Personal Growth

Children ‘Get’ Sex, Money, And Fame Better Than You Do

Posted by Jason Fonceca on Dec 17, 2011 in Awareness, Life Coaching, Personal Growth, Plan For Success, Play, Relationships, Success | 6 comments

Children are smarter about sex, money, and fame than you.

They are. They really are.

Well, maybe not you personally, but the chances are high, because kids understand these hot topics better than most adults.

How can we tell? The same way we can tell that anyone understands a subject, or at least understands what they do and don’t know — kids are comfortable talking about these things.

Children are very comfortable asking and thinking and talking about any subject.

They don’t become nervous, they don’t start tailoring their words in odd ways and euphemisms to please the people around them. They’re straight-shooters.

Understand The Languages Of Success

Posted by Jason Fonceca on Nov 19, 2011 in Art Makes Money, Artists, Life Coaching, Personal Growth, Success, Success-Consciousness | 3 comments

Do you want more money? Do you want financial success? Do you want to ‘create an empire’? Well, unless you plan on revolutionizing the entire economy, for now, it might be helpful for you to get comfortable with the language of money.

Crazy, I know.

That means all the words you’ve maybe avoided ‘marketing’, ‘niche’, ‘product launch’, ‘assets’, ‘features’, etc. – there`s a reason most artists never really connect with financial wealth. They’re too busy hating on the people who are experts in that arena, because of their "word-choices."

The Magic Decision You’ll Make About Friends And Success

Posted by Jason Fonceca on Oct 25, 2011 in Artists, Community, Fans & Tribes, Influence, Life Coaching, Personal Growth, Plan For Success, Relationships, Success | 7 comments

Note: This post is longer, more detailed, more honest, more raw, more powerful, and more necessary than anything I`ve ever posted. It is me baring my soul, and it may not be your thing. If you prefer your communication to be stale and professional, skip this. If emotional, emphasized, bolded, honest expression is not for you, skip it. If you want to know the real me, read on.

There’s a lot of buzz going around about ’being authentic’, ’being vulnerable’, and ’putting personality into your writing’.

Consider this post me throwing my hat into the ring, buckle your seat-belts,’cause I expect this to cause a few ripples.

Why?

Because I’m telling you to draw a line in the sand with your family, friends, and clients.

How To Have Fun Finding Your Life Purpose (With Pretty Pictures!)

Posted by Jason Fonceca on Oct 8, 2011 in Artistic Inspiration, Artists, Confidence, Life Coaching, Life Purpose, Marketing Is An Art, Personal Growth, Purposeful Art, Self-Improvement, SpiritSentient.com, Value | 16 comments

There are all kinds of exercises that help you find your life purpose.Tribal leaders have been helping the next generation with it for ages. In our current fast-moving society, we still have leaders helping us with this, and now I’m throwing my hat into the ring.

My method is inspired by a combination of valuable exercises by these guys: Jonathan Mead, Mark Silver, Tad Hargrave and Steve Pavlina. They’re brilliant and each focus on their own specific styles.

Transforming Destructive Relationships – It’s Improv

Posted by Jason Fonceca on Oct 6, 2011 in Abundance, Artists, Community, Fans & Tribes, Influence, Life Coaching, Personal Growth, Relationships, Self-Improvement, Success, Value | 3 comments

So, I can change people by believing in them, right?

We-ell, yes and no.

This is one of life’s most misunderstood behaviours. There’s one view which says ‘people don’t change’, and there’s another view that says anyone can change, at any moment. So how do we sort out all these conflicting views?

Changing With Others

The way it works is that you change yourself, whenever you’re ready, and then all the people swirling around you have an opportunity to roll with that change, or hate on it. It’s kind of like improv.

In improv, the rule is "yes-and" (and not "no-but"), you affirm and add to whatever the other person is offering. So if we take two people building an improv sketch about meeting at a bus stop, it might look something like this:

Use Your Power – Choose Your Friends

Posted by Jason Fonceca on Oct 3, 2011 in Abundance, Artists, Courage, Fans & Tribes, Life Coaching, Personal Growth, Purposeful Art, Self-Improvement, Success | 2 comments

So how, exactly do we choose our friends? Well, like choosing ANYTHING in life, it helps to know what you’re looking for.

It all starts with a list.

The list is our first real step if you think it might be time for a change in your life. It took me a couple years to make this change, I’m not sure that reflects super-beautifully on me, but hey, timing is timing. I’d like to help you guys make it sooner, easier, and more consciously.