Dr. Tim Brown, IntelliSkin Founder & Creator
This week’s conversation is with Dr. Tim Brown, the inventor of IntelliSkin.Tim grew to understand his future creation while working as the medical director...
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Dr. Antonio Damasio, Professor of Neuroscience, Psychology and Philosophy
This week’s conversation is with Dr. Antonio Damasio, a Professor of Neuroscience, Psychology and Philosophy, and Director of the Brain and Creativity Institute...
Paul Rabil, Premier Lacrosse League Co-Founder
This week’s conversation is with Paul Rabil, a professional lacrosse player and co-founder of the Premier Lacrosse League – a new professional lacrosse league l...
Andy Petranek, Whole Life Challenge Co-Founder
This week’s conversation is with Andy Petranek, the co-founder of the Whole Life Challenge.Andy is also a Marine Gulf War veteran and was the oldest partici...
Brenda Tracy, Survivor & Activist
This week’s conversation is with Brenda Tracy, the founder of the national campaign SetTheExpectation which aims to raise awareness around issues of sexual assa...
Dr. Stephen Rollnick, Motivational Interviewing Co-Founder
This week’s conversation is with Dr. Stephen Rollnick, the co-founder of Motivational Interviewing.The Motivational Interviewing style, strategies and skill...
Cliff Avril, Retired NFL Defensive End
This week’s conversation is with Cliff Avril, a former NFL defensive end.Cliff played college football at Purdue and was drafted in the third round of the 2...
Kevin Harlan, Sports Play By Play Announcer
This week’s conversation is with Kevin Harlan, a well renowned sports television and radio broadcaster.If you’ve watched just about any sporting event over ...
Soren Gordhamer, Wisdom 2.0 Founder
This week’s conversation is with Soren Gordhamer, the founder and host of Wisdom 2.0.He's a friend, incredibly purposeful with his life efforts, and what he...
Dr. John Berardi, Precision Nutrition Co-Founder
Dr. John Berardi is an entrepreneur and co-founder of Precision Nutrition, the largest private nutrition coaching, education, and software company in the world....
Matt Brady, Retired U.S. Army Major
This week’s conversation is with retired U.S. Army Major Matt Brady.Matt is a graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point where he was rank...
Suzy Whaley, PGA of America President
This week’s conversation is with Suzy Whaley, the PGA of America's first female President.Prior to being elected President last November, Suzy served for tw...
Steve Kerr, Golden State Warriors Head Coach
This week’s conversation is with Steve Kerr, head coach of the Golden State Warriors.Currently in his fifth season as head coach, Steve has guided the club ...
Kevin Carroll, Author, Speaker, Creative Catalyst
This week’s conversation is with Kevin Carroll, an author, speaker and creative catalyst.It is Kevin’s job to inspire businesses, organizations and individu...
Herbert Wigwe, Access Bank CEO and Group Managing Director
This week’s conversation is with Herbert Wigwe, a Nigerian banker, entrepreneur, and the Managing Director/CEO of Access Bank.He is an Alumnus of Harvard Bu...
Scott Kriens, 1440 Multiversity Co-Founder
This week’s conversation is with Scott Kriens, chairman and former CEO of Juniper Networks.Scott has been in the technology industry for more than 35 years....
Annabel Anderson, 5x SUP Champion
This week’s conversation is with Annabel Anderson, the world #1 female SUP athlete from 2012-2017.Annabel has won the biggest titles in the sport of stand u...
Brian Mackenzie, Human Performance Specialist
This week’s conversation is with Brian Mackenzie, an expert in the development and application of custom protocols to optimize human health and performance....
Dr. John Ratey, Neuropsychiatry Expert
This week’s conversation is with bestselling author, Dr. John Ratey, an Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and an internationa...
Bobbi Brown, Beauty Industry Titan
This week’s conversation is with Bobbi Brown, a beauty industry titan, world-renowned makeup artist, best-selling author and serial entrepreneur.As a profes...
Forrest Griffin, UFC Hall of Famer
This week’s conversation is with Forrest Griffin, a retired mixed martial artist and a UFC Hall of Famer.A former Georgia Police Officer, Forrest got his sh...
