I’m. Very busy coach, and I love talking to other coaches and picking up steps, which she was gracious enough to drop a lot of knowledge nuggets for us. And if you’re looking to level up your life, or if you’re a coach looking for something to add to [00:01:00] your, , quote unquote arsenal, then definitely give this a listen to out your notebook.

So sit back, relax, because they’re gonna my really good friend and fellow coach Jeni Jonte from Eliminate Impossible. Let’s level up.

Time to shine today. Podcast Varsity Squad. This is Scott Ferguson and I have a little bit of a former Midwest flavor. I’m from Michigan, she’s from Illinois, but now she’s out in the awesome sauce, white tundra of Colorado, and I’m in the sunny Palm Beach area. We were talking off mic about her kind of getting to like maybe a warmer climate or another climate, but I bring it on from eliminate.

The eliminate impossible. My good friend Jeni Jonte and Jeni is. A high performance mindset and prosperity coach that helps entrepreneurs, sales professionals, to 10 x their businesses, which is like right up our lane here, squad. She has a background in physical therapy, which has been instrumental in helping her to really be able to listen to her clients and understand what they need in [00:02:00] order to take the quantum lead, which it’s nice to have the physiological.

With the psychological or the mental kind of like merging in between. With someone like Jeni, she’s passionate about serving and helping people and this work has been the most fulfilling, rewarding to see what people are capable of doing and how they can truly amaze themselves. And Jeni, thank you so much for coming.

Ah, please introduce yourself to the Time to Shine Today, podcast Varsity Squad. But first, what’s your favorite color and why?

Jeni Jonte: Yeah. You know what? My favorite color has always been green.

L. Scott Ferguson: Okay.

Jeni Jonte: And I don’t know if there’s a reason behind it. I’ve just always been drawn to the color green. I just love it. I think it just, rebirth just shows life and Yeah.

It’s just such a beautiful color. All the shades.

L. Scott Ferguson: Yeah. It can be like growth, it can be rebirth. And it’s like a, it’s funny, I have like my little Gumby guy that looks at me all the time. He’s green. He kind hang out with me on my camera here. I can’t get him off here. I’d show him to you. Oh, here he is.

Here’s my Gumby. I love it, but it was given to me by a coach that I mentally respect, and so he just kind of hangs out up [00:03:00] there. But let’s get to the roots. We’re like, you kind of were in the physical side of the business, like mm-hmm. Literally. Did you went to school for the physical therapy then, correct?

Yes. Tell me a little bit about the, the roots of that and how you kind of merged it into the awesome sauce coach that you are now.

Jeni Jonte: Thank you. Yeah, so I practiced about 16 years, I think as a physical therapist. And although I love it, I loved working with patients, I loved all of that part. As I was working on my own self, doing my own personal development and self-growth, all of that, I just had come to realize that.

There’s a huge piece missing. , you see it all the time and when you only have a very short amount of time with your patients and you’re dealing primarily with the physical, but there are so many other aspects to where they are, why they’re not improving, or why they’re improving at the rate that they are.

And I just felt like I couldn’t help them on a deep enough level. So when I got into this material and then when I was actually introduced to Bob Proctor and [00:04:00] his information, I was like, oh my gosh, I know exactly what I need to do. Right? I jumped right into becoming a consultant and just kind of started making the shift pretty much immediately and I never looked back.

L. Scott Ferguson: I love it. Did your family say, what are you doing? Like, , that kind, you get that kind of pushback because I was a real estate broker. For, and I still am, I still keep my license. And I have a team that works. They’re awesome. But , they’re, and I did, well, I was the douche bag with the big billboards on the side of the freeway and stuff like that.

I love it. But like, people are like , what are you doing? But I’ve been co, I’ve had a coach since 1999. Mm-hmm. And same one. And she said finally in 2009, she’s like, , you need to start coaching. And I was like, mm-hmm. I’m not prepared to that. But they’re like, listen, like you’re dealing with people’s biggest investment to that point in their life, in their house.

You are. , a marriage counselor. ’cause , couples fight when they’re buying houses. Mm-hmm. , you’re a babysitter, ? Mm-hmm. Or a pet sitter like you are for Hershey right now. , you’re watching the dog. Yes. Just kind of stuff like that. Right. Which, by the way, she has a dog at her feet.

She’s dog sitting, squat and like, [00:05:00] like they, yes, they might, Hershey might join us a little bit,

Jeni Jonte: but yeah, she likely will. What

L. Scott Ferguson: I’m saying? Like, was there any kind of pushback from your loved ones?

Jeni Jonte: Yeah. . At least to my face. They’ve all been very supportive. I think they didn’t quite understand at first, like, so, , I mean, to become a physical therapist now you’ve gotta get a doctorate.

