EP 33 - Rewiring your Mind to Achieve Ultimate Growth and Solid Resiliency with Dr. Srikumar Rao

In episode 41 of The Alchemy of Business Show, Steve sits down with Antonia Bowring, a highly credentialed executive coach, consultant, and strategic facilitator, to delve into her inspiring journey and the wisdom she shares in her book, Coach Yourself!: Increase Awareness, Change Behavior, and Thrive.

 

In this enlightening episode, Steve and Antonia explore the pivotal moments that led her to become a coach, sharing anecdotes of failures, triumphs, and the transformative power of coaching. Antonia's book serves as a guide for those committed to increasing self-awareness and changing behaviors to flourish in both personal and professional realms.

 

Discover the strategies, practices, and habits that have shaped Antonia's coaching philosophy, as well as her unique approach to supporting neuro-diverse leaders. From communication strategies used by effective problem-solvers to the importance of values anchoring progress, this episode offers a treasure trove of insights.

 

Whether you're navigating a career transition, seeking ADHD leadership support, or looking to enhance team cohesion, Antonia's coaching and consulting services provide a roadmap for success. Join Steve Rodgers and Antonia Bowring in this transformative episode where the alchemy of coaching meets the art of thriving in work and life.

 

Time Stamps

00:57 Introduction

02:28 About Antonia’s journey

05:58 Why and how becoming a coach

08:19 Aha! moments

11:59 Antonia’s book “Coach Yourself”

15:51 Strategies, Practices and Habits

30:08 Learning coaching

39:33 How does Antonia define religion and spirituality?

43:33 Aha! moments

 

In this eye-opening episode, we talk with Will Sacks, Founder & CEO of his company, Fulcrum Venture Accelerator. He dives deep into the value of finding your spark and prioritizing activities that give you energy, rather than the ones that sap you of it. This realization led him to build companies and help startups raise more than $40 million in funding for projects in climate, human health, education, and culture.

We follow his humble journey, from getting a life-changing experience in Burning Man to experiencing the pains of birthing his first company, all the way to helping multiple startups launch successfully and sustainably. He shares how he’s triumphed over life’s trials through his learned philosophy of “maintaining a state of playfulness”, and how you can apply it to your life and business.

Guest Resources:

1. The Fundraising Accelerator for Mission-Driven Entrepreneurs - https://fulcrumventureaccelerator.com/ 

2. The Anatomy of an Investor Meeting - https://fulcrumventureaccelerator.com/author/williamsacks/

3. https://www.linkedin.com/in/williamsacks/

4. https://www.willsacks.com/

5. https://www.kindara.com/

 

Subscribe to the Podcast and watch/listen for full episodes:

Youtube | Apple | Spotify | Google | iHeart | Deezer 

 

Top Golden Insights

1. Focus on activities that give you energy, rather than ones that saps you.

2. Ask yourself, where in life do you find yourself in play? And how can you expand that area?

3. Don’t ask yourself what the world needs, but ask yourself what makes you come alive? Because what the world needs is what makes people come alive

4. Breaking through resistance is the price you pay, for the dream you say you want.

5. Business is a Team Sport. Find what you’re good at, and find other people who are great at everything else. Build a team of all-stars who can execute together

Show Time Stamps

3:36 -  A life changing experience through Burning Man

• He discovered it through couch surfing (pre-cursor to airBnB)

9:30 - Charting Your Way to Empowered Family Planning: The Kindara Story

• By birthing the Kindara App, we helped others birth their babies

13:40 - Women have always been a big part of my life, and I grew with them.

• When I learned how the healthcare system treats women like 2nd class citizens, and learning how to live in tune with your bodies, he had a vision on how this could be a something.

18:00 - The Founder Institute Accelerator

20:32 - Take Past Experiences to Create Something Useful for Others

23:46 -  Breaking through resistance is the price you pay, for the dream you say you want.

29: 56 What can Startups Expect at the Fulcrum Venture Accelerator Program 

40:16 - The Important Element of Play in life and business

• There’s a playfulness to music, it’s free form

• Non-violent communication by Marshall B. Rosenberg, PdD.

• Don’t do anything that isn’t play

45:10 We’re launching our 7th cohort of companies by the end of June 2023

 

47:50 - Building a Winning Team: Treating Business like a Sport

• Ask yourself, what are the things that give me energy?

• Find what you’re good at; Find other people who are great at everything else. Build a team of all-stars who can execute together

51:16 Music & Business are like storytelling

• What makes a piece of music compelling and some not so

• Within a given genre, it’s the craft of the storytelling in the mix

• In the realm of startups, there’s a music that can be played by the founders to have their story be compelling

 

54:21 - Ask yourself, where in life do you find yourself in play? And how can you expand that area?

