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Alan Weiss - Becoming a Fearless Leader Jan 28, 2020

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Alan Weiss is an author, entrepreneur, and public speaker. His consulting firm, Summit Consulting Group, Inc. has attracted clients such as Merck, Hewlett-Packard, GE, Mercedes-Benz, State Street Corporation, Times Mirror Group, The Federal Reserve, The New York Times, and over 400 other leading organizations. His Ph.D. is in psychology.

Alan's new book, Fearless Leadership: Overcoming Reticence, Procrastination, and the Voices of Doubt Inside Your Head is available now.

Find more on Alan and hundreds or resources at his website: https://alanweiss.com/.

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Darren Gold - Develop an Extraordinary Identity Jan 14, 2020

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Darren is a Managing Partner at The Trium Group where he is one of the world’s leading executive coaches and advisors to CEOs and leadership teams. Darren trained as a lawyer, worked at McKinsey & Co., was a partner at two San Francisco investment firms, and served as the CEO of two companies.

Darren's new book, Master Your Code: The Art, Wisdom, and Science of Leading an Extraordinary Life is available now.

You can find out more about Darren at his website: https://www.darrenjgold.com.

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David Epstein - Why it's Better to be Curious than Comfortable Dec 30, 2019

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David is a New York Times bestseller author (The Sports Gene: Inside the Science of Extraordinary Athletic Performance) and volunteers his time at the Pat Tillman Foundation and Classroom Champions.

His newest book is Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World.

David was previously a science and investigative reporter at ProPublica and a senior writer at Sports Illustrated, where he helped break the story that revealed Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez had used steroids.

David also has master’s degrees in environmental science and journalism.

We discuss:

Do you find that there are people that naturally want to change things up when it comes to their career?
How do you solve for "Match quality" at a young age or early in your career?
What advice do you have to help people "look to the long term"?

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Nir Eyal - How to Finally Conquer Distractions Dec 17, 2019

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Nir writes, consults, and teaches about the intersection of psychology, technology, and business. The M.I.T. Technology Review dubbed Nir, “The Prophet of Habit-Forming Technology.”

Nir founded two tech companies since 2003 and has taught at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and the Hasso Plattner Institute of Design at Stanford.

In addition to blogging at NirAndFar.com, Nir’s writing has been featured inThe Harvard Business Review, TechCrunch, and Psychology Today.

Nir is the author of the bestselling book, Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products and Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life.

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Distraction guide: https://www.nirandfar.com/distractions/
Habits vs routines article: https://www.nirandfar.com/habits/

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Neil Pasricha - Are You a Unique Snowflake? Dec 03, 2019

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Neil is an author, pubic speaker, and podcaster. All of his current work focuses on gratitude, happiness, failure, resilience, and trust. As an author, he has published six books, including his newest book, You Are Awesome: How to Navigate Change, Wrestle with Failure, and Live an Intentional Life.

As a speaker, Neil gives over 50 (FIFTY!!!!) speeches a year.

Neil has a fantastic TED talk and a TEDx talk that he says "bombed":

The 3 A's of Awesome - TED talk
How do you maximize your tiny, short life? - TEDx talk

Find out more about Neil at neil.blog!

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What are the biggest ideas around resiliency?
How do we get started in finding our art?

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Dr. William Li - Have We Finally Solved What to Eat? Nov 19, 2019

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William W. Li, MD, is a world-renowned physician, scientist, speaker, and author. Dr. Li is also the Chief Executive Officer, President, and Medical Director of the Angiogenesis Foundation, a nonprofit organization he co-founded. Dr. Li's most recent book is, Eat to Beat Disease: The New Science of How Your Body Can Heal Itself.

Dr. Li's TED Talk, “Can We Eat to Starve Cancer?” has been viewed over 11 million times!

Find out more about Dr. William Li at https://drwilliamli.com.

We discuss:

What are are our natural defense systems and how do they help us?
What is regeneration and what does it protect us from?
Is red meat truly bad for us?
What is recommended for finding out what works for our body?

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Dr. Sasha Heinz - Stop Self Sabotage and Achieve Happiness Nov 05, 2019

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Dr. Sasha Heinz is a developmental psychologist and life coach. She is an expert in lasting behavioral change and the science of getting unstuck. In her private coaching practice, she helps women cultivate greater psychological flexibility and mental fitness and live a life that lines up with their values.

Dr. Heinz has a Bachelor Arts from Harvard University, a Masters in Applied Positive Psychology from the University of Pennsylvania, and a PhD in Development Psychology from Columbia University.

Find out more about Dr. Sasha Heinz at her website and on Instagram!

We discuss:

What are most people seeking?
How do we go from zero to 'what we want'?
How do we avoid negativity, impostor syndrome, etc?

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Andrew Yang - 2014 Interview Rebroadcast Oct 26, 2019

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We had the chance to interview Andrew Yang back in 2014. Now, he is a Democratic presidential candidate and we think that's pretty cool.

Check out what Andrew had to say back in 2014!

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CrisMarie Campbell and Susan Clarke - Uh Oh, Relationship Conflicts Oct 08, 2019

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CrisMarie Campbell is an Olympic rower, speaker, Boeing flight test engineer, has her MBA, AND is the co-founder of thrive! inc. She's spent 20 years helping men, women, couples, and teams to resolve difficult conflicts and create strong, thriving relationships.

Susan Clarke has been coaching leaders and facilitating teams and groups for over 20 years. She came into coaching in a very different route after being told she had just six months to live from a terminal cancer diagnosis.

CrisMarie and Susan are the authors of, The Beauty of Conflict for Couples.

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How do we understand how to do conflict when people approach it from different ables?
What are the biggest commonalities of struggle in a relationship?

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Dr. Jo Boaler - Is Your Mind Limitless? Sep 24, 2019

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Dr. Jo Boaler is the Nomellini-Olivier Professor of Education at Stanford University and co-founder of www.youcubed.org. She is the author of eleven books including What's Math Got To Do With It? and Mathematical Mindsets. Dr. Boaler was also a White House presenter on equity.

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Do you believe that almost anyone can be an 'Einstein'?
What do you tell professionals that are trying to grow their career or start a business, about utilizing the idea of a limitless mind?
What do you recommend to people that struggle with self doubt?

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