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Have you ever wondered how other people experience you and your leadership? In today’s episode of the Next Level Living Podcast, we share a powerful self-awareness question to help you find out.
Is it possible that we are getting in our own way by taking ourselves a little too seriously? When you walk into a room, do people feel like the load they carry gets heavier or lighter? In today’s episode of the Next Level Living Podcast, Jeff Cochran shares how lightening up just a little can help us raise our effectiveness and influence.
Do you struggle with procrastination? Procrastination gets a bad rap, but the truth is, we all struggle with it. The real question is what can we learn from it? In today’s episode of the Next Level Living Podcast, we talk about just that!
We all have strengths and talents that set us apart, but in today’s episode of the Next Level Living Podcast, we discuss the DANGER of relying on those strengths.
In today’s episode of the Next Level Living Podcast, we share one of the most important (yet overlooked) skills you can learn for success.
If you’re still operating out of a 5 or 10 year plan, then life is likely passing you by. The world is changing faster than ever, and that means the 5 year plan is the new 20 year plan, and the 1 year plan is the new 5 year plan. In today’s episode of the Next Level Living Podcast, we break down how to leverage the magic of the 3 day plan to accomplish more than ever before. Don’t miss it!
Do you know why most leaders and organizations miss achieving their goals? It’s because they don’t have a clear enough target to aim at! In this episode of the Next Level Leader Podcast, we discuss practical ways to aim well and achieve the goals that matter most.
Any time we pursue a dream that is worthwhile, we will run into days when we want to quit. In today’s episode, we discuss three simple things to do the next time you want to quit. They’re simple, yet incredibly powerful.
Sometimes the best way to win big is to start winning small first. In today’s episode of the Next Level Living Podcast, we discuss the power of winning small and how it can help you start winning in big ways!
There’s no time like the present to start building your future. That thing you’ve been putting off and waiting on… now is the time to get started!
When it comes to success, we like to read the cliffs notes version. The problem is that those quick success stories we read often took place over years and decades of hard work. As Mark Batterson says, “Don’t envy other people’s successes if you aren’t willing to emulate their work ethic.” On today’s episode of the Next Level Living Podcast, we talk about how successful people got there and what we can learn from them.
What if we could achieve other high impact things as easily as we drive a car? In today’s episode of the Next Level Living Podcast, we discuss that question and how we can begin achieving great things on autopilot.
In any situation you face in life and leadership, you really only have three options. Unfortunately, most of us choose the worst option. What if we could flip the script though? What if we could choose better options that help us get better and win bigger? That’s exactly what we talk about in today’s episode of the Next Level Living Podcast. Listen today to learn how to choose a better way forward!
What if one of the best ways to achieve big things is to get streaky? Also, what does it mean to “get streaky?” Join us on this episode of the Next Level Living Podcast to find out.
Many of us today are suffering from decision fatigue. We have to make so many tough decisions throughout the week that eventually we find ourselves compromising or making poor decisions. In today’s episode, we show you how a simple decision making filter can help you overcome decision fatigue and make better decisions than ever before!
We all want to be successful, but all too often we sabotage our own success by aiming at the wrong target. If you’re ready to achieve more and build a habit of success, this episode will help you start thinking the right way to get there.
In this episode, we discuss one of the most overlooked parts of leadership, and breakdown the unlikely thing we will all need to lead well.
“Ambition is the path to success. Persistence is the vehicle you arrive in.” - Bill Bradley. One of the most overlooked parts of success is the art of persistence. Too often, we give up too early. In this episode of the Next Level Living Podcast, we share how to leverage the power of persistence to level up your life, leadership, and business this year.
Do you have more on your to do list than you feel like you can get done? Do you ever feel overwhelmed with all that you have to get done? In today’s episode, we share 3 very simple (and powerful) productivity hacks to help you level up your productivity like never before!
All too often, we try to solve the wrong problem when we need to change results. Unfortunately, if we don’t solve the right problem, we will keep getting the wrong results. In today’s episode, we highlight the real problem behind the struggles of most people, leaders, and organizations.
In today’s world, it’s easy to complain. But did you know that you can’t complain and create at the same time? Leaders don’t complain, we create better. That’s what today’s episode is all about. How to create the future we want instead of complaining about the problems we see today.
Too many of us are looking for the magic bullet of success, when we are really just one simple decision away from leveling up like never before. In today’s episode of the Next Level Living Podcast, we break down the principle of one and how you can use it to transform your life, leadership, and business.
The only way to start living out your dreams is to trade tomorrow thinking for today’s action. In this episode, we talk about the problem with tomorrow, and why it’s time to stop waiting!
Would you like to get a little smarter? Would you like to raise your emotional intelligence and people skills? If so, you’re in luck! On today’s episode of the Next Level Living Podcast, we discuss one simple way to instantly level up you EQ, IQ, and leadership as a whole.