• Don’t ask yourself what the world needs, but ask yourself what makes you come alive? Because what the world needs is what makes people come alive

Guest Bio: Founder, CEO of Fulcrum Venture Accelerator 

 

Will Sacks' life is about helping people thrive and bringing dreams to life to create a better world to live in. Currently, he embodies this purpose through his company, Fulcrum Ventures, and making music. He believes music is the universal language of healing and peace and has always felt a deep connection to sound as the language of emotion.

In previous incarnations, Will was a tech entrepreneur, spending 15 years helping entrepreneurs fund impactful companies and creating his own. He also enjoys writing and is passionate about continuous self-development, new technology, and cultural evolution.

 

In 2019, Will founded Fulcrum Venture Accelerator, a fundraising accelerator for entrepreneurs. Since then, he has worked with over 100 impact companies, many of whom have gone on to raise more than $40M in funding for projects in climate, environment, human health, education, and culture.

 

He also enjoys Burning Man, quantified self, self-development, dancing, and things that put a dent in the universe and move the human race forward.

 

Get ready to Upshift with host Steve Rodgers and visionary philosopher Dr. Ervin Laszlo on The Alchemy of Business Show! In this riveting podcast, they explore the power of elevating people to higher consciousness and how it can transform not only businesses but the world as a whole.

Join Steve and Dr. Laszlo as they delve into the Upshift Movement and how it’s changing the game for entrepreneurs and business leaders alike. They also discuss the importance of being a part of something bigger than oneself and how incorporating higher ideals into business can lead to greater success and fulfillment.

Whether you’re a seasoned business owner or just starting out, this podcast is a must-listen. You’ll learn how to tap into the infinite potential of the human mind and how to create a business that reflects your values and vision for the future.

Subscribe & Watch episodes for free!

Youtube | Apple | Spotify | Google | iHeart | Deezer 

 

Top golden insights

1. Realize that there is nothing truly separate from the rest of the world.

2. One business or person is not separate from others, we are part of a larger whole.

3. We must make that our goal to contribute to the larger whole, we will do well for ourselves and others.

4. Be of service to others, follow your north star, it’s in you.

5. The idea of EVOLUTION, evolving to something higher. We are here to pursue the fullness of life.

Timestamps

3:08 - Dr. Lazlo on how he started playing the piano

7:56  Evolving and getting a deeper sense of work by contributing to others.

14:00 - The Upshift Movement

18:32 - Resources about Upshift and Downshift

25:37 - Be part of something bigger than yourself

27:05 - 28:00 What people really yearn for in life.

28:05 - Ups and downs of life, all of that is necessary for our evolution.

30:10 - Businesses are not separate from others, it’s are part of a larger whole.

40:10 - 44:37 Be of service to others, follow your north star, it’s in You.

Guest Resources

1. Take part in the movement and contribute to a better world. -https://worldupshift.org/
2. Ask Ervin - Your chance to ask a modern-day genius the deeper questions about life, spirituality, consciousness, the nature of reality or anything that science and philosophy might address. - https://thelaszloinstitute.com/
3. Books from Dr. Ervin Laszlo - Click here

 

Guest Bio

Ervin Laszlo, twice nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, is editor of the international periodical World Futures: The Journal of General Evolution and Chancellor-Designate of the newly formed GlobalShift University. He is the founder and president of the international think tanks the Club of Budapest and the General Evolution Research Group and the author of 83 books translated into 21 languages.

In this episode, we sit down with the legendary Fred Cary, the founder of the highly successful venture capital firm, IdeaPros.

Fred is a true maverick in the world of entrepreneurship, having coined the phrase "F*ck Average, Be Legendary" to inspire entrepreneurs to push beyond their limits and reach for greatness. In our conversation, Fred shares his journey of deciding to work for himself instead of "working for the man," and how he used his passion for innovation and risk-taking to build his business empire.

We also delve into the reasons why business ideas fail, and Fred shares his insights on what entrepreneurs can do to avoid common pitfalls. As a seasoned investor, Fred offers valuable advice on learning as you go along as an entrepreneur and how to get the attention of investors.

