Crisis to Opportunity (Podcast) Archives - Dr. Jim Taylor
Crisis to Opportunity (Podcast) Archives - Dr. Jim Taylor
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Crisis to Opportunity Podcast: Episode #36-Lights…Camera…Action!
Episode #36: Lights…Camera…Action! of my Crisis to Opportunity podcast is the last of four in which I will wrap up my podcast by exploring how to take everything you’ve learned in this podcast and prepare you to take action that will help you positively confront and, hopefully, overcome the crisis you are faced with. Everything I’ve discussed in […]
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Crisis to Opportunity Podcast: Episode #35-Madness to Method
Episode #35: Madness to Method of my Crisis to Opportunity podcast is the third of four in which I will wrap up my podcast by exploring how to take everything you’ve learned in this podcast and prepare you to take action that will help you positively confront and, hopefully, overcome the crisis you are faced with. Quite simply, […]
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Crisis to Opportunity Podcast: Episode #34-Uncertain to Decisive
Episode #34: Uncertain to Decisive of my Crisis to Opportunity podcast is the second of four in which I will wrap up my podcast by exploring how to take everything you’ve learned in this podcast and prepare you to take action that will help you positively confront and, hopefully, overcome the crisis you are faced with. Uncertainty is […]
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Crisis to Opportunity Podcast: Episode #33-Blurry to 20/20
Episode #33: Blurry to 20/20 of my Crisis to Opportunity podcast is the first of four in which I will wrap up my podcast by exploring how to take everything you’ve learned in this podcast and prepare you to take action that will help you positively confront and, hopefully, overcome the crisis you are faced with. Of course, […]
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Crisis to Opportunity Podcast: Episode #32: Distracted to Focused
Episode #32: Distracted to Focused of my Crisis to Opportunity podcast is the fourth of four episodes in which I explore the importance of what I call mental muscles in how you respond to a crisis. Focus may be the most underappreciated and misunderstood mental aspect that contributes to how we respond in a crisis. There […]
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Crisis to Opportunity Podcast: Episode #31-Surrender to Determination
Episode #31: Surrender to Determination of my Crisis to Opportunity podcast is the third of four episodes in which I explore the importance of what I call mental muscles in how you respond to a crisis. A crisis is like a very high and treacherous mountain that confronts you on your road of life. Some […]
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Crisis to Opportunity Podcast: Episode #30-Doubt to Confidence-Part II
Episode #30: Doubt to Confidence-Part II of my Crisis to Opportunity podcast is the second of four in which I explore the importance of what I call mental muscles in how you respond to a crisis. Ultimately, the goal of having confidence is to develop a strong and resilient belief in your ability to overcome […]
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Crisis to Opportunity Podcast: Episode #29-Doubt to Confidence-Part I
Episode #29: Doubt to Confidence-Part I of my Crisis to Opportunity podcast is the first of four in which I explore the importance of what I call mental muscles in how you respond to a crisis. I see the cerebral cortex as comprised of mental “muscles” that can be strong, weak, or injured. Like physical […]
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Crisis to Opportunity Podcast: Episode #28-Comfort to Risk
Episode #28: Comfort to Risk of my Crisis to Opportunity podcast is the third of four in which I explore the importance of mindset in how you respond to a crisis. “Mindset,” is an essential and little addressed contributor to athletic success and a mental area that has only come to light in my work […]
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Crisis to Opportunity Podcast: Episode #27-Disrupted to Stable
Episode #27: Disrupted to Stable of my Crisis to Opportunity podcast is the third of four in which I explore the importance of mindset in how you respond to a crisis. One thing that a crisis does is cause a massive disruption in what had likely been a stable life. Think about everything in your life that […]
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Crisis to Opportunity Podcast: Episode #26-Pessimism to Optimism-Part II
Episode #26: Pessimism to Optimism-Part II of my Crisis to Opportunity podcast is the second of four in which I explore the importance of mindset in how you respond to a crisis. An optimistic mindset views the world through a lens that is at the opposite end of the continuum from pessimism. Optimism is “a […]
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Crisis to Opportunity Podcast: Episode #25-Pessimism to Optimism-Part I
