Business coach Sarah Gregg shares her story of how she and her husband Chris quit their jobs and sold their house, car and all their stuff to pursue their dream of starting their own business and travelling the world full time. After landing major corporate clients like IKEA and helping the European Commission create an entrepreneur accelerator program, Sarah talks about why she founded her company, The Power to Reinvent, which helps businesses and individuals achieve their goals in less time. She discusses the importance of establishing “purpose”, having clear direction, a detailed vision of your next chapter, and getting your “why” right. Sarah then explains how to power up your subconscious, use visualization techniques, and set your goals in the positive. She shares specific exercises for how to find your passions, set P.O.W.E.R. goals, break them down into small achievable goals, and reward yourself for small victories. She emphasizes you are never too old to completely reinvent yourself and talks about how to use Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP) techniques to transcend limiting beliefs. She gives advice to married couples about how to live, work and travel together in ways that enhance your relationship, and how to be an effective business partner with your spouse. She shares her morning routine, how she meditates, and emphasizes the importance of unplugging on the weekend. She concludes by recommending her favorite place on earth which is a secret island that Is completely off grad with no roads or internet and just pristine white sand beach and jungle.
Episode #04: Reinventing Yourself at Any Age, Being an Itinerant Digital Nomad with Your Spouse, and Setting P.O.W.E.R. Goals with Sarah Gregg
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About the Guest
Sarah Gregg
Sarah Gregg is a life coach, business coach, certified NLP practitioner, and the founder of “The Power to Reinvent”, a company entirely focused on helping individuals and businesses achieve their goals in less time. Over the past decade, Sarah has worked with hundreds of clients ranging from large corporations like IKEA to startups and individual entrepreneurs. She has also worked with the European Commission on developing an entrepreneur accelerator program. In 2016, she sold her house, her car, and all of her stuff to become a fully location-independent entrepreneur and design her dream lifestyle. She left her home in Belfast and has been traveling the world with her husband Chris while running her business from some of the world’s most beautiful locations.
What You'll Learn
- You should always set your goals in the positive. You will have better results if you set ‘stretching’ goals. And you should use techniques like ‘visualization’ to mobilize your subconscious to most effectively achieve your goals.
- If you don’t have your own goals, you may be ‘drifting’ and in danger of simply living someone else’s life. It is never too late to completely re-invent yourself, find your ‘why’, and start setting your own P.O.W.E.R. goals.
- Being an itinerant digital nomad with your spouse can be one of the most rewarding experiences of your life. Once you transcend the chorus of voices telling you not to do it, it’s then important to find your optimal balance of work, marriage, and travel adventures.
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[2:30] DRINKING WINE AND TALKING ABOUT TRAIN RIDES
- Matt and Sarah drink and talk about Chilean Carmenere
- Matt and Sarah talk about Portuguese train rides and Portuguese wines
[5:51] HOW SARAH AND HER HUSBAND DECIDED TO BECOME ITINERANT DIGITAL NOMADS
- How Sarah decided to become location independent
- How she got married, bought a house, then realized that wasn’t her dream lifestyle
- How she and her husband decided to sell everything, travel the world, and work remotely
[8:20] BEING A DIGITAL NOMAD WITH YOUR SPOUSE
- How most of Sarah’s friends and family back home still don’t understand her lifestyle
- What Sarah loves about Chiang Mai, Thailand
- Why Chiang Mai is such a uniquely valuable destination for digital nomads
[15:09] BALANCING MARRIED LIFE AND BUSINESS
- How Sarah balances her marriage and her business
- Tips for being a business partner with your spouse
- How Sarah and her husband work, live and travel together
[21:30] HOW TO BECOME AN ITINERANT DIGITAL NOMAD
- Sarah’s advice on the importance of ‘not living someone else’s life’
- How to break through negativity and surround yourself with supportive people
- How to build your ‘super team’
- Sarah’s tips on combating loneliness
- How to proactively integrate into social communities
[31:24] THE POWER TO REINVENT AND GOAL SETTING
- Sarah talk about why she founded her business “The Power to Reinvent”
- Why setting goals is so important
- How to set effective goals
- What most people do incorrectly when setting goals and how to do it right
- Why it is dangerous to ‘drift’ into other people’s goals
- How to set your own goals correctly
- How Matt and Maverick Investor Group created their “why”
- The importance of focusing on non-financial goals
- How Matt and Maverick Investor Group designed their business plan and goals[45:33]
[45:33] GOAL EXECUTION, NLP AND VISUALIZATION
- How to power up your subconscious
- Specific NLP exercises for mobilizing your subconscious
- The importance of setting goals in the positive
- You should create ‘stretching’ goals
- The importance of ‘visualization’
- Techniques for transcending limited beliefs
- Strategies for accountability and motivation to achieve goals
- How you can reinvent yourself at any age
- Breaking down your goals into achievable micro-goals
- Why you should not delay gratification
[1:12:30] TIME MANAGEMENT AND PRODUCTIVITY
- How Sarah manages her time and executes on her business priorities
- Sarah shares her morning routine
- Sarah shares tips for self-discipline and prioritization
- How Sarah disconnects and takes meaningful breaks from work
[1:24:14] HOW TO DEAL WITH STRESS
- How Sarah manages stress
- Sarah shares her meditation practice
- Tips on how to meditate effectively
[1:33:20] THE LIGHTNING ROUND
- Sarah’s favorite podcast
- Sarah’s top book recommendations
- Sarah’s top 3 travel destinations
- Sarah’s top 3 bucket list destinations
