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A Conscious Approach to Business and Life with Scott Britton

• Sam and Jason Yarborough • Season 3 • Episode 5

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Growth often comes when we step outside our comfort zone and face the unknown head-on.

This week, we’re chatting with Scott Britton, founder of Conscious Talent and author of Conscious Accomplishment. You’ve probably seen his thought-provoking posts on LinkedIn, but in this conversation, Scott takes us behind the scenes of his journey. From selling his company to Salesforce to exploring the depths of consciousness, Scott shares how he went from chasing external success to discovering true fulfillment from within.

We dive into how letting go of attachments and embracing awareness transformed his life, why spirituality and high performance aren’t mutually exclusive, and how embracing joy over achievement has reshaped his approach to business and life. Scott also opens up about his new venture, Conscious Talent, and how he’s helping leaders build businesses with both heart and success.

What you’ll learn:

  • How letting go of attachments can unlock true success
  • Why consciousness and high performance go hand in hand
  • How shifting from external validation to internal fulfillment transforms your life

Jump into the conversation:

(00:00) Introduction

(02:30) Scott's journey from tech success to spiritual exploration

(06:00) Realizing the need for change amidst external success

(08:58) The transformative impact of Ayahuasca on Scott’s consciousness

(12:30) Understanding consciousness and its role in shaping our experiences

(18:04) Integrating spirituality with business practices

(22:24) The role of attachment in achieving true success

(28:59) The importance of awareness and emotional control

(39:38) Launching Conscious Talent and its mission to align conscious leaders

(49:56) The ripple effect of embracing consciousness in leadership and society


Connect with Scott Britton: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jscottbritton/ 


Check out Scott Britton’s work:

Conscious Accomplishment: https://amzn.to/481OAVT 


Check out Arcadia: https://www.BeArcadia.com  

Connect with Sam Yarborough: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sam-yarborough/ 

Connect with Jason Yarborough: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yarby/ 


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[00:00:00] Scott Britton: I think one powerful distinction in my journey has been like intrinsic reward or intrinsic joy versus doing something as a means to an end. I think one of the ways our intuition and, and the higher aspects of ourselves speaks to us is inspiration is just feeling good doing something.

[00:00:41] Jason Yarborough: Welcome back to the Show. Friends, we are here with another great guest. 

[00:00:49] Sam Yarborough: We're so excited about this one episode number. Whatever it is 

[00:00:51] Jason Yarborough: now, who knows? We are 

[00:00:52] Sam Yarborough: episode a lot. 

[00:00:53] Jason Yarborough: Yeah, we're having fun. 

[00:00:56] Sam Yarborough: Today's guest is somebody who I've been following for a while on LinkedIn. I've been reading his newsletter, listening to his podcast, um, by all definitions that we typically subscribe to.

[00:01:09] Sam Yarborough: Mm-hmm. He had a very successful life. 

[00:01:13] Jason Yarborough: Yeah. Had a successful go at it in the software career. I've been swimming circles around this guy for a long time. Never really had a chance to chat or meet, but. Today we had a fascinating conversation. 

[00:01:26] Sam Yarborough: Yeah. Today's guest, if you haven't already seen, is Scott Britton.

[00:01:30] Sam Yarborough: He sold a company to the one, the only sales force, which not many people can say. Um, but I can't say that I can't either. Not yet. In that process, he. Kind of learned that having it all is not necessarily having it all. 

[00:01:47] Jason Yarborough: Oh, that's pretty good. 

[00:01:48] Sam Yarborough: So he started to explore what that means. He went down the road of consciousness and how that can truly impact the way you lead and you show up to life and also create the path forward for you.

[00:02:03] Sam Yarborough: So without further ado, friends today, enjoy today's episode with Scott Britton. 

[00:02:09] Jason Yarborough: Mr. Scott Britton. Here we go.

[00:02:12] Sam Yarborough: All right, friends. Welcome back. Um, I say this every time, but I really am excited for today's guest. Not that I'm not for anybody else, but, I think this story, is so interesting because today's guest, Scott Britton, welcome to the show. Thanks for being

[00:02:29] Sam Yarborough: here. 

[00:02:30] Scott Britton: to be here.

[00:02:31] Sam Yarborough: on the surface you have maybe lived the type of air quotes success that most people in tech chase, you know, you've been a founder, you've had a big exit, you've had these titles, and yet you still found yourself kind of searching for more within all of that. I don't wanna tell the story for you, but you've sold a company to Salesforce, which is kind of tops. and during that process you turned your attention inward,

[00:03:00] Sam Yarborough: um, and you kind of tried to explore consciousness and maybe even spirituality and like what success looked like, maybe inward rather than outward. just a quick few more accolades so that people kind of know who you are, but you are the founder of Conscious Talent, which I think is awesome and I do wanna learn more about. And yesterday you launched a.

[00:03:23] Scott Britton: that's right.

[00:03:25] Sam Yarborough: Conscious Accomplishment. This is huge. So, welcome to the show. You're a dad, you're a podcast host.

[00:03:31] Sam Yarborough: You're so much more, we're so excited to lean in and talk more with you.

[00:03:34] Scott Britton: Yeah. Well, thanks for having me here. And you know, I, I love, from what I know about you guys, what you're putting out in the world as well. So it should be a fun conversation.

[00:03:43] Sam Yarborough: I'd love to know, like, you know, Sam mentioned, um, kinda your, your background. It's kind of a, a wild arc, like to get into where you're at now, which I, I love where you've ended up and obviously it's not one that you, you hear every day, especially, especially in this like B2B SaaS go to market

[00:04:00] Jason Yarborough: space.

[00:04:01] Jason Yarborough: Right. And it's one that, you know, we're actively trying to, to take on as well. So I'm very curious like, what pulled you, uh, into this journey?

[00:04:09] Scott Britton: Well, I don't know if I had a choice. You know, and I, I think that's just kind of how these things go. I mean, I was very hard charging type A, um, running my tech company. And what I, what happened was, is like over a series of years I started to recognize a level of like, intensity about myself and also I would say unhappiness, where I kind of just like would look around and be like, how come I don't laugh freely like I used to, you know?

[00:04:48] Scott Britton: How come I'm always thinking about the next thing to do and to optimize. And like, I just started to realize like, okay, maybe this isn't working as well as I thought it was. And, you know, ex externally, my life did look pretty good.

