Success 2.0

Do you go to bed before everyone else, or are you person that stays up late? Maybe you stay up late, just to wake up early. You could probably guess that the large portion of Americans at any given moment could use some sleep. Like a several hours more... According to practically every study on sleep behavior, you are absolutely right! Americans continue to hinder their potential, thinking they ju...

CJ (@cjmccoach) is back to share some truth and prep us for true success on The Success 2.0 Podcast. If you want us to answer your question, register your feedback, or tell your story on one of our upcoming weekly episodes, drop us a line at podcast@cjcmcclanahan.com . Now, let's dive in! "We're having our self-esteem built, molded, tweaked by what we see on social media..." - CJ McClanahan   On T...

Lara MacGregor (@HopeScarvesInc ) is a metastatic breast cancer patient and the founder of Hope Scarves , an international non-profit organization based in Louisville, Kentucky which collects scarves from women who have faced breast cancer to give to women undergoing cancer treatment. Since 2014, Hope Scarves has sent over 10,000 scarves to women in 16 countries. "Facing a cancer diagnosis throws...

CJ ( @CoachCJ ) shares a deep look at what it takes for true entrepreneurs to make the jump from doing something that they hate, to pursuing their passions in their careers.   What We Discuss in This Episode: How CJ became an executive coach The obsession with finding your passion What to do if you want to own a business The Pros and Cons to owning a business The difference between being a sales-f...

Dr. Stephen Post ( @StephenGPost ) shares a glimpse into how he came to co-found New York-based The Institute for Research on Unlimited Love . We'll discuss why love is something people all over the globe treasure and desire. "When the security and well-being of another is as real and meaningful to you as your own- you love that person "  - Dr. Stephen Post What We Discuss in This Deep Dive: Contr...

When you look back to when you were 25, could you have guessed you'd be making as much money, or be as wealthy, as you are today?   Back then, you'd probably have thought someone making as much as you is rich!… But are you? Do you feel rich?   If you stopped working today, would you be able to retire and do anything you want? No? Why is that? Why are high-earners still no happier than when they we...

Matt Bays is a singer, songwriter, philanthropist, blogger, life coach and the author of Finding God In The Ruins: How God Redeems Pain. Struggling with addiction in his twenties, and trauma from sexual, physical and emotional abuse as a child, Matt found himself in questioning his most basic understanding of his place in the world and his existence. At 23, Matt, seeking meaning, found himself in...

What's 1 thing you'd like to to improve in your personal or professional life? Chances are you've always wanted to improve your work-life balance. If the first image that popped into your mind was of struggling to hold two objects opposite at level, chances are the condition of your workload is overpowering your life. Studies have shown that the inability to disengage from work is our number one s...

On this episode of Success 2.0, we're taking a deeper look at how us overachievers can focus more on what's important to us by applying the Pareto Principle, aka 'The 80/20 Rule'. For those who aren't familiar, the 80/20 Rule is an observation, originally coined in the 19th century by an Italian engineer by the name of Vilfredo Pareto . Where the 80/20 Rule was originally observed through lens of...

It was the fall of 2006, and I'd just completed a handful of books about Goal Setting. Of course, I knew how important this was already... yeah, I'd done it in my professional career. I'd certainly had done it, in the starting of my franchise, a business coaching franchise I had bought many years ago. But at this time, it had settled into me the importance in a way that it had never done before. I...

Greg Baumer and his buddy were in a class in the Harvard Business School and had to write a a final paper about the relationship between God and money. After after hundreds of hours of research, they would go on to publish their findings in a book that became a #1 New Seller on Amazon called God and Money: How We Discovered True Riches At The Harvard Business School. Since then, Greg has become a...

I am an unashamed old guy, and at times I feel completely out of touch with today's young adults.  I know from hundreds of conversations with professionals that I'm not alone. Today's younger generation is different - but that doesn't mean that they aren't as capable and driven as any other group. We just need to figure out how to more effectively understand where they are coming from and how best...

