Casandra Brené Brown is an American professor, lecturer, author, and podcast host. Brown is known in particular for her research on shame, vulnerability, and leadership, and for her widely viewed TEDx talk in 2010 . Since then she has written six number-one New York Times bestselling books, hosts two podcasts, and has filmed a lecture for Netflix as well as a series about her latest book, Atlas of the Heart on HBO Max. The Gifts of Imperfection Daring Greatly Rising Strong Braving the Wilderness...
Nov 20, 2022•54 min•Ep. 207
Shane Parrish and Rhiannon Beaubien’s The Great Mental Models : Is designed to upgrade your thinking with the best, most useful, and powerful tools so you always have the right one on hand. Mental models help you improve your decision-making, productivity, and how clearly you see the world. You will discover what forces govern the universe and how to focus your efforts so you can harness them to your advantage, rather than fight with them or worse yet— ignore them. The old saying goes, "To the m...
Nov 16, 2022•1 hr 5 min
To master anything, one must first master themselves–one’s emotions, one’s thoughts, one’s actions. In Ryan Holidays : Discipline is Destiny , Holiday draws on the stories of historical figures we can emulate as pillars of self-discipline, including Lou Gehrig, Queen Elizabeth II, boxer Floyd Patterson, Marcus Aurelius, and writer Toni Morrison, as well as the cautionary tales of Napoleon, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and Babe Ruth. Through these engaging examples, Holiday teaches readers the power of s...
Nov 13, 2022•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 206
Episode 154: Listener Favorite: We take inspiration from Admiral William H. McRaven and his best selling book, Make Your Bed . In 2014 he addressed the graduating class of the University of Texas , in a video which immediately went viral. He shared 10 life lessons he had learned during his Navy Seal training that helped him overcome challenges not only in his long Naval career, but also throughout his life. In Make Your Bed, he builds on these principles by sharing inspiring tales from his own l...
Nov 10, 2022•1 hr
Darren Hardy does it again in his book: The Compound Effect . Based on the principle that decisions shape your destiny. Little, everyday decisions will either take you to the life you desire or to disaster by default. A compilation of the fundamental principles that have guided the most phenomenal achievements in business, relationships, and beyond. This easy-to-use, step-by-step operating system allows you to multiply your success, chart your progress and achieve any desire. If you're serious a...
Nov 07, 2022•54 min•Ep. 205
We end our Ryan Holiday series with his first book of an exciting new series on the virtues of ancient philosophy explores the most foundational virtue of all: Courage. In Courage Is Calling (buy on Amazon) , Ryan Holiday breaks down the elements of fear, an expression of cowardice, the elements of courage, an expression of bravery, and lastly, the elements of heroism, an expression of valor. Through engaging stories about historic and contemporary leaders, including Charles De Gaulle, Florence ...
Nov 02, 2022•57 min
66% of small businesses fail, and it’s not for the reasons you think. So why do they fail? That is what Darren Hardy set out on a mission to discover in The Entrepreneur Roller Coaster . What he found was startling. All the previously reported reasons and assumptions for the failure rate (capital, location, credit, inventory management, and competition) were wrong. Failure was not due to outside factors--they were internal. They weren't economic--they were emotional. The unexpected and terrifyin...
Oct 30, 2022•57 min
In our next bonus episode on Ryan Holiday , we look at his best-selling book, Stillness Is The Key . We look at tools to harness the power of slowing down your body and mind for fewer distractions, better self-control, and above all, a happier and more peaceful life. Holiday examines figures who exemplified the power of stillness: Winston Churchill, Fred Rogers, who taught generations of children to see what was invisible to the eye; Anne Frank, whose journaling and love of nature guided her thr...
Oct 26, 2022•1 hr 6 min
Hello, listeners, members and subscribers! Our sixteenth Moonshots Master episode is here and we are leaping into Leadership and Goal setting, off the back of our Achieving Your Goals series! To truly get us going, we hear from the master, John Doerr, who inspires us by stating it's crucial to choose the right goals for the right reasons, in business and in our personal lives, and how Google, Bono, And The Gates Foundation Rock The World With OKRS . We then learn from Laura Wilkinson, an Olympic...
Oct 26, 2022•16 min
Radical Candor is a simple idea: to be a good boss, you have to Care Personally at the same time that you Challenge Directly. When you challenge without caring it's obnoxious aggression; when you care without challenging it's ruinous empathy. When you do neither it's manipulative insincerity. Author Kim Scott was an executive at Google and then at Apple, where she worked with a team to develop a class on how to be a good boss. She has earned growing fame in recent years with her approach to effe...