[00:05:04] Scott Britton: You know, I was living in New York City. I was running a first round tech, first round capital tech company. I had a lot of, you know, romantic interests in my life. Um, I had a lot of friends, I like did everything right and yet I don't, my life doesn't feel how I want it to feel.

[00:05:24] Scott Britton: you know, I had been a meditator for six years at this point. Like, that was the, that was the thing. It was like, okay, if you're not feeling good, like meditate, you know, go to therapy. And it was like, okay, cool. I did those things. You know, I, I would, I was like one of the earliest people to meditation I know.

[00:05:40] Scott Britton: yet here I was. And so I think like the real inflection point for me. was, I had a friend of mine who threw me a lifeline really? And was like, Hey, you know, I'm hosting this Ayahuasca retreat. And I had never been into any of that. I had never done psychedelics. I had never really done anything besides drank alcohol.

[00:06:02] Scott Britton: and I was like, you know what? Like, I've tried, I've tried everything else. Like whatever I'm doing is not working. And, you know, that retreat was my first real altered state of consciousness. I'm not gonna tell a long trip story here, but like, coming outta that retreat, there was just a real clear understanding that there was much more to reality and to who I was than I previously thought.

[00:06:29] Scott Britton: And, that was really the start of like shifting that same level of. Earnestness, I would say, and even intensity, um, from the external world to exploring minor world and my consciousness.

[00:06:46] Jason Yarborough: it sounds like. You had enough self-actualization or awareness to really understand that, hey, something's not right with me. Like 

[00:06:54] Jason Yarborough: I like where I'm at externally, but inside it's like, I'm, I'm you, you mentioned like you run happy, 

[00:06:59] Jason Yarborough: that's hard for a lot of people to really admit to, especially like, you know, a lot of high achievers, my biggest question is like, how do people get there,

[00:07:07] Scott Britton: I was gonna say, it's a deeply humbling experience. You know, my life, like, like I went to the right school, you know, I, I was like a successful athlete, college athlete. I had the career. Like I had, you know, I had the six pack abs. I had done everything right. And I was kind of pissed off because it was like, I thought that if I did this, then I would get why.

[00:07:31] Scott Britton: And yet, endless years of reading self-help books, right. And yet here I am. I don't know what the particular thing I, if anything, did to really recognize my suffering because that's what we're really talking about here is like a recognition of suffering you know, it just was kind of noticing other people.

[00:07:52] Scott Britton: Seemed to move through life Morely than me. Really just starting really just like my attention was picking up on that and starting to recognize that that was kind of what I actually wanted.

[00:08:06] Sam Yarborough: in our society more particularly, there is like a quote unquote roadmap to success. You just mentioned it. You go to the right school, you get this job. To get you X at that point in time, did you know what X was or were you just kind of like following the path 'cause you thought that's what you were supposed to

[00:08:23] Scott Britton: Well, I mean, I definitely was like, oh yeah, like I wanna sell a comp, like I wanna start and sell a company. I wanna make a lot of money so I can do whatever I want.

[00:08:32] Scott Britton: my awakening journey and consciousness journey started before I actually actualize that, that vision of selling a company.

[00:08:39] Scott Britton: Um, but like you start to have like lots of of wins, right? With different things. Whether it's like you're dating the person that you thought would make you happy, or you living in the apartment, or you get the, the money or whatever it is, and, and then you just realize it's a very, it creates a very temporary blip in happiness.

[00:08:58] Sam Yarborough: So let's ground this really quick, because I feel like when we say the word consciousness, that could mean. Maybe people don't, haven't come across this. This could mean a few things.

[00:09:07] Sam Yarborough: Like when you say consciousness, talk to us. What does that actually mean?

[00:09:11] Scott Britton: well, I think of consciousness like as very, um, multifaceted, but at the core it's an awareness of a subjective experience. And the lineage that I've spent the most time studying also includes, really thinks of consciousness as like a platform that incorporates components like the subconscious.

[00:09:36] Scott Britton: So we have our awareness, right? But then we have what enters that awareness? Where does that come from? what is that all about? Right? It's like, how do I, why do I feel a certain way when something happens? A lot of that's from our subconscious, which is defined by all that which we've experienced.

[00:09:55] Scott Britton: Um, it's also defined by the sensory perception Organs, and the capacity for us to take that information in, compare it against that subconscious reference system, and then come up with a response. And so, like, I think of conscious, our consciousness is like a totality of that which is contributing to a subjective experience.

[00:10:16] Scott Britton: it's incredibly vast. Like it's far more vast and complex and nuanced than I knew before I got into any of this stuff. But it's also endlessly interesting because it is the core substrate that's creating your experience. when you realize that you're like.

[00:10:37] Scott Britton: Okay, well, you know, I can become really good at organizing all the chips on the board, right? Which is like the whole outside in game. Or I can take a, it's actually a much more intelligent thing to do to directly work on the thing that is creating your subjective experience. And we can, you know, we can get into this, but like I would actually argue in my life, I've had a lot of strong evidence that it's not only creating my subjective experience, but it's also creating that which I experience in material reality.

[00:11:11] Scott Britton: And, um, you know, to me it's just like a higher level game.

[00:11:16] Sam Yarborough: you had mentioned earlier like you're in the process of selling a company to Salesforce and you start to go down this path prior to the actual transaction. how did you kind of exploring consciousness, you've even used the word spirituality before. How did that then influence. That transaction, that journey, or did it

[00:11:37] Scott Britton: I probably got into this about three, three-ish years before we ended up selling the business. I, I spent a year basically just. Going hard on all spiritual stuff in the in-between times. So it was like, instead of business books, I was reading Ramdas, I was reading about Buddhism, I was reading all this stuff.

[00:11:58] Scott Britton: I was listening to those types of podcasts. I was, you know, going to Kundalini yoga classes and doing like all this esoteric things after work. And it was like all the in-between times became consumed by this consciousness stuff, but it still felt very compartmentalized, you know, it was like, I like did my spiritual practices and then I, uh, go to work and was like a tech dude.

[00:12:20] Scott Britton: And,

[00:12:21] Jason Yarborough: two

[00:12:21] Jason Yarborough: split personalities. 