Brendan Kane, Business and Digital Growth Strategist
This week’s conversation is with Brendan Kane, a business and digital growth strategist for Fortune 500 corporations, brands, and celebrities.Brendan’s grea...
Marty Callner, Award-Winning Filmmaker
This week’s conversation is with Marty Callner, an award winning filmmaker.His diverse resume includes specials starring Chris Rock, The Rolling Stones, Jus...
Dr. Brené Brown, Research Professor and Author
This week’s conversation is with Dr. Brené Brown, a research professor at the University of Houston where she holds the Huffington Foundation – Brené Brown Endo...
John Brenkus, Producer, Director, TV Personality
This week’s conversation is with John Brenkus, who has spent the last decade studying and popularizing the unique characteristics of the world’s greatest athlet...
Dr. Daniel Chao, Halo Neuroscience Co-Founder
This week’s conversation is with Dr. Daniel Chao, co-founder of Halo Neuroscience.Dr. Chao’s whole life has been dedicated to understanding the brain and it...
John Donovan, AT&T Communications CEO
This week’s conversation is with John Donovan, CEO of AT&T Communications.He’s responsible for the bulk of AT&T’s global telecommunications and vide...
Matt Jacobson, Facebook Head of Market Development
This week’s conversation is with Matt Jacobson, Head of Market Development at Facebook.In this role, he focuses on strategic partnerships that connect peopl...
Michael Murphy, Co-Founder of the Esalen Institute
This week’s conversation is with Michael Murphy, co-founder and chairman emeritus of the board of the world famous Esalen Institute, tucked away on the coast of...
Javier Gómez, Champion Triathlete
This week’s conversation is with Javier Gómez, a Spanish triathlete.Since 2006, Javier has accumulated one of the best records in triathlon history.Javi...
Dr. Mark Goulston, Suicide Prevention Expert
This week’s conversation is with Dr. Mark Goulston, a Board Certified Psychiatrist, a Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association and a former UCLA Assistant...
Mark Healey, Professional Big Wave Surfer/Waterman
This week’s conversation is with Mark Healey, a professional big-wave surfer, award-winning spear-fisherman, free-diver, photographer, filmmaker, and part-time ...
Aaron Bruno, AWOLNATION Founder and Lead Singer
This week’s conversation is with Aaron Bruno, best known as the founder and lead singer of AWOLNATION.Formed in 2010, AWOLNATION crafted one of the most inf...
Tom Bilyeu, Co-Founder of Impact Theory and Quest Nutrition
This week’s conversation is with Tom Bilyeu, the co-founder of Quest Nutrition — a unicorn startup valued at over $1 billion — and the co-founder and host of Im...
Michael Rosenbaum, Actor, Producer, Comedian
This week’s conversation is with Michael Rosenbaum, actor, producer, and comedian.The diverse actor has worked in over twenty films, such as Guardians of th...
Erik Vendt, 3x USA Swimming Olympian
This week's conversation is with Erik Vendt - a 3x USA swimming Olympian.He won a silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics and the 2004 Summer Olympics in t...
Dr. Marco Cardinale, Head of Sports Physiology, Aspire Academy
This week’s conversation is with Dr. Marco Cardinale, the Head of Sports Physiology of Aspire Academy in Doha (Qatar).He started his career in sports scienc...
Bob Wright, Former Vice Chairman of GE and CEO of NBC
This week’s conversation is with Bob Wright, who served as vice chairman of General Electric and president, CEO, and chairman of NBC and NBC Universal from 1986...
Rich Froning Jr., 4x Fittest Man on Earth
This week’s conversation is with Rich Froning Jr., dubbed the Fittest Man in History after winning four back-to-back individual CrossFit Games championships (20...
Bob Hurley, Hurley International Founder
This week’s conversation is with Bob Hurley, founder and chairman of the global apparel brand, Hurley.Something I love about these Finding Mastery conversat...
Andrew Zimmern, Chef and TV Personality
This week’s conversation is with Andrew Zimmern, a four-time James Beard Award-winning TV personality, chef, writer and teacher.Andrew is regarded as one of...