What’s the level where a person becomes great in an area of life? How do you know when you’ve become great or if you’re in the right track to become great at what you do? In today’s episode of the Next Level Living Podcast, we share the level of greatness, and it’s likely not what you think.
What do you want most in your life, leadership, or profession right now? Are you getting what you want, or are you left wanting? In this episode of the Next Level Living Podcast, we discuss the easiest way to get what you’re seeking.
Do you have way more on your to do list than you can hope to accomplish? Do you ever get overwhelmed by the sheer volume of that task list? If so, today’s episode is for you. Today, we talk about the magic of an imminent deadline and share 3 practical ways to leverage this magic in your own life.
Why is it that most of spend more time planning our next vacation than we spend planning for our future? In today’s episode of the podcast, we discuss 4 questions to ask to plan for success and book your trip to the future you want!
What’s your personal elevator pitch?Can you tell people who you are, what you do, why you do it, and who your target audience is in just one or two sentences? If not, you’re probably not ready to share it yet. In this episode of the Next Level Living Podcast, we discuss the power of a clear 15 second pitch.
What’s the most common answer to “How are you?” I bet you know it. Say it with me: “Busy.” All too often we wear busyness as a badge of honor today. The problem is that busy doesn’t make us better, it makes us stupid. In this episode of the Next Level Living Podcast, Jeff Cochran shares some simple ways to take your schedule back and leave busy behind.
How much of your day is spent busy and distracted, but unproductive to the bottom line or your biggest goals? In today’s episode, I share and instant way to level up your productivity in your life, leadership, and profession.
We all have a vision of the person we want to be, the leader we want to be, and the life we want to have. The question is if we are voting for that future with our daily actions? Today’s episode is all about aligning our day to day actions with the future we want for tomorrow.
Have you ever wondered if you’re moving in the right direction to become the person you want to be and arrive at the destination you’re aiming for? The good news is that you can! In today’s episode of the Next Level Living Podcast, we talk about about to see your future and ensure you’re on the right track.
The trail of success will take us to a lot of unforeseen and undesired locations. One of those is failure. None of us like to fail, but what if failure is a necessary part of success? In this episode, we discuss how our greatest failures can become the seeds to our greatest successes.
Have you ever heard the advice to “Fake it until you make it?” Of course you have! And while this is generally bad advice, what if it could actually be good advice for leaders and entrepreneurs today? In today’s episode of the Next Level Living podcast, we talk about why fake it until you make it can actually be good advice.
One of the most powerful tools we have in our arsenal as leaders is the power of consistent forward motion. In today’s episode, we discuss the power of forward and how consistent, positive, forward steps can make this the best year of your life!
Let’s be real, most of us are doing too much and over complicating life. We tend to make things harder than they should be. But what if there was a better way? What if we could do less, but do the things we do even better? That’s what today’s episode is all about.
Let’s be real, we ALL have valid reasons and excuses to why we can’t move forward. The question isn’t whether you have valid reasons for being stuck, it’s whether you will do something about it or not! In this episode, we talk about how to practically overcome the excuses holding us back.
If insanity is doing the same thing over and over while expecting different results, then why is it many of us live the same life over and over and call it a life? In this episode, we talk about what needs to change in order to experience the change you want in your life this year.
I love good branding, but too many of us are worries about being “on brand,” and too few of us are focused on being “on mission.” You can be on brand without being on mission, but if you’re on mission you will ALWAYS be on brand! In this episode of the Next Level Living Podcast, we discuss the difference between brand and mission, and how we can stay “On” both.
The success we see and celebrate is only 20% or less of what the people we admire do. It’s only 20% of their success. But what about the OTHER 80%? That’s what today’s podcast is all about: how to find the other 80%. If we will fall in love with the other 80%, we’ll find the success we are looking for.
Have you ever missed an opportunity because you weren’t ready to receive it or take advantage of it? In today’s episode of the Next Level Living Podcast, Jeff Cochran shares how to be prepared for your next opportunity before it arises.
It’s the last episode of the podcast for 2021, and today we want to look back and celebrate all you’ve accomplished and the person you’ve become this year. You may not even realize how much you’ve grown until you take a moment to look back. I believe in you, and I hope that today’s episode helps you believe more in yourself as well.
Discouragement is par for the course in leadership. You can’t lead without facing discouragement! The question is: How can you beat discouragement when it comes your way? In this episode of the Next Level Living podcast, we talk about what to do the next time you face discouragement to keep moving forward.
The best way to win in leadership and business is to creat WIN/WIN situations for everyone in your orbit. Here’s a powerful paradox: when you win last is when you’ll win most.” In this episode of the Next Level Living Podcast, we talk about how win by helping everyone around you win before you and more than you.
If things are going to change in your life in the future, then you’ll need to change things in your life today. Most of us know the outcomes we want to change in our life over the next year, but question is if we are willing to make the changes today that will get us there? In this episode, we talk about the change you need to make to change your life. Also, if you need help putting together your growth plan for 2022, check out https://www.jeffcochran.online/growthplan to download my FREE template and masterclass!
