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#229 - Mindset Matters: Lessons in Personal Transformation
What if you could transform the most challenging circumstances into a springboard for success? Meet Pascal Backham, an inspiring entrepreneur and life strategist who turned his turbulent beginnings into a launchpad for founding multiple companies and coaching thousands. Pascal shares how his experiences of growing up in an orphanage and battling homelessness in Switzerland led him to discover purpose and discipline through Taekwondo. This martial art not only became his refuge but also instilled in him the philosophy of embracing fear and giving 100% to every endeavor. Prepare to be captivated by his story of resilience and growth.
The episode goes beyond personal anecdotes, inviting listeners to question the norms that shape our lives. Imagine redefining your reality by challenging established authority and belief systems. We discuss the transformative power of clear intentions and how questioning societal norms in areas like health and finance can lead to unlocking new possibilities. By critically evaluating advice and daring to follow unconventional paths, Pascal illustrates how individuals can expand their potential and redefine their limits.
Finally, we highlight the profound role of preparation and mindset in achieving success across various facets of life. From personal to professional goals, Pascal underscores the importance of evaluating current realities, envisioning desired outcomes, and consciously altering beliefs. As we explore the interconnectedness of our lives, the conversation emphasizes gratitude and the power of relationships in fostering holistic growth. Concluding with Pascal's invitation to connect for further insights, the episode promises a supportive space for those eager to learn and grow.
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Hey, what's going on, guys? I got a special guest here today. We have Pascal Backham. He's a leading entrepreneur, business and life strategist. Over the past 30 years, he's founded eight companies in four different industries and coached over 20,000 people and hundreds of different businesses. He also has a unique life experience and we'll share that in the podcast, such as fasting for 100 days. So, pascal, welcome to the Hashtag Clocked In podcast. We're super excited to have you here. Where do you come up with these different experiences? Because it seems like you, from Muay Thai to all of these different things. How do you make decisions?
Speaker 1:Yeah, interesting topics like there's a lot to say but thank you first of all for having me absolutely happy to share whatever, whatever, uh, your audience benefit from.
Speaker 2:But to to come back to your question, I think life just happens. I mean like to all of us, right, we make choices, and I'm always a little bit on the extreme side. Um, I I try to kind of like, if it scares me, I pay attention to it and probably go for it, and so uh, yeah, I mean in all areas of life it's always the same. Something shows up, I make a choice and then I go in for everything or nothing. I'm not the 50% guy.
Speaker 1:Gotcha, and have you always been an all-in type of guy like 100% in?
Speaker 2:Yeah, that was always percent in. Yeah, that was always. Uh, I think it's probably like we, we all hear that probably like a hundred times. Um, it's how you grew up and all that stuff and and for me it's just like with everybody I guess. But I grew up in an orphanage, didn't know my parents and and I needed to kind of fight through everything and take what I wanted. It wasn't given to me and that's why I realized okay, if you want to have something better, go for it, and if you go for it, give it your all, otherwise it's not worth the time. And that's actually now that I'm saying it.
Speaker 2:When I used to do Taekwondo as a teenager that's one of our master, or the master there, always said if you are in the training and you spend time anyway, like why don't you give your 100? You spend your time anyway, you, you do. Like he was extreme, you know, when he punched he looked this, this stronger, weak, and then he was kind of like the bruce lee guy, strong, and then he used to to talk to everybody like five minutes and you started to shake and but that was his main message like guys, you come here, you spend the time, you spend the effort you want to learn, otherwise you wouldn't be here. Why don't you give a hundred percent? I see you guys sometimes 80%.
Speaker 1:Why, like it doesn't make any sense, and I kind of adopted that and started to do everything with that mindset well, I think it's so valuable because, when you really think about it like people going to the gym or going on a run, or those are easy, or even cold calling people or reaching out to new clients or a sales call why don't you give it your all? You know what I mean. Most people, I literally see them on the first resistance. They're like no, no, no, I'm good, I'm good, and it's like you got to keep pushing through. That's where the real growth is when you push through, when you challenge yourself, when you do something a little bit different. And so for you. How did taekwondo impact your life? Where did you end up doing taekwondo? Did you ever do it at a high level, and how did that impact you?
Speaker 2:yeah, I did. I think for me it was a life changer, not just a game changer. A life changer, um, I I had, I had my youth and I lived it the way I thought it is good. Back then I didn't get the love I guess I wanted as a child and I thought I grab attention by beating up people and be the cool guy at school and deal with drugs and cocaine and you know all that stuff that you don't do supposed to do to basically get attention. And then there was one day I remember very well I steal something. I always steal my food and everything, um, in a grocery store called migros, like I went and where was this?
Speaker 1:where was this?
Speaker 2:switzerland switzerland.
Speaker 2:So I stole my food and stuff. I actually was homeless at the time. I used to sleep in a baseball cabin and I always went out and steal my food Empty backpack in full out. And I remember that one day a woman actually the shop detective catch me and she pulled me on the back and turned me around and I smashed her arm away and slapped her and run away. I had long hairs back then for 15 years old and that was the day when I, when I changed literally that was the decision. I knew I cannot go back into my area. They catch me. They knew who I was Long hair. That's this guy. And then I decided to steal one more time. So I went into another store and stole a nice suit, nice clothing, and I cut my hair like a millimeter and I changed location. And I just know now you need to kind of restart.
Speaker 2:I went away or turned my back to all my friends back then. They were all in drugs and fighting and all that stuff. And then when I did that, I actually started to join Taekwondo and that was my new home. Like the master was a father figure. He was a world champion. He was a world champion. He was a Vietnam veteran. It was extremely, extremely high discipline and it was just like, wow, this is like I want to learn that. I want to respect that culture and become one of them. It was just very impressive. I remember you open the door, you sit there and you watch, and then a black belt went through the door and everyone was like like machines, like in the army, damn, what's that? And so I went, I went through that school and and, uh yeah, I left my whole life behind and started to change and it impacted pretty much my whole life, that decision.
Speaker 1:And where did you end up going?
Speaker 2:I was fighting at the World Championship in Taiwan back then. That was 96. Oh wow, Just looking at the stuff there and the medal and all those things, the card that I got on the book 96 um taiwan. And then I switched to muay thai yeah that was taekwondo world championship and and I just I lost my fight about against the guy who was uh, who did the bronze medal yeah I was just very pissed because I felt like I will knock the guide out.
Speaker 2:Yeah, it was, take one is if you, if you guys know, take one. It's like if you, you go by points and I didn't get my points. I just wanted to knock out people and I couldn't do that there, so I switched to muay thai. I actually after that, I moved to thailand. I sold everything in switzerland, moved to thailand and I started to do muay thai there.
Speaker 1:Oh, wow, and it's always been this go with the flow mentality not go with the flow but like and this is something I talked to my men's group about which I think is super important that idea of planning and then take action on it, plan set the new plan, take the action, which it seems like that's kind of how your moves were going, where you're looking around trying to figure out what the next step is and then take the action.
Speaker 2:Kind of Not. When I was back then in that age I would say between 18 and 25, not that much I just went instinct and emotion. Like, for example, I sold literally everything in Switzerland. I booked the flight, one-way ticket, I had no idea where I'm going, I didn't have like a lot of reserves money, I didn't have anything back in switzerland I, I just sold everything and just left. And there was not a much of planning, there was just the decision I'm gonna leave. But then I figured it out and and uh, it was fun. But later, especially when I started businesses and I learned fast that you better have a good plan and you stick to the plan yeah, no, absolutely it makes all the difference.
