Episodes
A Beautiful Detour with Amy Oestreicher
Amy Oestreicher joins us to discuss how she turned her life-threatening illness and over 27 surgeries into what she now calls a beautiful detour. HIGHLIGHTS Finding hope when in our most difficult times Dealing with...
Bridging the Gaps in Our Productivity with Chris Bailey
Chris Bailey, author of The Productivity Project returns to the show to discuss how to bridge the productivity gaps in our lives, and how to effectively manage your time, attention and energy. HIGHLIGHTS How to...
Exploration as an Expression of Our Humanity with Adam Steltzner
Adam Steltzner, an engineer from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory joins us to discuss his new book the Right Kind of Crazy and lessons in creativity from landing spacecrafts on Mars. HIGHLIGHTS Going to the edges...
Leveraging Incremental Progress to Level Up Your Life with Steve Kamb
Steve Kamb, rebel leader of Nerd Fitness joins us to talk about the power of using incremental progress to level up your life. HIGHLIGHTS Lessons learned from The Legend of Zelda Applying the progress principle...
Getting to the Heart of What You Want to Say with Jamie Varon
Jamie Varon, writer and designer joins us to discuss design and writing in a way that gets to the heart f what you want to say. HIGHLIGHTS Thinking along the lines of what a professional...
The Benefits of Living a More Curious and Creative Life with Jeffrey …
Jeffrey Veen , design partner at True Ventures, and founder of Typekit joins us to discuss the benefits of living a more curious and creative life. HIGHLIGHTS: Lessons in design and content creation from the...
Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World with Cal Newport
Cal Newport, Georgetown professor, and author of of So Good They Can’t Ignore, and Deep Work joins us to talk about how to produce work of real of value while training your ability to focus....
Living a Life of Intention, Meaning and Purpose with AJ Leon
AJ Leon, founder of the creative agency Misfit Inc, returns to the show to discuss living a life of meaning, intention and purpose. HIGHLIGHTS Why you always have a choice in your life Letting go...
How to Make this The Most Prosperous Year of Your Life with Philip Mc…
Phillip Mckernan returns to the show to discuss how to make 2016 the most prosperous year of our lives. HIGHLIGHTS Why happiness is the byproduct of meaning Letting go of our attachments to create space...
What We’ve Learned from Podcasts Guests in 2015
In this 2015 wrap up episode, Brian Koehn and I steal an idea from Tim Ferriss, and share some of the things we’ve learned from podcast guests in 2015. Episodes Mentioned How to Live Well...
Best of 2015: Accepting the Transparent Reality of Your Core Identity…
Wesley Chapman shares his personal story of 12 documented suicide attempts, and the tremendous power of accepting the transparent reality of our core identities HIGHLIGHTS: Wes’ experience with 12 document suicide attempt Finding yo
Best of 2015: Why You Should Never Miss an Opportunity to be Fabulous…
Tina Seelig author, educator, and executive director of the Stanford Technology Ventures program, talks about why most rules are just recommendations, the power of writing a resume of your failures, reframing problems to give us...
Best of 2015: Creating Your Immortal Beautiful Work With Jennifer Boy…
Jennifer Boykin discusses what it takes to create your immortal beautiful work, getting comfortable with something unplanned happening and how we can use mastery of one craft to build confidence in others. Why you can...
Best of 2015: The DNA of a Storyteller with Robert Kurson
Robert Kurson shares his journey from being an F-student in high school, to a desperately unhappy Harvard educated Lawyer and eventual New York Times Bestselling Author HIGHLIGHTS: A formative relationship that played a fundamental role...
Best of 2015: The Psychology of Visionaries with Justine Musk
Justine Musk discusses creativity, emotional resonance and the psychology of visionary leaders like Elon Musk, Coco Chanel, Steve Jobs, David Bowie and many others. Highlights The questions that we need to ask in an identity...
Best of 2015: The Art of Living a Noteworthy Life with Bob Goff
Bob Goff joins us to talk about love, what we’re made to do, and living a life filled with whimsy in this best of 2015 episode. HIGHLIGHTS What you’re able to do vs what you...
Best of 2015: A Journey to the Crossroads of Should and Must with Ell…
As Seen On SoulPancake Elle Luna shares her journey to the crossroads of should and must in this best of 2015 episode. Highlights: A recurring dream that served as a sign for a calling Why the...
Best of 2015: Designing Your Environment for Optimal Performance and …
Jim Bunch talks about rapid transformation, why will power fails to change the behavior of 96% of people and, how you can design your environment for optimal performance and and creativity. Why transformation has been...
Defining Freedom in a Way that Serves You With Ryan Moran
Ryan Moran joins us to talk about defining freedom in a way that serves us, learning to separate ourselves from our stories and much more. HIGHLIGHTS Breaking away from the Beliefs of Our Past and...
Making a Career out of Rebelling Against the Status Quo with Sarah Co…
Sarah Cooper, creator of the The Cooper Review, a satirical blog that features weekly original articles, videos and cartoons on corporate humor, news, and other stuff joins us to talk about how she’s made a career...
Finding Hope and Possibility in Uncertain Times with Allison Carmen
Allison Carmen, author of The Gift of Maybe talks about how we can use the power of maybe to find hope and possibility in uncertain times. HIGHLIGHTS How We Suffer from Our Addiction to Certainty...
Connecting with Your Voice to Create Work that Matters with Brad Mont…
Brad Montague creative director and coproducer of the wildly popular web series Kid President, talks to us about the process of how a creative project finds its voice. HIGHLIGHTS How Small Moments Create Encouragement Brad’s...
How Kids Can Have a Profound Impact on the World with Matt and Eva We…
In an effort to teach their own kids how they could change the world, Matt and Eva Webb took a one year road trip to all 50 states on which they interviewed 75 young change...
How to Experience the Entire World from Your Kitchen with Sasha Martin
In this episode of the podcast, Sasha Martin talks to us about her journey of cooking a dish from every country in the world. HIGHLIGHTS What Causes us to Ignore Our Spark Moments How a...