Some weeks we have more motivation than others, yet it’s hard to waste many weeks and still reach our goals. So how do we make each week count? In this episode, we talk about 3 practical questions to ask to help you make the most of your week.
Success is hard to find alone, so getting good feedback is vital to becoming the people and leaders we want to be. In this episode, we talk about how to get good feedback and who to listen to.
Today, we have more information at our fingertips than ever before. We are just one click, one book, or one podcast away from expert opinions in every field. Yet, that access to information hasn’t made us more successful. Why? Because most of us prioritize taking in new information over taking new action. In this episode, we talk about how to put the information you learn to action!
Let’s face it. Your network is important. Life is as much about who we know as it it about what we know. If you’re looking for practical tips to network better, then this episode of the Next Level Living Podcast is for you.
We all face fears that threaten to hold us back in life, leadership, and business. Fear is normal. Here’s the thing, though, fear can either hold us back or propel us forward! In this episode, Jeff Cochran shares how to trade negative fear for the right fear that can move you forward and propel you to the life you want!
Have you had any wow experiences in life and business that had you talking about it with everyone? What would happen if we worked to be more intentional about providing these “just wow” experiences for others? That’s what this episode of the podcast is all about!
Most people I know are perpetual quitters. For far too many of us, the thing we are most consistent in doing is quitting! In this episode, we talk about how to quit on quitting and start moving toward our most important goals.
If you keep waiting for the right time, you will never live the life you want to live. We tend to wait way too long to do the things we need to do. Don’t live with regret because you waited too long when you can get started today. In this episode, we talk about how to stop waiting and start moving forward.
Difficult people are everywhere. At work. At the store. In our own families. And we all have to deal with them. In this episode of the Next Level Living Podcast, Jeff Cochran shares 4 practical ways to deal with difficult people.
When you look at any person or business that has experienced sustained success, you’ll find 3 things. While there are TONS of things involved in being successful, there is really no way to sustain success with these 3 ingredients. In this episode of the Next Level Living Podcast, Jeff Cochran breaks down the 3 ingredients if success and how to leverage them in your life and leadership.
What would happen if you made the decision to simply move forward everyday? That everyday you would choose forward and move toward your dream, vision, and calling? In this episode of the Next Level Living Podcast, Jeff Cochran encourages us to make the most of the final six weeks of this year by choosing forward!
Much of success in life comes down to the ability to market yourself. Dating, interviewing for a job, asking for a raise or promotion, and gaining business capital all come down to the ability to market yourself well! So, how can you market yourself well? In this episode of the Next Level Living Podcast, I share a few simple practical tips to market yourself like never before.
Networking. You either love it or you hate it. No one I know has a neutral reaction to it. In today’s episode of the Next Level Living Podcast, I share why I struggled with networking for so long and what made the difference for me. I believe it can make a difference for you too, so let’s talk about it!
We all have a natural tendency to let our “what if” questions keep us from truly living and pursuing the future we want most. We don’t want to fail, and those what ifs can be terrifying. But what would happen if we flipped those what if worries and questions? What if we turned our “what ifs” from negatives and into positives? That’s what today’s episode of the Next Level Living Podcast is all about!
What if you could easily and quickly multiply your effectiveness? I believe you can. In today’s episode of the Next Level Living Podcast, Jeff Cochran shares one simple way we can immediately increase our effectiveness and productivity.
In this episode of the Next Level Living Podcast, we talk about preparing for the future you want. Preparation and success go hand in hand, and your ability to lead in the future will be determined by your commitment to prepare now.
Have you ever let a bad hour or a bad conversation turn into a bad day? What if you could turn those days around and win the day instead? In today’s episode of the Next Level Living Podcast, we talk about how to turn bad days into good days by living a 4 quarter day.
According to Ken Coleman, “Every dream has a starting line.” Today’s episode of the Next Level Living Podcast is all about finding the starting line of your dream and how to move from just thinking about it to practically pursuing it. If you have a dream that you want to see become a reality, then this episode is for you.
We have more good opportunities today than we ever have. Unfortunately though, more of us are held back by too many good commitments, not too few. It’s actually some of the good opportunities that are hurting us, because taking too many good opportunities leads to burnout. So, how can we decide which opportunities to pursue? That’s exactly what this episode is about. Join the conversation for two questions that will help you choose the right opportunities for you.
We will become what we repeatedly do because we are the product of the actions we take and the decisions we make. In this episode of the Next Level Living Podcast, we talk about how to get intentional about taking the right steps to get where you want to go.
In the words of John Maxwell, “Leadership is influence - nothing more and nothing less.” That begs the question though, how do we gain and keep influence? Today’s episode of the Next Level Living Podcast is all about how to gain the influence you will need to accomplish all you feel called to do.
