James Petrossi is a human connection and consciousness expert, advocate for humanity and author of the guide Know Your True Self: The Formula to Raise Human Consciousness. Skilled in issues of consciousness, the mind and creating behavioral change, his insights into the human experience have been used for the past 25+ years to develop marketing, sales and coaching strategies for leading hospitality, beverage and technology brands. A master facilitator and dynamic presenter, James utilizes his experience in talent development, creative strategy and decades of research into the human condition to offer practical solutions that help transform people’s lives.
Entrepreneurial Role Models:
James’s Father
When business started difficulties overcame:
“I think the biggest difficulty was finding the new current. And when I talk about finding the new current it’s you know whenever we are creating behavioural change, we have neuron chains that are built in our brain from repetitive actions and that is what creates habits. And as many of you probably know to create change in your life it takes 60 to 90 days of perpetual action just for new habits to take root and meanwhile those old habits are still there. And for me I think the biggest change for me was moving from New York City where I was sort of at the top of my game, I had a lot of things wonderful going for me, I had an amazing team and an amazing company. And to make the decision to leave was really hard but I knew it was something I had to do”…[Listen for More]
Favourite Books:
- Man’s Search for Meaning Book by Viktor E. Frankl
Also mentioned:
- Think and Grow Rich Book by Napoleon Hill
Favourite Quote:
“Don’t seek to have events happen as you wish, but wish them to happen as they do happen, and all will be well with you.” Epictetus
Recommended Online Resources:
- Google LLC – is an American multinational technology company that specializes in Internet-related services and products, which include online advertising technologies, search engine, cloud computing, software, and hardware.
- Pew Research Center – A nonpartisan fact tank that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping the world
- Netflix – Watch TV Programmes Online, Watch Netflix films TV programmes online or stream right to your smart TV, game console, PC, Mac, mobile, tablet and more
Best Advice to Other Entrepreneurs:
“just find ways to really use your natural born talents. I think you know there is a lot of pressure we put on ourselves as individuals to achieve certain things financially or to achieve a certain level of prestige. When you look at whatever you are trying to do make sure that you are nurturing your natural talents, understand to the point about change that your talents are going to change over time. Embrace that change and really look for ways to use those talents to help humanity and the environment. And your success is going to be predicated on the number of people that you help. And the more people that you can help the more money you are going to make and you are going to be really fulfilled in a lot of different ways financially and spiritually”…[Listen for More]
More About James Petrossi:
Neil’s Quote at the Beginning:
“Take criticism seriously, but not personally. If there is truth or merit in the criticism, try to learn from it. Otherwise, let it roll right off you.” Hillary Clinton
Other Quotes From the Chat with James Petrossi:
- “there is definitely core competences that we all have of skill sets”
- “learning new things. And obviously to unlearn and relearn is part of entrepreneurialism. And in that unlearning and relearning what are the things that you are capable of and what are the things that you are not as capable of? ”
- “Vision: you have to have an idea of what you want your vision to be, what change you want to create… Without that guiding vision it is really difficult to achieve anything”
- “make sure that you have some solid goals in place. Only three percent of people write down their goals”
- “with change there is so much in this world that we cannot control. We cannot control life events, we cannot control the weather, we cannot control ageing, we cannot control certain types of illnesses. It’s the unpredictably of human life. What we can control is our response, our choice, our attitude, how we express gratitude, the love we bring to the world, our kindness, generosity, our humanity. And I think under any given circumstances there is an opportunity in it”
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