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413: Brook Cupps - Living Your Values: Tough, Passionate, Unified, & Thankful
5 april 2021 · 1 uur 16 min
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Brook Cupps is a leadership teacher and the coach of the Centerville High School basketball team. In 2021, he led his team to the first state championship in school history. He is best known as a leader who truly lives his core values. They are: Tough, Passionate, Unified, & Thankful.
Notes:
Brook's personal mantras:
Wolf - Wolves travel in packs. They are not good by themselves. They need the pack. BC needs people around him. Loves teams. "Wolves are more badass than lions or tigers. You don't see a wolf in a circus."
Chop Wood - "I've never viewed myself as talented, but I'm willing to work. We say chop chop. When things are going well, get to work. When things are bad, get to work. The connection is always back to work."
The Man In The Arena - "I had to develop this over time. The critics used to bother me and I would listen to them. It affected my confidence. I learned that the most important opinions are the people in the arena with me." Brene Brown - "A lot of cheap seats in the arena are filled with people who never venture onto the floor. They just hurl mean-spirited criticisms and put-downs from a safe distance. The problem is, when we stop caring what people think and stop feeling hurt by cruelty, we lose our ability to connect. But when we're defined by what people think, we lose the courage to be vulnerable. Therefore, we need to be selective about the feedback we let into our lives. For me, if you're not in the arena also getting your ass kicked, I'm not interested in your feedback."
Purpose - "My purpose is to inspire others to strive for excellence over success."
Self awareness leads to self confidence - Know who you are. Be comfortable with who you are. "You can't be tough alone. You need others."
Foxhole Friends - It takes time to build foxhole friend relationships. "With my foxhole friends, I can be complet…
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412: Kevin Sharer (Former CEO of Amgen) - What Operational Excellence Looks Like
29 maart 2021 · 58 min
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Kevin Sharer has a distinguished career as a successful CEO and Board Member. He is currently a senior lecturer at Harvard University Business School and continues to mentor a select number of senior executives. Either as a Chairman, independent director, or mentor, Sharer has been a part of more than 20 successful CEO-successor transitions. Kevin led Amgen for 20 years, first as President and then as CEO for 12 years. Under Sharer's leadership, the company achieved annual revenue of $16 billion with operations in 55 countries.
Notes:
"What Operational Excellence Looks Like"
Must know the details
Must have a listening system to know where problems brew
The leaders have a clear agreement with the team on what success is
A cadence of clear communication
The leader must embody the behavior... They are the model
Must have real empathy for people and care about them
The leader needs to assess when things go wrong so that they don't make the same mistake twice...
Kevin spent 110 days underwater in a submarine...
When he left the Navy, he knew he wanted to be a manager. He joined a program at AT&T to become one...
He had an ambition to rise high in an organization
Kevin's dad - A military aviator. His hero and role model. his dad cared a lot about leadership...
How did Kevin earn the CEO role at Amgen?
Spent 8 years as the President of the company. And "made it pretty obvious" to hire him for the CEO role
He consistently delivered results and formed a strong partnership with the CEO
How to sustain what's special about a company as it grows?
The book Built to Last by Jim Collins was very helpful....
How to create and live your values?
They are not defined by what's written down, it's the behavior of the people. And that starts at the top...
Understand what your real values are. If you don't believe in the values, you shouldn't w…
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411: Ryan Petersen (CEO of Flexport) - How To Build A High Velocity Team
22 maart 2021 · 1 uur 11 min
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Ryan Petersen is the CEO and Founder of Flexport. Prior to starting Flexport to fix the user experience in global trade, Ryan was co-founder and CEO of ImportGenius.com, a data-as-a-service business for global shipping. Flexport hit a $3.2 Billion valuation after $1 billion investment led by SoftBank.
Notes:
Excellence =
Curiosity - "It's a more fun way to live."
Learners
Appreciative
Have fun
"It doesn't have to be boring."
The importance of writing as a leader:
"I write a lot of essays. Some are published. Some aren't."
Communication:
"It's a huge part of the job of a leader."
For investor updates... "It's good practice."
Try to use humor, learn something new, don't be boring, get people "pumped up"
Raising money from investors:
"It's like your love life. You have to earn it. There are no shortcuts. You need to have a business that doesn't need them."
"We built a track record over the 15 years prior to raising money."
Masayoshi Son is the CEO of Softbank. He is a Japanese billionaire technology entrepreneur, investor, and philanthropist. Ryan met with him and earned a $1 Billion investment... Making Flexport worth $3.2 Billion.
Flexport became the fastest growing company in Silicon Valley.
Ryan wrote an essay about raising a lot of money so that they could ride out a "100 year storm."
How was he able to raise so much?
"Don't do an auction. I said, 'I'm only talking to you.' Create a win-win. See the world through their eyes."
Masa had written a 300 year vision. Ryan said, "The audacity to have a 300 year vision, it just resonated with me."
"One of our core values is to play the long game."
Flexport enables all parties to move large product around the world. It was born out of Ryan discovering the pain of shipping.
There is a lack of technology with freight forwarders. There was no culture of customer satis…
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410: Dustyn Kim - How To Stand Out & Speak Up
15 maart 2021 · 58 min
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Dustyn Kim is the Chief Revenue Officer at Artsy. Artsy is used by art lovers and collectors to discover, learn about, and buy art. Prior to working at Artsy, Dustyn was a senior executive at LexisNexis. While at LexisNexis, she was my boss! She is a rare combination of highly respected, extremely well-liked, and typically the smartest person of every room she walks in. I loved working for her.
Notes:
Excellence = Authenticity and team building. "A leader should be focused on building great teams."
What Dustyn learned from one of her favorite bosses, Kumsal Bayazit (the CEO of Elsevier)
"She was inspiring and very human. Work and life go hand in hand."
"When I got a senior leadership role, I didn't want a command and control organization."
What she learned from Sebastian at Artsy:
"He said to me, 'I advise, you decide.' That empowered me and gave me ownership of my decisions."
It's critical to empower others
What are must-have qualities in a leader?
Empathy - EQ + IQ
Communication skill - Set the vision and communicate that effectively to you team
Collaboration - Lead through influence. Cross team collaboration is key to getting things done.
How to collaborate better?
"Map out the key people you need to know and understand their goals."
Starting early:
"When I was 15, my dad woke me up and told me he was taking me to Wall Street for my first internship."
How to lead as a parent for you children?
"I try to introduce them to as much as possible."
"My job is to help you figure out what you love doing, but you have to show up and do the work."
Advice for women leaders?
"I don't love the advice from Sheryl Sandberg's "Lean In." It's really hard to have a full time job and travel a lot if you want to build a family. It's okay to slow down at times for your family.
"Kumsal wanted me to go for a big promotion when I ha…
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409: Adam Bryant - How To Conduct A World Class Interview
8 maart 2021 · 50 min
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Adam Bryant interviewed more than 500 CEOs for "Corner Office," a series on leadership that he created in 2009. Adam is the author of three books based on the themes that have emerged from his interviews and consulting work. His new book is THE CEO Test: Master the Challenges that Make or Break All Leaders.
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Interview style - Instead of asking them about strategies and industry trends, Adam focuses on timeless questions (how they were influenced by parents, lessons from early years in their careers, what they look for when making bets on people to invest in) about the important leadership lessons that CEOs had learned…
Some questions he likes to ask:
How do you hire? What questions do you ask?
Describe yourself in one word...
Work to get around the polished façade
What animal would you be and why?
Tony Hsieh would ask, "On a scale of 1-10, how weird are you?"
Some additional interviewing tactics:
The CEO has the interviewee drive his or her car. Monitors how they react in a different vehicle, in a new city
Sharing meals
"Put the mosaic of what a person is like as a human being" -- not just interviewing for a job
The Dinner Party game:
"If you could only ask a job candidate one question, what would you ask?"
Learn about failure - Id you desire humility, learn about their failures, learnings, and lessons of life
Ownership - The 3 most beautiful words: "I'm on it."
Every employee needs to write a playbook to how they'd do the job... They need to take ownership.
If you were an animal, what would you be?
Adam: "A Hawk. Hover at high altitude, when they figure out what they want, they go get it."
Question: What qualities of your parents do you like the most and the least?
Ask that if you really want to go deep -- This forces the candidate to get real. "We're fooling ourselves if we think we can escape our paren…
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408: Jeff Immelt - How To Follow A Legend & Lead Through A Crisis (Former CEO of GE)
1 maart 2021 · 58 min
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Jeff Immelt served as CEO of GE for 16 years. He has been named one of the "World's Best CEOs" three times by Barron's. During his tenure as CEO, GE was named "America's Most Admired Company" by Fortune magazine and one of "The World's Most Respected Companies" in polls by Barron's and the Financial Times.
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Raised in Cincinnati, OH by his father Joe and mother Donna. Both of his parents grew up in the depression. Growing up Jeff said, "I remember when my dad had a great boss, he was motivated, and when he had a lousy boss, he was neither challenged nor happy. The worst kind of boss he always used to say, was one who criticized all day long but never offered solutions."
GE was founded on April 15, 1892, by one of the greatest inventors in history, Thomas Edison. For most of the 20th century, GE had more patents than any other corporation.
Jack Welch, deemphasized technology and innovation, and instead focused on management techniques like six sigma. Six Sigma is a data-driven methodology invented by a Motorola engineer named Bill Smith in 1980. It trains managers to be experts (called Black Belts) in improving business processes to reduce product defects.
Jeff's first day as CEO of GE was September 10, 2001. On his first day, he introduced himself, via simulcast, to GE's 300,000 employees.
His second day as CEO was 9/11/2001. "Good leaders absorb fear. They give people a plan. You have to hold two thoughts at the same time."
By the end of his first week as CEO, GE's shares had dropped 20%, decreasing the company's market capitalization by $80 billion.
Leaders learn everyday — "I've always believed an important determinant of success could be found in how one answered 3 questions:
How fast can you learn?
How much can you take?
What will you give to those around to you?"
The trifecta: "In your career, you meet only a …
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407: Ryan Serhant - How To Have Big Magnetic Energy (Million Dollar Listing)
22 februari 2021 · 59 min
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Ryan Serhant is a real estate broker, CEO, and founder of SERHANT. He's a bestselling author, producer, and star of Bravo's Million Dollar Listing New York and Sell It Like Serhant. He led the #1 ranked (in sales volume) real estate team in New York City in 2019 with just under $1.45 Billion in sales.
