The Focus Bee Show

At the start of my personal development journey, I was obsessed with morning routines. I looked them up all the time and even paid Asian Efficiency for their morning routine course & template. From years of studying and implementing it. There are a few key concepts that always come up: Prepare your mind, body and spirit for the day. Starting the day pro-actively and not reactively. Journaling: A great exercise is the morning pages by Julia Cameron – this helps with clarity, insights and creativity! Meditation: A 5min to the 1-hour practice of meditation is beneficial for focus & emotions throughout the day. It is the one pillar of my morning routine that I never skip. You can use Insight Timer to track your progress. Exercise: Waking up the body physically is a must! It makes so much of a difference, even if it is just a 5min. stretch! Cold Shower: I love Wim Hof work on cold exposure. Cold showers are a wonderful way to improve the immune system, change our mood, and build resilienceBreakfast & Hydration: Being hydrated is important as it helps us to think clearly, and food is a bonus! (Some people prefer to skip breakfast as part of intermittent fasting – I always eat breakfast but sometimes skip diner as a form of intermittent fasting). Having a great morning routine in place can make a huge difference in your day! It is a great way to set yourself up for success! VIDEO of this episode:YouTube VideoABOUT Katie Stoddart:Katie Stoddart is an award-winning, international, high-performance coach. Katie started her career as a hydrographic engineer working at sea and she now supports founders and executives to thrive in their life & business.As a keynote speaker, Katie frequently speaks at summits, conferences & podcasts. For her weekly podcast ‘The Focus Bee Show’, Katie interviews thought leaders in peak performance.Katie works primarily with entrepreneurs & executives through 1-1 coaching & corporate workshops on Focus, Leadership & Performance.  CONNECT with Katie Stoddart, aka 'the focus bee':PODCASTLINKEDINTWITTERFACEBOOKBLOGINSTAGRAM

Janine Coombes, the marketing expert, reveals her secrets when it comes to marketing and packaging a great offer for our clients! Some of the main insights:Why a clear offer is a must! Common marketing mindset strugglesHow to determine a great priceLearning from our failures and our successesAnd so much more! ABOUT Janine CoombesJanine Coombes makes selling easier by helping people package up their services into offers of undeniable value. In other words, they become sizzling hot. Your ideal customers ‘get’ why they should work with YOU. And you feel so proud of the offers you want to shout about them from the rooftops. Janine’s previous incarnation was in corporate, working with the likes of EE, Orange and Europcar. She has a business degree, a marketing diploma and has over 20 years of industry experience.CONNECT with Janine CoombesWebsiteLinkedInFacebookVIDEO of this episode:YouTube VideoABOUT Katie Stoddart:Katie Stoddart is an award-winning, international, high-performance coach. Katie started her career as a hydrographic engineer working at sea and she now supports founders and executives to thrive in their life & business.As a keynote speaker, Katie frequently speaks at summits, conferences & podcasts. For her weekly podcast ‘The Focus Bee Show’, Katie interviews thought leaders, speakers and authors. Katie works primarily with entrepreneurs & executives through 1-1 coaching & corporate workshops on: Focus, Leadership & Performance.  CONNECT with Katie Stoddart, aka 'the focus bee':PODCASTLINKEDINTWITTERFACEBOOKBLOGINSTAGRAM

As a result-oriented person, I can understand the impatience that comes with the process. Sometimes, we can dislike the journey because we are so eager to reach the end goal. There are a few reasons why this is not satisfying in the long run. Firstly, we rarely stop to celebrate goals before we rush to set new ones. Secondly, goals are achieved in a brief moment in time so the enjoyment does not last. Finally, the process is all we ever have. Five key tips to make the process more enjoyable:Look at processes you already enjoy and learn what it is about them that is enjoyable!Gamify your work and keep it fun to ensure that you have momentum and enjoy it – this makes it a lot more likely to enter flow!Track your progress, using a habit tracker, or any form of tracking. Reward yourself for your milestones in the journeyTurn your dislike into like by using an NLP technique. There are many ways that we can use to make the journey more enjoyable. It is essential to have this type of perception as we are happier and more productive as we go about reaching our goals!VIDEO of this episode:YouTube VideoABOUT Katie Stoddart:Katie Stoddart is an award-winning, international, high-performance coach. Katie started her career as a hydrographic engineer working at sea and she now supports founders and executives to thrive in their life & business.As a keynote speaker, Katie frequently speaks at summits, conferences & podcasts. For her weekly podcast ‘The Focus Bee Show’, Katie interviews thought leaders in peak performance.Katie works primarily with entrepreneurs & executives through 1-1 coaching & corporate workshops on Focus, Leadership & Performance.  CONNECT with Katie Stoddart, aka 'the focus bee': PODCASTLINKEDINTWITTERFACEBOOKBLOG

