Arnold Schwarzenegger’s 6 Tips to Success
Written and narrated by Leigh Martinuzzi (originally published Mar 13, 2015)
I grew up watching Arnie movies! To many of us, he is a bit of a legend. With great lines like “get to the chopper”, and “I’ll be back”, one of the most quoted movie lines ever, I believe that he has certainly worked hard to achieve success across his various careers. For sure, like anyone, he probably has traits not to be admired and had an equal share of challenges and turmoil, that’s a given. However, from the success that he has had there is a thing or two we could most certainly learn. (more…)
Beginner’s Pluck with Liz Forkin Bohannon
Liz had what some may describe as beginners luck when at a young age she become very clear on her values which become the building blocks for her business and ability to align her life with her values. Pluck – spirited and determined courage, is what really gave her the ambition to have an impact. SOmthing she believes we can all tap into whether starting our or already well entrenced into our careers, vocation and life.
A conversation about values, passion and living in alignment. Please enjoy!
Beginner’s Pluck: Build Your Life of Purpose and Impact Now
Guest Bio
Liz Forkin Bohannon is the founder of Sseko Designs and the author the book Beginner’s Pluck: Build your life of purpose, passion and impact now.
Sseko Designs is an ethical fashion brand that works to educate and empower women. By providing employment and educational opportunities, Sseko enables women to continue their education and become leaders in their country.
Liz graduated from the University of Missouri with a Master’s degree in Journalism. In 2008, she moved to Uganda where she met an incredible group of talented young women who were struggling to finance their higher education.
Connect with Liz here – Sseko Designs
Further Reading and Resources
TED Talks: Ideas worth spreading
Elite Daily: The Voice of Generation Y
Four Hour Work Week: How to escape the 9-5, live anywhere and join the new rich.
The Minimalists: How to pursue a minimalist lifestyle and be happier.
Mind Hacks: Tips and Tricks for Using Your Brain
Rich Roll: Plantpowered Wellness Advocate
The Art of Charm: Build confidence, feel comfortable and networking differently.
The Art of Manliness: Encouraging men to be better husbands, fathers, brothers, citizens.
Tiny Buddha: Simple wisdom for complex lives.
Mind Body Green: Lifestyle media brand dedicated to inspiring you to live your best life.
Zen Habits: Find simplicity and mindfulness in life.
Creative NonFiction: “true stories well told.”
Barking Up the Wrong Tree: science-based answers and expert insight on how to be awesome at life.
The Positivity Blog: Practical articles on happiness, self-esteem, productivity and social skills.
Time Management
With Leigh MartinuzziThis is a short mash-up of a few recent motivational rants shared live on my Facebook and Instagram channels.Today I am sharing a series of rants about time managment. The truth is we cannot manage time however we can manage the moments and events that fill time and how effective we are at dealing with such things. Rants include topics about understanding the why, attention and distraction, clarity, making time and keeping it simple.
Higher Eduction
Today’s guest is Grant Aldrich, founder of OnlineDegree.com driven with a purpose to make higher education more accessible and affordable for everyone. We discuss the pros and cons of higher education, the transitionary nature of higher education and the workforce in general and the future of education. A powerful and insightful conversation that deserves our attention. I hope you enjoy.
Guest Bio
Grant founded OnlineDegree.com with a purpose-driven mission: make higher education more accessible and affordable for everyone. After graduating college with an overwhelming amount of debt, he was determined to change how students embark on their college education. Grant has spent his entire career working in startups with nearly 15 years of experience and 2 prior exits. He has been a board member and donor to a number of non-profits, an advisor to many publicly traded companies, and a guest speaker at seminars and graduates school courses. He graduated with honours from the University of California Irvine in Economics.
One of Grant’s favourite authors is Murray Rothbard – book below.
Man, Economy, and State with Power and Market, Scholar’s Edition
What Has Government Done to Our Money?
Connect with Grant below
Further Reading and Resources
TED Talks: Ideas worth spreading
Elite Daily: The Voice of Generation Y
Four Hour Work Week: How to escape the 9-5, live anywhere and join the new rich.
The Minimalists: How to pursue a minimalist lifestyle and be happier.
Mind Hacks: Tips and Tricks for Using Your Brain
Rich Roll: Plantpowered Wellness Advocate
The Art of Charm: Build confidence, feel comfortable and networking differently.
