Blissful Ignorance

Cassidy Phillips

On Blissful Ignorance we help obsessed, overwhelmed and driven entrepreneurs simplify their approach, ignite their passion, and discover their own purpose-driven path. Hosted by Cassidy Phillips, founder of TriggerPoint, Global Entrepreneur and Inc 500 recognized CEO.

Episodes

  1. 03/05/2019

    Ep 3. Part 2 of Jon Berghoff on The Importance of Collective Wisdom in Business

    Jon's purpose-driven path in life is to facilitate this interconnected network. Many people lose connection with self, with other people, and with nature. Returning that connectedness through questions and answers to lead an organization toward collective wisdom.   On this episode, I continue my talk with co-founder and president of the Flourishing Leadership Institute, Jon Berghoff, about the consciousness of connectedness, leading businesses toward collective wisdom and how his parenting mirrors this philosophy.   Three Things We Learned   Figure out how to get everyone to listen. There are 4 levels of listening: being stuck, having an open mind, being empathetic, and seeing all together as one.   Business owners need to stop asking, "How do we fix a prob problem?" That question only gets us back to neutral, closing the deficit gap. Instead, focus on the question that will get you to abundance.   Leaders need to have patience. The biggest barrier we see to a leader or an organization transitioning to this new approach of tapping into this collective wisdom is patience. It takes patience to figure out what the questions and wait for the answers from 900 people at one time. It's a lot more efficient for the leaders to figure out what to do since we're smart and we made it here.   Instead of thinking of sustainability as doing less harm, let's look at sustainability as flourishing. The highest purpose in our work is a world generations from now where all living things are thriving. Our starting point is within organizations that want to start with collective wisdom within their business.

    42 min
  2. 02/28/2019

    Jon Berghoff on Punching Through Emotional Ceilings & The Journey from Doer to Teacher of Teachers

    In order for us to be good leaders, we have to tap into our emotional currency as much as we tap into our intellectual currency. How do our negative experiences in childhood and the emotions that come from them design us for our lives in leadership? How can we balance the hyper-focus between our internal selves and the outside world? On this episode, I talk with co-founder and president of the Flourishing Leadership Institute, Jon Berghoff, about overcoming childhood pain, how the seed of mentorship and coaching was planted early in his life, and the levels of leadership required to build successful organizations.   Three Things We Learned   How success can be a vehicle to prove ourselves Jon believes that a lot of his early success was a rebound or pendulum in response to a lot of pain in his life. A lot of the energy and motivation he had was an attempt to counter not feeling accepted, and not feeling like he was enough.   What defines a good teacher Every good teacher/coach knows that the amount of wisdom in the universe is beyond what they can teach. They know that their job is to inspire the student to want to learn on their own— to instill that hunger in them.   The most critical skill a leader should have As leaders, one of the most critical things we can do is to listen through the eyes and the hearts of other people. In order to do that, we must have certain emotional experiences and emotional currency.   Every experience in our lives prepares us for each level, and this is especially true in leadership. As the world has become more complex, so has leadership. We may feel at times that the complexity of our world has surpassed our own capabilities, but that doesn't mean we are useless as leaders. In those moments we need to unlock collective intuition and work on helping the people we lead to tap into their own inner wisdom and strengths.

    36 min
  3. 02/21/2019

    Rob Dial on Building a Personal Brand & Successful Business on Vulnerability

    So many of us take actions and make choices to prove ourselves to other people, but the true journey of enlightenment requires us to look inward. How do we overcome the feeling of not being enough? When we build a business, why is it so important to listen to what the market wants? Why is it so critical to celebrate our wins and milestones?   On this episode, I'm joined by personal development speaker and coach, Rob Dial. He shares about overcoming his childhood trauma, how it influenced who he is and the business he runs, and how he's gotten to a billion content views. Three Things We Learned   The root of not feeling like we're enough We all have a feeling of not being enough in some way, and a lot of it comes from childhood. The average child is reprimanded 8 times more than they are praised by their parents, so they feel like they aren't enough more often than not. If we're searching for love from our parents and they constantly reprimand us, we'll feel like we're not enough. This can become a trauma, and if we don't get past it, we'll just remain broken children inside.     How to build more relevant products A lot of entrepreneurs just build up a following and never really ask people what they want, and they just guess and fail. It's better to grow a following, find out what people want and then figure out how you can best serve them based on what they want and then put out that product.     How you can be more influential in the market place via online channels The most valuable thing to have right now is a personal brand, people connect with people, they don't connect with brands The best way to influence sales is to go where everyone is going, and just be top of mind. Have a personal brand that's just about you and then people will find out about the company eventually. When there are more eyes on you the person, inevitably there'll be more eyes on your business.   Many people are stuck in lives they don't think they signed up for. One of the most important things we have to unravel is whether we're trying to prove ourselves to others or doing things for ourselves. When we're so focused on how other people see us, it holds us back from doing what we're really great at and shining at what we do best. To overcome this, we have to focus on our superpowers and learn to look inward to determine our worth. When our emotional currency is greater than any physical currency in the bank, that's when we can truly find joy.

