Podcasts about positive psychology that fuel success

Service industry work develops the “soft skills” recruiters talk about on LinkedIn—discipline, promptness, the ability to absorb criticism, and most importantly, how to read people like a book. Strong connections with customers, peers, and employees are at the heart of every successful company and the “secret sauce” employed by every great bartender. Neil Rogers has built a successful career in sales and marketing that spans almost forty years in a variety of industries, ranging from pharmaceuticals to military defense contractors. But before the multiple sales awards and accolades, Rogers spent ten years slinging beers behind the bar at some of the top establishments in and around Boston. The lessons learned during his “cocktail years” have provided him with the skills needed to excel in sales and marketing. And now, he's sharing the knowledge gleaned from long nights of sticky floors and slinging shots that have propelled Rogers to the upper echelons of salesmanship. This book is not about complex processes or integrating complicated systems into your current business model but about keeping things simple and how simple power generates positive results that make you proud. It features simple concepts in simple language that you can quickly impart into what you are currently doing. The overarching mission encourages the reader to make incremental changes in current behaviors and methodology to improve desired results. In Bar Tips, Rogers has created a framework for the reader to adapt as needed to create a fully-produced roadmap for success, keeping things “neat” so your business is never “on the rocks”. Neil's links: Website: https://www.positiveactivity.net Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/neilrogerspositiveactivity/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/neil-p-rogers-cas-68a4a22/ Book Recs: Bar Tips: Everything I Needed to Know in Sales I Learned Behind the Bar https://amzn.to/465GM2w The Happiness Advantage: The Seven Principles of Positive Psychology That Fuel Success and Performance at Work https://amzn.to/4d4cxLL The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment https://amzn.to/4f7rNJO The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom https://amzn.to/4cLIHfs Think and Grow Rich https://amzn.to/4cItAmS The Impatient Entrepreneur's links: Facebook https://www.facebook.com/TheImpatientEntrepreneurPod LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/theimpatiententrepreneurpod/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/theimpatiententrepreneurpod/ YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@TheImpatientEntrepreneurPod Online www.theimpatiententreprenerpod.com Connect with us https://www.theimpatiententrepreneurpod.com/contact Kwedar & Co.'s links: Facebook https://www.facebook.com/kwedarco LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/kwedarco Instagram https://www.instagram.com/kwedarco YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@KwedarCo Online www.kwedarco.com Connect with us: https://www.kwedarco.com/book-consultation

Cam Cathcart is a real estate investor who quickly scaled up to 100 deals/year and built enough savings to move his family to Maui.In this episode, Cam shares what separates new investors who take massive action from those who get stuck in analysis paralysis and breaks down how you can still find great deals in this market without spending a fortune on marketing. Cam teaches flipping, wholesaling and rental property investing over at Deal Flow Real Estate.He also talks about: - The moment he realized he needed to change his financial situation- How networking with local players was a “cheat code” to success- How to come across as confident as a new investor- Advice for you if you're scared to buy your first rental property- How he finds and funds deals- Recruiting private money lenders for his flips- Why he rarely puts contingencies in his purchase and sale agreements- What he did when he ran into a cash crunch - Why he lives by the motto, “Anything worth doing is worth overdoing”.Books Mentioned:- Buy, Rehab, Rent, Refinance, Repeat: The BRRRR Rental Property Investment Strategy Made Simple by David Greene- Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap...And Others Don't by Jim Collins- The Happiness Advantage: The Seven Principles of Positive Psychology That Fuel Success and Performance at Work by Shawn Achor- The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry: How to Stay Emotionally Healthy and Spiritually Alive in the Chaos of the Modern World by John Comer Connect with Cam: Website: https://www.dealflowrealestate.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/cam.cathcartConnect with us!Website: https://abetterlife.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/betterlife/?hl=enhttps://www.instagram.com/beardybrandonCam's charitable cause (100% of ad revenue goes here):- Tim Tebow Foundation https://timtebowfoundation.org/Show Sponsor: - The BetterLife REI Summit May 3-5 in Denver, CO. The most actionable “how to” real estate event for new and experienced investors. Grab your tickets here: https://reisummit2024.com/Interested in building wealth without losing your soul? Join the BetterLife Tribe here: https://join.abetterlife.com/tribe

Ali Cudby, CEO of Alignmint Growth Strategies, which is a dynamic force in business transformation through intentional customer experiences. With a mission to drive growth by architecting superior customer interactions, Ali's expertise aligns strategy and implementation. She is the author of the bestselling book, Keep Your Customers, she offers fresh insights from real-world stories, best practices and CEO-led case studies.  Her MINT Method, outlined in the book, fuels transformational customer loyalty. With 20+ years in corporate planning and strategic marketing, Ali founded Alignmint in 2014, focusing on small to mid-size companies. As a Purdue University entrepreneurship instructor, she shapes the next generation of business leaders. Ali's podcast appearances showcase her wealth of knowledge in customer experience, growth strategies and intentional business success.   Questions ·      If you could share a little bit with our listeners, how you got from where you were, to where you are today? ·      You are the author of the bestselling book, Keep Your Customers. So, could you share with our listeners a little bit about that book? And maybe just two to three overarching themes that the book focuses on. ·      The MINT Methodology. ·     Now, Ali, could you also share with us what's the one online resource, tool, website or app that you absolutely can't live without in your business? ·      Could you also share with our listeners maybe one or two books that have had a great impact on you, it could be a book that you read a very long time ago, or even one that you've read recently, but it had a great impact on you. ·      Now, Ali, could you also share with our listeners what's the one thing that's going on in your life right now that you're really excited about? Either something you're working on to develop yourself or your people. ·      Where can listeners find you online? ·      Before we wrap our episodes up, Ali, we always like to ask our guests, do you have a quote or a saying that during times of adversity or challenge, you'll tend to revert to this quote if for any reason you got derailed or you got off track, the quote kind of helps to get you back on track.   Highlights Ali's Journey Me: So, we always like to give our guests an opportunity to share in their own words a little bit about their journey, even though your bio gives us a formal breakdown of what you've done in the past and who you are, you're an author and the different strategies that you've employed to get to where you are, just in your own words, if you could share a little bit with our listeners, how you got from where you were, to where you are today?    Ali shared that she got into this world of customer loyalty and retention in her first job out of business school. And she was working for The New York Times company in their corporate strategy group, which was kind of like an internal consulting group, and was put on a project in the call centre, which honestly wasn't really considered to be an awesome assignment, it was sort of the call centre was in a warehouse in New Jersey, and not in the very lovely corporate headquarters in Times Square.   And people were coming up to her and saying, “Oh, I'm so sorry that you've got this gig.” And ultimately, it transformed her thinking about the customer experience and created this path for her entire career. Because it showed her this insight, which is that the things that companies do inside their organization are the things that impact the customer experience.  So, you have to be really thoughtful about how do you deliver clear and consistent processes for the customer and make sure that you embed that with your team so that your customers can have this great experience. So, that time at the New York Times company was a really long time ago, and she's had the opportunity now to see this in action in corporate America and in her own path as an entrepreneur and in a very wide range of companies. And so, that's kind of how she started out in this very corporate role.   Keep Your Customers Me: Now, in your bio we also read that you are the author of the bestselling book, Keep Your Customers. So, could you share with our listeners a little bit about that book? And maybe just two to three overarching themes that the book focuses on.   Ali shared that the book was published, and it came out on April 15, 2020, which as you recall was a little bit of a crazy time. And so, she spent two years putting the book together and making sure that it had everything just perfect and all these speaking engagements lined up and all that stuff. And then the month before the book was published, the world changed.  And it was really interesting, because the book really focuses on exactly what she was just talking about, what are the things that you can do in your company, to set your customers up for success.  And she talked about one of the key themes being the balance of heart and smart. And what she means by that is, in order to make customers want to stay with you longer and spend more, and tell all of their friends and colleagues, you have to make people feel seen, heard and valued.  And we tend to think about that emotional connection to our customers as being a little bit fluffy sometimes and that's a real mistake. The fact of the matter is that humans have a real need to feel like they matter and when you build relationships and when you build trust with your customers, it sets you up for a better business relationship. And that's the heart of the customer experience.  And then the smart of the customer experience is that you still have to have data and metrics and process in order to ensure consistency. If you don't capture information and learn from it and have a great single source of truth about your customer information so that everybody inside your company knows what's going on with your customers. If you don't have clear and consistent processes that everybody follows, then it's going to be really hard to set up processes for growth.  So, you can have just like heart-centred employees who really want to do the right thing all the time, but if everybody's doing their own right thing, then you have a mess and what you need is this consistency. So, it's that balance of heart and smart that really drives success in the customer experience.   The MINT Methodology Me: All right, so the heart and smart. Now, you also speak about your MINT Methodology and I'm going to take a quick guess here that MINT is actually an acronym, right?   Ali stated that it is sort of an acronym. It is a four step process. She really tried hard to make it a cool acronym, and it never quite gelled. But she can talk through the four steps of the process. And the name of her company is actually as you said, it's Alignmint Growth Strategies. And the mint part of it is really intentional, not just because of the method, but because of what mint represents.  So, when you plant mint, it grows like crazy and when things are awesome, they're in mint condition. And when you make a lot of money, you make a mint. And so, the combination of aligning and mint is exactly what they're looking for in terms of their customers outcomes.  And so, the MINT method is this four step process where first you are articulating what she calls a bullseye, which is a mission statement effectively for the customer experience. So, companies oftentimes create mission and vision and values for their company, but it's really all about their company. And what people need to do and what companies need to do is also articulate who it is that we want to be on behalf of our customers. Because if you have a goal of being fast and easy, that is going to set you up for a very different customer experience than if you have a goal of being white glove and luxurious.  And so, in the same way that you want to articulate who you are for your company, you need to articulate who you are for your customers. And so, that's the first step of the process, that's the creating of the mantra of the bullseye.  Second is understanding who those customers are, really being clear about who it is that you're serving. ·      Why are they loyal to you? ·      What is it that those best customers want?   So that you are thinking about how you drive more of them. And then she goes into a lot of detail in the book about how do you identify and articulate not just who buys the most from you, but who's the most loyal to you, you can have a really big customer that isn't loyal at all, but they drive a lot of revenue.  And you can have a small customer that would live and die for you and they tell everybody that they know about how awesome you are, you want those people. And then once you know who it is that you're serving and who you want to get more of, then what do you want their journey to look like?  So, being very clear about what that customer journey looks like, what are the key inflection points throughout that journey.  And then finally, the fourth step is identifying clear plays so that everybody inside your company knows exactly what to do whenever a customer gets to that inflection point on the customer journey. So, whether that's the onboarding, kick-off, the business review meeting, or the renewal period, or anything in between, every company has its own unique set of inflection points, some of them follow some level of consistency, onboarding and renewal or repurchase are fairly consistent. But everybody does it a little bit differently, everyone needs to be clear about how they want their company to engage with customers at each of those points along the journey map.  And again, that's how you make sure that you're delivering something that is not just a well-intentioned approach, but a really thoughtful and strategic approach to retention and growth.   App, Website or Tool that Ali Absolutely Can't Live Without in Her Business When asked about online resource that she can't live without in her business, Ali stated that it's probably Zoom. She stated that that's not a very creative answer but she's on Zoom all the time, every day, she works remotely for the most part. And so, that's her rock.    Books that Have Had the Biggest Impact on Ali When asked about books that have had a great impact on her, Ali shared that there's a book called The Happiness Advantage: The Seven Principles of Positive Psychology That Fuel Success and Performance at Work by Shawn Achor, and he is a professor of positive psychology at Harvard. And the whole science of positive psychology is fascinating, the way that we create new neural pathways, the way that we can define in our brains how to be more positive, and how to cultivate happiness. And so, his book is just fascinating and he also has a TED Talk, if you don't feel like reading the whole book, he has a TED Talk that is fantastic, it's funny, he's a great speaker, and he gives you some very clear actionable steps at the end of the TED Talk that are very helpful in helping people stay focused on the positivity and moving forward. And she just thinks that his whole approach and that TED Talk, that's one of her favourites.   What Ali is Really Excited About Now! When asked about something that she's really excited about, Ali shared that she just got a puppy. She stated that she knows that that's not necessarily a business thing. But she will tell you that watching her puppy play and explore and be curious about this new world that she has come into is fascinating.   And it is a great reminder that there's so much that is new and interesting in the world and it's easy sometimes to get into a very fixed mindset about what we do, and the things that we engage with from day to day and moment to moment. You get up and you make your coffee and you sort of go through your rigmarole and sometimes it feels a little bit like, “All right, I'm going to check my boxes, I'm going to do my thing and it's one foot in front of the other” and when you get a puppy who just has this completely new way of engaging with the same old things that you're reacting to every day, whether it's some snow on the ground or a sock on the floor, it reminds you to be open to different ways of seeing the world and she finds that to be helpful in business.   So, she's been trying to be intentional about using this lesson that her little ball of fluff is teaching her and just be open to the fact or to the notion that maybe she can approach things differently, maybe she can rethink things and come at them with more of a sense of wonder and play and excitement.    Me: That's amazing. You'd be surprised to know the many different life lessons we can learn from animals. So, I think it's awesome that your puppy is teaching you so many different new ways and perspectives of looking at things from a different view.   Where Can We Find Ali Online Website – www.alignmintforgrowth.com LinkedIn - Ali Cudby   Quote or Saying that During Times of Adversity Ali Uses  When asked about a quote or saying that she tends to revert to, Ali shared that there's a quote by Maya Angelou that she thinks about a lot for her personal life, but it's also a real guideposts in her business. And the quote is, “People will forget what you did, people will forget what you said, but people never forget how you made them feel.” And it's so true, the words that we use don't matter. But when you make someone feel seen, heard and valued, whether it is in your personal life, or whether it is in your business, it is transformative.   Me: All right, thank you so much for sharing. Well, I just want to extend our deepest gratitude to you, Ali, for taking time out of your very busy schedule and hopping on this podcast today, sharing insights about your book, Keep Your Customers as well as your MINT Methodology and just a little bit about your overall strategy and execution as it relates to delivering that magical and unforgettable customer experience. We really appreciate all the great insights that you shared with us today. So, thank you so much.   Please connect with us on Twitter @navigatingcx and also join our Private Facebook Community – Navigating the Customer Experience and listen to our FB Lives weekly with a new guest Links •     The Happiness Advantage: The Seven Principles of Positive Psychology That Fuel Success and Performance at Work by Shawn Achor •     Keep Your Customers: How to Stop Customer Turnover, Improve Retention and Get Lucrative, Long-Term Loyalty by Ali Cudby   The ABC's of a Fantastic Customer Experience Grab the Freebie on Our Website – TOP 10 Online Business Resources for Small Business Owners  Do you want to pivot your online customer experience and build loyalty - get a copy of “The ABC's of a Fantastic Customer Experience.” The ABC's of a Fantastic Customer Experience provides 26 easy to follow steps and techniques that helps your business to achieve success and build brand loyalty. This Guide to Limitless, Happy and Loyal Customers will help you to strengthen your service delivery, enhance your knowledge and appreciation of the customer experience and provide tips and practical strategies that you can start implementing immediately! This book will develop your customer service skills and sharpen your attention to detail when serving others. Master your customer experience and develop those knock your socks off techniques that will lead to lifetime customers. Your customers will only want to work with your business and it will be your brand differentiator. It will lead to recruiters to seek you out by providing practical examples on how to deliver a winning customer service experience!

