140 – Competitive Triathlete to Corporate Sr Executive with Karen Brown

Karen Brown is CEO of Velocity Leadership Consulting and is a subject expert on the unconscious mind, specifically, leadership and professional performance. She has written multiple books on the subject, her newest, Unlimiting Your Beliefs: 7 Keys to Greater Success in Your Personal & Professional Life, is on shelves now.

Karen Brown

Top Takeaways: Competitive Triathlete to Corporate Sr Executive with Karen Brown

  • There are never really any coincidences
  • Limiting beliefs hold us back- what can free us?
  • Every human on the planet has a ridiculous dream
  • Unlimiting your beliefs- unlimited potential
  • Step into our potential;
  • There is a pretty big gap between mediocre and success
  • 7 Keys to success
    • Key #1 – Tap into the dream
    • Key #2 – Conquering limiting belief
    • Key #3 – NO discipline (know and understand discipline)
    • Key #4 – Do whatever it takes
    • Key #5 – Make a decision and verbalize
    • Key #6 – Hire a coach
    • Key #7 – Hit your goals, enjoy them and set them again
  • If people don’t laugh when you share your dream- it’s probably not big enough
  • Sometimes you have to borrow the belief of mentors and coaches
  • Coaches provide clear perspective
  • Innovative thinking runs down like a battery
  • Goals are emotional, actions are objective

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Learning From Leaders: 

Current Book: Fast After 50: How to Race Strong for the Rest of Your Life by Joe Friel

Sum It Up: A Thousand and Ninety-Eight Victories, a Couple of Irrelevant Losses, and a Life in Perspective by Pat Head Summitt

Immortal Diamond: The Search for Our True Self by Richard Rohr

Leadership Superpower: Listening and picking up what is going on with people

Motivational Mantra:

[shareable cite=”Wayne Dyer”]The state of your life reflects the state of your life[/shareable]

Book Most Often Gifted: Leadership and Self-Deception: Getting Out of the Box by The Arbinger Institute

Hardwiring Happiness: The New Brain Science of Contentment, Calm, and Confidence by Rick Hanson

Additional Items Mentioned

Unlimiting Your Beliefs: 7 Keys to Greater Success in Your Personal and Professional Life; Told Through My Journey to the Toughest Race in the World by Karen Brown

Karen’s website and special offer: velocityleadershipconsulting.com/greater

 

About the author

Jake Carlson is a popular speaker, accountability partner, and host of the Modern Leadership podcast. Jake built his business while traveling with his family around the world. Follow him on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram or LinkedIn. Read more about him here.