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313: Listener Q & A -- Build Confidence Like Beyonce, How To Ask The Right Questions, & When To Make A Job Change
3 juni 2019 · 2 uur 2 min
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#313 - Listener Supported (Q & A) Episode -- Build Confidence Like Beyonce, How To Ask The Right Questions, & When To Make A Job Change
Full show notes can be found at www.LearningLeader.com
Notes:
Leaders who sustain excellence =
Have a mindset of growth
They assume they have so much to learn
Question from Ed Arnston -- Lt. Col in The United States Army -- "All of your guests are excellent and offer a lot of wisdom, but as you've done more than 300, what are the top 5 in power rankings of guests on your show?
Kat Cole - Courage & Confidence + Curiosity & Humility
George Raveling - The curiosity of a 5 year old, he is a learning machine
Brian Koppelman - Follow your curiosity and obsessions with great rigor
Jim Collins - Who is YOUR WHO?
General Stan McChrystal - "Your character is something you can control. You can decide what your character is. Nobody can take it from you."
Questions from CaSaundra Garber -- Technical Project Manager, Portland, Oregon -- Who have you always wanted to have on your podcast that you haven't made happen yet? Reading The Alliance, what are your thoughts on it?
Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Oprah, a panel with Aaron Rodgers, Peyton Manning, Tom Brady
"You are the sum of your experiences." A lot of the learnings of my life have come from the great coaches I've played for in my life.
One of the biggest parts of The Alliance is the idea of doing "a tour of duty." Changing jobs and learning new skills and the benefits of it. Tour of duty = What do you want to learn and gain in this specific area of business? Don't get a job just to have a job, take a job that will give you a tour where you come out of it in a planed time frame and you've learned something new. --> David Epstein writes about this in Range and on THIS episode. People that earn roles in the C-suite have a variety of roles on their way to that position. Open your mind more to take on a role that is currently completely outside o…
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312: Zvi Band - How To Leverage The Power Of Your Relationships
27 mei 2019 · 1 uur
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#312: Zvi Band
Zvi Band is the co-founder & CEO of Contactually, the top CRM which empowers professionals in real estate, consulting, and other professional industries to build authentic relationships. Having founded Contactually in 2011, Zvi has led Contactually to $12M in venture backing, 75 employees, and tens of thousands of customers, including 8 of the top 20 real estate brokerages in the country. An engineer, a seasoned entrepreneur, developer, strategist and startup advisor, with unique both technical and non-technical operations. Thrice named a Washingtonian Tech Titan, featured in the New York Times, The Washington Post, and Washington City Paper, Zvi was also a finalist for Ernst & Young's Entrepreneur of the Year. Zvi is a passionate speaker and author whose writing has appeared in Forbes, Inc, Inman News, and many other outlets. He's the author of the newly released book, Success Is In Your Sphere. Published by McGraw-Hill (Zvi and I share the same agent, publisher, and editor).
Notes:
Leaders who sustain excellence =
They have a level of introspection
This creates self-awareness and mindfulness
Take a step back... Analyze, pick apart. Understand why something happened based on the decisions you made
They are tactical
5x7 notepad -- Take blank sheet and write the exact things you need to do each day
Weekly wrap up -- Capture what happened
Use a daily journal to understand how you felt at that moment
"It's way too easy to be reactionary." It's not productive. Be thoughtful and intentional
Zvi at 25 years old:
Quit his job
His dad's cancer came back and he died
The same day was officially declared a recession in 2008
How to respond?
Zvi was interested in a startup
"I emailed my network, and the CTO of an enterprise software company helped me out"
"Relationships are our most important asset"
Zvi realized he wasn't good at managing his relat…
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311: Adam Savage - Life Lessons From A Master Maker
20 mei 2019 · 52 min
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#311: Adam Savage
Full show notes can be found at www.LearningLeader.com
Adam Savage was the co-host and Executive Producer of the hit show, MythBusters on the Discovery Channel. Fourteen years, 1,015 myths, 2,950 experiments, eight Emmy nominations and 83 miles of duct tape later, the series ended in March 2016.
He is the author of Every Tool's a Hammer - Life Is What You Make It.
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Notes
Leaders who sustain excellence =
"Obsession is the gravity of making"
Obsession towards the project -- A "desire to see the thing they made to your satisfaction."
Adam on failure:
"I don't trust people who haven't failed."
What it means to be a great boss?
Give great opportunities... "The time, the facilities, reason, and logic."
"Hey, you're doing great." Let employees have the space they need.
"There's nothing better than when someone leading a team project can just run with it."
"Give total autonomy with narrow bandwidth. Give ownership."
Being a generalist -- "The specialist wasn't always helpful because answers are within the context of a wider story."
It's very damaging to ask a nine year old what they want to be when they grow up:
"Excellence --> The things we cannot stop thinking about." That's what we should strive to be when we grow up. Someone who pursues their curiosity and obsessions with great rigor.
The WHO
"I think about my relationships all the time." The people you consciously choose to have in your life are everything
"Am I serving those relationships? Am I being present and non-judgmental with them? Am I with them in the room?"
Stop getting mad at customer service -- It's not their fault. And you'll feel better about yourself.
Adam on his preparation process for a big speech:
It depends on the engagement, but it's extensive.
There are 2 specifics:
Record yourself and listen to it -- "It illuminates where you're not hitting your mark. It's the …
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310: David Epstein - Why Generalists Will Rule The World
13 mei 2019 · 1 uur 4 min
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#310: David Epstein
Full show notes can be found at www.LearningLeader.com
David Epstein is the author of the forthcoming Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World , and of the top 10 New York Times bestseller The Sports Gene. David has master's degrees in environmental science and journalism, and is reasonably sure he's the only person to have co-authored a paper in the journal of Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research while a writer at Sports Illustrated. David has given talks about performance science and the uses (and misuses) of data on five continents; his TED Talk has been viewed 7 million times, and was shared by Bill Gates.
