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263: Charlie McMahan - How To Build A Tribe From 50 To 5,000
25 juni 2018 · 1 uur 1 min
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Episode #263: Charlie McMahan - How To Build A Tribe From 50 To 5,000
Charlie McMahan has been the Lead Pastor of SouthBrook Church since 1992. He is driven by a deep concern for those who may feel like they don't belong in a church and a sincere hope that anyone who struggles with faith can end up with a life that looks like the life of Jesus. He is focused on developing future leaders and spends many hours a week mentoring others (including me!).
Charlie has led SouthBrook from a small church that originally met in an elementary school to now hosting more than 5,000 members per weekend. He has a deep understanding for how to build a loyal tribe of people.
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"The Process: Teaser, Tension, Truth, Take Home, Together."
Show Notes:
Sustaining excellence:
Integrated people - They aren't chasing a bunch of different things
Consolidated on the self mission
Focused - Not distracted
Family
Charlie's dad was gone 25 days a month (he later found out he was in the CIA)
The reason he turns down big opportunities is because he doesn't want to travel and wants to be with his family
Levels of communication with kids
Don't spend money on stuff, spend money on experiences -- Their place is Hilton Head
Process for Charlie's performances (his speeches/sermons)
The word entertainment means "To hold people's attention"
The Process:
Teaser - Something that grabs you
Tension - The inductive part of speaking that you have to do today. So the listeners know "this is important." If you don't do this, people will leave
Truth
Take Home - The practical "do"
Together - "Isn't this the kind of person we want to be?"
Most preachers were trained to be deductive... You can't do that now. You need to help them draw their own conclusions.
Finding a way to weave stories and science together
The Medici Effect - The renaissance happened because seemingly disconnected entities were connected.
"I'm always figuring o…
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262: Keith Yamashita - The Keys To Great Execution (Oprah, Starbucks, Steve Jobs)
18 juni 2018 · 58 min
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#262: Keith Yamashita - The Keys To Great Execution (Oprah, Starbucks, Steve Jobs)
Keith Yamashita has led SYPartners for the past two decades, a practice that collaborates with CEOs and their leadership teams to build great companies and organizations. He's worked with leaders at Apple, eBay, IBM, General Electric, Johnson & Johnson, Facebook, Nike, Starbucks, and Target Corporation, among others. SYPartners has been recognized by The Wall Street Journal, Fast Company, and Fortune for its unique, human-centered approach, applied to both business and social challenges. Earlier in Keith's career, he was the chief writer for Steve Jobs.
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Action Step - "Build a daily contemplative practice to create mind-fitness."
Show Notes:
Sustaining excellence:
The ability to envision a future that doesn't currently exist -- Make it a reality
Optimistic
Creative
A diverse background
Authentic communicator
Daring and bold
People Keith has worked with who have sustained excellence:
Oprah Winfrey - magnetic personality, she can envision the future we want. She constantly re imagines herself. She has a strong creative core. She has a sense of deep creativity.
Howard Schultz - He's always restless, reinvents regularly. He's earned 9,000% return on investors money
How do you respond when Oprah calls you for help?
"We are always on the outer edge of incompetence. We take on projects that we don't know the answer to. And then figure it out. We respond to those calls with deep humility."
Why choose Keith and SYPartners?
"If a leader wants to try something new... We help them experiment."
Starbucks:
Closed 8,000 stores for racial bias training.
Keith and team helped them build new habits
SYPartners origin story:
"Our goal has never been to be famous, our goal is to be impactful"
25 years ago with "three partners and $912 in my checking account"
Started as a communications firm --> Strategy --> Innovati…
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261: Darryl Strawberry - MLB Superstar: World Series, Home Runs, & Substance Abuse
11 juni 2018 · 44 min
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#261: Darryl Strawberry - MLB Superstar: World Series, Home Runs, & Substance Abuse
Darryl Strawberry helped lead the New York Mets to a World Series championship and the New York Yankees to three World Series championships. He was also suspended three times by Major League Baseball for substance abuse. He was a nine time all star and he hit 335 home runs during his illustrious career.
He is an ordained minister, speaker, and author. He is taking his message to the masses with his new book, Don't Give Up On Me -- Shedding Light on Addiction.
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"My Dad beat the crap out of me. He told me I would never amount to anything. I believed him." -- Darryl Strawberry
Show Notes:
Sustaining excellence:
A calming presence... Confidence in what you know
Time spent learning to lead
Davey Johnson and Joe Torre -- A measured, confident approach to understanding each individual and how they needed to be managed
Best teammates?
Gary Carter
Keith Hernandez
Lead by example type people... Those who are consistently doing the work every single day
They understand how to prepare and do not get distracted from the work
Darryl struggled to be consistent because of his wondering focus
How to bounce out of a slump?
"When you're 2 for 30, how do you get yourself out of a jam? Go to the batting cage and do the work."
What was the key to winning the World Series in 1986?
"A complete team effort. We were a WHOLE team. Complete. Every guy did their part."
Why did Darryl use drugs?
"An emptiness. I've never been well on the inside. Pain led me to greatness, but was also the cause for drug use."
"My dad beat the crap out of me. He told me I would never be anything and I believed him."
Why are so many world class athletes insecure?
"They are yearning for love and do not always get it. I never had a good Dad. I had to learn lessons on my own. Nobody taught me."
Advice to young people who do not have a Dad?
"List…
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260: Mark Divine - How To Create An Unbeatable Mind
4 juni 2018 · 51 min
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Episode #260: Mark Divine - How To Create An Unbeatable Mind
At twenty-six Mark Divine graduated as Honor Man (#1-ranked trainee) of SEAL BUD/S class number 170. Mark served for nine years total on active duty and eleven as a Reserve SEAL, retiring as Commander in 2011. His leadership of teams was so effective the government tasked him with creating a nationwide mentoring program for SEAL trainees. He earned his MBA at NYU. In 2007 he launched the SEALFIT program to provide transformational personal and team training experiences. The training utilizes an integrated warrior development model he developed, called Unbeatable Mind, which draws from his 20 years as a SEAL and business leader, 25 years as a martial artist and 15 years as yoga practitioner. Mark has written has written four books, including The Way of The SEAL, and Unbeatable Mind.
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"Do today what others aren't willing to do. You're 20X more capable than what you think."
Show Notes:
Sustaining excellence:
People who have practices that value excellence and practice it regularly
Optimized training, sleep, and balance
Mental health:
Meditation, nature, learning, reducing potential to be stuck in biases
Emotional health:
Not afraid of going to therapy, spritual
Why is therapy helpful?
Mark married a therapist
They can be an emotional coach
"It's preventative maintenance" --> Must be proactive
A "check up from the neck up"
You should always be investing in improving your "self"
Be mindful - yoga, zen. It's an evolutionary skill to help you connect at a deeper level
Why become a Navy SEAL?
Got MBA and a CPA -- Got a job on Wall Street and hated it after three months
Started Zen meditation... It changed his brain
It created a structured program to look within himself and reflect
Mark did not like what was happening in the outer world (with his job)
He was meant to be a warrior and a leader
Did he ever have doubts?
No... B…
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259: Shane Snow - How To Build A Dream Team
28 mei 2018 · 1 uur 10 min
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Episode #259: Shane Snow - How To Build A Dream Team
Shane Snow serves as Founder at Large at Contently, which works with Fortune 500 brands and has helped over 100,000 freelance journalists, artists, and photographers put food on the table.
His writing has appeared in Wired Magazine, The New Yorker, GQ, Fast Company, Advertising Age, The Washington Post, and others. He's author of Smartcuts, and is now releasing his most important book yet: Dream Teams, a journey through history, neuroscience, psychology, and business to reveal what separates groups that simply manage to get by from those that get better together--and how we might make our companies and communities better by understanding the difference.
Shane has been named one of Details Magazine's "Digital Mavericks," called a "Wunderkind" in the New York Times, and honored as a fellow of the Royal Society of the Arts. Originally from Idaho, he studied journalism at Columbia University and lives in New York City.The Learning Leader Show
"Two heads are only better than one if they think differently."
Show Notes:
Sustaining excellence:
2 X @ Matrix chart
Skepticism and credulity
Optimism and pessimism
They believe the world can be better, but they don't always take things at face value
Be skeptical AND optimistic as a leader
The leader should provide complete emotional AND intellectual support
Be willing to push. Be okay with conflict.
Be a "disagreeable giver" and create psychological safety
How to improve? Get help?
"I have a lot of faith in my self. A healthy ego. But I'm paranoid about my blind spots. I want to learn so much. I collect inputs that are critical from my business partner."
Why write Dream Teams?
The desire to study the best teams. The best cultures. "I wanted to learn this for my own business."
"When human beings come together, we can do incredible things."
The impact his Dad on Shane - A nuclear engineer
The importance of cognitive …
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258: Jesse Itzler - Creating Your LIFE Resume (Living With The Monks)
21 mei 2018 · 43 min
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258: Jesse Itzler - Creating Your LIFE Resume (Living With The Monks)
Jesse Itzler is the author of the New York Times bestseller, Living with a Seal, cofounded Marquis Jet, the world's largest private jet card company which he and his partner sold to Berkshire Hathaway/NetJets. Jesse then partnered with Zico coconut water, which he and his partner sold to The Coca-Cola Company. His latest book is titled, Living With The Monks. He's a former rapper on MTV and wrote and performed the NBA's Emmy Award-winning "I Love This Game" music campaign and the popular New York Knicks anthem "Go NY Go." When he's not running ultra-marathons, eating vegan food or being a dad to his four kids, Jesse can be found at the NBA's Atlanta Hawks games, where he's an owner of the team. He is married to Spanx founder Sara Blakely.
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"I invest in people... You must look into their eyes before making a decision."
Show Notes:
Sustaining excellence:
Spending time around the 4,000 people who used Marquis Jet, "I always asked them about their habits."
You have to create the system that works best for YOU:
Attack fear, take risks
Get up early in the morning
Create daily wins, momentum
Be a great connector, build relationships
Run -- Create great exercise habits
Winning habits, routines, mindset. A system for self
For 27 years, Jesse has only eaten fruit before noon
Relying on gut instinct... How to build this, make better? Must spend time alone, to think. Running is where this happens for Jesse (in the car for Sara)
Why?
Awareness with time... Understand your own mortality
A constant drive to build a "life resume"
You only get 1 shot to do this thing
Hiking Mount Washington -- Helps you feel "super alive... It's addicting."
Have you always been this way? "I get bored easily. This has nothing to do with money."
Always being urgent to accomplish something
Always carving out time for yourself. Carve at least 1 ho…
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257: David Marquet - Intent Based Leadership (Turn The Ship Around!)
14 mei 2018 · 39 min
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Episode #257: David Marquet - Intent Based Leadership (Turn The Ship Around!)
Captain Dave Marquet is a 1981 U.S. Naval Academy graduate. He served in the U.S. submarine force for 28 years. After being assigned to command the nuclear powered submarine USS Santa Fe, then ranked last in retention and operational standing, he realized the traditional leadership approach of "take control, give orders," wouldn't work. He "turned his ship around" by treating the crew as leaders, not followers, and giving control, not taking control. This approach took the Santa Fe from "worst to first," achieving the highest retention and operational standings in the navy.
