The most effective way to de-stress a kid when upset is through another person to co-regulate into eye contact.   Relationship expert and coach Jayson Gaddis(@JaysonGaddis) advocates for us to remember that life is relational. Shining his talents as an artist, author, podcaster, speaker, and executive coach, he developed The Relationship School, where he trained over 200 coaches in 11 countries. His book Getting to Zero: How to Work Through Conflict in Your High Stakes Relationship was voted editor's choice, best nonfiction, and best leadership and business book in 2021 on Amazon.    Jayson Gaddis(@JaysonGaddis) believes in being relational with self and others, which ignites openhearted living. Jayson's an artist, author, and executive coach. As CEO and founder of The Relationship School, he is passionate and prepared to train and support anyone ready to break unhealthy patterns and liberate themselves in relationships. He has trained over 200 coaches in 11 countries as a relationship expert. He's got a fantastic book called Getting to Zero: How to Work through Conflict in Your High Stakes Relationship.    “Depending on what you want, right, like a guy has to look, if I want good sex, if I want a heart connection, if I want my kids to trust me, if I want to be a trustworthy leader, most of us are more and more drawn to heart-centered leaders.”   - Jayson Gaddis   Key Takeaways:   Head, Heart, & Hands: Jnana, Bhakti, and Karma are the paths of wisdom, devotion, and action/service. Many people pick just one to live their lives and evolve by. When striving for integration and integral living, having all three areas developed and aligned is where balance is found.    Emotional Health: Being Metally clear and focused is directly tied to emotional awareness and resiliency. Heart-centered leaders are needed and desired in the new marketplace, home, and communities. Due to society's conditioning, taking the reigns of your emotional landscape is essential. At this tipping point on the planet, it is vital to acknowledge the emotional numbing that we have been conditioned to, to connect with your own heart intelligence, and to allow yourself to be open and vulnerable to connect with others in authenticity and love.   Being vs. Doing in Relationships: Presence in a relationship is not a box to be checked. People can smell the bullshit from a mile away. To participate in conversations and authentically listen, the first step is empathy. The second step is recognizing that negative attitudes and lack of presence potentially negatively impact people. If you want to be successful in leadership, as a relational leader, or in your home, you must be sensitive to impact and consider other people's feelings as you walk through the world.    Slowing Down to Connect: Connection takes slowing down from the hustle and opening your heart in the moment with another person. To make contact with another person, put away your devices, look in their eyes, and take a breath. Sponsors and Promotions:   Caldera + Lab! - As you age, you might notice more Fine Lines, Wrinkles, and signs of Aging. It’s time to take control of your skin with Caldera + Lab! Caldera + Lab creates high-performance men’s skincare products by combining pharmaceutical-grade science, with nature’s purest and most potent ingredients. Get 20% OFF with code [DIVINE] at www.calderalab.com and make unforgettable first impressions that lead to the charming words, “You look younger!”.   Lectric eBikes   Make every day feel like an endless summer vacation with an XP 3.0 from Lectric!   Visit LECTRIC E BIKES DOT COM to learn more and explore the epic models Lectric has to offer.    Links for Mauro Guillén:   Instagram LinkedIn The Relationship School

People need to shift into a new mindset when it comes to the ideas of career, education, and retirement. The model that society has been operating from is becoming obsolete.  Vice Dean at the Wharton, Mauro Guillén (@LinkedIn), and best-selling author’s work encourages us to look at our lives. His new book, The Perennials: The Megatrends Creating a Post-Generational Society, invites people to rethink the timeline and attitude toward careers, family, and future plans. Mauro is an expert in global market trends and is highly sought after as a speaker and consultant.   Mauro Guillén (@LinkedIn) is one of the Wall Street Journal's best-selling authors. His book 2030: How Today's Biggest Trends Will Collide and Reshape the Future of Everything is considered groundbreaking for the fields of futurism and economics. He promotes original thinking as the Vice Dean at Wharton Business School. He's won multiple teaching awards and has recently released a new book, The Perennials: The Megatrends Creating a Post-Generational Society, which is an invitation for people to rethink the timeline and attitude toward careers, family, and future plans. “I think many of the problems that we're encountering right now have to do with the fact that we have been organizing our lives in the wrong way. ”   - Mauro Guillén   Key Takeaways:   Futurism and Mindset Change: We need to change our mindset as things are shifting fast in all areas of human life. The economy and our technological advances are requiring us to be flexible. We cannot continue to live our lives according to the old ways. We need to change the way we run ourselves and or our lives. The only possible response to change is change itself. If people remain static while our environment changes, we will quickly be out of whack.    