1% Wiser

Francesc Miralles (@frmiralles) is a Spanish writer, essayist, translator and musician. He is perhaps most well known for his 2016 bestseller book Ikigai - subtitled the Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life, which he wrote with his friend Hector Garcia, and which has sold more than 1.5m copies worldwide. His novels have also been translated into more than twenty languages. In this conversation we talk about; the people of Okinawa and their secrets of living a long and happy life, Blue Zones, the meaning of Ikigai, how to find your Ikigai, Victor Frankl and Logotherapy, flow and multitasking, the concept of Wabi-sabi plus many other topics besides. For past episodes of the podcast, please visit jamiegreen.org Sign up for the email newsletter at onepercentwiser.substack.com Follow Jamie: Twitter: https://twitter.com/jamiegreee YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/JamieGreen1

You have to somehow ameliorate the self-deception and enhance the insight and enhance the connectedness. ~ John VervaekeJohn Vervaeke(@vervaeke_john) is an award-winning Professor of Cognitive Science at the University of Toronto, and the creator of the popular Youtube series ‘Awakening from the Meaning Crisis’. In this conversation we dive into the root, symptoms and possible path out of the meaning crisis. We discuss the symptoms across society that point to a crisis of meaning. We explore the cognitive cultural role of religion, and constructing a narrative order in the Enlightenment age. We explore John’s work on self deception, relevance realisation, and the ecologies of practice that build meaning and wisdom. For past episodes of the podcast, please visit jamiegreen.org Sign up for the email newsletter at onepercentwiser.substack.com Follow Jamie: Twitter: https://twitter.com/jamiegreee YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/JamieGreen1

I really do encourage all of us to be more, to own our decisions more as we're making them. But to also recognize that we have limited control over the outcome and we can't judge the outcome or we can't judge our decisions by our outcomes. ~ Nika KabiriNika Kabiri (@nikakabiri) helps businesses and individuals make better decisions. She has spent more than twenty years studying how people make decisions, and teaches graduate and undergraduate courses at the University of Washington. In this conversation we unpack Nika’s advice for how you can take better decisions, and some of the ways in which we can get derailed. We talk about bias, decision fatigue, the paradox of choice, and many other influences on our decision making. For past episodes of the podcast, please visit jamiegreen.org Sign up for the email newsletter at onepercentwiser.substack.com Follow Jamie: Twitter: https://twitter.com/jamiegreee YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/JamieGreen1

“If you were to try to listen to every piece of music that is currently on Spotify today it would take you 500 years. And if music was being added at the rate that it's being added today, over those 500 years, by the time you would listen to everything 500 years from now, you would have listened to about 1% of what was available.” ~ Lucas CantorLucas Cantor (@lucasdcantor) is an Emmy-winning composer, producer, multi-instrumentalist and conductor. In this conversation we talk about Lucas’ collaboration with artificial intelligence to finish Schubert’s Unfinished Symphony. We explore his process for working with the AI, and what this means for the intersection of music and technology. Plus we explore the craft of composition, and Lucas’ favourite books from his podcast Book Society. For past episodes of the podcast, please visit jamiegreen.org Sign up for the email newsletter at onepercentwiser.substack.com Follow Jamie: Twitter: https://twitter.com/jamiegreee YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/JamieGreen1

"The best time to do the right thing is right now." ~ Chris FieldChris Field (@disruptionchris) is an author and founder of Mercy Project, an organisation responsible for rescuing hundreds of children from modern slavery in Ghana. In this conversation we talk about Mercy Project's innovative approach to tackling this problem, and how it can be applied to other social problems. We also cover other more light hearted topics such as Chris's viral ice cream review, and his inspiring approach to doing good in the world, which is also the subject of his new book, A Billion Hours of Good. If you enjoy the podcast, please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you are listening. It takes less than 60 seconds, and it really helps. For past episodes of the podcast, please visit onepercentwiser.org Sign up for the email newsletter at onepercentwiser.substack.com Follow Jamie: Twitter: https://twitter.com/jamiegreee YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/JamieGreen1