Stephen R. Covey said it was the most empowering organization he'd ever seen and wrote about Captain Marquet's leadership practices in his book, The 8th Habit.Captain Marquet is the author of Turn the Ship Around! A True Story of Turning Followers Into Leaders. Fortune magazine called the book the "best how-to manual anywhere for managers on delegating, training, and driving flawless execution."
"Leadership is not for the select few at the top. In highly effective organizations, there are leaders at every level. When we give our people more authority, we actually create more effective leaders."
Show Notes:
Sustaining excellence:
"The ability to decouple from their personal feelings their personality. It can't all depend on one person. In a consistent organization, the leader is part of it, but not all of it."
How parenting helps you become a better leader:
"That's really interesting. As a parent, you're trying to create an independent decision maker."
The United States Naval Academy definition of leadership = Leadership can be defined as directing the thoughts, plans, and actions of others... So as to obtain their command and obedience, their confidence, their respect, and their loyal cooperation." --> Why this is wrong and not effective.
"I intend to..." -- Intent ba…
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256: Elena Botelho - How To Become A CEO
7 mei 2018 · 55 min
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Episode #256: Elena Botelho - How To Become A CEO
Elena Botelho has been a Partner at ghSMART since 2007. Elena initiated and co-leads The CEO Genome Project® featured in a cover article of Harvard Business Review. Her recent book, The CEO Next Door, is a New York Times Bestseller. The CEO Genome Project® is an extensive research and client practice supporting CEO's and executives on the path to CEO. The research explores paths and behaviors that lead to the top, typical setbacks CEO's encounter and ways to prevent them. Elena is a member of McKinsey M&A Integration Council – an invitation-only forum of senior executives from major corporations to share M&A best practices. Elena is a sought after speaker at leading industry events on leadership and M&A.
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"Charisma is a myth when it comes to success as a CEO. The research suggests introverts are equally or more successful than charismatic extroverts"
Show Notes:
How do we define excellence?
"Delivering results is how we define it"
The keys to excellence (delivering results)
Decisiveness - Conviction and speed
Adapting proactively
Relentless reliability - Delivering consistently -- This is the most powerful and important behavior
Engage for impact
Self assessments
The lowest rated among 11,000 people Elena surveyed was: Reliability
Why do people struggle with consistency?
Consistency is hard across all domains of our lives
Reliability - 3 keys
Mindset - basic habits. How do we develop the correct mindset? -> Recognize that others need to be able to count on you. This translates to consistent habits
Get an honest look in the mirror
The WHO - Who are your surrounding yourself with?
Process and culture you build
The CEO Myths:
Need to go to an Ivy League school (not true)
CEO's were destined for greatness (nope)
70% of CEO's never set a goal to be a CEO
Charisma - It helps you get the job, however when you look at results, it's not…
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255: David Burkus - The Hidden Networks That Can Transform Your Life (Friend Of A Friend)
30 april 2018 · 59 min
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Episode #255: David Burkus - The Hidden Networks That Can Transform Your Life (Friend Of A Friend)
David Burkus is a best-selling author, a sought after speaker, and business school professor. In 2017, he was named as one of the world's top business thought leaders by Thinkers50.
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"The fundamental element that defines the quality of our lives are the people we surround ourselves with and the conversations we have with them."
Show Notes:
What defines a happy life?
"The fundamental element that defines the quality of our lives are the people we surround ourselves with and the conversations we have with them. That's how you live a happy life."
Adam Rifkin - The "strength of weak ties"
The research suggests you have better odds of getting a job through a loose acquaintance than a close friend
"Dormant ties" are very valuable to have in your life. Make a deliberate effort to reach back out to those people. Use a system to keep track of those relationships
This is the "what" and the "how" to get it done
From "science" to "practice" -- The key to success is to be prescriptive. Give actionable advice
The story of Michelle McKenna Doyle -- How she created her dream job in the NFL. 1 dormant tie - 1 degree of separation. "Most of us are only 1 or 2 introductions away from what we want..."
Clusters - People tend to cluster around like minds. There is amazing power of small communities
"Build your own stage, your own community"
Super connector - Dunbar's # -- Brian Grazer
Having regular curiosity conversations -- That is how he met Ron Howard
Never ask the question, "How can I help you?" Figure out how you can help someone else, then help them. Don't put the onus on them.
Always think, "who does this person need to meet?" And make connections
In a networking situation, don't just ask - "What do you do?" -- Try to learn more about them as a person, not just their job
"What excites you right now…
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254: Robert Kurson - How To Be A Master Storyteller: Rocket Men, The Most Daring Mission In NASA History
23 april 2018 · 53 min
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Episode 254: Robert Kurson - How To Be A Master Storyteller: Rocket Men, The Most Daring Mission In NASA History
Robert Kurson is an American author, best known for his 2004 bestselling book, Shadow Divers, the true story of two Americans who discovered a World War II German U-boat sunk 60 miles off the coast of New Jersey. Kurson began his career as an attorney, graduating from Harvard Law School, and practicing real estate law. Kurson's professional writing career began at the Chicago Sun-Times, where he started as a data entry clerk and soon gained a full-time features writing job. In 2000, Esquire published "My Favorite Teacher," his first magazine story, which became a finalist for a National Magazine Award. He moved from the Sun-Times to Chicago Magazine, then to Esquire, where he won a National Magazine Award and was a contributing editor for years. His stories have appeared in Rolling Stone, The New York Times Magazine, and other publications. His latest book is titled, Rocket Men: The Daring Odyssey of Apollo 8 and the Astronauts Who Made Man's First Journey to the Moon.
Show Notes:
How Rob quickly realized going to Harvard Law School was a mistake
"The people who liked being at Harvard Law School are the people I liked the least."
Following that, he got a job at a large law firm in Chicago -- "Made a lot of money, bought a BMW, a stereo, a bicycle... And I was miserable"
The big corporations/large law firms "punished creative thinking"
Writing... "It all started with a basic curiosity that would grow into love." --> "You can't hate what you do and be happy"
The theme of writing stories -- "Freedom... Being unbound. When I was writing stories, the time would go so fast."
"Whatever it cost me, I was going to get out of practicing law, and be a writer."
"I begged for any job. I'm incredibly persistent. I came in on the weekends and took high school football scores as my first job working for a newspaper as a…
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253: Aubrey Marcus - Total Human Optimization (Own The Day, Own Your Life)
16 april 2018 · 44 min
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Episode 253: Aubrey Marcus - Total Human Optimization (Own The Day, Own Your Life)
Aubrey Marcus is the founder and CEO of Onnit, a lifestyle brand based on a holistic health philosophy he calls Total Human Optimization. Onnit is an Inc. 500 company and an industry leader with products optimizing millions of lives, including many top professional athletes around the world.
Aubrey regularly provides commentary to outlets like Entrepreneur, Forbes, The Doctors and The Joe Rogan Experience. He has been featured on the cover of Men's Health, is the author of the life-coaching course Go For Your Win, and his first book is Own The Day, Own Your Life from HarperCollins.
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"If you have 5 employees, don't focus on growing to 180 employees. Focus on #6, and the #7. Just the next one. You must surrender to the process."
Show Notes:
Commonalities of leaders who sustain excellence:
Mental Override
They are willing to do the thing you don't want to do (ex. turn the knob to COLD in the shower)
Focus on the little things... The little things become the big things
Instead of thinking of your life as a whole, focus on making this one day great... OWN the day, own your life
Identify the process and structure you need for your ideal day...
Do it one day at a time
The ability to create you environment and "own your current space" regardless of the environment
The difference between 2012 (with 5 employees) and today (180 employees)
"Then I did everything, I had to. Now, I have an incredible team to help."
"If you have 5 employees and you want to grow, don't focus on 180 employees. Focus on #6, and then #7. Focus on your team and your customers."
"Surrender to the process."
Aubrey is a questioner... Why?
"I'm constantly reminded how much I don't know"
"I'm always open to continued learning. I have a curiosity mindset."
"I was down to my last $110K which was loaned to me. If AlphaBrain failed, we were don…
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252: Tom Peters - In Search Of Excellence
9 april 2018 · 57 min
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Episode #252: Tom Peters - In Search Of Excellence
Tom Peters is co-author of In Search of Excellence—the book that changed the way the world does business, and often tagged as the best business book ever. Sixteen books and almost thirty years later, he's still at the forefront of the "management guru industry" he single-handedly invented. What's new? A lot. As CNN said, "While most business gurus milk the same mantra for all its worth, the one-man brand called Tom Peters is still reinventing himself." Tom's bedrock belief: "Execution is strategy—it's all about the people and the doing, not the talking and the theory." (Keep up with Tom at tompeters.com, ranked #9 among "The Top 150 Management and Leadership Blogs.") His most recent effort, released in April, 2018 is titled, The Excellence Dividend.
"Excellence is the next 5 minutes... Or not."
Show Notes:
Commonalities of those who sustain excellence:
They are "thoroughly decent human beings"
They help other people grow
They really care about the people they work with and help them get better everyday
Quotes from Tom Peters:
"Arguably the eight most important words a leader can utter: "THANK YOU." "I'M SORRY." "WHAT DO YOU THINK?"
"Priority #1, #2, #3: Culture. Culture. Culture. "It IS the game," Lou Gerstner on IBM turnaround.
"My 20-year-old "agile": WTTMSASTMSUTFW/Whoever Tries The Most Stuff And Screws The Most Stuff Up The Fastest Wins.
"Every meeting that does not stir the imagination and curiosity of its attendees is what I like to call a PLO: a Permanently Lost Opportunity. I am all in favor of eliminating unnecessary meetings!"
The big corporations/large law firms "punished creative thinking"
"You must create space for people to be better than they ever have."
"Excellence is the next 5 minutes... Or not."
The key to being a great manager? "MBWA" -- "The minute those words came out of his mouth, my life changed (Managing By Wandering Around)
The imp…
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251: Joey Coleman - How To Never Lose A Customer Again
2 april 2018 · 1 uur 14 min
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Episode 251: Joey Coleman - How To Never Lose A Customer Again
Joey Coleman is the Chief Experience Composer at Design Symphony - a customer experience branding firm that specializes in creating unique, attention-grabbing customer experiences. His clients include individual entrepreneurs, start-ups, small businesses, non-profits, government entities, and Fortune 500 companies. For over a decade he's worked with clients that include NASA, Network for Good, Hyatt Hotels, Zappos, the Save Darfur Coalition, and the World Bank.
Joey is a recognized expert in customer experience design, an award-winning speaker at national and international conferences, and has taught business and creativity courses at both the college and graduate school level. Past appearances include presentations at the M.I.T. Sloan School of Management, Google, the Georgetown University School of Business, Stanford University, Zappos, YouTube. Joey's first book is titled Never Lose A Customer Again: Turn Any Sale Into Lifelong Loyalty In 100 Days.
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"The best way to say thank you to someone is to show love to the people they love."