Notes:
Leaders who sustain excellence =
Voracious learners
Voracious readers
They attack obstacles
Extremely interested in people and about themselves
The Sports Gene
Having great reflexes is a trained skill -- Pro baseball players cannot hit a pro softball pitcher because they have not trained their reflexes to understand the arm angle (Albert Puhols could not hit Jenny Finch even though she throws slower than the average MLB pitcher)
"Chunking" is what world class athletes or chess-masters do. They pick up on cues from the person's body (or the board) and that helps them make quicker decisions -- Ex: A baseball player understands/learns the cues of a pitcher and what pitch is coming and at what velocity
Sports is a "kind learning environment." It is more black and white than the business world. In order to translate this to the business world, try to create a kinder learning environment. Need as much information available as possible.
Create an environment where feedback is happening on a regular basis
The business world is not as kind of a learning environment
The "annual review" is a horrible way to run a business. Feedback should be happening on a regular basis... Daily.
Bill Campbell would go to the meetings of the leaders he coached and gave immediate feedback.
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309: Verne Harnish - Scaling Up: How To Grow Yourself & Your Business
6 mei 2019 · 1 uur 5 min
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Episode #309: Verne Harnish -
Verne Harnish is the founder of the world-renowned Entrepreneurs' Organization (EO), with over 14,000 members worldwide, and chaired for fifteen years EO's premiere CEO program, the "Birthing of Giants" held at MIT, a program in which he still teaches today. Founder and CEO of Gazelles, a global executive education and coaching company with over 200 partners on six continents, Verne has spent the past three decades helping companies scale up.
He along with the editors of Fortune, authored The Greatest Business Decisions of All Times for which Jim Collins wrote the foreword. His book Scaling Up (Rockefeller Habits 2.0) has won eight major international book awards including the prestigious International Book Award for Best General Business book.
Full show notes can be found at www.LearningLeader.com
Notes:
Leaders who sustain excellence =
Ability to persevere
Willingness to hire a coach and listen -- All of the greats had coaches to help them (Rockefeller, Steve Jobs)
Be part of a "mastermind group" -- Think and Grow Rich - Napoleon Hill
Cannot be afraid to make the cold-call. You must be willing to ask
Verne cold-called Steve Jobs leadership coach
Ask yourself: Who are the top 25 influencers in the space where I want to play? Write their names down... Then call them, email, writer letters. Find a way to get in contact with them
Earn the support of influencers and it will put you in warp speed -- "I was the first person to get President Ronald Reagan to say 'entrepreneur' in the White House"
Two rules:
Give before you ask for anything -- Sometimes you can only give your time and attention. Go to their speeches in person, sit in the front row, nod your head, take notes, then follow up with them afterwards and ask questions.
Understand your pitch, what you do, why you do it, and be able to share it concisely
"What a great mentor wants is a great student"
Verne realized there was no…
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308: Alex Hutchinson - The Curiously Elastic Limits Of Human Performance
29 april 2019 · 1 uur
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Episode #308: Alex Hutchinson
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Full shownotes can be found at www.LearningLeader.com
Leaders who sustain excellence =
They show up... Willing to take a shot when they might not be successful
People over-estimate short term and under-estimate long term. Be ambitious about long term
Consistency - Secret to success: "When an editor gives me an assignment, they will receive it back on time with the right words." You have to always get it done and be known as someone who does this.
To rise above a certain level, you must do more than what is expected. "Dream big while not neglecting daily responsibility."
Eliud Kipchoge - spiritual leader of self-disciplined people around the world.
"Only the disciplined in life are free."
Getting there earlier than his coach...
"As hard as I was willing to work, he was willing to support me." -- Alex describing his great basketball coach
"Discipline is a muscle. You get better as you use it more."
Model of achievement -- Work hard, support others
"Sweat more than you watch other people sweat." -- Every leader should get some sort of activity. It's indefensible to have a healthy body and mind.
"We are cognitively better when we are fit."
"Pushing yourself physically reveals what you're made of mentally."
How to raise your threshold of pain:
It's expectation based
Pain perception is the same for all... It's all about how you respond
Learn to tolerate it it by going through it regularly. Develop psychological coping system.
Pain is just a signal -- Understand it's how you choose to respond
Navy SEALs, Olympians did an experiment with brain scanners where oxygen was restricted:
They have a 'higher level of self-monitoring'
Elite athletes get better when stress hits. Normal people get worse
Take a mindfulness based course:
Cultivate "non-judgmental self-awareness"
When you make a pancake for your 5 year old and they don't like it, "try not to respond w…
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307: Carly Fiorina - Why You Should Run Towards The Fire
22 april 2019 · 55 min
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Episode #397: Carly Fiorina
Leaders who sustain excellence =
Unlock the potential in others
Courageous
High character -- "How" matters more than what
Collaborate well
Humble/Empathetic
They see possibilities in other people... They don't judge them
Optimism combined with realism -- "Seeing people do more than they thought they can is fuel for me."
"You need an equal measure of optimism with realism. You must see the current state as it is. It's important to believe things will get better (optimism), but also be clear eyed and realistic. Be honest. See truth, and act on it."
From secretary to CEO -- "People wouldn't look at em and say that's a leader."
"Work hard and do excellent work in your current role."
"What I saw were problems and we fixed problems. I learned that solving problems is what leadership is all about."
"Run towards the problems, work to solve them. Don't fixate on getting promoted, focus your attention on doing great at your current job." And then doors will open...
Choose a path over a plan
How you get things done matters more than what you get done... The manner in which you do it. Think long term.
Focus on where you can make a difference
A manager versus a leader:
Manager -- Works within current constraints of the role. They do the best they can with what they have.
Leader -- Changes things. They create new ways of doing things.
Leaders are made, not born. Focus on building character and working to be excellent
Carly was recruited to be the CEO of HP. She was the first outside hire to be CEO ever. And the first female CEO of a Fortune 50 company.
She was named the Fortune magazine most powerful woman in American business for 6 years in a row
"When your team is diverse, the team is stronger."
Competitive nature: "I've always been focused on excellence. But, I've never been a win at all cost person."
