Man's Search For Meaning - with Jonathan MacDonald
On a Mission Podcast
Ellie McKay
4.4 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 17 January 2022
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Summary
This week I’m on a mission with Jonathan MacDonald, an award-winning, bestselling author and one of the most in-demand keynote speakers in the world on the topics of change, digital transformation, mindset, innovation, strategy and the future.
In what turned out to be one of my favourite episodes we talk about Jonathan’s incredible success as a speaker, and the ways in which he engages with his audiences around the world, how productive paranoia can help us to overcome the challenges of tomorrow, and how the power of mind over body can create meaningful impact.
A phenomenal episode.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
- The art of presenting and public speaking remotely is one that many are embracing. it requires a whole new skill-set, but there are some advantages to appearing live on stage.
- We should never be dismissive of those who are trying to help us. We must encourage those who wish to make positive change in the world.
- It is essential that we look to the future often, and try to ascertain the advancements of tomorrow, so as to best plan for the ever-changing world.
- Our bodies can not tell the difference between something that has actually happened to us and something we believe has happened to us. Therefore, if we believe we are ill, our bodies will react accordingly, and if we use thought for healing, our bodies will experience this.
BEST MOMENTS
'I'm a fan of looking at what could disrupt you before it disrupts you'
'Productive paranoia is thinking "What could be the disruptive force for what I do?'
'When the winds of change are blowing some build a wall and others build a windmill'
'Our body organises itself around our thoughts'
VALUABLE RESOURCES
On A Mission - https://omny.fm/shows/on-a-mission
Jonathan MacDonald - https://jonathanmacdonald.com
ABOUT THE HOST
The On A Mission Podcast brings you Ellie Mckay's no holds barred chats with some of the UK's top business leaders, entrepreneurs, celebrities, athletes, top thought leaders, influencers and mindset experts.
On a Mission is for unconventional thinkers that want to challenge the status quo. For all those people on a mission to live their best lives and take control of their own destiny.
Ellie is a straight-talking, successful property entrepreneur who passionately believes that everyone has the power within themselves to transform their lives no matter what their situation.
As a mumpreneur with 3 young children and multiple businesses, Ellie likes to keep it real with her no-bs insights and share the things that have helped her achieve the level of success she has enjoyed to date.
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| 0:00.0 | I am so excited to be able to share with you this next episode. It's genuinely one of my favourite interviews today. |
| 0:07.9 | I'm joined by the phenomenal Jonathan McDonald. Now for those of you who don't know Jonathan, |
| 0:12.7 | he's a world-winning best-selling author and he's one of the most in-demand cute speakers in the world. |
| 0:17.3 | Now Jonathan's got a very eclectic backstory himself. He's been creating the visor in businesses |
| 0:23.5 | for almost three decades now. He was the youngest ever chairman of the British Music Industries Association. |
| 0:29.0 | He was also a commercial director for the Ministry of Sound. And he was also launched the |
| 0:34.0 | first ever Sky TV station, which was specifically for musicians. But that's not what makes the |
| 0:39.3 | interview exciting. We go really deep in a whole host of subjects that are pretty close to my heart. |
| 0:45.2 | We talk about our favourite books. Jonathan just shares so much value and insights from start to |
| 0:50.1 | finish. And I just know that you listeners are going to get as much value from it as I did. |
| 0:54.8 | Buckle in for the ride. Make sure you've got your note pad. It's an absolutely good one. |
| 0:58.4 | Make sure you subscribe. I'm very keen to hear your comments and thoughts on this episode. |
| 1:03.1 | So please be sure to let me know and enjoy. |
| 1:07.6 | Hello everyone and welcome to another episode of The Animation Podcast where I'm really excited |
| 1:12.4 | to be joined by the absolute legend is Jonathan McDonald. So thank you so much for joining me. |
| 1:18.2 | Thank you. Honour to be here. All the way from the gold cost of belief. |
| 1:22.4 | That's right. temporarily we are under a travel ban so we can't move anywhere. But yes, at the moment |
| 1:27.6 | we're here. So you were born in the UK. You've still got the British accent. What made you |
| 1:33.6 | decide to move towards? I got married to an Australian and so I was dragged here. But you know it's |
| 1:42.6 | as worst places the world to be but yeah we got stuck during Covid so we're just trying to |
| 1:48.4 | kind of work out how to get back but you know we want to travel in different places of the world. |
| 1:54.7 | So I'm global citizen. You are and also you know you're as I said in the introduction you're |
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