LifePilot: Be the CEO of your life with Natalie Sisson

As we kick of into 2018, things are going to change around here. For starters you're going to hear a lot more from me on the podcast with short and sweet episodes as I go on a Quest for Freedom for you! I'm talking behind the scenes, every day experiments in living life with true freedom. In this episode: I reveal my plans for 2018 What you can expect from me on the podcast The new business I'm st...

Could you be attempting to solve the wrong problem when it’s actually really your mindset that’s needing to be transformed? Have you tried to change your habits or worked harder to improve your business and life? And then you get to the point where you ask yourself, "Why is this still not working?". It's technically because you are doing the wrong thing. It's not about the actions that you are doi...

We all do it. We all compare ourselves to others and sabotage ourselves in the process. Your aim in life should be to be the very best version of yourself. So why do we all consistently compare ourselves against others? Why do we look at people who are 3, 5 or even 10 years ahead of us in business and in life and get completely dejected that ‘we’re not there yet’ or that we pale in comparison. Tha...

This is a fantastic time of the year to bringing you Season 5 of the Quest for Freedom Podcast on Mindset Freedom. Why is that? Well it’s typically the time when you’re winding down for the holiday season and also planning ahead to think about 2018 and why it’s going to be different. But it’s not going to be different until you’re prepared to start working on the very thing that can make the most...

We’ve all been there. That sudden desire to do something we’ve always wanted to do creeps up on us and tackles us viciously. Not only does it tell us that we need to make this change right now but it also informs us that we must do it with everything we have. Soon, you find yourself surrounded by mats, bamboo blinds, and fake plants that accumulated while you were trying to follow the voice inside...

You wouldn’t expect yourself to cook in the kitchen without the proper knives, pans, and pots, and you wouldn’t expect to build your body at the gym without the proper equipment either, right? Think about lifestyle freedom in the same way that you think about cooking or building muscle at the gym. While you could achieve your goals without any assistance, tools will help you to achieve your goals...

Think back to the last time you had an outing with a friend or significant other. What did you do prior to actually spending time with them? Did you give them a vague idea of what you'd be doing? Did you tell them that your visit could happen whenever you felt like it? Did you show up to your outing without any expectations of how things would be going? If you're the average person, the answer is...

In the previous episode, we discussed two major emotions that can hold you back from living out your ideal lifestyle. Now that you’re prepared for what is to come, we need to discuss the most important question you will encounter along the journey to lifestyle freedom. What is important to me?! It’s both extremely simple and extremely complicated. We all seem to know some of the things that are im...

To date on the Quest for Freedom Podcast I’ve covered off on Season 1: Personal freedom (mindfulness, meditation and happiness) Season 2: Business freedom (business sabbaticals, Universal Cycles of Change and letting go) Season 3: Learning Mastery (growth mindset and learning hacks) And now we come to Season 4: Lifestyle Freedom (goals and ambition vs lifestyle by design) Why are you living the li...

I am on a mission to help you find more personal freedom in your life every single day. That’s why I write this blog and produce the Quest for Freedom podcast. In order to make my mission a reality, I’ve been working on a bit of research background around what personal freedom really means to you and I. This is really what the true essence of this podcast is and it’s going to become much more abou...

“Changing our beliefs can have a powerful impact. The growth mindset creates a powerful passion for learning. “Why waste time proving over and over how great you are, when you could be getting better?” This is a statement from Carol Dweck, author of the bestselling book Mindset . A leading expert in the field of motivation, her research has demonstrated the role of mindsets in students’ achievemen...

This is Season 3 and it’s all about the freedom to learn new things and all the benefits that come along with that. Because learning is such an important part to your life. Without being curious and without learning you are not going to be expanding, you are not going to growing and life is frankly going to be a little dull. I am a huge learner but there are definitely times in my life when I go t...

I don't know about you, but I'm always curious about the world, and always aware of how much I still have to learn. The day I'm not curious about anything will be a day I personally don't want to see, as I'll either be a know it all and completely deluded or on my deathbed! Yet in an increasingly connected world experiencing information overload and a certain amount of burnout from that, it’s beco...