Flexibility in Life's Timeline: Communities need to address the groups of disadvantaged people, such as but not limited to women, high school dropouts, teenage mothers, and people who went through the foster care system. The current evolution of how we develop in life doesn't fit or help these groups. The main reason is that they need more time than the average trajectory of growing up, attending college, and getting a job. Also, they need more flexibility to adjust to do well in life. We need our leaders to lead on this proactively and functionally.    Staying Relevant: Everyone and anyone who wants to contribute to society in the next 20-30 years needs to learn about all the new technologies, not so much in terms of how they work, but more in terms of what the implications of those technologies for all the different functional areas within our organizational structures. For example, AI has changed finance, education, and marketing. We must ask how these changes affect the organization and how we interact as human beings.    Learn Social Skills: Technical skills are essential. However, increasingly, AI will be able to handle many tasks/jobs that humans currently do. What is harder to learn and becoming increasingly more critical are strong social skills. What is your capacity to work in teams, engage in negotiations, your emotional intelligence, and your overall ability to communicate? The current research data indicates that these social skills are becoming crucial in the American and other labor markets worldwide. Sponsors and Promotions:   Wild Health:   Wild Health joffers thier Premium Program for MARK DIVINE SHOW listeners. So, if you've been searching for a better alternative to traditional healthcare and want to take your health to new heights… look no further. Visit www.WildHealth.com/Premium to apply for membership today. Momentous Sleep Pack: Momentous Sleep Pack features a 30-day supply of easy-to-use tear-away packs featuring three natural ingredients that prime you for a good night's rest. Each pack comes with full servings of Magnesium L-Threonate, Apigenin, and L-Theanine. These ingredients provide unique effects that will help you fall asleep faster, stay asleep longer, and wake up refreshed.   Designed by the world’s best experts, used by the the world’s best teams and athletes, and made for all of us- go to https://www.livemomentous.com, and use code Divine for 20% off your first order.   Babbel: Here's a special, (limited time) deal for our listeners to get you started RIGHT NOW - get 55% off your Babbel subscription - but only for our listeners - at Babbel.com/DIVINE.   Links for Mauro Guillén:   Twitter LinkedIn The Perennials  

You don't fight evil with evil, and you don't fight power or force with force. You draw attention away from the darkness by ignoring it and doing what's right.  This passionate author and activist, Matthew Weintrub (@heytrub), is about healing Mother Earth and the human family. As a psychedelic medicine activist and author of The Psychedelic Origin of Religion, he is a driving force in the modern psychedelic movement. Matthew has helped many people find healing and transformation. He continues to inspire others through his writing, collaborations, and presence.    Hayulima is a psychedelic sanctuary for the people. Matthew Weintrub (@heytrub) invites you to visit for healing and transformation. As an author of The Psychedelic Origin of Religion, Matthew is one of the pioneers of the modern psychedelic movement. His passion is to heal America by asking that everyone have the right to practice their religion freely and without consequence.  “We need to restore the right to heal with God's natural medicines, the psychedelic plant medicines. And I believe when we do that, we will put this country back on a path to salvation. ” - Matt Weintrub   Key Takeaways:   Domination Government: We have reached a point where our US government is no longer honoring the right to practice religion freely. We, the people, need to uphold the US Constitution for all people. Citizens need to wake up and see that they are being distracted and misinformed. And each day, freedoms are being stripped away. It is easy to take away a right/freedom but harder to get it back.    Imagine: “Imagine all the people living for today.” A prolific writer and artist John Lennon offered one of the best prayers for the world. This song is an excellent meditation on the possibility of everyone coming together to heal and unite. Imagine: By John Lennon   Appropriation of Plant Medicine: As psychedelics become more mainstream in the Western world, it is crucial to be aware of the colonialistic mind and how it commandeers things as its own when indigenous cultures have been practicing and using the medicines for years. It is important to build alliances with chiefs from indigenous nations to respect the lineages.   