The Jumping Point Podcast

The Compound Effect - Small actions + Time + Consistency = Massive Change ! Getting 1% better everyday compounded over a year = 37% better  Follow Phillip on LinkedIn Follow on Instagram Join Our Leadership & Mindset Newsletter  

Jess Szmajda current GM of VP at AWS is the former CTO of Axios Media and Co-Founder of Optoro.  She shares how going through major life changes can shift our perception and has taught her that we can do hard things  Follow Phillip on LinkedIn Follow On Instagram Sign Up for our Leadership Letter

Are you overthinking and over engineering every decision trying to find the optimal way to avoid the pain of being incorrect?  Here some steps you can take to help get past the fear and Take Action! Connect on LinkedIn Follow on Instagram Join our Newsletter

Ali Pourghassemi is an Industry Liason with the Internal Revenue Service and Professor at The University of Maryland.  Hear the lesson's in Leadership & Entrperenuership learned from his immagrant parents and how overcoming challenges now allows him to maintain an open mind and connect with leaders in our Government and people in the community.  Follow Phillip on LinkedIn Follow on Instagram J...

The Reticular Activating System is that part of our Brain that seperates the Unconscious Mind from the Conscious Mind.  It gives us more of what it thinks we want.  How can we use it to shift our Mindset?  Join Our Newsletter Today ! Connect with Phillip on LinkedIn Follow On Instagram

Lieutenant Colonel (Ret US Army ) Kevin Petit Phd, is a West Point Graduate, former Army Ranger , Airborne Infantry Paratrooper and a Phd Graduate of George Washington University He is also a Board Member of Jump For Valor Jump for Valor is a charitable organization that strives to offer military veterans, including combat, retired and disabled veterans, access to a community that brings them joy,...

We have on average  70,000 thoughts per day and 95% are repetative.  We can't start making a change in our thoughts until we know what we have.  Taking regular or daily inventory allows us the opportunity to check in with ourselves evaluate the quality of those 95% repetative thoughts and replace our invetory. Any Business that doesn't take regular inventory will surely go broke.  Let's start toda...

Moe Jafari  is the Chairman of Executive 1 Holdings Company ,  a privately owned holding company whose operating subsidiaries include Coras , HumanTouch, LLC , and Plasticity, Inc. This episode was made possible by Decorate A Vet founder Jeff Jones. Jeff is also an amazing Photographer and you can check him out on IG   @jeffreywjonesphotos. 𝙏𝙤𝙥𝙞𝙘𝙨 𝘿𝙞𝙨𝙘𝙪𝙨𝙨𝙚𝙙 Jesse Itzler and Motivational Influences...

  Activation Energy is the minimum energy required to cause a reaction to occur and Newton's first Law says a body at rest will stay at rest until an external force acts upon.... How much activation energy are we putting in???  Is that event thats outside of my control just the "Activation Energy" from an external force that I need to get moving?   Follow Me on LinkedIn Join our Leadership & M...

If you are a current or aspiring CISO or CIO than this episode is for you! We are doing something slightly different form our norm with this week’s episode just in time for the annual NTSC Conference happening now in DC featuring an opening address with Jen Easterly, Director of Homeland Security CISA and Congressman Jim Langevin as well as an addresses from Robert Hannigan former head of GCHQ and...

Limiting Beliefs and the Community we surround our self are directly related No Matter what, the people that we surround our self with the most will ultimatey determine the language we use , the habits we build and the beliefs we live our lives with. So lets pick wisely ! Listen Up ! Join our Newsletter Facebook Instagram Connect with Me on LinkedIn

Graham Plaster is a Serial entrepreneur, consultant, national security technology startup advisor, investor, author and speaker. Following a successful career in the United States Navy he Founded The Intelligence Community Inc. moderating a nextgen trade association of over 100,000 National Security professionals online: www. TheIntelligenceCommunity.com . He is the Author of  " In the Shadow of G...

