Wendy Behary is a founding fellow and consulting supervisor for The Academy of Cognitive Therapy (Aaron T. Beck Institute). Wendy has a specialty in treating na...
Scott Barry Kaufman is primarily interested in using solid psychological science to live a creative, fulfilling, and meaningful life.
He's earned his researc...
Lisa Kerney is an anchor of the evening and night editions of SportsCenter.
In this conversation we learn what it's like to have a childhood dream -- and -- ...
This conversation is with Tu Lam. Tu is a modern day warrior, respected by his peers to have a very special understanding of elite war fighting. Tu shares how h...
Normally we sit down with people who are world class - masters of craft - and we work to deconstruct and decode how they became who they are.
I want to do so...
This conversation is with Ugo Ehiogu, whom I just met in Great Britain. He was a former English professional footballer. If you're in the states you would call ...
Tina Seelig is Professor of the Practice in the Department of Management Science and Engineering, and a Faculty Director of the Stanford Technology Ventures Pro...
This conversation is with Toto Wolff. If you follow Formula One, you know what Toto has helped build over the past handful of years. He's an owner and the Head ...
This conversation is with Nile Rodgers. If you've listened to music in the last 40 years, you've heard his work. By trade, he's a musician and a producer -- He'...
Chade-Meng Tan (Meng) is a Google pioneer, award-winning engineer, international bestselling author, thought leader and philanthropist. He retired from Google a...
This conversation with Pat Byrne is really about the building of an entrepreneurial venture based on sleep technology.
The importance of getting quality slee...
Lawrence Levy is the author of To Pixar and Beyond: My Unlikely Journey with Steve Jobs to Make Entertainment History. Formerly a Silicon Valley lawyer and exec...
Krisztina "Z" Holly is an MIT-trained engineer, tech entrepreneur, and pioneer. She was curator and host of the first ever TEDx (TEDxUSC) and founder of two uni...
Krisztina "Z" Holly is an MIT-trained engineer, tech entrepreneur, and pioneer. She was curator and host of the first ever TEDx (TEDxUSC) and founder of two uni...
This conversation is with Jamie Wheal and Steven Kotler. Many of you will remember Steven from our conversation about flow state -- if you missed that, check ou...
Dr. Judson Brewer is a thought leader in the field of habit change and the “science of self-mastery”, having combined nearly 20 years of experience with mindful...
This is part two of the conversation with Cal Fussman.
In part one, Cal took us deep and he took us into many different parts of his life that were wonderful a...
This conversation, just like Cal Fussman, gets better as it goes. I really enjoy the conversations, that at the end, I walk away saying, man, I'd love to spend ...
This conversation with David Goggins is real. This podcast is not for kids -- it's for adults -- who want to understand toughness and authenticity.
David is ...
This week’s podcast is a bit unique. It’s with singer-songwriter Jewel and also features a guest appearance from Wisdom 2.0 founder Soren Gordhamer.
Soren’s ...
Amy Hood is currently serving as the Chief Financial Officer at Microsoft Corporation -- whose corporate mission is: "Empower every person and organization on t...
Robert Greene is author of the New York Times bestsellers The 48 Laws of Power, The Art of Seduction, The 33 Strategies of War, The 50th Law, and his fifth book...
Anne Devereux-Mills is an incredibly accomplished human. She was the chairman and CEO of a number of ad agencies in New York City – which is a massive undertaki...
This conversation is with Mark Divine. Mark and I first met a number of years ago at a high performance camp (Elite11).
Mark served 20 years in the Navy SEAL...
This conversation is with Peter McLoughlin - the president of the Seattle Seahawks.
When most people think of professional franchises, they think of the athlet...
Nic Lamb surfs very large waves. He's a professional surfer on the Big Wave Tour, and was ranked number 4 in the world last year.
A native to the Santa Cruz ...
George Raveling, referred to by many as “Coach”, is Nike’s Director of International Basketball. George is a husband, a father, a friend, and a mentor to many.
...