A crucial step in growing your business is developing dependable systems and processes. Today's guest, Meredith Huck, is an SOP wizard and has lots of great advice on how to create repeatable systems so you can work smarter, not harder. House of Huck homes capture a coastal casual essence — livable furnishings & elevated finishes woven between modern and organic elements. Our goal is to bring a tranquil and welcoming environment into our client's home while not sacrificing the beauty within, just as the coast does for us. ***

What does it take to get everyone in the room to speak up?Hubert Grealish is an accomplished marketer with over 20 years of diverse international brand experience particularly on harnessing creativity and innovation in teams. In this episode, Hubert defines leadership as one's ability to harness the best of his team's intention and bring it to life in a community that matters. The role of the leader is to create an environment where people can do their very best work, and part of that is to help each one identify their own individual superpower. This helps them enjoy the experience and it holds space for psychological freedom, creativity and motivation.Hubert also shares how insights don't often come from the conscious mind, but rather from the subconscious. To get those seemingly half-baked ideas out, he suggests mixing up the environment so that these ideas come from a place of vulnerability rather than from the ego of sounding right. Listen to this episode to learn how leaders can overcome the limiting beliefs that are keeping them from bringing innovation and creativity to their teams.References:The Happiness Advantage: The Seven Principles of Positive Psychology That Fuel Success and Performance at Work by Shawn Achor The Silva Mind Control Method by José SilvaWebsite: https://hubertgrealish.com/Soaring to New Health: The Glass is Half HealthySDOH: why they are important and how they can play a role in more efficient careListen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify Champion Your Culture with Ryan McCarty and George RogersA weekly live show exploring the power of culture and leadership in business.Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify The Canadian Money RoadmapDiscover strategies to save, invest, and grow your money effectively.Listen on: Apple Podcasts SpotifySupport the showJoin us in our mission at The Leadership Project and learn more about our organization here. https://linktr.ee/mickspiersYou can purchase a copy of the Mick Spiers bestselling book "You're a Leader, Now What?" as an eBook or paperback at Amazon https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09ZBKK8XV

Visit us at shapedbydog.com    Has there ever been a time when things didn't go as planned in dog training or in life? Or, not only that, but the outcome was the opposite of what you intended? We're going deep on how to handle these setbacks with resilience, grit, grace, and a solid Plan B in place. I'm also sharing my favorite books on boosting mental agility, reframing perceptions, letting go of outcomes, and turning obstacles in dog training to your advantage.   In this episode you'll hear:   • How to overcome adversity and use it to your advantage in dog training. • About This!'s setbacks that made us both better. • The importance of having a Plan B. • How self-talk influences our Belief Loops. • Examples of ego-driven dog trainers. • That dog training is not art, it's science. • The importance of being mentally agile. • How to reframe negative experiences into positive. • About Decaff and highlighting a dog's strengths. • About detaching from outcomes. • Why trophies are never my goal. • The importance of celebrations. • My 11 growth mindset book recommendations. • The 5 keys to Pivots, Plan A's and Plan B's in dog training. • The top 3 “big picture” goals for happy dogs. • Why I don't give extra energy to negative experiences.   Susan's Recommended Reading:   1.*Mindset: The New Psychology of Success by Carol S. Dweck - https://geni.us/mindset-book 2.*The Happiness Advantage: The Seven Principles of Positive Psychology That Fuel Success and Performance at Work by Shawn Achor - https://geni.us/happiness-shawn-achor 3.*The Obstacle Is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph by Ryan Holiday - https://geni.us/the-obstacle-book 4.*The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment by Eckhart Tolle - https://geni.us/power-of-now-book 5.*Atomic Habits by James Clear - https://geni.us/atomic_habits 6.*The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg - https://geni.us/power-of-habit-book 7.*Man's Search For Meaning by Victor E Frankl - https://geni.us/search-meaning-book 8.*The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran - https://geni.us/the-prophet-book 9.*Choose Wonder Over Worry by Amber Rae - https://geni.us/wonder-over-worry 10.*Mastery: The Keys to Success and Long-Term Fulfillment by George Leonard - https://geni.us/mastery-keys-book 11.*Unbeatable Mind: Forge Resiliency and Mental Toughness to Succeed at an Elite Level by Mark Divine - https://geni.us/unbeatable-mind   Resources:   1. Podcast Episode 203: Reactive, Unmotivated and Fearful: Finding Resiliency For This! Beyond Dog Training Part 1 - https://dogsthat.com/podcast/203/ 2. Podcast Episode 204: Dog Behavior And Diet: Recovery For This! Beyond Dog Training Part 2 - https://dogsthat.com/podcast/204/ 3. Podcast Episode 117: What's More Important Than Your Dog Training Sessions? - https://dogsthat.com/podcast/117/ 4. Podcast Episode 195: Making Your Mind Your Most Powerful Dog Training Tool - https://dogsthat.com/podcast/195/ 5. Podcast Episode 224: Unleashing Fluency In Dog Training: Cracking The Canine Communication Code - https://dogsthat.com/podcast/224/ 6. YouTube Playlist: Susan Garrett's Dog Training Philosophy and Training Processes - https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLphRRSxcMHy2An5_3KqDPqFVV6J6dYsYx&si=mBX_dTYLW-bOwZ4N 7. YouTube Playlist: Fearful Dogs Help with Susan Garrett - https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLphRRSxcMHy0KAsqgnkMWv0v-5JGjNQG_&si=lJEm5QEVKP6vj2lY 8. YouTube Playlist: Reactive or Aggressive Dogs: Key Insights with Susan Garrett - https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLphRRSxcMHy0Tbd6ZybIXgJk3mtpBLLk7&si=_ENedax59O8px3mY 9. Podcast Episode 147: Teach Your Dog To Listen Off Leash And Far Away - https://dogsthat.com/podcast/147/ 10. YouTube Video: Catch Your Runaway Dog! Stop Chasing And Do This In An Emergency - https://youtu.be/PLJoIAz9CeI?si=n4W8QTJptx_biv0P 11. Podcast Episode 41: Get a Behaved Dog by Celebrating Milestones! - https://dogsthat.com/podcast/41/ 12. Podcast Episode 58: How to Create Kid Friendly Dogs and Dog Friendly Kids - https://dogsthat.com/podcast/58/ 13. YouTube Video: Calm Your Reactive Or Anxious Dog And Reduce Your Stress About Lunging, Barking, Growling - https://youtu.be/TmaR58eVdEY?si=j0Z56e04RHU5AMiC 14. Podcast Episode 114: Dog Agility Training: 3 Big Mistakes All Dog Owners Should Avoid - https://dogsthat.com/podcast/114/ 15. YouTube Playlist: Exercising Your Dog's Body and Mind: Tips and Games with Susan Garrett - https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLphRRSxcMHy1ISzbaoCNh0NyLg3qgDG58&si=MVOTn0zwAi5P32BR 16. Podcast Episode 150: Adding Mindset To Your Dog Training Tools: Who Do You Become? - https://dogsthat.com/podcast/150/ 17. Podcast Episode 218: Puppy Development Stages And Your Dog's Behavior - https://dogsthat.com/podcast/218/ 18. Podcast Episode 78: How to Train a Rescue Dog with Behavior Problems - https://dogsthat.com/podcast/78/ 19. Podcast Episode 139: Remove Confusion And Build Your Dog's Confidence With One Simple Dog Training Habit - https://dogsthat.com/podcast/139/ 20. Podcast Episode 186: 2 Types Of Connection With Dogs: Dog Agility And Daily Life Case Studies - https://dogsthat.com/podcast/186/ 21. Podcast Episode 198: What Does “Positive Is Not Permissive” Really Mean In Dog Training? - https://dogsthat.com/podcast/198/ 22. Podcast Episode 71: Pro Dog Trainer's Secret to Help Your Naughty Dog - https://dogsthat.com/podcast/71/ 23. YouTube Playlist: The Heart / Mind Connection Side of Dog Training with Susan Garrett - https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLphRRSxcMHy1ruLW0CujlHgzCiTLK2Rfh&si=y6BTuGyLJMlUy72E 24. YouTube Playlist: Puppy Essentials with Susan Garrett Dog Training - https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLphRRSxcMHy2hywpv3Md3HbWWPPbVF8W5&si=sygo7WiU4QTO1tOd 25. Podcast Episode 227: My Foolproof Strategy To Overcoming Dog Training Challenges - https://dogsthat.com/podcast/227/ 26. Watch this Episode of Shaped by Dog on YouTube - https://youtu.be/cC6MXgZaGD0   *Amazon Links Disclosure: As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Susan only recommends products she uses herself, and all opinions expressed here are her own. The link above is an affiliate link that, at no additional cost to you, we may earn a small commission if you decide to buy from it. Thank you!         

A crucial step in growing your business is developing dependable systems and processes. Today's guest, Meredith Huck, is an SOP wizard and has lots of great advice on how to create repeatable systems so you can work smarter, not harder. House of Huck homes capture a coastal casual essence — livable furnishings & elevated finishes woven between modern and organic elements. Our goal is to bring a tranquil and welcoming environment into our client's home while not sacrificing the beauty within, just as the coast does for us. ***

Shawn Achor is a positive psychology researcher and author known for his work on the relationship between happiness and success. One of his most notable books is "The Happiness Advantage: The Seven Principles of Positive Psychology That Fuel Success and Performance at Work."Buy The Book on Amazon https://geni.us/HappyAdvantageGet the summary via Blinkist https://blinkist.o6eiov.net/YgzgMmBecome a Moonshot Member https://www.patreon.com/MoonshotsIn "The Happiness Advantage," Achor explores the idea that happiness is not merely the result of success but a precursor to it. He argues that when we are happier, our brains function better, we are more motivated and productive, and we experience improved relationships and overall well-being.The book introduces seven principles, or "happiness habits," that can be applied in various aspects of life, including work, education, and personal relationships. These principles are:1. The Happiness Advantage: Achor explains how positive psychology and happiness can give individuals an edge in the workplace and improve their performance.2. The Fulcrum and the Lever: This principle focuses on changing our mindset and perception to create positive change and leverage our potential.3. The Tetris Effect: Drawing from the popular video game, Achor discusses how our thinking habits can influence our ability to spot opportunities and solutions in everyday situations.4. Falling Up: This principle explores resilience and the ability to bounce back from failures and setbacks, ultimately leading to personal growth and success.5. The Zorro Circle: Achor presents the idea of starting small and gradually expanding our goals and ambitions, allowing us to regain control and build momentum.6. The 20-Second Rule: Achor emphasizes the power of reducing barriers to positive habits by making them more accessible, taking advantage of "activation energy."7. Social Investment: This principle highlights the importance of social connections and positive relationships, demonstrating how they can contribute to happiness and success.Buy The Book on Amazon https://geni.us/HappyAdvantageGet the summary via Blinkist https://blinkist.o6eiov.net/YgzgMmBecome a Moonshot Member https://www.patreon.com/MoonshotsAchor shares scientific research, anecdotes, and practical strategies throughout the book to help individuals apply these principles in their lives and work environments. He aims to promote a positive mindset and provide readers with tools to cultivate happiness, ultimately leading to greater success and fulfillment.Overall, "The Happiness Advantage" serves as a guide for individuals seeking to harness the power of positive psychology to improve their well-being and achieve their goals.Buy The Book on Amazon https://geni.us/HappyAdvantageGet the summary via Blinkist https://blinkist.o6eiov.net/YgzgMmBecome a Moonshot Member https://www.patreon.com/Moonshots ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

In this Grow A Small Business Podcast episode, Troy interviews Ami Bateman, a 2023 Telstra Best of Business Promoting Sustainability Winner in Queensland, a 2023 SBE Australian Global Growth program participant, and CEO & Co-Founder of Pleasant State; a company that creates ethical products that make home care a form of self-care, eradicating single-use plastics and toxic cleaning chemicals from people's homes. In the scope of self-care your home is a big factor. Ami went through this realization so that you don't have to, she was suffering from chronic headaches in her home due to toxic cleaning chemicals and single-use plastics. They had this idea of adding water, and now it's a huge success with a Net Promoter Score above 78. Pleasant State in last year's fiscal year achieved 150% growth and did $440,000 in revenue. When asked about what she would tell herself on day one of starting out, Ami heavily emphasized the importance of nurturing your network. “People buy into people.” Your network is your support system, where you can get all kinds of help, including funding, personal growth, or exquisite mentorship. This Cast Covers:  Creating ethical products that make home care a form of self-care. Innovating a product for the betterment of everyone's well-being. The impact of single-use plastics and toxic cleaning chemicals on people's homes. A combined passion for technology, health, and safety. Running effective crowdfunding to drive significant business growth. Positively impacting people on the planet while achieving a profitable business. Achieving literacy in e-commerce provides immense value. Hiring potential employees based on their value alignment with yours. Pursuing one's own growth and development.  Nurturing your network with great care. Links:  Ami's Linkedin Ami's Company Website Additional Resources: The Happiness Advantage: The Seven Principles of Positive Psychology That Fuel Success and Performance at Work by Shawn Achor Female Startup Club ____________________________________________________________________________   Quotes: “You need to participate in stimulating the economy and create jobs.” — Ami Bateman. “Positively impacting people and the planet while achieving a profitable business.” — Ami Bateman. “Anytime you're facing a new problem or a new subject matter, top the podcasts, read books, but most importantly, your network.” — Ami Bateman. “We're building a brand that people love.” — Ami Bateman. “Your network will be so important.” — Ami Bateman.

