The Daily Podcast with Jonathan Doyle

Jonathan Doyle
  • 4.5 (22)
  • Self-Improvement
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There is always a gap between the life we live and the life that's possible for us. If you find yourself looking for ways to improve or have a life-long interest in personal development then this is the podcast for you. Over the last two decades I've had the privilege of speaking all over the world to over 400,000 people on the topics that really make a difference in their lives. We all need some encouragement from time to and this podcast is designed to help you in the areas of mindset, motivation, inspiration, business, relationships and much more.

  1. 6h ago

    Stop Trying to Bounce Back — You're Built for Better Than That

    ou're not fragile. You're probably not even just resilient. Today I want to show you a third category most people have never heard of — and why it changes how you see every hard thing in your life. Fragile things break under stress. Resilient things return to their original shape. But antifragile systems — muscle, bone, immunity, character — get stronger from stress. As Nassim Taleb puts it: "Some things benefit from shocks; they thrive and grow when exposed to volatility, randomness, disorder, and stressors." The problem? Modern life is a machine for engineering stress out of existence — climate control, convenience, everything delivered. And in removing all discomfort, we've disabled the very mechanism we're built on. In this episode I talk about the difference between chronic stress (which harms you) and chosen stress (which builds you), why I've stopped waiting for the hard things to get easier, and the counterintuitive truth about the toughest season of my life: I miss parts of it. Grab my book Bridging the Gap free as an audiobook — search "Bridging the Gap Jonathan Doyle" on any podcast app. Corporate speaking and executive coaching enquiries: jonathandoyle.co A new one every morning. Don't go back to sleep.Antifragility: Grow From Stress | Jonathan Doyle Enquire about booking Jonathan to speak: https://jonathandoyle.co/ Connect with Jonathan on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/jdoylespeaks/ Jonathan is on Youtube here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpCYnW4yVdd93N1OTbsxgyw

  2. 1d ago

    Stop Fighting Yourself, Start Rigging the Room — Choice Architecture and the Cookie Fiasco

    You don't have weak willpower — you have a strong environment pointed at the wrong things. Jonathan Doyle on choice architecture research: behaviour follows environment far more than intention. Including the full confession of the cookie fiasco (one daughter, one car, one half-eaten cookie that stared at him all the way home), why willpower is neurochemically depleting and should be saved for emergencies, and the daily rigging that actually works: gear laid out at 4am in minus nine, the coffee machine on a timer, the phone in another room, the Brick app locking the rest. As James Clear puts it: "Environment is the invisible hand that shapes human behavior." "Willpower is for emergencies. Environment is for daily life. Winners rig the room so the right thing is the easy thing." — Subscribe to The Daily Podcast with Jonathan Doyle for a new episode every day. Corporate speaking and executive coaching enquiries: jonathandoyle.co. Follow @jdoylespeaks on Instagram and Jonathan Doyle Speaks on YouTube. Enquire about booking Jonathan to speak: https://jonathandoyle.co/ Connect with Jonathan on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/jdoylespeaks/ Jonathan is on Youtube here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpCYnW4yVdd93N1OTbsxgyw

  3. 2d ago

    The Lindy Effect — The Newest Advice You're Consuming Is the Least Likely to Be True

    Have you heard of the Lindy effect? Taleb's principle that age predicts future life: the longer an idea has survived, the longer it's likely to keep working. Jonathan Doyle takes it from ancient Babylon to the Instagram feed — why brains that took 4 million years to build now drink from a firehose of "latest things," why Aristotle's excellence-as-habit still outperforms this month's hack, what the Stoics got right about emotional mastery, and Roger Scruton's beautiful test of endurance: "Beautiful buildings change their uses. Ugly buildings get torn down." Plus the six-month cut from 90 to 75 kilos that used no craze at all — just patience, discipline and structure. Pay attention to the ancient paths. "Durability is the only credential that can't be faked." — Subscribe to The Daily Podcast with Jonathan Doyle for a new episode every day. Corporate speaking and executive coaching enquiries: jonathandoyle.co. Follow @jdoylespeaks on Instagram and Jonathan Doyle Speaks on YouTube. Enquire about booking Jonathan to speak: https://jonathandoyle.co/ Connect with Jonathan on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/jdoylespeaks/ Jonathan is on Youtube here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpCYnW4yVdd93N1OTbsxgyw

  4. 3d ago

    The Mundanity of Excellence — There Is No Secret, and That's the Best News You'll Get Today

