Connecting in a Disconnected World

PART I: INTERVIEW HIGHLIGHTS

An Everyday Ambassador? Connecting with people who aren’t like you.
Before helping someone it’s important to first think about their needs and wants rather than assume you know.
What are you an #AmbassadorOf?
- Empathy
- Patience
- Focus
- Humility
Texting during an interview is not the way to go.
It’s good to be vulnerable and say when you don’t know something, it builds the connection.
The ease of being connected to technology 24/7 is the number one thing causing the dis-connectivity we’re experiencing.
What happens when we have no technology…
Aziz Ansari – Modern Romance
“Technology is meant to connect people who are otherwise far away, not create new distances between people who are already close.” – Unknown
Set a designated amount of time for yourself to be on social media.
Everyday Ambassador is a network of global citizens that believe in how important human connection is especially related to social impact.
The turning point was in 2012 when UNC asked Kate to speak at their TEDx.
Her personal inventory lead her to recognize her values and was the spark of inspiration to start the Everyday Ambassador movement.
Find out what your goal is, declare it in some way, helps keep you going.
Seek out and surround yourself with inspiration.
Her goal is to shift the mindset of people to create a more just, fair, healthy place to live.

PART II: ACTION STEPS

Get in the habit of turning your phone on silent or airplane mode.
Make the effort to be in one place at one time.
Make a point to connect with one person each day for the next year – introduce yourself, say hello, ask their name.

About the Guest:

Kate Otto is the founder of the Everyday Ambassador movement and author of Everyday Ambassador: Make a Difference by Connecting in a Disconnected World.

Kate is also a global health consultant who has worked in Indonesia, Ethiopia, Ghana, Tanzania, South Africa, Mozambique, and Haiti, leading health innovation initiatives for The World Bank, USAID, and various grassroots service organizations in fields of HIV/AIDS care, maternal and child health, and community health.

She holds her BA and Masters in Public Administration degrees from New York University, and is now a physician-in-training at the NYU School of Medicine. She is a proud member of several service-oriented communities, including the Academy of Achievement, the World Economic Forum Global Shapers, Reynolds Program in Social Entrepreneurship, the Truman Foundation Scholarship, and the Henry Luce Foundation.

Get Kate’s Book – Everyday Ambassador

The Mystic’s Journey

PART I: INTERVIEW HIGHLIGHTS

Going out into the world on a modern day vision quest can be life changing.
Shame keeps us living in mediocrity versus really living.
Why Hannah left everything behind to go backpacking when she was living the perfect life.
How to respond as yourself free of constraints.
We have to get out of our comfortable environment to create space to better understand ourselves.
Large cities are easier to be alone without feeling lonely.
We get into habit and patterns that keep us from feeling fulfilled.
Mystical backpacking helps you realize your full potential by helping you recognize your patterns.
How to develop your intuition when our environment gives us so much to pay attention to.
When you ask “Is this all there is?” it’s time to go mystical backpacking.
You can experience the profound inner work in one’s metaphorical back yard without going on a full blown journey.
You can have an adventure on any budget.
If you have children – take a mini trip.
The goal is to get out of your comfort zone and allowing you space to feel peaceful.

PART II: ACTION STEPS

Start small. Try spending an afternoon alone. Go to the local museum, coffee shop, take yourself to lunch and completely step away from technology (i.e. get offline, turn off your phone and no texting.)

About the Guest:

Hannah Papp is the author of The Mystical Backpacker: How to Discover Your Destiny in the Modern World, part-memoir and part guidebook, she shares her own adventure story of living abroad and traveling alone in search of her destiny.

With a Master’s degree in History earned at an American accredited university abroad, she has been an award winning entrepreneur, has been featured on Crave’s The Top 100 Women You Need to Know in Washington DC list and teaches classes through Northern Virginia Mind, Body & Spirit Group. She is a Soul Coach, past life regressionist and blogger.

Get Hannah’s book: The Mystical Backpacker

The Year of YES!

PART I: INTERVIEW HIGHLIGHTS

What sparked Tracee to say YES to everything for a year.
When Tracee got a divorce she felt a deep inner sense of peace. Her inner soul had gotten what it wanted.
Asked herself what if her soul always got her way what would happen?
Followed the promptings of her inner guidance – followed the breadcrumbs.
Everyone has an agenda for your life – the key is having the courage to follow what you want.
Your soul knows where she’s going, knows the fastest, easiest way to get there and she’ll never steer you wrong.
Soul = wise self = inner goddess = inner wise woman = eternal part of you
You can have a “perfect” looking life but still feel discontent.
Plan B isn’t the safer choice. Safe = same. Your plan B can fail.
“If you can fail at what you don’t want, why don’t you at least try at what you do want.” Jim Carey
How did you learn to discern between the voice of your soul vs. the voice of your ego? Quiet the outside voices.
One of the scariest things Tracee said YES to was investing all but $10 in her checking account in a business class.
How pushing through and not listening your soul’s desire will likely make you stuck.
The more helping your profession the harder it tends to be to ask and receive what you want.
When your soul wants you to do something but you are scared or uncomfortable to do it?
Single-hood, getting to know you, dating in NYC
Why we love masculinity.
Soul is feminine, spirit is masculine.
Sex is Tracee’s favorite spiritual practice. Yes, please!
What did you learn by saying YES?
There is a kick ass apartment, tons of clients, and a hot guy waiting for me in New York…what’s waiting for you?