The Art of Manliness: Encouraging men to be better husbands, fathers, brothers, citizens.
Tiny Buddha: Simple wisdom for complex lives.
Mind Body Green: Lifestyle media brand dedicated to inspiring you to live your best life.
Zen Habits: Find simplicity and mindfulness in life.
Creative NonFiction: “true stories well told.”
Barking Up the Wrong Tree: science-based answers and expert insight on how to be awesome at life.
The Positivity Blog: Practical articles on happiness, self-esteem, productivity and social skills.
The Art of Possibility
This book flection is written and narrated by Leigh Martinuzzi
The Art of Possibility, a book written by Rosamund Zander and Benjamin Zander as a guide to achieving fulfilment in all endeavours in life through practices of possibility. If all life, I mean absolutely everything is simply an invention on top of an invention then why not live in a world where creativity rules the journey in life and the happiness we experience?
In this book, the Zanders outline 12 practices that will help you to escape living a measured life guided by external demands and expectations to living an internally guided life, one enriched by your creative pursuits and limitless possibilities. A life where anything is possible. A life of possibility.
7 Ways to Live Your Values Everyday
Written by Ellie Coverdale. Narrated by Leigh Martinuzzi
It’s important not only to know your personal core values but also how to apply them in your daily life. By living your values every day, you’ll find that you’re happier and more successful and living a more authentic life. The trick is to adopt behaviors that will keep them front and centre. Here are the 7 best ways to live your values every day.
Elevate with Robert Glazer
In this interview, I speak with Robert Glazer, the founder and CEO of Acceleration Partners, author, blogger and inspirational leader about his new book Elevate. In this inspiring conversation, Robert shares four life-changing principles that will help us to overcome self-limiting beliefs, establish positive habits, and find our “why.” What are your limits? Do you care to break them?
Guest Bio
Robert Glazer is the founder and CEO of Acceleration Partners, a global partner marketing agency and the recipient of numerous industry and company culture awards, including Glassdoor’s Employees’ Choice Awards two years in a row. He is the author of the inspirational newsletter Friday Forward, the author of the international bestselling book, Performance Partnerships and the host of the Elevate Podcast. His new book, Elevate, is a guide to building capacity to reach higher achievements and is available for purchase now.
How to connect with Robert here.
Books by Robert Glazer
Further Reading and Resources
TED Talks: Ideas worth spreading
Elite Daily: The Voice of Generation Y
Four Hour Work Week: How to escape the 9-5, live anywhere and join the new rich.
The Minimalists: How to pursue a minimalist lifestyle and be happier.
Mind Hacks: Tips and Tricks for Using Your Brain
Rich Roll: Plantpowered Wellness Advocate
The Art of Charm: Build confidence, feel comfortable and networking differently.
The Art of Manliness: Encouraging men to be better husbands, fathers, brothers, citizens.
Tiny Buddha: Simple wisdom for complex lives.
Mind Body Green: Lifestyle media brand dedicated to inspiring you to live your best life.
Zen Habits: Find simplicity and mindfulness in life.
Creative NonFiction: “true stories well told.”
Barking Up the Wrong Tree: science-based answers and expert insight on how to be awesome at life.
The Positivity Blog: Practical articles on happiness, self-esteem, productivity and social skills.
Marathon Training Academy
With Leigh Martinuzzi
Please enjoy this months podcast review of Marathon Training Academy. I am not Marathon man but I like the idea and this podcast gives some pretty good training hints and tips plus endless motivation to make us all want to run a little bit more. (more…)
Tackling Anger
With Leigh MartinuzziThis is a short mash-up of a few recent motivational rants shared live on my Facebook and Instagram channels.Today I am sharing a series of rants about how to tackle anger inspired by a book by Donald Roberston I read recently called How to Think Like a Roman Emperor. Including self-awareness, cognitive distancing, waiting, modelling and thining of the alternate possible futures.
The Way of Effortless Mindfulness
In this interview, I chat with Lock Kelly about his new book The Way of Effortless Mindfulness. To begin Lock highlights that difference between deliberate mindfulness, that in which most of us are likely familiar with, and effortless mindfulness. He describes “effortless mindfulness,” an advanced yet simple form of mindfulness that can liberate the deepest levels of suffering. Although limited by time Lock guides us on how this path to effortless mindfulness is best achieved. (more…)
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