The Herd of One: In many indigenous cultures, there is the mentality of what someone does to their neighbor, they do to themself. This way of life applies to healing oneself as well. The perspective is that in a healing circle, or ceremony, the individual (the herd of one) is everyone (the herd of all). Indigenous cultures believe that we heal together and make the whole world better by healing ourselves.   Sponsors and Promotions:   Caldera + Lab! - As you age, you might notice more Fine Lines, Wrinkles, and signs of Aging. It’s time to take control of your skin with Caldera + Lab! Caldera + Lab creates high-performance men’s skincare products by combining pharmaceutical-grade science with nature’s purest and most potent ingredients. Caldera + Lab is here to get your skin summer ready, and it all starts with The Regimen bundle– a twice-a-day routine to transform your skin. Inside this bundle, you’ll find The Clean Slate, The Base Layer and The Good. Backed by a leading clinical trial where nine out of ten men experienced healthier and visibly improved skin, Caldera Lab has the tools to keep your skin fresh and confident as the weather heats up this summer. Get 20% OFF with our code DIVINE at calderalab.com/DIVINE and take your skincare to the next level this summer with Caldera + Lab !" Factor   Factor, America’s #1 Ready-To-Eat Meal Kit, can help you fuel up fast with flavorful and nutritious ready-to-eat meals delivered straight to your door. You’ll save time, eat well, and stay on track to reach your goals. This July, get Factor and enjoy eating well without the hassle. Simply choose your meals and enjoy fresh, flavor-packed meals delivered to your door. Ready in just 2 minutes, no prep, no mess! Head to factormeals.com/divine50 and use code divine50 to get 50% off.  Mindbloom Mindbloom is offering our listeners $100 off your first six-session program when you sign up at Mindbloom.com/DIVINE and use promo code DIVINE. Take the first step and break free from your anxiety and depression with Mindbloom. Mindbloom.com/DIVINE and use promo code DIVINE Links for Matthew Weintrub:   Heal Earth Website Hayulima Healing Center The Psychedelic Origin of Religion  

Being out of control of something we want to control and fix is a recipe for disaster. When we try to control things, we often react in ways that are ultimately not helpful and can be self-destructive. Much of Aaron De Smet’s(@AaronDeSmet) work focuses on helping large distributed organizations to achieve growth, innovation, productivity, and organizational agility. Aaron co-authored Deliberate Calm: How to Learn and Lead in a Volatile World. He has been consulting for many years at McKinsey and in prior years at PricewaterhouseCoopers. He is also an expert on organizational design, corporate culture, and leadership development.   Aaron De Smet(@AaronDeSmet) counsels leadership teams as they transform their organizations to improve performance, organizational health, speed, and agility. He holds a P.H.D. from Columbia University, where he studied organizational psychology and business. His expertise spans several industries, including agriculture, biotechnology, chemicals, and transformational change. “The world has become so interconnected that one small thing somewhere can have surprising effects in ways we hadn't imagined”   - Aaron De Smet   Key Takeaways:   Self Awareness in Leadership: Self-awareness is a positive attribute regardless of where you are. Professionally it elevates your ability to be present and problem-solve in VUCA environments. There is always complexity when working with other people. On a team, self-awareness always helps, no matter how cognitively taxing it might be.    Defining Self-Awareness: When experts talk about self-awareness, they don’t just mean the metacognition of personal understanding of what we are thinking and how we think about it. They emphasize that we need to understand that there might be potentially subconscious emotions that are sitting there that are guiding or biasing us. These unconscious drivers can actually be brought into awareness. When we merge the conscious and surface the unconscious, we are more fully self-aware and self-knowledgeable.   Changes in the Workplace: Even pre-pandemic, the desire for more flexibility regarding when and where one works was on the rise. The reasoning for “going into an office” has changed. The files, phones, and meeting place no longer have to be in one location. Also, what people see as desirable for a career in these next generations, Gen Z and beyond, has shifted.   Triggers of Grief: Grief doesn’t happen only when we lose a loved one. Grieving is a process everybody goes through psychologically whenever they feel a sense of loss of something loved or cherished. This loss could be a loved one, a pet, an experience, or even a favorite restaurant closing that there was a felt emotional connection to, and the place was loved and cherished. So grief can be the loss of any loved or cherished thing.  Sponsors and Promotions:   Momentous Sleep Pack: Momentous Sleep Pack features a 30-day supply of easy-to-use tear-away packs featuring three natural ingredients that prime you for a good night's rest. Each pack comes with full servings of Magnesium L-Threonate, Apigenin, and L-Theanine. These ingredients provide unique effects that will help you fall asleep faster, stay asleep longer, and wake up refreshed.   