E206: Take Care Of Yourself First Before You Seek To Help Others - Eric Winters Interview

Self-leadership coach, speaker and author Eric Winters joins the show all the way from Sydney, Australia today to deep dive into his passion for the human mind and self leadership. Together, they discuss why it is important to lead ourselves before we lead others, why not learning to manage your mind could see you being swept away in directions not of your choosing and why fire in the belly is what inspires and excites you. 

 

KEY TAKEAWAYS 

• Before we go on to lead others and try to get the best out of them, we have first got to attend to ourselves. We need to manage our own mind so that we can meet challenges more effectively. 
• One way that we are able to manage our minds effectively is by cultivating a helpful relationship to the self. If we get caught up in the ‘I’ then our ability to choose what we are going to do is diminished. It is helpful to talk about ‘the self’ as something we can be in a relationship with as it gives us greater choice in life. 
• If we leave managing our mind to chance we will be swept away by both our biology and messaging within our cultures. These messages train us relentlessly to conform, buy and stay feeling good at all costs. By not learning to manage our minds we will be swept away in directions not of our choosing. 
• If we are going to author our own lives and take a path of our choosing, it is going to require courage and skills to manage our minds. We need to learn how to choose for ourselves and know what we want to do whether our broader culture likes it or not. 
• We have multiple experiences at the same time. It is possible to be excited about something, and worried. Our inner worlds are like orchestras, there are many instruments in an orchestra and some of them are very loud but if you listen closely, there are still some others playing lightly in the background. 
• Fire in the belly is what inspires you, excites you and what gets you up and going in the morning. 

 

BEST MOMENTS 

“ Take care of yourself first before you seek to influence others.”

“How is it that some people can manage themselves so well under huge pressure and others can't?”

“I am nourished by making discoveries.”

“I am inspired to be the best version of a partner I possibly can be.”

 

ABOUT THE GUEST

Eric Winters : 

“I’m a self-leadership coach, speaker and author with deep knowledge in the science of building courageous and emotionally intelligent mindsets.”

Website : https://www.ericwinters.com.au/about/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ericwinterscomau/?originalSubdomain=au 

ABOUT THE HOST

The ‘Mighty Pete Lonton’ from the ‘Mighty 247’ company is your main host of ‘Fire In The Belly’. 

Pete is an Entrepreneur, Mentor, Coach, Property Investor, and father of 3 beautiful girls. Pete’s background is in Project Management and Property, but his true passion is the ‘Fire in The Belly’ project itself. His mission is to help others find their potential and become the mightiest version of themselves. Pete openly talks about losing both of his parents, suffering periods of depression, business downturn and burn-out, and ultimately his years spent not stoking ‘Fire In the Belly’. In 2017, at 37 years of age that changed, and he is now on a journey of learning, growing, accepting, and inspiring others.

Pete can connect with people and intuitively asks questions to reveal a person’s passion and discover how to live their mightiest life. The true power of ‘Fire In The Belly’ is the Q&A’s - Questions and Actions!

The ‘Fire In The Belly’ brand and the programme is rapidly expanding into podcasts, seminars, talks, business workshops, development courses, and rapid results mentoring.

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