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735: Cultivating the Mindset of Motivated and Successful People with Jim Cathcart Jan 17, 2022

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Legendary speaker Jim Cathcart shares powerful wisdom for overcoming the self-limiting beliefs that keep us from thriving in work and life.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) The simple secret to motivating yourself and others

2) A powerful phrase to motivate you to be your best

3) The four steps to breaking bad habits

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— ABOUT JIM —

Jim Cathcart, CSP, CPAE is a person who has achieved every major milestone in professional speaking: President of the National Speakers Association, Speakers Hall of Fame, 22 published books, 3,300 highly paid speeches worldwide, speeches in China, South America, Europe, and in every one of the 50 US states. He received the Golden Gavel Award from Toastmasters International which was also presented to Tony Robbins, Zig Ziglar, Earl Nightingale and Walter Cronkite. He received The Cavett Award from the National Speakers Association, and more.

Jim is also a guitarist and singer/songwriter who performs often in clubs, at conventions and special events. A fitness enthusiast who has logged over 10,000 miles of running mountain trails after age 60, and a lifetime member of the American Motorcyclist Association. A newscaster once said, “Jim Cathcart is what ‘Fonzie’ from Happy Days would have been if he had gone to business school.” To that end, in September of 2021 Jim received an honorary business degree from High Point University in North Carolina.

• Jim’s book: The Power Minute: Your Motivation Handbook for Activating Your Dreams & Transforming Your Life

• Jim’s book: The Acorn Principle: Know Yourself, Grow Yourself

• Jim’s organization: Cathcart Institute

• Jim’s website: Cathcart.com

• Jim’s music: GuitarMusicLive.com

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• Resource: Mathnasium

• Book: Live a Thousand Years: Have the Time of Your Life by Giovanni Livera

• Book: The Greatest Salesman in the World by Og Mandino

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734: How to Train Your Mind to Focus and Handle Distractions Better with Dr. Amishi Jha Jan 13, 2022

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Dr. Amishi Jha shares the results of her research to provide a simple solution to improve your focus.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) The biggest myth about our attention spans

2) The four reasons your attention is getting hijacked

3) The three systems of attention—and how to train them

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— ABOUT AMISHI —

Dr. Amishi Jha is a professor of psychology at the University of Miami. She serves as the Director of Contemplative Neuroscience for the Mindfulness Research and Practice Initiative, which she co-founded in 2010. She received her Ph.D. from the University of California–Davis and postdoctoral training at the Brain Imaging and Analysis Center at Duke University. Dr. Jha’s work has been featured at NATO, the World Economic Forum, and The Pentagon. She has received coverage in The New York Times, NPR, TIME, Forbes and more. You can find Dr. Jha at http://amishi.com/lab.

• Amishi’s book: Peak Mind: Find Your Focus, Own Your Attention, Invest 12 Minutes a Day

• Amishi’s website: Amishi.com

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• Study: The Stroop effect

• Study: SART

• Study: O-span Task

• Methodology: Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction

• Book: The Essential Rumi by Jalal al-Din Rumi and Coleman Barks

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733: How to Keep Growing Over Your Whole Career with Whitney Johnson Jan 10, 2022

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Whitney Johnson shares key science behind learning and growth so you can continue growing your skills smartly over the long haul.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) The 3 phases of growth–and how to master them

2) How to get your brain to learn faster

3) The tremendous power of ridiculously small goals

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— ABOUT WHITNEY —

Whitney Johnson is CEO of the tech-enabled talent development company Disruption Advisors, an Inc. 5000 fastest-growing private company in America and one of the 50 leading business thinkers in the world as named by Thinkers50. She is an award-winning author, a regular keynote speaker, and a frequent lecturer for Harvard Business School’s Corporate Learning.

A frequent contributor to Harvard Business Review and MIT Sloan Management Review, Johnson is author of several top-selling books including Disrupt Yourself and Build an A Team. Her latest book is Smart Growth: How to Grow Your People to Grow Your Company. She is also the host of the popular Disrupt Yourself podcast, with guests including Brené Brown, Simon Sinek, Susan Cain, and General Stanley McChrystal.