Show Notes:
The 3 things a great keynote speaker does:
Change how you think
Change how you feel
Change how you act
The 60 second SPEED pitch from Joey (this is something Joey has never done before and it was incredible!)
He speed talks what happens following a purchase you make and how you can secure a customer for life
The stages: Assess, Admit, Affirm, Activate, Acclimate, Accomplish, Adopt, Advocate
The importance of your messaging within the first 100 days
Research and science back -- From Harvard, Bain, Stanford
"People who get promoted most and fastest are those who positively impact the business."
"People we like get promoted"
Why write this book? -- Needed to work out all the kinks, document the 46 case studies and the people/companies who have i…
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250: Shep Gordon - THE SUPERMENSCH: How To Add Value To The Lives Of Others
26 maart 2018 · 1 uur 2 min
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Episode 250: Shep Gordon - The Super Mensch: How To Add Value To The Lives Of Others
Shep Gordon is known in the entertainment industry as having an eye for talent and an innate understanding of what people find entertaining. After graduating from SUNY Buffalo, Shep moved to LA and in 1969 co-founded Alive Enterprises. Over the years, Gordon has been responsible for managing the careers of Alice Cooper, Groucho Marx, Raquel Welch, Luther Vandross, Kenny Loggins, and countless others. He's also credited as creating the celebrity chef, which revolutionized the food industry and turned the culinary arts into the multi-billion dollar industry it is today. His clients that include culinary legends, Wolfgang Puck, Emeril Lagasse, Nobu, Daniel Boulud and many more. In addition to the impact he's had on the music, film and food industries, he's also highly regarded for his philanthropic endeavors. Shep was named one of the 100 most influential people in Rolling Stone magazine. He was the subject of Mike Myers 2013 documentary - Supermensch The Legend of Shep Gordon. He's also written a best-selling book called They Call Me Supermensch A Backstage Pass To The Amazing World Of Film, Food, and Rock 'N' Roll.
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On meeting with His Holiness, The Dalai Lama -- "When he walked in the room, it felt like I had taken the greatest shower of my life." -- Shep Gordon
Show Notes:
The value that Jayson Gaignard added to his life
"He came to Hawaii and helped me launch my book and it was a best-seller"
"You should always bring value first"
A 1968 graduate of college -- great divide in our country at the time - Vietnam War, "I was raised a liberal Jew"
"I was a long haired acid dealer"
The Janis Joplin and Jimi Hendrix story -- How it got him his start as a manager in Hollywood
Fame -- Media is a manipulation - "It consumes people and can be very damaging"
"My job was to push …
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249: Colin Nanka - Success Starts With A Choice: Salesforce.com Leader, Adventure Racer
19 maart 2018 · 59 min
The Learning Leader Show With Ryan Hawk. Episode 248: Colin Nanka Colin Nanka is the Senior Director, Enablement for North American Sales and Leadership Development at the world's leading Customer Relationship Management Company, Salesforce.com. He is a proven sales leader with over 20 years of sales experience including time at Salesforce and Xerox Corporation. In his spare time, he competes in multi-day, self sustained, adventure races in the world's most treacherous terrains, including the Sahara Desert, Gobi Desert, Iceland, Grand Canyon, Atacama Desert and, most recently, in Antarctica. Lees meer
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"Success starts with a choice. Find someone above you, below you, and at your level. That's mentor-ship."
Show Notes:
Commonalities of leaders who sustain excellence?
Understanding of their strengths - self awareness
"Do what you say you will do" "DWYSYWDO" - integrity
The combination of vision --> execution
How have you sustained excellence?
Know how to prioritize
Tiered accounts
Invested 4-6 hours on Saturday and Sunday while others were not working
"Going in on the weekend" - The sheer amount of hard work AND extra work differentiated from the rest
Going door to door in Canada - "It takes 20 knocks to get 1 opportunity"
"Good pipeline solves all ills"
"Flood the market with good will"
Marc Benioff's management process, V2MOM, an acronym that stands for vision, values, methods, obstacles, and measures
Why do crazy races all over the world?
"I hit a crisis. I was very successful and then had a couple bad years. It hurt my confidence."
"I realize there is more to life than just working. The elements of nature... A give back -- be of service to others."
The 2011 Sahara Desert race - Trained for a full year. 6 days a week, 160 miles/week.
"Success starts with a choice. Find who's the best, learn from them."
Mentor-ship = "Above you, below you, and at your level." Have all three.
The practice of "playing up." Play against someone who…
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248: James Clear LIVE! - How Can We Live Better?
12 maart 2018 · 48 min
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Episode 248: James Clear LIVE! - How Can We Live Better?
This was recorded in front of a LIVE audience in Columbus, Ohio. My teammates at Brixey & Meyer had the original idea for a live event and collectively we put together an amazing evening with more than 100 invited guests. It was incredible! The room was full on engaged leaders. I loved the energy! I'm already looking forward to the next one.
James Clear studies successful people across a wide range of disciplines — entrepreneurs, artists, athletes, and more — to uncover the habits and routines that make these people the best at what they do. Then, I share what I learn in my popular email newsletter.
His work has been covered by dozens of major media outlets including The New York Times, CBS, Entrepreneur Magazine, Forbes, TIME Magazine, and more.
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"A constant dose of uncertainty will help you grow your comfort zone."
Show Notes:
The aggregation of marginal gains - "The 1 percent margin for improvement in everything you do." If you improve every area related to your life by just 1 percent, then those small gains will add up to remarkable improvement.
When you google "goal setting," JamesClear.com comes up within the top 3 answers. James goal setting process.
The difference between systems and goals. Goals are useful for setting the direction. Systems are great for actually making progress.
If we are serious about achieving our goals, however, we should start with a much different question. Rather than considering what kind of success we want, we should ask, "What kind of pain do I want?
First Principles: Elon Musk on the Power of Thinking for Yourself.
First principles thinking is the act of boiling a process down to the fundamental parts that you know are true and building up from there.
Mindset shifts --> Reframing
Love of Travel -- Why do it? Perspective? Voluntary hardship. "You don't know what you're capable…
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247: Benjamin Hardy - The Best Self Improvement Book Of 2018
5 maart 2018 · 55 min
The Learning Leader Show With Ryan Hawk: Since 2015, Benjamin Hardy has been the #1 writer on Medium.com. He is pursuing his PhD in Industrial and Organizational Psychology from Clemson University. Ben's writing focuses on self-improvement, motivation, and entrepreneurship. His writing is fueled by his personal experiences, self-directed education, and formal education. Ben's work is read by millions of people every month. Lees meer
Show Notes:
Commonalities of leaders who sustain excellence?
They continually put themselves in situations that demand a lot of them. They put themselves in high stakes situations
They invest in themself
They create conditions for success to happen
Pianist John Burke (Grammy nominated)
He puts external pressure on himself ("I will release an album a year"). It forces him to get to work to fulfill those expectations he puts on himself
Being socially invested is a forcing function
Signing up for the race like Parker Mays -- A date on the calendar to prepare for. "If I don't prepare, I will fail miserably"
Why you should invest 10% of your income in your self
The best self improvement book Ben has ever read? Letting Go
"Willpower doesn't work." You must create the environment to be successful -- Upgrade your mindset
Self signaling - How you view yourself is not permanent. Start to alter your behavior, you start seeing yourself differently
You can shape your personality
How to upgrade yourself? -- "When you invest money, you are committed"
Why all high performers invest in a coach
Peak moments -- how to change your life for the better
Cal Newport - "Be So Good They Can't Ignore You"
Investing in relationships (Jeff Goins and Ryan Holiday)
How to build a platform
Learn marketing
Learn how to write viral headlines (Use numbers, matching, focused on outcomes)
Want To Become A Multi-Millionaire? Do These 15 Things Immediately
Understand structure - subheadings, short/snappy sentences and paragraphs
Have a call to action at the en…
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246: Patrick Lencioni - The Five Dysfunctions Of A Team
26 februari 2018 · 1 uur 2 min
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Pat is the founder of The Table Group and the author of 11 books (including The Five Dysfunctions of a Team)which have sold over 5 million copies and been translated into more than 30 languages. The Wall Street Journal called him "one of the most in demand speakers in America." He has addressed millions of people at conferences and events around the world over the past 15 years. Pat has written for or been featured in numerous publications including Harvard Business Review, Inc., Fortune, Fast Company, USA Today, The Wall Street Journal and BusinessWeek. This is the second time Pat has been a guest on The Learning Leader Show. To listen to the first conversation we had, CLICK HERE.
Prior to founding The Table Group, Pat worked at Bain & Company, Oracle Corporation and Sybase.
Show Notes:
The email he received from Miami Heat coach, Erik Spolestra, after his first appearance on The Learning Leader Show
How he helps professional sports teams
Why NFL teams focus on the wrong things when deciding who to draft
Teddy Bridgewater vs Johnny Manziel
The characteristics of a great teammate:
Humility
Hunger
Emotional Intelligence
The success of Nick Foles in The Super Bowl
The camaraderie built by coach Doug Pederson of The Philadelphia Eagles
"I'm meant to work with people..."
The origin story - How Pat started his own business... and why?
Potential to work with Steve Jobs and Eric Schmidt
The biggest moment in the growth of his business? Speaking at Willowcreek Church(50,000 people watched)
Doing a "talk" instead of thinking of it as a "keynote speech" -- "I'm just talking with the audience."
Why turn leadership issues into fables?
"We don't read books, but we read yours." They are so interesting. "I keep reading your books because I want to see what happens next."
Leaders must:
Have difficult conversations -- must do the hard things
What are the biggest mistakes a new manager makes?
"You cannot avoid the disco…
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245: Maria Taylor - ESPN Gameday, Embracing The Grind, The Value Of Versatility
19 februari 2018 · 58 min
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Episode 245: Maria Taylor - ESPN Gameday, Embracing The Grind, The Value Of Versatility
Maria Taylor is in her sixth season as a host analyst & reporter. In the fall of 2017 Taylor will enter a new role as co-host on ESPN's College Gameday and sideline reporter for ABC's Saturday Night Football.
Show Notes:
How to quickly build rapport with the people you interview?
Be prepared with a purpose, truly try to learn about them as a person (quickly), it's not just about their sport or their job. Care about them as a person
Being viewed as an athlete -- "It's helpful working in the sports world that they know I played sports"
"As an athlete I was always a perfectionist, I always over prepare." -- Maria sending her producers a copious amount of notes -- thoughts on situations/games/ideas
How to earn promotions quickly? "I never said no to anything. I was never too big for any game."
Maria did high school football games, ACC digital. She's traveled everywhere, stayed in bad hotels, etc.
"You have to be comfortable in the grind, you can't get discouraged."
"If I'm not doing something (work wise), I feel wrong."
Why Kirk Herbstreit is the best in the business -- "He's the most invested person I've ever seen. He's always the most prepared person."
Adnan Virk "Always show up." -- "They remember how you made them feel." Be conscious of that
Balance? It will never be perfectly balanced. Think of it as a stew - vegetable and beef... Certain bites are vegetables and other times it's beef. That's work-life balance. There are moments where it is all work, all day, every day. There are other times where you can relax at home. It's never a perfect 50 50 balance.