Designed by the world’s best experts, used by the the world’s best teams and athletes, and made for all of us- go to https://www.livemomentous.com, and use code Divine for 20% off your first order   Relief Band:   If you want to tap into your body’s natural healing system to relieve your nausea quickly and effectively, check out ReliefBand.com. Use our promo code DIVINE for 20% off plus free shipping.     It’s 100% drug-free, non-drowsy, and has ZERO side effects. It’s that simple.   Plus, Reliefband both treats and prevents nausea, so you can help avoid nausea from becoming a problem in the first place.        Kion:   Kion Aminos is a  fundamental supplement for fitness. It naturally boosts energy, builds lean muscle, and enhances athletic recovery. Backed by over 20 years of clinical research, the highest quality ingredients, no fillers or junk, undergoes rigorous quality testing and taste amazing with natural flavors. Getkion.com/DIVINE: Save 20% on monthly deliveries and 10% on one-time purchases  Links for Aaron De Smet:   Deliberate Calm Work with Aaron LinkedIn

Steven Kotler, renowned author and expert on human performance, explores the concept of peak performance aging in his newest book. He shares insights on achieving flow, optimizing aging through exercise and mind training, and challenging stereotypes of aging. The podcast also covers email management, taking a slow approach to learning, the benefits of weight vests for kids, and the impact of positive thinking on well-being.

Nonstop happiness doesn't exist for any human being on the planet.   Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School Dr. Robert Waldinger (@Dr.Waldinger) believes in nurturing relationships for overall health. Dr. Waldinger co-founded the Lifespan Research Foundation and is a practicing psychiatrist and Zen master or Roshi. His book, The Good Life: Lessons From the World's Longest Scientific Study on Happiness, is an excellent look at what keeps us all happy, healthy, and thriving.     Author and Professor Dr. Robert Waldinger's (@Dr. Waldinger) book, The Good Life: Lessons From the World's Longest Scientific Study on Happiness, is a must-read. The study started in 1938 and continues to this day. Dr. Waldinger is a Zen Roshi, practicing psychiatrist, researcher, and professor. He understands that happiness isn't attainable every day. However, he encourages us to be proactive to live an extraordinary life with as much of it as possible.   “All it is is the stuff we do every day, if we give it our full attention, everything pops with an aliveness that normally we miss.”   - Dr. Robert Waldinger   Key Takeaways:   Personality vs. Ego:  Ego is different than personality. The ego is the identification with our sense of self. At the same time, everyone has the conditioning of a personality. When you start moving away from being identified with self and living from the witness, you can bring source spirit into your personality. We want to have a personality, just not be overidentified or attached to it, as that is the ego.   Meditation Has Differnt Forms: Sitting meditation is only suitable for some. Some people find it aversive to meditate. However, we can all benefit from a practice that makes us come into presence. For some people, breathing, martial arts, or anything they're very present at is a form of meditation. Whatever brings you into presence, whatever gets you out of the thought loops that we're constantly caught up in, and helps you keep coming back to presence is meditation.   The Happiness Project’s Greatest Finding: Taking care of our health matters. Your happiness, health, and how long you live are correlated. The Happiness Project found that one of the most powerful predictors of who does well throughout life is connected to taking care of the physical body. The other significant finding is having loving, warm, and connected relationships impacts your health positively. People in healthy and happy relationships live longer. And, it stands to reason if you have good relationships, you'll be happier.   Social Fitness: Social fitness is like physical fitness. It is a constant act of effort and showing up. Studies have shown that perfectly good friendships and family relationships will atrophy, just like muscles, from inattention from neglect. Amall efforts over and over again, like doing 15 minutes of walking or weight training regularly, keep those connections vibrant and alive. It helps to work on relationships like physical fitness to keep them strong and healthy. Sponsors and Promotions:   Momentous Sleep Pack   This sleep Pack features a 30-day supply of easy-to-use tear-away packs featuring three natural ingredients that prime you for a good night's rest. Each pack comes with full servings of Magnesium L-Threonate, Apigenin, and L-Theanine. These ingredients provide unique effects that will help you fall asleep faster, stay asleep longer, and wake up refreshed. Designed by the world’s best experts, used by the the world’s best teams and athletes, and made for all of us. Go to https://www.livemomentous.com, and use code DIVINE for 20% off your first order.    Fabric   Fabric was designed by parents, for parents, to help you get a high-quality, surprisingly affordable term life insurance policy in less than 10 minutes.  Protect your family today with Fabric by Gerber Life. Get your personalized quote in seconds at meetfabric.com/DIVINE   Babbel Here's a special, (limited time) deal for our listeners to get you started RIGHT NOW - get 55% off your Babbel subscription - but only for our listeners - at Babbel.com/DIVINE. Factor Head to FACTORMEALS.com/divine50 and use code divine50 to get 50% off. Links for Dr. Robert Waldinger:   Dr. Robert Waldinger Website Ted Talk Discussion Facebook  