Anh Dao Pham shares her battle-tested strategies for leading your team to project success, even without formal authority. — YOU'LL LEARN — 1) The one essential question to get any project moving. 2) An overlooked skill that boosts project success rates. 3) The two things you need for people to align with your goals. Subscribe or visit AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep836 for clickable versions of the links below. — ABOUT ANH DAO PHAM — Anh Dao Pham, VP of Product & Program Management at Edmunds.com, has successfully led technical projects for two decades at start-ups and major corporations. In her book Glue: How Project Leaders Create Cohesive, Engaged, High-Performing Teams, Anh vividly brings compassionate, positive, nimble leadership to life, demonstrating with actionable guidance, the power of caring and connection to inspire outstanding results. Anh lives with her husband and two children in Los Angeles, California. • Book: Glue: How Project Leaders Create Cohesive, Engaged, High-Performing Teams • Website: www.GlueLeaders.com — RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW — • Book: Crying in H Mart: A Memoir by Michelle Zauner • Book: The Happiness Advantage: The Seven Principles of Positive Psychology That Fuel Success and Performance at Work by Shawn Achor • Book: Untamed by Glennon Doyle • Book: What Happy People Know: How the New Science of Happiness Can Change Your Life for the Better by Dan Baker and Cameron Stauth • Past episode: 001: Communicating with Inspiration and Clarity with Mawi Asgedom • Past episode: 830: Lessons Learned from the World's Longest Scientific Study on Happiness with Dr. Robert Waldinger See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

When you're going through something hard, it's all about chasing and clinging to those small wins. Recognize them, appreciate them, and plan for them! In this episode Christina and Meghan share the importance of celebrating little wins, how it helped them through hard things, and easy ways you can incorporate it into your life too. Oh, and Garage Kitty makes an appearance. Full Book Cup Club Book of the Month:Each month we choose a book to read together. Join us in reading this month's Full Book Cup Club book of the month: You Are a Badass: How to Stop Doubting Your Greatness and Start Living an Awesome Life by Jen SinceroPrevious FBCC books:Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance by Angela Duckworth  The Happiness Advantage: The Seven Principles of Positive Psychology That Fuel Success and Performance at Work by Shawn AchorOption B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience, and Finding Joy by Sheryl SandbergThe Hot Young Widows Club: Lessons on Survival from the Front Lines of Grief by Nora McInernySupport the showIf you find this podcast helpful, please subscribe and leave us a review! Having reviews is the best way for people to find this podcast. New episodes are available every Wednesday. Thanks for being here! You can also support the show by buying us a coffee :)Find us on our website, Facebook, and Instagram too!

Christina and Meghan talk about the heart and soul of the podcast and list actionable tricks to jumpstart your resilience in the face of hard things. You can do it, we believe in you! Announcing *drum roll please* our new website! Visit fullcupclubpodcast.com to submit questions and episode ideas, apply to be a guest on the pod, find all of our episodes, and more! Full Book Cup Club Book of the Month:Each month we choose a book to read together. Join us in reading this month's Full Book Cup Club book of the month: You Are a Badass: How to Stop Doubting Your Greatness and Start Living an Awesome Life by Jen SinceroPrevious FBCC books:Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance by Angela Duckworth  The Happiness Advantage: The Seven Principles of Positive Psychology That Fuel Success and Performance at Work by Shawn AchorOption B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience, and Finding Joy by Sheryl SandbergThe Hot Young Widows Club: Lessons on Survival from the Front Lines of Grief by Nora McInernySupport the showIf you find this podcast helpful, please subscribe and leave us a review! Having reviews is the best way for people to find this podcast. New episodes are available every Wednesday. Thanks for being here! You can also support the show by buying us a coffee :)Find us on our website, Facebook, and Instagram too!

Christina and Meghan introduce "minisodes" this week. Think of it like a quick shot of espresso as opposed to a latte. In the inaugural minisode, we discuss goal-setting and how to set a SMART goal, plus we share a couple of our own goals for the year. Setting goals was one of the major ways we pulled ourselves back up after being knocked down by grief, so if you're in the trenches we are here to cheer you on as you pick yourself back up and grow into your new life. Not everybody is setting a goal to climb Mount Everest, and that's okay. It's great, even. Your goal should be YOUR goal connected to YOUR why. Good luck friends, and share your goals with us so we can cheer you on! Full Book Cup Club Book of the Month:Each month we choose a book to read together. Join us in reading this month's Full Book Cup Club book of the month: You Are a Badass: How to Stop Doubting Your Greatness and Start Living an Awesome Life by Jen SinceroPrevious FBCC books:Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance by Angela Duckworth  The Happiness Advantage: The Seven Principles of Positive Psychology That Fuel Success and Performance at Work by Shawn AchorOption B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience, and Finding Joy by Sheryl SandbergThe Hot Young Widows Club: Lessons on Survival from the Front Lines of Grief by Nora McInernySupport the showIf you find this podcast helpful, please subscribe and leave us a review! Having reviews is the best way for people to find this podcast. New episodes are available every Wednesday. Thanks for being here! You can also support the show by buying us a coffee :)Find us on Facebook and Instagram too!

In this episode of Partnering Leadership, Mahan Tavakoli speaks with Patrick McGinnis. Patrick coined the term FOMO (Fear of Missing Out) and FOBO (Fear of a Better Option) while attending Harvard Business School. Patrick McGinnis is the author of two international bestsellers, including Fear of Missing Out: Practical Decision-Making in a World of Overwhelming Choice, and the host of the hit podcast FOMO Sapiens. In this conversation, Patrick McGinnis discusses why our need to be included can be overwhelming and what we can do to overcome it. He also talks about FOBO (Fear of a Better Option) and its adverse impacts on our mental health and the quality and speed of our decision-making.  Some Highlights:- Patrick McGinnis on what led him to write about “FOMO” and “FOBO” while attending Harvard Business School- How FOMO or the fear of missing out can be beneficial and destructive at the same time- Patrick McGinnis on controlling the negative consequences of the Fear of Missing Out- The common triggers of FOMO and how to manage the triggers- Patrick McGinnis on overcoming FOMO at work - Understanding the impact of the Fear of a Better Option (FOBO) on decision-making- Patrick McGinnis on controlling the desire for optimization that leads to FOBO Also mentioned in this episode:- Carl Jung, psychiatrist, The wounded healer Archetype- Rosa Parks, Civil Rights Leader- Mahatma Gandhi, Leader of Indian Independence MovementBooks Mentioned:- Fear of Missing Out: Practical Decision-Making in a World of Overwhelming Choice by Patrick McGinnis - System Failure by Joe Zieja- Backable: The Surprising Truth Behind what Makes People Take a Chance on You by Carlye Adler and Suneel Gupta- Life Is in the Transitions: Mastering Change at Any Age by Bruce Feiler- The Happiness Advantage: The Seven Principles of Positive Psychology That Fuel Success and Performance at Work by Shawn Achor- Flourish by Martin Seligman- Lost in the Valley of Death: A Story of Obsession and Danger in the Himalayas by Harley Rustad- The Way of Integrity: Finding the Path to Your True Self by Martha Beck- Entrepreneurial You: Monetize Your Expertise, Create Multiple Income Streams, and Thrive by Dorie Clark- Ask for More: 10 Questions to Negotiate Anything by Alexandra Carter- Wanting: The Power of Mimetic Desire in Everyday Life by Luke Burgis- The Paradox of Choice by Barry Schwartz- Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari Connect with Patrick McGinnis:Patrick McGinnis on PodcastPatrick McGinnis WebsitePatrick McGinnis on LinkedInPatrick McGinnis on InstagramPatrick McGinnis on Twitter Connect with Mahan Tavakoli:MahanTavakoli.comMore information and resources available at the Partnering Leadership Podcast website: PartneringLeadership.com

In this episode: balancing deprivation and happiness, making adjustments, everything is negotiable, the evolution of alignment, adjusted awareness, and intentionality in community. Five years ago, Scott and Taylor Rieckens publicly began their path to FI by creating the fantastic documentary "Playing With FIRE." The documentary depicts their life as they start out and navigate the early stages of their FI journey, which is often the period of time when we act our most frugal, cut as many expenses as possible, and in turn save as much as we possibly can! While this kind of lifestyle is a great jumping off point early in the FI journey, oftentimes people find this lifestyle to be limiting and ultimately detrimental to their own happiness. Now that Scott and Taylor are significantly further down the path compared to the last time we heard from them, we decided to have them return to the show to discuss the adjustments they have made in their lifestyle in order to live in a manner that fully aligns with their idea of a happy life! Remember, FI isn't suppose to limit your ability to be happy, rather it exists to enhance your life and help you find fulfillment as progress down the road less traveled. Scott and Taylor Rieckens: Website: playingwithfire.com Documentary: Playing With FIRE Book: Playing With FIRE Timestamps: 1:59 - Introduction 2:38 - What Makes You The Most Happy? 8:41 - The Evolution of Alignment and Adjusted Awareness 18:30 - The Craziest 36 Months 23:13 - Revisiting What's Important After Evolution 35:05 - Balancing Deprivation and Happiness 37:58 - Making Adjustments 43:03 - Decisions Are Based On The Information You Have 49:57 - Wonderful Evolutions and Learning Together 51:23 - Everything is Negotiable 57:02 - Everybody is the Star of Their Own Movie / Intentionality in Community 66:34 - Conclusion Resources Mentioned In Today's Episode: Playing With FIRE | Documentary | Scott Rieckens | ChooseFI Ep 37 "The Happiness Advantage: The Seven Principles of Positive Psychology That Fuel Success and Performance at Work" by Shawn Achor The Tim Ferris Show The Great Man Within "Thinking in Bets: Making Smarter Decisions When You Don't Have All the Facts" by Annie Duke More Helpful Links and Resources: Earn $1,000 in cashback with ChooseFI's 3-card credit card strategy Share FI by sending a friend ChooseFI: Your Blueprint to Financial Independence Track your personal finances with Personal Capital Keep learning or start a new side hustle with one of our educational courses Slash your cell phone bill without sacrificing service with Mint Mobile

Happiness first, success second. ― Shawn Achor, The Happiness Advantage: The Seven Principles of Positive Psychology That Fuel Success and Performance at Work #happinness #happinnessadvantage #shawnachor #entrepreneurshipquotes #Innovation #selfimprovement #selfhelp #entrepreneurship #inspirationalquotes #personaltransformation Become a Paid Subscriber: https://anchor.fm/moonshotmasterseries/subscribe

What if we were so optimistic, nothing ever felt like an obstacle, only an opportunity? As an unapologetic optimist, Patreon page. If donating isn't an option for you, don't worry, you can write us a podcast review which will help promote our show to other listeners. Thank you. Topics (4:07) Welcome and speed round questions. (7:06) Should we rewrite the American constitution? (11:17) Paul is affected by SIPO. What is it? (15:14) Going from hating himself to loving himself. (19:32) How can we transform our neuroplasticity? (25:24) Love all, serve all. (27:58) Four global initiatives Paul is involved in. (29:52) How climate transformation is possible. (36:49) Paul's travel to 62 countries and how it's influenced his musical taste. (43:18) An optimistic Grooving session with Kurt and Tim. © 2022  Behavioral Grooves   Links Dr. Paul Zeitz: www.drpaulzeitz.org   Opinion Science Podcast: https://opinionsciencepodcast.com/  Alicia Keys: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alicia_Keys  Desmond Tutu: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desmond_Tutu  Dr. Paul Zeitz's books: "Waging Optimism; Ushering in a New Era of Justice: Part 1: Ensuring the Survival and Flourishing of Humanity": https://amzn.to/3rZcsmC "Waging Justice: A Doctor's Journey to Speak Truth and Be Bold": https://amzn.to/3IJPQxm Global Carbon Removal Partnership: https://www.carbonremovalpartnership.net/  Julie Battilana, Episode 288, “The Steps Needed To Empower the Powerless”: https://behavioralgrooves.com/episode/steps-to-empower-the-powerless/  John A. List, Episode 296, Fail to Scale: Why Good Research Doesn't Always Make Great Policy: https://behavioralgrooves.com/episode/fail-to-scale-john-a-list/  Alia Crum: https://profiles.stanford.edu/alia-crum  Shawn Anchor, “The Happiness Advantage: The Seven Principles of Positive Psychology That Fuel Success and Performance at Work”: https://amzn.to/3NPMrQ4  Behavioral Grooves Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/behavioralgrooves   Musical Links Robert Goulet “The Impossible Dream”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5H7lZMuUCM  Nina Simone “Consummation”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=is-gdWIBgHo Flavors of Gratefulness – 120 versions of Modah Ani: https://www.rabbishefagold.com/hebrew_chant/modah_ani_app/ Shulem “Avinu Malkeinu”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27HaHpaFEC8&ab_channel=ShulemVEVO