The story of Maria making the decision to be a sports broadcaster as a junior in college at Georgia... And then also earning her MBA as a backup plan!
She grew up loving sports. Her dad played college sports.
Maria was recruited to play both volleyball and basketball at…
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244: Bill Curry - The 6 Characteristics Of A Champion (Lombardi, Starr, Unitas, Shula, Bryant)
12 februari 2018 · 54 min
The Learning Leader Show With Ryan Hawk: Bill Curry is a two-time Super Bowl Champion. As an NCAA coach, Bill was named National Coach of the Year at Alabama and later became the first head football coach ever at Georgia State. As an ESPN commentator, he regularly shared his thoughts with a worldwide audience of millions. When Bill talks of discipline and success, his life experience is proof-positive of the effectiveness of his methods. Bill played for some of the greatest coaches of all time, including Vince Lombardi, Don Shula, and Bobby Dodd. His teammates included legendary players like Willie Davis, Bart Starr, and Johnny Unitas. Bill has studied the lives and methods of his personal heroes from past generations, ranging from Helen Keller and Rudyard Kipling to Theodore Roosevelt and Goethe. When Bill talks of leadership and success, his is a personal message molded by his extraordinary mentors and role models. He is also the best-selling author of TEN MEN YOU MEET IN THE HUDDLE: LESSONS FROM A FOOTBALL LIFE. Lees meer
"Everyone has the will to win, but not everyone has the will to prepare."
Show Notes:
The 6 common characteristics of champions =
Show up - on time, be early, every time, be punctual, read to be your best
Singleness of purpose - Vince Lombardi, "his focus was powerful"
Unselfish - Bart Starr - "he literally gave the shirt off his back for others"
Tough - Don't make excuses, be great in the 4th quarter, never blame anyone else
Smart - Prepared, always last person off the field. Johnny Unitas and Raymond Berry did this
Never quit - Never give up
FEAR? Prepare out of fear? - "There is some truth to that." "Everyone has the will to win, but not everyone has the will to prepare."
Personality, GRIT, Heart, Soul -- "Keeping prepping when others aren't"
The difference between good and great coaches?
Bobby Dodd (Georgia Tech) was a great coach. A great coach can change your life. They study the game so intently. They intimidate other coaches with the…
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243: Annie Duke - How To Make Smarter Decisions When You Don't Have All The Facts (Thinking In Bets)
5 februari 2018 · 1 uur 3 min
The Learning Leader Show - Annie Duke is a woman who has leveraged her expertise in the science of smart decision making to excel at pursuits as varied as championship poker to public speaking. For two decades, Annie was one of the top poker players in the world. In 2004, she bested a field of 234 players to win her first World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet. The same year, she triumphed in the $2 million winner-take-all, invitation-only WSOP Tournament of Champions. In 2010, she won the prestigious NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship. Prior to becoming a professional poker player, Annie was awarded the National Science Foundation Fellowship. Because of this fellowship, she studied Cognitive Psychology at the University of Pennsylvania. Lees meer
Show Notes:
Sustained Excellence =
Open-minded to people who disagree with them
They ask "Why am I wrong?"
Using "I don't know" or "I'm not sure" shows immense security in oneself. Great leaders do this.
The "half life of facts" should never be 100% certain -- "It does you a disservice in becoming more knowledgeable if you are certain you are right"
Hidden information -- Invite others to share information with you... To collaborate
"Here's what I think, but I don't know..." --> We're trained from an early age that those are dirty words, but they shouldn't be. We're supposed to always know, but having that mentality limits what you can learn
Put systems in place to allow exploration of alternative strategies
Do a deeper dive, consider all reactions. This will help you prepare in case something goes wrong. You can put plans in place by acting in this manner
Why write Thinking In Bets? Annie has a unique background: cognitive psychology, professional poker, decision making under pressure. In poker: decision making is fast and furious (a hand of poker is 2 minutes)
"Learning occurs when you make a decision and have feedback"
The art of boosting academic research with stories and popular culture -- Seinfeld, The Super …
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242: Daniel Coyle - The Secret Of Highly Successful Groups (The Culture Code)
29 januari 2018 · 57 min
Sustained Excellence = "They're over themselves" - They do not have an ego. They figure out the big truths, get over feelings, have clarity, vision. Great communicators - Like an athlete, they can be obsessed. Keenly aware, active listeners, intentional with actions. Lees meer
Why write The Culture Code?
Spending time around great teams and businesses, "I love the vibe, it's different." Had a desire to understand how that happens. How to create trust"Typically we think of culture as in your DNA or not, but it's not. "Great culture is something you can learn"The competition with Dan's two brothers growing up led to this fascination and curiosity with building great team culture"We routinely deeply underestimate our environments and the effect they have on us."
"As leaders, we need to create the conditions for excellence"The 3 Skills -- 1) Build Safety 2) Share Vulnerability 3) Establish Purpose
Build Safety - Why do a group of kindergartners do better than a group of CEOs? The kindergartners have now agenda or care about credit. They focus on doing the best work. CEOs (in the study) were worried about who got credit and tearing each other down.
Safety is the single most important piece of foundation needed for great culture
Greg Popovich overdoes the "thank yous" - He regularly says thank you to the members of his team.
A painstaking hiring process - The single most important decision is "who's in and who's out."
You should script the entire first few days of a new employees time at a company -- Pixar example (20 minute mark) -- "At Pixar, we hired you because we need you to help us make our movies better."
John Wooden would routinely walk the locker room and pick up trash
Share Vulnerability - Functional notion that's so important
"Sharing a weakness is the best way to be strong" -- Navy SEALs example: The AAR (After Action Review)
The most important 4 words a leader can say, "Anybody have any ideas?"
Also, "I screwed up"
Over-communicate expectations
"We shoo…
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241: Austin Kleon - How To Steal Like An Artist
22 januari 2018 · 1 uur 2 min
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Episode 241: Austin Kleon - How To Steal Like An Artist
Austin Kleon is the New York Times bestselling author of three illustrated books: Steal Like An Artist, Newspaper Blackout, and Show Your Work! His latest release is The Steal Like An Artist Journal: A Notebook For Creative Kleptomaniacs. His work has been translated into over twenty languages and featured on NPR's Morning Edition, PBS Newshour, and in The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal. New York Magazine called his work "brilliant," The Atlantic called him "positively one of the most interesting people on the Internet," and The New Yorkersaid his poems "resurrect the newspaper when everybody else is declaring it dead." He speaks about creativity in the digital age for organizations such as Pixar, Google, SXSW, TEDx, and The Economist. He grew up in Ohio, but now he lives in Austin, Texas.
"Reading is so essential to writing... I don't even think about it. I just always do it."
Show Notes:
Sustained Excellence =
"I wrestle with jealously about others who do better work than me... Until I realize it's very rare to see someone who doesn't deserve it based on how hard they work."
The people who sustain excellence are typically the hardest workers over the long term
"If you want to do better, work harder."
Austin's ritual
Write a page a day like Stephen King
Little bits of work add up over time
When you do something you love, you're always working... It's an endless stream
"I try to be a good boss to myself" -- But there is no punching the clock in and out... It's always in
Steal Like An Artist
Wrote an article titled "10 things I wish I had known when starting out" -- That became the best-selling book
The blog post and speech that went with it went viral
The Creative Process
Daily writing... Eventually show the audience to test if it's useful for them
"It's like a factory"
Collect
Make time to write
Gather to longer piece to essay
Put it o…
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240: Todd Henry - Be The Leader That Creative People Need (Herding Tigers)
15 januari 2018 · 54 min
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Todd Henry is the founder of Accidental Creative, a company that helps creative people and teams be prolific, brilliant and healthy. He regularly speaks and consults with companies about how to develop practices that lead to everyday brilliance. He is the author of four books (The Accidental Creative, Louder Than Words, Die Empty, Herding Tigers), speaks internationally on productivity, creativity, leadership and passion for work, and build tools for creative people and teams. In short, he's an arms dealer for the creative revolution. His latest book is called Herding Tigers: Leading talented, creative people requires a different skill set than the one many management books offer. As a consultant to creative companies, Todd Henry knows firsthand what prevents creative leaders from guiding their teams to success, and in Herding Tigers he provides a bold new blueprint to help you be the leader your team needs. Learn to lead by influence instead of control. Discover how to create a stable culture that empowers your team to take bold creative risks. And learn how to fight to protect the time, energy, and resources they need to do their best work.
"Great leaders have great rituals. Great leaders are connected. Great leaders have set questions they ask when they meet someone for the first time."
Show Notes:
Sustained Excellence =
Great leaders have great rituals
Disciplined time to study/reflect
Well read
Go on walks
Great leaders are connected to their network
Great leaders have set questions they ask someone when they meet for the first time
Todd's rituals
Same breakfast everyday, same coffee mug everyday
1 hour of study/read/time to think
Writes morning pages (3 full pages long hand)
Creating space for yourself
Predictable space, a buffer - "I have a ritual of taking a long walk in the middle of my day" -- "It helps me get lost in thought"
Set questions to ask when you meet someone
"What's the most important thing I should kn…
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239: Dan Pink - The Scientific Secrets Of Perfect Timing (When)
8 januari 2018 · 36 min
Episode 239: Dan Pink - The Scientific Secrets Of Perfect Timing (When) Lees meer
Daniel Pink is the author of six provocative books — including his newest, When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing, to be published in January 2018. His other books include the long-running New York Times bestseller A Whole New Mind and the #1 New York Times bestsellers Drive and To Sell is Human. His books have won multiple awards and have been translated into 37 languages. If you'd like to listen to the first time Dan joined me on The Learning Leader Show, CLICK HERE.
Dan's TED Talk on the science of motivation is one of the 10 most-watched TED Talks of all time, with more than 19 million views. His RSA Animate video about the ideas in his book, Drive, has collected more than 14 million views.(from DanPink.com) (Photo Credit - HOW Design)
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"It's like brick laying. I show up every day and I hit my word (count) goal. Day after day after day. Every day."
Show Notes:
Dan's book writing process:
"It's like 1930's football... One short play at a time."
Brick laying, very laborious...
Get in office by 8:30 and hit the writing (word count) goal every single day... Day after day after day after day...
Write 700 words a day, every da
"I show up and hit my number, every single day"
Combining research with interesting stories -- work in chunks, have research in a Word doc, and the book in a separate doc. Review, go back and forth
Go through the (printed out) research, highlight, underline, review a lot
If you do this every day, it adds up
Why write about this topic? The topic of When
As a writer, you must pick a topic you are VERY interested in... You spend years on the project (research, writing, speeches)
"I wrote this book because I wanted to read it"
How to know if an idea is worth exploring?
