Rebound Talks

Michelle Poler is the Founder of Hello Fears, a social movement that has reached over 70 million people worldwide and has empowered thousands to step outside of the comfort zone and tap into their full potential. She has been invited to speak at places such as TEDx, Google, Yum Brands, Facebook, Wells Fargo, ESPN, Netflix, Procter and Gamble, Microsoft, Toyota, and many more. She is also the creator of the project 100 Days Without Fear (where she faced 100 fears in 100 days), a public speaker, and author of the book “Hello Fears: Crush your comfort zone and become who you are meant to be". Some questions I ask: (04:30) What do you think that the root cause to all these fears was? (10:00) What do you do to be more courageous? (19:23) What would you say to someone that values comfort over courage? (31:20)I would love for you to explain this fear facing process that you have developed and how we should tackle each stage?

"What really matters is your love for something, that's the reality of the world" Ken Mogi is a neuroscientist, best-selling author, and broadcaster based in Tokyo, Japan. He is a senior researcher at Sony Computer Science Laboratories and a professor at the Tokyo Institute of Technology. Ken has written over 100 books on popular science, essay, criticism, and self-help. His books have sold nearly one million copies. In 2012, he was Japan's first TED speaker. In this interview we focus on his first book in English titled “Awakening Your Inner Ikigai”. Also, how to find ikigai or purpose in your life, mindfulness, the dangers of AI, much more. Some questions I ask: (02:07) What does IKIGAI mean? (03:44) How can someone cultivate IKIGAI in their life? (08:22) In a culture that is obsessed with overnight successes, how can we teach them to start small? (36:40) How is the “focusing illusion” luring people to pursue the wrong things in life? (44:58) How can people that believe in the western conception of GOD, learn from the Japanese belief of 8 million gods and start to appreciate the small things in life?

“I don't need easy, I just need possible.” - Her story is most notably known as one of the biggest comeback stories of our era, Bethany Hamilton has become synonymous with inspiration. At the age of 13 as a rising surf star, Bethany lost her left arm to a 14-foot tiger shark, which seemed to end her dream career. However, one month after the attack, Bethany returned to surfing and within two years had won her first national surfing title. At 17 years old, she realized her dream of surfing professionally, and she is still an active surf competitor to this day. Bethany has been able to touch millions of people with her faith message, charitable efforts, and overall spirit. You might know her from her film soul surfer, her new documentary unstoppable, or from her many interviews including one with Oprah. In this interview, we talk about how Bethany fosters this immense belief in herself, how she handles fear, and what inspired her to keep pursuing her purpose no matter what. Some Questions I ask: (02:00) What does being unstoppable mean to you? (03:35) How do you manage to remain positive no matter what? (08:37) How do you foster this immense belief in yourself? (13:02) What do you do mentally to be able to surf such big waves (how do you handle fear?)? (21:43) Where do you get your inspiration?

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Melanie is an Internationally recognised Narcissistic Abuse Recovery Expert and the founder of  Narcissistic Abuse Recovery Program (NARP), which has now touched the lives of 10 million people from over 100 different countries. She is the author of ‘You Can Thrive After Narcissistic Abuse‘, which became an Amazon bestseller in days. Her sole mission is to educate and show people that there is a way to heal from abuse and thrive no matter how old you are, what you have lost, how broken you might feel, and even if abuse is all that you have ever known. Some questions I ask: (03:21) How common is this narcissistic personality disorder? (05:44) How can you know if your partner is a narcissist? (13:15) You recommend that we heal ourselves from inside first? (23:27) How did you come by this quanta freedom technique that you use?

Michael J. Gelb is a pioneer in the fields of creative thinking, innovative leadership, and executive coaching. He is the author of 17 books, including How to Think Like Leonardo Da Vinci, Discover Your Genius, Innovate Like Edison, and The Art of Connection: 7 Relationship Building Skills Every Leader Needs Now. In 1999, Michael was honored as "Brain Of the Year" by the Brain Trust Charity. Gelb's work has been featured in The New York Times, The Washington Post and Training Magazine. Some questions I ask: (01:30) I want to start by discussing how the Black Death could have ultimately given birth to the renaissance? (07:04) What sparked your curiosity in Leonardo Da Vinci, and how did you go about decoding such an incredible genius? (11:05) How can we spark that love for learning? (20:15) What are Leonardo Da Vinci's 7 principles, and what are some techniques we can start implementing? (47:18) How do psychedelics help you understand this "interconnectedness" between humans? 