Marc Champagne, the mental fitness expert and host of one of the top 50 podcasts ‘Behind the human’, shares the magic of his book Personal Socrates and how we can use these insights to upgrade our life! It was a great joy to have Marc on the show and to read his book!Some of what we cover:The ‘Olympic Level Reminders’How to optimise our Return on Energy?!The superpower of questions!The magic of combining: knowledge & stillnessAnd so much more! ABOUT Marc Champagne Marc Champagne unpacks the mental fitness practices and reflective questions shaping the lives of some of the most successful and brilliant thinkers in the world. He is the host of the top 50 ranked podcasts “Behind The Human” and co-founded the journaling app (KYO) which ended up reaching over 86 million people without any paid advertising, all within the first two years of launch. He has studied mental fitness practices for over a decade and has consulted for top-rated digital journals and wellness companies.Marc's first book, Personal Socrates (publishing October 2021), explores the pointed questions that stimulate our mental fitness and teach us how to direct our internal narrative to work for us, instead of against us."We all ask questions, but are they the right ones, the best ones, and are we asking enough of them?"–Marc ChampagneReleasing October 19th > Personal Socrates - Questions that will upgrade your life from legends and world-class performers CONNECT with Marc ChampagneBook - https://www.baronfig.com/personal-socratesSpeaking - Training Your Mind To Perform For You, Not Against YouBehind The Human Podcast - Apple | Spotify | Google PodcastsSocial Media - Instagram | LinkedIn | TwitterWebsite - https://www.behindthehuman.com/VIDEO of this episode:YouTube VideoABOUT Katie Stoddart:Katie Stoddart is an award-winning, international, high-performance coach. Katie started her career as a hydrographic engineer working at sea and she now supports founders and executives to thrive in their life & business.As a keynote speaker, Katie frequently speaks at summits, conferences & podcasts. For her weekly podcast ‘The Focus Bee Show’, Katie interviews thought leaders, speakers and authors. Katie works primarily with entrepreneurs & executives through 1-1 coaching & corporate workshops on Focus, Leadership & Performance.  CONNECT with Katie Stoddart, aka 'the focus bee':PODCASTLINKEDINTWITTERFACEBOOKBLOG

All too often we place our dreams and goals on a pedestal, out of reach. We set too high expectations for ourselves and get discouraged along the way. Some important concepts: The main reasons why we procrastinate are: too high expectations and perfectionism; fear of failure and rejection; being an end-to-start plannerTo overcome this, one of the best methods is to: break down the big goal into small achievable steps. Each small step contributes to incremental progress. Changing your self-talk to understand your thought patterns and beliefs can also make a huge difference! Having an accountability partner sometimes is the missing piece of the puzzle! It can be game-changing in terms of motivation, and ongoing progress! By acknowledging that you do have a dream you aspire to and putting in place daily actions towards it: you transform your dream into a project and then it can become reality! VIDEO of this episode:YouTube VideoABOUT Katie Stoddart:Katie Stoddart is an award-winning, international, high-performance coach. Katie started her career as a hydrographic engineer working at sea and she now supports founders and executives to thrive in their life & business.As a keynote speaker, Katie frequently speaks at summits, conferences & podcasts. For her weekly podcast ‘The Focus Bee Show’, Katie interviews thought leaders in peak performance.Katie works primarily with entrepreneurs & executives through 1-1 coaching & corporate workshops on Focus, Leadership & Performance.  CONNECT with Katie Stoddart, aka 'the focus bee':PODCASTLINKEDINTWITTERFACEBOOKBLOG

