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Episode 75 – The Strangest Conversation with my Future SelfFor a free advance copy of my latest book, “Circumstances Lie”, CLICK HERE OR Text 'EZBOOK' to 474747 For more information about My Practice Zone mastermind or to connect with Greg, visit www.noheadtrash.com or email greg@noheadtrash.comJoin “The No Head Trash Nation” on Facebook #NoHeadTrash #CircumstancesLie #MyPracticeZoneGreg is a business owner, speaker, podcaster, best-selling author and high-performance health coach who helps people move past circumstance to calling, beyond brokenness to breakthrough. Greg Believes that "Circumstances Lie" about what's possible and that brokenness is the opportunity for Breakthrough in your life, your business and your people. Greg is the International Best-Selling author of ·        Broken – how being broken unlocked the greatest success of my life·        Overcoming the 10 Common Fears all leaders face.·        The Breakthrough – a leadership fable about the 4 barriers that hold teams back·        A Journey of Significance – the Story of Albert Diepeveen –moving from Success to Significance. … and the exciting release of his 5th book, titled “Circumstances Lie”, ‘There’s more going on than you think.’TRANSCRIPTThe Strangest Conversation with my Future SelfHey, it’s Greg from The No Head Trash Nation, where the MAIN goal is to KNOW our purpose, Live with Passion and become who we were created to be. …. Wow I love that vision and I love being part of that life, both for myself and for you…  Just this past week a healthy habits client of ours texted me and said, YOU SAVED MY LIFE -  and that’s not a brag, ok. I used to think I had to have all the answers and if I did I could make people better… but the truth is all any of us can do is borrow believe when we need it and lend it to others when they are tapped out. It’s a total strategy of STRUCTURE (healthy habits) and SUPPORT over a period of time and BOOM… we find purpose, passion and our created purpose.  But here’s the deal… Knowing and doing are two different things… and just this morning, believe it or not, I had a SURPRISE conversation with my future self (dude was looking a bit older, but he had the most incredible smile on his face and he looked SUPER fit, by the way…. )  Now, I’m sure you’ve heard other people talk about the idea of listening to your future self, and I’d love to talk sometime about all of the nuances of doing that… well, here’s the short version… I love the idea of time travel, right? I’d LOVE to go back and talk to my younger self, but I’ve never figured out how to do that. BUT… I have figured out how to talk to my FUTURE self and let that guy talk to me… who is HIS younger self…   you get that?  Pretty cool, right?  So … in effect… I’m talking to my younger self… and it’s not too hard to imagine what my future self would say to me, if I’m really honest about it. So, I was in a semi-conscious state this morning, just starting to wake up, and there he was… I mean, there I was, I guess.  I was smiling back at me, and there was a sense of urgency in my voice… you know, the future me. He said… Greg… keep striving… because you have no idea what you’re capable of. Look at me, I’m in better shape than you thought we could be… but I can’t do it without you. Guess how much money we made last year? You’ll never guess the friends we have now and even though you feel like you’re going it alone a lot of the time right now… that idea of spending time building relationships every day has really paid off. The mastermind we have now and the 10 close friends we do life with are deeper relationships than you’re even imagining right now. It’s all because you kept at it and didn’t give up. Believe me… you want this and I need you to know how thankful I am you didn’t quit trying.  Wow… even as it started to fade I realized that most of the imaginary conversations I have had with my future self have been checklists – to do lists – buckle down and do the right thing lists… they didn’t have vision or passion or hope woven into them. This one did. So… I’m looking forward to having more of those conversations and I’m determined to seek them out in my imagination every morning and night…   No… I’m not perfect, I’m not superman but that’s my NUMBER ONE goal – to have those conversations, write them down and speak them out loud. I honestly believe that if we’re willing to do that, we’ll be doing the things that other people are unwilling to do. Stop arguing with your future self and conspire together to know your purpose, live with passion and become who YOU were created to be…That’s what it’s like in the No Head Trash Nation… we never ever give up. 

Episode 74 – The #1 Question if you want CLARITYFor a free advance copy of my latest book, “Circumstances Lie”, CLICK HERE OR Text 'EZBOOK' to 474747 For more information about My Practice Zone mastermind or to connect with Greg, visit www.noheadtrash.com or email greg@noheadtrash.comJoin “The No Head Trash Nation” on Facebook #NoHeadTrash #CircumstancesLie #MyPracticeZoneGreg is a business owner, speaker, podcaster, best-selling author and high-performance health coach who helps people move past circumstance to calling, beyond brokenness to breakthrough. Greg Believes that "Circumstances Lie" about what's possible and that brokenness is the opportunity for Breakthrough in your life, your business and your people. Greg is the International Best-Selling author of ·        Broken – how being broken unlocked the greatest success of my life·        Overcoming the 10 Common Fears all leaders face.·        The Breakthrough – a leadership fable about the 4 barriers that hold teams back·        A Journey of Significance – the Story of Albert Diepeveen –moving from Success to Significance. … and the exciting release of his 5th book, titled “Circumstances Lie”, ‘There’s more going on than you think.’TRANSCRIPTThe #1 Question if you want ClarityHi, I’m Greg from the No Head Trash Nation – and I’ve got a little tip for you today about the Number One Question you must ask if you want clarity because it takes clarity to unlock your purpose, live with passion and become who YOU were created to be……If I’ve heard it once, I’ve heard it a thousand times… someone I know says to me, “Like you’re always saying, Greg, … I need clarity. I want to get this certain result… to be in great shape, to have wonderful fulfilling relationships, to read a new book every month, to have powerful faith in myself and in my creator, and of course… to be financially feeling abundance instead of feeling like I’m running from a poverty mindset all the time…  I NEED CLARITY…… like if we had clarity for one moment, we’d never need to look for it again… right?  Ever had an aha moment? Ever walk out of a wedding, a funeral, even a good movie or church service and say… wow… that really opened my eyes… I’m never going back. I see it now and I’m going forward… and then it takes about 2 hours before we can’t remember what we look like in the mirror… like the scripture says…  Remember the one about talking about something but never taking action? Oh..sorry didn’t mean to step on your toes… you KNOW I would never do that… unless you actually KNOW ME… Clarity happens because we develop habits of clarity and that’s one little trick I’m going to share with you today. I’m going to let you in on a perfect little question you can practice asking that will trigger clarity for you, IF… you’ll actually use it and do it… which of course forces me to remind us both… It’s NOT the big things that matter. It’s ALWAYS THE LITTLE THINGS. The incremental steps we take. They add up. They are the tiny particles that become concrete that supports us.. hey that’s pretty good… I need to remember that one…  So whqat is this little question, you ask? You’re going to love it… and you’re going to hate it… but if you could make a habit right here, you’ll change some things every single day and it will change YOU for a lifetime.  Are you ready?  Here’s the question. Is This – the decision you’re making – more important than that future goal you’ve been dreaming of? Is this donut more important than feeling great in my clothes? Is this extra 30 minutes of sleep more important than living out my Definition of Success? Is this TV show more important than my family?…  and then you’ve got to frame it in a statement and speak it with EMOTION… with Passion even if you’re having to work some up for this special occasion… oh believe me you can do it.  And if you say it with passion and you AGREE wholeheartedly… then YOU HAVE CLARITY… and if you LAUGH or REJECT IT, then you also have clarity….. So… you want clarity… heres how you get it..  this is so awesome….   Will you do it? So, here we go … you asked the question and now you’re going to AFFIRM IT OUT LOUD.  YES… This bag of chips is more important than being at my ideal weight and having great energy all the time.  YES… This TV Show is more important than taking 30 minutes to improve myself with a podcast, a training or a simple conversation with someone I care about.  Isn’t it crazy how we never ask those questions or force ourselves to state our decision out loud? We beg our clients to read for 10 minutes a day, but it’s too much for some… while they watch four hours of TV.  And that, my friends is the difference between the winners and the losers, the poverty mindset and the abundance mindset, the life with your best body, mind, relationships faith and finances. Is what you’re getting ready to do moving you closer to your ideal future self, or farther away. This tiny investment in my future is more important than any TV show or taste bud sensation I could ever have, and I’m saying THIS WITH PASSION.  Ask this question and make this statement all day long and you WILL KNOW your purpose, live with passion and become who you were created to be.  

