it’s not what someone says, it’s what they do* The 4 questions to build your life on: What do I really want? Why do I really want this? What price am I willing to pay for it? What behaviors do I have to improve?* The 6 fears each of us is going to fight in our life* In life, there are only two foundations we can stand on. Which one are you creating your life from? ݆⁣𝗠𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗾𝘂𝗼𝘁𝗲:“Don’t let fear overwhelm you. Live stronger on your belief, your trust, and your faith.“-Richard Flint ݆⁣𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲𝘀:⁣Website: richardflint.com Do you sometimes have trouble getting your brain to focus and concentrate on the important task in front of you? Then I have a solution for you: an amazing app called Brain FM. As my podcast listener, you have the opportunity to try the app for free and get a special 20% off if you decide to use it. Use my link: brain.fm/agi⁣݆Do you want to read a 1,000-word blog with my key learnings from this episode? Join my Patreon community and access exclusive, subscribers-only content every week: bit.ly/pdmpat݆⁣𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗼𝘀𝘁:⁣I am Agi Keramidas, a zealous podcaster and a knowledge broker. I am on a mission to inspire others to grow, stand out, and take action toward the next level of their lives. Visit my website: agikeramidas.com⁣⁣#PersonalDevelopmentMastery⁣ Support the showCareer transition and career clarity podcast content for midlife professionals in career transition, navigating a career change, career pivot or second career, starting a new venture or leaving a long-term career. Discover practical tools for career clarity, confident decision-making, rebuilding self belief and confidence, finding purpose and meaning in work, designing a purposeful, fulfilling next chapter, and creating meaningful work that fits who you are now. Episodes explore personal development and mindset for midlife professionals, including how to manage uncertainty and pressure, overcome fear and self-doubt, clarify your direction, plan your next steps, and turn your experience into a new role, business or vocation that feels aligned. To support the show, click here.

 On my ongoing personal development journey, on Thursday's episodes, I now focus on consolidation. Repetition is the mother of all learning, they say. So instead of adding more knowledge, I revisit the previous episodes and consolidate the wisdom imparted by my guests.⁣ I intend to distil and share this wisdom with you in a way that you’ll find something that clicks, something that inspires you to take action as a result. ⁣ Today the topic is meditation. For me, meditation has been one of the cornerstones of personal development and it’s one of the “daily habits” that I never miss. What are the effects of meditation? How can we integrate it into our lives? What about those moments of “spiritual awakening”? How can modern technology help with practising meditation? At the end of the episode, you can experience a unique 8-minute short meditation with a shamanic drum!  I revisit 4 of the previous episodes and share the wisdom of my guests: Chess Edwards (#081), Tiffany Nguyen (#135), Dan Clark (#130), and Eirini Kapsidou (#065). ݆⁣ 𝗞𝗲𝘆 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗮𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀:⁣ * How, little by little, each meditation awakens us * Having “spiritual awakening” moments * The meditation of self-enquiry, designed to help one come into the knowing of the truth of their eternal nature * How can an app help experienced meditators slip into deep meditation quicker? * Listen (and experience) a unique 8-minute short shamanic drumming meditation. (Timestamp: 19:52) ݆⁣ 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲:⁣Would you like to be able to slip into a deep meditative state quicker? An amazing app called Brain FM can help you do exactly that. As my podcast listener, you have the opportunity to try the app for free and get a special 20% off if you decide to use it. Use my partner link: brain.fm/agi⁣ ⁣ ݆⁣ 𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗼𝘀𝘁:⁣I am Agi Keramidas, a zealous podcaster and a knowledge broker. I am on a mission to inspire others to grow, stand out, and take action toward the next level of their lives. Visit my website: agikeramidas.com⁣⁣ ⁣ #PersonalDevelopmentMasterySupport the showCareer transition and career clarity podcast content for midlife professionals in career transition, navigating a career change, career pivot or second career, starting a new venture or leaving a long-term career. Discover practical tools for career clarity, confident decision-making, rebuilding self belief and confidence, finding purpose and meaning in work, designing a purposeful, fulfilling next chapter, and creating meaningful work that fits who you are now. Episodes explore personal development and mindset for midlife professionals, including how to manage uncertainty and pressure, overcome fear and self-doubt, clarify your direction, plan your next steps, and turn your experience into a new role, business or vocation that feels aligned. To support the show, click here.

