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Have you found that in your current busyness you have underinvested in your personal growth? If you have, then you're in the right place, and this is the right episode for you today. I have invited back my friend, Dr. Ben Hardy, onto the podcast to tell us why it is easier to do 10X than 2X. By the end of this episode, you will be able to shift your mindset from the limits of 2X thinking to the freedom of 10X thinking. Join my weekly newsletter at GregMcKeown.com/1mw Learn more about my books and courses at GregMcKeown.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What can we learn from the world's greatest public servant and most experienced diplomat? In this episode, we're diving deep into the practices that will help you create space to understand others, no matter the differences that stand between you. This is one of the rarest abilities to possess, but by the end of the episode, you will have everything you need to reap its rewards. Join my weekly newsletter at GregMcKeown.com/1mw Learn more about my books and courses at GregMcKeown.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Have you ever had the sense that you had greater potential than your current life requires or even allows you to produce? Do you ever feel like there's a lot more inside of you, but you are already so busy, you can't possibly get to any of it. By the end of this part 2 episode with Rob Dyrdek, you will have a vision of what you have to create in order to create a life of highest contribution. Listen to Part 1 on the conversation with Rob Dyrdek – link Join my weekly newsletter at GregMcKeown.com/1mw Learn more about my books and courses at GregMcKeown.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

400 years ago, the King of Sweden, Gustav II, commissioned the building of a grand ship, The Vasa. The ship quickly became the most expensive naval project in Swedish history only to meet a heartbreaking demise on its maiden voyage. In this episode, we explore the reasons the project was doomed from the start and how we can avoid making the same mistakes as we design our lives. By the end of this episode, you'll know the critical points you must set before you begin a goal, how to cut out unnecessary elements of your goal, and more tips to ensure you are successful in achieving what you set out to accomplish. Join my weekly newsletter at GregMcKeown.com/1mw Learn more about my books and courses at GregMcKeown.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Robert Stanley Dyrdek is many things. He's an entrepreneur, actor, producer, reality TV personality, and former professional skateboarder. He's possibly best known for his reality shows 'Rob and Big', 'Rob Dyrdek's Fantasy Factory', and 'Ridiculousness', but none of that does it justice. Every time I talk to Rob Dyrdek, I feel like I'm seeing a powerful version of what essentialism plus effortless can do for a person. In this conversation I ask Rob specifically about the 10X business transitions that he's gone through and what he's learned through the process and how he's been able to do that, not just once, as it turns out, but multiple times. By the end of this episode, you will be able to lead better, whether you are the CEO or the CEO of your own life. Let's begin. Join my weekly newsletter at GregMcKeown.com/1mw Learn more about my books and courses at GregMcKeown.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Have you ever invested heavily in a new product or service for your customers only to find they didn't buy it? Have you ever put in a lot of effort into getting someone a gift only to find that their response was lukewarm? Would you like to be less wrong in your relationships at work and at home? Today I will share some surprising stories, some counterintuitive research that I've been reading, and some actionable advice. By the end of this episode, you will be able to improve your use of time and resources by increasing your empathic accuracy.  Join my weekly newsletter at GregMcKeown.com/1mw Learn more about my books and courses at GregMcKeown.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Have you ever felt like you have the ability to make a greater contribution to your work, your family, or society, but you've run out of space in your life? Or maybe you've noticed that the busier you get, the less time you have for personal growth? Feeling like you have untapped potential is an epidemic in today's fast-paced culture. That's why I invited my friend and author of the new book 10x Is Easier Than 2x, Dr. Benjamin Hardy to join us in this episode. In this conversation, we discuss the power of developing inflection points in your life, why creating tipping points in your life will help you grow, and how these points will help you contribute more to the causes and people in your life that matter most. By the end of this episode, you'll know how you can reach more of your goals without burning out. Join my weekly newsletter at GregMcKeown.com/1mw Learn more about my books and courses at GregMcKeown.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Do you have a relationship or a project that you need to turn around? What if you could immediately increase your influence on this project or with that relationship? In this episode, I will share a story, something I am learning, and actionable advice. By the end of this episode, you will have a code for turning relationships and project around a code for unlocking greater influence professionally and personally. Join my weekly newsletter at GregMcKeown.com/1mw Learn more about my books and courses at GregMcKeown.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Have you ever struggled with making a transition? Whether in your personal or professional life, transitions can be stressful to navigate, but what if there was a way to make them easier? In this episode, I've invited the wisest person I know, my wife Anna, back to the podcast to talk about making transitions as effortless as possible. By the end of this episode, you'll have the tools you need to smoothly transition from tasks, jobs, relationships, or anything in between. Let's begin. Join my weekly newsletter at GregMcKeown.com/1mw Learn more about my books and courses at GregMcKeown.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, I have a simple question for you: What would you do with an extra day each week? Would you use it to spend time with your family or work on an important project? Or would you simply rest and enjoy the things you don't normally have time for? Whatever it is, by the end of this episode, you'll know how to increase your productivity by 20% while working less, or the equivalent of getting an extra day a week. Join my weekly newsletter at GregMcKeown.com/1mw Learn more about my books and courses at GregMcKeown.