It's an Inside Job
de Jason Birkevold Liem
The best of "Its an Inside Job" - The Contrarian Mindset: Jettison…
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Imagine responding to challenges with quiet strength and living with a clearer sense of direction. It's an Inside Job, hosted by Jason Birkevold Liem, guides you there. This podcast is for anyone who believes cultivating inner resources is the most powerful way to shape their outer reality. We explore practical approaches for fostering resilience, nurturing well-being, and embedding intentionality into your daily rhythm.
On Mondays, we feature a rerun of the most popular conversations with insightful individuals, uncovering practical wisdom on how your inner world serves as a compass for your outer experiences, shaping everything from your career to your relationships and personal fulfilment.
After all, actual growth is an inside job!
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- The best of "Its an Inside Job" - The Contrarian Mindset: Jettison the Fear of Judgement · 15 min · Temporada 7 Episodio 52Get in touch with us! We’d appreciate your feedback and comments. Have you ever held back in a meeting, hesitated to share an idea, or watered down your voice just to avoid…
- The best of "Its an Inside Job" - The Contrarian Mindset: Resolving the Fear of Rejection · 14 min · Temporada 7 Episodio 50Get in touch with us! We’d appreciate your feedback and comments. In a world that praises visibility, success, and certainty, few things feel as personal—or as painful—as…
- The best of "Its an Inside Job" - The Contrarian Mindset: Facing the Fear of Not Keeping Up · 12 min · Temporada 7 Episodio 48Get in touch with us! We’d appreciate your feedback and comments. In fast-paced industries—and even faster-paced lives—it’s easy to confuse momentum with meaning. The pressure to…
- The best of "Its an Inside Job" - The Contrarian Mindset: Tackling the Fear Of Missing Out (FOMO) · 11 min · Temporada 7 Episodio 46Get in touch with us! We’d appreciate your feedback and comments. We live in a world that constantly shows us what we could be doing—careers we didn’t pursue, trips we didn’t…
- The best of "Its an Inside Job" - The Contrarian Mindset: Deviating from the Known Path · 12 min · Temporada 7 Episodio 44Get in touch with us! We’d appreciate your feedback and comments. “This isn’t about abandoning your experience—it’s about shaping it to meet today’s challenges. The road ahead…
- The best of "Its an Inside Job" - The Contrarian Mindset - Facing the Fear of Change. · 17 min · Temporada 7 Episodio 38Get in touch with us! We’d appreciate your feedback and comments. Change often knocks when we least expect it—and rarely when we feel ready. This week on BiteSize Fridays, we…
- The best of "Its an Inside Job" - The Contrarian Mindset: Replacing the Reactive Mindset. · 16 minGet in touch with us! We’d appreciate your feedback and comments. This week, we’re tackling a mindset many of us fall into without realizing it—the reactive mindset. Reactivity…
- The best of "Its an Inside Job" - The Contrarian Mindset: Overcoming the Fear of Not Being Good Enough. · 11 min · Temporada 7 Episodio 34Get in touch with us! We’d appreciate your feedback and comments. This week, we’re taking on a fear that hides in plain sight—the fear of not being good enough. In this episode…
- The best of "Its an Inside Job"- The Contrarian Mindset: Moving Through Imposter Syndrome. · 15 min · Temporada 7 Episodio 32Get in touch with us! We’d appreciate your feedback and comments. This week on BiteSize Fridays, we unpack something that touches nearly everyone—imposter syndrome. Whether…
- The best of "Its an Inside Job": The Contrarian Mindset: Breaking Free from Perfectionism. · 13 min · Temporada 7 Episodio 30Get in touch with us! We’d appreciate your feedback and comments. Perfectionism often hides behind ambition, high standards, and pride in our work. But left unchecked, it can…
