The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett The Diary Of A CEO

In this moment, former chief business officer for Google X and bestselling author, Mo Gawdat, discusses the happiness equation. According to Mo, we don’t realise that happiness is actually very predictable, so much so that it can actually be put into a mathematical equation. Mo says the formula for happiness is: your perception of the events of your life minus your expectations of how life should be. This means, that it’s not specific events that cause happiness, but it is the comparison between the event and the expectation you have in your mind of how your life should be going. As a result happiness is all about perception, which means you have the ability to control your happiness and it becomes a choice that you decide.

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CrossFit vs. marathon running? Yoga vs. pilates? Does the fitness world always have to be a battleground, or is there a middle ground that everyone can agree on?
Dr. Layne Norton is a former powerlifting champion and professional bodybuilder. He is the founder of Biolayne LLC and the co-founder of Carbon Diet Coach.
In this conversation Layne and Steven discuss topics such as, the truth about calories, sugar addiction, growing muscle three times faster, and why people can’t lose weight.

(00:00) Intro
(02:04) Making Fitness Accessible to Everyone
(13:46) My Bullying Experiences Is My Driver to Help People
(16:39) How to Overcome Our Food Addiction
(14:39) Finding the Psychological Ways That Stop Us from Achieving What We Want
(18:02) How to Build Motivation and Discipline
(24:33) Setting Big Goals Stop You from Achieving Them
(27:14) The Psychology of Taking Small Steps Really Work
(29:23) What Takes for a Person to Decide to Lose Weight or Go to the Gym?
(35:00) Calories In/Calories Out
(37:53) Thermic Effect of Food
(41:49) Metabolic Adaptation
(44:02) Can You Lose Weight in Calorie Surplus?
(52:58) Artificial Sweetness
(59:49) Is Sugar Addictive?
(01:06:07) Craving Sugar
(01:08:02) How Sweeteners Affect Our Gut
(01:09:16) What Supplements Do You Recommend?
(01:14:25) Whey Protein
(01:18:03) Caffeine
(01:19:08) Intermittent Fasting
(01:20:16) Does Fasting Help When You're Ill?
(01:24:24) Can You Lose Belly Fat?
(01:27:40) Is Exercise Useful for Weight Loss?
(01:30:40) Exercising Helps Having a Balanced Diet
(01:35:07) Keto Diet
(01:39:21) Fat Loss and Fat Oxidation
(01:41:55) The Importance of Failure in Success Rate
(01:49:53) Ozempic
(01:53:10) What Are the Downsides of These Drugs?
(02:00:36) What Do You Think of the Fitness Industry?
(02:08:05) Resistance Training
(02:09:16) How to Grow Big Muscles
(02:17:21) Last Guest Question


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Studies mentioned in the episode:

Obesity Risk for Female Victims of Childhood Sexual Abuse: A Prospective Study:
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/6230287_Obesity_Risk_for_Female_Victims_of_Childhood_Sexual_Abuse_A_Prospective_Study

Successful weight loss maintenance: A systematic review of weight control registries:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32048787/

Creatine for the Treatment of Depression:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6769464/ 

Discrepancy between self-reported and actual caloric intake:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1454084/

Non-nutritive sweetened beverages versus water after a 52-week weight management programme: a randomised controlled trial:
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41366-023-01393-3

Short-term consumption of sucralose with, but not without, carbohydrate impairs neural and metabolic sensitivity to sugar in human:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7784207/

A randomized controlled trial to isolate the effects of fasting and energy restriction on weight loss and metabolic health in lean adults:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7784207/

Evidence for sugar addiction: Behavioral and neurochemical effects of intermittent, excessive sugar intake:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0149763407000589

The NutriNet-Santé Study
https://classic.clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03335644

Relation between caloric intake, body weight, and physical work: studies in an industrial male population in West Bengal:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/13302165/

GLP-1 Receptor Agonists and the Thyroid:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3

Relationships and romance aren't easy, but are you making it harder than it needs to be?

