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Overthinking: Changing It into a Superpower to Achieve Your Goals with Jon Acuff May 18, 2021

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Jon Acuff is the New York Times bestselling author of seven books, including his Wall Street Journal #1 bestseller, Finish: Give Yourself the Gift of Done. He's an INC Magazine Top 100 Leadership speaker and has spoken to hundreds of thousands of people at conferences and companies around the world.

His latest book is Soundtracks: The Surprising Solution to Overthinking. In this conversation he talks about identifying overthinking, calling it what it really is (fear), and offering a simple plan to turn it from a super problem into a superpower.

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Career Transitions: Building a Work Life You Love with Dee Ann Turner May 11, 2021

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Dee Ann Turner spent three decades leading teams and coaching staff members at Chick-fil-A. In her new book 'Crush Your Career: Ace the Interview, Land the Job, and Launch Your Future' Dee Ann draws on that experience to create a guide that is part roadmap, part proactive push to understand ourselves and our goals better.

In this conversation, Dee Ann talks with Erik about:

Finding a job
Preparing for an interview
Conquering the first 90 days
Managing work relationships
Getting started in a career now,
Making career transitions, entering into second acts,
Finding a career that gives work life meaning

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Multitasking: Why It's a Myth and What to Do Instead with Dave Crenshaw May 04, 2021

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Dave Crenshaw is the author of 'The Myth of Multitasking: How “Doing It All” Gets Nothing Done'. His courses on LinkedIn Learning have been viewed tens of millions of times. His five books have been published in eight languages, the most popular of which is The Myth of Multitasking—a time management bestseller.

In this conversation Dave talks with Erik about how and why multitasking doesn’t work and how to be more effective by doing one thing at a time.

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Brain Health: Optimizing Your Brain for Stress, Performance, and Productivity with Mary Rensel and Ali Hively Apr 27, 2021

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Dr. Mary Rensel and Ali Hively have backgrounds in academic medicine and life coaching. Their company, BrainOps Group helps professionals optimize their brain for stress management, productivity and performance.

In this conversation they talk about ways to optimize your brain health and function through sleep, physical activity, nutrition and much more.

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Mental Health and Productivity: Getting Things Done with Depression with Julie Fast Apr 20, 2021

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Julie Fast is a critically acclaimed international author, researcher, educator and sought after expert in the mental health field. She is regarded as a mental health pioneer for her groundbreaking, comprehensive approach to treating bipolar disorder, unipolar depression, anxiety and schizoaffective disorder using both mainstream and self created management strategies. She is also the author of Get It Done When You're Depressed, now with a 2nd edition.

In this conversation Julie talks about easy to follow and practical strategies for anyone trying to live a more productive life when dealing with depression, like how to know when your brain is lying to you and many more strategies for keeping your life on track.

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Meditation and Neuroscience: Mindfulness, Brain Science, and Muse with Ariel Garten Apr 14, 2021

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Ariel Garten is a Neuroscientist, former psychotherapist and cofounder of Muse - The Brain Sensing Headband. Muse tracks your brain during meditation to give you real-time feedback on your meditation, guiding you into the “zone” and solving the problem most of us have when starting a meditation practice. Muse lets you know when you are doing it right.

In this conversation, Ariel talks about:

What meditation is
What meditation is NOT
How to get started
The benefits of meditation
How Muse works and helps meditation

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Work-Life Balance: How to Win at Work and Succeed at Life with Megan Hyatt Miller Apr 06, 2021

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Megan Hyatt Miller is the chief executive officer at Michael Hyatt & Co. She is also the co-host of the Lead to Win podcast. Her new book, co-authored with her father Michael Hyatt is 'Win at Work & Succeed At Life: 5 Principles to Free Yourself From the Cult of Overwork'.

In this conversation Megan talks about work/life balance, the cult of overwork and implementing the double win in your organization and at home.

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Stress Management: Reducing Stress, Accomplishing Goals, and Adapting to Change with Michael Dietrich-Chastain Mar 30, 2021

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Michael Dietrich-Chastain is a psychotherapist, an executive coach, and an organizational consultant at his firm Arc Integrated. He is also the author of the book CHANGES: The Busy Professional’s Guide to Reducing Stress, Accomplishing Goals, and Mastering Adaptability.

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Project Management: Start Finishing and Go from Idea to Done with Charlie Gilkey Mar 23, 2021

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Charlie Gilkey is the founder of Productive Flourishing, a website that helps changemakers (creatives, leaders, and entrepreneurs) start finishing the stuff that matters. Productive Flourishing is routinely placed in the Top 50 websites for planning, productivity, creativity, and team development for creative folk.

Charlie's book Start Finishing presents a 9-step method for converting an idea into a project by addressing the challenges you'll face and getting the project on a reality-based schedule.

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Virtual Meetings: How to Show Up at Your Best on Video Calls with Kim Foley Mar 16, 2021

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Kim Foley founded Smartphone Video Production Academy and trains organizations how to produce and edit professional-quality mobile video. In addition, she consults with corporations on how to create better quality virtual meetings. Her new book is Virtual Meetings With Power And Presence: The Ultimate Guide To Online Meetings.

In this conversation, Kim talks about how you can be your best in virtual meetings, from tech to clothing and apprearance.

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