This is episode number five, five, one with Manouche Zomerodi.

Welcome to the School of Greatness. My name is Louis Howe's former pro athlete

turned lifestyle entrepreneur. In each week we bring you an inspiring person or

message to help you discover how to unlock your inner greatness. Thanks for spending some

time with me today. Now let the class begin.

The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity. It's quote by Ellen

Parr and I'm super excited about our guest today. Her name is Manouche Zomerodi and

she is the host and managing editor of Note to Self. The tech show about being

human from WNYC Studios. In every week on her podcast, Manouche searches for

answers to life's digital quantities through experiments and conversations with

listeners and experts. In 2017, Manouche and Note to Self launched the Privacy

Paradox, which is a five part plan to help people take back control over their

digital identity. Tens of thousands of listeners have completed the product so

far which fast company calls Manouche's challenge to us to stick up for our

internet rights. She's won numerous awards for her work and she is also the

author of the new book, Board and Brilliant. And I love this topic and I'm so pumped

for us to get into this because we cover a few key things including why being

bored does something special to our brains and unlocks something magical. Also how

we're confusing productivity with reactivity. The best way to come up with creative

solutions to complex problems, why you wake up in the middle of the night from

overthinking and how to coach your children to use technology in healthy ways.

And I give an example early on in this interview about a friend of mine who is going

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