Guest Resources:

1. Bring Your Great Idea To Life! - We bring your raw idea to life and teach you how to be a killer entrepreneur. 

2. 1. We research and analyze your idea's potential

   2. You learn to operate like a seasoned pro

   3. Together build a strategy that investors love

3. Start, Launch, Grow your Business & Get timeless business and life advice from Fred - Facebook  | Instagram | TikTok

Subscribe:

Youtube | Apple | Spotify | Google | iHeart | Deezer 

 

Top Golden Insights

1. Everybody wants extraordinary results, but we do average things. If you want to have an extraordinary life, you have to do extraordinary things

2. Why do business fail? Number 1 basis for failure, is the founders have created something that nobody wants.

3. When you check for competition, what problem are you solving? And how are people addressing that problem now?

4. Looking for perfection is looking for death. One of the biggest destroyers of entrepreneurship, is the insatiable knowledge to get things perfect. Prove out your model as fast as you can.

5. Incorporate your purpose into your work early

6. When getting investors’ attention and money - Every single slide you present, has to have financial element to it.

7. You can’t have it all in a year. Set long term goals, but be consistent in doing the short term tasks. 

Timestamps
2:28 - F*ck Average, Be Legendary! where did that come from?

• Everybody wants extraordinary results, but we do AVERAGE THINGS. 

4: 55 - Deciding to work for myself instead of working for the man

6:50 - Entrepreneurship is really hard, but I’m all in all the time.

10:10 - Why Businesses Ideas Fail.

• If you look at the stats, a lot of businesses fail
• Number 1 basis for failure, is the founders have created something that nobody wants
• People don’t do their research

14:02 - Looking for Perfection is Looking for Death

• One of the biggest destroyers of entrepreneurship, is the insatiable knowledge to get things perfect

• I want to have 21 features in my new app, just like airbnb has.

• In reality, airbnb started with 2 air mattresses, in a 1 bedroom apartment, that they rented out on the weekends in San Fran during conventions

• If you have 1 thing, and you do it well, focus on that one thing and don’t think about the 21 other features

• What’s your core value proposition? If you can figure that out, it doesn’t have to be perfect, it just has to be compelling

19:19  IdeaPros was created to level the playing field for entrepreneurs

25:58 Purpose Driven Business Leaders -Core values &  North Star being unified with the Business

• The advantage that you’ll have, is when you can align what you’re doing as a business. 

27:14  Incorporate your purpose into your work early

29:32 - How to Get Investors’ Attention

• And most of our slides talk about how great we are, our company, only 5% is the financia part

• It has to be the other way around

• Every single slide you present, has to have financial element to it

 

33:18 -IdeaPros- What you can easily get for free or cheap, won’t always get you to succeed

 

37:25 - Pitching anything & getting investors to buy into your idea

• You gotta catch people’s interest (they need to buy into the problem, & understand emotionally)

• Don’t lose sight of the most important part, the ASK. but don’t be NEEDY

• Cross examine your investors at the end

45:00 - IdeaPros Case study - The MOVE App

52:40 - You can’t have it all in a year.

• Make your long term goal, but do your short term tasks that you need, 1 step at a time, and celebrate those victories

 

 

​​Get ready to dive deep into the meaning of oneness with host Steve Rodgers and renowned philosopher and systems theorist Dr. Ervin Laszlo in this lively and thought-provoking podcast! Join them as they explore how the concept of oneness can transform our approach to business and society as a whole.

Through their dynamic conversation at the Global Oneness Summit, Steve, Ken and Dr. Laszlo touch on a variety of topics, from the law of cause and effect to the power of love and being of service to others. Along the way, they share insights into how we can plan for a brighter future, both individually and collectively, and why it’s essential to stay optimistic in the face of challenges.

Whether you’re a seasoned entrepreneur, a curious philosopher, or simply someone interested in expanding your understanding of the world around you, this podcast is sure to offer plenty of food for thought. So tune in, sit back, and get ready to be inspired by the boundless possibilities of oneness!

Top Golden Insights

1. The more service you give, the greater you receive

2. We are now at a turning point where we can move forward

3. Transformation is a difficult and painful process but necessary

 

Time Stamps

6:46 - Dr. Laszlo on Oneness

12:42 - Business today can't just focus on the bottom line or solely on making profits

15:14  - The law of cause & effect

18:52 - Innoculation of Love & Oneness to prevent Illness in the world

20:48 - Being of Service

23:06 - Doing our part

24:57 - Being an Optimist

Relevant Links

Contribute your ideas for a better Future - https://WorldUpshift.org

Shift your Business into Growth Mode with Purposeful Leadership -

https://thealchemyadvisors.com/

 

Guest Bio

Ervin Laszlo is a philosopher and systems scientist. The author, co-author &  editor of 106 different books that have appeared in a total of 25 languages, he has written over 400 articles and research papers. The subject of the one-hour PBS special Life of a Modern-Day Genius, Laszlo is the founder and president of the international think tank The Club of Budapest and of the prestigious The Laszlo Institute of New Paradigm Research. The recipient of various honors and awards, including Honorary PhD.s from the United States, Canada, Finland, and Hungary, Laszlo received the Goi Award, the Japan Peace Prize in 2001, the Assisi Mandir of Peace Prize in 2006, and was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2004 and 2005.

