The Art of Charm

Fan Mail Friday #142 | Bits of Cod

24 Nov 2017

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Time for Fan Mail Friday, where we'll be answering your questions and dropping some knowledge and feedback to help you kick the weekend off right. If ...

672: Kevin Rose | From Rose to Oak

23 Nov 2017

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Kevin Rose (@kevinrose) founded social news site Digg, created fasting tracker Zero, made meditation app Oak, and hosts a podcast called The Kevin Ros...

671: Corbin Payne | How to Interact with the Police

21 Nov 2017

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Corbin Payne (@the_sue_chef), aka The Sue Chef, is a criminal defense attorney who explains why the innocent as well as the guilty should know how to ...

Minisode Monday #80 | How to Ask Questions That Uncover Motivation

20 Nov 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to Minisode Monday, where we kick off the week with something quick and actionable -- to make you more magnetic and effective -- that you can ...

Fan Mail Friday #141 | Dichromats, Trichromats, and Doormats

17 Nov 2017

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Time for Fan Mail Friday, where we'll be answering your questions and dropping some knowledge and feedback to help you kick the weekend off right. Let...

669: Scott Adams | Win Bigly

14 Nov 2017

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Scott Adams (@ScottAdamsSays) of Dilbert fame revisits us to discuss his new book Win Bigly: Persuasion in a World Where Facts Don't Matter. "Nobody e...

Minisode Monday #79 | Why We're More Productive on Airplanes (and How to Be When We're Not)

13 Nov 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to Minisode Monday, where we kick off the week with something quick and actionable -- to make you more magnetic and effective -- that you can ...

Fan Mail Friday #140 | I Don't Love Being Lamp

10 Nov 2017

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Time for Fan Mail Friday, where we'll be answering your questions and dropping some knowledge and feedback to help you kick the weekend off right. If ...

668: Jon Acuff | The Gift of Done

09 Nov 2017

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Jon Acuff (@jonacuff) returns to the show to discuss his new book Finish: Give Yourself the Gift of Done. "If culture's doing its job, you shouldn't r...

667: Tom Bilyeu | Impact Theory

07 Nov 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Tom Bilyeu (@TomBilyeu) is a co-founder of Quest Nutrition, co-founder of media company Impact Theory, and host of the accompanying Impact Theory podc...

Minisode Monday #78 | Harnessing Emotions for Powerful Storytelling

06 Nov 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to Minisode Monday, where we kick off the week with something quick and actionable -- to make you more magnetic and effective -- that you can ...

Fan Mail Friday #139 | Weed on the Tweed

03 Nov 2017

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Time for Fan Mail Friday, where we'll be answering your questions and dropping some knowledge and feedback to help you kick the weekend off right. If ...

666: Bob Sutton | The Asshole Survival Guide

02 Nov 2017

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Bob Sutton (@work_matters) is a Stanford Business School professor and author of New York Times Bestseller The No Asshole Rule and, most recently, The...

665: Aubrey Marcus | An Optimized Life

31 Oct 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Aubrey Marcus (@AubreyMarcus) is a multisport athlete, founder and CEO of holistic health and fitness powerhouse Onnit, and author of the upcoming Own...

Minisode Monday #77 | How to Curate the Influence of People Around Us

30 Oct 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to Minisode Monday, where we kick off the week with something quick and actionable -- to make you more magnetic and effective -- that you can ...

Fan Mail Friday #138 | Don't Hug Me, Bro

27 Oct 2017

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Time for Fan Mail Friday, where we'll be answering your questions and dropping some knowledge and feedback to help you kick the weekend off right. If ...

664: AoC Toolbox | Five Fundamentals of a Solid Approach

26 Oct 2017

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The Art of Charm (@TheArtofCharm) trio of Johnny, AJ, and Jordan lay out the five fundamentals of a solid approach when you want to make an engaging c...

663: Chris Guillebeau | Side Hustle

24 Oct 2017

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Chris Guillebeau (@chrisguillebeau) rejoins us to explain what a side hustle is and what a side hustle isn't as outlined in his new book Side Hustle: ...

Minisode Monday #76 | The Three Rings of Perception

23 Oct 2017

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Welcome to Minisode Monday, where we kick off the week with something quick and actionable -- to make you more magnetic and effective -- that you can ...

Fan Mail Friday #137 | Toxic Insecurity

20 Oct 2017

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Time for Fan Mail Friday, where we'll be answering your questions and dropping some knowledge and feedback to help you kick the weekend off right. Thi...

