​During the break between seasons, we go to Gold School. The Gold School sessions are episodes I find myself referring back to and refer to in my keynote speeches and those I work with personally. Each one has given me 'gold' that I've adopted into my world or shared to help others be the best they can be, unlock their great ideas and get their Mojo working.
 
Luke Burgis, author of 'Wanting', writes about the study of French Polymath Renee Girard, who coined the term mimetic desire. From the theory of memesis, mimetic desire is how we imitate each other. It's about how someone does something, and then within weeks, it's a thing, everyone is doing it, and it's imitated widely. It's why certain tribes dress the same, speak the same, and have the same desires, good or bad. Well, that's memetic desire. I found it a profound learning and one that I share as much as I can in keynotes.

​During the break between seasons, we go to Gold School. The Gold School sessions are the episodes I find myself going back to and referring to in my keynotes.
 
Dr Jim Loehr is a world-renowned performance psychologist, researcher, and author of seventeen books. One of them is the bestseller 'The Power of Full Engagement', a book that changed my perspective and focus on planning, performance, time and management. By changing your focus from time management to energy management, it changes the whole game. I don't think I've ever had a guest who has been as articulate, who shared such wonderful stories, and didn't waste time or words in his considered responses to my questions.

​During the break between seasons, we go to Gold School. The Gold School sessions are the episodes I find myself going back to and referring to in my keynotes. Each one has given me gold that I've adopted into my world or shared to help others be the best they can be, unlock their great ideas and get their Mojo working.
 
Erica Komisar, a leading New York-based psychoanalyst, shared how our actions as parents with a child today, regardless of how young they are, can have a massive influence on them in their adolescence. Erica is the author of 'Chicken Little the Sky Isn't Falling'. Her work for me is so profound, and it should be a session we all listen to year in and year out. So many kids today are struggling & this conversation explains why it is happening and what we can do about it.

​During the break between seasons, we go to Gold School. The Gold School sessions are the episodes I find myself going back to and referring to in my keynotes. Each one has given me gold that I've adopted into my world or shared to help others be the best they can be, unlock their great ideas and get their Mojo working.
 
Without question, Dr John Demartini's work has had a massive influence on my world. Dr Demartini is one of the world's leading behavioural scientists, a human behaviour expert and a Polymath. Two things. What are your highest values? What are your actions demonstrating? When you truthfully ask yourself these questions, your world will change.

​During the break between seasons, we go to 'Gold School'. The Gold School sessions are the episodes I find myself going back to and referring to in my keynotes. Each one has given me gold that I've adopted into my world or shared to help others be the best they can be, unlock their great ideas and get their Mojo working.
 
Logan Gelbrich, season 2, Ep 213, is one of my favourite guests of all time, and I have to say there's not a day when I don't make the decision: go left or go right, the principal from his book "Go Right".  Logan is a Jedi master, and choosing to put the indicator on and go right has made a substantial difference to my world and how I judge success.
 
For those new to the work of Logan Gelbrich, he owns a bunch of super cool gyms in LA called Deuce Gyms, where through the fitness and wellness world, he teaches leadership... a fascinating way to create a new category and point of difference.  Logan is undoubtedly at the top of the performance game.

Over the four seasons of The Mojo Sessions, some definite themes have appeared. One of those themes concerns high performance, mental performance coaches, and higher standards. The guys at Doublestar, the production team behind The Mojo Sessions, suggested we lockdown a rewind with a collection of mental performance coaches who can share with us the right mindset, tools, techniques, rituals and routines to ensure that the season ahead is everything we hope it to be. It's a long-form episode containing five back-to-back conversations forming a holiday performance 'superset' to help you check in with yourself, set dreams, plan the strategy, raise the bar and be better next year than we were this year.
 
In the first session, we meet Navy Ace Top Gun instructor Bill Driscoll, who 75 is still as sharp as the day he was fighting dog fights in Vietnam. Starts - 00:06:35
Next up is the incredible Mike McCastle. Indeed, one of the sessions had the most impact on me. When you hear Mike, you'll be challenged to make the choice. Do you want to be in the few or be like most? Starts - 01:33:05
Pat McNamara is a guy who always operates at the highest standard. He is planned, intentional, meticulous, articulate, and always looking to push himself. When playing golf, he plays golf; when birdwatching, he just watches birds. His intentionality inspires me the most when looking at Pat Mac's work. Starts - 02:54:10
Dr Jeff Spencer has worked with many Tour de France-winning teams. He created his Champions Blueprint. For Dr Jeff Spencer, it's not just about winning. It's about a sustainable process that wins over the long haul. The Long Game. Starts - 04:02:12
I included Barry O'Reilly, who wrote the book 'Unlearn'. For any of us wanting to level up, we need to unlearn and relearn, let go of some old ways, reset and continue to grow. I took a lot from Barry's session.  Starts - 05:47:29

