Coach Ted and Dr. V talk about the inherent talents that draw us to particular interests.
Natural Advantage
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Natural Advantage
Season 10/Episode 33
February 18, 2025
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This is The Ted O'Neill Program, a podcast that explores practices to maximize human performance from the mind of Ted O'Neill with Jon-Leon Guerrero.
0:22 Jon
Welcome to The Lifted Academy Program. We're talking about purpose this week, and we left off yesterday talking about relationships, and how we bring different strengths to relationships. Is that where you want to pick up today, Dr. V.?
0:39 Andrea
Well, today I want to talk a little bit about the specifics around what you're going to experience when you discover your purpose. The methodology behind the purpose factor, which is what we're bringing into Lifted Academy. And again, welcome Coach Ted O'Neill on Levelheaded Talk Podcast. And I'm very excited to be on The Ted O'Neill Program this week.
1:00 Ted
So it's a little cross pollination. Those who aren't familiar with the different programs now get the joint experience that falls under the Lifted Academy umbrella.
1:09 Andrea
Yeah, and if you're just listening for the first time or getting to know one of us for the first time. I'm sure Jonny will put the other person's podcast in the show notes, so that you can click in and review those and get to know us better. But you know, I want to talk about how we actually discover your purpose, and the first thing that I want you to recognize is you're going to identify your natural strengths, like what comes effortlessly to you, and what have you always been drawn to? So those are some of the things that we're going to uncover. To you it might feel like I don't really know, but that's what you would have a guide for, is that we have licensed purpose facilitators that are going to genuinely hold your hand and walk you through, finding what comes effortlessly to you and what you are naturally have been drawn to your whole life. We're gonna ask you things like, what brings you energy? Because purpose fuels you. That's why it's the energetic component of Lifted Academy. So the activities that align with your purpose are going to energize rather than drain you. And so if you're currently doing something that you think is your purpose, but it's draining you. It's not your actual purpose. And so we can help you gain clarity around that. So you might have to change something in your life, or just adapt something in that like you don't have to necessarily change your career if you recognize that it's not surrounding your purpose, but you can change the way that you do it in order to actually align with your purpose. You can reflect on what you've always known. There's this internal calling that everybody has. It's waiting for you, almost to like, uncover it, and you'll realize it's always been there. It's just been waiting for clarity. You're going to recognize essentially what you can't ignore anymore, because it feels like a calling. It's something that you pursue regardless of external influence. And again, we've talked about how it's going to eliminate distractions and conditioning, meaning like, if you have cultural or personal beliefs around what you think you're supposed to be, who you're supposed to be, what you're supposed to do. By removing these you're going to gain precision and focus.
3:14 Ted
So precision and focus, I want to jump to something you just said, like, if you're in a career, and maybe you feel like that, that's not your actual purpose, this is going to bring way greater clarity on on how what you currently have is going to make you more successful in what you're already doing. So this isn't something that's designed to be disruptive to where you do the purpose assessment, you have the meeting with the facilitator, and all of a sudden you're like, Wow, I'm living, you know, something totally different. I'm gonna walk away from that and jump into this. You know, this, this is not what we're talking about. What we're talking about is, once you have greater clarity on what you naturally come in with and the skills you've acquired over time, and those things that really move you and speak toward your inner calling, you're going to be way more effective in what you're currently doing. You're going to be able to leverage your skills in a totally different way. Way more empowered. This, to me, is a little bit like a magic wand, because it's going to pull the veil from your eyes on what's been blocking you in your current work, and allow you to do what you've been doing at a way higher or more successful level. Maybe for some people, it might direct them down a different path, but that's not the intention behind this. I want to be clear about that.
4:29 Jon
And it's not the only useful outcome.
4:33 Ted
No, it's definitely not the there's there's again. I started this week by saying there's not a more important question we can ask ourselves, please, until we have this, you know, what is it we really have? We have this illusion of kind of meandering through life, day by day, by responding to situations and circumstances. And when we don't have purpose, we're entirely malleable to other people's suggestions on how we should be living our life. When we have our purpose, we need many fewer things outside of you.