[00:12:23] Scott Britton: yeah. And it was like my dirty little secret and I didn't tell anybody about it. And I lived like that for probably a year. And I met a teacher who basically was like, you need to like start to integrate these things. And, and part, and part of it was a question that I had, which is like, you know, as a very all in person, like if I am.

[00:12:46] Scott Britton: Really serious about this. Should I be running a tech company? 

[00:12:51] Scott Britton: Like shouldn't I be like 

[00:12:53] Scott Britton: some astro or something? Like shouldn't I be like going finding a master and like here I am in the West Village of New York City, like going out on the weekends and running a tech company and just doing all the same shit I used to do, but just kind of into spirituality now.

[00:13:07] Scott Britton: you know, basically what she told me, she's like, your growth is exactly where you're at. You don't need to do any of that. You just need to start to notice when you're resisting reality as it is. And she gave me an assignment to basically notice any single time that I was disturbed and we began to,you know, had a note on my phone and I would write out every single time I was triggered.

[00:13:29] Scott Britton: And I was like, holy shit. Like my life is a trigger fest. And, um, we would go into these and we would begin to do certain practices that helped me understand the subconscious. experiences and patterns and concepts that were creating my experience. And so, so for a couple years, you know, I was like, all of a sudden my business became like a dojo for my consciousness journey, where I was just like sitting in a meeting and I was like, this is interesting, but at the same time, I'm actually more interested in how I'm react, reacting to everything.

[00:14:05] Scott Britton: You know, when a client didn't get back to me in an email like that was interesting, but I'm also holding the complexity of like, well, how is that making me feel? Right? And, and using all these situations to basically understand why I was getting taken out of peace. what I found is that all of a sudden, like that game was more interesting than winning in business.

[00:14:30] Scott Britton: Like, understanding why I am the way that I am and then starting to see the archetypal patterns of the way that reality was unfolding was just more interesting. You know, it was just like endlessly interesting. Right? And, um, as it came, as it pertained to the sale, you know, I started to see this pattern of, um, life kind of bringing me the perfect circumstance that was required for my next stage of development, for my next stage of evolution.

[00:15:03] Scott Britton: this is like how my life still works like this by the way, where it's like it brings me whatever thing that I need to see. And so with selling our company. I had, I'd done a lot of work around attachments. So attachments is, is like an idea that like you need to have something to be a certain way in order to feel good.

[00:15:23] Scott Britton: And you know, one by one life had started to show me all my attachments. It started to like take away the shit that I wanted so that I would have the capacity to see that I was still attached to it. And with selling troops, we had entered in an M&A process and basically there was like three deals that I thought were gonna happen.

[00:15:49] Scott Britton: Like, okay, like we're gonna sell the company, you're gonna make all this money, your life's gonna change. Amazing. And like at the last minute, like something would go haywire. And each time that happened, I was like so distraught, I was so annoyed. And I would go and I would do my little exercise of like releasing the attachments and like all that kind of stuff.

[00:16:11] Scott Britton: Then like, you know, it happened a fourth time and it really was at like the finish line. I finally realized like, wow, I'm still attached to the se to selling to my company, to being an exited founder, to the prestige, to all of these things that I thought I wanted. And I was able to get to a place where I was able to truly let go.

[00:16:37] Scott Britton: To truly say, I actually don't give a shit about any of this. And whatever you want to do, universe, I have immense trust in that and I really meant it this time. And after that moment of surrender and letting go, later that day, I basically got a download of how to rectify the situation that we were in.

[00:16:59] Scott Britton: And a couple weeks later, we sold the company. And so to me, like that whole sequence of events, you could say it's random. It's not random at all to me because I think this is like how life works and like how reality works. It's like unfolding for our consciousness evolution. We just often don't see that.

[00:17:20] Scott Britton: And so, you know, I don't think personally, like I'm not sure if the company would've sold, at least not in that fashion if I hadn't been,, basically using that opportunity to free myself from the attachment because it was like when that action occurred, the download came and then entire situation shifted.

[00:17:41] Scott Britton: you know, and I've seen this pattern time and time again, it's like life keeps giving you signs until it hits you over the head. And when you, when you get the lesson, when you, when you actually develop the awareness, then the circumstances shift. And so, yeah, I mean, to me, like this is very core.

[00:17:59] Scott Britton: To that particular outcome, and it's very core to positive outcomes across my life.

[00:18:04] Sam Yarborough: I love this conversation. Um, I mean, I've seen this in my life too. I'm definitely still on this journey for people that are listening. Uh, one thing I just wanna call out and see if you agree or have other thoughts on this, is like consciousness is awareness. To start, it's just awareness of you're exactly like you're saying.

[00:18:24] Sam Yarborough: Like, okay, so this interaction made me feel why, and then just being aware enough to say like, but why

[00:18:33] Sam Yarborough: did it make me feel that way? And like, how can I change the way that I interact with that to make my reality more in sync with what I want? Like, this person's making me really stressed out. I don't wanna be a stressed out person.

[00:18:48] Sam Yarborough: Guess what? I'm in control of that. Like this is, that's not happening to me. I get to choose that. Would you say that's accurate?

[00:18:56] Scott Britton: Yes. I think that you're referring to kind of the, the recognition that our reactions are like an US thing,

[00:19:04] Sam Yarborough: Yes.

[00:19:05] Scott Britton: that's a hundred percent 

[00:19:07] Scott Britton: true. 

[00:19:08] Sam Yarborough: To further that point. I think once you start to have that like general awareness of like, okay, I, I have a little bit of control over the situation, at least how I react to it, then there's a further awareness beyond that of like, I can let thoughts go.

[00:19:24] Sam Yarborough: I can have an open mind. I can see more possibilities than what maybe was like my boxed in. This is the only choice in front of me. Do you think that in going through this journey, you talked about downloads, like, I wanna, I wanna hang out on downloads for a minute because that can be a foreign topic to people.

[00:19:44] Sam Yarborough: Like, what's a download? How are you open to receive a download? How, like, is,

[00:19:49] Sam Yarborough: is this part of the awareness of just having an open mind to see that?

[00:19:54] Scott Britton: Yeah. Well, in the same way that, you asked the question of like, why did I react to the way that I did I think there's a lot of benefit that, uh, to asking the question what information is entering my awareness? So what thoughts are coming up or feelings, and then where is that coming from? And basically what.