    What if talent is the myth that's letting you off the hook? Jonathan Doyle on Daniel Chambliss's famous study of elite Olympic swimmers — years embedded with the best in the world, searching for the talent magic and finding none. What he found instead: "Superlative performance is really a confluence of dozens of small skills or activities drilled into habit and fitted together in a synthesized whole." From Aristotle's arete (excellence as habit) to Greene's Mastery, a golf lesson, and a decade of 40,000 people a year on the road: excellence isn't quantitative, it's qualitative — and it's mundane. Stop looking for the secret. There isn't one. "Whatever gift you've been given — when you are living in your gift, you bless people, you bless the world." — Subscribe to The Daily Podcast with Jonathan Doyle for a new episode every day. Corporate speaking and executive coaching enquiries: jonathandoyle.co. Follow @jdoylespeaks on Instagram and Jonathan Doyle Speaks on YouTube.The Mundanity of Excellence | Jonathan Doyle Enquire about booking Jonathan to speak: https://jonathandoyle.co/ Connect with Jonathan on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/jdoylespeaks/ Jonathan is on Youtube here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpCYnW4yVdd93N1OTbsxgyw

  5. 4d ago

    The Peculiar Longevity of Things Not So Bad — Why Tolerable Is More Dangerous Than Terrible

    A truly terrible job might save your life — but a tolerable one can steal it. Jonathan Doyle on Harvard professor Dan Gilbert's research into "the peculiar longevity of things not so bad": we escape awful situations fast, but stay stuck in mildly bad ones for decades, because they never hurt enough to trigger change. From a Qantas crew member who refused to settle, to the tolerable marriage, the okay job, the suboptimal health nobody addresses — and the audit question that cuts through all of it: where is your life mildly bad? "The danger you face in life is actually not rock bottom. The real danger is comfortable enough." — Subscribe to The Daily Podcast with Jonathan Doyle for a new episode every day. Corporate speaking and executive coaching enquiries: jonathandoyle.co. Follow @jdoylespeaks on Instagram and Jonathan Doyle Speaks on YouTube. Enquire about booking Jonathan to speak: https://jonathandoyle.co/ Connect with Jonathan on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/jdoylespeaks/ Jonathan is on Youtube here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpCYnW4yVdd93N1OTbsxgyw

  6. 5d ago

    We Do What People Like Us Do — Identity-Based Motivation (Part 5 of 5)

    The series lands on the deepest layer. Jonathan Doyle on Oyserman's identity-based motivation research — "people act not because of incentives, but because acting is identity-congruent; we do what people like us do" — and why the most driven people aren't chasing goals, they're protecting an identity. Including reference groups (why you must choose who gets your time), the answer he gave a struggling sales executive about the snooze button, and the series' full arc closed: biology loads the gun, but meaning pulls the trigger. "You don't climb Everest today. But you start today." Enquire about booking Jonathan to speak: https://jonathandoyle.co/ Connect with Jonathan on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/jdoylespeaks/ Jonathan is on Youtube here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpCYnW4yVdd93N1OTbsxgyw

  7. 6d ago

    Carrots Don't Work — What Actually Sustains Drive (Part 4 of 5)

    If rewards worked, everyone with a bonus scheme would be unstoppable. Jonathan Doyle on self-determination theory (Deci & Ryan) and their famous claim: "Perhaps no single phenomenon reflects the positive potential of human nature as much as intrinsic motivation — the inherent tendency to seek out novelty and challenges, to extend and exercise one's capacities." From Columbus and Hillary to scratch-and-sniff stickers: why external carrots fade, why the materially-complete can still feel empty (Augustine's restless heart), and the two fuels that actually last — purpose and identity. "You don't need more pressure. You need more purpose." Enquire about booking Jonathan to speak: https://jonathandoyle.co/ Connect with Jonathan on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/jdoylespeaks/ Jonathan is on Youtube here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpCYnW4yVdd93N1OTbsxgyw

  8. Jul 17

    The Motivation Equation — Drive Is Expectancy × Value (Part 3 of 5)

    If you're not motivated, you may not have a character problem — you may have a maths problem. Jonathan Doyle unpacks expectancy-value theory (Vroom, Eccles & Wigfield): "choice, persistence, and performance can be explained by beliefs about how well we will do and the extent to which we value the activity." Drive = expectancy × value — and if either term is zero, effort collapses. Including the World Cup as a masterclass in both terms, the "should disease" of chasing goals you don't actually value, and the regret research on risks never taken. "Fix the term that's at zero — not your personality." Enquire about booking Jonathan to speak: https://jonathandoyle.co/ Connect with Jonathan on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/jdoylespeaks/ Jonathan is on Youtube here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpCYnW4yVdd93N1OTbsxgyw

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There is always a gap between the life we live and the life that's possible for us. If you find yourself looking for ways to improve or have a life-long interest in personal development then this is the podcast for you. Over the last two decades I've had the privilege of speaking all over the world to over 400,000 people on the topics that really make a difference in their lives. We all need some encouragement from time to and this podcast is designed to help you in the areas of mindset, motivation, inspiration, business, relationships and much more.

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