Good Life Project
Episodes
Arianna Huffington: On Family, Success and Sleep
11 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Today's guest is Arianna Huffington, co-founder, president, and editor-in-chief of the Huffington Post Media Group, and author of fifteen books. In Ma...
Chris Guillebeau: The Upside of Giving Up
08 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Finish what you start.Don't be a quitter.When the going gets tough, the tough get going.It's a lesson we all learned from well-intended advice-givers ...
Susan Piver, Lodro Rinzler: Soulmates, Rejection and Big Wins
06 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Today's Good Life Project Roundtable™ features guests-in-residence Susan Piver and Lodro Rinzler. This is session 2 in their three-we...
Krista Tippett: Becoming Wise
04 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Today's conversation features Krista Tippett, a Peabody-award-winning broadcaster, New York Times bestselling author, and National Humanities Med...
Charlie Gilkey: On Service, Hard Work and Freedom
01 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Spend 3 ½ days with us at the end of August at our "summer camp for grown-ups." Drop the facade, revel in new friendships, play, create, move, r...
Roundtable: Susan Piver & Lodro Rinzler – Part 1
30 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Today's Good Life Project Roundtable™ features guests-in-residence Susan Piver and Lodro Rinzler. This is session 1 in their three-we...
Neil Pasricha: From Awesome Hunter to Happiness Crusader
28 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Today's conversation features Neil Pasricha, New York Times bestselling author of The Book of Awesome series, three time Webby Award winner, Harv...
The Content Marketing Delusion: Work Still Matters
25 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
There’s this unfortunate delusion that’s gaining credibility in the world of entrepreneurship and careers.The road to growth is paved with "conten...
Divine Feminine, Creative Suffering and Word Traps?
23 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Today's Good Life Project Roundtable™ is the third and final week for our current guests-in-residence Emiliya Zhivotovskaya, MAPP&nbs...
From Club Kid to CEO and World Hunger Activist
21 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This week, our in-depth conversation features Cathy Burke, speaker, author, and global change maker has served as CEO of The Hunger Project Austr...
A Faster Path to Peak Performance: Optimize the Core
17 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
There are times it makes sense to throw money at a problem, and times when that's not only the worst thing you can do, it's also the least effective.W...
Hack Your Best Self, Fly Your Freak Flag, Get Serious About Play
16 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Today's Good Life Project Roundtable™ features guests-in-residence Emiliya Zhivotovskaya, MAPP and and Bob Gower.Emili...
Eric Zimmer: Feeding Your Good Wolf
14 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s guest, Eric Zimmer, is the host of the wonderful The One You Feed podcast.Growing up in Ohio, his life took a hard turn and began to spin ou...
The First Step to a More Meaningful Career
11 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This week's Good Life Project Riff is a reply to a question from one of our wonderful listeners.You've spent your whole life working at something that...
Roundtable: On Anger, Vibrations and Competence
09 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Today's Good Life Project Roundtable™ features guests-in-residence Emiliya Zhivotovskaya, MAPP and and Bob Gower.Emili...
Nancy Duarte and Patti Sanchez: Leading Through The Abyss
07 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
For most of us, dealing with change is tough. We're wired to avoid wading into the abyss where we don't know how things are going to end.Even tougher,...
How Thinking Kills Willpower (and what to do about it)
04 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
There's a somewhat ironic relationship between willpower and thinking. They don't play nicely with each other.The more you tax your brain with what we...
Roundtable: Bad Things, Biased Media and Crazy Cons
02 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Today's episode is part 3 of our latest experiment, a new show format we're calling Good Life Project Roundtable™.What is it? A new weekly show that...
MindBodyGreen Founder, Jason Wachob: What Really Matters
29 Feb 2016
Contributed by Lukas
What if you could take an idea and turn it into a website with more than 12 million visitors a month and a powerful global community?That's exactly wh...
The Power of Following Before You Lead
26 Feb 2016
Contributed by Lukas
I don’t like following, never have.Other peoples' rules and procedures and constraints and processes often don't sit quite right with me.I prefer to...
Roundtable: Tara Mohr and Erin Moon – Session 2
24 Feb 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Today's episode is part 2 of our latest experiment, a new show format we're calling Good Life Project Roundtable™.What is it? A new weekly show that...
