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Josh Newton
The Build on Strength Show is a podcast that inspires professionals to find their passion and do their best work. Josh Newton an assessment expert, consultant and part of the development team for the MPACT Assessment has conversations with his friends, family, and colleagues about their journey to answer two questions: Who am I? and What am I meant to do? Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/buildonstrengthshow/support
In this week's episode I talk to my sister about the fears that most people experience when starting something new.
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In this episode I talk about 3 things to keep in mind as you take the next steps in making a positive change in your life.
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In this week's episode I talk about Imposter Syndrome with my brother-in-law, Tyler Yocca. We'll get into what it is, how everyone feels like an imposter sometimes and some suggestions on how to move passed the feeling.
P.S. I'm playing with this idea of bringing in people from life to talk about a subject. Let me know what you think of the format. Do you like it? What would you change? I want to hear from you!
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A little update on what's been going on with me...
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Welcome to the Build on Strength Show!
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In this episode, I continue my interview with Mike Newman, the Managing Editor for the website / newsletter / online store Cool Material. If you haven't listened to the first part of this interview, I highly encourage you to go back to episode 56 and listen to part 1.
In part 2, we talk about being true to yourself in business, sharing a great experience with his dad through work, the history of the world according to facebook and keeping up with the internet.
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In this episode, I interview Mike Newman, the Managing Editor for the website / newsletter / online store Cool Material. We talk about his journey, chasing what makes you happy, and family dynamics.
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In this episode, I continue my interview with Mike Bledsoe, one of the co-hosts of the popular strength and conditioning podcast, Barbell Shrugged and host of his own podcast, The Bledsoe Show. We get into topics like relationships, running your own business, and being purpose driven.
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🎧 Listen Time: 22:30 | In this episode, I interview Mike Bledsoe, one of the co-hosts of the popular strength and conditioning podcast, Barbell Shrugged and host of his own podcast, The Bledsoe Show. From the Navy, to IT, Exercise Science, CrossFit, and Podcasting, we'll talk about Mike's journey, his his 'why' and how he makes that a daily part of his life.
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🎧 Listen Time: 6:21 | It's really common to receive advice to try new things and go on adventures. It seems like the sense of adventure and exploring the world and its possibilities is popular as each generation hits their 20s. But what are you learning from these adventures? 🤔
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If you search the internet for personality assessments, you won't find a shortage of results. I've found that a lot of people aren't quite sure where to start or which ones to take. I'll go over a few of my favorites, the results they give, and why I recommend them to people.
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It's natural to be focused on yourself when you're thinking about self-awareness and understanding strengths but there are a lot of benefits to those around you. In this episode, I'll go over some to the benefits for other people and how knowing yourself helps you communicate, interact, and work with those around you.
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I've talked about DNA in the past and what I think has been missing from that topic is an example of how that looks in practice. In this episode, I want to give a practical example of how your DNA may or may not be a fit for an organization or a role.
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In this episode, I continue the series on symptoms of operating outside of your strengths. I'll explore whether job hopping is a good thing or a bad thing and make some suggestions for both the job hopper and their potential employer.
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Summary
In this episode, I continue my interview Harvey Goldberg, a Vistage Chair and speaker who's talk on triggers inspired my first triggers episode a few months ago. In part 2, we will talk about identifying other people's trigger themes and how you can manager your triggers to get the results you want.
Transcript
It is Wednesday February 28th and I'm Josh Newton.
Welcome to the I'm Josh Newton Show where it is all about putting your potential into practice. Today we're going to continue our interview with Harvey Goldberg. And in part 2 here we're going to talk more about triggers. One of the big pieces of advice that Harvey gives here is how to identify somebody's trigger theme just by spending some time with them and paying attention to how they react in certain situations.
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In this episode, I interview Harvey Goldberg, a Vistage Chair and speaker who's talk on triggers inspired my first triggers episode a few months ago. In part 1, we will talk about Harvey's background, how he got into doing this talk and why your 'Trigger Theme' helps you bring value to those around you.
Transcript
It is Friday February 23rd and I'm Josh Newton.
Welcome to the I'm Josh Newton Show where it is all about putting your potential into practice. Today we have another interview. This interview is going to be with Harvey Goldberg Harvey is a Vistage chair and a vistage speaker and he is the person who actually introduced me to this concept of triggers. The first episode that I did on triggers was one of my most popular and it was one of the most responded to episodes I ever had when I was primarily doing things on Anchor and I got tons of call-ins about this and lots of really great question. So I decided to reach out to Harvey and see if he'd be willing to do an in
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Symptom number five is the exact opposite of symptom number four. Instead of not accomplishing things, you have actually found something you are good at and can make money doing, but do you love it? At the end of the day when you hit the mark and accomplish everything you needed to for that day, does it feel like you accomplished something meaningful?
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Ep 45: Not Crushing It - Does Your Effort Map to Your Results? (4:29)
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Ep 44: Abilities vs Roles - Looking Beyond Typical Job Roles (5:13) • Ep 44: Abilities vs Roles - Looking Beyond Typical Job Roles (5:13)
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Ep 43: Your Comfort Zone - What Is it Costing You?
