Episode 61: Unbecome Your Way to Joy
Today we’re joined by Sean Smith, a Master Results Coach, author, speaker, actor, poet, songwriter and owner of Elite Success Systems, a personal development and human healing company. Sean brings his full self into the circle to share with us what he has learned from helping 100’s of thousands of people transform their lives. In this profoundly deep conversation, your soul will awaken as Sean invites you into your most authentic, joy-filled life. This is leadership for our time.
What’s in this episode for you:
8:04 - The sacred ways we can heal when we find each other
13:45 - Sean Smith’s poem “Commoditize Me”
20:00 - The importance of reclaiming our value
27:52 - The dilemma of being driven by immediacy and avoidance
34:20 - Sean's early childhood lens of anger and “life’s not fair”
37:27 - The one thing that shapes our worldview in the first 9 months of life
44:00 - A question asked and a promise made that shaped Sean's forever
53:00 - Shifting from something’s wrong to curiosity and gratitude
1:01:30 - The power of deciding what to spend your energy on
1:05:20 - The need and call for a new kind of leadership
1:07:48 - Why inauthenticity is causing widespread exhaustion
1:11:11 - The real journey of finding our authentic selves
1:15:00 - A long-game approach to transformation
1:22:08 - How fathers influence self-esteem of their daughters + the most important words a father needs to say
1:24:17 - An introduction to Sean's powerful book
1:28:50 - How to know when you’re enough
1:31:35 - Sean’s invitation to become a lighthouse
1:36:24 - A chance to win Sean’s book!
Buy Sean’s Book - Daddy, Are You Proud of Me? A Father’s Guide: What Daughters Need to Hear, See, and Know From Their Dads.
To win a copy of Sean’s book, email podcast@humconsulting.ca with your key takeaways from this conversation and you’ll be entered into a draw that will take place on February 15, 2023.
Who’s in Circle With Us:
Master Results Coach, Sean Smith. Sean is author, speaker, actor, poet, songwriter and owner of Elite Success Systems, a personal development and human healing company, which he founded in 2006. His company has helped transform hundreds of thousands of lives around the world. Sean has dedicated his life’s work to creating “Neuro-Transformation” in all areas of human behavior, blending numerous leadership and healing methodologies to produce lasting change in the mind and body. He was named “North America’s Next Greatest Speaker” in 2013. He’s one of the very few people to deliver 2 spoken word TEDx performances: “Dear Racism: A Breakup Letter from a White Man” and “The Power of Vulnerability in Men”. He also co-wrote, produced and starred in an award-winning spoken word short film with Lisa Nichols, “Let’s Grow,” about healing racism. His recent book, “Daddy are you proud of me?” was released earlier this month. Sean has spoken and trained all over the globe including Canada, Columbia, Costa Rica, Greece, India and throughout the United States.
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Poem:
Commoditize Me, by Sean Smith
Commoditize me.
Commercialize me.
Commonize me.
Compromise me.
Consumerize me.
Computerize me.
Capitalize me.
But don’t capitalize Me.
Keep me small, please.
Keep you tall, please.
Keep me all, please.
Keep me wrong, please.
Use all these
Keep Me Wrong pleas
To keep you strong please
And keep me weak-kneed
And keep me seeking
And make my soul bleed
And make me so need
Whatever it is you’re selling me.
Enable me.
Believe my lines.
Disable me.
Relieve my mind.
Mesmerize me.
Memorize me.
Meme-erize me.
Minimize me.
Productize me.
Promisize me.
Profitize me.
Prophetize me.
Show me signs, prophet.
Close my eyes, prophet.
Tell me lies, prophet.
Sell me lies, prophet.
Show me signs. Profit.
Close my eyes. Profit.
Tell me lies. Profit.
Sell me lies. Profit.
Line up all my fears
Light up all my fears
Lie about my fears
Make your money off it
Assembly line me.
Never mind me.
And never let me.
Remember I’m me.
Dismember my needs.
Dismantle my pleas.
Replenish my greeds.
Assemble your me.
Please.
Guarantee, then deceive me.
Greenlight, then demean me.
Gaslight, then redeem me.
And I will buy whatever it is you’re selling me.
‘Cuz I’m selling me.
Pick up the talking piece:
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