Last 8% Morning

You want to create a great team or organization.But you are facing the challenge of a whole bunch of new people in your organization and on your team and so people are feeling disconnected – they don't know each other. You are also needing to navigate a return to a hybid office of some sort where people can connect but people are resisting .What to do?In a word, culture. But culture is often misunderstood.Today, we discuss the biggest misconceptions people have about culture so you can use culture as the antidote it is to help your team and organization thrive.To take our assessment go to: http://last8percent.com/quizYou can register for our next Last 8% Academy at: https://last8percent.com/Join our Facebook Group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thelast8project“Culture is a pattern of shared basic assumptions invented, discovered or developed by a given group as it learns to cope with its problems of external adaptation and internal integration.- Edgar Schein“If you are lucky enough to be someone's employer, then you have a moral obligation to make sure people do look forward to coming to work in the morning.”- John Mackey, Whole Foods

Ready to start setting more detailed goals? Not sure how to do it or where to start?In this episode, the 4th of our The Science of Goal Setting to Build a Better Life series, we go deeper into crafting our plan. We move from the work we did on our 3-Year Best Life Story to building our 1-year Plan to our 3-Month Focus to finally what we call our '1-Goals'.So we move from a wider, longer perspective to a narrow, shorter perspective so that we have a clear understanding of what will guide out activities for our next 3 months.Let's walk!“To get The Science of Goal Setting to Build a Better Life Worksheet where you can have full access to all of the questions and exercises found in this series, please go to Last 8% Project Facebook group.We all die. The goal isn't to live forever. The goal is to create something that will.Chuck Palahniuk

Feeling like there is something missing from your life? Feeling like you could benefit from getting clear on what you most want out of life? Not sure where to start?In this episode, the 3rd in our The Science of Goal Setting to Build a Better Life series, we think 3 years out and craft a plan about what we want our life to look like so that we know what our North Star is and we can build goals that help us take action.Let's walk!“To get The Science of Goal Setting to Build a Better Life Worksheet where you can have full access to all of the questions and exercises found in this series, please go to Last 8% Project Facebook group.The biggest breakthroughs in consciousness occur when things are difficult; when we have a choice to fall to the worst of ourselves or rise to the best of ourselves. - Yehuda Berg Too many times, the majority of people choose to limit their own power and potential because they have not allowed themselves the opportunity to see the big picture of what can truly be theirs in life.  - Mark Eriksson

Have you lost momentum? Not as focused as you want to be? Falling into old habits that are not serving you? Feeling unmotivated and becoming frustrated? Well, you are not alone. It is so common to have moments like this when you feel like you are not living like you want to, not achieve all that you can.In this episode, the second episode of the The Science of Goal Setting to Build a Better Life series, we continue our journey of creating a plan to start anew, build momentum and create the kind of relationships, life and career we want. In this episode we dig into our story, bringing awareness to key parts of our life to better understand ourselves and set us up for success going forward.Let's walk!“You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream." - C.S. Lewis“What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.” - Henry David Thoreau “Some of us have great runways already built for us. If you have one, take off! But if you don't have one, realize it is your responsibility to grab a shovel and build one for yourself and for those who will follow after you.” - Amelia Earhart“To get The Science of Goal Setting to Build a Better Life Worksheet where you can have full access to all of the questions and exercises found in this series, please go to Last 8% Project Facebook group.

Are you wanting to be effective, get stuff done, maybe get in shape – take control of your life, but are finding that, instead, it seems you are losing focus, procrastinating, maybe feeling aimless or unmotivated and becoming frustrated? Well, you are not alone. It is so common that we have good intentions to do well, to be productive but fall off the horse, lose focus and have trouble getting going again.In this opening episode of The Science of Goal Setting to Build a Better Life, we provide you with an approach to start anew, a plan to help you build momentum and create the kind of relationships, life and career you want. We have used this approach with Olympic athletes for over 20 years. But you don't need to be an athlete to benefit. You just need to be someone who wants to use the challenges they face as an opportunity to create a better version of themselves.Let's walk!

Are you feeling stuck?Is part of the problem that you are feeling overwhelmed with all that you are doing and feeling too busy to look up, take your breath and consider how things are going?A good practice at the end of the year is to look back and reflect on how the year went. This is part of what helps us course correct. But it is important to make sure we focus not just on the negative but also on the positive.Given we are at the end of 2022, in this episode we give you a little exercise that you can do with your team, partner, family, to help you catch lessons from 2022 and build on the good stuff.Let's walk!The range of what we think and do is limited by what we fail to notice. And because we fail to notice that we fail to notice, there is little we can do to change; until we notice how failing to notice shapes our thoughts and deeds.- Ronald LaingWe often spend so much time coping with problems along our path that we only have a dim or even inaccurate view of what's really important to us.- Peter SengeThe real act of discovery consists not in finding new lands but seeing with new eyes.- Marcel ProustIf you want to build a ship, then don't drum up men to gather wood, give orders, and divide the work. Rather, teach them to yearn for the far and endless sea.- Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Every day, you face many difficult situations: it could be in relationships where there is struggle. It could be in facing change in your personal life or at work.How you face these difficult situations, what you do in these situations will mark your life, will become a differentiator on so many levels for your life.In today's episode, we talk about what's at stake when you face the difficult, what are known as Last 8% situations, affecting your reputation, career and relationships, and what to do about it.Excited to be hear? I certainly am!Let's walk."Courage doesn't happen when you have all the answers. It happens when you are ready to face the questions you have been avoiding your whole life."― Shannon L. AlderCourage is not simply one of the virtues but the form of every virtue at the testing point, which means at the point of highest reality. "― C.S. Lewis"He who jumps into the void owes no explanation to those who stand and watch."― Jean-Luc Godard

