Chris Voss's Blog, page 108
June 19, 2023
The Chris Voss Show Podcast – A Patriot’s Promise: Protecting My Brothers, Fighting for My Life, and Keeping My Word by Senior Master Sergeant (Ret.) Israel “DT” Del Toro Jr., T. L. Heyer
A Patriot’s Promise: Protecting My Brothers, Fighting for My Life, and Keeping My Word by Senior Master Sergeant (Ret.) Israel “DT” Del Toro Jr., T. L. Heyer
An inspiring memoir of promises kept, overcoming obstacles, and what it means to sacrifice for others, written by a Special Warfare Operator with the US Air Force.
When Israel “DT” Del Toro, Jr.’s Humvee rolled over a roadside improvised explosive device in Afghanistan, he had one thought as he lost consciousness: I have to keep the promise I made to my dad. DT was orphaned at the age of fourteen, and on the night before his father died, he repeated the promise his dad had required of him: “Take care of your brothers and sisters.”
Throughout his childhood and into adulthood, DT indeed looked after his younger brother and sisters, even to his own detriment and sacrifice. When he enlisted in the Air Force, progressing in ranks as a skilled marksman calling airstrikes, his promise extended to his brothers and sisters in the Air Force―his fellow soldiers and brothers-in-arms.
When DT was injured in action, he lay in a coma for three months with third-degree burns on 80 percent of his body. He nearly died three times, and doctors predicted―if he survived―he would forever breathe with a respirator and never walk again. DT pushed through every limit to his full recovery, and he became the first 100 percent disabled veteran to reenlist in the Air Force.
DT’s promise to his dad extends now to his fellow wounded warriors throughout the world as he advocates for awareness and affecting change in public policy for wounded, injured, and ill soldiers. He is a patriot who has kept his promise and changed the world with the spirit of his heart, soul, body, and mind.
June 18, 2023
The Chris Voss Show Podcast – Lessons from an American Stoic: How Emerson Can Change Your Life by Mark Matousek
Lessons from an American Stoic: How Emerson Can Change Your Life by Mark Matousek
A lifelong Emerson lover, teacher, and spiritual seeker reveals how American philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson’s twelve essential teachings hold the answer to living an authentic and fulfilling life, one that is in harmony with our souls.
Ralph Waldo Emerson was a spiritual revolutionary whose profound vision of human potential came to define the American character. Known as America’s original Stoic, he offered a radical message of optimism, authenticity, and self-realization that is more necessary today than ever.
In this timely, remarkable book, noted memoirist and teacher Mark Matousek reveals the depths of Emerson’s extraordinary wisdom, demonstrating how his timeless philosophy can help us navigate the challenges of contemporary life. Using personal stories, psychological research, and life lessons from Emerson and his contemporaries—including Thoreau and Whitman— he offers practical lessons in the art of living. In the following pages, you will discover:
Why Emerson should be considered America’s original stoic
How to dispel the illusion of our own powerlessness and turn toward boundless human potential
Practical tools for cultivating happiness in a fragile, unpredictable, dangerous world
The gifts of self-reliance and spiritual renewal necessary for thriving
A roadmap to discovering essential wisdom on living an authentic and meaningful life
Emerson’s far-reaching vision of excellence and spiritual flourishing is the medicine we need to heal ourselves. “Trust yourself,” he teaches. “Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen.” This philosophy of hope, known as transcendentalism, is the vein of gold in the American psyche.Lessons from an American Stoic helps us to reclaim our national treasure.
About the Author
Mark Matousek is an award-winning author of eight books, Sex Death Enlightenment: A True Story, The Boy He Left Behind, When You’re Falling, Dive, Ethical Wisdom: The Search for a Moral Life, Dialogues with a Modern Mystic, Ethical Wisdom for Friends, Mother of the Unseen World, and Writing To Awaken: A Journey of Truth, Transformation, and Self-Discovery. He was the co-editor on the book Still Here by Ram Dass.