Adam Grant: What It Takes to Be An Original (and why you care)
22 Feb 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Originals are the non-conformists who drive creativity and change forward—the ones who help us progress as both independent cultures and a unified s...
Hacking Momentum: Stop When You Most Want to Go
19 Feb 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Every large scale creative endeavor, from writing a book to building a body of work, creating a collection or a company, is made up of dozens, maybe e...
Roundtable: Erin Moon and Tara Mohr
17 Feb 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Today's episode is our latest experiment, a new show format we're calling Good Life Project Roundtable™.What is it? A new weekly show that won't rep...
Jon Acuff: On the Power of Truth, Humor and Craft
15 Feb 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Imagine you're on stage, charged with holding the attention of a thousand people. Knowing that, as soon as you stop talking the free cocktails begin. ...
Conveying the Cool: How to Sell an Idea That’s Ahead of it’s Time
10 Feb 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Here’s a great question from one of our listeners, David: If your work is truly cutting edge, how do you effectively market if people don’t even h...
Choosing Love Over Work: Erika Napoletano
08 Feb 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Imagine you're an actor. You work your entire life to generate a magic moment. A call, offering you the role that could open the door to your dreams. ...
How Prioritize Your Projects: A different Approach
03 Feb 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Last week, Jonathan shared a GLP Riff about how he prioritizes major projects.He talked about his move away from "batching" tasks and parallel creatio...
Elena Brower: On Yoga, Love, Addiction and Grace
01 Feb 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s guest, Elena Brower, dedicated her life to the practice and teaching of yoga nearly 20 years ago. She rose to acclaim, becoming known f...
Serial Creation: Make Better Stuff Faster and Easier
27 Jan 2016
Contributed by Lukas
The process of creation breathes me. Always has, always will. I wake up every day thinking about what I am going to create, from business to art and h...
Chase Jarvis: Acclaimed Photographer and CreativeLIVE Founder
25 Jan 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Imagine a career...no…Imagine a life where you travel the world earning your living by taking jaw-dropping photos of some of the most astounding ath...
How You Handle No Is How You Handle Life
20 Jan 2016
Contributed by Lukas
“No.”It’s such a simple word, and yet…massively impactful.Too often we find ourselves standing toe to toe with No—challenging it as an unwar...
Too Smart to Be Conned? Think Again!
18 Jan 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Imagine yourself as a child uprooted from your home, and bouncing from nation to nation as a paperless refugee…Envision the fear of being unexpected...
Founder or Entrepreneur? It’s Not Just Semantics
13 Jan 2016
Contributed by Lukas
If you ask someone who is working on turning an idea into a business what they call themselves, a likely answer these days is "startup founder."If you...
Level Up Your Life with Nerd Fitness Founder, Steve Kamb
11 Jan 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Nerd. Gamer. Athlete.Three words you rarely hear uttered in the same sentence, let alone to describe any one person (unless you're talking about epic ...
The Will to Change Must Come From Within
06 Jan 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Ever try to help someone who had absolutely no interest in being helped?It's one of the most frustrating experiences we can have. Maybe it's a family ...
How John Lee Dumas Built a Podcast Into a Life
04 Jan 2016
Contributed by Lukas
John Lee Dumas grew up believing he wasn't the most talented person in the room. But, he also knew the path to success in almost any endeavor was more...
Close the Books: On Learning, Letting Go and Lighting Up
30 Dec 2015
Contributed by Lukas
At the end of every year, business owners and accountants do something we might want to consider also doing in our personal lives.They "close the...
Colin Beavan: No Impact Man On How To Be Alive
28 Dec 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Colin Beavan burst into the public consciousness in a huge way with a documentary and international bestselling book called No Impact Man that do...
Conversation vs. Interview: Create Your Own Rules
23 Dec 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Sometimes your creative voice clashes with others' expectations of what's always been done, and what they think you're "supposed" to do.This has happe...
Sekou Andrews: The Power of Your Poetic Voice
21 Dec 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Sekou Andrews defies every preconceived notion you might have in your head about the voice and role of poetry in business, society and life.In hi...
