The Hidden Why Podcast

Suze Yalof Schwartz is the Founder and CEO of Unplug Meditation, the world's first drop-in secular meditation studio. She is also the author of Unplug: A Simple Guide to Meditation for Busy Skeptics and Modern Soul Seekers.

In 2012, Suze learned a three-minute meditation that changed her life forever. Once she discovered meditation, she was determined to keep doing it but she could not find a place to easily learn and practice. After taking hundreds of hours of classes, reading every book possible, and listening to podcasts and lectures from the world’s most famous meditation teachers, Suze realized that meditation needed a makeover.

Suze's mission is to make meditation simple, accessible, powerful and interesting enough so that everyone will want to practice it and experience the benefits for themselves. This is the value she shares in this interview.

There is no passion to be found playing small – in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living. Nelson Mandela In recent interviews I have been asked about following our passion and if it is possible for all us to achieve. Can you live your passion? Can … Continue reading 360: Leigh Martinuzzi | Can You Live Your Passions? What Does It Really Mean?

Graham Allcott is a best-selling author, speaker, social entrepreneur and the original ‘productivity ninja’. Armed with a mission to transform stuffy time management training courses into something more practical, human and fun, Graham founded Think Productive in April 2009. The company has since grown to spread the message of playful productivity across the UK … Continue reading 359: Replay with Graham Allcott – Productivity Tips, Techniques, Habits & Behaviours. Effectiveness = Success

“wisdom isn’t a body of information. It’s the moral quality of knowing what you don’t know and figuring out a way to handle your ignorance, uncertainty, and limitation.” David Brooks

This books studies and shares insights into what builds solid character. As David suggests this book is less about creating resume virtues and more so about creating eulogy virtues. The legacy of one’s life will be praised and remembered not for their successes but more so for their character. This book is not written to inspire and highlight success strategies, it is written for the fundamental purpose to inspire and highlight why character is paramount.

Forget What You Think You Know “Fuck what you know. You need to forget about what you know, that’s your problem. Forget about what you think you know about life, about friendship, and especially about you and me.” Tyler Durden – Fight Club To let go, to progress, to seek the answers to the most pressing … Continue reading 357: Leigh Martinuzzi – 3 Minute Thought: Forget What You Think You Know

Adam Force is a business professional, consultant and entrepreneur with over 15 years of experience. Working as Director of Strategic Marketing at WebMD, he’s developed digital content marketing strategies for some of the largest brands in the world.

Today, he is the founder of Change Creator, a multimedia platform dedicated to social entrepreneurship and redefining the role business plays in the world. This includes the first magazine app on iTunes and Google Play for social entrepreneurs.

In this episode we chat about social entrepreneurship - the why and the how.

Why Turning Off The TV Will Change Your Life

"The great distractions of life stop us from truly living, TV is the traditional favourite. We have become reliant on TV to entertain us, inform us, and help us make decisions. It is an external tool that defines us and in doing so binds us from leading a life we love. " Leigh Martinuzzi

I made a decision to turn off the TV a few years back and it was the best decision I made. Instead of watching hours of mindless or negative TV I read books. Books that inspired me, that educated me, that gave me more opportunities to observe my mind thus allow me to better understand and create a greater life.

Not all TV is bad, I for one still love a great fantasy or movie but it no longer consumes me. Like any addiction, habit is a result of continued behaviour that is difficult to break against one's strongest will.

This is one of my very first recorded solo shows launched as episode 045, that out of popularity I thought I would bring back. Enjoy!

I speak with Loretta Breuning again to discuss the happy chemicals as it relates to happiness. We are hard-wired to survive not hard wired to be happy. Perhaps happiness is an illusion. We revisit the happy chemicals as to why they exist and than dig deeper discussing self-discipline vs self-denial, ever expanding needs and how to balance the peaks and troughs, what is good and bad, cravings, choice and free will. Beautiful conversation.

Jocko Willink and Leif Babin are U.S. Navy seals who were leaders of a Seal task unit of a seemingly impossible mission in the Iraq war. Their mission was to secure the city of Ramadi that had become overrun by insurgents and considered one of the most violent battlefields. In their book “Extreme Ownership” they outline their story and the leadership lessons they learnt.

As we are our own greatest leaders in life - if we wish to lead our lives to success we have to take extreme ownership of our life. These principles are beneficial to us all.

Only What Can Suffer Is Real “Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.” Helen Keller If only that which can suffer is real how does that assist us  to focus and act on only what is truly … Continue reading 352: Leigh Martinuzzi – 3 Minute Thought: Only What Can Suffer Is Real