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  • If over half of marriages end in divorce, what are the skills to make sure your relationship stays in the successful 50%?
    Drs. John and Julie Gottman are world leading relationship researchers that have been studying couples for over 40 years, publishing over 200 academic journal articles and 46 books. They are the co-founders of The Gottman Institute and Love Lab.
    In this conversation the Gottman’s and Steven discuss topics such as, the 3 skills you need for a healthy relationship, the steps to repair a relationship after an argument, why kissing can extend your life, and how cuddling leads to a better sex life.

    You can purchase the Gottman’s new book, ‘Fight Right: How Successful Couples Turn Conflict into Connection’, here: https://amzn.to/3TDm5Fx

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  • From starting in a shed to aiming to be a billion dollar company, the road to success is a 24/7 mission.
    George Heaton is the owner and creative director of the British luxury streetwear brand, Represent.
    In this conversation George and Steven discuss topics such as, why a work-life balance is bullshit, changing his life and writing his rules for success, how Represent was almost destroyed, and why he doesn’t believe in motivation.


    (02:04) What is the mission you're on?

    (02:14) What made you obsessed with winning?

    (02:14) What influence did your father have on you?

    (04:01) What was your brother Mike like?

    (04:28) What did your parents do for a living?

    (04:52) Did you always grow up wanting to be in fashion?

    (05:36) The influence your older brother had on you

    (06:33) When was the idea of Represent born?

    (09:02) Where did that chip on your shoulder come from?

    (09:35) What was his shedding phase like?

    (11:31) Starting Represent in 2012

    (14:01) Why don't people start?

    (16:28) How do you feel now about the old products you used to make in the shed?

    (17:13) What do you say to people who want to start their business?

    (17:59) Trying to scale the business

    (19:12) Hiring people

    (25:15) How do people get the answers they need to take them to the next level?

    (26:08) What made you step out of the CEO position and hire a CEO?

    (28:29) A phase where you didn't like yourself

    (30:17) How did you know you wanted to change?

    (33:20) Creating those next steps for the business?

    (39:53) Creating a solid company culture

    (40:48) Self-awareness

    (42:06) Staying in touch with the business side of things as a creative

    (45:47) The letter that nearly ended Represent

    (50:02) Company lawsuit

    (53:03) What his experience of it was at that time

    (55:19) What makes Represent special?

    (57:33) What is it about Represent that we don't see?

    (00:59:32) People stealing Represent's designs

    (01:02:02) How do you view money now?

    (01:03:47) What it's been like trying to create a life outside of the business

    (01:05:03) The brand being linked to your self-esteem and identity

    (01:08:58) How important is it that you surround yourself with the right people?

    (01:10:25) Romantic Relationships?

    (01:15:04) Opinions on work-life balance?

    (01:19:51) Advice on how to run a clothing line

    (01:23:37) How to get the motivation to go do the thing

    (01:24:38) What have you learned from hiring?

    (01:26:07) What if Michael decided he wanted to stop?

    (01:29:29) What is next for George?

    (01:31:01) What is the next goal?

    (01:32:21) What are you good at?

    (01:35:30) The next guest's question


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  • In this moment, bestselling author and business leadership speaker, Simon Sinek discusses quiet quitting and the importance of expectation management when it comes to work. Simon says that both employers and employees need to be more open and honest about what they want from their professional relationship. For instance, he says that Amazon is very open that it is a very tough and competitive culture, so people can choose whether they want to work in that sort of environment. Equally, employees need to be honest about how they want work to fit into their life, do they want an easy casual job or do they want to push hard and be ambitious. Simon believes we need to treat work like a conversation, previously it has been treated like a speech where workers were told what they were going to do, but now people can ask, why does work have to be that way?

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  • We are living in an epidemic of trauma, causing disease and death, so why are so few of us ready to face it?
    Dr. Paul Conti is a general psychiatrist and expert on treating trauma, he is also the founder and CEO of Pacific Premier Group, PC
    In this conversation Paul and Steven discuss topics such as, our current epidemic of trauma, why trauma is making you age faster, how you inherit trauma, and the ways that trauma can lead to an early death.

