Ever wondered what's holding you back? Sure, you keep hearing that we live in an unprecedented golden age of opportunity and potential and part of you knows that to be true. Yet at the same time, you may not feel it in your gut because you are still caught up in your own struggles of simply dealing with reality - too busy to work on your dreams. You know deep down that all that's holding you back is your limiting beliefs and bad habits - so how exactly do you transcend them, how do you grow ...
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Fed up of the bullsh!t lies you have been force-fed about manifesting? So are we. With economic shocks and hardships looming on the horizon, now is no time to cower in a corner, paralysed with fear at all the challenges ahead. Now more than ever, is the time to take your personal development seriously. In this momentous finale, Agi and Paul r…
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Episode 86 - Our best books of 2021 (part 2)
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Agi and Paul discuss the best books they’ve read in 2021. Here are all the books mentioned: AGI: The Daily Stoic (Ryan Holiday and Stephen Hanselman) Chicken Soup for the Soul (Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen) The Surrender Experiment (Michael Singer) The Forty Rules of Love (Elif Shafak) Stop Asking Questions (Andrew Warner) No Excuses - The …
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Episode 85 - Our best books of 2021 (part 1)
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Agi and Paul discuss the best books they’ve read in 2021. Here are all the books mentioned: AGI: The Daily Stoic (Ryan Holiday and Stephen Hanselman) Chicken Soup for the Soul (Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen) The Surrender Experiment (Michael Singer) The Forty Rules of Love (Elif Shafak) Stop Asking Questions (Andrew Warner) No Excuses - The …
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Episode 84 - The power of compounding habits
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We discuss: Our lower self, our default mode Compounding and its power Two ways to keep habits on track Self-discipline and habits “Success is simply a few simple disciplines, practiced every day; while failure is simply a few errors in judgement, repeated every day.” ―Jim Rohn --------------- Listen on: iTunes: http://bit.ly/PDEpodcast Stitcher: h…
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3 years celebratory episode! Agi & Paul return with a celebratory episode - 3 years ago today we launched this podcast! We discuss: The rookies who followed their enthusiasm Principles, routines, rituals Vision, ideal, compelling future What the future holds “Our contribution to the world is the perfection of our own self.” ―David Hawkins ---------…
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Limiting beliefs revisited Agi & Paul revisit this popular topic and one of their all-time favourites. Our limiting beliefs! Truth vs Assumptions Don't believe a thought you think! Our story of limitation Breaking free from limiting beliefs “Whether you think you can, or you think you can't, you're right.” ― Henry Ford --------------- Listen on: iT…
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Episode 81 - Exploring the benefits of digital detox
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Focus = superpower Distraction = opium for the masses. Notifications + screen time. The philosophical and the practical aspects. Resources: https://medium.com/better-humans/how-to-set-up-your-iphone-for-productivity-focus-and-your-own-longevity-bb27a68cc3d8#2dc6 https://medium.com/better-humans/how-to-create-a-zen-experience-on-your-android-phone-5…
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Episode 80 - Crafting a covid comeback in 2021
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Crafting a covid comeback in 2021 (part 1) Honest self-assessment: where we are in the 7 key areas of life "Without a vision people perish" To be continued... “A comeback is a setback that did its homework, learned the lesson, and then moved forward.” ― Eleanor Brown --------------- Listen on: iTunes: http://bit.ly/PDEpodcast Stitcher: http://bit.l…
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Episode 79 - What can Agi & Paul do for you?
