Greatness On Purpose

How to find exactly what you’re looking for. Key Takeaways The Baader-Meinhof Phenomenon is when you see something everywhere once you’ve noticed it for the first time This occurs because your subconscious can be primed to look for things or even interpret things in a certain way Prime your brain to find exactly what you’re looking for by getting clear on exactly what you’re looking for and then feeding your mind with it What you desire is already in front of you. You just have to open your eyes to see it “If you become clear on the type of opportunity you're looking for and prime your brain with what it looks like, you will suddenly begin to see those opportunities everywhere.” Connect: Follow me on Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook, or TikTok @cstollenmaier Join the Greatness On Purpose facebook group Sign up for my Newsletter Help: SHARE: You can share this podcast with one click on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Pinterest or by Email Instagram makes things a little trickier, but you can share a screenshot to your story and add this link: https://podcast.coachcolton.com/listen. On Instagram and Facebook, don’t forget to tag me @cstollenmaier! RATE & REVIEW: I’d be so honored and grateful if you would Rate & Review this podcast.  SUPPORT: Help make this show possible! Head over to my Patreon page to check out all the perks and consider joining the patron community!

How everything you’re doing might be keeping you from doing anything. Key Takeaways Motion is doing things, action creates an outcome or gets a result It's easy to get so caught up in motion that you never take action Make sure that your motion leads to action–as quickly as possible  “Action is the only thing that can transform ideas into impact.” Connect: Follow me on Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook, or TikTok @cstollenmaier Join the Greatness On Purpose facebook group Sign up for my Newsletter Help: SHARE: You can share this podcast with one click on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Pinterest or by Email Instagram makes things a little trickier, but you can share a screenshot to your story and add this link: https://podcast.coachcolton.com/listen. On Instagram and Facebook, don’t forget to tag me @cstollenmaier! RATE & REVIEW: I’d be so honored and grateful if you would Rate & Review this podcast.  SUPPORT: Help make this show possible! Head over to my Patreon page to check out all the perks and consider joining the patron community!

The difference you’re already making, whether you know it or not.  Key Takeaways Every word and action makes an impact The smallest choices can have unimaginable effects You have inevitable impact. Make sure it’s intentional impact! “Even though the ways you are changing the world may seem tiny and almost imperceptible, you cannot imagine how far they can reach.” Connect: Follow me on Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook, or TikTok @cstollenmaier Join the Greatness On Purpose facebook group Sign up for my Newsletter Help: SHARE: You can share this podcast with one click on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Pinterest or by Email Instagram makes things a little trickier, but you can share a screenshot to your story and add this link: https://podcast.coachcolton.com/listen. On Instagram and Facebook, don’t forget to tag me @cstollenmaier! RATE & REVIEW: I’d be so honored and grateful if you would Rate & Review this podcast.  SUPPORT: Help make this show possible! Head over to my Patreon page to check out all the perks and consider joining the patron community!

Why you might be totally missing your purpose. Key Takeaways There are professions you don’t even know exist There are successful businesses you wouldn’t believe If you’ve ever worried that you don’t have a purpose, or that you’ll never figure it out, maybe you just haven’t heard of it yet–or maybe you need to go out and create it Commit to learning about new causes and ways to serve for as long as you're alive “The world is waiting for what only you can give.” Connect: Follow me on Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook, or TikTok @cstollenmaier Join the Greatness On Purpose facebook group Sign up for my Newsletter Help: SHARE: You can share this podcast with one click on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Pinterest or by Email Instagram makes things a little trickier, but you can share a screenshot to your story and add this link: https://podcast.coachcolton.com/listen. On Instagram and Facebook, don’t forget to tag me @cstollenmaier! RATE & REVIEW: I’d be so honored and grateful if you would Rate & Review this podcast.  SUPPORT: Help make this show possible! Head over to my Patreon page to check out all the perks and consider joining the patron community!

