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463: Brady Quinn & AJ Hawk - Preparing Like A QB, Showing Love Through Discipline, & The Craziest Draft Of All Time
14 maart 2022 · 1 uur 22 min
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Brady Quinn set 36 records at The University of Notre Dame. He graduated from Notre Dame as one of their greatest football players ever. Along with the likes of Joe Montana, Tony Rice, and Rocket Ismail… He was drafted in the first round by the Cleveland Browns in the 2007 NFL Draft. He currently serves as one of the main analysts on Saturday's "Big Noon Kickoff" on FS1. He's one of the only people broadcasting both collegiate and NFL games. Now, he's on the radio every morning: "2 Pros and a Cup of Joe" show he hosts with LaVar Arrington and Jonas Knox.
AJ Hawk is the all-time leading tackler in Green Bay Packers history. He won a National Championship at Ohio State University and was voted captain of the Green Bay Packers Super Bowl-winning team in the 2010-2011 season. He was inducted into the Ohio State University Hall of Fame in 2019. Currently, he is a co-host on The Pat McAfee Show which airs weekdays on YouTube.
Notes:
Playing quarterback: "You can find the intangibles of being a quarterback in almost every profession in the world. There's nothing like it." – Brady Quinn
You must be efficient and effective as a communicator.
You have to prepare for all of the "what if" scenarios - "Have a plan, work the plan, plan for the unexpected."
You have to be a great listener
You need to be curious to ask the right questions
"The quarterback runs the show. They need to be the person that you can go to when there are problems." - AJ
Why has AJ resonated with viewers on The Pat McAfee Show:
"You're relatable. People liked you for being a Super Bowl-winning linebacker, but they didn't know you then. They get to know you now on your show and they see that you're like them. They can relate to you." - Brady
Dad Life - "Discipline is love. Do the hard thing. Don't take the easy way out." - Brady
The Fiesta Bowl - AJ (the All…
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462: Max Lugavere - How To Become Smarter, Happier, & More Productive While Protecting Your Brain for Life
7 maart 2022 · 1 uur 14 min
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Max Lugavere is the author of the New York Times best-seller Genius Foods: Become Smarter, Happier, and More Productive While Protecting Your Brain for Life. He appears regularly on the Dr. Oz Show, the Rachael Ray Show, and The Doctors. His latest book is called Genius Kitchen - Over 100 Easy & Delicious Recipes to make your brain sharp, body strong, and taste buds happy.
"A healthy person has 100 wishes. A sick person has 1."
This subject became personal for Max when his mother, Kathy, was given a diagnosis of dementia, and he devoted himself to her care. She died in 2018. "Now that Mom is gone, I am even more obsessed with the topic."
Shop in the perimeter of the supermarket. Reach for nutrient-dense foods.
Lifestyle changes that will 10x the quality of your life:
Getting 8-9 hours of sleep instead of 4-6
Eating more animal protein (especially beef and eggs)
Less cardio, more strength training
Regular heat (sauna) and cold (ice bath/cold shower) stress
Daily sunlight
Intermittent fasting – instead of eating 16 hours a day, eat 8.
Drinking caffeine is "taking a loan out on energy from later in the day?" – Cortisol peaks in the AM. Wait 45 minutes after you wake up to drink caffeine. Stop drinking caffeine from time to time so that your body can reset.
Willpower is a finite resource. Create your environment to make good decisions.
Whole Foods - 3 Things to think about:
Protein - #1 satiating piece. Greek yogurt, beef jerky, eggs
Fiber - It stretches out your stomach. Helps fill you up. Greens, broccoli, whole fruit.
Water - Get hydrated.
Supplements - Protein shakes. Whey isolate. He uses muscle feast.
Most bread is not useful. It's ultra-processed food.
Alcohol - Most wine has a lot of sugar. Most alcohol does. Max drinks tequila.
Wake up, hydrate... "I'm up somewhere between 7 and 8. I don't use an alarm …
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461: Brad Meltzer - How To Tell Your Story, Respond From Rejection, & Love Your Work
28 februari 2022 · 1 uur 1 min
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Brad Meltzer is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Inner Circle, The Book of Fate, and ten other bestselling thrillers. He also writes non-fiction books like The First Conspiracy, about a secret plot to kill George Washington – and the Ordinary People Change the World kids book series. His newest thriller, The Escape Artist, debuted at #1 on the bestseller list. Brad is also responsible for helping find the missing 9/11 flag that the firefighters raised at Ground Zero, making national news on the 15th anniversary of 9/11. Former President George H.W. Bush also gave Brad, for the very first time, the secret letter he left for President Bill Clinton in the Oval Office desk. If you need a good cry, read this story about Brad reading to President Bush before he died. The Hollywood Reporter put him on their list of the 25 Most Powerful Authors, and he's been asked to serve as a member of the America250 Council, to celebrate the upcoming 250th birthday of the country.
Notes:
"Stories aren't the beauty of what did happen. They're the beauty of what could happen."
"For me, Superman's greatest contribution has never been the superhero part: it's the Clark Kent part - the idea that any of us, in all our ordinariness, can change the world."
The 3 things he tells his kids each night when he tucks them into bed:
Dream Big - Young people have the biggest and best dreams.
Work Hard - Your first book got 24 rejection letters. And in your TED Talk, you share the story of your Dad and how hard he worked (maybe open with this?). When you were writing your 9th book, your book of heroes for your soon. A story about The Wright Brothers… Every time The Wright Brothers would go out to fly their plane, they would bring enough extra materials for multiple crashes. Every time they went out, they knew they would fail. And they would cra…
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460: Jane McGonigal - How To See The Future & Be Ready For Anything
21 februari 2022 · 1 uur 1 min
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Jane McGonigal, PhD is a world-renowned designer of alternate reality games — or, games that are designed to improve real lives and solve real problems. She believes game designers are on a humanitarian mission — and her #1 goal in life is to see a game developer win a Nobel Peace Prize. She is a two-time New York Times bestselling author: Reality is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change the World and SuperBetter: The Power of Living Gamefully. Her TED talks on how games can make a better world and the game that can give you 10 extra years of life, are among the all-time most popular TED talks, and have more than 15 million views.
Jane dedicates this book to her sister Kelly... "who lives six minutes in the future." They are twins.
"It's so helpful having her. If she can achieve something (TED Talks, Books), I could do it too."
Being able to predict the future is not enough. You have to be bale to pre-feel it.
Write down your long term plans. "Talk about a world you want to wake up in."
"Any useful idea about the future should sound rediculous initially."
"The best way to predict the future is to invent it."
How to think like a futurist?
In the corporate world... Carve out a role for yourself to fight short-terminism. Fight short term thinking. Play the long game.
Create future planning habits in your organization.
Dare to daydream.
Take ownership - Create moments of joy... Be of service to others.
A 30 second practical activity:
Imagine 10 years from now... Where are you? What woke you up? Who are you with?
The 3 questions to give you a baseline sense of your "future mindset"
When you think about the next 10 years, do you think things will mostly stay the same and go on as normal? Or do you expect that most of us will dramatically rethink and reinvent how we do things?
When you think about ho…
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459: Josh Peck - Using Humor To Connect, Making The Big Ask, & The Power Of Vulnerability
14 februari 2022 · 1 uur
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Josh Peck is an actor, comedian, author, entrepreneur, and YouTuber. He began his career as a child actor in the late 1990s and early 2000s and had an early role on The Amanda Show from 2000 to 2002. Josh rose to prominence for his role as Josh Nichols alongside Drake Bell's character in the Nickelodeon sitcom Drake & Josh. Josh Peck provided the voice of Eddie in the Ice Age franchise since Ice Age: The Meltdown and voiced Casey Jones in the Nickelodeon animated series Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. He also starred with John Stamos in the Fox comedy series Grandfathered. In 2017, Josh started a comedic lifestyle YouTube channel, Shua Vlogs, featuring his wife Paige O'Brien, David Dobrik, and many of the vlogsquad members. His new book is called Happy People Are Annoying.
Notes:
"Do good things and don't get caught doing them."
Be of service to others. It seems when we focus on doing good things, good things seem to happen.
When Josh was 8 years old, he felt powerless, insecure, and uncomfortable. He was having a family dinner during the holidays... He decided to commit fully to telling a joke. And he earned his first real laugh from his family. At that moment he said, "I decided what I wanted to do with my life." He became a stand-up comedian and eventually an actor.
"Laughing is uncontrollable. It's so honest."
How to add humor to your business meetings?
"The only thing more compelling than a joke is honest vulnerability. Being willing to call yourself. Be human."
That vulnerability will bring people closer to you.
The power of listening:
It helps you constantly make adjustments. Be open, free in the moment.
Humor, acting, or leadership... All of those are acquired skills. You have to have the willingness to be bad at it first to get good at it later.
Using a chip on your shoulder as motivation?
It can work in the…
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458: Gary Burnison - The Five Graces Of Life & Leadership (CEO of Korn Ferry)
7 februari 2022 · 1 uur 1 min
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Gary Burnison is the CEO of Korn Ferry. Under his leadership, Korn Ferry has been transformed into a global organizational consulting firm with nearly 9,000 colleagues. Burnison is the author of seven leadership and career development books, including a New York Times bestseller.
Notes:
In his early days as a CEO, a member of Gary's board who was mentoring him, looked him in the eye and said, "I don't just want you to be successful—I am going to ensure that you are successful." Gary was moved by words. Looking back now, he sees that moment as a gift of grace.
How he built a career from an entry-level worker to the CEO of a 9,000 person company:
Humility and hustle drive careers forward
To learn, you must be humble and self-aware.
Hiring decisions:
"I higher for hunger over pedigree."
The Five Graces of Leadership:
Gratitude―the attitude that elevates our spirits, boosts morale, and lifts our hearts
Resilience―the quality that allows us to achieve beyond our wildest dreams
Aspiration―the knowledge that we can make tomorrow better than today
Courage―the ability to understand and move beyond our fears
Empathy―the understanding needed to connect with others from their perspectives
The most impactful leaders have four key skills:
Adaptability: Being comfortable with unanticipated changes and diverse situations; being able to adjust to constraints and rebound from adversity.
