Podcast Episodes

How obsessing over problems makes us miss solutions: diet, starups, changing the world. Inattentional blindness.

Season 2025

What happens when we become so fixated on our flaws that we miss the strengths hiding in plain sight? For years, I've watched people struggle with change not because they weren't trying hard enough, …

Published on 4 weeks, 1 day ago

Why you don't do what you know you "should do". The Explorer and the Maintainer: understanding your brain's competing drives.

Season 2025

The universal tension between seeking comfort and pursuing growth creates an internal tug-of-war we all experience. What if this conflict isn't a flaw, but a feature of our neurobiology designed to s…

Published on 1 month ago

How to motivate kids, yourself and your team long-term. Beyond carrots and sticks - the power of the 3rd drive.

Season 2025

Have you noticed how traditional carrots and sticks often fail to inspire true commitment?  

There's a reason.  

When leaders, parents, coaches, or anyone trying to motivate others relies solely on ext…

Published on 1 month ago

Hacking Discipline: make your hardest goals addictive with world-known gamification wizard Yu-Kai Chou.

Season 2025

Have you ever wondered why you can spend hours playing video games but struggle to work on important life goals for even 30 minutes? What if you could harness that same engagement for your most meani…

Published on 1 month, 1 week ago

What's slowing your progress down? And one question to figure it out.

Season 2025

You're stuck. You've been working hard, putting in the hours, reading the books, and yet... there's no meaningful progress toward your goals. What's going on? 

The answer lies in a powerful concept f…

Published on 1 month, 1 week ago

The Decade-Long Fitness Game: 7 principles for lifelong best shape of your life. Psychology, behavioral science, discipline.

Season 2025

What if the key to permanent fitness isn't found in extreme workouts or restrictive diets, but in understanding the psychology behind sustainable change? 

After a decade coaching executives, entrepre…

Published on 1 month, 1 week ago

How to use chatGPT to find your genius and build systems for success. Strengths + Blind Spots.

Season 2025

What happens when you stop trying to be good at everything and instead design your life around what you're naturally brilliant at?  

Today we dive deep into the revolutionary concept of knowing your g…

Published on 1 month, 1 week ago

8 Steps to Master Strategic (Macro) Focus: curing "too ambitious and spread too thin" disease of your brain.

Season 2025

Strategic focus might be the most underrated superpower in our full of opportunity world.  

While most of us understand the importance of avoiding momentary distractions, few master what I call "macro…

Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago

How to pursue multiple goals at once - fitness, business, relationship. 3 shortcuts to rewiring your brain's automation system.

Season 2025

Ever feel like your life is a juggling act of career, fitness, relationships, and personal growth with too many balls in the air and not enough hands?  

You're not alone. And this podcast is designed …

Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago

Why no one reads your email. "Cognitive Budgeting" and how to pitch, sell and make people listen.

Season 2025

Ever wonder why your brilliant emails go unread or your fantastic ideas seem to fall on deaf ears?  

The answer lies in cognitive budgeting - the brain's ruthless allocation of its limited energy reso…

Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago