The Shaun McCambridge Podcast Living a Purposeful Life with James Laughlin
James Laughlin is a High-Performance Leadership Coach, he has worked with elite athletes, CEOs and huge companies, just to name a few. But above that, James is incredibly passionate about inspiring others to find their purpose, one step at a time.
2.00 - James speaks to his upbringing in North Ireland, which was not the easiest of upbringings given the hardships their nation faced.
But James was given the option of “Detention or Drumsticks” which ultimately helped shape his path more than he would have realised.
4.30 - James enters Christchurch
A lot of the shift is psychological, it’s vision setting and working through beliefs. Inspiring through the story will get the buy-in.
6.00 - Moving from “9-5, to a Purpose driven life”
No more of what I am doing, this is what I am going to do.
James is passionate about the growth and is the “pain in the ass” always asking what’s next. He realised he wanted to know “what is next?”
8.30 - Am I truly living out my Dharma? Your potential and passion. The life I am meant to be living.
We know it doesn’t feel right, but we don’t know where to go or what the first step might look like.
9.34 - How can I help people that are passionate about making a difference?
10.00 - The Transition
The 10,000-hour rule, get the repetitions in. When you make the leap from the comfort you have the repetitions there. Don’t miss this potential part of your life, the potential you have.
12.20 - Mindset Psychology
James talks about how his mindset set him up, and how brains lead to performance.
Ask Questions.
14.20 - You are in your own way, how can we get you out of your own way?
15.30 - The fundamentals of High-Performance Leadership
What is high performance? Athletes? Celebrities?
When health ended, that is where the high performance began.
High performance is performing above those standard norms, that industry whether it be as a CEO, a parent, or a worker, doesn’t matter what it is, it’s performing above the standard long term.
Stay in the game whilst maintaining positive well-being and relationships.
17.00 - Often our work and our stresses can impact our well-being
High-performance leadership starts with leading ourselves before others.
Develop yourself before others.
Shaun - “Get the harmony between personal and professional”
18.30 - What it takes to be “a Great Dad”
Shaun - “Absent doesn’t mean physically absent, it’s more mentally absent”
23.00 - Tackling Mental Health early on
LABEL EMOTIONS. For kids to say “ I am sad/mad/angry and this is why I feel this way”. Understand your emotions and know it’s okay to feel this.
Have a conversation, be curious and understand other people’s emotions.
There’s an alternative to kids hiding themselves
26.00 - Consciously Uncoupling
“Growing apart can be difficult or beautiful”
Happily even after
31.30 - James’ thoughts on Sir John Key
The remarkable things about Sir John:
I am going to make a million dollars and become Prime Minister
(And he followed through on this)
He is sharp and follows through
John connects with everyone, you feel like he cares and he does
34.30 - Rituals you have to be your best self
Shaun - Limited beliefs can put a ceiling to where you can get to in life
James - We are a product of our habits. And we all have habits, whether they are good or bad, whether they are empowering or not. So when it comes to Limiting Beliefs or Crafting Intentions you need to heighten your awareness.
People who are more heightened with self-awareness have more choices, make better choices, and get better results.
People that are narrow-sighted, with blinkers on, often miss out on the joy, passion and goof stuff.
36.00 - 3 key things to heighten your awareness
- Mindfulness - taking time to slow down. Go through your analytical mind to your subconscious mind. Practice makes permanence
- Journal WRITING - challenges, show up for people
- COACH/MENTOR - whether it be a coach online or in person, find someone that challenges you
39.45 - Limiting beliefs
These are subconscious and don’t feel like they are on the surface but they can be triggered, like “You are not good enough”. They show up when you are sabotaging yourself.
Procrastination is a great way to recognise you have a limiting belief. A great way to let go of your limiting beliefs? Release of the hurt, fear, and scarcity.
What truly matters and why are you not getting it?