Are you finding you are burning out?Feeling the strain from all the change going on in your organization?Feeling stressed by relationships where there is struggle?Are you worried about how it is affecting your health?Did you know that there is one simple thing you can do that a recent study found will decrease your mortality by 50%?This is the topic of today's episode.Let's walk!All truly great thoughts are conceived while walking.Friedrich NietzscheIt is a shame for a man to grow old without seeing the beauty and strength of which his body is capable.SocratesAn early-morning walk is a blessing for the whole day.Henry David Thoreau

Have you found that you are working hard but not finding the time to do enough of the things you enjoy? Like taking that vacation, or going out to see friends, or going for a walk on a beautiful day?Do you feel guilty when you engage in these non-work activities and think: I should be working right now, or at least I should be more productive than this? If this true for you, know you might be getting caught in More Time Later Trap, a trap that insidiously depletes us of our enjoyment of life's pleasures.The good news? We can do something about it – the topic of today's episode.Let's walk!To take our assessment go to: http://last8percent.com/quizYou can register for our next Last 8% Academy at: https://last8percent.com/Join our Facebook Group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thelast8project“The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for a newer and richer experience.”Eleanor Roosevelt“Don't ask yourself what the world needs; ask yourself what makes you come alive. And then go and do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.”Harold Whitman

Are you struggling in a relationship?Whether it is someone you work with or someone at home, are you finding it challenging right now?It goes without saying that being in relationship is hard, but a big reason people struggle is because of the Big Misconception.The Big what?It is one of the fundamental reasons you struggle in your relationship at work and at home and is what we will be focusing on in today's podcast.Let's walk!To take our assessment go to: http://last8percent.com/quizYou can register for our next Last 8% Academy at: https://last8percent.com/Join our Facebook Group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thelast8projectIn human intercourse the tragedy begins, not when there is misunderstanding about words, but when silence is not understood.Henry David Thoreau“Most misunderstandings in the world could be avoided if people would simply take the time to ask, "What else could this mean?”― Shannon L. AlderGreat relationships are based on clarity, not mind-reading.Steve Arterburn As leo Tolstoy 'Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.'

Ever wondered what it takes to be successful? Or, happy? Or, build a great team and organization?I do, every day!And while the answer is multi-factorial – there are many answers - today, I give you an anchoring question to help you get pointed in the right direction. One that you can use to lead yourself, your team or your organization. You will also learn what an anchoring question is!This is the start of Season 5 and I couldn't be happier to be back with you.Welcome to the Last 8% morning podcast!To take our assessment go to: http://last8percent.com/quizYou can register for our next Last 8% Academy at: https://last8percent.com/Join our Facebook Group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thelast8project"Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.”—Christopher Robin to Pooh, A.A. Milne

Did you know there are 3 Zones that we commonly live our life in?Are you aware of where you spend most of your time?Are you aware of the consequences of where you spend your time?In today's episode, we talk about the 3 Zones we spend our time in and how that can act to differentiate our careers and our org's success.Excited to be here?I certainly am.Let's walk!To take our assessment go to: http://last8percent.com/quizYou can register for our next Last 8% Academy at: https://last8percent.com/Join our Facebook Group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thelast8project“One can choose to go back toward safety or forward toward growth. Growth must be chosen again and again; fear must be overcome again and again.”- Abraham Maslow

What do you when it feels like you are facing an impossible situation?One where it feels like you have no control over?That leaves you feeling helpless? Stuck.First, know you are not alone.Second, know there is something you can do about it, that you can form an effective response even if it doesn't feel that way right now.Dealing with truly difficult Last 8% situations, that is the topic of today's episode.Let's walk!Interested in finding out what your personality type is when you face a Last 8% situation?To take our assessment go to: http://last8percent.com/quizYou can register for our next Last 8% Academy at: https://last8percent.com/“The most difficult thing is the decision to act!” Amelia Earhart“It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that things are difficult”Seneca the Younger“Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they are small. A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.”Lao Tzu