 

 

In this stellar episode, John shares his journey from selling drugs to selling houses to finding purpose. As a young kid, he had a lot of drive to make money, but his efforts led him into shady dealings. This all changed when he met a mentor who provided valuable advice and asked him, “Are you interested? Or are you committed?” John then got serious about changing his life by adopting new skills, beliefs, and habits that served his goals. 

“The Brain Whisperer, " John Assaraf,” is one of the world’s leading, high-performance, successful coaches. He has written 4 books, including 2 New York Times bestsellers, and appeared in The Secret movie. Today, he is CEO of MyNeuroGym.com, a neuroscience-based company dedicated to helping individuals strengthen their mindset to achieve their goals and dreams faster and easier than ever before. 

John shares with us his passion for psychoneuroimmunology, the mind-body connection, and the ability to control the body with your mind through visualization, imagination, and affirmations.

You won’t want to miss this episode where John goes deep on how unlocking the power of your mind can vastly increase your income and transform your life. 

 

TOP GOLDEN INSIGHTS

1. Rule #1: First you make decisions, then you figure out how. Don’t allow your present status to control your thinking
2. Are you interested, or committed? If you’re interested you’ll do what’s easy and convenient; you’ll allow your present circumstances and your old ways to control your thinking and hinder yourself. If you’re committed, you’ll upgrade your identity to match this DESTINY (SKILLS, BELIEFS, HABITS). Which are you?
3. Learn what you need to do to market yourself. You need to constantly upgrade your skills.

 

Show Timestamps

4:15 - John’s Background and early troublesome life

• 8 yrs old, his family Moved from Israel to Montreal
• Wanted to move away from wars in Israel
• His dad was a cab driver/gambler playing horses or cards
• Parents Always fought, no money
• He was delivering flyers as early as 8 yrs old
• John’s drive was he has to MAKE MONEY, due to FEAR

6:48 - On how john picked up good work ethic 

• His parents went out of school at early gradeschool stage  to work and help their parents
• My sister did babysitting
• My brother taught tennis when he was 15, working at the YMCA
• WORK WAS PART OF WHAT EVERYBODY DID and chipped IN

8:04 - from doing menial work as a kid, he started to do ILLEGAL work to earn more money

• Breaking entries, selling drugs & had low self esteem
• Didn’t do well in school and didn’t speak the language since they were from israel

 

9:26 -  Describes his drive and how he got into bad/illegal work

• Principal’s office most of the time and detention
• Playing in the park, then it led to stealing things in the store, but watch out for each other ,we were the young derelicts/misfitts, skipping school. We were at the wrong place with the wrong people

 

12:35 - My brother knew that I was selling drugs and getting in trouble. John’s turning point and story of how he met his first impactful mentor

• My brother was teaching tennis, and he was instructing this entrepreneur named 
• He was teaching this entrepreneur, ALAN BROWN, and he asked him for advice about his troublesome brother
• Alan said, have your brother come to Toronto
• Montreal - Toronto 6 hr train ride. John met Alan Brown for life (real estate successful man)
• WHAT ARE SOME ARE YOUR GOALS, and what else would you like to achieve in life?
• Can you answer this question? 1980 GOAL-SETTING GUIDE - 
• • At what age do you want to retire? -
  • Upon retirement, how much net worth do you want to have?
  • Where do you want to travel?

16:00 - 1 Question that changed John’s life is, “Are you Interested, or Are you Committed?”

• IF you’re interested you’ll do what’s easy and convenient; you’ll allow your present circumstances and your old ways control your thinking, and hinder yourself.
• If you’re committed, you’ll upgrade your identity to match this DESTINY (SKILLS, BELIEFS, HABITS)
• Which are you?

 

18:20 Lesson number 1: First you make decisions then you FIGURE OUT HOW

• I don’t have a job, I don’t have money, STOP, STOP! 
• See how fast you allow your present status to control your thinking?
• Lesson number 1: First you make decisions then you FIGURE OUT HOW
• I want you to enroll in the real estate class
• • But i’ve always been bad at school, failed math, english
• I’m telling you what you need to do to achieve these, but all you’re giving me are excuses
• Your desire for the vision and the goals has got to be BIGGER than the old stories of the past

 

22:28 - Journey from selling to owning a Real Estate Firm

• First 6 months i made $36,000. The next year, I made $150,000
• Travelled around the world from 82-83
• 6.5 years after I started my journey, I brought the franchising rights for ReMax in the state of indiana
• Over the next 10 years I opened up 85 offices, 12,000 sales people, 4.5Bn a year in sales

 

24:11 - Foundation of innercising

• Meeting Vern Wong
• What do you think you would need to believe about yourself in order to achieve these goals? (NEW BELIEFS)
• • I need to believe that i’m smart enough - i am more than smart enough to achieve these goals
  • I believe I deserve to achieve
• In order to sell more, then you need to upgrade your skills
• Learn what you need to do to market yourself

31:33 Learn the fundamentals FIRST, and once you have those, you get better and better at it.

