037 | Playing the Bigger Game with Dr. Jeff Spencer

Today on The Rising Leader:

● Our human instinct to seek and create an impact on the world

● “Restless Soul Syndrome” and the daily battle we wage with ourselves

● The survivor instinct versus the seeker instinct

● Trying to be successful from a place of survival

● Different ways to look at success

● How stress and strain accumulate and impact our health and well-being later in life

● Developing confidence and certainty within ourselves

● Avoiding the “Hustler’s Hooks”

● What it means to stand in “receivership”

● How to access your next great, big idea to contribute to humanity

● Why taking time for reflection is essential to receiving revelations and insights

● Having callings versus goals

● How the Rising Leader Program and Mastering Midlife Podcast showed up in my life

● The survivor mind and its relationship to imposter syndrome

● Honoring your life’s potential and why no one is insignificant in this world

Dr. Jeff Spencer is a speaker and a coach to Tiger Woods, Richard Branson, Dave Asprey, and over 40 Olympic, World, National, and Tour de France gold medalists. He has spent over 300,000 hours helping established founders, visionaries, and creatives perform at their full potential at any time, place, and circumstance. Drawing from his experience as an Olympic cyclist, author, hot glass artist, sports scientist, doctor, husband, and father, Jeff has helped some of the most accomplished individuals, teams, and organizations of our time become iconic brands. He is also the author of Turn It Up!: How to Perform at Your Highest Level for a Lifetime.

Jeff joins me today to discuss playing the bigger game of life and making an impact on humanity. He explains the difference between the “survivor” and “seeker” minds and how our fear-based survival instincts keep us in a life of mediocrity. He details what living a life of grasping entails and outlines how being in constant hyperfocus can keep us from bigger, better, and faster ways to achieve success. Jeff also describes what “receivership” is and highlights how distinguishing yourself as a person requires openness to insights and revelations and taking time to pause and reflect.

“Play the bigger game. Pace yourself and, over time, you’ll get a huge runway to amass a lifetime of experiences. The pauses and recreation are where we creatively open ourselves to receiving better ideas.” - Dr. Jeff Spencer

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