Lieutenant Colonel Jannell MacAulay is currently the Commander of the 305th Operations Support Squadron at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst in New Jersey. She l...
Karan Bajaj is a #1 bestselling Indian novelist with more than 200,000 copies of his novels in print, both optioned into major films. Karan's first worldwide no...
Dacher Keltner is a social psychologist who focuses on the prosocial emotions, such as love, sympathy and gratitude, and processes such as teasing and flirtatio...
Michealene Risley is an award-winning writer, director, entrepreneur, and human rights activist. She has survived and thrived after being sexually assaulted as ...
Max Baumann is the Founder & Chief Executive Officer of The Chill Group, Inc., makers of JUST CHILL® beverages as well as the Founder & President of BAS...
Drew Bledsoe was a star quarterback at Washington State University before he skipped his senior year to go professional. In 1993, he was the No. 1 NFL draft pi...
Vern Gambetta is currently is the Director of Gambetta Sports Training Systems. As a pioneer in the field he is considered the father of “Functional Sports Trai...
Lee Clow has been making this thing called “advertising” for more than 40 years. He started at Chiat Day in Los Angeles when there were 10 people and 2 accounts...
Coach Paul Assaiante knows how to motivate teams for success. As the current coach of the Men’s Squash team at Trinity College and the former Men’s Tennis team ...
Dr. Caroline Leaf is a cognitive neuroscientist with a PhD in Communication Pathology specializing in Neuropsychology. Since the early 1980‘s she has studied an...
Anders Ericsson is a Swedish psychologist and Conradi Eminent Scholar and Professor of Psychology at Florida State University who is internationally recognized ...
In the Hawaiian language Kai means ocean, and Kai Lenny certainly lives up to his name. Born on Maui to parents who loved to surf and windsurf, Kai has grown u...
Ryan Holiday is a media strategist and prominent writer on strategy and business. After dropping out of college at nineteen to apprentice under Robert Greene, a...
Those that have earned authenticity are rare. At birth we are genuine - then people, environmental conditions and pop-culture pull us down windy trails until we...
Michael Gervais spent the last three weeks in Rio De Janeiro supporting two different volleyball teams at the Olympics.
Throughout this experience, there wer...
James Bond, co-founder of Undefeated, is one of the most recognized and well-curated sneaker boutiques in the world.
With its themes of victory and virtue, Ja...
Anthony Ervin is a U.S. Olympic Gold Medalist, former world record holder in the 50 freestyle, and former World Champion in the 50 and 100 freestyle. After win...
Stephanie Labbe is the goalkeeper for the Canadian women's national soccer team and is headed to Rio for the Olympics.
Stephanie truly believes that everythi...
David Yeung is a noted environmental advocate and founder of Green Monday, an innovative social venture that takes on on climate change, food insecurity, health...
Two-time world record holder, Colin O'Brady spent the last two decades as an elite endurance athlete.
On a backpacking trip in Thailand, Colin suffered a tra...
Authenticity is rare. Those who invest in insight, as well as, the courage to express what is authentically happening for him/her are even more rare. The abilit...
Authenticity is rare. Those who invest in insight, as well as, the courage to express what is authentically happening for him/her are even more rare. The abilit...
The word "libero" is an Italian word that means "free." In sport, it captures a player who roams freely - with the design that removing some of the structural c...
The purpose of holding a "State of Finding Mastery" is to discuss findings from the recent survey, announce the launch of both "Minutes on Mastery" and the "Fin...
The conversations we have with ourselves either facilitate or slow down the pursuit to understand potential. It is not the external obstacles that determine one...
Some design their life to “go for it” and others research those who do. It’s a joy to know Alyssa Roenigk, who is doing both. Alyssa lives fully – thinks deeply...
There are no short cuts on the path of mastery and those that carve a path – that has yet be carved – have much to teach us about pushing the accepted norms of ...
There are no short cuts on the path of mastery and those that carve a path - that has yet be carved - have much to teach us about pushing the accepted norms of ...