Like you come out with hundreds of thousands of dollars of debt. Yeah. Which we did pay off. Like my husband and I are both PTs we met in schools. Oh, nice, nice, nice. And I think that it had to be more internally. I had to make the shift because I saw myself as a physical therapist and I had to, , change my self image and realize that, , to an extent I’ve been coaching people all along anyway.

Oh, sometimes, yes. Yes. And sometimes they, I feel like they needed me more on an emotional level than on a physical level. Yes, yes.

L. Scott Ferguson: There’s so many pauses. Yes, when, when you’re training them, there’s pauses. They’re talking about, oh my, my wife socks, or, , just stuff like that. , it’s like you get it.

I understand. A hundred percent.

Jeni Jonte: Yes. And you’ve just become a listening ear and kind [00:06:00] of a soundboard already, and you, so I’ve already been trained, , how to listen and respond in a. A neutral manner. Right? Yeah. And just to, to guide them along in whatever way that I can and give them whatever support they need.

So it wasn’t a huge leap. And the last couple years before the transition, I was already looking for something to do that I could do from home. I could be more flexible. You know, when you have kids, life changes, right? So I was already looking for that next thing in a way that I could. Still have my professional life, still support my family, but yet be more available to my family at the same time.

Okay. And then we switched to homeschooling. So then I really needed to find a way to not be outside of the house as much. Right. So like I said, when I found this, I was like, oh my gosh, that’s it. I knew that it was it right away and it just jumped in.

L. Scott Ferguson: So, are you a coach or a consultant or a coach, consultant?

Like which are you?

Jeni Jonte: I, , I consider myself a coach. I, [00:07:00] I am a Proctor Gallagher Institute consultant. Okay. So my training comes from them and I have access to materials, which I utilize in conjunction with coaching for my clients. But primarily I would say coach would be the title. Yeah, absolutely.

L. Scott Ferguson: I mean, because with, with it, , I. I, I’m blessed to coach like a billionaire, three comma guy. Right. And it’s like, if I was to tell him, consult him, he could come back and be like, fer, you’re an idiot. You know what I’m saying? But coaching, we all know what we want. We just don’t know how to talk ourselves into it.

Mm-hmm. That’s what coaching is, right? Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. And being, like you just said, sounding board, holding the mirror up and get it done. I love that you said neutrality. Have you pulled neutrality into your coaching as well?

Jeni Jonte: I do, and part of what I coach people on is kind of having a little bit of a neutral mindset as well when it comes to, , information coming into you and before reacting to it, like learning how to respond and how to not just immediately go.

[00:08:00] To the negative or jump right on board and get emotionally involved in these. Love that negative ideas. So it takes practice, I think. Oh, yeah. I’ve noticed. Even as

L. Scott Ferguson: coaches, right? You want to be like, oh

Jeni Jonte: dude, like this. Yes. Yeah. I love, yes. I have to harness myself as well, but it makes such a difference.

Yeah.

L. Scott Ferguson: Yeah. And getting them to take responsibility mm-hmm. Where they’re at. And I ask people, , what’s responsibility to you? And they, they can’t answer it. They, mm-hmm. It’s a funny, I, I was, I love that I was taught that it’s a re the ability to respond, it’s re it’s rooted right in the word. Mm-hmm.

It’s notability, it’s responsibility, , so, which they like that a lot. You say you coach from. A neutral position, ? Mm-hmm. Which I think that is the, the best way. Like I, if I’m blessed to coach somebody. In Palm Beach, , I put ’em in their car. Mm-hmm. One I wanna see, and I sit in the passenger seat, they sit in the driver’s seat and I, one, I wanna see how they keep their car, you know?

’cause you can tell a little bit about, , people’s lives in there.

Jeni Jonte: Yeah. That’s very cool. ,

L. Scott Ferguson: and so I’m like, mm-hmm. Listen, the rear view [00:09:00] mirror is small for a reason. It’s great place to learn from and maybe visit for some good memories, but if you need help there, that’s, that’s therapy can’t help you.

Right? Yeah. This big windshield, big, scary. Oh my gosh, where are we going? It can be scary. You’re still in neutral. Right. But since 2011, they’ve been putting this thing called a GPS in pretty much every car. That’s me. Mm-hmm. , I can’t buckle the seatbelt, I can’t put it in drive, can’t, go.

So I keep ’em in that kind, neutral, , standpoint. And it sounds like that’s exactly kind of what you do with your people. Yeah. Do you have exercises maybe, that you use with your clients to really keep ’em in a neutral mindset?

Jeni Jonte: Yeah, I think, , going through and learning more about your intellectual faculties has been a huge part of that.