Geneviève Pépin is an accredited life coach, a certified mindset specialist, a productivity and leadership development coach for Fortune 500 companies, and an improv facilitator. Before coaching, she built her career internationally in event management and marketing, living and working in more than 20 countries, in four different languages. As a result of her own journey in the professional world, she is now very passionate about helping leaders & teams go from busy and stressed to happy and productive! ⁣ ݆⁣ 𝗞𝗲𝘆 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗮𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀:⁣ * How the “yes, and” improv principle helps your efficiency * How to recognise burnout and how to get out of it * The 3 questions to realign your mindset to productivity * Shifting our focus to co-creation * Productivity is not doing more!   ݆⁣ 𝗠𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗾𝘂𝗼𝘁𝗲: “Trust yourself. You know more than you think you do. That little voice has something to say, at least explore it!“ -Geneviève Pépin   ݆⁣ 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲𝘀:⁣ Find Genevieve on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/genevievepepin-productivity-time-management-executives-managers-leaders/ Website: nettolacoaching.com   Do you sometimes have trouble getting your brain to focus and concentrate on the important task in front of you? Then I have a solution for you: an amazing app called Brain FM. As my podcast listener, try it for free and get 20% off if you join. Use my partner link: brain.fm/agi⁣ ⁣ ݆⁣ 𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗼𝘀𝘁:⁣ I am Agi Keramidas, a zealous podcaster and a knowledge broker. I am on a mission to inspire others to grow, stand out, and take action toward the next level of their lives. Visit my website: agikeramidas.com⁣ ⁣ #PersonalDevelopmentMastery⁣ Support the showCareer transition and career clarity podcast content for midlife professionals in career transition, navigating a career change, career pivot or second career, starting a new venture or leaving a long-term career. Discover practical tools for career clarity, confident decision-making, rebuilding self belief and confidence, finding purpose and meaning in work, designing a purposeful, fulfilling next chapter, and creating meaningful work that fits who you are now. Episodes explore personal development and mindset for midlife professionals, including how to manage uncertainty and pressure, overcome fear and self-doubt, clarify your direction, plan your next steps, and turn your experience into a new role, business or vocation that feels aligned. To support the show, click here.

On my ongoing personal development journey, on Thursday's episodes, I now focus on consolidation. Repetition is the mother of all learning, they say. So instead of adding more knowledge, I revisit the previous episodes and consolidate the wisdom imparted by my guests.⁣ My intention is to distil and share this wisdom with you in a way that you’ll find something that clicks, something that inspires you to take action as a result. ⁣ Today’s episode is focused on the mindset of money: having other sources of income, Robert Kiyosaki’s “Rich dad poor dad” book, achieving financial independence, how to deal with a scarcity mindset, and how abundance is connected to giving.    I revisit 3 of the previous episodes and share the wisdom of my guests: Halstead Ottley (#029), Nikos Mavrakis (#42), and Jay Munoz (#71). ⁣ ݆⁣ 𝗞𝗲𝘆 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗮𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀:⁣ * Why is it important to have another source of income? * Robert Kiyosaki’s essential book: “Rich dad poor dad” * How the beliefs we have been programmed with since childhood can stand in the way of financial success * Financial independence * Abundance mindset and its connection with giving ⁣ ݆⁣ 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲:⁣ Do you sometimes have trouble getting your brain to focus and concentrate on the important task in front of you? Then I have a solution for you: an amazing app called Brain FM. As my podcast listener, try it for free and get 20% off if you decide to join. Use my partner link: brain.fm/agi⁣ ⁣ ݆⁣ 𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗼𝘀𝘁:⁣ I am Agi Keramidas, a zealous podcaster and a knowledge broker. I am on a mission to inspire others to grow, stand out, and take action toward the next level of their lives. Visit my website: agikeramidas.com⁣⁣ ⁣ #PersonalDevelopmentMastery⁣Support the showCareer transition and career clarity podcast content for midlife professionals in career transition, navigating a career change, career pivot or second career, starting a new venture or leaving a long-term career. Discover practical tools for career clarity, confident decision-making, rebuilding self belief and confidence, finding purpose and meaning in work, designing a purposeful, fulfilling next chapter, and creating meaningful work that fits who you are now. Episodes explore personal development and mindset for midlife professionals, including how to manage uncertainty and pressure, overcome fear and self-doubt, clarify your direction, plan your next steps, and turn your experience into a new role, business or vocation that feels aligned. To support the show, click here.

