Young and Profiting (YAP) with Hala Taha: Entrepreneurship and Self-Improvement Podcast

Want to make better decisions?

In this episode, we are talking with Dr Maya Shankar, behavioural scientist and podcast host. Maya is currently the Senior Director of Behavioral Economics at Google and is the Creator, Host, and Executive Producer of “A Slight Change of Plans”, a podcast with Pushkin Industries. Maya previously served as a Senior Advisor in the Obama White House, where she founded and served as Chair of the White House's Behavioral Science Team — a team of scientists charged with improving public policy using research insights about human behaviour. In 2016, Maya served as the first Behavioral Science Advisor to the United Nations.

Maya completed a post-doctoral fellowship in cognitive neuroscience at Stanford, after receiving a PhD from Oxford on a Rhodes Scholarship and a B.A. from Yale in cognitive science. She has been profiled by the New Yorker and has been featured in the New York Times, Scientific American, Forbes, and on NPR's All Things Considered, Freakonomics, and Hidden Brain.

Today’s episode discusses Maya’s childhood as a violin prodigy, how she became a student at Juilliard’s pre-college program, and her career journey. We’ll also talk about Maya’s job at the White House, some common behavioural scientist concepts like the Sunk Cost Fallacy and Nudging, and how we, as humans, can make more realistic decisions.

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Check out our website to meet the team, view show notes and transcripts: www.youngandprofiting.com

Timestamps:

02:44 - Maya's Childhood and Hand injury. 

05:41 - How Maya got into Julliard

08;29 - Maya's lessons as a pro violinist. 

11:19 - What is Behavioural and Cognitive Science. 

22:35 - The Suncoast Fallacy. 

25:50 - When is it time to move on? 

27:21 - Maya's Journey in Obama's White House. 

35:02 - Being Creative and Optimistic in every situation. 

37;39 - What is Nudging? 

44:02 - Why is it hard to change people's minds? 

46:29 - Nudging in business and professional life.

50:27 - How to make realistic decisions? 

53:30 - The Peak End Rule. 

54:05 - The IKEA Effect 

54:32 - Maya's Podcast. 

59;48 - Maya's Secret to Profiting in Life

Mentioned In The Episode:

Maya’s Podcast, A Slight Change of Plans: https://mayashankar.com/podcast

Maya’s Website: https://mayashankar.com/

Join Hala for a live recorded episode of Young and Profiting podcast featuring Emily Fletcher and Tom Cronin, experts in meditation and mindfulness. They will share actionable advice on how meditation can positively impact your health, explaining the different types of meditation, and more!

Do you struggle to live authentically?

In this episode, we are chatting with Joel Brown, mentor, coach, podcast host, and visionary expert. Joel founded the #1 motivation website Addicted2Success.com with hundreds of millions of views worldwide. His Addicted2Success podcast has achieved more than 3.2 Million downloads.

Joel has traveled the world teaching thousands of people how to stand in their vision for success so they can turn their dreams into a reality. He’s worked alongside the likes of Tony Robbins, The Dalai Lama, Deepak Chopra, Gary Vaynerchuk, Grant Cardone, Jay Shetty, and Simon Sinek. He’s been featured in Forbes, Inc., Entrepreneur, SUCCESS Magazine, The Huffington Post, and Foundr to name a few.

In this episode, we talk about how Joel started out his career in radio and music, his top tips for networking, and the importance of moving past revenue. We’ll also chat about how to create a 10-year vision, the importance of being guided by your values, and the reason to always focus on inspiration versus motivation. If you’re looking to level up your life and get serious about your vision, you do not want to miss this episode!

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Social Media: 

Follow YAP on IG: www.instagram.com/youngandprofiting

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Check out our website to meet the team, view show notes and transcripts: www.youngandprofiting.com

Timestamps:

01:02 - What Joel Was Like As a Teenager And How He Became Inspired

05:40 - How Joel Got Into Radio

14:06 - Joel’s Top Tips for Networking

18:40 - What Happened After Joel Realized Music Wasn’t For Him

23:51 - How To Create a 10-Year Vision

30:29 - Why You Should Focus on Inspiration Versus Motivation

37:40 - How To Move Past Revenge to Meaning

47:46 - The Way To Be Guided By Your Values

55:41 - Why Self-Sabotage Doesn’t Exist

59:36 - How To Become a Better Negotiator

1:04:56 - Joel’s Secret to Profiting in Life

Mentioned In The Episode:

Joel’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iamjoelbrown/?hl=en

Joel’s Podcast: https://www.iamjoelbrown.com/podcast/

Joel’s Website: https://www.iamjoelbrown.com/

Joel’s Coaching Program: https://www.iamjoelbrown.com/coach/

Do you struggle to live authentically?