Did you know that you’re likely just 1 decision away from living a totally different life? The life you want to live is in reach, you just have to make the right choices to get there. In today’s episode of the Next Level Living Podcast, Jeff Cochran shares how a simple choice can truly transform your life and how to find out what that decision is.
We like the idea of being a CEO because a CEO has authority and the buck stops with them. Did you know that you are the CEO of your own life though? In this episode of the Next Level Living Podcast, Jeff Cochran shares how to become the CEO of you and take control of your life in the last 61 days of 2021!
Sometimes in life and leadership, less is really more. As we near the end of this year, we can finish strong, stack up wins, and build momentum; but only if we focus on the right priorities. In this episode of the Next Level Living Podcast, Jeff Cochran challenges you to to just that and make the most of the end of 2021.
Chasing perfection will keep you stuck faster than anything. Too many of us sacrifice our goals and dreams on the altar of perfection. Today’s episode is a clear challenge to choose progress over perfection. When you do, you’ll find a whole new level of success. Let’s be people who choose a better way by choosing progress over perfection!
Too many people today are trying to be like the person, leader, or business owner down the street. Too few of us know what it looks like to live into our genius, but living into our genius is the only way to be truly successful! In today’s episode of the Next Level Living Podcast, Jeff Cochran encourages you to identify your genius and begin living into your unique gifts, strengths, and talents. When you do, new levels of success and effectiveness are just around the corner!
When it comes to big decisions, many of us are perennial over-thinkers. The problem is that overthinking kills momentum! So, how do we overcome overthinking? In today’s episode, Jeff Cochran shares the antidote to overthinking from Jon Acuf’s new book “Soundtracks.”
We live in a world of rapid change, and I believe the most successful people and organizations over the next 10 years will be those that can best navigate and activate change. In this episode of the Next Level Living Podcast, Jeff Cochran shares the key to making change.
Here’s the hard truth: we all have pet excuses that we’ve all let move in with us. They may even have validity to them, but they are not the real reason you’re stuck! In today’s episode of the Next Level Living Podcast, Jeff Cochran shares how to identify your excuse and challenges you to leave it behind.
Who is your real competition? Unfortunately, many of us have the wrong answer to that question. In this episode of the Next Level Living Podcast, Jeff Cochran shares how to answer that question and overcome your real competition!
There’s a lot of negativity in the world today, but as leaders, we can make a MASSIVE IMPACT when we choose positivity. In today’s episode of the Next Level Living Podcast, Jeff Cochran encourages the NLLC to be better, lead better, and choose positivity.
If you you want to level up you leadership and effectiveness immediately, start by leading with “Wow” over “How.” In today’s episode, Jeff Cochran shares a simple shift we can make to help great ideas grow on our teams and in our businesses. If you want to lead more creatively, then this episode is for you!
The things holding you back most from the life you want are the excuses you are making. It’s time to quit making excuses. It’s time to trade excuses for progress. In this episode of the Next Level Living Podcast, Jeff Cochran shares how to practically punt the excuses and start moving forward.
In life, leadership, and business, it’s easy to find ourselves stuck. Unfortunately, by the time we finally realize it, we’ve often been stuck for quite some time. So, how can you know when you’re stuck so that you can address it early? That’s what this episode is all about!
Today’s episode of the Next Level Living Podcast is all about how we can make space for unseen opportunities. When that next great opportunity comes your way, will you be ready to seize. Join me today as I show you how!
The truth is, we are all trying to build some kind of value in our lives and leadership. Whether it’s financial value, influence, or expertise, we are all trying to build value. So, what’s the BEST way to build value that lasts? That’s exactly what we talk about in this episode!
Dreaming isn’t a bad thing. It’s actually a good thing! So, why would I tell you to stop dreaming? Because for far too many of us, dreaming is holding us back! Check out today’s episode of the Next Level Living Podcast to find out how dreaming is holding you back and why you should stop.
Today, we celebrate 100 EPISODES of the Next Level Living Podcast!!!! In this episode, Jeff Cochran shares 7 lessons he has learned from 100 episodes that can positively impact your life and leadership as well.
Recently on a plane, I had a young leader ask me how I got where I am today? The answer was simple. I’ve done two simple things every day for a decade and a half that have consistently helped me to level up my leadership and effectiveness. In this episode, I want to share to two things I told him with you.
What is your level of expectation? Do you believe things will go wrong, or do you expect to win? Often, we will end up living a life that meets our expectation. In this episode, Jeff Cochran encourages you to raise the level of your expectation in life and leadership!
At some point or another, we will all face a big choice to make a major move in life and leadership. But how can we know when it’s the right time? Should I start a new business? Should I change careers? Should we move cities? Whatever move you’re facing, there’s a way to know when the time is right. In today’s episode of the Next Level Living Podcast, Jeff Cochran gives you 5 questions to ask that will help you know when it’s the right time to make a big move.
Why do things get difficult when they do in life and leadership? In today’s episode, we tackle that question and trace most of difficulties back to two reasons.