Oct 23, 2022•50 min•Ep. 204
In our next series on Ryan Holiday , we dive back into Ego is the Enemy to answer questions about what to do when the biggest obstacle is internal. Holiday explains how finding early successes led him to the realization that ego can cloud ambition and hinder personal and professional growth, particularly when accomplishments are tied to self-worth. Ego Is the Enemy puts forth the argument that often our biggest problems are not caused by external factors such as other people or circumstances. In...
Oct 19, 2022•59 min
Transitions are a critical time for leaders at all levels. Missteps made during the crucial first three months in a new role can jeopardize your success. In his book, The First 90 Days ; Michael D. Watkins offers proven strategies for conquering the challenges of taking on a new role — no matter where you are in your career. Whether you’re starting a new job, being promoted from within, or embarking on an overseas assignment, this is the guide you’ll need to succeed in your first 90 days — and b...
Oct 16, 2022•45 min•Ep. 203
Join us as we revisit a series on Ryan Holiday , starting with his book The Daily Stoic . A unique blend of practical wisdom that has been inspiring the most successful among us for centuries, from Roman Emperors to Barack Obama. The Daily Stoic widens our view on the Stoic philosophy and shows that it can be applied to any problem. The goal of this book is “to restore Stoicism to its rightful place as a tool in the pursuit of self-mastery, perseverance, and wisdom.” From how to manage failure t...
Oct 12, 2022•1 hr
Radical Focus tackles the OKR movement and better goal setting through the powerful story of Hanna and Jack’s struggling tea startup. When the two receive an ultimatum from their only investor, they must learn how to employ Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) with radical focus to get the right things done. Will they be able to accomplish the few critical actions that will save their startup? Or will they end up mired in distractions and choices as their time runs out? Christina Wodkte pulls from ...
Oct 09, 2022•45 min•Ep. 202
Is your company focused on the right things? Do you understand what goals will move your company forward, and how to measure them? OKRs can help. Measure What Matters shows you how to use the OKR management system to identify your priorities, set ambitious goals, clearly measure and track them, and motivate and align everyone on your team. This system helped Larry Page and Sergey Brin turn a small startup called Google into one of the most innovative companies in the world. Whether your business...
Oct 02, 2022•58 min•Ep. 201
Hello, listeners, members, and subscribers! Our fifteenth Moonshots Master episode is here and we are leaping into Entrepreneurship and Lean Start-Up, one of the most valuable methodologies we have ever used! Kicking off with the team from Productivity Game, we hear a breakdown of Eric Ries’ experience at imvu and how there is so much value in learning what customers actually want . We also get inspired from the folks at Development That Pays, who tell us about the very best MVPs of all time . A...
Sep 28, 2022•17 min
We celebrate our 200th Episode with President John F. Kennedy demonstrating some of the most remarkable leadership during the Cuban Missile Crisis . Kennedy overcame the fear and pressure that came from the threat of Nuclear War and found a peaceful solution for the world. Join us as we examine clear thinking, objectivity, and remaining calm themes. "Mankind must put an end to war before war puts an end to mankind." John F. Kennedy Thanks to our monthly supporters Emily Rose Banks Malcolm Magee ...
Sep 24, 2022•1 hr•Ep. 200
Yvon Chouinard , a Moonshots favorite and the founder of Patagonia , gives Away the Company to Fight Climate Change. So let's revisit this pioneer and remarkable leadership through his story. In Let My People Go Surfing , Yvon Chouinard, the legendary climber, businessman, environmentalist, and founder of Patagonia, shares the persistence and courage that have gone into being head of one of the most respected and environmentally responsible companies on earth. Thanks to our monthly supporters Em...
Sep 22, 2022•1 hr 22 min
To whet our appetite before launching into the 'Achieving Your Goals' series, we revisit an icon. During our 'Media Innovation' series, we dove into Mark Cuban (Episode 73) and listened to his techniques for staying successful, and being ahead of competitors. Entrepreneur and professional sports team owner Mark Cuban has ventured into many diverse businesses. He made his fortune through the sale of startups MicroSolutions and Broadcast.com in the 1990s, and later became known as the zealous owne...
Sep 18, 2022•1 hr 9 min
Sir Isaac Newton was an English mathematician, physicist, astronomer, alchemist, theologian, and author, widely recognized as one of the greatest mathematicians and physicists of all time and among the most influential scientists. He was a key figure in the philosophical revolution known as the Enlightenment. His start in life was fraught with illness and according to his mother, at birth, he could have fit inside a quart mug. He was born especially tiny but grew into a massive intellect that st...