Notes:
His mantra is: "Expansion. Always in all ways."
It's about growth.
Work to find your own brand and mantra -- It must be honest and genuine for you.
A learning exercise for you to do: A "self-audit." Ask your friends and colleagues, "When I'm not around and you're describing me to others, what do you say?"
Find friends who are willing to be honest with you to better understand what you're known for... If you don't like it, work to change it.
Ryan Serhant was known as the guy who kept his hands in his pockets and couldn't look you in the eye. He needed to change that.
"Your perception to others is your reputation and your brand."
"Fake it til you make it" is not useful...
Instead, Ryan sold the TV producers at Bravo the person and the real estate broker he would become...
"When Tom Brady got drafted in the 6th round, he told the owner, 'That's the best decision you've ever made.' Tom Brady truly believed that. I believed I would become the best real estate agent in the world."
"I didn't show them who I was in the moment, I showed them who I could become."
Pivotal moment - Ryan went to the top selling agent in his office and said, "Man, how are you doing this, can you teach me?" And the agent said to Ryan, "Na man, I ain't telling you shit." Ryan thought, "Wow. I'm going to have to figure this out on my own. This guy is threatened by me."
The New York City market - "It's cut throat. I went there for theater school, and stayed because, 'I would rather regret the things I did, than what I thought about doing and didn't …
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406: John Chambers - How To Lead Through Stress, Create Massive Growth, & Build Relationships
15 februari 2021 · 1 uur 10 min
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John Chambers served as Cisco's CEO from 1995-2015 and Executive Chairman from 2015-2017. Cisco went from $70 million to $40 billion in annual revenue during his time.
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When John was six years old, he went fishing with his Dad in Elk River, WV. He was told, "Don't get too close to the water, the current is strong and could pull you under."
John's curiosity got the best of him. He went too close and slipped, falling into the water. His dad ran towards the current as it was pulling John and yelled, "Just hold on to the fishing pole."
Fortunately, John survived and was eventually pulled out of the water by his dad. His dad said, "Do you know why I told you to hold on to the fishing pole?
"Don't let panic set in. Focus on what you can control. Work your way to calmer waters." It's a great metaphor for life.
When dealing with stress, hold on to the fishing pole.
How to deal with fear and uncertainty?
"I had two parents that were doctors. They helped me a lot."
"They taught me not to waste cycles on things you cannot change. Focus on the future, deal with the world as it is, not as you wish it was."
This is why John deliberately puts the leaders he leads in stressful situations.
"Under stress you learn who people are."
"With that said, I only coach leaders that want to be coached." -- If you don't want to be coached, you probably won't work with John Chambers.
How did he earn the job as CEO of Cisco?
"My parents taught me that education is the equalizer in life. I was a professional student. I got three degrees. And was trained very well at IBM, even as an entry level employee."
"I decided to leave my job at Wang for the same reason that most people leave their jobs. My manager."
"I left prior to even discussing another job with someone else. I didn't feel it was right to be laying people off while looking for another job."
"I thought the job off…
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405: Ryan Deiss - How To Create Awareness, Tell Better Stories, & Build Your Brand
8 februari 2021 · 1 uur 9 min
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Ryan Deiss is a best selling author, founder of multiple companies collectively employing hundreds around the globe. He is the founder and CEO of DigitalMarketer.com and Founder and Managing Partner of RivalBrands.com and plattr.com. Ryan is the creator of the "Customer Value Optimization" methodology and have introduced and popularized many of the digital selling strategies. He is also the founder and host of the Traffic & Conversion Summit, the largest digital marketing conversion conference in North America.
Notes:
Commonalities of excellence:
They understand why they've made mistakes - they learn why they've failed.
They are purposeful about their decision making
Appetite for risk:
"I have a very low appetite for risk."
"I value security."
Must have qualities in a leader to hire on his team?
"I want them to not be like me." Need to have skills that compliment his...
Early on he hired people just like him. It was a mistake.
Consistency - Must show up.
A big heart - People who care about others and their work.
Why writing is so important as a leader:
Like academics being peer reviewed. "It forces you to crystalize your own ideas."
"You need to say something new that hasn't been said before. And be willing to be criticized."
Eugene Schwartz
Breakthrough Advertising = one of the best books ever written on marketing
The Awareness Levels:
Completely Unaware - They don't know they have a problem worth solving
Problem Aware - They sense they have a problem, but don't know there's a solution
Solution Aware - Know the results they want, but don't know your product provides it
Product Aware - Know what you sell, but aren't sure it's right for them
Most Aware - Repeat buyers and loyal customers who refer you to their friends
How to make your leadership training better?
Acknowledge their problem is real. Make them feel heard...
Sell the soft. Spe…
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404: Wendy Kopp - How To Create A Vision, Execute A Plan, & Engage Others
1 februari 2021 · 59 min
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Wendy Kopp is CEO and Co-founder of Teach For All, a global network of independent organizations that are developing collective leadership to ensure all children have the opportunity to fulfill their potential. Today, more than 6,000 Teach For America corps members—outstanding recent college graduates and professionals of all academic disciplines—are in the midst of two-year teaching commitments in over 50 urban and rural regions.
Notes:
Jim Collins called Wendy "my entrepreneur for this decade." He continued, "Her organization is truly an entrepreneurial creation that is out to utterly transform education. It's taking an entrepreneurial, let's-do-something approach to tackling a massive social problem."
Goal setting: It's all about setting a goal that's at the right intersection of ambitious and feasible.
The #1 responsibility of a leader is to catalyze a clear and shared vision for the company and secure commitment to and vigorous pursuit of that vision.
The differentiator is the "first WHO" principle. It's what she's learned. What is it that drives system change in education? "Jim thinks it's the answer in corporate America, I think it is the difference in social change."
Wendy grew up in a bubble in Texas. She didn't realize the inequity and disadvantages to children born in different situations.
At the end of her college years at Princeton, she wrote a 100+ page thesis. She narrowed down to 30 pages... And created a four page plan.
She mailed her thesis to 30 executives in an effort to spread awareness and raise money
Everywhere she went, people said, "This is a great idea but college kids won't do this." Wendy was steadfast in her belief that they would...
After the first year, Wendy found herself on stage speaking to 500 "Teach For America" teachers...
The benefit of naivete:
"The world needs you before you become jaded by your experience."
"W…
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403: Rich Diviney - The Hidden Drivers Of Optimal Performance (The Attributes)
25 januari 2021 · 57 min
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Rich Diviney Rich Diviney draws upon 20+ years of experience as a Navy SEAL Officer – with 11 deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan. He was the Commanding Officer of a Navy SEAL Command. Rich is is the author of The Attributes - 25 Hidden Drivers of Optimal Performance.
Notes:
The process to select Navy SEALs:
Rich created a program to effectively articulate why someone made it through SEAL training.
"It's not about training to be a Navy SEAL, it's about proving if you can be one."
"Skills are not inherent to our nature. They are learned."
Attributes are wired into our internal circuitry, always running in the background, dictating how we behave and react and perform. Attributes should not be confused with personality traits. A personality is built from patterns of behavior that emerge over an extended period of time. It's an outward expression of all the things that make you you - your skills, habits, emotions, perspectives, and attributes all blended together.
What is optimal performance? "It's not a peak. It's doing the best you can, with what you have, in the moment."
What are some of the surprising attributes that helped or didn't?
Drive - Some of the most driven people weren't necessarily cut out to be a SEAL
The difference between Self-Discipline and Discipline:
Self-discipline is about controlling those things that the outside world has no say in.
Discipline is the ability to move through the challenges of the world.
Narcissism - Some of the benefits of it? From Rich: "Why did I want to be a Navy SEAL? I wanted to see if I could be a badass. I desired to standout and be admired. That's a little narcissism."
"However, extreme narcissism is awful. Excessive narcissists are rarely loyal-- loyalty requires trust and a sense of safety-- so their tribes are inherently unstable: Healthy members tend not to stay long, and new ones are let in only when…
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402: Donald Miller - How To Tell Your Story, Take Action, & Transform Your Life
18 januari 2021 · 1 uur 2 min
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#402: Donald Miller - CEO of Business Made Simple
Notes:
The Characteristics of a Value Driven Professional:
"Value driven successful people see themselves as an economic product on the open market. They are obsessed with getting people a strong return on the investment made in them. People who are obsessed with being a good investment attract further investment and get to enjoy more personal economic value. When you offer greater economic value within the economic ecosystem, you are paid more, given more responsibility and promotions, and are sought after by customers looking for value. In business, your boss may really like you, but in large part, they see you as an economic investment. There is nothing wrong with that. So how do we become ridiculously successful? By making other people absurdly successful."
"If you know how to make people money, you will make a lot of money."
They have a bias towards action - "There is one thing every successful person has in common: They have a bias towards action." They don't let ideas die on the vine. They take action to make those ideas happen. While others may have terrific ideas or be able to see an important issue from many angles, action-oriented people are good at getting things done."
They see themselves as a hero, not a victim. Ask, "How often do you position yourself as a victim?" How often do you talk about yourself as though you are not in control of your life? Do you believe other people are responsible for your failures? Don was born in Texas and grew up poor. His dad left and never came back. His mom had to work long hours just to keep him and his sister alive. He told me, "The biggest transformation in my life happened when I stopped thinking of mys…
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401: David Rubenstein - Launching a Business, Living With Purpose, & Loving Your Life
11 januari 2021 · 54 min
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David M. Rubenstein is a Co-Founder and Co-Executive Chairman of The Carlyle Group, one of the world's largest and most successful private investment firms. Mr. Rubenstein co-founded the firm in 1987. Since then, Carlyle has grown into a firm managing $217 billion from 32 offices around the world.
Notes:
David is most interested in continuing to learn... He reads six newspapers per day and 100 books per year.
Your commencement is the beginning, not the end. "Keep your brain active, it's a muscle. It will atrophy without use."
David would give all of his money away to be one year younger...
Keys to happiness:
Thomas Jefferson said we all have the right to be in pursuit of happiness
"It's the most elusive thing in life."
Happiness is all about building meaningful relationships
The 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis -- "JFK showed tremendous leadership to avert disaster. He strategically ignored Khrushchev's second letter and responded to the first one when making a deal to avoid nuclear war. David was in 9th grade at the time and that moment of leadership impacted him in a big way.
