I am Driven Podcast

I am Driven Podcast

Hosted by: Douglas Brackmann

Some people are born with a drive often seen in entrepreneurs, pro-athletes, adventurers and Navy SEALs. It's in their DNA. Research has shown that certain genes can manifest resilient and highly focused people who...

Episodes

Episode 90: David McRaney

Season #1

David McRaney is the author of How Minds Change and that concept is the basis of his conversation with Dr. Doug and Meg. From his upbringing to his journey through writing and how writing about how minds change in...
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Episode 89: Batja Mesquita

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Batja Mesquita is a social and cultural psychologist, as well as the author of Between Us: How Cultures Create Emotions. She shares her perspective on understanding different cultures and how they interact in both...
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Episode 88: Wendy Smith

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Wendy Smith is a professor at the University of Delaware, as well as the coauthor of Both/And Thinking: Embracing Creative Tensions to Solve Your Toughest Problems (available on Amazon). In a conversation that appeals...
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Episode 87: Tom Jones

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Tom Jones has mastered taking the plentiful adversity he has faced in his life and turning it into his superpower. Tom's story is one that has so many twists and turns between what he's been put through to what he has...
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Episode 86: Todd Kashdan

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Todd Kashdan wandered from his family tradition of having a seat on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange to take a deep dive into human psychology, as well as becoming an author. He has been working toward, and...
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Episode 85: Kelsea Simons

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Kelsea Simons, Meghan's sister, is an ICU nurse and 'studier of humans'. Kelsea understands that she uses her intuition in many situations in her attempt to understand people. She has excelled in her many years as a...
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Episode 84: Moshe Bar

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Neuroscientist Moshe Bar joins the I am Driven podcast and the wondering brain of Dr. Doug stirs up an intuitive conversation covering many facets of the human mind and its tendencies. Moshe also shares about his...
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Episode 83: Mónica Guzmán

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Mónica Guzmán is a bridge-builder, journalist, entrepreneur and author of I Never Thought of It That Way. She shares with us her concept of conversation dials and how that dynamic can play out in both in-person...
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Episode 82: Randy Perkins

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Randy Perkins from a very young age developed a fear of failure rooted in the fear of disappointing his parents. That fear lit the fire on his Drivenness, and that fire has been burning just as bright ever since. As a...
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Episode 81: Dr. Salvatore Forcina

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Dr. Salvatore Forcina, an Italian immigrant in Argentina, grew up being told he was stupid and not important at the monastery. He didn't have any sense of self-confidence until he got to university in the United...
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Episode 80: Travis Luther

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Travis Luther spent his late childhood and early adult years being the one his family and friends relied on for strength while his entrepreneurial spirit was blooming in his many endeavors. He took it upon himself to...
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Episode 79: MK Stahl

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MK Stahl is a textbook Driven who is an owner of multiple businesses, mother of 2 and a wife. Her upbringing fostered her competitive nature, but she found herself lost following graduation like many Drivens and was...
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