5:06 Andrea
And the confidence that comes from I can't give you enough of that, like, how I was already incredibly confident everyone you know, like I felt so connected to my purpose and and seeing it in black and white is just like whoa Andrea, that's who you are. And it's just nothing else really matters that isn't in connection with that. And so I wanted to talk today a little bit about the specifics around what you're going to be learning from us in our master class that we're going to have on Friday, as well as when you incorporate our methodologies in the module that we're going to be teaching. So the first thing we look at is the role you tend to play. So this is your natural advantage. And this is really fun, because when you see this play out in front of you that's where you're gonna be like, Oh my god, I do. I am that. I am. Oh my god. I get made fun of for this all the time. You know, it's like that, but it's not something that most people would look at and say, because it's not a common language. Most people wouldn't look at you, Johnny and be like, God, you know, you always do that. That's such an incredible trait to have, right? But when you know it as a purpose, as your purpose a natural advantage, something you were born with, something when you were a kid, you naturally did, that natural advantage is by design everyone. By design to help you live out your purpose. Okay? So the natural advantages are things, like, I'm gonna list them for you. A builder is somebody who has big ideas, a person who has to take immediate action on those ideas. They love starting things. Okay, so, for example, I'm a builder. Big Idea. I have to do it now. Do it four days ago, like it has to be done. A teacher. These are people who have a predisposition for learning. They're thirsty for, you know, they're curious, they want to know everything about the world, and they like to immediately share that with others. Coach O'Neill is a teacher, naturally.
7:13 Ted
Dr. V. is a builder. So this is where, when you know these things, you can really then start to create a synergy.
7:21 Andrea
Yeah. So together, I have, you know, I can take the big idea and I want to start it immediately, whereas he has this insatiable thirst and curiosity for the world or for a specific problem, and he wants to learn everything about it and then teach it. And so I might not be a natural teacher like him, but he's not a natural builder like me. So working together, we can do huge things. Okay, so that's an example of how there could have been times where he's like, Oh my gosh, my wife is so annoying. She always has a big idea, and it's like it has to be done. And he doesn't understand that that comes from a place of my natural advantage, my natural skills that I came into the world with. If you ask anyone in my family, they go, yeah, that's Andrea. Like she's stomping through the world, like has to do it now. Do it right now. And he is so meticulous and detailed and loves to sit with you for as long as it takes until you understand a concept like her patience, right? Because he's a natural teacher, and he's been like that since he was very small. So the other three natural advantages are recruiters. These are the people that are super excited about other people or something else. Like Jonny, I think you're probably a really good recruiter naturally. They see something in other people. They see something in potential, and they want to share it with the world. They just want to deliver it to the world. They make incredible sales people, right? Like, literally, they're recruiters. They want you to be a part. They want everyone to share and be a part of this amazing thing that they found. And so there we go. We got a recruiter now. We don't know if that's true, but I'm just saying, if I had to guess, I'd say Jonny's natural dance is he's a recruiter. We have an overseer. An overseer is someone who likes to bring order to chaos. So this is somebody who loves being in charge of and managing chaos. They love it. They feel good about it, because they know that they are the one for the job. Just naturally.
9:27 Ted
If through the module, if anyone tests out as an overseer, please contact me directly for employment opportunities at Lifted Academy.
9:37 Andrea
Well, you know, our Martha is an overseer,
9:40 Ted
Yeah, right. She's now employed by Lifted Academy.
9:45 Andrea
And then lastly, we have a truth teller and a truth teller something I originally thought Ted might be, but he actually aligns way more with a teacher. But a truth teller is someone by nature, they want to go against the status quo. They want to find misinformation, and they dig deep until they find the truth. They will not stop. I mean, these make great investigative reporters, right? People like that. They cannot sit in the misinformation like they can't handle it. So that's just a couple of examples of a natural advantage. And now remember, there's three other components other than the natural advantage. There's three other components that go together to show you your whole purpose. But I believe that the main part of your purpose is called your pull passion. And we're going to talk about that tomorrow. But I think everything around the pull passion, let me just shout them out real quick. So the natural advantage, which we just went over, then we have acquired skills, and then we have our origin strength, those three things I feel like are in place to help us fulfill our pull passion. So we're going to talk about pull passion tomorrow, unless you have more to talk about with natural advantage.