Episode 73 – The ExchangeFor a free advance copy of my latest book, “Circumstances Lie”, CLICK HERE OR Text 'EZBOOK' to 474747 For more information about My Practice Zone mastermind or to connect with Greg, visit www.noheadtrash.com or email greg@noheadtrash.comJoin “The No Head Trash Nation” on Facebook #NoHeadTrash #CircumstancesLie #MyPracticeZoneGreg is a business owner, speaker, podcaster, best-selling author and high-performance health coach who helps people move past circumstance to calling, beyond brokenness to breakthrough. Greg Believes that "Circumstances Lie" about what's possible and that brokenness is the opportunity for Breakthrough in your life, your business and your people. Greg is the International Best-Selling author of ·        Broken – how being broken unlocked the greatest success of my life·        Overcoming the 10 Common Fears all leaders face.·        The Breakthrough – a leadership fable about the 4 barriers that hold teams back·        A Journey of Significance – the Story of Albert Diepeveen –moving from Success to Significance. … and the exciting release of his 5th book, titled “Circumstances Lie”, ‘There’s more going on than you think.’TRANSCRIPTThe ExchangeIt’s GREG from the No Head trash Nation – where we CONSPIRE WITH EACH OTHER to KNOW our purpose, live with passion and become the people, the allies, the army, the crazy determined, full of belief people we were created to be… whew…. Had to get that out….  Ha haLet’s talk about something TOP SECRET… Now maybe this won’t ring a bell with you, but for me it’s the most sneaky, underhanded, behind the scenes dirty dog – thumb on the scale of your life issue that NEVER gets talked about… Did I oversell that one? I don’t think so. Let me take a second to tell you why this is hitting me hard today and what I’m planning to do about it. This isn’t something I have nailed down and now I’m going to share my expertise with you… it’s something I’m testing, something I’m struggling with and probably a lot of you have it wrapped up with a nice bow on it… and if you do, I’m just going to tell you right now that YOU …are my HERO…  or you’re a liar…. But whichever you are, I hope you never stop chasing after this one…. But I think this is going to be another one of those issues where we can all SPEAK to this issue – and tell other people how to handle it – but we are PATHETIC at doing it ourselves.  You know, I used to think – ok sometimes I still get caught up in this trap – that when people shared a problem with me, they were looking for a SOLUTION… that I had to come up with the right magical words to day and they would be like… OMG Greg, you’re so smart. You’re so brilliant – I never though of that myself.  DUH. Your words of WISDOM just changed my life….  But in fact, I HATE IT when people do that to me. Cause THEN it becomes a battle of logic and the things we really face, really need to overcome – are NOT about logic. Did you catch that… if logic were the answer, we’d have bullet pointed and check boxed ourselves into perfection by now… IT DOESN”T HAPPEN… We talk to groups, we post, we podcast and we think we’re telling people something we’ve figured out… until we read a book like Think and Grow Rich – like I did during this past year and did a 20 video series with my friend John Nimmo – and you realize all those ideas you thought were breakthroughs… yeah, they were written about in 1937 better than you can write them to day….  NOTE TO SELF – there are no new ideas – there are only ways to bring them to life – and share our own struggle to climb higher and go farther with them.  If you want to go fast – go alone – if you want to go far – go together… just thought I’d throw that in. So … back to the dirty little secret.  Wow, this pod cast could go five different directions here, so I better focus in. Exchanges. Here’s the deal. Everything in life is a tradeoff. You got it… Whether you realize it or not, admit it or not, want to think of it that way or not, it’s a tradeoff. And until you start asking yourself what the trade is – you’re going to make BAD CHOICES… I’m just saying… it’s the truth. Now I’m just being honest – I don’t like thinking about this… Seriously, I don’t like it. I don’t like what I’m going to suggest here, but the meter is running and I feel like I’ve got to warn you that nothing you really want is going to take care of itself. Nothing you dream of will magically appear. No mysterious momentum will occur without leaning into it, without making some exchanges that position you for that momentum….  Here’s what I meanI was exposed to this idea the other night on a training I was participating in. Why was I involved? Did I want to jump on that zoom call at 7pm after a long day? Was the TV broken? Weren’t there five other things I would have enjoyed doing? … you know what I’m talking about…So, the statement made was this – Goals are not about GETTING – they are about GROWING.  BOOMNow that’s a lot to take in, right? Because we’ve gotten so good at explaining why we’re not getting OR growing. We imagine that the exchanges we’d have to make are overwhelming – they are so big, they are so HARD – that we settle in to our easy chair and calm ourselves by picturing how hard it would be to take action and how much nicer it is to do this… whatever THIS is… Sometimes we even get busy doing stuff… because busy can calm us too, right? Oh… I’m going to work on my business… we start organizing things, categorizing things, making lists… NONE of which actually accomplish anything. What if we really understood the exchanges we’re making?  What if ONE MINUTE here and ONE MINUTE there was all it took to reach our goals?  What if simply asking the right question, identifying the exchange we’re making was all it took to be healthy physically, mentally, in our relationships, faith and finances?  What if that’s all it took?All I can say is what I know about myself. I put off tasks and build them up in my head – looking for a GOOD TIME to do them – and then when I finally get around to it, it takes like five minutes. ·        A phone call to someone or a voice text or message·        A 90 second plank to strengthen my core·        A few pushups·        An intentional conversation with someone I care about – and yes you have to plan those my friends – or at least I do. And this is the biggest one of them all.  It takes like five minutes and I like to do it twice a day… and no, I don’t always get it done but I need you to hold me accountable to this. Here it is… game changer - big time exchange if you’re willing to make it!  Which I’m guessing once you hear it you’ll say… oh it’s not that big a deal – good one Greg - and you won’t do it, no matter how much you say you want those goals and dreams to come true.  Take five minutes every day first thing when you get up and last thing before you go to sleep and read your clear Definition of Success OUT LOUD to yourself. (which means you have to write it – but this is something that gets refined over time so don’t stress on it) You say – I know what it says, I don’t have to keep reading it.. REALLY? That’s not my experience. I read that thing and I tweak it and I am reminded very vividly of things that are NOT top of mind today. I remind myself what it would look like to be physically successful, mentally, relationships, faith and finances. – I remind myself who I am – my identity – what the evidence would be that today were successful and what my future self looks like… That… my friends is the ultimate exchange. We always think it’s about doing hard things – but it’s not.. it’s about doing the things that other people are NOT WILLING TO DO… and trust me when I say this is one of those things. Only people who want daily traction toward their goals will do this, even though it’s one of the simplest things you could ever do. Maybe we can do a podcast breaking this down more completely, but really anything you do is progress. Use your imagination – take a risk and believe you can be more than you ever imagined… then imagine some more. It’s a good thing. It’s time to get clear about the exchanges you’re making and create some personal momentum toward unlocking your purpose, living with passion and becoming who you were created to be.  

Episode 72 - Imagine if we believedFor a free advance copy of my latest book, “Circumstances Lie”, CLICK HERE OR Text 'EZBOOK' to 474747 For more information about My Practice Zone mastermind or to connect with Greg, visit www.noheadtrash.com or email greg@noheadtrash.comJoin “The No Head Trash Nation” on Facebook #NoHeadTrash #CircumstancesLie #MyPracticeZoneGreg is a business owner, speaker, podcaster, best-selling author and high-performance health coach who helps people move past circumstance to calling, beyond brokenness to breakthrough. Greg Believes that "Circumstances Lie" about what's possible and that brokenness is the opportunity for Breakthrough in your life, your business and your people. Greg is the International Best-Selling author of ·        Broken – how being broken unlocked the greatest success of my life·        Overcoming the 10 Common Fears all leaders face.·        The Breakthrough – a leadership fable about the 4 barriers that hold teams back·        A Journey of Significance – the Story of Albert Diepeveen –moving from Success to Significance. … and the exciting release of his 5th book, titled “Circumstances Lie”, ‘There’s more going on than you think.’TRANSCRIPTHey, it’s Greg Yates from the No Head trash Nation… where our mission is to Unlock your purpose, help you Live with Passion and become who you were created to be! You’re capable of more than you’ve experienced so far, and there is an unencumbered life waiting for you right on the other side of that make-believe barrier that’s been holding you back. It’s time to get rid of the head trash and THRIVE – and to do that, it takes a nation. The no head trash nation where the battle you’re fighting becomes the opportunity of a lifetime.So today I’m going to let you in on a little … well almost embarrassing discussion I have with myself … I admit it… almost every day. Yes, it’s embarrassing… and no, it’s not logical… but this is a place where we get real and today I’m going to get real because this is a HEAD FAKE we give ourselves – or I give myself anyway – that gives us the illusion of progress without actually doing anything… and it exhausts OUR BELIEF> Imagination is like a simulator, right?  Have you ever been on one of those simulators at Disney where you’re flying a fighter plane or riding a rollercoaster… except you’re not really?  How does your body respond? Oh it has nothing to do with logic, can we agree on that? You get almost all of the sensations of the real thing… but without the risk and without actually experiencing the thing you’re simulating…. BOOM..   you get me? Now imagination is great, and it is absolutely the thing that helps transform ideas into physical form… but imagine if we actually DID the things we say we’re here to do.  Imagine if we actually DID the things we’re preparing to do?  Imagine if we actually believed that we are here to DO THE THINGS… not just imagine doing them. So, you’ve imagined that life changing thing you’re here to do )(and you are, by the way) – what happens?  ·        Your head trash kicks in·        Your limiting beliefs SAVE YOU from taking action. ·        And NOBODY… I mean NOBODY gets any benefit… but you were safe… you didn’t risk whatever imaginary risk you had – you didn’t risk someone thinking you were wrong, or that you were trying to sell them something or that you were doing something BOLD and COURAGOUS. No.. nobody thinks that… so you’re safe.  Let me ask you something. Is anybody better off because you were safe? Because you caught yourself before you did something risky?  The answer is… NO.So just imagine with me that you were willing to risk a minute or two out of your comfort zone and it would change somebody’s life? Imagine all of the people wearing fake smiles who wonder if you’re really someone who would listen or could help them… because they’ve heard you say you can. Imagine what it would be like to KNOW your purpose. To be able to say it OUT LOUD no matter who hears and live it out even if you make a mistake or two in the process? What would that look like?  Oh… and by the way… not everybody is going to validate you because SURPRISE… when you step out to do something important, sometimes it makes other people uncomfortable.So let me tell you what other people have planned for you. What would make them comfortable all the time.  NOT MUCH. They don’t have anything planned for your life. They’d prefer you just marched to the beat of society’s drum and hold your place in line - NO CUTTING….. thank you very much. But that’s not the dream you’ve been dreaming, and it’s not mine either. Maybe today is the day we step over the line of courage and put into ACTION, what we truly believe.  A good friend of mine told me just today that he was inspired through words he read in the Scripture… that went something like this. Don’t be hearers of the word only, but doers. Don’t be like the man who looks at himself in the mirror and then after walking away forgets what he looks like. Don’t forget what your future looks like or the dreams you have been given to be your best and inspire others to be their best as well. It’s time to get rid of the head trash and become the incredible, inspiring, unstoppable person you were created to be. 