662: Jeff Goins | Real Artists Don't Starve

19 Oct 2017

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Jeff Goins (@JeffGoins) rejoins us to dispel a disheartening stereotype and discuss his new book Real Artists Don't Starve: Timeless Strategies for Th...

661: Winifred Reilly | It Takes One to Tango

17 Oct 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Winifred Reilly (@winifredmreilly) has been a marriage and family therapist for nearly forty years, runs relationship blog Speaking of Marriage, and i...

Minisode Monday #75 | The Small Talk Tennis Ball Drill

16 Oct 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to Minisode Monday, where we kick off the week with something quick and actionable -- to make you more magnetic and effective -- that you can ...

Fan Mail Friday #136 | Hamster Wheel of Hate

13 Oct 2017

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Time for Fan Mail Friday, where we'll be answering your questions and dropping some knowledge and feedback to help you kick the weekend off right. In ...

660: Too $hort | The Pimp Tape

12 Oct 2017

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Too $hort (@tooshort) is a pioneer West Coast rapper who has probably been making music for longer than you've been alive. His new album, The Pimp Tap...

659: Russell Brand | Freedom from Our Addictions

10 Oct 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Russell Brand (@rustyrockets) is a comedian, broadcaster, actor, podcaster, columnist, political commentator, mental health and drug rehabilitation ac...

Minisode Monday #74 | Psychological Halloweenism

09 Oct 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to Minisode Monday, where we kick off the week with something quick and actionable -- to make you more magnetic and effective -- that you can ...

Fan Mail Friday #135 | Forwarding the Family Name

06 Oct 2017

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Time for Fan Mail Friday, where we'll be answering your questions and dropping some knowledge and feedback to help you kick the weekend off right. Let...

658: Noah Kagan | Limitations and Innovations

05 Oct 2017

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Noah Kagan (@noahkagan) is the Chief Sumo at Sumo.com and AppSumo.com, sharer of all manner of entrepreneurial wisdom at OkDork.com, and podcaster at ...

657: Dorie Clark | Entrepreneurial You

03 Oct 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Dorie Clark (@dorieclark) is a marketing strategist, adjunct professor of business administration at Duke University's Fuqua School of Business, and a...

Minisode Monday #73 | The Positive Intent of Emotion

02 Oct 2017

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Welcome to Minisode Monday, where we kick off the week with something quick and actionable -- to make you more magnetic and effective -- that you can ...

Fan Mail Friday #134 | Less Ego, More Amigo

29 Sep 2017

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Time for Fan Mail Friday, where we'll be answering your questions and dropping some knowledge and feedback to help you kick the weekend off right. Thi...

656: AoC Toolbox | Four Components of a First Impression

28 Sep 2017

Contributed by Lukas

The Art of Charm (@TheArtofCharm) trio of Johnny, AJ, and Jordan talk about the four components of a first impression that begin even before the first...

655: Roger Stone | Everyone Hates Roger Stone

26 Sep 2017

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Roger Stone (@RogerJStoneJr) is a political consultant, lobbyist, and strategist, subject of Netflix's Get Me Roger Stone documentary, and author of T...

Minisode Monday #72 | First Meetings for Spies, Anti-Spies, and Ordinary People

25 Sep 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to Minisode Monday, where we kick off the week with something quick and actionable -- to make you more magnetic and effective -- that you can ...

Fan Mail Friday #133 | Romance and Finance

22 Sep 2017

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Time for Fan Mail Friday, where we'll be answering your questions and dropping some knowledge and feedback to help you kick the weekend off right. Let...

654: Admiral William H. McRaven | That's So McRaven

21 Sep 2017

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Admiral William H. McRaven (@billmcraven) masterminded and executed the mission that brought down Osama bin Laden and is the author of Make Your Bed: ...

653: Robin Dreeke | The Code of Trust

19 Sep 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Robin Dreeke (@rdreeke) is a 28-year veteran of federal service, former head of the Counterintelligence Behavioral Analysis Program, and co-author of ...

Minisode Monday #71 | How Does Your Pet See the World?

18 Sep 2017

Contributed by Lukas

This Minisode Monday, we try an exercise designed to make you consider the importance of perspective and useful illusions: how does your pet see the w...

Fan Mail Friday #132 | Lonely Lattes and Total Teetotalers

15 Sep 2017

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Time for Fan Mail Friday, where we'll be answering your questions and dropping some knowledge and feedback to help you kick the weekend off right. Let...

