The Art of Accomplishment
Episodes
How to See Through Limiting Beliefs
28 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Revisiting the topic of limiting beliefs, Joe and Brett explore what prevents us from seeing them, what keeps them stuck, and how to see through and i...
What Can I Do About Overwhelm? — Emotion Series #10
14 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, coach Mina Lee joins Joe to explore the nature and emotional dynamics of overwhelm. They inspect how it shows up in our lives and the...
Triggered! — Relationships Series #2
30 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this follow-up on the recent episode “How Relationships Reveal Us”, Alexa joins Joe and Brett to dive deeper into the premise that we’re all ...
Seeing Identity for What It Is
16 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Our sense of identity is composed of the ideas and emotional states — even the gut reactions — that we identify as who we are. Identity is how we ...
How Relationships Reveal Us — Relationships Series #1
02 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
What can we learn about ourselves from the way we engage in relationships?Brett and Joe address curiosities from listeners about how to approach relat...
The Beauty of Grief — Emotion Series #9
19 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Anthropologist and coach Alexa Anderson joins the podcast again for a deep dive with Joe into the emotional and practical value of grieving fully.They...
Aaron Taylor — Feel Your Way to Freedom: Growing Up Fatherless, Becoming a Father, and Winning a Super Bowl Along the Way
05 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
“Never rob a man of his pain or his gold because both will serve him equally well.”Super Bowl champion Aaron Taylor reflects on a journey to emoti...
The Anatomy of Shame - Emotion Series #8
22 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Shame is nature’s way of training us to fit into our culture and society. Like an electric fence, it outlines the contours of the identity we’ve g...
How Do I Trust Myself? (Coaching Session)
08 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Joe coaches a course participant through an exploration of self-trust. Beginning with an intellectual question about conflicted inner parts, our guest...
The Upright Apology: Accountability Without Shame
24 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Apologies are commonly associated with shame, power games, or beliefs about who’s right and who’s wrong. In this episode, we talk about the freedo...
Emile DeWeaver — Life After Murder: On Fear, Freedom, and Identity
10 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
At the age of eighteen — just before the birth of his child — Emile began serving a life sentence for murder. In this episode, Emile tells us how ...
When the Story Falls Apart: How Beliefs and Emotions Interact
27 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Beneath the stories we tell are emotions waiting to be felt. In this episode, we talk about how our stories and emotions interact and how feeling ou...
Will Chesney — Reintegrating as a Combat Veteran, Surviving a Traumatic Brain Injury and Transcending an Old Identity
13 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Will Chesney found identity and purpose as a Navy SEAL, one of the military’s most elite teams, where he was required to perform calmly and effectiv...
How to Tell if the Master Class Isn’t For You (Bonus Episode)
05 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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Connection: A State Beyond States
29 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We talk a lot about connection in this podcast — connection with ourselves, our emotions, our relationships and with the world around us. It’s ess...
Joe Sanok — Living on the Road, Opening to Heartbreak and Parenting as a Single Dad
15 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 49, Brett interviews Joe Sanok, a business consultant and productivity researcher who, until recently, lived full-time in a camper with his...
Limiting Beliefs: The Hidden Rails That Guide Our Lives
01 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we talk about limiting beliefs and how they run our lives, affecting our capacity to be with ourselves and live the life we want. We ...
What's So Scary About Boundaries?
18 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
What’s the difference between a boundary and an ultimatum? What happens when we use “boundaries” to control another person?In today’s episode,...
How Does Gratitude Create Better Teams?
11 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
After listening to our two-part series on building functional teams, it's easy to see all of the shortcomings in our teams and realize that we might h...
Building a Dysfunctional Team - Team Series #2
04 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Last week, we discussed the characteristics that set functional teams apart and how to build your own. In part two of this series, we explore the oppo...
Building a Functional Team - Team Series #1
19 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Every functional team is context-dependent on some level. Functionality looks different for a team of Navy Seals than it does for a team at a food pro...
Heather Falenski — Navigating Conflict Zones, Recovering from Chronic Illness, and Being Your Own Light
11 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode, Brett interviews Heather Falenski, documentary filmmaker, adventure athlete and humanitarian worker. Her early career included s...
The Power Dynamics of Fear - Emotion Series #7
04 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode, we explore how fear underlies the power dynamics that develop in our relationships with others and within ourselves. When fear i...
Jaime Waydo — Taking Care of Yourself First, Fearlessly Owning Your Desires, Speaking Your Truth and Designing Systems to Support You
28 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 41, Brett interviews Jaime Waydo, Chief Technology Officer for Cavnue. Previously, Jaime led systems engineering at Waymo, Google’s Self ...
Anxiety: A Signpost to Unmet Needs - Emotion Series #6
21 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Anxiety is a visceral experience of physical and emotional constriction that is hard to ignore. And yet, many of us engage in a maze of avoidant behav...
Sam Altman — Leading with Crippling Anxiety, Discovering Meditation, and Building Intelligence with Self-Awareness
15 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Brett and Joe interview Sam Altman on how self-awareness gained through meditation can be combined with intelligence in business. Sa...
How Your Body Speaks
07 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this work, we often talk about being in our body. There are practices and exercises in the courses where we’re invited to feel into our sensory e...
Healing Shame by Being Ourselves (Coaching Session)
17 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s episode involves a coaching session between Joe and a man in our community who has expressed the desire to have the courage to be himself de...
Fear: A Path to Authenticity - Emotion Series #5
10 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Most of the things that we do not understand, we fear. But what if the very path we fear also leads us to our most authentic selves? Approaching our f...
Carla Piñeyro Sublett on Finding Compassion in Self-Indulgence
03 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 35, Brett interviews Carla Piñeyro Sublett, Chief Marketing Officer and Senior Vice President of IBM on a heart-opening experience that ra...