Simon Paul Sutton recently released his autobiography book called Burglar to Buddha: transforming from the inside out. When I asked Simon to send me a short bio to use when I introduce him, instead he asked me to introduce him in the way that I perceive him.   This is an interesting and also challenging concept. So here are some words that come to my mind when I think of Simon Paul Sutton: Exuberant, overflowing energy, divine being, passionate, transparent, sovereignty, and Gaianet.   I will add to that the description from Simon's book so you can understand what to expect from this conversation: Burglar to Buddha, from an unconscious life of crime and drugs driven by fear, to a conscious life of awareness, living high on love and truth in service to that which is greater than you - from crime to the divine. I hope you find the conversation as inspiring as I did. ⁣ ݆⁣ 𝗞𝗲𝘆 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗮𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀:⁣ * Exhilarating addiction to adrenaline, and getting to “taste death” * The persona and identifying ourselves as that character * Celebrate this precious gift of life to be revered! * Conversations like mirrors that reflect aspects of ourselves * Transparency: am I being truthful to what I feel inside of me? * Celebrate my divinity and support others to realise their divinity   ݆⁣ 𝗠𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗾𝘂𝗼𝘁𝗲: “Learning other languages I feel would have expanded my potential to understand the human condition.“-Simon Paul Sutton   ݆⁣ 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲𝘀:⁣ Website: https://simontransparently.com/ Telegram: @Simontransparently Do you sometimes have trouble getting your brain to focus and concentrate on the important task in front of you? Then I have a solution for you: an amazing app called Brain FM. As my podcast listener, try it for free and get 20% off if you join. Use my partner link: brain.fm/agi⁣ ⁣ ݆⁣ 𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗼𝘀𝘁:⁣ I am Agi Keramidas, a zealous podcaster and a knowledge broker. I am on a mission to inspire others to grow, stand out, and take action toward the next level of their lives. Visit my website: agikeramidas.com⁣ ⁣ #PersonalDevelopmentMastery⁣ Support the showCareer transition and career clarity podcast content for midlife professionals in career transition, navigating a career change, career pivot or second career, starting a new venture or leaving a long-term career. Discover practical tools for career clarity, confident decision-making, rebuilding self belief and confidence, finding purpose and meaning in work, designing a purposeful, fulfilling next chapter, and creating meaningful work that fits who you are now. Episodes explore personal development and mindset for midlife professionals, including how to manage uncertainty and pressure, overcome fear and self-doubt, clarify your direction, plan your next steps, and turn your experience into a new role, business or vocation that feels aligned. To support the show, click here.

In today's episode, I share with you a special solo recording where I talk about the foundation of personal development: growth mindset. This recording is actually a part of an online course I've created, called the “Essential Personal Development Blueprint.”  You will find the whole course plus more exclusive valuable content on my Patreon supporters community: bit.ly/pdmpat⁣݆⁣𝗞𝗲𝘆 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗮𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀:⁣* Mindset: the lenses through which we view the world* Why is mindset so fundamentally important?* Fixed versus growth mindset* How can we improve our mindset?* The training includes a powerful exercise that will give you a deep level of clarity⁣݆⁣𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲:⁣The Essential personal development blueprint course, plus additional, valuable content:https://www.patreon.com/personaldevelopmentmastery⁣݆⁣𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗼𝘀𝘁:⁣I am Agi Keramidas, a zealous podcaster and a knowledge broker. I am on a mission to inspire others to grow, stand out, and take action toward the next level of their lives. Visit my website: agikeramidas.com⁣⁣⁣#PersonalDevelopmentMasterySupport the showCareer transition and career clarity podcast content for midlife professionals in career transition, navigating a career change, career pivot or second career, starting a new venture or leaving a long-term career. Discover practical tools for career clarity, confident decision-making, rebuilding self belief and confidence, finding purpose and meaning in work, designing a purposeful, fulfilling next chapter, and creating meaningful work that fits who you are now. Episodes explore personal development and mindset for midlife professionals, including how to manage uncertainty and pressure, overcome fear and self-doubt, clarify your direction, plan your next steps, and turn your experience into a new role, business or vocation that feels aligned. To support the show, click here.