In this episode, we are chatting with Sarah Centrella, best-selling author and the premier manifesting expert. She is a two-time bestselling author of Hustle Believe Receive and #FutureBoards and the creator of #FutureBoards, and the #HBRMethod. As a Master Life Coach, Sarah has worked with professional athletes, celebrities and thousands of people around the world, helping them create and manifest their dream life.

​As a sought-after keynote speaker, Sarah has shared the stage with Ed Mylett, Alex Rodriguez, Sheri Salata, Joan Lunden, Lori Harder, Bravo’s Dianne Valentine, the cast of WAGS on E! and many others. Sarah has been featured by: The Wall Street Journal, ABC News, Cosmopolitan, Girls Life Magazine, Women’s World, The New York Times, Inc. Magazine, OK! Good Morning America and many others.

In today’s episode, we discuss the most pivotal moment in Sarah’s life, how she recovered from her life falling apart, and the way she first realized the power of manifestation. We’ll also discuss the power of your dreams, how to create a future board (and why it’s better than a vision board), and how to break out of a negative cycle. If you’re looking to get into manifesting your reality, this is a must-listen!

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Social Media: 

Follow YAP on IG: www.instagram.com/youngandprofiting

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Check out our website to meet the team, view show notes and transcripts: www.youngandprofiting.com

Timestamps:

00:03:10 - The Most Pivotal Point in Sarah’s Life

00:09:32 - How Sarah Knew She Had to Leave Her Marriage

00:11:32 - The Ways Sarah Picked Up The Pieces of Her Life

00:15:13 - How Sarah Noticed She Was Manifesting Reality

00:19:16 - The Point Where Sarah Decided To Write a Book

00:28:05 - The Eight Steps to The HBR Method and How To Dream

00:34:15 - The Power of Your Dreams

00:38:08 - How Your Envision Your Future

00:42:51 - Vision Boards Versus Future Boards

00:45:55 - The Five Categories of Vision Boards

00:49:28 - The Most Incredible Thing Sarah Has Manifested

00:56:43 - How To Break a Cycle 

01:00:19 - Sarah’s Secret to Profiting in Life

Mentioned In The Episode:

Sarah’s Website: https://www.sarahcentrella.com/

Sarah’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sarahcentrella/

Sarah’s Book: https://www.sarahcentrella.com/my-books

Join Hala for a Live episode of Young and Profiting Podcast featuring Andrew Sather and David Ahern, hosts of Investing For Beginners Podcast and Rachel Podnos O’Leary, Financial Planner and Author of 21st Century Wealth. They will share actionable advice on making all of the best money moves in order to achieve financial independence, stability, and freedom.

Meet The Moderators: 

Rachel Podnos O'Leary is a Certified Financial Planner and the author of 21st Century Wealth: The Millennial’s Guide to Achieving Financial Independence. While her clients span a variety of ages and backgrounds, Rachel is particularly passionate about working with other millennials to help them achieve financial independence through wealth building. Rachel is also a licensed attorney and member of the Florida Bar. 

David Ahern is the Co-host of the ‘Investing For Beginners Podcast’, a Self-taught investor who focuses on companies he can invest in and hold for a long time. He is also inspired by and eager to find the intrinsic value of companies, and uses that to calculate a margin of safety into any company that he buys.

Andrew Sather is the co-host of ‘The Investing for Beginners Podcast’, which has received over 1.5 million total downloads. A self-taught investor with nine years of experience, he specializes in identifying value traps and avoiding stock market bankruptcies. He is also the publisher of eInvestingforbeginners.com and the daily email newsletter, The Sather Research eLetter.

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Check out our website to meet the team, view show notes and transcripts: www.youngandprofiting.com

Do you struggle to live authentically?

In today’s episode, we are talking with Coach Mike Bayer, best-selling author and celebrity personal development coach. His mission is to help people achieve sound mental health in order to become their best selves. He also has his own podcast, Always Evolving With Coach Mike Bayer, sits on Dr. Phil’s advisory board, and makes regular appearances on programs such as Dr. Phil, The Doctors, and Dr.Oz.

Mike spent the earlier years of his career as a drug and alcohol counselor (CADC-II) and board registered interventionist (BRI-II). In 2005 Mike founded CAST Centers - a leading dual-diagnosis treatment center located in Los Angeles, California. He has a highly reputable track record helping A-List celebrities heal and recover. Mike has worked in the field in a variety of capacities including team-building within corporations, keynote speaking for numerous events and fortune 100 companies, as well as providing creative workshops. 