He worked in the White House for Jimmy Carter. "When I worked in the White House, everyone thought I was the smartest person in the world. When we lost and I didn't have a job anymore, nobody called, and nobody offered me a job."
Why leave his job as part of a big law firm?
"If you don't love what you do you can't be great at it."
Launching The Carlyle Group:
Raised $5m
Hired incredibly competent people
New idea: "I wanted to create a private equity one stop shop."
How did he hire well?
"I went after the best people I knew and sold them on why they should join me." What was said?
Convince them they will have responsibility
They will learn a lot
They will make more money
It will be enjoyable
What does David ask in interviews with candidates to hire?
"I want to learn …
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400: Keith Hawk & AJ Hawk - The Life Experiences That Shape Our Character
4 januari 2021 · 1 uur 37 min
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The Learning Leader Show With Ryan Hawk
Episode #400 with Keith Hawk & AJ Hawk
Notes:
I sourced questions from members of my Leadership Circle, friends, listeners, and colleagues for this episode...
How does Keith continue to feel impactful after retirement?
KH: "It's like I have a paper route. I work a little bit in the mornings, get my work done, and then I can go have fun with my friends. I work on a few boards, do voice over work, and know how to hit the post."
What has AJ learned from working with Pat McAfee?
"I learned to trust my instincts and not try to be somebody I'm not."
What's the best way to make introductions? AJ: "Text (message) intros are so much better. They are more personal."
From Leadership Circle member, Amanda Wilson: "What habit do you admire the most in each other/best attribute?"
Pistol about AJ: "He's an unbelievable teammate. He has earned the respect of all his peers. I respect his intensity to prepare."
Pistol about Ryan: "A huge preparation guy. His focus on other people. He has more of an outer focus now. And a huge intensity around growth." "Gotta change, Gotta grow."
AJ about Pistol: Consistency. He wakes up early. I never saw him asleep. He never made us do anything. I want to live up to that standard. I don't want my kids to see me asleep. And universally, everyone loves him."
AJ about Ryan: "You're a mini-version of Pistol with your consistency. So detail oriented. Such a leader and not afraid to hold people accountable. People have confidence that you'll take them where they want to go."
Ryan about Pistol: Absolute selflessness. Reminds me of my wife, Miranda. A willingness to always help others succeed and will do anything for them.
Ryan about AJ: A relentless work ethic. A drive to be there for the people who depend on him. Whenever I talk with teammates of AJ, they all say the same thing, "That's my guy. I k…
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399: Josh Kaufman - How To Master The Art Of Business
28 december 2020 · 1 uur 3 min
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Notes:
Sustaining Excellence =
Learn constantly
Experiment constantly
Obsessive about learning the details, not a cookie cutter approach
Rapid Skill Acquisition:
Must be specific
Break it down: don't try to do it all at once
Do research
Practice
Deconstruct the skill to its smallest parts
Make a pre-commitment - "I'm going to practice this skill for 20 hours no matter what."
Create fast feedback loops for yourself:
Keep a daily log of what you do... Meetings, interactions, what was discussed, how you feel, etc.
This helps reinforce the importance of paying attention to the small details of what you're trying to learn
If something happens, you can review your notes later
Josh has always had "a desire to understand the world around me"
Teaching is one of the greatest tools in the world for learning
"Management is the act of coordinating a group of people to achieve a goal. Management is not business. Management is not leadership. Management is a supporting function, not a decision making function."
"Leadership = define the goal, account for change."
"Good management =
Recruiting - must get good people
Communicating well between teams and decision making parts of the business
Must create environment of psychological safety
Create a productive working environment
Planning - Estimating time lines and schedules
Measurement
Commander's Intent - "When you are a leader, decision making authority, the least effective thing is for you to make all the ground level decisions." Push decision making power to the people closest to the action.
More quotes from Josh's work:
"You can't make positive discoveries that make your life better if you never try anything new."
"Every successful business (1) creates or provides something of value that (2) other people want or need (3) at a price they're willing to pay, in a way that (4) satisfies the purchaser's needs and …
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398: Jim Collins - The Art Of Getting People To Want To Do What Must Be Done (Part 2)
23 december 2020 · 54 min
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Jim Collins books include Good to Great, the #1 bestseller, which examines why some companies make the leap and others don't; the enduring classic Built to Last, which discovers why some companies remain visionary for generations; How the Mighty Fall, which delves into how once-great companies can self-destruct; and Great by Choice, which uncovers the leadership behaviors for thriving in chaos and uncertainty. Jim has also published two monographs that extend the ideas in his primary books: Good to Great and the Social Sectors and Turning the Flywheel. His most recent publication is BE 2.0 (Beyond Entrepreneurship 2.0), an ambitious upgrade of his very first book; it returns Jim to his original focus on small, entrepreneurial companies and honors his coauthor and mentor Bill Lazier.
Notes:
What Exactly is Leadership?" "True leadership only exists if people follow when they would otherwise have the freedom to not follow." Many business leaders think they are leading when in fact they're simply exercising power, and they might discover to their horror that no one would follow them if they had no power. General Colin Powell said, "In my 35 years of service, I don't ever recall telling anyone, 'That's an order." "Leadership is the art of getting people to want to do what must be done."
When Steve Jobs returned to Apple, one of the first people he called was Jim Collins. Jim asked Steve,"what did you first build upon to emerge from the darkness? What gave you hope?" Steve was talking with perhaps the greatest product visionary of our time.. so he expected him to talk about operating systems or the Macintosh computer or other product ideas. But he didn't. What did he talk about? People. "It was all about the WHO."
History is the "study of surprises." There will be no "new normal," there will only be a continuous series of "not normal" episodes, defying predictions and unforeseen by…
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397: Jim Collins - How To Create A Generosity Flywheel, Make The Trust Wager, & Earn WHO Luck (Part 1)
21 december 2020 · 48 min
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Jim Collins is a student and teacher of what makes great companies tick, and a Socratic advisor to leaders in the business and social sectors. He has written a series of books that have sold more than 10 million copies worldwide. They include Good to Great, the #1 bestseller, which examines why some companies make the leap and others don't; the enduring classic Built to Last, which discovers why some companies remain visionary for generations; How the Mighty Fall, which delves into how once-great companies can self-destruct; and Great by Choice, which uncovers the leadership behaviors for thriving in chaos and uncertainty.
Notes:
Shortly before Jim's 25th birthday, during his second year at the Stanford Graduate School of Business, he got hit with a lightning bolt of WHO luck. The type of luck that comes as a chance meeting with a person who changes your life. That person was Bill Lazier...
Bill Lazier was the closest thing to a father Jim ever had. Jim's dad died when he was 23.
Creating a Generosity Flywheel -- "One day, two large wooden crates appeared on your front porch, the address labels indicating they'd be shipped by Bill. He sent you a few dozen bottles of spectacularly good wine. You called and asked him what prompted him to send to you and he said, "Dorothy and I had an inventory problem in our wine cellar, and we needed to make room for some new bottles. We thought you could help us out by taking some of it off our hands." Bill mastered the art of getting people to accept his generosity, somehow framing it as if you were doing him a favor.
Jim's question to me: How is quarterbacking a football team similar to quarterbacking a conversation for a podcast?
Make the Trust Wager - "I choose to assume the best in people and accept that they sometimes disappoint." (Lead With Trust)
Build a Meaningful Life by Building Relationships — Life can be a series of transactions or you can build …
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396: Scott Galloway - Making Predictions, Sharing Love, & Turning Crisis To Opportunity
14 december 2020 · 49 min
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Episode #396 - Scott Galloway: Professor at NYU Stern, best-selling author, entrepreneur (started 9 firms)
Notes:
Scott and I have the same book agent, Jim Levine. It's the first person Scott thanks in the Acknowledgement section of his latest book... "Jim is someone I can go to for help with any aspect of life. He's much more than just a book agent. You need people in your kitchen cabinet that you can go to."
Sharing admiration for others? Why did Scott struggle with this when he was younger?
"We should do this. It doesn't make you less impressive because you shared your admiration for someone else."
"The greatest untapped resource = good intentions, good thoughts. Express them. Verbalize them. Don't let that resource go to waste."
Leaders should be constantly giving praise to the people on their team. Send the quick email, give the shout out. "People need watering. Give them recognition. Notice others, let them know when they do good work. That's how you recruit and retain great people. That's how you build loyalty."
Action step: Call the parents of the young people on your team. Tell them their daughter or son is doing excellent work and are a joy to work with...
"Be the man your kids think you are." It's motivating to try to live up to those standards. Life is about those moments with your kids.
The key to excellence?
"Success is not my fault. I grew up as a heterosexual white male, born in 1964. We have this problem of conflating luck with talent."
Commonalities of leaders who sustain excellence?
Competence - Must be highly competent in one area. "You must demonstrate excellence. Be outstanding at it."
Grit - "As the leader, I wanted to show my team I was willing to pull all nighters when needed. I would never ask my team to do something I wasn't willing to do."
Empathy - "You have to want others to win. You have to leverage all your talents to…
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395: Dr. Marisa Porges - How To Raise Bold, Courageous, & Resilient Women
7 december 2020 · 1 uur 1 min
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Ep #395: Dr. Marisa Porges
Notes:
Keys to a good coffee meeting with someone:
Be early
Find a quiet spot
Know your order before you get there. Don't make it too complex
Have a goal for the meeting. Know what you want to get out of it
"You don't have to be a feminist to care about these lessons, nor do you need a daughter or a sister. You just have to know a girl or young woman and care about her future."
The differences for a woman vs. a man in business:
Women have fewer mentors and sponsors
"You need to seek mentors on a regular basis"
"Men need to mentor women" -- "Make room for women mentees"
What should the man who is nervous to mentor a woman do?
Meet in a public place
Talk about business
Key to excellence: The ability to adapt
Marisa joined the Navy after High School. She was inspired by the movie Top Gun
She got in a bad car accident and had to be rescued by the jaws of life
She had to shave her head in the Navy
"Our reality forces us to adapt. We change jobs 4x more than our parents did."
How to be adaptable?
Be open to pushing yourself to new environments
Test yourself in a new environment. Don't always set up for the perfect environment
Do something differently -- Test your boundaries
How to be authentically empathetic?
The platinum rule -- Treat others as they want to be treated (not how you want to be treated)
Be vulnerable, open, and real
While interviewing terrorists in Yemen, Marisa got them to open up by authentically opening up first
"Be conscious about when and how you're vulnerable. It can't be too often. Monitor your emotions."