And I think that, , we all, we are just. We are so lucky the way that we were designed in that we have these amazing faculties, but so many times we’re either not aware of them or we haven’t worked to develop them. And I think that is where you can really start to hone in on these different areas and start to take control back of your [00:10:00] mind and your responsivity or your reactivity, whichever one it is.

L. Scott Ferguson: Right. And gimme an example of kind of an intellectual faculty.

Jeni Jonte: Yeah, so one is, , one that I see that we suppress a lot as adults is our imagination. And it’s so important and it’s so huge and it’s amazing what we do. When you start to think about it, like you start to get children and they have these huge imaginations, and right away we’re like.

Sit still, pay attention, stop imagining your head’s in the clouds, like come back to reality. And it’s like things are developed and new things are created by our imagination. And when we actually let it go, instead of like suppressing it all the time it’s really cool the things that we can come up with.

L. Scott Ferguson: It’s amazing. It’s a hundred percent correct. ’cause we are, as children, they’re told no, an average of 135,000 times by the time they’re 12. Right? Oh gosh. And it’s like, dude, there goes the [00:11:00] imagination right out the door. No, no, no. , don’t get me wrong, I’ve been one to say no in the checkout line when there’s a Clark bar or a Hershey bar sitting there.

Oh, for sure. I can’t do it, dude. ? Mm-hmm. And you’re in a. No. It almost gets deprogrammed out of us, our imagination. Right? Yeah, absolutely. Then what is, do you feel that a great coach possesses?

Jeni Jonte: Hmm. Oh, I like that question. Well, I think listening is definitely one of the most important qualities, and for me, like having compassion and empathy and trying to.

Put myself in their shoes and understand where they’re coming from, like what brought them to where they are now, and then helping to weed out their goals. Because that’s another thing I’ve noticed, and maybe it goes along the lines with not, , allowing that imagination. But our goals are either really small.

Only like what we think we know we can do. We have been kind of afraid to dream [00:12:00] big. And so we talk a lot about the big C type goals, like the, the huge thing that’s scary and exciting at the same time that you have no idea how to accomplish yet. So being able to listen and then figure out like based on what they’re telling me, like.

Guiding them to develop those goals and understand where it is that they truly wanna go, their deepest desires. Not just on the surface level, not just like, oh, I think I could do this. This is realistic, right? But like, no, we need to get bigger.

L. Scott Ferguson: I call it the A, like, Aw, I like that. And what else? And what else, and what else?

Yeah. Yeah. W , and then Proctor say something like, if you can see it in your mind, holding it in your hand or something like that. I believe he did. Yes,

Jeni Jonte: I love it. Yes. Yeah. Hundred percent

L. Scott Ferguson: you can see it. But to see it in your mind, you have to have imagination and mm-hmm. To be able to do that, that, that’s amazing.

So. Let, let’s maybe think that you are in, let’s say you are in a discovery session, making sure you did the right horse for the course, the right coach for the person. Like [00:13:00] what is some of your secret sauce, if you don’t mind sharing, to maybe kind of shine that light on the blind spot just to kind of see if you guys are gonna mesh.

Jeni Jonte: Yeah. I think that one of the most important things is bringing out that desire. Mm-hmm. And figuring out what it really is. That’s where I can tell like, okay, are you, you’ve gotta have an idea, you’ve gotta have a goal, you’ve gotta have some type of vision. Of where you want to go, right? If it’s just, oh yeah, I’d like to have a little bit more money like that.

Why in figuring out what that is, is probably one of the most important things that I do on a discovery call to figure out like, okay, do you have a driving factor? Like is there something that we can figure out that you really wanna work towards? Right? Because you’re not gonna invest all this time and energy into just, oh, I would like a little bit more.

So I’ve gotta see if they have that passion and that desire. And if they don’t, then it’s not necessarily like a complete no way. [00:14:00] Right. But there’s gotta be some drive there, like a desire to grow in an exponential way.

L. Scott Ferguson: Love it. Yeah, a hundred percent. And you have, and, and the way I can see you really drawing it out of ’em, it, and again, I, I believe you kinda said it in a different way, but.

To have the vision of what you want, the creativity. Mm-hmm. It’s gotta be on point, right? Yeah. And like you have, they have to see that. So maybe you’re still in this discovery conversation and is there any good question that you wish they would ask you but never do?

Jeni Jonte: Hmm. I think, , what I think would be fun to be asked is like, is my vision for them.

L. Scott Ferguson: I

Jeni Jonte: don’t know if they ever necessarily asked that very few people,

L. Scott Ferguson: right.

Jeni Jonte: I don’t think, I’m trying to like think back now if anyone’s ever asked that because so many times I can see the potential and I’m like, I could see your business. Going to this, like, [00:15:00] I could see you doing this. I could see like these huge things, but I don’t think they’ve ever, , asked what I believe is capable for them.