Susanne Grant, the award-winning work-life balance integration expert, provides you with strategies and methods to improve your work-life balance, gain energy and find ease in your life! Some of the main insights:Struggle and success are not necessarily correlatedHow to find ease & thriveGrounding practisesTheta healingAnd so much more! ABOUT Susanne Grant Susanne Grant is an Award-winning Work-Life Balance Integration Expert, Intuitive Business Coach & Consultant and International Bestselling Author of the book “Drop The MF Struggle”. She helps organisations reduce stress-related absence costs, increase job satisfaction and performance. Her work has been featured in The Global Millionaire Magazine, Thrive Global, Authority Magazine, and many more. Thousands of people have benefited from her work who are now living life on their terms as they implement Susanne’s motto: “Work Smarter, Not Harder”. Find out more about Susanne at grantmethod.com.CONNECT with Susanne GrantWebsiteLinkedInAuthor SiteMentioned in this episode:Stop the MF struggle, Susanne GrantGrounding sheetsHyperfocus, Chris BaileyVIDEO of this episode:YouTube VideoABOUT Katie Stoddart:Katie Stoddart is an award-winning, international, high-performance coach. Katie started her career as a hydrographic engineer working at sea and she now supports founders and executives to thrive in their life & business.As a keynote speaker, Katie frequently speaks at summits, conferences & podcasts. For her weekly podcast ‘The Focus Bee Show’, Katie interviews thought leaders, speakers and authors. Katie works primarily with entrepreneurs & executives through 1-1 coaching & corporate workshops on Focus, Leadership & Performance.  CONNECT with Katie Stoddart, aka 'the focus bee':PODCASTLINKEDINTWITTERFACEBOOKBLOG

How to Manage your Emotions to Become Indistractable  We often think of distractions as being external, when fundamentally most of the distractions we face and the reason many of us struggle with focus are that we are dealing with our emotions. Learning how to manage our emotions is the number one way to become Indistractable. Some highlights of this episode:Impact of internal and external triggersThe opposite of distractionThe 10-minute ruleTechniques for dealing with our emotionsMentioned in this episode:Indistractable, Nir EyalVIDEO of this episode:YouTube VideoABOUT Katie Stoddart:Katie Stoddart is an award-winning, international, high-performance coach. Katie started her career as a hydrographic engineer working at sea and she now supports founders and executives to thrive in their life & business.As a keynote speaker, Katie frequently speaks at summits, conferences & podcasts. For her weekly podcast ‘The Focus Bee Show’, Katie interviews thought leaders in peak performance.Katie works primarily with entrepreneurs & executives through 1-1 coaching & corporate workshops on Focus, Leadership & Performance.  CONNECT with Katie Stoddart, aka 'the focus bee': PODCASTLINKEDINTWITTERFACEBOOKBLOG

Nada Ahmed, the top 50 women in tech in Norway, provides a fantastic insight on leadership. The lessons she learned along her journey and the leadership concepts that are most relevant to today’s fast-paced environment. Some of what we cover:Innovation & creativity Agile Leadership Empowering leadership4 key principles of leadership: Empowerment, Clarity, Agility, CollaborationLessons learned from her journeyAnd so much more! ABOUT Nada Ahmed  Nada Ahmed is currently Vice President Innovation at Aker Solutions, a leading engineering and technology supplier to the offshore energy industry. Nada has 14 years of project management and leadership experience in the Offshore Energy and Maritime Industry. Over the past 7 years, she has been leading various Innovation and business development teams with a special focus on digital transformation.She is currently serving on the Board of Directors at Greig Maritime Group, one of Norway's most prominent shipping companies focused on ship operation, ship brokering, logistics and maritime solutions for the industry. She is also head of the board of the Polytechnical society Digital Leadership Community and on the advisory board of Noroff School of Technology and Digital Media.  Nada has expertise within Innovation and digital strategy, new business development and has led teams from early-stage innovation up to testing of new technologies, scaling and supporting their implementation into the market.Nada is an avid voice in topics concerning Innovation, Digital Transformation, Agile leadership and Design Thinking, and is often invited to speak on these topics. Nada has a Bachelors from the University of Richmond, Virginia and a Masters of Science in Environmental Analysis from Rice University in Houston, Texas. Nada was on the 2020 list of Top 50 Women in Technology in Norway, awarded by Abelia and ODA network and on the 2021 honour list for high achieving overseas Pakistanis under 40 awarded by the Foreign Ministry of Pakistan.Nada is also heading a non-profit organization that she co-founded in 2015, TCF Norway (affiliated with The Citizens Foundation), focused on providing quality education to underprivileged boys and girls in Pakistan. Read more at: www.tcfnorway.orgCONNECT with Nada AhmedLinkedIn  Instagram: agile_leadershipVIDEO of this episode:YouTube VideoABOUT Katie Stoddart:Katie Stoddart is an award-winning, international, high-performance coach. Katie started her career as a hydrographic engineer working at sea and she now supports founders and executives to thrive in their life & business.As a keynote speaker, Katie frequently speaks at summits, conferences & podcasts. For her weekly podcast ‘The Focus Bee Show’, Katie interviews thought leaders, speakers and authors. Katie works primarily with entrepreneurs & executives through 1-1 coaching & corporate workshops on Focus, Leadership & Performance.  CONNECT with Katie Stoddart, aka 'the focus bee': PODCASTLINKEDINBLOGTWITTERINSTAGRAMFACEBOOK

