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...
Mindfulness
Why Mindfulness Matters To Me
This is an excerpt from Finding Mastery #135 in which actor, producer, and comedian, Michael Rosenbaum, shares why mindfulness matters to him. Mich...
Hidden (and subtle) dangers of multi-tasking
Long gone are the days where being a multi-tasker is a badge of honor for productivity. There are hidden dangers that can come from multi-tasking that are far g...
Artificial Intelligence: In mind and on time
Thanks to Brad Smith and Harry Shum at Microsoft for this and it got my wheels turning.The most significant change that might take place here, could be our ...
Learn to Let Go
This is an excerpt from Finding Mastery #101 with meditation expert Sharon Salzberg in which she explains why formal meditation training is so applicable to...
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...
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 ...
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...
The Key to Being Present
This is an excerpt from Finding Mastery #092 with author and speaker Robert Rabbin in which he shares why breathing is the key to being present. ...
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...
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...
Curiosity as an Antidote For Fear
This is an excerpt from Finding Mastery #066 with Dr. Judson Brewer in which he describes why curiosity is an antidote for fear. Michael Ge...
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...
Why Self-Reflection is a Competitive Advantage
When I’m on a plane, if things are running well, I don't listen to music, I don't watch any movies. I'm pretty ok just staring into space.I've had a...
How You Win In Your Mind
One day, one life.
I love this saying.The notion is that every day is a lifetime of learning. It’s like the Buddha says, that you can find enlightenm...
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...
The Allure of Zen Buddhism
I think a lot about Zen Buddhism because I meditate every day.I get up every morning and before I eat or do anything I meditate for 35 minutes. It's a v...
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 ...
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...
The Benefit of a Sabbatical
What’s helped me tremendously is this 4-1-4 model, in which I work for four years and then take a year off.It's not about working for four years and t...
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...
The Power of Stillness
National Geographic explorer Elizabeth Lindsey explains the value in finding stillness on an everyday basis.Over the years she’s had the fortunate oppor...
Surrendering to the process of meditation
During his Finding Mastery conversation, ABC’s Dan Harris described how to best surrender to the process of meditation.
Dan explained that you can get in...
The Process for Atomizing Thoughts
Neuroscientist Caroline Leaf describes the process for atomizing one’s thoughts and building successful habits.As our mind responds to the incoming and ...
Practicing Gratitude
In Dan Harris’ Finding Mastery conversation, he discussed how it’s easy to take for granted all the good things we have in our respective lives.
This is ...
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...
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...
Putting Others First
Green Monday Founder David Yeung's family motto is centered around looking out for others. David describes a story his dad told him about the his g...
The Importance of Being Present
Being where your feet are at is a skill. Pete Carroll talks about why being present is vital to the success of the Seattle Seahawks.
“When we’re at our best...
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...