Speaker 1:But it's just. It's always exciting to me to hear stories of people going so instinctual and always coming out the other side being like that was an incredible. Experience like this was interesting because it gives you that freeing feeling of like you're going to be OK without these guardrails. Up. You can do a lot more than you think possible. So for you I know you did a hundred day fast. When I heard a hundred day, I still bring it up to everyone I see, because I'm like this is the most bizarre thing I've ever heard. I didn't know people could do that. I didn't know people could think like that and we talked about in the prep call that intention really helped you. So what was the origin of this 100 day? And then, what was the? What do you mean by intention? Because I think that's really valuable for the audience to know, because I started instituting that intention idea in everything I started doing, instituting that intention idea in everything I started doing.
Speaker 2:That was not done by decision, really, it just came through me. I always say I took a shower in november and 23 yeah, 23 it was. And it's just kind of like we have the best or most stupid ideas when we shower, I guess. And it just threw me kind of like almost like an order 100-day fast. Never thought about that ever before. I did 40 days before and then I did one time I did 60 days, but like 10 years back, and one time I did 60 days but like 10 years back.
Speaker 2:And then I went to my wife in the kitchen and I told her, hey, I'm probably going to do a 100-day fast. And she just said, okay, go for it. Went, said, probably starting next year. I'm not going to eat in 2024 until, I believe, april 20th or something. And she said, okay, let's, let's go for it. And and then I started, with no intention, with no idea, with I just didn't eat. I went to the gym, I taken my 10,000 steps every day. I even cooked for my wife. Sit beside her.
Speaker 2:That was the most boring part, by the way, social, social contact. Like saturday evening, six o'clock is date night in my calendar with my wife date night with my sexy wife's ass. It says what do we do date night? What do you do? You go and eat, right, or you go watch a movie and have popcorn or whatever. But like, okay, another Saturday, but anyway I started. And then I started to talk to people about it here and there because they were asking and I realized how extreme that is perceived, how that is perceived how that is perceived as no way, that's impossible. The belief and perception that people have about that was just something for me that I never really thought about. I just said yes and I went for it, and then I started to make up reasons. I actually started to think like okay, what could be the reason for me? Like why me? Why now? Why why in general? And I decided to have three reason. I believe maybe it was given somehow, but I, for me, I came up with three things that I today. I will write a book about it.
Speaker 2:So these are the three main parts. Number one is for me personally. I decided to reset my whole system, the body, for the next 50 years to come. I'm turning 50 in two months and I just said, ok, I want all the parasites to die and leave my body Like if you don't give your body food, if there's no sugar in the body, like all these cravings disappear because it's not the body that craves, it's the parasites within the body, in the brain, in the bloodstream, in the organs. They crave, they need sugar and if they don't get it, they die. And so they start to create the revolution. And now you have headache and you have all those symptoms because of them. They live within you and I knew they're gonna die. My blood is clean, my liver is clean, my organs, my heart, my kidney like everything gonna be clean.
Speaker 1:That was the number one reason so before you go to reason two and three, I just want to kind of dive into a hundred like what is going on with the parasites, because I've heard about this but I'm not the most familiar with it. Is it the a very like? Isn't there like something where you fast for two days and can get rid of it? Or like you take some drink, or that's completely different yeah, that's different.
Speaker 2:There are, of course, different, different colonies, or however you want to call it. They are in different stages. And then there are eggs and that are waiting to to slip and become alive and and. But there are different stages, I believe. And then there are worms within your colon and everywhere, that they just live and survive for weeks or months even, and of course, you can take cleansing um supplements or do some apple cider vinegar with some herbal stuff and and things and you can clean a lot with that.
Speaker 2:But for me it was more like a complete reset. I didn't want anything to survive. Yeah, like all the eggs that are laid somewhere, and because there's always a leftover food for parasites somewhere and they are pretty resistant. And again, there are different kinds of parasites. Wow, yeah, that's fascinating. Yeah, um, but but the second thing then for me was I started to realize that that I or actually let me rephrase that we have to come back to intention we had.
