551: Flying Right Side Up: A Better Way to Live, Lead and Grow with Nicole Jansen

551: Flying Right Side Up: A Better Way to Live, Lead and Grow with Nicole Jansen

May 6, 2026 · 16 min · Episode 551

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Nicole Jansen returns to the podcast with a new vision, discussing the importance of staying grounded amidst change and the metaphor of flying right side up in pursuit of goals.

How do you stay grounded when everything around you in shifting? After an intentional break, Nicole Jansen returns with a bold new vision for the Leaders of Transformation podcast. In this episode, Nicole shares why she stepped away, what she discovered in the stillness, and what's ahead in this powerful new chapter of the podcast. Nicole opens with a raw and honest reflection on the tension high achievers feel between striving and resting — and why the most productive thing you can do in certain pivotal moments is to pause . From there, she paints a vivid picture of the seismic shifts happening in the world today — economic, political, social, technological — and asks the question at the heart of this new season: How do you stay grounded when everything around you is shifting? Drawing on a striking dream about a pilot flying upside down without realizing it, Nicole introduces a powerful metaphor for how many of us pursue our goals: working hard, executing strategies — but doing it all in reverse. She challenges listeners to consider whether the way they're chasing their goals might actually be working against them — and invites us into a deeper exploration of what it looks like…

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