The Hidden Why Podcast

In this episode I discuss my experiences, challenges and learnings as I progress through a challenge that I set myself. The challenge is multifaceted and perhaps I have bitten of more than I can chew but I continue to progress and even as I slip-up and fail  I fight. There are many reflections one can … Continue reading 195: Leigh Martinuzzi| My Human Needs-Growth, Certainty, Uncertainty, Be Kind On Yourself

I believe we need to keep an open mind in life with everything we approach. This book is one of those. When anyone tells me to do something specific in order to live longer, not that it happens everyday, I don't jump all in. I instead seek to understand, remain open to the facts and my own experiences, assess and reflect on my own thoughts and assumptions, and then decide on what beliefs I will create.

Dr. Chopra shares five things that we can all do to extend our lives. The include drinking coffee, taking vitamin D, exercising, eating nuts, and meditating. If you have experience with any one of these, you will likely to be able to draw your own conclusions as to the benefits they have in your life. If you are not familiar you may just make assumptions based on your current knowledge level and thoughts. If that is the case this book makes for a very insightful read.

It might sound like I am blowing this book off, I am not. I really enjoyed this read and with my hand on my heart openly admit I have started drinking more coffee as a consequence, and perhaps a few more nuts. In no way does this book promote excess. Actually excess will really be determined by your current level of intake. If you currently drink 10 cups of coffee a day then Dr. Chopra’s view that 4-6 may be beneficial may cause you to reduce your intake. On exercise also, he doesn't claim that the more exercise you do the better off you are but that just doping exercise will be beneficial.

“Most people overestimate what they can do in one year and underestimate what they can do in ten years.” Bill Gates Discover your Hidden Why – Jump on the Discovery Call In this episode I share with you a quick thought on why it’s important to dream big but don’t wipe yourself out by overestimating what … Continue reading 192: Leigh Martinuzzi| 3 Minute Thought: Don’t Overestimate What You Can Achieve In A Year

Meet Tristan, passionate about finding the confident habits that let you live life on your own terms: To be happier, overcome your inner fears, and be more productive. He has made it his mission to study psychology and neuroscience, to find the routines that really work.

It started with a selfish 20 year self-discovery journey, but in the process he learnt such great lessons that he decided to share with others in his blog, Confident Habits. Taking what he learns, add the findings from his own experiments, and translate it all into easy and practical steps.

In this episode Tristan share how you can follow your passion while still working in your current career and why this act can help bring more passion into your life. We talk about 5 practical things we can all implement into our lives to help us grow our confidence and success, and even discuss ideas on how to start your own blog.

Enjoy this chat and please leave me your comments below. Peace, passion and purpose.

A Question to Ask Yourself “What’s It All For”  I have been curious recently and asking myself this question, “what’s it all for.” Not so much in regards to what life is all about – I asked the question many years ago and now think I am on the right path. But rather why do … Continue reading 190: Leigh Martinuzzi| A Question to Ask Yourself “What’s It All For”

“The situation is hopeless but its not serious.”

Dr. Raj Raghunathan studies the impact that people’s judgments and decisions have on their own happiness and fulfillment. Based on his research, he teaches a very successful course on Happiness around the world.

Fifteen years after getting his MBA, Raj Raghunathan spent some time with his old classmates. He noticed that though they'd all done well, there didn't appear to be much correlation between their academic success and career success. What Raj found even more curious was the even smaller correlation between career success and what he calls life success. The greater the career success, the more unhappy, out of shape, harried and distracted his friends were.

If intelligence helps with decision-making, smart people should naturally make better life choices. So why are so many of the smartest, brightest, most successful people profoundly unhappy? This lead him to researching and writing, If Your So Smart, Why Aren’t You Happy?

In this chat we discuss his book an happiness. It will give you a powerful new perspective on your work, personal goals and relationships, whether you're already successful or just starting out.

What a truly amazing life story. If you looked at Arnold’s life now without knowing his story you would not even begin to believe the journey he has taken to get there. This is why I love biographies of successful people, there is so much great insight, learnings and most of all inspiration. If you believe that what you dream is impossible, unreachable, then read this – you may just turn impossible into possible.

Arnold Schwarzenegger was born in Austria and as a kid had a fairly normal upbringing, at least for the time. Like any young boy he did boy things, tried to impress the girls, looked for adventure, sought passion to sink his teeth into and always looked for way to make a dime. Fast forward to today, Arnold has had an amazing array of success in life.

From the world champion and arguably the greatest bodybuilder of his time, to a number 1 action movie hero, and more recently Governor of California his achievements are none other than grand. They are not everyone’s dreams but none the less they are huge dreams achieved by a guy from a standard upbringing. Not to mention that majority of his success was made in America, a country he immigrated to at age 21 without limited knowledge of the language.

There is an over abundance of information that exists within the self-help industries and in general online. The successful say do this, the top 10 ways to be greater, the number 1 thing to do if you want more happiness. Here is my thought, like anything in life, you have to do what works for … Continue reading 187: Leigh Martinuzzi| 3 Minute Thought: Do What Works For You In Living Your Ideal Life

After leaving his corporate job Nick immersed himself in the world of thought leadership in the areas of personal and spiritual growth, creative expression and inspired business and leadership. Initially he did this through his involvement with Alternatives at Saint James’s in Piccadilly where he got to meet and host many of the leading voices on the planet. Then he began to find his own voice and thought leadership through speaking, coaching and ultimately writing.

His thought leadership has been born out of his own personal experience, struggles and triumphs. As he has pioneered in his own life in the areas of work, success, power, inspiration, creativity, entrepreneurship, fear and now leadership, he has now written about what has worked for him.

In this episode we discuss the Hero’s Journey. How to honor your soul and in the adventure of life discover inspiration within, face the resistance along the way and come out of living in the shadows of others lives.

Powerful conversation! I really hope you enjoy it and would love to hear your comments. Peace, passion and purpose.

We all put off following our dreams- fear of failure is a big reason for this. But if you could not fail what would you be doing in life?

I say dream big and keep your dreams alive. Don't let yourself or anyone else tell you that your dreams are unrealistic or impossible to reach, including yourself. The dreams I have are epic.

The truth is that as we grow into our adult hood and fall into the rat wheel of life, chasing our tails just to keep our head above water yet inevitably just going around in circles, our dreams fade. We mustn’t let go of them.