Michael Bungay Stanier interviews business leaders, writers, and other interesting folks about what’s inspired them and the challenges they’ve overcome in pursuing their Great Work.
If you’ve got too many plates spinning at once, feel overwhelmed by endless to do lists and no time to get stuff done, then my conversation with Lucy Jo Palladino, author of Find Your Focus Zone, is for you. Lucy is an award-winning psychologist and attention expert with thirty years of professional experience. In this conversation we dive into her eight key chains to help increase focus and manage distractions.
Lucy and I talk about many aspects of attention, including:
What she learned from Olympic athletes
How changing your state can increase you focus
The link between serotonin and attention
Why you should be copying the lifestyles of the calm and the focused
Being strategic is one of those buzzwords in corporate life. So many companies seek to become more strategic without really knowing what it means or if all the stakeholders are defining it in the same way. Can people really learn it? Is it one of those things that you either have or you don’t?
For answers, enter Julia Sloan, author of Learning to Think Strategically. She is an expert in teaching executives and global leaders how to do just that.
In this interview I talk with Julia about:
How strategic thinking is like positioning a lighthouse
The difference between complicated and complex
How a state of disequilibrium can produce innovative thought
Gina Amaro Rudan teaches that genius is something you can choose. She is the founder of Genuine Insights, an organization whose mission is the leverage the genius within each person and organization. She’s also the author of Practical Genius: The Real Smarts you Need to Get Your Passions and Talents Working for You. So in terms of my focus on great work and Gina’s focus on leveraging personal genius, we’re clearly dancing on the same floor.
Gina and I have a chat about:
The trauma of being excluded from the gifted class in grade school and how that haunted Gina for many years
How you can act on 6 simple ingredients to achieve extraordinary results and break free from “average”
Auditing your life to find the time-suckers
Diversifying your workouts to stimulate your mind
Leveraging the intersection between heart and mind, instead of hiding your true personality at work
Danielle LaPorte’s website has been called, “The best place online for kickass spirituality” and I am pumped to be speaking with her today. She’s about to release her new book The Fire Starter Sessions. I caught an early glimpse of … Continue reading →
Jeff Liker has been studying Toyota for 30 years. With a background in sociology and engineering, he’s been watching them from up close and taking the lessons learned to apply more broadly to organizations and leaders. He’s the author of … Continue reading →
If you’ve got too many plates spinning at once, feel overwhelmed by endless to do lists and no time to get stuff done, then my conversation with Lucy Jo Palladino, author of Find Your Focus Zone, is for you. Lucy is an award-winning psychologist and attention expert with thirty years of professional experience. In this conversation we dive into her eight key chains to help increase focus and manage distractions.
Gina Amaro Rudan teaches that genius is something you can choose. She is the founder of Genuine Insights, an organization whose mission is the leverage the genius within each person and organization. She’s also the author of Practical Genius: The Real Smarts you Need to Get Your Passions and Talents Working for You. So in terms of my focus on great work and Gina’s focus on leveraging personal genius, we’re clearly dancing on the same floor.