How my work is far from perfect, and why that’s exactly where I want it to be. Key Takeaways Obtaining perfection would be a huge let down The best you can do means you can never do better The best you can do means you can never get better And of course, waiting until it’s the best you can do means you will never do it at all “Do your best, but your best right now; what you can, with what you have, where you are.” Connect: Follow me on Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook, or TikTok @cstollenmaier Join the Greatness On Purpose facebook group Sign up for my Newsletter Help: SHARE: You can share this podcast with one click on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Pinterest or by Email Instagram makes things a little trickier, but you can share a screenshot to your story and add this link: https://podcast.coachcolton.com/listen. On Instagram and Facebook, don’t forget to tag me @cstollenmaier! RATE & REVIEW: I’d be so honored and grateful if you would Rate & Review this podcast.  SUPPORT: Help make this show possible! Head over to my Patreon page to check out all the perks and consider joining the patron community!

Whether or not you can really be anything you want to be Key Takeaways The truth? It doesn’t matter! You’re here to be you.  You wouldn't be happier being someone or something else. The happiest you can possibly be can only be achieved by being fully, truly, you! If you could see yourself as you were made to be–who you truly are beneath all the lies, judgements, labels, and projections–you would fall in love.  You have what it takes to be who you were made to be. “Trust me, there is no one else you’d rather be.” Connect: Follow me on Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook, or TikTok @cstollenmaier Join the Greatness On Purpose facebook group Sign up for my Newsletter Help: SHARE: You can share this podcast with one click on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Pinterest or by Email Instagram makes things a little trickier, but you can share a screenshot to your story and add this link: https://podcast.coachcolton.com/listen. On Instagram and Facebook, don’t forget to tag me @cstollenmaier! RATE & REVIEW: I’d be so honored and grateful if you would Rate & Review this podcast.  SUPPORT: Help make this show possible! Head over to my Patreon page to check out all the perks and consider joining the patron community!

Why you keep letting yourself down, and how to stop it from ever happening again. Key Takeaways We can’t get away from ourselves, so we have to do the work to shift our self-talk, our thought patterns, our perspectives, and the stories we tell ourselves To do this, we have to notice, create space, label, understand, let go, and choose something new You’re letting yourself down because you’re holding yourself up to an impossible standard Real and meaningful change takes time, patience, and persistence “It's time to stop believing the lie that your best looks like perfection. It looks like trying. And sometimes failing.” Connect: Follow me on Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook, or TikTok @cstollenmaier Join the Greatness On Purpose facebook group Sign up for my Newsletter Help: SHARE: You can share this podcast with one click on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Pinterest or by Email Instagram makes things a little trickier, but you can share a screenshot to your story and add this link: https://podcast.coachcolton.com/listen. On Instagram and Facebook, don’t forget to tag me @cstollenmaier! RATE & REVIEW: I’d be so honored and grateful if you would Rate & Review this podcast.  SUPPORT: Help make this show possible! Head over to my Patreon page to check out all the perks and consider joining the patron community!

A secret formula for loving the uncomfortable parts of the journey. Key Takeaways Vision, attachment, and gratitude: if you follow these 3 steps, you can create enjoyment even in unpleasant tasks When the process itself becomes the outcome you are seeking, you will inevitably enjoy it Plus an incredibly important secret most people never learn–but you have to listen until the end! “When you release your grasping and expand your vision, the pain goes down and the possibility goes up.” Connect: Follow me on Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook, or TikTok @cstollenmaier Join the Greatness On Purpose facebook group Sign up for my Newsletter Help: SHARE: You can share this podcast with one click on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Pinterest or by Email Instagram makes things a little trickier, but you can share a screenshot to your story and add this link: https://podcast.coachcolton.com/listen. On Instagram and Facebook, don’t forget to tag me @cstollenmaier! RATE & REVIEW: I’d be so honored and grateful if you would Rate & Review this podcast.  SUPPORT: Help make this show possible! Head over to my Patreon page to check out all the perks and consider joining the patron community!