Episode #25: Pessimism to Optimism-Part I of my Crisis to Opportunity podcast is the first of four in which I explore the importance of mindset in how you respond to a crisis. Rather than viewing mindset as similar to attitude, I see mindset as one step closer to consciousness and everyday life. Attitudes guide your […]
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Crisis to Opportunity Podcast: Episode #24-Outcome to Process
Episode #24: Outcome to Process of my Crisis to Opportunity podcast is the last of four episodes in which I explore the importance of attitude in how you respond to a crisis. This episode examines how an outcome attitude and a process attitude have a vastly different impact on how you respond to a crisis. […]
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Crisis to Opportunity Podcast: Episode #23-Rent to Own
Episode #23: Rent to Own of my Crisis to Opportunity podcast is the third of four in which I explore the importance of attitude in how you respond to a crisis. This episode examines how you can take full ownership of a crisis. Ownership means taking responsibility for everything you can to resolve the crisis, […]
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Crisis to Opportunity Podcast: Episode #22-Mastery in Action
Episode #22: Mastery in Action of my Crisis to Opportunity podcast is the second of four in which I explore the importance of attitude in how you respond to a crisis. This episode examines how you can take the lessons about shifting from a victim attitude to a master attitude (Episode #21) and put them into […]
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Crisis to Opportunity Podcast: Episode #21-Victim to Master
Episode #21: Victim to Master of my Crisis to Opportunity podcast is the first of four in which I explore the importance of attitude in how you respond to a crisis. This episode examines how attitudes act as the filter through which you look at, understand, interpret, feel about, evaluate, decide on, and respond to a […]
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Crisis to Opportunity Podcast: Episode #20-Short Term to Long Game
Episode #20: Short Term to Long Game of my Crisis to Opportunity podcast is the last of four in a series examining how your investment in the crisis determines whether you respond positively or negatively to it. This episode explores how, when a crisis strikes, we’re wired to focus on its short-term consequences. Back when […]
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Crisis to Opportunity Podcast: Episode #18-Overinvestment to Investment: Part II
Episode #18: Overinvestment to Investment-Part II of my Crisis to Opportunity podcast is the second of four in a series examining how your investment in the crisis determines whether you respond positively or negatively to it. This episode explores how a crisis that poses a high threat to your self-identity, self-esteem, and goals can lead […]
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Crisis to Opportunity Podcast: Episode #17-Overinvestment to Investment: Part I
Episode #17: Overinvestment to Investment of my Crisis to Opportunity podcast is the first of four in a series examining how your investment in the crisis determines whether you respond positively or negatively to it. This episode explores the meaning of investment in a crisis and how it impacts your reactions to it. When I […]
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Crisis to Opportunity Podcast: Episode #16-Aimless to GPS
Episode #16: Aimless to GPS of my Crisis to Opportunity podcast is the final of four in a series examining the impact of values on how you respond to a crisis. In this episode, while knowing where you want to go—your North Star—when a crisis hits is essential to overcoming the crisis, simply knowing where […]
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Crisis to Opportunity Podcast: Episode #15-Lost to North Star
Episode #15: Lost to North Star of my Crisis to Opportunity podcast is the third of four in a series examining the impact of values on how you respond to a crisis. In this episode, I explore how the lack of clarity of what your values can leave you lost and without a clear direction […]
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Crisis to Opportunity Podcast: Episode #14: Values (Part II)-Shaky to Solid
In Episode #14: Values (Part I)-Shaky vs. Solid of my Crisis to Opportunity podcast, the second of two parts examining the impact of values on how you respond to a crisis, I consider how values act as the foundation for your life and your response to a crisis. A house that is built on landfill […]
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Crisis to Opportunity Podcast: Episode #13-Values (Part I)
In Episode #13: Values (Part I) of my Crisis to Opportunity podcast, having focused on the amygdala and our primitive reactions to crises in previous episodes, we now turn our attention to the cerebral cortex and how we can leverage it to better respond to the challenges of modern-day crises. In this episode, the first […]
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Crisis to Opportunity Podcast: Episode #12-Isolation to Support