If you’ve got a goal or dream that you’ve been thinking about going after, this is the PERFECT TIME to make a move! This is the PERFECT TIME to go’s after the future you want! In this episode of the Next Level Living Podcast, Jeff Cochran shares why this is the perfect time to move and how you can use the last few months of this year to transform your life forever. If you’re ready to start making progress, give it a listen.
A lot of leaders today work hard to become well rounded, and that’s exactly what holds them back! Great leaders on well rounded. Great leaders do what they are great at! In today’s episode of the Next Level Living Podcast, Jeff Cochran breaks down how to escape the myth of well rounded and start becoming great!
In this episode of the podcast, we talk about a counter cultural and counter intuitive way to win in any arena of life.
In today’s episode, we talk about when average beats amazing. We can’t be amazing everyday because we all have bad days. However, we can always move forward.
Many of us have business cards in our professions, but what is your personal business card? In this episode of the Next Level Living Podcast, Jeff Cochran challenges you to find your business card and to begin sharing it with the world around you.
The time for excuses is over. If you’re ready to leave excuses behind and start living the life you were created for, then you need to listen to this episode. If you’re fine staying stuck, this one’s not for you. Let’s make the choice together to step into our dreams and truly start living!
We all face significant problems in life and leadership, but what if your Next Level of Success could be found in the problems you’re tying to escape? In this episode of the Next Level Living Podcast, Jeff Cochran shares how to use the problem paradox to use you biggest problems as a springboard to your greatest wins.
“I’m just so busy. I don’t have time. I’m just trying to keep up.” Have you found yourself saying any of these things lately? If so, you’re not alone. Most leaders and dreamers feel that way, but we don’t have to live that way! In this episode, Jeff Cochran share the key to not only getting ahead in life and leadership, but also to finding more freedom in your life.
No matter what goal you have or dream you’re pursuing, NOW is the time to make progress. NOW is the time to take new ground. NOW is the time to start building the future you want! You don’t have to stay stuck any longer, and today’s episode will help you take action toward the person you want to be and the future you want to live!
In this episode of the Next Level Living Podcast, Jeff Cochran shares one simple leadership rule that has radically transformed his effectiveness and can help you level up your effectiveness as well.
In a world of busy people, full calendars, and overcommitted people, what if DOING LESS could mean accomplishing MORE? In today’s episode, Jeff Cochran shares about when less becomes more in our life and leadership, and how to make sure you accomplish the biggest goals in your life.
In this episode, Jeff Cochran shares three questions you can use to keep your priorities in focus and level up your productivity.
In today’s episode, we talk about the price of greatness and how to pursue greatness in your life and leadership.
Have you ever had a big goal or dream that you wanted to pursue, but just didn’t feel ready for? What if the only way to feel ready and get ready is to take action? In this episode of the Next Level Living Podcast, Jeff Cochran shares how one thought transformed the way he pursued goals and dealt with imposter syndrome in his life.
Self-doubt is at pandemic levels among leaders. Here’s the problem though, if you don’t believe in yourself and your vision, no one else will either. In today’s episode of the Next Level Living Podcast, Jeff Cochran shares about how to believe in yourself even when you don’t feel it, and the power of self belief to transform your life and leadership.
Will you choose the pain of growth, or the pain of regret? We all get to choose our pain in life and leadership. The only question is which pain you will choose.
We all have things we don’t want to do and would rather put off until tomorrow. Here’s the problem though, none of us are guaranteed tomorrow. So, why not make the most of today? In this episode of the Next Level Living Podcast, Jeff Cochran encourages us to not waste today and make the most of the day we’ve been given.
In today’s episode of the podcast, we talk about the quickest path to failure, how to avoid it, and how to attract great people to your circle of influence!
Our expectations help shape our reality. If you always expect the negative, that’s what you’ll find. Inversely, if you expect good things you’ll likely find those as well. In this episode of the podcast, Jeff Cochran shares simple tips on how to adjust your expectations and level up your life!
Personal development is important, and it’s a passion of mine when done right. However, we have a MAJOR PROBLEM with personal development today, and if we don’t fix it, our pursuit of personal development may actually be what’s keeping us stuck! In this episode, Jeff Cochran highlights the problem with personal development and how to fix it.
“What are you working on that’s big right now?” The answer to this question will either drive you or derail you. When asked how they are doing, successful people don’t tell you about people or circumstances, they tell you passionately about that big thing they are working on. In this episode, Jeff Cochran shares how this question can help drive your life and leadership to the next level.
Often, our biggest regrets in the workplace and in relationships come from times where we lost control emotionally. Today’s episode is all about how to keep control of our emotions in life, leadership, and business.
We all want to breakthrough to new levels in our lives, leadership, and businesses, but the truth is few people will. So, where does breakthrough come from? How can we find it in our lives? In this episode of the Next Level Living podcast, Jeff Cochran shows us where breakthrough is born and how to find it in our own lives.
