Welcome to Mindful Monday!

My book, The Price of Becoming, will be out in a week. I think you'll find it both useful and entertaining. If you're an 8 or 9 who wants to be a 10, then buy this book. Thank you for your support!

Here are some things from this week...

• Dr. Zeke Emanuel is on The Learning Leader Show
• YOU should run a book club (We'll help you do it)
• A great commencement speech from Jerry Seinfeld
• Derek Sivers wrote a useful essay about the joy of doing the thing...
• Wise words from John O'Donohue

#696: Dr. Zeke Emanuel - Eat Your Ice Cream

​Dr. Zeke Emanuel is a prominent oncologist, bioethicist, and health policy expert. Currently Vice Provost for Global Initiatives at the University of Pennsylvania, he was instrumental in shaping the Affordable Care Act. He served as the founding chair of the Department of Bioethics at the National Institutes of Health. We discuss The Six Rules for Health & Longevity, The Harvard Study on Happiness, The Truth About Biohacking, Social Connection, and How to Avoid Being a Schmuck. You can also WATCH our conversation on YouTube.

Run a Book Club For The Price of Becoming​

Book clubs are awesome because they help build community around a set of ideas. They create great dialogue. And there is power in learning useful and entertaining things together. Because of that, we have built a guide to run a The Price of Becoming book club. If you'd like to run a The Price of Becoming book club at your workplace or in your community, let me know, and I'll send you the guide.

Jerry Seinfeld's Commencement Speech

One of my favorite commencement speeches. "Don’t think about having, think about becoming…”

It's About Being, Not Having...

When you want to learn how to do something yourself, most people won’t understand. They’ll assume the only reason we do anything is to get it done, and doing it yourself is not the most efficient way. But that’s forgetting about the joy of learning and doing. Yes, it may take longer. Yes, it may be inefficient. Yes, it may cost you... CLICK HERE to read more about the joy of doing the thing.

Wise Words

“When was the last time you had a great conversation? A conversation that wasn’t just two intersecting monologues, but when you overheard yourself saying things you never knew you knew, that you heard yourself receiving from somebody words that found places within you that you thought you had lost, and the sense of an eventive conversation that brought the two of you into a different plain and then forthly, a conversation that continued to sing afterwards for weeks in your mind? Conversations like that are food and drink for the soul.” — John O'Donohue​

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Ryan Hawk NEW Book - The Price of Becoming​