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Have you ever felt stuck in a personal or professional relationship? Have you felt like the harder you try to improve the relationship, the worse it gets, or the more you try to escape, the harder it is to actually make progress? In our last episode, I introduced you to my guest and genius behind the Arbinger Institute, Professor C Terry Warner. In Part One, he shared the story of unlocking one of the great mysteries of psychology. In this episode, he will teach you how to actually apply that surprising insight in your life and relationships. By the end of this episode, you will know how to begin the journey of breaking through the most intractable relationships of your life. Join my weekly newsletter at GregMcKeown.com/1mw Learn more about my books and courses at GregMcKeown.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Have you ever felt seriously stuck in a relationship where the harder you tried, the worse it got? I am thrilled to have one of the wisest people I have ever had the fortune of knowing to be joining us – Professor C Terry Warner. His book Bonds That Make Us Free, changed my life more than once and I return to it regularly. This is part one of two, Warner shares the story behind one of the most startling discoveries in psychology over the last 50 years. By the end of this episode, you will understand what keeps you trapped in the most frustrating relationships of your life work or at home.  Join my weekly newsletter at GregMcKeown.com/1mw Learn more about my books and courses at GregMcKeown.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Can you think of a problem that irritates you repeatedly? What has the total cost of managing that been to you over several years today? I have invited the New York Times best-selling author Dan Heath to help answer the 10 X dilemma. By the end of this episode, you will be able to solve problems before they happen. Join my weekly newsletter at GregMcKeown.com/1mw Learn more about my books and courses at GregMcKeown.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A critical key to understanding yourself is discovering the residual results you're getting in your life. These are the things you get by default as a result of the systems and habits in your life. This could look like too many meetings, too many emails, too many calories, too much procrastination, or a myriad of other things. Luckily, there's a way to reduce the amount of these residual results and make essential results easier to produce and non-essential results harder to produce. By the end of this episode, you'll understand the counterintuitive practice that will turn modest efforts into remarkable results. Join my weekly newsletter at GregMcKeown.com/1mw Learn more about my books and courses at GregMcKeown.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Have you ever had someone come to you with a dilemma, but when you start to share your advice, they resist your every suggestion? The relationship gets more strained. You leave feeling frustrated, but when you open up, you immediately get advice and feel more alone and more confused than you were before. For this episode, I continue the conversation I started in Episode 17 with one of my heroes, Parker J. Palmer. He's sharing a story or two, some of the things he has learned over decades, and some actionable advice. By the end of this episode, you will be better able to help people unravel their confusion and find the right way forward. Join my weekly newsletter at GregMcKeown.com/1mw Learn more about my books and courses at GregMcKeown.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Have you ever had someone come to you with a dilemma, but when you start to share your advice, they resist your every suggestion? The relationship gets more strained. You leave feeling frustrated, but when you open up you immediately get advice and feel more alone and more confused than you were before. For this episode, I have invited one of my heroes, Parker J. Palmer, to share a story or two, some of the things he has learned over decades and some actionable advice. By the end of this episode, you will be better able to help people unravel their confusion and find the right way forward.  Join my weekly newsletter at GregMcKeown.com/1mw Learn more about my books and courses at GregMcKeown.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Have you ever wanted to be seen; to be heard? To be known? To feel that your life with its challenges, even its suffering – that all of it matters. Have you wanted to be able to understand your own story better and to be able to share that story with other people – even to have it last after you are no longer here. By the end of this episode with Dan Davis (founder of Stiry Films), you will learn a step-by-step process for how to turn the suffering of your life into a meaningful story. A story that can inspire you to go forward and further a story that can inspire other people around you, a story that can inspire people after you. Learn more about Dan's work at stiry.com Join my weekly newsletter at GregMcKeown.com/1mw Learn more about my books and courses at GregMcKeown.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Do you want to learn how to be better at conflict resolution? I guess we all do, don't we? What happens when you feel you are right and the other person is wrong? Are you completely convinced of your opinion? Do you feel that way about somebody right now? By the end of the episode, you will be able to escape the costly trap of trying to be right all the time. Join my weekly newsletter at GregMcKeown.com/1mw Learn more about my books and courses at GregMcKeown.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Have you ever held onto a grudge against people who hurt you? Have you ever wasted precious mental energy being angry, hurt, annoyed, or even resentful? How long has the wound been festering weeks, months, years, decades? Today I've invited Chris Williams onto the show to share his story about resolving personal conflict, and what he has learned from it. And some actionable advice. By the end of this episode, you will be able to let go of a personal conflict and grudge that you have been holding onto so that you can reinvest that emotional energy back into what's really essential to you.  Join my weekly newsletter at GregMcKeown.com/1mw Learn more about my books and courses at GregMcKeown.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Have you ever experienced tension in your relationships at work or at home? Tensions that last for an extended period of time can lead to a strained relationship, frozen communication, or even estrangement. What if I told you that you could immediately dissolve that tension? You can unfreeze communication and have it flow openly and naturally again. Today I will share with you a story that changed my life, something I am learning right now, and actionable advice about how to eliminate tension in almost any relationship. Join my weekly newsletter at GregMcKeown.com/1mw Learn more about my books and courses at GregMcKeown.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices