Positivity Podcast with Make School
28 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 3 years ago - ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsWant to develop more willpower and empathy? Positivity Podcast gives you exercises to develop your character traits.
In this series, Positivity Dan will help you think about character development the way you think about professional development--with strategies, advice, best practices, and tools to help you grow. The series covers essential topics like Empathy (#2), Talent (#7), Honesty (#9), Meditation (#6), and Forgiveness (#5), from experts that range from academics to best-selling authors--all of whom have actionable tips to help you become a better, happier, more effective version of yourself. Think of this series as your character development consultant, aimed at helping you succeed in life. Chances are, you’ll be helping your professional career, too.
- Produced with love by Make School and Positivity Dan. Join thousands of the world's brightest computer science students at Make School (www.makeschool.com).
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Rethinking Positivity - Inside the New Science of Motivation with Gabriele Oettingen
November 24, 2020 21:53 - 1 hour - 93.3 MB“The solution isn’t to do away with dreaming ... Rather, it’s making the most of our fantasies by brushing them up against the very thing most of us are taught to ignore or diminish: the obstacles that stand in our way.” - Gabriele Oettingen Professor Gabriele Oettingen tears through traditional notions of motivation and success. Her 20 years of research focus on the perils of positive thinking, and the science of how focusing on obstacles has been proven to help people achieve their goals....
Permission to Feel: Marc Brackett on findings from The Yale Center for Social Emotional Intelligence
November 04, 2020 22:16 - 1 hour - 93.8 MBThis episode focuses on tools of emotional resilience. I’ve met few people like Marc - he is so open and honest about his emotions that it is refreshing. It’s easy to see why. Marc Brackett, Ph.D., is the founding director of the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence and a professor at Yale University. His research is on the role of emotions and emotional intelligence in learning, decision making, creativity, relationships, health, and both academic and workplace performance. Marc is the ...
The Paradox of Choice - Barry Schwartz on why more is less
May 16, 2020 21:33 - 52 minutes - 88.8 MBHaving more choices is good right? Barry Schwartz thinks otherwise. "In his 2004 book The Paradox of Choice , tackles one of the great mysteries of modern life: Why is it that societies of great abundance — where individuals are offered more freedom and choice (personal, professional, material) than ever before — are now witnessing a near-epidemic of depression? Conventional wisdom tells us that greater choice is for the greater good, but Schwartz argues the opposite: He makes a compelling c...
The Paradox of Choice - Barry Shwartz on why more is less
May 16, 2020 21:33 - 52 minutes - 88.8 MBHaving more choices is good right? Barry Shwartz thinks otherwise. "In his 2004 book The Paradox of Choice , tackles one of the great mysteries of modern life: Why is it that societies of great abundance — where individuals are offered more freedom and choice (personal, professional, material) than ever before — are now witnessing a near-epidemic of depression?Conventional wisdom tells us that greater choice is for the greater good, but Schwartz argues the opposite: He makes a compelling cas...
Motivation - Daniel Pink on designing routines, self-talk, and projects to increase your drive
October 30, 2018 12:00 - 37 minutes - 34.5 MBWhat motivates us? How can we motivate ourselves? Our guest today is a legend in the psychology world, Dan Pink. He’s often credited for paving the paved the path for authors of other character trait oriented books, including many of the authors who have been on this podcast. And he’s so well regarded that at this point if I see an amazing education organization I just assume he’s on the board. In his groundbreaking book, "Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us", Dan uses 50 yea...
Career Story: Rob Percival - all-time bestselling iOS instructor with Unathi Chonco of Make School
July 25, 2018 02:40 - 30 minutes - 27.7 MBWere you ever in a classroom that felt too crowded? Maybe 35 students, 50, 100? One man teaches a lot more students than that - he teaches over 320,000 students. What a headache! But not for one person. Who is he? Rob Percival. He’s one of the best selling online instructors of all time. His uDemy iOS course has reached hundreds of thousands of students. We discuss why Rob believes his courses caught on, his teaching philosophy, the story of his career and how he hopes to change the world....
Career Story - Rob Percival - all-time bestselling iOS instructor with Unathi Chonco of Make School
July 25, 2018 02:40 - 30 minutes - 27.7 MBWere you ever in a classroom that felt too crowded? Maybe 35 students, 50, 100? One man teaches a lot more students than that - he teaches over 320,000 students. What a headache! But not for one person. Who is he? Rob Percival. He’s one of the best selling online instructors of all time. His uDemy iOS course has reached hundreds of thousands of students. We discuss why Rob believes his courses caught on, his teaching philosophy, the story of his career and how he hopes to change the world....
Altruism - Matthieu Ricard on cultivating urge to give
May 31, 2018 02:43 - 51 minutes - 46.8 MBHow can you cultivate a generous attitude? In this episode, we have Matthieu Richard, a Buddhist monk in Nepal with TedTalks on happiness and altruism that have over 8 million views. In this episode, we deconstruct how to cultivate this urge in our own hearts to be altruistic. We also talk about Matthieu's journey from the intellectual elites in France to a monastery in Nepal, meditation, self-love, how to evaluate the effectiveness of an altruistic act, habits to achieve a meditative minds...
Altruism - Matthieu Richard on cultivating urge to give
May 31, 2018 02:43 - 51 minutes - 46.8 MBHow can you cultivate a generous attitude? In this episode, we have Matthieu Richard, a Buddhist monk in Nepal with TedTalks on happiness and altruism that have over 8 million views. In this episode, we deconstruct how to cultivate this urge in our own hearts to be altruistic. We also talk about Matthieu's journey from the intellectual elites in France to a monastery in Nepal, meditation, self-love, how to evaluate the effectiveness of an altruistic act, habits to achieve a meditative minds...
Negotiation - William Ury on how to get what you want in business and life
April 12, 2018 19:02 - 59 minutes - 1.18 GBToday’s episode stars William Ury, author of Getting to Yes. The book is an international bestseller with over twelve million copies in print and publication in thirty-four languages. Ury is also the founder of the Harvard Program on Negotiation and along with Jimmy Carter, founded the International Negotiation Network. And as Ury mentions we are always negotiating so... His tactics are relevant for job seekers, business deals, and even to reach an agreement with a loved one. In this episo...
Project based learning - Bob Lenz on how project design can help you grow
February 22, 2018 03:11 - 1 hour - 56.3 MBHow can we design projects to optimize our learning? Bob Lenz and the Buck Institute has answers. His name may sound familiar - a previous guest on this podcast, Tom Vander Ark, recommended his work. This topic of planning projects could be relevant to you in many ways. It could be relevant if you are a manager designing projects for employees, a teacher designing projects for students, or even you designing projects for yourself. The episode helped me design my work in order to increas...
Prioritizing What Matters - Noël Gordon on Rethinking how Work and Life Intertwine
February 08, 2018 01:39 - 43 minutes - 39.9 MBHow do you navigate your quest to live a full life? How do you prioritize work versus family, stretch yourself while maintaining your wellness? Acclaimed civil rights activist Noël Gordon Jr has a unique perspective. He’s not trying to optimize for career or happiness. He points somewhere else. What's most surprising: Noël is incredibly accomplished, and he says his focus on other priorities has driven his success. At 24, Noël won the employee of the year award while serving as Senior ...
Beautiful Questions – Warren Berger on The Power of Inquiry to Spark Breakthrough Ideas
January 17, 2018 02:29 - 1 hour - 69.9 MBThe right question can change everything. It can turn a friend into a lover, a problem into a solution, confusion into understanding. It finds your answer. Warren Berger, journalist and author of the book A More Beautiful Question, has been studying questioning techniques for decades, and most recently how questioning was used to spark innovation at companies like Google, Netflix, IDEO, and Airbnb. In this episode we chat about the principles of powerful questions and end the episode tryin...
