Manage To Engage | Businesses Grow When People Do

We’re in a whole new world of work. We have the dominant generation creating higher and higher demands for their work while, at the same time, businesses try to find the balance between meeting their wants and honoring their own internal hierarchies. Then there are the challenges of remote work. We’re starting to see the benefits and drawbacks of having a remote workplace. How can we get the best of both worlds? There’s going to be a lot of discussion about how work works in the future… but for now, we need to learn how to manage the position we’re in the best that we can. I’d love your feedback. http://getpodcast.reviews/id/1234688298 (Click here to leave a rating & review for the show on Apple Podcasts).

I offer weekly member webcasts, online courses, and mentorship at clearandopen.com because it’s my truth that, with the right tools, anyone can eliminate the people, money, and time problems holding them back in business. And I share parts of these webcasts and courses on this show because I want to help you, too. I’d love your feedback. http://getpodcast.reviews/id/1234688298 (Click here to leave a rating & review for the show on Apple Podcasts).

Last week, Rishon Blumberg shared his concept of hiring “10x” talent. Today, we’re going to look at how you can manage and retain that talent – or, if that talent is you, how to make sure you’re getting the most from the companies that hire you. I’d love your feedback. http://getpodcast.reviews/id/1234688298 (Click here to leave a rating & review for the show on Apple Podcasts).

Rishon Blumberg is an entrepreneur and the co-founder of Brick Wall Management, an entertainment management company. As they hired freelancers to build websites and apps within the industry, they kept bumping up against the same problem: good, reliable talent is hard to find. When people started calling tech talent “the new rockstars,” Rishon and his co-founder wondered if they could take what they do for the entertainment industry and introduce it into new markets. In the first part of this interview series, we’re going to explore finding “10x” talent: what it means, how to hire it, and, most importantly, how to retain it. I’d love your feedback. http://getpodcast.reviews/id/1234688298 (Click here to leave a rating & review for the show on Apple Podcasts).

Previously, we looked at how your relationship with your parents — and more specifically, your acknowledgement of their flaws — is essential to claiming self-authority. Ignoring reality is dangerous. In the short-term it gives us relief and removes the discomfort of non optimal experiences. But in the long-term, ignoring reality makes us incapable of recognizing what’s actually real. The job of any adult is to reparent themselves, and in order to do that effectively you have to recognize where the deficit is. This episode was originally recorded as part of the https://courses.clearandopen.com/courses/money (Claiming Self-Authority course), available at https://clearandopen.com/ (ClearandOpen.com). I’d love your feedback. http://getpodcast.reviews/id/1234688298 (Click here to leave a rating & review for the show on Apple Podcasts.)

The biggest roadblock to becoming stronger is our refusal to get deeply intimate with our weaknesses. As an extension of that, far too many of us are unwilling to acknowledge the faults in our parents. There is nothing more important than looking at your parents weaknesses, because it’s easier to see than your own. And the more we learn about our parents, the more we learn about ourselves. This episode was originally recorded as part of the https://courses.clearandopen.com/courses/money (Claiming Self-Authority course), available at https://clearandopen.com/ (ClearandOpen.com). I’d love your feedback. http://getpodcast.reviews/id/1234688298 (Click here to leave a rating & review for the show on Apple Podcasts.)

We’re always told to “play to our strengths” while downplaying our weaknesses. We strive so hard to hide our shortcomings — both from others and ourselves. In reality, they are both two sides of the same coin. Without understanding both, we never see the full picture. Our biggest challenges are an expression of our greatest strengths. Let’s learn to see the best in ourselves — by acknowledging the worst. This episode was originally recorded as part of the https://courses.clearandopen.com/courses/money (Claiming Self-Authority course), available at https://clearandopen.com/ (ClearandOpen.com). I’d love your feedback. http://getpodcast.reviews/id/1234688298 (Click here to leave a rating & review for the show on Apple Podcasts.)

Competence lies in the gap between who you think you are and what is actually true about you. The role of a teacher or mentor is to help people look into the gap between. If you never risk achieving excellence and finding out where you fall short, you will be stuck succumbing to mediocrity. A healthy ego should oscillate between believing you are awesome and seeing how far you have to go without dwelling too much on one thought or the other. And working hard to close that gap is where true fulfillment comes from. This episode was originally recorded as part of the https://courses.clearandopen.com/courses/money (Money: From Burden to Freedom course), available at https://clearandopen.com/ (ClearandOpen.com). I’d love your feedback. http://getpodcast.reviews/id/1234688298 (Click here to leave a rating & review for the show on Apple Podcasts.)

The path to competence is paved with failure. Failure is the moment when you realize that your competence is an illusion and clarifies what you need to gain it. The problem is that so many people are afraid of failure. And fear of failure leads to mediocrity. The safest thing we can do to avoid failure is to never try at all. To achieve competence we have to become friends with failure. This episode was originally recorded as part of the https://courses.clearandopen.com/courses/money (Money: From Burden to Freedom course), available at https://clearandopen.com/ (ClearandOpen.com). I’d love your feedback. http://getpodcast.reviews/id/1234688298 (Click here to leave a rating & review for the show on Apple Podcasts.)

As we’ve discussed recently, money is a symbol of value. Applying that in our lives can lead to a paradigm shift in how we approach money. But first, we have to repair our relationship to producing value which has been warped since childhood. This episode was originally recorded as part of the https://courses.clearandopen.com/courses/money (Money: From Burden to Freedom course), available at https://clearandopen.com/ (ClearandOpen.com). I’d love your feedback. http://getpodcast.reviews/id/1234688298 (Click here to leave a rating & review for the show on Apple Podcasts.)

