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Ep 013: Practice Takes Presence: Being Connected To Your Present Self When Building Skills

By Joe Schum / July 24, 2018 /
What's Here Now, Kid? podcast

“To get better every day through great foot control!” Listen in to this episode to get the genius of this perspective. Experts say 10,000 hours of doing something builds mastery and creates the opportunity for “one-ness” with your passions. Presence is critical to making practice that much better and more purposeful. Practice is also about having a vision of where you want to go with that special something. It brings order. When you practice, be associated, be present. Let’s get those headphones off and find out what it means to really be in it with yourself when practicing the things…

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Ep 012: Make A Change Right Now. Not Tomorrow!

By Joe Schum / July 11, 2018 /
What's Here Now, Kid? podcast

We dream about something different for ourselves and still trudge along with the same old song and dance day in and day out. The opportunity to do the next thing is available to us right now, and the risk lies only in getting out there and saying ‘Yes!’ to it. And guess what? Your next thing doesn’t have to be a moonshot! And it can be just as wonderful as one! Check out the challenge on this one too. We dare you to be different.

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I, Me, You, We and Us

By Joe Schum / July 3, 2018 /

Change Your Pronoun, Change The Perspective. OK, I’m at a crossroads as I write this blog, mainly because it starts out with “I.”  “I want to tell you something…” is another good start, as it has both I (me) and you (you) and I’m telling you stuff.  But where’s the co-creation in this? So, let’s venture forward together and see what we can do about this idea of the pronoun.  And have some fun along the way. What’s this all about? It started with a rule that was laid down by a favorite English professor in college: when writing any…

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Ep 011: Fun & Scary: Embracing Each And Every Moment In Your Life

By Joe Schum / June 28, 2018 /
What's Here Now, Kid? podcast

The beauty of this episode lies in the simplicity of engaging in high and low emotions and yet, still moving forward with whatever one sets out to do: in this case, the idea of going to the moon!  Learn about specific parts of how you are built, how to recognize them when meeting your life head-on, and what simple steps you can take to thoroughly be in these moments, whether they are dark or light, winning or losing, it’s happening to you!  (…and a little bit of neuroscience too…)

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Ep 010: What Jazzes You Up In Your Life?

By Joe Schum / June 12, 2018 /
What's Here Now, Kid? podcast

Themes of Energy and Commitment emerge in this episode. We create a hierarchy of filters as we move through life that give us the boundaries that guide us and keep us safe and hopefully successful. These buffers and layers of life can impede our freedom though. How do we get back to that unadulterated time of pure joy? What is our opportunity as adults to live a less filtered life? Come find the joy in where you are at any given moment. And stick around for the blooper on this one.  Laugh tracks were real and no animals were harmed!

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Personal & Professional Development: It’s On You.

By Joe Schum / May 31, 2018 /
Personal and professional development

We all like to believe we are original thinkers and I’m no different. On the recent return from facilitating professional development with a talented group of career sales types, I was motivated to tackle this subject: Professional and personal growth. As I began writing, I noticed that, over the last several days, a few in my network had also tackled this subject in varying degrees and talk tracks…so I must be right! And the idea is this: you are your own magic beans. Remember the storytime favorite: Jack and the Beanstalk? Our illustrious hero, Jack, of Beanstalk fame, created an…

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Ep 009: Appreciate Life’s Everyday Moments

By Joe Schum / May 30, 2018 /
What's Here Now, Kid? podcast

Why can’t we have a carnival in our life everyday? Well you can — it’s about the perspective you are in at any given time and how you can celebrate it.  Especially if you don’t get hung up on the “perfect” setting for that one thing you want for yourself. And it doesn’t have to have super “wow! Factor” to be a cool thing to do with your life at a particular moment.  Whether it’s how you are being or what you are doing, ordinary life moments deserve your appreciation. What can you appreciate right now? Takeaways and challenges in…

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Ep 008: Mermaid Tales

By Joe Schum / May 17, 2018 /
What's Here Now, Kid? podcast

Abundance! How much of a good thing do we need?  As adults we spend present moments looking for how we can get more out of something when what we’ve accomplished is pretty damn cool. There is gold in our moments.  What speaks to us during them and how we cash in on them right then and there, not looking forward to make them better, faster, stronger? (And, who doesn’t secretly want to wear a mermaid tail? Don’t miss the blooper!

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Ep 007: The Authentic Expression of You

By Joe Schum / May 1, 2018 /
What's Here Now, Kid? podcast

Plain and simple, are we acknowledging when we are being and doing things, taking actions, “having fun”, that it’s just a way of expressing ourselves? And, what have we given up because we weren’t “awesome” at something in exchange for that authentic expression? Many times when we do have an activity we believe is authentic expression, we tend to make work out of it. The thing that we supposedly enjoy is only enjoyable when we score well, achieve a personal record, create the perfect art, write the unforgettable story. The miss on what’s authentically wonderful about us is hijacked by…

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Ep 006: Nothing

By Joe Schum / April 17, 2018 /
What's Here Now, Kid? podcast

Do you need more nothing moments?   Take a moment to relax and enjoy what’s going on around you.  A moment in time can truly be unplanned and one that you can be in total control.  A nothing moment is something special.  Treat it as a gift. A complete return to presence.  Relax and enjoy. We all deserve it. How can we use these moments to our benefit, and more importantly, how can we enjoy them without overthinking them? Take a moment to relax and enjoy what’s going on around you. Click To Tweet

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