Kyo Conversations

Today I’m speaking with New York Times bestselling author James Clear. Author of the international bestselling book, Atomic Habits.  Creator of jamesclear.com and the popular 3-2-1 weekly newsletter. Speaker at major companies and events. Weightlifter and (former) athlete. Contributor to the Against Malaria Foundation where he donates 5% of all profit. Journaling Prompts: Am I climbing the right mountain? What are you optimizing for?   Who am I optimizing to become? Can my current habits carry me to my desired future? Am I being effective right now or just busy?  

Mark Metry is on Amazon Prime's TV Docuseries "The Social Movement" season 2 attempting to solve some of the world's biggest problems. He is also the Host of the Global Top 100 podcast called Humans 2.0 featured by Forbes, NASDAQ, and Yahoo Finance as the "Top 21 Growing Podcasts you must listen to in 2019." Mark's show has been listened to over 10 million times and features the greatest leaders of our time exploring today's dynamic of the human experience in modern technological times. Mark is also now a best selling author with his first book “Screw Being Shy : How to Eliminate Social Anxiety” which is currently exploding on Amazon! Check out episode #68 for our first conversation.  

Mike Robbins is the author of five books, including, Bring Your Whole Self to Work and We're All in This Together.  He's a former pro baseball player whose playing career ended due to an injury.  For the past 20 years, he's been a sought-after motivational speaker who delivers keynotes and seminars for some of the top companies in the world. He and his work have been featured in the New York Times and the Harvard Business Review, as well as on NPR and ABC News.  He’s a regular contributor to Forbes, hosts a weekly podcast, and his books have been translated into 15 different languages. And I would add, he’s a great human! Enjoy this conversation! The  socials - Instagram | LinkedIn | Twitter | Facebook | YouTube   Journaling Prompts: What are you grateful for? What matters? Who matters? How can I serve? How can I be kind to myself and others?  

David Sax is a writer, reporter, and speaker who specializes in business and culture. His previous book, The Revenge of Analog, was a #1 Washington Post bestseller, was selected as one of Michiko Kakutani’s Top Ten books of 2016 for the New York Times, and has been translated into six languages. He is the author of Save the Deli, which won a James Beard award, and The Tastemakers.  With all his books, he has tapped into the reasons people go into business. His latest book, The Soul Of An Entrepreneur goes even deeper on this theme. Why does the entrepreneur matter, why do different types of entrepreneurs matter and why do they become an entrepreneur in the first place? “Starting your own business isn’t about becoming an instant billionaire. It’s about choosing the work and life you want for yourself, every day.” David Sax The Soul of an Entrepreneur - Work and life behind the startup myth   Journaling Prompts: Is this interesting to me? Is my heart in it? Am I pursuing the freedom I want?  

Emma Brooks is passionate about three things: branding, community building, and ideas. As Head of Marketing at Wattpad, she brings these passions together to create marketing strategies that tell Wattpad’s rich story to its millions of users around the world. Emma is also committed to building communities that give back. She volunteers for The Coaching Fellowship, a non-profit that provides massively discounted executive coaching for extraordinary young women leaders in roles of impact around the globe. She is the co-founder of Reset, an immersive digital detox camp experience for adults, that has run events annually since 2015. And she spent 7 years as an avid TEDster, working on and leading the Programming team for TEDxToronto. Emma on >> Instagram | Twitter | LinkedIn   Journaling Prompts (marketing related): What is our unfair advantage? What is happening culturally? What are the other competitors doing? What is the monster we are fighting?  

Aditi Shah is a yoga teacher based in New York City teaching public and live broadcast classes for Peloton. She is also a co-creator of Mindful Morning, a pop-up meditation event in NYC, and a supporter of Exhale to Inhale. She has led lead class for over 2000 yogis in Times Square, for Good Morning America's "Tone in 20," had contributed to Well + Good's "Sweat Series," and has been named one of NYC's Best Teachers by Classpass.  To Aditi, yoga is a workout, a science and a worldview wrapped into a way of life.  Aditi on >> Instagram | Spotify | Facebook   Journaling Prompts: What does my heart truly desire? What makes me feel alive? Where is my happiness coming from?  