For a free advance copy of my latest book, “Circumstances Lie”, CLICK HERE OR Text 'EZBOOK' to 474747 For more information about My Practice Zone mastermind or to connect with Greg, visit  www.noheadtrash.com or email greg@noheadtrash.comJoin “The No Head Trash Nation” on Facebook #NoHeadTrash #CircumstancesLie #MyPracticeZoneWant to establish your own Practice Zone environment and get total Buy-In from your people. Visit www.noheadtrash.com and let’s talk about accelerating your results through My Practice Zone. Greg is a business owner, speaker, podcaster, best-selling author and high-performance health coach who helps people move past circumstance to calling, beyond brokenness to breakthrough. Greg Believes that "Circumstances Lie" about what's possible and that brokenness is the opportunity for Breakthrough in your life, your business and your people. Greg is the International Best-Selling author of ·      Broken – how being broken unlocked the greatest success of my life·      Overcoming the 10 Common Fears all leaders face.·      The Breakthrough – a leadership fable about the 4 barriers that hold teams back·      A Journey of Significance – the Story of Albert Diepeveen –moving from Success to Significance. … and the exciting release of his 5th book, titled “Circumstances Lie”, ‘There’s more going on than you think.’TRANSCRIPTHey, it’s Greg Yates from the No Head trash Nation… where our mission is to Unlock your purpose, help you Live with Passion and become who you were created to be! … Where the domination of head trash and circumstantial lies are replaced by purpose, passion and unlimited potential.  And you can’t imagine how much I love saying that… because I know exactly what you’re thinking…But what if your circumstances have nothing to do with what you’re capable of? What if there is more going on than you think …and the resources you need are already available? What if it’s time to stop trying so hard and live the UNENCUMBERED Life?Welcome to Greg Yates - UNENCUMBERED… What an incredible day to break loose some thoughts that are STUCK in our brains and replace them with the future we were born to be part of…   Wow, I just had this vision of putting penetrating oil on a rusty bolt and after working it and torqueing it a little while watching it break loose and those flakes of rust fall off… blowing them with a little poof of air and feeling the whole thing start loosening up so we can replace it with a new one.  WOW. That I so cool. If you know me, then you’re used to hearing me talk about head trash… maybe you’re even familiar with my upcoming book, Circumstances Lie… but Today I’m introducing you to my newest word and if there was one word I want to describe me from NOW ON… it’s this one. I’m claiming it and if you want you can claim it with me and be part of this crusade… the word is UNENCUMBERED…  Maybe you’ve never heard that word before and if that’s true, I hope you’ll add it to your vocabulary right now and impress your friends and family with it. But if you really don’t know what it means, let’s start right there. Here you go.. the definition of unencumbered…      don’t you just love the way that word sounds, even before you know what it means? A big four syllable word, not a four letter word, a four SYLABLE word… let’s be clear. In fact, it’s almost 180 degrees from most of the four letter words you’re thinking of like pain, debt, and fear… its headed in the entirely opposite direction from those and I would argue it is the SWITCH that lets you flip all of those into a journey toward the most powerful state of all… which although it’s a four letter word, is the highest frequency of any state of existence you could aspire to….   Being unencumbered sets you in the direction of … you guessed it… LOVE.  Not having love, or giving love or being IN LOVE… but of being LOVE.  Wow.  That’s a whole other conversation, honestly, but another premise of everything I talk about is that AHA moments are great… they just don’t last. Being comes first. Doing happens almost on accident from what you’re being. Enough of that. I get carried away and if you’ve ever talked to me about this topic, you know how passionate I can get about it. I’m sick of being encumbered… sick of the assumptions I have made and that I’ve watched other people make.  And if you’re sick of it, hit me back in the comments right now, find a way to message me just so I know we’re on the same page and I’m NOT THE ONLY ONE!!!So… are you ready? I hope you’ve got your pen because here it is… the definition of Unencumbered.  UN-ENCUMBERED – or basically NOT ENCUMBERED, RIGHT?   The definition…  Not having ANY burden or impediment. BOOMI love that definition. Every single word of it. Not – The absence of… Having – owning, possessing, having as a feature or even a scentANY - none… zip… zero… no evidence at all… not even a trained police dog who can sniff out one drip in a five gallon bucket can find any….  Burden - baggage – stuff that slows you down, makes you carry more than yourselfOr – not and… no other side of the equation implied to watch out forImpediment - hindrance or obstruction – the stuff that’s in your way or has blocked your path. Unencumbered means not having ANY burden or impediment.  WOWWhat would that look like? I’ve got to be honest, I have no idea, but I want to.  In fact, I want you to ask yourself right now the same question I’ve been asking myself…  What does my life look like if it is UNENCUMBERED?  Have you ever had someone, a business or financial coach maybe, ask you… what would you do it money was not an issue? Or what would you do if your health were not an issue, or your job, or some relationship, finances or faith? It’s almost too big a question to ask and answer, right? Even superman has impediments…  Kryptonite.  So now I’m asking myself… am I saying there’s NO kryptonite?  Wow, I’ve got to play with that one a little bit sometime… but I will say this… if there are no impediments OUT THERE, then the one holding the kryptonite must be IN HERE…   ok.. I better keep this moving.  UNENCUMBERED… wowSo, Superman has impediments… And so do you… right now anyway. Stay with me… because in order to ask such a crazy question… the first thing that has to be unencumbered is my thinking!  I mean, let’s face it, the second I started even asking the question, the argument began. My own head trash - yes, despite popular opinion, I’ve got a lot of it – started arguing against the very idea itself. Let’s just start right there… Not many years ago, I went through hell. You may think I’m talking figuratively, but I’m pretty sure it was actual hell. Have you been there? The absence of peace, the absence of freedom, the absence of any sense that there even was a God at work in my life…  I’m just speaking for myself, but you need to know what made me ask this question. I could tell you all the reasons my life was over… or at least compressed into the smallest box you ever saw and it was probably better… if I were dead… It was LITERALLY like some kind of autoimmune disease… where my own beliefs were like antibodies within me that were destroying everything, good or bad in my entire thought process. I reached a point that I had to strip out everything I believed, write it down in words, and question whether or not that belief was going to support me or kill me. Whether it was going to assist me in any possibility of a future or if it had to go..  and a lot of them had to go.   I’ll tell you more about the specific beliefs if you stick around in a future podcast, but it was a totally brutal process. Things I was sure were true… simply couldn’t stick around if I were going to survive. You might be there yourself. The burdens and impediments to your own success, even your own survival, were your own beliefs.  Maybe they still are. Now does my word sound more inviting to you?  UNENCUMBERED - say it with me.  UN ENCUMBERED Wow. Did it give you just a second of hope? Maybe I never would have asked this question if things were tolerable. You know the book, good to great? The premise is that the thing standing in the way of great… is good. When things are good, you’re never willing to do the things that will make them great. When your life is good, or even tolerable, you’ll never do the things that make it GREAT.And I just happen to believe that GREAT… is what you were designed for. Now whether you believe that or not, I don’t really care. If you want to choose the belief that you aren’t really great, or weren’t designed at all… then you’re not ready for unencumbered and you’re not ready for GREAT, unless somehow it accidentally finds you. I thought my life was great for a long time because I was measuring it by the circumstances around me… and when those circumstances turned on me, like antibodies, they weren’t so great any longer. Hence my book title… Circumstances Lie…  The book is a novel, a love story actually, that rolls out the five lies that circumstances tell, and is built on the premise that you can’t trust circumstances at all. If they have a chance and you’re tuned in to them with a poor set of beliefs that you didn’t choose for yourself, they’ll lie to you every single time. Here’s the thing… in case you didn’t know… you can’t see five seconds into the future. You can’t see around the next corner. And, you can’t carry the burdens and impediments of your faulty belief system if you want to live an unencumbered life.  Of course it seems impossible. That’s the beauty of it. That’s the SECRET you’ve always known exists and that’s the obsessive conversation I want to have on this podcast and I hope you’re going to have that conversation with me. It’s not an aha moment. The only thing aha about it is the second you imagine what it would look like, and that’s a long ways from it actually being true… but here’s the thing.  It’s not that far from where you are… it’s exactly what you were created for and everything else in life is designed to teach you that when it’s all said and done… there is a lot more going on than you think. Every “What if” question is built on the possibility of being unencumbered. What would unencumbered look like for you?   TRANSCRIPTHey, it’s Greg Yates from the No Head trash Nation… where our mission is to Unlock your purpose, help you Live with Passion and become who you were created to be! You’re capable of more than you’ve experienced so far, and there is an unencumbered life waiting for you right on the other side of that make believe barrier that’s been holding you back. It’s time to get rid of the head trash and THRIVE – and to do that, it takes a nation. The no head trash nation where the battle you’re fighting becomes the opportunity of a lifetime. They say if you’re going to podcast you should talk about what you know… and this topic is one I’m intimately familiar with. I suppose as the Head Trash GURU that I am, it doesn’t surprise you that I’d be good at this one – unless you’re one of those poor unfortunate folks who things I talk about getting rid of the head trash because I’ve got it mastered and it’s no longer a problem for me.  And THAT, my friends, would be a NO…Today I’m talking for just a couple minutes on the ART of Beating Yourself Up.  I figure, if you’re going to do it, you need to do it well… but I’m guessing some of you have it down to an art and a science… all I can really talk about is myself, so if you can ONE UP me, feel free to share… cause there’s nothing about this thing that feels so personal… that’s personal at all. In fact, the more people I coach, the more I realize how universal it is. We spend time practicing better ways to beat ourselves up. We put in the REPS. We say it enough times that it seems right. We have conversations with ourselves about the lane brain conclusions that we’re somehow different, that we’re not worthy, that we will never be worth anything, that we don’t know why we’re so bad, so broken, so unable to move forward…..    And the best part is that we IMAGINE that everyone else is sailing along just fine…  What a LIE – in fact that’s such a lie it makes me angry.  I’ve talked to incredible, loving, capable people who tell me that the voices in their head keep saying DON’T TRY – QUIT NOW BEFORE YOU EMBARRASS YOURSELF – or my personal favorite…..  YOU’LL FEEL BETTER IF YOU JUST GIVE UP..  Now maybe you’re wondering why that is so let me stop and tell you what smart people in psychology say about this and I want to encourage you to pursue personal development because it is the only path to move PAST this nonsense that seems so real.  Here’s the simplest way I know to explain it. When we try to change ANYTHING… what we’re familiar with in the past fights back. Our subconscious minds are filled with programming that help us deal with emotions, stress, even a sense of security that we all want so much. When we introduce a new idea, a new path, personal growth, and especially things that take intentional pattern breaks – WE ALWAYS face the ultimate enemy.  HEAD TRASHYou have old programming that says, You’ll feel better if you stay with the patterns already familiar to us, even if THEY ARE KILLING YOU…. We all have this… we have old patterns that don’t serve us anymore, but if we close our eyes and go on autopilot, we end up at McDonalds drive through or mindlessly in the pantry looking for something to distract us, or entertain us… when there are far better things we KNOW we should do. So here’s the part I was telling you about… The ART of beating ourselves up.  Oh man, this is good. So… you’re one of our performance clients working on your health first of all. I heard this just yesterday. I had a stressful, emotional day and the next thing I knew I was running to food for comfort. I hate myself for doing that. I just sabotaged everything I’ve been working toward. I’m just no good. I can’t overcome it. I just don’t have enough willpower. Ever been there? I have. Here’s what I’m NOT going to do. I’m not going to tell you all the reasons you shouldn’t feel that way. I’m not going to tell you to just SUCK IT UP and do the right thing… although sometimes we have to, right? Here’s what I want you to know. You’re not alone and you can’t do it alone. And here’s the most important thing. You’re standing on the edge of the greatest opportunity of your life. A chance to learn how to FLIP what used to pull you backward into something that Rockets you forward into the best life you ever imagined. And while you’re doing it, you can take a lot of people with you. You can break the chains of the past and the cycle of abuse you’ve been inflicting on yourself… so your legacy won’t be of self-abuse and head trash – but of confidence and progress toward unlocking your purpose, living with passion and becoming who you were created to be. Imagine what it would be like to be free from those patterns that don’t serve you anymore. What would that be like? They’re enemies to your future, but they are disguised as allies, lulling you into defeat and the cycle of beating yourself up with head trash. Imagine what it would be like if you developed a new set of habits that propel you forward? Is it easy? Simple, yes, but not easy.  Will you fall down and have to just keep getting back up and trying again? Yes you will. I know I do. That thing you’re beating yourself up over… maybe it’s that you never follow through on a great health and nutrition program or that you sabotage relationships or battle with a negative mindset or don’t have the faith or finances you know you’re capable of… that is the head trash that’s holding you back. I remember people saying to me… what diet did you do to lose that 80 pounds? I’ve never found a diet that works for me. I don’t have enough willpower. … What they didn’t know was that I failed for decades at dieting and I was angry about it. It was only when I changed my thinking that I changed my body. … It was only when I surrounded myself with people who were also done beating themselves up and ready to move one tiny step at a time toward their dreams that I was able to break free from the patterns of the past and stop beating myself up. I want that for you. I want to UNLOCK your purpose and live that passionate unencumbered life that helps you settle in to who you were created to be. Surround yourself with people who share your passion and you may need to step away from those who pull you down. If you don’t have a community of support and structure to move from where you are to where you want to be, reach out to me and I’ll help you plug in to our fabulous community of support where our #1 goal is to get rid of the head trash. You deserve better than what you’ve experienced so far. You can’t do it alone, but with the right...

