Are You Living a Good Life? | James Patterson and Patrick Leddin
4/29/20261 hr
Most people hesitate before answering. This episode is about what to do with that hesitation.
James Patterson is the most popular storyteller of our time and has written more than 200 novels since 1976.
Patrick Leddin, PhD, is the author of the Wall Street Journal bestseller The 5‑Week Leadership Challenge: 35 Action Steps to Become the Leader You Were Meant to Be.
In this episode we talk about:
- Why we're living in an "age of disruption"
- The five-step positive disruptor loop
- The one question to ask yourself when trying to identify your purpose
- And how disruption can improve your work, your relationships, and your family
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- Disrupt Everything—and Win: Take Control of Your Future
- Judge Stone: A Novel (with Viola Davis)
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[upbeat music] It's the Ten Percent Happier podcast. I'm Dan Harris. [upbeat music] Hey, gang. Today I wanna get you to chew on some provocative questions. Here's the first one: Are you leading a good life? Here's another one: Does any part of your life need a shakeup right now? Are you in a rut in some area of your life? One more question: In a world of constant change and non-negotiable disruption, how do you go from fearing impermanence to harnessing it at work and beyond? I have two guests today. The first is James Patterson, the massively popular novelist, the creator of such characters as Alex Cross, and the holder of the Guinness World Record for the most number one New York Times bestsellers by a single author, sixty-seven. The second guest is Patrick Ledden, PhD, formerly of Vanderbilt University, where he served as director of the Program of Business Studies. Together, James and Patrick have written a new book called Disrupt Everything and Win. In this conversation, we talk about why we're living in an age of disruption, the five steps for handling disruption, what Jim and Patrick call the positive disruptor loop, the one question to ask yourself when you're trying to identify your purpose, and much more. Quick note that if you are having any trouble dealing with all of the