Is there a set of characteristics that string together those who excel in life?
My grandmother, like most Americans who were raised in the midst of the great...
When humility, passion, risk taking, mother nature and service collide: Ian Walsh. The Maui native has been tackling massive waves around the world since he was...
Is there a right way to live life? For thousands of years, this question has been at the heart of some of the most influential shapers of modern living.
Worl...
As a cultural scientist, passionate traveler and science journalist, Kayt Sukel has no problem tackling interesting (and often risky) subjects spanning love, se...
Fire in the eyes. What does that thought conjure up for you? Katie Holloway describes it as what she feels like when she's at her best. She outlines how she thi...
Laughter is wonderful. It’s primitive. It’s easily recognized, promotes bonding, and is health providing, independent of culture or geographic region. It’s a fo...
Some people think about adventure — and others make their life a living adventure.
Nate graduated high school unsure about his path in life. Looking for a ch...
Some people think about adventure -- and others make their life a living adventure.
Nate Boyer graduated high school unsure about his path in life. Looking f...
John Donahoe served as president and chief executive officer of eBay Inc. from 2008-2015. In this role, he was responsible for growing each of the company's bus...
Leading others is much more involved than the charisma to motivate.
Where are you leading to, is equally as important of a question as: Where are you leading...
What allows one man to move from elite sport (NFL) to elite special forces (Navy SEALs) to serial entrepreneurship? Clint Bruce shares his approach towards life...
Imagine there was a global award for what you do, whatever you are most passionate about: parenting, marketing, coaching, law, giving to others, teaching, etc.
...
If you've ever thought, “If I would have known then, what I know now, I’d shift gears in a heartbeat” — or — If you've ever wanted to shift gears and blaze a n...
Those who "go for it" in life, and I mean really go for it, at some level have made the decision to "let go."
They work to let go of trying to hold on to wha...
If you’ve ever found yourself wondering if you’ve made the mistake of trading your deepest talents — for the security of a good-paying-gig — I think you’ll appr...
Dr. Elizabeth Lindsey is the first female and first Polynesian to become an explorer for the National Geographic Society. She has made it her mission to find, p...
The path toward mastery requires honoring what is true. Often times what is true can be intensely painful. Kevin Levrone walks us through his journey of loss, g...
The origin of the word "compete" emphasizes the notion of striving together (as compared to striving against). Author Ashley Merryman takes a deep dive into the...
As the fable goes — there are three paths for each of us, to become:
The Old Fool: the person who chased external rewards and pleasures.
The Bitter Old Fo...
One of the accelerants to growth is surrounding ourselves with people that have insight…..another accelerant is going down the path of developing insight within...
In this conversation we learn from Ariana Kukors, who is a USA Olympic Swimmer, current American Record holder and former World Record holder in the 200-meter i...
Luke Tyburski has designed the past three years of his life to push the limits of what “we" think to be possible. He’s designed an event to test his mental and ...
In this conversation with Keith Power, he shares with us how he's structuring his efforts on high performance for Malaysia. Imagine working to optimize the huma...
Sean Hutchison is a former US Olympic swim coach and an experienced entrepreneur with a history of building outstanding teams, innovative products, and revoluti...
Fik-Shun (born as Dushaunt Stegall) has captured the creative expression through dance. In just his 21 years of life, he's discovered a special way to relate to...
Sport is a way to learn more about who we are — how we handle success, failure, pain, loss, friendships, challenges and opportunities. In this conversation, spo...
While in graduate school, a psychology professor asked the class to draw a line across the middle of the paper. He asked us to write down, above the line, three...
A contemporary composer & innovator, Kai Kight has a diverse background that has been fueled by creating and making.
He holds an engineering degree from ...
Volleyball legend and three-time Gold Medalist, Karch Kiraly is synonymous with the sport of Pro Beach Volleyball.
The ‘winningest’ player in the history of ...
Dr. Michael Gervais is fascinated by the psychology of high performance, in rugged environments.
Throughout the past 15 years, Michael has been in the trench...