• Book: Smart Growth: How to Grow Your People to Grow Your Company

• Book website: SmartGrowthBook.com

• Podcast: Disrupt Yourself

• Tool: S Curve Insight Platform

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• Book:Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones by James Clear

• Book: Backable: The Surprising Truth Behind What Makes People Take a Chance on You by Suneel Gupta and Carlye Adler

• Book: Once Upon a Wardrobe by Patti Callahan

• Book:The Innovator's Dilemma: The Revolutionary Book That Will Change the Way You Do Businessby Clayton Christensen

• E-commerce: Rent the Runway

• Study: The New Science of Wise Psychological Interventions by Gregory Walton

• Tool: WHOOP

• YouTube: Anxiety Skills – Therapy in a Nutshell with Emma McAdam

• Past episode: 317: How to Form Habits the Smart Way with BJ Fogg, PhD

• Past episode: 665: How to Make Lasting Change – According to Science – with Katy Milkman

• Past episode: 708: The 7 Steps to Winning Others’ Support with Suneel Gupta

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732: How Aspiring Leaders Can Succeed Today with Clay Scroggins Jan 06, 2022

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Clay Scroggins lays out how leadership is rapidly changing and what aspiring leaders can do to adapt and succeed.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) The 4As for mastering tricky conversations

2) Why the “right” people aren’t necessarily the right people

3) One question to surface your superpower

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— ABOUT CLAY —

Clay is the author of the best-selling books How to Lead When You’re Not in Charge and How to Lead in a World of Distraction. He holds a degree in Industrial Engineering from Georgia Tech as well as a Master’s degree and Doctorate with an emphasis in Online Church from Dallas Theological Seminary.

In January of 2022, Clay is releasing his 3rd book titled The Aspiring Leader’s Guide to the Future: 9 Surprising Ways Leadership is Changing. No one denies the changing landscape of leadership, but Clay explains how to become the kind of leader the future is demanding.

For the past 20 years, Clay Scroggins has served in many pastoral roles at North Point Ministries, a multisite church started in Alpharetta, Georgia led by Andy Stanley. Most recently, Clay served as the lead pastor of Buckhead Church, one of North Point’s largest campuses.

He lives in Atlanta, Georgia, with his wife, Jenny, and their five children.

• Book: The Aspiring Leader's Guide to the Future: 9 Surprising Ways Leadership is Changing

• Website: ClayScroggins.com

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• Book: Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap and Others Don't by Jim Collins

• Book: Jack: Straight from the Gut by Jack Welch

• Book: Leadership and Self-Deception: Getting Out of the Box by The Arbinger Institute

• Book: Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln by Doris Kearns Goodwin

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731: How to Harness Motivation…According to Science with Ayelet Fishbach Jan 03, 2022

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Ayelet Fishbach reveals insights into motivation to help you achieve your goals.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) The top variable for motivation

2) How to find motivation when you’re just not feeling it

3) How to make incentives really work

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— ABOUT AYELET —

Ayelet Fishbach is a psychologist and a professor at the University of Chicago. She’s the past president of the Society for the Study of Motivation. She is an expert on motivation and decision making and the author of Get it Done: Surprising Lessons from the Science of Motivation. Ayelet’s groundbreaking research on human motivation has won her several international awards, including the Society of Experimental Social Psychology’s Best Dissertation Award and Career Trajectory Award, and the Fulbright Educational Foundation Award.