What is Selfishness?
19 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Much of the work that we do in this podcast centers around defining our needs and desires — living into our own self interest, while loving it and t...
Stacy Brown-Philpot on Reclaiming Abandonment
12 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Brett and Joe interview Stacy Brown-Philpot, former CEO of Task Rabbit and founding member of the Softbank Opportunity Fund, on her journey through ch...
The Wisdom of Anger: Part II - Emotion Series #4
29 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In last week’s episode on anger, we discussed some of the theoretical ways that this emotion impacts our relationships, families and society. In thi...
The Wisdom of Anger: Part I - Emotion Series #3
22 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
"I think it’s most dangerous if someone is like I should be good with other people’s anger. No, you shouldn’t. You either are or you are not. ...
Ant Taylor on Embracing Emotions
15 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Brett interviews Ant Taylor, founder and CEO of Lyte, on a profound self-reflection that changed his life and business. Ant discovered that shifting f...
Embracing Intensity - Emotion Series #2
08 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
There are emotions inside all of us that can sometimes be difficult to fully feel — anger, sadness, fear and even joy often have an intensity that c...
Stages of Emotional Development - Emotion Series #1
24 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today's episode is the first of a new series on emotions. To kick things off, we’re going to explore the process of emotional development that we al...
Brett Kistler — Welcoming Fear in Extreme Sports, Business and Relationships
10 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Joe and Brett jump into Brett’s background in extreme sports, business, and relationships to explore a key shift in mindset: from setting out to con...
Group Cohesion vs. Cult Dynamics
27 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The essence of a cult dictates that you hand over your power to someone else, which is the antithesis of the VIEW mindset. Is there a way to retain au...
Seeing Through Family Dynamics
13 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Many of our beliefs about the way the world works and our role in it are formed in our early years of life. As adults, the family dynamics that we had...
Your World is a Projection
30 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode, we will be taking a deeper look at projections. What exactly does that mean? The parts of ourselves that we cannot own — eithe...
Who is the Voice in Your Head?
16 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Most of us have a voice in our heads constantly narrating our experiences. Have you ever noticed what yours is like? How it talks to you? How would yo...
Allowing Yourself to Change (Joe Coaches Brett)
02 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week’s episode took an unexpected turn after co-host Brett Kistler had a difficult week, prompting an unplanned one-on-one session where Joe co...
Care over Caretaking - Loving without Losing Yourself
18 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
"If it ever crosses your mind that the person can't handle what you are going to say to them, what you want to say to them, if you ever think they are...
The Business Behind our Courses
04 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
People often think of business as something that’s separate from life. They may say things like, “It’s just business.” In today’s episode, w...
Father Figures and Authority (Coaching Session)
21 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today's episode involves a coaching session between Joe and a woman in our community who is experiencing tension around authority figures. The convers...
Money Can't Oppress You
07 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In the second episode of this two-part series on money, we are going to address another common misconception that people have, which is that money is ...
Money Can't Save You
23 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Money can be a very tricky, emotional subject. Many of us have all kinds of projections and misconceptions around it. In this episode of a two-part se...
Love over Defense — Master Class Series #9
09 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We are taught how to defend ourselves from a very young age. But few of us are taught the pragmatic power of love. We build a series of walls we can p...
Empower over Power — Master Class Series #8
26 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The accumulation of power seems like a good idea at first. Then we see how deeply insecure some billionaires and leaders of countries can be. What if ...
Authenticity over Improvement — Master Class Series #7
19 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
When we consider how we want life to be in the future we often create a list of things that we have to improve about ourselves. Yet we rarely consider...
Want over Should — Master Class Series #6
15 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
If you look at all the bad habits that you’ve been trying to stop for a decade they all have one thing in common: They are all things you’re telli...
Feel over Figure — Master Class Series #5
05 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We often try to figure out solutions to our problems intellectually. But modern neuroscience tells us that, if you removed the emotional centers of yo...
Enjoy over Manage — Master Class Series #4
13 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The problem with getting good at managing your life is that you end up with a life that has to be managed. What would happen if you found out that foc...
Connection over Perfection — Master Class Series #3
13 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We are taught from a very young age that doing things perfectly will get us where we want to go in life. But what if doing things in connection is far...
Embarking on the Journey — Master Class Series #2
13 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
When we are ready to embark on the journey of self-transformation we want to make the most of our time in an effective and progressive way. For this, ...
The Art of Accomplishment — Master Class Series #1
13 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The premise of The Art of Accomplishment is simple: it is our heart’s capacity that determines our success and happiness in life. Emotional intellig...
If You Can't Love the Feeling, Love the Resistance
20 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In self-discovery practices, there’s this idea that the path to deeper freedom is to go through our resistance. This often sets us up with an advers...
Integrating a Transformative Experience
11 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
If you do much Art of Accomplishment work, chances are good that you will have a transformational experience. When you return to your life after a pro...
Vulnerability — Connection Course Series #5
10 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Many of us have learned to associate vulnerability with weakness. We fear that being deeply vulnerable will open the door to being dominated or taken ...
Empathy — Connection Course Series #4
06 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
How does empathy affect our decision making? We often think we are making decisions based on intellect but in reality we make many, if not all, decisi...
Impartiality — Connection Course Series #3
05 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s society, we have an archetype of the successful leader as a commander; someone who knows what they want and bends the world to their will...
Wonder — Connection Course Series #2
04 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Being in wonder helps you understand the value of the right question and If you’re in wonder, it’s a constant exploration. Questioning the assumpt...
Introduction to VIEW — Connection Course Series #1
26 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
VIEW is a state of mind that, through a series of experiments and exercises, you can learn to drop into with ease. When we approach conversations from...