Capabilities Speak Louder Than Qualifications
16 Dec 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Have you ever done something because you thought it would look good on your resume? Studied at a particular school or with a particular person?What if...
The Gratitude Diaries: A Yearlong Experiment in Thanks
14 Dec 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Janice Kaplan is filled with gratitude. But, it wasn't always that way.Her career in the media has taken her from the TV sportscasting desk to pr...
In Defense Of Mastery: Driven by FOMO or Fabulosity?
09 Dec 2015
Contributed by Lukas
There's been a lot of pushback lately against the idea of mastery, choosing one thing and putting everything you've got into it.Mastery, it seems, has...
Restaurant of Hope: Doing Good, While Doing Well.
07 Dec 2015
Contributed by Lukas
There's that old line. When you're thinking about opening a restaurant, the three most important things are location, location and location.Edward Bar...
The Power of Delight
02 Dec 2015
Contributed by Lukas
We spend so much time trying to "acquire" people and things.In business, we talk about "acquiring a customer," like they're a commodity we're buying a...
Easkey Britton: Surfing as a Metaphor for Life
30 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Born and raised in a family of Irish surfers, and named after a surf break, Easkey Britton is a renowned Irish pro surfer, five-time National Sur...
When to Hold, Fold or Change. Walking Into the Fire.
25 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Ever wonder how to know when it’s time to hold, fold or change? At some point, we all end up walking into the fire. We feel the fierce heat of inte...
Mark Nepo: Inside the Miracle
23 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Mark Nepo is a renowned poet, philosopher, author, master storyteller and spiritual teacher.He has appeared numerous times on Oprah, his Book of ...
Fear of Innovation: Why Good People Kill Great Ideas
18 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
We are wired to run from the unknown, to flee anything that leaves us in that raw, exposed place of uncertainty.When our ideas take us to this place, ...
Bronnie Ware: Beyond the 5 Regrets of the Dying
16 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
In November 2009, Bronnie Ware published a short essay entitled, Regrets of the Dying.It was a reflection on the years she worked in palliative care, ...
Attention is Reality: The Odd Thing About Pleasure and Pain
11 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
You know the old question, "if a tree falls in the woods and nobody is around to hear it, did it make a sound?"What if we asked a similar question abo...
Buddhism, Bravery, Love and the Good Life
09 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Lodro Rinzler is that increasingly rare Westerner who didn't find Buddhism through a later-in-life quest for answers, he was brought up in the traditi...
Should You Brand Your Face or Your Work?
03 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
What's more important for people to know, your face or your work?This question came up at a recent dinner with a few author/founder types.We were talk...
How Two Moms Built an Empire From Green Smoothies and Big Love
01 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Jadah Sellner and Jen Hansard are the founders of Simple Green Smoothies, a quest-driven company that has grown into a massive global community in an ...
Lewis Howes: Always Be Learning
27 Oct 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Today we're featuring a very special GLP Guest Riff with Lewis Howes.Lewis is the founder of the School of Greatness podcast and author of the new boo...
Tom Kelley: IDEO, Creative Confidence and Innovation
21 Oct 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Tom Kelley is a partner at renowned design and innovation consultancy IDEO.He's also a best-selling author, along with his brother, IDEO founder and S...
Lose the Jargon: The Truth About $10 Words
20 Oct 2015
Contributed by Lukas
We do the weirdest things to make people think we're worthy of their attention, or money.No matter what you do or where you come from, there's this li...
Owned By Your Phone? It’s Complicated.
18 Oct 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Ever wonder what your mobile device is really doing to your relationships, your happiness...your life?Today's guest, famed MIT Professor, bestsel...
What If You Were Defined By Your Worst Moment?
13 Oct 2015
Contributed by Lukas
We love to judge. To gossip. To belittle.Not everyone, and not all the time, but enough for these feelings to fuel multi-billion dollar industries.Eve...
Fierce Sisters, Cool Stories and Poison Plants: Amy Stewart
09 Oct 2015
Contributed by Lukas
At first glance, you might think Amy Stewart had an obsession with gardens and bugs. She's written a series of bestselling books on the topic and had ...
