How the Bamboo Farmer Deals with Imposter Syndrome
Water the Bamboo: Unleashing Your Potential
Release Date: 12/13/2022
Everything You Value Needs Maintenance
Water the Bamboo: Unleashing Your Potential
Listen as Greg Bell shares powerful insights about the often-overlooked importance of maintenance in leadership and life. Whether it's your team, relationships, or personal growth - learn why maintaining what matters leads to lasting success. Key topics from this episode: - Leadership skills maintenance - Building lasting relationships - Creating effective routines - Personal wellbeing for leaders - The true cost of delayed maintenance - Why maintenance work matters (even when thankless) Subscribe to the podcast and share this episode with friends or colleagues committed...
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How to Stay Focused in a Distracted World
Water the Bamboo: Unleashing Your Potential
Tune into this insightful podcast episode with Greg Bell as he shares actionable strategies for maintaining focus in our distraction-filled world. Discover how to audit your focus, build routines, and optimize your environment to achieve your goals. Bell emphasizes the importance of prioritizing tasks, avoiding multitasking, and scheduling renewal time. Learn how to put on metaphorical "blinders" to eliminate distractions and cultivate a laser-sharp focus on what truly matters. Subscribe to the podcast and share this episode with friends or colleagues committed to...
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Grow Like Bamboo: 6 Daily Disciplines for Success with Greg Bell
Water the Bamboo: Unleashing Your Potential
In this episode of the "Water the Bamboo" podcast, host Greg Bell shares six powerful daily disciplines that can propel you toward personal and professional success. Drawing inspiration from the relentless dedication of a bamboo farmer, Greg explores how you can: Set and prioritize your daily goals to stay aligned with your vision. Cultivate a positive mindset by surrounding yourself with uplifting influences. Achieve harmony and balance between your work and personal life. Optimize your time, money, and energy for maximum effectiveness. Embrace lifelong learning to remain curious and...
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Overcoming the Negaholic Within
Water the Bamboo: Unleashing Your Potential
In this enlightening episode of the Water the Bamboo podcast, Greg Bell discusses the silent saboteur within us all—the "negaholic." While we often recognize negativity in others, we sometimes overlook how our internal negative voices can hinder our growth and success. Greg explores how our brains are wired to focus on negativity as a survival instinct, storing negative experiences in our long-term memory while letting positive ones fade away. He shares five actionable strategies to overcome this internal negativity. Listen to learn how to define and confine negativity, transforming it into...
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Mastering the 80/20 Rule for Bamboo Growth and Life Balance
Water the Bamboo: Unleashing Your Potential
In this episode of Water the Bamboo, author Greg Bell breaks down the power of the Pareto Principle (80/20 Rule) and how it applies to both your bamboo farm and your life. Learn how identifying the right 20% of tasks can yield 80% of your results, and why saying “no” to low-value activities is essential for success. Tune in to discover practical tips for simplifying your daily routine, increasing productivity, and staying focused on what truly matters. Have podcast topic ideas? Email Greg Bell at Order the Water the Bamboo Book at Order the What's Going...
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The Bamboo Farmer’s Guide to Servant Leadership
Water the Bamboo: Unleashing Your Potential
In this episode of Water the Bamboo, Greg Bell shares the transformative power of servant leadership. He explores how leaders, like bamboo farmers, can foster growth by removing obstacles, creating strong relationships, and supporting their teams from the ground up. Learn how to balance high expectations with high support, build trust through listening, and develop the skills needed to lead with compassion and integrity. If you're ready to nurture your team’s potential and achieve extraordinary results, this episode is for you! Have podcast topic ideas? Email Greg Bell at Order...
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Bring Your Spirit to Work: 10 Strategies for Lasting Motivation
Water the Bamboo: Unleashing Your Potential
In this episode, we explore the transformative power of "bringing your spirit to work." Discover how maintaining a first-day mindset, embracing positivity, and focusing on purpose can lead to personal and professional fulfillment. Learn practical strategies to reignite your passion, overcome challenges, and inspire those around you. Remember, even on tough days, your dreams and goals deserve your full attention. Water the bamboo, and watch it grow. Have podcast topic ideas? Email Greg Bell at Order the Water the Bamboo Book at Order the What's Going Well? Book...
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Embracing Patience in a Fast-Paced World
Water the Bamboo: Unleashing Your Potential
In this episode of the Water the Bamboo podcast, we explore the importance of patience in our fast-paced world. Modern conveniences have created a "microwave mentality," leading to a desire for instant success. We discuss the bamboo farmer's approach as a metaphor for nurturing our careers, relationships, and personal growth with patience and care. Have podcast topic ideas? Email Greg Bell at Order the Water the Bamboo Book at Order the What's Going Well? Book at Learn more about Greg Bell More than just a motivational speaker, Greg Bell is a...
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How to Turn Your Messy Beginnings into Success
Water the Bamboo: Unleashing Your Potential
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The Benefits of a Bamboo Retreat
Water the Bamboo: Unleashing Your Potential
In this episode of the Water the Bamboo podcast, Greg Bell explores the transformative power of personal retreats. Highlighting the benefits of stepping back to gain clarity, focus, and energy, Bell encourages listeners to consider their own retreats as a tool for personal and professional growth. Through stories and practical advice, he illustrates how time away to reflect can lead to significant breakthroughs in understanding one's goals, values, and the path to achieving them. Have podcast topic ideas? Email Greg Bell at Order the Water the Bamboo Book at Order...
info_outlineIn this podcast, Greg Bell discusses the topic of imposter syndrome and how it can affect a person's confidence and ability to succeed. He explains that imposter syndrome is not a medical syndrome but rather a feeling or experience where an individual feels undeserving of their position or accomplishments. Bell shares his experience with imposter syndrome and offers advice on overcoming it, such as understanding the feeling and recognizing that it is situational. He also suggests talking to others about their experiences with imposter syndrome and seeking support from friends and colleagues.
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Learn more about Greg Bell
More than just a motivational speaker, Greg Bell is a Portland, Oregon-based thought leader, business consultant, and leadership coach. His popular books, What’s Going Well? and Water The Bamboo: Unleashing The Potential Of Teams And Individuals, have inspired an array of organizations, from Fortune 500 companies like Nike, Disney, and Comcast, to the Portland Trail Blazers and Division I NCAA athletic teams like the Oregon Ducks Football and the Gonzaga Bulldogs Basketball.
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