Enough

Today’s featured guest is Paul Jarvis.

The topic is “Enough.”

Let the show begin.

Guest bio.

Paul Jarvis is an entrepreneur and author of the new book, Company of One: Why Staying Small is the Next Big Thing for Business. He’s worked with professional athletes like Steve Nash and Shaquille O’Neal, corporate giants like Microsoft and Mercedes-Benz, and entrepreneurs with online empires like Danielle LaPorte and Marie Forleo.

Meaning

Today’s featured guest is Rob Scott.

The topic is “Meaning.”

Let the show begin.

Guest bio. 

Rob Scott is a Master Level Coach and the founder of Fundamental Shift, LLC. His work has influenced hundreds of thousands of people, helping to “shift their identities.” He helps them evolve their consciousness, and create profound changes in all aspects of their lives. The result of this shift is a person who is living to their full potential and achieving levels of success they once thought impossible to reach.

Preparing for What's Next

Michael McQueen is a multi-award winning speaker, trend forecaster and bestselling author of eight books. Today we talk about how we can all, in our business and personal best prepare now for what's next. There is always uncertainty and change and none of us can adequately predict what the future will hold. To help us navigate through change the will inevitably come we need to find hunger and humility and avoid complacency and arrogance. This is a thought-provoking and inspiring conversation that I think we can all reflect upon and benefit from. Enjoy!

Guest Bio.

With clients including KPMG, Pepsi and Cisco, he has helped some of the world’s most successful brands navigate disruption and maintain momentum.

Michael is a regular commentator on TV and radio and his work has featured in publications ranging from the UK Daily Mail to Medium.com and the Huffington Post. In addition, Michael is a familiar face on the international conference circuit having shared the stage with the likes of Bill Gates, Dr. John Maxwell and Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak.

Michael has spoken to over 500,000 people across 5 continents since 2004, and is known for his engaging, entertaining and practical conference presentations.

Having been recently named Australia’s Keynote Speaker of the Year, Michael was inducted into the Professional Speakers Hall of Fame.

Be Encouraged!

Today's feature guest is Michael Arterberry.

The Topic is BE ENCOURAGED.

Let the show begin.

Guest bio. 

As a teenager, Michael was fortunate to receive guidance from positive adult role models who helped him overcome adversities and set high expectations for his future. Grateful for the role these mentors played in his own development, Michael decided to dedicate his professional life to helping people navigate the difficulties of life and launch their future into motion. For more than 25 years, he has been helping teens and adults to use what they have gone through as a catalyst for success rather than an obstacle for failure.

Michael received the 2010 USA Network’s Characters Unite Award for exceptional commitment to combating prejudice and discrimination while increasing tolerance and acceptance within the community. He is also the recipient of the 2014 100 Men of Color Award for leadership in education, government, mentorship, entrepreneurial success and community service.

Michael is the author of "Be Encouraged: 250 Days of Motivation and Encouragement", a daily motivational book. Additional information about his struggles as a child and a debilitating spinal cord injury as an adult can be found in his wife's book "God was Holding My Hand".

Happiness

Today’s featured guest is Susanna Halonen.

The topic is “Happiness.”

Let the show begin!!!

Guest bio and links.

Susanna Halonen, also known as The Happyologist®, is a happiness life coach, motivational speaker, and writer. She uses the science of positive psychology to help you to kill your self-doubt, embrace positive thinking and build a lifestyle you love. She is the author of Screw Finding Your Passion, a published researcher, a TEDx speaker, and a regular commentator in the media from the BBC to The Huffington Post and more. Her corporate client list ranges across industries, including American Express, BMW, Kellogg’s, Lululemon Athletica and 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment to name a few. In her free time, she is a competitive dressage rider with Olympic ambitions. She adores dogs and believes we can learn a lot from our four-legged furry friends.