The Dark Side of Modeling Success
06 Oct 2015
Contributed by Lukas
What if one of the biggest pieces of "success advice" was wrong?There's a particular strategy that's become hot in the world of success and personal d...
Cultivating Your Authentic Voice with Todd Henry
01 Oct 2015
Contributed by Lukas
So often, the way the world perceives us conflicts with the what we "think" we're saying and the way we want to be seen and heard.Truth is, so much of...
Get Psychic With Your “Avatar”
29 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
If you've been to the movies or watched cartoons, you've seen the word "Avatar" before. But, when we talk about building a career or company, it has a...
Michael Port: Inside the Mind of a Public Speaking Phenom
23 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
The thing most people fear more than spiders and death is the very thing this week's guest, Michael Port, loves with every fiber of his being.Wha...
Pam Slim On The Power of Community
23 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Pam Slim is one of those people.You know, the ones who see the best in everyone. In everything. In every seeming barrier, she sees the lesson. Th...
Elizabeth Gilbert: The Creative Life
22 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Elizabeth Gilbert exploded into the public's consciousness in 2006 with the release of her mega-bestselling memoir, Eat Pray Love.Since then, she's pu...
Scott Dinsmore: A Legend Lives On
22 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This is the first episode I've ever wished I didn't have a reason to air...On Sunday, a good friend of mine, an amazing man, husband, brother and son,...
Zuckerberg, Booker and One Journalist’s Quest For the Real Story
22 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
The story of a lifetime only comes around once...Dale Russakoff spent more than three decades as a top news journalist, reporting for The Washington P...
Unplug to Plug In: Creating the Space for Brilliance
10 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
You want to be known as someone who changes the game.Someone who brings amazing ideas, solutions, insights and potential to everything you do. Yo...
Meditation: Beyond the Practice with Susan Piver
06 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Most people look at meditation as a practice. Something you do daily, most often seated on a cushion.New York Times bestselling author of eight books,...
Unlock Creativity: Time of Day Matters
03 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Is creativity tied to your biological clock? A 2010 Global Chief Executive Officer study by IBM revealed the most sought after trait in emerging lead...
9Things: Genius, Hashtags, Foodies and Long-Tongued Bats
31 Aug 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Today's episode is our second experiment, with a new show format, we're calling 9Things™. What is it? A three-person roundtable, where each per...
Maker, Manager and the 2% Challenge
27 Aug 2015
Contributed by Lukas
What if you spent more time making?We tend to spend our work lives dancing between two modes: maker mode and manager mode.The idea first came to me th...
Choosing People Over Profit: Dale Partridge
25 Aug 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Dale Partridge was riding high, or so it seemed.A serial entrepreneur and founder of the cause-driven venture, Sevenly, the media loved him and thrust...
A Good Life Is More About Liberation Than Transformation.
20 Aug 2015
Contributed by Lukas
What if you didn't have to change?What if everything you wanted, everything you needed, everything you aspired to become, you already had and were.Wha...
Seth Godin: On Books, Trust, Creativity and Making [Best Of]
18 Aug 2015
Contributed by Lukas
When people talk about Seth Godin, they often attach a variety of labels.Entrepreneur, marketer, mega-bestselling author, acclaimed speaker, trusted-a...
Entrepreneurship: Delusional Quest or Daily Practice?
13 Aug 2015
Contributed by Lukas
What if entrepreneurship wasn't just about what you create, but who you become along the way?Most people look at entrepreneurship as a quest, a desire...
The Gift of Failure: Jessica Lahey
11 Aug 2015
Contributed by Lukas
The average person spends an almost obscene amount of time working tirelessly to avoid failure. We're terrified that we'll put everything we have into...
Hoping Others Fail Is Not a Strategy
06 Aug 2015
Contributed by Lukas
We see it around us every day. And, yes, we've been that person.The one who wants something so badly we'll take it any way we can get it. Including ho...
She Saw Her Dream Job in a Movie, Then Made It Her Reality
04 Aug 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Today's guest, Dr. Alice Wilder, is one of the creative geniuses behind some of the biggest kids' "edutainment" juggernauts in history, from Blues Clu...
How Constraints Fuel Creativity: When Less Is More
30 Jul 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Have you ever found yourself saying, "if only I had more [insert missing ingredient], I'd be able to succeed on a totally different level?"Yeah, me to...
