Ep 146: ENCORE Episode: You’re Not In Control Of Anything

Start Your Transformation Now In this episode I share a story about Sam Wolf and Phillip Phillips. Sam came in 5th place on American Idol, and Phillip came in 1st. They both have an extraordinary voice. One won the show, the other did not. How come? Of course there are many reasons, but one of the main reasons is how they saw themselves inside…Their self image. This demonstrates a point that I’ll be talking about on a future episode and that point is this: It’s not a matter of living up to your potential, like our parents drill in our heads. It’s a matter of living up to a higher identity for ourselves. Our lives match our internal identity, and we can never out perform our subconscious identity. You may already know that, but in this episode I talk about what you create, the value you create and how much you value your value. Notice the statement, “Valve your value.” That single concept is hugely overlooked and one that keeps a lot, if not most people, poor. The greater your value in yourself and for yourself, the greater your prosperity will be in life. For decades I did what most of us do. I did not have a high degree of value for myself, my work and my gifts. And, as a result I sold myself short and lived as a “just enougher.” What that means is I lived my life with just enough to cover all my bills and a little left over, but I was in no way getting ahead in life. Years back I realized how I was selling myself short, but it wasn’t my fault. I learned to do that. I learned to have low self esteem, self value and self worth, and as a result, I did not “value my value.” When we value our value, that can change our life. Transformational Takeaway: Like me, Sam Wolf or Mother Theresa, we get in life what we create, and what we create comes from the degree to which we value our value. Mentioned Resources: Sam Woolf & Phillip Phillips – “Home & Raging Fire” Finale – American Idol Season XIII EPISODE 213: Bruce Lipton – Warning, This Episode Is Not For Everyone. Let's Connect:  Instagram Facebook YouTube LinkedIn  LIKED THE EPISODE? If you're the kind of person who likes to help others, then share this with your friends and family. If you have found value, they will too. Please leave a review on Apple Podcasts so we can reach more people. Listening on Spotify? Please leave a comment below. We would love to hear from you! Thank you for listening!  With Gratitude, Jim Fortin

1 Feb 202339min

Start Your Transformation Now Here’s Part Three of the Identity Podcast Series.  So, we’ve talked about two fundamental questions: 1. Who are you and 2. What makes you matter?  Next, the question for this week. That question is: What Are The Patterns Of Your Life?  We tend to get into our heads and we always think about what we think, especially as it relates to our identity but what we often never do is look at our patterns.  We often agonize over “who we are.” But, it’s really an easy question to answer. When you look at your behaviors, that is exactly who you are when it comes to 3D identity.  Now, of course, you are not the behavior but you are the doer of the behavior and that comes from your identity.  In NLP, Neuro-Linguistic Programming there is a powerful acronym, it’s BMIR. It stands for a Behavioral Manifestation of an Internal Representation.  That means…all your behavior comes from somewhere and that somewhere is internal, meaning, your identity. Behavioral Manifestation is your behavior and patterns and Internal Representation is your thoughts – your identity.  So, in this episode we look at your behavior because your behavior is like fingerprints, your behavior is yours and yours alone.  You’re listening to the podcast because you want change in your life and to get that you have to observe what you do because that’s a reflection of who you are. Transformational Takeaway: “Mind is the master power that mold and makes, man is mind, and evermore he takes. He thinks in secret and it comes to pass that his environment is his looking glass.” James Allen. Your environment is a reflection of your behavior and you’re behavior is a reflection of your subconscious identity. Let's Connect:  Instagram Facebook YouTube LinkedIn  LIKED THE EPISODE? If you're the kind of person who likes to help others, then share this with your friends and family. If you have found value, they will too. Please leave a review on Apple Podcasts so we can reach more people. Listening on Spotify? Please leave a comment below. We would love to hear from you! Thank you for listening!  With Gratitude, Jim Fortin

25 Jan 202333min

Start Your Transformation Now What makes you matter? What lights you up? What is special and unique about you?  Being in the personal development industry for 30 years I’ve heard tons of speakers, trainers, authors, etc. A common theme with many in my industry is to talk to their audiences and tell them “You have to find your WHY?”  They say that if you want to stay motivated, focused, and driven, you have to know why you’re doing things. I get that, but I bought that story for decades and looked for my own why. I mean, ‘Why am I in this industry, why do I help people, etc.?’  Being truthful, I could always come up with analytical reasons. You know, reasons that made sense and I thought were true but I can’t really think of any of my “whys” that set me on fire.  Many years ago, I heard Oprah say, “What makes you matter?” And that’s the basis of this episode.  Finding your why is all left brain, it’s analytical and non-emotional. And, when you find what makes you matter, that is when you wake up and come alive.  How come?  What makes you matter is emotional to you. It’s important to you. It drives you. And that’s what I talk about in this episode.  What makes you “matter” in the context of your external life and 3D ego? What makes you matter gives you meaning, and that can be motivating. Transformational Takeaway: We are on the planet for two reasons and those reasons are to grow and serve others. No one is you and no one can serve like you. When you know what makes you matter you can serve at your highest level and that brings huge fulfillment in life. Let's Connect:  Instagram Facebook YouTube LinkedIn  LIKED THE EPISODE? If you're the kind of person who likes to help others, then share this with your friends and family. If you have found value, they will too. Please leave a review on Apple Podcasts so we can reach more people. Listening on Spotify? Please leave a comment below. We would love to hear from you! Thank you for listening!  With Gratitude, Jim Fortin