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Whether you're just starting out in personal development or you've been into it for a while, whether you're a business owner, a startup, a busy mom/dad, or someone who'd like to have more confidence and be able to express yourself authentically... Check this episode out! VALUEABLE RESOURCES Personal Development Mastery podcast Join Agi's mailing li…
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Episode 78 - How to embrace the grind of personal development
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Does personal development have to be hard? In this episode we discuss a question asked by one of our listeners, Yannis Lalis. The constant grind of personal development and how to approach it. “Easy choices, hard life. Hard choices, easy life.” -Jerzy Gregorek --------------- Listen on: iTunes: http://bit.ly/PDEpodcast Stitcher: http://bit.ly/PDEst…
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People who struggle with imposter syndrome believe that they are undeserving of their achievements - they feel like a fraud - and that soon enough, people will discover the truth about them. Agi and Paul feel like impostors discussing this, but apparently it's very common to feel like this! "When I won the Oscar, I thought it was a fluke. I thought…
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After a (short) pause of 4 months during the lockdown, Paul & Agi are back! We talk about perfectionism: is it an advantage or a disease? “If you wait until everything in your life is perfect before you begin something challenging and new, you'll be waiting forever. The best time is Now.” -Bill Phillips “Have no fear of perfection; you’ll never rea…
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Episode 75 - Coronavirus special episode: Lockdown list
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We are back for a special "coronavirus" episode to discuss the unprecedented situation we are in. Here are some topics we discuss on this "lockdown list" episode: Shifting our focus from fear and negativity to faith and positivity. At the end of the lockdown, will you be fit or fat? Choose! Our immune system - the only thing that can protect us aga…
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Episode 74 - Self education and the "Knowledge Broker Blueprint"
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Episode 72 - The most impactful books we read in 2019!
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Episode 71 - Expert Mastery: Interview with James Nicholson
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Episode 70 - End of year review and how to set your next year up for success
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Today we are revisiting the topic of daily routines, which we first discussed about in episode 6. As we evolve, our routines evolve with us, and we wanted to reflect on it and share our newest findings! And also an announcement: From now on, and for a (brief) period of time, we will be releasing the episodes of our podcast every 2 weeks, rather tha…
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Today we are talking about the growth mindset movement. The growth mindset movement is all about taking ownership, taking responsibility for yourself for that which is within your control, taking it upon yourself to, to improve yourself first. So, do you want to change the world? You change yourself first. You change your own thoughts, your own hab…
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Episode 67 - Creating smiles inside and outside: Interview with Dr RJ Jackson
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I had the real pleasure to be speaking with Dr RJ Jackson. RJ is an award-winning orthodontist in Austin, Texas, and also a life coach for teenagers. He states “as an orthodontist I can create smiles on the outside, but as a life coach I can create smiles on the inside”! Listen to a captivating discussion about teenager coaching and how it's differ…
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Episode 66 - Entrepreneurs mindset expert: Interview with Joe Trodden
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A fascinating conversation with Joe Trodden, who is a mindset coach with a specific focus on entrepreneurs. He helps them to develop the mindset to go to the next level of strategy and growth and become effective entrepreneurial leaders. Joe talks about the internal map of our mindset, about the defined stages of levelling up the entrepreneurial jo…
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Episode 65 - Life as a rollercoaster: Interview with Liz Rotherham
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In episode 65, I am speaking with Liz Rotherham. Liz is a certified mental health instructor, and has just released her book “Life as a roller coaster - the mayhem of bipolar”. She is on a mission to raise awareness on mental health and mental well-being, after having her own personal story of having bipolar and being sectioned. Listen to her fasci…
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Episode 64 - The property professional: Interview with Kam Johal
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In episode 64, Paul and Agi interview the founder of Property Professionals Association, Kam Johal. Kam is an award-winning entrepreneur who’s built and sold multiple businesses, a mentor for the Prince’s trust, a Shik, and Paul’s mentor. Listen to Kam while he talks about his background, the importance of mindset, knowledge versus implementation, …
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Episode 63 - Interview with the shaman Northern Deer Alexander