L. Scott Ferguson: Yes. Yeah. Wouldn’t that be awesome if you were, you think I can do it? Oh yeah.

Jeni Jonte: Yes. I 100% believe you can.

L. Scott Ferguson: What strengths do you feel you bring to the table as a coach?

Jeni Jonte: , I think I’ve done so much work on myself and my own mindset. Mm-hmm. I am a complete student of all this information. I can never stop learning enough.

So, because I have such a strong desire and passion for the information, I. I work really hard on implementing all of these things that I’m teaching other people into myself and my own life. So I think just from the experience that I’ve had, the transitions I’ve had to make in life I have a lot of. I guess I, there’s another word for experience, but I have a lot to share.

Like you can, , shorten this by learning from my mistakes. You can, ? Yeah. [00:16:00] So I’m hoping to, , narrow that window for them so that they can have a faster quantum leap than what I’ve been able to do for myself.

L. Scott Ferguson: It’s kinda like a parent wants the kid to be. Yeah. Makes successful quicker, right?

It’s like a hundred percent. I love it. I love it. Like, just

Jeni Jonte: listen to me. Right? You

L. Scott Ferguson: want them, you want them to do that, right? Mm-hmm. But yeah, absolutely. So how about weaknesses? What are we working on?

Jeni Jonte: Ooh, maybe that I care too much actually.

L. Scott Ferguson: Yeah, that’s what we can actually appreciate though. You know what I’m saying?

Yes. Yeah.

Jeni Jonte: Mm-hmm.

L. Scott Ferguson: Okay. Gotcha. ‘

Jeni Jonte: cause yeah, it can be hard if I care more than they care.

L. Scott Ferguson: Right.

Jeni Jonte: And I can only transfer, , this was always a problem. I don’t wanna say always, but often a problem doing physical therapy as well, because there’s so many times like, I want to help the patient. I want them to get better, but.

There has to be an accountability, right? They’ve gotta do for themselves, and I can’t provide that motivation for them, right? So [00:17:00] those are the times where I’m like, oh, I can see how much better you could be doing. But you’ve got to do these things on your own. You’ve got to apply, right? So. That’s where I have to hold myself back and not get frustrated.

L. Scott Ferguson: Yeah. And get frustrated with them and them see that it’s kinda like going back to metaphor of a car. It’s like I wJonted, sometimes I’m in that GPS going, dude, just make a left. We’re good. You just make a left. But you can’t because they gotta Right. Their journey. Right? Mm-hmm. A hundred percent. So have you seen the movie Back to the Future?

Yes. Okay, let’s get that. I can’t believe it than a minute. This like next. Month. March is 40 years old. That’s nuts. Oh my God. , it’s 1985. , I was 13 when it came. I remember going, dude. Oh, it was either Rocky four or back to the Future. I wanna see Rocky four, but we couldn’t get into it. So back to the future.

So glad I made that choice. I mean, it was most amazing. But anyways, so let’s get that Delore with Marty McFly. Let’s go back to the double deuce, the 22-year-old Jeni. Mm. What knowledge nuggets [00:18:00] might you drop on her, not to change anything? ’cause you pulled so much good learning forward into your coaching business.

Yes. To shorten a learning curve or maybe blast through maybe a little quicker.

Jeni Jonte: , I would say my 22-year-old self to have confidence.

L. Scott Ferguson: Mm-hmm.

Jeni Jonte: Yourself and believe in yourself. I spent a lot of my life as kind of a chameleon. I just wJonted to fit in. I just wJonted to, , be like everybody else.

I wJonted to be liked by everybody else. And so it took me until a lot later in life to start to realize who I actually am. Sure. And I had to do a whole journey through all that, but I think for that. Age, I would definitely tell myself to just spend time with myself. Yeah. Figure out who I am and , you doing things that , don’t feel good.

Right. But you’re doing them anyway because you just want to be liked by everybody else. Yeah. So that is probably was one of the biggest lessons for me. And that [00:19:00] self-confidence and just believing that I can do it, whatever it was at the time, and I didn’t need somebody else’s approval.

L. Scott Ferguson: Right. And the, if you don’t know something, it’s okay to ask.

Right. Like if Leah Woodford would say, , get your asking gear, , so it’s like, I haven’t heard that. I like that. You know?

I think a lot of what you said with the 22-year-old and the confidence and belief is, , a lot of my clients also, they suffer, if you will mm-hmm. From like imposter syndrome. Right. And so how about you? You’re, you’re coming out of a rockstar pt, right? And you’re moving into the mindset kind of thing.

How much imposter syndrome did you deal with and how did you overcome it?