You want to build a great team. But you face lots of pressure and stress to deliver on deadlines and to manage change. And it is hard.And people are burning out. What to do?It is in these moments, when we are under pressure, when we need to be especially aware of how we show up.Because it matters. It sets the tone for the teams we are on, it creates the culture, it affects important things like burnout, and whether people stay or leave.In today's podcast, I discuss the importance knowing how we show up.So glad you are here.Let's walk!"The words of the tongue should have three gatekeepers: Is it true? Is it kind? Is it necessary?"Arab proverb"A smile or a panic will spread through a group of people far faster than any virus ever could. When you walk into the office or a negotiation, then, wash your bad mood away before you see us. Don't cough on us, don't sneeze on us, sure, but don't bring your grouchiness, your skepticism or your fear in here either. It might spread."Seth GodinTo take our assessment go to: http://last8percent.com/quizYou can register for our next Last 8% Academy at: https://last8percent.com/Join our Facebook Group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thelast8projecthttps://www.flipdapp.co/This App can help you lock away distracting apps for complete focus.

You strive to do well in life. But you hit bad days, bad moments.Challenging conversations that don't go well. Tough decisions that you struggle with.Or, maybe you are trying to eat more healthy, or exercise regularly and it's just not happening.What do you do when this happens?This is the topic of this episode.Let's walk!To take our assessment go to: http://last8percent.com/quizYou can register for our next Last 8% Academy at: https://last8percent.com/Join our Facebook Group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thelast8projecthttps://www.flipdapp.co/This App can help you lock away distracting apps for complete focus.“I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.”Thomas A. Edison“I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. Twenty-six times I've been trusted to take the game-winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.”Michael Jordan“Courage is not having the strength to go on; it is going on when you don't have the strength.” Theodore Roosevelt“Life is like riding a bicycle, to keep your balance, you must keep moving.”Albert Einstein“You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.”C. S. Lewis

You want to have a positive impact on the young people in your life, whether it is your own children or the young people you influence.So, you worry; you worry about whether they are eating well, exercising enough, growing the right skills, getting into the right schools, being influenced by the right friends, in a relationship with right girlfriend or boyfriend. And on and on...But you are looking in the wrong place.In today's episode, I look at what has the single greatest effect on our children.Let's walk!Interested in finding out what your personality type is when you face a Last 8% situation?To take our assessment go to: http://last8percent.com/quizYou can register for our next Last 8% Academy at: https://last8percent.com/“The thing that has the single greatest effect on children is the unlived lives of their parents”.Carl Jung“There is nothing in the world so much admired as a man who knows how to bear unhappiness with courage.”SenecaTo dare is to lose one's footing momentarily. To not dare is to lose oneself.”-Soren KierkegaardThe best way out is always through.”-Robert Frost

In today's podcast episode - the latest in our Science of Learning series - we address the best conditions for effective learning to take place.You might be looking to develop a new skill, may it be a "hard skill" like technical writing, a skill related to people management or coaching skills. You may be a teacher, a professional in the Learning & Development industry or simply someone who wants to expand their knowledge and expertise. What can you do to create the best conditions for learning? And how does the concept of 85% - the title of today's episode - come into play?We talk about all of this in today's show.Let's walk!Interested in finding out what your personality type is when you face a Last 8% situation?To take our assessment go to: http://last8percent.com/quizYou can register for our next Last 8% Academy at: https://last8percent.com/Join our Facebook Group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thelast8project“We now accept the fact that learning is a lifelong process of keeping abreast of change. And the most pressing task is to teach people how to learn.”Peter Drucker“I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship.”Louisa May Alcott“There is no end to education. It is not that you read a book, pass an examination, and finish with education. The whole of life, from the moment you are born to the moment you die, is a process of learning.”Jiddu Krishnamurti

We often get caught in our thinking – hooked by the steady stream of emotions we experience and story's that follow those emotions.Does it matter that we hooked?Beyond the fact that it is does not feel good to experience some of these emotions and thoughts in the moment, and if we are able to not let these emotions and stories seep out to impact others, does it matter that we experience these emotions and thoughts?In today's episode, we explore the neuroplasticity of thought and why it is one of the more powerful reasons why we practice.Let's walk!Interested in finding out what your personality type is when you face a Last 8% situation?To take our assessment go to: http://last8percent.com/quizYou can register for our next Last 8% Academy at: https://last8percent.com/“Life is a perpetual instruction in cause and effect.”Ralph Waldo Emerson“Judge tenderly, if you must. There is usually a side you have not heard, a story you know nothing about, and a battle waged that you do not have to fight.”Traci Lea Larussa

You have hit a setback in a relationship.Maybe it is with a partner. Or a good friend.Maybe it is with a son or daughter.And it hurts. And it doesn't seem to be getting any better. And it feels like you have no control over the situation.  And you are feeling helpless and hopeless?What to do?That is the subject of today's episodeExcited to be here? I certainly am.Let's walk!Interested in finding out what your personality type is when you face a Last 8% situation?To take our assessment go to: http://last8percent.com/quizYou can register for our next Last 8% Academy at: https://last8percent.com/"If there is any immortality to be had among us human beings, it is certainly only in the love that we leave behind. Fathers like mine don't ever die." - Leo Buscaglia

