Following Your Dream Like A Ninja – BSL Insider Podcast

BSL Insider Exclusive: Izzy from 30 Year Old Ninja joins us on the show today.

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Does anyone even dream anymore? These days it’s so easy to get caught up in all the news about the horrible thing happening over here and that tragedy over there. We are inundated with bad news and bad media. And the topic that ends up running a lot of self-help articles is FEAR.

“How To Handle Your Fear”
“The 7 Steps To Feeling The Fear And Doing It Anyway”
“Fear Is A Good Thing”
“Just Do The Fear”
“Own Your Fear”

Yes, that sounds like a wonderful idea to me, to let fear become the theme of my Story. Not really. Dreams, on the other hand, are sexy. Having them feels sexy. Pursuing them makes you sexier of a person. So that leaves with living your dreams as the most sexiest thing you can do. Enter Ninja Izzy. He’s taken his life from one that is comfortable and ordinary to uncomfortable and extraordinary. He did the crazy thing and one day decided to pursue his dream of being a ninja. Literally. There’s something absolutely legitimate about following your dreams and being a ninja. Listen to the show to find out exactly how he did it, what steps he had to take mentally to embrace that path and how it all unfolded. This one is unique.

Our BSL Insider:

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A former middle school teacher from Los Angeles who quit his job to pursue an absurd dream… To become a ninja. Back in 2009 I was in the midst of a Masters program, working my way up the leadership pipeline and pretty much had it made as far as resume bullet points go. There was one slight problem…

I hated my job and the direction of my life…

So I made a change, a massive change. Over the course of 4 years I quit my job, moved to Japan, and now I train extensively in martial arts. I’m 30 years old and I’m trying to become a ninja. It might sound crazy, absurd, strange… It doesn’t matter!

Izzy has given TED talks overseas, created a platform for people to learn how to follow their dreams, coaches clients, etc. Again, he’s yet another person living totally outside the “Matrix” and is experiencing firsthand what its like to be fully alive. He’s being inspiration. He is a living, breathing, walking testament to what’s possible for you if you take responsibility and choose it.

In This Episode, You Will Learn:

The critical first step you have to take to follow your dream for real
Izzy’s “Following Your Dream” mindset
How to utilize the power of willingness
What choosing allows you to do in terms of making your
The difference between the cause and effects
Specific pointers & finer distinctions on changing your story
How to become the Master Creator for everything in your life
The correlation between gratitude & having success
What the frame for supercharging your Story is
Secret benefit of practicing gratitude that carries over in every area of life
How to make a massive impact on a bigger scale
Why social responsibility in business is what really creates for more abundance
The critical life skills you have to have that you didn’t learn in school
Izzy’s “100% Today” Principle to true personal growth
Psychological learning principles from ninja training
How Izzy identifies the exact feedback you need for moving forward from failures
Plus more…

Where You Can Find Izzy:

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He’s resting in his dojo from probably ninja-training 100 hours this week already. Check him out at his 30 Year Old Ninja blog. If you want the cutting-edge on having sharp dream-creating skills, we recommend signing up for his list. Later this year, he will be releasing a course and ebook, so stay tuned for updates.

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What are the dreams waiting for you? Those dreams that, like Izzy, you just have to get up and decide to do no matter what because it matters that much to you. Leave a comment below as well as any questions you may have for this BSL-certified ninja!

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Handling Stress, Anxiety & Trauma With Dr. Edna Foa – BSL Insider Podcast

BSL Insider Exclusive: Dr. Edna Foa, TIME Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People in the World for 2010, joins us on the show today.

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Trauma. It’s a big word. Stress? Anxiety? No less. Somehow though, these things have become themes of our daily lives and of the world we live in.

Life is fast. The speed of the endless stream of information coming at you? Overwhelming. People everywhere, like you and me, have the same challenges to deal with. Keeping up with the constantly evolving challenges, placed daily before us, through any of the normal routines we are likely to experience can trigger something. By just going to the grocery store. By driving in traffic. By talking to someone we find interesting. That’s why it’s so important we have people like Dr. Edna Foa doing the work she does. She helps people who have anxiety, stress, or trauma deal with them in a way that helps resolve it effectively, especially when it’s concerning something horrific that you may have experienced in your past. No, not on the level that daily life brings to us. But on a much, much bigger scale. She knows how to help people who’ve been raped and who’ve gone on to wars overseas, witnessing unforgettable atrocities.