[00:20:17] Scott Britton: I started to observed was that there are distinct distinctly different textures of information entering my awareness. And part the first time I really experienced that distinct difference was actually during a plant medicine that, that initial plant medicine experience where I connected with, uh, what felt like a eternal divine essence part of myself.

[00:20:43] Scott Britton: Like I could have a conversation with another presence in my awareness that wasn't my thoughts, 

[00:20:48] Scott Britton: if that makes sense. And so I, I had an understanding of what that felt like. And as I started to do more spiritual practice and my mind became less cluttered, it was almost as if whatever was blocking the connection to that thing that I experienced started to open.

[00:21:08] Scott Britton: And I started to be able to, receive spontaneous information and know like that. That thing that just under my awareness, like that ping, like that's just not like a random thing. Like I'm getting information right now and it's coming from a, uh, a different source than a lot of my other thoughts. And, um, yeah, over time I began to, with practice, I began to develop a relationship with that, and I also began to learn how to kind of call upon that at, on demand.

[00:21:37] Scott Britton: I think about like downloads is, is useful information that's coming from a place that has your best interest. And I also often think that's from, you know, a pla like our soul, like our, our higher self, our true self, whatever you wanna call it. Um, it's trying to help us, but the question is just, can we hear it?

[00:21:58] Jason Yarborough: getting to that place of interest is, is a journey in and of itself, right? I think 

[00:22:03] Jason Yarborough: about the, the fact that you have to like get to the place where you can let go of these attachments very hard for a lot of people, especially those, you know, high achievers and people who are, you know, on the pursuit of something, you know, tangible. Uh, and I, and I think what that is all kind of wrapped in is, is ego. was it mad in Charlotte, Sam or Charlotte Yoga, that that was always like, leave your ego at the door, leave your ego at the

[00:22:29] Jason Yarborough: door. And it's like you're constantly checking your ego in these scenarios and situations like, what really wants this?

[00:22:36] Jason Yarborough: Whatever this is, is it me or is it this, you know, 

[00:22:40] Jason Yarborough: split personality, ego me that wants this and how hard is that for you to address? Because I feel like it's, you know, pretty hard for me to be honest.

[00:22:50] Scott Britton: Yeah, I 

[00:22:51] Scott Britton: mean, you know, there's, there's definitely like having your cake and eating it too, right? Your, the ego often wants all the things and wants the spiritual and consciousness and awareness and enlightenment and blah, blah, blah. I think at the end of the day there just has to be like a continuous refining of like, okay, so let's just play that out.

[00:23:15] Scott Britton: Ego gets the thing. Does being, you still feel like being you?

[00:23:21] Scott Britton: You know, and for me it's like I'd played that game a long time and, and I have been humbled many times, right? By like getting or not getting the thing and then being upset and. Yeah, I think there's just like at a certain point of that, you're like, you know what, like what I really want is to feel a certain way and something outside of myself is not gonna create that.

[00:23:51] Scott Britton: that's just where the focus needs to be.

[00:23:54] Jason Yarborough: how do you respond when you achieve x. What is it that that happens on the inside of you? Like where, where do you feel joy or where do you just feel you know, happy

[00:24:07] Jason Yarborough: about something? And there's two differences in happiness versus joy and like what actually brings you joy when you accomplish something you've set out to do or something that you're trying to, to 

[00:24:16] Jason Yarborough: pursue. 

[00:24:18] Scott Britton: I think one powerful distinction in my journey has been like intrinsic reward or intrinsic joy versus doing something as a means to an end. So like, I think one of the ways our intuition and, and the higher aspects of ourselves speaks to us is inspiration is just feeling good doing something.

[00:24:38] Scott Britton: And I think, you know, that's juxtaposed with the ego that's like, thinks about things like, well, when I get X then I'll feel y 

[00:24:48] Scott Britton: right? And so that it like, sets us off on these little like pursuits where it's like the action itself isn't the reason we're doing it, we're doing it for some outcome. not only is that like a very, uh, volatile game to play it also doesn't actually result in the best outcomes after a certain point.

[00:25:09] Scott Britton: Like for me, like when I'm out of alignment with what I'm supposed to be doing. With like, kind of the direction of like, my joy or inspiration, my life gets very difficult. It's kind of like the reality has basically said, we're not gonna do that anymore. Like, we're, we're not gonna reward you for being out of alignment.

[00:25:27] Jason Yarborough: 

[00:25:27] Jason Yarborough: talk to us about what that kind of feels like for you.

[00:25:30] Scott Britton: it's like really simple. It's like if I do something that's out of integrity, uh, I get feedback very quickly. like, something goes awry, I call it like the narrow path where in the beginning of this journey of awareness and consciousness, it's like you kind of can do whatever you want.

[00:25:46] Scott Britton: It doesn't matter. as you continue to evolve, like my belief is, is that there's a higher order principle behind the scenes. We can't see it, but it's like an intelligence that is. Helping shape the material world of form that you're walking through and it's trying to help you evolve.

[00:26:08] Scott Britton: It's trying to make you a more loving, aware, conscious person. as you go deeper on that journey, the standard gets higher. You know, it's like you just can't get away with things you used to be able to do. And so for me, and it hap and the feedback gets really fast. And it's like, so for me it's like, I mean, I remember I did something out of integrity like six months ago, maybe a year ago.

[00:26:33] Scott Britton: I had my house rented for the whole summer on Airbnb. And I was like, woo hoo. Like all this money while we go travel to Europe. Like, and then I was like, did something outta Integrity. Two later, later Airbnb canceled, and it's like so consistent for me, like how quickly that type of stuff happens that like, I just can't do it anymore.

[00:26:55] Scott Britton: but I've also been at this for a long time and it, there's a little bit of a gentleness there, but that, that's kind of the, the trend that I see 

[00:27:05] Jason Yarborough: It's like you're having to answer to a guide now.

[00:27:07] Scott Britton: and it's a benevolent one, right? It wants you to be, it wants you to be spending more time and joy.

[00:27:12] Scott Britton: It wants you to be spending more time in the things that you were meant to, that you came into this earth experience to do. And so it's actually trying to help you. It might seem like a bitch, but it's actually trying to help you. And so, you know, you just learn through enough of those type of like losing however much money or whatever type of feedback you get from life that, hey, I just need to like sow into the inspiration and the joy and the good stuff because that, that's a source of intelligence that's trying to help me.