Reid Priddy, 4x Volleyball Olympian
This week’s conversation is with Reid Priddy, a 4 time Olympian for the USA Men’s indoor volleyball team, winning Gold in 2008 and Bronze in 2016.Over the p...
Des Linden, 2018 Boston Marathon Winner
This week’s podcast is with Des Linden, a 2x Olympian, running the marathon for the U.S. in both the 2012 London Olympics and 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics.H...
Peter Park, Fitness and Wellness Coach
This week’s conversation is with Peter Park, founder of the Platinum brand and co-owner of the Platinum Fitness Summerland facility in Santa Barbara, California...
David, Special Operations Sniper
This week’s conversation is with David (leaving his last name out for security purposes).He's been a top special operations sniper for more than 10 years. ...
Rebecca Rothstein, Top Wealth Advisor
This week’s conversation is with Rebecca Rothstein, a private wealth advisor focused on helping high-net-worth individuals, families and institutions pursue the...
Brett Campbell, Serial Entrepreneur
This week’s conversation is with Brett Campbell, a serial entrepreneur.He’s currently the CEO of Harvey Partners, focused on assisting new innovative busine...
Kaskade, Multi GRAMMY Award-nominated musician
This week’s podcast is with Kaskade, a Multi GRAMMY Award-nominated musician who has been a groundbreaking innovator in the dance music world, and a titan in th...
Rich Roll, Plantpowered Wellness Advocate & Ultra-Athlete
This week’s podcast is unique.It’s a follow up with Rich Roll but it’s more of a casual conversation between friends than an interview. I also speak quite a...
Satya Nadella, Microsoft CEO
Satya Nadella needs no introduction. He and his team are guiding one the world's most significant high-tech companies. He's the Chief Executive Officer of Micro...
Sam Darnold, New York Jets Quarterback
This week’s conversation is with quarterback Sam Darnold on leadership, trust, and confidence.Sam was just selected by the New York Jets with the 3rd pick i...
Chris Ashenden, Athletic Greens Co-Founder
This week’s podcast is with Chris Ashenden, the co-founder of Athletic Greens.Now I want to be totally transparent here – Athletic Greens is a partner of th...
Jim DiMatteo, Retired US Navy Captain
This week’s podcast is with Jim DiMatteo.After graduating from the University of California Berkeley in 1986, Jim followed in his father’s and brother’s foo...
Ali Smith, Executive Director, Holistic Life Foundation
Ali Smith co-founded the Holistic Life Foundation in 2001, where he currently serves as Executive Director.He has over 15 years of experience teaching yoga ...
Cassidy Lichtman, U.S. Women’s National Volleyball Team
This week’s conversation is with Cassidy Lichtman, a former member of the United States women’s national volleyball team.At the age of nine, Cassidy develop...
Conor Dwyer, American Swimmer and Olympic Gold Medalist
This week’s conversation is with American Swimmer and Olympic Gold Medalist Conor Dwyer.You wouldn’t know it looking at him now, with his 6’5”, athletic fra...
Admiral Bill Owens, Co-founder and Executive Chairman of Red Bison Advisory Group
This week’s conversation is with Admiral Bill Owens on leadership, courage, and relationships.Bill is currently the executive chairman and co-founder of Red...
Valorie Kondos Field, UCLA Gymnastics Head Coach
This week’s conversation is with Valorie Kondos Field, often referred to as “Miss Val.”She’s the head coach of the six-time NCAA Champion, 21 NCAA Regional ...
Daymond John, CEO and Founder of FUBU
This week's conversation is with entrepreneur Daymond John on the power of clarity, vision, and imagery.From street hustle -- to Shark Tank to being a Presi...
Bob Bowman, ASU Swimming Head Coach
This week’s conversation is with Hall of Fame swimming coach Bob Bowman, the maestro behind the illustrious career of Michael Phelps.He’s now the Head Coach...
Jeremy Bailenson, Founder of Stanford University’s Virtual Human Interaction Lab
Jeremy Bailenson is the founding director of Stanford University’s Virtual Human Interaction Lab and a professor at Stanford University.Jeremy studies the p...