Jeni Jonte: Yeah. , it was a lot at first. Definitely. I did utilize, like just having the backing of the powerhouse of Bob Proctor and his material and his teachings and the like 60 or 70 years of research behind what I was doing with people, [00:20:00] and that was helpful, but I really had to.

Take into account like, okay, maybe I am newer to this. Maybe I haven’t gotten all the results that I want yet, but I like to think of it as like a sports analogy, right? So you have these really top performers in sports and they have a coach, and that coach didn’t necessarily. Do all of the same things that they are doing.

Right. , like I, I guess maybe Michael Phelps and Bob Bowman. Right? So Bob Bowman, it did not compete at the level that Michael Phelps did, but he was still able to coach him through that. So even if I had. Hadn’t necessarily met all of these same goals or am met exactly the same income level or whatever it may be as my clients.

That doesn’t mean that I’m not worthy or that I can’t help them through this process. Right. So it took a long time for me to start to feel more comfortable with that and, , getting a couple of clients under my belt really helped.

L. Scott Ferguson: Sure. But.

Jeni Jonte: It. Yeah, it [00:21:00] was definitely a process. And there were days where I was like, who do you think you are?

Right? And I just had to come back to that and revisit my self image and all of those things. And

L. Scott Ferguson: why? I think honestly like mm-hmm. So many people attach their confidence to their abilities, right? Mm-hmm. And they like, and I, I’m one of ’em, dude, like, I’ll be like, oh shit, why am I getting on the stage in front of 2000 people or how I’m able to coach.

, this pro athlete or this, , woman who’s been on the cover People magazine six times. Like how, but, and I used to worry about that like bad. Mm-hmm. , but I think that I’ve learned that if you attach your. Say confidence to your intentions? Like, my intentions is to lean Oh, yes. And help people.

If I can attach the confidence to the intentions, I’m go on any stage I can talk to anybody because yeah. Mm-hmm. He might be able to spank me with his wallet. Right. Like, makes way more money for me. Okay, that’s fine. But he’s obviously wants to talk about something that, , if I’m intentional about serving, then it could help.

Mm-hmm. So that’s one thing I’ve learned is attaching the, , the. Detaching the [00:22:00] confidence to your abilities. But yeah, bill Belichick never threw a pass. Right? Right. He coached Tom Brady for all those years. Mm-hmm. , so Exactly like your analogy with Bowman and Phelps, , it was, it’s amazing.

So how does Jeni want her Dash remembered that little line in between your incarnation date and your expiration date, your life date and death date? Hopefully it’s way down the line. But how does general one national number?

Jeni Jonte: Hmm. That’s a really good question. I would say I just hope that I am an inspiration to others.

I hope that I am able to just help other people find the amazing potential within them.

L. Scott Ferguson: Love that.

Jeni Jonte: And. I just wanna make a difference in as many people’s lives, people’s lives as possible. So just whatever impact I can have to help them improve their quality of their life, their belief and their faith in themselves, and [00:23:00] just the overall richness of life.

So that’s, that’s really what I’m,

L. Scott Ferguson: that’s trying to strive for. That’s what life is about, man. Yes, right. It is. Like, , people ask me, Fergie, what’s your why to be useful? It’s so very easy for me to like answer. It’s like to be useful. I mean, and it could be carrying a woman’s groceries in an old lady’s, , groceries in that’s struggling, walking, you know what I’m saying?

Or something that’s useful, ? That’s it. Service is a hundred percent why? Yes. So what do you, you think people might misunderstand the most about Jeni?

Jeni Jonte: Hmm. I dunno. Maybe that they think that. I, , have everything figured out.

L. Scott Ferguson: Sure. Yeah. You’re a coach, it all. You don’t have any problems in life.

Right. Yeah. Got you. Okay.

Jeni Jonte: But I am constantly learning all of the time as well. I’m always trying to improve myself. I mean, there’s always more that can be done, right. We’re never going to be like a perfect version of ourselves. So, I mean, I’m [00:24:00] just always striving to be better. Yeah. And better every day.

And. So I just hope that they don’t think that I, I don’t want people to think that I think I’m better than anybody else. You know what I mean? Like, I’m looking down on anybody, but more than I’m just trying to help uplift people.

L. Scott Ferguson: So, yes. And you, you said it probably 15, 10, 15 minutes ago, you’d be a lifelong learner, a student, right?

Jeni Jonte: Yes. You are always, mm-hmm. Born into yourself a hundred percent. Mm-hmm. So anything keep you up at night?

 It used to, it really did. And when I got into the material I used to have a lot of trouble sleeping. I would, , wake up, I’d be awake for like three, four hours in the middle of the night, just mind racing.