Attention, on the other hand, just is life: your experience of being alive consists of nothing other than the sum of everything to which you pay attention. ~ Oliver BurkemanOliver (@oliverburkeman) is author of a number of books including, The Antidote: Happiness for People Who Can't Stand Positive Thinking* and Help! How to Become Slightly Happier and Get a Bit More Done.* His new book, Four Thousand Weeks*, is about "making the most of our radically finite lives in a world of impossible demands and relentless distraction". In our conversation we of course start with productivity, but also dive into everything from ordering Korean food at 2am in NYC, to why being a digital nomad is not all it's cracked up to be. Oliver is not interested in productivity tricks, but rather digs deeper into the underlying psychology and philosophy implicit in our societal and individual obsessions with productivity. This conversation was a lot of fun, and I hope that something resonates with you and helps you to become more mindful if you continue your quest for productivity. *This is an affiliate link

“Those who love deeply are wounded deeply” ~ J Mclaurin. Jennie (@MclaurinJennie) is a pediatrician, writer, and public health expert with particular interests in culture, bioethics, and theology. In this conversation we discuss how our bodies healing processes can be used as a model for healing in our interpersonal relations and in our communities. We talk about how we can become more resilient to injury, and how we can support those we love when they are injured. We also talk briefly about faith and science, vaccines and many other topics besides. If you enjoy the podcast, please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you are listening. It takes less than 60 seconds, and it really helps. For past episodes of the podcast, please visit onepercentwiser.org Sign up for the email newsletter at onepercentwiser.substack.com Follow Jamie: Twitter: https://twitter.com/jamiegreee YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/JamieGreen1

“Suspend your judgement and immerse yourself in the moment. What does this person have to say? Let go of your biases and immerse yourself in the present moment” ~ S Kavari. Suta Kavari (@sutaonce) is an economist and director of research at Laurel Strategies where he provides advice to CEOs and other world leaders. But today I am talking to him about friendship across political lines, listening deeply, the role of social media in tribalism, and why the German apology for the Namibian genocide doesn't go far enough. Suta is a wonderful conversationalist, so discussions with him are great fun, and always memorable. If you enjoy the podcast, please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you are listening. It takes less than 60 seconds, and it really helps. For past episodes of the podcast, please visit onepercentwiser.org Sign up for Jamie’s email newsletter at onepercentwiser.substack.com Follow Jamie: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/JamieGreen1

"Education is the most important investment in your life. It's the one thing that no one can take away from you. You could lose your home to a natural disaster, or you could be forced to leave it during a war and become a refugee. So anything you possess materially can be taken away from you, but there's one thing that no one can take away from you is your education, your ability to think for yourself." ~ S. Basij-Rasikh Have you ever wondered what it would be like to have to sneak to school knowing that if you got caught you and your entire family could be killed? That was the reality growing for my guest on this episode, Shabana Basij-Rasikh (@sbasijrasikh). She went on to defy her upbringing by starting a school of her own, SOLA Afghanistan, and is now changing the lives of girls worldwide through her work and activism. If you enjoy the podcast, would you please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you are listening. It takes less than 60 seconds, and it really helps. I also love reading the reviews! For past episodes of the podcast, please visit onepercentwiser.org Sign up for Jamie’s email newsletter at onepercentwiser.substack.com Follow Jamie: Twitter: twitter.com/jamiegreee YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/JamieGreen1

“The story of humanity is that of the restless wanderer, never sure that the world will provide us with enough” ~ R Frazer. If you have ever wondered what pilgrimage is, and how it could benefit your life, this conversation is for you. Richard Frazer (@RichardFrazer8) is a minister, social entrepreneur and author of the new book Travels with a Stick, an account of his time as a pilgrim on the Camino de Santiago in Spain. In this conversation we dive into pilgrimage; the impact it had on Richards life and ways in which we can all incorporate pilgrimage into our lives. If you enjoy the podcast, would you please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you are listening. It takes less than 60 seconds, and it really helps. I also love reading the reviews! For past episodes of the podcast, please visit onepercentwiser.org Sign up for Jamie’s email newsletter at onepercentwiser.substack.com Follow Jamie: Twitter: twitter.com/jamiegreee YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/JamieGreen1