Ever since I got married, Thanksgiving has become my favorite holiday. We pile the kids in the minivan and head to visit my in-laws.  This year, we considered going to FL for about 10 seconds. For some reason, there's no place I'd rather be than with my family in Decatur, IL.  That's right, I said Decatur, IL.  Running down a list of your blessings almost always starts with family and I couldn't b...

"To know and not to do, is really not to know".  - Stephen Covey For many years, I've talked about redefining success and focusing on what's really important.  But, I've noticed that all my talking hasn't resulted in as much change with my clients and audience as I would like.  As a result, in 2018, I will be focusing my message on pushing people outside of their comfort zones so that you can actu...

I love to win. In fact, it's quite possible that I take winning a little too seriously.  I enjoy my teams taking the top spot, my business outdoing the competition and my political preferences being elected.  It's OK to strive to win or be the best - to a point.  We run into a problem when our desire to win becomes and obsession.  It's one thing to strive to be the best - it's another when we beli...

There's a chance that I may have been, once or twice, that guy at a youth sporting event who gets overly worked up and yells at the refs, players and worse – the other parents. Unfortunately, I'm not the only one. The truth is that youth sports in the US has exploded into a multi-billion-dollar business that is taking over the lives of millions of kids across the country. Today's guest, John O'Sul...

The good news is that there's a podcast, blog, video, webinar, etc. that will provide an answer to almost any question that we could ever imagine. The bad news is that there's a podcast, blog, video, webinar, etc. that will provide an answer to almost any question that we could ever imagine. We are drowning in information. Today's guest, Erin Falconer , talks about how to cut through all the clutt...

"It's better to keep your mouth shut and let people think that you are an idiot, than open it and remove all doubt. - Shelly McClanahan On Monday September 25 in the late afternoon, my mom, Shelly McClanahan, passed away peacefully. She was 68 years young. She was different to say the very least. There will never be anyone quite like her.   Today's podcast is a tribute to a woman whose subtle, qui...

" Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply. " - Dr. Steven Covey   Are disagreements healthy? Sure they are! Disagreements breed innovation, ideas, and efficiency. They make us face new concepts and consider solutions to problems from unique angles. But what happens when our disagreements turn sour? What happens when they become about the reply...

This week I'm honored to introduce my friend and amazing book coach, Jennie Nash.   Jennie's work shouts overachiever. She's written for dozens of national magazines including The New York Times, authored eight books and founded AuthorAccelerator- a company with 22 book coaches dedicated to working with authors and shepherding them through the process of writing and publishing. Through coaching, h...

The old trend, from the 1940s to early 2000s, was that you picked a career and stuck to it. Many folks would stay with the same company for sometimes two or three decades before finally retiring.  In our culture today, we've thrown this old notion out the window. More and more, we're starting to see tenures, especially amongst millennials, is becoming increasingly short. Which begs the question......

"If they [employees] can't see themselves in the picture, then they can't imagine that it's a possibility for them."  This week on the show we're joined by Jim Kouzes, an accomplished author, game-changer on the subject of leadership, and exceptional mentor. In all honesty, during this episode we're swerving all over the road.  We discuss everything from the culture crisis within Uber and other te...

When it comes to friends with GREAT, not good, GREAT hair-Ryan takes the cake. Wow, he's got some great locks. Soon after being signed by Atlantic Records, Ryan Ahlwardt began his journey as a touring musician with the group Straight No Chaser, an a cappella group that started in Bloomington, IN.  Ryan's musical career led him throughout the US where he routinely performed in front of thousands of...

Do you really believe it when an autoresponder says, "I'm out of the office with limited access to internet?" Us either. In fact, my hope is we navigate away from this phrase at all costs.  At any given moment you, me, the kid on the other side of the world in India can plug in and work. Does this mean that the idea of the balanced work and personal life is dead? This week on The ThriveMap Thursda...