[00:27:43] Sam Yarborough: I'm playing devil's advocate here. Somebody's listening. They have a job that gives them all of the external things they need money, a title, whatever, but they're just unhappy and they don't have an, they don't have an obvious way to shift joy, um, to like follow that thread that you're talking about. what do you say to that person? How do we help them start this 

[00:28:09] Jason Yarborough: Find that path or that guide.

[00:28:11] Scott Britton: I would say a couple things. Well, first is, is, my belief is that our natural state is, is joy, is love, is trust, is openness. And so the way to return to that natural state is to remove the layers that obstruct it. That is a consciousness thing. When you notice yourself, like, you know, eventually it was like my teacher was originally, you know, notice when you're disturbed, but then it became notice when your heart is closed, right?

[00:28:40] Scott Britton: Notice when you're judging, notice when you're perceiving things a certain way that aren't aligned with the natural state. And then see what in your consciousness is creating that. And so, like, you know, for that person who's like, I don't feel joyful, it's like, well, you can start to investigate why that is.

[00:28:58] Scott Britton: that's a really good thing to do. there's a lot of different practices and exercises that people can do to do that, and I'm happy to, you know, link to some meditations on my website that teach this, or my book definitely teaches this. 

[00:29:09] Scott Britton: the other thing I would say is, is for, in terms of like finding the activities that you, joy is.

[00:29:15] Scott Britton: I encourage people to treat that like a source of intelligence versus, an unproductive use of time. kind of earlier in my journey, I would like have my big to-do list of all the shit that I had to get done for, like a lot of stuff I didn't like doing. And then I would have like writing or I would have podcasting or just like things I liked doing.

[00:29:37] Scott Britton: And I was like, okay, I'll get to that once, like this most important high priority things get done.

[00:29:42] Scott Britton: And it was just seen as like not a high leverage use of time. And what I started to do was to treat it like an experiment where it's like, well, what happens if I just allow myself like to do this just like fun thing that maybe isn't productive or whatever isn't super high priority for 10 minutes a day?

[00:30:02] Scott Britton: What happens? Okay, cool. That actually some good stuff started to happen. What happens if I do that for 30 minutes a day? Right, and you basically need to kind of prove to yourself that is trustworthy and a good use of time to prioritize inspiration and joy. And that's like a, a gradual little experiment that you can run by just giving yourself that time and seeing what happens.

[00:30:29] Jason Yarborough: I like the way, prioritize, inspiration and, and joy. I think we, we don't do enough of that. I think we talked about this maybe at our event or some other podcasts. They're all crossing lines, but like. I think it's important, like if you, like you said you love to do the writing, the creative, and I've talked to my coach about some other stuff as well.

[00:30:47] Jason Yarborough: But you get so busy with the mundane, you get so busy with the task and the work and like by the end of the day you've got no more willpower left to actually do the things that bring you joy other than to go and just kind of coast. And so if you like, really block off that time of your day, or as you know, Cal Newport talks about, you know, the deep work, like schedule that time, make it,

[00:31:07] Jason Yarborough: make it something that you actually build in. My coach has been talking to me a lot about that as well. It's like I don't have enough time to do the, some of the creative stuff that I wanna do because, you know, work task and in the day we've got two kids, it's like last thing I wanna do at night anymore is to open my computer up and, and do more work.

[00:31:25] Scott Britton: the reason I like treating it as like an experiment is because it's my experience that when you prioritize that stuff, you actually, like good stuff starts to happen. You actually start to realize that it's not just like something you want to do for fun. It's like, no, actually, like I will get results if I do this.

[00:31:45] Scott Britton: that's like a big thing that people is like experiential and people have to have the direct experience of that to trust it.

[00:31:51] Sam Yarborough: yes, agreed completely. I am so guilty of this, like Jason and I've talked about this. I used to be an artist and I stopped doing all of that because it wasn't productive. It wasn't gonna like make me money, quote unquote. But I think the other maybe side effect of spending that time and leaning into. Those moments of inspiration is to come full circle. It allows opportunities for downloads. You know, Jason just talked about coasting. I think we're all just stuck in this world where we're bombarded with tasks and notifications and

[00:32:28] Sam Yarborough: things that keep us busy that we don't even allow our minds the opportunity to have that freedom to see the opportunities, um, to

[00:32:40] Sam Yarborough: even experience a download. 

[00:32:42] Scott Britton: yeah. And I would say like, I also think about reality as an as being non-linear, You know, in a linear reality, the idea is like, if I do X, then Y will occur, 

[00:32:53] Scott Britton: right? So I do my tasks and then Y will occur. And like, I'm the one who's making y occur. And it's been my experience that there seems to be a higher order intelligence that is just making, that is moving the chess pieces around you, 

[00:33:08] Scott Britton: right?

[00:33:09] Scott Britton: And, and making things happen. And this starts to show up in terms of synchronicities is one way that it'll show up. And, it wants you to move into your authenticity. Like it wants you to, to, to kind of do you. And so like maybe you, you do the painting, you don't get a download, but like a new client comes in outta nowhere and you're like, how'd that happen?

[00:33:32] Scott Britton: That's random. You just like, or you just get introduced to the perfect person to join your team, and you're like, huh. And it's, it's like you just have this happen enough times. You're like, okay, like I get it. Like there's something else bigger that's like a part of like, why my life is the way that it is and what's happening and it wants me to do these things.

[00:33:51] Scott Britton: And there's like a non, a non-linear fashion at which these things show up.

[00:33:58] Jason Yarborough: You find those, uh, fashion or the synchronicities or whatever, uh. Could really only occur like when you start to go down this path. I think you said earlier, like you, you, you didn't really care about all this back in the West Village. You were just kinda doing your thing. But once you got on this path is when you became more aware.

[00:34:18] Jason Yarborough: So like for these synchronicities to begin to happen and become, you know, more dialed into some of those fashions, stuff like that, you, you've got to like consciously enter that path.

[00:34:27] Scott Britton: I don't know if they were always happening and I just didn't see them 

[00:34:32] Scott Britton: or that they started to happen with a greater frequency, and I started to see them. But I can tell you I never had this stuff. I was not aware of it happening when I was just like bulldozing my way through success mode.