Speaker 2:I went to make my nails with my wife. My wife always tells me you're my best girlfriend, you do everything for me. So we went to the nails and then the guy there we met you. He started to talk to us about it and how it's going and all that. And then the woman beside us. She said sorry, I don't want to be rude, but I listened to the whole conversation and I'm actually reading a book right now about hunger strike. Yeah, these people die after not eating 60, 70 days. How on planet earth do you think you're gonna survive 100 days? Like, yeah, I don't get it. And my answer was I believe it's the intention of why I do what I do. Yeah, because it's people who don't eat. They have a very clear intention. They say like I'm not gonna eat until you guys do what we want you to do. Otherwise, I'm not gonna eat until I'm dying and if I die, it going to be your fault. That's the intention and that's what they usually experience. It's like when you die, it comes back. It's a reflection, and my intention was reset the body, have a clean, new reset system that you can rebuild for the next 50 years to come in a healthy way. Rebuild for the next 50 years to come in a healthy way. I wanted to meditate, connect faster when I'm in that state of meditation, trying to be one, everything and nothing at the same time. So I had very clear intentions and that is the result of everything for me is the result of everything for me. But the main reason of the second part that I came up is I don't like the word I prove to society or to the doctor. I replaced the word prove to. I demonstrated that, like you mentioned it before, we are capable of so much more. Like you mentioned it before, we are capable of so much more.
Speaker 2:Yes, just because we have a belief system about something, it doesn't mean that it has to become our reality, what they actually want to do. Not because they cannot do it, I think because they believe into facts that are not reality, like it's not. In in my case, for example, it is not the fact that makes it impossible, it is the belief in the fact that makes it impossible. I just didn't believe that it is impossible and therefore I opened up new avenues for me and I defined my own beliefs and I believed in it and my belief made it possible, and I believe that's what happened in all areas of life, every single day, with all of us. We believe stuff and never question when does that belief come from?
Speaker 1:Usually, we heard I think that's so powerful because that's the the whole reason where startups like a very naive person who might not have the experience might do very well because they don't know the limitations that others have placed on them because, the limitations are irrelevant, like we know it's difficult, we know it's hard, but you still go for it anyway.
Speaker 1:now the crazy thing about all of that is that it happens so much more often than you think and we were talking about it where these beliefs, especially ones about health and especially about money and finances, like a lot of these things, have been just lied to us where it's like you need to get this degree in this thing to get this, and it's like no, no, not necessary. You can only make this much money if you have these. That, nope, just not true. And you start to realize that all of this like, even when they're like, oh, eat this cereal or eat this thing or this bread is healthy for you, and it's like just not true. And you start to realize pretty quickly that even the doctors who are out of shape are recommending these different and you're like not taking advice from that person, like it's just not valid Half the time. It's just not valid.
Speaker 1:And I think you're bringing up a very good point, pascal, where you have to re-evaluate the things you believe to be or not believe to be to be true and when, when people speak, you can tell pretty much instantly what they think to believe to be true. You know what I mean I I think that's a very common thing. What do you see with that?
Speaker 2:100 and that that leads me to the third point, or my third reason, that I really want to kind of wake up society and tell them don't believe authorities, everything they say, just because they are authorities. We need to question those things because if a if a 150 200 pound too heavy person tell me what to do to be healthy, I need to start thinking like I don't care if that person is a doctor or a professor, like, dude, you 200 pounds too heavy and you're telling me what I need to do.
Speaker 2:Be like it's almost like you, you book a personal trainer to be fit and shredded and and the guys like 300 pounds. It's all good if they 300 pounds, nothing against anybody, but it's the wrong advice from the wrong perp.
Speaker 1:I just think like it's common sense to to, to think and and that's what many people forget to do on a daily basis really think and and I think that I I think from my instance that comes from that lack of thinking, comes from just getting into routines and building habits and never going wait a second. This doesn't make sense. Why are we doing it this way? Why can't we change this? Why can't we do these other things? And you start I mean, that's a lot of what's going on politically. You're seeing a lot of that right now, where people are just going change, change, change. And you start to realize pretty quickly that if you do mass change, some things are good and then some things you're going to go backwards and be like okay, we have to keep it this way.
