Like many people Brian Johnson has had his ups, downs and struggles! Blessedly, he has a couple fancy titles and 34 years of education, experience and earned wisdom that he uses to help people make better choices to balance their life and get back up to thriving! We are human, and none of us are perfect all the time. This is Brian’s approach, it’s simple. People need to be armed with the right knowledge and accountability that helps you gain the right focus. It’s not about ‘Transformation’, while this is nice it can be really daunting. Brian prefers ‘Simple 1 Degree Shifts’ that anyone, or any business can use immediately to shift focus. He provides the tools, daily accountability and support required to help people transition into behaviors that will get them where they desire to be.
Entrepreneurial Role Models:
When business started difficulties overcame:
“The biggest things that I had to overcome shifting from working for someone to doing my own thing with was really my fear about not having health insurance… That and just always having the fear in the back of my mind. Was I going to be able to make it? Would I be successful? Would I be able to take care of my needs and create the life that I was choosing to”…[Listen for More]
Favourite Books:
- The One Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary Results Book by Gary Keller and Jay Papasan
- Click the following link to listen to the Jay Papasan podcast episode on The Entrepreneur Way
- Conscious Language: The Logos of Now ~ The Discovery, Code, and Upgrade To Our New Conscious Human Operating System Book by Robert Tennyson Stevens
- The Power of Your Subconscious Mind Book by Joseph Murphy
- The Magic Path of Intuition Book by Florence Scovel Shinn
- The Complete Works of Florence Scovel Shinn Book by Florence Scovel Shinn
Favourite Quote:
“If you don’t take time for your wellness, you will be forced to take time for your illness.”
Recommended Online Resources:
- ThinkUp App – Positive Affirmations App
Also mentioned:
- Headway – Boost your personal growth with key insights from the world’s best books on Productivity, Business, Negotiation, Money, Health, Love, Investment, and more.
Best Advice to Other Entrepreneurs:
“start where you are at. Don’t judge yourself or compare yourself to other people. Instead just compare yourself to who you were yesterday. Be compassionate with yourself, be gentle with yourself. As high performers I think one of the biggest things is probably one of the biggest challenges is being loving with our self. Because as high performers a lot of times we can hold ourselves to higher standards and sometimes those standards are automatically set for failure. So, if your standards are set so you constantly fail you need to adjust them and just find someone to model. Find someone who has values that you admire, find someone that you look up to, see what they are doing, if it resonates with you do it and if it doesn’t don’t. Follow your gut. If it’s not a heavens yes it’s a no”…[Listen for More]
More About Brian Johnson:
Neil’s Quote at the Beginning:
“At the end of the day, you are solely responsible for your success and your failure. And the sooner you realize that, you accept that, and integrate that into your work ethic, you will start being successful. As long as you blame others for the reason you aren’t where you want to be, you will always be a failure.” Erin Cummings
Other Quotes From the Chat with Brian Johnson:
- “I give myself permission to be comfortable being uncomfortable”
- “persistence, open-mindedness. I think the most expensive thing someone could ever own is a closed mind
- “whatever you are choosing to be successful at tracking and measuring it. It doesn’t matter what it is. If you are not measuring you have no way to determine whether the new habits and the micro adjustments that you are doing are even working. No matter where you are at just start their”
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