Lori Gottlieb is a psychotherapist and a bestselling author, she is also the co-host of the ‘Dear Therapists’ podcast. Her New York Times bestselling books include, ‘Maybe You Should Talk to Someone’ and ‘Mr Good Enough’.

In this conversation Lori and Steven discuss topics such as, why men should always pay for the date, the best age according to statistics to get married, what women really want in a man, and the simple trick to show what is missing in your relationship.

(00:00) Intro
(02:08) How to Live the Life You Want
(05:06) Lack of Human Connections Leads to Relationship Pressure
(06:21) Why the Majority Aren't Satisfied with Their Relationships
(08:01) The Need to Be Understood
(09:47) Why Men Struggle More Opening Up in the Relationship
(16:34) Setting Unreal Expectations When Looking for a Partner
(19:40) We're Too Picky on Dating Apps
(24:57) High Expectations, Can They Be Lowered?
(28:04) Gender Differences in Dating
(33:44) The Type of People That Seek Bad Partners
(35:11) How to Help Those People
(36:49) Financial Differences in Dating
(42:53) People Are Choosing Not to Have Kids and Get Married
(49:02) What Happens When a Woman Earns More in the Relationship
(51:08) The Big Debate on a First Date
(56:35) Red Flags in First Dates
(59:51) The Age You Marry Is Linked to Divorce Risk
(01:03:32) You Need to Learn to Unknow Yourself
(01:05:35) The Impact of Seeking Approval
(01:12:20) When Your Friends Sabotage You When You Try to Change
(01:20:46) Do Women Express More Emotion Than Men?
(01:22:38) Do Our Dreams Have True Meanings?
(01:25:08) The Safety of Self-Compassion
(01:26:55) The Opposite of Depression Isn't Happiness
(01:29:46) The Grief of Heartbreak and How to Recover
(01:37:53) How to Help Someone Going Through Heartbreak
(01:45:02) Last Guest Question

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This moment is a compilation of some of the most successful women to ever appear on The Diary Of A CEO, discussing the biggest hurdles that women have to overcome on the road to success.

Karen Brady CBE, former managing director of Birmingham City F.C tells how on her first away game, it wasn’t believed that she could have a place in the boardroom and was mistaken for a player's wife or partner. Ever since, she has been driven to show the importance of true equality of treatment for people.

Whitney Wolfe Herd, the founder of Bumble, says that one of the key reasons for Bumble’s success in a crowded dating app market was that it aimed at women and what they wanted, compared to all the other apps which ignored women to focus on male customers.

Trinny Woodall, CEO of Trinny London, says that by starting a successful business in mid life, it proves that age is just a number and that energy alongside trusting yourself and your ideas is everything.

Finally, Reshma Saujani, CEO of Girls Who Code, believes women have been sold the propaganda that they aren’t good or smart enough, and are left doubting their own abilities. Instead, she says that women have to say no and believe that they are deserving of success now.

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What can video game and porn addiction tell us about society’s mental health crisis?

Dr Alok Kanojia is a psychiatrist and co-founder of the mental health coaching company 'Healthy Gamer', which aims to help with modern stressors, such as social media, video games, and online dating.

In this conversation Dr Alok and Steven discuss topics such as, the male mental health crisis, how your phone is hijacking your brain, the link between trauma and toxic masculinity, and how social media is ruining your relationships.