We are facing the holiday season and we will be spending time with family and friends and others who we don't ordinarily spend time with.And there is a chance, a high probability in fact, that we could become more negative, more triggered, more emotional than we would like to be.What to do?In today's episode we talk about why our brain is programmed to amplify the negative and what we can do about it.Let's walk!Interested in finding out what your personality type is when you face a Last 8% situation?To take our assessment go to: http://last8percent.com/quizYou can register for our next Last 8% Academy at: https://last8percent.com/Join our Facebook Group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thelast8project“The way to dissolve our resistance to life is to meet it face to face. When we feel resentment because the room is too hot, we could meet the heat and feel its fieriness and its heaviness. When we feel resentment because the room is too cold, we could meet the cold and feel its iciness and its bite. When we want to complain about the rain, we could feel its wetness instead. When we worry because the wind is shaking our windows, we could meet the wind and hear its sound. Cutting our expectations for a cure is a gift we can give ourselves. There is no cure for hot and cold. They will go on forever. After we have died, the ebb and flow will still continue. Like the tides of the sea, like day and night—this is the nature of things. Being able to appreciate, being able to look closely, being able to open our minds—this is the core of our practice.”Pema Chodron

You work or lead a team and you want your team to thrive. You want to do great work. Make a difference for the people you serve.But you are struggling; your team is not performing as well as they are capable of and you are wondering why.What does it take to build a great team?In this episode we explore what differentiates the great teams from the average.Let's walk!To take our assessment go to: http://last8percent.com/quizYou can register for our next Last 8% Academy at: https://last8percent.com/Join our Facebook Group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thelast8project"You read these management books that say, 'These are the hard things about running a company.' But those aren't really the hard things. The hard things are when you have to layoff half your company, or you have to fire your best friend. Or you have to figure out a way not to go bankrupt."Ben Horowitz“Courage is the most important of all the virtues because without courage, you can't practice any other virtue consistently.”Maya Angelou“Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.”Anais Nin

Did you know there are 3 Zones that we commonly live our life in?Are you aware of where you spend most of your time?Are you aware of the consequences of where you spend your time?In today's episode, we talk about the 3 Zones we spend our time in and how that can act to differentiate our careers and our org's success.Excited to be here?I certainly am.Let's walk!To take our assessment go to: http://last8percent.com/quizYou can register for our next Last 8% Academy at: https://last8percent.com/Join our Facebook Group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thelast8project“One can choose to go back toward safety or forward toward growth. Growth must be chosen again and again; fear must be overcome again and again.”- Abraham Maslow

Feeling stressed or overwhelmed with life?Curious to find a way better deal with the challenges you face?It is not by using mindfulness in the way that most people do: as a breathing exercise to calm the mind.In today's episode, we go deeper into the practice of mindfulness so that we can use it for the purpose it was created: to learn How To Manage our Mind so that we can transform our lives.Let's walk!To take our assessment go to: http://last8percent.com/quizYou can register for our next Last 8% Academy at: https://last8percent.com/Join our Facebook Group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thelast8projectMeditation is not evasion; it is a serene encounter with reality.Thích Nhất HạnhMindfulness is a way of befriending ourselves and our experience.Jon Kabat-Zinn“Mindfulness isn't difficult. We just have to remember to do it.” - Sharon Salzberg

You want to build great relationships at work, because you know how important it is to do so.But you face conflict – everyone does, especially when under pressure. And it can get in the way of the health of these important relationships.What to do?In today's podcast we talk about how we can handle conflict more effectively.I offer you a secret hack that can help you build better relationships and great culture.Let's walk!To take our assessment go to: http://last8percent.com/quizYou can register for our next Last 8% Academy at: https://last8percent.com/Join our Facebook Group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thelast8projecthttps://www.flipdapp.co/This App can help you lock away distracting apps for complete focus.For good ideas and true innovation, you need human interaction, conflict, argument, debate.Margaret HeffernanConflict is the beginning of consciousness.M. Esther HardingConflict is drama, and how people deal with conflict shows you the kind of people they are.Stephen Moyer

You need to change the organization because your industry is changing, and you are starting to fall behind. Or there is some other change required to be successful.You have brought lots of heart – empathy and compassion – to your approach but you feel like change is not going as fast as you would like. What to do?In this episode, I introduce you to Edge: that ability to stay resilient and gritty when things get tough and to keep believing in what you are doing, and to push your people to stay on task, and hold them accountable.That's what we are going to talk about today.Let's walk!To take our assessment go to: http://last8percent.com/quizYou can register for our next Last 8% Academy at: https://last8percent.com/Join our Facebook Group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thelast8project“Here's to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They're not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing you can't do is ignore them. Because they change things. They push the human race forward. And while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.”Rob Siltanen

