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Michael Covel's Trend Following

Ep. 499: Jenny Blake Interview with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio

Michael Covel's Trend Following

Michael Covel

Investing, Business

4.6730 Ratings

🗓️ 4 November 2016

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

My guest today is Jenny Blake, an international speaker, career and business strategist and executive coach with expertise on systems, efficiency and career fluidity in the rapidly-evolving knowledge economy. Formerly a Career Development Program Manager at Google (and author of the book Pivot, and before that, Life After College). She help leaders, employees and entrepreneurs achieve greater clarity, engagement, fulfillment and impact. 

The topic is her book Pivot: The Only Move That Matters is Your Next One.

In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss:

  • Ditching the cognitive junk food
  • Efficiency
  • The pivot method
  • Mindfulness practice
  • The happiness formula
  • Rejection is a stepping stone

Jump in!

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I’m MICHAEL COVEL, the host of TREND FOLLOWING RADIO, and I’m proud to have delivered 10+ million podcast listens since 2012. Investments, economics, psychology, politics, decision-making, human behavior, entrepreneurship and trend following are all passionately explored and debated on my show.

To start? I’d like to give you a great piece of advice you can use in your life and trading journey… cut your losses! You will find much more about that philosophy here: https://www.trendfollowing.com/trend/

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Hope you enjoy my never-ending podcast conversation!

Transcript

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0:00.0

A big thank you to all of my listeners.

0:03.5

And if you would like to support this transmission, even more, and boost your trading account,

0:09.6

go to trendfollowing.com slash now.

0:16.5

And without any further delay, on to today's show.

0:29.9

This is Trend Following Radio, where great thinking comes alive.

0:39.5

Nobel Prize winners, legendary traders, bestselling authors, and the pros that know what drive us irrational human beings.

0:46.4

I am your host, Michael Covel, not filtered, raw, honest.

0:48.2

That's my passion.

1:00.2

A super positive guest today, Jenny Blake, in support of her new book, Pivot.

1:03.6

The only move that matters is your next one.

1:13.2

Formerly at Google, Jenny has a wide perspective that I think just about anyone can learn from, especially when you have that moment in your life where you feel like you're at a plateau and you know, you know deep down,

1:21.7

you need to pivot, you need to make a change. But you're not sure how to get past the fear.

1:30.8

Jenny Blake brings great insights.

1:33.2

I hope you enjoy this conversation.

1:43.7

So Jenny, as a guy in my 40s, about six foot tall, 185 pounds, maybe close to 190, former baseball catcher in a past life, do I get any brownie points with you that after four years of yoga, I've been able to do it for a while, but I can do the full

2:01.5

splits. Do I get any brownie points for the full splits? Oh my gosh. What? Yes. I'll send you a

2:06.9

picture. I can barely do a full split. I've been to go for 10 years. That's incredible.

2:12.0

Have you always been naturally flexible or did you somehow ninja yourself into being able to do

2:17.4

the splits?

2:18.3

I ninjaed myself because in an all-star baseball game when I was 15, I tore my hamstring,

2:23.4

and then I became a constant stretcher.

2:26.3

Wow, that is so amazing.

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