This is a global, original podcast.

Paul McKenna's positivity podcast.

Hello, this is Paul McKenna, and welcome to the positivity podcast.

My objective is to interview the most interesting people in the world,

and in the next 30 minutes, get insights and even discover how it is that they do what they do,

what makes them unique and fascinating, their success

mindset, and certainly what keeps them positive.

My guest today is a musician, singer, record producer and philanthropist. He's best known

for his singles, I Need a Dollar, and The Man, also for writing and performing vocals on

Avichie's Wake Me Up, which was number

one in 103 countries.

I'm talking today with Allo Black.

Your brain doesn't know the difference between a fake smile and a real smile.

And the fake smile is sending the kind of message to your brain that says, I'm happy, and then

there's a recursive loop of the endorphins that help to keep you in good spirit.

I remember possibly around 15 years ago making a five-year plan to be a millionaire.

It didn't happen in the five years, but I think just making the goal and the plan eventually did work out.

If we all learn the importance and the habit, the strength, the power of love and compassion,

we can allow that to be one of our driving forces and ideologies.

When I signed a record deal, I made it my conscious effort to use my voice for good.

And so where there's darkness in the world, I want to be that light.

So how did you get to Hi, lovely to meet you.

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