Look for go for it moments... Learn to rebound from failure and understand the key takeaways from them. Be able to deal with uncertainty.
Marisa shares a story about a parent of one of her students. Marc. His daughter was going through an issue at school. Marc said, "I went into Dad mode an…
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394: Todd Henry - The Hidden Forces That Drive Your Best Work (The Motivation Code)
30 november 2020 · 59 min
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#394: Todd Henry - The Hidden Forces That Drive Your Best Work
Show notes:
What is the most valuable land in the world?
"The graveyard... All of the stuff we carry with us for our life and never put out into the world... All of that valued is buried in the ground."
The two words that Todd wrote down after coming to this realization? "Die Empty."
"The rough edges they decry you for now… Are the very rough edges they will celebrate you for later."
What drives us to unleash our best work?
Drawing on interviews with over 100,000 working professionals, the answer is no one size fits all. Todd Henry shows, in fact, that there are six unique "motivational archetypes"...
They are:
The Visionary strives to make her mark on the world by building an ideal future, even when others may not see as far ahead.
The Achiever relishes a finished product and must conquer whatever obstacle comes his way, no matter how difficult or time-consuming.
The Team Player values being part of a group and will go to great lengths to achieve unity and enhance collaboration.
The Learner is obsessed with mastering new skills and showing off what she knows--which is often a lot.
The Optimizer thrives when systems are running smoothly and finds great satisfaction when things are done the "right way."
The Key Contributor shines at the center of the action, especially when others can recognize the value of his work.
Todd's work teaches us to decode our motivational type so we can structure projects, have conversations, make decisions, and even choose career paths to amp up engagement and achieve fulfillment. Once we know how to activate our inner drivers, we can transform the work we do into the work we love.
Why should you write?
"If you can learn to write, you'll be invited into rooms."
"Turn the ineffable into something."
Read, comprehend, synthesize…
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393: Chris Holtmann - How To Lead With Conviction (Don't Be Afraid To Pursue Growth)
23 november 2020 · 1 uur 4 min
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393: Chris Holtmann - Head Basketball Coach of Ohio State University Buckeyes
Notes:
Chris played his college basketball at a small Christian school called Taylor University in Upland, Indiana. For a coach named Paul Patterson. Chris said, "I think the core of who I am as a coach comes from him."
Don't Be Afraid To Pursue Growth - "As I debated, I realized that I couldn't blame myself for craving stability – it was only human nature after all. We are drawn by the soft voice of consistency, the allure of a warm blanket of security in our jobs and lives. And while many of us willingly happily give in to living within the status quo, the reality is that the world around us rarely remains motionless. The sun rises and sets, the seasons pass and the world keeps moving and changing. It is only as we grow older and look back at life that we realize all that we have missed, all that we could have accomplished, had we simply pushed ourselves to break free of our fears."
"As I found myself deliberating once again, I began to think back to the work of Stanford psychologist Carol Dweck on motivation and failure. Dweck drew a distinction between performance orientation and learning orientation. Children that believe that their intelligence is fixed almost always give up on problems quickly, whereas those that believe their intelligence is malleable, conversely, stick with problems longer. Adults are no different. Those who are performance oriented are dissuaded by failure - they favor stability. Whereas those of who are learning oriented embrace opportunity and eschew the status quo."
Head Coaches To Lead Their Teams To 5 Straight 1st Round Tourney Wins: Chris Holtmann, Mike Krzyzewski, Jay Wright, Mark Few, Bill Self, Roy Williams, John Calipari
Article: David Brooks - Thick versus Think organizations -- "How To Leave A Mark On People"
Focus o…
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392: Robert Rosenberg - Leadership Lessons From The Former CEO Of Dunkin Donuts
16 november 2020 · 58 min
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Sustaining Excellence =
Passion for what they do
Persistence - "Life is lumpy." People fall and have to dust themselves off.
Character - Must be trustworthy, caring, and sensitive to others
Values driven - "When things go wrong, take the pain"
Bill Gates is an example of sustained excellence - "His persistence, his relationship with his wife Melinda. He's a great example of sustained excellence."
Bob describes the time early in his career when he made big mistakes and the board fired him.
He said, "I needed to learn strategy. You can't blame your followers. You must take 100% ownership."
Read the book, The Best and The Brightest by David Halberstam
"You need humility, you need to learn, you need emotional intelligence."
How he felt when he got fired?
"Unbelievably sad. It hung heavy on my shoulders."
There are two ways to respond:
Be a victim
Be introspective
"I remember the moment vividly. I was reading The Best and The Brightest. Hubris was the problem. They weren't going to the front lines to understand what was happening. I thought, Oh my God, Halberstam could be talking about me."
"Our job is to LISTEN, get feedback, and fix it."
As a leader, you must have the willingness and ability to define reality, not what you want it to be.
Read Max Dupree - The Art of Leadership
Understand The Stockdale Paradox - "You must never confuse faith that you will prevail in the end—which you can never afford to lose —with the discipline to confront the most brutal facts of your current reality, whatever they might be." ~ James Stockdale
Building trust in a crisis:
The 4 elements to be trustworthy:
Sincerity - "Your public and private conversations should be the same"
Competence - It's not the same as never making a mistake.
Reliability - "Make promises. Deliver on those promises"
Care - "Treat people well. Care for their well being. It's not transactiona…
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391: Jake Wood - How To Accept Risk, Get Candid Feedback, & Love Your Team
9 november 2020 · 52 min
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Episode #391: Jake Wood - CEO of Team Rubicon
Notes:
Sustaining Excellence =
Integrity - "I've been honored to serve with leaders who have high integrity."
Initiative - Be proactive, take action
Tenacity - The ability to overcome
Enthusiasm - Bring energy to your environment
What Jake learned from his Dad:
"I feel lucky. He worked his way up with an untraditional resume. He worked his ass off."
"He had this industrious nature and worked so hard."
Giving the commencement speech at the University of Wisconsin
"Our words (as leaders) matter."
"None of life experiences went according to plan. And that's okay..."
Being the point man -- It means, "When you walked a patrol, you walked first. If there was a landmine or booby trap in the road, you would be the first man to step on it. Initially, you walked in perpetual fear… There were intersections you had to cross where you would close your eyes and clench your teeth, but you never stopped pressing on."
"Leadership is about love. You need to have a deep understanding of WHO your team is as people. Always think, 'how can I help them?' When they know they're loved by you, they'll feel safe. When they feel safe, that leads to courage."
Clay Hunt -- "We went to sniper school together... He was a good Marine. When I got paired up with him, I was told, 'you are nothing without this partner.'" He didn't kill himself because of what happened to him in Iraq and Afghanistan. He killed himself because of what he lost when he came home: Purpose, Self-Worth, and Community. Since 2012, more service members have died by suicide than in combat. "Purpose is a universal human need."
The Acceptance of Risk: In Blackjack, there is a correct move for every interaction. When you have 16 and the dealer has a face card, you should hit. There is a 32% chance you win if you hit. There is a 26% chance you win if you stay. And yet, people stay…
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390: Seth Godin - How To Sell Like A Professional, Build Skills, & Ship Creative Work
2 november 2020 · 53 min
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Notes:
Sustaining Excellence =
The pursuit of WOW... "It's not just meeting spec."
Leading is voluntary
"Playing covers of yourself is not leadership."
Leadership vs. Management?
Management is about power and a title
Leadership is about stepping up. NASCAR... Starbucks closed for a day to train everyone.
Why does Seth teach people how to juggle?
"It's about the throw, not the catch."
If you want to change your story, change your actions first. We become what we do.
Lost in all the noise around us is the proven truth that creativity is the result of desire. A Desire to solve an old problem, a desire to serve someone else. It's not a bolt of lightning from somewhere else...
The difference between talent and skill: Talent is something we're born with: it's in our DNA, a magical alignment of gifts. Skill is earned. It's learned and practiced and hard-won. It's insulting to call a professional talented. She's skill, first and foremost. In the words of Steve Martin, "I had no talent. None."
Sculptor Elizabeth King said it beautifully, "process saves us from the poverty of our intentions."
Surprising truths that have been hidden by our desire for those perfect outcomes:
Hubris is the opposite of trust
Professionals produce with intent
Creativity is an act of leadership
We become creative when we ship the work
Passion is a choice
Practical Empathy -- "We have to be able to say, 'it's not for you' and mean it. The work exists to serve someone, to change someone, to make something better.
We live in an outcome focused culture. The plumber doesn't get credit for effort, he gets credit if the faucet stops leaking. Lost in this obsession with outcome is the truth that outcomes are the results of process. Focusing solely on outcomes forces us to make choices that are banal, short term or selfish. It takes our focus away from the journey and encourages us to give up to…
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389: Ed Latimore - How To Control Your Mind, Body, & Emotions
26 oktober 2020 · 1 uur 13 min
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Episode #389: Ed Latimore
The four life lessons:
"Never underestimate the power of being likeable and controlling your emotions."
"Nothing is neutral. People are trying to help you or move ahead of you. In basic training, he was a terrible shot. He failed the shooting test three times (which was the limit), and yet got a fourth chance because he was likable. And then passed. "They saw me working hard, so they helped me."
How to be more likable? -- "Don't curry favor. Be you... Have high standards. Treat everyone with respect. Have impeccable manners. Be comfortable with the fact that you're not for everyone."
"No one cares what happened to you or what you've been through. No one is coming to save you."
"Society is not going to take pity on you if your problems create problems for others." You need to work to through your own issues and ow your actions. Don't take your trauma out on others."
How has Ed built the perspective to not be a victim? "It's about delivering value to others. And not subtracting it. That's destructive. Forgiveness is a powerful idea. Holding a grudge is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die."
"The most powerful belief you can have is that given enough time, you can learn anything. Rome wasn't built in a day, but Hiroshima was wiped out in seconds."
Keep plotting along... Ed did this as a boxer and math and with every aspect of his life. Keep going. "Fall in love with the process."
"Make a movement with intention and in pursuit."
"A limitation is only as powerful as the energy you give to it. Your dreams also follow this same law."
"You'll only be as successful as your worst habit."
"You must recognize the problem and/or the limitation."
High achievers tend to be a paradox. They have self-confidence combined with insecurity. It creates a fusion reaction. It drives them to continually prove themselves.