- The best of "Its an Inside Job": The Contrarian Mindset: Freedom From The Fear of Vulnerability. · 12 min · Temporada 7 Episodio 28Get in touch with us! We’d appreciate your feedback and comments. In this episode of our Contrarian Mindset series, I explore a fear that silently influences many of our…
- The best of "Its an Inside Job": The Contrarian Mindset Skill 12: Practice Building Social Bridges. · 34 min · Temporada 7 Episodio 26Get in touch with us! We’d appreciate your feedback and comments. “Healthy relationships thrive on balance, not scorekeeping. Reciprocity is about fostering mutual respect and…
- The best of "Its an Inside Job": The Contrarian Mindset Skill 11: Practice Equanimity. · 24 min · Temporada 7 Episodio 24Get in touch with us! We’d appreciate your feedback and comments. “True resilience comes not from controlling the world around us but mastering the world within.” In this Bite…
- The best of "Its an Inside Job": The Contrarian Mindset Skill 10: Practice Self Worth · 31 min · Temporada 7 Episodio 22Get in touch with us! We’d appreciate your feedback and comments. “Self-worth is not something you gain—it’s something you uncover within yourself.” In this episode, I explore…
- The best of "Its an Inside Job": The Contrarian Mindset Skill 9: Practice Courage · 22 min · Temporada 7 Episodio 20Get in touch with us! We’d appreciate your feedback and comments. "Courage is not the absence of fear—it’s choosing to lean into fear, to learn from it, and to act despite it."…
- The best of "Its an Inside Job": The Contrarian Mindset Skill 8: Focus on Progress Not Perfection · 18 min · Temporada 7 Episodio 18Get in touch with us! We’d appreciate your feedback and comments. "Progress celebrates movement, even messy, because it values the process of becoming over the illusion of…
- The best of "Its an Inside Job": The Contrarian Mindset Skill 7: Accepting Imperfections as Natural · 36 min · Temporada 7 Episodio 16Get in touch with us! We’d appreciate your feedback and comments. "Your imperfections are not just natural—they’re extraordinary. Embrace them as a testament to your resilience…
- The best of "Its an Inside Job": The Contrarian Mindset Skill 6: Embracing Obstacles as Opportunities · 27 min · Temporada 7 Episodio 14Get in touch with us! We’d appreciate your feedback and comments. "Obstacles aren’t barriers; they are the stepping stones to becoming your best self." In this BiteSize Fridays…
- The best of "Its an Inside Job": The Contrarian Mindset Skill 5: Challenging Unrealistic Standards · 19 min · Temporada 7 Episodio 12Get in touch with us! We’d appreciate your feedback and comments. "By letting go of unrealistic standards, we reclaim our autonomy and align our actions with what truly matters…
- The best of Its an Inside Job: The Contrarian Mindset Skill 4: Embracing Uncertainty · 20 min · Temporada 7 Episodio 10Get in touch with us! We’d appreciate your feedback and comments. "By challenging established fears and mindsets, we unlock the door to greater resilience, clarity, and the…
- The best of "It's an Inside Job" - The Contrarian Mindset Skill 3: Letting Go Of Fixed & Desired Outcomes · 15 min · Temporada 7 Episodio 8Get in touch with us! We’d appreciate your feedback and comments. In this Bite Size Fridays episode of It's an Inside Job, Jason White Birkevold Liem explores the third skill of…
- The best of "It's an Inside Job" - The Contrarian Mindset Skill 2: Focusing on Reality Over Emotional Reality for Resilience · 17 min · Temporada 7 Episodio 6Get in touch with us! We’d appreciate your feedback and comments. In this Bite Size Fridays episode of It's an Inside Job, host Jason Liem continues the series on the contrarian…
- The best of "It's and Inside Job" - The Contrarian Mindset Skill 1: Focusing on What You Can Control for Resilience · 14 min · Temporada 7 Episodio 4Get in touch with us! We’d appreciate your feedback and comments. In this Bite Size Fridays episode of It's an Inside Job, host Jason Liem introduces the contrarian mindset and…