Curiosity: Approaching problems in novel ways; seeing patterns and understanding how to synthesize complex information; having the desire to achieve a deep understanding of things.
Detail-oriented: Having the ability to systematically carry out tasks as assigned, with an understanding of the procedures and the importance of exactitude.
Tolerance of ambiguity: Being comfo…
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457: Ken Blanchard - Creating Magical Moments, Building Trust, & Simple Truths Of Leadership
31 januari 2022 · 1 uur 1 min
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Dr. Ken Blanchard is one of the most influential leadership experts in the world and is respected for his years of groundbreaking work in the fields of leadership and management. He's written 60+ published books... Most notably, The One Minute Manager has sold over 15 million copies.
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he One Minute Manager:
1 Minute goals – All struggles go back to one simple thing: communication. Set 3 goals for each employee. Write each of them down in 350 words or less.
1 Minute praisings ("catch people doing the right things") – Do this immediately following good work. Don't wait (you might forget). Be specific in your praise.
1 Minute reprimands (later changed to 1 Minute re-directs) - Address this immediately after it happens. Be very specific.
"Teach people the power of love instead of the love of power."
"Life is what happens to you when you're planning on doing something else."
What made The One Minute Manager catch on?
It was a parable. Those were rare at that time. It was a short book. A quick read.
He started his company in 1979. Charles Schwab told him to name the company after himself... Thus, "The Ken Blanchard Companies" was started.
It helped that YPO adopted them quickly.
"All good performance starts with clear goals."
Create magical moments – For his wife, Margie's 80th birthday party, They rented a big house in Hawaii for a week surrounded by the people they love. How can you create magical moments?
Ken has written 65 books... Only 2 of them by himself. He likes to write with others.
Profit is the applause you get for creating a great environment for your people.
Expectations:
You get what you expect.
Humility - Be there to serve others. Humility does not mean you think less of yourself. It means you think of yourself less.…
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456: Daniel Pink - How Looking Backwards Moves Us Forward (The Power Of Regret)
24 januari 2022 · 1 uur 5 min
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Daniel H. Pink is the author of seven books, including the forthcoming The Power of Regret: How Looking Backward Moves Us Forward (Riverhead, 2022). His other books include the New York Times bestsellers When and A Whole New Mind — as well as the #1 New York Times bestsellers Drive and To Sell is Human. Dan's books have won multiple awards, have been translated into 42 languages, and have sold millions of copies around the world.
Notes:
The truth: We regret inactions much more than actions.The lesson: Be bold. Take that chance. In a world full of talkers, be a doer. Have a bias for action.
The 3 keys to a productive achiever: empathy/compassion, curiosity, doggedness (consistency).
We overvalue intensity and undervalue consistency and doggedness. Continue to show up and do the work.
The four core regrets:
Foundation regrets - People want stability. (save money, plan for the future)
Boldness regrets - "If only I'd taken that chance." People regret not taking the chance.
Moral regrets
Connection regrets
The truth: We deeply regret not asserting ourselves. The lesson: Speak up.
Optimizing Regret: Our goal should not be to always minimize regret. Our goal should be to optimize it. By combining the science of anticipated regret with the new deep structure of regret, we can refine our mental model.
"Regret makes me human. Regret makes me better. Regret gives me hope."
This is a great exercise. Instead of a New Year's resolution, choose a single word to guide your 2022. After 2 years of upheaval, it can help you focus on the goals & changes most important to you. Dan's choice? Restore.
The Dan Pink family acronym: HAHU - Hustle. Anticipate. Heads up.
Big life decisions:
Maximizers and satisficers
Know when to maximize and when to satisfy. For l…
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455: Oliver Burkeman - How To Think About Productivity... Time Management For Mortals (4,000 Weeks)
17 januari 2022 · 1 uur 4 min
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Oliver Burkeman is the author of Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management For Mortals. It's a book that has become an international best-seller.
The final person Oliver thanked in his book? His grandmother: "My dear grandmother Erica Burkeman, whose childhood departure from Nazi Germany I describe in chapter 7, died in 2019 at the age of 96. I don't know whether she would have read this book, but she would definitely have told everyone she met that I had written it."
The average human lifespan is absurdly, insultingly brief.
If you live to be 80, you'll have had about 4,000 weeks. But that's no reason for despair.
Confronting our radical finitude – and how little control we really have – is the key to a fulfilling and meaningfully productive life.
When someone close to you dies, Oliver writes, "Such experiences, however wholly unwelcome, often appear to leave those who undergo them in a new and more honest relationship with time. The question is whether we might attain at least a little of that same outlook in the absence of the experience of the agonizing loss."
When stumped by a life choice, choose "enlargement" over happiness. Don't ask: Will this make me happy?", but "Will this choice enlarge me or diminish me?"
The future will never provide the reassurance you seek from it. (This is why it's wrong to say we live in especially uncertain times. The future is always uncertain; it's just that we're currently very aware of it.)
Embrace radical incrementalism - People who work a little bit every day tend to cultivate the patience it takes to get good.
Oliver tells the old parable about a vacationing New York businessman who meets a Mexican fisherman…
The capacity to tolerate minor discomfort is a superpower.
The solution to imposter syndrome is to …
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454: Jim Levine - A Conversation With My Literary Agent (How To Write A Great Proposal)
10 januari 2022 · 49 min
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Jim Levine has been a literary agent for more than 30 years. Some of his agency's clients include Ray Dalio, Scott Galloway, Jay Shetty, Gillian Flynn (author of Gone Girl), Satya Nadella (CEO of Microsoft), Tom Brady, & Giselle Bundchen among others… He also is my book agent and he brokered the deals for my book deals for both Welcome To Management AND The Pursuit of Excellence with McGraw-Hill.
Notes:
Early in my podcasting career, I asked all authors I recorded who the best book agent was... And many of them said, Jim Levine.
"Being an agent is a continuing liberal arts education, it's an opportunity to engage with experts and thought leaders in a wide variety of fields and help shape their work to reach the broadest possible audience."
Jim has written and published 7 books and over 100 articles for professional magazines… He's won awards for his work as a writer.
He's the founding director of The Fatherhood Project – A 20-year long foundation-supported initiative to increase men's involvement in childrearing in all segments of society.
Jim takes us inside the process from book proposal, selling to a publisher, and ultimately getting the book published.
"Being an agent is so much more than just selling the book. The relationship is so much more intimate. You have to care."
Building a company and a culture of growth...
The best book proposals he's read:
The Master Algorithm -- Pedro Domingos
Welcome To Management
Smartcuts by Shane Snow
Jim has spent most of his career putting together ideas, people, and money; identifying, nurturing, and marketing talent; and creating projects that make a difference.
Jim graduated Phi Beta Kappa, magna cum laude from Amherst College, winning Woodrow Wilson, Fulbright, and Ford Foundation Fellowships. He holds two advanced degrees in English Literature from U…
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453: Dr. Gary Chapman - The 5 Love Languages, Resolving Conflict, & Building Trust
3 januari 2022 · 46 min
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Gary Chapman, PhD, is the author of the bestselling The 5 Love Languages® series, which has sold more than 20 million worldwide and has been translated into 50 languages. Dr. Chapman travels the world presenting seminars on marriage, family, and relationships, and his radio programs air on more than 400 stations.
Notes:
The Five Love Languages:
Words of Affirmation - Words of affirmation is about expressing affection through spoken words, praise, or appreciation. When this is someone's primary love language, they enjoy kind words and encouragement.\
Quality Time - For those who identify with quality time as their love language, love and affection are expressed through undivided attention. This means putting down the cell phone, turning off the tablet, making eye contact, and actively listening.
Physical Touch - A person with this love language feels loved through physical affection.
Acts of Service - For acts of service, a person feels loved and appreciated when someone does nice things for them, such as helping with the dishes, running errands, vacuuming, or putting gas in the car.
Receiving Gifts - Gift-giving is symbolic of love and affection for someone with this love language. They treasure not only the gift itself but also the time and effort the gift-giver put into it.
My personal Love Language assessment results:
Quality Time: 37%
Words of Affirmation: 33%
Acts of Service: 20%
Physical Touch: 10%
Receiving Gifts: 0%
We all express and receive love differently. Consequently, understanding those differences can make a serious impact on your relationship. According to Dr. Chapman, this exercise is one of the simplest ways to improve your relationshi…
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452: Debbie Millman - Visual Storytelling, Building Your Brand, & Fostering Your Creativity
27 december 2021 · 49 min
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Debbie Millman has been named "one of the most creative people in business" by Fast Company, and "one of the most influential designers working today" by Graphic Design USA, Debbie Millman is also an author, educator, curator, and host of the podcast Design Matters.
Notes:
Visual Storytelling is the art of using language and images to convey a narrative account of real or imagined events.
How to make an effective presentation? You must know it thoroughly. Practice, rehearse. Get to the point where you can let it flow when you're in it.
Don't just read what's on the slide. Use at most one sentence. Use images to help reinforce your message
"Life is so difficult when you don't know what you're talking about."
Ideas are easy... Strategies are hard. You need to understand that a presentation is a performance.
Teaching forces you to learn your topic. If you want to learn about something, sign up to teach others about it.
"I once read that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. I fundamentally disagree with this idea. I think that doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results is the definition of hope."
"A brand is simply a set of beliefs. And if you don't create a set of beliefs around your products or services, well, you stand for nothing - you have no values and no vision."
"Actually - and ironically - people aren't really interested in a new brand form or flavor as much as they are interested in how a brand can change, impact, or improve their lives. They want brands around them that make them feel special and provide some social cache or confidence."
Interviewing is like a game of billiards. Each question should leave you in a position to hit the next shot/ask the next question. Be overprepared so that yo…
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451: Rob Fitzpatrick - How To Talk To Your Customers, How To Ask Great Questions, & How To Be Useful (The Mom Test)
20 december 2021 · 1 uur 10 min
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Rob Fitzpatrick is an entrepreneur of 14 years and has written three books about his learnings along the way, including the best-selling handbook for doing better Customer Development, The Mom Test: How to talk to customers and figure out if your business is a good idea when everyone is lying to you. In 2007, he dropped out of grad school to go through YCombinator with his first startup, and has been building products and businesses ever since. Beyond software, he has also kickstarted a physical card game, built an education agency, and more.
