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AI keeps promising to save us time, but a funny thing happens when our tools get faster: our lives often get busier, not freer.We start with a simple idea: without intention, extra capacity doesn’t become rest, health, better relationships, or meaningful hobbies. It turns into more output and more complexity.The heart of sustainable success, fulfillment, and burnout prevention: designing your life on purpose instead of defaulting into what technology, culture, and convenience push you toward.Then we get practical with 2 tools I use in coaching: Time Budgeting and Focus Filter.If you’re ready for clearer priorities, stronger boundaries, and better time management in an AI productivity era, press play and do the exercise with us.Subscribe for more, share this with someone who’s been running on “more,” and leave a review so more listeners can find Change Wired Podcast.Time Budgeting Worksheet to copyText Me Your Thoughts and IdeasSupport the showBrought to you by Angela Shurina Behavior-First, Executive, Leadership and Optimal Performance Coach 360, Change Leadership & Culture Transformation Consultant

Most people fail to achieve long-term goals because their goals stay foggy, vague, not deconstructed, sequenced, selected and kept accountable.Achievement that lasts has very little to do with talent and everything to do with the process.When “get healthy,” “become a better leader,” or “grow my business” is still a blurry vision, it’s almost impossible to know what to do on any day, let alone what to track, what to practice, and what to improve. And how to put the whole thing together.I walk you through one of the most fundamental coaching skills I use with clients: deconstruction (goal decomposition). We take any complex goal and break it into smaller, defined milestones and trainable subskills you can act on today. I ground it with a practical health example using the big four pillars of well-being: sleep, nutrition, exercise, and stress management, plus the real subskills inside nutrition like meal planning, protein, hydration, and emotion regulation.Then I bring in Tim Ferriss’s DISSS learning framework: Deconstruction, Selection, Sequencing, and Stakes. We talk about the 80/20 rule (Pareto principle) so you focus on the few actions that create the biggest return, how to sequence skills so you’re not “building a tabletop with no legs,” and why stakes and accountability are the difference between ideas and results. I also share how to use AI tools like ChatGPT or Claude to identify components, prioritize the high-leverage pieces, and draft a plan you can schedule and measure.If you want better goal setting, skill building, and a simple system for personal growth that actually works in real life, hit play and share it with someone who needs it. Text Me Your Thoughts and IdeasSupport the showBrought to you by Angela Shurina Behavior-First, Executive, Leadership and Optimal Performance Coach 360, Change Leadership & Culture Transformation Consultant

If you’ve ever said “I eat pretty healthy, so why isn’t this working?” this one is for you. But it also goes a lot beyond weight loss attacking unhelpful beliefs that keep you stuck in other areas of your life. I’m pulling back the curtain on the hidden reason so many nutrition plans fall apart: not a lack of willpower, but a handful of beliefs that quietly sabotage consistency, calorie balance, and long-term results.I walk through my own winding health journey, years of experimenting with vegan, low carb, keto, carnivore, juice cleanses, fasting, and other popular protocols. Some of it worked briefly, then something would break: energy, mood, sleep, or sustainability. The turning point came when I stopped chasing gurus and started leaning into science-based nutrition, the boring but powerful fundamentals that stay consistent across time. We talk energy balance, how calories actually drive weight trends, and why food quality still matters through essential nutrients like protein, fiber, fats, vitamins, and minerals.Then we get tactical with 3 common calorie beliefs I see in coaching again and again that keep my clients stuck on their health and fitness journey.The goal is sustainable health, better body composition, and a calmer relationship with food built on scientific research, not hope, gurus and "magical approaches".If this helps, subscribe, share it with a friend who’s stuck, and leave a review so more people can find a practical path to lasting change.Text Me Your Thoughts and IdeasSupport the showBrought to you by Angela Shurina Behavior-First, Executive, Leadership and Optimal Performance Coach 360, Change Leadership & Culture Transformation Consultant