​Some of the most profound feedback I have received over the four seasons of The Mojo Sessions from listeners worldwide is people wanting to find a sense of peace, contentment and ultimate happiness... finding a sense of self. This Megamix is a series of 5 episodes that get to the heart of this subject... How do we feel good about ourselves and our lives? As we close the season, it seemed appropriate to reflect on one of the biggest issues facing us: who we are, what makes us happy, and how we find peace, contentment, and personal fulfilment. It's one free-flowing mega episode, five conversations so that you can listen to them back to back. The beauty of the podcast is that the sessions live on and many people who recently have found the sessions may not go back to session 1, 2, or 3 to see what's there. So we pick the theme, select some gold and put it together into a megamix.
 
Ethan Kross - Ethan is the author of "Chatter: The Voice in Our Head, Why It Matters, and How to Harness It". How do we control our spirally inner narrative, the monkey mind, that chatter we all have that can be so disempowering? Starts - 00:07:30
 
Laura Gassner Otting - I have included this conversation because so many people said that they related such a lot to Wonderhell, that place between having success and thinking, "Oh... Can I do that again? Was it a one-off? Was I just lucky?"... that's Wonderhell. Starts - 01:33:14
 
Dr Amy Silver - Amy is a psychologist and author who discusses the management of emotions for high performance and well-being. Her book, 'The Loudest Guest: How to Change and Control Your Relationship with Fear, ' is about managing our fears- what they are, how they impact us, and what the key steps are to change our relationship with fear. To find peace, we need to control the loudest guest, fear. Starts- 02:47:26
 
Beth Kempton - Early in The Mojo Session series, we met the beautiful Beth Kempton, author of Wabi Sabi. Wabi Sabi is a Japanese term for finding perfection in our imperfections. This is a profound conversation for anyone wanting to be in the moment, find peace, notice our surroundings and be genuinely present. Often, I get comments from people who took a great deal from this conversation. Starts - 03:51:45
 
Matthew Dicks - Matthew has an extraordinary backstory and is arguably one of the world's great storytellers. This conversation covers not only how to build and tell a great story but also, essentially, how we can slow time. Matthew shows us that by being conscious of moments, we can start to take back the hands of time. A lot here can apply to our business world, particularly for our brand. Starts - 05:10:36

Ryan Munsey, host of The Better Human Project podcast, is a best-selling author, a world-class high-performance consultant, and certainly a thought leader in the wellness and personal development space. His work has been featured in Fortune Magazine, Men's Health, & Men's Fitness. Ryan is on a quest to find the tools we need to elevate our lives. He's worked with professional and Olympic athletes, Navy SEALs, and entrepreneurs to help them optimise their minds and bodies, win medals, further careers, and build successful companies. ​

​There was quite a reaction to our last session with Dr Gregory Smith, the guy who faced extraordinary trauma, turned his back on society, walked into a forest and stayed there for 10 years. Over the four seasons of The Mojo Sessions, there have been some definite themes appear. The guys at Doublestar, the production team behind The Mojo Sessions, suggested we do a Megamix of five trauma-related conversations back to back as a holiday superset. It's a long-form episode containing five conversations in all.
 
We start with Iris Gardner, the wife of former Navy Seal Commander-in-Chief, Jason Gardner. Iris had a brutal upbringing, living in a house with a sexual predator who was a friend of the family. Iris is brave, humble, and out to share her story so that we can benefit from her learnings. Starts: 00:07:50
 
Then we meet Preethaji, who runs the O & O Academy in India. Preethaji has such a simplistic way of demonstrating how many of us, through our thoughts and actions, live in a world of suffering. This conversation shows how we go from a suffering state into a beautiful state. I've interviewed Preethaji a few times, and I find her approach to life and her philosophy a huge advantage. Starts 01:49:15
 
Sarah Woodhouse is a research psychologist who specialises in trauma. We talk about trauma and traumatic experiences. What Dr Sarah wrote about in her book "You're Not Broken" is that many people who are suffering from trauma or a traumatic experience say that they feel broken. Sarah is fantastic. This conversation sets up how we can reframe trauma and traumatic experiences. Starts 03:01:00
 
I first heard Dr Bruce Perry in a conversation with Oprah on 'Oprah Soul Sessions'. At that time, Oprah said that her conversation with Bruce Perry was one of the most important she had ever had. Oprah realised that rather than exploring what was 'wrong with her', the better question was 'what happened to her?'. Anyone who knows me or has heard me speak in the last number of years will know that I think Dr Bruce Perry's book (written with Oprah) entitled "What Happened To You", is a most valuable resource, as what happened to you quite often is anchored down in a backstory. Starts  04:15:07
 
The lovely Yemi Penn spoke to us about rewriting our story. Your past does not equal your future. By embracing and acknowledging your past and rewriting that narrative, we can change it to how it can benefit today. Yemi is the author of the book "Did You Get The Memo", which is about changing that backstory. Starts 05:27:37
 
Listen to all five Megamixes back to back or break them up on several days as you go to and from the office or away on a road trip. These five conversations form the first in a Megamix series that will centre on one particular topic each time, which, for this Megamix, is trauma.

