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KF #30. Self-Development

May 24

159: Increasing Confidence by Increasing Self-Awareness with Dr. Tasha Eurich

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Dr. Tasha Eurich says: "Are you going to make the choice to be braver but wiser... or blissfully ignorant?"

Tasha Eurich shares insights on self-awareness, how we benefit from it, and what to do to strengthen our self-awareness.

You’ll Learn:

  1. 7 indicators that reveal if you’re actually self-aware (most aren’t!)
  2. Why you need to be more self-aware
  3. What you’re doing wrong when it comes to introspection

About Tasha

Dr. Tasha Eurich is an organizational psychologist, researcher, and New York Times bestselling author (Bankable Leadership). With a PhD in organizational psychology, she is also the founder of The Eurich Group, where she’s helped thousands of leaders and teams improve their effectiveness through greater self-awareness. Dr. Eurich has contributed to Entrepreneur, CNBC.com, and The Huffington Post, and has been featured in outlets such as Forbes, The New York Times, Fast Company, and Inc. She’s been named one of Denver Business Journal’s ”40 Under 40” as well as a “Top 100 Thought Leader” by Trust Across America, and in 2015 she was named a “Leader to Watch” by the American Management Association. Her TEDx talk has been viewed more than a million times.

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Apr 21

146: Accessing Your Brain’s Hidden Potential with Dr. Barbara Oakley

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Barbara Oakley says: "Don't just follow your passion. Broaden your passion and your life will be greatly enriched."

Engineering Professor Dr. Barbara Oakley gives her best techniques for making mindshifts, whether they are dramatic changes or small tweaks.

You’ll Learn:

  1. Why the Pomodoro technique’s 25 minutes of focus is indeed a magical number
  2. How you can make dramatic changes – and small tweaks – to improve your life
  3. How the imposter syndrome can actually be a strength

About Barbara

Barbara Oakley PhD., is a professor of engineering at Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan; a Visiting Scholar at the University of California, San Diego; and Coursera’s inaugural “Innovation Instructor.” Her research involves bioengineering with a focus on the complex relationship between neuroscience and social behavior. Together with Terrence Sejnowski, the Francis Crick Professor at the Salk Institute, she co-teaches Coursera’s “Learning How to Learn,” the world’s most popular massive open online course. Dr. Oakley has received many awards for her teaching, including the American Society of Engineering Education’s Chester F. Carlson Award for technical innovation in education and the National Science Foundation New Century Scholar Award. She is the author of seven other books, including the New York Times-bestselling, A Mind For Numbers.

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Mar 29

136: How to Make Your Presentation as Compelling as a Movie with Ted Frank

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Ted Frank says: "You can't be awesome if you're on the sidelines."

Backstories Studio Principal Ted Frank shows how to apply Hollywood tools to create and give great presentations.

You’ll Learn:

  1. The fundamental key to captivating people
  2. Best practices to help your audience remember the crucial points
  3. Keys to keeping it simple and real in your presentation

About Ted

Ted Frank is the principal and story strategist for Backstories Studio, with clients like Netflix, ESPN, and Twitter. He is the author of Get to the Heart, a book on how to apply movie style storytelling to presentations.

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Feb 24

122: Nourishing Good Habits and Attitudes with Eric Zimmer

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Eric Zimmer says: "It's perfectly possible to live a human life on what I would call 'autopilot', where we just kind of follow what gets put in front of us."

Fellow podcaster Eric Zimmer shares how you can nourish your “good wolf” to help you reach optimal performance at work.

You’ll Learn:

  1. Pro-tips for wisely allocating your time and energy among all the roles you play
  2. An effective way to sustain your good habits when you feel like quitting
  3. How being more yourself at work can help you be more awesome at your job

About Eric

Eric Zimmer is the host of a podcast called The One You Feed. It was named a Best of 2014 podcast by iTunes and has gotten over a million and a half downloads to date. He’s been helping build startup companies for 15 years, been involved in technology for longer than that. Recently he has been doing e-commerce consulting for Fortune 500 companies. He started a solar energy company, Tipping Point.

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Jan 30

112: Keys to Your High-Performance Brain with Dr. Jenny Brockis

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Dr. Jenny Brockis says: "We have this amazing plastic brain that is changing in response to what we are experiencing."

Dr. Jenny Brockis examines how the brain works and develops and shares how you can boost your brain to higher performance.

You’ll Learn:

  1. Characteristics of the high-performance brain
  2. Why you should give your brain permission to wander
  3. Key habits for optimal brain performance

About Jenny

As a medical doctor, speaker and author, Dr. Jenny Brockis is passionate about all things ‘brain’. Her mission is to become the Jamie Oliver of cognitive health, empowering others to create their own high performance brain that is optimised to help them work at their best.

She works with those who seek to thrive in our increasingly complex world, by translating the complexities of neuroscience into easily understood strategies that can be readily integrated into our busy lives.
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