You Are Heroic with Brian Johnson

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Interview: Mindsight with Dr. Dan Siegel Nov 29, 2015

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Mindsight. It's the seventh sense you didn't know you had! Can you pay attention to the inner workings of your own mind? That's what Dr. Dan Siegel, one of the world's leading neuroscientists + psychotherapists, helps us do in this phenomenal book. We'll explore Big Ideas ranging from the basics of brain hygiene to the power of integration and how to live with more flexibility and coherence as we leverage the best of modern neuroscience.

Interview: The Paleo Manifesto with John Durant Nov 28, 2015

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If you're looking for a smart, grounded, funny and well-written introduction to the Paleo movement, this is the perfect place to start. Big Ideas we explore include the five ages of our origins (Animal + Paleolithic + Agricultural + Industrial + Information), poisons vs. fountains of youth, the importance of meaning (and how to dial it in) and alarm clocks for bed time.

Micro Class - Smartcut Hack: Small Wins Nov 26, 2015

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Want a big win? Then small wins are where it's at. Build your momentum. Make progress!

PNTV - Self-theories Nov 25, 2015

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Carol Dweck is one of the world’s leading researchers on the science of motivation. This book is a collection of brief essays on various aspects of “self-theories.” It’s essentially a bridge between her extensive academic research studies and her popular book Mindset. It’s amazing. Big Ideas we explore include the two frameworks (entity vs. incremental) and their two goals (performance vs. learning), attributional retraining (aka learning the best way to respond to failure!), and moving from contingent self-worth to wholehearted self-esteem.

PNTV - Little Bets by Peter Sims Nov 23, 2015

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Little bets. Peter Sims tells us they’re a LOT wiser than bet-it-all-and-pray big bets. He shows us the wisdom of the little bets approach via fascinating stories highlighting the extraordinary success of everyone from Chris Rock mastering a performance to Pixar creating their ingenious films. Big Ideas we explore include how to build our growth mindset muscles, going from suck to unsuck, smallifying, creating small wins and doing things to discover things.

Micro Class - Your Hungry Brain Nov 22, 2015

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Your brain only weighs around 3 pounds. That's 2-3% of your total body weight. Yet... Your brain is hungry. It consumes 20-30% of your total caloric intake. So, eat wisely!

Micro Class: What's Wildly Important? Nov 21, 2015

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It's a LOT easier to get fired up to do something with a strong YES!! What's your WILDLY awesome goal that'll help you crowd out all the shallow distractions?

PNTV - Art & Fear by David Bayles and Ted Orland Nov 20, 2015

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Art and fear. (You may have noticed they go together.) This is a quick-reading (122 pages), witty, real look at the process and challenges of making art. Of course, I think the biggest art project all of us can ever engage in is the creation of our own optimized and actualized lives, so we’ll be focusing on Big Ideas we can apply to our lives today including: quitting vs. stopping, fast vs. slow, 50 lbs, the importance of progress, naive passion vs. informed passion and how to get work done like a PRO!

Interview: The Energy Project with Tony Schwartz Nov 19, 2015

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Tony Schwartz is the CEO and founder of The Energy Project, which helps companies fuel sustainable high performance by better meeting the needs of their employees. Drawing on the multidisciplinary science of sustainable high performance, Tony's abiding passion and lifelong commitment is to change the way the world works.

Interview: Steal Like an Artist with Austin Kleon Nov 18, 2015

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This is a great little book packed with gems on the creative process we can apply to both our work AND our lives. As per the sub-title, Austin gives us "10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative." Big Ideas we explore include the need to start copying, the importance of taking care of ourselves and establishing a routine as we set creative constraints and amassing a body of work as we consistently show up.