• discovered patterns that were yielding consistent results
• Personal development junkie for 32 years
• If you learn skills at a young age, you don’t forget it, you just become better at it, have more confiden ce doing it
• Once you learn the formulas, it’s a function of implementing the foundational formulas that work (i.e. the rubix cube)
• I wanted to learn so i can feel proud that i use my life in a way that is worthy of life itsel

34:17 - Retiring twice and becoming a personal development teacher

• 1996, I became bored after growing REMAX for 10 years

37:15 - how can i use my life in a way that I’M PROUD OF, and i could then make a contribution to others, so that I feel that the trade of life, is worth what i’m doing

• I love to share, to learn
• I receive in giving 
• I look at things that give me purpose and meaning

 

39:55 - I started the interest in my brain during my early 20’s

• Got sick in with sever ulcers . Learned about psycho neuro immunology (mind-body connection) controlling the body with your mind
• How is it that i’m sick, dis-ease (state of disease)
• I wonder if I could create a similar process to my health same to when i became a real estate agent
• Created an affirmation - visualize my healthy colon, i started to eat right, exercise, lessened partying. Everyday i read this affirmation over nd over again. I would see  my colon healing
• 5 weeks later, all symptoms were gone

44:10 - Innercising your brain to crush limiting beliefs and create new patterns that create success

49:30 - John on Spirituality

• If i play the game with kindness, contribution and I spark that in you, and you do the same (compassion, empathy), when you become a solution seeker  and overcome your problems then i inspire you

 

47:03 -  Brainathon free training event every saturday (change your brain, change your income)

Helpful & Relevant Resources:

Join John's FREE Training with the weekly BRAINATHON:

Earn More. Live More. Be More. Give More - 7 Brain Experts Reveal The Most Powerful New Techniques To Let Go Of Limiting Beliefs, Fears, or Self-Esteem Issues That Are Holding You Back From Achieving Your Financial Goals and Dream Life

https://events.myneurogym.com/neurogym/brainathon/?

Website - https://www.johnassaraf.com/

Watch whole episodes for FREE & gain practical and actionable business advice by subscribing to the show:

https://www.youtube.com/c/SteveRodgers/featured

Guest Bio

John Assaraf, “The Brain Whisperer”, is one of the leading high performance, success coaches in the world. He is a behavioral neuroscience researcher who has appeared on Larry King live, Anderson Cooper and The Ellen DeGeneres Show.

As CEO and co-founder, he grew Re/Max of Indiana from a startup to 85 offices and 1200 sales associates who sold over $4 Billion a year. John was also one of the founders of Bamboo/IPIX that went public on NASDAQ with a market cap of $2.5 Billion.

John has written 4 books including 2 New York Times best sellers that have been translated to 35 languages. He is the creator of the “Innercise” movement and has been featured in 11 movies, including the blockbuster hit “The Secret” and “Quest For Success” with Richard Branson and the Dalai Lama.

Today, he is CEO of MyNeuroGym.com, a neuroscience-based company, dedicated to helping individuals strengthen their mindset, so they achieve their goals and dreams faster and easier than ever before. 

He lives in San Diego with his wife and 2 sons.

There is no health without mental health, and in this episode, our host Steve takes the time to recognize the importance of well-being for both our work and personal lives. South African Actor and Writer, Pietie Beyers joins us for the 2nd time to share his experience struggling and learning how to live with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). 

He emphasizes the importance of minding your everyday thoughts and looking after yourself in order to use your abilities and gifts wisely and to be able to deal with the everyday stresses of our life. Rather than seeing one’s vulnerability as a weakness, Pietie and Steve discuss the importance of taking the first step and realizing that honesty with oneself and with your loved ones can be the best gift to you and the people around you. Through conscious efforts to protect his well-being, Pietie was able to turn his “mess” into a positive message through the NETFLIX film Skemerson, which positively impacted different people around the world by giving awareness to our mental health as human beings.