    00:00 Intro
    02:04 The Invisible Epidemic
    04:12 What Percentage of the Population Has Traumas?
    06:39 Your Brother's Suicide
    09:43 Trauma Is Causing All Sorts of Illnesses in Our Bodies
    12:35 How Trauma Speeds Up Your Ageing
    14:31 How Trauma Affects Us at a Cellular Level
    15:49 Trauma Leads to Early Death
    18:01 Is There Anything Killing More Than Trauma?
    19:15 The Different Types of Trauma
    23:46 What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Weaker
    26:30 Why Some People Experience Trauma Stronger Than Others
    29:07 The Impact of Being Different
    31:54 Developing Trauma Later in Life
    35:21 How Do We Know If Trauma Is Being Passed On?
    38:55 Do We Need to Understand Our Parents' Trauma to Understand Ours?
    43:22 Post-Trauma Syndrome
    44:11 How to Know If We Are Traumatised?
    47:18 Trauma Shows Up as Addiction
    50:18 What Tests Can Be Done to See If We Have Trauma?
    51:12 Self-Destructive Shooting Methods
    54:33 People Are Dying from Prescribed Meds
    56:38 How Does Trauma Change Our Brains?
    58:17 Trauma Creates Cognitive Blind Spots in Our Brain
    01:03:14 We Tend to Seek What Harms Us in Order to Fix It
    01:05:49 Becoming Addicted to Our Victimhood
    01:07:27 What's the Role of the Limbic System in Our Traumas?
    01:10:01 Shame Keeps Us Alive
    01:11:57 You Can Build a Different Story Around Your Shame
    01:16:08 How You Are Treated Determines Whether a Situation Becomes Traumatic or Not
    01:17:46 How to Alleviate Our Shame
    01:19:31 How Bringing Up the Trauma Helps
    01:22:47 The Link Between Sleep and Trauma
    01:24:28 The Importance of Sitting Alone with Your Thoughts
    01:25:09
    01:26:07 Sleep Problems Need to Be Urgently Addressed
    01:27:33 Why You're Not Sleeping
    01:28:50 Link Between Weight and Trauma
    01:30:45 Advice for People That Think They Can't Change
    01:33:40 Training Your Brain
    01:36:04 Can You Completely Get Rid of a Trauma?
    01:37:03 How to Stop Being Triggered by Trauma
    01:38:18 Saving Lady Gaga's Life
    01:41:53 Last Guest Question

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  • Understanding the laws human nature is one of the most crucial skills in life, so why do so few of us take the time to learn them?
    Robert Greene is a New York Times bestselling author, whose books include, ‘The 48 Laws of Power’, ’The Art of Seduction’, and ’The 33 Strategies of War’.
    In this conversation Robert and Steven discuss topics such as, how to avoid a midlife crisis, ways to eliminate self-doubt, how to use body language to get what you want, and the dark truth about human psychology.

    (2:00) Why did you write a book about human nature?
    (3:59) How do we reverse a lack of self-awareness?
    (6:26) How to get rid of qualities we don’t like about ourselves
    (11:20) Where does our dark side come from?
    (14:54) How to pursue that thing you’ve always wanted to do
    (27:19) The unseen importance of creating a sense of urgency
    (29:12) How to know if you’re following a false purpose
    (35:42) Should a young person just be saying yes to everything?
    (39:39) How to manage other people that get in the way of what we want to do
    (42:31) Do we have to lie to be successful?
    (51:16) How to read someone's body language
    (53:57) A smile says loads about how someone feels about you
    (56:16) People's personalities are contagious
    (56:43) Frenemies, what they mean and how to spot one
    (1:06:07) What's the most controversial point from your book?
    (1:08:50) Does equality exist when we all strive for power?
    (1:11:54) Becoming the best, what it really means
    (1:17:36) Is death a motivator for you?
    (1:24:14) The importance of relationships
    (1:26:26) How to deal with dark thoughts
    (1:28:34) Advice for people going through self-doubt & hard moments
    (1:32:42) Why did you write this book, The Sublime?
    (1:37:08) What would be your parting message to the world?
    (1:42:59) How can we rise above our emotional reactions?
    (1:44:40) How has your research influenced how you view politics?
    (1:52:03) The last guest's question

    You can purchase the special 25th anniversary edition Robert’s book, ‘The 48 Laws of Power’, here: https://amzn.to/3TA1NOm

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  • In this moment, former chief business officer for Google X and bestselling author, Mo Gawdat, discusses the happiness equation. According to Mo, we don’t realise that happiness is actually very predictable, so much so that it can actually be put into a mathematical equation. Mo says the formula for happiness is: your perception of the events of your life minus your expectations of how life should be. This means, that it’s not specific events that cause happiness, but it is the comparison between the event and the expectation you have in your mind of how your life should be going. As a result happiness is all about perception, which means you have the ability to control your happiness and it becomes a choice that you decide.

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  • CrossFit vs. marathon running? Yoga vs. pilates? Does the fitness world always have to be a battleground, or is there a middle ground that everyone can agree on?
    Dr. Layne Norton is a former powerlifting champion and professional bodybuilder. He is the founder of Biolayne LLC and the co-founder of Carbon Diet Coach.
    In this conversation Layne and Steven discuss topics such as, the truth about calories, sugar addiction, growing muscle three times faster, and why people can’t lose weight.

