488: Ben Michaelis | Your Next Big Thing

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🗓️ 17 February 2016

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Dr. Ben Michaelis (@DrBenMichaelis) is a motivational psychologist and author of Your Next Big Thing: Ten Small Steps to Get Moving and Get Happy. Here, he shows us how to stop trying to avoid stress and, instead, utilize it in intelligent ways. "The tighter we hold onto things and try to control them, oftentimes the more difficult it is to have influence over them." -Dr. Ben Michaelis The Cheat Sheet: Stress is inevitable, so stop trying to avoid it and learn to leverage it for constructive purposes. Is anxiety the same thing as stress? Understand how cognitive biases get in your way. Learn the difference between eustress and distress -- and how to get the right amount of the right kind of stress when you need it. How do we overcome our evolutionary programming to focus on actual problems vs. imaginary problems? And so much more... Show notes at http://theartofcharm.com/podcast-episodes/ben-michaelis-your-next-big-thing-episode-488/ HELP US SPREAD THE WORD! If you dig the show, please subscribe in iTunes and write us a review! This is what helps us stand out from the crowd and help people find the credible advice they need. Review the show in iTunes! We rely on it! http://www.theartofcharm.com/mobilereview Stay Charming!

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0:00.0	This is the art of charm.
0:04.9	Learn everything you need to know to crush it in business, love, and life.
0:12.0	Today we're talking with Dr. Ben Michaelis, PhD.
0:15.6	He's a full-time practicing psychologist in Manhattan, so you can imagine the type of people
0:19.5	that come through the door, but he's also a popular speaker and a blogger as well.
0:23.6	Author of your next big thing, 10 small steps to get moving and get happy.
0:28.4	Many interesting points here.
0:29.9	A lot of stoicism involved, but we're going to talk about why it's impossible to avoid stress,
0:34.7	cognitive biases that get in your way, how to get the right amount of the right kind of
0:39.9	stress.
0:40.9	We're going to talk about different ways to do that in the morning through your exercise
0:44.0	and through non-exercise methods.
0:45.7	It's interesting that there's a right kind of stress that you're actually supposed to
0:48.8	have that will keep you from having too much of the wrong kind of stress.
0:53.2	So I know it's a little bit of a tongue twister, but it's a really interesting concept that
0:56.6	I'd never heard before.
0:57.6	I enjoy this one with Dr. Ben Michaelis.
1:00.6	Welcome, on that note, to the Art of Charm.
1:03.0	I'm Jordan Harbinger.
1:04.3	The Art of Charm brings together the best thought leaders, teachers, and exceptional individuals
1:08.7	to teach you how to be a top performer in life, love, and at work.
1:12.8	Imagine having a mix of experienced mentors, teaching your expertise, packing decades of
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