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Having worked with admired leaders and well-established organizations for 33+ years, one thing I've learned {about individual & organizational excellence} is that there's a fundamental difference between what it takes to be a good company and what it takes to be a great company. And, an even greater disparity between what it takes to be a great company and one considered amongst the world's best....

"If you are going to live a full life after loss, you have to find your way back to joy," writes Marisa Renee Lee . In Grief Is Love , she unveils love as the compass to get there. Marisa shares insight on navigating our healing journeys, from giving ourselves permission to grieve to naming our feelings and creating a healing circle of family and friends. Her definition of grief — as "the repeated...

"What the Earth wants and what our bodies and our spirits want is to be connected, in this case reconnected, to where we all come from."  In this episode snippet, Edible Gardens LA Founder Lauri Kranz illuminates our path back to nature and the lessons it offers us.  How might you find your center in nature this week? What might you let go of when you do?  Editor's Note: This conversation was reco...

"My calling is to heal; That is my truth." When Dr. Michele Harper was growing up, two experiences seeded her mission to be a healer — A night in the ER with her brother and a divine voice she heard as a child. It was these awakenings that inspired her to become an ER physician, a journey she captures in her bestselling memoir, The Beauty in Breaking. In our conversation, she shares the lessons on...

Do you ever feel your body pulling you in the right direction? This inner compass is the facet of Bob Roth's teachings on Transcendental Meditation that I was most curious about…How does TM help us access it? "It's the nature of life, given the opportunity, to grow,"  he says. "With the body, you set up the conditions, it will heal itself. But, it's all about setting up the conditions." Bob illumi...

Few understand the depth of individual and organizational excellence as Marcus Buckingham - For 3+ decades, his work has had a singular focus to explore the hidden dimensions of greatness; and in this episode - he rejoins Moe to demonstrate why "love" is the essence of high performance - both personally and professionally.

"Beauty is a core moral value. It's an essential piece of how we stay resilient and find joy, even with all the difficulties of life."  In this episode snippet, On Being's Krista Tippett shares how her conversation partners, from poets to physicists, unveil beauty's vitality.

"The same person can organize in different ways depending on the signals they get early in life. That's why — What happened to you? — is so important. The timing and nature of these experiences plays a major role in how you unfold as a human being."  In this episode snippet, Dr. Bruce Perry, acclaimed neuroscientist, child psychiatrist, and co-author of What Happened to You?, illuminates how our e...

Genevieve Roth is a maximalist. She quit her dream job to be the Creative Engagement Director for Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign. Her team at Glamour Magazine sat teenage girls in the auditorium for an event with First Lady Michelle Obama, whilst dignitaries sat in the balcony. She takes the scenic route and celebrates business wins with chicken sandwich competitions. What inspires her ze...

"If you slow down, I promise, pay attention and really look, you will fall back in love with the world and everyone in it."When beloved illustrator Wendy MacNaughton was growing up, her grandmother showed her around museums and the city. The trips weren't solely to expose her to art. Bernice had a deeper intention for her granddaughter: to teach her to pay attention. Decades later, looking, listen...

Too often, we blame technology for our inability to focus; still, the issue is far greater than staring at our phones.  It starts with pre-commitments we make to ourselves; and in 'Stolen Focus',  Johann Hari does a masterful job of decoding the 12 causes of distractions and shares a framework to transcend them.

In Debbie Millman's new book, Why Design Matters, she curates interviews from her award-winning podcast, Design Matters, where for 17 years she's explored what it means to live a creative life with the world's foremost creators. Revered for her enduring impact as a designer, educator, and brand strategist, what sustains the aliveness of her own creative spirit? "Life," she says. "I'm living. I can...

"If you're not aware of what's going on in your mind, you can't transform it." Dr. Richard Davidson has believed that strengthening our minds has the power to change the world since he was a teenager. He's been a pioneer studying emotion, well-being, and our brain for decades. Yet, it was when he met His Holiness the Dalai Lama that the true seed of his life's work was planted. The Dalai Lama enco...

