“The solution isn’t to do away with dreaming ... Rather, it’s making the most of our fantasies by brushing them up against the very thing most of us are taught to ignore or diminish: the obstacles that stand in our way.” - Gabriele Oettingen

Permission to Feel: Marc Brackett on findings from The Yale Center for Social Emotional Intelligence

Nov 4th, 2020 1h 2m

This episode focuses on tools of emotional resilience.I’ve met few people like Marc - he is so open and honest about his emotions that it is refreshing. It’s easy to see why. Marc Brackett, Ph.D., is the founding director of the Yale Center f

The Paradox of Choice - Barry Schwartz on why more is less

May 16th, 2020 52m 33s

Having more choices is good right? Barry Schwartz thinks otherwise."In his 2004 book The Paradox of Choice , tackles one of the great mysteries of modern life: Why is it that societies of great abundance — where individuals are offered more f

Motivation - Daniel Pink on designing routines, self-talk, and projects to increase your drive

Oct 30th, 2018 37m 40s

What motivates us? How can we motivate ourselves? Our guest today is a legend in the psychology world, Dan Pink. He’s often credited for paving the paved the path for authors of other character trait oriented books, including many of the author

Career Story - Rob Percival - all-time bestselling iOS instructor with Unathi Chonco of Make School

Jul 25th, 2018 30m 14s

Were you ever in a classroom that felt too crowded? Maybe 35 students, 50, 100? One man teaches a lot more students than that - he teaches over 320,000 students. What a headache! But not for one person.Who is he? Rob Percival. He’s one of th

Altruism - Matthieu Ricard on cultivating urge to give

May 31st, 2018 51m 7s

How can you cultivate a generous attitude?In this episode, we have Matthieu Richard, a Buddhist monk in Nepal with TedTalks on happiness and altruism that have over 8 million views. In this episode, we deconstruct how to cultivate this urge i

Negotiation - William Ury on how to get what you want in business and life

Apr 12th, 2018 59m 52s

Today’s episode stars William Ury, author of Getting to Yes. The book is an international bestseller with over twelve million copies in print and publication in thirty-four languages. Ury is also the founder of the Harvard Program on Negotiatio

Project based learning - Bob Lenz on how project design can help you grow

Feb 22nd, 2018 1h 1m

How can we design projects to optimize our learning?Bob Lenz and the Buck Institute has answers. His name may sound familiar - a previous guest on this podcast, Tom Vander Ark, recommended his work.This topic of planning projects could be

Prioritizing What Matters - Noël Gordon on Rethinking how Work and Life Intertwine

Feb 8th, 2018 43m 37s

How do you navigate your quest to live a full life? How do you prioritize work versus family, stretch yourself while maintaining your wellness? Acclaimed civil rights activist Noël Gordon Jr has a unique perspective. He’s not trying to opt

Beautiful Questions – Warren Berger on The Power of Inquiry to Spark Breakthrough Ideas

Jan 17th, 2018 1h 16m

The right question can change everything. It can turn a friend into a lover, a problem into a solution, confusion into understanding. It finds your answer.Warren Berger, journalist and author of the book A More Beautiful Question, has been st

Teaching - Tom Vander Ark on agency, self-directed learning, and inspiration

Dec 25th, 2017 51m

Tom Vander Ark is a titan in the world of education technology. Few have experience as wide and deep as he. His career journey ...- Superintendent of Federal Way Public schools.- Managed $3.5 billion dollars and one-on-one with Bill Gates a

Learning to Innovate - Ted Dintersmith on teaching creativity and how to face ambiguity

Dec 3rd, 2017 1h 46m

Ted Dintersmith is on the forefront of innovation in K-12 education. He has a unique background that’s part venture capitalist, part author, part educator, and part filmmaker. So, he thinks a lot about the future of technology, future of employ

Inclusion – Dom Deguzman on how to create a grassroots diversity movement at your organization