Today we continue with our series on The Science of Change.Many times as you bring change in, you miss that what your people are going through is exactly what you went through when you first heard of or contemplated the change.They are simply behind you in terms of time.Most managers and leaders miss this, however, and endure the consequences.Today, we focus on helping understand and manage the change curve that is a natural part of changeLet's walk!To take our assessment go to: http://last8percent.com/quizYou can register for our next Last 8% Academy at: https://last8percent.com/Join our Facebook Group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thelast8projectPeople change what they do less because they are given an analysis that shifts their thinking than because they are shown a truth that influences their feelings.”John P. Kotter"Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not."Dr. Seuss

Today we continue with our series on The Science of Change.Our focus today is to help you understand the trap that most people miss that can doom their best efforts to change.We don't want it to happen to you.Let's walk!To take our assessment go to: http://last8percent.com/quizYou can register for our next Last 8% Academy at: https://last8percent.com/Join our Facebook Group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thelast8project“In human intercourse the tragedy begins, not when there is misunderstanding about words, but when silence is not understood.”Henry David Thoreau“Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.”George Bernard Shaw

Are you going through a big change at work and struggling to help people change?Are you struggling with change yourself?It goes without saying that change is hard but a big reason you struggle is because you are likely missing the most important part of change, something that is invisible to you.In today's podcast, I look at what you and most people miss when it comes to change and offer some ideas as an antidote.Let's walk!To take our assessment go to: http://last8percent.com/quizYou can register for our next Last 8% Academy at: https://last8percent.com/Join our Facebook Group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thelast8project“Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.”Albert Einstein“Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.”Rumi“The world as we have created it is a process of our thinking. It cannot be changed without changing our thinking.”Albert Einstein

Are you struggling to help people change?Whether it is someone you work with or manage or someone at home, are you finding it challenging and frustrating?It goes without saying that change is hard but a big reason most people struggle to help others change is because they do not understand what is going on at the brain level as people try to engage in change.Over the next few episodes, we are going to cover the Science of Change series. In today's podcast, I look at why change is so hard.Let's walk!To take our assessment go to: http://last8percent.com/quizYou can register for our next Last 8% Academy at: https://last8percent.com/Join our Facebook Group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thelast8projecthttps://www.flipdapp.co/This App can help you lock away distracting apps for complete focus.“It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is the most adaptable to change.”Charles Darwin“Never underestimate the power of a small group of committed people to change the world. In fact, it is the only thing that ever has.”Margaret Mead.

You strive to do well in life. But you hit bad days, bad moments.Challenging conversations that don't go well. Tough decisions that you struggle with.Or, maybe you are trying to eat more healthy, or exercise regularly and it's just not happening.What do you do when this happens?This is the topic of this episode.Let's walk!To take our assessment go to: http://last8percent.com/quizYou can register for our next Last 8% Academy at: https://last8percent.com/Join our Facebook Group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thelast8projecthttps://www.flipdapp.co/This App can help you lock away distracting apps for complete focus.“I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.”Thomas A. Edison“I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. Twenty-six times I've been trusted to take the game-winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.”Michael Jordan“Courage is not having the strength to go on; it is going on when you don't have the strength.” Theodore Roosevelt“Life is like riding a bicycle, to keep your balance, you must keep moving.”Albert Einstein“You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.”C. S. Lewis

You want to build a great team. But you face lots of pressure and stress to deliver on deadlines and to manage change. And it is hard.And people are burning out. What to do?It is in these moments, when we are under pressure, when we need to be especially aware of how we show up.Because it matters. It sets the tone for the teams we are on, it creates the culture, it affects important things like burnout, and whether people stay or leave.In today's podcast, I discuss the importance knowing how we show up.So glad you are here.Let's walk!"The words of the tongue should have three gatekeepers: Is it true? Is it kind? Is it necessary?"Arab proverb"A smile or a panic will spread through a group of people far faster than any virus ever could. When you walk into the office or a negotiation, then, wash your bad mood away before you see us. Don't cough on us, don't sneeze on us, sure, but don't bring your grouchiness, your skepticism or your fear in here either. It might spread."Seth GodinTo take our assessment go to: http://last8percent.com/quizYou can register for our next Last 8% Academy at: https://last8percent.com/Join our Facebook Group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thelast8projecthttps://www.flipdapp.co/This App can help you lock away distracting apps for complete focus.

Feeling stressed by current events? It is not surprising given everything that is going on. Know you are not alone. This is not an easy time. But also know you have a choice in how you respond. In this episode, JP takes you through a walking mindfulness session to help focus you and bring energy and awareness to your day. Enjoy!If you're new to the Last 8% Morning, over the course of 15 minutes we integrate movement, mindfulness, and mental training exercises. Why? So we can build the skills necessary to be our best in our more difficult moments, what we call the Last 8%. What are these skills? These are skills of emotional intelligence. Why? We do this because it is emotion that gets in our way.To take our assessment go to: http://last8percent.com/quizYou can register for our next Last 8% Academy at: https://last8percent.com/Join our Facebook Group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thelast8projecthttps://www.flipdapp.co/This App can help you lock away distracting apps for complete focus.As always, the work continues:This is a great article that details the "75 Things White People Can Do For Racial Justice."Reading List:Desmond Cole, The Skin We're InRobyn Maynard, Policing Black LivesRobin DiAngelo, White FragilityIbram X Kendi's book, How to Be Anti-Racist

