EP026: When You Want Something Bad Enough Nothing Can Stop You with Gina Mollicone-Long

By Tim Hamilton

Are you willing to do the hard work it takes to change and reach your desired outcome? If you are a CEO or an entrepreneur in business today, you must build up your mental, physical, emotional and spiritual resiliency to prepare yourself for adversity. When adversity presents, you will be able to see it for what it is and overcome it without taking it personally. Your business space is also your personal space. When you are down your business is down and when you are strong your business is strong. Gina Mollicone-Long details the 5 steps of change and how recognizing them can help us learn from obstacles that put us on the right track and lead us to realize our goals.

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Key Takeaways:

[1:27] Moving what’s in the way (obstacle), out of the way (of your boundary)

[6:40] Modifying your behavior is the first step in the static process of change

[9:43] The 5 basic steps of change:

  • The Comfort Zone – No Change
  • The Desire or Beginning
  • The Breakthrough – The Change Point
  • Mastery of the New Behavior
  • The New Level
[18:21] It’s fine not to believe in yourself, but how is that working for you?

[21:28] An obstacle is simply feedback to put you on the right track

[25:05] The Green Monkey example, the gift of awareness

[32:09] Resiliency can be gained through good life practices

[36:08] Desire comes from readiness and you cannot become unready

[39:02] You probably know to ask yourself ‘what do I want?’ Here’s a better question to ask.

[42:30] Change doesn’t have to be painful

[45:29] Leading based on values and vision instead of reacting to circumstances

[48:50] Systematically accessing intuitive intelligence

[49:37] Contact Gina or her greatness group