"It's easy to make a quarte…
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306: Brian Koppelman - Follow Your Curiosity And Obsessions With Rigor
15 april 2019 · 1 uur 10 min
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Sustaining excellence:
Ability to focus on the work
Preparedness
Ability to collaborate
"Being responsible enough to show up on time is surprisingly effective and important"
"People that follow their curiosity, obsessions, and passions" -- They truly love what they're doing and work with incredible rigor. If you love what you're doing, it doesn't feel like a job. It's work that's enriching you at the same time.
"What we're really trying to do as leaders is get people to perform at their highest level and to do it together, because what we do is highly collaborative."
"I was the kind of person that would read a book and if I liked it, I would stay up all night reading it. And I would learn the words from that book. I would look them up. I loved the way words sounded and I loved the idea of communicating with great efficiency and humor."
"Where this passion really landed for me, it made sense to do this work. Working with great rigor is a lot easier when you're borderline obsessed with something and when you're curious."
"Curiosity keeps you diving deeper."
"I was a frustrated and blocked writer and I was starting to feel that I had made mistakes. But those two hours every morning... Writing. Made me feel alive."
"And he (my boss) said to me, 'Look, you know you're a writer and that's what you want to do.'"
"Dude. You do have a half hour a day." You have to make time to do the work.
"We finished the screenplay. We sent it out and it got rejected by every single agency in Hollywood. I'm not exaggerating."
"I wrote down what every person said... And then it sold the next week, and every agency called us back trying to sign us. Nothing was different on the page. I read them all back what they had said and they would all lie back to me. I had them written down on a big yellow legal p…
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305: Marcus Buckingham & Ashley Goodall - A Leader's Guide To The Real World (Break All The Rules)
8 april 2019 · 51 min
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Episode #305: Marcus Buckingham & Ashley Goodall - A Leader's Guide To The Real World (Break All The Rules)
Full show notes can be found at www.LearningLeader.com
Marcus Buckingham holds a master's degree in social and political science from Cambridge University and is a member of the Secretary of State's Advisory Committee on Leadership and Management. He's the author of the international best-seller, First, Break All The Rules.
Ashley Goodall is the co-author, with Marcus Buckingham, of Nine Lies About Work: A Freethinking Leader's Guide to the Real World. He is an executive, leadership expert, and author, and has spent his career exploring large organizations from the inside.
Notes from this talk:
Sustaining excellence:
Optimism -- An innate predisposition that things will get better
Individualization -- Ability to attract great talent. Knowing that each person has something unique to bring
"You follow somebody if they give you confidence in the future."
"The world will be better if I hitch my wagon to you."
Great managers/leaders =
They know how to surround themselves with the right people -- "If you want a great party, invite great people."
They focus on people first
They help them. They coach them. They find a path and set expectations.
They grow. They make the next step and help others do the same.
"Talent is more important than experience."
Talent = a recurring pattern of thought. Enduring patterns in a person. Hire for those, then train for skills.
How to find talented people?
Ask open ended questions, stay quiet, believe what they say.
Ask appetite questions: "What did you love most about that?"
Talents are far more about natural appetite
Feedback:
"People need feedback to grow and excel. It grows best not with feedback, but with help."
People grown when attention is given to them. "Pay attention to me. My talents." People need attention to what really works in them
Leaders must look at the …
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304: Laura Gassner Otting - How To Carve Your Own Path
1 april 2019 · 1 uur 4 min
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Episode #304: Laura Gassner Otting - How To Carve Your Own Path
Full show notes can be found at www.LearningLeader.com
The Learning Leader Show
"It starts young. We have a world where we are given an identity. We need to think, 'is that really what I want?"
Show Notes:
Sustaining excellence:
Live on the edge of your incompetence -- "The more you talk, the less you listen." Need to be asking questions and listening.
Tenacity, grit
Put yourself in uncomfortable situations
Be in a position to learn something new from your failures... "That is delightful."
"Looking into someone and seeing their greatness."
Running coach -- "Calm, confident, reflect back to the dream Compete.
Issues with execution... Why? "We get stuck chasing someone else's dream."
How do we know? "It starts young. We have a world where we are given an identity. We need to think, 'is that really what I want?"
The four parts of consonace:
Calling -- It's bigger than you
Connection - The work actually matters
Contribution - It contributes to the life you actually want
Control - How much do I have?
"My mother told me I needed to be a lawyer." -- "I wanted to run for office."
How did Laura end up in the Clinton Whitehouse?
"I learned how to show up for others... And be dedicated to excellence"
"I was a great leader, but a terrible manager." You need to be self-aware
Advice to new managers:
"People want feedback. Ask them if that project reflected their understanding of the assignment or their ability?"
Laura's TEDx Talk:
Stop asking, 'how can I help?'
Think, 'what needs to happen?'
Her fight with Ann Coulter
Must be willing to change your mind as a leader -- "Our stories are our connections."
Becoming an athlete -- Laura ran the first mile of her life nine years ago. Now, she's a competitive rower. And she ran in the Boston marathon.
Confidence is built through doing. Continue to push the boundaries of our own competence.
Tel Aviv:
H…
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303: General Stanley McChrystal - The New Definition Of Leadership
25 maart 2019 · 59 min
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Episode #303 - General Stanley McChrystal
Full Show Notes can be found at www.LearningLeader.com
A retired four-star general, Stan is the former commander of US and International Security Assistance Forces (ISAF) Afghanistan and the former commander of the nation's premier military counter-terrorism force, Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC). In June 2009, the President of the United States and the Secretary General of NATO appointed him to be the Commander of US Forces Afghanistan and NATO ISAF. His command included more than 150,000 troops from 45 allied countries.
Notes:
There is a formulaic myth: Leadership is not what we think it is...
"I thought it was just behaviors, but that's too simplistic."
"Leadership is intensely contextual." A great leader must adapt themselves to the situation.
"There's not a style that's perfect for every situation." Vince Lombardi coached differently based on the team he was coaching. Coach K (from Duke) is known to be incredibly adaptable and that's why he's succeeded year after year.
Important leadership qualities:
Great listener -- Pay attention. Marinate in what's happening.