• Book: "Get It Done: Surprising Lessons from the Science of Motivation"

• Website: AyeletFishbach.com

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• App: RepCount

• Book: "How to Change: The Science of Getting from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be" by Katy Milkman

• Book: "The Lying Life of Adults: A Novel" by Elena Ferrante

• Past episode: 665: How to Make Lasting Change – According to Science – with Katy Milkman

• Past episode: 727: How to Start Something New and See it Through with Michael Bungay Stanier

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730: How Leaders Can Succeed by Mastering the Eight Paradoxes of Effective Leaders with Dr. Tim Elmore Dec 23, 2021

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Dr. Tim Elmore sheds light on the eight paradoxes the leaders of today must embrace to more effectively inspire and connect with their teams.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) Why leaders say it’s more difficult to lead today

2) The eight conflicting demands of great leaders

3) The two behaviors that set aspiring leaders apart

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— ABOUT TIM —

Dr. Tim Elmore is the founder and CEO of Growing Leaders, an Atlanta-based nonprofit organization created to develop emerging leaders. Since founding Growing Leaders, Elmore has spoken to more than 500,000 students, faculty, and staff on hundreds of campuses across the country. Elmore has also provided leadership training and resources for multiple athletic programs. In addition, a number of government offices in Washington, D.C. have utilized Dr. Elmore's curriculum and training.

From the classroom to the boardroom, Elmore is a dynamic communicator who uses principles, images, and stories to strengthen leaders. He has taught leadership to Delta Global Services, Chick-fil-A, Inc., The Home Depot, The John Maxwell Co., HomeBanc, and Gold Kist, Inc., among others. Committed to developing young leaders on every continent of the world, Elmore also has shared his insights in more than thirty countries. Tim's expertise on emerging generations and generational diversity in the workplace has led to media coverage in The Wall Street Journal, Forbes.com, Investor's Business Daily, Huffington Post, MSNBC.com, The Washington Post, WorkingMother.com, Atlanta Business Chronicle, Dallas Morning News, and Portfolio.com. Tim has appeared on CNN's Headline News and FOX & Friends discussing parenting trends and advice.

• Tim’s book: The Eight Paradoxes of Great Leadership: Embracing the Conflicting Demands of Today's Workplace

• Tim’s organization: GrowingLeaders.com

• Tim’s website: TimElmore.com

• Tim’s course: Habitudes for Young Professionals

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• Book: Leadership and Self-Deception: Getting Out of the Box by The Arbinger Institute

• Previous episode: 397: Making the Shifts Necessary to Grow Your Influence with John C. Maxwell

• Previous episode: 537: How to Develop and Multiply Leaders with John C. Maxwell

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729: A Veteran Broadcaster’s Top Tips for Great Listening and Speaking with Jane Hanson Dec 20, 2021

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Emmy-award-winning journalist Jane Hanson shares the secrets of communicating like the pros.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) Why we’re listening wrong–and how to fix it

2) How to communicate through body language

3) The words that undermine your credibility

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— ABOUT JANE —

Jane Hanson began as an anchor and correspondent for NBC New York in 1979. In 1988, Jane was named co-anchor of “Today in New York,” a position she held until 2003 when she became the station’s primary anchor for local programming and the host of “Jane’s New York”; She covered events ranging from the tragedy of 9/11 to the joy of Yankees victory parades to Wall Street and Washington; has interviewed presidents, business magnates, prisoners, and celebrities; traveled as far as the Gobi Desert of Mongolia and the great depths miles below New York City for her special reports.

Jane has won 9 Emmy Awards. In addition, she was named Correspondent of the Year by New York’s Police Detectives and received a similar honor from New York’s Firefighters.

She has also been the recipient of numerous other awards for her service to the community. Jane has served as the March of Dimes Walk-America Chairman, honorary chair for the Susan B. Komen Foundation’s Race for the Cure, and as a board member of Graham Windham, Phipps Houses, the Randall’s Island Sports Foundation, the Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center, and Telecare. She has taught courses on communication at Long Island University, Stern College, and the 92nd Street Y. Hanson is a Past President of the New York Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.