For a free advance copy of my latest book, “Circumstances Lie”, CLICK HERE OR Text 'EZBOOK' to 474747 For more information about My Practice Zone mastermind or to connect with Greg, visit  www.noheadtrash.com or email greg@noheadtrash.comJoin “The No Head Trash Nation” on Facebook #NoHeadTrash #CircumstancesLie #MyPracticeZoneWant to establish your own Practice Zone environment and get total Buy-In from your people. Visit www.noheadtrash.com and let’s talk about accelerating your results through My Practice Zone. Greg is a business owner, speaker, podcaster, best-selling author and high-performance health coach who helps people move past circumstance to calling, beyond brokenness to breakthrough. Greg Believes that "Circumstances Lie" about what's possible and that brokenness is the opportunity for Breakthrough in your life, your business and your people. Greg is the International Best-Selling author of ·      Broken – how being broken unlocked the greatest success of my life·      Overcoming the 10 Common Fears all leaders face.·      The Breakthrough – a leadership fable about the 4 barriers that hold teams back·      A Journey of Significance – the Story of Albert Diepeveen –moving from Success to Significance. … and the exciting release of his 5th book, titled “Circumstances Lie”, ‘There’s more going on than you think.’TRANSCRIPTHey, it’s Greg Yates from the No Head trash Nation… where our mission is to Unlock your purpose, help you Live with Passion and become who you were created to be! … Where the domination of head trash and circumstantial lies are replaced by purpose, passion and unlimited potential.  And you can’t imagine how much I love saying that… because I know exactly what you’re thinking…But what if your circumstances have nothing to do with what you’re capable of? What if there is more going on than you think …and the resources you need are already available? What if it’s time to stop trying so hard and live the UNENCUMBERED Life?Welcome to Greg Yates - UNENCUMBERED… What an incredible day to break loose some thoughts that are STUCK in our brains and replace them with the future we were born to be part of…   Wow, I just had this vision of putting penetrating oil on a rusty bolt and after working it and torqueing it a little while watching it break loose and those flakes of rust fall off… blowing them with a little poof of air and feeling the whole thing start loosening up so we can replace it with a new one.  WOW. That I so cool. If you know me, then you’re used to hearing me talk about head trash… maybe you’re even familiar with my upcoming book, Circumstances Lie… but Today I’m introducing you to my newest word and if there was one word I want to describe me from NOW ON… it’s this one. I’m claiming it and if you want you can claim it with me and be part of this crusade… the word is UNENCUMBERED…  Maybe you’ve never heard that word before and if that’s true, I hope you’ll add it to your vocabulary right now and impress your friends and family with it. But if you really don’t know what it means, let’s start right there. Here you go.. the definition of unencumbered…      don’t you just love the way that word sounds, even before you know what it means? A big four syllable word, not a four letter word, a four SYLABLE word… let’s be clear. In fact, it’s almost 180 degrees from most of the four letter words you’re thinking of like pain, debt, and fear… its headed in the entirely opposite direction from those and I would argue it is the SWITCH that lets you flip all of those into a journey toward the most powerful state of all… which although it’s a four letter word, is the highest frequency of any state of existence you could aspire to….   Being unencumbered sets you in the direction of … you guessed it… LOVE.  Not having love, or giving love or being IN LOVE… but of being LOVE.  Wow.  That’s a whole other conversation, honestly, but another premise of everything I talk about is that AHA moments are great… they just don’t last. Being comes first. Doing happens almost on accident from what you’re being. Enough of that. I get carried away and if you’ve ever talked to me about this topic, you know how passionate I can get about it. I’m sick of being encumbered… sick of the assumptions I have made and that I’ve watched other people make.  And if you’re sick of it, hit me back in the comments right now, find a way to message me just so I know we’re on the same page and I’m NOT THE ONLY ONE!!!So… are you ready? I hope you’ve got your pen because here it is… the definition of Unencumbered.  UN-ENCUMBERED – or basically NOT ENCUMBERED, RIGHT?   The definition…  Not having ANY burden or impediment. BOOMI love that definition. Every single word of it. Not – The absence of… Having – owning, possessing, having as a feature or even a scentANY - none… zip… zero… no evidence at all… not even a trained police dog who can sniff out one drip in a five gallon bucket can find any….  Burden - baggage – stuff that slows you down, makes you carry more than yourselfOr – not and… no other side of the equation implied to watch out forImpediment - hindrance or obstruction – the stuff that’s in your way or has blocked your path. Unencumbered means not having ANY burden or impediment.  WOWWhat would that look like? I’ve got to be honest, I have no idea, but I want to.  In fact, I want you to ask yourself right now the same question I’ve been asking myself…  What does my life look like if it is UNENCUMBERED?  Have you ever had someone, a business or financial coach maybe, ask you… what would you do it money was not an issue? Or what would you do if your health were not an issue, or your job, or some relationship, finances or faith? It’s almost too big a question to ask and answer, right? Even superman has impediments…  Kryptonite.  So now I’m asking myself… am I saying there’s NO kryptonite?  Wow, I’ve got to play with that one a little bit sometime… but I will say this… if there are no impediments OUT THERE, then the one holding the kryptonite must be IN HERE…   ok.. I better keep this moving.  UNENCUMBERED… wowSo, Superman has impediments… And so do you… right now anyway. Stay with me… because in order to ask such a crazy question… the first thing that has to be unencumbered is my thinking!  I mean, let’s face it, the second I started even asking the question, the argument began. My own head trash - yes, despite popular opinion, I’ve got a lot of it – started arguing against the very idea itself. Let’s just start right there… Not many years ago, I went through hell. You may think I’m talking figuratively, but I’m pretty sure it was actual hell. Have you been there? The absence of peace, the absence of freedom, the absence of any sense that there even was a God at work in my life…  I’m just speaking for myself, but you need to know what made me ask this question. I could tell you all the reasons my life was over… or at least compressed into the smallest box you ever saw and it was probably better… if I were dead… It was LITERALLY like some kind of autoimmune disease… where my own beliefs were like antibodies within me that were destroying everything, good or bad in my entire thought process. I reached a point that I had to strip out everything I believed, write it down in words, and question whether or not that belief was going to support me or kill me. Whether it was going to assist me in any possibility of a future or if it had to go..  and a lot of them had to go.   I’ll tell you more about the specific beliefs if you stick around in a future podcast, but it was a totally brutal process. Things I was sure were true… simply couldn’t stick around if I were going to survive. You might be there yourself. The burdens and impediments to your own success, even your own survival, were your own beliefs.  Maybe they still are. Now does my word sound more inviting to you?  UNENCUMBERED - say it with me.  UN ENCUMBERED Wow. Did it give you just a second of hope? Maybe I never would have asked this question if things were tolerable. You know the book, good to great? The premise is that the thing standing in the way of great… is good. When things are good, you’re never willing to do the things that will make them great. When your life is good, or even tolerable, you’ll never do the things that make it GREAT.And I just happen to believe that GREAT… is what you were designed for. Now whether you believe that or not, I don’t really care. If you want to choose the belief that you aren’t really great, or weren’t designed at all… then you’re not ready for unencumbered and you’re not ready for GREAT, unless somehow it accidentally finds you. I thought my life was great for a long time because I was measuring it by the circumstances around me… and when those circumstances turned on me, like antibodies, they weren’t so great any longer. Hence my book title… Circumstances Lie…  The book is a novel, a love story actually, that rolls out the five lies that circumstances tell, and is built on the premise that you can’t trust circumstances at all. If they have a chance and you’re tuned in to them with a poor set of beliefs that you didn’t choose for yourself, they’ll lie to you every single time. Here’s the thing… in case you didn’t know… you can’t see five seconds into the future. You can’t see around the next corner. And, you can’t carry the burdens and impediments of your faulty belief system if you want to live an unencumbered life.  Of course it seems impossible. That’s the beauty of it. That’s the SECRET you’ve always known exists and that’s the obsessive conversation I want to have on this podcast and I hope you’re going to have that conversation with me. It’s not an aha moment. The only thing aha about it is the second you imagine what it would look like, and that’s a long ways from it actually being true… but here’s the thing.  It’s not that far from where you are… it’s exactly what you were created for and everything else in life is designed to teach you that when it’s all said and done… there is a lot more going on than you think. Every “What if” question is built on the possibility of being unencumbered. What would unencumbered look like for you?  