18 Jan 202343min

Start Your Transformation Now This episode is one in a series about Identity and this is going to be a lengthy series that leads you to my world-renowned Transformational Coaching Program.  In this episode, we’re going to start diving into “Who are you?”  This episode is about your “identity” and the exploration into who you are.  The definition of IDENTITY is: The fact of being who or what a person is.  Ok, so you know the definition but does the definition get you any closer to knowing WHO you are? No, it doesn’t.  Ask yourself…Who am I? Ponder that for a few seconds. Who are you?  Like most people, you may be creating a laundry list like: “I am a male, I am white/black, I am an American, I can college educated”…etc  You are not your laundry list. You are not your labels.  Question: Are you the labels or the creator of the labels? Are you the labeled IDENTITY or the creator of the identity?  Get ready, we’re going to start deep diving into the nature of you. The nature of you is your identity and get ready to start discovering yourself at new levels.  Transformational Takeaway: My identity is anything I want as it is reflective of my thought consciousness at any given moment. Your identity is not static, it’s your fluid consciousness. You’re not a thing, you are a conscious creator. Let's Connect:  Instagram Facebook YouTube LinkedIn  LIKED THE EPISODE? If you're the kind of person who likes to help others, then share this with your friends and family. If you have found value, they will too. Please leave a review on Apple Podcasts so we can reach more people. Listening on Spotify? Please leave a comment below. We would love to hear from you! Thank you for listening!  With Gratitude, Jim Fortin

11 Jan 202339min

Start Your Transformation Now Want more in life? If so, pay special attention to the next several episodes because they are all going to be about your identity in 2023 and that’s what this episode is titled: You Me and Be in 2023.  Your identity is your learned “blueprint” that determines what you think and don’t think about all aspects of your life.  I often tell my students in my transformational coaching program, your identity is your destiny.  The truth is this…what you have in your life is a 100% reflection of your subconscious identity and most people work backward….they try to create more, better, and different things in life without ever fully realizing they must change at the identity level FIRST.  Want more in life? If so, pay special attention to the next several episodes because they are all going to be about your identity in 2023 and that’s what this episode is titled: You Me and Be in 2023.  In this week's episode, I’m going to share three things: How your self-image was indoctrinated.  Why we keep recreating your prison over and over  The foundational step to start shifting your subconscious identity.  Transformational Takeaway: You can never outperform your self-image. You cannot be what you are not. You cannot do what you are not. Want more in life? Then, be more at your subconscious level. This series can be life-changing for you, make sure you listen to them all! Let's Connect:  Instagram Facebook YouTube LinkedIn  LIKED THE EPISODE? If you're the kind of person who likes to help others, then share this with your friends and family. If you have found value, they will too. Please leave a review on Apple Podcasts so we can reach more people. Listening on Spotify? Please leave a comment below. We would love to hear from you! Thank you for listening!  With Gratitude, Jim Fortin

4 Jan 202344min

Start Your Transformation Now You may have heard me mention this Earnest Holmes quote, “Imagine your mind so plastic, so receptive, that it receives the slightest impression of your thoughts. Not some thoughts but all thoughts are taken up and acted upon.”  When you come to know the gravity of this quote your life will change forever.  In this episode, I go over the seven states of matter and share how the final and seventh state manifests any and all your thought-feelings.  You have probably heard me say before that everything is vibration and frequency, right? Let’s take that apart by going over the seven states of matter.  You are already familiar with the first three states. Heck, you learned all this in High School chemistry class. The first three states of matter are:  First state – Solid  Second state – Liquid  Third state – Gas  Now, let’s explore higher frequency and vibration.  Fourth state – Plasma. Plasma is ionized gas. it’s VERY hot. It’s superheated gas. Stars are plasma. Fire is plasma, and even this fourth state has higher and lower frequencies. As an example, this is why blue flames are hotter than red flames. They are a higher and lower vibration of the fourth state. This state is chaotic and random.  Next, the fifth state is Beam. Particles of beam move harmoniously in one direction. Beam is harmonious and coherent  The sixth state, BEC or Boze Einstein Condensent. This is a zero state of matter. This happens when matter is frozen to an extreme temperature a tiny bit above absolute zero.  And finally, the seventh state of matter is Thought Wave. Thought wave moves faster than beam. Thought wave moves at the speed of infinity. It is here and there. Local and non-local. It is consciousness and consciousness is mind. The universal mind is what all things consist of.  So, Thought Wave. This goes back to why the Holmes quote is true. Your mind “wraps itself” within and around the universe and brings back to you the object of your dominant thoughts and feelings.  REMEMBER THIS: We go from Matter Wave to Thought Wave. All matter is one matter. All matter is Thought wave. All matter is energy. All energy is one energy. All energy is kinetic energy. Everything moves. Everything vibrates. All energy is consciousness and therefore Thought is mind in motion. Your thought is your mind in motion. Transformational Takeaway: The motion of your mind is the motion of your creation. The motion of your creation is the motion of your life. Mentioned Resources: Episode 9: How The Law Of Attraction Repels The Money And Abundance You Want The Kybalion: A Study of The Hermetic Philosophy of Ancient Egypt and Greece Disclosure: Some of the links above are affiliate links, meaning, at no additional cost to you, I will earn a small commission if you make a purchase. Let's Connect:  Instagram Facebook YouTube LinkedIn  LIKED THE EPISODE? If you're the kind of person who likes to help others, then share this with your friends and family. If you have found value, they will too. Please leave a review on Apple Podcasts so we can reach more people. Listening on Spotify? Please leave a comment below. We would love to hear from you! Thank you for listening!  With Gratitude, Jim Fortin

