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PNTV: Making Hope Happen by Shane Lopez (#292) Aug 12, 2021

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Here are 5 of my favorite Big Ideas from "Making Hope Happen" by Shane Lopez. Hope you enjoy!

Did you know there's a science of hope? Yep. And Shane Lopez is the world's leading researcher studying the science of hope. This book is an inspiring look at the buts of bolts of cultivating hope. Big Ideas we explore include differentiating hope from fantasizing and dwelling, the three keys to hope (goals + agency + pathways), futurecasting, sirens when/where plans, and why hope is so important for leadership.

PNTV: Eat Move Sleep by Tom Rath (#279) Aug 11, 2021

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Here are 5 of my favorite Big Ideas from "Eat Move Sleep" by Tom Rath. Hope you enjoy!

Eat Move Sleep. The simple, powerful keys to optimal health and well-being. We talk about these fundamentals ALL the time and this is my new favorite book on health. Big Ideas we explore include 10,008 hours and 36 minutes (the magic # of elite performance), candy for cancer cells, the power of measuring whatever it is you want to improve, how to buy willpower at the store, and a vaccine for the common cold.

PNTV: Be Unstoppable by Alden Mills (#311) Aug 09, 2021

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This is a surprisingly awesome book—a fable about a young captain who spends time with a master and commander who reveals the secret code of rockin' it. It's kinda like if a Navy SEAL wrote The Alchemist or The Way of the Peaceful Warrior or The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari. Big Ideas we cover include: U.P.E.R.S.I.S.T. (the code to being unstoppable), the 2 limitations in life, how to discover your why, how to plan in 3-D, and the magic pill you need to take.

PNTV: Why Meditate? by Matthieu Ricard (#188) Aug 05, 2021

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Here are 5 of my favorite Big Ideas from "Why Meditate?" by Matthieu Ricard. Hope you enjoy!

Why Meditate? According to Ricard, the ultimate reason is to transform ourselves so we can transform our world. That works for me! In this Note, we check out my favorite Big Ideas on working out our mindfulness muscles, looking at the power of neuroplasticity and highlighting the fact that it's *all* about the consistent practice, working on our consciousness thought after thought and emotion by emotion.

PNTV: Do You! by Russell Simmons (#34) Aug 04, 2021

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Do You! by Russell Simmons. He is part yogi, part hip hop mogul and all rock star. In this PN TV episode, we have fun taking a look at some Big Ideas on how to "Do You!" Hope you enjoy!

PNTV: Succeed by Heidi Grant Halvorson (#100) Aug 02, 2021

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Optimizers from 70+ Countries!) Heidi Grant Halvorson is one of the world's leading researchers/teachers on the science of success. Here are a few of my favorite Big Ideas from her *great* book, Succeed. Hope you enjoy!!

PNTV: The Essential Ken Wilber by Ken Wilber (#36) Jul 29, 2021

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Ken Wilber is one of the world's leading philosophers and in this Note we'll explore some of my favorite Big Ideas on his "Integral Philosophy" —including the REALLY Big Idea of holding multiple perspectives and seeing the partial truths in any situation (rather than always seeing things as "either/or") plus the importance of turning enlightened state experiences into a way of being (hint: you only get there by doing the work).

PNTV: Conquest of Mind by Eknath Easwaran (#107) Jul 28, 2021

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The Conquest of Mind is an amazing book written by an equally amazing man: Eknath Easwaran. We use Easwaran's translations for the Bhagavad Gita and The Dhammapada and in this book, he provides all kinds of great ideas on how we can win "the war within." In the Note we'll explore the fact that we don't want to be heroes in the beginning and then sneak out the back door, the fact that we can ALL change, and the miracles that can be created by hard work.

PNTV: Creativity by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (#291) Jul 26, 2021

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Creativity with a capital C—the type of Creativity that changes the world. How can we go about cultivating it in our lives? That's what this book is all about. Our guide is the legendary psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi. Big Ideas we explore include defining true Creativity, focusing our attention and being willing to be kinda weird, the one personality trait all Creators have in common (hint: complexity!), creating rhythms and the nine elements of flow and how to tap into it!

PNTV: Wherever You Go There You Are by Jon Kabat-Zinn (#158) Jul 23, 2021

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Jon Kabat-Zinn is a Professor of Medicine at the University of Massachusetts and one of the world's leading advocates for mindfulness training. He's demonstrated the phenomenal health benefits of integrating meditation into our daily lives and in this Note we'll learn about meditation—what it is, how we can rock it and what we can gain from doing so.

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