Beth Perkel

Ideas That Change Lives

Education EN ↓ 31 episodes

Invest a few minutes listening...and come away with a fresh idea that changed someone's life! Hosted by Beth Perkel, award-winning writer and author of Light at the Beginning of the Tunnel, this podcast explores transformational ideas from Beth's own life, as well as from some of the most inspirational, intelligent, and efficient people she has come across around the globe. Think of each episode as distilling a lifetime of treasure hunting into finding the actual treasure! After all, when you listen in on what changed someone's life, you just might find it will change yours as well...

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Beth Perkel

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Expectation Management is one of the most underrated life skills 30.01.2023 37:01

In this episode Yuri Kruman- author, sought after speaker, and CEO of HR, Talent & Systems Consulting- joins me to discuss how expectations manage us if we don't learn to manage them. From our expectations of ourselves and others, to our jobs, life goals and even the expectations others are projecting upon us, this episode contains many applications for dismantling the high walls of expectatio...

Decisiveness- How to cut through paralysis by analysis 24.01.2023 20:01

In this episode, I explore why we have so much trouble making decisions and what we can do to both become more decisive and to improve our decision-making processes. I walk the listener through an exercise from my book (https://mosaicapress.com/product/light-at-the-beginning-of-the-tunnel/) that helps you identify and improve your motivations that simmer below the surface and are ignited when face...

How to Have a Midlife Awakening Rather Than a Midlife Crisis 16.01.2023 32:59

In this episode, Rebecca Fishman Lipsey (President and CEO of the Miami Foundation) shares several of the hard-earned lessons she reflected upon and put to paper in honor of her 40th birthday and bravely shared on social media. She walks us through: how not to be fearful of our joy, using vulnerability as power, deciding who gets to own real estate in our minds, saying "no" is an act of power and...

On Efficiency and Performance: Live life like a navy seal 09.01.2023 31:49

David Perkel joins us on this episode to discuss the life-changing ideas that helped him succeed throughout his journey from childhood actor and junior Olympic gold medalist to top lawyer, mediator, scholar and dude-who-manages-to-start-his-mornings-at-3:15 a.m.-and-still-survive-the-day. He walks us through some of the high-efficiency concepts that helped him scaffold his success such as: -Touchi...

To travel far and fast in life, we have to regularly lighten our load 01.01.2023 7:09

In this episode, we learn how to regularly get rid of the thoughts, behaviors and propensities in our lives that are weighing us down. Two helpful exercises are described for regular clearing out our personal cobwebs.

Taming our internal narrator\editing the stories we tell ourselves about the world 30.12.2022 19:37

This episode explains the nature of how our thoughts influence and affect our perceptions of reality and daily interactions. I then detail what we can do to shift and improve the impact of our internal narrator.