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Ep 42: Relationship - Are They Helping or Hindering You?
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Ep 41: Hoping for Problems - Symptoms Pt 3 • Ep 41: Hoping for Problems - Symptoms Pt 3
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Ep 40: Interview w/ Doug Wilson Pt 2
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Ep 39: Interview w/ Doug Wilson
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The Dreaded Monday (Symptoms Pt 2) - Are you operating out of your strengths?
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Symptoms Ep 1 - Are you operating out of your strengths?
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Failure - It's All a Matter of Perspective (3:30)
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The Process - Every Step Matters (3:37)
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Summary
What were you designed to do? If you can uncover and get clear on the natural set of abilities and talents that you have, your DNA or design, your options become clear. I talk about why this important and give a simple example from the animal kingdom.
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Thursday update and a question for you!
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Next Steps - How to Get Started (4:26)
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Stop Waiting - What Are You Putting Off? (3:27 • So much training!
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We all have negative patterns of behavior. These are often ingrained in us from bad experiences or just plain repetition. To stop these patterns, we need to have a way to interrupt them and reset ourselves so that we can make better conscious decisions.
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Sometimes your strength overextended is your biggest weakness. There are a couple of ways that this issue can come up. I'll explore a couple of scenarios you should look out for.
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The saying is true, you are the average of your 5 closest friends. But before you start auditing that group and deciding who you might want to drop, it's important to take a good look at yourself. Are you adding value to and increasing the average of your group or are you attracting negative people because you're the same way?
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We are constantly in a cycle that most of us are unaware of. Our actions lead to results and then results are the foundation for our beliefs. What if we want to change the way we believe and ultimately change our actions? I talk about where in the cycle we can make a change that will affect everything else.
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We have a lot of assumptions. You might call these presuppositions that often make the foundation of our world view. The issue is that a lot of people have assumptions about themselves that aren't true and are keeping them from putting their potential into practice and operating from their strengths.
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For some people, discovering their passion or their calling is less about identifying the single thing they want to focus on and more about figuring out what they don't want to do. Seeing as it is Monday, I want to encourage and motivate you by letting you know that if this where you, you're not alone and you aren't on the wrong path!
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Find the work that you were meant to do is more about paying attention and being honest with yourself than anything else. But sometimes a framework or a template for identifying those things helps put certain opportunities into perspective.
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You may not realize it, but your physical actions have much more influence over your thinking than you realize. You'll hear a basic example of how this works and we'll apply it to a situation that a lot of people have experienced.
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What do your triggers say about you? Everyone has them, real situations and things that send you to a bad place. Understanding what it is that triggers you is an important part of your journey towards self-awareness.
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Are you a specialist or a generalist? We tend to romanticize the idea and the stories of specialists. But, in a world where technology dominates our lives, generalist have the advantage and the ability to innovate by bringing together disparate skills and abilities in unique ways.
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It may seem like a simple thing to do, but so many people have trouble saying thank you when receiving a compliment. I talk about why it's important to accept and pay attention to the compliments that we receive.
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Are you strengths based on nature, your hardwiring, or nurture, your environment? I'll give you my thoughts and an example that I think sums it up nicely.
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An on the road interview with International Best-Selling Author and leadership expert, Dr. John Stahl-Wert. We talk about why self-awareness is hard and some of John's strengths.
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Mental Stamina - What is it and how do we use it? I talk about the idea of mental stamina and how not relying on your innate abilities may be causing you to use it up.
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I talk a lot about focusing on your strengths instead of your weaknesses but this doesn't mean that you can ignore them. What do you do about them then? I talk about a few ways to handle your weaknesses without trying to improve them or turn them into strengths.
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A lot of people have a single voice that is constantly telling them who they are and what they can do. That voice is their own. Negative self talk is something almost everyone deals with and it is keeping you from being you.
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Humility is often taken to mean thinking less of yourself. I want to propose a new definition of humility.
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Self-awareness is NOT a silver bullet or a shortcut.
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Strengths are Your Unique Value Proposition 👍
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Skills vs Strengths - What's the difference? I'll talk about how to identify when you're developing a skill vs leveraging a strength.
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Announcing some plans I have for a new kind of segment on the Anchor show. Timing is still TBD.
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I get asked all the time why it's normal or typical to focus on weakness instead of strength. This episode is some of my thoughts on the topic.
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A quick segment after a good conversation I had with a friend and client who is trying to figure out where thy should be spending their time.
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Giving Tuesday Episode! Today instead of focusing on charitable giving, I want to give you something. Permission to focus on your strengths instead of your weaknesses!
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You don't always need an assessment tool to find out what your strengths are. Here are 3 questions you can ask yourself to start self-assessing your strengths.
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I often get asked, "What is the best assessment?" The answer is a bit more complicated and less straight forward than most people want, but here's my take.
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Monday morning - getting over a cold. ? ? Strengths vs weaknesses - are they real or manufactured?
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When I talk about strengths and self-awareness I get asked about getting pigeon holed or not adapting a lot in response. I actually believe that self-awareness makes you more adaptable.
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Having a mindset of delivering value.
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Quick thought on building on strength from a tweet by @Leadershipfreak
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Don't start Monday without a reason to.
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