(00:00) Intro.
(02:07) Achieve Whatever You Want.
(02:39) External Success Won't Fix You Inside.
(04:12) This Won't Lead To Happiness.
(06:48) I Had A Gaming Addiction
(08:43) How To Identify Real Needs From Desires?
(12:08) What Sort Of People Have You Worked With?
(12:48) What Does It Mean To Be A Man?
(20:27) What Is The Remedy For Men’s Mental Health & Suicide Issues?
(23:20) Men Get Upset Based On Their Insecurities.
(25:45) Men Need Self-Expression.
(26:43) What Are Your Thoughts On Andrew Tate?
(30:31) How To Stop People From Following Toxic Masculinity?
(33:24) Do Men Need More Positive Role Models?
(35:22) Why Are Women's Suicide Rates Increasing?
(37:34) The Role Of Social Media In Our Mental Health.
(44:16) Should Yoga Be Taught At School?
(47:07) What Is Meditation And The Biggest Misunderstanding?
(50:08) The Important Impact Of Meditation On Our Lives?
(51:29) What Stops People From Meditating?
(55:29) How Does Meditation Help With Addiction?
(58:23) Our Biggest Addiction Is Success.
(01:03:32) Dissatisfaction Leads To Watching Pornography.
(01:04:04) How To Help People With Addiction?
(01:05:06) Does Addiction Create Shame?
(01:06:43) Case Study: How Any Transformation Is Possible?
(01:07:32) Having The First Conversation With An Addict.
(01:09:04) Do We Need To Hit Rock Bottom To Realise How Bad It Is?
(01:09:05) Don't Protect People; Let Them Accept Their Responsibilities.
(01:13:06) Motivational Interviewing.
(01:13:00) The 25% Rule To Achieve Your Goals.
(01:22:20) The Last Guest Question

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Everyones seen the films, but what does it take to be a real life 007?
Andrew Bustamante is a former covert CIA intelligence officer and US Air Force combat veteran. He is the founder of EverydaySpy, an online education platform that teaches real-world international espionage techniques that can be used in everyday life.
In this conversation Andrew and Steven discuss topics such as, why spy skills work in the business world, how to manipulate people, the ways to take control of your emotions, and why he’s leaving the US before 2030.

(00:00) Intro
(02:10) Your Time At The CIA
(02:47) What Is The CIA?
(03:27) You've Got It Wrong About Spies
(06:13) Applying Real Spy Skills To Overcome Any Barrier In Our Lives
(07:43) How To Manipulate People
(17:45) The Psychological Profile Of A CIA Agent
(20:43) I Held The Key To Nuclear Missiles
(22:45) It Was A Horrible Job
(24:30) Would You Have You Pressed The Nuclear Button?
(26:48) The CIA Message That Changed My Life
(28:43) The Interview Process For The CIA
(32:44) How Did You Feel When You Received That Letter?
(35:07) Did The CIA Tell You To Cut Off From Your Social Circle?
(35:57) Your Ethnicity Factor To Be Recruited By The CIA
(37:16) Do You Have To Change Your Identity?
(38:27) How Expensive Is To Train A CIA Agent?
(38:34) What's The CIA Training Scheme?
(39:17) Do They Show You How To Kill?
(40:19) How You Teach The Art Of Lying
(43:13) Body Language & Lying
(44:59) Demystifying Lying Signs
(47:57) How To Tell If Someone Is Lying
(49:47) Human Psychology
(52:55) The Essence Of Manipulation
(54:32) How To Find Someone's Ideology To Manipulate Them
(58:45) Have You Changed The Way You Look At The World?
(01:02:34) Perception vs Perceptive
(01:04:32) Leaning Into Objective vs Subjective Feelings
(01:05:58) How To Train Yourself To Apply Rational Objective Perspective
(01:08:27) Your Business Success
(01:11:34) What Is SADRAT?
(01:13:40) Change The Game When Selling Your Products
(01:15:46) What Is Espionage?
(01:16:41) What Is Our Secret Life?
(01:20:49) How To Enter Someone's Secret Life
(01:26:06) How To Apply It To Business
(01:28:52) Adapting To Change Faster Than Your Opponent
(01:31:51) Were There Times Your Life Was At Threat?
(01:34:16) Sexpionage, What Is It?
(01:36:22) Disguise, Did You Ever Do It?
(01:41:17) Do CIA Agents Get Trained To Not Feel Fear & Anxiety?
(01:43:56) How Do They Train You To Slow Down Your Emotional Brain?
(01:50:11) Your Wife & You Leaving The CIA
(01:51:38) America Is Going Through A Hard Period
(01:56:58) What's The Advice For Everyone To Make That Change?
(01:59:10) How Does Your Identity Stop You From Evolving?
(01:59:22) What Is Something You Used To Believe That You No Longer Do?

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