“How do I know when it’s time to make a change?” Whether you’re thinking about a change in your habits, your career, or your personal life, knowing when to make a change is hard. In this episode of the Next Level Living Podcast, Jeff Cochran shares a simple way to know whether or not it’s time to make a change.
Leadership is about influencing the people around you, but that’s easier said than done. If you want greater influence in your job, your business, or your home, listen to this episode of the podcast to hear one of the best kept secrets to influencing people!
Nobody likes conflict, but it’s often behind our greatest obstacles in life and leadership. In today’s episode, Jeff Cochran shares 3 areas of conflict we all deal with in life and how to resolve conflict by hitting it head on.
Today’s episode is about one simple choice that will either propel a leader to greatness or keep them from succeeding. Will you make the leader’s choice this week?
In a culture of ladder climbers, ladder builders stand out. If you want to be more effective, more successful, and become the best version of yourself, trade ladder climbing for ladder building!
In life, there are just some things worth repeating. For today’s episode, Jeff shares three reminders that you heard before, but likely need to hear of and be reminded of again. These are some of the most important pieces to Next Level Living, but also some of the easiest to forget! So go ahead, give it a listen and get your daily reminder.
You can’t win a race looking sideways, and you can’t win that way in life either. In today’s episode, Jeff Cochran encourages you to run your own race and escape the comparison game.
It’s hard to win if we don’t know what winning looks like. So, how can you know the WIN in your life and leadership in this season? In this episode, Jeff shows us how to define the WIN and go after what is important now.
How do you know when to say yes to an opportunity in our culture of overcrowded and over filled schedules? In this episode, Jeff Cochran shares how he determines whether an opportunity is a YES or a NO.
How full is your energy bucket? Your levels on mental, physical, emotional, and spiritual health?
On today’s episode, we talk about finishing your motivation for getting up each day and chasing your goals. Don’t miss it!
Let’s face it, we all have bad days. But how can we keep a bad day from coming home with us? I’m this episode of the Next Level Living Podcast, Jeff Cochran shares a simple trick for turning around a bad day that is guaranteed to make your smile!
We all have problems in our lives and leadership that we want to fix. The question, though, is how? In this episode of the Next Level Living Podcast, Jeff Cochran shares the secret behind most of our problems, and the secret to fixing them.
The best leaders and most successful people tend to live life from a posture of intellectual curiosity. Staying curious about life and leadership will keep you growing and moving forward! So, what does it look like to embrace intellectual curiosity? Check out this episode to hear more!
You’re not for everyone, and that’s okay! When you realize you’re not for everyone, it frees you up to serve and impact the right people. In this episode of the Next Level Living Podcast, Jeff Cochran talks about how to embrace this truth and use it to make the impact you were created to make.
In today’s episode, we talk about how to season our lives with grace without buying into excuses that will keep us stuck.
What’s the best way to build a business, brand, relationship, or really anything in life? In this episode, Jeff Cochran shares the secret to building anything better. Join us for this short conversation on how to build better things in your personal and professional lives.
On today’s episode of the Next Level Living Podcast, we talk about one simple question you can ask to start getting unstuck and moving forward in almost any part of life. Join Jeff Cochran as he breaks down the power of this simple question.
What keeps you going and pursuing your goals when it gets tough? In this episode, Jeff Cochran shares what keeps him going and how you can stay committed and on track in the pursuit of your dreams as well.
One of the best tools you can bring to your life and leadership is a positive mindset. Most people today are chronic complainers that speak constant negativity. As a result, they find what they are looking for. However, embracing a positive mindset can change all of that! A positive mindset can transform your life and leadership in ways that few other things can! Join Jeff Cochran for episode 50 for a conversation about how to trade chronic negativity for a positive mindset that will change your life!
We’ve all heard about time management. Many of us have heard about priority management, but very few of us ever talk about energy management. In this episode, Jeff Cochran shares one of the simplest principles of energy management: do what you’re best at when you are at your best! This one simple principle can easily multiply your impact in the areas of your greatest gifting if you’ll let it. Join Jeff for this quick conversation to invest in yourself today!
In leadership and goal setting, fun gets a bad wrap. It seems to be “all about the grind” and never about the fun. But what if I told you having fun would make your more effective? Today’s episode is all about the positive impact fun can have on your life and leadership.
If we want to live and lead well, we will have to keep learning. In today’s episode, Jeff Cochran talks about how to lead yourself well by taking on the lifelong posture of a learner.
We all have goals, dreams, and somewhere we want to arrive one day. So, why is it that only some people reach their dreams while most people don’t? The answer: we don’t know how to build a bridge from where we are to where we want to be. In this episode, Jeff Cochran shares how to build a bridge to the life you want to live.
If you compete against the wrong people, you’ll always lose. Unfortunately, many of us spend our lives competing against the wrong people and things. So, how do you identify your real competition? In this episode, Jeff Cochran shares how to do just that and how the right competition leads to winning like never before.