Jessica Goldberg is the Senior Producer at Ten Percent Happier. She produces docu-series on mental wellness and a daily live meditation show called TPH Live. Jessica is an Emmy award-winning producer who began her career in hard news and has written stories about people in over 110 different countries. Jessica has produced stories for mainstream media like ABC News and outsiders like Al Jazeera and Mic covering some of the biggest stories of our generation. In reporting on world affairs she discovered that political problems at the core are actually emotional problems. She knew that the current media landscape wasn’t helping us deal with these emotional problems - especially on a one-on-one basis. So she decided to work on creating content that could help us be more connected and compassionate. Coronavirus Sanity Guide (FREE) Frontline Foods - Fueling care in times of crisis   Journaling Prompts: What are the key challenges right now? How can we be doing more? In what way can we serve? What actually matters?

JT McCormick who was born the mixed-race son of a negligent, drug-dealing pimp father and a struggling single mother. He was raised in the slums of Dayton, Ohio, suffered incredible abuse, racism, and had multiple stints in the juvenile justice system. He barely graduated high school and has no college degree.  No one expected him to succeed. But he’s been President of two multimillion-dollar companies and is currently the president and CEO of Scribe Media. He lives in Austin, Texas with his wife and four children.   Journaling Prompts: What are my core pillars in life? How do I define success for me? What am I grateful for?  

Nikki Sharp is a best selling author, speaker, healer and Youtuber that has also rocked a #1 ranking App and top 30 Podcast. Through her work as a health coach and wellness blogger, her mission is to spread the knowledge of healthy living for the mind, body and soul. This is part II with the amazing Nikki Sharp and if you want to hear how she shifted from working as an international model to pursuing health full time make sure to check out episode #47.   Journaling Prompts: Who am I from last year? Who do I want to be every single day? What am running away from? What am I trying to find? What does healthy mean to me? What makes me happy in life? What makes me unhappy? What are the activities I schedule in my calendar? Do these activities support my happiness?  

Hello awesome people! Welcome to a special edition of Behind The Human. I’m your host Marc Champagne and normally I’m unpacking the stories and mental fitness practices of top level humans but today I want to offer some guidance and journaling prompts to help mentally weather the COVID-19 storm. When it passes, we’ll be stronger, more resilient and our mind will be trained for anything life throws our way in the future. Sending nothing but pure love and health to you and your families. - Marc   Journaling Prompts: What stories are you telling yourself right now?  How do they make you feel?  Where are you right now?  What makes you feel secure and confident?  Which relationships are giving you comfort and love?  What are you thankful for right now?  How can you help others?   ++ Special props

How was Ben Walters able to see other options when shutting down his company seemed to be the only path forward? We dive into the mental fitness practices that helped Ben through one of the most challenging times of his life. Ben was born and raised in Toronto and after graduating from McGill ventured into the corporate world trying to figure out what he wanted to do with his life. After a couple stints in management consulting, he started Feedback App, an app aimed at reducing food waste. He quickly fell in love with start-up everything, and while Feedback App did not work out ideally, the team got acqui-hired by Hopper where they continue to work today.   Journaling Prompts: What’s my ideal balance in life? Have I voiced gratitude to others? What’s stopping me from doing this right now? What does luck mean to me?  

Today I'm jamming with Julian Guderley! His podcast GreenPlanet BluePlanet was recognized by Entrepreneur Magazine as one of the "top 10  Podcasts that will help you grow in 2020". We dive into Julian's quest to identify, interview & collaboratively empower the key players in the regenerative movement and how our personal wellbeing is essential to this movement. Make sure to visit #PLANETARYPURPOSE   Journaling Prompts: Who am I? Why am I here? What does it mean to be me?  

Today I’m speaking with Jason & Caroline Zook. I can’t beat their bio so here’s who they are in their own words:   We’re creative business owners

Today I’ve got Douglas Ferguson on the show who is an entrepreneur and human-centered technologist with over 20 years of experience. He is president of Voltage Control, an Austin-based workshop agency that specializes in Design Sprints and innovation workshops.   He recently published his first book, Beyond the Prototype, which offers a six-step plan for companies struggling with the shift from discovery to launch.   Douglas is active in the Austin startup community where he serves on the board of several non-profits, mentors startups, and advises early-stage ventures.   Journaling Prompts: What am I missing? What should I stop doing? What can I automate or delegate? How can I tell a better story? How can I NOT say I’m busy?  