You manage a team. Or, you work on a team. And you want the team to do well.You want to manage your people in a way that really engages them.But you face challenges. Sometimes there is tension on the team. Sometimes you don't get along with people.What to do? What might you be missing that could transform how you manage?This is subject of today's episode.Let's walk!To take our assessment go to: http://last8percent.com/quizYou can register for our next Last 8% Academy at: https://last8percent.com/Join our Facebook Group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thelast8projecthttps://www.flipdapp.co/This App can help you lock away distracting apps for complete focus.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDDWvj_q-o8Video: If we could see inside other people's hearts.“The day the soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you stopped leading them. They have either lost confidence that you can help them or concluded that you do not care. Either case is a failure of leadership.”― Colin PowellTo lead people, walk behind them.” - Lao Tzu

You want to build great relationships at work, because you know how important it is to do so.But you face conflict – everyone does, especially when under pressure. And it can get in the way of the health of these important relationships.What to do?In today's podcast we talk about how we can handle conflict more effectively.I offer you a secret hack that can help you build better relationships and great culture.Let's walk!To take our assessment go to: http://last8percent.com/quizYou can register for our next Last 8% Academy at: https://last8percent.com/Join our Facebook Group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thelast8projecthttps://www.flipdapp.co/This App can help you lock away distracting apps for complete focus.For good ideas and true innovation, you need human interaction, conflict, argument, debate.Margaret HeffernanConflict is the beginning of consciousness.M. Esther HardingConflict is drama, and how people deal with conflict shows you the kind of people they are.Stephen Moyer

Are you addicted to your phone?Are you like the average person, whos spends 2.5 hours a day on social media? That ‘s a lot of time.And it means we are less present for the important people in our life.And more anxious, more depressed - just by looking at our phone the average amount of time that most people spend.That's not great. What can we do about it?That's what we are going to talk about in todays episode.Let's walk!To take our assessment go to: http://last8percent.com/quizYou can register for our next Last 8% Academy at: https://last8percent.com/Join our Facebook Group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thelast8projecthttps://www.flipdapp.co/This App can help you lock away distracting apps for complete focus."A prerequisite to empathy is simply paying attention to the person in pain."Daniel Goleman

It is so hard to see the images on cable news and social media about what is happening in Ukraine.I think many of us are feeling overwhelmed, saddened and outright angry by the senseless destruction and bloodshed we are seeing.In today's podcast, I talk about how we can form a response to something that feels out of our control so that we can try to have an impact.Let's walk!To take our assessment go to: http://last8percent.com/quizYou can register for our next Last 8% Academy at: https://last8percent.com/Join our Facebook Group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thelast8project"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."Martin Luther King, Jr.“Feelings are just visitors, let them come and go.”Mooji“In a gentle way, you can shake the world.”Mahatma Gandhi

Feeling stressed or overwhelmed with life?Curious to find a way better deal with the challenges you face?It is not by using mindfulness in the way that most people do: as a breathing exercise to calm the mind.In today's episode, we go deeper into the practice of mindfulness so that we can use it for the purpose it was created: to learn How To Manage our Mind so that we can transform our lives.Let's walk!To take our assessment go to: http://last8percent.com/quizYou can register for our next Last 8% Academy at: https://last8percent.com/Join our Facebook Group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thelast8projectMeditation is not evasion; it is a serene encounter with reality.Thích Nhất HạnhMindfulness is a way of befriending ourselves and our experience.Jon Kabat-Zinn“Mindfulness isn't difficult. We just have to remember to do it.” - Sharon Salzberg

Did you know there are 3 Zones that we commonly live our life in?Are you aware of where you spend most of your time?Are you aware of the consequences of where you spend your time?In today's episode, we talk about the 3 Zones we spend our time in and how that can act to differentiate our careers and our org's success.Excited to be here?I certainly am.Let's walk!To take our assessment go to: http://last8percent.com/quizYou can register for our next Last 8% Academy at: https://last8percent.com/Join our Facebook Group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thelast8project“One can choose to go back toward safety or forward toward growth. Growth must be chosen again and again; fear must be overcome again and again.”- Abraham Maslow

They say that we don't decide our lives. We decide on our habits which decide our futures.So, it seems we need to be extra thoughtful what kind of habits we cultivate.In today's episode, we talk about a habit that takes the same amount of time as brushing our teeth, but has far more profound impact on our life.Let's walk!To take our assessment go to: http://last8percent.com/quizYou can register for our next Last 8% Academy at: https://last8percent.com/Join our Facebook Group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thelast8project“Mastering others is strength; mastering oneself is true power.”Lao TsuAn ounce of practice is worth more than tons of preaching.Mahatma GandhiI've heard the stories. Like, Eric Clapton said he wanted to burn his guitar when he heard Jimi Hendrix play. I never understood that because, when I went and saw a great drummer or heard one, all I wanted to do was practice.Neil Peart

