

Moonshots Podcast: Superstar mindsets and success habits
Mike Parsons & Mark Pearson Freeland
The Moonshots Podcast goes behind the scenes of the world's greatest superstars, thinkers and entrepreneurs to discover the secrets to their success. We deconstruct their success from mindset to daily habits so that we can apply it to our lives. Join us as we 'learn out loud' from Elon Musk, Brene Brown to emerging talents like David Goggins.
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Jan 8, 2023 • 58min
Ken Robinson: The Element: How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything
The Element is the point at which natural talent meets personal passion. When people arrive at the Element, they feel most themselves and most inspired and achieve at their highest levels. With a wry sense of humor, Ken Robinson looks at the conditions that enable us to find ourselves in the Element and those that stifle that possibility. Drawing on the stories of a wide range of people, including Paul McCartney, Matt Groening, Richard Branson, Arianna Huffington, and Bart Conner, he shows that age and occupation are no barrier and that this is the essential strategy for transforming education, business, and communities in the twenty-first century"The Element offers life-altering insights about the discovery of your true best self." --Stephen R. Covey, author of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
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Jan 4, 2023 • 1h 3min
Jim Carrey: Memoirs and Misinformation
Jim Carrey, Film Star, Survivor, Inspiration. From humble beginnings to superstardom, he joins an elite group of comedians who have spanned the acting chasm to achieve phenomenal success. His book; Memoirs and Misinformation is a fearless semi-autobiographical novel, a deconstruction of persona. In it, Jim Carrey and Dana Vachon have fashioned a story about acting, Hollywood, agents, celebrity, privilege, friendship, romance, addiction to relevance, fear of personal erasure, our "one big soul," Canada, and a cataclysmic ending of the world-apocalypses within and without."None of this is real and all of it is true." - Jim Carrey
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Austin Hammatt
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Mike Leigh Cooper
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rahul grover
Ravi Govender
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Berg De Bleecker
Paul Acquaah
MrBonjour
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Dietmar Baur
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Jan 1, 2023 • 56min
Elon Musk - Habits of Success
Elon Musk is unstoppable! He's the most prolific and productive CEO of our times - he's even a bit cheeky. That's why we love him at the Moonshots Podcast. With his recent purchase of Twitter, he is now involved in over five revolutionary companies. So, we ask, 'how does Elon do it?'.Elon Musk co-founded the electronic payment firm PayPal and founded the spacecraft company SpaceX. He also is the founder of The Boring Company, and co-founder of Neuralink and OpenAI. And recently purchased social media giant Twitter.Musk's recent purchase of Twitter for $44 billion was widely covered around the globe. What isn't perhaps known is Musk's ability to multitask and focus on one business at a time truly; when the world was discussing Twitter, Musk was working with his engineers at SpaceX on rock engine "valve leak solutions".INTRO (WHY NOW?)Joe Rogan reflects on the purchase and why free speech mattersJoe Reacts to Elon Musk Buying Twitter (1m44)Elon Musk and the head of TED, Chris Anderson, talk open source Twitter at TED2022 this monthElon Musk Talks About His Plans for Twitter at TED (59s)PRODUCTIVITYElon Musk at SXSW breaks down his 'boring' approach to creativity and product creation.Be a doer (1m39)THINKING ABOUT PROBLEMSElon Musk's SATELLITE 2020 Opening Day Keynote, where he honestly (comedically) breaks down problem-solvingUse management by rhyming (48s)Mohammad Al Gergawi, in a conversation with Elon Musk during WGS17, discussed the art of collaboration.Have a great team (1m02)RESILIENCE (OUTRO)Elon Musk talks to Axios about Tesla being close to death during the production of Model 3Be willing to make sacrifices (1m06)READINGElon Musk: How the billionaire CEO of SpaceX and Tesla is shaping our future by Ashlee Vance
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Dec 28, 2022 • 58min
Walt Disney: The Disney Strategy
Walt Disney is famous for his ability to transform incredibly creative ideas into profitable realities. The process he used to brainstorm and develop theme parks and movies, has turned into a replicable process called “Disney’s Creative Strategy” by NLP expert Robert Dilts in 1994.Disney’s Creative Strategy can be used to create new products or to solve problems. Its simple to use as an individual, as a team, or even as an organization. The strategy includes three roles or mindsets that each have a specific goal.
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Dec 25, 2022 • 53min
Viktor E. Frankl: Man's Search for Meaning
Viktor E. Frankl, author of Man's Search for Meaning, discusses finding meaning in suffering, choosing your attitude, setting meaningful goals, and the importance of selflessness and purpose in everyday life.

