AlignedLife with Justin Castelli

There is a fine line between "acting as if" you are something you are not quite yet and "embodying" the person you desire to be. One is external and materialistic and the other is internal and emotional. Tune in to hear which is which.

On a recent trip to New York City I lucked into hopping into Salah's cab at LaGuardia Airport and was treated to an inspiring conversation with him about his decision to leave Algeria at the age of 24 to go to NYC where he had a friend that was living there. His perspective on the opportunities in front of him in the US and his optimism about how he would continue to improve his life was inspiring...

In this "inbetween" episode, I share a little about my trip to NYC and dive into a quote about the law of atttraction and how oure mind is a magnet for our thoughts.

Before Austin Keen was a world champion skim boarder he could be found working odd jobs to afford him the lifestyle to pursue his passion for skim boarding, surfing, skateboarding, and other action sports. In this episode of On Our PRST, hear how Austin navigated his way from Savannah, Georgia to California in pursuit of turning his love of action sports into his career.  In addition to be a world...

"If you are at the helm of your mind, then someone or something else is." Your mind, your thoughts, and you emotions are important directors of your PRST and if you aren't controlling them, then someone or something else is and ultimately they are controlling your journey.

Each month I spend the morning of the third Thursday with Derick Grant. We've been doing this for well over a year now and we've always talked about recording our conversation with no plan for the content. August was the first time we hit record and there were tons of valuable nuggets in film. Many of these short clips have been circulating around social media and today's episode of The PRST is a...

Picking up where we left off in yesterday's Souful Sunday on our Alex WealthVoice Skill, we discuss an important concept...you, and only you, control your happiness.

I just got back from a few days in California for a professional conference and I spent a good amount of my time talking with other financial advisors about how we're working with out clients. I was excited to hear more advisors discuss the implementation or the move toward life planning. As someone on their Pursuit and creating life on your terms, life planning is going to be an important part of...

Continuing the conversation of the value of a perosnal brand, especially for a creator, I first share a little more behind the decision to put The Daily PRST on hiatus and how valuable recording a daily podcsat was in finding the voice of PRST. We'll also discuss some low hanging fruit to getting started with a content strategy as you begin to express yourself and share with the world.

The bulk of the 112 episodes on the PRST podcast channel have been epsiode of The Daily PRST. It's time to pull back on the number of episodes, increase the quality of content being created, and begin to tell the PRST story in other ways. The Daily PRST isn't gone forever but I'm not sure when it will return...Mondays will still kick off with Monday Motivation and Fridays will still have The PRST...

It's been a while since I've had a non-planned PRST, so today's epsiode if more a collection of thoughts rather than a specific topic.

A couple of quotes from Dr. Joe Dispenza's Breaking The Habit Of Being Yourself serve as the subject for today's episode. Learn why, from a quantum physics perspective, your thoughts are so important in achieving the life you desire and how thoughts alone aren't enough, your emotions must be in line or on the same frequency as your thoughts.

Over the weekend I came up with an updated double meaning for PRST... Purpose Reveals Self in Time through our Passions Relationships Soul and Thoughts.

Walt Whitman wrote, "Not I, nor anyone else can travel that road for you. You must travel it by yourself. It is not far. It is within reach. Perhaps you have been on it since you were born, and did not know. Perhaps it is everywhere - on water and land."

We continue Tuesday's conversation on how your personal brand can help accelerate you Pursuit and financial plan.

Before you cringe, hear me out. You already have a personal brand--it's simply your reputation. As a creator, artist, musician, entrepreneur, or athlete being intentional about building your personal brand will create leverage within your personal financial plan and will be an important part of your Pursuit.

A few thoughts from a weekend in the gym watching 24 of the area's best high school basketball players continue their pursuit of the love of the game.

Do you know why your goals are you goals? Are they the right goals for your Pursuit? Are your goals for YOU or someone else?    

I've been on an evolution as financial advisor over the last 17 1/2 years and have ultmately arrived at the realization that financial planning will eventually evolve into a practice that helps clients fit their finances to thei life...not the other way around, which is where the profession is for the most part. Once you find your passion, your calling, etc. it's time to take an honest look at you...

Continuing with some financial concepts for your Pursuit, today's episode covers some of the types of accounts you can have your dollars in and how to begin to think about where to allocate money and how to make sure you have access to capital when/if needed. This not financial advice but an introduction to concepts for you to begin researching or asking your financial advisor about.

It's time to incorporate some finance to your Pursuit to eliminate the obstacle of money as the reason for not pursuing your passion and life you want.  In this episode, we start with some of the basics before moving on to more creative ways of viewing your financial plan...no creativity without the foundation firmly in tact.

It's the 100th episode on the PRST Podcast channel and we're going a different direction with today's Monday Motivation.  The motivation comes via a challenge to gain more control over your thoughts and words to align yourself with the Universe to bring more of what you want into your life.  We look at the story of Jim Carrey getting his first big check via the book Quantum Warrior by John Kehoe t...

We've discussed how we were created to create before on the podcast. In today's episode I share how I've grown to learn that our inner creator is actually our guide on our Pursuit. 

Peter Attia introduced a concept he borrowed from Annie Duke called backcasting on the Rich Roll Podcast. This concept starts by looking at the future things we want to be able to do, his are health focused, and working backwards to make sure we are able to do those things. For some reason, reverse engineering like this clicks with me and immediately changed my perspecitve on my health lifestyle a...

The R in PRST stands for relationships but it's not only about the relationships that serve you it's about the relationships where you are serving others. Don't forget to make time to help others when they seek your advice and guidance.