The Achievement Habit: Stop Wishing, Start Doing, and Take Command of Your Life

By Bernard Roth

This book flection is written and narrated by Leigh Martinuzzi

In this book, Bernard Roth discusses the power of design thinking to help you achieve goals you never thought possible. I for one believe a life without goals will be a purposeless life. Goals bring purpose to our lives. It gives us meaning and it raises our level of happiness. This book has a tonne of value to not only inspire us but also to assist us in better achieving our goals while navigating around the obstacles we will with no doubt face.

Without delving into too much into the content of this book I share my thoughts on the value of goals and then also some practical insight into how we can become better goals setters and use the to give our daily lives more purpose. It starts by understanding the Why.

Stoicism And Sustainability

Today I share my interview with Kai Whiting - researcher and lecturer in sustainability and Stoicism based at the University of Lisbon, Portugal. His main interests are how to better account for resource use and the practical application of Stoic philosophy to the challenges of the 21st century. And what better place to start than with the challenges we all face in the current global crisis.

What fascinated me about Kai was his early hunger as an Engineer to better understand the “why” we do what we do, which is why he now combines both stoic philosophy and sustainability to his work. A fantastic conversation about how we can use stoicism and key practices to live a more purposeful life. Ask why!

Guest Bio.

Kai Whiting is a researcher and lecturer in sustainability and Stoicism based at UCLouvain, Belgium. He Tweets @kaiwhiting and blogs over at StoicKai.com

Manual of Reformed Stoicism

A conversation with Piotr Stankiewicz and how modern Stoicism can guide a more purposeful life. Stoicism is considered a system of life which is bullet-proof, universal, viable and effective in every cosmic setting. In modern-day life we are faced with many challenges and certainly can get tangled up in all the is outside our control. Reformed Stoicism can help us enjoy and exercise our agency. In other words, it's about the flow of making autonomous and right decisions, and about celebrating our ability to make them.

These are interesting times that too will pass and Piotr shares much value to help us now and beyond. Please enjoy!

Guest Bio.

Piotr Stankiewicz Ph.D. (b. 1983) is a writer and philosopher. He is

the author of “Does Happiness Write Blank Pages? On Stoicism and

Artistic Creativity” (Vernon Press, 2018) and "Manual of Reformed

Stoicism" (Vernon Press, 2020) and a number of books in the Polish

language. He is captivated by the idea that Stoicism is not only a

school of philosophy from an antiquity textbook, but a viable

philosophy of life for modern times. Thus, he proposes reformed

Stoicism. This idea, alongside with the attempt to critically evaluate

the premises and promises of the Stoics, has been fuelling his work.

Stankiewicz has background in both philosophy and science. He is a

member of the “Modern Stoicism” team, i.e. an international network of

scholars and authors promoting Stoic philosophy. He is based in

Warsaw, Poland.

How To Be A Stoic with Massimo Pigliucci

Please enjoy my conversation with Massimo Pigliucci about his book How to Be a Stoic: Using Ancient Philosophy to Live a Modern Life. In it, we discuss the stigma’s that exist around Stoicism and why and leads our conversation towards understanding what Stoicism is all about while also investigating some of the fundamental principles that guide Stoics. It helps create a better understanding of why this philosophy can assist us in creating more meaningful lives.

Guest bio.

Prof. Pigliucci has a Ph.D. in Evolutionary Biology from the University of Connecticut and a Ph.D. in Philosophy from the University of Tennessee. He currently is the K.D. Irani Professor of Philosophy at the City College of New York. His research interests include the philosophy of biology, the relationship between science and philosophy, the nature of pseudoscience, and the practical philosophy of Stoicism.

5 Tips to Get Over a Creative Block

Written by Sabrina Alonso

Narrated by Leigh Martinuzzi

Everyone knows the feeling of being stuck every once in a while—whether you're a writer piecing together a novel, or an artist stumped for inspiration. In fact, even if you love your job, it's still possible (and completely normal) to hit a block. However, not everything is a sign that you should give up and throw in the towel. Sometimes, all you need is to take a step back and re-assess your current situation. More than anything, it's an opportunity to come back even more focused and realigned.

If that sounds like you, here are five things you can do to get over a creative block.