Notes:
The 3 simple rules of the Mom Test:
Talk about their life instead of your idea
Ask about specifics in the past instead of generics or opinions about the future
Talk less and listen more
How to run better meetings:
Focus on who will be in your meeting and how to maximize the value they receive while there
Think about learning outcomes - How will you (as the leader) help them be wiser by going to your meetings
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450: Stan Johnson - Living Your Core Values, Building Culture, & Developing Leaders
13 december 2021 · 59 min
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Stan Johnson was hired as Loyola Marymount University's men's basketball head coach on March 20, 2020. The 2020-21 season saw meteoric growths across the board for LMU men's basketball. In his first season as head coach, Stan Johnson guided his team through the COVID-19 pandemic and posted a winning record in the WCC for the first time since 2011-12.
Notes:
"I escaped a war at 10. I come from really the gutter in this business. I don't come from a tree," "I was at gunpoint at 10 years old with 15-year-olds holding M16s. We got evacuated on a war jet on a mining strip. We came to this country with three bags. That stuff, I think, has helped shape me for this task that I have."
"That gives you empathy and understanding. It makes you relatable to all people."
"Being lazy is disrespectful to the people that believe in you." Focus on proving your supporters right. The people who love you and root for you. Prove them right...
The purpose behind "Coffee With The Coach" during COVID... I wanted to "Win The Wait." Don't just wait it out... Win the wait.
Culture is a set of behaviors... How do we want to behave? It's a life thing. It's not just a basketball thing.
Stan has weekly "Culture Meetings." Their structure:
Academic highlights
Habit share
Success hotline -- a pre-recorded hotline with a quote/saying
Thought of the day
What's happening in the world?
Culture emphasis of the day
Their core values:
Selfless - LM Over You. When you're truly selfless, you care about the greater good... It comes back to you
Connected - You need great relationships. Relationships over championships.
Relentless - Attack everything we do. It's not just basketball.
What do you want to be remembered for? Do your daily behaviors align with what you want to be remembered for?
Consistency is what tr…
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449: John Amaechi - The Traits Of Effective Leaders, Excellence Is In The Mundane, & Giving Proper Feedback
6 december 2021 · 56 min
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John Amaechi is an organizational psychologist, best-selling author, and CEO of APS Intelligence Ltd. In 2019, John was recognized as one of HR's most influential thinkers by HR Magazine. John is the first Briton to have a career in the NBA. John is a Chartered Scientist, a Chartered Fellow of the CIPD and a Fellow of the Royal Society for Public Health. He is a Research Fellow at the University of East London and his research interests are effective, inclusive leadership, building high-performing teams and organisational design that maximises productivity and human thriving in readiness for the future world of work.
Notes:
"Excellence is in the mundane." The hours and hours of work when no one is watching.
Effective feedback - If it's not developing them, it's not feedback. And feedback is never cruel. Ask, what can we learn from this?
The evidence-based traits he shared about effective leadership
"Promises have an enormous impact when kept by giants. And a devastating impact when broken. To keep these promises, unconditionally and persistently, is the duty and honor of being a giant."
"You can't be a part-time man of principle."
There is a difference between elite teams and a group of elite individuals. We want to build elite teams.
Look at how you reward people -- What gets measured, gets managed. Reward people for being great teammates.
People must earn and maintain their job titles.
Coaching leaders:
Start at the end - What does great look like?
Introspection - How well do you know yourself?
Pragmatic - Measure real progress
Introspective work - view yourself critically, but not cruelly
"You need people around you to be truly candid and caring."
John and his team take an analytical approach - "I have a geek squad and we analyze data."
They use expertise to provide commentary…
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448: Dr. Benjamin Hardy - How To Go From The Gap To The Gain, Choosing Your Who, & Setting Big Goals
29 november 2021 · 1 uur 4 min
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Benjamin Hardy is an organizational psychologist and the author of Willpower Doesn't Work and Personality Isn't Permanent. He also co-authored Who Not How with Dan Sullivan, which sold over 120,000 copies in the first 4 months of publication. Their most recent book is called, The Gap and The Gain. His blogs have been read by over 100 million people and are featured on Harvard Business Review, the New York Times, Forbes, Fortune, CNBC, and many others. For several years, he was the #1 most-read writer on Medium.com.
Notes:
The broaden and build theory — Dr. Barbara Fredeickson — shows that positive emotions are the starting point of learning, growth, and high performance
"Competing against someone else puts you in the gap. Your happiness as a person is dependent on what you measure yourself against." More specifically you measure your own gains, rather than worrying about other people.
When we measure ourselves against that ideal, we're in "the GAP." However, when we measure ourselves against our previous selves, we're in "the GAIN."
"This one simple concept is a masterclass on positive psychology, healthy relationships, mental well-being, and high-performance. Everything that psychologists know about how to create a high-functioning and successful person can be achieved using The GAP and the GAIN."
Who Not How -- Life is about surrounding yourself with the right WHO's. Who are the WHO's in your life to help you achieve what you want?
"Surround yourself with people who remind you more of your future than your past. —Dan Sullivan"
Commitment creates freedom -- Once the decision is made, then you can focus on the work. I like thinking of it that way and in a way it frees your mind when the decision, the commitment has been made.
"Your behavior doesn't come from your personality. Rather, your p…
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447: John McWhorter - Building A Diverse Team, Supporting The Black Community, & What Is Woke Racism?
22 november 2021 · 1 uur 1 min
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John McWhorter teaches linguistics, philosophy, and music history at Columbia University, and writes for various publications on language issues and race issues such as Time, the Wall Street Journal, the Daily Beast, CNN, and the Atlantic. He's also the author of many books including his most recent New York Times bestseller, Woke Racism - How A New Religion Has Betrayed Black America.
Notes:
How to change someone's mind?
"I try to understand where other people are coming from. I am not surprised by anyone. I think you need to listen to it from their point of view and not assume that anyone is crazy or evil."
John recommends pragmatic action against racism involving only three programs: an end to the war on drugs, teaching reading by phonics to children lacking literate households and, promoting the idea that not everyone needs a college education to succeed.
"I don't think of myself as brave. What I really am is a failed lawyer. My issue is if things don't make sense to me, I just want to try to make sense of it and I want people to understand what I mean."
John believes that affirmative action should be based on class, not on race.
What to do if your leadership team is not well represented by people of another race?
From John: "Don't hire a token black person. Don't hire someone just because they are black. They need to be qualified for the role."
Expansion from Dr. King's statement about judging someone for the content of their character rather than the color of their skin... "I agree with that, but I think you also have to look at class, and if they come from a poor upbringing."
John criticized the 2018 book White Fragility following its resurgence in sales during the George Floyd protests beginning in May 2020, arguing that it "openly infantilized Black people" and "simply dehumanized us," and "does not see fit to add…
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446: Fred Reichheld - Asking The Right Questions, Loving Your Customers, & Living A Meaningful Life
15 november 2021 · 1 uur 3 min
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red Reichheld is the creator of the Net Promoter Score system of management. Also known as "NPS." NPS is used in two-thirds of Fortune 500 companies. Fred has worked at Bain and Company since 1977. He is also the best-selling author of five books, including his most recent, "Winning On Purpose." Fred graduated with Honors both from Harvard College (B.A., 1974) and Harvard Business School (M.B.A., 1978).
Notes:
The ultimate question: "How likely are you to recommend this brand to a friend or colleague?"
Fred views "Net Promoter Score" as "Net Lives Enriched."
"At Bain, we came to realize through our own experience that the frontline team leader sets the tone, models the values, sets the priorities, and balances individual needs with team needs. Given this critical importance, we select leaders with great care and invest heavily in their training and coaching."
The difference between good profits and bad profits. Play the long game. It's not helpful to earn a profit from someone who had a bad experience.
Negotiation - Try to give the other person as much as possible. The story of the Costco CEO sharing the extra profits with others... Think about how you can do this in your negotiations with family, friends, and work colleagues.
The Costco leaders always think of how they can put they can love on their customers
How can you turn someone from a detractor to a promoter?
Pleasantly surprise your customer
The Certa Pro Painters example - They train their teams to seek out opportunities for acts of kindness. For example, when they are on a ladder up high painting a wall and notice a light bulb is out, they will put in a new light bulb (for free). They go out of their way to surprise and delight their customers.
Richard is a big believer in the golden rule: Treat others as a loved one sh…
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445: Gino Wickman - Do You Have What It Takes To Be An Entrepreneur?
8 november 2021 · 1 uur 3 min
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Gino Wickman is the author of the award-winning, best-selling book Traction: Get a Grip on Your Business, which has sold over 1 million copies, as well as five other books in the Traction Library that have sold almost 2 million copies.
Notes:
Keys To Sustaining Excellence:
Fanatical about excellence
Stamina
Endurance to stay with something
Drive - a desire to succeed, to win
Gino believes that entrepreneurship is nature, not nurture (you are born with it)
What's usually missing in someone who thinks they're an entrepreneur, but they're not? The ability to take a big risk.
Gino's dad was an entrepreneur. His two brothers are not.
Gino set a goal to be a millionaire by the time he was 30.
He achieved that goal... And then went broke two years later.
It took more than five years to create Traction. He worked with more than 50 companies testing the ideas. He eventually found patterns and trends.
Delegation -- Gino obsesses over delegating at least one task for the last 30 years. This has helped him scale his business.
The difference between a visionary and an integrator:
Visionary - Wild and crazy entrepreneur
Integrator - Run the day-to-day operations. Sometimes called the Chief Operating Officer.
How to run better meetings? Use the Gino Wickman Level 10 Meeting format:
Segue – Spend 5 minutes sharing one personal best and one professional best from the previous week. No discussion; just an announcement. This helps move your team from working "in the business" to working "on the business".
Review your company scorecard. This is a 5-minute high-level review to make sure your most important five to 15 numbers are on track. The person responsible for the number says whether it is "on track" or "off-track". If the number is "off", move that measurement to the Issues List portion of the agenda.
