Beat Burnout: The Real Secrets of High Performance Living

High performance living isn't just about achieving goals. It's about thriving through life's toughest challenges. Joining me to share his formula for beating burnout is Christian Ray Flores, an entrepreneur, international recording artist, philanthropist, and high-performance coach who has lived an extraordinary life spanning multiple continents and cultures. Show Notes | Transcript "Everybody knows, okay, problems never go away. I don't care how healthy you are, how pretty you are, how rich you are, you will always have problems. It's just part of the human experience... if you're not going to escape it, at least beat it." - Christian Ray Flores Christian shares his journey from child refugee to pop star and philanthropist, revealing how these experiences shaped his understanding of resilience and antifragility. We explore the concept of post-traumatic growth and how it can be applied to both personal and professional life. In this episode, you'll discover: How to cultivate antifragility and grow stronger through life's challenges The power of curiosity in developing resilience and adaptability Why incorporating deep learning into daily life is crucial for entrepreneurial success How to leverage different cultural perspectives to strengthen your life and business Key insights include: The importance of balancing consistency with exploration in your daily routine Why rest and recovery are essential components of high performance How faith and spirituality can provide a framework for personal growth The value of aiming higher in life and business, despite the challenges Christian also shares his practical 80/20 formula for incorporating new learning and growth into your daily life, explaining how this approach can lead to transformational results in just 30 days. Whether you're an entrepreneur looking to build resilience in your business or simply seeking ways to thrive in an ever-changing world, this conversation offers valuable insights and actionable strategies. Tune in to discover how you can develop unshakable grit and turn life's challenges into opportunities for growth! Resources: Join the Soulful Women's Network here Receive daily inspirational email messages: bit.ly/LoveLightNotes Need support? Go to engagewithgloria.com to schedule a call. Connect with Christian Free Newsletter: christianrayflores.com Exponential Scorecard Assessment: xponential.life Connect with Live Love Engage: Send Gloria Grace a message ☕ Support the podcast ❤ Love this episode? Leave us a review and rating LinkedIn: Gloria Grace Rand Facebook: Gloria Grace Rand YouTube: Gloria Grace Rand TRANSCRIPT Namaste. Life always has a way of throwing us curveballs. Have you noticed that? Well, what if you could not only bounce back, but actually grow stronger through these challenges? Well, today's guest is going to explain how we can build unshakable grit and antifragility in our life and businesses, even when the world seems to be changing faster than we can keep up. But before I get to him, so. So you have a hint already. It's, it's, it's a gentleman. I want to welcome you to Live Love Engage, especially if this is your first time joining us. I am Gloria Grace, founder of align to Shine Academy. And I, I love empowering women over 50 to step into their highest potential with clarity and confidence. And in just a moment, I am going to bring on Christian Ray Flores. And I, I'm trusting that is how you pronounce his last name. I just realized I didn't ask him, but I'm, I'm guessing, I'm pretty sure it is, but. He is an entrepreneur, international recording artist, philanthropist, and high performance coach who empowers business and non profit leaders to reach and stay at the top of their game. And this gentleman has led an extraordinary life, going from a child refugee in Chile to entertaining millions as a pop star in Europe and leading philanthropic projects around the world. And that's just for starters. I mean, I could go on and on, but I can't wait to have you meet him. So I am going to, without further ado, bring him onto our stage and welcome you, Christian, to Engage. Hello. Thank you, Grace. Thanks for having me. Oh, well, I am, yeah, I'm just, you know, when, and I don't know even remember how we connected, probably your PR person or something, but it was like, you know, when I'm reading up on you, I'm going, oh my gosh, you've had this incredible, incredible life. So we're talking today about, you know, really about like resilience and, and you know, and having that fortitude to be able to not only bounce back but also grow. So what, you know, throughout all of your journey that you've had, what were some of the maybe key moments that taught you the most about resilience that, you know, those watching and listening today can apply in their own lives. Thanks for asking. I, I've had a very sort of early uncertainty as a child. You