Be inspired, and don't measure your success by how many boxes get checked off on a to-do list. Stop making to-do lists and start mapping out your day with how much time you will spend on each task you are committed to doing.   Technology is a tool that can help build healthy and lasting habits, according to author and consultant Nir Eyal (@NirEyal). Nir’s groundbreaking book Hooked is a guide to building products people use because they want to, not because they have to. In his new book Indistractable, Nir teaches from the intersection of psychology, technology, and business to lead us to what is possible if we follow through on our best intentions, stay focused, and overcome distractions.    Nir Eyal (@Nir Eyal) writes, consults, and teaches about the intersection of psychology, technology, and business. A Graduate of Stanford School of Business and crusader for utilizing technology to build unique and healthy habits, Nir has written two books, Hooked and Indistratable. Both books are rooted in research and passion for the betterment of humanity. Nir lives in Singapore with his wife and daughter.   “Just because it's a work-related task, doesn't mean it's not a distraction.”  - Nir Eyal   Key Takeaways:   Real Distractions Begin Within: We tend to blame our phones, computers, kids, boss, and all external things like that. But studies find that external distractions are only 10% of what pulls us away from our focused tasks. The other 90% of our distractions are internal triggers. For example, if you overeat, often it is the internal distraction of a feeling—feelings like loneliness, boredom, shame, etc. Distractions begin from within.   Addiction vs. Habit: Addiction is defined as a persistent compulsive dependency on a behavior or substance that harms the user. There is no such thing as a good addiction. By definition, addictions are destructive. Habits are defined as a settled or regular tendency or practice. We want good habits in our life. We all have good habits or bad habits.    All Products are Used to Modulate Mood: Apps and other products we use are designed to activate our internal triggers. Internal triggers are born from an uncomfortable emotional state we seek to escape. Boredom, loneliness, fatigue, desire, curiosity, and uncertainty is what habit-forming products attach themselves to. Whenever you feel an emotion, you become internally activated to use a product such as an app, device, or item. Find products that empower you to build healthy habits and live a good life.   Traction and Distraction: What do traction and distraction mean? The opposite word to distraction is traction. Traction and distraction both come from the same Latin root, traho, which means to pull. Traction, by definition, is any action that pulls you toward what you said you would do—the opposite of traction is distraction. Distraction is any action that pulls you away from what you plan to do, from your values and goals, and from becoming the person you want to become. The difference between what is traction and distraction is to decide in advance how we want to spend our time. Sponsors and Promotions:   Factor Factor, America’s #1 Ready-To-Eat Meal Kit, can help you fuel up fast with flavorful and nutritious ready-to-eat meals delivered straight to your door. You’ll save time, eat well, and stay on track reaching your goals. This July, get Factor and enjoy eating well without the hassle. Simply choose your meals and enjoy fresh, flavor-packed meals delivered to your door. Ready in just 2 minutes, no prep, no mess! Head to factormeals.com/divine50 and use code divine50 to get 50% off.    Life Force  https://www.mylifeforce.com/   Mindbloom Mindbloom is offering our listeners $100 off your first six session program when you sign up at Mindbloom.com/DIVINE and use promo code DIVINE. Take the first step and break free from your anxiety and depression with Mindbloom. Mindbloom.com/DIVINE and use promo code DIVINE   Kion You can now save 20% on monthly deliveries and 10% on one-time purchases. Visit www.getkion.com/divine  Links for Nir Eyal:   Nir Eyal Website Hooked Online Workshop Twitter  