Have humility -- Think of the people you serve
Why General McChrystal went to West Point:
Dad, brothers, grandpa were all soldiers. It's in the family.
He wanted to be an Army Officer
Stan struggled his senior year in high school. He lived by himself, his mom had died.
His Freshman year at West Point, he didn't take the school part seriously and got in trouble.
He was almost kicked out of West Point.
However, he got extremely high peer review ratings:
His new tactical officer told him, "You're going to be a great officer" -- This was said based on how his peers had so much respect for him as a person. That mentor reached him and made a significant impact on him. "We all need someone like that."
The power of a mentor/leader who believes in you:
It's huge to have someone who mentally maps it out…
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302: Nick Kokonas - How To See The Genius In People
18 maart 2019 · 1 uur 23 min
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302: Nick Kokonas - How To See The Genius In People
Full show notes can be found at www.LearningLeader.com
Commonalities of sustaining excellence:
Intellectual curiosity - A desire to learn. Not for the outcome, but for the curiosity to learn more
Healthy degree of paranoia - What Jim Collins would call "productive paranoia"
In the pursuit of excellence
"No one is giving it away for free. It takes effort."
Balance -- "I get manic at times. I'm not always well balanced." The skill is in being able to turn it on and off... Which can happen over time
"I've always been curious about how things worked..."
Why it was helpful to go to Colgate University
A Liberal Arts school forced Nick to study areas outside of just his major. Made him more well-rounded
He "learned how to learn" -- Forced him to wrestle with existential questions
Rhetoric -- Can you understand all sides of an issue? Where does ambiguity exist?
Need to learn to think critically -- How you do it is more important that you do it
General advice:
"Learn to communicate well. Concisely. Learn to write and speak well.
From a psychology perspective, analyze, "what are they really saying?"
Why he became a derivatives trader:
"I got into law school, but didn't want to go."
He tested well, but desired his independence
"Prestige as part of pay doesn't matter to me."
To be great at anything, you must be disciplined to show up everyday -- "My money has always been at risk everyday. Some think that's crazy. But I've always worked to have an edge."
How to figure out outcomes as soon as possible
The decision to leave the world of derivatives trading to open a restaurant... Why?
"I took some money off the table... Then my dad died... and I thought, what am I doing? I had no idea what I was going to do next..."
Meeting Grant Achatz and the impact that had on Nick's life...
"He reminded me a lot of myself. He was thoughtful, driven, shy (this was the opposite…
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301: James Kerr - How To Create An Ethos Of Excellence (Legacy)
11 maart 2019 · 1 uur 6 min
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Episode #301 with James Kerr
Full show notes can be found at www.LearningLeader.com
Commonalities of sustaining excellence:
Humility - An ego-less approach. "Serve to lead" mentality
Curiosity - Following passion
Value Excellence - Focus on doing the small things right
These are transferable principles to any organziation
The "All Blacks" rugby team "are our Gods in New Zealand."
They've won just under 80% of their games in history
Scored twice as many points as their competitors
The most successful sports team of all time
Sustained high performance
Mana = The God within. The spirit... The ethos that creates excellence decade after decade
Surprises? "The softness in this hard game. A love, a brotherhood, connection, meaning, caring for one another."
How have they sustained excellence?
Tradition
Starts at the top with the leaders
Breaking down old orthodox
Like the British SAS - "Rank but no class"
Leadership group -- It's not just one coach. Everyone's ideas are valued.
It's a player led team - "Positive power of peer pressure." That feeling of not wanting to let one of your teammates down
"You fight more for the person in the foxhole next to you."
The Spartan sword and shield. You can lose you sword, but you can never lose your shield. That helps protect your brother.
Accountability - There is leadership at every level
It empowers the individual in a project bigger than themselves
How does this work in business?
Helps them step up, take ownership, be responsible
"A leader is responsible for the result. Good or bad."
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300 - Keith & AJ Hawk - How To Instill Work Ethic & Curiosity In Your Children
4 maart 2019 · 1 uur 42 min
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Episode #300: Keith & AJ Hawk - How To Instill Work Ethic & Curiosity In Your Kids
Full show notes can be found at www.LearningLeader.com
Keith Hawk is a 32-year veteran sales professional and sales leader. For over ten years he led one of America's greatest sales organizations, at LexisNexis. He continues in a customer focused role to this day at that global organization, speaking to customer groups around the world on the topic of solving business problems with the solutions offered by his firm. In addition, he continues to speak regularly on topics such as consultative selling, selling to executives, and how to effectively lead people. He also happens to be my dad.
AJ Hawk played 11 seasons in the NFL. He was a two-time All American at Ohio State and he also won The Lombardi Award (as a senior at Ohio State) as the countries best defensive player. He was the fifth overall draft pick of the Green Bay Packers in the 2006 NFL draft. He was voted team captain on their Super Bowl winning team in 2010. He finished his career as the all time leading tackler in Green Bay Packer history. AJ is my younger brother.
Staying sharp after official retirement?
"My mind is as clear as it's been in many years. I read more, write more, listen to more podcasts, I learn more now than I ever have."
"I never liked getting the question, 'did you get all of your work done?' As a senior leader at a big company, the work was never done. In my role now, I can go give a speech and get the work done."
Advice to others - "Stay patient a little bit, you have to find a way to grab hold of your day and take control of it. Don't let others do that to you."
AJ's progress to improve as a broadcaster:
There is no end game
Must keep grinding and getting as many reps as possible
"You have to jump in and do the work." You can't worry about judgement from others. You have to get the reps. Get on the stage and do it.
How to handle the follow up to a co…
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299: Kyle Maynard - "The World Will Not Be Tailored To Your Every Need" (Scaling Kilimanjaro)
25 februari 2019 · 50 min
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Episode #299: Kyle Maynard
Full show notes can be found at www.LearningLeader.com
Kyle Maynard is a motivational speaker, bestselling author, entrepreneur, and ESPY award-winning mixed martial arts athlete, known for becoming the first quadruple amputee to reach the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro and Mount Aconcagua without the aid of prosthetics.