Beyond our Paper-Thin PlansThere’s a confusing comfort when we’re busy. It’s as if there is a magic in the motion that blocks the bobbing vulnerability of staying in one place. It implies direction, clarity and mission, whether value is delivered is unknown. I suffer with it. “Just tell me what to do, Lord, and I’ll do it.” I love having a mission, knowing what I’m going to do that soothes the itching nature of knowing that I am productive. Everything else implies there’s no reason for me to hang around.I’ve heard there are people who don’t struggle with this, but I can’t relate. I’m more comfortable with guilt and duty myself. That’s where I am today. See, I wanted to roll out some answers and convincing arguments about what YOU should do… but the truth is, I don’t have any idea… and people who say they do… well I’ve got a lot of healthy and well developed skepticism in my 12 gage. I’m not saying you shouldn’t have a plan, and that there aren’t some great philosophies and practical applications out there about how to work your plan… there are… and I love many of them. We love it when a plan becomes firm, as if it is literally in three dimensional space where we can model it like a doll house we can pretend in. Of course, most plans aren’t even three dimensional, they are 2D and it seems close enough, right? Like a road map we can GPS our way through. Sometimes we even add the traffic info or get the message, “Speed Trap Ahead”.  But it’s all still paper thin. My temptation RIGHT NOW is to figure out how to flip this on its head and give you the platitude of the day so we can both feel better about this thing we’re facing, but I can’t do that. In fact, it’s been occurring to me lately that if I could… or if I tried… it’d be another churchy answer that dissolves into the soup when you try to add it. I’m not doing that. So, why did you listen or read this so far? Are you going to be disappointed, like the investment of the past three minutes has been lost and you’re annoyed I didn’t come through? Maybe.But here’s what I know for sure, and you might not like it. Like one of those books or movies when you realize the ending isn’t going to be happily ever after and you’re pissed. … maybe I won’t go that far.Life is full of love, loss and lies. I just finished a love story about it and I still cry in the editing process because it’s almost too real. When it comes down to it, there are only three things that will remain, that’s what the bible tells us and if you’ve been through some brokenness of your own like I have, you know it’s like facing the brutal truth. In the end, these three things remain. Faith… Hope… and Love…  and the greatest of these is love. If you’re clinging to that 3 step plan where you make all the right decisions about the one thing, profit or the perfect plans for your year, keep reading and planning but they’re not going to be the things that endure. The catalyst for success – beyond the frenzy and busy we crave – is waiting for us right there. I’m not saying it’s easy or simple and I have no idea what it means for me today, much less you… What I know is that the desires of my heart aren’t held in strategic plans alone. They happen when the big three – faith, hope and love – show up in the language and priorities of my life. No, it’s not a bullet you can put in your gun, but we’ve both got plenty of those already. So, while I’m trying to decide what the most productive thing is that I can do today, I’m picturing all the documents piled in my dropbox and asking God to use my brokenness… and connect me to a future that’s completely defined by the big three. I hope that future includes you.  

Picking your SpotsHey, it’s Greg… YES… the CRAZY PERSON from the No Head Trash Nation and now The Effortless Author, where we help authors and leaders get rid of the head trash that’s keeping them from sharing their story and leveraging their impact to change their world. Whoa… what a day, what a day. I titled this podcast PERFECTLY for my own life and maybe you can relate. A friend of mine reminded me of the old Russian Proverb… something about the folly of chasing two rabbits and ending up with NOTHING for dinner. Now it’s been a long time since I’ve had rabbit for dinner but I GET IT…  And I’m as guilty, maybe more guilty than the next buy about having ten things on my PRIORITY list… and the only thing I get accomplished is a great sense of GUILT.  Or… can anybody relate to this one… you’ve finally reached a pause in the day. You should be enjoying it with your family or a sense of satisfaction… instead you’ve got that nagging feeling… What nagging feeling? You know the one… the one where all you can think is that there’s SOMETHING you should be doing. Something you forgot to get done…   WHY?  Because you’re chasing… an entire herd of rabbits… or do rabbits travel in herds? Gaggles? Ok whatever, you know what I mean. You’re making one inch of progress on ten fronts and none of them are really getting your best. Hence… the title I gave today’s podcast.  PICKING YOUR SPOTS.  AS much as I hate it, I’m not going to get everything done. Definitely not done well. Neither are you. And, the tragedy of knowing that is the more we know about something, the less we feel we need to LEARN about it. We’ve all heard the ONE THING book or concept. We’ve all been told we can’t have more than three actual priorities but what if you KNEW.. without doubt that having more than that was going to DESTROY every possibility of getting any of them done? I mean literally… let’s get specific. What if you knew that saying yes to that thing you could do and feel guilty not doing… forced something truly important to fall off the table. Multi tasking is a myth. It’s not possible. If you say yes to something, you WILL say NO to something else. You’ve got to pick your spots. Here’s the thing that derails me, ok? I’m just going to confess this right now. Here’s what I do. I’ve got that nagging thing on my list so I say to myself… I’m just going to ‘knock that out’ real quick ( we always add real quick to things for some reason) and then I’ll get to the thing that’s really important. Three hours later when our best brain power and energy are gone, we’re done with the CRAP we were sure we needed to do and we hope before the day’s over we can find some more optics to work on the stuff that matters. So I say again… pick your spots. Yes, something isn’t going to get done today. You be the one who choses what WILL get done. Don’t leave it to chance. One of the things that’s keeping you from being your best is always a lack of clarity. Not just your clarity, but the clarity of your team, or your clients. Maybe you wonder why I harp about writing your own book, when you’re not an author. Let me tell you why. So you can have clarity and share clarity once and for all in a way that STICKS> You’ve got to pick your spots. Do the things that STICK. Get everyone on the same page or you’ll be chasing more rabbits than you did yesterday. If you’d like to know more about the Effortless Author Initiative, visit us at effortlessauthor.com or text ezbook to 474747. Let’s get rid of the head trash and make the authorship of your best self… Effortless.  

It shouldn’t take a war… but it doesIt’s Greg from The No Head trash Nation and today we’re talking about the SIMPLICITY of WAR… and why it shouldn’t take a war to get Simple. Did you see what I did there? The simplicity of war and why it shouldn’t take war to get simple? Ahhh… even as I’m recording this I have to admit that NOTHING about war or about life seems simple. Maybe it’s wishful thinking on my part. Maybe my quest for a no head trash life has finally broken me down and I’m LOSING MY MIND…   Hey let’s keep going and find out. What do you say?   Evil laugh. Recently I found myself chasing four different goals, taking me in four different directions with my attention, my effort and fueling my guilt. Maybe it was the shiny object – fear of missing out – but honestly, every one of those things felt important. It wasn’t that any of them were ‘bad’ or wrong. But how many directions can I stretch myself? Why do I always manage to create enough conflict with the spread of ambitions that NONE of them actually gets done and I realize once again that I’ve strayed from the simple path I was so hungry for. I created a war… and in that war, I realized how bad I want to feel peace. Seriously, when do things get simple? When do you realize how few things matter and embrace the simple things like peace? … wait… war makes me appreciate peace? Yep… or at least it does for me. It’s been the heartaches, the brokenness, the ‘to the death’ struggles when I’ve gotten the most clarity about life and you know I’m always talking about clarity and a clear definition of success.  There, I said it… my two favorite topics.  NO HEAD TRASH and Defining Your Success.. BOOM – drop the imaginary mic…. I can’t afford to replace the real one so I’ll just drop the imaginary one, thank you very much. So wait, does that mean I should look for the war so I can find what I’m really looking for? That’s about the way we think, isn’t it? The reactionary accidental clarity we’ve come to expect… and That’s garbage. I’m so sick of accidentally learning what’s important. I’m so sick of breaking my face while I’m chasing parked cars that I re-learn and re-learn all of the simple things that matter.  Whew… ok.. where was I?It shouldn’t take a war for us to realize what matters. It shouldn’t take failure to help us get clear about our definition of success. It shouldn’t take DRAMA with our people, chasing likes or followers for us to realize what really matters and how we ACTUALLY CONNECT.  But far too often it does.  That’s what I’m here to confess about today. If you care about finding simple and helping other people thrive in it as well, I’ve got just three things to say. … can you guess? Look… I can’t tell you what that dialed in focus you’re looking for is. It’s YOUR journey. That path is YOUR path…                  Come on… you know how easy it is to map someone’s life out and solve their problems… cause you’ve done it! You’ve looked at their PLAN… like it’s a formula, and you’ve said… I don’t se the problem. Just do these three things …  Then you shook your head that they didn’t just grab your GENIUS and become superstars overnight..But… as we all say… MY PROBLEMS… my distractions, are different.  And they are but only in one way. Because you’re subject to the three things I love to talk about.  Here we go. They’re different because it’s YOUR head trash you’re dealing with and your Definition of Success that gets fuzzy and YOUR circumstances that LIE to you to you about what’s really happening and what you’re REALLY capable of. Don’t let anybody, especially me, tell you how to flush that toilet (oh… sorry mom) but figure out how to flush it.  Seek the comparisons and face every situation knowing that there is a war going on and it’s the greatest opportunity you have to figure out what really matters… it’s your road to the simple. No… it shouldn’t take war and drama to find simplicity and peace… but it always does. Let’s get rid of the head trash together. And while I’ve got you, I want to make this shameless offer… I’m in final editing for my latest book entitled Circumstances Lie… NEWS FLASH…  I turned this business book into a love story and you will be blown away how clear the 5 things Circumstances Lie about LINE UP between our love and our leadership.  If you’re interested in getting a free copy of that book, you’ll find the details on my website, noheadtrash.com. I hope you’ll stay connected as we write the stories that bring peace and prosperity out of the conflict.  Let’s do it together. 