Balance isn’t the goal. Integration is.Not Either/Or but Both/And.If you’ve ever gone all in on hustle and deep work only to feel isolated, or filled your calendar with people and meetings only to feel scattered and behind - you’re not broken, you are human.You’re living inside a polarity and treating it like a problem to solve instead of a tension to manage.We walk through Polarity Mapping (also known as polarity management, based on Barry Johnson’s method) and show how “both and” thinking creates a more sustainable way to work, lead, and live.Using deep work and solitude versus social connection as the main example, we map the upsides of each side, the unintended negative consequences of overdoing either one, and the warning signs that tell you you’re drifting.Then we get concrete: time blocks, batching meetings, proactive relationship touch points, low effort ways to connect, and simple weekly reflection check ins that prevent burnout and resentment before they build.I also invite you to a free live online session called Beyond Balance on Thursday, April 2.It’s interactive, not recorded, and you’ll get assessments and worksheets so you can build your own polarity map and reuse it for work life integration, leadership, self development, and relationships.Subscribe, share this with a friend who’s feeling stuck, trying to navigate competing priorities that are impossible to balance.Join the Workshop - go Beyond Balance - https://untitled-7pu3yin.gamma.site/Text Me Your Thoughts and IdeasSupport the showBrought to you by Angela Shurina Behavior-First, Executive, Leadership and Optimal Performance Coach 360, Change Leadership & Culture Transformation Consultant

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A whole pineapple can ruin a perfectly good habit. Today we start with a real coaching case study on nutrition habits and why “I’ll just do it” collapses under real life. Then we translate the same systems thinking into workplace transformation and leadership: why telling a team to “use AI” or “give better feedback” rarely works, and what does work instead. Think: clear playbooks, tiny recipes, calendar time to practice, and scripts that remove hesitation so people can act without second guessing. We also unpack the psychology behind stalled action, including choice overload and why too many options can lead to no choice at all, plus the neuroscience of habits and automatic behavior. You’ll leave with practical habit building and productivity tools you can apply to health routines, time management, feedback culture, and change management, especially when you have a busy schedule and zero extra bandwidth. If this helps, subscribe to Change Wired Podcast, share it with a leader or teammate who’s trying to drive change, and leave a review so more people can learn how to cut the pineapple and make the right thing the easy thing. Text Me Your Thoughts and IdeasSupport the showBrought to you by Angela Shurina Behavior-First, Executive, Leadership and Optimal Performance Coach 360, Change Leadership & Culture Transformation Consultant

Quitting isn’t always a character flaw. A lot of the time it’s a belief problem. When I see people stall on a healthier diet, regular exercise, better sleep, a bold career move, or the messy work of improving relationships, the pattern is the same: they stop when they no longer believe their effort will pay off.Today I share a practical framework inspired by Nir Eyal’s work, the book Beyond Belief: a 3-part motivation triangle. Remove any side and consistency collapses.If you want more discipline -this episode will help you get it.Subscribe for more conversations on motivation and human potential, and if this helps, share it with one person and leave a rating or review.Text Me Your Thoughts and IdeasSupport the showBrought to you by Angela Shurina Behavior-First, Executive, Leadership and Optimal Performance Coach 360, Change Leadership & Culture Transformation Consultant