Speaker 1:But even you can do these tests on yourselves, and the whole reason I'm bringing this up is for the audience to realize that you can do anything you want. That means like you could shoot a podcast. You could say you have a podcast. You can never put out an episode, all good, because you decide, hey, it's not for me, you could. You can do anything you believe to be possible. You just have to be able to see it and realize that you actually can do it. And if you can't do it, then you should go to someone who is doing it so like if I was going to like pass it. I mean, the most incredible thing to me is that with this fast, did you get? Did you get advice from anyone? Or you just kind of went into it. I mean, obviously 40 and 60 days is a long time, but 100? Did you ever feel a lapse at any point? Like did anything?
Speaker 2:no, no, for me it was. I mean, I was in the health industry for like almost 30 years. Um, I I coached a lot of people in that area and I was a professional athlete. Nutrition was always part of what I do and believe is important, but I think that the main thing for me was preparation.
Speaker 2:I went through all that before I started and really sat down and said, okay, what are possible side effects that I could experience, like headache, feeling weak, feeling giddy, like all those things and then did my research what's the reason for that? Blood pressure and detoxification and all those things. You start to actually build a knowledge around the topic. So once something uncomfortable appears, you remember your research and you say, okay, no big deal, it was expected. So I think that helped me a lot to actually go through the times when it wasn't that easy.
Speaker 2:Yeah, and while I'm saying that to fast 100 days is not recommended and no advice and any kind of that stuff, that's something I did for myself. Um, so that's not at all something that I recommend to do. Um, I think if someone want to do like one, two, three, four, five, six, seven or a week a week or so, um, that's a completely different story. I think 100 is is extreme and and um, it took me. It took me a long time to test other stuff before I felt confident enough to actually go into 100.
Speaker 1:Yeah, yeah, absolutely I mean. But it's like a lot of these other stories, like there's a guy out of the UK who ran all of Africa and it took him 400 days or something. It's bizarre, but you start to realize that these incredible feats are happening every single day. We just have to realize what can we do to get there? I think the real value here is recognizing that preparation is a massive component. You don't wake up one day and go we're fasting. I mean, you have that intent, but then you have to sit there, you have to prepare, and when you start to see the problems coming up, you feel very comfortable aiding against those. Is there anything else you'd recommend for if someone decides to take on a big challenge or a big goal that they might not know much about?
Speaker 2:Yeah, or a big goal that they might not know much about. Yeah, I mean big goals in general. I think that goes very deep. I try to explain that very simple because I think it's a general mindset thing.
Speaker 1:Yes.
Speaker 2:What I do with some of my prior clients, if everybody's talking about manifestation and reality and all that stuff. But if it comes to challenges or big things like that in every area of life can be a marriage, can be kids, can be business, can be anything. I overcame an eight-figure bankruptcy. Everybody's talking about the success. I lost everything I had retirement, all my real estate and personal bankruptcy, business bankruptcy Everything was gone within three months like zero done.
Speaker 2:And how do you overcome those things? At the end it comes all back to for me, to the same frame, comes all back to for me, to the same frame. I ask myself literally how is my life in that specific area today? And I write it down Like it is like this today. I write that down and I take the time and I write it down this area, this is this. How do I feel emotionally and what do I believe? Why is? Why is it that way? We come up with excuses because when I had that bankruptcy, one of the main investors passed away the day before the final contract yeah super easy to okay.
Speaker 2:That's the reason. Maybe not, so I leave that where it is now, but that's the first step. The second step, then, is, once we have that, I always recommend to flip the page and write down how do I want it to be. Instead, like I have Genie anything you want, anything is possible, no limitation. Forget your beliefs and core beliefs, and how would I love the situation to be and to write a new story.