Rock review. Take 5 minute…
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444: Kirk Herbstreit - Honoring The Life Of Centerville Football Coach Bob Gregg
4 november 2021 · 40 min
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Kirk Herbstreit played quarterback at Centerville High School. He was a PARADE All-American and the Ohio Player-of-the-Year as a senior (1986) … threw for 1,298 yards and 10 TDs as a senior … also rushed for 576 yards and 16 TDs his final year … career totals of 55 TDs and 4,258 yards in total offense in two years as a starter … led Centerville to a 10-0 record as a junior … all-league in baseball. Currently, Kirk is the lead analyst for ESPN's College GameDay, a TV program covering college football and he is the #1 color analyst on college football games on ESPN and ABC. For his TV work, Kirk has won five Sports Emmy Awards. He is known as one of the best sports broadcasters of all time.
Notes:
"Coach Gregg was a legend on the field but so much more. He was TOUGH-DEMANDING-at times intimidating. But he taught us about TEAM-HARD WORK-PERSEVERANCE & SACRIFICE. Blessed to have him in my life."
"Part of what makes football great is what you learn playing it. Being selfless, learning how to go through adversity as a group, learning about perseverance."
When first meeting Coach Gregg, "I was like half scared and half man I want to play for this guy."
The Centerville Elks were about execution, work ethic, pride, and excellence.
"I thought... Mannnn, how lucky am I to be part of this program."
The summer workouts:
"The Monday's and Friday's were bad... The Wednesday with the circuits were DREADFUL. I was scared to death."
Coach Gregg had established the "decade of dominance" before Kirk was there. "You had an appreciation and you were in awe of him and the program."
"We thought, 'Am I going to be good enough to be part of this program?'"
"Those workouts broke me down... And then they built us back up."
"As a group, we went through torture, but we did it together. It created this unbelievable bond."
"Bob Gregg taught me so much…
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443: Rebecca Minkoff - The New Rules For Unlocking Creativity & Courage
1 november 2021 · 1 uur 2 min
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In 2005, Rebecca Minkoff designed her first handbag, which she dubbed the "Morning After Bag. This iconic bag ignited Rebecca's career as a handbag designer and inspired the brands' expansion into a lifestyle brand in the years to come. Actress Jenna Elfman wore her "I Heart New York" shirt on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. Today, Rebecca Minkoff is a global brand with a wide range of apparel, handbags, footwear, jewelry, timepieces, eyewear, and fragrance.
When Rebecca was 8 years old, she wanted her mom to buy her a dress. Her mom said, "no, but I'll teach you to sew." From that point, Rebecca was fascinated with the idea of buying things for herself.
Rebecca doesn't love the word "mentor." She was forced to learn by doing.
She moved at age 18. Became an intern and then a designer. Eventually, she started her own business.
When Jenna Elfman wore her I heart NYC shirt on Jay Leno's show, it got her foot in the door.
"When Jenna asked if I could make her a handbag, I lied and said I could do it."
"I think everyone should get cozy with failure."
Self Care: "Work can be self-care, too." She's particularly resistant to the notion that self-care can solve burnout — the feeling of acute exhaustion that has gained more attention recently. "There is no scented candle in the world that will make that feeling go away." Self-reflection cures burnout, she argues, not self-care.
"You don't need to ask for permission. Don't seek permission. Just go for it."
Rebecca learned from her mom to be genuinely herself. "I learned to be tough, resilient, and fight back from my mom."
"Don't get scared to lead with strength."
"Trying hard is not good enough. You must get results."
Advice for future generations? "There are no shortcuts."
"Failure is like a muscle. Sometimes you win, sometimes you learn."
"Success is…
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442: Randall Stutman - How To Become An Admired Leader
25 oktober 2021 · 1 uur 12 min
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Dr. Randall Stutman is a leadership scientist dedicated to exploring the behaviors and routines of extraordinary leaders. Labeled by Goldman Sachs as the most experienced advisor and executive coach on Wall Street, he has served as a Principal Advisor to more than 2,000 Senior Executives, including 400 CEOs. His work as an advisor and speaker has taken him to the White House, West Point, the Olympics, and the Harvard Business School. Randall is the founder and co-head of the Leadership Practice at CRA. and the Admired Leadership Institute.
Notes:
The three types of leaders:
Result Leaders: People who achieve the company's goals
Followers Leaders: People who are loved by their subordinates
Admired Leaders: People who both achieve results and are loved by subordinates
Admired leaders aren't just admired in the workplace, they're admired by friends, family, neighbors, and basically everyone they interact with...
"It applies to everything. Leadership is leadership and it applies to every aspect of your life."
A great way to spread positively is through third-party praise. Say something nice about someone to another person and eventually, the positive comment will make its way to the individual mentioned.
Excellence:
Optimistic
Persistent
Focused
Sound judgment
Objective
Learning machines
Best coaching relationships: Created peer-like quality... You learn from each other
The best leaders? It's not about them. It's others focused
Leaders put other people up front. They lead from the back.
Leadership is making people and solutions better. Anyone can lead anytime they choose.
How does a 1:1 Leadership Coaching call go?
Catch up personally and professionally
Discuss critical episodes in the business
Walkthrough situations
Set agenda
Register - Keep notes, send follow-ups
Frequency of conversations with clients:
Every three wee…
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441: Liz Wiseman - How To Build Credibility, Solve Problems, & Multiply Your Impact
18 oktober 2021 · 55 min
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Liz Wiseman is the New York Times bestseller author of Multipliers, Rookie Smarts, and most recently Impact Players. She is the CEO of the Wiseman Group, a leadership research and development firm. Some of her recent clients include Apple, Disney, Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Nike, Tesla, and Twitter. Liz has been listed on the Thinkers50 ranking and named one of the top 10 leadership thinkers in the world.
Notes:
Habits of high impact players:
Learn the game
Play where they are needed
Play with passion
Impact players have a good internal locus of control. They believe they have agency in their life. They believe they are in charge of their life. Liz said, "You have a lot more power than you might think you have."
Neil deGrasse Tyson said, "what you know is not as important as what you think." If you aspire to have greater influence, start thinking like an impact player…don't just use the playbook. Adopt the impact player mentality as your ethos.
Many leaders commented how much they learned thru the process of answering questions. Teaching others can be one of the greatest tools for learning in the world...
Seeking feedback and guidance versus seeking validation. Impact players don't need validation. They crave feedback and guidance so they can continually improve.
Say less: Play your chips wisely - Before an important meeting, give yourself a budget of poker chips where each chip represents a comment or contribution to the meeting.
Be relevant, be evidence-based, be unique and additive, be succinct.
Building credibility with leaders and stakeholders:
Some credibility killers? Waiting for managers to tell you what to do, ignoring the bigger picture, tell your manager it's not your job.
Some credibility builders? Doing things without being asked, anticipating problems, and having a plan.
Instead of following your passi…
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440: Robert Greene - The Laws Of Power, Mastery, & Human Nature
11 oktober 2021 · 1 uur 21 min
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Robert Greene has written 7 international best-selling books focused on strategy, power, and seduction, including The 48 Laws of Power, Mastery, The Laws of Human Nature, and most recently, The Daily Laws.
Notes:
What matters is not education or money, but your persistence and the intensity of your desire to learn; that failures, mistakes, and conflicts are often the best education of all; and how true creativity and mastery emerge from all this.
Adapt your inclinations. Avoid having rigid goals and dreams. Change is the law.
Find inspiration from your heroes. Are there people whose work affects you in a powerful way? Analyze this and use them as models.
Trust the process. Time is the essential ingredient of mastery. Use it to your advantage.
What The mentor needs - Find a master to apprentice under, but instead of thinking about how much they can give you, think about how you can help them with their work.
Learn by Doing -- The brain is designed to learn through constant repetition and active, hands-on involvement. Through such practice and persistence, any skill can be mastered.
Master your emotional responses - displaying anger and emotion are signs of weakness; you cannot control yourself, so how can you control anything?
Always Say Less Than Necessary. When you are trying to impress people with words, the more you say, the more common you appear, and the less in control.
Avoid the false alliance -- Cultivate real allies. No one can get far in life without allies. The trick is to recognize the difference between false allies and real ones. A false alliance is created out of an immediate emotional need. A real alliance is formed out of mutual self-interest, each side supplying what the other cannot get alone.
Despise the Free lunch - Learn to pay and to pay well. -- I find that the best clients don't haggle on price, t…
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439: General Stanley McChrystal - A New Way To Understand Risk & Master The Unknown
4 oktober 2021 · 59 min
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General Stanley McChrystal retired in July 2010 as a four-star general in the U.S. Army. His last assignment was as the commander of the International Security Assistance Force and as the commander of the U.S. forces in Afghanistan. He had previously served as the director of the Joint Staff and as the commander of the Joint Special Operations Command. The author of My Share of the Task, Team of Teams, and Leaders, he is currently a senior fellow at Yale University's Jackson Institute for Global Affairs and the co-founder of the McChrystal Group, a leadership consulting firm.
Notes:
Stan's mentor for his military career and still to this day: an Army officer with a thick southern accent, Major John Vines. His advice: "If there are 3 people responsible for feeding the dog, the dog is going to starve."
Stan graduated from West Point 31 years after his father did. Major General George Smith Patton (General George Patton's son) handed him his diploma. Stan wondered at that moment, what kind of leader you wanted to be. And he came up with, "a good one." Now the more fundamental question is "What do good leaders do?" Instead of just being a good leader, Stan desires to be an effective leader.
Effective leaders:
Tactically competent
Are morally good
Respected
They create an environment where others want to follow
They shape how people think and behave
People that others want to follow
Have high standards
Risk: in reality, risk is neither mathematical nor finite. Its impact depends to a great extent on how we perceive, process, and respond.
A healthy risk immune system successfully executes 4 imperatives: Detect, Assess, Respond, and Learn
"Risk comes at you from out of the blue, from every angle, when least convenient. There is a cost in becoming overly focused on risk and another at ignoring them. And the sweet spot between …
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438: Jay Williams - How To Reinvent Yourself (Life Is Not An Accident)
27 september 2021 · 1 uur 2 min
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Jay Williams is known as one of the greatest college basketball players of all time. At Duke, Jay won the Naismith College Player of the Year award, won the 2001 National Championship, and had his #22 retired. He was the second overall pick by the Chicago Bulls in the 2002 NBA draft. Now Jay works as a basketball analyst for ESPN, hosts a radio show, and is actively involved as an investor in the business world.
