08: How Mindfulness will make you Super Productive with Yaakov Lehman
Can I Pick Your Brain? - A podcast by Daniel Gefen
How do you stay cool and calm whilst being super productive? In this episode I pick the brains of Yaakov Lehman - founder of Wisdom Tribe. Yaakov is one of the most chilled yet highly productive entrepreneurs I have met. He has managed to attract some of the most influential business people to his mindfulness events. People like Fred Kofman - the Vice President of Linkedin, Clinton Libbey - the global business developer at Google, Shari Arison - the 2nd richest woman in the middle east and many others. Yaakov is also the co-founder of Israel APP and has been involved in many projects such as Chilla Vista, Forest Foundation and Wisdom 2.0 What you will learn: * How mindfulness can help you become more successful in business and in life * How to live a quality lifestyle in a fast paced, high tech world * How to stay calm and serene in a stressful environment * How to attract the most powerful people into your business * How to build deep powerful and meaningful relationships * How to pitch your product/service with confidence * How to know if your prospect is interested in what you are offering them * How becoming a better listener will help you become a master in sales * Why meditating daily can help you become more productive * Why being authentic will open more doors for you Interesting highlights: * Produced 'Chilla Vista'- a music festival run on bio diesel, solar energy, farmers market and community currency * Over 100 University students earned 4 units of credit for running a music festival * Took a veggie powered bus - powered by french fry oil across the United States * Yaakov can sleep 3 hours and still be super productive * Our attention span is less than a goldfish! * Yaakov beat-boxes right at the end 🙂 Yaakov’s #1 practical advice: “Leave people in a better state than you found them.”Tweet This Resources & Links: * Matt Harnack * Levi Felix * Digital Detox * Wisdom 2.0 * Wisdom Tribe * Jon kabat-zinn * Jack Kornfield * Dan Siegel * Sharon Saltzberg * Richard Davidson * Daniel Goleman * Gary Vaynerchuk * Fred Kofman - VP of Linkedin * The New Work Summit Thank You for Listening! I would like to personally thank you for listening to my podcast. If you enjoyed today’s show,