A lot of our beliefs have been given to us by our parents, because of their circumstances and their beliefs and their philosophy of life and their culture.    A subconscious pattern detective, belief therapist, healer of the psyche, Lion Goodman (@LionGoodman) has been known and sought after because he evokes the best in others. He is the founder and CEO of the Clear Beliefs Institute, a company dedicated to awakening, healing, and enlightening humanity so we can get on with the job of being fully human. As a coach and author Lion is working in collaboration to create a world that works for everyone to create a sustainable and thriving planetary civilization.   Lion Goodman (@LionGoodman) survived being shot 4 times in the head and came out from the experience with a deep understanding of human consciousness. He is the author of five books. His book, Clear Your Beliefs, is a guide and manual for how to uncover your subconscious drivers and step into a new system of conscious understanding.   “My favorite saying that I've heard is things are getting better and better, and worse and worse, in more and more places faster and faster.”  - Lion Goodman   Key Takeaways:   Multidimensional Existence:  We are multidimensional beings. In this moment, you are seeing, hearing, feeling, and touching in your body and in your experience. We are constantly looking through this technology of senses and perception. This technology allows us to connect. We are physical, emotional, mental, spiritual, relational, and energetic beings; we have all these things going on simultaneously.   Pattern Recognition:  We start forming before we have language. A baby in the womb can recognize the difference between the mother's and father's voices. And it's the pattern recognition system that begins to build a self. We start to develop the identity of this is who I am, what I do, and how I respond to people. Beliefs are all of the patterns that have been set from when we were in the womb. We can recognize these subconscious patterns, bring them to the surface, and change our operating systems.   Try on Beliefs: Your beliefs create your experience. If we can realize this, we can begin to try on views and see how they feel, just like you would try on different outfits. You can also try on other people's beliefs, which can help you create empathy. Beliefs that don't serve you can be put down, and you can create new and empowering ones.   Historical and Present Perception: Historically, belonging and figuring out how to exist in the social system was crucial for survival. A driving instinct 16,000 years ago was, how do I be in this environment and make it safe? These ideas of looking around, seeing the problems, and then solving them were crucial to our development as humans. 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Culture is at its core behavior at scale. You want people who behave the same way whether the CEO is in the room or not.   Former NFL player, International speaker, author, and expert in leadership development, Matt Mayberry (@Matt Mayberry) utilizes his professional athletic experience to inform how culture change can impact organizational performance. His new book, Culture is The Way is a hands-on blueprint for leaders to elevate employee engagement and breed a culture for peak productivity.   After recovering from drug addiction and losing his lifelong dream of being a professional baseball player, Matt Mayberry (@Matt Mayberry) turned his life into gold. He found his way to the NFL with the help of loving parents, wonderful mentors, and a positive mindset. Only getting to play one game due to a permanent injury, Matt once again turned lemons into lemonade and has become a sought-after educator, speaker, and consultant on business culture and team productivity.   “In order to fully impact another life, you first have to impact your life and become a lifelong learner.”  - Matt Mayberry   Key Takeaways:   Your 5 Closest Friends:  Motivational speaker Jim Rohn is known in many circles for saying, “Show me your friends, and I’ll show you your future.” Although this may seem cliche many times, there is truth and weight to that statement. If you are in a place in life where you want to make positive changes, pay attention to the people around you and how it is taking away from or assisting you in your future vision.   Vulnerability: Vulnerability from a parent, mentor, teacher, or friend can ignite compassion and understanding within ourselves. More and more research shows that leaders succeed more with employee retention and productivity when they show up authentic and vulnerable.   Perception: There are more than two perspectives in any given situation. Staying curious and appreciating the different points of view that each of us brings into environments allows the development of organizations and the individuals on the team to innovate and create multifaceted offerings. Perception change for hiring, culture at work, and communication is worth entertaining if you feel stuck as a leader.   Make Opinions Matter: Creating a trusting environment for a strong team of employees builds trust when people know that they have a voice and that it counts. The leaders that understand the significance of that and operate with a deeper purpose to what they do in the business world, and a sense in the market, are beginning to understand that we're not just in business to use employees to build the company. They are in business also to develop their people. Promotions:   Wild Health Wild Health just opened 10 spots in their Premium Program for MARK DIVINE SHOW listeners. So, if you've been searching for a better alternative to traditional healthcare and want to take your health to new heights… look no further. Visit www.WildHealth.com/Premium to apply for membership. Use code DIVINE at checkout.    