TOP GOLDEN INSIGHTS

1. Feeling like a freak doesn’t mean you are a freak, it means you’re a human being
2. It takes quite a lot of courage to be honest about difficult things, Putting 1 foot in-front of the other and taking the first step to being honest with yourself and to others can lead to help
3. Similar to our work or business endeavors, when we want to accomplish something we’re unsure of, talking and asking for advice from the right people/mentors will get you closer to achieving it. Don’t be afraid, be curious, the only way to find out more is to try out things and converse with people!

EPISODE TIME STAMPS

4:52 - Pietie on the film SKEMERSON, and how his openness to others sparked the idea for it.

8:13 - The process on how the film was made and the positive impact it had on people who watched it. 

10:26 - Steve on how to blend both the ego & the spirit to GET stuff/SHIT DONE.

16:41 - Learning to live with OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder) and learning how to break the loop

19:41 - Steve shares his experiences with mental health challenges

21:41 - On Mental Health Stigmas 

• Masculine ideas, “JUST HARDEN UP”
• The irony in that is that “IT TAKES QUITE A LOT OF COURAGE TO BE HONEST ABOUT DIFFICULT THINGS”
• Sincerity and communication has been a CRUCIAL STEP TOWARDS HEALING

29:52 - On the Importance of taking the First Step towards getting help

• I want to encourage people that they can speak to professionals
• Putting 1 foot infront of the other, can lead to help
• • Fixing your bed
  • Going for a run
  • Getting out of the house, speaking to someone
  • MAKING THAT PHONE CALL

33:53 - Signs to look out for that could affect mental health negatively long term

• Unusually sad mood
• Feeling unworthy
• Tired
• Loss of appetite
• Changing in eating patterns

35:05 - Mental Health Awareness in the Workplace

• Create awareness
• Assessments
• Make way or a safe space to encourage people to talk and share
• • Are you happy/joyul?
  • Is there anything that’s weighing you down?
• Listen and Respond
• Choose the place
• Earn your employees’ trust
• Encourage taking help

37:08 - Feeling like a freak doesn’t mean you are a freak, it means you’re a human being

41:25 - Process of getting the movie/project into production

• Start speaking to people, google and look for ways to get funding
• Reach out to friends within your industry such as producers, and ask for advice
• Getting sponsors who are like-minded to help with funding 

56:35 - Pietie on what spirituality is

• Tapping into peace when he lets noise go
• I’d rather be sitting in the mountains thinking about God rather than sitting in church thinking about the mountains.

Helpful Resources for Mental Health & Self Care:

Crisis Services - If you or someone you know is struggling or in crisis, help is available.

https://afsp.org/suicide-prevention-resources

How Managers Can Support Mental Health in the Workplace - https://www.vantagefit.io/blog/managers-support-mental-health-workplace/

Practicing Self Care - 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65snrWJTNDU&t=381s

Signs & Symptoms of depression - https://www.mentalhealthfirstaid.org/2019/10/what-to-look-for-signs-and-symptoms-of-depression/

 

Watch full episodes for FREE and gain more practicable and actionable advice with soulful insights by subscribing to Steve Rodgers Business Alchemy Channel:

https://www.youtube.com/c/SteveRodgers/featured

 

We all know the phrase "show business," but we often forget the "business" part of the phrase and all that makes up the entertainment industry.

Pietie Beyers is an up-and-coming South African actor, filmmaker, and podcast host, and in this episode of The Alchemy of Business Show, he and Steve get into the business side of show business and what Beyers has learned about making a living by merging artistry with the world of business.

Pietie is also open about his struggles with depression and OCD, a personal battle that he has bravely channeled into the movie Skemerson (Sun Cry Moon) which can be watched on Netflix. The movie tells the story of a young man battling mental illness who decides to take his own life - and what happens after that decision.

Pietie’s story and outlook on the world is a powerful message for those struggling that it is OK for us to not always be OK and of how we can find always find the light in any amount of darkness.

Top Golden Insights Shared:

1. It’s okay to be not okay
2. It takes a lot of courage and strength to be vulnerable
3. Turn your mess into your MESSAGE to help others

Episode Time Stamps

6:00 - How Pietie got into acting

Mom was into acting

They used to have actors at their house

He got used to that creative space

Truman show as an influence

10:20 - It’s called Show Business for a Reason, business from the eyes of an actor

Started as a hopeless romantic artist, but I need to pay for things

It’s not just romanticism, It’s a healthy realization

Friends who have in finance/law, etc. Learn everywhere i go

13:04 - highs and lows of being an actor, and living with OCD

18:04 - first signs of his OCD

23:32 - Skemerson (Sun Cry Moon) Trailer clip

26:03 - His film inspired on true events, on a man being in a dark place and decides to take his own life

30:01 - How the film Skemerson started by Pietie posting on social media

I wear my heart on my sleeve

People reacted positively on him opening up and being vulnerable

He saw an appetite for things we often hide due to stigmas

It took a lot of courage to be vulnerable

36:10 - Process and how fast the film was made

History of the location/bridge

Duality of the bridge, there are people who look for thrills when they bungee jump, at the same time, some people used it to take their lives.