Notes:
Jay starts by describing the terrifying night when he wrecked his motorcycle which led to the end of his playing career…
Coach K flew a private plane to be with Jay in the hospital right after his motorcycle accident. He gave him a rosary and said, "you're going to give that back to me when you play again." Jay learned a valuable leadership lesson in that moment. Great leaders create hope. They give people something to strive for. "He gave me a reference point to look forward to."
Communication: As a leader, you need to initiate a conversation with each person you're leading. You can't just lead one generic way. You need to get to know each person for who they are. Ask questions about them. Get to know them.
Jay's mom said, "Life isn't interpreted by headlines." There is context to things. Jay learned from his mom to have a drive for knowledge and education.
Legacy: "Impact is what I want my life to be."
Coach K: "I was coached by one of the great minds at coaching life. He's a life leader."
"I chose Duke because I wanted to be a king among kings."
When Jay got drafted by the Chicago Bulls, he asked to have Michael Jordan's locker. It had not been used by anyone until that moment. "Heavy is the head that wears the crown."
Preparation process - It never turns off. Always working on preparing for his work. Jay Bilas called all the prep the parachute. You don't want to need it, but you know it's there in case y…
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437: Ryan Holiday - Fortune Favors The Brave (Courage Is Calling)
20 september 2021 · 1 uur 1 min
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Ryan Holiday is the best-selling author of more than 10 books including The Obstacle Is The Way, Ego Is The Enemy, and most recently, Courage Is Calling. He's sold millions of copies and his work impacts leaders all over the world.
Notes:
A philosophy of offense. General James Mattis was once asked by a tv reporter, "what keeps you up at night?" And he said, "I keep people up at night." Captured his philosophy of offense (a bias for action… People who make it happen)
Preparation makes you brave. —- the Army life handbook that was handed out to millions of soldiers in the Second World War. All about preparation. As Epictetus says the goal when we experience adversity is to be able to say, "this is what I've trained for, for this is my discipline."
Never question another man's courage. "It's very easy to judge. It's very hard to know." Waste not a second questioning another man's courage. Put that scrutiny solely on your own.
Be strong and of good courage. We hear in the book of Joshua. William Faulkner said "be scared. You can't help that. But don't be afraid."
You can't spend all day in deliberation — the story of a Spartan king who was marching across Greece. As he entered each new country, he sent envoys to ask whether he should be prepared to treat them as friends or enemies. Most of the nations decided quickly and chose friendship. But one king wanted to think about his options. So he thought and thought and thought until it was chosen for him. "Let him consider it then," the frustrated Spartan General said as he fixed his jaw. "Which we March on." Even if you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice. You are voting to let them decide.
The power of poise — in the year 175, Marcus Aurelius was betrayed by his general Avidius Cassius in an attempted coup. He could have been scared. He could have been furious. He c…
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436: John Bacon - Changing The Culture, Building Trust, & Letting Them Lead
13 september 2021 · 50 min
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John Bacon has written twelve books on sports, business, health, and history, the last seven all National Bestsellers. His latest book is "LET THEM LEAD: Unexpected Lessons in Leadership from America's Worst High School Hockey Team."
Notes:
Be Patient with Results, Not Behavior - Accept where you are to get where you want to go. Be present so you can own your attention and energy. Be patient and you'll get there faster. Embrace vulnerability to develop genuine strength and confidence. Build deep community over efficiency and optimization. Move your body to ground your mind
Reduce Your Rules, but Make Them Stick - Make your rules few, clear, and connected to your larger mission. They have to be within everyone's control to follow every day. When your people start enforcing the rules themselves, the culture has changed.
To make it special to be on your team, make it hard to be on your team. The people who apply to the Navy SEALS and the Peace Corps are attracted to the difficulty. They know not everyone can make it, and that's what makes it special
You can't motivate people you don't know - Leadership doesn't require rousing speeches; it requires that you get to know your people.
The more power you give, the more you get -Select leaders for their ability to lead, not their ability to do the job they used to have. Leaders must know their jobs, know how to do their jobs, know everyone else's jobs, and help them all do their jobs better! This is how you create "layers of leadership," which benefits everyone, and keeps you from burning out.
All credit goes to your people - If you give away the credit and accept the blame, you'll be rewarded with loyalty. If your team succeeds, you will always get more credit than you need. "The reward of a job well done is to have done it."
John's two initial goals when he took over the worst team…
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435: Johnny C. Taylor Jr - A Leader's Guide To Work In An Age Of Upheavel
6 september 2021 · 52 min
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Johnny C. Taylor, Jr., SHRM-SCP, is President and Chief Executive Officer of SHRM, the Society for Human Resource Management. With over 300,000 members in 165 countries, SHRM is the largest HR professional association in the world, impacting the lives of 115 million workers every day.
Notes:
"Crisis come and go, but our chance to demonstrate leadership skills is constant. In times such as these, Johnny abides by three key principles:
Culture comes first
Data is your greatest friends
Be "extra"
Mistakes made by Chief Human Resource Officers:
RULES: CHROs who fail emphasize rules over solutions.
ROLES: CHROs who fail develop an instinctual approach to solidifying their role, necessitating constant validation
RELATIONSHIPS: CHROs who fail prioritize relationships (when hiring) above results or data.
RIGHTEOUSNESS: CHROs who fail need to be right at all times without accounting for other perspectives
"Culture is the cure amid chaos" -- At SHRM, they've defined themselves by their guiding principles:
Bold Purpose
Excellence & Accountability
Flexibility & Agility
Smart & Curious
Collaborative Openness
How Johnny earned the CEO role?
He's had a wide range of jobs: Lawyer, a business leader in 'for-profit,' business leader in non-profit, understands being responsible for his own Profit and Loss of a business
Since Johnny was seven years old, he knew he wanted to be a lawyer
Why leaders need to become excellent writers and speakers:
Inspiring employees has become table stakes to be an excellent leader
How to work on this? READ. Johnny regularly reads with his 11-year-old daughter to help her work on this.
"Grammar matters. Typos matter. We judge people on those things."
Hiring: What does Johnny look for in a candidate to hire:
Technical competencies - They have to know how to do the job
Cultural alignment - We do no…
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434: Brad Stulberg - The New Science Of Peak Performance
30 augustus 2021 · 1 uur 6 min
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Brad Stulberg is the author of Peak Performance, The Passion Paradox, and The Practice of Groundedness. He coaches executives, entrepreneurs, physicians, and athletes. He is also co-creator of The Growth Equation, an online platform dedicated to defining and attaining a more fulfilling and sustainable kind of success.
Notes:
Build deep community over efficiency and optimization. It takes more time. It has a physical connection and a sense of belonging. Don't move so fast that you don't see people.
Keys to great leadership -- Look at the boundaries and create space for work to unfold. Don't be the helicopter parent or the micromanager. Don't neglect them, but ensure they have the space to grow and blossom.
Move your body to ground your mind - It's so important to have a physical practice. Make it part of your work. It needs to be in order to support your mental health.
The Milwaukee Bucks won the NBA championship. Their MVP leader, Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 50 points and helped his team win. But he may have earned even more fans when he was asked during a press conference how he keeps his mind right. His three-part answer, in his own words: "Focusing on the past is ego. Focusing on the future is pride. Focusing on the present is humility."
The six principles of groundedness:
Accept where you are to get where you want to go
Be present so you can own your attention and energy
Be patient and you'll get there faster
Embrace vulnerability to develop genuine strength and confidence
Build deep community over efficiency and optimization
Move your body to ground your mind
Trying to be "balanced" does not work. When you care deeply about something it draws you in. That's the point. You don't need to force some kind of proportionate allocation of your life. Aim for the self-awareness to PRIORITIZE and CHOOSE how you spend your t…
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433: Sahil Bloom - The Qualities Of A Great Coach, Investing In Leaders, & Being Positive Sum
23 augustus 2021 · 59 min
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Sahil Bloom is a writer who attempts to demystify the world. He's an investor, advisor, and creator. As a pitcher at the University of Stanford, he once gave up a grand slam on ESPN in 2012 and he's still waiting for it to land. Sahil is an angel investor in 25+ startups across the technology landscape. In this capacity, he works directly with entrepreneurs and founders to identify and execute against core value creation initiatives to build scalable, sustainable value for all stakeholders.
Notes:
Writing makes you better at everything you do. Writing is the best way to expose gaps in your thinking. When you write, you think better.
The makeup of a great coach - Never too big to do the small things. They push you beyond what you think you're capable of. Everyone should take a moment and say thank you to someone who has done this for them.
Learning Circles -- Develop a circle of people to collectively learn with. Push your thinking. I do this with my Learning Leader Circles and it's some of the most rewarding work I do.
Why the cheeky Twitter bio? ("Once gave up a home run on ESPN that hasn't landed yet"). "People take themselves too seriously."
The difference between big public failures and private ones: "I think private failures can shape you more."
Freshman year at Stanford was a grind... "I thought I was hot shit." "Are you willing to spring when the distance is unknown?"
It's all about how you bounce back from failures.
"You need to be able to take constructive feedback. You can't crumble."
Sahil asks, "What do I want to instill in my child?" Let them fail... It's the greatest experience.
Angel Investing - An individual who provides money to start-ups.
The "must-have" qualities in a person for Sahil to invest in them: Resilience and Grit. "You're going to get knocked around. They are willing to die before they'll fai…
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432: Sukhinder Singh Cassidy - How To Take Risks & Thrive (Even When You Fail)
16 augustus 2021 · 1 uur
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Sukhinder Singh Cassidy is a leading digital CEO and entrepreneur with more than 25 years of leadership experience founding, scaling, and advising companies including Google, Amazon, StubHub, Yodlee, and more. Most recently, Sukhinder served as the leader of StubHub, the premier global consumer ticketing marketplace for live entertainment, which she and her team sold for $4 billion in February 2020. Earlier in her career, Sukhinder built Google's business throughout Asia Pacific and Latin America.
Notes:
"Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome." - Samuel Johnson
"We think when we do nothing there is no cost." That's not true. There's a cost to standing still.