What does it truly take to change what we do — for yourself and at scale, sustainably in the real world?In this episode, Angela sits down with Hengchen Dai, Associate Professor at UCLA Anderson and co-director of the UCLA Nudge Unit, to explore the science behind why people do what they do, and what it takes to shift it.Hengchen brings rigorous academic research published in Nature and other notable publications, and field experiments run inside hospitals, university health systems, and national pharmacy chains with millions of participants. What emerges is a practical toolkit for anyone trying to create lasting change — whether you're a leader, a clinician, a policymaker, or just someone trying to get better at your own habits.Key Takeaways - Behaviour change is not one-size-fits-all — someone who skipped their flu shot this year (but got it last year) has a completely different barrier (forgetting, procrastination) than someone who has never been vaccinated (belief, scepticism). Targeting interventions based on past behaviour dramatically improves results. 🗓 The Fresh Start Effect — people are more motivated at temporal landmarks: New Year, birthdays, work anniversaries, the start of a new quarter. Framing a retirement savings sign-up as "after your birthday" vs "in five months" increased sign-up rates — same date, different psychology. Time your change to ride this wave and boost motivation. ⛰️ Friction kills adoption — a 2-click detour in a patient portal was enough to reduce cancer screening rates. If your process, tool, or habit requires even slightly more steps than what people already do, most people won't follow through. ⏱ Timing beats content — a voter registration pop-up immediately after a charitable donation had near-perfect engagement. A text sent two minutes later, after people left the platform, had virtually zero. Meet people where their attention already is. 🎉 Find the short-term fun — long-term benefits rarely motivate day-to-day action. Help people identify immediate enjoyment in the behaviour (learning a new skill, the satisfaction of progress) and sustain engagement far better than selling abstract future outcomes. 👥 Social accountability works — people were more likely to go to the gym when the incentive required bringing a friend, even though that made it harder to earn. Build buddy systems into any change you start. 📢 Close the communication gap — managers assume employees notice what's changed. They don't. When UCLA Health explicitly told physicians "we changed X because you said Y in the 2024 survey," attitudes and participation improved significantly. Don't assume people will notice. Tell them.... and so much more!__________Links 🌐Hengchen's website: www.hengchendai.comBIOAbout Hengchen DaiHengchen Dai is an Associate Professor of Organizational Behaviour and Behavioural Decision Making at UCLA Anderson School of Management and co-director of the UCLA Nudge Unit. Her research on motivation and behaviour change has appeared in Nature, PNAS, and Management Science, and been featured by the NYT, WSJ, Harvard Business Review, and Freakonomics. She received the 2026 Early Career Impact Award from the Federation of Associations in Behavioral & Brain Sciences and has been named one of the World's 40 BestText Me Your Thoughts and IdeasSupport the showBrought to you by Angela Shurina Behavior-First, Executive, Leadership and Optimal Performance Coach 360, Change Leadership & Culture Transformation Consultant

Proof changes everything. When the world serves you endless "hot takes" about health, habits, and mindset, we need to slow down and build on what actually holds up—methods that work across people and across time. Today we unpack why evidence-backed tools make personal growth more predictable, less stressful, and far more sustainable, and we put 3 practical techniques in your hands so you can start reshaping your limiting thinking and story-telling right away. You’ll learn how to build a confidence stock—an ongoing log of small wins and improvements that counters your brain’s negativity bias and grows self-efficacy. We then pressure-test the stories you tell yourself with a clean filter: does this belief serve you? If holding it for a year shrinks your action and your world, it’s time to rewrite it toward utility, practice, and progress. Finally, we explore self-distancing—third-person self-talk that lowers emotional heat and boosts clarity. This simple shift moves decision-making into a calmer part of your brain, so you can see options, choose a next step, and act with less friction. Along the way, we highlight how modern, science-backed approaches deliver the predictability you need to navigate fast change without drowning in noise. The result: fewer yo-yo fixes, more consistent outcomes, and a sturdier path to the future self you’re building. If this resonates, share the episode with one friend who’s stuck in a limiting story, then subscribe and leave a quick review to help others find us. Text Me Your Thoughts and IdeasSupport the showBrought to you by Angela Shurina Behavior-First, Executive, Leadership and Optimal Performance Coach 360, Change Leadership & Culture Transformation Consultant

Big transformations don’t come from heroic sprints; they come from steady steps that respect how our brains and bodies adapt to change.We unpack the ABC coaching tool, a simple, repeatable way to make progress effortless and consistent, making it feel less like a war with yourself and more like a rewarding collaboration.If you’re ready to evolve on purpose - this guide is your blueprint. Subscribe, share with someone who’s hungry for change, and leave a review to help more people find a gentler path to lasting growth. Text Me Your Thoughts and IdeasSupport the showBrought to you by Angela Shurina Behavior-First, Executive, Leadership and Optimal Performance Coach 360, Change Leadership & Culture Transformation Consultant