How to guarantee a life full of meaning, fulfillment, and impact. Key Takeaways The stuff that fills your days is not the true measure of meaning, fulfillment, happiness, and purpose It’s how you engage with your day and all its “stuff” that matters Start each day off by touching your purpose–it will give you more life and energy than a triple shot of espresso! “If you start your day like that each morning, your day will be filled with meaning and purpose right from the start.” Connect: Follow me on Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook, or TikTok @cstollenmaier Join the Greatness On Purpose facebook group Sign up for my Newsletter Help: SHARE: You can share this podcast with one click on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Pinterest or by Email Instagram makes things a little trickier, but you can share a screenshot to your story and add this link: https://podcast.coachcolton.com/listen. On Instagram and Facebook, don’t forget to tag me @cstollenmaier! RATE & REVIEW: I’d be so honored and grateful if you would Rate & Review this podcast.  SUPPORT: Help make this show possible! Head over to my Patreon page to check out all the perks and consider joining the patron community!

Why Learning from experience is actually the worst way to learn. Key Takeaways You can learn from reinforcement or punishment Life gives you the opportunity to learn from reinforcement first, but it will make sure that you learn the lesson some way How you learn is up to you  Choose reinforcement, not punishment  “There is no lesson that you must learn the hard way. But life will make sure that you learn the lesson some way.” Connect: Follow me on Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook, or TikTok @cstollenmaier Join the Greatness On Purpose facebook group Sign up for my Newsletter Help: SHARE: You can share this podcast with one click on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Pinterest or by Email Instagram makes things a little trickier, but you can share a screenshot to your story and add this link: https://podcast.coachcolton.com/listen. On Instagram and Facebook, don’t forget to tag me @cstollenmaier! RATE & REVIEW: I’d be so honored and grateful if you would Rate & Review this podcast.  SUPPORT: Help make this show possible! Head over to my Patreon page to check out all the perks and consider joining the patron community!

Why you need to ditch your teacher. They’re the worst. Key Takeaways Far too often, we choose to learn things the hard way Learning through your own experience isn’t just unnecessary, it’s foolish Pain is scientifically proven to be the worst teacher “So I turned that treadmill up as fast as it would go, took a deep breath, said, 'All right, here we go!', and jumped on” Connect: Follow me on Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook, or TikTok @cstollenmaier Join the Greatness On Purpose facebook group Sign up for my Newsletter Help: SHARE: You can share this podcast with one click on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Pinterest or by Email Instagram makes things a little trickier, but you can share a screenshot to your story and add this link: https://podcast.coachcolton.com/listen. On Instagram and Facebook, don’t forget to tag me @cstollenmaier! RATE & REVIEW: I’d be so honored and grateful if you would Rate & Review this podcast.  SUPPORT: Help make this show possible! Head over to my Patreon page to check out all the perks and consider joining the patron community!

A simple intention you can make every day that can change the world. Key Takeaways Exceptional interactions have exceptional impacts, and can ripple across communities, countries, and continents All it takes to be worth talking about is seeing others; noticing what's happening and doing what you can, with what you have, where you are Commit each day to be exceptional in one interaction with one person. Be the story someone tells tonight! “It was a story we told our friends at dinner and that we talked about together before going to bed that night. Because he did something so simple and yet exceptional.” Connect: Follow me on Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook, or TikTok @cstollenmaier Join the Greatness On Purpose facebook group Sign up for my Newsletter Help: SHARE: You can share this podcast with one click on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Pinterest or by Email Instagram makes things a little trickier, but you can share a screenshot to your story and add this link: https://podcast.coachcolton.com/listen. On Instagram and Facebook, don’t forget to tag me @cstollenmaier! RATE & REVIEW: I’d be so honored and grateful if you would Rate & Review this podcast.  SUPPORT: Help make this show possible! Head over to my Patreon page to check out all the perks and consider joining the patron community!