Catherine St-Laurent and Rebecca Rottenberg Goldman believe that courageous choices are rewarded. This ethos has inspired their extraordinary societal contributions. Catherine's as the Chief of Staff to the Duke and Duchess of Sussex and the Executive Director of Archewell Foundation, and previously at Pivotal Ventures and The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Rebecca's in helping found and lead...

Often, what separates the world's elite achievers from the great ones is a level of inner confidence available to each of us, but unlocked by only a few.  After 3+ decades of leading the U.S. Military's enhanced performance programs, Dr Nate Zinsser joins Moe to unpack the mind games that get in the way of increased confidence and elite performance.

"You can't assume that you've got all the time in the world to make the impact you want. You've got to make it happen now." A pioneer of the organic food movement, John Foraker is widely respected for his leadership of Annie's, where he led their $820 million acquisition. Yet, once you sit down with him, you quickly learn that more than an industry leader, John is a devoted father striving to crea...

"Our bodies speak the truth. Our bodies don't have the capacity to lie to us. But, our minds do."What is the simplest way to be in the present moment? By being in our bodies, we learn from LCSW, psychotherapist, and Frame Co-founder, Sage Grazer. In the first of a series of mental wellbeing conversations, we explore how listening to our bodies can help us discern how we truly feel and make choices...

"The closest thing I can find to a meaning of life is finding a way to love. If we can all find a way to love life, to love reality, I have to believe that catapults our existence into some holy other place." Decades of walking with patients through serious illness and end of life has shaped a personal goal for Mettle Health Co-founder and hospice and palliative medicine physician Dr. BJ Miller: '...

"You can never hide the traces of yourself and your way of being: they always show up in your work," Sarah Stein Greenberg writes in Creative Acts for Curious People. Executive Director of the Stanford d.school, encouraging students to feel is core to Sarah's mission and her team's design thinking philosophy. How do they achieve it when creativity is often a rollercoaster of emotions? By expanding...

When Norma Kamali visits kids at her high school she encourages them to imagine...How close to your dream can your life be? Renowned designer, Norma's extraordinary life is an embodiment of not only realizing our dreams, but continuously expanding them. Her philosophy is an invitation to indulge in the adventure of life. We delve into her book I Am Invincible to explore the physical, mental, and e...

If Reverend Jen Bailey could share one message with her church it would be that: "They are beloved, no matter what they've done or where they've been. They are loved because of who they are." Founder of Faith Matters Network and Co-founder of the People's Supper, Reverend Jen is a compassionate voice in the new dawn of religion and spirituality. We delve into her book, To My Beloveds: Letters on F...

How do we navigate life's highs and lows without feeling like we're on an emotional rollercoaster? By managing our relationship with dopamine, we learn from Stanford University Professor of Psychiatry, Dr. Anna Lembke. In her book, Dopamine Nation, Dr. Lembke reveals how understanding our quest for dopamine empowers us to make choices that enable us to live in a state of equilibrium. The most impo...

Katia Verresen's philosophy around inner power has made her a revered executive coach, advising leaders at organizations like Airbnb, WhatsApp, and Stanford. What makes her approach so impactful? It centers around living a life of joy. Katia affirms that achievement and fulfillment aren't mutually exclusive and shares tools to use joy as a compass in our daily lives. Whereas society may cause us t...

Often, the word 'potential' is more hype than substances - yet in every endeavor, a few outshine the rest.  In this conversation - Moe is rejoined by Liz Wiseman to discuss the five characteristics that distinguish true Impact Players.

"When you feel connected, you feel whole."Child psychiatrist and neuroscientist Dr. Bruce Perry is renowned for his pioneering research on trauma. Yet, his impact is equally made each time he sits down to color with a four-year-old to help facilitate their healing. This is the life-giving power of connection, and it is the enduring theme of his work. We delve into Dr. Perry's most recent book, co-...