Feeling flat, unmotivated, or stuck in your head? We walk through a simple, science-backed way to get moving again: 3 precise questions that flip inertia into momentum, replace vague drama with evidence, and turn discipline into something you can do on cue. Starting with Newton’s first law, we connect the physics of motion to the psychology of habits, showing why starting feels hard and why it gets easier once you cross the first minute. No pep talks, no clichés—just clear prompts that work on Mondays, during setbacks, and when doubt is loud. Along the way, we share a client story, practical micro-steps, and ways to keep these prompts visible so they interrupt hesitation in real time. You’ll learn how the brain conserves energy with easy narratives, how to counter with better questions, and how two focused minutes can flip your state and protect your identity as a person of action. If you’re ready to spend less time arguing with yourself and more time taking steps that compound, this toolkit is for you. If this episode helped you move, share it with a friend who needs a gentle push forward, subscribe for more mental models and tools, and leave a review to help others find the show. Which question will you use first? Text Me Your Thoughts and IdeasSupport the showBrought to you by Angela Shurina Behavior-First, Executive, Leadership and Optimal Performance Coach 360, Change Leadership & Culture Transformation Consultant

Ever feel split between the warm safety of what you know and the cold thrill of what could be? We unpack how competing priorities like comfort, growth, belonging, ambition, and health can collaborate instead of collide. Then we hand you a simple, powerful toolkit: 5 coaching questions to illuminate what each option protects, what the conflict says about who you’re becoming, how each path serves comfort and growth, and how to design decisions that honor more than one value at a time. Expect practical, usable examples, how to keep the hike and the blanket, the ambition and the recovery, the treat and the training—without drifting into all-or-nothing thinking. This is about building a wider container for a whole life, where focus sharpens because you stop wasting energy denying parts of yourself that matter. If you’re ready to make choices that feel aligned instead of adversarial, press play, take notes, and try the questions this week. If the episode helps, share it with a friend who’s standing at a crossroads, subscribe for more tools, and leave a quick review to help others find the show. Text Me Your Thoughts and IdeasSupport the showBrought to you by Angela Shurina Behavior-First, Executive, Leadership and Optimal Performance Coach 360, Change Leadership & Culture Transformation Consultant

What if your goals didn’t need more willpower, just better engineering? We break down a practical, client-tested system that helps hundreds of people to achieve the best shape of their life and keep it, a system that shifts you from just planning to the right kind of preparing so your intentions survive real life. Using Navy SEAL-level readiness as a metaphor, we map the 5 moves that make change stick. You’ll learn how to define “done” so clearly you can describe it like a movie, then reverse-engineer steps from that finish line. From there, we draw a hard line between planning and preparing. Planning is the checklist. Preparing is the logistics: what you’ll eat, when you’ll shop, where food will be stored, how you’ll handle late meetings, travel days, and mornings that go sideways. By stress-testing your plan upfront, you remove excuses before they appear. Next, we show how systems outperform discipline. You’ll hear simple ways to make the right action easy and the wrong action hard—staging tools where the behavior starts, preloading meals and shakers, and stripping out friction points that derail progress. We also get tactical about accountability, from enlist-your-team check-ins to light public commitments that raise the stakes just enough to double adherence, a pattern supported by health research. Finally, we walk through measuring what matters, reflecting on obstacles, and adjusting fast so momentum never stalls. If you’ve ever watched a goal wither after day 3, this conversation gives you a repeatable framework to protect your plan from chaos of daily life. Subscribe, share with a friend who’s stuck, and leave a review to help more people build systems that make success the default. Text Me Your Thoughts and IdeasSupport the showBrought to you by Angela Shurina Behavior-First, Executive, Leadership and Optimal Performance Coach 360, Change Leadership & Culture Transformation Consultant

What if your habits didn’t rely on willpower at all? We dive into the overlooked superpower of behavior change. Instead of forcing motivation, we focus on removing friction: the tiny barriers that keep you from starting. Along the way, we unpack real stories that show how visibility, proximity, and preloaded steps consistently beat discipline. Angela shares how a 25-year exercise streak survives busy seasons and travel by relying on zero-friction options. We look at how a single choice transforms eating habits without any extra effort. Then we jump to the desk: a client’s under-desk treadmill gathers dust until we this, turning intention into daily miles. Another leader’s “progress and purpose” team check-ins finally happen once we write a short script. Same people, same goals—new environments that make action obvious. You’ll learn practical ways to make good choices inevitable. By shrinking the setup and clarifying the first move, you eliminate decision fatigue and let systems do the heavy lifting. The result is consistency that feels natural, not forced. If you’re ready to trade heroic effort for smart design, this conversation will give you the playbook: reduce friction, set gentle defaults, and build surroundings that pull you forward. Listen now, try one change today, and tell us what you removed to make your next good choice automatic. If this helped, subscribe, leave a review, and share it with someone who’s striving for better habits. Text Me Your Thoughts and IdeasSupport the showBrought to you by Angela Shurina Behavior-First, Executive, Leadership and Optimal Performance Coach 360, Change Leadership & Culture Transformation Consultant

