Full Wattage

What if you actually went after the life you really wanted, the bold version, the unreasonable one, the version you keep feeling but haven't fully claimed yet? Most people stop before they get there. They dim on the dream before they ever say it out loud. Full Wattage is for the ones who refuse to do that. Raw, sharp, deeply human conversations about what it actually takes to live and lead at full capacity. The moments right before everything changes. What people saw, what they wrestled with, and what it took to move anyway. Hosted by Courtney Karnes. Clarity follows the leap. Not the other way around. Full Wattage. For people who refuse to live dialed down. Folllow on Instagram: <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.instagram.com/fullwattage.co?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ%3D%3D&utm_sourc

Full Wattage is a education podcast hosted by Courtney Karnes, with 10 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

Courtney Karnes hosts Full Wattage, a education show with 10 episodes published.

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  Episode #9

  #9 Divinely Human - Tina Sharkey on Awe, Perspective, and Love Over Fear

  Sep 22, 202652 min

  What do you do when life stops following the plan? This episode gets into the deeply human stuff: how we respond when certainty disappears, how perspective changes what we can see, and how much agency remains even when circumstances are out of our control. Expect a conversation about navigating fear without letting it run the show, the difference between knowledge and earned wisdom, why community matters more than ever, and what happens when identity gets too tightly tied to a role, title, or version of life that no longer fits. There is also a bigger question running underneath it all: as machines become more capable, what becomes more valuable about being human? Love. Perspective. Connection. Soul. Awe. Or, as Tina puts it: “Awe is data for the soul.” This is a conversation about choosing love over fear, finding humor in the middle of uncertainty, paying closer attention to what makes you feel alive, and becoming more awake to the life you are actually in. Find Tina Sharkey : On the Web On Insta Full Wattage: Join the Full Wattage Mailing List Follow on Insta Follow the Full Wattage Show

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  Episode #8

  #8 What’s Possible Is a Moving Target - Steven Kotler on Flow, Identity, and the Impossible

  Sep 8, 202655 min

  What if the biggest mistake we make about our potential is assuming we already know its limits? New York Times–bestselling author and one of the world’s leading experts on human performance, Steven Kotler has spent more than 30 years studying flow, peak performance, and what happens when people push beyond what they thought they were capable of. His conclusion: we consistently underestimate ourselves because capacity reveals itself in stages. You don’t get to see the next version of what’s possible until you’ve built the ability to reach it. In this conversation, Steven and Courtney unpack how flow expands performance, why identity often lags behind ability, and why the evidence of your own life may be a better predictor of your future than the story you currently tell about yourself. They also explore the role of challenge, curiosity, purpose, intuition, and attention in continuing to grow without forcing the outcome. And as AI takes on more of our thinking, Steven makes the case that the skills we once dismissed as “soft” - creativity, focus, discernment, meaning - are becoming some of the most important capacities we have to protect. This is a conversation about how human capacity actually expands, how we get in our own way, and why what feels impossible today may simply be beyond the edge of the evidence you have so far. Find Steven: Website: stevenkotler.com Flow Research Collective: flowresearchcollective.com LinkedIn: Steven Kotler on LinkedIn Find Full Wattage: Instagram: @ fullwattage.co Website: fullwattage.co

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  #6 Stop Waiting to Feel Ready - Stephanie Barbour on Building Confidence Through Action

  Aug 11, 202629 min

  Most people think confidence comes first. That once they feel certain, qualified, or ready enough, they’ll finally say what they want and move toward it. Stephanie Barbour has spent more than 15,000 hours coaching leaders, and she has seen the opposite. Confidence is built after we begin. We name the thing. We claim it. We take one awkward step. Then another. Eventually, action becomes evidence. In this conversation, Stephanie and Courtney explore why it can be so difficult to admit what we want, the subtle ways we interrupt our own momentum, and what changes when we stop waiting for confidence to arrive before we move. Because ready is not a feeling that finds us. It is something we build. Work with Stephanie: https://www.barbourleadership.com

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  Full Wattage Solo: The Promises No One Sees

  Jul 28, 20266 min

  What happens when the plan changes, but the promise still matters? In this short Full Wattage solo, Courtney reflects on the commitments no one else sees, the discomfort that comes with showing up differently, and why confidence often arrives after the action. Because the promises no one sees are often the ones shaping who you become.

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  Episode #4

  #4 Who Are You Becoming? - David Kidder on Alignment, Fear, and the Future Self

  Jun 30, 202659 minS0

  <p>What if the person you're trying to become doesn't exist yet?<br /><br />If you've ever felt stuck between who you've been and who you're becoming, this conversation is for you.</p><p></p><p>David Kidder has built and sold companies, written New York Times bestselling books, advised Fortune 500 leaders, and spent decades helping entrepreneurs navigate uncertainty. But this conversation isn't about exits or success.</p><p></p><p>It's about what happens when everything you've built no longer defines you.</p><p></p><p>We explore why failure can be the greatest source of freedom, how fear...

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