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388: Patrick Lencioni - The Six Types Of Working Genius
19 oktober 2020 · 53 min
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Episode #388: Patrick Lencioni - The 6 Types of Working Genius
Notes:
What is a "Working Genius?" – There are six different types, and we all have two of them that are natural to us. We are good at doing them, and we get energy and joy and satisfaction from them.
What about the other four areas? – Two of them are areas that we really struggle with. They exhaust us and drain us of our energy and passion, and in many cases, we're not very good at them. We call these our areas of Working Frustration. We should doing those things as much as we possibly can, and we certainly shouldn't do work that calls for us to do them frequently. That is a recipe for frustration, failure, depression. And then there are two other areas that are in between our geniuses and our frustrations, we call these Working Competencies, areas that we can do pretty well, maybe even really well, but that don't necessarily give us energy or joy. It's fine to have these things be part of your job, and even the primary part of your job sometimes, but it's not as good as living and working in your areas of genius.
What is different about The Six Types of Working Genius and other personal assessments out there? -- This one is quicker to understand, easier to apply, and focused on the work of getting things done.
What are the six types of working genius?
Wonder - People with this genius can't help but question whether things could be better in the world around them. They are troubled whenever they see unmet potential, and they are constantly curious and on the lookout for the need to change something.
Invention - This type of genius is all about creativity. People who have it love to generate new ideas and solutions to problems and are even comfortable coming up with something out of nothing.
Discernment - People with this type of genius have a natural ability when …
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387: Arthur Blank - Owner Of The Atlanta Falcons: How Purpose & Profit Go Hand-In-Hand
12 oktober 2020 · 48 min
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Episode #387: Arthur Blank - Owner of The Atlanta Falcons
Notes:
His Dad died when he was 44 years young, leaving his business to Arthur's mother. Arthur's mom took over and built a successful company. He learned to be principled and values driven from his mom. His mom always told him, "Principle matters."
Arthur got fired from his job at Handy Dan in 1978. He didn't take it personally and founded The Home Depot with Bernie Marcus.
At the original Home Depot headquarters, he and Bernie Marcus shared a bathroom between their offices. In the hallway outside the bathroom, they hang up press clippings. Not the accolades, or the awards won, but the negative stories and criticism. Why? You cannot have complacency or believe you are beyond reproach. Must always keep striving to get better.
How did they duplicate the original Home Depot culture when they expanded beyond their first four stores?
"You must always promote people based on them living the values of the company. Ahead of everything else."
"The culture is critical."
Ask, "Can they lead using our values?" --> Read the book, The War For Talent
How did they maintained the culture as they acquired nine additional stores? Originally, it was an issue. "It was like changing the tires on a car as it was driving 30 miles per hour."
"We had to self impose slowing down the growth."
Must train the team on the culture
"We didn't have money for training, but we did it anyway." To build a long term, sustainable business, you must focus on training.
"You have to have a caring mentality. It takes time. I'm only interested in relationships. It's all about building long term relationships."
Arthur tells the story of when he came to an agreement to buy the Falcons from Taylor Smith -- He booked a nice hotel suite, had dinner/wine, etc… He wrote on a napkin, "For Atlanta and the Falcons, $545 million. To the heritage and the trad…
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386: Nik Wallenda - How To Rise Above What's Holding You Back (Life On The Wire)
5 oktober 2020 · 1 uur 3 min
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"Life is on the wire. The rest is just waiting." -- Karl Wallenda (Nik's grandfather)
"Fear of Feathers" -- One of the greatest fears of our current age: uncertainty.
On March 4, 2020, Nik completed his greatest accomplishment to date, walking over the lava lake of the active Masaya Volcano.
On June 4, 2011, Nik Wallenda successfully completed the high wire walk in San Juan that took his grandfather's life -- a 135-foot-long high-wire crossing between the two towers of the ten-story Condado Plaza Hotel.
John Maxwell saw Nik speak at an event and encouraged him to write a book.
Nik shares how his worst fear came true when five family members fell while doing a stunt.
He thought, should I get back up on the wire?
He learned from his family that they always fulfill their contracts.
"I get goosebumps telling this story... My dad said, 'I'll always be there for you.'"
"It's my job as the leader to figure out who's shaky and be there for them."
Work to counter negativity with positivity and preparation.
Nik's mother walked the wire when she was six months pregnant with him.
"This is the way I came into the world. This is the way I want to go out."
"One day you eat the chicken. The next day, you eat the feathers."
"What you would call fear, I would call respect."
"The worst thing you can do for a wild animal is show it fear. Show respect instead."
"I never wear a harness unless my network partner makes me."
The preparation process for a big event is meticulous and intense.
He wears an oxygen deprivation mask to feel what it's like to not have a lot of oxygen.
"It's all about building mental confidence."
Make training much harder than the event
"You cannot ever train enough."
"If you think you should practice 5 times, do it 50 times."
Excellence =
A passion about being good at what you do
Too many people are miserable at wha…
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385: Ryan Holiday - The Art Of Living (Like A Stoic)
28 september 2020 · 1 uur 7 min
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Community — In Rome, Panaetius met a fellow student of Diogenes named Gaius Laelius, and later in a naval contingent, met and served with Scipio Aemilianus, one of Rome's great Generals. These three men formed a kind of philosophical club — known to historians today as the Scipionic Club (like Ben Franklin's Junto's) — they would meet you discuss and debate the stoic philosophy they all pursued.
Plutarch wrote in Moralia: Precepts of Stagecraft "it is a fine thing also, when we gain advantage from the friendship of great men, to turn welfare of our community, as Polybius and Panaetius, thru Scipio's goodwill towards them, conferred great benefits upon their native states"
Ryan participates in off site adventures with other top authors in the world like James Clear and Mark Manson. They go there to share ideas and help one another.
He experienced another example of this as he was asked to speak to a group of the top athletic directors in collegiate sports. All of them are very competitive with each other, yet they still meet regularly to share ideas and help one another.
Zeno had little patience for idlers or big egos on his porch -- "Stoa is the Greek word for porch."
Zeno said "better to trip with the feet than with the tongue"
He was the first to express the four virtues of stoicism
Courage
Temperance/Moderation
Justice
Wisdom
Consistency -- "His work was not defined by some single epiphany or discovery but instead by hard work. He inched his way there, through years of study and training as we all must."
Zeno said "well being is realized by small steps, but is truly no small thing."
Cleanthes — he not only continued his labors but actively turned down large financial gifts to help him retire to his studies — to him labor and philosophy were not rivals. They were pursuits that furthered and enabled each other.
The ancients used to describe his industriousn…
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384: Les Brown - How To Unleash The Excellence Within You To Win
21 september 2020 · 1 uur 15 min
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#384: Les Brown - You've Got To Be Hungry
Notes:
"If you want to be successful in life, do these three things..."
Change your mindset - "You don't get in life what you want, you get in life what you are."
Practice OQP - "Only Quality People"
Develop your communication skills - "Once you open your mouth, you tell the world who you are.
Sidney Poitier wrote a book called The Measure of a Man and she said, "When you go for a walk with someone, something happens without being spoken. He said, "either you adjust to their pace or they adjust to your pace." Think "Whose pace have you adjusted to?
Les needed to disrupt the vision he had of himself in order to change...
Distract
Dispute
Inspire
Expand the vision of what's possible for life
Mike Williams -- "The Road To Your Best Stuff"
Keys to growth: Hire a coach
Use your story to create an experience for your audience
"Be transformed by the renewing of their minds."
"You can't fit a big dream into a small mind."
"We are here to live a life that will out live us."
"The two most important days of your life are the day you were born and the day you find out why." - Mark Twain
Les has battled cancer for 27 years...
The beginning: When Les's mom worked for a white family, they would make her clap her hands regularly when she was alone in a different room to ensure she wasn't stealing anything. When Les learned why his mom always had to clap her hands together, he made it his mission to ensure that he would buy her a house one day... And eventually that's exactly what he did.
Negative thoughts are like weeds. They'll keep coming back. You have to keep at it and have a positive mind.
Every morning, Les takes the following action:
Has a verbal (positive) affirmation
Writes seven things he wants to do that day
Reads 20-30 pages
"There is power in pursuit... Set goals beyond your comfort zone."
Have…
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383: Guy Raz - 383: Guy Raz - How To Ask Questions, Tell A Story, & Build A Career You Love
14 september 2020 · 53 min
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#383: Guy Raz - How I Built This
Excellence =
Ambition
Desire to produce for the sake of personal fulfillment -- "It's oxygen"
Bill Gates is constantly challenging himself... Having a growth mindset. "To survive means to grow."
How has Guy become one of the greatest interviewers in the world?
"I've been shooting free throws for 25 years. I've gotten a lot of reps." To be great, you have to be bad at the beginning... And keep going.
How to connect with others? "I interpret the non-verbal feedback."
Purposeful Practice:
It's a team effort -- "I've worked with my team for twenty years. There is a strong bond and connection. They are very honest with their feedback. Constructive criticism is essential. We need outsiders to assess us."
Guy thanks his mom and dad in the acknowledgement section of his book:
They came to America in the 1970's. "Being courageous requires resilience."
Guy has covered four wars, but he still doesn't feel he's as courageous as his parents.
"Without taking a risk there is no reward."
When Guy is afraid to take a risk, he thinks of his parents.
How his fellowship year at Harvard impacted him: They teach through case studies and stories. It helped him understand business and storytelling.
Guy is inspired by Joseph Campbell's hero's journey...
His 'Must-Have' qualities to get hired to work on his team:
Kindness - "We filter for kindness"
They have to "want to improve"
How Guy prepares to interview someone for one of his shows:
Contact them well ahead of the interview date
Do a deep dive on them and people around them (read, watch videos, listen to podcasts)
Do a background check
"All of us are imperfect... That's what make someone relatable. We all have flaws. You need to hear the failures."
"The interviewee must be generous with their emotions.
"The idea that I can learn from someone excites me."
"I love transmitt…
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382: Morgan Housel - Timeless Lessons On Wealth, Greed, & Happiness
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#382: Morgan Housel - Timeless Lessons On Wealth, Greed, & Happiness
Notes:
"Writing helps crystallize vague thoughts in your mind."
It helps clarify your thoughts.
Writing is an art.
When you publish your own work, you own the success or failure.
Public speaking is a great tool to learn how to communicate succinctly. It's a skill worth building.
The Psychology of Money is a study in understanding why people do what they do...
