The Crazy Ones Podcast

The reason most people have not created a life they love is because they’ve lost touch with what matters most to them. Do this simple exercise to reawaken and reconnect with your authentic self to help prioritize your life.

Millions of people around the world want change in their lives, myself included. But there is one thing that has most of us floundering trying to achieve those changes - our focus. Learn how to start shifting your focus to what you really want out of life.

Coming back excited with a fresh new vision for life, I briefly discuss the metamorphic change I went through to bring me to 2024 with even more excitement.

Manifesting a life you love really is possible and easier than you might think. There are 3 essential keys required which I cover in this episode.

We encounter stressors daily, that if we didn’t clear that energy, they would affect our lives in less desirable ways. But we also have the ability to shift our energy and manipulate it in our favor. We have more control over our lives than we think.

Just a few tips I’ve learned about the importance of intentions and how to get better at setting them for what i really want in life

Have you ever tried to pursue a goal or dream only to find internal resistance popping up and stopping you in your tracks? What if the resistance was a clue of a hidden or deeper wound you were previously unaware of? What if tending to that wound was the key to your freedom and the life you desire?

Just my top lessons learned in 2022 along my entrepreneurial journey…

Just as Facebook algorithms track and feed you more of what interests you, so the Universe is tracking and feeding you more of what lights you up.

Most of us have been conditioned to avoid pain at all costs. Sometimes that means never trying something new or never going for your dreams for fear of failure or rejection. The best approach to moving past the fear is to face it head on with acceptance. In this episode, I share why…

Sometimes building a business or dream of your own can feel like a pregnancy. The seed of the idea gets fertilized, goes through a gestation process where radical changes are taking place, then it’s time for that baby to be birthed. Just like in a pregnancy, there are some things you have control over, but majority of the transformation is happening with minimal action on your part until that baby is birthed.

The word “Failure” carries such negative energy for most people, especially if you were raised by parents with high or demanding expectations for you. Learning to embrace failure as part of the growth process has been one of the most liberating things I’ve ever done for myself. If you can learn to embrace failure as part of learning, you will start to shift your energy from fear to possibilities.

If you’ve seen the movie, The Matrix, then you probably remember the moment when Nero’s world was turned upside down or, more accurately, right side up. It began with a choice. He had to choose to find the truth about his life or continue living in status quo. Every day we can choose between the red pill or the blue pill. It’s always our choice. But as crazy backwards as it feels to choose the red pill, that’s where the truth about the real you is found. And the real you is pretty spectacular, worth diving in deeper for….

To try to build a business or dream from a place of desperation or scarcity is counterintuitive. You always want to build what you desire from a higher vibrational state.

A happy life is made up of thousands of happy moments. You can have a happy life day by day by day. You don’t need a special day to celebrate yourself. You can celebrate you any day, any time, starting today.

Every step in building a new business or dream is bound to be met by fears. Anytime you step into expanding your growth, you are stepping outside your comfort zone and into new uncharted territory, so fear is a natural response from your body. What trips most entrepreneurs up is they stop at the fear and resistance as a sign to not move forward. The best solution is to love and accept all aspects of your business-building, especially the fearful ones.

There are two versions within each and everyone of us. We’re either coming from a place of ego or we’re living from our higher selves. While ego is the condition most people are operating from, it’s limited and it hampers our success and slows down the speed our success manifests.

For many years, we’ve been conditioned to believe that sales, marketing, and lead generation strategies and tactics were what determined the success of a business. That may have been true a decade or two ago, but now as our world is being shaken to the core through pandemics and economic struggles, and wars, and supply-chain issues, and we’re realizing how little control we’ve really had, things are going to have to shift. All those strategies are based on scarcity mindset. But there’s a new more expansive consciousness seeking to emerge in all this. Now is the time to consider reevaluating your business from a more expansive consciousness.

With old antiquated systems falling apart, newer systems are rising up to keep up with our ever-evolving. Systems that refuse to change will be left in the dust because it’s simply not sustainable anymore. Are you open to changing and evolving yourself or are you committed to your old familiar patterns and systems?

