Overview

On this episode of Build Your Network, Host Travis Chappell interviews Adam Markel a recognized expert in the integration of business and personal development, speaker, and author.

Topics Discussed:

• About Adam Markel
  • Hosts the Conscious Pivot Podcast.
  • Pivoting is a euphemism for change in life.
  • To do something new and different is intriguing.
  • Change often also produces a struggle because things don’t stay the same and aren’t intended to.
    • There’s no stopping change, change is a constant.
  • We can choose whether we’ll ride the wave of change, surf the wave of change, or resist change.
    • We feel as if we’re protecting ourselves, etc.
  • Spent 18 years as a practicing attorney in New Jersey.
  • 8-9 years ago, he’d wake up in the morning feeling anxious and he didn’t love what he did.
  • He had to decide if he’d play the game of protecting himself or question it all.
• How do you know if it’s the right time to pivot?
  • There’s a difference generationally in how you handle the misery and mediocrity.
  • There are a lot of burned out teachers teaching kids who feel trapped.
  • The current generation is more empowered with opportunity that they don’t necessarily have to do something that sucks.
  • It’s the extremes that cause people pain.
    • There’s an extreme that one generation is based completely on feelings and the other is based on loyalty to a company.
  • His book was originally birthed to help his kids, they quickly realized it would help everyone.
• Do you believe that what you know or who you know is more important, and why?
  • It’s a combination, you need to know when to quit vs. having blind loyalty or playing it safe.
  • In some cases, he’s succeeded because of the people he was around.
  • In other cases, his life experience helped him succeed.
  • Your environment is stronger than anything else.
    • Curating the environment of people in your life is the most important
  • Pivot people come into your life to make you better.
    • The “stakeholders,” those who are closest to you.
    • The “mentors,” they’ve been to a place on the mountain that you’ve never been.
    • The “peer group,” or a mastermind, there’s something miraculous about when a few people come together in harmony to plan.

The Random Round:

• • • What profession other than your own do you think it would be fun to attempt?
      • Professional tennis player
    • If you could sit on a park bench with anyone for an hour who would it be, and why?
      • King
      • He was a brave man doing something unthinkable with a vision.
    • How do you like to consume content best, books, blogs, podcasts, or videos?
      • Books, audiobooks
    • What is a book you’ve read that you’d highly recommend?
      • The Untethered Soul by Michael Singer
    • Give us a glimpse of your morning routine
      • Wake up and have a prayer or gratitude to wake up tomorrow.
        • Wake up
        • Be grateful
        • Declare out loud “I love my life, I love my life, I love my life.”
      • What is your go-to pump up song?
        • Peace of Mind by Boston
      • What are you not very good at?
        • Certain aspects of technology
      • What is one place where we can find you online?
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        • Adammarkel.com/podcast

Tweetable Quotes:

• To do something new and different is intriguing.
• It’s the extremes that cause people pain.
• The current generation is more empowered with opportunity that they don’t necessarily have to do something that sucks.

Resources Mentioned:

Buildyournetwork.com– Podcast website

BYN.media/fb – Facebook Group

Adammarkel.com/podcast – Adam’s podcast

Pivot – Adam Markel’s book

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