Proximity to opportunity benefits us even more than planning. Sukhinder moved to Silicon Valley in 1997. She rode the tailwind of the Internet and being at the epicenter of it all.
Prioritize the WHO before the WHAT.
As a leader, watch what you validate with your words and actions. Reward the behavior that you want. If you want to promote taking risks, then reward the people who do that. "You get what you create and what you allow."
At one point, Sukhinder went to her boss at Google (who worked with Eric Schmidt) and said, "I'm pregnant, I want to keep running international at Google. I need for you to pay for me and my nanny to travel the world business-class. And they said yes." BIG ASK.
She did the calculus and realized it was a reasonable ask. And they said yes.
Career path - "My career is not linear, it's cyclical. It has ups and downs. I've made 13 different meaningful choices along the way."
The myth that there is a linear relationship between risk and reward. Not all choices have an equal amount of upside and downside...
Sukhinder sas been on the board of Urban Outfitters with Scott Galloway:
Should you move to a bi…
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431: Melissa Urban - Overcoming Addiction & Creating A Life-Changing Business (CEO of Whole30)
9 augustus 2021 · 57 min
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Melissa Urban is the co-founder and CEO of Whole30, and a six-time New York Times bestselling author. She is is a prominent keynote speaker on social media and branding, health trends, and entrepreneurship.
Notes:
"I'll Go First" -- As Leaders, it's on us to do the hard thing first. Be vulnerable first. Trust first. That mindset will serve us well
"I decided to look for evidence that I was already a healthy person with healthy habits." and that helped form her identity.
Whole30 -- The Whole30 is not a diet, a weight-loss plan or quick fix – it's designed to "change your life," the founders say, by eliminating cravings, rebalancing hormones, curing digestive issues, improving medical conditions, and boosting energy and immune function.
"You can think of the Whole30 like pushing the reset button with your health, habits, and relationship with food."
"For 30 days, you'll eliminate the foods that scientific literature and our clinical experience have shown to be commonly problematic in one of four areas — cravings and habits, blood sugar regulation and hormones, digestion, and immune system, and inflammation
"The food you eat either makes you more healthy or less healthy. Those are your options."
"You cannot "out-exercise" poor food choices and the resulting hormonal disruption."
The diet culture has been beaten into our heads and can make us feel disempowered
This helps you take back the power. It's not a diet. Not a quick fix. It helps you figure out what works for you.
Melissa always buys herself flowers... Take care of yourself first.
Must-Have leadership qualities in someone Melissa hires:
"I hire for talent, not skill."
Entrepreneurial spirit -- "I want them to take ownership."
Ambitious - "They need to want to grow and learn."
Sharing pictures on social media that are not airbrushed or edited:
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430: Matthew Dicks - Change Your Life Through The Power Of Storytelling
2 augustus 2021 · 1 uur 12 min
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Matthew Dicks is a Bestselling author, a professional storyteller, and a teacher. He is a 52-time Moth StorySLAM winner & a 7-time GrandSLAM champion. He's recognized as one of the greatest storytellers in the world.
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Every great story is about a five-second moment of our life. The purpose of every great story is to bring a singular moment of transformation and realization to the greatest clarity possible.
"Let me tell you about my vacation to Europe" is not the beginning of a story, despite what many seem to believe. This is merely an attempt to review the itinerary of your previous vacation
But if someone said, "While I was in Europe, I met a taxi driver who changed the way I think about my parents forever," that is potentially a great story.
"People are not attracted to people who do easy things. They are attracted to people who do hard things. It's hard to be vulnerable. That takes courage. And that's why we are drawn to it."
Being vulnerable opens people up.
The beginning and end of a story:
Beginning - Promise that what I'm going to say is worth your time
End - The fulfillment of that process
How to put a great story together?
Start at the end... The five-second moment. "What are you aiming at?" You have to know that to craft the beginning.
Use a thesis statement -- "I used to be... and I realized..."
Jurassic Park is not a movie about dinosaurs. It's about love.
How to open a story:
Try to start your story with forward movement whenever possible. DON'T start by setting expectations ("This is hilarious, "you need to hear this," "you're not going to believe this.")
Requirements of a personal story:
Change - your story must reflect change over time. It can't simply be a series of remarkable events. Stories that fail to reflect change over time are known as anecdotes.
Your story only - not that of others
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429: Tim Grover - The Language Of Motivation, Confidence, & Winning (MJ & Kobe's Personal Trainer)
26 juli 2021 · 58 min
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Tim Grover is the CEO of ATTACK Athletics, Inc., founded in 1989. World-renowned for his legendary work with elite champions including Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant, Dwyane Wade, and hundreds of other NFL, MLB, NBA, and Olympic athletes. He is the preeminent authority on the science and art of mental and physical dominance and achieving excellence. He's also the bestselling author of W1NNING & RELENTLESS.
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Cleaners have the ability to achieve the end result over and over. Cleaners know who they are, they know the difference between criticism and feedback, they take control of their story. They know that there is always more to do.
The Language of Winning & Motivation - 'In the language of winning, there is no talk of motivation. "Motivation is entry-level, the temporary rush you get from eating too much frosting. Motivation is for those who haven't decided whether to commit to their goals, or how much time, effort, and life they're willing to invest to achieve them."
The Dark Side turns your anger into controlled rage. High performers know how to control and use their dark side to be in control. It's not evit. It's what's unique to you.
The vocabulary test Tim gives his -- "Describe winning in one word." Some of the answers he receives: Glorious, Euphoric, Success, Domination, Achievement. Not bad. The answers he receives from champions: Uncivilized. Hard. Nasty. Unpolished. Dirty. Rough. From Kobe? Everything.
"WINNING isn't heartless, but you'll use your heart less." Your mind must be stronger than your feelings. "Your feelings keep you in bed."
"You can't buy a map to the top. If you could, everyone would be up there. They're not. The steps to Winning are infinite, and constantly shifting."
"Winning requires you to learn, question what you learned, and then learn more."
How to push through when you feel bad? "You hav…
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428: James Clear - Asking Better Questions, Taking Action, & Doing A+ Work
19 juli 2021 · 1 uur 11 min
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James Clear is the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller, Atomic Habits, which has sold more than 4 million copies worldwide. His writing is focused on how we can create better habits, make better decisions, and live better lives.
Notes:
"My primary hope is that people find what I write to be useful. As long as someone is able to implement the ideas I share to get the results they want, then I feel like I've done my part to make the world a slightly better place."
"Working on a problem reduces the fear of it. It's hard to fear a problem when you are making progress on it—even if progress is imperfect and slow."
Action relieves anxiety. We often avoid taking action because we think "I need to learn more," but the best way to learn is often by taking action.
Lack of confidence kills more dreams than lack of ability. Talent matters—especially at elite levels—but people talk themselves out of giving their best effort long before talent becomes the limiting factor. You're capable of more than you know. Don't be your own bottleneck.
What looks like talent is often careful preparation. What looks like skill is often persistent revision.
You need volume before intensity. The bad days are more important than the good days. You need to maintain consistency.
Preparation for a lawyer:
Most cases are won long before you enter a courtroom. You must be willing to prepare.
Question James asks to those who are pitching him a TV show or movie for Atomic Habits:
What causes a similar show to succeed? ("I don't think people are serious enough about succeeding.")
"Having a plan almost always serves you even if it doesn't go according to plan."
A+ work - Good enough is ok for most things. For creators, doing A+ work is crucial.
Be "selectively ignorant." Ignore topics that drain your attention. Unfollow people that drain your energy. A…
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427 - Jay Clouse - Creativity, Community, & Commitment
12 juli 2021 · 1 uur 1 min
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Jay Clouse leads Community Experience for Smart Passive Income. He joined Smart Passive Income in December 2020 after SPI acquired his private community and virtual accelerator, Unreal Collective. You will notice it sounds different from all of my other episodes.
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Commitment: "You don't need to be uniquely talented or creative to make a living as a creator. But you need to be committed."
"A creator makes an asset for the purpose of being consumed and creating value for both the consumer and the creator." -- Leaders need to be creators -- They create/build culture. They need to be effective communicators, writers, they need to create a vision and inspire people…
The WHY: "I created Creative Elements to bridge the gap between art and business by talking to high-profile creators about the nitty-gritty of building their creative career."
Community - "A group of people with commonality – shared interests, values, or beliefs." -- Community traces back to the late 14th century, with both French and Latin roots. "Community" was used to describe "a number of people associated together by the fact of residence in the same locality" as well as "the common people."
Sales -- "Sales is a scorecard for storytelling."
Culture - "Culture is the sum of behaviors you tolerate and reward over time."
Patience & Commitment - "The effort of earning an independent income, regardless of path, takes a lot of patience and commitment. Those words aren't sexy and they aren't fast. But they are reliable."
In 2019, Jay produced a feature-length documentary called Test City, USA about the growing startup ecosystem in Columbus, Ohio.
A+ work - A Power law. The #2 result gets half as much as the #1 result. When creating something, shoot for A+ quality work.
The test: When someone sees it, they can't help but comment on it, share it, and tell their f…
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426: McKeel Hagerty - Life & Leadership Without Boundaries
5 juli 2021 · 1 uur 6 min
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McKeel Hagerty is the CEO of Hagerty. Hagerty is an American automotive lifestyle and membership company and the world's largest provider of specialty insurance for classic vehicles. He is the former Chair of Young President's Organization (YPO). YPO is a global leadership community of extraordinary chief executives — more than 30,000 members from 142 countries. McKeel is also a Co-Founder and General Partner at Grand Rapids, Michigan-based venture capital firm Grand Ventures.
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Arete is a concept in ancient Greek thought that, in its most basic sense, refers to "excellence" of any kind. This meaning was related to the idea of the fulfillment of purpose or function, the act of living up to one's full potential.
In his early twenties, Mckeel planned to be a Russian Orthodox priest. He earned his master's degree in theology from Saint Vladimir's Orthodox Seminary in Yonkers, New York.
Why McKeel tracks everything:
"I noticed that people who accomplished a lot kept track of their life." He tracks: sleep, exercise, diet, goals, and more
Think, "What am I trying to do?"
"We are in the golden age of habit formation."
"The best leaders are constantly looking for better ways to do things."
"Intrinsic motivation is imperative for happiness."