know, like when you're a refugee at age 5, you know, you're definitely in a very select group of people and, and then that kept sort of growing and changing. I basically Ended up moving to four countries by age seven. And, you know, but before I was 21, I had experienced a mil. A military coup in Chile, Latin America, a civil war in Africa, which was in Mozambique, where I lived and grew up from between 7 and 14 and the collapse of the Soviet Union, in Moscow, in Eastern Europe. So I mean, who does that, right? Who, who, who has that kind of experience on three different continents before you're even 20? So that's, that was sort of just a slice of, of that. And then of course, throw in some poverty, economic instability, even family drama, my parents got divorced. And so you have yourself a nice cocktail of challenges. Right. And I don't think there's like these sort of aha moments that are like, from one moment to another, you become enlightened. It's really more of a process, I think, and I think that's actually true of most people. It's really more of an evolution, a process that has almost like these quantum leaps every once in a while. And I think for me, that was. That was sort of the. Between 0 and 21, 25, I was sort of exposed to enough stress and enough sort of stressors, so to say that either I become sort of this perpetual victim or I develop some anti fragility so that I can not only, not only survive, but thrive in life. Now you mentioned anti fragility right there. And I had mentioned that in the bio, and I haven't actually come across that particular word before, so I wonder if you could define that a little bit. Just, you know, maybe it's just, just my, my ignorance, but I'd love to know what you mean by that and how can we really cultivate that? Yeah, but, you know, we talk about fortitude quite a bit or resilience quite a bit. That's sort of the, the main thing. Right. Antifragility was actually coined as a term by this guy, Nassim Taleb, who is a brilliant guy, He's a financier and entrepreneur, that kind of thing. There's actually a term in psychology that mirrors that, I think fairly closely. And the psychology term is post traumatic growth. And it's basically, you know, everybody knows ptsd. Very few people know that there's sort of this other side of trauma called post traumatic growth. And it's really fascinating because most of our sort of psychology, the discipline of psychology, focused very heavily on PTSD and on trauma. And then with maybe the last 20 years or so. So it's very recent, relatively speaking, the positive psychology movement, unearthed this other thing, right? This other capability that we have, which is post traumatic growth, but it's basically the ability to not only withstand obstacles and problems and stressors, either internal or external, but actually grow not in spite of them, but because of them. And to me that's one of the most amazing things that to, to dig into and to develop as a skill set, a human being. Because everybody knows, okay, problems never go away. I don't care how healthy you are, how pretty you are, how rich you are, you will always have problems. It's just that it's just part of the human experience. So if that's part of the human experience and you can't escape it, developing the ability to process obstacles and trauma and stressors seems to be like, okay, well you, if you're not going to beat it, if you're not going to escape it, at least beat it. Right? So that's basically the, the essence of it. Yeah. And I have heard of the term post traumatic growth before and, and I feel like that's definitely something that I've experienced in my own life because I, I mean certainly not same kind of childhood as yours, but I have, you know, I think everybody has their own, Everybody does stuff. Yeah, of course, of course, course that, that goes. But it is that you know, ability to, to then learn from it. Have you, have you found maybe in, in working with, with clients yourself? Is there, how should I phrase this? Is there a particular quality maybe that you see in someone that, where they, maybe they, they aren't growing yet, but they do have that potential to grow. So. Because I think, I mean, I think that quality is curiosity. That's the, that's the quality. It's the curiosity. That's all it is. Right. Like if you are at the very least open that your, you can interpret and navigate life different, differently from where what you have in the past. That's the quality. It's curiosity. Okay. You know, it's. Everything seems unsurmountable or hard to imagine for yourself when you're on this side of, of the question of, of the quest. Right. So yeah, be curious, ask questions, get guidance, read books, get coaching. Everybody can learn it. Everybody should learn it. As a matter of fact, I would say, yeah. Because it. Otherwise you're just stuck in that cycle of being wallowing in, in it and not getting anywhere. Yeah,...