What does it actually mean to be comfortable with being uncomfortable?  Being uncomfortable is a blessing. It means we're growing past our limitations and letting go of the old self to become the person we are learning to be! Remember to sign up for our Leadership Letter and Mindset Tips at www.dclocalleaders.com   Follow us on Facebook Follow us on Instagram Follow Our Host on LinkedIn

I’ve driven my career with the mindset of don’t Put Blinders On…You should never come out of the other side of a challenge not having changed for the better - Jennifer Ives.   Jennifer Ives is a Global Digital Transformation Executive, named Top 50 Women in SaaS by The Software Report, and Founding Member at CHIEF.  She current leads global partnerships and Alliances with 3pillar global and is a m...

It’s not fear itself that holds you back; it’s the fear of failure that paralyzes you. – Brain Tracy 3 Steps to help Reframe Fear and Redefine Failure.    3 Steps to Reframing the ideas we have around Fear and redefining the word Failure. - Accurately defining our goals. Are we focusing an outcome or just avoiding pain?  - Fears Inventory - recognizing that our imagination is harsher than reality...

Dr Sarbari Gupta founded Electrosoft 20 years ago by herself and has grown it to an award-winning IT and professional services firm specializing in cybersecurity that has been named one of Washington Posts Top Workplace for Cyber Security in for the past two consecutive years. Sarbari shares her entrepreneurship journey and all of the lessons she has learned along the way. Key Topics discussed: Pr...

“Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.” William James "Act As If" is NOT Faking it until you make it.  "Act As If" is a call to action... Follow us Today on Facebook and IG - @dclocalleaders Facebook Instagram  

Elizabeth Watson is a passionate individual who exemplifies entrepreneurship and grit in everything she does.  From dedicating your life to the disciplines of Dance to moving across country she has learned lessons in resilience and leadership that she now coaches to our Federal Government  Follow us today on IG and Facebook and follow our Host on LinkedIn  @dclocalleaders Follow Us on Facebook Phi...

The Brain makes an average of 35,000 decision each and everyday.  As with our muscles exhausting after a long cardio workout, our brain is also a muscle that becomes exhausted.  As we become fatigued by decision-making, our self-control guard is down, and we are more likely to making impulsive decisions that are not necessarily the right choice.  Sometimes this may not be the wrong choice, but it...

One of the most powerful things  we can do is work on getting exterminating the ANTS from our brain. (A)utomatic (N)egative (T)houghts, that have become our knee jerk reactions based on old stories that we have repeated to ourselves over and over again to the point where we are completely unaware of it and we believe that these simply are our thoughts. The danger is that it eventually becomes a pa...

The secret to success is Doing the Common thing uncommonly well – John D Rockefeller jr Ron Cruse is not only the CEO and President of Logenix an international logistics company focusing on Developing nations but the Author of Lies Bribes and Peril, a collection of lessons learned from doing business across the globe for over 30 years.   Key Topics Discussed   Lesson’s Learned from an Entrepreneur...

Getting 1 % better every day means making changes in our life but sometime we can get in our own way. We all know If we continue to do what we’ve always done then we’ll continue to get what we’ve always got but IF we’ve decided that there is something about our life that we are unhappy with and we want to improve whether it be our relationships, our health, our finances etc. Then it going to mean...

Haresh Bhungalia is the CEO of CasePoint a software company based in Northern VA. Haresh shares all of the lessons he has learned over the last 20 years of entrepreneurship and building two companies in two totally separate disciplines all while raising a family and experiencing Life on Life’s terms.   Topics Discussed: We become a Product of our surroundings Work doesn’t have to mean anxiety His...

What does it mean to be Resilient? The definition according to Webster’s is an ability to recover from or adjust easily to adversity or change and many people speak of its meaning to be synonymous with toughness or elasticity but what does it mean to be mentally resilience? Anyone who is looking to make changes in their lives, entrepreneurs or anyone continuing down a path towards a goal will need...

Send smiles! George and Will Dukas are the 3rd Generation of Father and Son who have been fulfilling promises and bringing joy with flowers in Northern Virginia Lean in to hear their journey of passion dedication, and resiliency. Hear how they are using technology to continued to grow and shape their business with every father & Son generation since the original founding member began the busin...