Mindset Persistence | Building an Empire of Positivity - Shabnam Mogharabi on Inside Quest (Tom Bilyeu) @MindsetPersistence | Uploaded July 2019 | Updated October 2024, 2 hours ago.
This is episode #25 of Inside Quest, first released on September 16, 2015, with Shabnam Mogharabi. She has nearly 20 years of experience in media building startups and organizations with an emphasis on entertainment, news media, digital content, and social platforms. She is currently the General Manager of SoulPancake, a media company and creative content studio she co-founded with actor Rainn Wilson.
Show notes and quotes:
✔ "Changing the world is that small incremental steps that move us in that direction". (6:00)
✔ Watch Shabnam's TEDx Talk about creating "Ambassadors of Joy" - youtube.com/watch?v=pGLJhlpC5WA
✔ Dr. Martin Seligman has authored several books about positive psychology including Authentic Happiness, Flourish and Learned Optimism. (amzn.to/2IwRF4l) (7:55)
✔ Soulpancake's stated mission is to help people "figure out what it means to be human and feel damn good doing it".
✔ According to the Pew Research Center, Millennials are "remarkably optimistic" despite being born into difficult economic times.
✔ Soulpancake's YouTube videos have amassed over 200 million views.
✔ Founded in 2010, QUEST has grown at an incredible rate. The company currently employees over 1300 people.
✔ In his book Delivering Happiness (amzn.to/2X4Nhmg), Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh argues that there are three types of happiness: pleasure, passion, and higher purpose.
✔ Several recent studies show that babies with more skin-to-skin contact have lower stress, sleep more soundly and cry less often.
✔ Tom defines Bringing Value as "making another person's life better in a tangible way". (19:20)
✔ "There is a difference between quitting on your goals or quitting on a path that is clearly a dead end." (21:20)
✔ Shabnam was wired as co-director of content for Soulpancake shortly after its launch in 2009. She became CEO in 2013.
✔ According to psychologist Robert Emmons, gratitude magnifies positive emotions and blocks negative ones like envy, resentment, and regret. It also alleviates stress.
✔ Sheryl Sandberg is the COO of Facebook and author of the NY Times bestseller Lean In: Women, Work, and The Will to Lead (amzn.to/2IA1LBw). (29:00)
✔ According to Seth Godin, author of Linchpin, the lizard brain is the "prehistoric lump near the brain stem responsible for fear, rage, and reproductive drive".
✔ Edwin Catmull was the Head of the Computer Division of LucasFilm Ltd. before Steve Jobs bought the company and made him the President of Pixar. He wrote Creativity Inc. (amzn.to/2X28Mze) (37:00)
✔ Peter Diamandis's Laws (38:40) - You can watch Peter Diamandis episode here - youtu.be/MVjIpkOVQ1Y
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About Tom Bilyeu 👌
Tom's new project is Impact Theory:
Web site: impacttheory.com
YouTube Channel: youtube.com/channel/UCnYMOamNKLGVlJgRUbamveA
This is episode #25 of Inside Quest, first released on September 16, 2015, with Shabnam Mogharabi. She has nearly 20 years of experience in media building startups and organizations with an emphasis on entertainment, news media, digital content, and social platforms. She is currently the General Manager of SoulPancake, a media company and creative content studio she co-founded with actor Rainn Wilson.
Show notes and quotes:
✔ "Changing the world is that small incremental steps that move us in that direction". (6:00)
✔ Watch Shabnam's TEDx Talk about creating "Ambassadors of Joy" - youtube.com/watch?v=pGLJhlpC5WA
✔ Dr. Martin Seligman has authored several books about positive psychology including Authentic Happiness, Flourish and Learned Optimism. (amzn.to/2IwRF4l) (7:55)
✔ Soulpancake's stated mission is to help people "figure out what it means to be human and feel damn good doing it".
✔ According to the Pew Research Center, Millennials are "remarkably optimistic" despite being born into difficult economic times.
✔ Soulpancake's YouTube videos have amassed over 200 million views.
✔ Founded in 2010, QUEST has grown at an incredible rate. The company currently employees over 1300 people.
✔ In his book Delivering Happiness (amzn.to/2X4Nhmg), Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh argues that there are three types of happiness: pleasure, passion, and higher purpose.
✔ Several recent studies show that babies with more skin-to-skin contact have lower stress, sleep more soundly and cry less often.
✔ Tom defines Bringing Value as "making another person's life better in a tangible way". (19:20)
✔ "There is a difference between quitting on your goals or quitting on a path that is clearly a dead end." (21:20)
✔ Shabnam was wired as co-director of content for Soulpancake shortly after its launch in 2009. She became CEO in 2013.
✔ According to psychologist Robert Emmons, gratitude magnifies positive emotions and blocks negative ones like envy, resentment, and regret. It also alleviates stress.
✔ Sheryl Sandberg is the COO of Facebook and author of the NY Times bestseller Lean In: Women, Work, and The Will to Lead (amzn.to/2IA1LBw). (29:00)
✔ According to Seth Godin, author of Linchpin, the lizard brain is the "prehistoric lump near the brain stem responsible for fear, rage, and reproductive drive".
✔ Edwin Catmull was the Head of the Computer Division of LucasFilm Ltd. before Steve Jobs bought the company and made him the President of Pixar. He wrote Creativity Inc. (amzn.to/2X28Mze) (37:00)
✔ Peter Diamandis's Laws (38:40) - You can watch Peter Diamandis episode here - youtu.be/MVjIpkOVQ1Y
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About Tom Bilyeu 👌
Tom's new project is Impact Theory:
Web site: impacttheory.com
YouTube Channel: youtube.com/channel/UCnYMOamNKLGVlJgRUbamveA