"I'm inspired by what I see in others." -- The spirit of the craftsman
In 1999, Hagerty had 35 employees... They now have 1,600.
The lightning bolt moment - McKeel went to a YPO branding conference at Nike. And learned about how Nike viewed branding.
"Nike is the spirit of the sport." -- Think more like a club than a company.
McKeel created a membership organization and media brand as part of his business.
Leadership "Must-Haves"
Growth mindset - you are not a finished product
"I don't believe in work-life balance. You get life."
Curiosity in the interview process
They need to unders…
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425: Jon Gordon - How To Be A Great Teammate (Row The Boat)
28 juni 2021 · 57 min
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Jon Gordon is the author of 23 books including 10 best sellers. His books include the timeless classic The Energy Bus which has sold over 2 million copies, The Carpenter which was a top 5 business book of the year, Training Camp, The Power of Positive Leadership, The Power of a Positive Team, The Coffee Bean, Stay Positive, and The Garden.
How to be a great teammate:
Put the team first
"We not me"
Superstars make the people around them better
Get tactical (be a great teammate):
Look for opportunities for the betterment of the team
Work hard, build a foundation of trust, communicate well, connect with each team member, CARE about them
Encourage means to "put courage into them."
"Leadership is a transfer of belief."
Use 'positive discontent." "Love tough instead of tough love."
"Trust is the currency of leadership."
Change Management (learned from Dabo Sweeney)
Know what the culture stands for
Know what you value
Set standards (non-negotiables)
Create your vision and purpose -- WHY are you doing it?
Get buy-in
Optimism and belief are vital
Must develop relationships
"People follow the leader first and the vision second."
Ask: "Are they connected and committed?"
A great leader wants their team members to get promoted
Culture is not static. It's dynamic. It must be built every day. "It's not one thing. It's everything."
Jon wrote The Energy Bus in three weeks. And it changed the trajectory of his life.
Don't be carrots or eggs... Be coffee beans. Be able to "transform the environment."
10 Life Rules of Row The Boat:
#2: Trained behavior creates boring habits, boring habits create elite instincts.
#3 You win with people, not just players--- people who make their life about others.
#5 The hardest part about being the standard is that you are the standard all the time.
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424: Bert Bean & Sam Kaufman - Rebuilding A Culture, Taking Risks, & The Next Step...
21 juni 2021 · 1 uur 12 min
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Bert Bean is the CEO of Insight Global. Insight Global is a 3.3 Billion Dollar staffing company that focuses on living its shared values and empowering people. started with Insight Global in 2005 as a Recruiter and has since worked his way up within the company, exemplifying Insight Global's "promote from within" culture. Bert was announced as Insight Global's CEO on January 13, 2018. According to Comparably, Insight Global and its executive team (led by Bert and Sam) have been rated as an A+ by their employees.
Sam Kaufman is the Chief Revenue Officer of Insight Global. Sam began his career at Insight Global as an Entry Level Recruiter in 2004, and he has earned many promotions throughout his career. Sam's mission day in and day out is to improve and grow as a leader in sales so that he can help his people develop personally and professionally.
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Don't Bury The Lede -- The purpose of this episode is to announce that we (Insight Global + The Learning Leader) are formally working together. Insight Global will be the presenting sponsor of all episodes moving forward and I will work with the leaders at Insight Global.
Changing the culture -- In 2017, employee turnover was 40%. Bert took over as CEO in January 2018. The current turnover is 14%.
Fortune Magazine ranked Insight Global as one of the best workplaces for both millennials and women.
70% of leadership promotions in 2019 were for women
The impact of episode #242 with Daniel Coyle
"A leader at a Private Equity conference told me to listen to your episode with Dan Coyle. I did and it changed the trajectory of our company."
Why Bert is a great CEO (according to Sam):
"Bert gives everything to his people. He wakes up at 4:00 am every day to handwrite notes to people. He cares so much about developing people."
Why Sam is a great leader (according…
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423: Julia Galef - Why Some People See Things Clearly & Others Don't
14 juni 2021 · 58 min
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Julia Galef is co-founder of the Center for Applied Rationality. She is the author of The Scout Mindset: Why Some People See Things Clearly and Others Don't.
Notes:
What is the scout mindset? "The motivation to see things as they are, not as you wish them to be."
The Scout Mindset allows you to recognize when you were wrong, to seek out your blind spots, to test your assumptions and change course. It's what prompts you to honestly ask yourself questions like "Was I at fault in that argument?" or "Is this risk really worth it?" As the physicist Richard Feynman said: "The first rule is that you must not fool yourself – and you are the easiest person to fool."
The three prongs:
Realize that trust isn't in conflict with your other goals
Learn tools that make it easier to see clearly
Appreciate the emotional rewards of scout mindset
She closes her TED talk with this quote from Antoine de Saint-Exupery: "If you want to build a ship, don't drum up the men to gather wood, divide the work, and give orders. Instead, teach them to yearn for the vast and endless sea."
"The biggest bottleneck is not knowledge. It's motivation. You need to cultivate the motivation to see things clearly."
"Julia Galef is an intellectual leader of the rationalist community, and in The Scout Mindset you will find an engaging, clearly written distillation of her very important accumulated wisdom on these topics." -- Tyler Cowen
We should assume that we are wrong. We need to build the skill to change our mind. "Our goal should be to be less wrong over time."
How do you work on this?
The key principle is the way you think about being wrong. "Don't accept the premise that being wrong means you screwed up."
Jeff Bezos left his job on Wall Street to start Amazon and acknowledged the uncertainty. He estimated that his idea had about a 30% chance to work.
The…
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422: Dr. Ron Friedman - How To Reverse Engineer Excellence
7 juni 2021 · 57 min
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Dr. Ron Friedman is an award-winning psychologist who has served on the faculty of the University of Rochester and has consulted for political leaders, nonprofits, and many of the world's most recognized brands. His first book, The Best Place to Work, was selected as an Inc. Magazine Best Business Book of the Year. His most recent book is called, Decoding Greatness: How the Best in the World Reverse Engineer Succes.
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When Michael Dell was 16 years old, his parents bought him an Apple Computer. And they were horrified by what he did next... He took it apart to learn how to build it. He was curious. Excellent performers don't passively observe. They take action.
When you encounter an awesome memo or speech, try to identify why it was remarkable... And then see how you can implement what you've learned to do the same.
Nature vs. Nurture? "It's both."
The stories we've been told are wrong: That it takes talent + practice. That's only part of the story.
It's thinking in formulas and becoming a collector.
"Identify what works and turn it into a template for yourself."
A presidential speechwriter like Jon Favreau (President Obama's speechwriter) would study the greatest presidential speeches in history as he wrote...
Reverse outlining - Take a finished product and reduce it to small paragraphs. Read the transcript and identify the emotion.
There are six main narratives for main characters...
The analysis comes after collection. Identify what's extraordinary... And then create a template. Create metrics and rate your work.
"Measurement begets improvement."
This requires a mindset of curiosity (like Michael Dell)
Think in "blueprints."
How does this work?
How do I recreate it?
President Obama initially was not a good politician... He observed pastors at churches. He started using repetition and pausing for effect to im…
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421: Sebastian Junger - Defining Freedom, Building Tribes, & Leading A Team
31 mei 2021 · 1 uur 4 min
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Sebastian Junger is the #1 New York Times Bestselling author of THE PERFECT STORM, FIRE, A DEATH IN BELMONT, WAR, TRIBE, and FREEDOM. As an award-winning journalist, a contributing editor to Vanity Fair, and a special correspondent at ABC News, he has covered major international news stories around the world and has received both a National Magazine Award and a Peabody Award. Junger is also a documentary filmmaker whose debut film "Restrepo", a feature-length documentary (co-directed with Tim Hetherington), was nominated for an Academy Award and won the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance.
Notes:
Human beings need three basic things in order to be content: they need to feel competent at what they do; they need to feel authentic in their lives, and they need to feel connected to others.
Definition of Freedom: "We walked 400 miles, and most nights we were the only people who knew where we were. There are many definitions of freedom, but surely that's one of them."
Running a company versus LEADING a company -- "You can run a company or lead a company. If you want to lead a company, you have to make sure that when things take a downturn, as the leader you'll be the first to experience the downside. Before jobs get cut, you'll take a pay cut, you will suffer with the people you lead." One great example of this is Chobani founder Hamdi Ulukaya. All employees are part owners of the company. He comes from a family of Nomadic Sheep farmers from the Turkish mountains. He learned a collective approach to life and work where he grew up.
"When people are actively engaged in a cause their lives have more purpose... with a resulting improvement in mental health."
How becoming a dad (at age 55) changed his life: "they are the point of life."
Sebastian's dad was a refugee from two wars... War has had a significant impact on his life.
As Sebastian g…
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420: Sean Covey - Disciplined Execution, 7 Habits, & Decision Making Tools
24 mei 2021 · 59 min
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Sean Covey is President of FranklinCovey Education. He is a New York Times best-selling author and has written several books, including The 6 Most Important Decisions You'll Ever Make, The 7 Habits of Happy Kids, and The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens, which has been translated into 20 languages and sold over 4 million copies worldwide. Sean's dad is Stephen R. Covey, the author of one of the most sold books of all time (more than 30 million copies), The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People.
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Sean played Quarterback at BYU -- Led the team to two bowl games and twice selected as ESPN's Most Valuable Player of the Game.
What he learned from his time as a QB:
How to prepare
How to "do hard things" - "Your zone of comfort expands because the hard things aren't as hard anymore."
Importance of a system - Rigorous practice, filming of the practice, reviewing of the work. Daily.
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People came out in 1989... It had a tepid release and then exploded. It changed the lives of the Covey family. Sean said his dad Stephen (the author of The 7 Habits) was "very genuine... A better husband and dad than a writer. H was very congruent. He had the power of principles. There was no hypocrisy."
How do you handle yourself when talking to a person who has a powerful position?
"Treat the garbage collector and the CEO with an equal amount of respect."
4 Disciplines of Execution:
Focusing On The Wildly Important Goals (WIG) - Exceptional execution starts with narrowing the focus— clearly identifying what must be done, or nothing else you achieve really matters much. -- Example: JFK has one of the best examples ever: "Send a man to the moon and return him home safely by the end of the decade." It was one goal. There was a starting line and a finish line.