Teaching - Tom Vander Ark on agency, self-directed learning, and inspiration
December 25, 2017 21:35 - 51 minutes - 46.7 MBTom Vander Ark is a titan in the world of education technology. Few have experience as wide and deep as he. His career journey ... - Superintendent of Federal Way Public schools. - Managed $3.5 billion dollars and one-on-one with Bill Gates as the Executive Director of Education for the Gates Foundation. - President of X Prize, an organization that runs multimillion dollar contests for innovation in learning, exploration, energy & environment, global development, and life sciences. - Direc...
Learning to Innovate - Ted Dintersmith on teaching creativity and how to face ambiguity
December 03, 2017 17:17 - 1 hour - 97.1 MBTed Dintersmith is on the forefront of innovation in K-12 education. He has a unique background that’s part venture capitalist, part author, part educator, and part filmmaker. So, he thinks a lot about the future of technology, future of employment, how we prepare students for that future, and how to get the word out. His latest work is Mostly to Succeed - a book and documentary about the teachers who he believes are truly preparing our students for the 21st and 22nd centuries. We talk abou...
Inclusion – Dom Deguzman on how to create a grassroots diversity movement at your organization
November 26, 2017 21:19 - 48 minutes - 44.6 MBThis episode is on the tactics to build a diversity and inclusion movement at your organization - - everything from convening the first meeting, implementing change, structuring inclusion into the organization’s DNA, what to do when issues inevitably arise, measure diversity ROI as well as growing your own abilities to check your biases and make your community stronger. And our Guest is Dom Deguzman who has done exactly this at Twillio where she led a grassroots movement to start a Diversity...
Essentialism – Greg McKeown on cutting out the unimportant
November 06, 2017 00:23 - 1 hour - 58 MBHow do you know what’s essential in your life and what’s not? Greg McKeown has helped top executives answer that question and reach peak performance. His premise is simple – cut out what isn’t useful so you have more time for what is … but the execution is a bit more complex: with all the opportunities, invites, resources, how can we clear our RAM, unclutter the desktop and folders in our head so we have more energy for what is essential. Greg’s book Essentialism has been praised throughout...
Therapy - Bea Arthur on practices of self understanding and wellness
November 06, 2017 00:00 - 43 minutes - 39.7 MBThis episode is about the skill of developing your social-emotional intelligence. Our guest, Bea Arthur, has become a leader in the field of mental health care and telemedicine. With the goal of transforming traditional therapy into a more affordable and approachable experience, she created In Your Corner which provides instant, expert support when you need it. The Columbia University alum has worked with a variety of demographics including addicts in recovery, couples in crisis, and survivo...
Deliberate Practice - Rapid skill development tactics with Cal Newport
December 13, 2016 23:06 - 1 hour - 110 MBCal Newport has dissected deliberate practice – the methods to improve any skill to the point that you become so good people can’t ignore you. We discuss why Deliberate Practice is so important for job satisfaction - even more so than passion - and what a practice for character development could look like. Produced with love by Make School and Positivity Dan. Join thousands of the world's brightest computer science students at Make School (www.makeschool.com).
Productivity – David Allen on mental drag, indecision, and agile programming yourself
December 13, 2016 23:02 - 1 hour - 124 MBDavid Allen is a wizard of productivity and the author of Getting Things Done. In this episode we touch on how to get mental clarity, become more effective, and also touch on some nontraditional topics of how productivity relates to ambiguity, introspection, relationships, and mental health. Produced with love by Make School and Positivity Dan. Join thousands of the world's brightest computer science students at Make School (www.makeschool.com).
Radical Honesty - Big Authenticity with Brad Blanton
February 16, 2016 20:23 - 1 hour - 110 MBThis episode goes beyond “I told the truth” to a more difficult place – being honest with yourself, facing your fears, and coming into the world with all your honest hopes and insecurities. Brad Blanton does exactly that. He curses. He calls you out. He’s been documented farting, unashamedly in front of reporters mid- interview. He’s spent the past 30 years as a psychiatrist and leader of the Radical Honesty movement and wrote a bestselling book by that name. He is hilarious. I gave Brad ...
