World Game-ChangersValues & Rules: Insights With John Batterby
In today’s episode of the Mastering Life Podcast, Paul discusses values and rules and shares his own experience of almost joining the Royal Marines; fulfilling his sense of purpose to serve and protect. Paul describes his inspiring - yet self-destructive - journey; as well as his confusion around his own identity.
For Paul’s, all-or-nothing mindset, words were simply not enough as he chased his unreachable value of love.
Paul interviews John Batterby, as they compare their own values and goals; whilst aiming for the same goal (love), their outcomes were completely different.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
Due to Paul’s precarious upbringing, he craved the reassurance of love, simply being told he was loved, was not enough
How do your values influence your life?
- Think of a positive value to move towards
- Think of a negative moving away value
- Ask yourself, is there any conflict here, if not continue to focus on what you want
- Become aware of your rules around achieving your values
- Is this rule, making your value easy or hard to attain?
- If it makes it hard, you have the awareness to simply change your rule
BEST MOMENTS
“I wanted to fight for others, those that couldn’t fight for themselves, rationalizing this is the legacy of my early unjust challenges. In my mind, the Royal Marines was the perfect answer and I was given the opportunity to join.”
“At heart, I was a naturally a caring and sensitive person. This fitted well in the true warrior inside of myself”
“I was living a black and white polarizing existence, with darkness becoming ever more frequent.
VALUABLE RESOURCES
- Speaking From Our HEARTS (Paul's Book): https://www.amazon.co.uk/Speaking-our-Hearts-Mastering-game/dp/1781332819
- Emerging From The Forest (Paul's Book): Paul Lowe - ‘Emerging From The Forest’
- http://www.paullowehearts.com/
ABOUT THE HOST
Something that’s never been attached to Paul is the label ‘normal’ – for which he is immensely proud. He definitely subscribes to being one of those mentioned – in the Steve Jobs quote:
“Here's to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers, the round pegs in the square holes... the ones who see things differently -- they're not fond of rules... You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them, but the only thing you can't do is ignore them because they change things... they push the human race forward, and while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius, because the ones who are crazy enough to think that they can change the world, are the ones who do.”
Paul Lowe is the founder of PaulLoweHEARTS – which has a three-fold purpose.
Firstly, to help you make the transition from Pain to Purpose; secondly, to get your inspirational messages and stories out into the world and thirdly, to support charitable organisations in their development & fund-raising.
We achieve this by:
- Delivering our empowering Mindset For Success programmes
- Sharing your true-life inspirational messages and stories through our Mastering Life Podcast and our Speaking From Our HEARTS book series
- Utilising our significant charitable knowledge and experience.
Find Your Purpose – Make A Difference!
Paul is totally committed to his HEARTS brand vision (an acronym) of:
‘Helping Everyone Achieve Results Towards Success’.
He has a long and distinguished track-record of raising significant funds for a multitude of good causes; positively changing the lives of many disadvantaged children within the UK and globally – drawing on his colourful and wide-ranging life’s experiences to help others do the same and achieve success in the game of life.
“Remember – Mastering Life Starts, By Embracing Our HEARTS!”
CONTACT METHOD
E-mail: paul@paul-lowe.org
Facebook: PaulLoweHEARTS
Twitter: @paullowehearts
Instagram: paullowehearts
YouTube: PaulLoweHEARTS
Mobile: +44 (0) 7958 042 155
ABOUT THE GUEST
John Batterby was the youngest serviceman to serve in the Falklands War. From a very early age, his ambition was to become a serviceman, following in the footsteps of his Grand-father. Joining as a chef in the Royal Navy, John become a clearance bomb disposal diver. He always had the support of his parents and after 25 years in the Navy and leaving as an NCO went to Spain to become a Personal Trainer.