Oprah Winfrey called Kyle "one of the most inspiring young men you will ever hear about." Arnold Schwarzenegger described him as "the real deal," "a champion human," and "one of the most inspiring people" he's ever met. Even the great Wayne Gretzky has spoken of Kyle's "greatness."
Show Notes:
Commonalities of sustaining excellence:
Consistent action... Plotting
Life is a marathon
"I've struggled with this."
"We live in a society that we think we have to reach the summit"
"Climb as hard as you can but relinquish the fact that you've ever arrived." It will never be enough to fulfill you.
"You've never arrived, you're always becoming."
"I question what we're driven towards."
Losing the first 35 matches... His dad told him that no wrestlers win in their first year and convinced him to go back for his second year
"What you're looking for, you're going to find."
A self-efficacy belief. It's in your deeper nervous system... It becomes automatic. His dad planted the seed.
"We have this illusion in our head, but it doesn't happen overnight."
"The world will not be tailored for your every need."
"We are softening the edges, we need to learn how to mentally deal with things."
"We need to choose conscious suffering."
"Voluntary hardship"
The power of meeting veterans in an airport on a way to giving motivational speeches
"It shifted, it wasn't about me." The message helped veterans not commit suicide.
"It's B.S. to think anyone is self-made. We all need help." The ripple effect.
Why climb?
"I want to experience the world. Just did scuba dive at the Great Barrier reef."
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298: Michael Useem - How To Become A Learning Machine
18 februari 2019 · 53 min
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Episode #298 with Michael Useem - How To Become A Learning Machine
Full shownotes can be seen at www.LearningLeader.com
Commonalities of sustaining excellence:
Thinking strategically
Communicating persuasively
Decisive decision making
The power of using real life examples to demonstrate leadership
Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain
He was a learning machine
"We know not the future, and cannot plan for it much. But we can determine and know what manner of men we will be whenever and wherever the hour strikes."
He was a self directed lifelong learner - "I have always been interested in military matters, and what I do not know in that line, I know how to learn. I study I tell you every military work I can find."
He had a mentor/coach - Adelbert Ames was his tent mate and he learned all he could from him
He had a disciplined focus on learning from him. "I asked him every night to tell me what he knew so I could learn"
He routinely got outside of his comfort zone - "I will watch myself and do an after action review to analyze."
Get tangible experience
The purpose behind taking students and family members to Gettysburg every semester - To "stand where Chamberlain stood." And to "get you in their moment on that ground." Recreate the moment as if you're there.
Gene Kranz and Apollo 13
"Expecting high performance is a prerequisite to its achievement among those who work with you. Your high standards and optimistic anticipations will not guarantee a favorable outcome, but their absence will assuredly create the opposite."
Being a decisive decision maker and preparing for those challenging moments with an attitude that "failure is not an option."
"I knew my teams even more than they knew themselves."
Had a great mentor in Chris Craft to help him
Teams that are well developed go through experiences together can outperform individuals under stress
The motivation behind risk takers:
"A calculating adventurer, deriving a th…
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297: Tero Isokauppila - CEO Of Four Sigmatic: Principled Based Leadership
11 februari 2019 · 51 min
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#297: Tero Isokauppila - CEO Of Four Sigmatic: Principled Based Leadership
Full show notes can be found at www.LearningLeader.com
Show Notes:
Commonalities of sustaining excellence:
"They love what they do" -- Love the process. The work
Humility/Excitement to learn -- they know things will change and they must adjust
Listen more than you talk.
Curiosity -- The Dalai Lama exemplifies this very well.
Able to adjust -- Madonna is a prime example of being able to adjust and reinvent herself
How being a 13th generation farmer from Finland helped set the course for Tero's life -- "I have domain knowledge."
Finnish people consume more coffee per capita than anyone in the world
The idea of putting mushrooms in coffee came because of this
Super foods help with:
Hormonal response
Gut health
Immune system
Four Sigmatic is a company built with super foods
The beginning -- "It all comes down to value generation. If you want to generate value, you have to see what others don't yet see."
Culture -- "You need to rally around people who believe in the mission."
Find believers and sponsors as your first employees -- his founding team were former teammates
Get to know you team deeply -- how they think, feel, act, what motivates them
Currently they have a fully distributed team of 37 people
The hiring process and qualities they look for. Four lenses:
Can they do they job? -- Skills
How will they fit in our culture? -- Fundamentals
What do they cost? -- Financially and emotionally
What is their growth potential?
They must be "extra good" at communication - written and verbal. How do they write emails? Must be extra organized.
"Culture exists whether you want or not. It is what it is."
Their principles:
S - Stay healthy, eat well, exercise
W - We are us, not them
A - Always carry product
R - Results with freedom -- KPI
M - Make it grow, let it go
Examples of innovation
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296: Emily Fletcher - The Secret Superpower Of Top Performers (Meditation)
4 februari 2019 · 55 min
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Episode #296: Emily Fletcher - The Secret Superpower Of Top Performers (Meditation)
For full show notes, go to www.LearningLeader.com
Commonalities of sustaining excellence:
They have a magnetic quality. Others are drawn to them. People look to them.
They have the ability to shift their state of being. Not just being calm. They are able to be variable and can adapt to situations
Meditation increases adaptability
Meditation helps you take care of yourself
Rest, nurture your brain and body
The failure of most when they attempt to meditate:
Emily is on a mission to rid the world of "ex-meditators" -- people who have tried and failed and given up on it
There have been 58 million downloads of meditation apps
Free apps are gentle by design and not as useful
Advice -- There is a difference between mindfulness and meditation.
"Meditation is a tool that helps you get rid of stress from your past."
Mindfulness is "the art of bringing your awareness into the present moment"
Meditation gives your brain and body tools.
"Kind of a nap sitting up. Mind alert, body getting rest." -- Relieve stress from now and past
It is not a toy. It's a very powerful tool. You need proper training
It's ridiculously simple, yet powerful
Biggest misconception -- "People think they have to clear their head. They think thoughts are the enemy. That's not true."
"People think they are too busy to meditate... You know we're talking about your brain right?"
Emily was on Broadway for 10 years... Living in constant state of anxiety... Sick, insomnia, was miserable.