In this episode, we talk about Mike’s childhood and high school years which were filled with drug use, how he found the courage to come out, and his advice to anyone struggling to live their authentic lives. We’ll also touch on Mike’s best-self ritual, how you can identify your core values, and how it only takes one decision to change your life.

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Social Media: 

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Check out our website to meet the team, view show notes and transcripts: www.youngandprofiting.com

Timestamps:

00:03:17 - Mike's Childhood 

00:06:35 - How Mike got the courage to come out. 

00:09:50 - Mike's Advice to someone who is scared to come out and be Authentic. 

00:11:28 - Why did Mike do drugs in High School? 

00:15:11 - Mike's addiction in college. 

00:19:13 - Mike's life in Sobriety. 

00:27:02 - Did Mike have any formal Training ? 

00:28:50 - You can follow your passion and make it as big as you want. 

00:32:45 - The Best Self + Mike's Wizard 

00:39:22 - Mike's New Book - 'One Decision'

00:42:23 - How One Decision is Related to Authenticity? 

00:44:50 - Culture Vs Nature. 

00:46:35 - How to Identify Who You Are and be Authentic? 

00:50:06 - The REV Acronym 

00:51:46 - Breaking Down the Acronym FORCE. 

00:56:07 - Rigid Mindset Vs Relaxed Mindset. 

00:57;51 - Mike's Secret to Profiting in Life.

Mentioned In The Episode:

Website: https://coachmikebayer.com/

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mike-bayer-545971187/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/coachmikebayer/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/coachmikebayer

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/CoachMikeBayer

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/coachmikebayer/

Podcast: https://www.coachmikebayer.com/podcast

Books:

Be Your Best Self https://coachmikebayer.com/books/be-your-best-self

Best Self https://coachmikebayer.com/books/best-self

One Decision

https://coachmikebayer.com/books/one-decision

Join Hala for a live Young and Profiting Podcast episode featuring expert Intuitionist Laura Day, hypnotherapist Amy E. Smith and psychologist and author of A Happier You, Scott Glassman. This panel discussion will explore how we can achieve true happiness in a world still feeling the effects of the pandemic, as well as offer tips and tricks to nurture happiness in our day-to-day lives. 

*** MEET THE MODERATORS***

Laura Day is a bestselling author, world-renowned “Psychic to the Stars”, international speaker, and corporate advisor for Fortune 500 companies. She helps people, organizations, and companies use their intuition to create meaningful change in their lives.

Amy E. Smith is a certified and credentialed life coach and hypnotherapist, masterful speaker, and personal empowerment expert. Amy is also the founder of Joy Junkie Enterprises and the host of the Joy Junkie Podcast. Through Joy Junkie she uses her roles as a coach and speaker to help motivate people to address issues of self-confidence while teaching them to embrace radical joy. 

Scott Glassman, Psy.D. is a psychologist and author of A Happier You: A Seven-Week Program to Transform Negative Thinking into Positivity and Resilience (New Harbinger, 2021). His seven-week wellness program, A Happier You ®, has been featured on SiriusXM, NPR, and CBS News as a syndicated feature. Dr.Glassman is also a member of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers and has been a speaker at many national and regional organizations, including the American Psychological Association. He is also a periodic contributor to the Health Section of The Philadelphia Inquirer.

Social Media:

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Check out our website to meet the team, view show notes and transcripts: www.youngandprofiting.com

Calm that internal chatter!

In this episode, we are talking with Ethan Kross, one of the world’s leading experts on controlling the conscious mind, best-selling author, and an award-winning professor at the University of Michigan. Ethan studies how the conversations people have with themselves impact their health, performance, decisions and relationships. His book, Chatter: The Voice in Our Head, Why it Matters and How to Harness It, is a national bestseller and was chosen as one of the best new books of the year by the Washington Post, CNN and USA Today.

Ethan’s research has been published in Science, The New England Journal of Medicine, and The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, among other peer-reviewed journals. He has participated in policy discussion at the White House and has been interviewed on CBS Evening News, Good Morning America, Anderson Cooper Full Circle, and NPR’s Morning Edition. His pioneering research has been featured in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The New Yorker, Harvard Business Review, USA Today, The Economist, The Atlantic, Forbes, and Time. 