In Episode #12: Isolation to Support of my Crisis to Opportunity podcast, I conclude our exploration of the reactions we experience in response to a crisis. This episode examines how isolating ourselves is our natural tendency when faced with a crisis, yet setting ourselves apart often makes it more difficult for us to navigate the […]
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Crisis to Opportunity Podcast: Episode #11-Panic to Purpose
In Episode #11: Panic to Purpose of my Crisis to Opportunity podcast, I continue our exploration of the reactions we experience in response to a crisis. In today’s episode, I show how a crisis mentality results in an instinctive reaction–panic!–that produces intense fear, a racing mind, and chaotic actions, none of which are likely to […]
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Crisis to Opportunity Podcast: Episode #10-Stress to Calm
In Episode #10: Stress to Calm of my Crisis to Opportunity podcast, we continue our exploration of the powerful role that emotions play in how we react to crises in our lives. This episode examines how the stress that you will experience in response to a crisis leaves you unprepared psychologically, emotionally, and physiologically to […]
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Crisis to Opportunity Podcast: Episode #9-Frustration to Equanimity
In Episode #9: Frustration to Equanimity of my Crisis to Opportunity podcast, we continue our exploration of the powerful role that emotions play in how we react to crises in our lives. This episode examines the absolutely frustrating nature of crises and how that emotion can frequently either slow down or prevent a positive resolution […]
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Crisis to Opportunity Podcast: Episode #8: Fear to Courage
In Episode #8: Fear to Courage of my Crisis to Opportunity podcast, we continue our exploration of the powerful role that emotions play in how we react to crises in our lives. This episode examines whether you experience fear or courage as you confront crises in your life. As you can imagine, fear produces in […]
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Crisis to Opportunity Podcast: Episode #7-Disappointment or Devastation
In Episode #7 of my Crisis to Opportunity podcast, we continue our exploration of the powerful role that emotions play in how we react to crises in our lives. Specifically, this podcast will examine whether you experience either disappointment or devastation as you confront a crisis and how each of these emotions enables you to […]
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Crisis to Opportunity Podcast: Episode #6-Emotions
In Episode #6 of my Crisis to Opportunity podcast, Emotions, I explore the immense impact that emotions have on how we respond to crises. The feelings you have in reaction to a crisis influences how you perceive, interpret, evaluate, and act as the crisis confronts you. Your ability to master your emotions, minimize the negative ones […]
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Crisis to Opportunity Podcast: Episode #5-Reaction vs. Self-possession
In Episode #5 of my Crisis to Opportunity podcast, Reaction vs. Self-possession I explore how your reaction to a crisis can be dictated by either your primitive instincts or self-possession. Your instinctive reaction will likely be immediate, urgent, and intense, none of which will be helpful in most modern-day crises. In contract, a response that […]
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Crisis to Opportunity Podcast: Episode #4-Threat vs. Challenge
In Episode #4 of my Crisis to Opportunity podcast, Threat vs. Challenge, I explore how the way you perceive the crisis, as either a threat or a challenge, determines how you think, feel, and respond to it. If you react to a crisis as a threat, you trigger your primitive survival instinct which leads you […]
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Crisis to Opportunity Podcast: Episode #3-Survival vs. Thrival
In Episode #3 of my Crisis to Opportunity podcast, I explore the difference between the survival and thrival instincts and their impact on your reactions to crises you may face today. The survival instinct was very effective on the Serengeti 300,000 years ago, but the thrival instinct (defined as the ability to prosper; grow or develop […]
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Crisis to Opportunity Podcast-Episode #2-What Worked Then Doesn’t Work Now
Episode #2 of my Crisis to Opportunity podcast will explore how the primitive instincts and reactions that have served us so well in crises since we became humans no longer serve us in the 21st century where the crises we face now differ so greatly from those experienced by our ancestors.  
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Crisis to Opportunity podcast-Episode #1-What is a Crisis?
In this first episode of my Crisis to Opportunity podcast, I will explore the qualities that make a crisis a crisis, offer the surprising meanings of the word ‘crisis’ in other languages, provide a list of crises that we may face, and offer a definition of a crisis that will act as a shared starting […]
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