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The Art of Excellence The Art of Excellence is an interview-style podcast about people who have accomplished extraordinary things in their lives.

13/05/2025

I had a really nice chat with best-selling writer Dean Koontz. You'd think when you've sold over 500 million books, everything would come easy. But Dean might spend all day cranking away at the keyboard just to get one page done.

And he'll often rewrite each page up to 17 times to get it right. It takes tremendous effort even for a prolific writer like Dean.

Despite his success, he still has plenty of self-doubt. He has just learned how to work through it.

You can listen to my interview with Dean on The Art of Excellence here: https://tinyurl.com/2nedu4mb or any podcast app. Or watch it on YouTube here: https://tinyurl.com/yma8f22r

09/04/2025

"Focus on today and tomorrow will take care of itself." - James Lawrence, aka Iron Cowboy

James did the unthinkable. He completed 100 full distance (i.e. Ironman length) triathlons over 100 consecutive days. That's not a typo.

While it's an extraordinary accomplishment, James is the first to admit that he has no special genetic gifts. Just a simple man with a plan and a lot of willpower.

During my interview with James on The Art of Excellence, I heard a number of valuable lessons about achieving goals I can apply in my own life. Maybe you can too.

You can listen here: https://tinyurl.com/28xaycb7 or any podcast app. Or watch it here: https://tinyurl.com/24z2p2p2

24/02/2025

A fun but interesting illustration of what Prof Adam Galinsky calls the Leader Amplification Effect. Essentially, everything you say and do gets amplified when you're in a leadership position. If you're interested in the ingredients of inspiring leaders and how you can become more visionary yourself, check out my interview with Adam on The Art of Excellence. You can watch here: https://tinyurl.com/36ffz9zd or listen here: https://tinyurl.com/kfxw6bas (or any podcast app).

16/12/2024

Who's afraid of the big bad wolf? Not wildlife biologist Diane Boyd. She has spent her career working to protect this once endangered species. You can listen to her story and the story of these intelligent and majestic creatures who in some ways are quite similar to humans, as she proclaims. Check it out on The Art of Excellence here: https://bit.ly/3Byx8L3 or any podcast app.

11/11/2024

What if I told you there were a scientifically proven way to boost our sense of happiness and well-being? I had a wonderful interview with Yale psychology professor Dr. Laurie Santos. Laurie is a Yale professor of psychology and teaches the most popular class in the history of Yale. It's called Psychology and the Good Life. It's so popular in fact that millions of people from around the world have taken her happiness course on Coursera.

Laurie digs deep into the data and reviews all the studies to understand the scientifically proven ways we can boost our emotional state. Like any good thing in life, it takes practice and it takes time. But if you can make it a habit, it could be life changing.

Listen on The Art of Excellence here: https://bit.ly/3YG7vQ5 or iTunes or Spotify. You'll be happy you listened. 🙂

28/10/2024

Loved my interview with Don Lemon. I may not agree with everything he says but I do admire his authenticity, his insatiable curiosity, and his desire to get to the truth.

You can find it on The Art of Excellence here: https://bit.ly/3YEADID or iTunes or Spotify.

23/09/2024

TOPGUN is one of my favorite movies so I had a blast interviewing a real life former TOPGUN instructor - Guy Snodgrass. He was also the former head speechwriter for Secretary of Defense James Mattis. You can find it on The Art of Excellence here: https://bit.ly/4gwvY2r or any podcast app. Hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

09/09/2024

If you haven't watched My Octopus Teacher, move it to the top of your Netflix queue. One of the best documentaries I've ever seen. I had such a powerful and emotional reaction watching the film (which won the Academy Award for best documentary) that I had to interview the producer and host - Craig Foster. Hope you'll be as moved as I was interviewing him.

You can listen on The Art of Excellence here: https://bit.ly/3ze89vt and iTunes and Spotify.

30/07/2024

I knew nothing about Formula 1 racing other than it being a global phenomenon. But when races are won by fractions of a second, I always wondered how much was man vs. machine. So I found the greatest Formula 1 race car designer in the history of the sport - Red Bull Racing's Adrian Newey. What a fascinating career he has had. And it's not over. You can check out my interview with him here: https://bit.ly/4dnTAUE or iTunes, Spotify. Hope you enjoy it.

29/04/2024

I never realized how much lessons from the game of chess can be applied to life until interviewing chess grandmaster Maurice Ashley. He's the first African American to ever reach that coveted status. You can listen on The Art of Excellence here: https://bit.ly/4bcqiqQ or your favorite podcast app.

08/04/2024

My interview with the greatest cliff diver in the history of the sport - Gary Hunt. He's not your classic extreme sport adrenaline ju**ie by any stretch. You can check it out on The Art of Excellence here: https://bit.ly/43NwNOq or your favorite podcast app. Hope you enjoy.

25/03/2024

My latest guest on The Art of Excellence is George Mumford - a mindfulness guru and sports psychology expert and former personal coach to Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant, and many other world-class athletes. Lots of interesting insights in this one. Listen here: https://bit.ly/4a7BlkO or your favorite podcast app.

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