Today makes for an interesting discussion for everyone however. What better person to help us deal with our own daily battles in living in such a hectic world? And since you’re here, you know we’re not interested in just surviving in today’s times. It’s about thriving. Listen in below to hear the special tips and strategies that she offers us in doing so…

Our BSL Insider:

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Dr. Edna Foa was listed as one of Time’s top 100 influential people for developing Prolonged Exposure (PE) Therapy, a highly effective treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder (or PTSD). Exposure therapy is a behavioral treatment where the goal is to help reduce a person’s fear and anxiety, with the ultimate goal of eliminating avoidance behavior and increasing quality of life. This is done by actively confronting (and not avoiding) the things that a person fears. By confronting feared situations, thoughts, and emotions, a person can learn that anxiety and fear will lessen on its own. Prolonged exposure has been found to be successful in reducing PTSD symptoms for people exposed to a number of different traumatic events such as rape, and it is now being used for returning military veterans.

Dr. Foa is a Professor of Clinical Psychology and Psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania and Director of the Center for the Treatment and Study of Anxiety. She received her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology and Personality from the University of Missouri, Columbia, in 1970. Dr. Foa devoted her academic career to study the psychopathology and treatment of anxiety disorders, including obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and social phobia, and is currently one of the world’s leading experts in these areas. Her research has been funded by private and government institutes. Recently, Dr. Foa has focused on disseminating evidence-based treatment for PTSD to community clinics in the U.S. and around the world. Dr. Foa has published several books and over 350 research articles and book chapters and has lectured extensively around the world. Her work has been recognized with numerous awards and honors.

Needless to say, she’s doing remarkable work. Don’t get it confused though, her ground-breaking work has taken time to develop and refine. She didn’t do it overnight. It’s a lesson for all of us. Dr. Foa has received many awards and accolades, but she continues now with the work involved in disseminating and spreading it. Sometimes, people are slow to adopt new ideas no matter how effective they are. That’s when the time comes that you have to decide to be a leader.

In This Episode, You Will Learn:

Dr. Foa’s revolutionary Prolonged Exposure (PE) Therapy approach
How to effectively process traumatic memories
What the one factor playing a huge role in your psychology is
How to eliminate that factor from holding you back now and letting your past get the best of you
Using the trauma of bad memories & bad experiences to make progress now
The role of the past in your built-in survival mechanisms
Anxiety & stress management techniques
How memories and the meanings you create, create misconceptions for how you live your life
The input power of the information you receive
A tool for developing emotional freedom
Plus more…

“Realistic fears are helpful, its only the unrealistic fears that we are aiming to change.”

“The main reason people fail is they don’t follow the process and do the homework. They don’t completely buy into the process.”

Where You Can Find Dr. Foa:

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She currently serves as a professor of Psychiatry at The University of Pennsylvania. Where you can also find her email address as well as some links to articles that she’s been featured in such as the Time Magazine article.

Join The Conversation

What challenges and stresses have you had trouble resolving? How did they affect you? Let us know in the comments below to help us show your support for Dr. Edna’s work.

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How To Be A Super High Achiever – BSL Insider Podcast

BSL Insider Exclusive: Judd Weiss from “Hustle Bear – The Blog For High Achievers” joins us on the show today.

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You know that feeling you get when someone finally says something worthwhile and honest for once, instead of the same contrived bullshit that you’ve probably already heard elsewhere? It’s refreshing, isn’t it? And just how sweet is it, when you know its coming from someone who has actually achieved the ambitious goals that they set out to accomplish? That’s someone I will listen to all day long. That’s someone who you know you can trust. That person right here, right now is Judd Weiss. And we’ve got you covered in this loaded discussion between Judd and Brent on what it takes to be a super high achiever. It’s the truth. Just scroll down and hit the play button already to listen to the word. Or download this podcast and load it up on your iPhone or other mp3 player immediately.

Our BSL Insider:

I’m 29. I’m a hustler. The last steady salary job I had was scooping ice cream at Coldstones at 17; since then I’ve been winging it and hustling, fortunate to learn how to thrive without a steady salary. I had 9 odd jobs when I started college (sold knives (cutco), sold phone service, computer consulting , math tutoring, sold Rolexes, etc.); became a millionaire by 24 at which point I bought a large modern house in Bel Air; got ranked among the top 10 Commercial Real Estate agents in California and the top 20 Commercial Real Estate agents in the World at Remax Commercial for 2005 and 2006; started my own Commercial Brokerage before witnessing the complete total death of Brokerage; prompting me to start new companies in fields I knew nothing about and had no network of contacts (like Parking) and rapidly bring these companies to success. Every business endeavor I’ve devoted myself to I’ve made a success. Mostly because I’m a maniac.