"Use money to control your time. That's the highest dividend money can do for you."
Why work with Collaboration Fund:
You need more than just a check: values, philosophies, get your thoughts out into the world.
Stories are more powerful than statistics. And most statistics are incomplete props to justify a story. Stories are easier to remember, easier to relate to, and emotionally persuasive.
"Stop telling kids they can be whatever they want to be. You can be whatever you're good at, as long as they're hiring. And even then it helps to know someone." -- Chris Rock
Excellence =
Patience - Stick with it. Continue to go during down periods. That's how compounding works.
Success Laws -- "Strong beliefs, weakly held."
Storytelling: "The prize goes to the person who can explain something well... Stories move the needle. You convince someone something is true through stories."
How to become a better storyteller? READ a lot. And practice.
"If you're going to try to predict the future — whether it's where the market is heading, or what the economy is going to do, or whether you'll be promoted — think in terms of probabilities, not certainties. Death and taxes, as they say, are the only exceptions to this rule."
Some quotes (thanks to RightAttitudes.com) "Two things make an economy grow: population growth and productivity growth. Everything else is a function of one of those two drivers."
"Changing your mind i…
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381: John Mackey (CEO of Whole Foods) - How To Be A Conscious Leader
31 augustus 2020 · 1 uur 4 min
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#381: John Mackey, CEO of Whole Foods
Notes:
Excellence:
Energy - Vitality -- "You cannot be lazy"
"You need a strong desire to be excellent"
Excellent leaders strive for excellence in everything they choose to do
Good physical and mental health
Honor - "Hold yourself to high standards"
John and Rene Lawson raised $45,000 from family and friends and borrowed $10,000 in 1978 to open a small natural foods store called SaferWay in Austin, Texas. When the couple were evicted from their apartment for storing food products in it, they decided to live at the store. Because it was zoned for commercial use, there was no shower stall, so they bathed using a water hose attached to their dishwasher. Two years later they brought on partners who owned another grocery store and formed Whole Foods Markets.
Having high expectations: As a younger person in his early 20's, John was curious about learning... He loved organic, natural food before it was popular.
Revolutions:
The running revolution happened in the 1970's - He got into that. The long runs made him feel fantastic.
He became a vegetarian. It helped him feel better, be more alive. He is now a vegan.
In 1981, they had to deal with a 100 year flood in Austin. "Renee had to swim out of the store that day."
"Whole Foods should have died that day. That was when I learned about stakeholders." --> Many people helped them stay in business.
"A banker co-signed on the loan without approval because he trusted me. I didn't find out until later."
He moved to Boulder in 1999 to run WholePeople.com -- Then the internet bubble popped and it failed.
When he moved back to Austin, TX, a coup was afoot... One of his trusted senior leaders was trying to get John fired.
John walked through the nearest Whole Foods while preparing to tell the board why he should keep his job... "I get a super high tourin…
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380: Jay Hennessey - How To Build A Learning Organization
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#380: Jay Hennessey - How To Build A Learning Organization
Shared Adversity - "That's what creates the foundation for teams. It's the glue that builds trust."
MOFO - Mandatory Optional Fitness Opportunity
SEAL training - The shared adversity among trainees creates camaraderie. Evolutions are team based.
"Lock arms laying the surf"
"Great teams aren't created by happenstance" -- You must be intentional and deliberate.
What is the culture you want to create? - "You must be deliberate about that up front."
"The language you use is so important."
Dan Coyle is the ultimate connector
"When people are asking you questions, it's super energizing" -- Approach each conversation with a curious mind
Foster "Organization Humility"
The Fifth Discipline by Peter Senge:
The discipline of team learning starts with 'dialogue', the capacity of members of a team to suspend assumptions and enter into a genuine 'thinking together'. To the Greeks dia-logos meant a free-flowing of meaning through a group, allowing the group to discover insights not attainable individually…. [It] also involves learning how to recognize the patterns of interaction in teams that undermine learning.
Dialog vs. Discussion
Dialog = Strong convictions loosely held. Starting with, "I may be wrong..."
Discussion = Trying to convince others you're right
The Learning Organization
Get reps - Read with someone else and share
Engage the learner:
Just in time
Just for you
Just in case
Building a learning organization creates a competitive advantage:
Great teams are always learning, evolving, and changing. What you know now will be extinct in five years. Must keep learning.
"Nobody that we hire wants to be stagnant."
There is no mandatory compliance.
Book: Practice Perfect -- "Whoever is doing the talking is doing the learning." When building a learning organization, stress that it's about…
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379 - Jack Butcher - How To Visualize Value
17 augustus 2020 · 1 uur 6 min
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#379: Jack Butcher - Founder of Visualize Value
Notes:
Excellence:
Humility - "People who don't think they're very good."
The willingness to "put yourself in situations where you don't have a clue."
No Plateau - Need to put yourself in scenarios where you are inexperienced... To learn and build resilience.
Why Jack shoots "one take" videos and doesn't edit --There is a focus on "getting things out there." Ship it. Publish. Take action.
"The ability to publish is prioritized."
You can build a bond with a teacher through their authenticity.
Create and share what you're building in real time... People want to go on that journey with you (when it's real)
How Jack has built such a high level of confidence in himself -- Had a great mentor who was a polymath.
It was six months into being a designer... Jack was preparing to show some of his work. He framed it as "I'm not sure if this is any good..." His mentor told him, "Never discount what you're doing prior to showing it to them." Frame it right. KNOW YOUR WORK. Own the full interaction of your story. Explain how you got the answer. DO the necessary work to understand it at its fundamental level.
Think as if you are going to defend your work as you present it -- "What would the worst critic say about this work?" How would I respond to that? Do your research and be prepared. That's how confidence is built. Be consciously competent about your work.
Visualize Value -- Jack is a designer by trade. He has built his skills based on his previous decade working with some of the world's largest brands.
He most enjoyed the strategic component of the process -- The articulation of the strategy through the use of compelling visual images.
Think: How can I make this argument more visual?
He helps businesses understand their value proposition
He takes the same principle to consumers now with Visual…
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378: Brad Feld: 378: Brad Feld - How To Collect Amazing People, Question Your Biases, & Build Community
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#378: Brad Feld
Notes:
Excellence:
Honesty - Clear view of what's going on with self and others
Transparency/Authenticity is overused
Confirmed process of learning - Hypothesis, clarity of though around experimentation
Advice to a new manager:
Ask a lot of questions
REALLY LISTEN - Engage in conversations... Don't just try to get the right answer
We have endless biases
"People defend their biases instead of questioning their biases." --> Have a curious mind.
Curiosity:
His parents gave him positive feedback for being inquisitive... An exploration of new ideas. Brad loves to read and takes a digital sabbath every Saturday.
Approach new ideas with a Buddhist philosophy --> Let go of assumptions. Approach each topic with a beginner's mind.
A founder who is an explorer -- "Don't get stuck as an investor by constantly asking questions. You need to want to deeply understand someone. It goes both ways. Literal answers aren't enough."
The role of the founder is "to collect people." → Mentor side, peer side, employee side, customer side.
Engage with people. Create a 'bi-directional' connection. This has shifted over time for Brad. Think #GiveFirst
Life partner - Amy... They are equals. It's important to acknowledge that. They almost split up after 10 years because Brad's words were not matching his actions.
"YOUR WORDS MUST MATCH YOUR ACTIONS.'
Prioritize what's important and then follow through. If it's important to you to spend time with your spouse, then do it.
Brad and Amy had to learn how to fight...
When their 13 year old dog died, it was devastating. Amy and Brad deal with tragedy differently. It's important to understand that it's OK for your spouse to deal with grief differently than you do.
Key Parts to building community:
The people in charge must be leaders
Must have a long term commitment --> 20 years+
Inclusive of anyone who wants to engage
Hav…
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377: Casper Ter Kuile - How To Turn Everyday Activities Into Soulful Practices
3 augustus 2020 · 1 uur
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Episode #377: Casper Ter Kuile - How To Turn Everyday Activities Into Soulful Practices
Notes:
Excellence:
Always learning
Commitment - Willingness to go deep
Generosity
Patience
Casper spent his 30th birthday with nuns. He's not very religious but realized he had a lot in common with them. They care about the same things. They're very honest.
What he learned from his mother and father:
Father - Do well when you follow the rules. Be detail oriented. Honest. Trustworthy.
Mother - She has a more "cheeky side." She breaks the rules.
Deep connection isn't just about relationships with other people. It's about feeling the fullness of being alive. It's about being enveloped in multiple layers of belonging within, between, and around us.
Four Levels of connection:
Connecting with yourself
Connecting with the people around you
Connecting with the natural world
Connecting with the transcendent
Tradition -- "We mistake tradition for convention. Tradition is the beating heart, convention is the outer expression."
A college football team can change their uniforms and not lose tradition. The uniforms are a form of outer expression.
You change symbols as you grow.
Preaching at its best is a conversation with the congregation. Ancient texts are so valuable. The Bible is a description of how life is...
Casper shares what it was like growing up in England and not fitting in...
His home life was great. His school life was awful.
Connection:
Willing to change
Forged in flames
Honesty & commitment to each other
Science is stable - we value being in tribes. There's less of a connection to places and family. There is a decline in religious communities.
Why has there been a decrease?
Productivity has become so important. To be productive, relationships are sacrificed. Priorities have shifted.
We are missing opportunities to go deep with people
At work…
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376: David Perell - Why You Should Write
27 juli 2020 · 1 uur 5 min
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Episode #376: David Perell - Why You Should Write
Notes:
The importance of writing -- Why everyone should write… "Having a website with articles you've published is like having a personal agent who finds career opportunities for you 24/7."
"Writing crystallizes ideas in ways thinking on its own will never accomplish." — Morgan Housel
"The person who writes sets the strategy. If you want to lead, write."
"Writing is a 'proof of work' mechanism"
It shows the world that you've thought deeply about a topic
Networking - The old way vs the new way
Old -- Go to conferences, happy hours, networking events
New -- Publish your work online. You attract the type of people you want...
Bill James analytical approach. His book only sold 550 copies, but one of them was to Billy Beane (General Manager of the Oakland A's). And the "Moneyball" revolution was created...
The Venn Diagram of Specificity
Learn how to create this for your business
How to built a career? Do things that are unique, in demand, but the world doesn't have yet
Your first draft is what is top of mind -- "Rewriting is rethinking." It's the process to make our ideas better. Writing and re-writing will make you a more thoughtful person and will create clarity.
