Scott Barry Kaufman and Jordyn Feingold on CHOOSE GROWTH: Transcend Trauma, Fear, and Self-Doubt EP 188
Passion Struck with John R. Miles
John R. Miles
4.7 • 779 Ratings
🗓️ 13 September 2022
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
Head to https://www.indeed.com/passionstruck, where you can receive a $75 credit to attract, interview, and hire in one place. In this episode, Scott Barry Kaufman and Jordyn Feingold Discuss Their New Book Choose Growth: Scott Barry Kaufman, Jordyn Feingold, and I discuss how you can use their new workbook, Choose Growth, to guide you on your journey to growth and continual pursuit of self-actualization. The book expands on Dr. Kaufman's previous book, Transcend: The New Science of Self-Actualization, by providing a collection of exercises that are grounded in the latest positive psychology research and humanistic psychology principles to overcome trauma, self-doubt, and fear. We discuss:
- How Jordyn and Scott met and why it changed Jordyn’s approach to medicine.
- Scott discusses his popular science of living course at Columbia University.
- What explore the concept of self-transcendence and Maslow's work
- Why life is not a linear journey but more like the path of a sailboat
- The importance of anchoring yourself
- Embracing high-quality connections
- Why is big talk more valuable than small talk
- How to develop healthy self-esteem
- Expanding your comfort zone by facing fear
- The power of exploration
- Becoming a transcender and the keys to savoring life
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- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jordynfeingold/
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| 0:00.0 | Coming up next on the Passion Struck Podcast. |
| 0:03.0 | I think change starts from within and for some people that personal self-oriented motivation |
| 0:10.4 | is going to be what gets them on this path. And then I think what ultimately will sustain |
| 0:15.6 | the path is realizing the good for others and something that is larger than ourselves. |
| 0:20.6 | Paradoxically, the best way we may grow as ourselves is to focus on others and that is also how we |
| 0:27.0 | sustain the growth option. Welcome to Passion Struck. Hi, I'm your host, John Armiles, |
| 0:32.2 | and on the show we decipher the secrets, tips, and guidance of the world's most inspiring people |
| 0:38.4 | and turn their wisdom into practical advice for you and those around you. Our mission is to help you |
| 0:45.1 | unlock the power of intentionality so that you can become the best version of yourself. If you're |
| 0:50.8 | new to the show, I offer advice and answer listener questions on Fridays. We have long-form |
| 0:56.7 | interviews the rest of the week with guest-ranging from astronauts to authors, CEOs, |
| 1:02.8 | creators, innovators, scientists, military leaders, visionaries, and athletes. |
| 1:08.2 | Now, let's go out there and become Passion Struck. Hello, everyone, and welcome back to |
| 1:13.4 | episode 188 of Passion Struck. Ranked is one of the top health and fitness podcasts. |
| 1:19.5 | And thank you to each and every one of you who come back to the show and learn how to live better, |
| 1:23.8 | be better, and impact the world. And if you're new to the show, thank you so much for being here, |
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| 1:32.4 | both on the Passion Struck website as well as Spotify. These are collections of our fans' favorite |
| 1:37.6 | episodes that we group into topics. To give any new listener a great way to get acquainted to |
| 1:42.5 | everything that we do here on the show, just go to passionstruck.com slash starter packs to get |
| 1:47.8 | started. In case you missed our interviews from last week, they featured Dr. Cassie Holmes, |
| 1:52.6 | where we explore our new book, Happier Hour. Cassie is one of the foremost experts in the world |
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