I have the strong belief that if I can do it, anyone can. In my high school years I was an awkward backwards loner, and probably would have been voted least likely to succeed. I am transformed. If you transform yourself, you won’t believe what you’re capable of.

He says he’s not perfect, but he puts stock in the fact that he will keep growing and always striving to push for the tremendous insights he’s gained til now. That is an attitude any one of us can rally behind and can support our own ability to achieve with. Achieve tremendously with.

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In This Episode, You Will Learn:

The “Secret Code” to high achievers and how to speak that to other people of value
The psychology of how to win the trust of super-successful people and what makes them tick
What are the two factors high-level people value above all else
How to throw exclusive, hot parties with a purpose
What Judd Weiss’ “Red Velvet Rope Policy” is to throwing a successful party
How to be super attractive to the opposite sex
What Judd’s #1 rule to being successful in dating really is (hint: it applies to both men & women)
And much more…

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QUOTED:

“Being generous is one of the most [positively] selfish things you can do, I honestly believe that.”

“They’re begging this guy to just come and give them value, there’s nobody who’s putting up their guard to Santa Claus… Santa Claus has access everywhere and why? Because he’s giving value, and he’s a very valuable guy.”

“If that was reality, people would be clamoring for a guy like that because of the value he gives and fighting to have him in their lives.”

“That’s what happens to the generous people, the people that are contributing a lot to the people around them… they start to become very valuable, very fast.”

“I don’t mind the idea of getting, I just mind the idea of being inconsiderate to others.”

“The more good things that happen to the people in my life, the stronger my social circle is because now I have a more valuable social circle.”

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Next Level Takeaways:

Being the giving, social connector is like being Santa Claus, which makes him rare
Not everyone is choosing to be Santa, or giving like him, which makes you all the more valuable in being that way
Giving makes you grow in your social relevance which has the compound effect in making you even more desirable a person
Learn to have social tact by being valuable through offering value of some kind
Ask: “How can I be very valuable to this person?” or “What can I give or add to them?”
Empowering the opposite sex is to do what truly inspiress them
For Men: Give women the space to be attracted
For Women: Truly take responsibility in the decision making process by approaching guys
Operate from a place of abundance and choice to create a win-win for both men and women in the dating game
Success in dating and relationships is a byproduct of an extraordinary lifestyle (again, another advocate!)
Help your friends look better, it strengthens the environment surrounding you and THEM!

Where You Can Find Judd:

Go to his blog, Hustle Bear – The Blog For High Achievers, he really knows what he’s talking about. 100% BSL-CERTIFIED. Sign up for his list, he’s not trying to sell you on anything either. The advice he puts out there, he does because he can. He’s simply making himself valuable by offering his experiences in life and business that have resulted in high-level achievements for himself, and more importantly, the people around him.

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Question for you: What piece of advice from Judd’s experiences did you find most valuable? And what inspiration did this show spark for you to be a super high achiever in your own right? Leave us a comment below. Or drop one on Facebook. Live. Give. Inspire. Share! Help others learn how to be a super high achiever for whatever ambitions they may have.

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Making Better Choices Pt. 1 – BSL Insider Podcast

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How can you make better choices especially when you’re feeling some hesitation? We dive in today on the show to discover what that process is about. It certainly doesn’t seem black and white at times, now does it?! Here are some factors to consider when making a tough choice, or any choice. Listen to the short segment today for more on the discussion between Brent & Jason about part 1 on making better choices.

Next Level Takeaways:

Choose from thinking for yourself
Make a decision based on your highest self, concerning your highest good
Beware of making your decisions based on outside pressures and influences
Make a choice based on giving and inspiring to create new opportunities
Decisions coming from leadership create new possibilities for everyone
Ask: What decision comes from taking responsibility?

Question for you: How does your decision-making process work? Leave us a comment below. Or drop one on Facebook here. If you know someone who’s indecisive or at a point where they have to make a tough decision in their life, then share this with them and give them a boost in making a better choice for themselves. It always comes back around.

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How To Always Be Growing To The Next Level

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As a rule, we’re taught to avoid feeling vulnerable and uncomfortable at all costs because it’s seen as a weakness and a road to nowhere. But, like most things you’re taught, it’s actually the opposite. Seeking vulnerability and uncomfortableness is where all massive growth happens. Watch this video for more clarification:

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