Cassandra Bodzak is a thought leader and best-selling author of 2 books, the first was “Eat with intention”, and her latest is “Manifesting through meditation”. She is a holistic lifestyle expert, meditation guide, spiritual mentor, and host of the podcast “Divine Downloads.” She is passionate about helping people all over the world learn the Process for bringing their soul’s desires into their everyday reality! ⁣ ݆⁣ 𝗞𝗲𝘆 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗮𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀:⁣ * Living mindfully with intentionality * How to manifest using meditation * Decision making by tuning in to your body’s intuition * The R.O.I. (return on investment) of the time you meditate * All creation emerges from the quantum field   ݆⁣ 𝗠𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗾𝘂𝗼𝘁𝗲: “Trust that it’s all working out, and just go for it. And know that you can create anything you want, and everything that’s gonna be ahead of you is going to serve a purpose.“-Cassandra Bodzak   ݆⁣ 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲𝘀:⁣ Website: https://cassandrabodzak.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cassandrabodzak/ Do you sometimes have trouble getting your brain to focus and concentrate on the important task in front of you? Then I have a solution for you: an amazing app called Brain FM. As my podcast listener, try it for free and get 20% off if you decide to join. Use my partner link: brain.fm/agi⁣ ⁣ ݆⁣ 𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗼𝘀𝘁:⁣ I am Agi Keramidas, a zealous podcaster and a knowledge broker. I am on a mission to inspire others to grow, stand out, and take action toward the next level of their lives. Visit my website: agikeramidas.com⁣ ⁣ #PersonalDevelopmentMastery⁣ Support the showCareer transition and career clarity podcast content for midlife professionals in career transition, navigating a career change, career pivot or second career, starting a new venture or leaving a long-term career. Discover practical tools for career clarity, confident decision-making, rebuilding self belief and confidence, finding purpose and meaning in work, designing a purposeful, fulfilling next chapter, and creating meaningful work that fits who you are now. Episodes explore personal development and mindset for midlife professionals, including how to manage uncertainty and pressure, overcome fear and self-doubt, clarify your direction, plan your next steps, and turn your experience into a new role, business or vocation that feels aligned. To support the show, click here.

 On my ongoing personal development journey, on Thursday's episodes, I now focus on consolidation. Repetition is the mother of all learning, they say. So instead of adding more knowledge, I revisit the previous episodes and consolidate the wisdom imparted by my guests.⁣ My intention is to distil and share this wisdom with you in a way that you’ll find something that clicks, something that inspires you to take action as a result. ⁣ In today’s episode, I cover discussions around the topics of speaking, communication, storytelling, and also of having those uncomfortable conversations.  I revisit 4 of the previous episodes and share the wisdom of my guests: David Saville (#008), Renée Marino (#050), RIchi Watson (#058), and David Wood (#110). ⁣ ݆⁣ 𝗞𝗲𝘆 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗮𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀:⁣ * Storytelling is being able to communicate not only the memories but also the emotions in the story * Two things anyone can do to become a better storyteller * How the way we use modern technology actually lessens our authentic communication. * We need to have uncomfortable conversations or we’ll have an uncomfortable life * The tough conversations we avoid form our boundaries ⁣ ݆⁣ 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲:⁣Do you sometimes have trouble getting your brain to focus and concentrate on the important task in front of you? Then I have a solution for you: an amazing app called Brain FM. As my podcast listener, try it for free and get 20% off if you decide to join. Use my partner link: brain.fm/agi⁣ ⁣ ݆⁣ 𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗼𝘀𝘁:⁣I am Agi Keramidas, a zealous podcaster and a knowledge broker. I am on a mission to inspire others to grow, stand out, and take action toward the next level of their lives. Visit my website: agikeramidas.com⁣⁣ ⁣ #PersonalDevelopmentMastery⁣Support the showCareer transition and career clarity podcast content for midlife professionals in career transition, navigating a career change, career pivot or second career, starting a new venture or leaving a long-term career. Discover practical tools for career clarity, confident decision-making, rebuilding self belief and confidence, finding purpose and meaning in work, designing a purposeful, fulfilling next chapter, and creating meaningful work that fits who you are now. Episodes explore personal development and mindset for midlife professionals, including how to manage uncertainty and pressure, overcome fear and self-doubt, clarify your direction, plan your next steps, and turn your experience into a new role, business or vocation that feels aligned. To support the show, click here.

