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The Science of Success

Improving Sleep, Giving Up Alcohol, and Reading a Book a Day with James Swanwick

The Science of Success

Matt Bodnar

Self-improvement, Social Sciences, Business, Science, Entrepreneurship, Education

4.61.1K Ratings

🗓️ 24 August 2016

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

In this episode we explore one of the biggest things disrupting your sleep, examine strategies for getting a better night’s rest, dig into sleep cycles, talk about the 30 Day No Alcohol challenge and break down how to read books more effectively with James Swanwick. James is an Australian-American entrepreneur, former SportsCenter anchor on ESPN and host of The James Swanwick Show podcast. He is the creator of the 30 Day No Alcohol Challenge, which helps people reduce or quit alcohol; and creator of blue-blocking glasses Swannies which improve your sleep. Forbes magazine voted him one of Top 25 Networking Experts. Swanwick has interviewed celebrities including Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, George Clooney and Arnold Schwarzenegger. We discuss: -The #1 reason you don’t get a good night’s sleep -Melatonin and your sleep cycle -The importance of a good night’s sleep -Why you shouldn’t read your smartphone in bed -The 30 Day No Alcohol Challenge -How to build rapport and have a conversation with anyone -How to read a book in 15 minutes -Why you retain only 10% of what you read (and what to do about it) -The 3 main lessons in radical honesty -How to build a framework to retain everything you learn -Why knowledge is NOT power -We discuss "social skydiving" and how you can do it -And Much More! If you want to get a better night’s sleep - check out this episode! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Science of Success with your host, Matt Bonner.

0:11.0

Welcome to the Science of Success.

0:14.0

I'm your host, Matt Bodner.

0:16.0

I'm an entrepreneur and investor in Nashville, Tennessee,

0:19.0

and I'm obsessed with the mindset of success and the psychology of performance.

0:23.3

I've read hundreds of books, conducted countless hours of research and study, and I'm going to

0:27.8

take you on a journey into the human mind and what makes peak performers tick. with a focus on always having our discussions

0:34.2

rooted in psychological research and scientific fact, not opinion. In this episode

0:39.7

we explore one of the biggest things disrupting your sleep.

0:43.2

Examine strategies for getting a better night's rest, dig into sleep cycles,

0:47.4

talk about the 30-day no-alcohol challenge, and break down how to read books more efficiently with James Swanick.

0:55.0

Because the science of success has spread across the globe with almost 500,000 downloads,

1:01.0

listeners in over 100 countries hitting number one new noteworthy and more,

1:05.2

I give away something awesome to my listeners every single month.

1:08.6

This month, I'm giving away a $100 Amazon gift card to one lucky listener.

1:13.0

All you have to do to be entered to win

1:14.6

is to text the word smarter, that's SMAR,

1:18.3

to the number 44222.

1:20.5

Again, that's smarter to 442-2 to be entered to win a $100 Amazon gift card.

1:27.0

And if you want 10, yes, 10 extra entries into the giveaway,

1:31.0

all you have to do is leave a positive review on iTunes and

1:34.0

email me a screenshot of the review to Matt at science of success.co, that's M-A-T-T at science of success

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