Many of us have been taught to look for flaws. Instead, it is time to start noticing the great things that occur in our lives, even on a tiny scale, and realize how grateful we ought to be. Conversely, practicing gratitude and discovering the ideal criteria for measuring success can completely transform our life. My guest today is someone who integrates social and emotional intelligence into all aspects of her life. She serves as the executive director at the Institute for Social and Emotional Intelligence. She is also a coach for social and emotional intelligence. Amy Sargent-Kossoff joins this episode to discuss her extraordinary knowledge and expertise in rethinking and rewriting life stories with emotional intelligence. Amy's Story – Amy recounts how she incorporated thankfulness into her life by keeping a gratitude jar and how it completely altered her life.Negative Experience – Mentioning that most of us tend to look for the negative, Amy demonstrates ways to cope with adverse situations and emotions.Success – We talk about how our list of shoulds and our success criteria affect us and the importance of continuously redefining success. Core Values – Highlighting that the method we spend our time reflects our values, we examine how to identify our core values. Social Intelligence – We explain the distinction between social intelligence and emotional intelligence. In addition, we address the importance of social intelligence in our everyday lives.Conflicts – Amy discusses how to deal with conflicts while emphasizing the need for self-awareness.Toxic Positivity – Amy shares her thoughts on the negative labeling of emotions. Moreover, she defines toxic positivity in straightforward terms.Amy's Work – Amy describes how she assists individuals with the offered courses and assessments.   Resources:Connect with Amy:Website: isei.com LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/amy-sargent-kossoff-a902a36b/  Mentioned in the episode:VIA Character Strengths Survey: viacharacter.org/Six Seconds Can Change Your Life: bobbikahler.com/awareness/episode068/The Happiness Advantage: The Seven Principles of Positive Psychology That Fuel Success and Performance at Work: goodreads.com/book/show/9484114-the-happiness-advantage?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=TtVLDyMHFs&rank=1

Ryan Jenkins tackles the overlooked problem of loneliness in the workplace and shares expert tips for fostering connection and belonging for both yourself and your team. — YOU'LL LEARN — 1) Why you can still feel lonely around other people 2) Just how loneliness is harming our health and productivity 3) The simplest thing you can do now to feel less lonely Subscribe or visit AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep751 for clickable versions of the links below. — ABOUT RYAN — Ryan Jenkins CSP® is an internationally-recognized keynote speaker and three-time published author. He speaks all over the world to companies such as State Farm, Salesforce, Wells Fargo, FedEx, Liberty Mutual, and John Deere. For a decade, he has been helping organizations create engaged, inclusive, and high-performing teams by lessening worker loneliness and closing generational gaps. Ryan's top-ranked insights have been featured in Forbes, Fast Company, and The Wall Street Journal. He is also co-founder of LessLonely.com, the world's first resource fully dedicated to reducing worker isolation and strengthening team connections. Ryan lives in Atlanta, GA, with his wife, three children, and yellow Labrador. • Book: Connectable: How Leaders Can Move Teams From Isolated to All In • Tool: Team Connection Assessment • Tiktok: @ryanandsteven • Podcast: The Case for Connection — RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW — • Tool: Evernote • Tool: Asana • Tool: Boomerang • Study: Harvard Study of Adult Development • Study: Project Aristotle • Video: Space Oddity with Chris Hadfield • Figure: Christina Koch • Book: Thank You for Being Late: An Optimist's Guide to Thriving in the Age of Accelerations by Thomas Friedman • Book: The Happiness Advantage: The Seven Principles of Positive Psychology That Fuel Success and Performance at Work by Shawn Achor • Past episode: 311: Communication Secrets from FBI Kidnapping Negotiator Chris Voss — THANK YOU SPONSORS! — • Lexus. Check out the lovely innovations in the all-new 2022 Lexus NX at https://lexus.com/nx See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Heidi Marlowe, of White Glove Destinations, is a Luxury Travel Advisor, Hawaii Vacation Specialist, Kauai Master Specialist, CLIA Accredited Cruise Counselor, Disney College of Knowledge Graduate, Certified Orlando Travel Expert and Universal Orlando Resort Specialist. Heidi considers herself truly blessed in her life to be able to step foot in seemingly every corner of the globe —beginning her travels as a young child when her father served our country (US). This ignited her love of travel and experiencing cultures of the world. Her focus is to provide that luxury touch to ensure your vacation is memorable. She offers her personal and professional knowledge and expertise so that you will have the most meaningful and memorable vacation experiences! From picking the perfect resort, planning a special meal, to knowing just the right place to create lasting memories, she will tailor a vacation to your specific needs. Heidi believes that finding the perfect vacation begins with building a relationship with her clients....you are like family to her and she wants to make sure you are well taken care of! Heidi is married and a proud mom of two adult daughters and a soon-to-be grandma! Her favorite books are "The Happiness Advantage: The Seven Principles of Positive Psychology That Fuel Success and Performance at Work" by Shawn Achor "Strengthsfinder" by Tom Rath You can reach her on her website: www.whiteglovedestinations.com

In this episode of Partnering Leadership, Mahan Tavakoli speaks with Patrick McGinnis. Patrick coined the term FOMO (Fear of Missing Out) and FOBO (Fear of a Better Option) while attending Harvard Business School. Patrick McGinnis is the author of two international bestsellers, including Fear of Missing Out: Practical Decision-Making in a World of Overwhelming Choice, and the host of the hit podcast FOMO Sapiens. In this conversation, Patrick McGinnis discusses why our need to be included can be overwhelming and what we can do to overcome it. He also talks about FOBO (Fear of a Better Option) and its adverse impacts on our mental health and the quality and speed of our decision-making. Some Highlights:- Patrick McGinnis on what led him to write about “FOMO” and “FOBO” while attending Harvard Business School- How FOMO or the fear of missing out can be beneficial and destructive at the same time- Patrick McGinnis on controlling the negative consequences of the Fear of Missing Out- The common triggers of FOMO and how to manage the triggers- Patrick McGinnis on overcoming FOMO at work - Understanding the impact of the Fear of a Better Option (FOBO) on decision-making- Patrick McGinnis on controlling the desire for optimization that leads to FOBOAlso mentioned in this episode:- Carl Jung, psychiatrist, The wounded healer Archetype- Rosa Parks, Civil Rights Leader- Mahatma Gandhi, Leader of Indian Independence MovementBooks Mentioned:- Fear of Missing Out: Practical Decision-Making in a World of Overwhelming Choice by Patrick McGinnis - System Failure by Joe Zieja- Backable: The Surprising Truth Behind what Makes People Take a Chance on You by Carlye Adler and Suneel Gupta- Life Is in the Transitions: Mastering Change at Any Age by Bruce Feiler- The Happiness Advantage: The Seven Principles of Positive Psychology That Fuel Success and Performance at Work by Shawn Achor- Flourish by Martin Seligman- Lost in the Valley of Death: A Story of Obsession and Danger in the Himalayas by Harley Rustad- The Way of Integrity: Finding the Path to Your True Self by Martha Beck- Entrepreneurial You: Monetize Your Expertise, Create Multiple Income Streams, and Thrive by Dorie Clark- Ask for More: 10 Questions to Negotiate Anything by Alexandra Carter- Wanting: The Power of Mimetic Desire in Everyday Life by Luke Burgis- The Paradox of Choice by Barry Schwartz- Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah HarariConnect with Patrick McGinnis:Patrick McGinnis on PodcastPatrick McGinnis WebsitePatrick McGinnis on LinkedInPatrick McGinnis on InstagramPatrick McGinnis on TwitterConnect with Mahan Tavakoli:MahanTavakoli.comMore information and resources available at the Partnering Leadership Podcast website: PartneringLeadership.com

Justin Ervin, Co-Founder of Habitual Roots, joins Collin in today's episode. Habitual Roots is a nonprofit organization that is based both in Charoltte, North Carolina and Denver, Colorado. They are a community based organization that are committed to spreading the knowledge of emotional intelligence and mindfulness. If you are interested in finding out more about Habitual Roots, their organization, the ROOTS methodology, yoga sessions, and/or coaching, check out their website at: www.habitualroots.com or over on Instagram @habitualroots You find reach out to Justin over email at justinervin@habitualroots.com or Instagram at @jervin31 Books that Justin recommended: The Happiness Advantage: The Seven Principles of Positive Psychology That Fuel Success and Performance at Work by Shawn Achor Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life by Richard Rohr If your not already, use Amazon Smile with all Amazon purchases and set your donating organization to Habitual Roots

Every day is a blessing when you work in an industry that changed your life... And over 20 years since I started my own direct selling business journey, I still hear incredible life stories every day that remind me why there is simply no industry quite like this one!! ... But THIS episode gave me a whole new perspective and a whole new love for the direct selling industry. The beautiful Christine Tylee joins me and shares her infectious passion and she’s got a POWERFUL story to tell. She’s the founder of Direct Sales Inspiration, a million-dollar achiever for over 10 years running with The Body Shop at Home and has just graduated from Harvard AND Yale with further education in positive psychology… Yep… super achiever! But the one that’s going to rock you (And maybe put a tear in your eye) in this episode is how this industry helped to get her and her family through one of the most unbelievable life curveballs… Get your pen and paper ready, and have tissues within an arm’s reach because this episode is a very special one, Tune in and enjoy! We’ll be talking about: ➡ [0:00] Introduction➡ [2:41] A little bit about Christine➡ [7:49] Christine’s 3 pillars for success➡ [12:45] Christine’s story: Running a business from her daughter’s hospital room➡ [17:26] Passion is infectious ➡ [18:47] Fighting her own battles: more difficult news arrives➡ [22:30] 3 years on...➡ [26:43] The power of valuable connections➡ [29:52] Building a safe space and doing party swaps ➡ [32:52] To women who want to start a direct selling business...➡ [35:33] Christine’s book recommendations ➡ [36:37] Christine’s ideal superpower and favourite quote➡ [37:33] What Christine would say to her past self➡ [40:13] Christine’s message: Don’t give up. About our guest: Christine Tylee is an award-winning leader and has been in the direct selling industry for 19 years with a 20+ million dollar global organization. Being the founder of Direct Sales Inspiration, she loves helping people in the industry achieve bold, daring dreams. Christine uses her experience in the industry with a Masters Degree in Education and recent certifications in Positive Psychology, through Positive Prime and courses through Harvard and Yale to teach others to be wildly successful direct sellers! Her powerful story starts from when her 6-year-old daughter was diagnosed with acute leukemia. From then on, she took advantage of the industry’s flexible hours. Christine brought her work to her daughter’s hospital room, keeping the business going, providing income for their needs, and being with her little one. Christine is proud to have been awarded the Direct Sales Association Distributor of the Year in 2019. She is also the first person to achieve the top career-plan rank in her company in Australia. She’s also been in the prestigious ‘Million Dollar Club’ for over a decade. Resources: ➡ ‘The Happiness Advantage: The Seven Principles of Positive Psychology That Fuel Success and Performance at Work’ by Shawn Achor: https://amzn.to/3DeaJyg Connect with Christine Tylee: ➡ Christine Tylee on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TBSAHChristineTylee/ Connect with Direct Sales Inspiration➡ Direct Sales Inspiration website: https://directsalesinspiration.com/ ➡ Direct Sales Inspiration on Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com.au/directsalesinspiration/ ➡ Direct Sales Inspiration on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DirectSalesInspiration/ Connect with Direct Selling Accelerator: ➡ Join the FREE Facebook group: https://go.auxano.global/ ➡ Visit our website: https://www.auxano.global/➡ Subscribe to Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/DirectSellingAccelerator➡ Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/auxanomarketing/➡ Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/auxanomarketing/➡ Email us at grow@auxanomarketing.com.au If you have any podcast suggestions or things you’d like to learn about specifically, please send us an email at the address above. And if you liked this episode, please don’t forget to subscribe, tune in, and share this podcast.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

When we worry, we allow thoughts, images, emotions, and actions of a negative nature to uncontrollably repeat we are automatically living outside of our present selves. Worry in and of itself is neither bad nor good - I mean after all, if our cave dwelling ancestors didn't worry about predators, we likely wouldn't be here today. The problem with worrying comes when we deeply dwell on thoughts and emotions outside of our control. So how do we put the kibosh on worry? In this episode Brittny shares how we can minimize our daily fears and anxiety with simple mindful practices and eliminate the extreme and unnecessary worry from our lives. Resources Mentioned:The Happiness Advantage: The Seven Principles of Positive Psychology That Fuel Success and Performance at Work by Shawn AchorBetterHelp Talk TherapyTalkspace Online CounselingConnect with Brittny:https://www.instagram.com/brittnyking_/www.brittnyking.com

When we worry, we allow thoughts, images, emotions, and actions of a negative nature to uncontrollably repeat we are automatically living outside of our present selves. Worry in and of itself is neither bad nor good - I mean after all, if our cave dwelling ancestors didn't worry about predators, we likely wouldn't be here today. The problem with worrying comes when we deeply dwell on thoughts and emotions outside of our control. So how do we put the kibosh on worry? In this episode Brittny shares how we can minimize our daily fears and anxiety with simple mindful practices and eliminate the extreme and unnecessary worry from our lives. Resources Mentioned:The Happiness Advantage: The Seven Principles of Positive Psychology That Fuel Success and Performance at Work by Shawn AchorBetterHelp Talk TherapyTalkspace Online CounselingConnect with Brittny:https://www.instagram.com/brittnyking_/www.brittnyking.com

