Join Mike for his podcast, We're All In This Together (which is also the title of his latest book). Mike shares his own wisdom and insight, and also interviews interesting and influential business leaders, thought leaders, and change makers on the show. Over the past 22 years, Mike has partnered with people, leaders, and teams within top organizations like Google, Wells Fargo, Airbnb, Gap, Microsoft, Schwab, the NBA, Genentech, eBay, the Oakland A's, and many others. Episodes of the show authentically address important topics and challenges, and offer specific tips about leadership, teamwork, and life. These conversations are designed to give you practical ideas, insights, and techniques to enhance your success, impact, and the performance of your team.
Today is episode number 200 of the podcast! In celebration of this milestone I both reflect on the past four years of the show and also plan to take a break for a few weeks. And, on this episode, we discuss the importance and the challenge of taking breaks, especially right now. Whether we’re talking about vacations, days off, or simple breaks throughout the day – these are both more important and more difficult than ever to make happen these days.
Things continue to be crazy in our country and our world these days in just about every aspect of our lives and society. Staying grounded and mindful is both more important and more challenging than ever right now. On today’s show, I talk to an expert in mindfulness, Holly Duckworth. Holly is the author of four books, including Everyday Mindfulness: From Chaos to Calm in a Crazy World. In this interview, we discuss a number of different challenges facing us right now and ways to practice mindfulness in the face of the difficulty and uncertainty we’re dealing with these days.
Full Show NotesI have a tendency to hold onto things tightly, often to my own detriment. Unless it’s an actual emergency, gripping things tightly almost always limits our joy, perspective, and effectiveness. These past few months, a lot of us have been holding on both personally and professionally pretty intensely, which is completely understandable, yet often problematic. In this episode I talk about this dynamic and how important it is for us to loosen our grip, especially right now. Doing this allows us to be more creative, responsive, and open, and it’s also a much more fun and successful approach to work and life.
Full Show NotesOur friend Glennon Doyle, best-selling author of Untamed, often offers a great reminder to us all that “we can do hard things.” I woke up this morning thinking about this quote and idea. Things in our country and our world seem pretty hard and bleak these days, and many of us are struggling in significant ways – physically, mentally, emotionally, financially, politically, organizationally, relationally, and more. And, as hard as things may be, it’s important for us to remember how strong and resilient we are – individually and collectively. Not only can we do hard things, we have done lots of hard things, over the course of our lives and careers, and just in the past few weeks and months in the midst of all of this. On this episode, we talk about how to remember this and tap into our individual and collective strength.
Full Show NotesThe first six months of 2020 have been unprecedented in so many ways. Things have been painful, challenging, and uncertain for most of us in just about every important aspect of our lives. And, as we now move into the second half of this year, what if we did something similar to what we do at the end of the year and the start of the new year? On this episode, I talk through a process we can follow to bring closure/completion to the first half of the year, hit the reset button, and create the second half of this crazy year in a new, and more positive way.
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