    1h 9m
  4. 02/10/2019

    Rock Thomas - The World's #1 Whole-Life-Success Expert

    It's so easy to have checks and systems that evaluate how well we're doing financially, but our inner selves require the same. What does it take to overcome the past challenges, traumas and difficulties that impact our emotions? What is selective disbalance, and how should we think about the concept of balance in our lives? On this episode, I'm joined by whole-life wealth expert, and one of my mentors, Rock Thomas who shares on his life, his journey to success and what drives him and brings him joy. Three Things We Learned Why Balance is an Illusion Our lives are divided into different buckets, career, spirituality, relationships etc. The prevailing message we're told is that all these things have to be in complete balance, but this isn't practical. The truth is, you'll only be able to intensify in specific areas while the others take the backseat. Anytime one bucket gets filled, others will get depleted. How our environments can poison or nourish us We're all programmed by the ecosystems we were raised in, and we're constantly receiving data from the outside world that influences us negatively. When we hire people, we have to take their environments into account in order to know how best to lead them. How to start taking control of your mind and your thoughts When we "don't feel like doing" something important or "aren't in the mood" for an activity that improves our businesses or our health, we're letting our minds own and control us. We have the power and permission to own our minds and control what we do. Whether it's never getting the approval and validation of your parents, or going through a tough childhood, the answer to your healing is actually falling in love with yourself. It's no one's job to validate us, that responsibility lies solely in our hands. We can be the architects of our greatest successes, and this applies in life and in entrepreneurship. Entrepreneurship is an art, and as long as you feel that you are meant for more, you'll keep seeking and searching for the answers. You just have to have the faith that you'll find that purpose, and be willing to pursue it.

    48 min
  5. 02/09/2019

    Who Is the Blissful Ignorance Podcast For?

    Your mind is powerful. The body tells the mind to do incredible things, and the mind can tell the body to do horrible things. I want to get you moving, get you healthy, get you feeling like you can accomplish anything in life, and your mind will follow suit. Takeaways from this Episode This podcast helps pinpoint key decisions in the lives of entrepreneurs We all have a decision to make - go after greatness, or compromise and live a mediocre life. We know entrepreneurs like you don't want to live a mediocre life. You want to crush it, figure out how to create the next big opportunity. Will you go after greatness, or will you compromise and live a mediocre life? It all comes down to making that decision. Blissful Ignorance applies to any kind of entrepreneur Entrepreneurs come in all types - small business owner, professional athlete, salesperson, online or multi-level marketer. Either way, you have to be blissfully ignorant that you can achieve whatever you want. If you haven't pursued what you want, you will live a mediocre life We all have a responsibility to pursue our greatness. If we haven't done that, we end up being passive aggressive with ourselves. No one else can be our excuse - parents, friends, peers, coworkers, etc. If you outwit, outlast, outplay those around you, you will thrive because you're doing what you want in life. This podcast is meant to inspire those who are need of a greater quality of life to get out there and DO IT. Get out there and achieve what you want, while being thankful for those around you. Those are the ones who make the achievement even better.

    9 min
  6. 02/08/2019

    Why I Started the Blissful Ignorance Podcast

    Your mind is powerful. The body tells the mind to do incredible things, and the mind can tell the body to do horrible things. I want to get you moving, get you healthy, get you feeling like you can accomplish anything in life, and your mind will follow suit. Takeaways from this Episode This podcast helps pinpoint key decisions in the lives of entrepreneurs We all have a decision to make - go after greatness, or compromise and live a mediocre life. We know entrepreneurs like you don't want to live a mediocre life. You want to crush it, figure out how to create the next big opportunity. Will you go after greatness, or will you compromise and live a mediocre life? It all comes down to making that decision. Blissful Ignorance applies to any kind of entrepreneur Entrepreneurs come in all types - small business owner, professional athlete, salesperson, online or multi-level marketer. Either way, you have to be blissfully ignorant that you can achieve whatever you want. If you haven't pursued what you want, you will live a mediocre life We all have a responsibility to pursue our greatness. If we haven't done that, we end up being passive aggressive with ourselves. No one else can be our excuse - parents, friends, peers, coworkers, etc. If you outwit, outlast, outplay those around you, you will thrive because you're doing what you want in life. This podcast is meant to inspire those who are in need of a greater quality of life to get out there and DO IT. Get out there and achieve what you want, while being thankful for those around you. Those are the ones who make the achievement even better.

    9 min
4.7
out of 5
12 Ratings

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On Blissful Ignorance we help obsessed, overwhelmed and driven entrepreneurs simplify their approach, ignite their passion, and discover their own purpose-driven path. Hosted by Cassidy Phillips, founder of TriggerPoint, Global Entrepreneur and Inc 500 recognized CEO.