In this episode of Bridging the Gap, Matt Reiner welcomes Tony J. Selimi, an award-winning author and coach, to uncover the keys to personal and professional growth. Drawing from his vast knowledge, including over 30,000 books read, Tony emphasizes the importance of reassessing your core values regularly. He explains how aligning these values with your long-term goals—rather than letting external pressures dictate them—is essential for meaningful growth. Through his own transformative journey from war-torn Yugoslavia to becoming a global leader in personal development, Tony shares the significance of evolving your purpose as life changes.

Central to his philosophy is the practice of self-exploration. Tony encourages individuals to engage in self-awareness, self-reflection, self-regulation, and self-repair to break old habits and build emotional resilience. This holistic approach helps overcome obstacles and accelerates both personal and professional progress. His methods provide listeners with actionable tools to reassess and reframe their behaviors in alignment with long-term success.

By focusing on the continuous evolution of one’s values and purpose, Tony demonstrates how personal growth is a lifelong journey. He underscores the necessity of continual learning, emotional resilience, and adapting to life’s challenges as essential components of achieving lasting impact.

Timestamps From This Episode

[05:20] Enduring hardship builds empathy, strengthens leadership abilities, and promotes personal growth, all of which are essential for effective collaboration and conscious management.

[09:19] Exploring deeper fosters enhanced skills, awareness, confidence, and wisdom.

[12:20] Invest in experts, navigate your skills wisely, continuously self-evaluate, and always strive to provide value through your unique strengths.

[16:31] Balancing personal vision, understanding core and injected values, fostering sustainable and purposeful business growth for entrepreneurs.

[18:39] Core values stay true but evolve as life progresses. Purpose evolves as personal and professional goals develop.

[27:49] Parents stressed education’s role in addressing inequalities and improving lives.

[31:41] Seek global experts and therapies for deep emotional healing.

[35:13] Without self-awareness, self-love, and applying learned teachings, lasting behavioral change and authentic leadership cannot be achieved.

Host

Matt Reiner, CFA, CFP®

I’ve been fortunate to be around the wealth management business for over 25 years. Along with this, I’m also the CEO of a tech startup. These experiences have given me a bird’s eye view of both the technology and financial services spaces.

Guest

Tony J. Selimi

Tony J. Selimi’s journey is one of resilience and determination. Despite being critically ill, bullied, and homeless on the streets of London, he persevered to graduate from one of the top engineering universities in the UK. Today, he is a renowned TEDx speaker, Multi-Award-Winning author of several books, filmmaker, executive producer, and one of the world’s foremost experts on human behaviour, psychology, health, excellence, empowered and purposeful living, leading, and loving. His wealth of knowledge and experience make him a trusted resource for individuals and organizations seeking to improve their personal and professional lives.