11:09 Ted
I can't wait to hear about pull passion.
11:12 Andrea
Great. We'll see you guys tomorrow.
0:22 Jon
Welcome to The Lifted Academy Program. We're talking about purpose this week, and we left off yesterday talking about relationships, and how we bring different strengths to relationships. Is that where you want to pick up today, Dr. V.?
0:39 Andrea
Well, today I want to talk a little bit about the specifics around what you're going to experience when you discover your purpose. The methodology behind the purpose factor, which is what we're bringing into Lifted Academy. And again, welcome Coach Ted O'Neill on Levelheaded Talk Podcast. And I'm very excited to be on The Ted O'Neill Program this week.
1:00 Ted
So it's a little cross pollination. Those who aren't familiar with the different programs now get the joint experience that falls under the Lifted Academy umbrella.
1:09 Andrea
Yeah, and if you're just listening for the first time or getting to know one of us for the first time. I'm sure Jonny will put the other person's podcast in the show notes, so that you can click in and review those and get to know us better. But you know, I want to talk about how we actually discover your purpose, and the first thing that I want you to recognize is you're going to identify your natural strengths, like what comes effortlessly to you, and what have you always been drawn to? So those are some of the things that we're going to uncover. To you it might feel like I don't really know, but that's what you would have a guide for, is that we have licensed purpose facilitators that are going to genuinely hold your hand and walk you through, finding what comes effortlessly to you and what you are naturally have been drawn to your whole life. We're gonna ask you things like, what brings you energy? Because purpose fuels you. That's why it's the energetic component of Lifted Academy. So the activities that align with your purpose are going to energize rather than drain you. And so if you're currently doing something that you think is your purpose, but it's draining you. It's not your actual purpose. And so we can help you gain clarity around that. So you might have to change something in your life, or just adapt something in that like you don't have to necessarily change your career if you recognize that it's not surrounding your purpose, but you can change the way that you do it in order to actually align with your purpose. You can reflect on what you've always known. There's this internal calling that everybody has. It's waiting for you, almost to like, uncover it, and you'll realize it's always been there. It's just been waiting for clarity. You're going to recognize essentially what you can't ignore anymore, because it feels like a calling. It's something that you pursue regardless of external influence. And again, we've talked about how it's going to eliminate distractions and conditioning, meaning like, if you have cultural or personal beliefs around what you think you're supposed to be, who you're supposed to be, what you're supposed to do. By removing these you're going to gain precision and focus.
3:14 Ted
So precision and focus, I want to jump to something you just said, like, if you're in a career, and maybe you feel like that, that's not your actual purpose, this is going to bring way greater clarity on on how what you currently have is going to make you more successful in what you're already doing. So this isn't something that's designed to be disruptive to where you do the purpose assessment, you have the meeting with the facilitator, and all of a sudden you're like, Wow, I'm living, you know, something totally different. I'm gonna walk away from that and jump into this. You know, this, this is not what we're talking about. What we're talking about is, once you have greater clarity on what you naturally come in with and the skills you've acquired over time, and those things that really move you and speak toward your inner calling, you're going to be way more effective in what you're currently doing. You're going to be able to leverage your skills in a totally different way. Way more empowered. This, to me, is a little bit like a magic wand, because it's going to pull the veil from your eyes on what's been blocking you in your current work, and allow you to do what you've been doing at a way higher or more successful level. Maybe for some people, it might direct them down a different path, but that's not the intention behind this. I want to be clear about that.
4:29 Jon
And it's not the only useful outcome.
4:33 Ted
No, it's definitely not the there's there's again. I started this week by saying there's not a more important question we can ask ourselves, please, until we have this, you know, what is it we really have? We have this illusion of kind of meandering through life, day by day, by responding to situations and circumstances. And when we don't have purpose, we're entirely malleable to other people's suggestions on how we should be living our life. When we have our purpose, we need many fewer things outside of you.