Nov 26th, 2017 48m 42s

This episode is on the tactics to build a diversity and inclusion movement at your organization - - everything from convening the first meeting, implementing change, structuring inclusion into the organization’s DNA, what to do when issues inev

Essentialism – Greg McKeown on cutting out the unimportant

Nov 6th, 2017 1h 3m

How do you know what’s essential in your life and what’s not?Greg McKeown has helped top executives answer that question and reach peak performance. His premise is simple – cut out what isn’t useful so you have more time for what is … but the

Therapy - Bea Arthur on practices of self understanding and wellness

Nov 6th, 2017 43m 23s

This episode is about the skill of developing your social-emotional intelligence.Our guest, Bea Arthur, has become a leader in the field of mental health care and telemedicine. With the goal of transforming traditional therapy into a more aff

Deliberate Practice - Rapid skill development tactics with Cal Newport

Dec 13th, 2016 1h 7m

Cal Newport has dissected deliberate practice – the methods to improve any skill to the point that you become so good people can’t ignore you. We discuss why Deliberate Practice is so important for job satisfaction - even more so than passion -

Productivity – David Allen on mental drag, indecision, and agile programming yourself

Dec 13th, 2016 1h 20m

David Allen is a wizard of productivity and the author of Getting Things Done. In this episode we touch on how to get mental clarity, become more effective, and also touch on some nontraditional topics of how productivity relates to ambiguity,

Radical Honesty - Big Authenticity with Brad Blanton

Feb 16th, 2016 1h 3m

This episode goes beyond “I told the truth” to a more difficult place – being honest with yourself, facing your fears, and coming into the world with all your honest hopes and insecurities.Brad Blanton does exactly that. He curses. He calls

Talent – Daniel Coyle on Badass Coaches, Learning Velocity and Talent Hotbeds

Feb 16th, 2016 39m 14s

Daniel Coyle studies talent, particularly the communities that launch a disproportionate number of success stories. Places like a ramshackle tennis court in Moscow, a music academy in New York’s Adirondacks, and a baseball-mad island in the Car

Meditation - Harvard Researcher Sara Lazar on how meditation changes the brain

Feb 16th, 2016 1h

Sara Lazar is at Harvard studying if and how meditation can promote focus, creativity and reduce stress. In this episode Sara and I discuss what she’s learned, meditation techniques, and conduct an impromptu guided meditation session mid-podc

Forgiveness - Fred Luskin on how to forgive for good

Feb 12th, 2016 47m 29s

Fred Luskin is a Professor at Stanford and has led forgiveness work for 9/11 victims, employees at major tech companies, and survivors of genocide. In this episode, we chat about- The skill of forgiveness and how to improve it- Why our em

Self Experimentation - AJ Jacobs on designing experiments on the mind, body, and soul

Feb 12th, 2016 51m 58s

AJ is famous for his year-long experiments on his mind, body and soul, each of which has been turned into hilariously insightful bestselling books and Ted Talks. We chat self-experimentation strategies:-Why we should conduct self-experiments

WillPower – 7 ways to get more of it with John Tierney

Feb 12th, 2016 59m 16s

John Tierney, NYT bestselling author, has previously partnered with Roy Baumiester, leading researcher, to dissect the 7 tactics you can use to strengthen your willpower.In this episode, we cover common misconceptions of willpower, and how te

Empathy - Roman Krznaric on the extreme sport of understanding others

Feb 11th, 2016 45m 50s

Roman Krznaric is trying to enable people to walk in others’ shoes. He’s the founder of the Empathy Museum and the author of Empathy: Why It Matters and How to Get It.In this episode Roman describes tactics like:- How to develop empathy -

Science of Learning - Peter C Brown

Feb 11th, 2016 52m 45s

Peter C Brown is the author of the bestselling book Made to Stick. He’s codified the science behind effective learning so that you can get smarter faster.In this episode, Peter's going to show us:- Principles for effective learning - How

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