Today I’m chatting with Bree Wasylenko. She made the move to Toronto post high school to pursue her dream of becoming a professional dancer. Over a decade later, she has worked as a dancer in an abundance of films and TV shows (including Top 20 of So You Think You Can Dance Canada, Season 3), performed on stages all around the world, and choreographed for major brands and award winning artists.   Bree began her transition to acting with her first role on the hit Family Channel TV show “The Next Step” but you can also find her playing a diverse group of characters from a 1900’s housewife in “Murdoch Mysteries”, to being painted head to toe green as an Orion in “Star Trek: Discovery”.   “There’s that famous question people always ask: Where do you see yourself in one year? Five years? Ten? I’ve never been able to answer that question and I LOVE IT. If you’re open to life and it’s magical ways, you never truly know where you will end up. And I think that’s pretty darn cool

Bobby Umar is a prolific heart-based leader. Inc. Magazine named him one of the Top 100 Leadership speakers alongside Richard Branson, Brené Brown and John Maxwell. Bobby is a 5x TEDx speaker and has been named the 2nd best business coach to follow on Twitter and the 4th best leadership influencer according to Kred.   He has written two books, including a #1 best-seller, and is a Huffington Post contributor. He hosted a weekly tweetchat called “The Power of Connection” that reached over 65 million impressions weekly. To date, his social media influence has garnered over a billion impressions.   Journaling Prompts: How can I understand what “they” are feeling? What have I learnt today that can help me tomorrow? Who are the people that matter to me?    

Sam Lassner also known as Prince Fox is a songwriter / producer originally from NYC now living in LA. He’s been playing guitar and writing songs since he was 13 and his addiction to music has only gotten crazier ever since. He’s been fortunate enough to travel the world doing what he loves and to work and collaborate with many incredible artists; YG, Rich The Kid, BIA, The Griswolds, Chantel Jeffries, Bella Thorne and many more.   We cover a lot. From managing a fear of flying when your profession requires you to travel the world to the practices and questions helping him navigate who he is as an artist. Powerful conversation and a stunning human.    Journaling Prompts: What makes me happy? What is at the route of this?  

Rian Doris has worked with multiple Fortune 100 companies implementing peak performance strategies and has led research initiatives with Dr. Dan Siegel, Prof. of Psychiatry at UCLA, Imperial College London. University of Southern California, University of Zurich and Claremont Graduate University.   He co-founded the Flow Research Collective alongside Conor Murphy and New York Times bestselling author Steven Kotler. Book by Steven Kotler & Jamie Wheal - Stealing Fire   Journaling prompts left by Rian: How am I complicit in my current circumstances? Write any question at a top of a page for the problem you are trying to solve. And in one session write out 30 answers / solutions. I am...   Book your free strategy session with the Flow Research Collective  

Today I’m chatting with Alejandra, who is a mom to 4 beautiful children and a multidisciplinary designer by trade with experience in fashion design, interior architecture and product design. Since 2017 she has specialized in workspace design and is currently the Director of Design and Innovation at ROOM. Her work focuses on the workplace because we spend about a third of our lives at work and it is a very important factor that weighs in on our overall happiness. She strongly believes that design has the power to impact our emotions and the perception of ourselves and the world around us. Journaling prompts left by Alejandra: Am I being honest with myself? Am I letting matters out of my control stress me out? What’s the lesson in this situation?  

We are approaching the end of another year. A year I’m sure that was mixed with ups and downs but we are here, in this present moment, together taking time to fuel and train our minds. This I’m incredibly grateful for.    It’s also a time of year where we naturally slow down and have more space to reflect. I wanted to share the most popular episode (#36) from the podcast of all time - Taking Control Of Your Day With Jake Knapp. It’s fitting for this time of year as Jake leaves many great insights and practices that can help as you go through your reflection.    Two great journaling prompts:  Does this feel right in my heart?  If I was going to die in a year, how would I spend my time?   Jake Knapp is the author of Make Time and the New York Times bestseller Sprint. Jake spent 10 years at Google and Google Ventures, where he created the Design Sprint. He has since coached teams like Slack, Uber, 23andMe, LEGO, and The New York Times on the method.    He’s also working on The Highlight Course coming in Januar