    (00:00) Intro
    (02:04) Making Fitness Accessible to Everyone
    (13:46) My Bullying Experiences Is My Driver to Help People
    (16:39) How to Overcome Our Food Addiction
    (14:39) Finding the Psychological Ways That Stop Us from Achieving What We Want
    (18:02) How to Build Motivation and Discipline
    (24:33) Setting Big Goals Stop You from Achieving Them
    (27:14) The Psychology of Taking Small Steps Really Work
    (29:23) What Takes for a Person to Decide to Lose Weight or Go to the Gym?
    (35:00) Calories In/Calories Out
    (37:53) Thermic Effect of Food
    (41:49) Metabolic Adaptation
    (44:02) Can You Lose Weight in Calorie Surplus?
    (52:58) Artificial Sweetness
    (59:49) Is Sugar Addictive?
    (01:06:07) Craving Sugar
    (01:08:02) How Sweeteners Affect Our Gut
    (01:09:16) What Supplements Do You Recommend?
    (01:14:25) Whey Protein
    (01:18:03) Caffeine
    (01:19:08) Intermittent Fasting
    (01:20:16) Does Fasting Help When You're Ill?
    (01:24:24) Can You Lose Belly Fat?
    (01:27:40) Is Exercise Useful for Weight Loss?
    (01:30:40) Exercising Helps Having a Balanced Diet
    (01:35:07) Keto Diet
    (01:39:21) Fat Loss and Fat Oxidation
    (01:41:55) The Importance of Failure in Success Rate
    (01:49:53) Ozempic
    (01:53:10) What Are the Downsides of These Drugs?
    (02:00:36) What Do You Think of the Fitness Industry?
    (02:08:05) Resistance Training
    (02:09:16) How to Grow Big Muscles
    (02:17:21) Last Guest Question


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    Studies mentioned in the episode:

    Obesity Risk for Female Victims of Childhood Sexual Abuse: A Prospective Study:
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    Successful weight loss maintenance: A systematic review of weight control registries:
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    Creatine for the Treatment of Depression:
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    Discrepancy between self-reported and actual caloric intake:
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    Non-nutritive sweetened beverages versus water after a 52-week weight management programme: a randomised controlled trial:
    https://www.nature.com/articles/s41366-023-01393-3

    Short-term consumption of sucralose with, but not without, carbohydrate impairs neural and metabolic sensitivity to sugar in human:
    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7784207/

    A randomized controlled trial to isolate the effects of fasting and energy restriction on weight loss and metabolic health in lean adults:
    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7784207/

    Evidence for sugar addiction: Behavioral and neurochemical effects of intermittent, excessive sugar intake:
    https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0149763407000589

    The NutriNet-Santé Study
    https://classic.clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03335644

    Relation between caloric intake, body weight, and physical work: studies in an industrial male population in West Bengal:
    https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/13302165/

    GLP-1 Receptor Agonists and the Thyroid:
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  • Relationships and romance aren't easy, but are you making it harder than it needs to be?

    Lori Gottlieb is a psychotherapist and a bestselling author, she is also the co-host of the ‘Dear Therapists’ podcast. Her New York Times bestselling books include, ‘Maybe You Should Talk to Someone’ and ‘Mr Good Enough’.

    In this conversation Lori and Steven discuss topics such as, why men should always pay for the date, the best age according to statistics to get married, what women really want in a man, and the simple trick to show what is missing in your relationship.

    (00:00) Intro
    (02:08) How to Live the Life You Want
    (05:06) Lack of Human Connections Leads to Relationship Pressure
    (06:21) Why the Majority Aren't Satisfied with Their Relationships
    (08:01) The Need to Be Understood
    (09:47) Why Men Struggle More Opening Up in the Relationship
    (16:34) Setting Unreal Expectations When Looking for a Partner
    (19:40) We're Too Picky on Dating Apps
    (24:57) High Expectations, Can They Be Lowered?
    (28:04) Gender Differences in Dating
    (33:44) The Type of People That Seek Bad Partners
    (35:11) How to Help Those People
    (36:49) Financial Differences in Dating
    (42:53) People Are Choosing Not to Have Kids and Get Married
    (49:02) What Happens When a Woman Earns More in the Relationship
    (51:08) The Big Debate on a First Date
    (56:35) Red Flags in First Dates
    (59:51) The Age You Marry Is Linked to Divorce Risk
    (01:03:32) You Need to Learn to Unknow Yourself
    (01:05:35) The Impact of Seeking Approval
    (01:12:20) When Your Friends Sabotage You When You Try to Change
    (01:20:46) Do Women Express More Emotion Than Men?
    (01:22:38) Do Our Dreams Have True Meanings?
    (01:25:08) The Safety of Self-Compassion
    (01:26:55) The Opposite of Depression Isn't Happiness
    (01:29:46) The Grief of Heartbreak and How to Recover
    (01:37:53) How to Help Someone Going Through Heartbreak
    (01:45:02) Last Guest Question

    You can find the link to the graph on age and divorce risk here: https://bit.ly/49KpKrM

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  • This moment is a compilation of some of the most successful women to ever appear on The Diary Of A CEO, discussing the biggest hurdles that women have to overcome on the road to success.