Caldera + Lab! - As you age, you might notice more Fine Lines, Wrinkles and signs of Aging. It’s time to take control of your skin with Caldera + Lab! Caldera + Lab creates high performance men’s skincare products by combining pharmaceutical-grade science, along with nature’s purest and most potent ingredients. Caldera + Lab is here to get your skin summer ready and it all starts with The Regimen bundle– a twice-a-day routine to transform your skin. Inside this bundle you’ll find The Clean Slate, The Base Layer and The Good. Backed by a leading clinical trial where nine out of ten men experienced healthier and visibly improved skin, Caldera Lab has the tools to keep your skin fresh and confident as the weather heats up this summer. Get 20% OFF with our code DIVINE at calderalab.com/DIVINE and take your skin care to the next level this summer with Caldera + Lab !" Babbel: Here's a special, (limited time) deal for our listeners to get you started RIGHT NOW - get 55% off your Babbel subscription - but only for our listeners - at Babbel.com/DIVINE. use code DIVINE at checkout.   LifeForce:   https://www.mylifeforce.com/ Links for Matt Mayberry:   Website Instagram Culture is The Way  

Rapid learning is important, and seeing that there is no such thing as failure. That doesn’t mean you don’t fail. It just means you see failure as an opportunity to learn.   Culture is a buzzword many of us don’t know how to define. Award-winning and best-selling author Dr. Soren Kaplan(@Dr.SorenKaplan) has made it one of his missions to educate individuals and companies on how to be a high-level cooperative culture. Dr. Kaplan is a columnist for Inc Magazine and an affiliate at The Center for Effective Organizations at USC’s Marshall School of Business. He's led strategy and innovation at HP, Hewlett Packard. And advises and delivers leadership programs to thousands of executives around the world.    Best-selling author of the groundbreaking book Experiential Intelligence Dr. Soren Kaplan (@Dr.SorenKaplan) has found that everyone has dormant gifts that can be utilized in the workplace. Soren’s work has appeared in Harvard Business Review, Forbes, Fast Company, CNBC, NPR, Strategy & Leadership, The International Handbook on Innovation, and many other academic and popular business media. At the age of 13, he won the first-ever video game contest on the Commodore 64 computer.  “ Create mentoring opportunities, create an innovation team. You don't want just the season people on it. You want the young, new, you know, kind of up-and-comers in it. And that diversity of age as well and experience is also important.” - Dr. Soren Kaplan   Key Takeaways:   Cross-Generational Mentorship: There is a huge exodus of people in their 60s leaving the workforce that takes a vast amount of skills and knowledge with them. It is important for companies and individuals to rethink the retirement and onboarding of new talent. The wise thing to do is pair the older generations with the younger ones through mentorship and coaching so that the skills and knowledge of those leaving the workforce get passed down.     Defining Culture: Culture can be an amorphous term. Culture is, at its root, the norms and values that shape behavior. And those norms and values oftentimes fly under the radar. Defining or creating culture is a simple cycle; People have experiences, and those experiences shape their beliefs about right or wrong behavior. These beliefs shape people’s behavior. Leaders can intervene and create new and different experiences for people and allow the art of communication, discovery, and interaction to lead the team to define their culture.   Going Deep Increases Productivity: Whether we are aware of it or not, we all bring our whole selves to work. In order to increase productivity letting go of the old model of compartmentalizing who you are or have to be at work is liberating and increases productivity. Many people have hidden abilities and talents that are not listed on their resumes. Getting to know the people you work with or work for and their untapped abilities increases creativity and job retention.    Experiential Learning: In essence, we all have to practice coping while growing up. The street or social smarts we develop as we live build skills that can be applied to that 10,000 Hour Rule, whether we're doing formal or informal stuff. This experiential learning is an opportunity to acknowledge informal skills that get overlooked. And companies can leverage them if they let go of some of the old rules of what an applicant should have on their resume. Kion You can now save 20% on monthly deliveries and 10% on one-time purchases. Visit www.getkion.com/divine  SaneBox Visit https://www.sanebox.com/divine today to start your free trial and get a $25 credit.   Vuori Vuori is an investment in your happiness. For our listeners, they are offering 20% off your first purchase. Get yourself some of the most comfortable and versatile clothing on the planet at https://vuoriclothing.com/. Show Code: DIVINE. Links for Dr. Soren Kaplan:   Website Twitter Experiential Intelligence Book