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Category: Self-Improvement, Psychology and Mindset

December 25, 2017By Paula Pant

#109: How to Create a Complaint-Free World — with Will Bowen

Happy holidays! I thought it would be nice to wrap up this year with a lighthearted holiday episode about the importance of keeping a positive attitude.

Will Bowen, my guest on the final episode of 2017 (wow!), started a campaign to motivate people to complain less.

He noticed that many people in his community said […]

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November 27, 2017By Paula Pant

#105: Living Life as an Experiment – with A.J. Jacobs

A.J. Jacobs is the Editor-at-Large of Esquire Magazine and the New York Times bestselling author of multiple books. His three TED Talks have collectively garnered more than three million views. He describes himself as “a father of three, husband of one, and cousin to millions.”

And he’s probably your cousin. Twice removed.

AJ joins me […]

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October 30, 2017By Paula Pant

#101: The Code of Trust, with Robin Dreeke

Robin Dreeke is former head of the FBI’s Counterintelligence Behavioral Analysis Program.

His primary role, at the time, was to thwart foreign spies and recruit American spies. That’s not an easy task.

To accomplish this, Dreeke needed to gain people’s trust — even when they had no reason to trust him.

He spent years developing […]

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October 2, 2017By Paula Pant

#97: How to Be Awesome at Your Job, with Pete Mockaitis

How can you be awesome at your job?

That’s the question that today’s guest, Pete Mockaitis, and I tackle on the latest Afford Anything podcast episode.

Pete hosts one of iTunes’ top 10 career podcasts, called — appropriately — How to Be Awesome at Your Job.

In typical nerd fashion, I launch our interview by […]

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September 4, 2017By Paula Pant

#93: The Secret Lives of Introverts, with Jenn Granneman

Do you enjoy spending time alone? Does your inner monologue chatter constantly? When you were a student, did you sometimes stay quiet even when you knew the correct answer?

Do you avoid confrontation? Does small talk bore you?

Have people told you that you’re “too intense” or that you “get deep quickly?”

Do you live […]

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June 12, 2017By Paula Pant

#81: Get Me Out of This Crappy Job! – with Jenny Blake, author of Pivot

Jenny Blake used to have an enviable job.

As a Career Development manager at Google, she enjoyed the perks of a Silicon Valley life, plus the satisfaction of helping people everyday. She co-founded Google’s Career Guru Program, and helped countless Google employees find their right career “fit.”

But, ironically, Blake sensed that her own career […]

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April 17, 2017By Paula Pant

#73: What Chess Taught Me About Making Smarter Life Moves – with Steve Gossett

Last January, I went to a party at a trailer park that featured a huge bonfire, a few llamas, and a member of Public Enemy.

(I realize that sounds like the setup to a joke. Welcome to my life.)

While I was there, I met a former competitive chess player named Steve Gossett. Steve is […]

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January 24, 2017Written By Paula Pant

What if We Quit Setting Goals? (Seriously?)

It’s an old familiar hum:

Every January, we kickoff the calendar year with New Years Resolutions: lose 10 pounds, make smarter investments, create an extra $1,500 per month on the side.

Yet by February, we’ve returned to life as usual. The discarded New Years Resolution has become a tired cultural trope.

We blame ourselves […]

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December 19, 2016By Paula Pant

#56: What Professional Poker Taught Me About Running a 7-Figure Business, with Billy Murphy

Billy Murphy says poker made him a millionaire …

But not in the way you might guess.

Billy, now a serial entrepreneur, says poker taught him probabilistic thinking. He learned how to analyze the likelihood of various outcomes. He learned when to double down and when to fold.

He achieved financial independence at age […]

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November 22, 2016Written By Paula Pant

The Incredible Power of 10x Thinking

You should see my Inbox after I’ve left it unchecked for a few days.

The sheer volume of crappy pitches, press releases, “check out my infographic” and “could you link to us?” requests would make your head explode.

I leave my Inbox untamed for 2-8 days stretches on a semi-regular basis, and when […]

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