    Karen Brady CBE, former managing director of Birmingham City F.C tells how on her first away game, it wasn’t believed that she could have a place in the boardroom and was mistaken for a player's wife or partner. Ever since, she has been driven to show the importance of true equality of treatment for people.

    Whitney Wolfe Herd, the founder of Bumble, says that one of the key reasons for Bumble’s success in a crowded dating app market was that it aimed at women and what they wanted, compared to all the other apps which ignored women to focus on male customers.

    Trinny Woodall, CEO of Trinny London, says that by starting a successful business in mid life, it proves that age is just a number and that energy alongside trusting yourself and your ideas is everything.

    Finally, Reshma Saujani, CEO of Girls Who Code, believes women have been sold the propaganda that they aren’t good or smart enough, and are left doubting their own abilities. Instead, she says that women have to say no and believe that they are deserving of success now.

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  • What can video game and porn addiction tell us about society’s mental health crisis?Dr Alok Kanojia is a psychiatrist and co-founder of the mental health coaching company 'Healthy Gamer', which aims to help with modern stressors, such as social media, video games, and online dating.In this conversation Dr Alok and Steven discuss topics such as, the male mental health crisis, how your phone is hijacking your brain, the link between trauma and toxic masculinity, and how social media is ruining your relationships.(00:00) Intro.(02:07) Achieve Whatever You Want.(02:39) External Success Won't Fix You Inside.(04:12) This Won't Lead To Happiness.(06:48) I Had A Gaming Addiction(08:43) How To Identify Real Needs From Desires?(12:08) What Sort Of People Have You Worked With?(12:48) What Does It Mean To Be A Man?(20:27) What Is The Remedy For Men’s Mental Health & Suicide Issues?(23:20) Men Get Upset Based On Their Insecurities.(25:45) Men Need Self-Expression.(26:43) What Are Your Thoughts On Andrew Tate?(30:31) How To Stop People From Following Toxic Masculinity?(33:24) Do Men Need More Positive Role Models?(35:22) Why Are Women's Suicide Rates Increasing?(37:34) The Role Of Social Media In Our Mental Health.(44:16) Should Yoga Be Taught At School?(47:07) What Is Meditation And The Biggest Misunderstanding?(50:08) The Important Impact Of Meditation On Our Lives?(51:29) What Stops People From Meditating?(55:29) How Does Meditation Help With Addiction?(58:23) Our Biggest Addiction Is Success.(01:03:32) Dissatisfaction Leads To Watching Pornography.(01:04:04) How To Help People With Addiction?(01:05:06) Does Addiction Create Shame?(01:06:43) Case Study: How Any Transformation Is Possible?(01:07:32) Having The First Conversation With An Addict.(01:09:04) Do We Need To Hit Rock Bottom To Realise How Bad It Is?(01:09:05) Don't Protect People; Let Them Accept Their Responsibilities.(01:13:06) Motivational Interviewing.(01:13:00) The 25% Rule To Achieve Your Goals.(01:22:20) The Last Guest QuestionYou can pre-order Dr Alok’s book, ‘How to Raise a Healthy Gamer’, here: https://amzn.to/3V5jfLVFollow Dr Alok:Twitter - https://bit.ly/3V59nS4Instagram - https://bit.ly/49GFrQNWatch the episodes on Youtube - https://g2ul0.app.link/3kxINCANKsbFollow me:https://beacons.ai/diaryofaceoSponsors:Shopify: http://shopify.com/bartlettLinkedin Jobs: https://www.linkedin.com/doacUber: https://p.uber.com/creditstermsLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

  • Everyones seen the films, but what does it take to be a real life 007?
    Andrew Bustamante is a former covert CIA intelligence officer and US Air Force combat veteran. He is the founder of EverydaySpy, an online education platform that teaches real-world international espionage techniques that can be used in everyday life.
    In this conversation Andrew and Steven discuss topics such as, why spy skills work in the business world, how to manipulate people, the ways to take control of your emotions, and why he’s leaving the US before 2030.

