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Welcome to another episode of Milestone Moments in Business and Leadership. I'm Sheila Slick,
your host, and today my special guest is Allison Bowen. Allison is a real estate investor and life
coach based in Tennessee. She is dedicated to empowering women in the real estate investing
sector through mentorship and encouragement. Allison Bowen is a positive intelligence coach
who helps people unlock their potential by mastering the mental habits that lead to greater
clarity, focus, and success. Her journey from corporate to positive intelligence expert has
equipped her with unique insights into navigating challenges and achieve meaningful growth.
Welcome to the show, Allison.
Thanks for having me, Sheila. Thanks for having me.
I'm excited to share your story today, and I love what you're doing with GetFocused
Accountability. So before we dig into that, I'd love to know a little bit more about you.
How did you get to doing what you do today?
Well, my love of learning has always defined my life, and I have a drive to know more, do more,
and be more. And as all of us face challenges in our lives, sometimes that can be the thing
that carries us through those difficult times. So I moved to Tennessee and absolutely loved it,
found real estate investing because I live right outside of Nashville, and Nashville is a hotbed
of real estate investing activity. And so dove right into that. But what I realized as I began
to build my own real estate investing business and surrounded myself with other people that were
doing the same thing is accountability is so critical to us staying focused on our goals
and making progress and moving that needle forward, even in micro increments. So we're
headed towards the vision that we have of our future. And in the process, I discovered positive
intelligence and it changed my life. And I knew that I was going to be able to bring that to my
clients and just add another wonderful tool to help them build their mental fitness, use more
of their brain than any of us realize is even available to us. And it's been going fabulously.
Let's talk about accountability because I was going to ask you what were some of those obstacles
that you overcame throughout the journey? And if it led you to do an accountability group,
maybe accountability is one of those barriers you had to overcome?
Well, accountability can be a game changer for most of us because if you're an entrepreneur,
solopreneur, creatives, we have so many amazing ideas and we have so much inspiration
that we're led by. A lot of times we get distracted easily. We call it squirrel. We have this term
in the community about how easily we can think that, okay, I'm setting this goal. And then we
hear about this another great idea and we're like, oh, maybe I should go in this direction.
But following through until the completion of one thing before I start a new thing is very difficult
for most of us who are entrepreneurs. And I found myself having a life full of busyness because I
was so interested in so many things, but wasn't getting traction in any one thing. And Brandon
Turner has been, he's from BiggerPockets. I follow him and he's an inspiration for me about
what's possible through real estate. And he was the first person that I started to listen to about
accountability. And I basically took his model. I looked for groups and we didn't find one that was
kind of resonated with me. And you know what they say, if you can't find it, create it yourself.
And so that's what I did.
Love that. And I'm going to invite you to a whole different episode so that we can talk about all
of the differences of accountability groups versus a mastermind and coaching and the different tools
out there that people can find when they're looking for that push, for that support to keep
them motivated in their journey. Today, I want you to now talk a little bit about what positive
intelligence means. So positive intelligence is like a continuation of our intellectual intelligence,
our IQ, our emotional intelligence, our EQ. And then now we have this new framework called
positive intelligence, which we call PQ. And Shirzad Shamim created this framework. And he
is from Stanford and has done research in Stanford. And what he discovered through his research is
that part of our brain lights up when we are controlled by the more negative thoughts that
we have. And if any of you have dabbled in neuroscience or personal development,
you understand that we have a reptilian brain. We are wired for protection and safety. And so our
brain is always on the lookout for danger. And what that does in a world where we were hunter
gatherers is it kept us safe, right? It kept our tribe safe. Well, we don't live in that kind of
world anymore. So those parts of our brain aren't as useful, but there's a whole other part of our
brain and we call it the sage brain. And because we spend more of our time in the saboteur region
of our brain, we don't even realize what we could tap into from the sage perspective.