Jeni Jonte: So much anxiety and stress, and honestly, as I’ve worked on this on myself mm-hmm. I sleep very well now.

L. Scott Ferguson: And it’s funny, like the more you work in on it, that the physical side, the physiologically comes mm-hmm. Physiologically, physiologically comes in physi physiological. Yeah. So the more you work on your mind, you can lower the cortisol and the cortisol’s lowered.

Yes. And the next thing , you’re kind of like, I’m pretty chill right now, [00:25:00] that thank you for, for, , being transparent about this. That’s great. So three things that you can’t. That Jeni can’t live without. And you can’t say family, food, air, water, like, , three things that , that you probably could live without, but then you really say, I can’t live without, like, chicken wings is one of mine.

You know what I’m saying? But, well, that’s

Jeni Jonte: food though. I

L. Scott Ferguson: know, but no, just, just blanket say food, water, air, , come on. But like like, , you could say coffee if coffee’s your jam. Like, oh yes. Which things can’t live without.

Jeni Jonte: That’s true. I can’t, it seem to, I’ve tried. I can’t seem to stop with the coffee.

Honestly, this is gonna be very nerdy, but books, I just, yeah. I can’t stop buying books. Good, good. I’m always reading more books. Yeah. So I say my coffee, my books and music. I just, a world without music. I was actually thinking about that the other day and imagining like, what if nobody had ever. Created music, how sad that would be.

That would suck. And it actually comes into one of the questions in my lightning round we’re [00:26:00] gonna get to as well, so Oh, okay. Yeah. You’ll, you’ll, you’ll see that. So who’s kind of like some go-to authors that you use to love, love? Yeah. You know what, I have come to really love Neville. Goddard Neville he’s definitely one of my favorites.

I certainly have read all of Bob Proctor’s books. And there’s another, oh, it’s a new one I just got, and I can’t think of the author now. I wasn’t Do you like business

L. Scott Ferguson: parables at all? Or like, , life parables like Bob Burg? Yes. Go giver. The go give’s Amazing, Ooh. Yeah. Oh, I’m gonna write that down.

Yeah. He’s, he’s an ama. Amazing. Amazing. Mm-hmm. Andy Andrews, the Traveler’s Gift, that’s what my book that is in editing right now is kind of a business parable called The Harmonic. That’s exciting. So, okay. Yeah. So it’s just it’s kind of like, , hero loses all, gains It All Back, but the lessons learned in between, , kind of Yes.

More in a nutshell, but yeah, write down Bob Berg and, okay, I got it. Yeah. And yeah, Bob is fantastic. I’m blessed to have him as a, a neighbor here in like South [00:27:00] Florida as well. Just great guy. Awesome. So what is Jeni’s definition of a life well lived?

Jeni Jonte: Hmm. I would say a life filled with joy

L. Scott Ferguson: and coffee. And in

Jeni Jonte: books.

And books and music.

L. Scott Ferguson: And music. I love it. And Scott, this is awesome. She’s like my sister from another mister man, I swear. . Time to Shine Today, podcast Varsity Squad.

We are back. And Jeni, like maybe one day. , I’m in Littleton every once in a while, so maybe like you and the hubs are, I’ll bring Susan up. We can all go out. There’s some really good restaurants around there. By the way, there, I actually have a couple guys I served with in Iraq that actually live in Littleton.

So like, oh, okay. I get to wrap with them and hang out with them too. But we probably talk about a few of these questions, , 15, 20 minutes. But today. You have five seconds with no explanations and I promise you okay. They can be answered that way. You ready? Love up. Okay. Promise. I’m ready. Thank you.

Promise? Yeah. Alright. Alright. Jeni, what is the [00:28:00] best leveling up advice you feel you’ve ever received?

Jeni Jonte: Hmm. To work on your self-image? Yes.

L. Scott Ferguson: Share one of your personal habits that contributes to your success.

Jeni Jonte: I wake up at five every morning to spend at least two hours on my own, working on my business and my personal growth.

L. Scott Ferguson: That’s beautiful. So you see me walking down the street or at a networking event, and you’re like, Fergie looks like he’s in his doldrums. What book are you hand handing me that really leveled you up?

Jeni Jonte: Hmm. That’s a tricky one. There’s so many. So many. I knew

L. Scott Ferguson: you gonna say that.

Jeni Jonte: Okay. I would say. Honestly, the power of awareness by Neville was probably one of the most enlightening.

That’s a solid ones for me. That’s a solid,

L. Scott Ferguson: that’s a really good read. Absolutely. I like that one. Yeah. Most commonly used emoji when you text.

Jeni Jonte: Just that like smiley face with like, the cheeky,

L. Scott Ferguson: cheeky, smiley face. Love it. Yeah. Nicknames growing up.

Jeni Jonte: Slick. Slick.