PART II: ACTION STEPS

Put your ego to work and give it a job.

Think about what you need to do that and why. Challenge your beliefs about what it will take.

Say to your ego “I know that you are smart enough to figure this out”

About the Guest:

What if you did everything your Soul told you to do for one year? What would your life look like? Where would your Soul take you? What would you be doing?

Tracy lived this experiment which changed everything about the way she makes decisions in her life. She began to live on purpose.

Tracee Sioux, best-selling author, coach and radio host of The Year of YES! helps people discover their Soul’s Purpose and develop the guts to say YES!

Tracee uses her 15 years of business journalism experience interviewing thousands of entrepreneurs, her skills as a psychic intuitive, the tools of law of attraction and spiritual guidance to help people discover what they really want to do and then do it.

Today, Tracee shares her story of saying YES to everything her soul told her during her Year of YES!

Get Tracee’s book

Emergence – The Radical Process of Achieving Anything

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PART I: INTERVIEW HIGHLIGHTS

What the Law of Emergence is and how it works differently than the Law of Attraction.
Why problems are usually a blessing in disguise.
Why it’s time for the ‘end of self-improvement’.
Derek’s very personal experience of having faith and a willingness to let his life fall apart in order to fall together at a higher level.
What are the ‘inner conditions’ we need to create for our potential to emerge and how to create them.
Why we need to give more of whatever’s missing in our life.
Why some people manifest more easily than others, even when we’re doing the same things.

PART II: ACTION STEPS

You have everything you need within you.

Recognize that everything you are seeking, everything you want or need, everything you think you need from the world or someone else, you brought with you. You didn’t come here to get anything, you came here to emerge and give it.

About the Guest:

Part of the new generation of spiritual visionaries and thought leaders, Derek Rydall is the author of EMERGENCE: Seven Steps for Radical Life Change by Simon & Schuster and the world’s #1 expert on the revolutionary Law of Emergence.

Derek has trained top executives at Fortune 500 companies (from American Express to Disney) in empowered leadership and communications, coached celebrities and media professionals (including Oscar and Emmy winners) on creating conscious entertainment, regularly writes for The Huffington Post, and has touched hundreds of thousands around the planet with his message on finding your path, living your purpose and making a powerful impact!

In his weekly Best Year of Your Life! podcast on iTunes he reveals cutting-edge spiritual principles and success strategies to achieve financial freedom and abundance, master productivity and creativity, and gain true wealth and happiness.

Inspiring Resources for a New Point of View

In an earlier post – 8 Ways to Connect With Your Inner Guidance, one of the ways I talked about was surrounding yourself with inspiring resources.

By introducing fresh and inspiring material into your awareness you develop new, deeper connections within yourself. With this new awareness you begin viewing your life and experiences differently. Have you noticed this before?

Have you ever picked up a book you previously weren’t interested in and found it to be perfect for what you were going through? Sometimes we aren’t ready for new information. Timing is key. Notice what and when you are drawn to new information to find out what you may need to be paying more attention to. The more you practice this, the more you will strengthen your intuitive sense.

If you need a new perspective around a matter, pick up something inspiring. I’d like to share with you some of my favorite books I have on my bookshelf.

Inspired Living
Ask and It Is Given– Esther & Jerry Hicks
Creative Visualization– Shakti Gawain
The Four Agreements– Don Miguel Ruiz
Natural-Born Intuition– Lauren Thibodeau, Ph.D.
The Power of Now– Eckhart Tolle

Relationship Books
Creating a Spiritual Relationship – Paul Ferrini
Resurrecting Sex– David Schnarch, Ph.D.
Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff in Love– Richard Carlson, Ph.D.

Health
You Can Heal Your Life– Louise Hay
A Course in Weight Loss– Marianne Williamson
Naturally Thin– Bethenny Frankel

Business Books
Think and Grow Rich– Napoleon Hill
E-Myth Mastery– Michael Gerber

If you know other inspirational books, please share in the comment section below. You never know when you’ll impact the life of someone else in a positive way!

Enjoy!

xoxo

Angela Wilkinson