- Struggling with Negotiations? Learn the Key Communication Skills from an International Expert. · 1 h 14 min · Temporada 4 Episodio 6Get in touch with us! We’d appreciate your feedback and comments. Curious about what it takes to become a successful negotiator? What if you could learn from a negotiation expert…
- The Psychology of Emotional Abuse and Coercive Control: Rebuilding Self-Worth with Deena Korda · 57 min · Temporada 9 Episodio 8Get in touch with us! We’d appreciate your feedback and comments. In this episode of It’s an Inside Job, we take on the often overlooked reality of domestic abuse with Deena…
- An Empty Planet: How Population Decline Will Reshape Society with Darrell Bricker · 57 min · Temporada 9 Episodio 7Get in touch with us! We’d appreciate your feedback and comments. “The problem for the future isn’t production. It’s consumption.” - Darrell Bricker Global population decline is…
- Staying Focused Under Pressure: Practical Tools from Performance Psychology with Dr Dana Sinclair · 1 h 9 min · Temporada 9 Episodio 6Get in touch with us! We’d appreciate your feedback and comments. “Confidence is about how you feel. Performance is about what you do.” - Dr. Dana Sinclair How do you perform at…
- What Are the Repeatable Behaviors Behind Great Company Culture? with Chris Dyer · 1 h 0 min · Temporada 9 Episodio 5Get in touch with us! We’d appreciate your feedback and comments. “What you are not changing, you are choosing.” - Chris Dyer Chris Dyer breaks down how to build a strong company…
- The Survival Mindset: Why Your Old Coping Mechanisms Are Making You Sick with Kristin Grayce McGary · 1 h 11 min · Temporada 9 Episodio 4Get in touch with us! We’d appreciate your feedback and comments. "When we operate from a 'fight' mentality, we are keeping our nervous system in a state of high alert. True…
- From ‘What’s Wrong With You?’ to ‘What Happened to You?’: Louise Rellis on Youth Trauma and Resilience · 58 min · Temporada 9 Episodio 3Get in touch with us! We’d appreciate your feedback and comments. “The nervous system runs the show, even when you think you’re in control.” - Louise Rellis In this episode, I…
- How to Overcome Decision Fatigue: The 3-Step Reset for Mental Clarity · 13 min · Temporada 9 Episodio 2Get in touch with us! We’d appreciate your feedback and comments. "Thinking feels heavier, not because the task is complex, but because the space required to think has become…
- The Leadership Skill Most People Ignore: Balancing Purpose and Process (The Poet & The Plumber) · 19 min · Temporada 9 Episodio 1Get in touch with us! We’d appreciate your feedback and comments. Are you leading with clarity and structure—or are you unintentionally relying too much on inspiration or too…
- The Courage to Say “No”: How to Set Boundaries Without Guilt or Burnout · 15 min · Temporada 8 Episodio 41Get in touch with us! We’d appreciate your feedback and comments. “Protecting your time isn’t selfish — it’s self-respect in action.” Do you ever say yes when every part of you…
- 13 Seeing Sideways - The Sunk Cost Fallacy: Why “I’ve Invested Too Much to Quit” Is Holding You Back · 13 min · Temporada 8 Episodio 40Get in touch with us! We’d appreciate your feedback and comments. “Resilient people don’t let past investment dictate future choices. They measure value by direction, not…
- Losing the Uniform, Losing Yourself: Finding Identity, Purpose & Community Again After the Military with Lee James Hanna · 56 min · Temporada 8 Episodio 39Get in touch with us! We’d appreciate your feedback and comments. “What veterans need more than anything is a new mission. We’re built to serve others, to protect. Give us…
- Seeing Sideways - The Narrative Fallacy & the Stories We Tell Ourselves · 11 min · Temporada 8 Episodio 38Get in touch with us! We’d appreciate your feedback and comments. "One honest detail added can shift the entire meaning and make your story more real and not just more…