She noticed another performer had none of those issues. She asked what she did and found out meditation was the key...
Emily took a class, and liked it so much she went to India to be trained professionally.
She created Ziva... An online meditation tool.
It's about manifesting "consciously creating the life you love"
"Don't water the weeds" -- Don't focus on the wrong things
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295: Todd Herman - Using Alter Egos To Transform Your Life
28 januari 2019 · 1 uur 14 min
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#295: Todd Herman - Using Alter Egos To Transform Your Life
To read the full show notes, go to www.LearningLeader.com
Notes:
Commonalities of sustaining excellence:
"Negative capability" (John Keats term)
The ability to pursue your dream despite the fact that circumstance tells you it won't happen.
Not losing faith despite the long odds
Mental toughness - "The ability to be flexible & adaptable despite what the world is throwing at you."
The OPP framework for goal setting:
Outcome
Performance - Resources
Process - Who, what, when, where
What Todd does?
He's on a mission to give people smart thinking models. He helps ambitious people.
Revenue generation: He's built programs and systems and licensed it to sports teams
He does sport science and peak performance coaching
Grew up doing speaking competitions.
Did 68 speeches in 90 days. All for free. Have to "get the reps"
"This is how I know I've made it... I loved doing a free speech for four people. I loved it!"
"You must show up. Continue to show up no matter what. Even if nobody is there, show up anyway."
"The answers are never waiting for you to sit still. The answers are out there doing it. It's action that matters."
How Todd developed strong mental toughness?
Rough upbringing -- He was sexually abused at a church camp when he was 12
He retreated and developed mental toughness to deal with it
Skills developed as an athlete that translated to life outside of sports:
Preparation
Routines
Visualization/Imagery
Why are alter-egos so powerful?
They help you get into flow state and not get out of your head
The Bo Jackson story -- "Bo Jackson never played a down of football. It was Jason from Friday The 13th. I was crazy out there."
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294: Warren Berger - How To Ask More Beautiful Questions
21 januari 2019 · 57 min
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Episode #294: Warren Berger - How To Ask More Beautiful Questions
Commonalities of sustaining excellence:
Intelligent... Smart
Hard-working
Ambitious
Humble -- This is a really important quality. No ego or arrogance. They admit when they are wrong. Willing to acknowledge when they're wrong. They are open to listening to others and their ideas.
Curiosity - They are not trapped by their own expertise. They are open minded, curious, looking around.
Able to adapt
Communication skill -- The willingness and ability to ask great questions
The genesis of becoming a questionoligist -- Warrens calls himself a questionoligist. The art and science of asking questions.
He originally was a journalist and developed a skill for asking questions doing that job.
"Questioning was a tool of the trade"
Warren was writing about design and the idea of questioning kept coming up with leaders in business.
"The ability to ask good questions would lead them thru the innovation cycle."
The holy trinity of questioning:
Why? Trying to understand
What if? Ideation, brainstorming
How? Get practical. "How can we take the first step?"
Big open ended questions -- They are the stems
Each one does something completely different
Questioning as a manager:
Find time to have the conversations and ask questions of your team members
Must be thoughtful and prepared
We've gotten out of the habit of being questioners, and now it's always about doing. "Slow down, ask questions. Why are we pursuing this strategy? Understand why?"
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293: Brent Beshore - How To Get Rich Slow & Live An Optimal Life
14 januari 2019 · 59 min
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Episode #293: Brent Beshore - How To Get Rich Slow & Live An Optimal Life
Commonalities of sustaining excellence:
The usual things like: integrity and hard work
But the best... "know how messy they are, they challenge themselves, they have high level of self-awareness, they need people around them to help. They acknowledge their imperfections, and they give others grace for their imperfections."
How to develop self awareness?
Surround yourself with people who will tell you the truth -- "We are all highly imperfect."
Give people a true open invitation to criticize, but they also must be constructive, loving, kind, thoughtful people.
"They need to be rooting for you."\
What do you look for in someone to work with?
Curiosity - an inherent desire to know more, learn, reconstruct reality
Self awareness - genuine intellectual honesty
Integrity - function of consistency over time. Have to reconstruct it
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292: Beth Comstock - You Don't Need Permission (Former GE Vice Chair)
7 januari 2019 · 1 uur 4 min
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Episode #292 - Beth Comstock: You Don't Need Permission (Former GE Vice Chair)
Beth Comstock spent nearly three decades at GE. As Chief Marketing Officer and then Vice Chair of Innovation, she led efforts to accelerate new growth, develop digital and clean-energy futures, seed new businesses and enhance brand value. As President of Integrated Media at NBC Universal, she oversaw TV ad revenue and digital media efforts, including the early development of Hulu. Prior to this, she held roles at NBC, CBS and CNN/Turner Broadcasting.
Her first book, Imagine it Forward, was published in September 2018. She is a director at Nike, and trustee of The National Geographic Society.
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"You must grab agency. You don't always need permission."
Show Notes:
Commonalities of sustaining excellence:
"They don't stop. They keep coming back. There is an inherent belief that tomorrow is another day. They have great stamina."
Examples: Jeff Bezos (Amazon), Mary Barra (GM)
What was it like being hired by Jack Welch (including the story of Jack offering her the big promotion)
"You know you can't say no to Jack Welch and GE. It fascinated me."
Jeff Immelt -- "He lives to deliver for the customer"
Take us back to 1985... Beth is in her mid-20's, she's hiding behind the door as her husband tells her mom that they are getting a divorce.
"It was a defining moment. I was willfully choosing an unfamiliar path. It felt like a failure."
"In times of change, you have a choice to figure it out."
JR, the bad boss... We've all had bad bosses. How to deal with it? "He was a gatekeeper, just said no. So, I wrote a report, shared it with others, gave it to him. He rejected all of it. So I left to go to Ted Turner's CNN."
"You must grab agency. You don't always need permission."
"No means 'not yet'"
The difference between gatekeepers and goalkeepers:
Goalkeepers clear the way, they help you. Gatekeepers do the opposite."
