Greg McKeown and Diana Chapman (#740)

This episode is a two-for-one, and that’s because the podcast recently hit its 10-year anniversary and passed one billion downloads. To celebrate, I’ve curated some of the best of the best—some of my favorites—from more than 700 episodes over the last decade. I could not be more excited. The episode features segments from episode #355 “Greg McKeown — How to Master Essentialism” and episode #536 “Diana Chapman — How to Get Unstuck, Do “The Work,” Take Radical Responsibility, and Reduce Drama in Your Life.”

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#740: Greg McKeown and Diana Chapman

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SHOW NOTES

[05:26] Notes about this supercombo format.
[06:28] Enter Greg McKeown.
[06:49] What is non-essential?
[07:46] Overcoming the planning fallacy.
[13:30] The problem with taking ownership of someone else’s problems.
[15:44] How to avoid committing to the unsustainable.
[21:26] Three rules.
[25:28] The personal quarterly offsite.
[33:05] Enter Diana Chapman.
[33:22] A transformative gift.
[36:56] The Drama Triangle.
[43:36] The whole-body yes (or no) and how it can serve us.
[46:06] Diana guides an experience to help pay better attention to our whole-body yes (or no).
[54:36] Observations made during the exercise and how Diana recommends using this inventory.
[1:01:39] Fostering playfulness for those who mute their desire to celebrate.
[1:08:28] Diana’s “black belt in practicing candor.”
[1:09:37] Diana’s thoughts on loving pressure and how to bring it into a relationship.
[1:13:24] Applying loving pressure to people you don’t know well.
[1:15:08] Diana’s guidance on introspection leading to perspective shifts; using Byron Katie’s “turnarounds.”
[1:17:48] Diana guides me through a turnaround.
[1:23:58] A turnaround’s purpose is to identify and embrace alternatives, not invalidate the inspected belief.
[1:29:06] The importance of introducing the somatic into the process; suggestions for difficulty with this step.
[1:31:47] The role of the witness in this process.
[1:33:54] Walking the line.
[1:35:40] Welcoming the opportunity to learn from the experience, even if it’s not preferred.
[1:37:35] Alternative tools for dysregulation in the moment.
[1:39:31] Risks Diana and her husband Matt took to keep their relationship vital; who initiated the first difficult conversation.
[1:45:11] How Diana figured out who she needed to be during this time.
[1:47:11] Navigating decision points together as a couple.
[1:49:42] Examples of commitments from The 15 Commitments of Conscious Leadership.
[1:53:22] The Mind Jogger app and how Diana uses it with the commitments.
[1:55:55] Assessing self-awareness in hiring interviews applied to non-job situations.
[1:57:53] Books most gifted.
[1:59:35] Parting thoughts.

SELECTED LINKS FROM THE EPISODE

Connect with Greg McKeown:

Website | Twitter | Facebook | Instagram

Connect with Diana Chapman and the Conscious Leadership Group:

Website | Twitter | Facebook | YouTube

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Asad

22 days ago

Great Its much helpfull

Kathleen Anderson

20 days ago

Both of these podcasts were super helpful and applicable when they first came out and have implemented some concepts from Greg’s rules for preventing overcommitting ever since hearing this episode back when it came out. From this second listen, I want to implement the quarterly offsite for life planning.
From Diana’s episode, on this second listen I am struck by her permission to interpret an absence of a somatic no as a yes. I completely missed that the first time around, and have been frustrated that I don’t feel a somatic yes or no for many of the un-extreme things that come up.
Happy Memorial Day!

Edi

19 days ago

Since listening to this episode when it originally aired, I’ve put some of the ideas from Greg’s guidelines for avoiding overcommitting into practice. Both of these podcasts were incredibly beneficial and applicable when they first came out.

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