Writing is an element of teaching.
Expertise is like a ladder -- Be like an investigative reporter about a topic that fascinates you
The benefits of learning in public: "It is the best way to build a network." It's a forcing function. It forces your brain to always be on.
"Want a great spouse? Deserve one." - Charlie Munger
Publishing your work online (podcast, essays, book) is the greatest networking tool in the world. I've met amazing people because they've benefitted from my work (head coach Atlanta Falcons, Brooklyn Nets, Ohio State basketball coach, SVP of Fortune 50 companies).
Community and connection —- community beco…
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375: Miranda Hawk - How To Cultivate A Loving Relationship
20 juli 2020 · 1 uur 17 min
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Episode #375: Miranda Hawk - How To Cultivate A Loving Relationship. Miranda Hawk is an award winning sales professional, builder of teams, and sits on the board for multiple non-profit organization. Miranda is my wife, and together we are striving to raise our daughters to be kind, strong, hard-working, resilient leaders. Miranda is the former owner of the Dayton Mom Collective, a business that provides a positive voice for motherhood by connecting moms to resources and parenting perspectives unique to their communities. She has worked in the profession of selling since she was 14 and understands the determination and work ethic it takes to sustain excellence. **We recorded this conversation on our Anniversary.**
Notes:
The symbolism of a wedding anniversary - The amount of time is not impressive. It's what you do during that time. The type of people you become. Not just that you've made it a certain number of years, but making those years count. The relationship has grown. The love for one another has grown. You've accomplished things together and on your own. And both people in the relationship and the world around are better because of the relationship.
What was the initial attraction and how that has grown and/or changed over time? (Confidence (shoulders back), beauty, work ethic, your demonstration of excellence at your craft, toughness) --> the blending of a family. Challenges and the joy of it....
What is beauty? Is beauty a pretty face, a nice smile, flowing hair, nice skin? Not to me, it's not. To me beauty is living life to higher standards, stronger morals and ethics and believing in them, whether people tell you you're right or wrong. Beauty is not wasting a day. Beauty is noticing life's little intricacies and taking time out of your busy day to really enjoy those little intricacies. Beauty is being real, being genuine, bein…
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374: Alexandra Carter - How To Ask For More (10 Questions To Negotiate Anything)
13 juli 2020 · 51 min
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Episode #374: Alexandra Carter - How To Ask For More. Alexandra Carter is a Clinical Professor of Law and Director of the Mediation Clinic at Columbia Law School. She has spent the last eleven years helping thousands of people negotiate better, build relationships and reach their goals. In 2019, Alex was awarded the Columbia University Presidential Award for Outstanding Teaching, Columbia University's highest teaching honor. She is a world-renowned negotiation trainer for groups and individuals from all over the world
Notes:
Excellent leaders have a beginner's mindset
What does a mediator do?
They are a third person that helps people negotiate. The good ones don't act like the smartest person in the room. They are learners and great listeners.
What is negotiation?
It is NOT a transaction over money.
Negotiation is any conversation where you are steering a relationship Every conversation is like being in a kayak. Approach every conversation differently... With intention.
"We make our world significant by the courage of our questions and by the depth of our answers." - Carl Sagan
The ultimate open ended question -- "Tell Me…" Questions - an open question is like fishing with a net. A closed question is fishing with a pole. A great open question doesn't have a question mark. "Tell me about your trip to India!"
Change your WHY questions to WHAT questions...Rather than ask "Why haven't I been able to… Turn that around to "What has made this challenging for me?" Move from a place of blame to curiosity.
How to handle a PDP (performance development plan) meeting? How to ask for a raise?
Recruit your manager to be on your side. Share your goals with them, bring them along with you... Connect with your manager. Talk about the future and how you can work together. Ask open ended questions to learn more about the needs of the business. Tie yo…
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373: Bill Perkins - How To Get All You Can From Your Money & Your Life
6 juli 2020 · 1 uur 9 min
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#373: Bill Perkins is a hedge fund manager, film producer, and high stakes poker player. He is the author of Die with Zero: Getting All You Can from Your Money and Your Life.
Notes:
Your life is the sum of your experiences… "The business of life is the acquisition of memories. In the end, that's all there is." - The butler from Downtown Abbey...
Excellence:
Integrity with your word and yourself -- Don't lie to yourself and others. You can't be flippant with yourself.
Don't say it unless you mean it (to yourself and others)
How to maximize your lifetime memorable moments with "memory dividends"
How to get the most experiences in the optimal time with "experience bucketing"
In each season, experiences will forever go away. Map out the experiences you want and what you are saving for. There are some experiences that you can only do when you're young and healthy. There is a deterioration of health. You won't always be able to climb a mountain or wake board. Do those now.
Follow your "net worth curve" - "Consume money and convert it into experiences."
How to navigate whether to invest in or delay a meaningful adventure based on your "personal interest rate" -- "Should I take one trip today or two trips in 10 years?"
Bill shares the life changing conversation he had with his boss, Joe Farrell, a partner at the company where he worked -- Bill was making $18,000/year and had saved $1,000. Joe questioned him... "Go spend that money! Why deprive yourself? You don't think you're going to make more money as you get older?!"
Jason Ruffo -- Backpacked Europe when he was young and able even though he didn't have any more. He did it while he could instead of waiting to have enough money. He now has an experience dividend for life that Bill doesn't.
What are we saving for?
Survival
Experiences we want - The memory dividend - "This is the stuff of l…
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372: Will Guidara - The Nobility Of Service: Lessons Learned From The #1 Restaurateur In The World
29 juni 2020 · 59 min
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#372: Will Guidara
Notes:
Sustaining excellence =
Everyone has the capacity for excellence
Hard work
Giving a lot of yourself to something -- A" passion for the thing you're excellent at doing."
The nobility of service
It requires getting up on a day when you're tired and not feeling it
"You need to be on even when you feel off"
The "pre-shift" meeting -- "As a leader, you have a responsibility to share what inspires you."
"Everyone craves affirmation."
Lessons from his Mom:
She became a quadriplegic when Will was nine
You can talk things into existence - Will's mom said she wanted to stay alive until he graduated college. And she did it by one day. Doctors said she should have died when Will was 12.
"What would you attempt to do if you could not fail?"
The power of non-verbal communication.
Integrity in the face of adversity - Life is not always awesome. There's always ups and downs. Perspective is key.
Eleven Madison Park - Setting the goal to be the #1 rated restaurant in the world. In 2010, they were #50.
Seven years later, they were #1.
"You need to love what you're doing to be great at it."
There is power in having extraordinary intention
Strategic planning --
Be specific and actionable
Have endless reinvention
Be willing to take risks
"Unreasonable Hospitality"
You need to decide what you want to embody
"Business like life is all about how you make people feel. It's that simple and that hard." - Danny Meyer
Hiring:
"We hired dream weavers from art schools, designers..."
Experiential design separated them from the rest
Be present
Listen to what is being said and what's not being said. Engage with people. Serve them. Meet them where they are.
"Hospitality is one size meets one" - Have to meet them one at a time
What's the secret to a happy marriage?
"Never stop pursuing each other"
Ruth's Chris - The speci…
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371: Maria Konnikova - How To Pay Attention, Master Yourself, & Win
22 juni 2020 · 1 uur 1 min
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#371: Maria Konnikova - Maria Konnikova is the author of two New York Times bestsellers, The Confidence Game, winner of the 2016 Robert P. Balles Prize in Critical Thinking, and Mastermind: How to Think Like Sherlock Holmes, an Anthony and Agatha Award finalist. Her new book, The Biggest Bluff, will be out from Penguin Press on June 23, 2020. She is a regularly contributing writer for The New Yorker whose writing has won numerous awards, including the 2019 Excellence in Science Journalism Award from the Society of Personality and Social Psychology. While researching The Biggest Bluff, Maria became an international poker champion and the winner of over $300,000 in tournament earnings—and inadvertently turned into a professional poker player. Maria's writing has been featured in Best American Science and Nature Writing and has been translated into over twenty languages.
Notes:
Sustaining excellence =
Genuine interest in what they do for a living
They follow their curiosity - "It's not about wanting to make a shit load of money."
Passionate
"They work their asses off" - They work a lot. It doesn't just happen.
"Follow your curiosity and obsessions with great rigor." - Brian Koppelman
Why write a book about poker when you've never played before?
"I wanted to write about chance and the role luck plays in our life."
Game theory stemmed from poker
Poker is about strategic decision making
Why poker? "Poker is a powerful tool to metabolize the luck that surrounds us, and a way to become comfortable with something that is not only all too applicable to our current situation, but extremely difficult for the human mind to process: uncertainty."
Erik Seidel became Maria's personal coach/mentor
"There's no one like him." He's stood the test of time. He's been successful at poker for decades... He's evolved with the changes of the game, made adjustments an…
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370: Steve Herz - Don't Take Yes For An Answer
15 juni 2020 · 1 uur 3 min
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#370: Steve Herz: Don't Take Yes For An Answer
Notes:
Sustaining excellence =
Curiosity - Genuine interest
A desire to learn and grow
Finding uncommon commonalities:
His parents went to Ohio University (which is where I graduated)
Do your homework prior to meeting someone (as Steve did on me)
Be actionable and intentional
Meet someone on their turf. ACKNOWLEDGE them.
Turner Smith:
"Don't Take Yes For An Answer" -- Beware of the counter-fit yes. They are not helpful.
"Don't live in an echo chamber of Yes."
Seek feedback - Turner Smith not only didn't give Steve an offer... He gave him specific feedback as to why. Changed his life.
Tough love with kindness
Read the book: Seabiscuit. Knowing when to use carrots vs. sticks.
Taking his shot with Alfred Geller - "I met him in a elevator and only had a few seconds. I asked to work with him... He said, 'meet me in my office at 8:00am tomorrow.'"
"I downloaded his brain."
"You need to perfect your A. W. E."
Authority
Warmth
Energy
John Kasich didn't use his voice properly. "Change your voice, change your life."
Mid-level manager advice:
"Act like you've been there before (like Barry Sanders)." Internalize it.
"When you're walking your dog, who is walking who?"
Providing feedback to his clients:
"Joe Tessitore couldn't figure out how to modulate his voice."
Don't get into the "vortex of mediocrity:"
The most painful thing in the world is unfulfilled potential.