Hustle is a buzzword you hear thrown about a lot today, but often, what people call hustle is just a recipe for burnout. So, how can we hustle in a healthy way and chase the dreams God has put on our hearts? In this episode, Jeff Cochran shares the way he has found to hustle consistently and in a healthy way.
If we’re honest, too many of us as leaders treat sleep like something we conquer instead of a resource to embrace. Unfortunately, that leaves us leading in a lot of ways like we’re drunk. We can’t be at our best without rest. In this episode, Jeff Cochran shares his struggle with sleep and how he is resetting his life to leverage sleep and rest as leadership superpowers in his life.
Don’t let the pursuit of perfection keep you from doing the things you feel called to do! Done is better than perfect every day of the week!
Far too many of us spend our lives chasing someone else’s dream instead of our own. In this episode, Jeff Cochran shares one question that will help you start chasing your own dream again.
One of the best ways to level up your life personally, professionally, and spiritually is to embrace two mile thinking. In today’s episode, Jeff Cochran breaks down two mile thinking and how to use it in your life and leadership.
We all have dreams for our lives, but how can we turn those dreams into reality? The best way to make a dream your reality is to turn it into a goal! In this episode, Jeff Cochran shares the differences between dreams and goals and how to turn the dreams you have for your life into your future reality.
All the “experts” on social media seem to talk about winning your morning and mastering a morning routine that starts before 5am, but the truth is we aren’t all wired that way. Today’s episode is all about finding the way your wired and doing what’s best for you to be at your best.
Activity and production are not the same thing. Everyone is busy these days, but not everyone is productive. So, how do you level up your productivity? Join Jeff Cochran for this episode as he talks about how.
We all have pet excuses. Excuses we’ve used and kept around for so long we’ve started believing them. It’s time to cut the excuses, believe in ourselves, and pursue the dreams on your heart. That’s what this episode of the podcast is all about.
One of the best investments you can ever make is the investment in yourself and who you want to be. In today’s episode, Jeff Cochran talks about the importance of investing in yourself and practical ways to make your growth a priority.
What do you do when you’re stuck and don’t know what to do? In this episode, Jeff Cochran shares a simple, yet powerful question you can ask to help you find your next step and get unStuck.
When you lead other people (or yourself,) do you tend to push them to be their best or do you pull the best out of them? What’s the difference, and which one makes the greatest impact? In this episode, Jeff Cochran shares his thoughts on this from a recent podcast conversation he heard with Bob Burg.
Let’s face it, most of us think, plan and talk way too much, but we DO way too little. In today’s episode, Jeff Cochran challenges the Next Level Living Community to start defaulting to DO. When you do, it will change your life!
Too many of us let what other people think of us affect our actions. Here’s the problem though, listening to what other people think of you will only keep you from becoming the person you want to be. Caring too much about what other people think is the best way to stay stuck! What happens if we let go though? Letting go of what other people think let’s you pick up the dream God designed for you! In this episode, Jeff Cochran shares his battle with this and how he learned to let go and level up.
When it comes to making mistakes, most of us would rather hide our mistakes or cover them up than celebrate them. But what if I told you one of the best way me to build momentum in your life is to celebrate your mistakes? In this episode, Jeff Cochran shares how celebrating your mistakes can build momentum in your life and leadership like never before.
Do you want to be great? For most of us, the answer is yes. We all want to be great in some area of our lives. The problem is that greatness is hard to find. It doesn’t have to be though! In this episode, Jeff Cochran shares where greatness lives and how to easily find it in your own life and leadership.
Imagine it’s a year from now and you’ve traveled to the future. How is your life different? Are you where you want to be? No matter what you’re dream is, you can be living it a year from now if you just take the right steps. Don’t wish for a better future. Build one.
Have you ever had a week with more on your to do list than could ever be done? How did you handle it? In this episode, Jeff Cochran talks about how to use priority management instead of time management to navigate weeks like this that are overpacked and overwhelming.
To be effective in life and leadership, we will need BOTH confidence and humility. Yet, most of us struggle with one or the other. So, how do we balance both confidence and humility in a way that helps us level up our lives, leadership, and impact? In this episode of the NLLC podcast, Jeff Cochran shares a Jewish Proverb to help us walk in balance with both confidence & humility in our lives.
It’s a party on episode 25 when Jeff Cochran shares 4 steps to breakthrough success and ends the episode with special giveaways including 10 ebooks, Growth Circle membership upgrades, and a FREE month of Gold Circle. Thank you for listening through 25 episodes with listeners spanning six different countries! We love you all in the Next Level Living Community, and your best is still yet to be!
Fear has a way of holding us back and keeping us from our full potential. In this episode, Jeff Cochran challenges the NLLC to overcome fear and do the right things even when it scares them. Often, the success you want is on the other side of what scares you most.