"You don't... But when you share it with others, does it create curiosity in them? Do they ask follow up questions? If they do, you may be on to something"
The …
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238: Neil Pasricha - Why Action Creates Motivation: 1,000 Awesome Things
1 januari 2018 · 59 min
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Episode 238: Neil Pasricha - Why Action Creates Motivation: 1,000 Awesome Things
Neil Pasricha is the New York Times-bestselling author of The Happiness Equation and The Book of Awesome series, which has been published in ten countries, spent over five years on bestseller lists, and sold over a million copies. Neil is a Harvard MBA, one of the most popular TED speakers of all time, and after ten years heading Leadership Development at Walmart he now serves as Director of The Institute for Global Happiness. He has dedicated the past fifteen years of his life to developing leaders, creating global programs inside the world's largest companies and speaking to hundreds of thousands of people around the globe.
"Most think motivation leads to action... No, motivation doesn't cause action... Action creates motivation."
Show Notes:
Commonalities of leaders who sustain excellence:
C -- Clarity - Clear, succinct, memorable
O -- Optimism -- "Find the good in everything"
P -- Patience -- Delaying decision making until the last possible moment
The quality can improve if "we let the tension live"
Empower others - "Parkinson's Law" - Work rises to the time needed to complete it.
"I don't want to fight the customer." -- Thinking about everything from their perspective. Wal-Mart
Being a Harvard Business School graduate
"Chase the companies that don't come to Harvard to recruit. You'll learn more." -- Why Neil went to Wal-Mart
Neil's 30 second pitch to why someone should hire him for a leadership role when he was very young
"I had to be artificially confident"
His pitch -- 3 quick questions
Do you value internal promotions?
What's the #1 program you've seen?
Would you be interested in topics of developing leaders at Harvard?
Get their email address and follow up
None of the companies were hiring when he was leaving school... Neil had to "create a job" within companies to get hired
Brene Brown - "If you go through life trying to find con…
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237: AJ Jacobs - The Power of Irrational Confidence (Life As An Experiment)
25 december 2017 · 49 min
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Episode 237: AJ Jacobs - The Power of Irrational Confidence (Life As An Experiment)
A.J. Jacobs is an author, journalist, lecturer and human guinea pig. He has written four New York Times bestsellers that combine memoir, science, humor and a dash of self-help. He is also editor at large at Esquire magazine, a commentator on NPR and a columnist for Mental Floss magazine. He is currently helping to build a family tree of the entire world and holding the biggest family reunion ever in 2015.
In addition to his books, Jacobs written for The New York Times, Entertainment Weekly, and New York magazine.
He has appeared on Oprah, The Today Show, Good Morning America, CNN, The Dr. Oz Show, Conan and The Colbert Report. He has given several TED talks, including ones about living biblically, creating a one-world family, and living healthily.
"It's easier to act your way into a new way of thinking, than think your way into a new way of acting."
Show Notes:
Commonalities of leaders who sustain excellence:
Self delusion -- Optimism helps you do incredible things. Acting "as if"
"It's easier to act your way into a new way of thinking, than think your way into a new way of acting."
Great curiosity -- "I'm curious about everything... Even things that don't interest me."
Why he read the entire Encyclopedia Britannica
Why the "good ole days" actually sucked -- Studying this made him very grateful for being alive today
The practice of radical honesty and how it got him in trouble -- He was forced to tell the full truth at all times
Can be good or bad
Gratitude -- Common among the greatest achievers -- be thankful for everything. "When you're grateful for something as small as the elevator door opening, you're much happier."
It's All Relative -- Building a world family true. How we are related. How he is related to President Barack Obama...
It helps with perspective and tolerance... We're more tolerant of people we are related to
The Global Fam…
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236: Brian Scudamore - CEO of 1-800-GOT-JUNK: How To Scale A Business
18 december 2017 · 50 min
Episode 236: Brian Scudamore - CEO of 1-800-GOT-JUNK: How To Scale A Business Lees meer
Brian started his business in Vancouver, Canada at the age of 18, and later went on to franchise 1-800-GOT-JUNK? as a way to expand operations. Today, 1-800-GOT-JUNK? has 1000 trucks on the road throughout some 180 locations in Canada, the United States, and Australia.
Brian has received wide recognition in the media and business community. 1-800-GOT-JUNK? has celebrated appearances on the highly-acclaimed Undercover Boss Canada, Dr. Oz, Dr. Phil, CNN, ABC Nightline, the Today Show, The Hour with George Stroumboulopoulos, and the View. His story has been told in Fortune Magazine, Business Week, New York Times, Huffington Post, and Wall Street Journal, to name a few. 1-800-GOT-JUNK? is currently the starring junk removal attraction on the hit A&E reality show, Hoarders.
Brian has brought his entrepreneurial success story to many conference stages, including the Fortune Small Business Magazine's national conference. A strong believer in personal and professional development, Brian graduated from MIT's four-year Birthing of Giants program, and has subsequently completed several years of MIT's BOG's alumni program, Gathering of Titans. He is also a participant in a nine-year executive education program at Harvard University through YPO Presidents' University. (from 1800gotjunk.com)
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"I don't know if you can live the full potential if it's a side hustle. You need to give maximum effort."
Show Notes:
Commonalities of leaders who sustain excellence:
Focus - All in, not a side hustle
Faith - Belief in self, clear vision
Effort - Discipline
Why we all need an "MBA" -- A "Mentor Board of Advisors"
Fred DeLuca -- Subway founder - He never took his eye off the prize. He struggled and kept going. 32 stores in 12 years.
Are entrepreneurs born or made?
Brian started a carwash as a kid. He sold candy in his dorm room
Creativity as a Dad -- Always build things with y…
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235: Dr. Gay Hendricks - How To Make The Big Leap
11 december 2017 · 51 min
Episode 235: Dr. Gay Hendricks - How To Make The Big Leap Lees meer
Gay Hendricks, Ph.D., has been a leader in the fields of relationship transformation and bodymind therapies for more than 45 years. After earning his Ph.D. in counseling psychology from Stanford, Gay served as professor of Counseling Psychology at the University of Colorado for 21 years. He has written more than 40 books, including bestsellers such as Five Wishes, The Big Leap and Conscious Loving (co-authored with his co-author and mate for more than 35 years, Dr. Kathlyn Hendricks), both used as a primary text in universities around the world. In 2003, Gay co-founded The Spiritual Cinema Circle,which distributes inspirational movies and conscious entertainment to subscribers in 70+ countries.
Gay has offered seminars worldwide and appeared on more than 500 radio and television shows, including OPRAH, CNN, CNBC, 48 HOURS and others. In addition to his work with The Hendricks Institute, Gay is currently continuing his new mystery series that began with The First Rule Of Ten
Episode 235: Dr. Gay Hendricks - How To Make The Big Leap
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"The money became an effortless byproduct of doing what I love"
Show Notes:
Commonalities of leaders who sustain excellence:
Openness to learning
Great listener
They do not waste time being defensive
The makeup of insecure people who won't learn = Fear. A bug --> You poke it, it curls towards the center. They are scared. We have the same nervous system from many years ago
Must acknowledge the fears -- "Don't try to out argue them or "out-facts" them"
"Speak to your shared fears" when scared
The 4 things we do when scared:
Fight
Runaway
Freeze
Space out
Fear tries to take us out of the moment
His story of going on the Oprah show -- "Being on Oprah was like having 10 shots of espresso"
What is the upper limit problem? A point in success/happiness -- if you go past the point of it, you do something to…
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234: Jocko Willink - Why Discipline Equals Freedom
4 december 2017 · 56 min
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"As the leader, you are responsible for EVERYTHING that happens in your organization."
Show Notes:
Commonalities of leaders who sustain excellence:
Humility
Constantly looking to improve
Learning
Willing and able to take criticism
Incredible story of a mutiny within the ranks because of a platoon commander's ego
Way Of The Warrior Kid - The message for children
Be humble
Don't give up
Work hard
Ramadi -- The epicenter, insurgency in Iraq
The confusion/fog of war
A firefight... Between friendly forces: Who's at fault?
Jocko took ownership - "As the leader, I'm responsible for everything that happens on that field. It wasn't your fault, it's mine."
"If you make a mistake, you must own it."
Owning the mistakes created confidence and trust with Jocko's boss
How do you handle a bad boss?
Make them look good
Ask for feedback, advice, ask for their approval, build them up
Isn't that manipulation? "Yes..."
"It's not just what you preach, it's what you tolerate."
Decentralized command -- Empowering junior leaders to make important decisions. Front line leaders must be empowered. Why? Speed
Being empowered as a quarterback to call an audible -- Why this was an optimal way for us to attack a defense and ultimately win games. The coaches needed to trust and empower me to do this
Are leaders born or made?
Characteristics of great leaders?
They take complex things and simplify them
They are articulate
They are loud (seems strange, but it's true for military leaders and a quarterback)
How much can you learn? You must detach emotion, and be decisive.
Why wake up at 4:30 am? "It is time for me to own, it's before everyone else is awake"
Favorite part of work? - Podcasting and working with companies
How has Jocko created this lifestyle? -- Many years of consistent, sustained work
"Discipline Equals Freedom."
His discipline for many years has helped him create a lifestyle that he loves
"It's not just what you preach. It's …
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233: Gretchen Rubin - How To Be Happy
27 november 2017 · 41 min
Episode 233: Gretchen Rubin - How To Be Happy Lees meer
Gretchen Rubin is the author of several books, including the blockbuster New York Times bestsellers, Better Than Before, The Happiness Project and Happier at Home. She has an enormous readership, both in print and online, and her books have sold almost three million copies worldwide, in more than thirty languages. Fast Company named Gretchen Rubin to its list of Most Creative People in Business, and she's a member of Oprah's SuperSoul 100.
She's been interviewed by Oprah, eaten dinner with Daniel Kahneman, and walked arm-in-arm with the Dalai Lama.
Gretchen Rubin started her career in law and was clerking for Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor when she realized she wanted to be a writer. She lives in New York City with her husband and two daughters.
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"What do I want from my life? I want to be happy. How can I be happier?"
Show Notes:
Commonalities of leaders who sustain excellence:
They are self aware
They are happy and healthy and figured themselves out
Better Than Before -- How to create great habits
"I can't have a little. I either have none or a lot." -- Needed to abstain from things like that (sugar)
Think -- "What do I want from my life?" "I want to be happy..." She then went to the library to study. Did a deep dive on happiness
What are the keys to happiness?
Every month (for a year), she created a theme for the month: 3-5 concrete resolutions she could measure to make herself happier
Aim higher -- "Enjoying the fun of failure" -- Starting a blog. Initially worrying that nobody would read it. "It's okay to fail."
How can you buy happiness?
How to be grateful for what you have... Both experiences and possessions
Bill Gates takes "think weeks" -- Why we all should do this
Warren Buffett can buy anything he wants... But he cannot buy time
Gretchen describes her typical day
The Four Tendencies (Personality Profiles) -- How you respond to expectations
Upholders - Re…
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232: It's Time To Go ALL IN (With Doug Meyer & Greg Meredith)
20 november 2017 · 59 min
Episode 232: It's Time To Go ALL IN (With Doug Meyer & Greg Meredith) Lees meer
"Here's the issue:If you're going to pursue a low odds game, the reality is that at some point the odds will go to zero if you don't commit fully. You're never going to get across that chasm if you're going to keep yourself tethered to one side but that doesn't mean taking an unfounded leap into the wild beyond." Jim Collins gave me that advice on Episode #216 here On The Learning Leader Show. I've fired a lot of bullets over the past three years building this show and this platform while working a full time job at a big international corporation. The purpose of this episode is to announce that I have left my full time job to pursue my passion... My love: This show, this platform, this work, on a full time basis. It's time for me to go All In.
