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Обсуждаем уход за собой, спортивные привычки, массаж, спорт, аргентинское танго и почему скоро всё больше людей начнут делать анализ на микроэлементы и витамины. Марго делится опытом, как она похудела на 7 килограмм за полтора месяца.
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Today’s episode is a very special one, because Alex & Mimi are taking turns to share the mic, while interviewing their very good friend and favourite Yoga teacher - Celest Pereira.
Originally from Richards Bay in South Africa and immigrating to the UK 10+ years ago to study a BSc (Hons) in Physiotherapy. Celest is being labelled as one of the best Yoga teachers in London and is internationally recognised by big Activewear brands like lululemon.
Alex and Mimi investigate what makes this shy small town girl with packed out classes, so special.
“Celest is living proof of the concept of never judging a book by it’s cover, now I really know her, I can totally see how hard she must have worked to make this happen” - Mimi Ikonn
She applied for so many physiotherapy jobs on graduation but a bottleneck in the industry, with too little jobs and too many like minded graduates all scrambling for the same position, had he working 12 hour shifts at McDonalds. With massage therapy jobs available for her qualification, She was grateful for the odd substitute Yoga teaching job for a friends class.
After a month learning how to teach Yoga properly in India, she started gaining more interest in her own right and classes started to pick up in demand. But some people were not used to her own original take on the traditional dry boring Yoga class. Celest instead crafted her own fresh approach that has made for a much more enjoyable experience.
“The look on someone’s face when they get it, that smile, that connection. I love it, it’s like a drug” - Celest Pereira
She explains how it used to really upset her to see people leaving the class if they didn’t get it and found it easy to get caught up in the fuss, somethings that really didn’t matter. She soon found a change in her mindset after a long time trying to copy what other Yogi’s did. “All that chanting, sanskrit and chakras just never resonated with me”, she says. So she gave up the the focused, dry, quiet room for her favourite playlist and a more friendly, lively, relatable approach.
It was time for Celest to drop the ego that surrounds many Yoga instructors.
She is keen share the importance of ‘making students feel like you ACTUALLY CARE’. Also how she picked up some quick simple teaching tips from a martial arts class, siting other learning materials for developing her confidence too. She had real fear and anxiety about standing and speaking in front of a crowd, but the Tony Robbins course UPW (Unleash The Power Within) and Paul Mckenna hypnosis course Instant Confidence helped her on her way!
You’ll also learn
How a quick mirror visualisation trick can bring goosebump revelations Why it’s important to be grateful for living in our time How big cities can seem like the loneliest places Why being desperate can fuel you How important it is to accept every opportunity Finding your own niche of people that give you energy That don’t just step into authenticity Take influences from outside of the usual How darker clubland self kick started her need to always improve
Hope you enjoyed this week’s episode with Celest, you can find out more about her here:
Find Books and resources mentioned here:
Unleash The Power Within - by Tony Robbins Instant Confidence - by Paul McKenna Ph.D.Lululemon - Activewear
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The tables have turned and today it’s time for Alex to shine the spotlight on Mimi. Behind all that public social media presence, Who is the real Mimi…? And is that even her real name?
Originally a Caspian Sea girl from the city of Baku in the country of Azerbaijan. Mimi tells her story of how watching American movies as a child with her sister Leyla, made her want to jump in front of a camera.
After finding a painting recently, that she had once painted, depicting that very same scenario, (maybe on subconscious level) the world would have it - that’s where Mimi would end up. But it wasn’t always that obvious.
Early ideas of becoming a dancer, a model or even a pianist (If her mom would have her own way) would soon be thrown out of the window. Instead, frequently looking up to the sky and watching planes pass by, she turned to visualising herself travelling everywhere in the world.When her family decided to immigrate to Canada, she felt as if she was walking right into her dreams as she boarded her very first airplane. But the cold shock of Winter in Canada awoke Mimi to reality that her dreams were not always going to be 100% as she imagined.
