The Mark Divine Show

Today Mark is talking to Cal Newport about his new book A World Without Email: Reimagining Work in an Age of Communication Overload. Cal is a well-known digital minimalist and has been known to the Unbeatable Mind tribe since his first appearance on the show talking about his book Deep Work (Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World). Today he is talking about how email can be managed and how it has rewired our brains (not for the better).

Learn about:

• The hyperactive hive mind—we are not truly collaborating, so we end up getting stuck
• With emails, we force an interaction without proper facial cues and tone of voice— resulting in unnecessary misery to the recipient
• How our economy is now more dependant on knowledge work—yet thinking is becoming more difficult to do

Listen to this episode to hear more about how you can limit your email usage and become more productive as a whole.  

Today Mark is talking to Dr. Lara Pence, who is the Chief Mind Doc for the Spartan Race organization.

She is also the owner and founder of LIGHFBOX-a tool dedicated to exercise your mind and spark your curiosity.

She and the Commander discuss mental health and how you can ask better questions.

Learn how:

There is an often-overlooked connection between movement and mental health

We must ask ourselves better questions in order to get more insightful answers

Focusing on our strengths is much more effective than focusing on our limitations

Listen to this episode for insight on what questions to ask yourself and how you can spark your own curiosity.

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Today Mark is talking to Dr. Lara Pence, who is the Chief Mind Doc for the Spartan Race organization. She is also the owner and founder of LIGHFBOX—a tool dedicated to exercise your mind and spark your curiosity. She and the Commander discuss mental health and how you can ask better questions.

Learn how:

• There is an often-overlooked connection between movement and mental health
• We must ask ourselves better questions in order to get more insightful answers
• Focusing on our strengths is much more effective than focusing on our limitations

Listen to this episode for insight on what questions to ask yourself and how you can spark your own curiosity.

Patrick Sweeney is a well-known expert on how to manage fear so that you can use it.

He is known as "The Fear Guru" and is the author of the book Fear is Fuel. After a near-death experience, he decided that he needed to get past the fears that had always ruled his life.

Hear how: There's always a crisis to deal with, but you can choose to be a mouse or a leopard-let fear freeze you or use it to overcome In the civilian world, the OODA loop also has a B for "belief"-believe in yourself

Breathing has always been essential to handle fear-it's also scientifically proven

Listen to this episode to start getting out of uncertainty and thrive in this current VUCA world.

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Patrick Sweeney is a well-known expert on how to manage fear so that you can use it. He is known as “The Fear Guru” and is the author of the book Fear is Fuel. After a near-death experience, he decided that he needed to get past the fears that had always ruled his life.

Hear how:

• There’s always a crisis to deal with, but you can choose to be a mouse or a leopard—let fear freeze you or use it to overcome
• In the civilian world, the OODA loop also has a B for “belief”—believe in yourself
• Breathing has always been essential to handle fear—it’s also scientifically proven

Listen to this episode to start getting out of uncertainty and thrive in this current VUCA world.

In today's solo episode, Mark talks to us about the Sheepdog mindset and how to always be prepared.

You need to be able to win in your mind before the fight even happens, and learn how to find victory where it's really at.

Hear about: Making yourself an undesirable target Developing your single point focus

How uncommon resolve is required for any worthy goal.

Listen to this episode to get a better understanding of how to be prepared and develop the offensive mindset to visualize victory.

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Today Mark is talking to Bedros Keuilian, entrepreneur, author and speaker. He is the founder of Fit Body Boot Camp, and in this wide-ranging conversation, they talk about business, mental health, therapy and learning how to become a man.

Most recently, Bedros wrote the book "Man Up: How to Cut the Bullshit and Kick Ass in Business (and in Life)," about how he survived and escaped communist Armenia and an abusive relationship with his father.

Listen to this episode to hear how you can deal with baggage, so that you can get everything else in order.

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Today Mark is talking to Bedros Keuilian, entrepreneur, author and speaker. He is the founder of Fit Body Boot Camp, and in this wide-ranging conversation, they talk about business, mental health, therapy and learning how to become a man. Most recently, Bedros wrote the book “Man Up: How to Cut the Bullshit and Kick Ass in Business (and in Life),” about how he survived and escaped communist Armenia and an abusive relationship with his father.

Listen to this episode to hear how you can deal with baggage, so that you can get everything else in order.

Today Commander Divine is talking with Peter Treagan, well-known environmentalist and the founder of the Tradewinds nonprofit organization dedicated to securing the homeland of the Kogi people in South America.

The Kogi are driven to care for the environment of the planet as a whole, and they see themselves as caretakers for the natural world.

Mark and Peter talk extensively about the Kogi lands and the spiritual mandate that Peter has taken on for their preservation.

Listen to this episode for inspiration and a better understanding of our own responsibility for the care of the natural world.

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Today Commander Divine is talking with Peter Treagan, well-known environmentalist and the founder of the Tradewinds nonprofit organization dedicated to securing the homeland of the Kogi people in South America. The Kogi are driven to care for the environment of the planet as a whole, and they see themselves as caretakers for the natural world. Mark and Peter talk extensively about the Kogi lands and the spiritual mandate that Peter has taken on for their preservation.

Listen to this episode for inspiration and a better understanding of our own responsibility for the care of the natural world.