Vishen Lakhiani shares foundational principles to make work more fulfilling. — YOU'LL LEARN — 1) How the most successful people find bliss in their work 2) How to keep stress from fazing you 3) Why hustling hurts your career Subscribe or visit AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep646 for clickable versions of the links below. — ABOUT VISHEN — Vishen Lakhiani is one of today's most influential minds in the fields of personal growth and human consciousness. He is the founder and CEO of Mindvalley and behind several top-ranking health and wellness apps. He also has two New York Times best-selling books, The Code of the Extraordinary Mind and The Buddha and the Badass. With an incredible passion and drive to unite humanity and challenge the status quo, he has built a movement of growth-seekers, spanning across 195 countries, engaging more than 15 million followers on social media, and nearly half-a-million students online each year. • Vishen's book: The Buddha and the Badass: The Secret Spiritual Art of Succeeding at Work • Vishen's book: The Code of the Extraordinary Mind: 10 Unconventional Laws to Redefine Your Life and Succeed On Your Own Terms • Vishen's website: MindValley.com • Vishen's Instagram: @vishen • Vishen's meditation: The 6 Phase Meditation • Vishen's speech: “The Theory of Awesomeness” — RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW — • Tool: Airtable • Book: The Happiness Advantage: The Seven Principles of Positive Psychology That Fuel Success and Performance at Work by Shawn Achor • Book: Positive Intelligence: Why Only 20% of Teams and Individuals Achieve Their True Potential and How You Can Achieve Yours by Shirzad Chamaine • Book: Rumi's Book of Poetry: 100 Inspirational Poems on Love, Life, and Meditation by Rumi • Poem: “I Was Early Taught to Work As Well As Play…” by John D. Rockefeller, Sr. • Poem: “The Guest House” by Rumi — THANK YOU SPONSORS! — • FSAstore.com. Use your flex spending account funds with the greatest of ease! Save $20 on a $150+ purchase with promo code AWESOME. • Monday.com. Experience a 14-day free trial of the Work OS that boosts the ownership, joy, and efficiency of work. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Dr. Tal Ben-Shahar discusses the fundamental principles that help us lead happier, more effective lives. — YOU'LL LEARN — 1) Why many ambitious people end up unhappy 2) Why chasing happiness won't make you happier—and what will 3) How to find your motivation in just five minutes Subscribe or visit AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep625 for clickable versions of the links below. — ABOUT TAL — Dr. Tal Ben-Shahar is the co-founder of the Happiness Studies Academy, as well as the creator and instructor of the Certificate in Happiness Studies and the Happier School programs. After graduating from Harvard with a BA in Philosophy and Psychology and a PhD in Organizational Behavior, Tal taught two of the most popular courses in Harvard's history: Positive Psychology and The Psychology of Leadership and taught Happiness Studies at Columbia University. He is an international, best-selling author whose books have been translated into more than 25 languages. • Tal's website: TalBenShahar.com • Tal's program: Happiness Studies Academy. Enter the code HAPPY to enjoy a 10% discount! • Tal's LinkedIn: Tal Ben-Shahar • Tal's Instagram: Dr. Tal Ben-Shahar • HSA's Facebook: Happiness Studies Academy • HSA's LinkedIn: Happiness Studies Academy — RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW — • Book: The Happiness Advantage: The Seven Principles of Positive Psychology That Fuel Success and Performance at Work by Shawn Achor • Book: The Progress Principle: Using Small Wins to Ignite Joy, Engagement, and Creativity at Work by Teresa Amabile • Book: The Relaxation Response by Herbert Benson • Book: Middlemarch by George Eliot • Poem: “The Guest House” by Jalaluddin Rumi — THANK YOU SPONSORS! — • Netgear. Enhance your WiFi at netgear.com/wifi • Four Sigmatic. Enhance your productivity and your coffee at foursigmatic.com/howtobeawesome. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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Hi everyone! Welcome back to today's episode: How Leaders Can Uncover Their Blind Spots. We've all seen leaders who are fully aware of those blind spots, and we've seen leaders who are not aware of those blind spots and the impact that can have on their people and their organization. My guest is Jason Treu. He's an executive coach and best-selling author of Social Wealth, a how-to guide on building extraordinary business relationships. He's been a TEDx Speaker, where he debuted his team-building game, Cards Against Mundanity, and he himself is the host of the Executive Breakthroughs Podcast where CEOs, entrepreneurs and experts share their breakthroughs and breakdowns. In this episode, we also talk about: The importance of making time to build relationships, Psychological safety Asking for feedback Understanding the fundamental patterns sabotaging your success, and a whole lot more. Don't forget to subscribe and rate us on Apple Podcasts! Make Time to Build Team and Client Relationships I had to get everyone to buy-in on the team by getting to know them. Just trying to show a great plan or getting some results wasn't enough to motivate people. I really have to understand and learn a lot about them. The same thing happened on the client side. I had to build a lot of relationships with people, and then I had to fundamentally understand their business from top to bottom, so I not only could give them marketing advice, but also business advice. Patterns that sabotage your success In life, what happens is that you start learning as a kid and over time, you become an adult. Some of the things you learned as a child, no one tells you to stop learning over time. Your parents might tell you, “Don't talk to strangers” when you were ten because they don't want you to get into trouble and get abducted or something. But what they don't tell you when you're 18 and going off to college is you have to do that to meet people. What ends up happening is a lot of the things that end up helping you or keeping you safe are now sabotaging your success. One simple example is, let's say there's someone who's a poor listener and they're having problems. People around them are telling them they're not good listeners, they don't seem engaged, they don't care about them. When I go back to their childhood, they've lived with very large families. They grew up with quite a few siblings and they had to yell over their siblings to get their parents' attention. I was working with someone and they wanted to go to a school function back when they were in fifth grade. I was like, “What did you do?” and they were like, “Well, I elbowed my sister and brother really hard, simultaneously…and they fell off their chairs. And then I yelled across the table at my Mom and Dad and told them I needed them to go to some school function. And they said, “Yes.” Then I asked them, “Could you have gotten them to go any other way?” And they were like, “Probably not, because I wasn't that loud or overbearing, so it was really hard to get their attention with everyone around, so I was really worried I couldn't.” They learned at that point that listening wasn't helpful, and it would not have gotten them what they wanted. Well, they carried that trait through their entire career, and now it's killing their success and the people around them are frustrated and won't talk to them. Look Inward to Find Your Blind Spots Change and great things start inside of you, not out. I always say that that's the place you ultimately have to start from to learn, and that helps you learn about other people. If you don't, these blind spots will end up crushing you because you'll unable to see them but everyone around you will.   Links and Resources Connect with Jason: LinkedIn https://jasontreu.com Social Wealth: How to Build Extraordinary Relationships By Transforming the Way We Live, Love, Lead and Network by Jason Treu Cards Against Mundanity Insight: The Surprising Truth About How Others See Us, How We See Ourselves, and Why the Answers Matter More Than We Think by Tasha Eurich Project Aristotle The Fearless Organization: Creating Psychological Safety in the Workplace for Learning, Innovation, and Growth by Amy Edmondson The Happiness Advantage: The Seven Principles of Positive Psychology That Fuel Success and Performance at Work by Shawn Achor The Making of a Manager: What to Do When Everyone Looks to You by Julie Zhuo

Molly Fletcher explains how to expertly manage your energy to accomplish your best work.— YOU'LL LEARN — 1) The key to better energy management. 2) Smart ways to beat burn out. 3) Why self-care shouldn't make you feel guilty. Subscribe or visit AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep532 for clickable versions of the links below. — ABOUT MOLLY — Molly Fletcher is a trailblazer in every sense of the word—now a CEO, she shares unconventional techniques that made her one of the first female sports agents in the high stakes world of sports.Too many leaders, teams, and organizations are stuck. Instead of achieving greatness, they remain stagnant, failing to reach their potential. That's where Molly Fletcher comes in.• Molly's book: The Energy Clock: 3 Simple Steps to Create a Life Full of ENERGY - and Live Your Best Every Day (Ignite Reads)• Molly's website: MollyFletcher.com— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW — • Book: The Happiness Advantage: The Seven Principles of Positive Psychology That Fuel Success and Performance at Work by Shawn Achor• Book: The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho• Book: Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less by Greg McKeown• Book: The Power of Full Engagement: Managing Energy, Not Time, Is the Key to High Performance and Personal Renewal by Jim Loehr• Personality: Adam Grant• Personality: Brene Brown• Personality: Susan Cain— THANK YOU SPONSORS! — • Freshbooks Cloud Accounting Software gets you paid twice as fast. Free trial (no credit card required) at freshbooks.com/awesome.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Molly Fletcher explains how to expertly manage your energy to accomplish your best work.   You’ll Learn: 1) The key to better energy management 2) Smart ways to beat burn out 3) Why self-care shouldn’t make you feel guilty   About Molly: Molly Fletcher is a trailblazer in every sense of the word—now a CEO, she shares unconventional techniques that made her one of the first female sports agents in the high stakes world of sports. Too many leaders, teams, and organizations are stuck. Instead of achieving greatness, they remain stagnant, failing to reach their potential. That’s where Molly Fletcher comes in. Molly’s book: The Energy Clock: 3 Simple Steps to Create a Life Full of ENERGY - and Live Your Best Every Day (Ignite Reads) Molly’s website: MollyFletcher.com   Resources mentioned in the show: Book: The Happiness Advantage: The Seven Principles of Positive Psychology That Fuel Success and Performance at Work by Shawn Achor Book: The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho Book: Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less by Greg McKeown Book: The Power of Full Engagement: Managing Energy, Not Time, Is the Key to High Performance and Personal Renewal by Jim Loehr Personality: Adam Grant Personality: Brene Brown Personality: Susan Cain   Thank you Sponsors! Freshbooks Cloud Accounting Software gets you paid twice as fast. Free trial (no credit card required) at freshbooks.com/awesome.   View transcript, show notes, and links at http://AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep532

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Karl Staib shares how gratitude leads to a more pleasant and productive work life.   You'll Learn: 1) How gratitude improves productivity 2) How to cut negativity and boost gratitude 3) How to find more energy for your goals   About Karl: Karl Staib is an author that seeks out growth at every turn. When his father passed it was focusing on gratitude that helped him get through one of the most difficult times in his life. That's why he wants to bring more gratitude into the workplace. His work inside a fortune 500 company that regularly ranks in the top 10 for best places to work has shown him the importance of gratitude and how it increases productivity and communication. If you enjoy his writing, he encourages you to reach out to him at BringGratitude.com. Karl’s book: Bring Gratitude: Feel Joyful Again With Bite-Sized Mindset Practices Karl’s website: BringGratitude.com   Resources mentioned in the show: Study: The Science Of Gratitude: How Being Thankful Makes Us Happier – David DeSteno Book: Why We Do What We Do: Understanding Self-Motivation by Edward L. Deci and Richard Flaste Book: The Happiness Advantage: The Seven Principles of Positive Psychology That Fuel Success and Performance at Work by Shawn Achor Book: Emotional Success: The Power of Gratitude, Compassion, and Pride by David DeSteno Book: Siddhartha by Herman Hess Previous episode: 317: How to Form Habits the Smart Way with BJ Fogg, PhD Previous episode: 357: The Six Morning Habits of High Performers with Hal Elrod   Thank you Sponsors! ZipRecruiter is the smartest way to hire. You can try them for free at Ziprecruiter.com/HTBA Zapier. Save an average of 40 hours a month by automating tasks with zapier.com/awesome   View transcript, show notes, and links at http://AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep504

Karl Staib shares how gratitude leads to a more pleasant and productive work life. — YOU'LL LEARN — 1) How gratitude improves productivity. 2) How to cut negativity and boost gratitude. 3) How to find more energy for your goals. Subscribe or visit AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep504 for clickable versions of the links below. — ABOUT KARL — Karl Staib is an author that seeks out growth at every turn. When his father passed it was focusing on gratitude that helped him get through one of the most difficult times in his life. That's why he wants to bring more gratitude into the workplace. His work inside a fortune 500 company that regularly ranks in the top 10 for best places to work has shown him the importance of gratitude and how it increases productivity and communication. If you enjoy his writing, he encourages you to reach out to him at BringGratitude.com. • Karl's book: Bring Gratitude: Feel Joyful Again With Bite-Sized Mindset Practices • Karl's website: BringGratitude.com — RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW — • Study: The Science Of Gratitude: How Being Thankful Makes Us Happier – David DeSteno • Book: Why We Do What We Do: Understanding Self-Motivation by Edward L. Deci and Richard Flaste • Book: The Happiness Advantage: The Seven Principles of Positive Psychology That Fuel Success and Performance at Work by Shawn Achor • Book: Emotional Success: The Power of Gratitude, Compassion, and Pride by David DeSteno • Book: Siddhartha by Herman Hess • Previous episode: 317: How to Form Habits the Smart Way with BJ Fogg, PhD • Previous episode: 357: The Six Morning Habits of High Performers with Hal Elrod — THANK YOU SPONSORS! — • ZipRecruiter is the smartest way to hire. You can try them for free at Ziprecruiter.com/HTBA • Zapier. Save an average of 40 hours a month by automating tasks with zapier.com/awesome See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Resilience expert Anne Grady shares how to decrease anxiety and stay in a more positive, productive zone more often.   You'll Learn: How the negativity bias hijacks us--and how to fix it Quick ways to put your lizard brain back in its place How to better savor “delicious moments” and enjoy each workday more   About Anne: Resilience expert Anne Grady is an internationally recognized speaker and author. Anne shares humor, humility, refreshing honesty, and practical strategies anyone can use to triumph over adversity and master change. A two-time TEDx speaker, Anne has been featured in Forbes, Harvard Business Review, Inc., FOX Business, Entrepreneur, and more. She is the author of “Strong Enough: Choosing Courage, Resilience, and Triumph.” Learn more at www.AnneGradyGroup.com. LinkedIn: Anne Grady Group Website: AnneGradyGroup.com YouTube: Anne Grady Group   Resources mentioned in the show: App: Calm App: Buddhify App: Happify App: Headspace App: Simple Habit Book: “Where the Red Fern Grows” by Wilson Rawls Author: Arianna Huffington Author: Brene Brown Researcher: Dr. Rick Hanson Author: Rachel Hollis Researcher: Shawn Achor TED Talk: Kelly McGonigal: How to make stress your friend Neurosciences terms: Amygdala, Hippocampus, Hypothalamus, Limbic system, Noradrenaline / Norepinephrine, Prefrontal cortex Book: “Hardwiring Happiness: The New Brain Science of Contentment, Calm, and Confidence”  by Rick Hanson Book: “The Happiness Advantage: The Seven Principles of Positive Psychology That Fuel Success and Performance at Work” by Shawn Achor Book: “The Upside of Stress: Why Stress Is Good for You, and How to Get Good at It” by Kelly McGonigal   Thank You, Sponsor! iDashboards: Create gorgeously useful data visualizations with iDashboards.com/awesome.   View transcript, show notes, and links at http://AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep479

