Know More Know Less Michael Cecchin

Most of us could use an extra dose of resiliency in one or all areas of life.  No matter if it's doing something you don't want to do or rebounding from setbacks, sometimes we need tools and training to help us dig deep and overcome external or internal challenges that stand in our way.   Enter Philip Folsom. 

Philip is an anthropologist, army veteran and co-founder of the critically acclaimed Valor Resiliency Program for veterans, first responders and other men and women in high-stress fields.

Philip is recognized as an industry leader in organizational culture development and resiliency. He lectures at USC Marshall and provides leadership development classes to the Master of Business for Veterans Program. 

Philip is also the president of Wolf Tribe, a consulting agency that delivers transformational leadership and culture development programs to major organizations such as Space X, Google, Disney and Red Bull where he sits on their High-Performance Board.


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There seems to be a slight panic in the air lately about more people choosing to be single. Often cited is the state of Japanese sexlessness, the "destruction of the nuclear family", or maybe population collapse! *gasp!  Yet no matter how much fear the media tries to stir into my morning coffee about this manufactured problem… the trend persists. 

Is this a crisis or a personal choice revolution?   Let's ask my guest, Dr. Bella DePaulo, who wrote the book "Single at Heart" to explore why she and many other people are increasingly choosing this path.  
The Atlantic has described Dr. Bella DePaulo as "America's foremost thinker and writer on the single experience." Dr. DePaulo coined the term "Single at Heart" and gave a TEDx Talk on the topic in 2017 which has had more than 1.6 million views.

Dr. DePaulo received her PhD from Harvard University and is currently an academic affiliate in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

 She is the author of Singled Out, The Psychology of Dexter, and How We Live Now, among other titles.  She has written the column "Living Single" for Psychology Today since 2008; and has been published by the New York Times, the Washington Post, Time magazine, and been interviewed on The Today Show, CNN, CBS This Morning, Good Morning America, CBS Sunday Morning, Anderson Cooper 360, and Hardball with Chris Matthews. 


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I think most would agree, that those of us in the developed world with ubiquitous access to the internet are all dependent on it to live our lives in one way or another. 
The only question is: Where does that relationship turn toxic?

This week, I spoke with Dr. Daria Kuss who gave me a firehose dose of academia on the matter. Our discussion ranged from when behaviour becomes addiction, the difference between chemical and behavioural addictions, the clinical perspective on gaming addiction, and more. 

Dr Kuss is a Chartered Psychologist, Chartered Scientist, and Associate Professor in Psychology at Nottingham Trent University.  She created the Masters of Science program in Cyberpsychology, and is a member of the International Gaming Research Unit.

She is an award-winning author, with her most recent book titled: Internet addiction – Evidence-based practice in psychotherapy

Outside of academia, Dr. Kuss has worked with the World Health Organization, the European Parliament, and the Government Council of the Czech Republic.
Her research has been covered in international news outlets, including the New York Times, The Washington Post, and the BBC.  

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Who knew that trying to help 20-25% of Americans manage their finances would be such a taboo topic?!  
What I thought was going to be facts & figures focused conversation turned into so much more. 
On today's show we discussed:
The myth that children take care of their parents How are childfree people discriminated against? What is more selfish - having children or deciding not to? "Die With Zero" - financial planning Social stigma around being childfree Does more thought go into having children or not having them?  
Jay, is the Founder and CEO of Childfree Wealth, a life and financial planning firm dedicated to helping Childfree and Permanently Childless people.

Childfree Wealth is the first (and currently the only) life and financial planning firm dedicated to serving Childfree people.
Jay is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER, Childfree Wealth Specialist, and author of the book “Portraits of Childfree Wealth” and the upcoming book “The Childfree Guide to Life and Money. He is also the co-host of the Childfree Wealth podcast. 

He has been featured in Fortune, Forbes, MarketWatch, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, CNBC, and many other publications.
You can find Jay and his financial planning practice at:  https://childfreewealth.com/

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I grew up loving board games. From Sorry! to Scrabble to endless games of Monopoly and Trivial Pursuit.  I fing the creation and evolution of table top games to be a fascinating space; that someone can conceive of a fun and challenging way for family, friends and even strangers to engage with each other and then eventually that game is in households around the world.

How amazing is that?!
Enter Bob Moog
Bob is one of the most recognizable people in the toy and game industry.

He is the founder of University Games, the largest independent game and puzzle company in the world.   And currently, University Games’ Pub Trivia is one of the top adult games in the US. Bob has been in the board game business for nearly 40 YEARS!

We discuss how he got started, why his modified definition of success, compared to the big gaming companies, is what keeps him in business, and how you can create your own game to share with the world. 

You can find Bob here: https://www.universitygames.com/ 
This was a fun one. Hope you enjoy it

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For anyone who has attempted to achieve anything from losing 5lbs of stubborn body fat to an Olympic Medal, we all wonder what is holding us back or what is in our way.  Is it our minds? Our bodies? Our coaches? 
Dr. Jim Loehr, a PhD in Psychology, has spent his life answering these questions.

As the former chairman, CEO, and co-founder of the Human Performance Institute (HPI), now a division, of Johnson & Johnson, Loehr developed a ground-breaking, science-based energy management training system.   He used this system with hundreds of world-class performers from the arenas of sport, business, medicine, and law enforcement, including Fortune 100 executives, FBI hostage rescue teams, and military special forces. 

Dr. Loehr is the author of eighteen other books, including the national bestseller The Power of Full Engagement.  

His recent book, SAPIENS REINVENTED, is step beyond his life's work and shows how violence and prejudice are linked to humans' evolutionary drive for self-preservation but he believes the way forward is improving ourselves to account for what he believes is a flaw in our nature.

 The upgrade we all need, according to Dr. Loehr, is compassion; for ourselves and for others. 
 Dr. Loehr believes that character strength and empathy can be built in the same way that muscle strength is built—through energy investment. Rep after rep.  
I loved this chat and I hope you enjoy it too! 

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