Imagery used

41:08 - On Elize Cawood’s passing after her last film, Skemerson

43:05 - Anneke Weidemann’s role in the film and how she ended up being Pietie’s Fiance

46:50 - Manifestations of Pietie’s OCD, and feeling guilty all the time.

How it’s portrayed in movies / pop culture

51:43 - Turn your mess into your message to help others

 

Guest Links

Watch the Film, SKEMERSON here on NETFLIX 
https://www.netflix.com/title/81617676

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pietie-beyers-63655719b/?originalSubdomain=za

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pietiebeyers1 

Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/pietiebeyers/   @pietiebeyers

Youtube: https://bit.ly/3rJLRLf

Email: pietbeyers@gmail.com

IMBD: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7034469/

Want more practical business & life advice?  Watch full episodes for FREE by subscribing to Steve Rodgers Business Alchemy Channel

https://www.youtube.com/c/SteveRodgers/featured

Do you have deeper pain points in your business that you want to resolve? Click the link below to book a free consultation call with me, Steve Rodgers, host of The Alchemy of Business Show and former Warren Buffett CEO.”

https://bookme.name/Steverodgers/30-min-talk-with-steve-rodgers

 

GUEST BIO

Pietie Beyers is a South African actor and filmmaker. He has been seen in many local TV shows and soapies and has made his debut playing the role of Dr. Deon Visser in the kykNET soapie Binnelanders.

In 2016, he made his film acting debut in Stiaan Smith’s romantic comedy film, Sy Klink Soos Lente. This film (She Sounds Like Spring) is about Ben, a mechanic working in a car dealership in Johannesburg, and Linda, a beautiful and brainy redhead.

Inspired by his own struggle with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), Pietie Beyers wrote and starred in the Afrikaans feature film Skemerson (Sun Cry Moon) in 2019. In it, a young man battling mental illness decides to take his own life.

He continues to climb the ranks in the South African entertainment industry and hosts a podcast called SO LOOP HY MAAR.

 

What does it mean to be joyful? 

In our life, we find ourselves constantly traversing from elation to despair. On this winding road, we often strive to achieve our goals in order to attain a sense of contentment, only to find that after accomplishing this, the moment becomes fleeting.

But what if there's another way to live your life? 

A way where whatever adversity or stress comes your way, you still have the strength to keep going while appreciating both the ups and downs.

We've been taught that we can attain happiness through acquiring riches, reaching our goals, and reducing any stress that comes our way. This approach may seem sensible initially, but it will leave you drained and always in a rut. 

In this episode, "The Happiness Guru," Dr. Srikumar Rao explains that you don't necessarily have to work harder - you have to think differently.

He enlightens us on having a different approach and perspective to live a happier, more joyful, and stress-free life. Once you discover and apply this way of living, you can appreciate whatever the universe throws at you.

Top 3 Golden Insights of the episode - 

1. Invest in the process, not the outcome, it’s a no lose proposition.

2. There is no destination. The journey is all there is, and it can be very very joyful.

3. The only thing you have is the illusion of control

 

Episode time stamps:

3:58 Dr. Rao’s on becoming the Happiness Guru

5:48 - Happiness v.s. Joy 

8:33 - How he got into his profession

11:45 -  Family and country background 

13:30  On Ramdas; All of life is a LESSON to be learned

17:16 There’s only 1 REASON why you have stress in your life.

20:12 - All of our problems are because of our endless resistance to what is

25:29 - The most important question you’ll ask yourself is, is the universe friendly?

29: 56 -  You don’t have control, the only thing you have is the illusion of control

34:28 - Set a goal to give you direction, not to obsess on the outcome. Invest in the process, not the outcome, it’s a no lose proposition

37: 44 - The flashlight of awareness and why some people are miserable all the time

41:24 -  Dr. Rao teaches how you get unstuck

 

Relevant Resources & Links

1. Modern Wisdom, Ancient Roots: The Movers and Shakers' Guide to Unstoppable Success - amzn.to/3Ci1Lku

2. Happiness at Work - https://amzn.to/3yiJqlP

3. Website: https://theraoinstitute.com/

4. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/srikumarsrao

5. Twitter: https://twitter.com/srikumarsrao 

6. Amazon Books: https://www.amazon.com/Srikumar-S.-Rao/e/B001K8QF5U?ref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share