Why my two-year-old is more successful than you. Key Takeaways The amount of things that we learn and overcome in the first years of our lives is staggering Mastery requires intense iteration  Intense iteration requires motivation and commitment Joyful mastery requires a love for the process “Otherwise, you'll either never attain it, or you'll be miserable along the way.” Connect: Follow me on Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook, or TikTok @cstollenmaier Join the Greatness On Purpose facebook group Sign up for my Newsletter Help: SHARE: You can share this podcast with one click on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Pinterest or by Email Instagram makes things a little trickier, but you can share a screenshot to your story and add this link: https://podcast.coachcolton.com/listen. On Instagram and Facebook, don’t forget to tag me @cstollenmaier! RATE & REVIEW: I’d be so honored and grateful if you would Rate & Review this podcast.  SUPPORT: Help make this show possible! Head over to my Patreon page to check out all the perks and consider joining the patron community!

2 simple steps to be happier today and better tomorrow. Key Takeaways We always have crap in our lives By accepting your circumstances and changing your focus to the positive, you gain the power to be happier in the present and make change for the future; happier today, better tomorrow “Of course life isn't all sunshine and rainbows; it's all rain and rainbows. Otherwise, there wouldn't be any rainbows!” Connect: Follow me on Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook, or TikTok @cstollenmaier Join the Greatness On Purpose facebook group Sign up for my Newsletter Help: SHARE: You can share this podcast with one click on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Pinterest or by Email Instagram makes things a little trickier, but you can share a screenshot to your story and add this link: https://podcast.coachcolton.com/listen. On Instagram and Facebook, don’t forget to tag me @cstollenmaier! RATE & REVIEW: I’d be so honored and grateful if you would Rate & Review this podcast.  SUPPORT: Help make this show possible! Head over to my Patreon page to check out all the perks and consider joining the patron community!

It's our quarterly week off, but I have a special bonus episode for you! It comes from my friend Candace Olusola's podcast, First Paso. Candace Olusola is an authentically dynamic keynote speaker, pharmacist, certified life coach, and advocate for healthcare & public health, is a champion for people wanting to embrace their whole selves, unlock their purpose, and walk in the freedom to live their most fulfilled life for the rest of their life. She is a true advocate of complete healing & restoration. What decision have you struggled to make because you weren't sure what your first step should be? First Paso Podcast is a podcast that helps you figure out those crucial steps to take to get you to places you dream to go. Host Candace Olusola believes that the stories of others need to be heard, stories meant to propel others into becoming the best version of themselves. Using the power of her own story and that of others, she shows how the freedom to live your most fulfilled life for the rest of your life may just be one step away. On this episode of First Paso, she discusses how living a life free to be who you were purposed to be isn’t as straightforward as we’d like for it to be. What have you found to be challenging in your journey to living fully free? Listen as she explains the 2 phases of freedom, what makes them both important, and how you can enter into and persevere in both. Links/Resources First Paso Podcast Greatness On Purpose Email Community Connect: Follow me on Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook, or TikTok @cstollenmaier Join the Greatness On Purpose facebook community Sign up for my Newsletter Help: SHARE: You can share this podcast with one click on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Pinterest or by Email Instagram makes things a little trickier, but you can share a screenshot to your story and add this link: https://podcast.coachcolton.com/listen. On Instagram and Facebook, don’t forget to tag me @cstollenmaier! RATE & REVIEW: I’d be so honored and grateful if you would Rate & Review this podcast.  SUPPORT: Help make this show possible! Head over to my Patreon page to check out all the perks and consider joining the patron community!

You need to burn off the underbrush before the whole forest goes down. Key Takeaways Emotions are a processing tool If you smother that fire, the cause will still be there, weighing you down, holding you back, and causing damage You have to learn to burn the fuel without being consumed “What I'm about to share is stuff you should know.” Connect: Follow me on Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook, or TikTok @cstollenmaier Join the Greatness On Purpose facebook group Sign up for my Newsletter Help: SHARE: You can share this podcast with one click on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Pinterest or by Email Instagram makes things a little trickier, but you can share a screenshot to your story and add this link: https://podcast.coachcolton.com/listen. On Instagram and Facebook, don’t forget to tag me @cstollenmaier! RATE & REVIEW: I’d be so honored and grateful if you would Rate & Review this podcast.  SUPPORT: Help make this show possible! Head over to my Patreon page to check out all the perks and consider joining the patron community!

