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Caroline Webb-The Science Behind a Good Day

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“How to Have a Good Day”

Caroline Webb – Episode 645

Caroline Webb is CEO of Sevenshift, a firm that uses insights from behavioral science to improve their client’s working lives. She was previously a partner at McKinsey consulting and is the best selling author of How To Have A Good Day, which has been published in 16 languages in more than 60 countries. Her work has been featured in Inc., Forbes, Fortune, and much more.

 

Why listen to this episode-

  • What does it mean to have a good day? What does that have to do with the science of improving your life?

  • What is a bad day? what is a good day?

  • 3 Core things about having a good day

  • Working on your priorities, Feeling that you’re producing great work, Can it be repeated?

The two system brain – there are two systems that interact in the brain, as Kahneman called them System 1 and System 2.

“System 1” – the automatic system – our subconscious mind, immense processing power, but it often takes shortcuts

“System 2” – the slow system, our conscious experience, deliberate thinking mind, but it moves slowly and can only process information slowly and clunkily

How do we create the conditions for our deliberate system to be as successful as possible?

Please listen to Tom Matt’s ‘Boomers Rock’ radio talk show, show 43, season 7 syndicated all over Michigan on the Michigan Talk Network, Michigan State Universities 105.1 FM and AM 870 WKAR the Spartan Sports Network SSN/24-7 website (get the app Spartan Fans), and of course  ITunes  (please leave us a review, it really helps the ‘Algorithm’ ) broadcast on  August 19th,   2018 below-

Jason Feifer & Jessica Abo- Better is as Better Does

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Creating Better Versions of Ourselves

Jason Feifer & Jessica Abo – Episode 644

 

Why listen to this episode-

  • Jessica Abo is awesome and knows her stuff

  • Jessica Abo believes no matter where we are in our careers, relationships or level of activism we’re all a work in progress.

  • Jason Feifer is cool as heck and the Executive Editor for Entrepreneur magazine

  • Jason and I discuss “Working Your Next Job” & “Don’t Seek Mentors, Create Them!”

  • Both of these guests crush this interview!

Please listen to Tom Matt’s ‘Boomers Rock’ radio talk show, show 42, season 7 syndicated all over Michigan on the Michigan Talk Network, Michigan State Universities 105.1 FM and AM 870 WKAR the Spartan Sports Network SSN/24-7 website (get the app Spartan Fans), and of course  ITunes  (please leave us a review, it really helps the ‘Algorithm’ ) broadcast on  August 12th,   2018 below-

Matt Bodnar host of ‘The Science of Success’-Making an Impact

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“Give It What You Got”

Matt Bodnar –  Episode 643

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Why listen-

  • I asked Matt to choose two of his shows that would be best for us to recap to serve you and he chose sleep expert  Dr. Matthew Walker

  • And we talk about Self Awareness and his interview with Dr. Tasha Eurich

  • Applied knowledge is power, sleep fuels the engine

  • Research shows that self-awareness is the meta-skill of the 21st century

  • Sign up for a class with Matt here

  • Who succeeds and who doesn’t, and why

  • Hyperpersonalized everything is the new normal

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Please listen to Tom Matt’s ‘Boomers Rock’ radio talk show, show 41, season 7 syndicated all over Michigan on the Michigan Talk Network, Michigan State Universities 105.1 FM and AM 870 WKAR the Spartan Sports Network SSN/24-7 website (get the app Spartan Fans), and of course  ITunes  (please leave us a review, it really helps the ‘Algorithm’ ) broadcast on  August 5th,   2018 below-

Josh Linkner talking ‘Creativity & Entrepreneurship’

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What is Your “Side-Hustle”

Josh Linkner – Episode 642

Why listen to this episode-

  • Five-time tech entrepreneur,

  • Hyper-growth CEO

  • Two-time NY Times bestselling author

  • Venture capitalistand

  • Keynote speaker on a mission to drive Creativity, Innovation, and Reinvention.

Josh Linkner – who started his career as a jazz guitarist – has been the founder and CEO of five tech companies, which sold for a combined value of over $200 million. He is also a deeply experienced business leader, venture capitalist, top-rated keynote speaker, and author of four books, the New York Times bestsellers: Disciplined Dreaming and The Road to Reinvention, as well as his latest book, Hacking Innovation. And yes, he still plays a mean jazz guitar.

Hacking Innovation: The New Growth Model from the Sinister World of Hackers by [Linkner, Josh, Linkner, Josh]

 

For more, visit JoshLinkner.com.

 

Please listen to Tom Matt’s ‘Boomers Rock’ radio talk show, show 40, season 7 syndicated all over Michigan on the Michigan Talk Network, Michigan State Universities 105.1 FM and AM 870 WKAR the Spartan Sports Network SSN/24-7 website (get the app Spartan Fans), and of course  ITunes  (please leave us a review, it really helps the ‘Algorithm’ ) broadcast on  July 28th,   2018 below-