At the same time dealing with the school bullies that pushed her for a F.O.B (fresh off the boat) reaction, she quickly realised it was best to ignore them and spend some time soul searching for her real self. Albeit a new one.“You have to protect and defend yourself, you have to observe your reactions to other peoples messages. If you learn, fine! If you learn nothing, move on, don’t attach yourself to something that isn’t your problem.” - Mimi Ikonn
While saving up for weeks at her first Job she decided it was time to change her name legally to one both her family and friends had been calling her for most of her life. A new name - a new start!
From here she tried a few jobs and bared the responsibility helping towards paying her parents mortgage, bills and even saved to buying her first car. Her story then takes us to meeting Alex, dropping out of college, working a dream job in image consulting and founding Luxy Hair.
In the second half of this story; Mimi explains how she was so used to operating in survival mode. So much so, that when she finally arrived at financial well being, she only found herself becoming severely depressed at the thought of it. Again, not all being quite as she’d imagined.
She takes us behind the mindset changes she needed to go through including visiting a 10 day meditation trip to a Vipassana Retreat. And how a specific incident with her guiding Monk changed her life forever!
“You can not run away from yourself, where are you gonna go? If there’s a problem we’ll call ambulance.” - The Real Voice of SANITY
You’ll learn:
What keeps Mimi going Her passion for giving value to her audience Why social media is important - and it’s not about money Why she chooses to not post on her darker days How staying humble gives her energy How she can’t make a fake smile Why money isn’t a motivator Why she has to share everyday....And so much more.
Hope you enjoyed this week’s episode, you can find out more about Alex and Mimi here:
Mimi’s Instagram
https://www.youtube.com/mimiikonn
https://www.youtube.com/alexikonn
You can find out more about Vipassana here: 10 Day Meditation Retreats
Produced by Jason Sanderson - Podcast Tech -
Как мы отмечаем 14 февраля и почему важно делать для себя что-то приятное не только по праздникам. Также обсуждаем отношения на работе – за и против!
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О том, почему “менеджер” не означает “лидер”, что делать со страхом начинать что-то новое и как расслабиться и позволить жизни происходить.
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It’s easy to paint a picture of someone living their dream life and imagine it must have come easy, on a plate.
In this GIANT MUST LISTEN episode we find out the TRUE JOURNEY of what it takes to build a multi-million dollar business and then hand it over to someone else.
Alex and Mimi takes us behind the scenes and share their humble beginnings, ups, downs and everything in between. This is the journey you’re going to hear;
Meeting each other while working in a bank in Toronto, Canada. Living together at Alex’s mom’s house. Alex studying Business school at nights while working full-time at the bank Mimi working many jobs and helping her family. Mimi dropping out of College. Alex getting fired and Mimi quitting the bank. Building a credit score, using debt as an advantage. How a near wedding disaster brought them a market opportunity. Soaking up knowledge from working in other businesses. Hiring the right employees and management that make business easier. Living in other countries and becoming location independent. Making money in your sleep. How the 4 hour work week made sense... and when it didn’t. Passion, growth and a founding members departure. Depression, happiness and when realities start hitting. Moving to London and operating a company from across the ocean. Finally Living their dream life after persistence. Building your company into an asset. The decision to sell Luxy Hair.All this and so much more.
Hope you enjoyed this week’s episode, you can find out more about Alex and Mimi here:
Produced by Jason Sanderson - Podcast Tech
Show notes @ https://www.ikonns.com/podcast/episode3
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Lulu always had her life painted out for her, a product of tiger parents, she was going to be a Doctor. More specifically an optometrist. And failure wasn’t an option.
When a bad grade at school threw her a curveball, she swapped paths for pursuing a MBA instead. She worked as a business consultant for a brief moment and quickly realised this wasn’t her dream either.
After stumbling across Mimi’s Morning Routines video, Lulu was inspired.
Then she did what no one expected of her, she opted for a pay drop and applied to work with Alex and Mimi as a social media customer service assistant. This was a bold brave move!
Alex quickly saw potential in her and during a sit down meal, the principles and importance of prior preparation was proved. The spark in Lulu’s eyes was seen and she blew Alex and Mimi away with her ideas.