Comm…
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291: Andy Rachleff - What Do You Uniquely Offer That People Desperately Want?
31 december 2018 · 53 min
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Episode #291: Andy Rachleff (CEO Wealthfront) - What Do You Uniquely Offer That People Desperately Want?
Andy Rachleff is a co-founder and Executive Chairman of Wealthfront. Rachleff co-founded Benchmark Capital in 1995 and was a general partner until 2004.
Some notes... (More found on www.LearningLeader.com)
Commonalities of sustaining excellence:
Intellectual curiosity -- Pass this along to kids at the dinner table
Ask questions
"Bright people think other smart people ask questions."
The leader creates the culture
"People model the behavior of the leader."
"To be a great teacher, you have to synthesize something into small statements. This helps you be a better leader."
Magic 8 Ball statements
"A's hire A's. B's hire C's."
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290: Scott Harrison - Redemption, Compassion, & The Transformative Power Within Us All
24 december 2018 · 56 min
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#290: Scott Harrison - Redemption, Compassion, & The Transformative Power Within Us All
Scott Harrison is the founder and CEO of charity: water, a non-profit that has mobilized over one million donors around the world to fund over 28,000 water projects in 26 countries that will serve more than 8.2 million people. Harrison has been recognized on Fortune's 40 under 40 list, Forbes' Impact 30 list, and was ranked #10 in Fast Company's 100 Most Creative People in Business. He is currently a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader. Scott's first book, Thirst, was released in October (2018) and immediately hit the New York Times best-seller list.
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289: Philip McKernan- Relationships Move At The Speed Of Vulnerability
17 december 2018 · 55 min
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Episode #289: Philip McKernan - Relationships Move At The Speed Of Vulnerability
Show Notes:
Commonalities of sustaining excellence:
Moments where they feel like a fraud, question themselves. They are more comfortable within those moments
This allows them to bounce back quicker
They seek and attract things that are outside of their normal comfort zone
The Picasso example -- The courage to face the failure and own up to it
"Vulnerability is the only way to truly deepen relationships"
"When you say, "I don't know," it helps others feel empowered to help"
Philip felt worthless at age 14. He felt isolated and alone, a burden to try and fit in. "That pain had a purpose."
How to go from an isolated and alone 14 year old to a keynote speaker who moves people to tears?
How to deal with skeptics?
"That's okay. But, I would address it now. Couples typically wait five years too long to get counseling. Do it now."
What do you do? "I create environments for people to go deep. I meet them where they're at."
The story of starting this business on the side in an Irish pub.
"The hardest time of my life was at the beginning, but I didn't allow lack of money to impact what I did."
"What are you willing to give up to do what you want?"
"I stopped making the journey about me... It was about them."
Why Philip will not send his kids to college...
"Spend time learning. You need to understand who you are. A classroom is not built on how to get to know who you are."
The "Planes, Trains, & Automobiles" test:
Kevin Bacon started his career with no lines... But kept working. "Be willing to put in the work. Run for the cab."
Is "follow your passion good advice?"
"Yes and no. There is a big difference between excitement and passion. I believe we all have gifts and so many people use their talents."
"For you, sales was a talent, but your gift is connecting with people. To lift them, to help them, to build confidence."
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288: Robert Greene - The Laws Of Human Nature (Part 2)
13 december 2018 · 44 min
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Episode #288: Robert Greene - The Laws Of Human Nature (Part 2)
"I knew at eight years old I wanted to be a writer. It took me 30 years to find the right ideas. Everybody has a primal inclination." - Robert Greene
"If you're not excited about the field you work in, you'll learn half as much." -- Robert Greene
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287: Robert Greene - 5 Strategies For Becoming A Master Persuader (Part 1)
10 december 2018 · 55 min
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Episode #287: Robert Greene - 5 Strategies For Becoming A Master Persuader (Part 1)
Robert Greene teaches the most important subject of all – understanding people's drives and motivations, even when they are unconscious of them themselves. Drawing from the ideas and examples of Pericles, Queen Elizabeth I, Martin Luther King Jr, and many others, Greene teaches us how to detach ourselves from our own emotions and master self-control.
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286: Phil Jones - How To Build Your Squad (The WHO In Your Life)
3 december 2018 · 1 uur 5 min
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286: Phil Jones - How To Build Your Squad (The WHO In Your Life)
Show Notes:
Commonalities of sustaining excellence:
Ability to see things through the eyes of others -- empathy
Create and articulate a shared vision
Create momentum for others
Build your squad -- The WHO in your life
His mom said, "Be careful, go get a job and be safe." She is the right person in the wrong place.
We all need:
Cheerleaders - they put fuel in our tank
Role modes - someone's model to follow
Mentors - someone to share experiences with
Coaches - they ask us questions
Trainers - they teach us skills
Advisors - overall strategy
Aspirational peers - Peers you look up to and want to spend time with
"Success leaves clues."
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285: Scott Gerber - Stop Networking And Start Building Relationships That Matter
26 november 2018 · 59 min
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Episode #285: Scott Gerber - Stop Networking And Start Building Relationships That Matter
Show Notes:
Commonalities of sustaining excellence:
Those who surround themselves with people smarter than them
Empathetic
Self-aware -- And an ability to understand others
"We are losing connection for connectivity."
How to become a super-connector?
"Curiosity leads to everything." -- Always be questioning...
"Learning is the defining quality of all of it."
How to get to the core of person to better understand where they come from and their motivations...
"The Road Less Traveled" -- Constantly revise our maps of reality
"The Big Short" - "It's what you think you know that's not true that gets you in trouble."
How to answer the "What do you do?" question --
Scott - "Try to live life purposefully"
His nickname -- "The Pandora of Gen-Y networking"
"Social Capital is the most important currency that we have. I'm a curator of people."
"There is so much power to bringing amazing people together."
Why it's bad to ask, "How can I help you?"
"Marketers fundamentally f'd up this conversation." -- "It's become too formulaic as the next step. Instead, you should know how you can help and help. It's a bad question because it shows your thoughtless and it's part of a script. Don't do that."
