The Mark Divine Show

Neil Pasricha is an author and speaker who is a well-known expert on creating happiness for both yourself and in your organization. He has written several books, including "The Happiness Equation," and, most recently, "How to Get Back Up: A Memoir of Failure & Resilience." He is also a speaker, giving an extremely popular TED talk.

Today, he talks to Mark about the formula for happiness. Being a "big fish" can give you more freedom than being in a "big pond." Happiness is a prime goal - "How to get happy" is one of the most popular Google searches Contentment is a part of happiness, but not the only ingredient

Listen to this episode to understand that happiness doesn't come from success, it's the other way around. Success comes from happiness.

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Neil Pasricha is an author and speaker who is a well-known expert on creating happiness for both yourself and in your organization. He has written several books, including “The Happiness Equation,” and, most recently, “How to Get Back Up: A Memoir of Failure & Resilience.” He is also a speaker, giving an extremely popular TED talk. Today, he talks to Mark about the formula for happiness.

• Being a “big fish” can give you more freedom than being in a “big pond.”
• Happiness is a prime goal – “How to get happy” is one of the most popular Google searches
• Contentment is a part of happiness, but not the only ingredient

Listen to this episode to understand that happiness doesn’t come from success, it’s the other way around. Success comes from happiness.

A panel discussion on leadership in a Volatile, Uncertain, complex and ambiguous world. Listen to get insights on leadership from several experts, including Bob Schoultz, Christine Hassler, Brent Gleeson, and Jim Brault.

Hear ideas on how to manage a multi-generational workforce Understand how and when money can fail or succeed as a motivator Learn about the need for real presence and authenticity in a leader

Listen to this episode for more insights on leadership in an increasingly complicated world from this group of experts.

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In this solo episode, Mark talks about the importance of courage in both the military and in business. You need to understand the place for courage as the relentless attention to detail and how you can make fear work for you.

Courage involves training and preparation, rather than just diving in. 

The opposite of fear is actually hubris, so fear can be a good thing.

You need to understand what you can and can't control in a VUCA environment Listen to this episode to learn how to be courageous in understanding and following your mission.

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In this solo episode, Mark talks about the importance of courage in both the military and in business. You need to understand the place for courage as the relentless attention to detail and how you can make fear work for you.

• Courage involves training and preparation, rather than just diving in.
• The opposite of fear is actually hubris, so fear can be a good thing.
• You need to understand what you can and can’t control in a VUCA environment

Listen to this episode to learn how to be courageous in understanding and following your mission.

James Fell is a well-known fitness and motivational expert. He has written in the LA Times, The Chicago Tribune, Men's Health, The Guardian and TIME.

He also runs bodyforwife.com and is most recently the author of "The Holy Sh!t Moment: How Lasting Change Can Happen in an Instant" 

He and Mark talk about epiphanies and making a radical change. He teaches how to go directly from intention to committed action

Listen to this episode to find out more about life-changing moments and how to change intention to action

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James Fell is a well-known fitness and motivational expert. He has written in the LA Times, The Chicago Tribune, Men’s Health, The Guardian and TIME. He also runs bodyforwife.com and is most recently the author of “The Holy Sh!t Moment: How Lasting Change Can Happen in an Instant” He and Mark talk about epiphanies and making a radical change. He teaches how to go directly from intention to committed action

Listen to this episode to find out more about life-changing moments and how to change intention to action

Chris Voss is the founder of the Black Swan Group which provides negotiation training for everyone from businesses to law enforcement. Chris has had a long career in law enforcement including the FBI. He worked in the US and internationally as a hostage negotiator. He has also taught negotiation in MBA programs at Georgetown and USC Marshall.

In addition, he is the author of the book "Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It." Today, he and Mark talk about Chris' long career as a negotiator and how to negotiate for business and other situations. Learn about: Three types of negotiator personalities: Fight, flight or friendly.

The successful negotiator must be all three types at different times. In Chris' opinion, "yes" is a useless word. "No" opens up the possibility for learning something. Language is very nuanced and subtle in negotiation.

Listen to this episode to hear about the seemingly small changes that can make negotiation successful or not.

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Jamie Wheal is an expert on the flow state, and is the Executive Director of the Flow Genome Project and a leading expert on the neuro-physiology of human performance.

He has also consulted with the military, Red Bull and professional sports teams, as well as Google and other companies.

With Stephen Kotler, he co-authored the book "Stealing Fire:  How Silicon Valley, the Navy SEALs, and Maverick Scientists Are Revolutionizing the Way We Live and Work." Today he talks with Mark about achieving peak performance and flow state.

Learn how: Aikido is one of the best martial arts for both philosophy and enlightenment There is a difference between "symptomatic" - or "hacked" flow - and "causal" flow, which is a product of work Flow is a process of neurobiology and neurochemistry

Hear how Jamie and the Flow Genome Project are working to make the flow state clear and accessible for all of us, so that we can all find a way to work at our peak abilities.

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Jamie Wheal is an expert on the flow state, and is the Executive Director of the Flow Genome Project and a leading expert on the neuro-physiology of human performance. He has also consulted with the military, Red Bull and professional sports teams, as well as Google and other companies. With Stephen Kotler, he co-authored the book “Stealing Fire:  How Silicon Valley, the Navy SEALs, and Maverick Scientists Are Revolutionizing the Way We Live and Work.” Today he talks with Mark about achieving peak performance and flow state.

Learn how:

• Aikido is one of the best martial arts for both philosophy and enlightenment
• There is a difference between “symptomatic” – or “hacked” flow – and “causal” flow, which is a product of work
• Flow is a process of neurobiology and neurochemistry

Hear how Jamie and the Flow Genome Project are working to make the flow state clear and accessible for all of us, so that we can all find a way to work at our peak abilities.