[00:34:47] Scott Britton: now, I mean, it's just like, it's, it's, it's happening constantly. It's like life feels so magical, uh, because there's all of these things happen where you're like, there's just no way like the, like something so perfectly could happen. And it just is like a much more fun way to live.

[00:35:09] Scott Britton: And often it. A lot of like really good outcomes come outta that stuff too. So I, I personally believe like this stuff, you start to clue into this stuff once you start to focus on your awareness. Because in order to, in order to see a synchronicity, you have to be aware of it and your awareness is kind of the main, main input.

[00:35:31] Scott Britton: And actually there's actually, there's one other, there's one other really important point here that I wanna stress. One of the reasons why I think the awareness journey is promotes synchronicity is because a lot of the synchronicity is a coherence. So like a match between what's happening or what's changing in your inner world and what's happening in the outer 

[00:35:55] Scott Britton: world. And so like in order to see that, you have to have some attention on the inner world because otherwise you would never be able to see the connection. And so I think that's another reason why. You know this path, you start to see them more often.

[00:36:12] Sam Yarborough: I agree completely and this is Jo jogging. My memory actually to this is like right when I met Jason, so 10 years ago at this point. But people used to make fun of me for this. I. Would wake up every day and I'd be like, today's the best day of my life and I'm gonna choose to make that happen. And like, as cheesy as that sounds, you know, and I started to tell people around me, I'm like, have the best day ever.

[00:36:34] Sam Yarborough: Like, you know, and it was pretty wild because every day was a great day because I chose to like, see it through that lens.

[00:36:45] Sam Yarborough: 

[00:36:45] Sam Yarborough: and it's really that simple, you know, like, shit would happen of course. And I'd be like, it's all right. It's still gonna be the best day of my life. And, you know, then like the next thing would happen, I'd be like, see, I told you it's the best day of my life.

[00:36:56] Sam Yarborough: Like, and so I think my question to you in this is, how do we break this down for people and make this tangible, you know, like maybe not everybody is at the point where they're wanting to go on an ayahuasca journey. Um, but you've talked about like you've meditated for years prior to this. I know a lot of people do that.

[00:37:15] Sam Yarborough: I do that, but like how do we help people? Is it just awareness? Like

[00:37:21] Scott Britton: Yeah. Yeah. So I think, like for me, like meditation's great. Like if you, if that, if that calls to you, like you should definitely do that. or look at other, other practices that promote, stillness, uh, breath work's a good one. Chanting, I mean, even, even dancing. Um, but for me, I think like one of the questions that I had with all that stuff was like, it still felt quite disconnected from my everyday life.

[00:37:51] Scott Britton: Where I would have 20 minutes on the cushion in the morning feel great, and then I'd just, you know, turn into like a, like an intense like ball of 

[00:38:02] Scott Britton: like, yeah, just like that whole thing, for me, you know, the big, the big practice that really helped me start to see the connection that was really useful and really easy was just like I created an iPhone note on my phone and I started to write down every time I was triggered.

[00:38:17] Scott Britton: And you might not have to like go through the practice of that, but, but a question that you could ask yourself is, would it be possible for a person to be in that situation and not feel that way? And so like, I'll give you an example. I would be in a coffee line in New York City where I was living at the time when I got started with this.

[00:38:40] Scott Britton: It'd be moving really slowly and I would be freaking pissed and. You know, the person next to me is like, doesn't have a care in the world, right? And so like, what's the difference between them and me? We're in the same situation,

[00:38:56] Sam Yarborough: Yeah.

[00:38:57] Scott Britton: but our consciousness is different. And so, as you start to tally up these experiences, what starts to happen is, like, for me at least, was like a recognition of like, I am the creator of these reactions and that, and it's like, well, well now, now I actually am empowered to do something about it.

[00:39:23] Scott Britton: all the other stuff. The meditation is great as well, but just like, start noticing when you're triggered and ask yourself like, is it possible to not be triggered in this situation? Like, is there a personal alive that has not been triggered in this situation?

[00:39:34] Scott Britton: And the answer's unequivocally yes.

[00:39:38] Jason Yarborough: I think what I love about this is like, this is essentially how we can shape how we experience life. Like you're talking about standing in the coffee line and getting upset and the person next to you is not like. Their experiencing life at a different frequency, a different way. Like it's, this is all in how we experience life.

[00:39:57] Jason Yarborough: If you're not happy with how you're experiencing life, like start dressing, you know, what are you not happy experiencing? Are you not happy with the experience you had in the coffee line? Okay, why is that? What is that that makes you not happy about that? And you could begin to generally shape and, and change the way you experience your life. And I think if we begin to look at it that way and like it's, it's within our control. It's only up to us how we react, respond, and experience. I think if we begin to look at it that way, it's a whole different journey, a whole different mindset and how we address this.

[00:40:28] Scott Britton: exactly like you have that, you know, it's like the shifting from life happening to me. which is like victimhood, right? It's like everyone else's fault for why we feel the way we feel to like, wait a second, like, I can take responsibility here. You know? And that's a very much more powerful frame and a much, a much more enjoyable way to live.

[00:40:52] Jason Yarborough: A hundred percent. So I, I do have one kind of hard, hard transition here. Something that I've been thinking a lot about because like we, we kind of exist in the same world in this B2B tech software space. Like, let's talk about how, how this message is resonating within the, the tech landscape with leaders, uh, and kind of what you're seeing as the need to have this more

[00:41:17] Jason Yarborough: conscious and awareness, uh, experience message resonating throughout this world.

[00:41:23] Scott Britton: I think it's starting to pick up steam and I think it's a lot of that's happening through executive coaching. So I think, um, a lot of leaders are working with executive coaches and there's like more and more coaches that are doing developmental work. So it's like, there's like performance oriented coaches where it's like, I'm gonna hit you, have you hit your goal?

[00:41:45] Scott Britton: And then there's developmental coaches that are more talking about the conscious stuff. And so like, a lot of these people are leaders at companies are getting exposed to this, they're seeing results and they're going, okay, well this is important. Like maybe my team, other people on my team should be doing this.

[00:42:01] Scott Britton: And so like, that's exciting. I think there's a portion of people in, you know, entrepreneurs and high performers these people are generally like pushing the edge, right? They're trying to get an edge in performance. And so like a lot of them are doing things like psychedelics. They are like experimenting there and they're having their, their minds opened, and going, okay, cool, like.