    (00:00) Intro
    (02:10) Your Time At The CIA
    (02:47) What Is The CIA?
    (03:27) You've Got It Wrong About Spies
    (06:13) Applying Real Spy Skills To Overcome Any Barrier In Our Lives
    (07:43) How To Manipulate People
    (17:45) The Psychological Profile Of A CIA Agent
    (20:43) I Held The Key To Nuclear Missiles
    (22:45) It Was A Horrible Job
    (24:30) Would You Have You Pressed The Nuclear Button?
    (26:48) The CIA Message That Changed My Life
    (28:43) The Interview Process For The CIA
    (32:44) How Did You Feel When You Received That Letter?
    (35:07) Did The CIA Tell You To Cut Off From Your Social Circle?
    (35:57) Your Ethnicity Factor To Be Recruited By The CIA
    (37:16) Do You Have To Change Your Identity?
    (38:27) How Expensive Is To Train A CIA Agent?
    (38:34) What's The CIA Training Scheme?
    (39:17) Do They Show You How To Kill?
    (40:19) How You Teach The Art Of Lying
    (43:13) Body Language & Lying
    (44:59) Demystifying Lying Signs
    (47:57) How To Tell If Someone Is Lying
    (49:47) Human Psychology
    (52:55) The Essence Of Manipulation
    (54:32) How To Find Someone's Ideology To Manipulate Them
    (58:45) Have You Changed The Way You Look At The World?
    (01:02:34) Perception vs Perceptive
    (01:04:32) Leaning Into Objective vs Subjective Feelings
    (01:05:58) How To Train Yourself To Apply Rational Objective Perspective
    (01:08:27) Your Business Success
    (01:11:34) What Is SADRAT?
    (01:13:40) Change The Game When Selling Your Products
    (01:15:46) What Is Espionage?
    (01:16:41) What Is Our Secret Life?
    (01:20:49) How To Enter Someone's Secret Life
    (01:26:06) How To Apply It To Business
    (01:28:52) Adapting To Change Faster Than Your Opponent
    (01:31:51) Were There Times Your Life Was At Threat?
    (01:34:16) Sexpionage, What Is It?
    (01:36:22) Disguise, Did You Ever Do It?
    (01:41:17) Do CIA Agents Get Trained To Not Feel Fear & Anxiety?
    (01:43:56) How Do They Train You To Slow Down Your Emotional Brain?
    (01:50:11) Your Wife & You Leaving The CIA
    (01:51:38) America Is Going Through A Hard Period
    (01:56:58) What's The Advice For Everyone To Make That Change?
    (01:59:10) How Does Your Identity Stop You From Evolving?
    (01:59:22) What Is Something You Used To Believe That You No Longer Do?

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  • In this moment, neuroscientist, Professor Tali Sharot, discusses why happiness is not the most important thing in life, and actually it is just 1 of 3 critical factors for a complete life. Most people think that the meaning of life for humans is to try and find the maximum amount of happiness, however this just factor one. Tali says that the second factor is meaning. Often in your life you do a task not because it will give you happiness but because it gives you a sense of completeness that comes from meaning. Finally, Tali says that we need what is called a ‘psychological rich life’, which is basically a varied life. She says that this diversity in life is absolutely crucial as humans have evolved to have a desire to explore and face uncertainty.

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  • 1 in 6 people are narcissists, so what is a narcissist and how can you spot one?
    Dr Ramani Durvasula is a clinical psychologist, Professor of Psychology at California State University, and the Founder and CEO of LUNA Education, Training & Consulting. She is also the author of books such as ‘Should I Stay or Should I Go: Surviving a Relationship with a Narcissist’, and ‘"Don't You Know Who I Am?": How to Stay Sane in an Era of Narcissism, Entitlement, and Incivility’.
    In this conversation Dr. Ramani and Steven discuss topics such as, whether your partner is a narcissist, the 4 types of narcissist, why up to 50% of famous people are narcissists, and whether narcissists are better in bed.