June 17, 2023
The Chris Voss Show Podcast – Chase Friedman, Founder of Vanquish Media Group on Brand Strategy And Impact Marketing For Purpose-Driven Organizations
Chase Friedman, Founder of Vanquish Media Group on Brand Strategy And Impact Marketing For Purpose-Driven Organizations
Vanquish Media Group empowers purpose-driven brands to achieve sustainable growth and societal impact through impact marketing strategies and solutions.
June 16, 2023
The Chris Voss Show Podcast – Octopus on a Treadmill: Women. Success. Health. Happiness by Gifty Enright
Octopus on a Treadmill: Women. Success. Health. Happiness by Gifty Enright
Stop the Overwhelm and Journey Into Freedom Now
“Every working mother needs to read this book, if for nothing else, to know that you are not alone and to have a good laugh, as it is hilarious in parts. I wish I’d had this book when I was starting out – it is a celebration of all women.’’ -Joanna Lumley, OBE
Women. Success. Health. Happiness.
Are you a busy working mother who’s tired of being tired? Are you wondering what happened to the vibrant woman you were? Pack up the pills and pick up this roadmap to health and well-being now!
Octopus on a Treadmill will teach you:
How the right foods can heal and make you feel great.
How a little exercise improves every area of your life.
How to stabilise and transform your emotional wellbeing.
How and why to make space for spirituality.
How to manage your time and fit it all in.
Gifty Enright, a successful working mother of two, found herself at a Harley Street clinic. She’d presented the doctor with her spreadsheet of 14 ‘women’s’ symptoms and was promptly offered HRT and a hysterectomy.
But, rather than swallow the diagnosis along with the pills and surgery, Gifty had an epiphany; it was her lifestyle rather than her biology that was causing the imbalance in her hormones and her ability to live her best life.
For years, like so many other women of her generation who had been told they could ‘have it all’, Gifty had been racing like an Octopus on a Treadmill from dawn till dusk juggling family, career and the endless demands of modern life, to the detriment of her health.
In this enlightening, often laugh out loud self-help book, Gifty shares the secrets of how she turned her life around by taking a holistic approach to healing. She transformed her physical, emotional, mental and spiritual well-being.
Working with rather than against her body, Gifty kissed her 14 symptoms goodbye, while remaining at the top of her game both at home and at work. Backed up by rigorous research, Gifty provides a roadmap to your best self.
This book is a must-read for working women who wish to look life squarely in the eye and say, ‘Bring. It. On.’
The Chris Voss Show Podcast – So Good They Call You a Fake: Command Attention, Monetize Your Talent Stack, and Become the Uncontested Authority in Your Niche by Joshua Lisec
So Good They Call You a Fake: Command Attention, Monetize Your Talent Stack, and Become the Uncontested Authority in Your Niche by Joshua Lisec
They call you a fake because you’re the best.
“What Joshua Lisec helped me do to launch my book, my brand, and my telehealth business has brought me visibility, attention, and engagement and has allowed me to further my mission on a scale that I never imagined possible. Few people know how to generate consistent, predictable results so good they start an internet firestorm that spreads your name further than you could have on your own. If you, too, would like success beyond your wildest dreams, read this book and do as Joshua says.”
– Philip Ovadia, MD, Board-Certified Cardiothoracic Surgeon and Award-Winning, #1 Bestselling Author of Stay off My Operating Table (20,000+ Copies Sold)
Being called a fake is the last rite of passage on the internet.
In the relentless pursuit of excellence, you only know you’ve arrived when you have “haterz”-your most valuable marketers. So Good They Call You a Fake is how you get there. This book teaches step-by-step with no steps skipped how to get the visibility you’ve already earned, become an energy monster who thrives on all kinds of attention, and then monetize that attention to the max.
The Definitive Guide to Creating Books, Courses, Coaching, and Services that Get Results So Good People Can’t Believe They’re Legit
June 15, 2023
The Chris Voss Show Podcast – Fires in the Dark: Healing the Unquiet Mind by Kay Redfield Jamison
Fires in the Dark: Healing the Unquiet Mind by Kay Redfield Jamison
The acclaimed author of An Unquiet Mind considers the age-old quest for relief from psychological pain and the role of the exceptional healer in the journey back to health.
“To treat, even to cure, is not always to heal.” In this expansive cultural history of the treatment and healing of mental suffering, Kay Jamison writes about psychotherapy, what makes a great healer, and the role of imagination and memory in regenerating the mind. From the trauma of the battlefields of the twentieth century, to those who are grieving, depressed, or with otherwise unquiet minds, to her own experience with bipolar illness, Jamison demonstrates how remarkable psychotherapy and other treatments can be when done well.
She argues that not only patients but doctors must be healed. She draws on the example of W.H.R. Rivers, the renowned psychiatrist who treated poet Siegfried Sassoon and other World War I soldiers, and discusses the long history of physical treatments for mental illness, as well as the ancient and modern importance of religion, ritual, and myth in healing the mind. She looks at the vital role of artists and writers, as well as exemplary figures, such as Paul Robeson, who have helped to heal us as a people.
Fires in the Dark is a beautiful meditation on the quest and adventure of healing the mind, on the power of accompaniment, and the necessity for knowledge.
About the Author
Kay Redfield Jamison (born June 22, 1946) is an American clinical psychologist and writer. Her work has centered on bipolar disorder, which she has had since her early adulthood. She holds a post of Professor of Psychiatry at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and is an Honorary Professor of English at the University of St Andrews.
The Chris Voss Show Podcast – The Wisdom of Morrie: Living and Aging Creatively and Joyfully by Morrie Schwartz
The Wisdom of Morrie: Living and Aging Creatively and Joyfully by Morrie Schwartz
From the eponymous subject of the beloved classic Tuesdays with Morrie comes an insightful, poignant masterpiece on staying vibrant and connected for life.
Who am I really? What have I done? What is important and meaningful to me? What difference does it make that I have lived? What does it mean to be truly human, and where am I on that scale?
Morrie Schwartz, the beloved subject of the classic, multimillion-copy number one bestseller Tuesdays with Morrie, explores these questions and many more in this profound, poetic, and poignant masterpiece of living and aging joyfully and creatively. Later life can be filled with many challenges, but it can also be one of the most beautiful and rewarding passages in anyone’s lifetime. Morrie draws on his experiences as a social psychologist, teacher, father, friend, and sage to offer us a road map to navigate our futures.
A great companion to Tuesdays with Morrie or the perfect introduction to Morrie’s thoughtful philosophies, The Wisdom of Morrie is filled with empathic insights, stories, anecdotes, and advice, told in Morrie’s reassuring, calm, and timeless voice. Let The Wisdom of Morrie be your guide in exploring deep questions of how to live and how to love.
The hardcover edition of The Wisdom of Morrie has a beautiful interior design: each chapter opener is printed in ink with a subtle ombré effect.
June 14, 2023
The Chris Voss Show Podcast – Surf When You Can: Lessons in Life, Loyalty, and Leadership from a Maverick Navy Captain by Brett Crozier, Michael Vlessides
Surf When You Can: Lessons in Life, Loyalty, and Leadership from a Maverick Navy Captain by Brett Crozier, Michael Vlessides
Inspiring lessons learned from a lifetime of honor, service, and leadership from Captain Brett Crozier, the former commanding officer of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt and renowned Navy officer.
Amid one of the darkest times in American history, it was a moment that captured the attention of the nation. Brett Crozier, captain of the most powerful and prestigious aircraft carrier in the United States Navy, walked off his ship for the last time while thousands of his sailors saluted and chanted his name in admiration.
This remarkable moment occurred after Crozier made the decision to try to protect his sailors by pleading with his superiors for help when COVID-19 swept through the vessel. Two days later, he was relieved of command.
Now, Crozier reflects on his life, career, and commitment to doing the right thing in a book that celebrates the power of kindness, the importance of teamwork, and the value of standing up for what you believe in. Through a series of captivating stories set all around the world, Crozier takes us along on the grand adventures of his extraordinary career and introduces the incredible people he met along the way.