• Website: JaneHanson.com

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• Book:What Every BODY is Saying: An Ex-FBI Agent's Guide to Speed-Reading People by Joe Navarro

• Past episode: 341: Decoding Body Language with ex-FBI Special Agent Joe Navarro

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728: Uncovering the Hidden Elements that Influence Decisions with Eric Johnson Dec 16, 2021

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Professor Eric Johnson shares compelling research revealing the tiny factors that have a huge impact on what we (and others!) end up choosing.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) How changing order drastically changes what we choose

2) The key to minimizing indecision

3) The biggest decision-making mistake people make

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— ABOUT ERIC —

Eric J. Johnson is the Norman Eig Professor of Business and the director of the Center for Decision Sciences at Columbia Business School. He has been the president of both the Society for Judgment and Decision Making and the Society for Neuroeconomics. He lives in New York City.

• Eric’s book: The Elements of Choice: Why the Way We Decide Matters

• Eric’s Twitter: @ProfEricJohnson

• Eric’s website: TheElementsofChoice.com

• Eric’s study: “Do Defaults Save Lives?” with Daniel G. Goldstein

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• Tool: Marvin

• Study: “How Consumers Are Affected by the Framing of Attribute Information Before and After Consuming the Product” by Irwin P. Levin and Gary J. Gaeth

• Book: On the Road by Jack Kerouac

• Book: The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test by Tom Wolfe

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727: How to Start Something New and See it Through with Michael Bungay Stanier Dec 13, 2021

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Michael Bungay Stanier shares his three-step process for starting and achieving your most ambitious goals.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) The secret to crafting more motivating goals

2) Why we often falter—and how to strengthen your resolve

3) The four people you’ll want on your journey

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— ABOUT MICHAEL —

Michael Bungay Stanier is the author of six books which between them have sold more than a million copies. He’s best known for The Coaching Habit, the best-selling coaching book of the century and already recognized as a classic. His new book, How to Begin, helps people be more ambitious for themselves and for the world. Michael was a Rhodes Scholar and plays the ukulele badly. He’s Australian, and lives in Toronto, Canada. Learn more at www.MBS.works.

• Book: How to Begin: Start Doing Something That Matters(website)

• Book:The Coaching Habit: Say Less, Ask More & Change the Way You Lead Forever

• Book: The Advice Trap: Be Humble, Stay Curious & Change the Way You Lead Forever

• Book: Do More Great Work: Stop the Busywork. Start the Work That Matters

• Podcast: 2 Pages with MBS

• Website: MBS.works

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• Product: Baron Fig

• Book: Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity by David Allen

• Book: Virgil Wander by Leif Enger

• Poem: “The Man Watching” by Rainer Maria Rilke

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726: Developing the Mind of a Champion and Leader with Dr. Jim Afremow Dec 09, 2021

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Dr. Jim Afremow reveals the secrets of how top performers prepare themselves mentally to succeed.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) The five-minute mental training routine used by top athletes

2) Two easy ways to turn a bad day around

3) One powerful question to elevate your leadership

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— ABOUT JIM —

Dr. Jim Afremow is a much sought-after mental skills coach, licensed professional counselor, co-founder of the Champion's Mind app, and the author of The Champion’s Mind (over 140,000 copies sold), The Champion’s Comeback, and The Young Champion’s Mind. For over 20 years, Dr. Afremow has assisted numerous high-school, collegiate, recreational, and professional athletes. In addition, he has mentally trained several U.S. and international Olympic competitors. Jim also served as a senior staff member with Counseling Services and Sports Medicine at Arizona State University, and as a Mental Skills Coach and the Peak Performance Coordinator with the San Francisco Giants MLB organization. In addition, Jim has helped many business executives elevate their mental game.

• Jim’s book: The Champion’s Comeback: How Great Athletes Recover, Reflect, and Re-Ignite,

• Jim’s book: The Champion's Mind: How Great Athletes Think, Train, and Thrive

• Jim’s book: The Leader's Mind: How Great Leaders Prepare, Perform, and Prevail

• Jim’s Instagram: @jimafremow

• Jim’s Twitter: @goldmedalmind

• Jim’s website: GoldMedalMind.net

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• Study: The Marshmallow Test

• Book: The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas

• Previous episode: 275: How to Manage Your Manager with Mary Abbajay

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