One thing that occurred to me when we were putting this together was that when you know somebody who is struggling, perhaps experiencing a challenging time of their life, or facing trauma or a dramatic experience, I think this Megamix is gold—five opinion leaders who each have an amazing story, philosophies and content to share. If you know somebody and think they can benefit, shoot them the link to this Megamix on trauma.

​Gregory Smith turned his back on society to live in a forest as a hermit, surviving for ten years on frogs, bats, ants and water from streams. Today, Gregory has a Ph.D. in Sociology and teaches at Southern Cross University. This is a remarkable story of a man, once haunted by personal demons, who turned his life around. It's a universal story of hope, reminding us that there is always a way out, no matter how dark or desperate our circumstances are.

​Dr Gloria Mark is Chancellor’s Professor of Informatics, at the University of California, Irvine. Informatics is the intersection of people and computers. With a PhD from Columbia University in Psychology and a visiting researcher at Microsoft Research, Dr Mark has spent 20 years studying multitasking, interruptions & productivity in the digital age. She has published over 200 articles for the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic, and the BBC. We discuss her new book 'Attention Span: A Groundbreaking Way to Restore Balance, Happiness and Productivity'. Dr Mark is at the top of her game. Best-selling author of Deep Work Cal Newport said "Gloria Mark is the definitive expert on distraction and multitasking in our increasingly digital world."

​Zen Priest Marc Lesser brought emotional intelligence training into Google. A resident of the San Francisco Zen Center, the first Zen monastery in the western world for 10 years, Marc developed Google's world-renowned Search Inside Yourself program, a mindfulness-based emotional intelligence training for leaders which teaches the art of integrating mindfulness, emotional intelligence and business savvy for creating great corporate cultures. Deeply rooted in science, the program teaches executives about dealing with life by simply being still and looking inward.

​After a high-profile career at L’Oréal, Minter Dial, a specialist in leadership, branding and new technologies, wrote the award-winning 'Heartificial Empathy', a book that explores how to encode empathy into business and Artificial Intelligence. Empathy, a core leadership skill, is one of the most untapped levers of productivity in business, and this fascinating discussion leads us to explore AI, bots and the question of whether we really will see bots with true emotion. This conversation is an update on the state of advancement in conversational and therapeutic AI and attempts to insert more empathy into business and AI applications, as well as the role of empathy in the modern workplace, and how to nurture and sustain it.

​Thomas M. Sterner is the author of two books 'The Practicing Mind 'and most recently 'It’s Just a Thought: Emotional Freedom through Deliberate Thinking'. Tom is the CEO of the Practicing Mind Institute. He studied Eastern and Western philosophy, as well as modern sports psychology, and in addition has also worked as a piano tech for some of the biggest names in music... Pavarotti, Ray Charles, Fleetwood Mac, Bonnie Raitt, Tony Bennett, Wynton Marsalis. Tom discovered the place where all these philosophies intersect. 'It’s Just a Thought' outlines an approach for us to consider, to first observe, and then master, our thinking. 

​When we achieve success, we often see a potential that we never knew existed. It can be exciting, but for many, it’s also anxiety-provoking. Laura Gassner Otting explains why success doesn’t always bring happiness and how to get “unstuck” when we find ourselves in that situation. Author of the best-selling book 'Limitless', her new book 'Wonderhell' helps identify our real voice, generating the confidence necessary to tackle bigger-than-life challenges. After a two-decade career in executive search, interviewing the most successful people in the world, and serving in Bill Clinton’s White House Administration, Laura helps leaders get past doubt and indecision, bring ideas to life... and get through Wonderhell!

Darius Degutis is the current Lithuanian Ambassador to Australia. Ambassador Degutis is a seasoned senior government diplomat with experience in major foreign and security policy issues. He has undertaken ambassadorial postings in Australia, Israel, South Africa, and Poland, as well as senior diplomatic postings in embassies in the U.S.A. and Denmark. Ambassador Degutis shares the optimistic nature of Lithuania, discussing how the people, the country and the government will fight for their values, mission and ultimate freedom.