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FSOC – Beginner’s luck

Posted on December 2, 2022 by Jamie Smart

One of the most influential guitarists in history is the gypsy jazz virtuoso, Django Reinhardt.

Django is legendary. An accomplished guitar player by the time he was a teenager, he nearly died in a caravan fire at the age of 18. He was badly burned and permanently lost the use of the 4th & 5th fingers on his left hand. His doctors said he’d never play the guitar again.

Boy, did they get it wrong…

Starting from scratch, Django developed a dazzling level of mastery, eventually establishing himself as one of the greatest players of all time. His lyricism, technical ability and improvisational artistry continue to astonish and inspire guitarists today (despite being two fingers short).

I had my first guitar lesson in 40 years yesterday, and it wasn’t what I’d expected. Here’s why…

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FSOC – The bliss factory

Posted on November 25, 2022 by Jamie Smart

When I was 12 years old, I bought a beat-up old electric guitar for 50 dollars.

I didn’t know how to play the guitar, but I wanted to be a guitarist. I decided that once I got one I could teach myself.

So I started.

I was terrible at it, but I was determined to get better, so I practised.

Little by little, I started to improve, but it was hard. My fingers hurt. I spent lots of time feeling frustrated. My parents were sick of the sound of it.

But I had a special advantage.

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#065 – INTERVIEW – Ian Watson – Trusting in the invisible – Get Clarity Podcast

Posted on November 11, 2022 by Jamie Smart

Released 11th November 2022 Subscribe: Spotify | iTunes | Stitcher

I’m Jamie Smart – welcome to the podcast. And in this session you’re going to hear a conversation I had recently with my dear friend and colleague, Ian Watson. Ian and I have been in each other’s lives for the past 20 years, and those years have included many twists and turns as we’ve encountered obstacles, followed our inner guidance and found our way forward (sometimes more easily than others).

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#106 – INTERVIEW: How Rich Coaches Think – Thriving Coaches Podcast

Posted on September 26, 2022 by Jamie Smart

Released 26th September 2022 Subscribe: Spotify | iTunes | Stitcher

I’m Jamie Smart – welcome to the podcast. And I’m delighted to share this recording with you because I was being interviewed by bestselling author, speaker and coach, Mamoon Yusaf for his “How Rich Coaches Think” summit.

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#105 – INTERVIEW: Selling with love – Thriving Coaches Podcast

Posted on September 15, 2022 by Jamie Smart

Released 15th September 2022 Subscribe: Spotify | iTunes | Stitcher

I’m Jamie Smart – welcome to the podcast. And this is going to be a fun one because you’re going to hear Jason Marc Campbell help me ‘unpack’ my approach to sales and enrolment.

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#064 – KEYNOTE: NATO Defense College – The 3Ps meet the military – Get Clarity Podcast

Posted on September 6, 2022 by Jamie Smart

Released 06th September 2022 Subscribe: Spotify | iTunes | Stitcher

Teaching subtractive psychology to the brass at NATO
Welcome to the podcast; I’m Jamie Smart, and I’ve really been looking forward to this one.
Last summer, in August 2021, I flew to Rome to deliver a keynote speech to 80 military and civilian personnel at the NATO Defense College.
My brief was to help them have greater clarity, less stress, more productivity and stronger professional relationships (the college has staff from 20 member states, so good communication is essential).

There was one problem: my contact warned me that the military personnel wouldn’t enjoy my talk. He explained these were experienced senior officers (colonels, generals etc) who already felt they had all the EQ they needed. He said they’d likely be checked out and checking their watches during my session.

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FSOC – The 3Ps meet the military…

Posted on September 2, 2022 by Jamie Smart

It’s a while since I’ve written a Friday Shot of Clarity but I’ve got fresh inspiration so here we are! Let’s start with a story…

Last summer, I flew to Rome to deliver a keynote speech to 80 military and civilian personnel at the NATO Defense College.

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#103 – Unpacking the launch process for getting coaching clients & filling programmes – Thriving Coaches Podcast

Posted on August 31, 2022 by Jamie Smart

Released 31st August 2022 Subscribe: Spotify | iTunes | Stitcher

Revealing how the magic trick is done

TL;DR – I’m going to ‘unpack’ the launch process I’ve been using to fill coaching programmes for the past few years and show you how you can apply those principles to get 1:1 clients and grow your coaching business. Sound good? Read on…

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FSOC – What’s the “inside” bit of “inside-out”?

Posted on March 18, 2022 by Jamie Smart

Happy Friday

I’m still in Portugal working on the 2nd edition of CLARITY. I talk a lot in the book about the inside-out understanding, so one of the things I’ve decided to do in the new edition is define “inside” and “outside” as clearly as I can.

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FSOC – The morphine of self-improvement

Posted on March 11, 2022 by Jamie Smart

I’m still in Portugal, writing the 2nd edition of CLARITY: Clear Mind, better Performance, Bigger Results, and at the moment, I’m working on Chapter 18 – Penicillin for the Mind. It starts with this line:

“There’s nothing in this world that you can’t turn into heroin…”

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