Rebooting Your Sense of Self | Jerry Colonna | Knowledge Project Podcast 178

Jerry Colonna was a high-flying New York venture capitalist in the early 1990s, but his life wasn’t as glamorous as most made it out to be. He was anxious, overweight, unhealthy, and unfulfilled. After suffering a panic attack on the streets of Manhattan, he started coaching other executives, giving him a new lease on life and a career as one of the premier executive coaches in the United States. In this episode, Colonna calls on years of experience to discuss his thoughts on resilience, discernment, self-esteem, anxiety, motivation, and the rituals that keep him fulfilled. Colonna also gives Shane a public one-on-one coaching session.
Colonna is the Co-Founder of Reboot.io, an executive coaching and leadership development firm dedicated to the idea that better humans make better leaders. He is also the author of Reunion: Leadership and the Longing to Belong, now available for pre-order.
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00:00 - Intro
01:08 - Why did Colonna feel hollow during the peak of his success?
09:43 - Why do we let what we do define who we are?
17:30 - How are you complicit in creating the conditions you don’t want?
32:42 - How do you forgive yourself?
41:00 - How to get out of the negative self-talk loop
46:00 - How do we learn to come to grips with enough?
54:47 - On the “better angels of our nature”
01:01:47 - Colonna’s journaling routine
01:05:34 - What does it mean to “process your emotions”
01:08:31 - Colonna’s morning rituals
01:11:18 - How to build resilience in yourself
01:17:00 - How stubbornness and psychological safety impacts relationships
01:31:30 - Why we keep toxic relationships (and how to end them)
01:45:19 - What is O.F.N.R?
01:52:50 - What is success for Jerry Colonna?
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It's my first time on this podcast. I must admit that it was one heck of an intelligent and extremely inspiring conversation to reflect on and put into practice asap, absolutely 💯. Thank you both for your precious time and knowledge shared here. Love & Light to all humanity ✨️ ps; They should teach these simple but profound techniques in schools. It would fill this world with highly evolved beings living in peace, love and harmony instead of constant fear, doubt, anger, and resentment competing with each other non-stop. It would definitely create a safe heaven for all beings to live in with SELF CONFIDENCE & ABSOLUTE RESPECT FOR EACH OTHER, NO DOUBT. Thank you. 🙏 🙏

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From the 1st second Jerry was spitting bars! This man is a beast of wisdom. I have not enjoyed an interview this much since Andrew Wilkinson.

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One of the most profound conversations - for sure on this podcast and maybe also among all other podcasts that I have come across thus far. Thank you Shane for doing this!

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