652: Daniel McGinn | The Science of Mental Preparation

14 Sep 2017

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Daniel McGinn (@danmcginn) is a senior editor at Harvard Business Review, and the author of Psyched Up: How the Science of Mental Preparation Can Help...

651: Frank Sesno | The Power of Questions

12 Sep 2017

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Frank Sesno (@franksesno) is an award-winning journalist with more than 30 years of experience, and the author of Ask More: The Power of Questions to ...

Minisode Monday #70 | How to Control Emotional Feedback with CIRCA

11 Sep 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to Minisode Monday, where we kick off the week with something quick and actionable -- to make you more magnetic and effective -- that you can ...

Fan Mail Friday #131 | Complicated vs. Complex

08 Sep 2017

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Time for Fan Mail Friday, where we'll be answering your questions and dropping some knowledge and feedback to help you kick the weekend off right. Let...

650: General Ann Dunwoody | A Higher Standard

07 Sep 2017

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General Ann Dunwoody (@AnnDunwoody) grew up as an Army brat in a family with four generations of West Pointers, became the first female four-star gene...

649: Rob Reid | After On

05 Sep 2017

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Rob Reid (@Rob_Reid) is a tech entrepreneur (Listen.com, Rhapsody), early-stage tech investor, and author of New York Times Bestseller Year Zero: A No...

Minisode Monday #69 | Why You Should Record Your Conversations with Strangers

04 Sep 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Rob Reid (@Rob_Reid), author of After On: A Novel of Silicon Valley, will be joining us for a full episode tomorrow. But on this Minisode Monday, we s...

Fan Mail Friday #130 | The Other Guy in the Glass

01 Sep 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Time for Fan Mail Friday, where we'll be answering your questions and dropping some knowledge and feedback to help you kick the weekend off right. Let...

647: Charlamagne Tha God | Black Privilege

29 Aug 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Charlamagne Tha God (@cthagod) is a radio presenter (The Breakfast Club Power 105.1 FM), television personality (Uncommon Sense Live), podcaster, and ...

Minisode Monday #68 | An Everyday Way to Renew Contact with Old Acquaintances

28 Aug 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to Minisode Monday, where we kick off the week with something quick and actionable -- to make you more magnetic and effective -- that you can ...

Fan Mail Friday #129 | Listening Instead of Thinking Ahead

25 Aug 2017

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Time for Fan Mail Friday, where we'll be answering your questions and dropping some knowledge and feedback to help you kick the weekend off right. Let...

646: Mark Divine | Unbeatable Mind

24 Aug 2017

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Mark Divine (@MarkDivine) is a former Navy SEAL Commander, SEALFIT founder, and author of Unbeatable Mind: Forge Resiliency and Mental Toughness to Su...

645: Richard Clarke | Warnings, Cassandras, and Catastrophes

22 Aug 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Richard Clarke (@ghsrm) is the former National Coordinator for Security, Infrastructure Protection, and Counter-Terrorism for the United States, and i...

Minisode Monday #67 | Dabbling: Not Just for Dilettantes

21 Aug 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to Minisode Monday, where we kick off the week with something quick and actionable -- to make you more magnetic and effective -- that you can ...

Fan Mail Friday #128 | Beware of Insecure Security

18 Aug 2017

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Time for Fan Mail Friday, where we'll be answering your questions and dropping some knowledge and feedback to help you kick the weekend off right. Let...

644: Garry Kasparov | Deep Thinking

17 Aug 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Garry Kasparov (@Kasparov63) is a Russian chess grandmaster, political activist, and author of Deep Thinking: Where Machine Intelligence Ends and Huma...

643: Srini Pillay | The Power of the Unfocused Mind

15 Aug 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Srini Pillay (@srinipillay) is a world renowned, Harvard-trained psychiatrist, former Director of the Outpatient Anxiety Disorders Program at McLean H...

Minisode Monday #66 | Doing the Hard Thing Is Easy

14 Aug 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to Minisode Monday, where we kick off the week with something quick and actionable -- to make you more magnetic and effective -- that you can ...

Fan Mail Friday #127 | This Misophonia Goes to 11

11 Aug 2017

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Time for Fan Mail Friday, where we'll be answering your questions and dropping some knowledge and feedback to help you kick the weekend off right. Let...