Overcoming fearLearn more about the Effortless Author at effortlessauthor.comHey, it’s Greg from the No Head Trash Nation and the Effortless Author, talking about the panic of fear and why it’s more real than anything you’ve ever faced before. Today I want to break down the myth that fear can be handled in the logic center of the brain and that ‘everything’ is going to turn out ok. I haven’t always been clear about what fear really does to me or seen the masks it wears, but let’s take a stab at it today and you can message me and tell me all the reason’s I’m wrong if you want to. I hereby give you permission. The truth is, I’m tired of pretending that the logic and patterns of behavior I’ve shared and taught in the past are enough to deal with it. Yes, I think in my 10 fears all leaders face book I’ve done a good job addressing them and the action steps to make you feel stupid about having them in the first place… but as time has gone on in my life and leadership, I’ve realized something INSANE…Knowing about fear and how illogical it is, doesn’t neuter it the way I wish it did. Fear has done a number on me at times and no matter how righteous you’re feeling right now, it’s done the same to you. More than that, it’s eroded the confidence of the people we’re both here to help and yet they ‘buck up’ to the right words, the churchy answers and expectations because they and we know what those ‘right answers’ are… and when we speak our fears outloud they make us feel STUPID. If you’re like me, I’ve always felt that if I speak those fears out loud they will become real and as long as I can deny them and compress them into my subconscious head trash… they won’t come out into the light. But that’s where it gets really interesting. The light is where they need to be!  Fear comes to us like a secret we don’t want to share. It seems wrong to share it. Fear comes tapping on our shoulder like it’s logic and guess what happens. We try to refute it with logic. It’s like taking analog sound, converting it to digital, and wondering why it keeps playing like a scratched record in the root of our thoughts. Didn’t we extract that data, edit it perfectly and reingest it properly? Don’t we already know the right answers? Won’t we look stupid if we’re facing the same issue again? So we pretend. And we never get done pretending until the hot molten lava of our fear is buried under 10 inches of compacted dirt and we think it’ll never erupt again. Until it does. So what am I saying? If you think I’m going to give you a magic trick or snuff out the fire of that volcano of fear, think again. But here’s what I know for sure and I am going to keep challenging you to deal with this because we need each other to remind us of the truth. And, by the way, I need you to remind me just as much. I’ve had listeners and readers post TRUTH that blows up my own head trash and I think… I knew that… but I also needed to hear it.  I thank you for that. Where was I? Oh yes… No magic trick. Fear is absolutely hot molten lava and until it gets out into the open, it can never be extinguished or revealed for what it really is. Fear is opportunity. It is absolutely opportunity. AS much as I hate it, this is the only thing that makes sense. Fear is the opportunity to build new foundational bedrock once that resistance becomes SUPPORT.  Maybe it’s a post for another time but in the world of trading and price action, one of the most interesting things is that once a resistance level is finally broken, it almost always becomes a level of support. In other words, price will return to that level and find support to continue building. The shift of sentiment, the belief within the market itself shifts from resistance to support. What if that could happen with your fear?  What if the fear that’s resistance to you now could actually become support? I promise, it can only happen when you break through it. That means you have to get it out into the light. Never underestimate the circumstantial lies that tell you fear is to be kept in the dark. No matter how illogical, if that’s what you’re experiencing, bring it into the light with the help of your own mastermind group so you can turn it into support.  If you don’t have a mastermind where you can thrive and be vulnerable, reach out to me and let’s talk about My Practice Zone where leaders of all areas get real in a place where we can practice the truth until it becomes the training we rely on. Email me. Greg@Noheadtrash.com and let’s talk about what a mastermind looks like. Stop letting fear block your success and your significance. It’s time to get past the churchy answers of fear logic and become who you were created to be. 

Visit www.effortlessauthor.com for more information about The Effortless Author Initiative. Unclear PrioritiesHey everybody, it’s Greg from the no head trash nation and Breaking new ground in the Effortless Author Initiative. If you’ve got a message that will change the world, the two things in your way are head trash and a way to make the process of documenting your message … Effortless.  That’s what we talk about and that’s what we DO. But today, there’s a specific side to that pancake I can’t wait to talk about. If you’ve read my book, The Breakthrough, you know my number one thing that holds teams back is UNCLEAR PRIORITIES…  so I’m going to rant about it today…  Are you coming?  Sometimes, answers are just TOO obvious. Been there. Done that. Made that proclamation and it didn’t get the results I’d hoped for. Or maybe, just maybe you’ve been where I’ve been before. Something was radically clear, and you shared it. Then, a couple of months later you have the same revelation and realize you started strong but didn’t, or couldn’t, keep that clarity in the heat of the battle. Then… it feels like old news. You’ve shared it before. Now you need some new aha moment, some new leader-speak to rally the troops. Or do you? The problem with clarity is the very reason it answers its own question. It’s HARD to keep. That’s why becoming the ambassador of your own mantra is so critical. If you’re not obsessed; if your people and your clients aren’t rolling their eyes at your message, repeating your sentences and filling in the blanks with your repeated questions, then YOUR priority is STILL UNCLEAR. And Unclear priorities are the biggest reason people fail. They’re why YOU fail. … Great revelation, right? Maybe you just said, Greg, tell me something I don’t already know. If it was so great, why didn’t it stick? Why didn’t the aha moment of it all become a durable message that propelled us to long term success? To which I would ask… Does it ever? Is there ANY powerful change or momentum in our lives that doesn’t require us to keep spinning the flywheel? THERE IS actually a physical law that says “Perpetual Motion” is impossible. Happily ever after only exists if we are determined and clear about what it took and what it TAKES to stay happily … ever… after…Now if you’ve heard my rants before I HOPE you know what I’m going to say because if I’m not saying it clearly enough or often enough then I’m just as much a victim as you are and I’m renewing my effort to say it to REDUNDANCY… and reduce it to the Ridiculous.  … are you on the edge of your seat? Do you want to know what it takes to create that kind of momentum, to eliminate unclear priorities for you, your people and your clientele? Come on… somebody out there can say it with me. You’ve got to have a clear, obsessive, Definition of Success…  and so do your people. Listen, if people are going to get anything from you that matters, it’s this. Know what you’re about, know why you’re here, refine that message and keep delivering it until it sticks. And if you don’t know how to make that happen, you need to get serious about writing or getting help writing your definition of success. That thing that can burn up the paper mache of circumstances and finally help the people you’re here to help. One of the most powerful ways I’ve learned to do this is the deep work of writing your own book. I know, you think it’s oversold, it’s overdone and just because someone has written a book doesn’t mean they are a success. I couldn’t agree more. Just like everyone who goes to church isn’t a Christian and everyone who takes a driving lesson isn’t ready for Nascar… but I can tell you this. Anyone who wants to drive Nascar, takes driving lessons and anyone who wants to be who they were created to be is serious about going to church. Yes, we fail. Yes, there are hypocrites and people who claim to be something they’re not, but if you’re waiting for your people to know what you stand for, there’s no excuse not to do the deep work of memorializing it for yourself. Having a book doesn’t mean you’re a world famous author. It means you are serious about sharing your definition of success and helping others learn what you’ve learned without having to experience what you’ve experienced.  You don’t have to go it alone. That’s why I’m on this crusade but if you don’t get help from me and the Effortless Author Initiative – to help you capture your story and your message in an effortless team approach – then get that help somewhere. Don’t spend another minute trying to excuse away why you’re misunderstood or imagining you need some new magic trick to help the people you influence to find their own clear vision. You’ve been given a chance to make an impact on the world and no matter where you are in the process, you’ve got to be able to turn those good intentions into clear priorities that can easily be shared. 