Many entrepreneurs, myself included, start building a business and expect instant results. They’re not considering the training and development and preparation it takes to be a business owner. Much like a marathon runner needs training just to build the stamina to push the body that hard, so there is a mental stamina that you build if you build a business or dream of your own if you don’t give up. The true rewards are immeasurable.

It takes a different level of persistence and resilience to be an entrepreneur. Where would our world be without the Wright brothers or Steve Jobs, or Elon Musk, people who held fast to their dreams despite the obstacles and kept going and innovating? You have to be willing try and fail and be okay with failing, understanding that failure is just an opportunity for learning, and learning means growing.

The title of this episode is actually a quote from one of my coaches, Mary Morrissey. I don’t I fully understood it until now, as I am experiencing a different shift in pursuit of my dreams and watching them unfold with increasing intensity.

In a world full of uncertainty and constant evolution, the old systems of money are outdated and becoming obsolete. If you remain attached to these old systems, you could find yourself struggling in the years to come. Fortunately, as our times evolve, we as individuals can adapt and evolve as well, no matter what curve balls get thrown our way. When the world seems to be falling apart, it’s really just old systems dying so new systems can be born, and that opens us up for growth and expansion.

Law of attraction is always at work. Sometimes, though, there’s a lot of interference in the messages we give out, a lot of mixed vibrations because of the confusion in our own hearts. But when we can sit down and be still enough to listen to our hearts then the magic happens. We get clearer on our dreams, and law of attraction gets a clearer signal from us, and aligns things to work in our favor.

Starting anything new can lead to feelings of overwhelm, especially if we have expectations of how things are supposed to work out and then we are hit obstacles. But there are simple ways you can move forward and still reach your goals.

In every seed there is great potential to become a truly great plant or tree. With the right ingredients, that plant or tree then has the potential to bless the world with their fruit (or their beauty, if it’s a flower plant). Within each of us are infinite possibilities for creating that are waiting to be expressed… They all start out as small seeds for new expressions of gifts we can contribute to the world, and just as a garden needs regular tending to in order to keep it thriving, so do our dreams.

In each and every one of us there are at least two versions of you wanting to find success in life both of which are somewhat at odds against each other — the ego vs your higher self. We live in a world that is highly driven by ego that we’ve suppressed the voices of our higher selves, but it’s our egos that keep us stuck, unable to break past our success ceilings. But when we tune into our higher selves and allow it to guide us, our energy shifts and we come to a place where we feel alive regardless of our circumstances and we begin to see infinite possibilities all around us

When stepping outside of our comfort zones, it’s natural for fear to be triggered. The problem comes when we resist our fears because we think we shouldn’t be fearful. Unfortunately, “what you resist persists.” We avoid or ignore our fears or suppress them, but they remain there sabotaging our efforts for change until we address them. Better to embrace them and give it a voice, because only then does it lose its power over us.

“Rather than looking for problems in the opportunity, what if you looked for the opportunity in the problems?” - Kyle Cease In my journey of entrepreneurship, I’ve been using my fears as reasons for why I am stuck. But what if we turned it around and owned our fears and saw them moments of opportunity for growth and expansion?

Most of us habitually go through life on autopilot. In this episode, I describe my experiment of just living one day as mindful as I could be. What if we all made an effort to live more mindfully? How would that shift our perceptions of life and of ourselves?

Looking back on the hardships and lessons learned from the past history, I’m processing how our collective thinking plays into all the struggles we’re experiencing today, all the different ways we’ve been conditioned to react in fear and how we continue to perpetuate fear rather than stand in our power. What if all we’ve been struggling with through time was to bring us to shifting to a new way of being in this world?

What if each of us listened more to our hearts from the creative imagination of children, without the limitations of having to do everything perfectly, like color inside the line or having everything “just so” before you were willing to share it? What if life was more like a playground where anything and everything goes? How much more of your dreams and passions do you think you would get done if you took away those self-imposed limitations? How much closer to the life you desire would you be?

We live in a messy world with messed up people, and when we can realize that, own that, and love and accept it all, then we truly can live a full life. Here’s one way I did just that.