Dec 22, 2022 • 59min
John Cleese: Creativity, A Short and Cheerful Guide
Creativity is usually regarded as a mysterious, rare gift that only a few possess. John Cleese begs to differ, in his practical and often very amusing book; Creativity; A short and cheerful guide he shows it's a skill that anyone can acquire. Drawing on his lifelong experience as a writer, he shares his insights into the nature of the creative process and offers advice on how to get your own inventive juices flowing.John Cleese believes everyone can be more creative, and in this guide, he shows us how to become more creative, overcome blocks, and how to refine and action a promising idea.“Creativity is the ability to come up with a better way to do anything." - John Cleese
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Dec 19, 2022 • 17min
How to be a creative thinker
Hello, listeners, members and subscribers! Our eighteenth Moonshots Master episode has arrived with a creative flavour.Creative thinking is the process of generating new and original ideas or concepts. It involves imagination and curiosity to develop novel solutions to problems or challenges. Creative thinking can be applied to many fields, including business, art, science, and more.There are several key characteristics of creative thinking:It involves going beyond the obvious and finding new perspectives.It requires an open and flexible mindset.It involves generating many ideas and then refining and selecting the best ones.It involves making connections between seemingly unrelated ideas or concepts.It involves taking risks and being willing to try new things.In this master series, we start with John Cleese and Elizabeth Gilbert, who reminds us that creativity is a lifestyle we can adopt.We then into some specific breakdowns to better understand creativity and flow with Steven Kotler and Michael Bingay-Stainer.Youtuber Valorian and Elizabeth Gilbert round out the investigation with practical suggestions on being creative and original.
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Dec 18, 2022 • 1h
Joseph Murphy: The Power of Your Subconscious Mind
Join us for another instalment of our wisdom series, where we delve into "The Power of Your Subconscious Mind" by Joseph Murphy. Murphy suggests that the human mind has enormous power and that we can use this power to achieve our goals and improve our lives. According to Murphy, the subconscious mind is like a computer that stores and processes our experiences, thoughts, and beliefs. He argues that by accessing and controlling the power of the subconscious mind, we can overcome negative thoughts and beliefs, achieve success, and improve our physical and mental health.The book provides techniques and exercises for accessing and influencing the subconscious mind, including visualization, affirmations, and autosuggestion. Murphy believes that by consistently using these techniques, we can tap into the vast potential of the subconscious mind to bring about positive change in our lives.Overall, "The Power of Your Subconscious Mind" is a self-help book that promotes the idea that we can shape our reality and create the lives we want through the power of our thoughts and beliefs.
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Dec 12, 2022 • 1h 5min
Elizabeth Gilbert: Big Magic
Elizabeth Gilbert: Big Magic: Whether we are looking to write a book, find new ways to address challenges in our work, embark on a dream long deferred, or simply infuse our everyday lives with more mindfulness and passion. In Big Magic, Elizabeth has written as a template; lessons in how to unleash your creativity. She digs deep to share her wisdom and unique perspective about creativity. She offers potent insights into the mysterious nature of inspiration. She asks us to embrace our curiosity. She shows us how to tackle what we most love, and how to face down what we most fear. Elizabeth Gilbert is best known for publishing the international bestseller Eat, Pray, Love, which was turned into a movie with Julia Roberts. Eat, Pray, Love is Gilbert’s memoir of the year she spent traveling the world, where she found her spirituality in India and ultimately fell in love again in Bali. Big Magic, discusses the attitudes, approaches, and habits we need in order to live our most creative lives. Gilbert encourages us to uncover the “strange jewels” that are hidden within each of us.
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Dec 11, 2022 • 59min
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
Our Wisdom series continues with a modern masterpiece: The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho. In the show, we dig into some classic Moonshots themes: purpose, goals, overcoming fear, resilience and more.Combining magic, mysticism, wisdom and wonder into an inspiring tale of self-discovery, The Alchemist has become a modern classic, selling millions of copies worldwide and transforming countless readers' lives across generations.Paulo Coelho's masterpiece tells the mystical story of Santiago, an Andalusian shepherd boy who yearns to travel in search of a worldly treasure. His quest will lead him to riches far different—and far more satisfying—than he ever imagined. Santiago's journey teaches us the essential wisdom of listening to our hearts, recognizing opportunity, reading the omens strewn along life's path, and, most importantly, following our dreams.
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