The featured leaders tonight are two of my business partners (and friends), Doug Meyer and Greg Meredith. Doug Meyer is one of the founding partners of Brixey & Meyer. In his role as Managing Director, Doug serves as a trusted business advisor to Business Owners, CEOs, CFOs and Boards of Advisors, driving value and accountability. Greg Meredith runs Brixey & Meyer's Business Advisory Services team, which helps clients with strategic planning, project management, sales strategy, business process and system optimization and more. I am bringing The Learning Leader brand to Brixey & Meyer full time to run the Leadership Advisory Services team. In addition to the podcast, I'll be focused on helping clients be more effective leaders, managers, and coaches. This is done through: consulting projects, 1 on 1 coaching, leadership circles (Mastermind groups), creating written content (book and articles online), and much more. I could not be more excited to get started!
"Following your genuine intellectual curiosity is a better foundation for a career than following whatever is making money right now." - Naval Ravikant
Show Notes:
3:06 - My career, what I've done,…
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231: Michael Bungay Stanier - Say Less, Ask More, & Change The Way You Lead Forever
13 november 2017 · 57 min
Episode 231: Michael Bungay Stanier - Say Less, Ask More, & Change The Way You Lead Forever Lees meer
Michael is the Senior Partner at Box of Crayons, a company that helps organizations do less good work and more great work.
He's the author of several books, including The Coaching Habit and Do More Great Work. Michael has written for or been featured in numerous publications including Business Insider, Fast Company, Forbes, The Globe & Mail and The Huffington Post. Michael left Australia 25 years ago to be a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University. He was the first Canadian Coach of the Year.
At Box of Crayons, Michael and his team of facilitators teach 10-minute coaching so busy managers build stronger teams and get better results. Clients come from all sectors and include Box, the United Nations, Gartner, the University Health Network and USAA. A sought-after speaker, Michael regularly speaks to businesses and organizations and has delivered keynotes at Leadership, HR and Learning & Development, conferences around the world.
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"If you can't coach in 10 minutes or less then you don't have the time to coach at all"
Show Notes:
Commonalities of leaders who sustain excellence:
"They probably haven't sustained it. It's really hard."
Role Models -- They succeed AND they fail. "You can't hit it out of the park every time"
Some times you do it all right and you still fail
Resilience and persistence are commonalities among people who have success
Michael's list of failures "is long"
The incredible story of how Michael was initially rejected as a Rhodes Scholar... And then how he persevered to earn it (the story about how he differentiated himself from the others is fantastic)
"Purple suit, long hair" -- "Everyone else had a blue suit, white shirt, red tie"
Where did he develop so much courage?
From his parents -- They gave him unconditional support to be different and unique
He's a bit of a rebel who also follows the rules sometimes
Ask yourself…
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230: Dorie Clark - How To Monetize Your Expertise & Create Multiple Income Streams
6 november 2017 · 54 min
Episode 230: Dorie Clark - How To Monetize Your Expertise & Create Multiple Income Streams Lees meer
Commonalities of leaders who sustain excellence:
They do what they say they're going to do -- Have integrity
They have a great ability to focus. They don't get distracted.
They have patience
Principles:
Create multiple streams of income -- However, don't try to create them all at once. Patience. 1 or 2 at a time.
A steady progression. Add 1 or 2 per year.
Dorie has 8 income streams.
"If you're relying on one paycheck, from one employer, you may be courting disaster."
Dorie was laid off on September 10, 2001 -- She received a 4 day severance package... A highly stressful time. "Never be reliant on just one employer"
"Side hustles make you a better employee, it liberates you." -- "You can speak truth to power"
Dorie's 8 Streams of Revenue:
Consulting
Executive Coaching
Writing Books
Teaching at Duke
Keynote Speeches
Online Courses
Affiliate Marketing
Mastermind Groups
Dorie's online course "Become A Recognized Expert"
Create the content
Social Proof -- Credibility
Strong network -- To be recognize, need to be an expert and have others share the message
We discussed the goals Dorie set from her first time on the show (2 years ago):
Double email list
Have a best selling book
Get a girlfriend
The importance of joint ventures
Why Dorie wants to become an Italian citizen
"The thing that gives you courage is the market rate" -- "No one is a competitor"
"When someone asks you your fee, find the number that makes you scared and then add 10%"
Doing TEDx Switzerland
How to build online courses:
Surveyed audience -- 1,200 responses
Pilot course at discounted rate ($500)
Final course ($2,000) -- Premium content, premium price
Total cost -- $1,200 (had 150 students paid in full)
Video module type courses are lower cost and not as much engagement
The $2,000 course has regular follow up and conversations with Dorie in addition to the video work. Interac…
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229: Henry Cloud - "Be So Good They Can't Ignore You"
30 oktober 2017 · 31 min
Episode 229: Henry Cloud - "Be So Good They Can't Ignore You" Lees meer
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"If you're a leader, you will get what you create or what you allow."
Show Notes:
Henry constantly striving to do more... Why?
"I'm a practitioner, need to continue doing the work"
Advice to "normal" people who have a 9-5 job. Henry was willing to start with very little money, but grew into his passion slowly and kept at it.
Inflection points -- My football career. Henry's gradual growth. Critical mass moments -- Henry did leadership coaching and consulting from day 1.
"You have to love what you do."
"You have to get moving."
"My first book Integrity was written based on my teaching for 15 years."
Boundaries -- A simple, yet profound concept - A property line: This is you
"In relationships, people put pressure on us"
Leaders are "ridiculously in charge" -- "If you're leading it, you're in charge"
"If you're a leader, you will get what you create or what you allow"
3 Keys to Executive Success (Executive Functions Of The Brain):
Attend to most important/what's relevant -- Need to name the priority -- Boundary of Attention
No multi-tasking. Your brain CANNOT do this -- Inhibit everything else
Working memory - Must be a flow to it
Advice for listeners who have a bad boss?
Don't fret, we've all been there
Create your own culture, do lunch and learns, build what you want within the situation
Vision Statement -- Get so good they will say, "What are they doing?" How do we grow? How can we do that?"
Perform, develop leaders in your own corner of the world/buisness
"Be So Good They Can't Ignore You"
"They work their butt off"
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228: Renee Mauborgne - How To Make Competition Irrelevant (Blue Ocean Strategy)
23 oktober 2017 · 43 min
Episode 228: Renee Mauborgne - How To Make Competition Irrelevant (Blue Ocean Strategy) Lees meer
Renee Mauborgne is the co-author of the global bestseller Blue Ocean Strategy and the just released, indispensable follow-up, BLUE OCEAN SHIFT: Beyond Competing – Proven Steps to Inspire Confidence and Seize New Growth. BLUE OCEAN SHIFT is a New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today Bestseller, and an International Bestseller. Her book Blue Ocean Strategy has sold over 3.6 million copies and is recognized as one of the most iconic and impactful strategy books ever written. It is being published in a record-breaking 44 languages and is a bestseller across five continents.
She served on President Barack Obama's Board of Advisors on Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) for the President's two terms. She is also a Fellow of the World Economic Forum. Renee is ranked in the top 3 management gurus in the world in the Thinkers50 listing of the World's Top Management Gurus. She is the highest placed woman ever on Thinkers50.
"If you're going to look at other people, you're going to look like other people."
Show Notes:
Common Themes of Leaders who Sustain Excellence:
Not focused on competing with others
They create their own space, independent point of view
Always interested in learning. Focused on pieces of information
Insatiable curiosity, high level learner, a note taker
Enormous propensity for hard work
Smart people don't look for short cuts
Willing to reinvent self if needed
How to not compare yourself to others?
"Focus on delivering a leap in value -- they will come to you."
"I don't look at social media. I look at how creative people are."
"We are all far more creative than we think we are"
"If you're going to look at other people, you're going to look like other people"
Blue Ocean Strategy - What is it?
Most companies focus on existing conditions, red oceans, bloody, with sharks
Blue ocean companies/people "don't focus on competing, the…
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227: Jeff Goins - How To Be A Thriving Artist (Real Artists Don't Starve)
16 oktober 2017 · 57 min
Episode 227: Jeff Goins - How To Be A Thriving Artist (Real Artists Don't Starve) Lees meer
Jeff Goins is a writer, keynote speaker, and award-winning blogger with a reputation for challenging the status quo. He is the best-selling author of five books, including Real Artists Don't Starve, and The Art of Work, which landed on the best seller lists of USA Today, Publisher's Weekly, and the Washington Post. His website Goinswriter.com is visited by millions of people every year. Jeff was previously on The Learning Leader Show Episode #028
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What does it take to stand out? "Show UP, Do the Work, and most importantly: FOLLOW UP. Nobody does this."
Show Notes:
Sustained Excellence. Common Themes of Leaders who Sustain Excellence:
Passion - A fire to pursue their "why"
Discipline - Daily habits, routines, rituals to be best every day
Coach K -- Sit down and analyze after every single game to improve
Great Learners - Hungry learner. How to do it better?
Real Artists don't starve
Starving artist vs. Thriving artist
The myth of the starving artist
Why Michelangelo was a thriving (rich) artist
"Do you really have to starve to be an artist?" -- No
You aren't born an artist (or a Leader) -- It's a result of the choices you make. The human brain is malleable. A person can learn and master a craft.
"Leaders are made. Artists are made."
The story of John Grisham -- A lawyer who wrote novels on the side.
He wrote one page a day for years... And then he had a novel
You can gradually re-create yourself
Wake up a little earlier every day and do the work. Make it a habit
Change happens slowly
The way we talk about it is not actually the way we do it.
We do not need to take a giant risk. When we look at the facts, we can take measured risks
2 Resources at The University of Wisconsin -- A study of 5,000 entrepreneurs
The Two Types
Burn The Boats -- 33% more likely to fail
Side Hustlers -- People who didn't initially go "All In" statistically were…
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226: Steve Wojciechowski - How To Win Every Day
9 oktober 2017 · 1 uur
Episode 226: Steve Wojciechowski - How To Win Every Day Lees meer
Steve Wojciechowski is the head basketball coach at Marquette University. He has has enjoyed a wealth of success in collegiate basketball as both a player and a coach. Wojo has established his "Win Every Day" philosophy as the foundation for the Marquette program. Wojciechowski also served as court coach and scout for the USA Basketball Men's National Team. He helped lead on-court duties as well as game preparation from 2006-12, including the program's gold-medal performance at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and 2012 London Olympics. The Olympic teams included NBA greats such as Marquette alumnus Dwyane Wade, Kobe Bryant and LeBron James.
As a player, Wojciechowski ("Wojo") was named the top defensive player in the country his senior year, a two-time All-ACC choice and honorable mention Associated Press All-America. He appeared in 128 career games for the Blue Devils and earned 88 starting assignments.