Knowing the path or Walking the Path? Hey, it’s Greg from the No Head Trash Nation and Breakthrough Leadership – coming to you NOT SO LIVE from my SHELTER IN PLACE office – with some Head Trash Pain reliever that’s going to help you let go of the guilt you’ve been feeling lately. Stick close and let’s talk about THE PATH… That’s right… That mysterious, elusive PATH we’ve all been searching for that makes the difference between success and significance… or that’s what they tell me..So I’ve never spoken to a business that didn’t have a painstakenly developed Mission Statement that nobody can remember. I’ve literally been referred to their website or in one case to a plaque hanging on the wall we all gathered around and admired how well someone, sometime, somewhere in the past had word smithed that statement. But what about THE PATH? You know… YOUR PATH…  That secret thing that nobody is equipped to do BUT YOU. That opportunity you have no idea how to tap into, but if you did, you’re pretty sure all of your dreams would come true and you’d leave a legacy nobody would forget. THE  PATH…..  oh yeah…   Anybody figure that one out? I’m still hunting for it, I can tell you that. I pray for it almost every day and I block the sun out of my eyes searching the horizon to see if my ship is coming in.  I love those famous words of Morpheus… There’s a difference between Knowing the path and walking the path.  Wait a minute… if you don’t even know the path, it’s pretty stinkin hard to walk the path, right?  But you KNEW I was going to call out the head trash here somewhere, didn’t you…   Thinking you’ve got to KNOW the path, that it’s some kind of secret nobody has revealed to you yet, no divine entity or aha moment… before you can take action… is a bunch… of… head trash. What??? Ok, ok, let me confess something here. I’m in the same boat…  And I’m NOT happy about it.  But if you’ll indulge me, I want to share something with you that I’m only just now trying to put into words. Because I’m SICK of knowing things. I’m tired of being able to give all the right answers to the very real questions out there… because painfully, I realize that having the right answers has NOTHING to do with walking the path!  I know lots of stuff.. lots of right answers.. I can give lots of great advice and SO CAN YOU… and it’s HOLDING US BACK…  Why? It’s holding us back because there’s a difference between knowing the path and walking the path. I used to think that meant I just didn’t know the path or I would walk it, but reality is that we all know the path. We all have vision and dreams and have a context for pulling it together that we could share if we put forth the deep work to share it. But I’m going to go out on a limb and say that we have it backward! MAYBE if we walk the path, we’ll be more clear about KNOWING the path!  Maybe if we took little incremental steps toward what we DO KNOW, if we reinforced our personal definition of success so clearly every day we would watch that path unfold right in front of us because we’re seeking to be one with God and one with each other and to become who we were created to be. Stop looking for that elusive path and start walking it. Stop KNOWING more than you’re DOING. Stop having all the answers and never benefiting from the activation of them in your life. Walk the path, align yourself with a clear and simple definition of success that doesn’t need to be on a website or mounted on a wall. It’ll be shared in everything you say and do and then OTHERS will know the path because they’ll see you walking it.  

For a free advance copy of my latest book, “Circumstances Lie”, CLICK HERE To learn about the Effortless Author Initiative, text EZBOOK to 474747Text 'YATES' to 474747 for more information about My Practice Zone mastermind or to connect with Greg. www.noheadtrash.comJoin “The No Head Trash Nation” on Facebook #NoHeadTrash #CircumstancesLie #MyPracticeZoneThere have only been a few brief times in my life when fear and uncertainty and Head trash was simultaneously shared with so many people worldwide. We all face Head trash and we all deal with our own personal assessments of what’s happening in our lives, and our world. We struggle over the should’ve and could’ve issues of our lives. We struggle over self-worth and self-preservation but today we’re struggling with a system wide impact that most have never experienced before. Many of you have only heard about these tings historically in the past. The real Estate crash, world wars when people had to band together to get through. The great depression and more recently 9/11 when it seemed that everything was flipped upside down while we watched it in real time. Hey, watching the markets fall and hearing the rampant FEAR in our country isn’t fun. Not knowing how we’ll be paid or if we can weather such a storm in our businesses, isn’t where we expected to be just a short month ago when everything seemed to be funning on all cylinders.  You’ve had this happen in your own life, with the death of a family member or loss of a job. But to see it happen across all areas of society is like being invaded by an outside force and not knowing the outcome. Now, let’s be honest. Every indication suggests this is a short term issue that will be dealt with through the measure being taken, but short term or not, it’s going to have long term impact on our lives, our economy, our habits, and our view of the world. Is the Coronavirus head trash?  … there are many who would say its entirely head trash compared to what we face daily and the number of people who die every year from many various communicable diseases. I don’t subscribe to that camp, but I do understand the argument. By and large, there will be people who benefit from fear being released in our world. There are countries and companies who will seem to manipulate what we’re facing for their own good. There are people who will lose a fortune and others who will make one and most of us have no idea how to participate in getting benefit out of such a tragic situation. So where is the head trash? Cause, I promise you, it does exist. There is a lot of head trash, starting right here with me and I’m guessing with you as well. There are unfounded fears, the endless scenarios being played out in our heads and extrapolations being made that lead us to irrational responses like hoarding toilet paper and withdrawing into depression instead of sharing hope and faith. Head trash is an epidemic of its own. Just because we often don’t get in sync with the same head trash, doesn’t mean it’s not an epidemic. Why talk about it? Because time is still passing. Opportunity is still all around us. We’ve got something precious we’ve wished for but never thought we’d have like we do right now. We’ve got time. We’ve got free time to spend on the typically ignored but important issues of life.    I know, I know… we’re out of practice having time for real conversations. We’re out of practice reading and taking time to ask the hard questions like what’s our definition of success and are we doing the things that will matter ten years from now? We’re out of practice journaling and mapping and planning and dreaming… and these are the rare opportunities to reclaim these skills. Is the coronavirus head trash? The only thing we know for sure is that it can create head trash and it’s our personal opportunity to look past circumstances and see possibilities. Remember: Circumstances Lie and there are ways they are lying to you right now.  

Be an author, even if you’re not a writer. Let us help you share your legacy without the OVERWHELM you’d experience on your own. Learn More about “The Effortless Author Initiative”.  Text EZBOOK to 474747Hey it’s Greg from The No Head Trash Nation… Locked and Loaded to get rid of the Head Trash that’s giving you WRITERS BLOCK.  Yes, today I’m talking about the newest initiative we’re tackling on the No Head Trash journey… I’m calling it the Effortless Author initiative….  BECAUSE, sharing your story, helping others learn what you’ve learned without having to experience what you’ve experienced WASN’T supposed to be this hard! There’s so much head-trash happening when it comes to writing your own book that it’s time to talk about it IN THE NATION. I was talking with a business owner and he went off on a tangent about something he was really passionate about. It was amazing. He said it so well. I found myself taking notes and when he was done, the look in his eyes was inspiring. The first thing that came out of my mouth was that he should write a book and share it. I said, “If your people knew how passionate and clear you are about this, can you imagine how powerful it would be?”Then… he immediately flipped. You know what I’m talking about. He became that person who DISCLAIMERS that thing they are sure they could never do. You’ve been there… I’ve been there.  Well.. I could never do that. I’m not a writer. I’m not a speaker.. I could never do that…. And, to be honest, what irritated me the most is that I almost agreed with him. See, I know he’s a great leader, but he’s not good at putting his words down on paper. He’s great one-on-one and when he gets a chance to share in small groups, but like many great leaders, writing seems to come from a different part of the brain. So… I made a decision. I do a lot of work helping people refine their message, share it and make decisions based on it in leadership. Getting rid of the Head Trash is largely about getting CLEAR on the message and delivering it so WE hear it as well. The books I’ve written, even though they came from me have helped me to understand more once they were put into words. I’ve learned from them even though they were mine and I’ve had the same response from other authors I’ve helped. That’s where the Effortless Author Initiative has come from. I’m teaming up with Steve Kidd to promote what should be possible for every aspiring author out there and if you’re one of those aspiring authors who has been saying for years that SOMEDAY you’re going to write a book…. This is for you.  Being an Author should be effortless. That is, you should have a team that helps you work in your area of strength, your Zone of Genius as they say, and has the support to stay in that zone while the process gets completed. You don’t need to be straining over sentence structure and publishing legalities, you need to be ensuring that the message you have for the world is being conveyed exactly how you know it should be. That’s the Effortless Author process and I had to name it that way. They say it’s an atrocity to die with your song still in you… well what about your book. Whether you’re using that book to teach, as a calling card, to help others be clear what you and your business are all about or if it’s your legacy… you shouldn’t be held back from writing the book that you know others need to hear. You’ve got experiences that will change people’s lives.   Isn’t it time you explored the Effortless Author possibility?   I can’t wait to chat about what we’re doing and more than anything… to hear your story. Let’s get rid of the head trash and make your story a Best Seller.   

For more information about THE EFFORTLESS AUTHOR INITIATIVE text ezbook to 474747. Ever had a Ninja moment? That’s what I’m talking about this week in the No Head Trash Nation. Those crazy split-second reactions that save the day and you have NO IDEA how you did it? Of course, you have. So, here’s the question… How did you do it? And what keeps you from doing it “at will”?    What if you could? What if there’s something blocking your reflexes and keeping you from your highest potential? And what if you could do something about it? #NoHeadTrash #CircumstancesLie #PracticeZoneMastermindLet’s talk about how in The No Head Trash Nation or visit our website www.noheadtrash.comEmail Greg@noheadtrash.comSchedule an Appointment with Greg  to chat about the "Effortless Author Initiative" or the "Practice Zone Mastermind".Facebook Group – The No Head Trash NationInstagram – The No Head Trash NationYouTube – Breakthrough LeadershipLinkedInLet's move from IMPOSSIBLE to UNSTOPPABLE together.  

What is Head Trash?  This is your chance to engage with like minded people taking incremental steps to resolve the constant combat of Head Trash in our lives. #NoHeadTrash #CircumstancesLie #PracticeZoneMastermindLet’s talk about how in The No Head Trash Nation or visit our website www.noheadtrash.comEmail Greg@noheadtrash.comSchedule an Appointment with Greg to chat about the "Effortless Author Initiative" or the Practice Zone Mastermind.Facebook Group – The No Head Trash NationInstagram – The No Head Trash NationYouTube – Breakthrough LeadershipLinkedInLet's move from IMPOSSIBLE to UNSTOPPABLE together.  