And Shirzad has done this amazing job of creating a framework. And so positive intelligence unlocks
parts of our brain and allows us to move through our work, our relationships with more ease and
flow, with more intentionality. We see more success in our performance and in our wellbeing
and in the quality of our relationships. And these are just micro exercises. And we call it
mental fitness. It's kind of like your physical fitness. When you're trying to build muscle,
you're building with, let's say, free weights. And with your mental fitness, we're going to do
very similar rep with the micro exercises that weakens the saboteur region of your brain and
helps shift you into your sage perspective. And I just guide people through understanding this
and then help them implement it in their life. Yes. So I was fortunate to go through the process
of how you offer a free consultation with your clients. And I did the assessment and it was very
eye-opening because you call them sabotage. Saboteurs. Yeah, you got to get the terminology.
Right. So with the saboteurs, right, it was right on with mine. And as I'm connecting and reading
these descriptions, I was also able to kind of see how some of my positive traits also have these
saboteurs. And then you had me go through an exercise that just in less than like two minutes
took me from one state of mind to just releasing and being in another so that I could be in a
different mindset when we move forward to talk about these saboteurs.
Yeah, that was, we had such a great time. And your very, your experience is very common.
Most people when they do the assessment, they're not shocked by the results of their saboteurs,
but I want to just point out to people that our saboteurs are actually based on our talents and
our gifts. So there are things that we were given or that are placed in us when we're created.
They're just used to an extent, maybe beyond their usefulness to us, to a point where they start to
impact us negatively. And so putting them in the right place so that they just, they remain our
gifts and talent, but then we tap into that sage brain. And what you experienced was an example of
our PQ exercises, that two minute exercise that we did. And you're right, it does change our state
of mind. And it gives us the ability to shift from a saboteur perspective, which most of us aren't
even aware that we're there. We can, we call it the self command muscle. And you know, it's just,
it's pivoting, it's helping our brain pivot. And then the whole sage perspective, we didn't even
really tap into that much because there's some great exercises that I teach my clients and lead
them through to help build that and strengthen that. But you know, it takes time and it takes
time and it takes repetitive practice and it takes support and community though, cause those
saboteurs don't want to let go. They're used to driving bus. This is fascinating. We're going to
have to keep the discussion going and perhaps do a few episodes moving forward. So what is your
next milestone? My next milestone is actually getting certified as a PQ coach. So I'm currently
in the positive intelligence coach community and I'm coaching people, bringing through people,
bringing clients through my eight week program and then offering them one-on-one or group coaching.
But I want that certification. I want that recognition from positive intelligence so that
I can just share it with more people. You know, my vision is to share this with more people.
So I want to bring teenagers into this. I would love to have a group of youths going through a
positive intelligence eight week program because I really want to see how it impacts their lives.
Women are the community that I most gravitate to, but I do work both with men and women. So
getting that certification and then I'm building my business. So just continuing to implement
systems that are going to support me and being able to be more effective in bringing this to
more people. So before we wrap up today's episode, what would be one key takeaway that you can leave
our listeners so that they make a, where they take a step or they make a move to improve their life?
Is it through accountability or through positive intelligence? That's up to you.
I would encourage you to either find me and book a call so that we can do a free discovery call
where I'm going to lead you through the results of your assessment. It's a five or 10 minute
assessment. It's a 30 minute call and just that awareness. It's been amazing, the kind of
breakthroughs that people have had in just that 30 minute call with me. You know, some people have
been brought to a vulnerability in themselves that they don't often tap into. And that's why
they're called positive intelligence. So you can do that. Or even just go to positiveintelligence.com
and you can do the assessment yourself there, but you don't have me to explain it to you. So
I can add a little bit more to your understanding.
So I'm going to leave you with that. I'm going to leave you with a few tips that you can use to
help you get through the assessment. So I'm going to leave you with a few tips that you can use to
have me to explain it to you. So I can add a little bit more to your understanding. You can read the
book. So where can they take the assessment through you? You can go to my Instagram,
GetFocusedAccountability. And there there's a link to my website. And then you can find
how to book a discovery call with me there. Also leave it in the comments so that employees
can see it. And then you can find it on the website. So that's the name of the episode.
You can just click from there. So you should write with me. Well, thank you so much for
joining me today. Thank you for having me. This has been wonderful, Sheila.
And I look forward to future episodes with you. I love being part of the Milestone Community,
the five milestones. Thank you to all our listeners for tuning in to another episode
of the Milestone Community. Thank you.