Speaker 2:And then we need to make the switch and realize and admit that the only reason, the only reason why this is my current reality and not this, is because I believe in this reality more than I believe in this. Yes, that comes down to the core belief. Why is that like that? Because this is confirmed over and over again, and if we realize that it is confirmed, because we believe it, because our belief, the reticular activating system, we create those situations and reconfirm it again and again, and again, and to then actually consciously shift our belief into another story that we can teach ourselves, can also become my reality. This is when, when change happened, and I think we can apply that literally everywhere to conscious down and think that literally everywhere, to conscious down and think.
Speaker 1:I think I think that is so important because I do that with my coaching as well, where I take it. Well, the five pillars are mental health, physical health, community service, philanthropy, spirituality and relationships, and we'll basically take where you're at and you'll rate it on a one to ten and then we'll come up with what a ten might look like. But I the before. The whole underlying of all this is figure out where you're currently at, figure out where you want to be, what is holding you back in that difference, and go for that and realize that anything here is possible, because you can create what you want to create, because it will happen. So, for you, how did the 100 days back to the 100 days, how did that impact your personal brand and how did that kind of impact the way your friends saw you, the internet saw you, people saw you. How did you think? Did that help you? Did that hurt you? Like? How do you think about that?
Speaker 2:Yeah, that's actually funny because I use that when we do personal branding. We build personal brands and the way we build a brand is we use the framework of. I call it the impossible story. So what we do I take myself an example the 100 days is not important, that's just my impossible story, in other words, a story that most people consider impossible. And what we found is that we all have an impossible story. Yes, as a father, as a sport person, as I went out of addiction as whatever it is, person as I went out of addiction as whatever it is, we all have a story that most people come and say, when you tell the story, there's no way you did that. I don't believe you. We all have that. And again, it's not about the story.
Speaker 2:What I recommend then to do and this is what I did with myself I asked myself okay, how did I make this possible? Why was it possible anyway for me? And I started to dig deep and realized that I follow my own framework and I started to. I have something like a life meter, like a whole meter of events, where I write all the achievements and all the ups and downs in my life, from birth to now. So I see the connection they have with each other and I start to see, hey, I follow my framework in every single area that I was successful. My personal framework is I make a decision. It's five steps. I make a decision when I see something pretty fast, then I educate myself so that I can commit 100 and then I create the discipline to be consistent. That's my framework.
Speaker 2:I thought this is how I was fighting at the world championship. This is how I got up offered an eight-figure bankruptcy. This is how I did the water fast. This is a like everything. When I went back, it's like oh, this is how I do stuff.
Speaker 2:And I started to realize now it doesn't matter what Osmosis say or Tony Robbins or all these guys. I'm there to get the knowledge, education, but I apply my framework because my framework is proven throughout my life. That stuff all works for them because that's their framework. It doesn't work for me. So I need to apply that stuff. And to come back to your question, this is how it impacted my business and my life. I realized how unique we apply things in our business and how unique we build personal brands, because it's about them. For me, a personal brand is the identity of who you truly are as a human being. It's not about the product, not the service. It's you, and you are unique and you have an impossible story and that impossible story became alive because of your personal framework. So we start to build that.
Speaker 1:So that was a huge one and for my brand, on how we actually apply things yes, yes, I think that's awesome because it's important for the audience to realize that uh, pascal is talking about social media. He is talking about in person. He's talking about you as an individual and the way you show up for people and like if you can sit there and constantly default to your personal impossible story, like one of the impossible stories I have is like I've traveled to 27 different countries, we stayed in Europe for seven weeks. Like we ran two marathons, like these are all impossible stories but at the same point, like they give you confidence into who you are. And the thing is that you're carrying around these incredible stories but you're just not sharing them and that's a crime to the person that you really want to be.