From his days as fighter pilot facing near-death experiences to commandeering suspected pirate vessels in the Persian Gulf, and of course, seizing any opportunity to enjoy one of his favorite hobbies—surfing—Crozier distills the lessons he has learned and the principles that have guided him, showing how you can apply them to your personal and professional life.
About the Author
Brett Crozier grew up in Santa Rosa, California, graduated from the United States Naval Academy, and embarked on a thirty-year career in the Navy, flying dozens of combat missions over Iraq and leading at the highest levels of operational command. He served as the Commanding Officer of a combat F/A-18 strike fighter squadron, the world’s largest and most advanced communications ship USS Blue Ridge, and ultimately the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt before retiring from the Navy in 2022.
June 13, 2023
The Chris Voss Show Podcast – Personal Revolution: How to Be Happy, Change Your Life, and Do That Thing You’ve Always Wanted to Do by Allison Task
Personal Revolution: How to Be Happy, Change Your Life, and Do That Thing You’ve Always Wanted to Do by Allison Task
It’s time to take charge of your life–and do that thing you’ve always wanted to do.
Personal (R)evolution is your very own life coach in your pocket. Best-selling author and coach Allison Task will help you take control of your life and move from where you are now to where you want to be.
Inside this refreshing how-to book filled with humor, inspiration, real-world client examples and tools, Task will help you:
Create a clear vision for what you want out of life, so you know where you’re going and why you’re going there.
Remove the frustrating blocks that are holding you back from achieving your goals and replace them with positivity, possibility, and momentum.
Develop a detailed weekly action plan that will drive you to where you want to be.
Build and nurture the network that will help you create your future.
This book is your step-by- step guidebook to clarify the vision you have for yourself, believe that it’s possible, and pursue it.
If you’re ready to go after a better life, you are ready for Personal (R)evolution.
About the Author
Allison Task is a bestselling author and life coach who has helped hundreds of people radically transform their lives by pursuing meaningful personal and career goals. Prior to coaching, Allison was an on-camera cooking host, cookbook author, and marketing executive. She has a degree in Human Development and Family Studies from Cornell University, a coaching certificate and Master’s Degree from New York University, and a culinary degree from the Institute of Culinary Education. She lives with her husband and their four children in Montclair, N.J.
In addition to writing “Personal (R)evolution”, Allison is the author of “You Can Trust A Skinny Cook”, “Lighten Up, America!” and was a contributor to “Cook Yourself Thin.” She was a co-host of Lifetime’s Cook Yourself Thin and TLC’s Home Made Simple, and host of Yahoo’s “Blue Ribbon Hunter”.
June 12, 2023
The Chris Voss Show Podcast – Plunder: Private Equity’s Plan to Pillage America by Brendan Ballou
Plunder: Private Equity’s Plan to Pillage America by Brendan Ballou
The authoritative exposé of private equity: what it is, how it kills businesses and jobs, how the government helps, and how we stop it
Private equity surrounds us. Firms like Blackstone, Carlyle, and KKR are among the largest employers in America and hold assets that rival those of small countries. Yet few understand what these firms are or how they work.
In Plunder, Brendan Ballou explains how private equity has reshaped American business by raising prices, reducing quality, cutting jobs, and shifting resources from productive to unproductive parts of the economy. Ballou vividly illustrates how many private equity firms buy up retailers, medical practices, prison services, nursing-home chains, and mobile-home parks, among other businesses, using little of their own money to do it and avoiding debt and liability for their actions. Forced to take on huge debts and pay extractive fees, companies purchased by private equity firms are often left bankrupt, or shells of their former selves, with consequences to communities that long depended on them.
Perhaps most startling is Ballou’s insight into how this is happening with the active support of various arms of the government. But, as Ballou reveals in an agenda for reining in the industry, private equity can be stopped from wreaking further havoc.
About the Author
Brendan Ballou is a federal prosecutor and served as Special Counsel for Private Equity in the Justice Department’s Antitrust Division. He graduated from Columbia University and Stanford Law School.