Talent – Daniel Coyle on Badass Coaches, Learning Velocity and Talent Hotbeds
February 16, 2016 19:19 - 39 minutes - 63.9 MBDaniel Coyle studies talent, particularly the communities that launch a disproportionate number of success stories. Places like a ramshackle tennis court in Moscow, a music academy in New York’s Adirondacks, and a baseball-mad island in the Caribbean. We discuss the environments and coaching strategies that enable talent to thrive. Produced with love by Make School and Positivity Dan. Join thousands of the world's brightest computer science students at Make School (www.makeschool.com).
Meditation - Harvard Researcher Sara Lazar on how meditation changes the brain
February 16, 2016 01:29 - 1 hour - 115 MBSara Lazar is at Harvard studying if and how meditation can promote focus, creativity and reduce stress. In this episode Sara and I discuss what she’s learned, meditation techniques, and conduct an impromptu guided meditation session mid-podcast. I’ve been meditating for 7 years and can say this episode has something for both expert meditators and beginners. Produced with love by Make School and Soul Labs (www.soullabs.co). Join thousands of the world's brightest computer science students ...
Forgiveness - Fred Luskin on how to forgive for good
February 12, 2016 06:26 - 47 minutes - 90 MBFred Luskin is a Professor at Stanford and has led forgiveness work for 9/11 victims, employees at major tech companies, and survivors of genocide. In this episode, we chat about - The skill of forgiveness and how to improve it - Why our emotions linger - Self-forgiveness - When not to forgive and more - Intense forgiveness experiences Produced with love by Make School and Soul Labs (www.soullabs.co). Join thousands of the world's brightest computer science students at Make School (ww...
Self Experimentation - AJ Jacobs on designing experiments on the mind, body, and soul
February 12, 2016 01:27 - 51 minutes - 47.6 MBAJ is famous for his year-long experiments on his mind, body and soul, each of which has been turned into hilariously insightful bestselling books and Ted Talks. We chat self-experimentation strategies: -Why we should conduct self-experiments -Best practices for self-experimentation design -How to find top notch advisors and create an advisory board -How to discern of the million things you could experiment on, which should take priority. Produced with love by Make School and Soul Labs (w...
WillPower – 7 ways to get more of it with John Tierney
February 12, 2016 01:05 - 59 minutes - 54.3 MBJohn Tierney, NYT bestselling author, has previously partnered with Roy Baumiester, leading researcher, to dissect the 7 tactics you can use to strengthen your willpower. In this episode, we cover common misconceptions of willpower, and how tech can hold us accountable, as well as Tierney’s 7 tactics for willpower: - Small and attainable - small exercises to build willpower - Know limits - know where energies are being sucked - Eat, sleep - the power of good health on willpower - Goals ...
Empathy - Roman Krznaric on the extreme sport of understanding others
February 11, 2016 00:57 - 45 minutes - 42 MBRoman Krznaric is trying to enable people to walk in others’ shoes. He’s the founder of the Empathy Museum and the author of Empathy: Why It Matters and How to Get It. In this episode Roman describes tactics like: - How to develop empathy - Tactics organizations can use to create empathy between employees - The best empathy boot camp - How to break barriers between people - Stories on how empathy brought about some of the greatest innovations of the last century. Produced with love by...
Science of Learning - Peter C Brown
February 11, 2016 00:29 - 52 minutes - 48.3 MBPeter C Brown is the author of the bestselling book Made to Stick. He’s codified the science behind effective learning so that you can get smarter faster. In this episode, Peter's going to show us: - Principles for effective learning - How to remembering things better - How to create your own learning plans on anything - Learning principles applied to character development - Why difficult learning is good for you Produced with love by Make School and Soul Labs (www.soullabs.co). Join ...