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World of wisdom and spiritual adventure: Interview with the shaman Northern Deer Alexander About a year ago I interviewed Northern Deer Alexander, who is a shaman, a spiritual teacher, and a healer. The conversation went on for hours, so I split the interview into 4 parts. On episodes 15-16 and 17, I presented the first 3 parts of this absolutely f…
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Episode 62 - Your success is my success: Interview with Daryl Urbanski
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Daryl Urbanski is an entrepreneur, martial artist, speaker, marketing expert, business coach, author, and podcaster. He’s the host of the “Best business podcast”, which has a mission to create 200 new multi-millionaire business owners who solve world problems with entrepreneurship. Listen to a truly fascinating discussion about business, the mindse…
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Episode 61 - Challenge your identity: Interview with Kevin Bennison
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I am delighted to be speaking with Kevin Bennison. Kevin is an entrepreneur, a lifting operations training provider, an award-winning public speaker, a multiple times Tae Kwon Do world champion, and a professional coach and trainer. We talk about personal development, leadership, the emotional challenges of starting a business, and Kevin’s recent m…
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Today we are revisiting one of our favourite topics, mastermind groups, which we talked about before in episode 12. Aristotle said "the whole is greater than the sum of its parts", and a mastermind group is a clear proof of this principle. The mastermind is capable to absorb inspired thoughts and power directly through the universal “infinite intel…
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Episode 59 - Success & Failure: Interview with Dean Fox
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It is my pleasure to speak with Dean Fox, a mind performance specialist, international speaker, business consultant and coach. He talks about his story, when 10 years ago his life spiralled out of control, with one blow after another: bankruptcy, almost fatal accident, deciding to end his life, and the epiphany that changed all that. Dean is very p…
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Episode 58 - Inspiring life design: Interview with Corinna Phillips
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I had the pleasure to speak with Corinna Phillips. Corinna is the founder of “Inspiring Life Design”, and among her other traits, she's a blogger committed to help people design their life and find ways to create financial independence. Corinna is a partner with Tony Robbins, Dean Graziosi, and Russell Brunson in the “Knowledge Business Blueprint” …
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Episode 57 - Time: our most precious, non-renewable asset.
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“All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.” - J.R.R. Tolkien Bruce Lee said: "If you love life, don't waste time, for time is what life is made up from." What is time? Can we manage it, or is this an illusion? Time is our most precious asset. A non-renewable resource. We all have 24 hours in a day. Successful people don't …
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Episode 56 - Full life optimisation: Interview with Jamie Keeling (part 2)
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I have the real pleasure to be speaking with Jamie Keeling, an entrepreneur, business coaching consultant, and fellow podcaster, who likes to kick people in the head! (when doing Tae Kwon Do ;) In this second half of the interview, Jamie talks about his “Optimise me now” podcast, both about learning first-hand from his guests and also about being a…
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Episode 55 - Full life optimisation: Interview with Jamie Keeling (part 1)
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I have the real pleasure to be speaking with Jamie Keeling, an entrepreneur, business coaching consultant, and fellow podcaster, who likes to kick people in the head! We talk about Jamie's story and turning point, about the gold medal he got in the Tae Kwon Do world championships and why he thinks it means nothing. Jamie in his unique way describes…
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"When health is absent, wisdom cannot reveal itself, art cannot manifest, strength cannot fight, wealth becomes useless, and intelligence cannot be applied." - Herophilus --------------- For info and shownotes go to personaldevelopmentessentials.com #personaldevelopmentessentials Listen on: iTunes: http://bit.ly/PDEpodcast Stitcher: http://bit.ly/P…
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Episode 53 - Former Hong Kong triad member turned motivational speaker: Interview with Chris Thrall
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I had an outstanding time having this conversation with Chris Thrall! Chris has done some amazing and inspiring feats, like running an ultra-marathon a day for 37 days, or a 120 meter firewalk, and yet he is incredibly humble. We talked about his turbulent past - being a doorman for the Hong Kong triad, and suffering drug psychosis from crystal met…
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Episode 52 - Fear less live more: Interview with Sue Curr
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It is my pleasure to be talking with Sue Curr, an exceptional lady with an inspiring story and message. Sue is an international public speaker and has featured in podcasts and radio shows around the world. She helps and empowers people to fear less and live more, through coaching, workshops, and speaking engagements. Listen to Sue describing her fa…