In this episode you will learn:What is Diet Mentality How Diet Mentality holds you back Action steps in overcoming Diet Mentality for your nutrition, fitness & mindset How you can break up with your coach if that’s what you need Fave Quotes >> Diet mentality is not just watching what you eat, it holds you back from being the fullest expression of yourself and living life to the fullest. RESET STRATEGY CourseEmail > hello@chaneemomoko.comInstagram > @chaneemomokoBooks mentioned>The Happiness Advantage: The Seven Principles of Positive Psychology That Fuel Success and Performance at WorkYour Highest Self Launch Giveaway! Choose which topics you want to keep up with or binge on Netflix style https://chaneemomoko.com/podcast-opt-ins Leave a review on apple itunes Screenshot you listening & share on your storyEach action is one entry into the giveaway! Prizes include:FIRST PLACE: 90min deep dive coaching session with Chanee on ANYTHING you need mentoring with & the Self Love Starter Bundle from shopjustycozythingsSECOND PLACE: Self Success Starter Bundle from shopjustycozythings See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week on the podcast I’m sharing my bad buys from this past year that I finally decided to redonate, my flip of the week, and as always Poshmark and eBay numbers for the past week. Weekly book recommendation: The Happiness Advantage, The Seven Principles of Positive Psychology That Fuel Success and Performance at Work by Shawn Achor

Dr. Sholom Stern joins us today to give a solid definition and examination of what happiness exactly is. We'll be discussing how it differs from person to person, as well as if it is even worth pursuing. How do we understand it to maximize it and why is it important. Where do hobbies fit into all of this. Dr. Stern explains all of this in detail. Table of Contents: 32:00 Intro 00:57 Guest Interview (Dr. Sholom Stern) 02:57 “What Makes YOU Happy?” 04:17 “Happiness is different for everyone.” 08:00 “Completing things is not the same as happiness.” 13:00 “Challenges are fun.” 16:47 “Love and Work.” 19:57 “Chasing Happiness.” 22:00 “Get enough sleep!” 25:30 “Happiness is not an end in itself…” Source cited below (1). 30:55 TV vs. Movies 32:59 Inspirational Quote (2). 35:00 Random Question Lighting Round 39:32 Weekly Challenge 43:00 Closing Statement Sources Cited: 1. (Achor, Shawn. The Happiness Advantage: The Seven Principles of Positive Psychology That Fuel Success and Performance at Work. New York, NY: Crown Business, 2010) 2. “Our greatest happiness does not depend on the condition of life in which chance has placed us, but is always the result of a good conscience, good health, occupation, and freedom in all just pursuits.” -Thomas Jefferson What Makes You Happy? is a project by Cleveland Creative Outlet, a video production company. You can learn more and see their work at www.ClevelandCreativeOutlet.com. You can reach out to them on Facebook at www.Facebook.com/ClevelandCreativeOutlet Guest: Dr. Sholom Stern Hosted By: Dovid Stern

Steve Lloyd, visionary and co-owner of Busy Little Hands Learning Center, is a model of growing by leaps and bounds when you apply the right mindset, practices, and leadership in your school. Steve talks with Kris about his unconventional journey into child care, and how he and his mother Jessica have morphed and expanded Busy Little Hands with the help of some amazing and highly engaged staff. It’s a deep dive into the culture, core values, service standards, employee retention, motivating millennials, healthy communication habits, and how to create a pleasurable atmosphere with everyone involved being empowered and accountable.   Key Takeaways: [1:05] The Child Care Success Summit in Dallas is soon upon us. For those that have not registered yet, it has sold out over the past several years, so don’t sleep on it! It is October 25-27, and you can expect amazing speakers, new content, and over 700 owners and industry leaders sharing their tips for success in running schools. [5:09] And wait — there’s more! Kris has offered a special promo for podcast listeners only! When you purchase your Summit tickets at: Childcaresuccesssummit.com, enter the code: rockstar at checkout and receive an extra $100 off your ticket. The offer is good until the tickets sell out. [6:25] Busy Little Hands Learning Center in Centennial, CO has expanded to 131 kids and 33 team members. Steve Lloyd is co-owner along with his mom Jessica and her sister back in 2008. Steve and his wife have three kids. Steve in his third year of Platinum membership of the Child Care Success Academy. [9:45] Steve’s brother Sam inspired him with his mission to make a difference in people’s lives, and make his work really matter. He started studying medicine and worked as an ambulance paramedic. After a few years when his mother Jessica offered him work running the school, he followed that calling and is grateful now for making the right choice. They knew that investing in themselves first was of utmost importance to running a good business, and attended the Child Care Summit. [14:00] Steve also spends time with adolescents, as a dedicated volunteer Scout Master. [16:41] Their five-year plan: to have three to five schools in the Denver area over the next several years and for his mother Jessica to retire. [18:45] Defining your “why” with core values helps employees understand and respect the decisions and actions asked of them. [20:42] The five core values of Busy Little Hands that they hire upon and live by every day: 1. Family First 2. Fun 3. Respect 4. Integrity 5. Progressive [24:02] Millenials are highly motivated by a sense of purpose, belonging and impact. The more they feel their work matters, the more invested they will be to live the core values of their school. [28:24] Core values define why you do what you do, but your service standards define how you do what you do. [29:39] Steve is very excited about Busy Little Hands service standards. 1. Safety 2. Consistency and Reliability 3. Responsiveness 4. Friendliness [37:34] Shaping your core values and service standards is a long-term process. It’s a marathon, not a sprint and takes time for everyone to adapt and agree but it’s worth the work it takes to implement them. [43:18] Steve is shifting towards the idea of a weekly Zoom meeting with his staff and compensating them for a casual evening meeting where staff get to be home and in the comfort of their own home. [48:42] When your boss is also your mother, the bar for creating an environment of excellence is set even higher. Steve feels that despite the challenges that have popped up along the way, they have made him an even better leader and decision maker. [51:21] Steve defines a rock star as someone that knows their vision, and takes steps towards it every day. Mentioned in This Episode: Kris Murray Child Care Marketing Solutions Child Care Success Academy Sign Up for Enrollment Bootcamp Waiting List Busy Little Hands Early Learning Center The Book of Mormon The Slight Edge: Turning Simple Disciplines Into Massive Success, by Jeff Olson The Happiness Advantage: The Seven Principles of Positive Psychology That Fuel Success and Performance at Work, by Shawn Achor steve@busylittlehandselc.com

Open Mic ist ein Interview Podcast über kreative Menschen in Berlin, die kurz vor dem Durchbruch stehen, ihr Leben nochmal komplett umgkrempelt haben und etwas schaffen, das für mich und hoffentlich auch euch inspiriert. In der ersten Episode habe ich Susanne Geisler interviewed, die ihr Leben nach abgeschlossenem Jura Studium zu Gunsten der Kreativität noch mal komplett veränderte. Mittlerweile ist sie Songwriterin, Musikerin, Autorin und Kreativcoach zugleich. Wie sie das geschafft hat und es auch täglich schafft kreativ zu sein und sich dabei nicht zu blockieren, erzählt sie uns im Interview. Mein Blog: www.reflectionofsound.de Musik im Podcast: https://soundcloud.com/kaleidoscopeofcolours Kaleidoscope of Colors - Midnight Blue Kaleidoscope of Colors - Green Dots Bensound - Tomorrow (https://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music/track/tomorrow) Bücher/Referenzen: Julia Cameron - The Artist Way (Der Weg des Künstlers) Jeff Goins - Real Artists don't starve The Happiness Advantage: The Seven Principles of Positive Psychology That Fuel Success and Performance at Work (Zitat von Shawn Acher "The 20 second rule") Zitat von Victor Wooten: "Don't forget to jam." Susanne Geisler: https://www.facebook.com/kaleidoscopeofcoloursmusic/ https://www.kaleidoscopeofcolours.com/ https://www.wedding-song.de https://editionf.com/@/SusanneGeisler/articles

Text ‘bulletproof’ to 345345 to stay in the know about our upcoming book release and the Bulletproof Summit in fall 2018! Bulletproof Dental Practice Podcast Episode 55 Hosts: Dr. Peter Boulden & Dr. Craig Spodak Key Takeaways: Four Pillars of a Bullet Proof Dental Practice Vision and Leadership As a leader/owner of the practice you set the tone You must give your team a road map Be intentional in explaining your goals to your team Make a descriptive vision Self-managing teams Team and Culture Culture is a foundation of a lot of our marketing When your team is happy they are more resourceful Happiness is good for business. Money is the lagging indicator of creating an exceptional experience and exceptional dentistry. Daylight is very important to incorporate in healthcare environments. It affects mood and purchasing decisions. Marketing and Reputation The average person has 318 friends on social media Make sure you are getting mentions Use Hootsuite for tracking all social media channels Facebook is not a form of push advertising Keep your ratio healthy with your posts (funny vs before/after pictures) Seek out social influencers! Accounts that have more than 300,000 followers. Systems and Metrics New patients that visit each month Average dollar amount per visit True practice growth- how much did we grow this month? Click HERE to sign up for Podium w/no activation fees!   References: Delivering Happiness by Tony Hseih The Happiness Advantage: The Seven Principles of Positive Psychology That Fuel Success and Performance at Work by Shawn Achor   Tweetables: “Be the leader you wish you had.” Dr. Craig Spodak “Success without fulfillment is the ultimate failure.” Dr. Craig Spodak

A team building event can give you a chance to get to know your team better. You can find out teammates strengths and weaknesses and develop better relationships. What does a great team building activity look like? What are the elements that make a great team building experience? If you are curious to know how to create a great team building experience then look no further! This week, we will give you our best ideas! This is your one-stop for everything you need to know about creating an epic team building event! In this #EventIcons episode, we have two ICONIC guests Sydney Wolf (metroConnections) & Roger Haskett (Engagement Unlimited). They will be discussing their best tips for creating team building events. They’ll be answering all of your questions and sharing their secret tips for developing team events and much more! So listen up! We want to help keep you up-to-date with the latest and greatest! Below, in our Epic Resources section, we link the awesome insider favorites that were mentioned in this episode! You WANT to check these out! What has been your favorite episode so far? Comment below and let us know! You’re watching this recording of our episode here on our blog, but wouldn’t you rather watch live, ask your own questions, and participate in person? Subscribe now to watch live! (We’ll remind you of upcoming episodes.) We would love for you to join us LIVE and bring your questions for our icons. We do this for you! How To Subscribe: Click here to watch the show live and get email notifications of new episodes. Subscribe via iTunes: Video & Audio or Audio Only Click here to subscribe via RSS (non-iTunes feed): Video & Audio or Audio Only Follow our iconic guests on Twitter: Sydney Wolf of metroConnections (@sydneywolf) Roger Haskett of Engagement Unlimited (@rogerhaskett) Alex Plaxen of Little Bird Told Media (@APlaxen) Check out the epic resources mentioned in this episode: Engagement Unlimited metroConnections Infographic: The Fascinating Neuroscience Behind Engagement INFOGRAPHIC: The Active Participatory Model metroConnections Team Building metroConnections Team Building Webinar The Essential Elements of Facilitation by Simon Priest & Michael A. Gass(Book) Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari(Book) Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard by Chip Heath(Book) The Happiness Advantage: The Seven Principles of Positive Psychology That Fuel Success and Performance at Work by Shawn Achor(Book)

A team building event can give you a chance to get to know your team better. You can find out teammates strengths and weaknesses and develop better relationships. What does a great team building activity look like? What are the elements that make a great team building experience? If you are curious to know how to create a great team building experience then look no further! This week, we will give you our best ideas! This is your one-stop for everything you need to know about creating an epic team building event! In this #EventIcons episode, we have two ICONIC guests Sydney Wolf (metroConnections) & Roger Haskett (Engagement Unlimited). They will be discussing their best tips for creating team building events. They’ll be answering all of your questions and sharing their secret tips for developing team events and much more! So listen up! We want to help keep you up-to-date with the latest and greatest! Below, in our Epic Resources section, we link the awesome insider favorites that were mentioned in this episode! You WANT to check these out! What has been your favorite episode so far? Comment below and let us know! You’re watching this recording of our episode here on our blog, but wouldn’t you rather watch live, ask your own questions, and participate in person? Subscribe now to watch live! (We’ll remind you of upcoming episodes.) We would love for you to join us LIVE and bring your questions for our icons. We do this for you! How To Subscribe: Click here to watch the show live and get email notifications of new episodes. Subscribe via iTunes: Video & Audio or Audio Only Click here to subscribe via RSS (non-iTunes feed): Video & Audio or Audio Only Follow our iconic guests on Twitter: Sydney Wolf of metroConnections (@sydneywolf) Roger Haskett of Engagement Unlimited (@rogerhaskett) Alex Plaxen of Little Bird Told Media (@APlaxen) Check out the epic resources mentioned in this episode: Engagement Unlimited metroConnections Infographic: The Fascinating Neuroscience Behind Engagement INFOGRAPHIC: The Active Participatory Model metroConnections Team Building metroConnections Team Building Webinar The Essential Elements of Facilitation by Simon Priest & Michael A. Gass(Book) Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari(Book) Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard by Chip Heath(Book) The Happiness Advantage: The Seven Principles of Positive Psychology That Fuel Success and Performance at Work by Shawn Achor(Book)