642: Lynn Lyons | Playing with Anxiety

10 Aug 2017

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Lynn Lyons (@lynnlyonsmsw) has been a psychotherapist for 27 years and is the co-author of Anxious Kids, Anxious Parents: 7 Ways to Stop the Worry Cyc...

641: Daniel Levitin | Weaponized Lies

08 Aug 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Daniel Levitin (@danlevitin) is a cognitive psychologist, neuroscientist, musician, record producer, and author of Weaponized Lies: How to Think Criti...

Minisode Monday #65 | The Advantages of Being an Amateur

07 Aug 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to Minisode Monday, where we kick off the week with something quick and actionable -- to make you more magnetic and effective -- that you can ...

Fan Mail Friday #126 | The Ugly Truth About Excusamine

04 Aug 2017

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Time for Fan Mail Friday, where we'll be answering your questions and dropping some knowledge and feedback to help you kick the weekend off right. Let...

640: Linda Carroll | First Love Fantasies and the Myth of Closure

03 Aug 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Linda Carroll (@Lovecycleslinda), author of Love Cycles: The Five Essential Stages of Lasting Love, revisits the show to talk some sense into us abou...

639: Jay Mohr | Mohr Stories

01 Aug 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Jay Mohr (@jaymohr37) is a comedian, actor, Emmy nominee, bestselling author, and host of Mohr Sports from Los Angeles and Mohr Stories. "Desperation ...

Minisode Monday #64 | How to Make Decisions with Absolute Truths

31 Jul 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to Minisode Monday, where we kick off the week with something quick and actionable -- to make you more magnetic and effective -- that you can ...

Fan Mail Friday #125 | Is Formulating a Response a Mistake?

28 Jul 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Time for Fan Mail Friday, where we'll be answering your questions and dropping some knowledge and feedback to help you kick the weekend off right. Let...

637: Bill Nye | Radical Curiosity Saves the World

25 Jul 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Bill Nye (@billnye) is a lifelong champion of science who is determined to teach you something today that you didn't know yesterday -- whether it's fr...

Minisode Monday #63 | Are You Setting the Bar Too High?

24 Jul 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to Minisode Monday, where we kick off the week with something quick and actionable -- to make you more magnetic and effective -- that you can ...

Fan Mail Friday #124 | Would You Like Vocal Fry with your Uptalk?

21 Jul 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Time for Fan Mail Friday, where we'll be answering your questions and dropping some knowledge and feedback to help you kick the weekend off right. Let...

636: Tim Grover | Relentless at Best

20 Jul 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Tim Grover (@ATTACKATHLETICS) is the legendary trainer called upon by athletes like Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant when they want to be at the top of ...

635: Jack Barsky | Deep Undercover Pt. 2

18 Jul 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Jack Barsky (@DeepCoverBarsky) joins us to discuss his book Deep Undercover: My Secret Life and Tangled Allegiances as a KGB Spy in America. This is p...

Minisode Monday #62 | It's All Fake News If We Pick and Choose

17 Jul 2017

Contributed by Lukas

This Minisode Monday, we examine how even the most reliable news sources and documentary makers skew the facts or present half-truths when reporting -...

Fan Mail Friday #123 | I Hate My Boss

14 Jul 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Liz Dolan (@SSLiz) and Larry Seal (@IHateMyBossShow) from the I Hate My Boss podcast join us for this Fan Mail Friday to answer your work and career-r...

634: Christian Picciolini | Life After Hate

13 Jul 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Christian Picciolini (@cpicciolini) is an Emmy Award-winning television producer, reformed extremist, co-founder of peace nonprofit Life After Hate, a...

633: Jack Barsky | Deep Undercover Pt. 1

11 Jul 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Jack Barsky (@DeepCoverBarsky) joins us to discuss his book Deep Undercover: My Secret Life and Tangled Allegiances as a KGB Spy in America. This is p...

Minisode Monday #61 | Acknowledging vs. Suppressing Emotions

10 Jul 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to Minisode Monday, where we kick off the week with something quick and actionable -- to make you more magnetic and effective -- that you can ...

Fan Mail Friday #122 | Well Played, Sugar Nuts

07 Jul 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Time for Fan Mail Friday, where we'll be answering your questions and dropping some knowledge and feedback to help you kick the weekend off right. In ...

632: Chase Hughes | The Behavioral Table of the Elements

06 Jul 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Chase Hughes (@thechasehughes) teaches interrogation and behavior science on a tactical level for the US military, created The Behavioral Table of the...