- The War Within: Turning Off Combat Mode After Military Service with Clay Rojas · 58 min · Temporada 8 Episodio 37Get in touch with us! We’d appreciate your feedback and comments. “Combat mode can lead you through war; it cannot lead you through life.” — Clay Rojas U.S. Marine veteran and…
- Seeing Sideways - “Why Don’t They Get It?” Egocentric Bias Explained (and What to Do) · 11 min · Temporada 8 Episodio 36Get in touch with us! We’d appreciate your feedback and comments. What changes when you stop assuming people “get it” and start checking what they actually heard? In this chapter…
- Resilience Debt: How Borrowing Against Your Well-Being Leads to Burnout & Four Buffers That Protect Your Energy · 16 min · Temporada 8 Episodio 35Get in touch with us! We’d appreciate your feedback and comments. “Burnout doesn’t book a slot in your calendar. It just shows up and takes what it’s owed.” Are you living on…
- Seeing Sideways - Emotional Reasoning: When Feelings Masquerade as Facts · 10 min · Temporada 8 Episodio 34Get in touch with us! We’d appreciate your feedback and comments. “Emotional reasoning is the shortcut that convinces us our feelings are facts.” A clear, practical walkthrough…
- The Power of Reinvention: What Happens When the Role That Defined You Ends · 18 minGet in touch with us! We’d appreciate your feedback and comments. When the title, team, or role that once defined you falls away—who are you in the silence that’s left, and how…
- Seeing Sideways - Cognitive Dissonance: Making Peace with Our Contradictions · 11 min · Temporada 8 Episodio 32Get in touch with us! We’d appreciate your feedback and comments. “Discomfort doesn’t mean you’re wrong. It means you’re growing.” (08:37) What if the very discomfort you’re…
- From Pro Athlete to Purpose: Abiola Wabara on Reinvention and Resilience · 56 min · Temporada 8 Episodio 31Get in touch with us! We’d appreciate your feedback and comments. “Basketball was something that I did, not who I was.” — Abiola Wabara When your main identity suddenly…
- Seeing Sideways - The Self-Serving Bias: Why We Claim the Wins and Dodge the Blame · 11 min · Temporada 8 Episodio 30Get in touch with us! We’d appreciate your feedback and comments. “Growth doesn’t come from protecting the ego. It comes from seeing clearly what you did well, what you missed…
- Self-Worth Over Wins: An Athlete’s Guide to Mental Health and Identity with Isaiah Neil · 1 h 1 min · Temporada 8 Episodio 29Get in touch with us! We’d appreciate your feedback and comments. “Mental health often gets worse before it gets better—because you’re having hard conversations and making…
- Seeing Sideways - The Dunning-Kruger Effect: Why We Think We Know More Than We Do · 15 min · Temporada 8 Episodio 28Get in touch with us! We’d appreciate your feedback and comments. “Confidence can signal progress, but unchecked, it can also become a ceiling.” Have you ever felt overly…
- Life After Sport: How Athletes Can Rebuild Identity, Mental Health and Resilience with Emily Huston · 53 min · Temporada 8 Episodio 27Get in touch with us! We’d appreciate your feedback and comments. What happens when the role that has defined your identity disappears overnight—and how do you rebuild when the…
- Seeing Sideways - Spotting Patterns vs. Chasing Ghosts (Apophenia): A Guide to Clear Thinking · 10 min · Temporada 8 Episodio 26Get in touch with us! We’d appreciate your feedback and comments. “Clarity means letting insight be earned, not assumed.” Have you ever convinced yourself that “this always…
- The False Promise of DEI: When Diversity Divides Instead of Unites · 27 min · Temporada 8 Episodio 25Get in touch with us! We’d appreciate your feedback and comments. “DEI isn’t a cure-all and it isn’t a poison. It’s a tool—and it depends how we use it.” Is DEI expanding…
- Seeing Sideways - “I Knew It” – The Lie Your Brain Loves to Tell (The Hindsight Bias) · 10 min · Temporada 8 Episodio 24Get in touch with us! We’d appreciate your feedback and comments. “Resilience isn’t built on perfect foresight. It’s built on honest hindsight.” In this episode of Seeing…







