LEAD MAGAZINE | 2019
As a Performance Coach with nearly thirty years
in the profession, it has been my observation
that there are two main things that hold people
back from realizing their full potential. During
these three decades I have had the great honor
of working with people of every size, shape,
color, ethnicity, and faith system. I’ve coached
and trained people on every inhabited continent
of the world and can tell you the two main
things that hold people back are blockages in
their mindset causing them to never actualize
their success frequency or vibration and then
comes self deception. Even though achieving
breakthroughs in mindset, and actualizing our
success frequency/vibration are, by far, the most
important, today I will approach the subject
of self-deception. I choose to write about self-
deception instead of mindset because while
Conscious Leadership requires us to improve
towards mastering both, there has been far
less time and coaching applied to the subject
of self-deception. So how will conquering self-
deception aid us in developing and applying
Conscious Leadership?
When we carry out that which the universe
desires of us we place ourselves in the flow of
developing conscious leadership. This allows us
to serve our fellow humans at our full potential.
All success, all leadership, everything we do in
our journey, should be done from a position of
service. Conscious Leadership, I believe, is all
about serving humanity and to best serve, we
must find the music that makes us dance. At
fifty-three years of age - Notice I didn’t say fifty-
three years old. I am often asked how I got to
a place of living such a Blessed and Happy life!
My answer seems simple at the surface but is
complex at many levels. When asked, I say: “I live
life on my own terms and according to my own
dreams” and for some who ask, that answer is
enough. For myself and for those who desire
deeper understanding, the answer requires
more explanation. My life is not extravagant,
in fact my lifestyle is fairly simple but it is the
lifestyle I have chosen, the one that is true to
me, the music that makes ME Dance. I do not
drive a Rolls Royce nor do I fly in a private jet!
I drive a pick up truck and fly commercial. I
live in a small town in the Midwestern State of
Missouri where life is slow and family runs deep.
Some would consider where and how I live to
be boring and when I was younger I would have
agreed. I often allowed the things other people
said were the ideal dreams or ideal lifestyle to
effect my own dreams and plans, I allowed other
people to “Tune My Radio” to the station they
thought was right and I went right along! … THAT
was ME practicing Self Deception! Our dreams
are directly connected to our passion and our
passion is directly connected to our purpose.
Living out our purpose is where we will find our
greatest joy. I regularly tell my coaching clients
to tune their radio to the station (frequency) that
makes THEM Dance and forget what everyone
else thinks you should be pursuing. When I
started the path that lead to me becoming a
Missouri Senator it was largely based on the
input and influence of others, it was them
wanting me to dance to their music and I did!
After serving twelve years in the legislature I
realized I was hiding out doing good when I had
been built to do something great! I walked away
at the end of that term even though I had no
opposition for reelection and could have easily
walked in to another term in the senate! It was
time for me to apply conscious leadership in my
own life and be true to my own dreams, goals,
and desires that had nothing to do with politics.
What are your TRUE Dreams, Goals, and Desires?
When we allow our consciousness to become
tuned in to our deepest inner passion and
purpose, we will have found the pursuit of that
which will bring the truest and deepest happiness
for ourselves but perhaps more importantly, we
will find that that pursuit is wrapped in what the
universe has called us to become. Should YOU
own a Rolls Royce and a Private Jet? Maybe!
I am a fan of “The Finer Things” and I love
helping people get such “things” as long as the
possessions don’t posses them! As long as they
are tuned in to the music that makes them
dance! So many seemingly successful people
are actually miserable and it’s because they
have their radio tuned to a station
that plays music that doesn’t
make them dance! They are
forcing themselves to dance
to music that doesn’t MAKE
them dance. We must stop
dancing to someone else’s
favorite song and find
the one we are actually
supposed to dance to….
Tune in to The Music that
Makes You Dance! When
you do, you will become
the
Self
Actualized,
Conscious Leader The
Universe is asking you
to be, you will serve and
bless others at your
greatest capacity and
you will find happiness
that transcends things.
Go for it!!
As a Speaker, Coach, and Consultant, Brian
has had the great privilege of traveling the
globe where he’s done everything from
small workshops in Nashville to sharing the
stage with Les Brown in front of crowds of
thousands. Whether it’s the amazing content
that he teaches for Black Card Books at a
workshop in Dallas, or London, speaking on a
Get Motivated Stage in California, or Business
Squared Events in Australia, he enjoys
seeing the world and helping people achieve
breakthrough everywhere I go.
Brian served ten years Active Duty as a US
Navy Corpsman (mostly serving with Marines),
eight years in the Missouri House of Reps
(seven years as Majority Whip) and was then
elected to the Missouri Senate in 2010. He
was elected State Senator in November 2010
after serving eight years in the Missouri House
of Representatives, 98th district. Brian has ten
years of active duty as a US Navy Corpsman.
Today he is the Business Owner of Nieves
Enterprises International and the host of a
morning talk radio show called “The Patriot
Enclave”. Brian is the author of “The Dirty
Dozen, 12 Simple Changes To Boost Your
Income, Relationships, Career, or Business”
He has been married to Julie for thirty years
and have three kids, Alexandra, Moriah and
Victor. They also now have an amazing grand
baby, Monroe Josephine.
www.linkedin.com/in/senator-brian-nieves
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