[00:42:25] Scott Britton: There's more here. and so that seems to be a trend. more and more people are talking about this that are, that are figures in society. It's like Aaron Rogers, you know, best quarterback in the NFL, he's talking about his, his journey, right? Uh, big time people in business, you know, are out there talking about this stuff.

[00:42:48] Scott Britton: Like more and more people at the top of the game, uh, are talking about this stuff. Like, I just actually did a podcast today with a friend of mine who is, uh, basically kind of the inner work coach to like literally world champion UFC athletes, and they're, they're in this stuff and, and he was just on Joe Rogan talking about it.

[00:43:08] Scott Britton: And so like, how many people did that reach? So. You know, this stuff is starting to spread and I think it's still seen as a nice to have by a lot of people instead of like the fundamental thing. But I think that's just a kind of expected phase of the journey, you know, that like, I had that phase, you know, and, and you just keep going and then all of a sudden like, wait a second.

[00:43:34] Scott Britton: Like actually, maybe this is more than isap actually. Maybe like this is kind of like actually the 

[00:43:38] Scott Britton: main thing, right? 

[00:43:41] Sam Yarborough: Okay. I talk about this on almost every episode 'cause I'm obsessed with the concept of ripples. So I'd be curious about your perspective on like, once you, obviously this is still an ongoing journey for you, but what ripples have you seen to your teams, to your family, to even as far as your community from your expanded awareness and consciousness?

[00:44:05] Scott Britton: Well, let me start off by saying that I think the, the greatest gift that we can give the world is more about our, our being instead of our doing. And it's, it's really about how we show up and, there's like a lot of metaphysical things I could talk about there in terms of like, you're holding a frequency, people are kind of assimilating to that.

[00:44:30] Scott Britton: Um, but one way to think about it is just like, have you ever been around somebody that just like exudes love? How does that person make you feel? 

[00:44:41] Scott Britton: And then how are you showing up after you're around that person? So that's like, that's like a really big thing. And I think, like a teacher once said to me, is.

[00:44:53] Scott Britton: You know, when we talk about purpose in our life, we think about, oh, well I gotta, you know, start the company or do the thing or have a big family and like, yes, do all of those things. But I think, you know, someone once said to me, he is like, my, my purpose is to hold a particular frequency and invite in all those that want to experience it.

[00:45:15] Scott Britton: And that's about the quality of your emotions and the quality of your being and how open your heart is. and that has an insurable effect on everyone around you and the planet. But I think, like, one of the biggest things that I've seen in my own journey is like, I've just started talking about this stuff.

[00:45:33] Scott Britton: You know, I just am out there. I'm like, I'm like flying the freak flag. And what's been really cool is so many people have been like, dude, I am into this too. And like. I feel so seen because you are talking about it and like it makes me feel like I'm not a weirdo 

[00:45:57] Scott Britton: and like that makes my heart sing because I know how that person felt when this was like my weird little secret.

[00:46:06] Scott Britton: And it has also created permission for other people to talk about it,

[00:46:12] Scott Britton: you know, where it's like, yeah, well shit, if like Scott's out here, you know, talking about consciousness on LinkedIn, like I guess that's cool. I guess that's okay. I guess I can, like he's still alive. Um, so yeah, I mean that's kind of the start of the ripples I'm starting to see.

[00:46:29] Scott Britton: And um, I think the big idea that I'm really hoping people get with my book is that you can go on this journey and you don't have to give up all the other things. You don't have to give up the success. You don't have to give up like the, all the things you want to do. Like you might, you might not want to do those any the same things anymore after a while being on this path.

[00:46:50] Scott Britton: But you certainly don't have to give them up. And I think that's like what I hope the tech community and the B2B community here is, is like, you know, it's not this choice of like I'm successful or I'm spiritual, or I'm successful and I'm going on a mindfulness journey. It's not that. It's like you can do both and in fact they can work together and you can have better outcomes in both.

[00:47:11] Jason Yarborough: Right? That's like you, the word you used earlier was how do you integrate the two and

[00:47:17] Jason Yarborough: to make, you know, the, the work life. Personal life, whatever is like better, more enhanced, a better experience,

[00:47:24] Jason Yarborough: I think by integrating the two. But you, you mentioned the book, so let's go there for, for a second. Newly published author, sir Britton.

[00:47:31] Jason Yarborough: Uh, yeah. tell us a little bit about the book. Obviously you talked a little bit about how to integrate that, which I think is a very important, you know, even tactical step of on this journey around like, you, you don't have to be one or the other, you know, the two can coexist, but tell us a bit more about the book and kind of where,

[00:47:47] Jason Yarborough: what, what the journey is that's gonna take us on.

[00:47:49] Scott Britton: Yeah. So the book is called Conscious Accomplishment, how to Use Personal Achievement for Spiritual Growth. So it's exactly about all the things we've been talking about, and it's, it's broken into three parts. Um, the first one is, is how to work on your awareness exactly where you are, you know, using some of the practices that I alluded to with, like noting the triggers going into them, starting to see your consciousness.

[00:48:14] Scott Britton: The second part is how do you do, how do you work on your awareness through the pro in the process of achieving things? and what are all the reasons and things that get in the way of people kind of doing both at the same time? And what are the complexities that introduced when you do both at the same time, and how do you move through those?

[00:48:35] Scott Britton: So that's. Part two of the book. And, um, part three of the book is, is, okay, all this awareness stuff and all this holding both at the same time, how does that change the way you accomplish things? And it does, there's like certain things that are no longer required that you might've once did, and there's new things that open up for you as you deepen on this path.

[00:49:01] Scott Britton: And so, it's kind of like, uh, I think really a guidebook for the ambitious person who is like, all right, there's maybe something here with this whole spirituality, mindfulness stuff, and I do want to have both, and how do I do that? 

[00:49:21] Scott Britton: And um, and even for the people that are on the journey and still, and feeling like they're struggling a little bit, it's like, okay, well I'm trying to kind of hold both at the same time and it's really hard.

[00:49:30] Scott Britton: And I, and I had acknowledged that it is What can I do to continue on this path with more ease and grace?

