Raise Your Game

In the era of grand challenges that we are living today and with the confusion that fills the world, leaders play an increasingly important role in enabling us to make sense of the world. One key trait of a leader is accountability. Professor Mushtak joins us for the final episode of his Think Like An Engineer series, and shares examples some unconventional ways to inculcate a culture of accountab...

We all have good intentions to accomplish the things we want most to the best of our abilities. However our efforts are built on the bad habits deeply ingrained within us that act as saboteurs on our path to success. Peter Bregman, author of Four Seconds, joins us to offer some advice to help replace bad habits with more productive behaviours. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We’re living in a hyper connected world, and we are constantly consuming a steady stream of data from our smart phones, computers and tv. With so much information and entertainment vying for our attention, our ability to focus on any one thing has become increasingly divided. Ben Parr, an entrepreneur who recognized the value of attention, decided to write to a book called Captivology, and b...

Apologies work; authentic, heartfelt empathy diffuses anger and builds relationships and drives business profitability. Even more so when it comes from the top, as organisations get their cue from their leaders. CEOs need to role-model this behaviour in order to make it safe for others to apologise and admit to mistakes. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What does it mean to be an exponential entrepreneur and what does it take to become one? Bold is a collaborative effort between Peter Diamandis and Steven Kotler that serves as an informative and highly practical playbook to arm today’s entrepreneurs, activist and leaders with the tools they’ll need to positively impact the lives of billions while making their biggest dreams come true....

No amount of research and planning can predict the future or the outcome of anything with complete certainty. Preparation is crucial, but, the world is full of the unexpected and the unpredictable. So what can we do? According to Robert Poynton, a complex world demands the ability to improvise. He’s the author of Do- Improvise, and in the book, Robert talks about improvisational ideas and to...

Is the education system failing the learner? How can we reinvent the education system to allow the role of risk taking and failure to grow human potential? The irony is that while we recognise the importance of failure as a method of learning and discovery, we have an education system as well as a job market that rewards only the right answers. By giving marks to great failures, Professor Mushtak...

Written from the perspectives of two different authors, Gratitude and Trust examines how addiction can manifest in a lot of different ways, and that it doesn’t need to be life threatening to be considered addiction. Such addictive behaviour can impact performance and productivity at the workplace- Tracey Jackson, one of the co-authors of Gratitude and Trust shares her experience as a writer...

History tells us that the great exploits of the world are the results of men and women who have overcome fear and have walked through the corridors of courage and perseverance.  Fear is a real thing.  If not responded to properly, it pulls us back from reaching our full potential. In this session, we will explore what fear is and how to build the courage to overcome it. See omnystudio.co...

Steve Errey specializes as a confidence coach. He started off as the Confidence Guy and that’s exactly who he is- a guy who has so much energy and enthusiasm for helping and supporting others to build confidence, that it’s infectious. The code of extraordinary change is a playbook of techniques and advice that Steve wrote to help us identify and overcome the things that are holding us...

How sure can we be that the thoughts we have and the decisions we make are guided by our use of common sense and logic? Rolf Dobelli is a writer and entrepreneur, who took the task of gathering all kinds of research from behavioural economics, psychology and neuroscience to compile a list of behavioural patterns- actions and responses we make everyday which prove that we are in fact, behaving irra...

How does it happen? Can we make it happen every time? Can we have creativity on demand? Creativity calls for us to challenge the thinking templates we have that exist based on things we perceive as normal or acceptable. Professor Mushtak shares how repeating this exercise can build mental muscles that enable our brains to be very creative.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Elisha Goldstein, Ph. D. is a psychologist, author and speaker who synthesizes the pearls of traditional psychotherapy with a progressive integration of mindfulness to achieve mental and emotional healing.  He joins us to offer practical strategies to calm our anxious minds, transform negative emotions, and facilitate greater self acceptance, freedom and inner peace. See omnystudio.com/listen...

Growing up in multicultural Malaysia has given us numerous advantages, if only we would take the time to appreciate it.  One such advantage is the benefit of being multilingual. Apart from the ability to connect with others, Marcus Lim will explore some differences between the multilingual brain and the monolingual brain.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jeevan Sahadevan shares how a person can experience tremendous success in many areas just by removing these 5 words from their daily vocabulary. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What constitutes a complaint and why is it so destructive? Will Bowen wrote A Complaint Free World, to answer these questions and to teach us how to stop complaining so we can work towards the life we deserve to have.  The book was first published in 2007, and it came with a plan. Will wanted to make 1% of the world's population complaint free-  that's 60 million people. We catch up with...

Each of us has a different idea of success. Whether you strive for money, power, happiness, or love, your personal choices, the actions you take, and the relationships you choose to invest time and energy in, will determine whether you reach your goals. David Cottrell shares insight on how to make the right choices, even when they’re hard. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

“I’m not good enough to be promoted”. “I can’t do sales”. “I can’t present in front of an audience.” Have you ever said something like this or heard someone else say it before? This is an example of a limiting belief. Why are limiting beliefs so debilitating? Join Sheila Singam and Sereena Kaur as they explore how removing limiti...

Collaboration is often the best approach to bring about a win/win outcome or solution. Shankar Santhiram joins us for the final episode of the Becoming An Adaptive Leader series to discuss how successful people connect with their external ecosystems to create better results.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

When a person reaches their tipping point, anger can seem like an emotion that is almost impossible to control. Though the emotion has unsavoury and negative connotations, anger is a very natural and reactive response to frustration, bereavement, hurt or threat. Gael joins us to speak about her book Managing Anger,  which explains the effects of anger on our bodies & minds, and offers str...

A few familiar voices from Raise Your Game reflect on the life of Lee Kuan Yew, exploring the qualities he possesed that made him an inspirational and tenacious leader.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What do resilient people know that the rest of us don't? John Lee’s book, Secrets of Resilient People shares all you need to know to survive and thrive in tough times, maintaining a positive and productive outlook whatever the circumstances. John shares a staggering 50 techniques, that when combined, can create a recipe for success, unlock the secrets and uncover your potential. See omnystud...

What would your life look like if there were no limitations? That’s the question Dan Munro really wants us to think about. Dan’s a confidence coach and author of The Legendary Life, a book that aims to help you discover your true desires and authentic self.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Room for failure needs to be encouraged in order to create a learning environment in organizations. In this session Shankar Santhiram discusses how effective leaders encourage experiments as a way to develop people.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

There are bosses who transition seamlessly from authoritative to inspirational at just the right moment, and there are those who lead well in certain areas but falter at others. So what ultimately makes a good boss?  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.