Like money, competence leads to problems when we think we know what it is… and we think we have it, but don’t. To get to the highest peaks of excellence you have to take a deconstructive approach to competence — that is, focusing on where you are incompetent. We’re going to delve into the true definition of competence, and where incompetency is born. This episode was originally recorded as part of the https://courses.clearandopen.com/courses/money (Money: From Burden to Freedom course), available at https://clearandopen.com/ (ClearandOpen.com). I’d love your feedback. http://getpodcast.reviews/id/1234688298 (Click here to leave a rating & review for the show on Apple Podcasts.)

The true essence of money and the way it is expressed in the world are at a complete impasse. That’s where so much discomfort around money comes from. We do not feel comfortable with the reality of money as it exists in the world, and yet we see no path to change it. So what are we going to do — change the way the world views money? Or change our world? That’s what we have control over, and the only real path to changing the world is through ourselves. This episode was originally recorded as part of the https://courses.clearandopen.com/courses/money (Money: From Burden to Freedom course), available at https://clearandopen.com/ (ClearandOpen.com). I’d love your feedback. http://getpodcast.reviews/id/1234688298 (Click here to leave a rating & review for the show on Apple Podcasts.)

The discomfort many of us have around money shows up in different ways. Now that we know what money truly is, it’s natural to start applying that to our current perception of it. As we clarify and further understand money, we become more comfortable with our relationship with it. This episode was originally recorded as part of the https://courses.clearandopen.com/courses/money (Money: From Burden to Freedom course), available at https://clearandopen.com/ (ClearandOpen.com). I’d love your feedback. http://getpodcast.reviews/id/1234688298 (Click here to leave a rating & review for the show on Apple Podcasts.)

Before we can talk about money and our relation to it, we have to come to a common definition of it. Today, I’m going to define what money is — and what it isn’t — to parse out how that relates to you. This episode was originally recorded as part of the https://courses.clearandopen.com/courses/money (Money: From Burden to Freedom course), available at https://clearandopen.com/ (ClearandOpen.com). I’d love your feedback. http://getpodcast.reviews/id/1234688298 (Click here to leave a rating & review for the show on Apple Podcasts.)

It’s surprising how little we are actually in control — most of us, anyway. We think we’re sitting in the driver’s seat. However, we’re really in the passenger seat, staring out the window, occasionally shouting out directions but never really paying attention to the road. The truth of the matter is, you’re never really going to take that wheel. As you do the work, you’ll become more comfortable with being the passenger and hand over trust to the driver. You will, however, keep your eyes on the road. Over the last couple of months, we’ve been stirring up a lot of uncomfortable notions such as this in order to realize how you can improve them. Today and over the next few weeks, we’re going to stir up some more truths about money — and what you can do about it. This episode was originally recorded as part of the https://courses.clearandopen.com/courses/money (Money: From Burden to Freedom course), available at https://clearandopen.com/ (ClearandOpen.com). I’d love your feedback. http://getpodcast.reviews/id/123

Today, we are on the precipice of awakening… and even the idea of that is probably going to stir some stuff up. So, let’s address the fears and the questions that the ego often wields to hold us back and the tools we have to get beyond those obstacles, both through short-lived shortcuts and long-earned practice. This episode was originally recorded as part of the https://courses.clearandopen.com/courses/meditation-for-awakening (Meditation for Awakening course), available at http://clearandopen.com (ClearandOpen.com).

Our conversation kicks off with a really insightful question about the nature of ego from one of the students who was participating in the live call: is the egoic process entirely in our conscious mind or our unconscious mind? Both? This episode was originally recorded as part of the https://courses.clearandopen.com/courses/meditation-for-awakening (Meditation for Awakening course), available at http://clearandopen.com (ClearandOpen.com).

As we continue to work our way through the Meditation for Awakening course, I want to talk about the importance of curiosity and exploration in a meditation practice. In a lot of ways, this is THE most important thing — but we need to be careful about not letting our curiosity lead us into the common trap of comparing ourselves to others in the process. It’s in the act of comparison that we create the possibility of a failure state, and when we remove those expectations from the equation, we get one step closer to effortlessness. This episode was originally recorded as part of the https://courses.clearandopen.com/courses/meditation-for-awakening (Meditation for Awakening course), available at http://clearandopen.com (ClearandOpen.com).

Over the last couple of months, we’ve been doing a deep-dive into Meditation for Awakening. And so far, we’ve been laying down the macro-level groundwork: what meditation is and isn’t, separating yourself from your thoughts, why most people practicing don’t actually get the greatest possible benefits of meditation, and the nature of “The Spiritual Instinct.” Simply put, we’ve been looking at thy Why of meditation. Today, and over the next few weeks, we’re going to start getting into the micro level — or the How of Meditation for Awakening. This episode was originally recorded as part of the https://courses.clearandopen.com/courses/meditation-for-awakening (Meditation for Awakening course), available at http://clearandopen.com (ClearandOpen.com).

We’ve spent most of the last few weeks answering questions asked by the people who were originally on this coaching call, which is great, because those questions represent the fears and pre-existing notions that hold most of us back from awakening and enlightenment. Today we’re going to look at what successful meditation looks like and what happens when you give yourself over to what I call “The Spiritual Instinct,” which I’ll also define here for you shortly. This episode was originally recorded as part of the https://courses.clearandopen.com/courses/meditation-for-awakening (Meditation for Awakening course), available at http://clearandopen.com (ClearandOpen.com). I’d love your feedback. http://getpodcast.reviews/id/1234688298 (Click here to leave a rating & review for the show on Apple Podcasts.)