    (00:00) Intro
    (02:08) Why Dedicating Your Life To Studying Narcissism
    (03:10) The Cost Of Narcissism
    (06:07) How To Spot A Narcissist
    (12:27) How To Differentiate An Asshole From A Narcissist
    (15:19) Can You Cure Narcissism?
    (16:39) What Gender Tends To Be More Narcissistic
    (18:24) The Types Of Narcissism
    (25:07) How Many People Are Narcissists?
    (27:21) Is Social Media Fuelling More Narcissists
    (32:09) Where Does Narcissism Come From Genetics Environment
    (36:06) Narcissism Lives In A Spectrum
    (37:08) Are Narcissists More Successful
    (40:12) The Empathic CEOs Are Rare
    (43:04) Does Money Make You More Narcissistic?
    (47:03) How Do You Know If You Are A Narcissist
    (50:19) What People Get Attracted To Narcissist?
    (53:41) How To Know If My Partner Is A Narcissist
    (55:32) The Three Rs: How To Know If You're In A Negative Relationship
    (59:28) Pathological Manipulation
    (01:00:56) What's Projection?
    (01:04:20) Can They Take Feedback
    (01:05:55) Gaslighting, What Is It?
    (01:10:49) How To Deal With Being Gaslit
    (01:13:10) Do Narcissists Engage In Domestic Behaviour
    (01:15:17) What Should I Do If My Boss Is A Narcissist
    (01:17:31) Can You Get Out From A Narcissistic Person
    (01:21:32) Can You Be Happy In A Relationship With A Narcissist
    (01:23:08) What Is The Weak Point Of A Narcissist
    (01:24:44) Why Don't They Like Authentic People
    (01:25:51) Famous Narcissists
    (01:31:55) You Can Come Back From Narcissistic Abuse
    (01:34:04) Hardest Day Of Your Life

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  • How can grip strength predict if you will get a chronic disease? And why is sleeping with a shut door ruining your sleep?
    Dr Andy Galpin, PhD, is Professor of Kinesiology (the study of movement) at California State University, Fullerton. He is the Co-Director of the Center for Sport Performance and Founder/Director of the Biochemistry and Molecular Exercise Physiology Laboratory. Dr Andy is an Elite Performer Coach & Consultant for NBA All-Stars, World Title athletes, and Olympic medalists. He is also the host of the ‘Perform with Dr. Andy Galpin’ podcast.
    In this conversation Dr. Andy and Steven discuss topics such as, how grip strength can predict chronic diseases, why you should never exercise at night, the foolproof way to lose weight, and why you need to know your VO2 levels.

    (00:00) Intro
    (02:11) Enhancing People's Physical & Cognitive Performance
    (04:16) Why You Care About Human Performance?
    (10:39) What's Your Academic Background
    (11:38) What's the Range of People That Come to You & What Do They Want Fixing?
    (14:23) What Stops Us from Reaching Our Optimal Performance?
    (20:53) How Vitamin Deficiencies Affect Our Body
    (24:37) Why We Don't Get Accurate Results from Blood Tests
    (28:22) You Need to Understand Why Your Body Markers Are Down
    (32:25) Why People Struggle to Sleep
    (37:23) How to Improve Your Sleep
    (42:59) Is 8h the Optimal Sleep Time?
    (48:34) The Misconceptions of Sleep Debt
    (50:51) The Power of Doing Tasks at Your Usual Circadian Times
    (55:24) Environmental Factors That Affect Our Sleep
    (01:04:17) Create the Optimal Environment for Restorative Sleep
    (01:06:56) Sleep Debt
    (01:10:12) How to Stop Travels Disrupting Your Sleep
    (01:12:28) How Important Is Your Heart Rate Variability (HRV)?
    (01:13:55) The Impact of Keto Diet and Carbs on Your HRV?
    (01:16:38) The Effects of Introducing Carbs Back into Your Diet
    (01:18:42) How to Have a Healthy HRV?
    (01:23:37) Good Morning Routines for Improved HRV
    (01:28:14) Does Red Light Have an Effect on Our Bodies?
    (01:30:36) The Importance of Choosing the Right Training
    (01:31:30) Gain Muscle Mass and Stay Lean
    (01:35:19) When to Eat When Exercising
    (01:37:18) Best Training for Best & Lasting Performance
    (01:39:22) The Death Dangers of Falling at 60+ Years Old
    (01:42:31) What Is VO2 Max?
    (01:45:03) What VO2 Max Says About Your Health
    (01:49:33) People Don't Believe Their Health Problems Can Be Fixed
    (01:52:24) The Exercise and Steps to Improve VO2 Max
    (01:54:43) To Build Muscle You Need to Add Variations to Your Exercise Routine
    (01:59:03) Creatine Benefits for Your Body
    (02:04:09) Fat Loss
    (02:11:30) Depriving Yourself from Food Isn't Beneficial in Weight Loss
    (02:12:34) Why Should You Do Strength Before Endurance?
    (02:12:58) How Technology Will Shape Our Health
    (02:18:40) The Impact of Minimizing Stressors in Our Lives
    (02:24:43) Last Guest Question

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  • In this moment, relationship expert and behavioural scientist, Logan Ury discusses what she thinks is the most important part out of all of relationship science: attachment styles. Logan says these styles help you to understand yourself, your previous dating patterns, and who you are attracted to. Our attachment style also explains we are triggered to push people away, as our brains create negative thoughts and look for flaws in a person as an unconscious way of protecting us from getting hurt. However, Logan says that it is possible for 25% of us to change our attachment style. She says this can be done in 2 parts: firstly by understanding your style of attachment, and secondly, by understanding your unconscious triggers you can override them in order to get out of your own way in finding love.