28 Dec 202222min

Start Your Transformation Now This is an unusual podcast episode and one I feel will be both educational and inspirational to many. A few months back my Fall Transformational Coaching Program participated in a campaign to raise funds for a global charity called charity: water. charity: water brings water infrastructure to remote villages in the world where there is no water. I was blown away by the extraordinary generosity of my group. In just one week we raised $124,000 for charity: water and we changed the lives of many people, especially women, for a generation. In this episode I interviewed Scott Harrison, he’s the founder of charity: water. Scott has an interesting story. As you’ll hear, he went from a nightclub promoter to someone who created a charity that’s doing extraordinary things in the world! Initially, I wanted to interview him to hear his personal story so others could be inspired and learn from it and it turned into a segment about charity: water, which candidly, we should all hear. It’s mind-blowing the number of women in the world who spend an entire day just gathering and carrying water for their family. You’ll hear some extraordinary stories in this interview. In the end, Scott did share how he learned to live his life and that is exactly what I wanted to come across to you. Living your life for things greater than yourself. Living your life in service. Living your life for others is the surest way to create an extraordinary life for yourself. Enjoy! Mentioned Resources: For more information on charity: water, or to donate, visit: https://www.jimfortin.com/charity-water-12-22 Click on the blue “Donate Now” button and choose to “Give Once” as a one-time donation OR choose “Monthly” and join The Spring, which is the monthly donating community. Using this link allows you and us to track the lifetime impact of the Jim Fortin community! Let's Connect:  Instagram Facebook YouTube LinkedIn  LIKED THE EPISODE? If you're the kind of person who likes to help others, then share this with your friends and family. If you have found value, they will too. Please leave a review on Apple Podcasts so we can reach more people. Listening on Spotify? Please leave a comment below. We would love to hear from you! Thank you for listening!  With Gratitude, Jim Fortin

21 Dec 202257min

Start Your Transformation Now You probably know what that is, right? And, more than anything, you probably know what it feels like. Not everyone over thinks but a large part of the population does and it brings a lot of grief for most. And, the good news…it’s not you doing it, it’s your brain and the better news is, you can break the habit, which we dig into in this episode.  So, I’m talking about overthinking in this week’s episode. And, before we go any further: Are you an overthinker? Let’s find out.  Quiz time. Do you: 1. Stay awake wondering what you’re going to do about _____?  2. Worry often about what’s going to happen financially?  3. Worry about what you’re going to say in social settings?  4. Second guess what you did and did you do it right?  5. Often obsess and think about what others think of you?  6. Obsess over what you said or did and how it could have been done differently?  7. Go over in your mind what you said and how it could be different or better or more or less? 8. Stay up till 4 AM worrying? Hard time falling asleep?  9. Often weigh the pros and cons of a decision?  Well, my friend, if you answered yes to at least half of these questions then you’re an over-thinker, and trust me, I know how taxing that can be because I am a recovered over-thinker.  In this episode, I dive into what causes overthinking and how your brain is really what keeps your mind trapped in the habit of overthinking. And, finally, I share a short process to help you break out of the habit of overthinking and to start new habits of thinking.  Transformational Takeaway: You are where your attention is. Let's Connect:  Instagram Facebook YouTube LinkedIn  LIKED THE EPISODE? If you're the kind of person who likes to help others, then share this with your friends and family. If you have found value, they will too. Please leave a review on Apple Podcasts so we can reach more people. Listening on Spotify? Please leave a comment below. We would love to hear from you! Thank you for listening!  With Gratitude, Jim Fortin

14 Dec 202240min