Paul F. Austin, founder of Third Wave & Psychedelic Coaching Institute, coaches elite leaders—CEOs, founders, and executives—on integrating psychedelics with conscious leadership for peak performance, problem solving, and tangible transformation.

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Paul Austin Website – Go to his website and send him a direct note for a one on one chat if you are an entrepreneur who is ready to refine your vision, elevate your leadership and evolve into the next level of your business and life.

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1) The biggest opportunities are found in not playing by the rules but in rewriting them and that success is not only about personal achievement but about serving something bigger and that true fulfilment comes from aligning  your work to a deeper mission that creates true impact in families, communities and the world. Finding the intersection of these things defines what success is.

2) Microdosing is not a magic pill that anyone can take to fix things. Yes it helps in neuroplasticity but its not just about taking the drug that matters, what really matters is integration.

3) The best leaders just don’t grow their business, they grow themselves first and Psychedelic coaching accelerate that evolution.

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Show Notes

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Today’s Audio MASTERCLASS: Conscious Leadership & Psychedelics

[1:11] – Paul shares something that he believes about becoming successful that most people disagree with.

• Most people think success comes from following a particular path, modules or frameworks. He believes real success comes from trusting our own intuition and seeing where the world is headed before it gets there and surrounding yourself with people who are willing to break the rules.
• The biggest opportunities are found in not playing by the rules but in rewriting them and that success is not only about personal achievement but about serving  something bigger and that true fulfilment comes from aligning  your work to a deeper mission that creates true impact in families , communities and the world. Finding the intersection of these things defines what success is.

[2:26] –  Paul talks about his transition from building Third Wave & Psychedelic Coaching Institute to coaching top entrepreneurs through psychedelic leadership.

• He started Third Wave in 2015 when he was 24 years old. It is an educational platform to help de-stigmatized Psychedelics. He started to get great speaking opportunities in the first 2-3 years from major tech business conferences and he realized as he go through those conferences that there are a lot of high performing entrepreneurs who start to experiment with Psychedelics like microdosing without a clear road map.
• Having his team around him, he had a free time and energy to directly coach entrepreneurs and founders in how they can integrate those experience into their personal and professional path of development to leadership and business strategy.
• His transition from a coach to a facilitator mirrors what many successful entrepreneurs experience not just about building more but leading to a higher level . Not about productivity but about vision and communication where he spend his last 5 years through microdosing and intentional high performance leadership.

[4:38] – Paul talks about Microdosing & High-Performance Leadership and hot it seems like more and more CEOs and founders are turning to microdosing these days.

• When it comes to drug use, we as humans look for ways to alter our consciousness. Psychedelics is not addictive and is used for thousands of years. Microdosing helps in 2 key aspects. First is neuroplasticity helps our brain to develop more gray matter  and helps elevate BDNF (Brain Drive Neurotriple Factor) which is important to adapt quickly.
• The second aspect is courage. If you work with Psychedelics, it down regulates the fear response from our amygdala that allows us to make decisions from a place of vision or from a place of courage rather than fear.
• It also helps give better mood, better energy and better sleep.
• Microdosing is a set of protocol, taking low dose LSD about 10^th or 20^th of a regular dose and doing it 2-3 times a week for a month or two.
• To optimize that protocol for the greatest success possible by leveraging neuroplasticity and amplify courage as yo work to become a better leader in today’s world.

[8:06] – Paul tells why he believes that transformation isn’t just about substances, but about mastering mindset,presence, and impact.

• Microdosing is not a magic pill that anyone can take to fix things. Yes it helps in neuroplasticity but its not just about taking the drug that matters, what really matters is integration.
• 80% of the benfit is noit just taking the substance itself but its what you do with the insights and the awareness that comes through. Its about emotional intelligence, self-awareness and being a conscious leader because leadership today is not about working harder but working with absolute clarity and in a place of alignment, depth where real impact and longevity come from.
• Psychedelics , according to a research done in John Hopkins reactivates the capacity to be social. Psychedelics are opening this critical learning period that closes when one grows up or get older and it returns our brain in the state of a 3-4 year old kid temporarily like having a fresh start.

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[15:43] – Paul talks about what separates those who thrive from those who stay stuck in these brutal cycles of uncertainty and burnout.

• The big separator is  not intelligence or hustle but the ability to make courageous decisions and what you need to know at your fingertips.
• Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon said “All of my best decisions in business and life have been made with heart, intuition and gut not analysis.” The biggest struggles that he see in entrepreneurs are men who overanalyse or get stuck in their head, intellectualizing and abstracting things.
• The biggest struggles that he see are leaders who are great at building but resistant to evolving and holding on to outdated strategies, operating from fear instead of vision.

[16:59] – Paul talks about how he help high achievers integrate insights into both their business and leadership strategies.

• He recommends the Leadership Circle Profile which is a fantastic assessment of how entrepreneurs move from a reactive to creative to intergrowth.
• The 2 biggest factors that drives success in leadership is the capacity to have a vision and the capacity to facilitate teamwork.
• What defines success is the ability to trot the untrotted path and to serve something bigger than ourselves.
• The reason why he works with Psychedelics and microdosing is because it is the best tool that he found that help facilitate greater vision and helps them to get in their heart, be more compassionate, be great communicators and to care more about the people they are working with.
• Work is changing rapidly in the face of AI and “culture eats strategy for breakfast”. Psychedelics and microdosing if used with intention , skill, a coah and facilitator in your corner can be a massive unlock for leaders who want to have a more compelling vision and to care more about humans who surround themselves with.

[19:32] – Paul gives his key take away.

• Recognize that whether it is a micro dose or a higher dose of Psychedelics, these tools are very powerful if you utilize them for effective outcomes to change your life in a substantial way. You want to do that with a guide, a facilitator who really knows how to work with that.

[20:40] – Paul shares how his process works.

• He will set up a 3-6 months container with a 6-8 weeks protocol. He will do an intake assessment of what you want to achieve and facilitate in their lifeand he will actively coach them to assure that microdosing protocol is as effective and useful as possible.
• The best leaders just don’t grow their business, they grow themselves first and Psychedelic coaching accelerate that evolution .

[22:17] – Call to action.

• Paul Austin Website – Go to his website and send him a direct note for a one on one chat if you are an entrepreneur who is ready to refine your vision, elevate your leadership and evolve into the next level of your business and life.

[21:49] – Thank you to our Sponsor!

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