Joy as a Business Metric with Lindsay Smith

from Productive Joy · host Dr. Christie McMullen

Today on Productive Joy, Dr. Christie welcomes Lindsay Smith, a CEO coach, leadership speaker, and licensed therapist who built and sold two Silicon Valley counseling centers. Lindsay explains that joy doesn’t require life to get easier and shares Jack Canfield’s E+R=O model: events are uncontrollable, but responses shape outcomes. She discusses allowing emotions instead of suppressing them, using somatic tools like locating feelings in the body with color and shape, expanding them until they dissipate, or screaming in the car for some release. Lindsay recounts a 2019 car accident and traumatic brain injury that led her to systemize and delegate operations, focusing on vision and strategy. Episode Highlights:00:00 Welcome and Guest Intro00:57 Joy Is a Choice01:45 E Plus R Equals O04:41 Feeling the Feelings06:31 Body Mapping and Release09:43 Therapy Centers and Accident12:02 CEO Joy and Delegation13:07 Productive Joy Defined15:15 Joy as Business Metric16:38 Big Five Hiring Fit18:46 Find Lindsay and Zestia20:56 Rapid Fire Questions23:51 Final Nugget and Wrap #ProductiveJoy #JoyAtWork #LeadershipCoaching #CEOCoach #ExecutiveCoaching #BusinessSystems #Delegation #Automation #EntrepreneurMindset #FounderLife #WorkplaceCulture #EmployeeRetention #EmotionalIntelligence #SomaticHealing #MentalHealthTools #TherapistInsights #TraumaRecovery #EplusRequalsO #MindsetShift #ProductivityTips #JoyIsTheFuel #EOS #TractionBook #ZestiaApp #BestSelfIgniter

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