Speaker 1:Because if you have these and then you reflect back, what allowed me to achieve this incredible thing? Well, I set the goal, okay, we had accountability for the goal. And then you reflect back what allowed me to achieve this incredible thing? Well, I set the goal, okay, we had accountability for the goal. We worked back, we set the date, we took the action, we work towards these missions and you start to realize that everything in life is possible if you're intentional and you actually move towards the goal you want to achieve, because I just feel like so many people are just aimlessly there just waiting to be woken up and it's like I hope this is the wake up call, like, wake up, build your impossible story. If you sit there and go, I don't have an impossible story. Go get making one and go do something incredible.
Speaker 2:Yeah, I couldn't agree more. And for those who believe they don't have one, we work with entrepreneurs who make millions of dollars and all of them believe they don't have it. All of them don't know how to go out. All of them are afraid to actually show who they truly are to the world, because all of them believe it's not about me, it's about the service, it's about the product, it's about the impact. It's about the product, it's about the impact that's hiding beside something. And all the people that you and I know, all the people that we all follow like let it be Elon Musk, steve Jobs, whatever these people understand the power of personal interconnections, sharing their truth, sharing who they truly are, their ups and downs, and everybody who believes they don't have it. What I encourage them to do is to really and I'm not meaning just like think a little bit about it.
Speaker 2:Go to Starbucks, go somewhere with a piece of paper and sit there for an hour or two and really think back, like when I was a child, what did I love to do? Dig, dig, dig, dig, write stuff down and then, once you start to write, say, oh, actually, I built my first business then. Oh, I had a girlfriend back then. Oh, the accident. I completely forgot my accident. How did I recover there? And you start to find stuff that you realize hey damn, my life is full of stories. And now you start to realize ups and downs and you can ask yourself questions like how did it make it until today? Like I'm here, I feel great. I want to achieve the next level, whatever it is, but we start to see a pattern. Great, I want to achieve the next level, whatever it is, but we start to see a pattern and all it needs is to actually intentionally take the time, sit down and think and really mean it.
Speaker 1:And that's so important, but it's the awareness of realizing it that you've been running these unknown programs to yourself your entire life, but you're just not aware of it. So it's time to wake up, become aware of it through this activity of going there, figuring out what your impossible that you've accomplished might be, and then realizing that you can do anything and you can accomplish these things. And you can definitely email me at jordanedwardsconsulting. I'd love to hear about some of these impossible stories and because it's just important to share these, like it's important to do these different missions that we have. So, pascal, for you, where else do you think people are missing out on living that whole life? Like, because you obviously coached a ton, over 20,000 people, you coach businesses, you've experienced a lot when are people just like, just just slightly bit off, a two millimeter shift might make a difference for them.
Speaker 2:Um, two things, Um. The first one is to really remember that to the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world. This is like we think. We don't have it. Whatever, there's always someone who you can be a life changer with the things you never expected to be a life changer for you, it's so normal, you thought about it 100 times, you experience it 200 times, it's so normal. But for someone else, it can mean the world and to share those things, like you just said, jordan, I think it's number one, it's super important.
Speaker 2:The second thing is in all areas of life I make an example in business, but it's in all areas of life. When I coach people, it's all about health, mind harmony and wealth. And what I see in the area of business is that too many entrepreneurs who want to scale from, for example, from five to six, six, seven, seven to eight, figure wherever they are. They ask themselves why do I not scale? And it can be a relationship. Why does it not work out? Why am I not the dad I wanted to be? Why? Why? Why in any place? Why can I not lose the damn weight I actually want to be? Why, why? Why in any place? Why can I not lose the damn weight I actually want to lose In any areas?
Speaker 2:We often look at that one thing and believe the problem is there. In business, everybody's going like, okay, how can I scale? Where are the numbers? And more marketing, more, more, more of everything. But what I found is that most of the time, the problem is not where it looks like, it is Business.
