Aliveness Mindset
When was the last time you truly felt alive?
What if you could experience a feeling of aliveness not just once in a while, but every single day?
"That is the promise and goal of my debut book, Aliveness Mindset. The tools and practices in this book are my life’s work as an executive coach and CEO. After 17 years of running my business, work began to feel heavy, and a cycle of putting out fires. I began integrating several theories and ideas into a daily practice to help me feel more energized and bring out the best version of me. This practice changed my life and I call this having an Aliveness Mindset. Focusing on my mindset transformed my perspective, making every day vibrant and purposeful. This work is inspired by neuroscience and mindset pioneers, and is a catalyst for rejuvenation and peak performance. I believe that you are fully capable of bringing the best, most vibrantly alive version of yourself into the world day after day. You have to define your own version of aliveness, guard it and grow it.
Helping leaders focus on their mindset to maximize their potential is an important part of my overall coaching style of Living All In. I believe that our mindset is the most powerful tool we have. What we tell ourselves becomes our reality. I help Every client develop their own unique daily aliveness mindset in order to reach their Optimal State more often, to better overcome the ups and downs of life. Leaders report being more creative, confident and clear, while also being more resilient to daily stress. Our positive energy while we are at our best is contagious and has a positive impact on our teams. Imagine the impact and potential of teams who have these tools to reach their full potential."
Circle of Aliveness
The Circle of Aliveness is a game-changer for those ready to reignite their daily energy, passion and zeal for life.
Tailored for workshops, retreats, or offsite sessions, Jack, with his blend of passion and expertise, guides leaders through the seven core traits of aliveness. Instead of being dictated by schedules, learn to align actions with desired emotions.
The seven principles for The Circle of Aliveness are:
- Ownership
- Openness
- Awareness
- Authenticity
- Courage
- Tenacity
- Love
"An inspiring, straightforward self-help manual that breaks down a process of self-understanding into manageable portions."
Kirkus Reviews
Executive coach Craven presents a guide to reclaiming one’s sense of "aliveness" via a practical, tailored plan for personal growth.
Outwardly, the author was a successful and confident businessman in 2012, working as the CEO of his family’s business providing closeout consumer products to wholesalers and retail chains in the United States and Canada.
Inwardly, however, he struggled with loneliness, frustration, and a feeling of being overwhelmed by responsibilities. This moment of realization, he says, was the catalyst for his creating his "Aliveness Circle" system. Craven walks readers step by step through the three main parts of his program, which aims to return readers to that feeling of when they were most "alive on the inside."
The first part is the Aliveness Mindset, which consists of seven subsections ("Ownership," "Openness," "Awareness," “Authenticity,” “Courage,” “Tenacity,” and “Love”) that cover what it takes to set up that desired frame of mind.
Next comes "Aliveness Practice"("Feel it," "Anchor it," "Live it"), in which readers take the aforementioned tools and put them into practice. Lastly, readers learn to achieve the "bull's-eye of how we want to feel and what we want our daily experience to be," which the author calls the "Optimal State."
Craven uses occasional diagrams and shares strategies that he uses with his own clients, which includes such concepts as identifying areas of self-resistance and fostering self-compassion.
Each chapter is peppered with discussion questions that are effectively designed for maximum self-reflection, such as "What am I most frustrated or disappointed with right now? What is missing?" Craven’s prose remains consistently clear yet inspirational, as in this comment: "Life is always bigger than our capacity to control or understand it. Making peace with that reality, and moving forward in light of it, is courage."
Craven conveys such bits of wisdom with clarity and warmth, and one gets the sense that he’s truly rooting for readers while also building up their sense of self-esteem. The occasional, anonymized anecdotes that Craven provides about real clients help to show how theoretical concepts work in practice.
An inspiring, straightforward self-help manual that breaks down a process of self-understanding into manageable portions.
Aliveness Mindset Book Launch
A special celebration with clients, colleagues, family, and friends!
Long time client and friend Dick Burridge
Long time client and friend Dick Burridge
The loves of my life! My "Giddy"!
The loves of my life! My "Giddy"!
Reading the introduction of Aliveness Mindset at the launch party!
Reading the introduction of Aliveness Mindset at the launch party!
My partner in all things and life long supporter, Judy!
My partner in all things and life long supporter, Judy!
Thankful for friends who radically support what I do!
Thankful for friends who radically support what I do!
Long time friend Eric Langshur
Long time friend Eric Langshur
Extremely grateful to have college friends come in from out of town to support my book launch!
Extremely grateful to have college friends come in from out of town to support my book launch!
Smiles and laughter during the book reading and interview!
Smiles and laughter during the book reading and interview!
My amazing family (and Eric!)
My amazing family (and Eric!)
Long time client, Kelly O'Connell
Long time client, Kelly O'Connell
Long time friend Jim Placio
Long time friend Jim Placio
The lovely venue at Abundant and fun during the book reading!
The lovely venue at Abundant and fun during the book reading!
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