What you focus on is what will grow. In this episode, Jeff Cochran challenges the Next Level Living Community to focus on the right things and water what they want to grow in their lives.
There’s a lot of talk about burnout today. Many of us will experience it, but why? What causes burnout? How can we avoid it and overcome it? In this episode, Jeff Cochran shares where burnout comes from and how to avoid it.
What can you do with 90 days of consistent and intentional action toward the habits and dreams you want in your life? In this episode, Jeff Cochran shows you how 90 Days can change your life forever.
Do you want to go from 0 to 100 chasing your dreams? I hope not, because that’s actually the quickest way to burnout! The truth is, life is lived at 45mph. In this episode, Jeff Cochran shares the key to consistent success and how to level up for the long haul.
Are you getting the results you want in your life, business, and family? If not, today’s episode is for you as Jeff Cochran shows you what to do to change your story and start getting the results you want in your life.
If we’re honest, we all want a little more control in our lives and work environments, but how do we get more control? How do we know what we can control and what to let go of? In this episode, Jeff shares a thought that will help you take back control of your life and leadership.
Overthinking our goals is the best way to get overwhelmed and quit. Yet, the truth is we all struggle with overthinking. So, how do we ditch overthinking and free ourselves up to make progress? In this episode, Jeff Cochran shares a simple phrase he uses to overcome overthinking in his life, and how you can use it in your own life too.
What does toothpaste have to do with Next Level Living? When you get squeezed in life, what’s inside will come out. Today’s episode is all about filling up our lives with the right things so that we can be the people we want to be when things get tough. Join Jeff Cochran for a candid conversation about preparing for life’s tough moments.
When it comes to our lives, our businesses, and our careers, we tend to look for home run moments where we can take massive leaps forward. But what if the biggest breakthroughs come through the smallest steps? Don’t buy the hype. Big leaps forward are rarely reality, and faithfulness and steadiness are wildly under rated. Focus one day at a time on taking the small and consistent steps forward that you know you need to take. Because in the long run, it’s the small steps that move us forward the most. It’s the smallest hinges that open the biggest doors.
We should ourselves too much. And when we do, it makes our confidence leak and stops our progress. So how do we stop shoulding, and what should we do instead? Check out this episode for encouragement on how to level up your life by letting go of “should.”
Choosing your pain is the best way to choose your life. Everyday, we choose the pain of growth or the pain of regret. We choose comfort now, or comfort later. And at the end of the day, our success or failure is determined by the pain we choose today. In this episode, Jeff Cochran shares how to choose the pain of personal growth and how it leads to living the future you want. Which pain will you choose?
How is being real a success strategy? That’s the topic of today’s episode as Jeff Cochran shares how the most successful you is also the most authentic you. In a world full of fake, let’s choose to be real.
We’ve all experienced seasons of waiting. We know a breakthrough is coming, but not yet, but what do you do in the wait? Do you complain or prepare? In this episode, Jeff Cochran shares how to work your wait and make the most of the season that you’re in.
Every day, we get a little better or a little worse. Life is not neutral, and we don’t stay the same. In today’s episode, Jeff Cochran shares how to adopt a +1 mindset of continual improvement.
Going at it alone is the quickest path to failure. If we are going to reach our goals and live the life and future we want, then we are going to need some help along the way. Today’s episode is an encouragement to reach out, ask for help, and not wait. Why? Because if you’re not ready to ask for help, you’re not ready to succeed.
Perspective is a powerful thing. A situation could be either a blessing or a curse depending on how we choose to look at it, but what if I told you that you could flip the switch to a positive perspective just by asking yourself one simple question? Well, in this episode, that’s what Jeff Cochran does for the Next Level Living Community. Listen in and learn how to flip the switch on your perspective.
An attitude of action leads to a life of success. But how can we embrace an attitude of action in our lives? In this episode, Jeff Cochran shares what an attitude of action looks like using his favorite Star Wars quote.
Most of us are our own worst critic. We tell ourselves critical lines and lies ALL the TIME! And then we start believing them. What if we flipped the script though, and we moved from critical self-talk to successful self-talk? Successful self-talk will lead to a successful life. It’s time to make the change.
How can small every day decisions to do a little more and give a little extra add up to MASSIVE Movement in your life? In this episode, Jeff Cochran of the Next Level Living Community shows you how!
Want to grow your influence in your job, your family, and everywhere in between. Try this one simple tip to grow your influence like never before!
Everything we do gets better when we bring our whole heart to it! So, what does it look like to bring your whole heart? That’s what today’s episode is all about.
To win at life, we first have to win the day. People who do great things and live Next Level lives are just people who get in the habit of winning more days than not. So, how can you win the day? That’s what today’s episode with Jeff Cochran is all about.
What if I told you there was one secret to Next Level Living that most people miss, but that could transform your life forever? Well, there is! And the best part is ANYONE can do it! In this episode of the podcast, join Jeff Cochran as he let’s you in on this little known secret to Next Level Living.