Episodes
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Managing Your Expectations
Happiness is often derived from your expectations. Have high hopes, high expectations and you are setting yourself up for disappointment. Outcomes are at times outside of your control, but your expectations are always within your control. If you want to be happy, lower your expectations. Humans...
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Add "Spin" to Your Communication Strategy
We are all in marketing and we are all in sales. No matter what you do - professional or personally - you are working on marketing and sales in some capacity. Businesses, brands and politicians apply spin and it is a critical component to a successful communications strategy. If you want to win,...
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Your Public Relations Strategy
In 2002, a study by Robert Feldman. At the university of Massachusetts found that on average people told two to three lies. In every 10 minute conversation. That means you're lying all day, every day, all the time to everyone that you speak to. And it doesn't feel like you're lying to people, but...
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Be Likable
Being likable is a skill like any other, and it can be learned, practiced and mastered. It begins with stopping your own destructive thoughts, recognizing the lizard brain in yourself and taking an active role in your verbal communication and body language. As an active participant in your own...
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You Need to Focus
Being focused is all about controlling your mind and tackling difficult problems in the present. You can't be focused on the future or worried about the past if you hope to overcome challenges today. Learning how to be mindful of your own thoughts is the first step in controlling them and staying...
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You Have Nothing to Worry About
Worry is just fear with an imagination. Don't bring past and future pain into the present by worrying. Learn how to recognize your destructive worried thoughts and what you can do about it.
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You Shouldn't Be Afraid
This episode is all about fear. The fear of the natural world (snakes, heights, disease, death) and social fears (shame, relationships, status). Learn why fear is the #1 reason people not only don't succeed, but never even try.
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You Have a Lizard Brain, and it is Sabotaging Your Dreams
On this episode we unpack the human brain further with several more examples highlighting how you are actually not in control - your lizard brain is in control. Lizards don't care about success, they care about survival.
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You Are Not in Control of Your Mind
The secret to self sabotage lies between your ears. On this episode we unpack the three key areas of the brain and how they work together to control your behavior - without "your" knowledge.
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Understanding Our Past Helps Our Success in the Future
If you want to understand how to influence yourself, and influence others, then you need to have a solid understanding of history and what it means to be a human.
About this show
HGTTG is all about how to win. We break down various lessons on entrepreneurship, personal development and how to be a successful human.
Hosted by
Lucas Sommer
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