Find the people who are able to give you critical feedback and listen.
When he started his company, he called it IF after Rudyard Kipling's poem by the same name which says, "If you can dream-- and not make dreams your master… yours is the Earth and everything that's in it."
We are ALL in sales: Steven Shapiro, member of the board of overseers of University of Pennsylvania Law School, "We have a saying at the firm: You can …
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369: Nancy Koehn & Adi Ignatius - Courageous Leaders Are Forged In Crisis
8 juni 2020 · 58 min
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#369: Nancy Koehn & Adi Ignatius
Nancy Koehn is a historian at the Harvard Business School. She's the author of multiple books, her most recent: Forged in Crisis: The Power of Courageous Leadership in Turbulent Times.
Adi Ignatius is the Editor in Chief of the Harvard Business Review. Previously, he was deputy managing editor for Time, where he was responsible for many of its special editions, including the Person of the Year and Time 100 franchises.
Notes:
Sustaining excellence =
Leaders are made, not born
"Crisis are great greenhouses to make great leaders"
Resilience - It's a muscle built over time
A unique combination - The ability to commit, married to that, but flexibility to the means to make it happen
Empathy & Emotional awareness - How a leader shows up in service to the mission
Convey conviction and confidence
A real sense of how much impact a leader has. Humble and own the sense that they have great influence.
They use it to help people overcome their own limitations
Adi - Understand the long term. Need the ability to shift.
Transparency - Direct reports should know where they stand at all times.
Emotional discipline:
Don't send email when you're mad. Think about the long term impact of what you do.
JFK - White House discovered missiles in Cuba.
Read: Guns Of August - How WWI Started
Slow pace down
Imagine what Khrushchev would do - Give him room, hold off...
Use "calculated empathy"
Standing up to others like Winston Churchill - He stood up to the opposition.
Dunkirk - Leadership when everything changes
Ernest Shackleton - He took 27 men to Antarctica
How did he avoid mutiny in the midst of huge adversity?
He had the trust of his men. They believed he cared about them.
Emotional awareness - He addressed their fears - "What can I do to address their fears?"
Extraordinary ability to toggle seamlessly between …
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368: Jim McKelvey - How To Build An Unbeatable Business (One Crazy Idea At A Time)
4 juni 2020 · 59 min
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358: Jim McKelvey - How To Build An Unbeatable Business (One Crazy Idea At A Time)
Jim McKelvey is the co-founder of Square, was chairman of its board until 2010, and still serves on the Board of Directors. In 2011, his iconic card reader design was inducted into the Museum of Modern Art. Jim also founded Invisibly, a project to rewire the economics of online content; LaunchCode, a non-profit that trains people to work in technology; and Third Degree Glass Factory, a publicly accessible glass art studio & education center in St. Louis. In 2017, he was appointed as an Independent Director of the St. Louis Federal Reserve.
Sustaining excellence = The people you lead will eventually kick you out... This signifies your ability to hire, train, and develop excellent leaders.
"I'm not a good leader. I don't run the business. I build the company and then get out of the way."
"I have a weird skill set... I'm comfortable doing things that have never been done before."
What it's like working with Jack Dorsey (Jim started Square with Jack): "He has the ability to administer and incrementally improve... That's something I value in a person. Jack is incredibly competent, very quiet, and very capable. He knows the difference between good and excellent."
Jim sees himself as a normal guy without any gifts... "Don't disqualify yourself because you think other people are special (or gifted) and you're not."
What if the activity had never been done before? The Wright Brothers were no more qualified to build the first ever flying machine than someone else. They made the choice to do it, and put in the work to make it happen.
"To be excellent, you need to reach out to others who are."
Interview process:
"People who lie are not consistent. Ask similar questions in different ways multiple times."
Tell people very honestly all the reasons they shouldn't work at your company. Be…
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367: Ozan Varol - How To Think Like A Rocket Scientist
1 juni 2020 · 1 uur
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#367: Ozan Varol - How To Think Like A Rocket Scientist
Sustaining excellence =
The ability to learn from failure - "Failure sucks and shouldn't be celebrated. We must learn from it."
"Learn fast, don't fail fast. We need to get better with each iteration.
Breakthroughs should be evolutionary, not revolutionary
How success can lead to failure
The Challenger Explosion - A string of successes discounted the role that luck played in the process
"Just because you're on a hot streak doesn't mean you'll beat the house."
Post mortem - A Latin phrase for "after death." Instead of a post mortem, do an "after action review."
Review after all actions whether they succeeded or failed.
The "Kill The Company" exercise
Ask the people within your company what they would do to compete and beat your company... And then do that.
Mark Zuckerberg does this with acquisitions (WhatsApp, Instagram). One of his greatest fears is becoming the next MySpace.
As a mid-level manager: Put yourself in the position of your customer. Why are customers justified in buying from our competitions? "They see something we're not seeing."
Growing up in Istanbul, Turkey. It was a culture of conformity. Ozan did not fit in. In fact, he was assigned a number in school and that was used to call on him instead of his name.
His parents let him choose which school he went to and he remembers feeling so empowered by them for having a choice. He wanted more of that.
So he decided to come to the United States for college and attended Cornell.
Ozan blindly applied for a job that didn't exist by emailing Steve Squyres (he was in charge of a NASA funded project to send a river to Mars). And he acted on his dad's advice, "you can't win the lottery if you don't buy a ticket."
"Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge." - Carl Sagan
In the modern world we look f…
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366: Laurie Santos - The Science Of Well-Being (Psychology & The Good Life)
25 mei 2020 · 42 min
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Episode #366: Laurie Santos -
Laurie Santos is a cognitive scientist and Professor of Psychology at Yale University. She has been a featured TED speaker and has been listed in Popular Science as one of their "Brilliant Ten" young scientists in 2007 as well as in Time magazine as a "Leading Campus Celebrity" in 2013. In January 2018, her course titled Psychology and the Good Life became the most popular course in Yale's history, with approximately one-fourth of Yale's undergraduates enrolled.
Notes:
Sustaining excellence:
Good habits: Form consistent routines
Healthy: Exercise regularly
Socialize with others
They "offload dumb decisions"
Create a morning routine - Limit the wardrobe (limit mental energy spent on trivial things).
Harness the power of habits - "Set you exercise clothes out the night before."
Do it at a consistent time each day no matter what. This decreases anxiety.
For writing: Stop in the middle of a sentence. This will help you get started the next day (and avoid seeing the blank screen)
Laurie is the head of a college at Yale. She lives and eats with the students in the dining hall.
She built her class based upon hearing the complaints of students daily (they were unhappy)
Important behaviors:
Gratitude
Social connection
Random acts of kindness
Students didn't realize their misconceptions about happiness
It's not about your job, house, or money.
Happy people are:
Socially connected - They spend a lot of time with others. They prioritize connecting with others.
They don't focus on themselves - "Others oriented." They do more for others.
Grateful - They look for the good. They have a mindset of gratitude. They write down 3-5 things they are grateful for everyday. They are mindful.
The GI Fallacy - It's more than just knowing... "You must DO IT."
Be deliberate about connecting with others. Hang out with peo…
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365: James Altucher - How To Become An Idea Machine (The 10,000 Experiment Rule)
18 mei 2020 · 1 uur 10 min
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#365: James Altucher - How To Become An Idea Machine
"Vulnerability equals freedom."
"You need to say something interesting. You need to step outside of your comfort zone."
James started writing in 1990 after a girl he liked chose to date a writer instead of him.
He wrote 3,000 words a day and yet didn't publish anything for 12 years.
Why write about your flaws?
Watch the movie 8 mile... "Eminem shares all of the negative aspects of himself. He left his competition with nothing to say about him. He beat him to the punch."
"I don't hit publish unless I'm worried. Am I afraid? If yes, then publish."
"All good writing has to have a story."
Commonalities of people who sustain excellence:
Physically healthy - They are in shape
Emotionally healthy - They have good relationships
They are extremely curious - "Ken Langone came in my comedy club and asked tons of questions. He's so curious."
They are very creative
They have a "ready, fire, aim" approach - Sara Blakely started Spanx and got a $300K order and hadn't figured out how to manufacture her product yet.
Creativity/Idea generation is a muscle - If you don't work it, it atrophies.
Write 10 ideas a day.
Quantity is more important than quality. "He who has the most ideas wins."
You'll have a lot of bad ideas. You have to get through those to get to the good ones. Quantity is important.
"Writing 10 ideas a day changed my life. I wasn't depressed anymore."
Write ideas for companies and share with them... They might call you.
Being an "intrapreneur" within your company - Think of ideas that can help your company and share with the CEO.
"Success is always on the other side of can't."
Great entrepreneurs focus on reducing risk
How to speak to powerful people?
Realize they are just people
Humor is key. "Laughter is the way to level the playing field."
Developing a …
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364: Derek Sivers- How To Redefine Yourself, Make Big Decisions, & Live Life On Your Terms
11 mei 2020 · 57 min
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#364: Derek Sivers: Derek Sivers is a writer, musician, programmer, and entrepreneur best known for being the founder and former president of CD Baby, an online CD store for independent musicians. A professional musician since 1987, Sivers started CD Baby by accident in 1997 when he was selling his own CD on his website, and friends asked if he could sell theirs, too. CD Baby went on to become the largest seller of independent music on the web, with over $100M in sales for over 150,000 musician clients.
Notes:
The similarities between becoming a Dad and starting a business:
The transition from being "me" focused to becoming focused on others first. "That happened when I started a business... Long before I became a dad."
"As a dad, I learned to be fully present with him. To shut everything else down and focus on him."
"Adults are always looking for amazing superlatives. Kids are happy with tiny details."
"Stop wasting hours... Learn to have a blast where you are."
Making big decisions:
There is a difference between theory and in practice
"Don't consider anything decided until you've tried it."
Why you should keep your goals to yourself:
An identity goal makes you a different person. If you announce it to others and they give you social satisfaction, that feedback you receive gives you internal satisfaction. That could lead to you already feeling satisfaction and thus less likely to achieve the goal... Receiving the satisfaction from others before you've done it is not helpful.
(NOTE - There is additional information to read about this nuanced topic. THIS is helpful.)
Sustaining excellence:
They hold themselves to high standards. They set high stakes.
They have amazing self-control
"Excellence is setting high standards and living up to them."
Excellent leadership is being selfless... Doing what's in the best long-term interest of t…