Always Better than Yesterday with Ryan Hartley | A Podcast for Heart Centred Leaders

On episode 179 I am joined by April Shprintz, creator of The Generosity culture and author of Magic Blue Rocks. April is a Business Accelerator, Speaker, and the Author of Magic Blue Rocks, the Secret to Doing Anything, a book about the life changing impact of a winning mindset. After spending 20 great years in a variety of industries solving problems, driving growth, and accelerating companies, April realized helping people is who she is, not just what she does. Generating over $1 Billion dollars in combined revenue, April left corporate America after her highest earning 7-figure year to form her own company and expand her impact. The creator of The Generosity Culture®, April lives her dream helping innovators and leaders grow their businesses through a combination of pouring into their people, their clients, and their community. A proud veteran, April served for nearly 7 years in the Air Force as a Television News Anchor and Executive Producer. She’s a graduate of the University of Maryland and holds an MBA from the University of Texas. In this episode you will hear: 00:30 the legacy of Aunt Sue 04:00 to do it right, you’ve got to help others 05:30 Magic Blue Rocks 09:00 The Generosity Culture - pouring into our people, clients and community 11:00 April’s book will make you feel you can do anything 13:30 benefiting from generosity without guilt (listener question from Peter) 18:00 Maverick team building 23:00 time invested not wasted 24:30 the most special thing you can be is someone who cares beyond the dollars exchanged 27:00 a generosity culture starts with the leader embodying generosity 31:30 working to the greater good of the most amount of people possible 35:00 it occurs to you because it 100% possible for you I hope this interview inspires your own heartset for generosity. Please do subscribe, leave a little review and share it with someone you wish to inspire too. Always love Ryan Connect with April Website: www.Drivenoutcomes.com IG: https://www.instagram.com/aprilshprintz/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aprilshprintz/ Connect with Always Better than Yesterday Come to our 5 Year Celebration Event! You can buy tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/abty-community-celebration-tickets-269908863677 Website: www.abty.co.uk Instagram: www.instagram.com/alwaysbetterthanyesterdayuk TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@abty_uk LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/abty Discord: https://discord.gg/Apm3Ja465j Facebook Community: www.facebook.com/groups/weareABTY Thank you to our friends at Elevate OM, proud supporters of the Always Better than Yesterday Interview Sessions. Head to www.elevateom.com for Online Marketing & Web Design services that are affordable, bespoke & awesome. Please email your questions and comments to podcast@abty.co.uk

Once you start to see the 20% of things that bring about 80% of your happiness or misery, you'll know what to do.  Pareto's Law: for many outcomes, roughly 80% of consequences come from 20% of causes.

Eustress : beneficial stress.  Too little stress, we don't show up. Too much stress, we don't show up.  An optimal amount of stress brings out the best in our performance and can leave us better, physically and mentally. 

The world is wrestling with improving equality, diversity and inclusion in the workplace. Here's a solution, but are we ready for it?

Let's zoom out and gain a different perspective on this human experience. 

Friends, we have a new website! Please visit www.abty.co.uk to connect with us at a heart level and see whether our heartwork may serve you better. On episode 178 I am joined by Shaman and Author, Ya’acov Darling Khan, Ya’Acov is the author of the best-selling Jaguar in the Body, Butterfly in the Heart – the Real-Life Initiation of an Everyday Shaman (Hay House 2017), and the recently released 'Shaman – Invoking Power, Purpose and Presence in the Core of Who YOU Are' (Hay House March 31 2020), is known for his blend of down-to-earth strength, humility and uplifting humour. He is acknowledged as a practicing shaman by the people who work with him world-wide and by many indigenous elder shamans and communities from the Arctic to the Amazon. His work is inspiring, contemporary and practical, and Ya’Acov’s audience includes people from all walks of life. In a time in which western society has become disconnected from ancestral and natural wisdom, much of his work is about education and removing the unhelpful mystique of the term ‘Shaman,’ meaning traditional healer. In this episode you will hear: 00:30 Shamanism in a modern world without needing to be struck by lightning 03:00 a lack of context for the Shaman 05:45 the heart and our source of inspiration 07:00 the tree of life 08:30 waking up to the mess and magnificence of life 11:00 elemental intelligence 16:45 honing our animal intelligence 22:45 all weathers of the heart 24:00 a relationship with our own mortality 26:30 we have all we need (except each other) 30:30 taking responsibility for all aspects of self 33:00 the ego is to serve the soul 34:00 jaguar in the body and butterfly in the heart 38:00 1+1=3 41:00 always on the edge of what’s known to us 43:30 a prayer for us all I hope this interview inspires your own personal evolution and leads you to trying one or two new things that will help you in your journey. Please do subscribe, leave a little review and share it with someone you wish to inspire too. Always love Ryan Connect with Ya’acov Darling Khan Website: https://www.darlingkhan.com/ IG: https://www.instagram.com/shamanyaacov/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmA8iwmNShYUcd2ccqAS4mA Connect with Always Better than Yesterday Come to our 5 Year Celebration Event! You can buy tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/abty-community-celebration-tickets-269908863677 Website: www.abty.co.uk Instagram: www.instagram.com/alwaysbetterthanyesterdayuk TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@abty_uk LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/abty Discord: https://discord.gg/Apm3Ja465j Facebook Community: www.facebook.com/groups/weareABTY Thank you to our friends at Elevate OM, proud supporters of the Always Better than Yesterday Interview Sessions. Head to www.elevateom.com for Online Marketing & Web Design services that are affordable, bespoke & awesome. Please email your questions and comments to podcast@abty.co.uk

Say goodbye to Simon Cowell, Beverley Knight and Irene... Let's stop making idols. Let's stop the doubt and judgment. Let's stop the obsession with self.  And instead realise we are all equal, take the lessons and move forward, while serving others from the overflow.  Like this one? Let me know podcast@abty.co.uk 

Too many business focus on growth and new customers over looking after the ones who have already committed their time, attention and resources to our products and services.  I believe heart-centred leaders should focus more effort on nurturing their community rather than solely focusing on growing it.  This is what Abbie will be doing with our community. I hope you feel the benefit.  Thank you for being here with us.  Always love  Ryan 

Your one prompt today: Who needs you at your best today? Will you bring them?

I went surfing this weekend and it helped me be a better parent. How? I brought back perspective. That persepctive created an inner state in me that called me to being a more patient, loving and accepting Dad. How might you gain perspective without having to suffer loss?