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10% Happier with Dan Harris

Dua Lipa On: Radical Optimism, Falling On Stage, And “Writing Yourself Into A Good Idea”

10% Happier with Dan Harris

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Dan Harris, Health & Fitness, Mindfulness, Dharma, Mental Health, Meditation

4.612.2K Ratings

🗓️ 10 May 2024

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

Talking creativity and sanity with one of the world’s biggest pop stars.


British-Albanian singer-songwriter Dua Lipa emerged as a global pop sensation with her captivating blend of sultry vocals, empowering lyrics, and infectious beats. Born in London in 1995 to Albanian parents, Lipa's musical journey began at a young age, inspired by her father's own musical career. She hosts the podcast Dua Lipa: At Her Service, and her latest album is Radical Optimism



In this episode we talk about:

  • What she means by radical optimism – and how it applied when she literally fell on stage
  • How she resists the temptation to fully armor herself
  • Her famous work ethic and packed schedule  
  • Her non-negotiable daily practices, including meditation
  • Her social media hygiene (specially, how to stay sane when nearly 80 million people follow you on Instagram alone)
  • And we have a great conversation about creativity, including how she builds psychological safety with her team in studio and on tour
  • Why she had to write 97 songs to make this one album
  • And her concept of “writing herself into a good idea” – as she says, “You have to be shit to be good.” 



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0:00.0

It's the 10% happier podcast. I'm Dan Harris. Hey gang here's a question. Can you maintain your optimism when everything is going wrong?

0:25.0

When for example you fall on your ass figuratively or literally in front of a large

0:31.1

crowd of people? That is one of the many issues we're going to talk about today with

0:35.2

Dualipa, the multi-grammy winning singer-songwriter who's out with a new record called Radical

0:41.6

Optimism. We talk about what she means by radical

0:45.4

optimism and how she applies it when she literally falls on stage, how she

0:50.1

resists the temptation to fully armor herself given how much scrutiny she

0:54.9

endures her famous work ethic and packed schedule her non-negotiable daily

0:59.8

practices or daily-ish practices including meditation, her social media hygiene,

1:05.0

specifically how she stays sane with 80 million people following her on

1:09.5

Instagram alone. We also have a great conversation about creativity, including how she builds

1:16.0

psychological safety with her team in the studio and out on tour.

1:20.0

In other words, how she makes everybody feel comfortable speaking up even though she is definitely the boss and is also a panoramically famous person.

1:28.0

Why she had to write 97 songs to make this one album which only has 11 songs and her concept of writing

1:36.2

herself into a good idea. As she says and I love this you have to be shit in

1:41.6

order to be good.

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