Love It or Leave It

Love It or Leave It - Lucy Werner

On this episode of Love It or Leave it Samantha Clarke interviews Lucy Werner about her work as founder of The Wern, a PR & design agency for startups, entrepreneurs and independent brands. She also consults for innovation, marketing and other public relations agencies on their go-to market strategies, raising CEO profiles and developing thought leadership. Listen as Samantha and Lucy discuss being tactical in your publicity to see what works for you as well as her thoughts on working with h...

Leave it Path 2 - the Portfolio Career - Samantha Clarke

On this episode of Love It or Leave It Samantha Clarke discusses the second pathway around Leave it, which is creating and crafting your portfolio career. Listen to hear Samantha discuss the 3 Ws to help you think about building your portfolio career - Who, Why and Where.   
“Quote.” It’s up to us to be agile, to be open to try new things, to learning new skills, to turning our hand to different trades.    Timestamps   1.09 - How technology has opened up opportunities to work in ...

Love It or Leave It - Sereena Abbassi

On this episode of Love It or Leave it Samantha Clarke interviews Sereena Abbassi. Sereena is committed to creating organisational transformation that is grounded in a deep-seated belief that all our liberations are tied to each others. Her approach is both creative and strategic – and done with lots of heart. She is the Worldwide Head of Culture & Inclusion at M&C Saatchi Group, an Activist, Consultant, Public Speaker and Writer. Listen as Sereena talks about diversity and how she found her...

Leave It - It's time to jump ship - Part 1 - Samantha Clarke

On this episode of Love It or Leave It Samantha Clarke discusses the leave it aspect of the Love It or Leave It mantra. Have you tried and tested lots of different methods to improve your situation at work but feel that it is time to leave and try something new? Listen as Samantha goes through how to start to map out what it is you actually want to do.   
“Quote.” - Samantha Clarke - I do believe that for any kind of leaving decision we need space to breathe and to really make a consid...

Love It or Leave It - Veronica Fossa

On this episode of Love It or Leave it Samantha Clarke interviews Veronica Fossa. She is the creator of the WE Factory, which is a workplace eating culture and design hub created to help thought leaders, CEOs, and professionals working in HR, people operations, talent and culture like you eat better, feel more connected with your team, and increase your quality of life at work.   Quote:   Veronica Fossa - People confuse having a coffee machine or providing a catered lunch as having a...

Love It or Leave It - The Path to Loving What You Do - Part 2

On this episode of Love It or Leave It Samantha Clarke covers part 2 of the Love It section of her book Love It or Leave It: How to Be Happy at Work. She gives a range of ideas that can help you to feel happier at work such as; Einstein’s ideas of combinatory play, changing routines and looking at your mindset.   
“Quote.” Samantha Clarke - When you get better at articulating what you need to feel happy, you can then change the environment around you and also how you feel about your jo...

Love It or Leave It - Bruce Daisley

On this episode of Love It or Leave it Samantha Clarke interviews Bruce Daisley. Bruce formerly ran Twitter's business in Europe, Middle East and Africa and he is a Sunday Times number 1 bestselling author. Listen as Bruce talks about his work trying to create a guide on how to make work more agreeable and less terrible.   Bruce Daisley - What we choose to reward is one of the most important signals that anyone can give in a business. So, who we choose to promote and why we choose to pro...

Love It or Leave It - The Path to Loving what you do - Part 1

SHOW NOTES – Ep 8 – Samantha Clarke   On this episode of Love It or Leave It Samantha Clarke discusses the Love it element of her book; how do we craft a career path that we love to do? She talks about ways that you can use to try and fall in love with what you are doing by shifting your mindset and to build up your resilience you sometimes have to lean into the pain.   Quote   Samantha Clarke - What is it that I actually love about what I am doing? How could I shift mindset, shi...

Love It or Leave It - Lucy Sheridan

On this episode of Love It or Leave it Samantha Clarke interviews Lucy Sheridan about her work as the world’s first and only Comparison Coach. Listen as they discuss what comparison culture is and how it shows up in our lives. You can also hear Lucy Sheridan give advice on how to base your career around a unique idea.   Quote:   Lucy Sheridan - One of the most important things to combat comparison, whether that’s play our part in overcoming the general comparison culture or stop its ...

Share Your Awesomeness - Samantha Clarke

On this episode of Love It or Leave It Samantha Clarke looks at how we can continue to remind ourselves of our awesomeness. She discusses taking the time to evaluate our tool kit and think about the things that we have that are often overlooked as well as taking the time to savour our achievements. Also, stay tuned to hear about the importance of allowing others to see your brilliance. 
Quote Samantha Clarke - When we are very clear on what we have in our tool kit we can know exactly wha...