Sep 11, 2022•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 199
Angela Duckworth is the world’s leading academic in the study of grit: something she defines as passion and perseverance for long-term goals. Is success all talent? What do successful people have that allows them to achieve their goals? The book Grit (buy on Amazon) , teaches us that success is not all talent. To have talent is an essential factor and it will give you the edge over others who don't, but more importantly, you need the grit to see things through. "Grit is living life like it's a m...
Sep 04, 2022•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 198
Hello, listeners, members, and subscribers! The fourteenth Moonshots Master episode is here and we are leaping into Personal Transformation and Happiness! We start our journey with Tal Ben-Shahar who states that a happy life does not need to be happy all the time; instead, we should learn to embrace painful emotions and accept pain . Helping us adopt new habits and practices to be happier today, we learn out loud with some of our favorites; Dan Harris, Dalai Lama, Neil Pasricha, and his top 3 ti...
Aug 31, 2022•19 min
The Happiness Advantage by Shawn Achor shows us how to rewire our brains for positivity and optimism to reap the happiness advantage in our lives, our careers, and even our health. How small shifts in our mind-set and habits can produce big gains at work, at home, and elsewhere. Happiness is not the belief that we don't need to change; it is the realization that we can. Our most commonly held formula for success is broken. Conventional wisdom holds that once we succeed, we'll be happy; that once...
Aug 28, 2022•58 min•Ep. 197
To whet your appetite for the upcoming Isaac Newton show we wanted to reshare one of the great problem solvers, Albert Einstein - enjoy! A lot of people think that Albert Einstein’s greatest ability was his mathematical mind, but Einstein’s greatest skill was the ability to sift the essential from the inessential — to grasp simplicity when everyone else was lost in the clutter. Problems are an integral part of everyday life. So is problem-solving. But where people differ is in their ability to s...
Aug 25, 2022•1 hr 4 min
Getting rich is not just about luck; happiness is not just a trait we are born with. Building wealth and being happy are skills we can learn. Naval Ravikant is an entrepreneur, philosopher, and investor who has captivated the world with his principles for building wealth and creating long-term happiness. The Almanack of Naval Ravikant is a collection of Naval’s wisdom and experience from the last ten years, shared as a curation of his most insightful interviews and poignant reflections and writt...
Aug 21, 2022•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 196
Listener Update July 2022 A handy guide to all the shows and Moonshots goodies for July 2022 - a summary of the Productivity and Happines series. A big shout out to our members and a special mention to the new members in June: Daniel Alcaraz, Andrew Hyde, Ravi Govender and Evert van de Plassche. Become a member Moonshots Podcast is creating a podcast to help improve yourself, your thinking and leadership https://www.patreon.com/Moonshots Thanks to our monthly supporters Emily Rose Banks Malcolm ...
Aug 18, 2022•9 min
What is the formula for a happy life? Neil Pasricha's , The Happiness Equation is a book that will change how you think about pretty much everything—your time, your career, your relationships, your family, and, ultimately, of course, your happiness. Neil Pasricha is a Harvard MBA, a New York Times–bestselling author of the Book of Awesome series and a Walmart executive. After selling more than a million copies of the Book of Awesome series, wherein he observed the everyday things he thought were...
Aug 14, 2022•59 min•Ep. 195
Serena Williams announced her retirement from tennis, so we wanted to re-post our show featuring her. We can learn much from her as an athlete, a mother and an entrepreneur. Serena Williams has revolutionized women’s tennis with her powerful style of play and has won more Grand Slam singles titles than any other woman or man during the open era. Serena holds the most Grand Slam titles in singles, doubles, and mixed doubles combined among active players and even won the Australian Open in 2017 wh...
Aug 11, 2022•1 hr 2 min
Every time you see him, he's laughing. And he makes everyone else around him feel like smiling. He's the Dalai Lama , the spiritual and temporal leader of Tibet , a Nobel Prize winner, and a hugely sought-after speaker and statesman. If you ask him if he's happy, even after so much loss, the Dalai Lama will give you an unconditional yes. What's more, he'll tell you that happiness is the purpose of life and that the very motion of our life is toward happiness. How to get there has always been the...
Aug 07, 2022•58 min•Ep. 194
Can You Learn to Be Happy? If you feel like you’re floundering when it comes to finding meaning in life, look no further than Tal Ben-Shahar’s Happier: Learn the Secrets to Daily Joy and Lasting Fulfillment . He’ll give you some specific and actionable tips to increase your joy today. Learn about this emotion in just 3 lessons: Happiness breeds success and all life goals point toward it. Balance your outlook on the present and future to get more joy in your life. Nurturing worthwhile relationshi...
Jul 31, 2022•59 min•Ep. 193