Jay Samit is a serial disruptor, a change agent, an innovator, an educator, and the author of the international best-seller Disrupt You!: Master Personal Transformation, Seize Opportunity, and Thrive in the Era of Endless Innovation. For over three decades, he has been at the forefront of global trends. He has pioneered breakthrough advancements in mobile video, Internet advertising, e-commerce, social networks, eBooks, and digital music used by billions of consumers every day. Combining innovation with commercial success, Jay is a dealmaker. He has raised hundreds of millions of dollars for startups. His list of partners and associates includes Apple, Bill Gates, Coca-Cola, Facebook, McDonald's, Microsoft, Paul Allen, Reid Hoffman, Richard Branson, Steve Jobs, Steven Spielberg, United Airlines, the Vatican, Verizon, and the White House. He has held senior management roles at Sony, Universal Studios, and SeaChange International, a leading global multiscreen-video-software company. Jay is a trend spotter. His predictions of the future tend to be accurate because he is constantly working with those creating it. Please see Disclosure* (below) concerning affiliate links on this page. Key Segments Click any timestamp to start listening at the noted location. [00:17] “I got into this field and was amazed when you wake up one day, and dozens of your friends have become billionaires, and it's not like anybody went to special schools or had special this or that, but 70% of the world's richest billionaires were all self-made. They have the same 24 hours in a day that you and I do, so there must be something different that they're doing with their time. What is it? How can I learn to do that? How can I emulate it, and how can I do it no matter what continent, what country, what city, [or] what education I have? Most of these people didn't go to top universities. Many didn't even go to college. Sir Richard Branson, [who] started 12 companies now that have market caps over a billion dollars, didn't even go to school. What is he doing [that's] different? Can I do that? That's what Disrupt You!, disrupting yourself, is all about.” [04:05] Jay's book is split into three parts: (1) self-disruption, the internal process of disrupting your personal value chain; (2) business-disruption, the process of disrupting the value chain of a business or industry; and (3) world-disruption, the process of using the principles of disruption to solve big, non-business, world problems (like climate change, education, and healthcare). Jay says Disrupt You! is a new paradigm with predictive and repeatable methodologies for breaking the patterns that limit personal success and growth that anyone can use to become a disruptor. [04:46] Jay says that the need to disrupt starts out in our childhood. Parents, teachers, and others who mean well constantly reinforce and tell us what we can't do, what we won't be, and what we're not good at. We grow up and begin to believe that we have a certain type of personality, that we're not good at math or public speaking. “We put blinders on and then society gives us shackles. In fact, you are completely malleable, and once you realize you can change your preconceived limitations, it then makes it easier to look at the world as having the same flexibility, the same porousness, the same [potential] for you to disrupt. And so when you look at the self-made billionaire in their 20's, that's what they're doing, and they have the advantage that they don't have the preconceived ways of doing things that we have developed into habits.” [05:40] Changing yourself into a disruptor is a matter of introspection. Jay likes to say, “It's akin to major surgery, but you're holding the scalpel.” Becoming a disruptor is a state of mind; it's about becoming a silver-lining person. When you have problems, instead of saying “woe is me,” ask yourself if others have them too. Maybe the problem has scale. Maybe if you solve the problem, you could solve it for millions of people. Your phone now connects you to 6 billion consumers. If you're right for just a nanosecond, you could become a billionaire. [06:30] “Once you get into [the mindset of a disruptor], you realize that our world has changed so dramatically, that we have access to tools that weren't around 2, 5, [or] 10 years ago, [and] that you may be the first person to apply these tools, that somebody else invented, to solve a problem.” [06:45] Jay uses a popular traffic app, Waze, which sold for a billion dollars with no revenue, as an example of the size of the market potential that technology allows us to reach with our ideas. You don't have to be in the technology business to use social, mobile, and broadband to scale up. [08:20] How did Jay begin to understand the concept of disruption? Jay discusses a friend who found great success manufacturing and selling PC accessories like dust covers when PCs were new. Without ever learning how to use a computer, this friend sold his company for 135 million dollars. Jay asked himself what his friend had seen that he was missing. His friend had seen a simple opportunity. A similar thing happened when the iPhone came out. People ran out to buy the phone and then bought a $15 case to go with it. It's about looking for the holes in the market. [09:49] The value-chain concept comes into play because so many people look at the totality of a business, but most parts of a business don't generate a profit. Focus on capturing value and find the link you can disrupt. Jay gives four examples of businesses that have disrupted their markets: (1) Airbnb, the world's largest hotel chain, has no hotels; (2) Uber, the world's largest taxi company, owns no cars; (3) Facebook, the world's largest media company, creates no content; and (4) Alibaba, the world's largest retailer, has no inventory. All of these businesses were basically just a big data play. Take the essence of eBay, or any other two-sided marketplace, and realize that you can do this in any category and retain the value. [10:43] There's a new way to look at a business that involves focusing on the part where you can capture the most value and not bothering with all the other parts. In the book, Jay states that a business or product consists of the sum of the value of five links in the value chain: (1) R&D; (2) design, (3) production; (4) marketing and sales; and (5) distribution. People think that they have to reinvent the entire thing or that billion-dollar ideas come from having an epiphany, but it is really about isolating the one piece of a business you can disrupt and creating a better value chain. [11:57] Jay says that the number one business for failing is restaurants. People think that if they have a good recipe, they could open a good restaurant, but recipe is probably the least important factor in a restaurant's success. Somebody took a look at restaurant value chain and figured out that if you have too many items on the menu and people don't order all of them in sufficient quantity, wasted food becomes lost profit. Jay gives a detailed example of Benihana, a nationally recognized name in the restaurant industry, that has built its success on a limited menu to reduce food waste and using shared seating arrangements to fill tables. [12:47] In the process of looking at the value chain, you look at the value chain as a whole, drill down to take a closer look at individual links in the chain, and find the one link that can be disrupted. [13:04] Jay asks what has changed in the way people do things that you couldn't do before? He encourages us to apply modern tools to habits and problems nobody has developed a solution for yet. Jay challenges people to write down three problems a day for a month as an exercise. He gives an example that someone found through this exercise of monitoring prescription drug compliance with a timer integrated into the cap of the container. [15:30] If you disrupt a technology or product, you either create an entirely new market, consumer base, or user, or you destroy or displace the market for the technology it replaced. Jay uses a fun example from the movie Raiders of the Lost Ark where Indiana Jones shoots a sword-wielding opponent to illustrate the technological shift from knives to swords to guns. An example of a modern technological shift is the smartphone's replacement of a wide variety of devices and tools. Jay asks, “What does that new world of people living with this device open up that you couldn't do before? … When we talk about wearables or the internet-of-things, what are the next things that you can now do that solve problems that we didn't have a way to solve? … This isn't just for techies. We all use technology.” [17:25] Jay takes a glass-half-empty look at some technologies that are expected to displace workers in the years to come. According to Jay, “Disruption isn't about what happens to you; it's about how you respond to what happens to you. So, if you know all those things are happening, where [are] the opportunities? What are all the new things that you can do that put you surfing the wave of change as opposed to drowning under the tidal wave?” [18:29] Jay discusses an innovative and humanitarian application of 3D printing. An entrepreneur is using 3D printers to manufacture prosthetics for growing children. He can provide affordable prosthetics to young children who formerly would not have received one until their growth had slowed because of the cost to custom manufacture the device. To make this even better for the children, he went to Disney and licensed characters so that children can have a cool, character-themed prosthetic. This entrepreneur didn't invent the technology, but he found a link in the value chain that he could disrupt, serves an underserved audience that will line up to buy his product, and makes the world a better place. [20:00] Jay discusses slaughter-free meat and plastic in over-fished oceans as opportunities. [21:41] Jay is dedicating the last third of his life to teaching people how to do this because he believes that our society is fundamentally changing. There are 2.3 billion millennials in one generation, more people than were on the planet in their grandparents' generation. There won't be enough corporate jobs for all of them. The educational system designed to produce factory workers will not give people the skills they need in a world that doesn't need as many factories. This situation brings about the disenfranchisement of people, which leads to instability, can bring down governments, and changes our society. Jay suggests that we show all these people how they can be a couple of clicks away from knowledge, prosperity, great new markets, and equal access to consumers because most goods are digitally available globally. [22:51] Jay's concept of becoming a disruptor and looking at your personal value chain involves seeing yourself as The Brand of One, the individual as a product. Why would somebody not buy you-the-product and how do you improve it? Jay's concept of disrupting your personal value chain has four links: (1) R&D is perceiving your environment; (2) production is your actions and responses; (3) marketing and sales is how you present yourself to the world; and (4) distribution is how you spend your time and focus your energies. You start by understanding your personal value chain then present yourself to the world in a different way to rebrand yourself. [25:04] Jay talks about getting out of college during a jobless recession. He wanted to work in Hollywood creating special effects, but he couldn't find a job. For $1, he printed 100 business cards for a non-existent computer graphics company (for which he did not even make himself the boss). With some hustle, he got hundreds of thousands of dollars of post-production work and then hired people with talent and skills who wanted jobs. [25:55] “Where do 3D printing experts come from? Virtual reality experts? Bitcoin experts? Internet of things experts?” They started like Jay did when he had $1's-worth of business cards. Jay says, “They're self-proclaimed experts who then work hard to grow and defend the turf they wisely stake out. There's nothing stopping anybody from being the expert of the next big thing.” [27:58] According to Jay, “You've gotta be a little creative to rise above the noise in anything. If you're looking for a way to blaze a new trail without creativity, wrong! No one ever led a nation or a company by following in the footsteps of somebody else. … There's so much opportunity. Ideas are easy. Execution takes work. Success isn't guaranteed, but if you work at it, you will find out what it takes to be successful, and you will be successful.” [28:32] In the book, to get yourself into the mindset of figuring out where you're going and what you want to do, Jay gives four different segments to develop steps for a disruptor's map: aspirations, priorities, resources, and deadlines. [28:54] Jay states, “If you don't know where you want to be in five years, congratulations, you'll definitely not be there. If you don't know how to get to there, that's OK. Work backwards from a goal but give it a deadline. … So, you work backwards … and you don't need to know all the steps 'cause here's what's gonna happen: once you have that insight, you only need insight and drive to succeed. Those are the only two things [you need] in life. Everything else can be hired. Once you have that insight, you're gonna start exploring down that path. You're gonna' start talking to potential customers. You're gonna do all these iterations of your business in your head when you're not burning capital, when it doesn't cost any money, and everybody is trying to kill your idea until you come up with that zombie idea that can't be killed. And when you're doing that, you're going to uncover things that nobody else [has] discovered yet because nobody's gone that far down the path. And at that point in the path, you may pivot in a direction that you didn't even see.” [28:50] Jay gives an example of three guys who started an online video dating service named Tune-in Hook-up. Nobody wanted to use the dating service, but they looked at their data and noticed that a lot of people were watching the videos. They pivoted into YouTube and became billionaires. Most successful businesses have pivoted. LinkedIn started as a resume repository. eBay started as a place for collectors to find old, used things. Jay says, “You'll find [your pivot] if you're looking at your data and you're paying attention.” [31:22] Jay discusses his concept of the zombie idea: “Everybody always tells you, ‘Nurture your idea. Fondle it. Help it to grow.' That's [wrong]. You wanna figure out every way that idea's gonna fail because … the second you go in the marketplace, that's what your competition and reality [are] going to do to it. [F]ind … ten people who will benefit from this business and will spend time with you (not friends or family). … [H]ave them tell you [what's wrong with it] … [and have them] come back again and again until they come back and say, ‘Oh, I would pay for that. That makes sense. Wow, that's useful!' Then go with that data [and get funding]. … There is no shortage of capital. VCs last year put $40 billion into the hands of startups. Crowdfunding is now greater than that.” [32:23] Jay believes that there is only one advantage the United States has on the rest of the world, and that is that we do not have a fear of failure. He uses the example of two guys who started a company to synchronize traffic lights. The idea was way ahead of its time and bombed. But they didn't give up when their first company failed. The next company Bill Gates and Paul Allen started was Microsoft. [33:27] Jay discusses the difference between failing and failure: “Failing is trying something that you learn doesn't work; failure is throwing in the towel.” Jay suggests that you could talk to people involved in the early stages of any now large and very successful company and have them tell you a story about a board meeting when they were thinking about pulling the plug before they pivoted or made some other change. Google was once on the table for Excite to buy for $600,000, but the deal fell through. [34:03] Jay goes on to say, “We call private companies that have market caps over a billion dollars unicorns. There are now over 200 unicorns. The size of our market now that we're all interconnected is massive. You can scale from zero to a billion very, very quickly, and it doesn't take anything special except really looking at the market from a disruptor's mindset.” [34:30] To help listeners, Jay offers a free copy of his 40-page companion workbook toDisrupt You! at jaysamit.com or by reaching out to him on Twitter @jaysamit. [34:56] To find ideas, start with simple problems and start looking to see who else might have that problem. Jay emphasizes, “The more people you solve [a problem] for, the more money you can make.” [36:13] Concerning the ability to get started, Jay says: “Now, there's no excuse. You can get the learning for free. You can reach your market for free. You have social media. The cost of launching a startup is 95% cheaper than it was ten years ago because all the networked architecture is in place. All you have to do is be the catalyst for what the change is, and Disrupt You! tries to spark you.” [37:24] Concerning our ultimate motivations, Jay says, “The purpose of life is to live a life of purpose. … If you're not fulfilled by what you're doing, and you're staying in a job you don't like, how long are you gonna stay? A year? Two years? Five years? Are you gonna trade your whole life, and why would you give up the only life you have for something you don't want? … You can be what you want. You can be successful in the field that you choose to be. The only thing stopping most people is fear.” In the book, Jay refers to “the illusion of security.” Many people are fooled into thinking they have security because they have a good job. Jay cites that of the original Fortune 500 companies, only 57 are left on the list. Jay states that this “illusion of security” robs us of ambition and autonomy. [38:59] Jay briefly discusses positive thinking stating: “Scores of scientific studies have proven that visualizing success makes all things possible. … When you are in a positive state of mind, it releases dopamine. It lights up the neurotransmitters across your synaptic nerves like a Christmas tree, and suddenly … you are more creative, you increase your intelligence, you increase your energy, and you even close more sales. Success doesn't make you happy. Being happy creates success.” [40:17]: See chapters 9 through 13 of Disrupt You! for additional information and examples about disrupting each link of the value chain. [40:25] Jay discusses the concept of using other people's money (OPM): “What if I told you that I could get you millions of dollars from people who don't want you to pay it back, aren't gonna charge you any interest, and don't want equity in your company? You should be leaning into that speaker right now and listening. Here's how it works. You're going after a specific audience. Solve for that audience and [ask yourself], ‘Who else wants that audience?'” Jay gives an example of getting $60 million from McDonalds to help him launch Sony Connect (a digital music store to compete with iTunes). Through a large campaign, McDonalds had an increase in same store sales and Sony Connect got 20 million new customers; everybody was happy. “Solve for others and you'll solve for you.” [42:32] Jay gives the following recommendations for things that have had a profound influence on him: (1) “Have kids. It's a great motivation. You don't wanna let 'em down. You won't give up. I think fear either immobilizes you or pushes you to challenge your perceived limits.” (2) “Find a mentor. I really think you can find people from an earlier generation that have wisdom, knowledge, [and] connections to share that would just like [to have the validation] that they have learned something that they can pass on.LinkedIn is a great tool for that.” (3) “Travel. … Getting outside of your norm and your culture allows you not just to see the world different, but you'll see yourself and what you think of as the normal way of doing things [differently], and you'll get insights from that.” (4) “Life-long learning. Commit to life-long learning. Learn something every day. Get out of your comfort zone. Expand your universe.” (5) “Enjoy the journey.” Resources Mentioned Disrupt You!: Master Personal Transformation, Seize Opportunity, and Thrive in the Era of Endless Innovation – Book by Jay Samit about disruption. According to Jay the book breaks into three part: (1) disrupting yourself; (2) disrupting a business or industry; and (3) disruption to solve big, non-business, world problems. Click to listen at [04:05]. Disrupt You! Companion Workbook – 40-page companion workbook to Disrupt You! available at jaysamit.com or by reaching out to him on Twitter @jaysamit. Click to listen at [34:30]. LinkedIn – An online social network for professionals to connect with colleagues, companies, mentors, and more. Click to listen at [42:32]. The Happiness Advantage: The Seven Principles of Positive Psychology That Fuel Success and Performance at Work – Book by Shawn Achor. Click to listen at [38:59]. *Disclosure: Some of the links on this page may be affiliate links. I may earn a commission if you purchase through these links. These commissions help to cover the cost of producing the podcast. I am affiliated only with companies I know and trust to deliver what you need. 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Intro / Outro Run The Jewels - A Christmas F*cking Miracle https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQ5rI461KNE 0:02:41 Bitcoin's Creator Satoshi Nakamoto Is Probably This Unknown Australian Genius http://goo.gl/uDsciu Satoshi Nakamoto Not Eligible For Nobel Prize - CCN: Financial Bitcoin & Cryptocurrency News https://t.co/bPqMWsznSK?ssr=true Time To Call A Hoax? Inconsistencies On 'Probable' Bitcoin Creator's PhD And Supercomputers Revealed http://goo.gl/6oYsmQ 0:06:16 If you are using TrueCrypt you should stop.  Hashcat is now optimized to crack TrueCrypt volumes. http://ow.ly/VGS0O 0:07:03 How the AM hack changed the victims’ lives https://t.co/YFWfXHranh?ssr=true 0:08:14 Hacker Confirms PlayStation 4 Jailbreak! Exploit Could Open Doors for Pirated Games http://goo.gl/hWsbNr Hacking the PS4, part 2 https://cturt.github.io/ps4-2.html 0:09:16 Unauthorized code in Juniper ScreenOS allows for administrative access https://goo.gl/DYccDI 0:11:40 Back to 28: Grub2 Authentication 0-Day http://goo.gl/YPWQfV Критическая уязвимость в загрузчике Grub2 позволяет обходить защиту паролем http://habrahabr.ru/company/pt/blog/273389/ 0:12:46 DDoS on DNS http://goo.gl/PpwO0P Корневые DNS-серверы пережили необычную DDoS-атаку https://goo.gl/oEyQv3 0:16:08 MacKeeper data breach https://goo.gl/pKhzXI 0:20:20 Critical Remote Root Zero-Day In FireEye Appliances https://t.co/eB1h1ERkKc?ssr=true  0:24:08 PCI security standards council revises date for migrating off vulnerable SSL and early TLS encryption (pdf) https://goo.gl/t7cWWX Let's Encrypt says get your free digital security certificates here http://ow.ly/VvsGR Let's Encrypt! Get started. https://goo.gl/obXu3I Certificates for US sanctioned countries https://t.co/YuzRxyoLa5?ssr=true 0:25:55 MIT Creates Untraceable Anonymous Messaging System Called Vuvuzela http://goo.gl/7U7MZD 0:28:35 No root for you! Google slams door on Symantec certs http://goo.gl/QzuuqY 0:29:38 Donald Trump thinks he can call Bill Gates to 'close up' the internet https://t.co/IRSagBPu2S?ssr=true 0:33:45 Shocking! Instagram HACKED! Researcher hacked into Instagram Server and Admin Panel https://goo.gl/nRwG8l 0:35:09 A Different Kind of POP: The Joomla Unserialize Vulnerability https://goo.gl/qhTwbx 0:38:08 A 2008 book by Craig S. Wright contains plagiarism https://goo.gl/WvNluk 0:42:36 Google Search starts indexing HTTPS pages by default https://t.co/0q3PP17SVj?ssr=true 0:43:10 Kazakhstan Announces Plan to Spy on Encrypted Internet Traffic https://t.co/3pyRc5pZFG?ssr=true 0:51:45 Troy Hunt: When children are breached – inside the massive VTech hack http://goo.gl/mnbU6p Hacker Obtained Childrens' Headshots and Chatlogs From Toymaker VTech http://goo.gl/YDd9N7 VTech Hacker Explains Why He Hacked the Toy Company http://goo.gl/6uvFbm 0:52:46 First ever EU rules on cybersecurity https://t.co/Htj7dFDbZx?ssr=true 0:56:36 I included emoji in my password and now I can't log in to my Account on Yosemite http://goo.gl/w1IOi1 0:59:15 Хакера з України, підозрюваного в крадіжці 80 млн, затримали в Кракові http://goo.gl/jDXfcG 0:59:51 Неудачное обновление ПО SAP в Deutsche Post DHL https://t.co/IH2qJS2mFH?ssr=true 1:06:45 Tails 1.8 is out https://goo.gl/AZPeLh 1:06:50 What a nice holiday gift. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CWJnwrRU8AAT3zo.jpg 1:07:21 Python Extension · rapid7/metasploit-framework Wiki · GitHub https://goo.gl/8uggx6 1:07:58 Craig S. Wright - "The IT Regulatory and Standards Compliance Handbook" Contains Plagiarism http://goo.gl/gKtVMw 1:08:14 The Happiness Advantage: The Seven Principles of Positive Psychology That Fuel Success and Performance at Work http://goo.gl/LUH5T 