[00:49:37] Sam Yarborough: I love that. We'll drop that in the show notes. I'll be starting a book club if anybody wants to join.

[00:49:41] Sam Yarborough: This is awesome. 

[00:49:43] Scott Britton: I appreciate that.

[00:49:45] Jason Yarborough: you're right. I think it's a very good time to kinda put this out onto the world. It's like we, we kind of fly that a very similar freak flag with you. Uh, so we'll, we'll take

[00:49:53] Jason Yarborough: arms with you out there in the, uh, the, the universe. You know, as we start to put more of that type of content out into LinkedIn, we're getting more response and more, you know, I know Sam, you get a, you get a lot of responses from friends saying, thank you for putting out there, you know, putting this message out there.

[00:50:07] Jason Yarborough: It's, it's helpful. The people are trying to figure out how to kinda avoid, maybe avoids a bad word, but avoid this life or this feeling or experience that gets created, especially in the tech world with all these high valuations, high expectations, big numbers and goals and everything you gotta hit.

[00:50:24] Jason Yarborough: People are experiencing all this burnout and they wanna feel good about the path they're on. They wanna feel good about the work they're doing and the experience they're having, but they kind of struggle with how to, you know, start that journey. So I really feel like

[00:50:36] Jason Yarborough: especially with the audience you have and kind of the, the, in the, in the B2B text as, whatever world you wanna call it, like, it's gonna be a very helpful message, you know, for those that are trying to figure out how to start this journey.

[00:50:46] Jason Yarborough: And we're grateful that we were able to, to catch you with the launch of this, this message in book.

[00:50:52] Scott Britton: we're in arms in this thing. You know, it's like we need to all come together and support each other to create a more harmonious and prosperous and joyful society. And I would say business culture, I don't think everyone's gonna become a monk.

[00:51:10] Scott Britton: This is not, this is not what's gonna happen, right? Like, it's like we're all gonna have to learn collectively like how to weave this all together. And the more people that are out there talking about it and being helpful and supporting others directly, like I know you have guys have retreats and ways you work with people directly.

[00:51:26] Scott Britton: Like the more we're gonna make that transformation as a society.

[00:51:32] Jason Yarborough: we would be remiss in not asking you, but tell us about conscious talent and how that is impacting businesses.

[00:51:39] Scott Britton: so I started this business conscious talent like five months ago, and the idea is that like as you go on this journey as a leader, you start to see the world differently. You just do, like, you just start to see and do things differently. And you want to be surround yourself with other leaders when you're creating something who.

[00:52:04] Scott Britton: Also see the world that way. And I'm not saying in like a way, like you have to think the same as me, it's just things like, Hey, I look inward first when shit comes up. You know, I take personal responsibility for my stuff. Like things like that. Like it's more like kind of a, a mindset, um, and a philosophy of living.

[00:52:24] Scott Britton: yeah. So what we do is we partner with those type of leaders that are on some type of inner work or consciousness path, and then we help them find other really talented people to work with that are on the same journey, who are also excellent at what they do. And so, um, yeah, we're working with a lot of startups that are kind of building stuff to help humanity.

[00:52:48] Scott Britton: Everything from community platforms to journaling apps to AI companies, um, actually like consciousness communities. And we're out there helping them find the line leaders. For those businesses. And, and I think like part of like the vision here is like people should be able to show up and bring their full selves to work and they should feel like this part of their life is welcomed.

[00:53:19] Scott Britton: You know? It's like, don't hide it. Like you don't need to hide it. Like, yeah, we're all in this, we're all in this evolutionary journey together. it's been incredible to see. Yeah, just like how excited people are to work for aligned, like in an aligned environment. And so, um, I would say if people are out there, if you're like running a company, you know, look us up, we.

[00:53:43] Scott Britton: Uh, kind of function, at least right now, like a traditional recruiting firm with just this whole blend. And then if you're an executive, we have this talent database that we're actively cult cultivating where we're just trying to find great people who say, yes, yes, this is what I, this is what I'm all about and this is the type of place I wanna work.

[00:54:02] Scott Britton: And, you know, when we find the right types of company for, that's looking for someone like you, like we can make that connection.

[00:54:10] Sam Yarborough: Okay, so we're gonna drop all this in the show notes, but first of all, I'll just say from experience, Scott's a great LinkedIn follow, so do yourself a favor. And

[00:54:20] Sam Yarborough: he, I mean, I think I've been following you for maybe six or seven months. Um, and there's been so many times where I text Jason, I'm like, this guy, he gets it. So thank you

[00:54:32] Sam Yarborough: for spreading the good word. 

[00:54:33] Jason Yarborough: That's right.

[00:54:35] Sam Yarborough: okay. In closing, this is kind of a left field, but what is there, was there a book that you've read at some point that kind of reshaped your worldview?

[00:54:48] Scott Britton: Two things come up for me. One is I loved the surrender experiment. That was huge. And then I also liked David Hawkins Power Verse Force.

[00:54:59] Sam Yarborough: Hmm.

[00:54:59] Scott Britton: That was a big one for me. and there's been lots of other ones along the way, but like those two there was like clear like, whoa, okay. Like there's a different way of seeing things.

[00:55:13] Sam Yarborough: this has been so great. Thank you for all the work you're doing. Um, congratulations on your book. I hope it's a national bestseller. Um, thank you for putting out great talent into the world and creating a space where this is the norm and not the outside.

[00:55:31] Sam Yarborough: So, anything else, like anywhere else, people should go to follow you or connect with you.

[00:55:37] Scott Britton: Yeah, thanks. I think LinkedIn's great. I do write a substack as well, and so, um, that's a good place. You could just look for my name Scott, written on Substack. It should come up. Sometimes I post on X, but yeah, I'm all over. You would know, you know where to find me. Um, and um, I'm 

[00:55:54] Scott Britton: very honored, very honored to be on the show.

[00:55:56] Scott Britton: It was really awesome to just spend this time with you guys and I love what you're doing.

[00:56:01] Sam Yarborough: well, the feeling's very mutual, so

[00:56:04] Jason Yarborough: there's, 

[00:56:05] Sam Yarborough: as always. 

[00:56:06] Sam Yarborough: yeah.

[00:56:08] Sam Yarborough: Thank you for being here, friends. Go follow Scott. We'll see you next time.

[00:56:12] Jason Yarborough: See y'all.