Adventure Rock Climber Alex Honnold
This week’s episode is special. It’s from our first Finding Mastery “Live” recorded at the USC Performance Science Institute.Seattle Seahawks head coach, Pe...
Snowboarder Jake Blauvelt
This week’s conversation is with Jake Blauvelt, one of the world’s best all around snowboarders.He’s got a smooth, creative and effortless-looking style and...
Best-Selling Author Gretchen Rubin
This week’s conversation is with author Gretchen Rubin on happiness, human nature, and habits.Gretchen has spent the past decade researching and writing abo...
UC Berkeley Rugby Coach Jack Clark
This conversation is with UC Berkeley rugby coach Jack Clark on team, culture, honesty.Jack is the iconic rugby coach at the University of California. His t...
Nutritional Scientist Chris Talley
This conversation is with Chris Talley, a nutritional scientist who specializes in the unique requirements of ultra-elite athletic performance.He has more t...
MMA Fighter Vitor Belfort
This conversation is with MMA fighter and legend, Vitor Belfort, on belief, mindset, and overcoming fear.I wanted to sit down with Vitor to understand how h...
Rugby Union Coach Stuart Lancaster
This conversation is with rugby union coach Stuart Lancaster on handling pressure, developing resiliency, and building team culture.Stuart is currently coac...
Meditation Expert Sharon Salzberg
This conversation is with Sharon Salzberg on Being Present, Letting Go, and Having Faith.If you know her name, you know where this conversation will go: Min...
Big Wave Surfer Tom Carroll
This week’s conversation is with Tom Carroll on being a maverick, honesty, and risk.Tom is best known as one of Australia’s great surfers and sportsmen. I h...
USA Women’s Water Polo Coach Adam Krikorian
This week’s conversation is with Women’s Senior National Team Water Polo head coach Adam Krikorian on competition, relationships, and sustaining success.Sin...
Boeing Vice Chairman Ray Conner: Courage, Servant Leadership, Imagery
This conversation is with Ray Conner, who was responsible for running America's largest manufacturing export, Boeing.If you're not familiar with the company...
Coach Anne Parmenter: Resiliency, Mindset, Ethics
Imagine being within striking distance of your lifelong dream, only to come to a fork in the road.Continue onward but in doing so, put others lives in dange...
Dr. Varun Soni: Mindfulness, Leadership, Spirituality
Varun Soni is the Dean of Religious Life at the University of Southern California (USC) and the first Hindu to serve as the chief religious or spiritual leader ...
Author David Epstein: Sports Gene, Curiosity, Self-Discovery
This week’s conversation is with David Epstein.
David is author of the New York Times bestseller The Sports Gene. He is a science writer and investigative...
Thrive Global CEO Arianna Huffington: Wellbeing, High Performance, Habit Development
This conversation is with Arianna Huffington.
Arianna is the founder and CEO of Thrive Global, the founder of The Huffington Post, and the author of 15 b...
Los Angeles Lakers Head Coach Luke Walton: Coaching, Leadership, Relationships
On this podcast, we get to hear from many different vantage points: artists, scientists, elite military, politicians, those who run highly successful businesses...
Robert Rabbin: Fighting Cancer, Curiosity, Authenticity
In January 2012, Robert Rabbin was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer and told he had a few months to live. However, in keeping with his contrarian nature, he t...
Mike Erwin: Optimism, Relationships, Transitions
This conversation is with Army Major Mike Erwin.
Mike served in the US Army for 13 years, including 3 deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan.He is the F...
Jan Singer: Authenticity, Confidence, Control
In this conversation we sit down with Jan Singer.
Jan is the Chief Executive Officer for Victoria's Secret Lingerie, the world’s most recognized and belo...
Judson Althoff: Striving For Excellence and Finding Balance
Judson Althoff is executive vice president of Microsoft’s Worldwide Commercial Business organization.
He leads the company’s commercial business strategy...
John Nordstrom: Building Corporate Culture, Relationships, Authenticity
This conversation is with John Nordstrom -- of the Nordstrom high-quality fashion retailer in the US -- whose history has gone from a small shoe store, to havin...