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"My greatest edge was that I didn't think I had an edge."
Show Notes:
Sustained Excellence. Common Themes of Leaders who Sustain Excellence:
Passion - A fire to pursue their "why"
Discipline - Daily habits, routines, rituals to be best every day
Coach K -- Sit down and analyze after every single game to improve
Great Learners - Hungry learner. How to do it better?
WIN Everyday - daily process to pursue excellence in every way. Basketball is a vehicle for that (for Steve)
Develop trust - "Not always done quickly, but definitely done intentionally. Must be consistent, you must do what you say you will do"
Wojo's Dad's hard hat -- It's hanging up at his house as a reminder of what hard work looks like
"The first great team I was on was the Wojciechowski team. My dad was a longshoreman. Did hard work and hard labor."
Going to Jesse Itzler and Sara Blakely's retreat. A 90 yard hill, 40% grade... An endurance race
Growth - Getting outside of your comfort zone
"As a long time listen…
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225: Dan Heath - The Power Of Defining Moments
2 oktober 2017 · 48 min
Episode 225: Dan Heath - The Power Of Defining Moments Lees meer
Dan Heath is a Senior Fellow at Duke University's CASE center, which supports social entrepreneurs. At CASE, he founded the Change Academy, a program designed to boost the impact of social sector leaders.
Dan is the co-author, along with his brother Chip, of three New York Times bestsellers: Decisive, Switch, and Made to Stick. Amazon.com's editors named Switch one of the Best Nonfiction Books of the Year, and it spent 47 weeks on the New York Times Bestseller list. Made to Stick was named the Best Business Book of the Year and spent 24 months on the BusinessWeek bestseller list. Their books have been translated into over 30 languages.
Previously, Dan worked as a researcher and case writer for Harvard Business School. In 1997, Dan co-founded an innovative publishing company called Thinkwell, which continues to produce a radically reinvented line of college textbooks.
Dan has an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BA from the Plan II Honors Program from the University of Texas at Austin. One proud geeky moment for Dan was his victory in the 2005 New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest, beating out 13,000 other entrants. He lives in Durham, NC.
What have you failed at this week?" "There's no such thing as a good mentor who doesn't push you."
Show Notes:
Sustained Excellence. Common Themes of Leaders who Sustain Excellence:
Decision making - The ability to make a string of good decisions
Avoid traps
Narrow framing -- Cannot just think of 1 option
Decisions are often made because of political reasons, persuasive people, or PowerPoint... They should be made through experiments instead
The process of writing with his brother Chip Heath
10 year age gap (54-44)
They are different people. The work is the glue for their relationship
Chip is a professor at Stanford Graduate School of Business
The life changing effect of their book Switch. They hit the jackpot --> Time magazine, The Today Show
What is it tha…
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224: Mike McDerment, CEO Of FreshBooks - Lead With Trust
25 september 2017 · 57 min
Mike McDerment is the co-founder and CEO of FreshBooks, the world's #1 cloud accounting software for self-employed professionals. Built in 2003 after he accidentally saved over an invoice, Mike spent 3.5 years growing FreshBooks from his parents' basement. Since then, over 10 million people have used FreshBooks to save time billing, and collect billions of dollars. Lees meer
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"We give trust to earn trust. Lead with trust. That's the world I want to live in."
Show Notes:
Sustained Excellence. Common Themes of Leaders who Sustain Excellence:
Been through something hard
Strong morals - set of values, make upstanding decisions, believe in people, don't compromise
Creative
Surround self with great people
Strong desire to grow
Default Trust to "ON"
First Principles -- Distill things down to underlying system: The act of taking a problem and breaking it down
Building FreshBooks -- "I didn't know anything about anything."
The #1 place to work -- have won awards for their culture
What do you do? "We are in the business of saving people time."
Moving to his parents basement to start the business... Running lean
Culture takes deliberate thought
Must have people who are diverse but share your values
Need guidelines/rule sets
The 9 Values:
Passion - Love your craft
Ownership
Results
Change - Bring learning and growth
Honesty
Fun - Deliberately make it fun
Empathy
Strive - Stretch
Trust
Secrecy - Open inside, but nothing leaves from inside
Values/Culture used in 2 ways
Publicly recognize people living the values
Swiftly eliminate people who don't embody those values - Listen, hear, be open. Recognize that cultures need to be hacked, evolve, change.
Inner office dating? Why is that promoted? What does it mean?
Everyone spends the first month in customer service. All build that foundation -- Why they prolong onboarding and how that leads to long term success
Make decisions today to win in 3-5 years
Decided to re-platform even thoug…
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223: Kim Malone Scott - Using Radical Candor To Be A Great Boss
18 september 2017 · 1 uur 3 min
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223: Kim Malone Scott - Using Radical Candor To Be A Great Boss
"It is important for leaders to be learners, not tellers."
Show Notes:
Sustained Excellence. Common Themes of Leaders who Sustain Excellence:
They care about their people as humans, they care personally
They are honest, not worried about being liked all the time, they are willing to challenge directly
Can you be both liked and respected?
Yes, but you shouldn't strive to be popular
Jony Ive and Steve Jobs story -- Steve told them the team their work was of poor quality. Jony said, "Why were you so harsh Steve?" Steve asked, "Why didn't you tell them the work was bad? It's your job to do that." Jony replied, "I didn't want them to be upset or distraught." Steve said, "You are vain. You just want to be liked."
The biggest mistake new bosses make is trying to be liked by everyone and NOT being direct.
Your employees should never have to say, "Why didn't you tell me sooner?" -- A great boss gives directly feedback in a timely manner
A great boss creates an environment where everyone can tell the truth (up, down, and sideways in an organization)
Understand the framework
How to created this culture?
Start by asking for feedback. You can't give feedback if you're not willing to take it.
Go to question: "What could I be doing to make it better for you?"
Use a "Start, Stop, Continue" exercise
Create a "Speak Truth To Power" environment
Embrace the discomfort
"Listen with the intent to understand... Not just waiting to talk."
Must reward the candor -- When you receive good feedback, you must implement it. You must fix the problem.
Google/Sheryl Sandberg story
Sheryl's feedback: "You said "um" a lot during that presentation, would you like a speech coach?" -- "No, I'm fine, thanks." -- "Kim, when you say "um" every third word, it makes you sound stupid."
Sheryl knew she need to be very direct with Kim and they built a relationship of trust and care. That's the only …
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222: Jon Acuff - How To Finish (Give Yourself The Gift Of Done)
11 september 2017 · 43 min
Jon Acuff is back for a second time on The Learning Leader Show! Lees meer
JON ACUFF is the author of five books, including the New York Times Bestseller Do Over. For nineteen years he's helped companies like the Home Depot, Bose, Staples, and AutoTrader.com tell their stories. He's a well-known public speaker, and his blogs have been read by millions of fans. His most recent book is: Finish - Give Yourself The Gift of Done.
If you'd like to listen to the first conversation Jon and I had on January 27, 2016, CLICK HERE.
Episode 222: Jon Acuff
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Want to write a book? "What question are you willing to spend two years answering?"
Show Notes:
Why Jon dedicated this new book to his parents and their belief in him as a writer
His Dad was a pastor, a communicator. Have to learn how to shape ideas and be a speaker
What took so long for Jon to believe he was a writer?
"I'm a writer. When you do it enough, it becomes possible. I've written six books."
Why this book?
"People say, I like your book Start, but I never finish, how do I finish?"
Like Jim Collins, Jon says, "What is a question I'm willing to spend two years answering?"
91% of Americans want to write a book and less than 1% of them do it
"I want this thing to be part of my life... This has multiple applications."
James Clear says it's the friction at the start... Lacing up the shoes and beginning the run.
Jon reply "Is it harder to buy a treadmill or use the treadmill?"
This is built on research. 900 participants. It is a data driven book
How to mix in humor... Why to study stand up comedians?
"I've watched 100 stand up comedians for every 1 business leader"
"If you want to enjoy the internet more, you must know it's not about you. It never is." -- People are thinking about themselves (Tracy McGrady & JR Smith)
Goal Setting:
Cut them in half, make the goals smaller
Test principles -- Look to be 5%-10% better
"Before I set a goal, I make sur…
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221: Phil Jones - What To Say To Influence And Impact Others (Magic Words)
4 september 2017 · 49 min
Episode 221: Phil Jones - What To Say To Influence And Impact Others (Magic Words) Lees meer
Phil's passion to "Teach The World To Sell", now sees him traveling the globe speaking to a breadth of audiences, from small business owners to workforces and mass organizations, spreading his message and sharing his highly credited teachings. To date he's spoken in 56 different countries across five continents and with his growing popularity, he's expected to add many more to his roster.
Episode 221: Phil Jones - What To Say To Influence And Impact Others (Magic Words)
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"I Learned That Success Leaves Clues."
Show Notes:
Sustained Excellence:
Dogged determination
Curiosity - Continue to demand improvement from self
Detach self of the outcome - be of service to your customer. Celebrate quietly in the background when the client wins
How he learned to hustle:
Came from a home without much money... Learned to sell his mom's sandwiches at lunch. Then started a business going door to door offering to wash cars for money
He grew to make more money than his teachers when he was 15
"How much money are you making sire?" -- Phil would say to teachers when they criticized him for missing class
By 18, he was named the youngest sales manager in fashion retailer Debenhams, history
Day to Day
Phil delivers 100 keynote presentations a year
"Respect is something that is to be earned"
Ridiculous goal -- "Get my book in front of one million people"
Using Magic words
"I'm not sure if it's for you, but..."
"Magic words are words that speak right to the subconscious of our brain"
If you change 1 or 2 words, it can change everything. You must learn, train, and prepare... Write a script
"You still cry at movies... But the actor is reading a script. It's not real. You need to learn to read scripts."
Magic Word/Phrase
"You wouldn't happen to know..." -- Create a path of least resistance for a referral
How has Phil learned …
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220: Robert Greene - The Laws Of Power & Mastery
28 augustus 2017 · 1 uur 13 min
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Episode 220: Robert Greene - The Laws Of Power & Mastery
Robert Greene is an American author and speaker known for his books on strategy, power and seduction. He has written five international bestsellers: The 48 Laws of Power, The Art of Seduction, The 33 Strategies of War, The 50th Law and Mastery. In addition to having a strong following within the business world and a deep following in Washington, DC, Greene's books are hailed by everyone from war historians to the biggest musicians in the industry (including Jay-Z and 50 Cent).
"Do Not Speak Unless You Can Improve Upon The Silence."
Show Notes:
Sustained Excellence:
Self Mastery
Self Control -- "We are emotional animals, governed by emotions. It can get you in trouble."
Self Discipline
Flexibility -- Ability to adapt
Why Napoleon was successful? He had a front line obsession
Writing a book with 50 Cent
"Never let your guard down"
Law 4 - Always say less than necessary. "Do not speak unless you can improve upon the silence."
Learn the power of being quiet
If you're upset about an email, do not respond emotionally. Wait 24 hours and then respond with a level head
Law 9 - Win Through Your Actions, Never Through Argument. "Demonstrate, do not explicate."