You work or lead a team and you want your team to thrive. You want to do great work. Make a difference for the people you serve.But you are struggling; your team is not performing as well as they are capable of and you are wondering why.What does it take to build a great team?In this episode we explore what differentiates the great teams from the average.Let's walk!To take our assessment go to: http://last8percent.com/quizYou can register for our next Last 8% Academy at: https://last8percent.com/Join our Facebook Group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thelast8project"You read these management books that say, 'These are the hard things about running a company.' But those aren't really the hard things. The hard things are when you have to layoff half your company, or you have to fire your best friend. Or you have to figure out a way not to go bankrupt."Ben Horowitz“Courage is the most important of all the virtues because without courage, you can't practice any other virtue consistently.”Maya Angelou“Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.”Anais Nin

What do you believe?Not as in religion, but as in the beliefs you carry around with you? The mindset.And how does this belief or mindset affect your life, your behaviors, how you respond to Last 8% situations?In today's show, we will explore mindset and belief from the perspective of the best research we have on the topic and how it matters to how we face our Last 8% situations.Let's walk!To take our assessment go to: http://last8percent.com/quizYou can register for our next Last 8% Academy at: https://last8percent.com/Join our Facebook Group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thelast8project“Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen.”Ralph Waldo Emerson"Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself."George Bernard Shaw"The problem human beings face is not that we aim too high and fail, but that we aim too low and succeed."Michelangelo

In today's podcast episode - the latest in our Science of Learning series - we address the best conditions for effective learning to take place.You might be looking to develop a new skill, may it be a "hard skill" like technical writing, a skill related to people management or coaching skills. You may be a teacher, a professional in the Learning & Development industry or simply someone who wants to expand their knowledge and expertise. What can you do to create the best conditions for learning? And how does the concept of 85% - the title of today's episode - come into play?We talk about all of this in today's show.Let's walk!Interested in finding out what your personality type is when you face a Last 8% situation?To take our assessment go to: http://last8percent.com/quizYou can register for our next Last 8% Academy at: https://last8percent.com/Join our Facebook Group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thelast8project“We now accept the fact that learning is a lifelong process of keeping abreast of change. And the most pressing task is to teach people how to learn.”Peter Drucker“I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship.”Louisa May Alcott“There is no end to education. It is not that you read a book, pass an examination, and finish with education. The whole of life, from the moment you are born to the moment you die, is a process of learning.”Jiddu Krishnamurti

When you have so much to do and you feel the pressure to deliver on so many things and you are having challenges in important relationships, or you are going through change, it is easy to lose sight of what matters. Easy to start to lose touch with how you want to live.What do you when you face these challenges?How do you respond when you are under pressure?With the beginning of a new year, I am excited to offer a great tool to help you be your best in these moments.Let's walk!Interested in finding out what your personality type is when you face a Last 8% situation?To take our assessment go to: http://last8percent.com/quizYou can register for our next Last 8% Academy at: https://last8percent.com/Join our Facebook Group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thelast8project"To be what we are, and to become what we are capable of becoming, is the only end in life."Robert Louis Stevenson"All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better."Ralph Waldo Emerson

What do you do when you prepare, prepare, prepare some more and try to have an effective Last 8% conversation but it doesn't go well? The other person doesn't respond very well.It can be disheartening.And, worse, it can cause us to back down in the moment, or at a later date. And, we feel awful.Today, we cover what to do when a Last 8% situations that doesn't go well – and what we can learn from... women... in this respect.We also have a really big announcement about when the Last 8% Academy, our digital course, launches. So exciting! Are you ready?Let's walk!To take our assessment go to: http://last8percent.com/quizYou can register for our next Last 8% Academy at: https://last8percent.com/Join our Facebook Group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thelast8project"As Any fool can know. The point is to understand."Albert Einstein"Ideas without action aren't ideas. They're regrets."Steve Jobs"By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest." Confucius"The quieter you become, the more you can hear."Buddha

We often struggle with small, everyday frustrations and even feel, at times, feel embattled. It could be in our relationships, or at work, or at home.Today, we are going to look at why mindfulness and meditation is such a foundation for creating a life of both unnecessary suffering and more freedom and more joy.Let's walk!To take our assessment go to: http://last8percent.com/quizYou can register for our next Last 8% Academy at: https://last8percent.com/Join our Facebook Group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thelast8project"Step out of the tangle of fear thinking, and flow down and down into ever widening rings of being."Rumi, 13th century, Persian Poet"Letting go gives us freedom, and freedom is the only condition for happiness. If, in our heart, we still cling to anything — anger, anxiety, or possessions — we cannot be free.”Thich Nhat Hanh