Dr. Albert Bandura: The Theory on Creating Human Results
This conversation with Dr. Albert Bandura was an honor.
He's literally a living legend in the field of Psychology. He's an extraordinarily innovative sch...
Alec Stewart on Authenticity, Work Ethic, and Vision
In these conversations, it's my intent to really dig, relentlessly dig, to work to understand the truth. The truth of the nature of the conversation, but also t...
Shaka Smart: Bringing Out The Best in Others
Shaka Smart is the Men’s Basketball Head Coach at the University of Texas and he's got a phenomenal way about himself.
It just jumps out of this conversa...
MJ Hegar: Escaping Death, Remaining Calm, and Trusting Self
This week’s conversation is with Major MJ HegarMJ, one of Foreign Policy Magazine's 100 Leading Global Thinkers of 2013 and one of Newsweek's 125 Women of I...
Rick Welts: Warriors’ Success, Culture, Leadership
This conversation is with Rick Welts.
He has 40 years of experience in the NBA and is currently the President & Chief Operating Officer of the Golden...
Dr. Harry Edwards: Human Rights, Sport and Society
This conversation is loaded. The center of the conversation is Dr. Harry Edwards journey to impact human rights through the experiences of the African American ...
Adam Cheyer: Having a Vision, Approaching Insurmountable Challenges, and Authenticity
If you have an iPhone, you know Adam Cheyer's work. He was the Co-Founder of Siri, Inc.
He's now the Co-Founder and VP of Engineering at Viv Labs.The...
Jon Gordon: Team Building, Relationships, Connection
Jon Gordon is a best-selling author: including The Energy Bus, The Carpenter, Training Camp, The Seed, You Win in the Locker Room First and The No Complaining R...
Wendy Behary: Narcissism and High Performance
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: Authenticity, Creativity, Confidence
Scott Barry Kaufman is primarily interested in using solid psychological science to live a creative, fulfilling, and meaningful life.
He's earned his res...
Lisa Kerney: Growth Mindset, Vision, Being Present
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...
Tu Lam: Warfare, Service, Survival
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...
In Remembrance: Ugo Ehiogu, Tottenham U23 Coach
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: Creativity, Innovation, Entrepreneurship
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...
Toto Wolff: Risk, Innovation, Winning
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 ...
Nile Rodgers: Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, Music, Collaboration
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: Joy at Scale & Global Peace
Chade-Meng Tan (Meng) is a Google pioneer, award-winning engineer, international bestselling author, thought leader and philanthropist. He retired from Google a...
Pat Byrne: Sleep Science & Leveraging Technology
This conversation with Pat Byrne is really about the building of an entrepreneurial venture based on sleep technology.
The importance of getting quality ...
Lawrence Levy: Pixar CFO, Decision Making, Relationships
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: Innovation, Impact, Manufacturing (Part 2)
Krisztina "Z" Holly is an MIT-trained engineer, tech entrepreneur, ed and pioneer. She was curator and host of the first ever TEDx (TEDxUSC) and founder of two ...
Krisztina “Z” Holly: Innovation, Impact, Manufacturing (Part 1)
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...
Jamie Wheal and Steven Kotler: Altered States of Consciousness, Stealing Fire
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: Habits, Mindfulness, Addiction
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...
Cal Fussman: Questions, Storytelling, Adventure (Part 2)
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 wonderf...
Cal Fussman: Questions, Storytelling, Adventure (Part 1)
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 ...
David Goggins: The Hardest Human Alive, Ultra Runner
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 ...
Jewel: Music, Insight, Community
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.
Sore...
Amy Hood: CFO Microsoft, Purpose, Progression
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: Mastery & Research
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: Leadership, Philanthropy, Parenting
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...
Mark Divine: SEALFIT, Mindset Training
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 ...
Peter McLoughlin: Negotiation, Change, Management
This conversation is with Peter McLoughlin - the president of the Seattle Seahawks.
When most people think of professional franchises, they think of the at...
Nic Lamb: Training for Risk, Making Choices, the Ocean
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 C...
George Raveling: Hall of Fame Coaching, Progression, Being Relevant
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. ...