Speaker 2:People, for example, don't scale because their relationship sucks at home. They are unhealthy, they don't live a life of harmony, they don't live and enjoy the rest of the life Everything is just business and they don't live a life of harmony. They don't live and enjoy the rest of the life everything is just business and they don't have, they don't show up in business as the 100 potential me I could be and I need to be in order to scale. Same thing in the relationship. Why does it not work out? Go, dig, dig, dig, and it's my wife and it's my whatever. Maybe you just work too much, maybe you just eat too much, maybe you're not healthy enough to have the energy your relationship deserves like it's not always where we think it is and to consider a holistic approach, actually go up and say, okay, let's look at the whole picture. I think it's, it's a it's a game changer for many yeah, the holistic thing has been.
Speaker 1:It's huge, because you don't realize how interconnected you are with everything, like one of my mentors is funny. He he's like he's 79 years old and he'll just be. He's like, yeah, I have a client and you think you're a client for one thing, but you end up being a client for everything else. Because the truth is that as you become more close to people, they will start sharing more stuff with you and some of those stuff becomes problems, some of those stuff becomes solutions, but it becomes a very deep in of relationship. So the whole point is that we want to sit here and go, yeah, like our gym trainer's awesome. No, the gym trainer's also the therapist and they might not realize it, but they're also this friend that they need. And you start to realize that if you can actually curate and create the life you want, it all comes down to the relationships you have, and the most important relationship that we don't realize is the one with ourself I completely agree.
Speaker 2:Um, these are the words nobody really like to hear self-love and self-care and all that stuff.
Speaker 1:But you bet it's so important, but I think it all comes down to like what you were. What you were talking about earlier was more of these like blame, blame, blame, and it's more like what are we missing, instead of like that whole gratitude aspect of like what do I actually have? Wait a second, like, even with this, I have a home and most people all they really need is food, shelter, clothing and they'll be a OK, because that's more than a majority of the world has it. Like they. You have to walk five miles for water and people are like what? Like they don't. Most people don't have a real perspective on like what, what the real world is like, uh, because we kind of have our america bubble yeah, I think that's an important point you make.
Speaker 2:We do that with the team before we started our daily huddle. Everybody come up with something they truly appreciate and celebrate.
Speaker 1:I love that.
Speaker 2:We start the meeting from the place of love and gratitude and appreciation. It's just completely different frequency and energy when we talk about business, because we want to have impact and not anything else, and we can shift our frequency level into that space that we create that as a collective, as a team, and I think to have that daily. We sometimes even do that with the family here on the table, sit down and make three rounds what do you appreciate about josh, about jazz? And we just make the round and in the beginning it feels weird and you really need to think because there's not really anything like you suck her, leave you make this. I literally need to think, but with time it's a practice it's a reframe.
Speaker 1:It's a reframe like people in my coaching group literally go jordan, because I come to this group every single week. It gets me thinking about gratitude, but it takes me months. So by the time I'm actually like angry at a situation. I could sit there and go what's my gratitude? And he's like, over the time, it conditions you to think, wow, I actually really do have a lot.
Speaker 1:And all entrepreneurs that I speak with, and anyone I really speak with, they're always so hard on themselves and they're always like. I spoke to a guy today and he was he's like he's got a full time job, which he's doing well, and he's got two real estate properties. And he's like yeah, I really want to start a business so that I could leave this job. And I'm like what, like, what are you talking about? Are you referring to the two real estate properties as your business? And he's like no, no, no, like I didn't even start the business yet, but I want to make a business.
Speaker 1:And I'm like why are you so hard on yourself? And he's like well, if I wasn't hard, I wouldn't be successful. And I'm like, if you're going to keep being hard on yourself, you're going to be depressed and sad. Like your choice, brother. Like you decide what you want. I don't think there's an issue with pushing yourself, but don't lie to yourself about what the actual realization is here, and I think that's so important for all of us to realize. So, pascal, where can people find you? Where can they hear more about you?
Speaker 2:Where can they connect with you guys? The easiest is to send me an email. If someone wants more information, pascal at strategyachieverscom.
Speaker 1:Personal branding stuff is at strategyachieverscom Awesome, awesome, awesome. Thank you so much, pascal. This has been amazing.
Speaker 2:You're very welcome. Thanks for having me.
