Summary

Gary Bishop is the author of Unfu*k Yourself: Get Out of Your Head and into Your Life. If you are you tired of feeling fu*ked up you may enjoy this conversation. 

Gary John Bishop gives you the tools and advice you need to demolish the slag weighing you down and become the truly unfu*ked version of yourself. “Wake up to the miracle you are,” he directs. “Here’s what you’ve forgotten: You’re a fu*king miracle of being.” It isn’t other people that are standing in your way, it isn’t even your circumstances that are blocking your ability to thrive, it’s yourself and the negative self-talk you have playing on a loop.

Gary began his life journey in Glasgow, Scotland. The grit and wit of his early life have contributed to his tough-love, in-your-face approach to personal development. Coupled with world-class training, Gary has created a potent brew of effectiveness and the ability to reach through the crust of people’s lives and root out the deeper issues that consume them and tie them to their challenges.

His ability to elevate and expand people’s greatness makes the kind of life-altering impact that is rare in the industry. Gary’s hyper-awareness and years of elite training allow him to assess each client and guide them to the path that best expresses their lives; with micro precision, he cuts straight to the heart of what is going to make a difference.

Coaching

Discussion Topics

• Coaching and self-pubslishing journey.
• Whats holding us back.
• Uncertainty vs safety.
• Being authentic, awareness, who you are and personality.
• Self-sabotage, understanding your narration as it relates to taking action.

Quick round questions

Do you have any routines and rituals that you believe contribute to your success?

Keeping my promises I make to myself.

What advice would you give your 20-year-old self?

Relax

What is the meaning of success?

Being used up by something bigger than myself.

What is your number one productivity advice?

Willing to take risks and to go beyond the comfort zone into uncertainty.

What advice would you give someone that needing/wanting to make a change?

Identify the change, get straight with yourself and take action.

Favourite Food

Pizza

Favourite Leisure Activity

Nothing really, but always moving.

Favourite Book

Anything by Shakespear – loads of personal transformational information in his work.

Think: A Compelling Introduction to Philosophy by Simon Blackburn

On Intelligence: How a New Understanding of the Brain Will Lead to the Creation of Truly Intelligent Machines by Jeff Hawkins

A Simple Guide to Being and Time by  Dr. Steven Foulds

Unfu*k Yourself: Get Out of Your Head and into Your Life by Gary Bishop

Favourite Quote

“To thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man.” William Shakespeare

Do we all have a why?

We all have a yearning to be used for something and when we identify it that experience of oneself comes to life.

Connect with Gary Bishop

Personal website – Gary John Bishop

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