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Dean Radin, PhD, is Chief Scientist at the Institute of Noetic Science (IONS) and Associated Distinguished Professor of Integral and Transpersonal Psychology at the California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS). For over three decades he has been engaged in research on the frontiers of consciousness. He is author or co-author of hundreds of scientific, technical, and popular articles, four dozen book chapters, and four popular books including the Scientific and Medical Network’s 1997 book award, The Conscious Universe , Entangled Minds, a 2014 Silver Nautilus Book Award, Supernormal, and Real Magic. 

Some questions I ask: (12:04) How can humans tap into universal consciousness?  (17:40) What is the science behind these affirmations and visualizations? (27:44)What was one experiment that completely shattered your belief system? (30:31) How did you get recruited to a secret government program? (34:16) What do speculate is going on in Area 51?

Patrick James McGinnis is a venture capitalist that has invested in two unicorns. He coined the term FOMO (Fear of Missing Out) and FOBO (Fear of Better Options). He is the creator and host of the hit podcast FOMO Sapiens, which is distributed by Harvard Business Review and has achieved over 2 million downloads. He is also an international bestseller with his book The 10% Entrepreneur: Live Your Startup Dream Without Quitting Your Day Job. He recently released his new book FOMO: Practical Decision-Making in a World of Overwhelming Choice.

Some questions I ask: (06:28) When do you think that FOMO gets to the extent that it's harming you, when is it actually toxic to have so much FOMO? (08:21) What can we do to fight back? What can we do so we don’t have to suffer from all this FOMO? (13:55)  So what can people do to make better decisions and not keep dueling on other alternatives? (17:15) And is this problem of FOBO somehow fueling narcissism? (20:25) How can you help one of your friends that you notice has a lot of FOBO? (30:28) I also want to talk about how companies, especially startups, have used the terms FOMO and FOBO to drive people to buy and drive sales.

“When you think about pain, and you think about misery. It’s all in the mind.” TIME magazine named him one of the "Top 100 Most Influential People in the World." Men's Fitness hailed him as one of the fittest men on the planet. He is also an internationally recognized endurance athlete and NY Times bestselling author. Among his many accomplishments, he has run 350 continuous miles, foregoing sleep for three nights. He's run across Death Valley in 120-degree temperatures, and he's run a marathon to the South Pole in negative 40 degrees. We are going to be talking about finding your passion, changing your relationship with pain, Dean mentions some insane stories about his runs, and finally, the unique diet that he uses. 

Some questions I ask: (04:08) what would you tell college students that want to focus solely on the money? (6:00) What advice would you give to someone that is struggling to find their passion, I am curious as to how you found out that running was your life’s purpose? (09:02) What is the thing that has impacted you the most from running such long distances? (16:24) How do you think that a regular guy like me that goes running every once in a while, or a regular college student could build this discipline over the mind and this control over the body? (20:50) Do you think that this focusing on the pain could help people that might be going through emotional pain? (24:27) if you had a billboard for the whole world to see, what would you put in it?

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“Everything we do, we do for one reason. And that one reason is to escape discomfort.” Nir Eyal writes, consults, and teaches about the intersection of psychology, technology, and business. The M.I.T. Technology Review dubbed Nir, "The Prophet of Habit-Forming Technology." He founded two tech companies since 2003 and has taught at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and the Hasso Plattner Institute of Design at Stanford. He is the author of two bestselling books, Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products and Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life. 

Some questions I ask: (5:00) How big is this distraction problem that we have now compared to previous generations? (8:59) Is discomfort the root cause for all of this distraction? (20:14) How can people set up their phones so that they don’t get distracted? (24:41) What tools can we use to hack-back social media?

These are some of the links to learn more about Nir Eyal:

NirAndFar.com/Indistractable

The schedule maker tool I mentioned is here: https://nirandfar.com/schedule-maker/

Summary article: https://www.nirandfar.com/skill-of-the-future/

"You increase your odds of growth if you are able to tell a better story. If you are able to look on the bright side. Able to find the silver lining.” Dr. Jonathan Haidt is an American social psychologist and professor of ethical leadership at NYU Stern. He was recently named one of the world's top 50 thinkers and is the New York Times best-selling author of The Righteous Mind and The Coddling of the American Mind.  He also has 3 ted talks all of them with multiple million views. 

Some questions I ask: (5:31) Are we going to have some sort of post-traumatic growth after the coronavirus? (7:57) How can people draw lessons from this adversity? (14:51) Are you always going to benefit from adversity? Or do you need to do it in a specific way? (18:55) How often do you have to rewrite your narrative? (22:08) A lot of it is internal but there are also some external factors what might those be (talking about happiness)? (31:45) Now that university students are getting caught up in this rat race how can they find purpose there? (35:07) Can psychedelics help you find your purpose? 

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