It's the 10% Happier Podcast.

I'm Dan Harris.

Hey gang, today I want to get you to chew on some provocative questions.

Here's the first one.

Are you leading a good life?

Here's another one.

Does any part of your life need a shake-up right now?

Are you in a rut in some area of your life?

One more question.

In a world of constant change and non-negotiable disruption, how do you go from fearing impermanence

to harnessing it at work and beyond? I have two guests today. The first is James Patterson,

the massively popular novelist, the creator of such characters as Alex Cross, and the

holder of the Guinness World Record for the most number one New York Times bestsellers by a single author, 67.

The second guest is Patrick Ledden, Ph.D., formerly of Vanderbilt University, where he served as director of the program of

business studies. Together, James and Patrick have written a new book called Disrupt Everything and Win.

In this conversation, we talk about why we're living in an age of disruption, the five

steps for handling disruption, what Jim and Patrick called the positive disruptor loop, the one

question to ask yourself when you're trying to identify your purpose and much more.

Quick note that if you are having any trouble dealing with all of

the disruptions of the Trump era, there's an app for that. My app. It's called 10% with Dan Harris.

And our thesis is that taking care of your own mind is not self-indulgent, even though we're in

the midst of a bunch of emergencies right now. In fact, training your mind

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