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How to Be Awesome at Your Job

044: Calming the Voice Inside Your Head with Dan Harris (Host of 10% happier podcast)

How to Be Awesome at Your Job

How to be Awesome at Your Job

Sharpening, Self-improvement, Meaning, Winning, Development, Money, Interview, Writing, Health & Fitness, Speaking, Mental Health, Success, Wins, Fun, Skills, Business, Careers, Training, Education, Collaboration, Decisions, Career, Selfhelp, Mockaitis, Thinking

4.51.1K Ratings

🗓️ 3 August 2016

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

ABC news anchor Dan Harris shares how meditation has helped him and other high-achievers accomplish even more.  You’ll learn: Dan’s wild story of how he came to discover meditation and its benefits--including a panic attack on national television The key question to reign in sub-optimal ruminations The meditation dose required to see substantial benefits About Dan Dan Harris is the author of the #1 New York Times Bestseller 10% Happier, the co-creator of the '10% Happier: Meditation for Fidgety Skeptics' app, and the host of the podcast 10% Happier with Dan Harris. He is also co-anchor for ABC News’ Nightline and for the weekend edition of Good Morning America. He has been at ABC News for 15 years, receiving Murrow and Emmy awards for his reporting. Prior to joining ABC, he was in local news in Boston and Maine. He grew up outside of Boston and currently lives with his wife, Bianca, and son, Alexander, in New York City. View transcript, show notes, links, and more at http://AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep44. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0

Welcome to the How to Be Awesome at Your Job Podcast, the show where brilliant professionals share how to sharpen the universal skills required to flourish at work.

0:10.0

Enjoy more career fun, wins, meaning, and money.

0:14.0

With your host, Pete McKitis.

0:17.0

All right, well, I think we're going to have some real fun with this guest and it is someone

0:25.6

whose voice you might recognize it's ABC's news anchor Dan Harris and he's recently

0:30.0

discovered a little something something that can improve your ability to get

0:34.4

control over your own head and perform even better in a number of situations.

0:39.7

So you're going to learn one, Dan's wild story of how he came to discover meditation and its benefits,

0:45.6

which includes a panic attack on national television.

0:48.8

Two, the key question to rein in suboptimal brain ruminations.

0:54.0

And three, the meditation dose required

0:56.1

to see substantial benefits.

0:57.6

So if you want to check out the show notes,

0:58.9

the transcripts, links to items mentioned,

1:01.2

you'll find that over at awesome at your job

1:02.8

dot com slash epp for for here's a bit about Dan

1:06.8

Dan Harris is the author of the number one New York Times bestseller

1:09.8

10% happier the co-creator of the 10 percent happier meditation for

1:13.6

Fidgety Skeptics app and the host of the podcast 10 percent happier with

1:17.5

Dan Harris. He is also co-anchor for ABC News's Nightline and for the weekend

1:22.2

edition of Good Morning America.

1:24.2

He has been at ABC News for 15 years, receiving Murrow and Emmy awards for his reporting.

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