Entrepreneurship and Autism: How One Family Is Breaking the Mold
28 Jul 2015
Contributed by Lukas
By the time people living with autism hit their mid-20s, they often "age out" of all the services and support available to them. Many, in fact, 80-90%...
Naked and Silent: Asking Is Not Receiving
23 Jul 2015
Contributed by Lukas
There’s this odd thing that happens the moment after we ask for help.While we’re asking, we stand in a place of surrender. We hit a point, often d...
Undeterred: From Devastating Diagnosis To Radiant Life
21 Jul 2015
Contributed by Lukas
What if you knew why you were here from the time you were six years old? Cara E. Yar Khan is a what I’d call a “purpose outlier.” Most people ne...
Stop Grasping: What Might Happen If You Just Let Go?
16 Jul 2015
Contributed by Lukas
We're all guilty of it...It's something we all do. For some, it's not a big deal, intruding on rare occasion. For others, though, it literally control...
Sean McCabe: Hand-letterer Turned Business Visionary
14 Jul 2015
Contributed by Lukas
From the time he was a kid, Sean McCabe was obsessed, strike that, possessed, with letters.The shape. The form. The curves and nuances. Not just the f...
Life-sucking Lie #3: The Timing’s Not Right
09 Jul 2015
Contributed by Lukas
How often have you put off doing something uncomfortable and told yourself the timing's just not right?The timing will be better when, if, then, becau...
Is Curiosity The Secret to an Extraordinary Life?
02 Jul 2015
Contributed by Lukas
What if there was a single trait that was a virtual unlock key for an extraordinary life?Ok, maybe there's not a single magic trait, but there is...
The Great Discontent and The Good Life: Brad Smith
30 Jun 2015
Contributed by Lukas
After years of launching, building and selling technology ventures, Brad Smith was at a crossroads. Starting almost accidentally, he parlayed a self-t...
A Crazy Story About Creative Karma and Work That Matters
25 Jun 2015
Contributed by Lukas
It was a moment that nearly brought me to tears...As an entrepreneur, a writer, a creator, a big part of why I do what I do is simply the hardwired ne...
Susan Cain: Introverts, Power and The Quiet Revolution
23 Jun 2015
Contributed by Lukas
In January 2013, Susan Cain published a book that would spark a global conversation and change the world. Her stunning, international bestseller, ...
How’s That Working Out for You?
18 Jun 2015
Contributed by Lukas
One the fastest ways to accelerate your growth, personal or professional, is to seek out and ask for guidance from mentors. People who've been where y...
The Surprising Science of Match-Making
16 Jun 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Want a job at Google, a gorgeous hideaway on Airbnb, a spot on the Stanford faculty, a romantic partner or even a kidney?Good news, bad news. You have...
Greatness is Not Just About Skill, It’s About Essence.
10 Jun 2015
Contributed by Lukas
You want to be a better writer, write and study the craft of writing. Want to be a better maker, make more stuff and study the art of making. Want to ...
Tamsen Fadal: Keeping It Together When Love Falls Apart
09 Jun 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Tamsen Fadal is an award-winning broadcast journalist and television anchor on the evening news in New York City.She's worked incredibly hard to get w...
What If Your Pain Wasn’t About Weakness?
04 Jun 2015
Contributed by Lukas
You wake up one day with pain in your lower back. Happens to the best of us.Popular wisdom says, “oh, you’ve got lower back pain, you need to...
A.J. Jacobs: On Faith, Choice, Writing and Family
02 Jun 2015
Contributed by Lukas
What if you could instantly trace your connection through an online family tree to nearly anyone on the planet?Put another way, what if every person a...
Life-sucking Lie #2: I’m Not Good Enough.
28 May 2015
Contributed by Lukas
How often have you told yourself, "I'm not good enough, old enough, accomplished enough, credentialed enough, or any other 'enough' to get paid real m...
Brain Hacking: The Truth About How to Change Your Brain
25 May 2015
Contributed by Lukas
You can lose almost any part of your body, except one, and still be you.What is that one exception? Your brain.Because...The brain is the seat of your...