How you just might be tricking yourself into thinking you really care. Key Takeaways It’s easy to get upset about others’ behavior and indifference on important subjects But that indignation and judgment can become a mask to hide our own inaction and an excuse for not doing more Don’t let judgment be a stand-in for action; if you really care, do what you can, with what you have, where you are “This sneaky mindset affects all of us.” Connect: Follow me on Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook, or TikTok @cstollenmaier Join the Greatness On Purpose facebook group Sign up for my Newsletter Help: SHARE: You can share this podcast with one click on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Pinterest or by Email Instagram makes things a little trickier, but you can share a screenshot to your story and add this link: https://podcast.coachcolton.com/listen. On Instagram and Facebook, don’t forget to tag me @cstollenmaier! RATE & REVIEW: I’d be so honored and grateful if you would Rate & Review this podcast.  SUPPORT: Help make this show possible! Head over to my Patreon page to check out all the perks and consider joining the patron community!

How to know if you're going the wrong way (and save a hundred thousand dollars). Key Takeaways I made a silly choice in my early 20s, but that wasn’t the real mistake The real mistakes were quitting before I’d succeeded and ignoring my soul If you’re not in alignment with your truest self, you’re going the wrong way It’s not over until you win “Whatever I was chasing, it wasn't my calling, it wasn't my purpose.” Connect: Follow me on Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook, or TikTok @cstollenmaier Join the Greatness On Purpose facebook group Sign up for my Newsletter Help: SHARE: You can share this podcast with one click on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Pinterest or by Email Instagram makes things a little trickier, but you can share a screenshot to your story and add this link: https://podcast.coachcolton.com/listen. On Instagram and Facebook, don’t forget to tag me @cstollenmaier! RATE & REVIEW: I’d be so honored and grateful if you would Rate & Review this podcast.  SUPPORT: Help make this show possible! Head over to my Patreon page to check out all the perks and consider joining the patron community!

A simple trick that will completely change your reading game. Key Takeaways I loved reading until I got to high school. I lost my passion and thought I’d become lazy It took me years to finally realize that I just didn’t like what I was reading The crazy trick to reading more is to ask yourself, "Do I actually LIKE what I'm reading?" And if you don't, STOP and pick something else. That's it! “I finally learned that I wasn't lazy.” Connect: Follow me on Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook, or TikTok @cstollenmaier Join the Greatness On Purpose facebook group Sign up for my Newsletter Help: SHARE: You can share this podcast with one click on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Pinterest or by Email Instagram makes things a little trickier, but you can share a screenshot to your story and add this link: https://podcast.coachcolton.com/listen. On Instagram and Facebook, don’t forget to tag me @cstollenmaier! RATE & REVIEW: I’d be so honored and grateful if you would Rate & Review this podcast.  SUPPORT: Help make this show possible! Head over to my Patreon page to check out all the perks and consider joining the patron community!

If you don’t know why you’re alive, do this 1 thing today. Key Takeaways You never know when life is giving you the opportunity to discover your purpose The key to discovering your purpose is saying YES to opportunities If you haven't truly found what makes you come alive yet, find something new to say yes to  If you have, give that opportunity to others by sharing your passion with them “Have you discovered what makes you come alive yet?” Connect: Follow me on Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook, or TikTok @cstollenmaier Join the Greatness On Purpose facebook group Sign up for my Newsletter Help: SHARE: You can share this podcast with one click on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Pinterest or by Email Instagram makes things a little trickier, but you can share a screenshot to your story and add this link: https://podcast.coachcolton.com/listen. On Instagram and Facebook, don’t forget to tag me @cstollenmaier! RATE & REVIEW: I’d be so honored and grateful if you would Rate & Review this podcast.  SUPPORT: Help make this show possible! Head over to my Patreon page to check out all the perks and consider joining the patron community!