In today’s episode, we talk about how Ethan first got interested in introspection, the power of internal dialogue, and the wide spectrum of chatter. We’ll also dive deeper into the connection between emotion and pain, actionable tools you can use when you experience chatter, and the best ways to get in ‘the zone’ in a short amount of time!

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Timestamps:

00:35 - What Sparked Ethan’s Interest in Introspection

04:38 - How Internal Dialogue is The Brain’s Swiss Army Knife

09:43 - The Spectrum of Chatter

13:30 - The Connection Between Emotions and Pain

16:08 - How Ethan Got Out of His Negative Thought Loop

25:52 - What Not To Do When Experiencing Chatter

29:57 - Strategies To Be a Good Advisor to Problems

38:20 - Tools in The Chatter Toolbox

44:01 - Ways To Refocus in a Short Amount of Time

52:55 - Perspective on Focusing on The Present Versus The Future

56:47 - How to Deal With The Ever-Digital World

1:05:31 - Ethan’s Secret to Profiting in Life

Mentioned in the Episode:

Ethan’s Website: https://www.ethankross.com/

Ethan’s Book, Chatter: https://www.ethankross.com/chatter/

Ethan’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/ethan_kross

Social Media: 

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Check out our website to meet the team, view show notes and transcripts: www.youngandprofiting.com

Join Hala Taha for a Live Young and Profiting Podcast Episode with Stanford University Behavior Scientist BJ Fogg. They will discuss innovative habit forming changes to help influence new behavior for good! BJ is an expert in behavior science and is the bestselling author of Tiny Habits: The Small Changes That Change Everything.

***Meet the Moderators***

BJ Fogg - An American social scientist, author, and research associate at Stanford University. 

BJ Is the founder and director of the Stanford Persuasive Technology Lab, later renamed as Behavior Design Lab.

Founded the Behavior Design Lab at Stanford University where he directs research and innovation. In addition, he teaches industry innovators how to use his models and methods in Behavior Design. The purpose of his research and teaching is to help millions of people improve their lives.

Developed the Fogg Behavior Model - a model that shows that three elements must converge at the same moment for a behavior to occur: Motivation, Ability, and a Prompt. When a behavior does not occur, at least one of those three elements is missing.

BJ is the Author of Tiny Habits: The Small Changes That Change Everything 

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Check out our website to meet the team, view show notes and transcripts: www.youngandprofiting.com

Be effortless!

In today’s episode, we are talking with Greg McKeown, best-selling author and CEO. Greg’s break-out book, Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less, a New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller. The book is frequently ranked as a #1 Time Management book on Amazon, and challenges core assumptions about achievement to get to the essence of what really drives success.

Greg is the CEO of McKeown Inc. Clients include Adobe, Apple, Google, Facebook, Pixar, Salesforce.com, Symantec, Twitter, VMware and Yahoo!. His writing has appeared or been covered by The New York Times, Fast Company, Fortune, HuffPost, Politico, and Inc. Magazine. He is among the most popular bloggers for the Harvard Business Review and LinkedIn’s Influencers group: averaging a million views a month. McKeown has been interviewed on numerous television and radio shows including NPR, NBC, and FOX. 

In this episode, we talk about Greg’s path from studying to be a lawyer to becoming a writer, the definition of Essentialism, and how we can decide what’s ‘essential.’ We’ll also discuss the three steps to being effortless, how to make essential work more fun, and how to achieve residual results with your work. If you’re a high-achiever and looking to step up your productivity without dedicating all your time, this is a must-listen!

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Social Media:

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Check out our website to meet the team, view show notes and transcripts: www.youngandprofiting.com

Timestamps:

00:37 - Greg’s Upbringing

02:12 - How Greg Strayed From Being a Lawyer and Became a Writer

08:30 - The Definition of Essentialism

09:45 - How Achieving Success Can Cause Failure

12:32 - The Way Essentialism Relates to Being Effortless

15:37 - How We Can Decide What’s Essential

21:17 - Why Greg Wrote Effortless

24:51 - 3 Steps for Being Effortless

29:05 - The Problem With Effort

31:41 - Strategies to Achieve the Effortless State

36:07 - Does Effort Equal Time? 

38:19 - How to Make Essential Work See More Fun

42:21 - Ways to Combat Complex Projects and Make It Simple

50:59 - Why Rest is Essential

58:35 - Difference Between Linear and Residual Results

1:04:32 - Greg’s Secret to Profiting in Life

Mentioned in the Episode:

Greg’s Website: https://gregmckeown.com/

The Essentialism Website: https://essentialism.com/

Greg’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/gregorymckeown?lang=en