Lulu tells us how she had an ambitious 3 month goal of excelling beyond her role, from operational assistant to manager, then to CEO without real prior experience of what she was getting herself into. And how her starting job title only made her push harder.
She shares techniques about;
Breaking the permission seeking role for an extreme ownership model. Obsessive book reading and how Jack Canfield’s Success Principles shaped her the most. Adding value is the main indicator of her success. Not playing the victim card. Always coming up with the solution by creating a motion of next steps. Being humble and not expecting that she deserves everything handed to her, allows her to grow. How having a curious mind and becoming an infinite learner keeps her in the game.Her words of wisdom are beyond her age. We’ve loved chatting with her and learning how she’s developed processes that allowed Luxy to grow beyond our expectations, filling in the gaps we never knew that need filling. She’s an exceptional young woman.
Hope you enjoyed this week’s episode with Lulu, you can find out more about her and Luxy Hair here:
Find the inspirational books Lulu mentioned here:
Success Principles - How to Get from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be by Jack Canfield Scaling Up - How a Few Companies Make It...and Why the Rest Don't by Verne Harnish Traction - Get a Grip on Your Business by Gino WickmanAlso the tools she likes use that gets her ahead:
Trello.com - Trello’s boards, lists, and cards enable you to organize and prioritize your projects in a fun, flexible and rewarding way.
Slack.com - Slack is a collaboration hub, where the right people and the right information come together, helping everyone get work done.
Zoom.us - The next generation enterprise phone system
Intelligentchange.com - The Five Minute Journal
Produced by Jason Sanderson - Podcast TechShow notes @ https://www.ikonns.com/podcast/episode4
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In this episode Alex and Mimi do a deep dive into perfectionism. When is it good... or bad to be aiming for PERFECT.
Mimi finds that perfectionism, at least for creative people like herself, can hold her back. Forcing her to shelve projects she’s worked on, but are not good enough (...in her own mind)!
Alex argues the opposite. That it’s that very same desire to do better that spurs genuine excellence. The need to push through those moments when you wish to give in, often lead to a much better quality outcome. Mimi agrees. She even feels she’s had to work twice as hard because she didn’t feel exceptional at times.
“People say why are you improving on things that already work - Well, i completely respect those that do, because they are the ones pushing boundaries” - Alex Ikonn
Mimi explores her own past and looks into how labels imprinted on young people have an effect later in life, with a need to live up to those superimposed titles. She shares one of her favourite books on the subject of Fixed Vs. Growth Mindset By Carol Dweck.
They then go deeper with a concept from a favourite book - Linchpin by Seth Godin.
Perfectionism is a very ‘Lizzard-Brain’ part of our evolutionary biology. It’s one of our innate survival techniques, it’s imperative we avoid being ostracised or thrown out of our social group that we depend on. It’s this very concept the holds back from sharing when we feel things aren’t perfect.
“Screw it - Ship it - At some point you need to just get it out there” - Mimi Ikonn
There’s always going to be a gap between your starting skills and where you will end up, if you just keep creating. When you’re young your work isn’t the best. As you mature you grow taste and your work gets better. Alex shares a great video on the subject by Ira Glass. Instead of asking ‘does the publisher agree with this’, ‘what will people say?’ Just live by your own standard and then get it out there. The more you can move on to the next thing, the more you can develop taste and learn as you go.
“I built so many crap websites before i built a good one” - Alex Ikonn
Mimi shares one more book for your reading list Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert, where a few choice words of what to spread on your sandwich... and then eating it, will surely get you pushing through your moments of doubt when perfectionism strikes.
Hope you enjoyed this week’s episode with Alex & Mimi
Find the inspirational books mentioned in this episode here:
Mindset - The New Psychology of Success by Carol Dweck
Linchpin - Are You Indispensable? By Seth Godin
Big Magic - Creative Living Beyond Fear by Elizabeth Gilbert
Video about ‘The Gap’ by Ira Glass
Produced by Jason Sanderson - Podcast TechShow notes @ https://www.ikonns.com/podcast/episode5
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