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  • There has never been a better time to be an entrepreneur, but what is the first step?

    Daniel Priestley is an award-winning serial entrepreneur who has built and sold several successful businesses and written 5 books on starting and scaling businesses. He is the founder of Dent Global, an accelerator and venture studio, and the cofounder of ScoreApp, an AI powered marketing software.

    In this conversation Daniel and Steven discuss topics such as, the entrepreneurs journey, struggling with mindset shifts when scaling a company, why passion is crucial for success in business, and how AI is changing the business landscape.

    (00:00) Intro
    (02:15) The Most Exciting Time Of History For Businesses
    (04:22) Growing Small Businesses & Making Them Millions
    (05:39) Can Anyone Be An Entrepreneur?
    (06:20) How To Know If It's A Good Business Idea
    (11:09) How Important Is Passion In Being A Successful Entrepreneur
    (14:18) Don't Pursue Entrepreneurship For This Reason!
    (22:42) How To Be A Visionary
    (28:05) How To Be Great At Pitching Business Ideas
    (35:46) The Magic Of 'With Or Without You' Energy
    (41:17) The Steps To Know If It'll Be A Good Business
    (49:43) Fear Of Failure
    (52:34) Life Force Energy & Bringing Stories To Life
    (57:59) The Importance Of Changing Environments Regularly
    (01:02:59) Starting A Business/Personal Brand
    (01:07:11) Soloentreneurship Doesn't Work
    (01:09:55) How To Make Money
    (01:16:01) Your Team Is Essential In Your Business
    (01:18:41) How Do You Invest Your Money
    (01:20:18) How To Build A Business From Scratch
    (01:24:46) Should You Work For A Big Company Or A Start Up
    (01:27:19) The Humility Of Accepting Others Are Better Than You
    (01:30:01) What's A Management Buyout?
    (01:36:33) How To Structure And How To Sale A Deal
    (01:39:42) AI Will Revolutionize How Businesses Work!
    (01:46:25) Work-Life Balance
    (01:49:54) Last Guest Question

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  • Everyone has the desire to be desired, finally, in this episode, the mystery of desire is stripped back.

    Dr Karen Gurney is a Clinical Psychologist, Psychosexologist and Couples Therapist, she has been helping couples tackle sex problems for over 20 years. She is the author of the bestselling book, ‘Mind The Gap: The truth about desire and how to future proof your sex life’.

    In this conversation Karen and Steven discuss topics, such as the reasons for a dead sex life, why women prefer non-penetrative sex, how technology is killing your sex life, and why you should invest in your sexual currency.

    Topics:
    0:00 Intro
    02:07 What Do You Do and Why Do You Do It?
    03:56 Our Attention Is Being Hijacked Which Is Affecting Our Sex Lives
    09:57 Why Does Sex Get Harder the More We Think About It
    11:50 Why Expectations and Pressure Make Sex Worse
    15:56 Our Society Has Created a "Sexual Script" That's Wrong
    17:10 How to Talk About Sex with Your Partner
    23:09 How to Tell Your Partner You're Not Attracted to Them Anymore
    25:56 How to Not Let Kids Ruin Your Sex Life
    27:25 The Demographic That Comes to You More Than Any Other
    28:16 Why Desire Goes in a Relationship
    34:13 How to Trigger Desire in Your Relationship
    38:34 The "Initiation" Problem
    40:21 Should We Schedule Sex?
    43:05 What Should We Be Doing to Keep Desire High in Our Relationships
    45:55 How to Talk About Your Fetish with Your Partner
    50:54 What Women Really Want During Sex
    52:45 Does It Matter Who Initiates Sex?
    56:04 If Our Idea of What We Want From Sex Isn't Happening What Should We Do?
    58:31 If Men Can't Get It Up, What Should We Do?
    01:00:56 If Men Can't Get It Up, What Should We Do?
    01:01:15 Should We Have Sex Before or After We Eat?
    01:02:22 The Optimal Amount of Times to Have Sex
    01:04:16 Sexual Dissatisfaction Between Men and Women
    01:07:54 How to Deal with a Sex Life as a Parent
    01:11:54 What You Can Do as a Parent to Ensure Your Sex Life Doesn't Go Off Track
    01:13:26 The Relationship Between Poor Sleep and Sex
    01:16:39 At What Point Should People Reach Out to You?
    01:17:21 Have You Ever Seen Relationships That Are Unrecoverable?
    01:18:45 The Top 3 Most Common Sexual Problems
    01:20:46 The Impact of Pets on Our Sex Lives
    01:22:43 Are You Hopeful for the Future of Sex?
    01:24:04 How Menopause Affects Our Sex Lives
    01:25:21 Our Bodies Changing Over Time and How That Impacts Our Sex Lives
    01:26:27 Are We Meant to Be Monogamous?
    01:31:51 The Last Guest’s Question

