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Feb 08
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116: Achieving More with Less Resources with Scott Sonenshein

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Scott Sonenshein says: "Frugal people do things unconventionally and literally get a pleasure from using resources wisely."

Rice University Professor Scott Sonenshein proposes a change in mindset when it comes to constraints and stretching resources and getting more with less.

You’ll Learn:

  1. Principles behind the “Myth of More” and the “Power of Less”
  2. Why experts are over-rated
  3. The four keys of an effective stretching mindset

About Scott

Scott Sonenshein is the Henry Gardiner Symonds Professor of Management at Rice University. His award winning research, teaching, and consulting has helped Fortune 500 executives, entrepreneurs, and professionals in a variety of industries. He holds a PhD in management and organizations from the University of Michigan, an MPhil from the University of Cambridge, and a BA from the University of Virginia. He has worked as a strategy consultant for companies such as AT&T and Microsoft and lived the rise and fall of the dotcom boom while working at a Silicon Valley startup.

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Jan 30
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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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Dec 16
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097: Email Anxiety and Euphoria with Andy Mitchell

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Andy Mitchell says: "It's not about emptying your inbox, it's about emptying your brain."

ActiveInbox founder Andy Mitchell shares insights gleaned from years of collaborating with the many diverse users of his email and task management software product.

You’ll Learn:

  1. Why email won’t die for a while… and what to do in the meantime
  2. Why we experience euphoria at an empty inbox, and how to get there more often
  3. How to avoid the productivity death spiral triggered by working late

About Andy
Andy Mitchell is the founder of ActiveInbox for Gmail, an email tool and task manager combined into one. He maintains an ethos of ‘leaving more in the world than I take out of it.’ Day to day, he’s trying to ensure the team is all pulling in the same direction to craft the best product they can. Prior to ActiveInbox, he worked in a number of high-tech roles at LocallyCompared, ProductiveFirefox, Dakin Flathers, and MeeCard.

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Dec 05
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092: Optimized Tools for Planning Anything with Stacey Dyer

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Stacey Dyer says: "Limitations breed creativity."

Stacey Dyer shares how she applied best thinking practices to planning a kick ass wedding, and how we can use the same techniques to plan anything.

You’ll Learn:

  1. How to avoid future mishaps with the time machine methodology
  2. A 5-card hand that you should have in your back pocket to spark great ideas and solutions
  3. Best practices for self-motivation

About Stacey
Stacey Dyer is currently a corporate Director of Customer Experience Design. Stacey is grateful for the mentors she’s had in her career, and thus strives to provide guidance and insight that reflects professional care and expertise. Outside of work, Stacey can be found in vocal sessions within the down tempo, jazz, and EDM space (in addition to running and practicing yoga) or writing blog posts (staceysdiylife.com) and books (Astro-Wed.com).
Prior to her current role, Stacey’s previous experience runs the gamut of in-house to agency side, working with a diverse array of clients from liquor and cigars to healthcare and youth non-profits.

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Dec 02
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091: The Path to Truly Productive Leadership with Michael Dolan

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Michael Dolan says: "Sometimes being truly productive looks like not doing anything at all because you realize you need stillness, you need space, you need a break."

Michael Dolan shows us the way to deeper development as truly productive professionals.

You’ll Learn:

  1. Pitfalls to look out for that hinder a deeper development
  2. What’s a “positive no” how to deliver one
  3. Tips and tricks to upgrade your workflow process

About Michael
Before he found his calling as an executive coach, Michael spent 15 years in corporate management, leading teams in the advertising, consumer marketing, and design industries, where he gained deep appreciation for the intense personal and organizational demands that successful executives must meet everyday. Michael has five years of experience as a Senior Coach and Director of Business Development for Coaching Services at The David Allen Company.

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