Jannell MacAulay: Air Force, Parenting, Health
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: Mindfulness, Marketing, Sabbaticals
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: Emotions, Awe, Power
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: Storyteller, Empathy, Sexual Abuse
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: Millennial Entrepreneurship
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: NFL Quarterback, Life Student, Entrepreneur, Wine
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 pic...
Vern Gambetta: Movement & Human Development
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: Creative Genius, Loving, Listening
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...
Paul Assaiante: Longest winning streak in NCAA, perspective, and courage
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 ...
Caroline Leaf: What’s Possible for the Mind
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: The Science of Expertise
Anders Ericsson is a Swedish psychologist and Conradi Eminent Scholar and Professor of Psychology at Florida State University who is internationally recognized ...
Kai Lenny: Watermen, Risk, Innovation
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 up...
Ryan Holiday: Ego, Obstacles, Writing
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...
Dan Harris: Authenticity, Panic, Mindfulness
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: Initial Thoughts From Rio
Michael Gervais spent the last three weeks in Rio De Janeiro supporting two different volleyball teams at the Olympics.
Throughout this experience, there ...
James Bond: Risk, Creative, Being Real
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...
Anthony Ervin: Swimming, Finding Authentic Self
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 winn...
Stephanie Labbé: Deep Focus, Soccer, Mindfulness
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 ever...
David Yeung: Movement Maker, Green Monday
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...
Colin O’Brady: Explorers Grand Slam
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...
Jimmy Smith: Creativity, Authenticity, Growth (Part 2)
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...
Jimmy Smith: Creativity, Authenticity, Growth (Part 1)
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...
Nicole Davis: Volleyball and Making a Ripple
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...
Michael Gervais: State of Finding Mastery
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...
Nicholas McCarthy: Music, Insight, and Investing in Craft
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...
Alyssa Roenigk: Writing About and Living Adventure
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...
Pat LaFontaine: Being Ignited and Igniting Others (Part 2)
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 ...
Pat LaFontaine: Being Ignited and Igniting Others (Part 1)
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 ...
Angela Duckworth: Passion and Perseverance
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 g...
Ian Walsh: Big Waves, Facing Fear, Giving
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...
Pete Carroll: Competing to Be Your Best
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. ...
Kayt Sukel: Sex, Risk, and the Brain
As a cultural scientist, passionate traveler and science journalist, Kayt Sukel has no problem tackling interesting (and often risky) subjects spanning love, se...
Katie Holloway: Fire in the Eyes
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...
Tim Ryan: Congress, Mindfulness, Real Food
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...
Nate Boyer: Going For It (Part 2)
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 ...
Nate Boyer: Going For It (Part 1)
Some people think about adventure -- and others make their life a living adventure.
Nate Boyer graduated high school unsure about his path in life. Looki...
John Donahoe: eBay, PayPal, Bain… Leadership
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 bu...
Liz Wiseman: Multiplying Genius
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...
Clint Bruce: On Becoming Tribal – Navy Seals to Entreprenuership
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...
Carli Lloyd: Purpose Driven Work
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. ...
Rich Roll: Change
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...
Steven Kotler: Ultimate Performance
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...
Jon Gordon: Storytelling
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...
Elizabeth Lindsey: Elders’ Wisdoms
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...
Kevin Levrone: Strength
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...
Ashley Merryman: Science of Competition
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...
Michael Gervais: My Thoughts on Mastery
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...
Dave Phillips: Golf & Entrepreneurship
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...
Ariana Kukors: Swim
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: Endurance Adventurer
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 ...
Keith Power: High Performance
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...
Fik-Shun: Dance
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...
Baggio Husidic: Soccer
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...
Tom Osborne: Leadership
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...
Kai Kight: Violin
A contemporary composer & innovator, Kai Kight has a diverse background that has been fueled by creating and making.He holds an engineering degree from ...
Karch Kiraly: Leadership, Passion, Risk
Volleyball legend and three-time Gold Medalist, Karch Kiraly is synonymous with the sport of Pro Beach Volleyball.
The ‘winningest’ player in the history...
Finding Mastery Introduction
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...