L. Scott Ferguson: Love that. That’s

Jeni Jonte: because I would fall that [00:29:00] slick.

L. Scott Ferguson: Love it. Do you have any hidden talents and or superpowers that nobody knows about until now?

Jeni Jonte: I don’t think so. , in undergrad I was on a, a hip hop dance squad. So that was fun.

L. Scott Ferguson: That is awesome. That is freaking awesome, dude. That’s awesome. Thank you for coming. Playing with that. That’s beautiful.

Chess checkers. Chess checkers. A monopoly.

Jeni Jonte: Mm, chess.

L. Scott Ferguson: All right. Headline for your life.

Jeni Jonte: The, I don’t know if you heard that. I’m so sorry. That dog is so loud. I was say, build your imagination.

L. Scott Ferguson: Beautiful. I dunno. Awesome. Go to ice cream flavor

Jeni Jonte: cookie dough.

L. Scott Ferguson: Awesome. There is a sandwich called the Slick Jonte. Build that sandwich for me. What are we eating?

Jeni Jonte: Oh, it’s probably Turkey. Like a Turkey club kind of thing.

Turkey with bacon, avocado. Man. Candy, either ranch.

L. Scott Ferguson: Love it. [00:30:00] Yeah, cheese. Lots of cheese. All right. Very cool. High quality everything though, right? Of course. Yes. Boys head, baby. I love it. I love it. Your favorite charity and or organization you like to give your time and or money to?

Jeni Jonte: So generally, like big picture, one of the things that I am focusing a lot on is human trafficking.

So there are several different organizations within that that I make sure to donate and try to like. Be a part of.

L. Scott Ferguson: Yeah. I love it. And that’s the crown Free Be Right and stuff like that, right? That I can, yeah. So those

Jeni Jonte: are the top two. And then there’s some other ones, but Gotcha. Yeah, I do have those on the website.

That’s right.

L. Scott Ferguson: Yeah. And like, thank you. I donate a butt ton of money to that. I love it because, like guys that I served with, ’cause what we did they’re, we’re old, I’m 53, and so they’re kinda oldest. So they’re running these teams in and they’re going in. Getting human trafficked women out. Mm. Like, we’re like yeah.

It’s very, very, very close to my heart as well. Yeah. So, thank you for saying that. And last question. [00:31:00] Okay. You can elaborate on this, but what is the best decade of music? Sixties, seventies, eighties, or nineties?

Jeni Jonte: Yeah. It is, it’s between the eighties and nineties. You know, I just can’t probably, oh, if I had to pick one, I’d probably say nineties.

Okay. Just ’cause I. I listened to most in the nineties, but hip hop, I did a lot. , m and m came on in the car the other day and I like turned it up and was singing along and the kids were like, what is wrong with you mom? That’s awesome. Like, older

L. Scott Ferguson: em? Older m or like Yeah,

Jeni Jonte: beginning, yeah, beginning Eminem.

Yeah. Yeah. Like but even just all of the artists in the nineties, like I just, yeah. You know.

L. Scott Ferguson: I used to bounce in my spare time in Michigan. Oh. And he would come in, I got pictures, I’ll send you ’em. Like, , that’s, yeah. Like he used to come in and like play at this club. It was, it was called Woodbridge Travel.

 How can we find you?

Jeni Jonte: Yeah, so my website is eliminate impossible.com. Okay. I’m also active [00:32:00] on LinkedIn and Facebook.

Okay. Primarily right now. Gotcha. Yeah.

L. Scott Ferguson: And

Jeni Jonte: then I do have another website. That I use for events. So our next event, or will be coming up in March? Yes. And that website is bring on possible.com. Bring on

L. Scott Ferguson: possible. Okay. Mm-hmm. Beautiful. And we’ll put that down. Put that in the show notes please. Thank you.

And that will be kind of around the March 24th ish?

Jeni Jonte: That should be, yes.

L. Scott Ferguson: Yes. Okay. Tell us a little bit about what goes on at that event.

Jeni Jonte: Yeah, so I just do a free training usually three or five days long and just touch on some of the most important aspects that I utilize in my coaching. Just trying to give as much value and information as I possibly can.

Okay. And then, , you can, I. Choose to continue on after that or just take it and run with it. There will be steps that can be implemented immediately to at least start getting some changes and start making some progress.

L. Scott Ferguson: Gotcha. So like they come in as a group setting, but if someone was like, oh, I’d love to be coached by Jeni, they [00:33:00] could like kind of merge with you and get a one-on-one kind of coaching relationship?