Big goals are easy to write and hard to live.When strategies promise transformation but leave people asking what do I do on Monday, momentum dies and the execution gap widens.We sat down with Andrea Olson - behavioral scientist, Harvard Business Review contributor, TEDx speaker, and founder of a change agency that works with companies from $300M to $36B. She's helped some of the biggest organizations in the world figure out why their strategy looks great on paper and dies in execution. We unpack how to move from lofty visions to daily behaviors that actually change outcomes.We'll chat about:Why "getting the right people in the right seats" is nearly meaningless without a definition of rightThe mistake most companies make at the top with their strategy that cascades down into chaosWhat Andrea calls a "Rosetta Stone" — a simple tool to translate high-level strategy into real behaviors for every person, from the CEO to the janitorWhy SMART goals aren't the answer at the strategy level (and what is)The 2 things that actually change behavior at work: confidence and beliefWhy culture and strategy aren't two separate things, and why treating them that way is costing youHow to help your team make better decisions in uncertainty without just telling them what to doThe Undercover Boss move every executive should be making right nowWhat AI adoption really requires, and why "everyone just use it" is not a strategy...This one is for every leader, business owner, and striver who's tired of watching great plans go nowhere. Expect concrete language, role-level guidance, and a step-by-step way to cascade strategy without crushing initiative.Subscribe, share with a leader who needs a clearer path from plan to action, and leave a review telling us the one behavior you’ll change this week.Connect with Andrea:Personal website: andreabelkolson.comPragmadik: pragmadik.comLinkedIn: Search Andrea Belk Olson Andrea's work:Articles on Harvard Business Review, Entrepreneur Magazine, Inc. Magazine, and World Economic Forum — just Google "Andrea Belk Olson" or check out one of my favorites, "Jargon is Hurting Your Strategy"Her book What To Ask: How To Learn What Customers Need but Don't Tell You — available on her website and everywhere books are soldHer upcoming book Execution Drift: The Invisible Forces that Derail Strategy Implementation and How to Fix It — available for pre-order at andreabelkolson.comText Me Your Thoughts and IdeasSupport the showBrought to you by Angela Shurina Behavior-First, Executive, Leadership and Optimal Performance Coach 360, Change Leadership & Culture Transformation Consultant

We unpack a simple, revealing contrast - the same person, the same goals, and the same low-energy, being sick week produced 2 outcomes: 1 habit failed, 1 succeeded - and the difference came down to this.Our goal is to help you build habits that work when life doesn’t. If you design the path so the right action is the easiest action, consistency stops relying on willpower and starts relying on structure. If this conversation helps you see change through a systems lens, follow the show, share it with a friend who’s stuck, and leave a quick review to spread the word. What’s the one habit you’ll redesign this week?Text Me Your Thoughts and IdeasSupport the showBrought to you by Angela Shurina Behavior-First, Executive, Leadership and Optimal Performance Coach 360, Change Leadership & Culture Transformation Consultant

What if joy wasn’t something you earned after life behaved, but something you could create today?We explore a simple, repeatable tool that helps you stop waiting for perfect conditions and start building real happiness in your life as it is today.We talk about the hidden cost of “I’ll be happy when,” why high achievers often suffer more when things won’t budge, and how to draw a clear line between what you can and can’t control. To keep your mind from spiraling, we share a visualization that helps you to live with unsolved issues peacefully without denying them. The deeper takeaway is that peace isn’t the absence of problems; it’s the presence of choice inside problems. By practicing this one question morning and night, you train selective attention, reclaim agency, and build a steadier baseline of happiness regardless of external chaos.If you’re ready to stop postponing joy until ... this conversation gives you a toolkit to do that.Listen, try the question for a week, and watch what shifts. If it helps, share the episode with a friend who needs it, and leave a quick review so we can reach more people learning to live with more calm, gratitude, and courage.Text Me Your Thoughts and IdeasSupport the showBrought to you by Angela Shurina Behavior-First, Executive, Leadership and Optimal Performance Coach 360, Change Leadership & Culture Transformation Consultant