Commit to action. Words are devalued
"Show them. Don't talk."
Law 10 - Infection: Avoid The Unhappy and Unlucky
You are the average of the 5 people you spend the most time with
"We absorb the energy of other people."
Look to "level up" your peer group at all time"
How to deal with a person in a power position who you do not like or respect?
Do not let them see you upset. Do not show them emotion (when they try to rile you up)
Did President Trump read The 48 Laws of Power? He appears to have used some of the laws to help get elected:
Law 6 - Court attention at all cost
Law 17 - Keep others in suspended terror. Cultivate an air of unpredictability
Law 27 - Play on people's need to believe to create a cult like fol…
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219: Eric Barker - Everything You Know About Success Is (Mostly) Wrong
21 augustus 2017 · 57 min
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Eric Barker is a thought leader in the field of success. His humorous, practical blog, "Barking Up the Wrong Tree", presents science-based answers and expert insight on how to be awesome at life. Over 300,000 people subscribe to his weekly newsletter and his content is syndicated by Time Magazine, The Week, and Business Insider. He has been featured in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic Monthly, and the Financial Times. Eric is also a sought-after speaker and interview subject, and has been invited to speak at MIT, Yale, West Point, the University of Pennsylvania, NPR affiliates, and on morning television.
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Show Notes:
Sustained Excellence:
Consistent habits and routines
Experiment
Evolve
Learn/Grow
Create a feedback loop
Steve Martin -- "Being great isn't hard. Being consistent is." -- (Note: Watch the Steve Martin MasterClass) -- Meta principal for how people do things
"Hit the ball every time. It's hard."
Eric started the blog in 2009 -- He read abstracts, academic research
He wanted to focus on things that were applicable to being awesome at life
"The future is already here, it's just not evenly distributed."
How he went from unemployed --> MBA in 2009 --> Screenwriter in Hollywood for Disney, Fox --> Successful blog/book
Advice to people who have a side hustle: "It's a hard road. Give 1 hour per day to it. If you really want to do it, there will be trade offs. You have to measure how you will spend your time and what's important to you."
Book writing vs Blog writing -- Book = 5 days per week working on. Blog = 2 days per week.
How can we find work life balance? -- "It did not previously exist for me."
How to say NO like Warren Buffett
Networking -- Who you know is very important... However there is a tradeoff and extroverts waste time "at the water cooler"
Nice guys, Givers...…
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218: David Hornik - Why Givers Win
14 augustus 2017 · 55 min
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Show Notes:
Sustained Excellence:
Great story-tellers -- Every message is better told as a story
Great sales people
Why generous people win in the long run -- David is naturally generous
He answers every email
VC's invest in people more than investing in a product
The story of Danny Shader and their daughters' soccer team
The many conversations which led to working together after Danny initially turned David down because he thought he was "too nice" -- Why he was wrong
The aspect of the job that David doesn't like -- Narcissistic people - "You don't have to be that way"
"In the long run, doing the things you like, with the people you like, will be better"
What percentage of your job do you love? -- "North of 80% of it. I've been doing this for 17 years. You have to do it with people you enjoy. If not, it's terrible."
Do you have a boss? -- "Not really"
How to handle a bad loss? -- "We lost $35m at one point. A lot of sleepless nights. It was very hard. This business is not all about succeeding."
Why doesn't David use hard end dates on his term sheets like all other VC's? "Investing is a big decision."
How to differentiate from other VC's?
Money is all the same, does not differentiate
"It's about help, guidance. I tell them to speak with every person I've ever worked with. Ask them what they think."
"I genuinely care about people I work with"
"The Lobby" -- David's annual conference -- "The best values from conferences are the relationships with other attendees."
Do work outside at a table in Hawaii -- It promotes better work
Best advice for hosting and event? "Maniacally curate the guest list. It has to be full of givers. If takers are there, it won't work."
Start the conference with a fun game
Do NOT gather in conference rooms (Hence the name "The Lobby") - The best conversations happen during the breaks in the lobby
Goal is to break even on the event. The budget is more than $1m -- Get sponsors,…
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217: JJ Redick - "You've Never Arrived. You're Always Becoming."
7 augustus 2017 · 59 min
217: JJ Redick - "You've Never Arrived. You're Always Becoming." Lees meer
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JJ Redick is an iconic and legendary basketball player from Duke University. He is their all time leading scorer. JJ was the 11th overall pick in the 2006 NBA draft (Orlando Magic). He's going in to his 12th NBA season. He recently signed a 1 year, $23 million contract with the Philadelphia 76ers. He graduated from Duke with a major in history and a minor in cultural anthropology. He is an extremely thoughtful leader and someone I loved talking to...
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"There was never any sense that I was done accomplishing things. You've never arrived. You're always becoming."
Show Notes:
Sustained Excellence:
Passion for what they do
Coach K has this at Duke, Steve Ballmer has this with Microsoft as well
They master the small stuff -- Read The Carrot Seed
Being in the weeds everyday
Diligence to be in the weeds
Adaptability
Coach K doesn't have a system. He adapts to his current players. It changes every year. Same is true for Bill Belichick and Greg Popovich
"How do I maximize this team's personnel?"
"Each year you have to adapt"
The power of receiving a daily devotional
"There was never any sense that I was done accomplishing things."
The importance of coaches, parents, and friends to never let JJ feel entitled. They would call him out if needed
2nd half of the ACC championship when he was acting like a brat. Chris Collins called him out
How do we develop GRIT in our children if we're able to provide anything they could ever want?
"The biggest thing I learned from my Dad was he went to work everyday. Then he came home and would work on the house, the yard, and work more. He showed me how to work."
Live under your means
"Stuff doesn't matter, we care more about having great experiences as a family"
Falling Upward - "to reach the second half of your journey, you need to fail" -- It's necessary
Working in an imperfect environment -…
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216: Jim Collins - How To Go From Good To Great
31 juli 2017 · 1 uur 10 min
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Show Notes:
Sustained Excellence:
Never go to a meeting without writing down 5 questions prior to the meeting
Always follow up the meeting with at least a page of notes -- Share those with your mentor
What made you say yes to The Learning Leader Show after 2 1/2 years?
It requires intense focus to prepare
This is a teaching moment
Only say yes if it's going to be impactful. The team determined this show was the right place to do that
Always ask yourself -- "How can I make myself useful to the world?"
This was advice originally given to him by Peter Drucker
A great teacher can change your life in 30 seconds -- Peter Drucker did that for Jim
"I am constitutionally unemployable" -- Why Jim feels this about himself
His curiosity has led to the success and most importantly... Great questions like:
How to turn something into an enduring great company?
How someone or a company can go from Good To Great?
Jim most admired Peter Drucker when he was 35 years old...
The story of their first meeting and how Peter was the curious one... Kept peppering Jim with questions to start the conversation (much like Jim did to me to start this conversation)
"The ultimate zen master with bamboo stick"
Drucker - "It seems to me that you spend a lot of time worrying if you will survive. You probably will survive. You seem to focus a lot on the question, "how to be successful?" That is the wrong question. The right question is "How to be useful?"
What would it have cost Jim to not publish Good To Great after he finished the manuscript? -- More than $100m. He had to get it out in the world. He felt it was his responsibility to do so...
Another great mentor said to Jim... "When seeking an entrepreneurial path... Cut off all other options and GO."
"Everything is driven by by questions"
Can a good company become a great company? How?
Level 5 Leader
Starts with confronting the brutal facts
Personal humility and profe…
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215: Chris Fussell -- How To Build A Team of Teams (One Mission)
24 juli 2017 · 47 min
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Chris Fussell is a Partner at the McChrystal Group Leadership Institute. He is the author of One Mission: How Leaders Build a Team of Teams, and a co-author of the New York Times bestseller Team of Teams, the first book in the series. He was commissioned as a Naval Officer in 1997 and spent the next 15 years on U.S. Navy SEAL Teams around the globe. He then served as Aide-de-Camp to Lieutenant General Stanley McChrystal during McChrystal's final year commanding a Joint Special Operations Task Force fighting Al Qaeda around the globe.
Since leaving active duty in 2012, Fussell has also served as a Senior Fellow for National Security at New America, sits on the Board of Directors for the Navy SEAL Foundation, is a life member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and teaches at Yale University's Jackson Institute.
Episode 215: Chris Fussell -- How To Build A Team of Teams (One Mission)
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"Remember, your position has little formal authority but massive reach. For many of the organizations we interact with, their entire opinion of our organization will be shaped off the tone of your emails, the courtesy you give their staff, and the respect you show for their Mission." -- General Stanley McChrystal speaking to Chris Fussell immediately following him becoming his Aide-De-Camp
Show Notes:
Sustained Excellence:
A constant intellectual curiosity
The interview process to become General McChrystal's Aide-De-Camp
A unique window to get that exposure
McChrystal trusted that if Chris wasn't qualified, then he wouldn't have been nominated
Career goals --> Family situation (could it handle Chris working 24/7 for a year? --> What would Chris enjoy about it?
What sealed Chris earning the job? Chris being incredibly curious about wanting to fully understand how the organization runs at a high level. General McChrystal loved that about Chr…
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214: Jason Calacanis - How To Turn $100,000 Into $100,000,000 (Angel Investing)
17 juli 2017 · 1 uur 4 min
Episode 214: Jason Calacanis - How To Turn $100,000 Into $100,000,000 (Angel Investing) Lees meer
Jason Calacanis is a technology entrepreneur and an angel investor. The founder of a series of conferences that bring entrepreneurs together with potentials investors, he was a scout for top-tier Silicon Valley venture capital firm Sequoia Capital and frequently appears in the media. He is the author of a new book, Angel: How To Invest In Technology Startups - Timeless Advice From An Angel Investor Who Turned $100,000 into $100,000,000.
Episode 214: Jason Calacanis - How To Turn $100,000 Into $100,000,000 (Angel Investing)
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"I don't need to know if your product will succeed. I need to know if you will succeed."
Show Notes:
Sustained Excellence/Key Traits in the greatest Founders
Craftsmanship -- Making something, having attention to detail, understanding the why
Passion
Intentionality
Thoughtful - Do they know why they do what they do
As an investor, you need to ask short questions
"Small Mouth, Big Ears" -- LISTEN. Let the founder talk
Are they a missionary or a mercenary? Need to know
Why are they doing this?
They need to understand that it is really hard
Self awareness is a must -- Jason knows that he is a compulsive gambler. He has a risk taking approach. He likes having an edge.
But he also has "tilt control." He knows when to lay down a big hand (poker speak for when you have a big hand but still know it's not enough)
You need to know who you are and what you enjoy
"I love being the guy cutting a check for a founder that nobody else believes in"
"I win about once in every 40 investments. I was a poor kid from Brooklyn and now I'm extremely wealthy"
"I found a casino called Silicon Valley"
"There are a lot of really dumb people who are fabulously wealthy in Silicon Valley"
"Investing in this market is like being dealt the Ace of Spades"
Winning big poker hands against Daniel Negreanu and …