The Soul of Innovation podcast

We all have dreams of being someone special.  To someday achieve an amazing goal or do something special.  In that dream, you can see yourself achieving that goal.  That is too limited! Your dreams and vision of yourself seeing yourself doing something incredible should be so big, so unthinkable that you can not possibly see yourself doing it, but you can feel yourself achieving it!...

Do you realize how many people that could have changed your life, walked by you without you noticing?  Do you realize that the person you were meant to be with sat next to you but you did not take the time to notice them?  Do you realize how much of life is happening to you and for you but you are not experiencing it because you are hunched over looking at your mobile phone? Before mobil...

Do you ever wake up in the morning feeling down?  Feeling depressed or sad about your life and your situation?   There is a quick way to change your mood to something more positive. Think of someone you love who has passed on.   You will instantly realize that your sorrow is nothing compared to your lost and your loss of losing them. You are so lucky.  Us every moment you have...

What would happen to you emotionally?  Mentally?  If you found out that the version of you that you have fantasized about being the world's greatest dancer, astronaut, basketball player, singer, etc. was not meant to be?  What would you do?  I know what I did when I realized I would not be the greatest Formula 1 race car driver, I celebrated by Optimizing My Now! Who you are to...

I was having my first conversation of the new year and I realized that because I have had time to relax and not get caught up on nonimportant things, I connected with a complete stranger.  The call was to be a business call, but he was also still in holiday spirits.   What was supposed to be a business call has turned into a friendship. Why?  Because we were ourselves.  The thr...

To move ahead in life, a job, a marriage, or anything, we must first let go of the past.  Let go of people who have held you back, let go of family members who have held you back through guilt, trauma, selfishness, etc., let go of groups, clubs, and ideologies that have previously shaped who you were, and let go of anything that represents a hold on your life. This critical life ritual is nec...

How often do you have negative thoughts?  How do you stop yourself from having negative thoughts?  It is difficult. What I have realized is that negative thoughts can be overcome with a positive, happy thought of self.  What is your positive, happy image of yourself?  When was the last time you felt really good about yourself?  These thoughts or memory is your happy place....

Just came back from a trip to NYC, and I experienced the difference between the rich and the poor.  Yes, the difference is money, but the major difference is that the poor do not see a way out.  The poor can not imagine the options and possibilities life has to offer them.  They are mentally poor and starving but don't know that they are. Are you mentally poor? Is one day like the n...

Almost every day you have to make some type of decision.  Some decisions are bigger than others, and some are so big that you don't know who to ask to get help.  The person you need to speak to is yourself. In this episode, I will take you into a meditation session and help you to reach a state of inner peace so you can think more clearly to make the big decision you need to make. Find a...

Hope is something we take for granted.  We don't realize that millions of people wake up daily without hope.  Without any options.  Without anyone.  It's horrible to be hopeless. Poverty is a mindset, but until you realize that you can crawl out of that mindset, it will attempt to kill you and those you love.  Be grateful for who you are.  The situation that you are i...

Do you ever think what are the ramifications of your decisions?  What it does to other people and their lives?  Have you ever hesitated and thought to yourself, what is the cost of my actions? Today, everyone through the power of social media has the power to change governments, people's perceptions and thoughts, and most importantly, change the lives of a single person without their inv...

Remember being a child?  Innocent pure, full of love.  That is who you were and still are today.  You were kind from birth and looked after everyone that looked after you.  You thought only good thoughts and loved everything and everyone. Today, you are not that person.  You are an accumulation of experiences, disappointments, heartbreaks, and mistakes that affect who you...

Change is inevitable. Life is never going to be the same again. You will have no control over what is coming.   Oh my God, what's going on?   These are all words we scream out when change happens to us, not by us.  I say, "bring it on!"  What is life without spontaneous disruption of our comfort zones? With change comes growth, experiences, new perspectives, and wisdom.  ...

Have you ever had a conversation with someone and stopped the conversation midway because you felt uncomfortable?   Why?  Was it them, or was it you?  Were you about to open a part of you that is too private but desperately needs love, but your too embarrassed to reveal that side of you? It's your fault.  Life is about connecting and being open all the time.  Anyone, even...

Do you do all the things that you are thinking? Do you think about what other people will think of you.  Do you try not to stand out?  Do you always conform but think you are so special? Let me ask you, are you a slave mentally?  Why do you not always express your inner thoughts, beliefs, feelings, love, etc. to the world?  We need you to be you.  Look at all the movie sta...

What you do when no one is looking is who you REALLY are!  I see this all the time.  People think that no one is watching them.  They're wrong.  YOU are watching yourself.  You know that you have not pushed yourself beyond your current limits. Summer is over.  It's time to kick some ass.  Your ass!  It's time to be that person you also wanted to be.  Lo...

Do you know what your hidden biases are?  Are you aware of your behavior when you see someone or something you disagree with?  Do you realize that you are giving off negative gestures/signals to the people or person that you are reacting to?   You are, and you have been doing so for years. Hidden biases are built into all of us.  We usually don't know we are behaving in such a...

Have you realized that most of the stories people tell you about other people are not true?  That the people you see on tv are not who they appear to be.  That the people on Social Media are faking almost everything?  The life the world has shown you is a lie.  So, whose life are you living? We do things based on societal norms.  We make decisions not to upset people.&nbsp...

How often do you feel horrible for not going out or saying no to an invitation to some fun event?  Don't feel bad.  It's worth it! You are committing and investing in yourself.  You are raising your future opportunities, income level, and state of happiness to a new baseline that will provide you with a life of happiness!  You are worth it!  Your future self is worth it!&n...

How much time do you spend consuming content created by someone else?  On Tv? Online?  Do you realize that you are letting other people paint your version of the world?  Shape your opinions and thoughts. You are an influence!  You must be the content creator that is shaping our world, not just the consumer of it  Watching things happen and then going to bed.  You want...

Your time is now if you are a leader.  Your time is now if you are tired of not being seen or heard. Step up and be the leader you were always meant to be!  Right now!

The death of a loved one is inevitable.  It makes you think and reflect, and hopefully, it makes you grow as a person.  The sorrow that comes with a person's death cannot be explained because you only then realize how much you miss that person. Mourn, cry, scream, shake, dance, run, and do what comes natural because whatever you do is your way of dealing with the death of the old you and...

The decisions you have made in the past define who and what you are now.  If you wake up in the morning and you are not laying next to someone you love and outside your window isn't the ocean and all its beauty, then you have made a choice in your past that has led you to your present situation. What decision are you going to make right now to make your life what it deserves to be?  What...

I was at the Stanford University campus yesterday, and my imagination of what is possible was blown apart.  My limitation for what humans can achieve was blown apart.  Days like yesterday reset you.  Having your childhood limitations reset to a size and wonder that will forever make you nervous is a step toward growing up and being awake. Get your mind blown regularly.   Make s...

Do you doubt yourself often?  Do you not believe in your own abilities to succeed against all odds?  Why? Your success and future happiness are only a thought away.  You are the only reason you are not who you see yourself to be. The moment you believe in yourself, it is the moment you become that version of yourself you have been waiting for.  Take the step and do you!&nb...