We are facing the holiday season and we will be spending time with family and friends and others who we don't ordinarily spend time with.And there is a chance, a high probability in fact, that we could become more negative, more triggered, more emotional than we would like to be.What to do?In today's episode we talk about why our brain is programmed to amplify the negative and what we can do about it.Let's walk!Interested in finding out what your personality type is when you face a Last 8% situation?To take our assessment go to: http://last8percent.com/quizYou can register for our next Last 8% Academy at: https://last8percent.com/Join our Facebook Group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thelast8project“The way to dissolve our resistance to life is to meet it face to face. When we feel resentment because the room is too hot, we could meet the heat and feel its fieriness and its heaviness. When we feel resentment because the room is too cold, we could meet the cold and feel its iciness and its bite. When we want to complain about the rain, we could feel its wetness instead. When we worry because the wind is shaking our windows, we could meet the wind and hear its sound. Cutting our expectations for a cure is a gift we can give ourselves. There is no cure for hot and cold. They will go on forever. After we have died, the ebb and flow will still continue. Like the tides of the sea, like day and night—this is the nature of things. Being able to appreciate, being able to look closely, being able to open our minds—this is the core of our practice.”Pema Chodron

How do we bring the practice of gratitude into work?Many of us think of gratitude as something too soft and squishy for work, yet as we are finding in this Science of Gratitude series, it is anything but soft and squishy and is, in fact, something very powerful tool that can help us manage ourselves more effectively and stay resilient and positive.In today's episode, we present a specific tool you can use with your team at work so that you can get some of the powerful benefits of gratitude.Let's walk!Interested in finding out what your personality type is when you face a Last 8% situation?To take our assessment go to: http://last8percent.com/quizYou can register for our next Last 8% Academy at: https://last8percent.com/Join our Facebook Group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thelast8project“Gratitude is an antidote to negative emotions, a neutralizer of envy, hostility, worry, and irritation. It is savoring; it is not taking things for granted; it is present-oriented.”Sonja Lyubomirsky“I've had a remarkable life. I seem to be in such good places at the right time. You know, if you were to ask me to sum my life up in one word, gratitude.” Dietrich Bonhoeffer

In today's episode: are you finding that you are becoming more negative than you would like to be? Are you looking for a powerful, science-based, way to shake it up?In today's episode, the second in our gratitude series, we talk about best practice for building gratitude and why it matters for our brain and our career success and happiness.Let's walk!Interested in finding out what your personality type is when you face a Last 8% situation?To take our assessment go to: http://last8percent.com/quizYou can register for our next Last 8% Academy at: https://last8percent.com/Join our Facebook Group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thelast8project“The little things? The little moments? They aren't little.”Jon Kabat-Zinn"The deepest craving of human nature is the need to be appreciated."William James"Piglet noticed that even though he had a Very Small Heart, it could hold a rather large amount of Gratitude."As A.A. Milne wrote in Winnie The Pooh:"This is a wonderful day. I've never seen this one before."Maya Angelou

You work hard and want to do well but are feeling stuck.And finding that you are becoming more negative than you would like to be.What to do?In today's episode we talk about two different pathways in our brain that have an impact on both our career success and our happiness and how a specific practice can help us shape our brain and our lives.Let's walk!When eating fruit, remember the one who planted the tree.”—Vietnamese ProverbInterested in finding out what your personality type is when you face a Last 8% situation?To take our assessment go to: http://last8percent.com/quizYou can register for our next Last 8% Academy at: https://last8percent.com/

You have hit a setback in a relationship.Maybe it is with a partner. Or a good friend.Maybe it is with a son or daughter.And it hurts. And it doesn't seem to be getting any better. And it feels like you have no control over the situation.  And you are feeling helpless and hopeless?What to do?That is the subject of today's episodeExcited to be here? I certainly am.Let's walk!Interested in finding out what your personality type is when you face a Last 8% situation?To take our assessment go to: http://last8percent.com/quizYou can register for our next Last 8% Academy at: https://last8percent.com/"If there is any immortality to be had among us human beings, it is certainly only in the love that we leave behind. Fathers like mine don't ever die." - Leo Buscaglia

You hear the voice in your head again: If only you had the courage to say what you felt inside. If only you had given a hard “no” to that unnecessary request. If only you had confronted the employee who was letting the team down. These “if only” moments can show up as a clench in your gut or a lump in your throat and are at the heart of why 85% of people die with a significant regret in their life.This is not the life you want to live. In this episode we describe what it means to be a Last 8%er and how it can help you move beyond 'If Only' moments. Let's walk!Interested in finding out what your personality type is when you face a Last 8% situation?To take our assessment go to: http://last8percent.com/quizYou can register for our next Last 8% Academy at: https://last8percent.com/“You cannot swim for new horizons until you have courage to lose sight of the shore.”― William Faulkner“When we least expect it, life sets us a challenge to test our courage and willingness to change; at such a moment, there is no point in pretending that nothing has happened or in saying that we are not yet ready. The challenge will not wait. Life does not look back. A week is more than enough time for us to decide whether or not to accept our destiny.”― Paulo Coelho, The Devil and Miss Prym"If you make choices from your heart, for the right reasons, how can you go wrong?"Nettie Pawliw