5:06 Andrea
And the confidence that comes from I can't give you enough of that, like, how I was already incredibly confident everyone you know, like I felt so connected to my purpose and and seeing it in black and white is just like whoa Andrea, that's who you are. And it's just nothing else really matters that isn't in connection with that. And so I wanted to talk today a little bit about the specifics around what you're going to be learning from us in our master class that we're going to have on Friday, as well as when you incorporate our methodologies in the module that we're going to be teaching. So the first thing we look at is the role you tend to play. So this is your natural advantage. And this is really fun, because when you see this play out in front of you that's where you're gonna be like, Oh my god, I do. I am that. I am. Oh my god. I get made fun of for this all the time. You know, it's like that, but it's not something that most people would look at and say, because it's not a common language. Most people wouldn't look at you, Johnny and be like, God, you know, you always do that. That's such an incredible trait to have, right? But when you know it as a purpose, as your purpose a natural advantage, something you were born with, something when you were a kid, you naturally did, that natural advantage is by design everyone. By design to help you live out your purpose. Okay? So the natural advantages are things, like, I'm gonna list them for you. A builder is somebody who has big ideas, a person who has to take immediate action on those ideas. They love starting things. Okay, so, for example, I'm a builder. Big Idea. I have to do it now. Do it four days ago, like it has to be done. A teacher. These are people who have a predisposition for learning. They're thirsty for, you know, they're curious, they want to know everything about the world, and they like to immediately share that with others. Coach O'Neill is a teacher, naturally.
7:13 Ted
Dr. V. is a builder. So this is where, when you know these things, you can really then start to create a synergy.
7:21 Andrea
Yeah. So together, I have, you know, I can take the big idea and I want to start it immediately, whereas he has this insatiable thirst and curiosity for the world or for a specific problem, and he wants to learn everything about it and then teach it. And so I might not be a natural teacher like him, but he's not a natural builder like me. So working together, we can do huge things. Okay, so that's an example of how there could have been times where he's like, Oh my gosh, my wife is so annoying. She always has a big idea, and it's like it has to be done. And he doesn't understand that that comes from a place of my natural advantage, my natural skills that I came into the world with. If you ask anyone in my family, they go, yeah, that's Andrea. Like she's stomping through the world, like has to do it now. Do it right now. And he is so meticulous and detailed and loves to sit with you for as long as it takes until you understand a concept like her patience, right? Because he's a natural teacher, and he's been like that since he was very small. So the other three natural advantages are recruiters. These are the people that are super excited about other people or something else. Like Jonny, I think you're probably a really good recruiter naturally. They see something in other people. They see something in potential, and they want to share it with the world. They just want to deliver it to the world. They make incredible sales people, right? Like, literally, they're recruiters. They want you to be a part. They want everyone to share and be a part of this amazing thing that they found. And so there we go. We got a recruiter now. We don't know if that's true, but I'm just saying, if I had to guess, I'd say Jonny's natural dance is he's a recruiter. We have an overseer. An overseer is someone who likes to bring order to chaos. So this is somebody who loves being in charge of and managing chaos. They love it. They feel good about it, because they know that they are the one for the job. Just naturally.
9:27 Ted
If through the module, if anyone tests out as an overseer, please contact me directly for employment opportunities at Lifted Academy.
9:37 Andrea
Well, you know, our Martha is an overseer,
9:40 Ted
Yeah, right. She's now employed by Lifted Academy.
9:45 Andrea
And then lastly, we have a truth teller and a truth teller something I originally thought Ted might be, but he actually aligns way more with a teacher. But a truth teller is someone by nature, they want to go against the status quo. They want to find misinformation, and they dig deep until they find the truth. They will not stop. I mean, these make great investigative reporters, right? People like that. They cannot sit in the misinformation like they can't handle it. So that's just a couple of examples of a natural advantage. And now remember, there's three other components other than the natural advantage. There's three other components that go together to show you your whole purpose. But I believe that the main part of your purpose is called your pull passion. And we're going to talk about that tomorrow. But I think everything around the pull passion, let me just shout them out real quick. So the natural advantage, which we just went over, then we have acquired skills, and then we have our origin strength, those three things I feel like are in place to help us fulfill our pull passion. So we're going to talk about pull passion tomorrow, unless you have more to talk about with natural advantage.
11:09 Ted
I can't wait to hear about pull passion.
11:12 Andrea
Great. We'll see you guys tomorrow.
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