Self-leadership is essential to each and everyone of us because it comes down to how we manage ourselves. If we can’t lead ourselves, then we cannot lead others. In Zeno of Citium’s words: ‘the man who conquers himself conquers the world.’Some highlights of this episode:Stoic’s dichotomy of controlHow to strengthen our inner citadelThe PAW that governs usThe link between stoicism and self-leadershipMentioned in this episode:The obstacle is the way, Ryan HolidayThomas Edison and the fire VIDEO of this episode:YouTube VideoABOUT Katie Stoddart:Katie Stoddart is an award-winning, international, high-performance coach. Katie started her career as a hydrographic engineer working at sea and she now supports founders and executives to thrive in their life & business.As a keynote speaker, Katie frequently speaks at summits, conferences & podcasts. For her weekly podcast ‘The Focus Bee Show’, Katie interviews thought leaders in peak performance.Katie works primarily with entrepreneurs & executives through 1-1 coaching & corporate workshops on Focus, Leadership & Performance.  CONNECT with Katie Stoddart, aka 'the focus bee': PODCASTLINKEDINTWITTERFACEBOOKBLOG

Tara Youngblood, the world-renowned expert in the field of sleep, CEO & co-founder of Chili Sleep, will change the way you view sleep! So many practical insights and advice on how you can level it up! Some of what we cover:• The key pillars of sleep• How to optimise quality of sleep• What helps us to wake up more effectively• How our day affects our nights and vice-versa!And so much more! ABOUT Tara Youngblood Tara Youngblood, Co-Founder and CEO at ChiliSleep™ and Author of Reprogram Your Sleep: The Sleep Recipe That Works, is a highly regarded international speaker. She has extended her expertise to a wealth of high profile platforms including TEDx, Skookum Tech Talks, and National Sleep Foundation’s Sleep Show. Sleep is the most neglected, yet crucial pillar of health and wellness. Tara has maximized sleep quality for over 60 professional sports teams, military forces, essential workers, and ordinary people, struggling to achieve their optimum physical and emotional health. Through Tara's leadership, ChiliSleep donated over $1 million in products in 2020 alone. ChiliSleep products are patented, safe and proven to improve the quality of sleep using heated or cooled water to regulate body temperature. In 2021, ChiliSleep is integrating into the software and coaching side of sleep. Stay tuned for more from this female-founded and co-owned Fortune 5000 company!CONNECT with Tara YoungbloodLinkedInTwitterInstagramWebsiteVIDEO of this episode:YouTube VideoABOUT Katie Stoddart:Katie Stoddart is an award-winning, international, high-performance coach. Katie started her career as a hydrographic engineer working at sea and she now supports founders and executives to thrive in their life & business.As a keynote speaker, Katie frequently speaks at summits, conferences & podcasts. For her weekly podcast ‘The Focus Bee Show’, Katie interviews thought leaders, speakers and authors. Katie works primarily with entrepreneurs & executives through 1-1 coaching & corporate workshops on Focus, Leadership & Performance.  CONNECT with Katie Stoddart, aka 'the focus bee':PODCASTLINKEDINBLOGTWITTERINSTAGRAMFACEBOOK