In this episode of The Productivityist Podcast, Mike speaks with Dr. Loretta Breuning from the Inner Mammal Institute. They talk about how you can retrain your brain, including some tactics and tips so that you can start building a happier and healthier brain. They dive into how to build new neural circuits, discuss the four chemicals that affect our behaviour, and how to tap into the animal inside of you so that you can embrace your "inner mammal" and craft more positive experiences. Relevant Links http://jump.blinkist.com/aff_c?offer_id=2&aff_id=1189&source=podcast59 (Blinkist) http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1440590508/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1440590508&linkCode=as2&tag=vardyme-20&linkId=W66A73X44YYZMYAR (Habits Of A Happy Brain: Retrain Your Brain to Boost Your Serotonin, Dopamine, Oxytocin, & Endorphin Levels by Loretta Graziano Breuning PhD | Amazon) http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0307591549/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0307591549&linkCode=as2&tag=vardyme-20&linkId=DCVKRXY7YTYKXKIC (The Happiness Advantage: The Seven Principles of Positive Psychology That Fuel Success and Performance at Work by Shawn Achor | Amazon) http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/006158326X/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=006158326X&linkCode=as2&tag=vardyme-20&linkId=JI7DFUPWCFXBL3OG (The Happiness Project: Or, Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun by Gretchen Rubin | Amazon) http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/081298160X/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=081298160X&linkCode=as2&tag=vardyme-20&linkId=GPUL3JWXZ2YTQKFJ (The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business by Charles Duhigg | Amazon) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Attenborough (David Attenborough | Wikipedia) http://innermammalinstitute.org/ (Inner Mammal Institute: making peace with the animal inside) https://twitter.com/InnerMammal (Inner Mammal Inst (@innermammal) | Twitter)

In this episode, I interview life coach and author Hannah Braime (my lovely wife) about the relationship between self knowledge and entrepreneurship. Hannah is the host of the personal development website Becoming Who You Are. As a coach she helps people to develop their self knowledge and live a more authentic, fulfilling life. She is the organiser of an upcoming online symposium,  The Entrepreneur's Inner World. Topics we cover include: The role of self knowledge in entrepreneurship Key themes that came up when Hannah interviewed 24 entrepreneurs The benefits of entrepreneurship for personal growth Show Notes Becoming Who You Are The Entrepreneur's Inner World Symposium The Ultimate Guide to Journaling by Hannah Braime (free sample chapter here) Anything You Want by Derek Sivers Ep. 142 Extraordinary Time: An Interview With Augusto Pinaud Double Double: How to Double Your Revenue and Profit in 3 Years or Less by Cameron Herald The VIA Survey (Online Strengths Questionnaire) The Happiness Advantage: The Seven Principles of Positive Psychology That Fuel Success and Performance at Work by Shawn Achor Becoming an Entrepreneur: How to Find Freedom and Fulfillment as a Business Owner by Jake Desyllas

This episode covers everything I've learned about upgrading my habits to improve my life. Here's a brief summary of the points covered: Habits are the most important demonstration of your character: you are what you do repetitively. By consciously upgrading your habits, you have an opportunity to implement your vision of who you want to be, in your day-to-day life. Habits are powerful because steady persistence always beats the mad dash. Habits dramatically reduce the amount of willpower and brainpower required to get things done. Once you have implemented a habit and can do it on autopilot, you conserve willpower and brainpower, helping you get more done. Habits are easiest to adopt when they are simple to understand, when you minimise any friction at the start of the action, when there are clear environmental triggers that tell your unconscious to start the habit, and when you have feedback (rewards) for completion. I recommend the use of a habit tracking app like lift.do. In the podcast, I provide some examples of  habits that I am currently working on and describe how I use this app to help me implement them. The episode covers the best books to read more about habits (listed in the show notes below) and I talk about many of the tips that I've gathered from these resources. Show Notes: Previous episodes on productivity Interview with Augusto Pinaud Lift Habit Tracking App Interview with Lift CEO Tony Stubblebine The Happiness Advantage: The Seven Principles of Positive Psychology That Fuel Success and Performance at Work by Shawn Achor The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business by Charles Duhigg Willpower: Rediscovering the Greatest Human Strength by Roy F. Baumeister Manage Your Day-to-Day: Build Your Routine, Find Your Focus, and Sharpen Your Creative Mind) edited by Jocelyn K. Glei Photo credit: Todd Quackenbush

Productivity Book Group [ http://productivitybookgroup.org ] discussed The Happiness Advantage: The Seven Principles of Positive Psychology That Fuel Success and Performance at Work [ http://amzn.to/Z3yxBs ] by Shawn Achor on August 9, 2014. Shawn […]

I first became aware of Shawn Achor as the funny, charismatic presenter of the popular TEDxBloomington Talk, "The Happiness Advantage: Linking Positive Brains to Performance.” And, subsequently, I came to know his eponymous book, The Happiness Advantage: The Seven Principles of Positive Psychology That Fuel Success and Performance at Work. His book’s premise is, I quote,Conventional wisdom holds that if we work hard we will be more successful, and if we are more successful, then we’ll be happy. If we can just find that great job, win that next promotion, lose those five pounds, happiness will follow. But recent discoveries in the field of positive psychology have shown that this formula is actually backward: Happiness fuels success, not the other way around. When we are positive, our brains become more engaged, creative, motivated, energetic, resilient, and productive at work. This isn’t just an empty mantra. Read more...