This week on Here’s What We Know, we are joined by the extraordinary Jeff Bloomfield, CEO of Brain Trust, host of the Driving Change podcast, author, keynote speaker, neuroscientist, cancer survivor, and Papaw’s grandson. Jeff discusses his inspiring backstory, from a 100-acre farm to becoming an expert in communication through neuroscience.
Be sure not to miss out on this heartfelt yet insightful episode filled with stories about overcoming adversity through resilience, faith, and wisdom passed down through generations!
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In this Episode:
- Upbringing and Influence of Grandfather
- Becoming a Communicator and Neuroscientist
- The Power of Effective Communication
- Jeff’s Experience as a Cancer Survivor
- Faith and Science
- The Impact of Gratitude on Communication & Health
- Expressing Gratitude in Business and Personal Life
- The Power of Positive Energy
- Jeff’s Musical Background & Passions
- The Effect of Music on the Brain
- The Emotional Impacts of Song
- The Craft of Songwriting
- The Journey to Success
- The Purpose-Driven Mindset of the Next Generation
- Balancing Purpose & Practicality
Quotations:
“We’re all products of our life.” ~ Jeff Bloomfield
“Who you are today is a big part of where you came from.” ~ Jeff Bloomfield
“Where we come from is not only a big part of where we are today but where we’re also going.” ~ Jeff Bloomfield
“I was pretty good intuitively because I grew up at the foot of a master communicator.” ~ Jeff Bloomfield
“If we can change the way they communicate. If we can help them change the way they communicate, it’ll help them in their relationships at home. It’ll help them in their relationships at work. And that’s just the little corner of the earth that we’re trying to do, you know, clean up and leave better than we found it, that’s what it’s about.” ~ Jeff Bloomfield
“It started with a little boy on a farm with a papaw who taught him how to communicate. And he just spent the rest of his life validating why that was a good way to communicate. And now I get to do it for a living.” ~ Jeff Bloomfield
“Whether you’re in front of 5,000, if you prepare as a speaker and a communicator, then I am having a one-on-one conversation and that’s your mindset, then you’ll communicate that way. And that’s what I do when I walk up on a stage, whether it’s in front of 5,000 people or a few hundred that was at the event that you were at, I’m literally pretending that I’m having a one-on-one conversation.” ~ Jeff Bloomfield
“The ability to communicate effectively will make or break every goal you have in your life personally and professionally.” ~ Jeff Bloomfield
“I pray that nobody has to face a moment when they think their end might be more imminent than they expected.” ~ Jeff Bloomfield
“When you have faith in a higher power, what you’re saying is, is that you belong to something greater than yourself and it puts a sense of peace on you, which lets the very system that the greater power designed to optimize.” ~ Jeff Bloomfield
“The brain’s primary position is survival.” ~ Jeff Bloomfield
“Everything you think you know now could be proven wrong within years.” ~ Jeff Bloomfield
“I’m so passionate about music. And I loved the, because to me, it was an expression of the art of communicating, but through song.” ~ Jeff Bloomfield
“The beauty of songs is you’re supposed to let them suck you in because they tell you truth about you, not about the singer, songwriter, not about whoever it’s about. The songs are supposed to tell you truth about yourself in a really good way if you let them.” ~ Jeff Bloomfield
Bio:
Jeff Bloomfield is a former sales & marketing executive, entrepreneur, author, farm boy, and cancer survivor. From his humble beginnings on a midwest farm in central Ohio, Jeff has taken the life lessons from his storytelling “Papaw” (Grandfather) combined with his corporate career in Biotech and Neuroscience to create programs that allow you to discover how you’re truly wired for greatness and how to communicate in an authentic way to drive positive change in the world around you. After being the first person in his blue-collar family to graduate college straight out of high school, Jeff spent his corporate career in Biotech where he led several product launches for genetic cancer therapies. One of those therapies was for brain cancer. It was here that he discovered the power of neuroscience and the fact that outside of academia, most of corporate America didn’t really understand how the brain actually worked, otherwise, we wouldn’t communicate with customers and employees the way it was currently being done.
From there Jeff set out with a new mission, to teach others what he has learned about the biology, psychology, and physiology of the brain, and how to apply those learnings in a simple and understandable way to be more impactful communicators.
Guest Contact Info:
Website: https://jeffbloomfield.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffbloomfieldbraintrust/
X: https://x.com/jeff_bloomfield
Podcast: https://drivingchangepodcast.com/