We sat down with Lisa Broderick, CEO of Marshall Goldsmith Advisors and co-author of a new book Permanence: Become the Person You Want to Be and Stay That Way, to unpack a 2-minute practice that helps high-achievers, leaders and teams start compounding wins into lasting change. We walk through the Daily Questions Method and the crucial shift from outcome obsession to effort tracking. Lisa explains why willpower collapses under stress, how comparison culture hijacks identity, and how a tight feedback loop builds lasting habits using your brain’s reward system. Beyond the core ritual, we dive into other practical tools you can use immediately to grow and improve permanently.Feedforward replaces backward-looking critiques with future-focused guidance you’ll actually act on. The hero exercise turns admired qualities into your personal North Star. The wheel of change helps you decide what to keep, what to let go, and what to accept—so your motivation stops leaking into unwinnable fights.For teams, we outline a simple rollout: lightweight 360s to pick 3 behaviors, a shared cadence, and leaders modeling effort scores.Expect a clear, repeatable framework for personal growth and culture change, one that takes minutes, not meetings, and scales from individual habits to organizational norms.Ready to trade resets for lasting results?Subscribe, share this with a friend who wants to grow, and tell us: which 3 behaviors will you track this week?Short BIO:Lisa Broderick is a seasoned C-suite executive, corporate board member, and nonprofit founder with three decades of leadership experience across diverse industries, blending science with personal transformation.Author of the international bestseller All the Time in the World, which was translated into dozens of languages, and a frequent contributor to Psychology Today, Lisa distills human behavior, science, and systems thinking into complex organizational and behavioral insights.Her books deliver practical, results-driven strategies that empower individuals and organizations to achieve lasting success. Learn more about Lisa and get the book: https://permanencebook.com/Text Me Your Thoughts and IdeasSupport the showBrought to you by Angela Shurina Behavior-First, Executive, Leadership and Optimal Performance Coach 360, Change Leadership & Culture Transformation Consultant

Big goals fail for simple reasons: they’re fuzzy, they are not supported by consistent practice, and we forget to repeat what already works. We unpack a 3-question toolkit that turns foggy aspirations into clear, repeatable wins without demanding more willpower or a personality transplant.Along the way, we connect practice and fast feedback as the core loop of transformation, share concrete examples across health, writing, and workplace culture, and outline a simple rhythm to test, observe, and adjust each week.You’ll learn how to define outcomes you can see, fix the constraint that truly slows you down, and standardize the conditions that already help you win. No hacks, no heroics—just systems that make the right action the easy action.If this resonates, follow the show, share it with a friend who’s chasing a big goal, and leave a quick review so more curious minds can find us.Got a bright spot to share or a constraint you’re fixing this week? Drop me a note, I’d love to hear [email protected] Me Your Thoughts and IdeasSupport the showBrought to you by Angela Shurina Behavior-First, Executive, Leadership and Optimal Performance Coach 360, Change Leadership & Culture Transformation Consultant

Think your willpower is weak? It’s probably just untrained. We explore a practical, science-grounded path to stronger discipline by reframing willpower as a skill you can build, not a talent you either have or don’t.From late-night snacking to endless scrolling to skipped workouts, we map the moments that derail you and show how small, targeted shifts create big results.We start by redefining willpower, then we dig into 7 exercises you can use today that reset your nervous system and clear your mind.Along the way, we share practical examples you can copy. We close with a step-by-step way to apply these tools to one habit this week and measure real progress without relying on motivation.If you’re ready to align actions with values and train willpower where it counts, press play and pick one tool to try today.If this helped, follow the show, share it with a friend who needs their willpower to make a change, and leave a quick review so more people can build the discipline they want.EVENT: Mindset Gym is Open! Let's train your inner game. Save your seat here: https://mindset-gym-lets-train-y-6umh3qc.gamma.site/Text Me Your Thoughts and IdeasSupport the showBrought to you by Angela Shurina Behavior-First, Executive, Leadership and Optimal Performance Coach 360, Change Leadership & Culture Transformation Consultant