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  • In this moment, behaviour and habit design expert, Nir Eyal discusses how to beat procrastination and distraction. One of the first major steps is being able to master the internal triggers that are trying to pull your attention away. Nir believes that to do this you need to try and understand the underlying feelings behind these urge. As he says, time management is pain management, and all human behaviour is about trying to escape discomfort. Nir says that finding these underlying feelings can be achieved by writing down the sensations you feel just before distraction, this allows you identify them and then reframe them to your advantage. Because, if you don’t master these internal triggers, they become your master. Another major step to beat procrastination is by actually scheduling time to be distracted. Nir calls this ‘The 10 Minute Rule’, which allows you to give in to any distraction in your scheduled time, but only for 10 minutes!

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  • What is the best way to get over a heartbreak? For Justin McLeod that was creating one of the world’s most popular dating apps.
    Justin McLeod is the CEO and founder of the dating app Hinge, which has over 20 million users and sets up a date every 3 seconds.
    In this conversation Justin and Steven discuss topics, such as overcoming addiction, early stigma around dating apps, the setbacks and difficulties when creating Hinge, his tumultuous love story, and why happy endings are for the movies.

    00:00 Intro
    02:07 My Addiction & Going to Rehab
    05:18 12 Step Programme for Addiction
    07:36 How My Love Experiences Influenced My Entrepreneurial Journey
    12:22 Founding Hinge
    15:46 How Do We Know Which Ideas to Go After?
    18:50 When Did the App Form?
    23:35 Tinder and How It Impacted Hinge
    27:29 The Interview That Changed My Life
    34:14 The New Era for Hinge
    36:56 How to Be Successful on Hinge
    38:56 What Is Hinge Labs?
    42:51 The Worst Things to Do in Dating Apps
    44:03 Advice for People Going on Loads Of Dates
    47:30 Dating Apps Want People to Stay Single to Have More Customers…
    49:23 How Has the Dating World Changed in the Last Few Years?

    50:31 Hinge First Principles
    51:48 The Importance of Taking Risks
    01:00:38 How to Have Great Company Culture
    01:17:16 Biggest Hiring Mistakes
    01:19:42 What the Future of Dating Apps Looks Like
    01:21:33 The Last Guest Question
    
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  • Work has to suck, you have to be selfish to get ahead, and you can’t become more original, these are just some of the myths that Adam Grant busts and replaces with an upgraded way to see the world.
    Adam Grant is Professor of Management and Psychology at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He has been named one of the world’s 10 most influential management thinkers and one of Fortune’s 40 under 40. He is also a #1 New York Times bestselling author of 5 books, including ‘Think Again’, ’Give and Take’, and ‘Originals’.
    In this conversation Adam and Steven discuss topics, such as why star players ruin teams, how to be original, why character beats genius, and the myths about entrepreneurs and risk.

    00:00 Intro
    02:00 Finding Happiness Meaning & Success
    04:50 Redefining The Game & Changing The Rules About Success
    07:20 Who Are More Successful, Givers Or Keepers?
    10:25 Taking The Initiative: Great Ideas Need Execution
    14:21 What Happens To Procrastinators?
    21:37 Who Are The Originals Of Our Time?
    22:22 What Are The Characteristics Of Originals
    23:48 Why Child Geniuses Won't Become Adult Geniuses
    25:09 Being A Perfectionist
    27:12 The Importance Of Urgency
    33:11 The Importance Of Leaning Into Difficulty
    38:21 What Role Trauma Plays In Becoming Successful?
    40:56 What Determines What Sibling Will Be More Successful?
    48:25 What Makes A Risk Taker?
    53:18 What Takes To Build A Great Team
    57:38 What Happens To People When You Take Them Out Of Their Team Culture
    01:01:33 How To Not Get Complacent If You're Successful
    01:06:01 Disagreeing With Your Boss
    01:10:09 What Science Says About Group Vs Individual Thinking
    01:15:51 Unlocking Your Hidden Potential
    01:26:27 Self Promotion Vs Idea Promotion
    01:28:41 Think Like A Scientist
    01:42:56 Last Guest Question

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