Act on Lead Measures – Golden rule of execution: Identi…
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419: Scott O'Neil - How To Be Where Your Feet Are
17 mei 2021 · 1 uur 2 min
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The 3 things Scott told his daughter Kiraat a YPO event...
Family, Family, Family
It will always be ok. Things will go bad. It will be ok.
Anything, anytime - "you can always call, text, FaceTime, no matter what. I am here for you."
Scott's 4-part process to become more present:
Find perspective
Seek authentic feedback
Cultivate reflective strength
Love your leadership constitution
Public failure: Scott started a business with Seth Berger, founder of AND1, basketball shoes. HoopsTV. Raised $14 million from investors… Eventually failed, had to lay off 50 people, including his own brother(!)
The good old days are today (scene from the office (Ed Helms) Andy Bernard: "I wish there was a way to know you're in "the good old days" before you've actually left them."
Scott got fired from his role as President of Madison Square Garden. He says it was because he was "too busy being right instead of being effective."
Scott is a change agent and values performance more than experience
Watch the Battle at Kruger video (Scott shared this with the team)
"To do great things, you have to be confident"
Need to focus on "WMI." What's Most Important
"Work-life balance does not exist. Beware of the mediocre middle."
"Life is about tradeoffs"
The most effective leaders seek authentic feedback and are able to hear it.
Ask yourself, "Who have you connected to in the last month?"
Behaviors of Excellence:
Be your authentic self - "Be you. People follow authenticity."
Work unreasonably hard.
Intellectually curious - "The world is changing so fast."
Passionate - "Fall in love with it."
All executives at the Philadelphia 76ers are challenged to declare who they are at their core in the form of a leadership constitution. Anyone can—and should—create one by answering the following two questions: 1. I declare that I am... and 2. You can co…
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418: Mark Scharenbroich - How To Tell Stories That Move People (Nice Bike)
10 mei 2021 · 1 uur 4 min
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Mark Scharenbroich is an Emmy award winner, best-selling author, and hall of fame keynote speaker. He is known for his authentic delivery, his talent for delivering unique stories, and his comedic timing. He's the author of Nice Bike: Making Meaningful Connections on The Road of Life.
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Nice Bike. It's not a technique, it's a genuine interest in others and the willingness to acknowledge the talents and accomplishments of everyone.
The three parts to story-telling: Stories need to be unpredictable, they need to have a hook, and they have to have a cast of characters.
While in college at St Cloud State, Mark toured high schools and colleges with a comedy troupe called Mom's Apple Pie which helped him develop his comedic timing and ability to improv.
While on a trip to Washington DC with his dad, Mark witnessed his dad walking up to a couple of Vietnam veterans and saying, "Thank ya fellas. Welcome home." The moment was unforgettable to Mark as he witnessed what it meant to be grateful for others and to connect with them.
The "dark chocolate" that Mark's daughter gave to a struggling stranger at the airport. "We don't have to fix all the problems, but acknowledge others, see them, and try to connect with them."
The CEO of Cargill said it's not a secret what leaders need to do:
State where we're going
State how we're going to get there
Show that you have your team's back
Show that you care about your team as people
Leaders must always be in the trenches and learning... And work to create memorable experiences for the people they are leading
How to give a great toast at a wedding or eulogy at a funeral?
Remember it's not about you, it's about the bride and groom
Be story-driven
The power of three - "She's about faith, family, and friends" and then tell a short story about each of the three
What Mark learned from a "…
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417: Hubert Joly - How To Unleash Human Magic & Achieve Improbable Results
3 mei 2021 · 1 uur 3 min
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Hubert Joly is a senior lecturer at the Harvard Business School and the former Chairman and CEO of Best Buy.
He is the author of the upcoming book "The Heart of Business – Leadership Principles for the Next Era of Capitalism."Notes:
In May 2012. Jim Citrin, the leader of the CEO practice at Spencer Stuart, the global executive search company, asked Hubert, "Would you be interested in being the next CEO of Best Buy?
Issues at Best Buy were all self-inflicted. Hubert realized there was an opportunity to fix it...
Hubert's "5 Be's" of leadership are purpose, values, clarity, authenticity, and service.
"My purpose in life is to make a positive difference on people around me." - Hubert Joly
"If you cannot go outside, go inside. Leadership starts from within."
Work to be the best version of yourself
Ask your people, "What is your dream?" -- "My job as a leader is to help you achieve your dreams."
"We're the captains of our lives."
"Profit should be an outcome, not a goal."
The 3 imperatives in sequential order:
Great people
Great customers
Make money
Remember that 98% of questions that are either/or should be AND's...
Key Philosophy:
Pursue a noble purpose
Put people at the center
Embrace all stakeholders
Leaders must create the environment to unleash the magic
What Hubert learned at McKinsey:
The emphasis in the early years was on solving problems.
In 2012, when Hubert joined Best Buy, he hired an executive coach. Why? "100% of the top 100 tennis players have a coach." We all need a coach.
"It sends a powerful message when the CEO has a coach." It shows that he understands he needs help. We all do.
Must-Have leadership qualities:
Knowing people... Who are they? What drives them? How do they want to be remembered?
"Tell me about your soul" --
Accept imperfections of self and others
How to turn around a business …
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416: Greg McKeown - How To Make It Easier To Do What Matters Most
26 april 2021 · 1 uur 6 min
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Greg McKeown wrote the New York Times best-seller, Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less. As well as frequently being the #1 Time Management book on Amazon, this book challenges core assumptions about achievement to get to the essence of what really drives success. His latest book is titled, Effortless: Make It Easier To Do What Matters Most.
Notes:
Essentialism was about doing the right things; Effortless is about doing them in the right way...
The best free throw shooter ever is not Michael Jordan or Steph Curry… It's Elena Delle Donne. 93.4%. "If you keep it simple, less can go wrong."
The word NOW comes from the Latin phrase, novus homo, which means "a new man" or "man newly ennobled." The spirit of this is clear: each new moment is a chance to start over. A chance to make a new choice."
"Whatever has happened to you in life. Whatever hardship. Whatever pain. They pale in comparison to the power you have to choose what to do now."
The question to ask yourself: "What's something essential that you're under investing in?"
The second question is: How can you make that effortless?
Life changes the day you discover residual results
How to make it effortless? Create a routine so you don't have to think about it.
The competition to the South Pole -- The difference between Amundsen versus Scott
Amundsen -- 15 miles per day, no matter what. The "15 mile march."
Scott -- Push to exhaustion every day.
Amundsen and four others arrived at the pole on December 14, 1911. Five weeks ahead of a British party led by Robert Falcon Scott as part of the Terra Nova Expedition. Scott and his four companions died on the return journey. Amundsen made it to the South Pole and back to base camp without suffering a death in the party.
Consistency day in and day out help Amundsen "achieve the goal without particular effort."
Effortles…
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415: Suneel Gupta - How To Get People To Take A Chance On You
19 april 2021 · 1 uur 5 min
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Suneel Gupta is on faculty at Harvard University. He's the author of Backable - The Surprising Truth Behind What Makes People Take A Chance On You
Notes:
Let's start with the obvious -- when lots of people are applying for the same spot, you have to find a way to stand out. You can't just check a box, you have to leave an impression. (But backable people "go beyond Google" and dig for insights that other people interviewing for the job may not find. They talk to customers, they attend shareholder meetings, they test-drive the product. (But backable people "go beyond Google" and dig for insights that other people interviewing for the job may not find. They talk to customers, they attend shareholder meetings, they test-drive the product. )
Suneel comes from a family of highly backable people—including his mother, Damyanti Hingorani, the first woman engineer for Ford Motor Company, and his brother Sanjay Gupta, chief medical correspondent for CNN.
Reid Hoffman recruited Suneel to Mozilla...
Name someone early in your life who backed you. Call them and say 'thank you.'
Hire "high ceiling" leaders:
Suneel was a speechwriter in 2004. He was backstage at the Democratic National Convention. There was a State Senator from Illinois. Suneel watched him speak from behind the curtain. "He created an electric wave of energy when he spoke." It was President Barack Obama.
After that, Suneel became obsessed with following the work of the State Senator.
He studied President Obama's history and learned that he went from a dry speaker to inspiring through preparation and practice. He worked on his skill to communicate and got better.
The "It" quality -- People get a job because others want to take a chance on them. They're backable.
Specifics to make this happen:
Play exhibition matches -- Prepare, practice, rehearse
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414: Erin Meyer - How To Build A High Performance Culture (No Rules Rules)
12 april 2021 · 1 uur 6 min
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Erin Meyer is a professor at INSEAD, one of the leading international business schools. Erin conducted an in-depth study with Reed Hastings, Co-Founder and CEO of Netflix, investigating the underlying principles necessary for building a corporate culture that is inventive, fast, and flexible. The results of that research were published in their book No Rules Rules. In 2019, Erin was listed by the Thinkers50, for the second time, as one of the fifty most impactful business writers in the world and in 2018 she was selected by HR magazine as one of the top 30 most influential HR thinkers of the year.
Notes:
"Corporate culture can be a mushy marshland of vague language and incomplete, ambiguous definitions. What's worse, company values — as articulated — rarely match the way people behave in reality."
The Netflix culture deck. 127 slides originally intended for internal use but one that Reed Hastings (CEO) shared online in 2009. Sheryl Sandberg called it "the most important document ever to come out of Silicon Valley." Erin said "I loved the deck for its honesty. And loathed it for its content."
"If you want your culture to come alive, you need to avoid speaking in absolutes."
Instead, use either or…
Security or High Performance?
Candor or Comfort?
Why did the Netflix culture deck go viral?
"This is a company that tells the truth. It said what it believed. That is rare."
On May 31, 2015 you got a cold email from Reed Hastings (CEO of Netflix)… Reed told her that he read her book, The Culture Map, loved it, and was having his leadership team at Netflix read it.
Erin's biggest surprise during her time researching Netflix and writing with Reed?
"That management paradigms are hangovers from the industrial era. Previously, the #1 goal was error elimination. That isn't the #1 goal at Netflix. It's innovation."
Reed Hastings …