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Episode 51 - Polar explorer: Interview with Curtis Knapton
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Woohoo!! Episode 50! We are excited and blessed to be achieving this milestone - 50 weeks consistently! In this celebratory episode, we are talking about heroes. We are all heroes. Really. Think about it: you are the protagonist in your adventure - your life! And we all have the potential to live the life of a hero. You're asking how? Listen in and…
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Today we’re discussing gratitude. What is it, why should we practice it, and how. The benefits in happiness, health, longevity, self-esteem and optimism. The 4 “A”s to cultivate an attitude of gratitude. How to practice daily gratitude. Thank you for listening! RESOURCES: The gratitude effect - Dr John Demartini Love yourself like your life depends…
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Episode 48 - The science of passion: Interview with Dhru Shah
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It is my pleasure to be talking with Dhru Shah, founder of Dentinal Tubules, an online community sharing knowledge and education between dentists. It’s the UK’s (and possibly the world’s) largest dental portal. Dhru’s mission is to ignite passion in people, and he has done extensive research on the science of passion. Listen to this absorbing discu…
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Episode 47 - The power of “why” “The two most important days in your life are the day you were born and the day you found out why.” -Mark Twain What drives us to do what we do in our life? What’s our purpose, our “why”? Today we talk about a life of purpose - why it is important, and about ways there are to help us identify our own purpose. —— For …
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Episode 46 - Taking a break from alcohol With Agi having recently completed a 6-month “alcohol-free adventure”, we decided to have a discussion about alcohol. What is it? How much social conditioning is there? Why take a break from it? What are the benefits of 6 months (or even 1 month) of not having any alcohol? This is an episode that hopefully w…
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Episode 45 - Procrastination We had procrastinated and postponed recording this episode on procrastination for a long time! Why do we procrastinate? Is it normal human behaviour? Are there ways we can stop procrastination? Listen to Agi and Paul as they discuss this intriguing topic. RESOURCES: https://www.ted.com/talks/tim_urban_inside_the_mind_of…
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Episode 44 - How to tap into your fears - life advice from 3 former Royal Marine Commandos
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"We don't rise to the level of our expectations, we fall to the level of our training." - Archilochus In this episode of Personal Development Essentials, Paul Greig Smith learns from 3 former Royal Marines Commandos, Jack English, Ben Williams and Antony Thompson, to discover how their training helped them develop an unbeatable mindset in the face …
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Episode 43 - Unleashing the power within! - crewing Tony Robbins
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Episode 42 - Interview with Cosimo Marraffa, a funeral orator with heart
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It is my pleasure to be talking with Cosimo Marraffa, a public speaker with a very unique niche: he is a funeral orator. We discuss, amongst other things, his experience of crewing Tony Robbins’ UPW and stepping up into a leadership role, his reasons for wanting to become a trainer and a coach, and how he became a public speaker in funerals. Having…
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Episode 41 - Your environment, energy, and element
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Episode 41 - Your environment, energy, and your element Your immediate environment, your energy, and whether or not you're in your element, and how all these factors feed into each other. For info and shownotes go to personaldevelopmentessentials.com #personaldevelopmentessentials Listen on: iTunes: http://bit.ly/PDEpodcast Stitcher: http://bit.ly/…
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Episode 40 - Interview with Wim Hof's instructor, Emma Estrela Corrie
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It is my pleasure to be talking with Emma Estrela Corrie, #1 female instructor of Wim Hof method in the world! Listen to her as she explains the Wim Hof method, talks about her story and her ‘lightning moment’, discusses breath work and cold exposure, and the connection between the mind, the body, the breath, and our spiritual side. A fascinating c…
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You may have heard the phrase "your network is your net worth", or the phrase "it's not who you know, but who knows you." Join Agi and Paul in a discussion about networks, the people we surround ourselves with, the power of opposing skillsets, and other fascinating topics. People are the greatest resources that we have - provided that we use these …
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Episode 38 - Belief bound mind: Interview with Aaron Timms
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Aaron Timms is the author of the Amazon #1 best selling book "Belief bound mind", where he describes his extraordinary story: from losing loved ones and breaking his back in a terrible accident & given the diagnosis that he would be a paraplegic and spend his life in a wheelchair - to complete healing of both mind and body. Aaron takes us on a jour…
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