631: Aaron Walker | View from the Top

04 Jul 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Aaron Walker (@VFTCoach) has almost four decades of successful entrepreneurship under his belt; he rejoins us to talk about his new book, View From th...

Minisode Monday #60 | Hacking Motivation with Value Languages

03 Jul 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to Minisode Monday, where we kick off the week with something quick and actionable -- to make you more magnetic and effective -- that you can ...

Fan Mail Friday #121 | 21st Century Millennial Loneliness

30 Jun 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Time for Fan Mail Friday, where we'll be answering your questions and dropping some knowledge and feedback to help you kick the weekend off right. Let...

629: Timothy Snyder | Twentieth Century Lessons on Tyranny

27 Jun 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Timothy Snyder (@TimothyDSnyder) is the Housum Professor of History at Yale University and author of Black Earth: The Holocaust as History and Warning...

Minisode Monday #59 | How to Overcome Default Friendships

26 Jun 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to Minisode Monday, where we kick off the week with something quick and actionable -- to make you more magnetic and effective -- that you can ...

Fan Mail Friday #120 | Is the Juice Worth the Squeeze?

23 Jun 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Time for Fan Mail Friday, where we'll be answering your questions and dropping some knowledge and feedback to help you kick the weekend off right. Let...

628: Brian Brushwood | Scam School & The Modern Rogue

22 Jun 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Brian Brushwood (@shwood) has spent the last twenty years performing onstage, on TV, and on the Internet, entertaining and teaching people how to harn...

627: David Buss | The Evolution of Desire

20 Jun 2017

Contributed by Lukas

David Buss (@ProfDavidBuss) is a professor of psychology at the University of Texas at Austin. He is considered the world's leading scientific expert ...

Minisode Monday #58 | Chris Hadfield: Boss In Space

19 Jun 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Commander Chris Hadfield (check out our full episode with him here) was the first Canadian to walk in space, but the experience went far from smoothly...

Norm Pattiz | PodcastOne (Bonus)

18 Jun 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Norm Pattiz (@PodcastOne) is a legendary broadcasting entrepreneur who founded radio syndication company Westwood One in the '70s and the PodcastOne n...

Fan Mail Friday #119 | Anger and Dopamine

16 Jun 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Time for Fan Mail Friday, where we'll be answering your questions and dropping some knowledge and feedback to help you kick the weekend off right. In ...

626: Adam Braun | MissionU

15 Jun 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Adam Braun (@AdamBraun) is the founder of school-building Pencils of Promise and bestselling author of The Promise of a Pencil. He joins us to discuss...

625: Chris Hadfield | Rare Earthling

13 Jun 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Chris Hadfield (@Cmdr_Hadfield) is an engineer, former Royal Canadian Air Force fighter pilot, retired astronaut, the first Canadian to walk in space,...

Minisode Monday #57 | The Way We Treat the Ones We Meet

12 Jun 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to Minisode Monday, where we kick off the week with something quick and actionable -- to make you more magnetic and effective -- that you can ...

Fan Mail Friday #118 | What Dat Mean?

09 Jun 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Time for Fan Mail Friday, where we'll be answering your questions and dropping some knowledge and feedback to help you kick the weekend off right. Let...

624: Nick Bilton | American Kingpin

08 Jun 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Nick Bilton (@nickbilton) is a special correspondent for Vanity Fair, a contributor to CNBC, a former columnist and reporter for The New York Times, a...

623: Dean Karnazes | The Road to Sparta

06 Jun 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Dean Karnazes (@DeanKarnazes) may be most famous for running fifty marathons in fifty states in fifty days, but he's also a bestselling author who mos...

Minisode Monday #56 | Success Momentum

05 Jun 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to Minisode Monday, where we kick off the week with something quick and actionable -- to make you more magnetic and effective -- that you can ...

Fan Mail Friday #117 | Shelf Help Isn't Always Helpful

02 Jun 2017

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Time for Fan Mail Friday, where we'll be answering your questions and dropping some knowledge and feedback to help you kick the weekend off right. Ev...

622: David Eagleman | Making Sense of The Brain

01 Jun 2017

Contributed by Lukas

David Eagleman (@davideagleman) is a Stanford neuroscientist, host of Emmy-nominated PBS/BBC series The Brain, and author of Incognito: The Secret Liv...

621: Bryan Callen | Mixed Mental Arts

30 May 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Bryan Callen (@bryancallen) is an actor, comedian, and podcaster who grew up traveling the world. He holds a blue belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, is cert...