Love It or Leave It - Dr. Brennan Jacoby

On this episode of Love It or Leave It Samantha Clarke interviews Dr. Brennan Jacoby who is a Philosopher and the founder of Philosophy at work. Dr. Brennan Jacoby is a keynote speaker who delivers sessions to equip professionals with cognitive confidence. Listen on as Dr. Brennan Jacoby discusses how he would like to see companies choosing to love the pursuit of truth and unpack what the idea of truth is within the context of cohering with reality.   Quote: Dr. Brennan Jacoby - What d...

How do we pick the right change? - Samantha Clarke

On this episode of Samantha Clarke discusses how to get into the place of picking the right change. She goes into depth on the power of taking the time to pause and to be mindful of your next steps. Also, stay tuned to hear about how to pinpoint the triggers that are causing your dissatisfaction in the workplace and to move towards more of the tasks and responsibilities that bring joy.   
“Quote.” - Samantha Clarke - “One of the quotes that I love to live by, and there are many, is one...

Love it or Leave it - Dr. Sarah McKay

On this episode of Love It or Leave it Samantha Clarke interviews Dr. Sarah McKay about her work as a Neuroscientist and its relationship to the world of happiness. You can also hear Dr. Sarah McKay discuss what it takes to start your own path into academia and into entrepreneurship   Dr. Sarah McKay - If people can only do one good thing for their health and wellbeing, for their brain health, it would be to take their sleep more seriously   Timestamps: 08:51 - The importance of sl...

Exploring the Love It Leave It mantra - Samantha Clarke

On this episode of Samantha Clarke discusses how she became a happiness consultant, why she wrote Love It or Leave It and what to expect from future episodes of the show. She goes into depth on the journey she went on to find out what creativity means to herself. Also, stay tuned to hear about what Loving it or Leaving it actually means.     
“Quote.” - Samantha Clarke - Creativity requires the courage for you to let go of certainties and I believe that we can all make changes when we ...

Love it or Leave it - Mo Gawdat

On this episode of Love It or Leave It, Samantha Clarke interviews former Chief Business Officer for Google X, an entrepreneur, and the author of the book Solve for Happy Mo Gawdat. He goes into depth on how we can achieve happiness whilst also achieving success in life. Also, stay tuned to hear about Mo Gawdat’s views on how to set one billion people to become happier.   - Mo Gawdat  - “When I was a modern day warrior prioritising my left brain and feeling miserable this is what I neede...

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SA 025 - Embracing imperfection with Oliver Burkeman and Tim Lebretcht

In this episode Samantha Clarke looks back at two previous interviews and focuses on the theme of embracing imperfection. The interviews are with Oliver Burkeman and Tim Lebretcht.

SA 024 - The beauty of slow with Chris Flack and Dasho Karma Ura

This episode focuses on the beauty of slow, we look back at two previous episodes with Chris Flack and Dasho Karma Ura to look at the different ways we can find balance and peace in our technology driven lives. Dasho lives in Bhutan and has experience of measuring happiness in the population and the effects of technology. Chris turned away from his corporate life when he felt technology was taking over his day to day experiences. They both value meditation and mindfulness to find balance bet...

SA 023 - Weaving empathy into technology driven lives with Roman Krznaric and Pamela Pavliscak

This episode looks at weaving empathy into technology driven lives. We look back at previous interviews with the founder of the first empathy museum Roman Krznaric and Stanford Design School lecturer Pamela Pavliscak.

SA 022 - How to use technology well with Nir Eyal and Tom Chatfield

In this episode Samantha Clarke investigates how to use technology well; in life and at work. We look back at interviews with author, lecturer and entrepreneur Nir Eyal and technology philosopher Tom Chatfield. 

SA 021 - Keeping a company people focused with Ben Gateley

In this episode Samantha Clarke talks to Ben Gateley, COO and founder at Charlie HR, about developing a business with people at the centre. They discuss how to develop self awareness, live by example and encourage happiness in the workplace.

SA 020 - July listener questions with Samantha Clarke

In this episode Samantha Clarke answers a key listener question; What can I ask my employees in order to get to know them better, without being too intrusive? In answering this questions Samantha runs through 4 example questions that align with her 4 pillars of growth and happiness.

SA 019 - Culture in fast growing companies with Jane Bright

In this episode Samantha Clarke talks to Jane Bright, head of talent and people at Bloom and Wild, about how she is growing a company culture when the business is rapidly expanding. They discuss the Future 50 programme, introducing company values and tackling tech burnout. 

SA 018 - Working in the charity sector with Adam Popeck

In this episode Samantha Clarke talks to Adam Popeck, COO at Raising IT, about working in the technology charity sector. They discuss how to build office culture when the staff numbers grow quickly, how to contribute to a happy society and company plans for the future.

SA 017 - Adding romance to the business world with Tim Leberecht

In this episode Samantha Clarke talks to Time Leberecht author of The Business Romantic: Give Everything, Quantify Nothing, and Create Something Greater Than Yourself. They discuss the idea of business romanticism as something companies should adopt to create meaning and thrive in the market. Tim explains his key principles for this idea and how to implement them into a work setting.