Hey! It’s Season 3 and it’s all about self learning mastery. How do you decide on what you should be learning and the most effective way to do it? I’ll be talking about hacking the way in which we learn and also going the slightly unconventional route because why should we always be following the traditional education model which hasn’t been that successful. And I’ll be throwing some stats and int...

In my previous episode called You are the answer ’ I talked about the results on my business that my sabbatical had. Namely all the changes I made before taking time off - new website, new brand, new systems - and how they initially negatively affected the business. I think this is partly because it was too much change all at once. Now, fortunately the changes are making a positive impact on my bu...

So I promised to tell you what I think the biggest lesson from my business sabbatical was as well as the result that I got from it. And for me it’s this: it’s time for me to back me. t I think it’s time for us all to back ourselves. And what do I even mean by that? Basically, to me, it’s about serving up your own delicious cocktail, alcoholic or non-alcoholic and being happy with what you are drin...

As I come off my 3 month business sabbatical, I realized that you can have a little sabbatical every single day of your life. Through practicing what I talked about in Season 1, Mindfulness , Meditation, breathing and I am right now studying “The Science of Happiness” through edX which is an awesome online platform of amazing courses from incredible universities around the world. I am actually goi...

Welcome back to Season 2 Episode 3. Today I am going to talk about the power of a sabbatical. What I'm already finding just with two and a half months off my business is that I have finally given myself the space to reflect and to look back on all the accomplishments that I've had so far, that maybe, just maybe, I'd forgotten about. If you are a business owner, you totally know what I am talking a...

Yup I fired myself. That's what I did. April 1st, 2017 I fired myself from my business and went on a business sabbatical. So you may be wondering what prompted me to take a business sabbatical in the first place. Let me take you back to September 2016. I was in Australia speaking at Problogger and staying in this amazing suite Darren Rowse and the team organized for me as a paid speaker. The view...

Welcome to Season 2 of Natalie Sisson's Quest for Freedom! I'm delighted to be back and I know you've been missing me...at least 2 people have asked me "Natalie when is your next podcast episode coming out". So thank you to the two of you, I appreciate it. Obviously to talk about a business sabbatical and how you can truly have a profitable business that can technically run without you, you need t...

There comes a time when you say, "Right. Out!" And that's what happened. I think we all have too much stuff these days." Those were wise words from my Mum, who I decided to bring on for Season 1 Episode 8 of Quest for Freedom. This topic and this podcast today is all about ... The art of minimalism and freeing yourself from stuff. If there's one person who knows how to do that, it's this girl. I t...

I've only been in Bali five days and I already feel blissed out. I've had four massages, two meditation sessions, one surf lesson, two yoga lessons and a 4.5 hour pampering session! And I TOTALLY needed this, because the last month or two has been pretty cray-cray. As you may remember in my previous episode called Changing Plans, there's been quite a few plans that have been changed, including now...

Let's dive into hacking happiness shall we....here's a snippet from me early in the morning when I grabbed my phone and recorded this: So it’s like 4:22 am on a Monday morning in Wellington, New Zealand and I am wide awake, unfortunately, because my mind is going all over the place. And it’s odd because I’ve had thoughts popping in from every single angle and I think this is pretty typical for wha...

So the Quest for Freedom goes on. I know in this episode I was going to talk about some of the life changing moments that I experienced at New Frontiers and Enspiral Summerfest but given that this episode's name is called "Changing Plans", I've changed my plan for this week! And the reason for that is pretty simple. I've been tossing up between two completely different paths that I can take and as...

For the longest time I’ve been obsessed with freedom. Freedom is my main mission in life, or has been for the greater part of the 7 years. But recently, I have been realizing that my hunt for understanding, defining and having freedom may be completely off track. And that is a huge revelation to have when you have named your new podcast Quest for Freedom, and you think you have all the freedom in...