Most people, myself included, have been conditioned to believe success looks a certain way. We’ve been conditioned to believe we have to be a certain way, act a certain way, have certain things, do certain things to be successful. The problem is the conditioning we received is outdated. Our world is evolving exponentially and it is hard to keep up with all the changes and all the moving parts on our own, unless you are tapped into the internal resources that is tapped into infinite divine. Rather than getting swept away by the craziness all around, I’ve decided to spend more energy on looking within. It’s made more of a profound difference than I ever expected it would.

I took a 3-4 month break from podcasting and went on a crazy journey into the world of internet marketing, and discovered instead a whole “new” world in myself. Here’s my comeback episode. It seemed fitting to start with a fresh new “season” After taking a break from podcasting, I believe I came back with clearer image as to who I’m called to be. I share a few things I’ve learned on my break, stuff about how we as humans get in our own way, and excited to find a way to let all that go…. This episode is the beginning of a new chapter…. It’s gonna be a crazy ride! “And I Love That…”

Unfortunately, there’s no teleportation device to take you to your dreams instantaneously. But there are ways to get to your dreams faster. Even the tortoise won against the hare with small consistent steps. Building your dream is not a sprint, it’s a marathon. But it does start with a step.

Successful people have figured out that success loves speed, and the faster you take action, the more opportunities seem to come your way to reward you… Ideally, you want to take fast intuitive action without having the details of how you’re going to get there. Just trust that you will get there and see what happens…

Most people don’t get their dreams off the ground because they never generated enough momentum to keep the fire going. In order to move forward in your dreams, you need to start taking action, from a crawl, to a wobble, to a walk, to a run, and eventually you’ve built enough momentum to sprint your way to success. It all starts with those first baby steps.

Those moments of serendipity, where things work out because you followed an inkling in your heart, you were guided by intuition, like breadcrumbs to what you want. Look for those moments and follow where they lead with quicker action and you will get to your dream so much faster.

Just like your mobile device needs time to power up and recharge, so you need downtime and stillness to recharge. Otherwise, all your efforts will eventually become ineffective at best, or non-existent at worse.

When you are building a dream or business, there’s a bit of a learning curve initially. Building something like an online business has so many nuances and moving parts that it can feel overwhelming at times and you could get stuck in analysis paralysis. The best way to move past that is to allow more grace to be imperfect, to make mistakes along the way as you are learning new things and just to take imperfect action as quickly as you can before your logical mind talks you out of it.

What if the dream and calling on your life was meant to empower others? What if they’re waiting for a solution only you can provide? Would knowing that stir you up to move forward on your vision? At some point we need to graduate from having our own issues to being part of the solution to the problem.

From your big “Why” to the smallest “why” build your dream intentionally, not passively and haphazardly. Your results will come much faster when you are clear on why you are choosing each step

Most of us are resistant to change. Unfortunately, change is happening all around us all the time. If we don’t keep up with that change we will find ourselves stuck in a very uncomfortable place. But we humans are highly adaptable, and if there’s a change we want to embrace, it’s most effective when we can do it incrementally.

Many people never see their dreams fully realized because they neglect to create new habits to support their dreams. A big part of them is uncomfortable with change. If you have a dream you want to bring about, be willing to embrace the change required to support that dream.

Building a Dream, following your heart and passions can feel very lonely at times. That’s probably what holds many people back from their dreams. Without the right support, they wonder if it’s worth the struggle. We were never meant to live our journeys alone. The truth is, there will always be struggles, but if you surround yourself with the right kind of support, the right kind of support can help you navigate and course correct along the way, and you will get to your dream faster

It may not seem like much that we have the ability of choice, but the choices we make day to day, moment by moment, determine our experiences in life, for better or worse. The power is yours.

Words have power. Questions have power. The words we speak and the types of questions we ask can make a difference in the quality of life we live and our capacity to reach our dreams

When the world feels like it’s spinning out of control, it’s important to find stillness in the midst of it all so you don’t get caught up in it all. It’s in the stillness that you find the greatest clarity and confidence to navigate this life much more effectively.

The Universe gives us lots of opportunities to bring us closer to the life we really want, but if we’re not tuned in to recognize it, let alone receive it, then the universe will stop giving us those opportunities because it thinks we no longer want that dream. We have to be openly receptive to those opportunities before the moment passes. The more you receive from the universe, the more it gives and with increasing frequency.