The Hidden Why Podcast

“However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results.” Winston Churchill.

Hailed by a New York Times reporter as "someone who has quietly become one of the most influential people in America," Andy Andrews is the author of the New York Times bestsellers How Do You Kill 11 Million People?, The Noticer, The Traveler's Gift, and recently The Little Things. He is also an in-demand speaker for the world's largest organizations.

Zig Ziglar said, "Andy Andrews is the best speaker I have ever seen."

In this episode Andy shares his wisdom to help inspire each of us to live a more meaningful life. We discuss his book, The Little Things, which is all about why we should sweet the small stuff as it these little things that can make BIG difference in our lives.

“Before you can control conditions, you must first control yourself. Self mastery is the hardest job you’ll ever tackle. If you do not conquer self, you will be conquered by self. You may see at one at the time both your best friend and greatest enemy by stepping in front of a mirror.” Napoleon Hill … Continue reading 330: Leigh Martinuzzi | Self-Control, Discipline, Consistency, Leadership & Mastery

Summary “The only advantage you can have these days is truth and you can only have truth from experience.” In this episode I was grateful to speak with Joel Brown, millennial entrepreneur creating success online. We discuss his journey to success that was inspired and developed by seeking out other greater mentors and looking for … Continue reading 229: Joel Brown | Replay: Founder of Addicted-2-Success – #1 Personal Development Website

Sam Harris writes on the topics of neuroscience, religion, meditation, politics and philosophy and in this book Waking Up Sam share's an insightful perspective on how one can lead a spiritual existence without religion.

Sam provides knowledge of truth of consciousness and self and highlights how we can find deeper happiness by living a contemplative life. An amazing read! Full review here at The Hidden Why.

“We must all suffer one of two things: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret or disappointment.” Jim Rohn Self-control and discipline. In many ways I am a master and in many ways I am not. What I know is that discipline and to more extent self-control is what I really desire to … Continue reading 327: Leigh Martinuzzi | 3 Minute Thought: Discipline A Leadership Skill & A Key To Success

“A well-defined problem seeks its own solution.”

Mike Bundrant, co-founder of iNLP Center, is an NLP Master Trainer, INA Fellow and retired psychotherapist. He is also author of Your Achilles Eel: Overcome the Hidden Cause of Negative Emotions, Bad Decisions and Self-Sabotage. You can find Mike at inlpcenter.org.

In this inspiring chat we start of talking about NLP and how it can be used not only benefit others but ourselves. This extends into a deep conversation about mindfulness, becoming a better observer of the problems in our live and in the process better defining our problems. From there taking ownership of them so we can seek out greater solutions. It’s a talk about the conscious and unconscious mind and how masterful it is in shaping our lives.

"A man who gives way to pleasure will be swept away by craving and his thoughts will make him suffer, like waves." Dhammapada v. 339

Last week I discussed how we can go about discovering deeper happiness in our lives by understanding our Happy Chemicals.

This week I will be discussing how by letting go of our cravings, of both the past and future, can help us dissolve the disillusions of cravings to allow us to become more present. This sense of ease with accepting the moment as it is, pleasant or unpleasant, can bring us towards deeper happiness.

I hope you enjoy!

Greg Levoy, author of Vital Signs: Discovering and Sustaining Your Passion for Life and Callings: Finding and Following an Authentic Life, shares what it means to follow your passion versus taking action based on security. We talk about how to begin to take action, how to connect with passions and how to discover your calling … Continue reading 324: Greg Levoy Replay | A Meaningful Life is not a Secure Job & Pay Check – It’s Contribution, Significance & Peace

‘The desire to win and passion for what you’re doing. Nothing happens without passion and desire.” Malcolm Gladwell

An inspiring and insightful read about what makes success. Malcolm Gladwell wrote this book out of his own personal frustrations. He was tired of the overly simple explanation of what makes someone or something a success. In his words the successful are noted as being so because, “they’re really smart,” or “they’re really ambitious.” The desire was to search deeper for the real truth.

An outlier is a person or thing that is detached from the main body or system. A movie that is incredibly successful despite a low budget and unknown director. A day in summer that is untypical cold. People who are great at what they do even when observed from an outsider’s perspective as being quite ordinary. When people, things or events are extremely left of right of what is average or normal it is often an indication that it’s an outlier.

“A good teacher can inspire hope, ignite the imagination, and instill a love of learning.” Brad Henry Teaching is a great way of self-expression, it is also a method for improving the lives of others. I believe we all have something we can teach, something that we can give others. To contribute and make impact the … Continue reading 322: Leigh Martinuzzi | 3 Minute Thought- We All Have Something To Teach