7. Speaking Page: https://speaking.com/speakers/srikumar-rao/

Want more practical business & life advice?  Watch full episodes for FREE by subscribing to Steve Rodgers Business Alchemy Channel

https://www.youtube.com/c/SteveRodgers/featured

 

Do you have deeper pain points in your business that you want to resolve? Click the link below to book a free consultation call with me, Steve Rodgers, host of The Alchemy of Business Show and former Warren Buffett CEO.”

https://bookme.name/Steverodgers/30-min-talk-with-steve-rodgers

 

 

Guest Bio 

Known as “the Happiness Guru” Dr. Srikumar Rao is an expert in personal development and the creator and teacher of the acclaimed MBA course “Creativity and Personal Mastery,” which was associated with Columbia University until 2005.

The former executive for Warner Communications and McGraw Hill infuses his experience in the corporate world with respected spiritual philosophies to effect personal transformation in business students and senior management internationally.

Dr. Rao has authored two books, Are You Ready to Succeed? and Happiness at Work, as well as the audio course The Personal Mastery Program, all of which are bestsellers and have been translated into a number of languages.

He has received wide media coverage and acclaim, including features in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The London Times, The Independent, Time, Financial Times, Fortune, Business Week, The Guardian, and Forbes; he has also been a speaker for TED, Leading@Google, and Thinkers 50 interview. Dr. Rao has been a contributing editor for Forbes and a featured author for many other publications.

 

 

Humanity is now shifting from burning the burning of fossil fuels to a newer paradigm of energy that harnesses the natural power of the sun, the winds, and the waters. But are we changing our destructive ways quickly enough?

Jim Bunch, the founder of POWUR,  is passionate about shifting the power back to the people and helping humanity avoid the 6th Mass Extinction. 

In this compelling and informative episode of The Alchemy of Business Show, Jim tells the story of how his passion project, POWUR came to be and how it is the world’s first clean tech platform allows people to transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy.

POWUR allows anybody to license the software and start their own solar business from the palm of their hand for less than $100.

When it comes to the Earth, we already know the solutions; all we need to do is implement them. And in this show, Jim gives excellent advice on taking action on your vision.

Jim also has insights on how to approach the idea of failure and how important it is to experience what you came into this life to experience and accomplish what your deepest purpose is to do.

In the last 200 years, humanity has done incredible things through technology. Jim now asks: what can we do in the next 7-10 years to move into a much more sustainable place - not just for ourselves, but for our grandchildren? By following the vision of people like Jim, we will unlock more abundance and can create heaven on earth if we design it correctly, work together, and take action.

Top 3 Golden Insights shared:

1) Do something that’s worth trading your life for rather than just “spending your time” -  you should be INVESTING your time.

And where you invest your time should be aligned with WHAT YOU VALUE MOST

2)  The Importance of Executing on a Vision

“It's one thing to have a vision, it's another thing to execute on it.” We often know what we NEED to do and HOW to do it – but it is that important step of actually TAKING ACTION on what we know to be true.

3)  Accomplishing What You Are Here To Do and Try while You Still Can

“If I came here and I didn’t accomplish what I wanted to and I didn't experience what I wanted to, to me that is the only failure.”

GUEST BIO

Jim Bunch is known as an “Impact Investor & Advisor” who is on a mission “to lead a global initiative to change the world.” His 2 passions are Technology and Transformation, so whether it’s investing and advising Impact companies or launching a new business venture or helping CEOs upgrade their life and businesses, there’s a common thread you’ll find in whatever Jim Bunch does – and that’s inspiring and bringing out the best in people. 

As a founder of multiple impact companies over the last 30 years, he has first hand experience of what it takes to start, capitalize, scale and exit impact companies. Throughout Jim’s career, he has been passionate about creating fun, effective, and powerful experiences that help people and businesses initiate positive and sustainable change

 

Practical Resources

Insightful resources on Climate Solutions - https://drawdown.org/publications

Book recommendation - Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming

https://www.amazon.com/Drawdown-Comprehensive-Proposed-Reverse-Warming/dp/0143130447

Jim’s Website: https://jimbunch.com/

Connect with Jim on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimbunch/

POWUR: https://powur.com/

 

Watch  & Listen to Full Episodes for FREE and Subscribe to the SHOW!

https://www.youtube.com/c/SteveRodgers/featured

 

Looking for a productive, profitable, and purposeful life?

 

Click the link below to book a free consultation call with me, Steve Rodgers, host of The Alchemy of Business Show and former Warren Buffett CEO.”

https://bookme.name/Steverodgers/30-min-talk-with-steve-rodgers