The Follow Through Formula Podcast

In this episode Rick interviews his good friend Tarini Bauliya about the fears that are so common with selling ourselves, our products and services. Tarini shares what she's learned about creating relationship with our customers, true listening, and the willingness to tolerate the unknown as the cornerstones of following through on our purpose and sharing it with others.

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With all this talk of follow through and the ideas, concepts, tips and insights that have been shared, you might wonder how your follow through is going? Are your efforts paying off? Are you moving in the right direction? In this episode Rick shares a few of the many signs that indicate you may be on the right track.

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The most notable aspect of this episode is the absence of the 45-minute lecture that Rick realized he didn't want to deliver and instead opted for talking about what is really going on for him, what's scaring him today, and how he plans to follow through anyway, hopefully with YOUR HELP. This episode will give you a tangible example of how you can keep following through on you, even if the next step scares you.

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Fear is an emotion most of us want to avoid, but the implications of suppressing fear in our bodies often involves unconsciously restricting our breathing, even as we're pressing forward with efforts to "succeed." Shallow breathing can become a background tendency that incapacitates our full engagement of the energy we actually require for follow through. In this episode Rick draws on the work of a few experts and reminds us how we can use the power of breath to bring energy to our pursuits.

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Rick welcomes back Dr John Souza, president of the Hawaii chapter of the American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy, to talk about what forms of follow through support our mental health, help us to overcome fear and anxiety and find self-efficacy in our busy daily lives. John speaks about his progress pursuing the reclamation of his former music career and the value of slowing down and finding places to pause in our rush to produce results. Enjoy.

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The shortest path to our purpose lies in the activity of play. Rick interviews a play expert who reminds us how simple it is to trust our natural human capacity for exploration, discovery and experimentation— and in the process find the treasure of intrinsically motivated action.

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If you have a bad habit that keeps taking you away from focusing on what matters most, what's the best strategy from freeing yourself of its compulsive effects. Our first thought usually surrounds just stopping the activity, attempting to pit our willpower against the habit. The research shows, however, that we're unlikely to be successful in shifting our priorities and activities by swearing off the unwanted behavior. In this episode Rick explains what DOES work, and challenges himself to overcome a distracting habit while inviting listeners along for the ride.

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Listen in to the actual moments that Rick recovers from completing a brilliant 40 minute episode for which he failed to press the record button. Never-the-less, Rick does follow through with the digital preservation of an actual episode in which he speaks about his book, 7 Rules You Were Born to Break, and recaps the Actions of Intelligent Misbehavior that will help us all follow through right now in our lives.

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Rick tells a story about street performing at Granville Island Public Market in Vancouver BC, Canada on the biggest tourism day of the year. This performing day had a delightful surprise ending that confirmed the value of follow through. As Rick explains, we never know what the hidden benefits of following through are going to be, but they always show up; in contrast to overthinking and inaction, which brings an entirely predictable result; nothing new.

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Is there something you're really good at or that you love doing yet few people know of your talent or skill in this area? What would it feel like if the thing you love to do could serve or reach more people? What if you could see more people benefitting from your ability or your knowledge? Would that feel good and give you energy? In this episode Rick speaks of his own struggle with self-promoting and describes the transformation that occur in our perspective when we go all in with our purpose and quickly find that it quickly becomes about a reciprocity of service with other human beings, not about US!

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In times of civil stress and tension what does it look like to usefully ad our voice into the mix? In this episode Rick talks about the essential need for us to do our own work, clarifying our unique gifts, strengths and perspectives before launching into the fray. We can only follow though on our best contribution to our society when we have the self-knowledge and self-awareness to represent ourselves with integrity.

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Rick springs another surprise invitation on his friend John Souza, a musician, as well as Dr of Marriage and Family Therapy and state president of the Hawaii Association of Marriage and Family Therapy. John explains that the word "anxiety" tends to distance us from usefully working with the real fears that grip us, and suggests that identifying what the fears actually are can be helpful. John and Rick talk about the power of small action, the essential need for partners in life change, and how something as simple as what you call yourself can be transformative.

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Rick tells a story of getting booked to replace a strip-tease act at an all male banquet in Northern Canada without knowing any of the backstory beforehand. What does this have to do with conflict styles? Rick's response to the circumstance required him to step way outside of his comfort zone to survive it. In this episode you'll learn what the 3 conflict styles are that you'll need to access if you want to successfully follow through in your life.

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In this episode Rick briefly explains how simple and easy the habit of follow through can be to develop. He summarizes the 6 hidden obstacles to change and the 6 resources of follow through that anyone can implement into their lives, one small step at a time. This is a condensed version of what is covered in detail in the episode called, The Follow Through Formula Masterclass. The same information is also available via the free download linked in the show notes to The Follow Through Formula Roadmap. Enjoy!

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Rick describes losing the motivation to follow through with more recordings and the surprise notion that follow through truly begins only when the honeymoon phase is over. How do we tap into a source of sustenance for action and showing up when we've expended our usual orientation to "wanting to" do something, or having the exciting feeling of a new project or routine? What keeps us going after that point? Rick explores this topic with interest and examples of what such follow through might look like.

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Rick sets out to record the worst episode yet in the Follow Through Formula series because there is an inherent joy in having the worst thing that could happen actually occur. And in the process we get an unexpected surprise—that the best thing that could happen is hidden in the same worst moment.

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In this episode Rick remembers the need to actually take a breath after completing his 21-Days challenge and acknowledge the accomplishment, along with celebrating the accomplishments made by listeners over the 21 day challenge. Rick reviews the neuroscience behind acknowledging our own efforts and the power we have to play any life Game we want to and empower it through consistent action and consistent acknowledgement of our progress.

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In this episode Rick tells two stories that explore what integrity really is and how following through with integrity isn't always an easy or popular thing to do. In the process of grappling with tough decisions we can build character and gain life experience that allows for less rigid and more intelligent forms of follow through in our lives.

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