Breakthrough Impact Group

Reflecting on a most impactful day with Kevin Daum and Klyn Elsbury...

There were so many powerful moments from last month's "Be More Compelling" Workshop.

Kevin taught us how to connect empathetically with our audience and engage in a way that delights them so they crave your interaction. He taught us what it takes to be considered, heard, and to matter.

Klyn inspired us with her story of cheating death by overcoming terminal Cystic Fibrosis. She shared her simple 3-step process to break the bonds of external circumstances in order to grow to successful heights never thought possible.

It was a great workshop with many actionable takeaways.

I am proud to have Club E and Rick Brimacomb as a sponsor for this event and to have Glen Dall from Apex North Business Coaching as my co-host.

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What is the behavior you believe would solve most of your life issues that you have yet to take action on?

Succeeding in today's world requires transcending all you have known, all you have done, and all that distracts you. Learn how to approach the world with a clear strategic vision.

The only thing holding you back from all you can imagine is you.

Come spend half a day learning from extraordinary experts, Kevin Daum and Klyn Elsbury, on how to break your mundane patterns and command the attention you deserve.

I am proud to be partnering with Glen Dall from Apex North Business Coaching on this event and to have Club E and Rick Brimacomb as a sponsor.

The link to register is in the comments.

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Mission Accomplished, Now the Journey Begins!

On September 10, 2022, I accomplished my 12 Hour Walk Journey challenged by Colin O'Brady in his book. I’m glad it’s done, glad I did it, but I won’t lie, it was very tough.

Like any worthy goal, it took a million mini-milestones: just over that next hill, I’ll take a break at the top of the hour, 6 hours, halfway and it’s all downhill, at 8 hours I’ll turn around and head back, push the pace after an extended stop to maintain 2 mph through 10 hours, 2 hours to go, I’ll just shuffle along to get in the time. It was all of the mental mind game Colin O’ Brady suggested it might be.

12 Hours, 50,000 steps, sore feet, stiff legs, and painful hip but I made it. I never hit nirvana, never had a runner’s high. My wife asked if I used the time without music or Audible for reflection. Heck no, all I was trying to do was get through the next hour. The end was more of a relief but as the legs loosen up and the pain settled down, on reflection, it was pretty awesome.

I hesitate to share my learnings because you will undoubtedly discover your own, but feel free to reach out and I can provide my list of learnings to you.

Amazing Book, A Story We Should All Hear...

I was introduced to this book in a public-school setting, talking about the biases we bring to the table, some knowingly but many unconsciously. It’s not all about race, these prejudices, whether race, dress, poverty, gender, or home support, interfere with kids getting the learning they deserve. In this 2021 book, "I Take My Coffee Black", Tyler Merritt shares his experiences and story of being a 6’2” American black man with dreadlocks. He tells his story with transparency, brutal honesty, and incredible vulnerability. Merritt will open your eyes to prejudices you were not aware of. Awareness is the first step.

While some moments will make you angry and maybe a bit ashamed, Merritt is a person you would want to meet. Just an incredible, caring human being. Why should I have to say that? Because on the cover of his book, or watching his video, you will see a person, whose look in America will come with a story long before you hear his voice or know his name. Each one of us, based on our story will give him a different story. Merritt acknowledges this but lives with it. He addresses White Privilege with a clear understanding that many white people overcome tremendous adversity. He shares his empathy and admiration for what they have overcome. All that said, no white person experiences lost opportunity solely based on the color of their skin. His book will help all of us bridge the gap.

I hope this book opens eyes and causes people to think about all the prejudices they bring to the table. When we catch ourselves judging, ask yourself, if that judgment was about the color of our skin, would it be acceptable? They can’t learn in school because they, _______________, fill in the blank, because their parents never come to teacher conferences. Substitute, they can’t learn, because they are black. Is that fair, is it relevant? Those are the prejudices, and stories we each bring to the table that Merritt will help you see.

You will likely find some of Merritt’s life experiences more than you wanted to know but it is through these stories and his vulnerability in sharing that helps us see he is no different from some part of your life.

From his video and his book, you will really come to believe his statement in his video, “If you met my mother, you would automatically become a better person.” Hearing him will make us better people as well. Thank you, Tyler Merritt.

How do you unlock your best life, unconstrained by your self-limiting mindset?

Colin O'Brady is a self-described athlete and entrepreneur. He also is a ten-time world record-breaking explorer. He achieved the first solo, unsupported, and fully human-powered crossing of Antarctica. That adventure was detailed in his best-selling book, The Impossible First.

In true entrepreneur fashion, he once took every cent he and his new wife had to purchase a website in hopes of garnering support for his first mega-adventure. What followed were hundreds of meetings that finished in “Good Luck,” the nice no thanks. Not until a chance encounter at a spinning class did his passion show through rather than selling and he received his first meaningful financial supporter. The rest is history.

The 12-Hour Walk retells the hardships and triumphs of his many adventures. Many reviews speak to his crafty storytelling and how he made the impossible possible. These reviewers missed the point. This book is not about O’Brady, it is about YOU. How do you unlock your best life, unconstrained by your self-limiting mindset? “I don’t have enough time…I don’t have enough money…I’m afraid to fail...I don’t have what it takes—we allow these limiting beliefs to control us.”

O’Brady challenges us to rate our days on a scale of 1 to 10, 1 being your worst day ever and 10 being your best. He suggested without the struggles of a few 1’s we will never experience a 10. Most of us are stuck in what he calls a life of comfortable complacency, 4 to 6. Content, perhaps, but are we really happy?

The 12-Hour Walk is a guidebook to help you identify your Mt. Everest and overcome your limiting beliefs. Your one-day 12-hour walk will be the journey that will unlock your best life, whatever that may be for you. “By walking alone, unplugging, listening to the voice within, and rewriting the limiting beliefs etched into your psyche, you can break free of the patterns holding you back and learn how to cultivate a “Possible Mindset”—an empowered way of thinking that unlocks a life of limitless possibilities.”

O’Brady’s new Mt Everest is to empower 10 million people to take a 12-hour walk to unleash their full potential. At www.12hourwalk.com
you can register the date for your 12-hour walk. Mine is set, when are you going to invest 12 hours into your full potential?