Nov
25
Dr. Benjamin Hardy is an organizational psychologist and bestselling author of Willpower Doesn't Work. His blog has been read by over 100 million people and has been featured on Forbes, Fortune, CNBC, Cheddar, Big Think and many others. When I first tuned in to his work he was the #1 writer on medium.com, where he developed a significant audience around his interests. His new book, Personality Isn't Permanent, which we talk about today opens up...
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Nov
23
As you probably know, I’m a huge believer that so much of ‘THE GAME’ is mental. Stress, fear, anxiety, and our natural negativity bias is always ready beat us down. One of the most powerful tools in my toolbox to harness positivity in a seemingly tough situation is a daily gratitude practice. As we head into Thanksgiving here in the states, in the middle of a pandemic and everything else, I wanted to dig into...
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Nov
04
For the last 30 years, Seth Godin has been turning on the lights for millions of people (myself included) through his blog, online courses, lectures, and 19 best-selling books. Yes- 19! If you’ve been following his work, you’ll know he’s one most brilliant marketing minds of our time. Now he’s out with his 20th book, The Practice: Shipping Creative Work. If you’ve been listening to this podcast for awhile, you’ll know I’m a huge believer...
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Nov
02
When you feel like you're running in place, not making progress, feeling overwhelmed becomes the norm. Often we gloss over smaller accomplishments, focusing on grand milestones out in the distance. We are biologically wired to focus on the negative, but that doesn't mean you can't take control and flip the script. By celebrating small wins we begin to rewire our brains to recognize the progress we are making. In this episode, I share my experience...
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Oct
28
If you're in or approaching mid-life and feeling a bit invisible, you might be under valuing one of the most important things you bring to the table: experience. Enter my guest, Chip Conley, who reminds us: Digital skills are will fade or evolve over time. Human skills such as good judgement, specialized knowledge, ability to collaborate and coach never expire. Chip is the hospitality maverick and NYT bestselling author who disrupted his favorite industry... twice....
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Oct
26
Your conscious mind is a critic. If you rely on it too much while you’re working, you’ll struggle to make progress. In this episode, I share a simple, repeatable process to finishing work you start without self-judgement weighing you down. The idea here isn’t to win the next high praise for your best work, it’s about taking whatever action you can, and repeat. Having your work recognized will come in due time. For now, the...
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Oct
12
Too many of us start our days consuming instead of creating: browsing the web, watching TV, whatever. We become audience members and critics. Our thoughts get sucked into what other people are doing, how well we're doing it, and the response they're getting from thew world. This is super toxic and a surefire way to undermine your creative mindset. Creating before consuming is a seemingly minor shift that will have a profound effect on your...
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Sep
09
Peter H. Diamandis, MD has started over 20 companies in the areas of longevity, space, venture capital and education. Inspired by the great storytellers of science fiction who imagined a world as it could be, Peter set his sights on making bold ideas into reality. Recently named by Fortune as one of the “World’s 50 Greatest Leaders,” Peter H. Diamandis believes there is nothing we cannot do. He is a New York Times Bestselling author of two books:...
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Aug
24
Today's episode is a little pick-me-up, a friendly reminder of three things to think about this week: 1- The happiness of our life depends on the quality of our thoughts 2- It's OK to quit stuff you weren't meant to do 3- Focus on actions that bring you joy We get all into it in this short episode. Hope it's a shot of goodness to keep top of mind. Enjoy! Listen to the Podcast Subscribe...
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Aug
03
Creativity has never been more important. Art, creative expression, and creative solutions are required to create our future, and the world we want to live in. This is session a 6-week mentoring series on CreativeLive to put our creativity into action. Though this series is based on the IDEA framework in my book, Creative Calling, you don’t need to have the book to participate. Some topics we will explore in this series: why creativity, why...
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