I was BLOWN AWAY when I took the time (3 days actually) to build my own Definition of Success. I thought it was obvious until I get serious about it. IS THERE ANYTHING MORE SERIOUS? ...  How do you know if you're getting closer to your GOAL if you don't have a crystal clear VISION of what that success looks like? IT'S IMPOSSIBLE! Let's talk about why it's so important and get a glimpse of the POWER that is unleashed once you understand your Personal DoS. Stay tuned and in future Episodes we'll talk about the step-by-step of building your own. Get focused and OWN a Definition of Success that nobody can talk you out of. The validation you're looking for is found there. Don't allow anyone to SUPERIMPOSE their Definition onto your life. Once you're clear about it, the enemies to your success become like NEON blinking lights you can see coming a mile away. Are you getting closer today to your ultimate Success? How would you know if you don't have a clear Definition of Success?Let’s talk about how in The No Head Trash Nation or visit our website www.noheadtrash.comEmail Greg@noheadtrash.comSchedule an Appointment with Greg to chat about the Effortless Author Initiative or the Practice Zone Mastermind.Facebook Group – The No Head Trash NationInstagram – The No Head Trash NationYouTube – Breakthrough LeadershipLinkedInLet's move from IMPOSSIBLE to UNSTOPPABLE together.  #NoHeadTrash #CircumstancesLie #PracticeZoneMastermind

To learn about the Effortless Author Initiative, text EZBOOK to 474747For a free advance copy of my latest book, “Circumstances Lie”, CLICK HEREText 'YATES' to 474747 for more information about My Practice Zone mastermind or to connect with Greg. www.noheadtrash.comJoin “The No Head Trash Nation” on Facebook #NoHeadTrash #CircumstancesLie #MyPracticeZoneWe’ve all experienced it. The Shoulda, Coulda, Woulda life. For most of my life it was completely surrounded by either guilt or apathy.  I either felt guilty because I was relaxing… or I convinced myself NOT TO CARE.   That’s just the way it is, right? We all face time when either boredom or chaos derail any productivity we might have imagined when we built our strategic plan for the year, the quarter, the month, the week or even the TIME BLOCK we learned how to plan out in that latest good book we read.  AHH… the euphoria we felt when we read that book and blocked out our perfect day. We pictured all the things we’d get done and the satisfaction it would bring.  Then, we find ourselves in the middle of a fire fight and we have no idea how to bring that line item on our perfectly planned day into reality.  Recently, I realized this all too clearly. I allowed myself to UNPLUG in front of the TV. After all, those shows I recorded aren’t going to watch themselves, right? They’re like one more to-do list and I need to get it done… (note to self: rethink my obligation to the DVR).  Suddenly I realized… I’ve got free time. Something I’ve dreamed of. Opportunity to do something special with Vicki, to make a memory, to connect with people I love, to talk about the important issues of our lives, dream for the future, get to know her better (even after decades there’s always more to learn)… but I wasn’t prepared. I wasn’t in the right mindset. You know what I’m talking about.  Then it hit me… One of these days I’m going to WISH I had this chance. I’m going to beg for one more opportunity to focus on this time of my life, my health, my relationships, and all the reasons I told myself I’ve been working so hard in the first place!  We work like maniacs because we’re planning to enjoy our lives someday, but our work becomes our life. We forget it was supposed to serve us so we could have incredible moments that we’re missing because we’re not prepared for them.So, we have free time but we don’t know how to use it. We relax, but we forget our relaxation was intended to be the chance to explore and reflect. No, I’m not saying we should have an itinerary for our down time… that’s not what I mean. Even total stillness and seemingly unproductive conversation can be the greatest joy of our lives. The key is not guilt… it’s just a little bit of preparation that helps us turn today into the day we’ve been waiting for. Into the day we’ve been working so hard to reach.  Don’t let the chaos happen without pulling the important into it. That applies to downtime as well. See the opportunity, even when it’s not how you planned it. What if the time we have is right in front of us, but we’re not prepared. What could you plan to do, even if you had just one minute?  Could you make a tiny memory? Make a difference in someone’s life? Remind someone you care about them?My experience? Minutes get filled by checking social media, answering email or watching TV. We’re addicted to being entertained rather than creating the stories of our lives.  Hey, I struggle with this as well. We need the important to exist in the CHAOS – in the everyday MOVES of our lives. That’s why we practice. Your life is full of opportunity to give and to receive. I challenge you to find the joy and the restoration of your spirit by investing your downtime in giving of yourself in relationship with others. All it takes is a little mischievous grin and a little practice.  

For a free advance copy of my latest book, “Circumstances Lie”, text EZBOOK to 474747 or CLICK HERE Text 'YATES' to 474747 for more information about My Practice Zone mastermind or to connect with Greg. www.noheadtrash.comJoin “The No Head Trash Nation” on Facebook #NoHeadTrash #CircumstancesLie #MyPracticeZoneHey, it’s Greg Yates from Breakthrough Leadership and the No Head Trash nation… and I’ve got good news!  I’m NOT DEAD… and if you’re listening to this, you’re not either… and that my friends is the Greatest Opportunity of our lives. Back in 2014 I faced something I didn’t think I could recover from. I’m not gonna lie, it still commandeers my bandwidth from time to time but now there’s a difference. I’ve come to believe that circumstances are like the scum that forms on the surface of a pond, the pudding or the gravy, depending on where you happen to be. Sometimes it’s the oil floating on a puddle or in worse cases, an oil spill that requires an organized clean-up. That’s the way my life felt in 2014. It was an oil slick that was choking the life out of me and contaminating everything around me.Here’s my point. What’s on the surface, doesn’t represent what’s below the surface. That’s what I know about circumstances. They lie about what’s really going on, or at least they leave the impressions causing us to make ASSUMPTIONS that aren’t accurate about what’s beyond the surface, the pond scum of our lives. Maybe you love your circumstances… the sad truth is that even if you love them, they’re still not capable to represent everything that’s happening in your life, just below the surface. That’s why Fakebook is so rampant with comparative reality. It seems like everybody has perfect lives, except us and we’re pedaling as fast as we can. What does that have to do with not being dead? I’m getting to that. First you need to hear me on this. Trust me. Circumstances are lying to you about a lot of things and one of them is that thing you’re facing you believe has the power to make or break you… forever. That thing if everybody knew would disqualify you from your church, and maybe even your job. That thing you’ve reconfigured so it sounds good, even if you’re the only one who believes your version of the story. I’m going to share with you the wisdom my wife, Vicki, gave me when I was sure my life and my ability to be my best was OVER… She listened kindly to my agonizing assessment about life and when I was finally done, she calmly stated the facts I wasn’t ready to hear yet. It could be worse… you could be dead. And she was right. I’m finally wrapping up the draft of my new book and its title is something I wouldn’t have learned without sticking my face in the scum of circumstances and seeing beyond them. And believe me, it’s not a one-time thing. The book is titled, Circumstances Lie, and it takes one tiny step toward looking beyond what seems real and exploring the vast unknown, where there is more evidence for what we can become than there is for where we’re stuck today. It’s the same whether it’s an individual, a team, or an entire organization. Stepping beyond the drama and empty calories of circumstantial beliefs is where true breakthrough begins, and we can’t get there on our own. I couldn’t pull myself out of the pit. I needed others with different reference points to summon courage and belief I didn’t have. I still do.  And so do you.  Stop settling for overhead in your personal growth journey and get connected to a group of people who will explore the endless potential of life together. Help each other live well, struggle well and integrate your faith well by exploring what’s possible together. Remember… the greatest opportunity you have is still ahead of you. You’re not dead. Let’s move from broken to breakthrough together.  

Ready for some radical honesty about your story? Listen in. Hi, it’s Greg from Breakthrough Leadership and the No Head Trash Nation and today I want to talk about the single most important thing YOU can do to change your world… sound good?  Well, before I go any further, let me clarify for just a minute. You saw the title. You know what I’m talking about and the reactions are all over the board… I’ve talked to hundreds of people who want to write a book or tell their story – maybe it’s on your bucket list or you like the IDEA but have no idea where to start. That’s one of the things I do but before you start writing that heroic story of your life, let’s make sure it’s the story that will have the impact you’re hoping for… that is if you really want to change the world.  … I learned this the hard way.  Let me give you a little background. Like you, I’ve been telling my story my entire life. Verbally at least, right? I’ve practiced it and sharpened, and it’s gotten better every single time.  No problem, right? I’ll tell it to Anybody who will listen, hey we tell our story even if the person ISN’T LISTENING… We love our story. We love our take on life, we love our words, we love our perspective. OR… we hate it. Either way we are DYING for someone to hear it, to validate it, to validate US… and our story… our experiences. But that’s not the story that will change your world. See, the problem is I want to tell the story that puts me in the right light. Or I should say is consistent with what I believe about myself, about the world and my place in it. I want to tell the story where I’m the hero OR the victim of and I want to tell it MY WAY. I want my story to simultaneously open the eyes of the listener and establish my place as the one who made it happen. The problem is, that story is rarely able to get out of the starting gate. Oh… we tell it… but it doesn’t change our world because it’s encapsulated in the fakebook belief that people are inspired by heroes and we want to be that hero. I’ve had a lot of success. I’ve had a lot of failure. If there’s one thing I’ve learned is that people believe my failure more than they believe my success. They relate to it. They see nuggets of truth in it when I’m sharing a story I don’t even want to share!  But I’ve learned to share it anyway because when I share that story… the real story of my heart, my pain, my failure, my ongoing struggle to overcome the obstacles and the lies of Circumstances… I become real and relatable. And, when I become a real person, I can help others embrace their real lives and work toward real results, overcoming circumstances instead of being crushed by their lies. My tribe hears my voice. I don’t have to have all the answers. I don’t have to be RIGHT or even be the hero. My story invites people on a journey and I’m willing to share what I know so they’ll do a better job than I did. When I share my story with radical honesty, vulnerability, obsessive open-mindedness, a clear Definition of success and belief that circumstances are opportunities waiting to be explored, THEN… and only then… my story can change My World. Yours can too. Walk with me in the process of sharing your story, without the head trash. Not because it makes you look bullet proof, but because it is the honest evidence that (no matter how flawed and broken) connects you to your tribe and gives you a platform from which to Change Your World. I want you to write your story and I know you want that too. It’s deep work and it will change you on the road to changing your world. If you’re interested in learning more about the structure support to get past the head-trash and finally write your story, I’d love to help. Text Yates – that’s my name – YATES to 474747 to get my latest book, “Circumstances Lie” for free. Or email me greg@noheadtrash.com . I’d love to hear your story. Remember, you were born to make a difference and your story is the key. Let’s do it together.