Yeah, absolutely. Okay. Mm-hmm. Very good. And you also offer coaching one-on-one coaching all the time, right? Well, mm-hmm. When your schedule allows. Okay. Yeah,

Jeni Jonte: so it’s a mix. So it’s a mix between group and one-on-one time. Okay. So you get both

L. Scott Ferguson: and our, all of that is the best way to just kinda reach out to you on LinkedIn or like one of the sites or whatnot to be able to get that.

Like, I, I kind of offer an hour of power, kind of like, just as a discovery session I call it. But yes, if you offer kind of like a, a conversation. Okay. Be, yeah,

Jeni Jonte: absolutely. So there is a link on. One of those websites that has Oh, cool. The, the calendar. Okay. There should be. Okay.

L. Scott Ferguson: Yeah. I see. Yeah,

Jeni Jonte: I see. I think it’s the bring on Possible has that one.

L. Scott Ferguson: Okay. Gotcha. I’m going to bring it up so we can show the squad. possible.com. Boom. Here we go. All right, here we go. And just squad, just to let you know, the dates are, are not wrong. That that event has already happened. Yes. Again, it’ll be in March, which [00:34:00] is around this time. The timeframe, probably a week before then is when it will drop.

But I’m going to just kinda share, and again, please disregard this timeframe. But it has this and the awesome sauce, Jeni DeJonte. And just kind of go here and it’s bring on possible, which is a fantastic URL. How’d you land? That? I want to know, but it’s just it was meant to be, I guess. Yes, absolutely.

So yeah, it’s here. And again, just let me know if you need a warm introduction to Jeni. I’d be happy to do that. And see if you can set up kind of a discovery conversation with her. And Jeni, if you don’t mind, please leave us with one last knowledge nugget we can take with us, internalize and take action on.

Jeni Jonte: Hmm. I would say, oh, it’s hard to condense it into one little thing. Okay. So I would say looking at your self image. See, do hear this? So, I’m so sorry if she’s of her,

L. Scott Ferguson: she bring ‘

Jeni Jonte: em talking over me. Are you kidding? I know, I don’t. She got, she was sot

L. Scott Ferguson: hear a thing that, that headset is good. Oh good. Oh, it’s [00:35:00] buffering everything out.

Oh good. I was hoping, yeah, I

Jeni Jonte: was hoping that it would. Yeah. Okay. Yes. So I would say the number one thing is to probably start with your self image. And then go from there. And if you need a book for that one Psycho-Cybernetics is always an amazing choice because. Great information. Yeah.

L. Scott Ferguson: The guy that after Maxwell Maltz, the company was bought by Matt Furry Fury and Matt.

Yes. Yeah. And Matt’s a friend, so it’s kind of cool. I had him on show. Oh, that’s awesome. Show when I’m up in Tampa area we hook up, so that, that’s awesome. And squad, I just had a super fun. Like masterclass, if you will. My good friend Jeni Jonte, along with Hershey, her little companion over there today.

Mm-hmm. Who really believes in kind of, , coaching from a neutral position. She loves her to be able to put forward, to respond and not react to really dig into the intellectual faculties like your imagination. Especially, , she believes that a. Good coach listens and listens really good. I call it like listening with all your senses.

[00:36:00] I actually call it listening with your neck. I can just see Jeni really leaning in and catching every single one of your senses so she can be empathetic and she can work with you with your desire to go deeper into yourself. she’s planting trees. She’s never gonna sit in the shade of, I mean, this is somebody that jumped from one profession to another and.

, the kind of their parallel, but at the same time she took the leap. And with that, she’s gonna have people in her wake that she has helped in different areas of life. And to me, that’s a win. She does things, I believe, for the intention, not the attention. She’s not out there going, Ooh, look at me.

She’s really good at what she does and she knows it. And, but at the same time, she’s not out there showing it off. So if you want that warm introduction, please let me make it for you. , just also to have confidence and belief in yourself. Don’t just fit in. That’s something she would’ve told her younger self, and that’s what she wants you to know is that get out there, get your As in gear if you don’t know, and just keep moving forward.

She will be remembered as someone that’s filled with [00:37:00] joy. She might slide across home plate bumped and bruise, but she’s going to be fulfilled because she did things with a passion to serve others right? Really work on that self-image. , you only have one first impression, but not just an impression of others, but to yourself.

And that’s one thing that you do have multiple things is the impression that you make to yourself. You can wake up, if you look in the mirror and you beat the dude or the girl from yesterday, that’s a win. And just keep working on that. And working on working. That’s what my good friend Jeni does. She loves upper health.

She loves upper wealth. She’s absolutely stunning. She’s earned her varsity letter here at Time to Shine Today. Thank you so much for coming on Jeni and Hershey. I really appreciate it.

Jeni Jonte: Thank you.L. Scott Ferguson: Alright, check. Bye now.