SA 016 - Company culture in start ups with Maria McKavanagh

In this episode Samantha Clarke talks to Maria McKavanagh, COO of Verve, about developing a company culture in a start up. They discuss gamifing success, motivating a team and the importance of culture when hiring new people.

SA 015 - Teaching emotional intelligence with Kevin George

In this episode Samantha Clarke talks to Kevin George about his work in schools, prisons and sports teams to help young men. They discuss Kevin's fascinating career path starting in professional football and then qualifying as an NLP practitioner. 

SA 014 - What Works Centre for Wellbeing with Nancy Hey

In this episode Samantha Clarke talks to Nancy Hey, Director of the What Works Wellbeing Centre, about using data and research to support wellbeing initiatives. They discuss what it takes for an individual to thrive, how to implement proper wellbeing initiatives in a workplace and how we can combat job loss in the face of automation.

SA 013 - Listener questions with Samantha Clarke

In this episode Samantha Clarke answers a common question that she is asked on her blog. She explains how a company can incorporate a happiness programme into their strategy while keeping in line with the office culture and the bottom line. Samantha breaks the answer into four easy steps that can be taken and applied into any company.

SA 012 - Finding a tech life balance with Chris Flack

In this episode Samantha Clarke talks to Chris Flack, founder of Unplug, about his journey to find a balance between life and technology. They discuss ways apps can be used to track your technology usage, how to integrate meditation into your daily life and how tech affects children.

SA 011 - World Government Summit with Rick Hanson - Part 2

In this episode Samantha Clarke concludes her conversation with Rick Hanson at the World Government Summit. They discuss the Buddha brain, how to encourage our leaders to support happiness development and what makes Rick happy.

SA 010 - World Government Summit with Rick Hanson - Part 1

In this episode Samantha Clarke talks to Rick Hanson about helping the brain with emotional learning, making meaningful experiences stick in the mind and how becoming a therapist made Rick a tougher person.

SA 009 - World Government Summit with Dasho Karma Ura

In this episode Samantha Clarke talks to Dasho Karma Ura, the President of the Centre for Bhutan Studies, about gross national happiness. They discuss the differences between using technology and conversation to measure happiness, how it's good to get away from technology occasionally and how London can learn from this research.

SA 008 - World Government Summit with Dr Aisha Bin Bishr

In this episode Samantha Clarke talks to Dr Aisha Bin Bishr, the director general of the smart Dubai office. They discuss key thoughts about happiness, smart cities and resident well being and Dr Aisha also describes the ways her team talk to the people of Dubai to make the positive changes that directly affect their lives.

SA 007 - World Government Summit with Ryan Patel and Shawn Achor

In this episode Samantha Clarke presents two separate interviews from the World Government Summit day on happiness. In the first conversation she talks to Ryan Patel about happiness across different countries and how different governments work to help the happiness of their citizens. In the second conversation Samantha talks to Shawn Achor about the business leading the government on happiness projects and how these should be brought into children's education.

SA 006 - Empathy in the workplace with Roman Krznaric

In this episode Samantha Clarke talks to Roman Krznaric about rediscovering the power of empathy and the effects it can have in the workplace and our day-to-day lives. They discuss how to connect with strangers and how to take action without overthinking.

SA 006 - What it means to use technology well with Tom Chatfield

Samantha Clarke talks to Tom Chatfield, author broadcaster and tech philosopher, about using technology to best benefit humanity. They discuss the benefit of being bored exercising will power over your technology and humans acting more like machines.

SA 005 - The power of negative thinking with Oliver Burkeman

In this episode Samantha Clarke talks to Oliver Burkeman about a new version of positive thinking. By embracing the power of negative thinking Oliver believes we can live more honest and free lives. Samantha and Oliver discuss how this way of thinking can be used in the workplace and aid time management.

SA 004 - Humanity versus technology with Gerd Leonhard

In this episode Samantha Clarke talks to author, speaker and researcher Gerd Leonhard about the interactions between technology and humanity. They discuss Gerd's latest book about the coming clash between humanity and tech and ways we can stay informed about new developments.

SA 003 - Emotional intelligence in technology with Pamela Paviliscak

Samantha Clarke talks to Pamela Pavliscak about the effect of technology of human emotions and specifically happiness. Pamela started her career believing that technology would solve all problems however after further research she saw that technology was creating negative emotions in users. She's directed her research to look into how technology can affect human emotion and how we can design for happiness.

SA 002 - Habit forming technology with Nir Eyal

In this episode Samantha Clarke talks to author, lecturer and entrepreneur Nir Eyal about habit forming technology. Nir explains how products are designed to connect to the users' negative emotions and form a hook to make the user return each time their experience that emotion. Nir looks at ways we can recognise these hooks and explains practical measures we can take to break them.

SA 001 - Introduction and welcome