Dr. Melissa Corley Carter is a rocket scientist and former air force officer turned writer, artist, speaker, leadership coach and champion of resilience. She is a global marathon runner, and the author and photographer of the book "Running the World: Marathon Memoirs from the Seven Continents”. She is passionate about helping people reconnect with their true selves and remember how powerful, unique, and awesome they are. ⁣ ݆⁣ 𝗞𝗲𝘆 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗮𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀:⁣ * From a rocket scientist wanting to be an astronaut to a global marathon runner and coach * Crossroads and life purpose * Running the world: Marathons in 7 continents * The inner journey of living a more authentic life * Running as a metaphor for life * Be in the flow of life and dance with the mystery   ݆⁣ 𝗠𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗾𝘂𝗼𝘁𝗲: “You are absolutely on the right path, you are powerful, special and unique, and you have the power to create your own future.“ -Melissa Corley Carter   ݆⁣ 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲𝘀:⁣ Melissa's website: https://www.epiclifeactually.com/ Do you sometimes have trouble getting your brain to focus and concentrate on the important task in front of you? Then I have a solution for you: an amazing app called Brain FM. As my podcast listener, try it for free and get 20% off if you decide to join. Use my partner link: brain.fm/agi⁣ ⁣ ݆⁣ 𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗼𝘀𝘁:⁣ I am Agi Keramidas, a zealous podcaster and a knowledge broker. I am on a mission to inspire others to grow, stand out, and take action toward the next level of their lives. Visit my website: agikeramidas.com⁣ ⁣ #PersonalDevelopmentMastery⁣ Support the showCareer transition and career clarity podcast content for midlife professionals in career transition, navigating a career change, career pivot or second career, starting a new venture or leaving a long-term career. Discover practical tools for career clarity, confident decision-making, rebuilding self belief and confidence, finding purpose and meaning in work, designing a purposeful, fulfilling next chapter, and creating meaningful work that fits who you are now. Episodes explore personal development and mindset for midlife professionals, including how to manage uncertainty and pressure, overcome fear and self-doubt, clarify your direction, plan your next steps, and turn your experience into a new role, business or vocation that feels aligned. To support the show, click here.

 A brief episode today, discussing some of the upcoming changes with the podcast and the consolidation episodes.  To accommodate these changes, the schedule of the next podcast episodes will change slightly. So for the next couple of weeks, there will be only one episode a week (only Monday, not Thursday). Then in May, after episode #220, we will return back to the usual semiweekly format.  Until next time, Stand out, don't fit in!Support the showCareer transition and career clarity podcast content for midlife professionals in career transition, navigating a career change, career pivot or second career, starting a new venture or leaving a long-term career. Discover practical tools for career clarity, confident decision-making, rebuilding self belief and confidence, finding purpose and meaning in work, designing a purposeful, fulfilling next chapter, and creating meaningful work that fits who you are now. Episodes explore personal development and mindset for midlife professionals, including how to manage uncertainty and pressure, overcome fear and self-doubt, clarify your direction, plan your next steps, and turn your experience into a new role, business or vocation that feels aligned. To support the show, click here.