Be exceptional at making introductions -- Does it provide mutual value?
When you become proficient at it, take it a step further... Film a short video to make the intro. Get creative.
The gray zones -- Always ask "why?"
"Real relationships take real time"
How to create remarkable experiences:
Get great people in the room -- carefully curate the guest list
Build trust
Exceptional atmosphere/environment
Be very thoughtful about every tiny detail
The YEC summit in Eden, Utah
Create something remarkable to ensure people and things you bring together click.
Humanize people that run the community -- Ex: The execs serve dinner to the guest…
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284: Michael Lombardi - A Masterclass In Building Teams And Winning Championships
19 november 2018 · 1 uur 1 min
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Episode #284: Michael Lombardi - A Masterclass In Building Teams And Winning Championships
Show Notes:
Commonalities of sustaining excellence:
A set foundation
A standard of excellence in everything they do. Not rooted in sports, but in everything
Understand how to build a culture
Why mission statements were useless to Mike and his colleagues
The focus on getting 1% better every day... If you do so, the score takes care of itself
Demonstrate how to lead... The leader must model that behavior
"Managers do things right, leaders do the right thing."
Operating framework
Have a plan
Explain to self
Build trust
Command of self
"Culture is a plant. You must nurture it everyday."
Personal accountability is the ultimate sign of strength. "All men make mistakes, but a good man yields when he knows his course is wrong." - Sophocles
Bill Walsh - The value of being his personal driver and learning from him directly during all of those car rides. That's where Mike learned about leadership... And about Tom Peters
Coach Walsh was always reading something that made him think and passed that along to Mike...
"If you don't like change, you'll like irrelevancy less."
Hiring process:
Want people who are coach-able and able to learn the Bill Walsh system
"Training is hard. Most managers don't do it."
A "5 tool leader"
Strategy
Tactics
Preparation
Execution
Situational instincts to know which among the first 4 is required and when
The myth of coaches working long hours and sleeping in the office
Sustainable values vs situational values -- command of the process
When Al Davis interviewed people, he would do a deep dive on their background prior to the interview and use their high school mascot as his personal nickname for the candidate. This was Al's subtle way of letting the candidate know that he "knew everything about them so they better be honest."
Creative vs divergent -- Take an existing idea and make it better…
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283: Tyler Cowen - The Path To Prosperity In A Disordered World
12 november 2018 · 56 min
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Episode #283: Tyler Cowen - The Path To Prosperity In A Disordered World
Show Notes:
Commonalities of sustaining excellence:
"I admire people who are constantly reading and learning things."
Those who have a quiet excellence about them
The most effective leaders have a willingness to receive feedback and implement it.
Tyler was a world class chess player at age 15 and won the world championship. He always played against older players, people who were better than him. (Reminds me of James Clear and the Goldilocks Effect)
Doing vs. Learning: Tyler admires those who spend more time learning than doing (he takes a counter intuitive approach to this... like most things he thinks!)
"I admire people who spend a lot of time thinking, those who read a lot of books, searching..."
Tyler describes his book reading process
Books - "Start with what you love..."
Start with fiction: Shakespeare, others like that. Tyler is not a fan of most management books.
Books he likes: The 5th Discipline, Michael Porter, Maslow, Flow, Daniel Kahneman
"Read biographies"
What was Tyler like as a kid? "Intense, curious, even tempered, quite happy... Much the same as I am now."
There is always new information to learn from travel -- The perspective gained from traveling the world is extremely valuable. Tyler has traveled to 100's of countries worldwide
Have dialog with local people in each place you go. We discussed my trip to Italy, Slovenia, and Croatia.
Learn the personal history of the places you go. Some great recent trips? Singapore, China, Mexico (learn to speak Spanish)
Tyler's day to day actions: Write, blog, lunch with college students, teaches for 3 hours per day. He's 56 years old
What is scarce? -- We all should focused on being great at what is scarce
Quality land and natural resources
Intellectual property, or good ideas about what should be produced
Quality labor with unique skills
Talent that can execute. Great leader…
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282: Seth Godin - You Can't Be Seen Until You Learn To See
5 november 2018 · 43 min
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Episode #282: Seth Godin - You Can't Be Seen Until You Learn To See
"In a crowded marketplace, fitting in is a failure. In a busy marketplace, not standing out is the same as being invisible."
Show Notes:
Commonalities of sustaining excellence:
It changes over time
Must be willing to fail - "Okay... Will I do things that might not work?"
Some of Seth's failures: many teaching mistakes, tried to build philanthropy platform that failed, blog has failed at times
How to handle a slump? - "There's no such thing as a long slump."
Stephen J. Gould - "The real problem is how you respond to the failure. You can't tell yourself a story that's not true."
Have honest self talk -- "This isn't a slump."
Stanford MBA - Friends with Chip Conley. "Everyone there feels like a fraud or an arrogant jerk. I felt like I was drowning. The sessions with Chip changed my life." Chips "Random Acts of Initiative" were life changing. Chip taking initiative and not fearing rejection. Remarkable.
Empathy - A mentor wants to see you do things that are bold, leap forward because of them.
Be a mentor - "Make the world shinier. Bring life to more causes."
Economy of words - "I made the decision to write like I talk."
"Talking isn't better because you're afraid."
The book publishing world and why Seth chose to traditionally publish This Is Marketing
What percentage of Seth's success is luck? "98.2%" The final 1.8% is "relentless persistence." "The 98.2% is the parent lottery."
How to deal with rejection after rejection...
"Culture IS strategy. How we treat people. It's hard to do the things we're proud of."
"Great ones have better clients."
Side hustle advice -- Start it on the side so that you don't have to make money at it right away. You can choose your clients and never just "do it for the money."
"Exactly. Great advice."
Keys to storytelling - "We have too much stuff."
Better understand the story you're telling yourself.
Why joinin…
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281: George Raveling - Eight Decades Of Wisdom: From Dr. Martin Luther King To Michael Jordan
29 oktober 2018 · 1 uur 30 min
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Episode #281: George Raveling - Eight Decades Of Wisdom: From Dr. Martin Luther King To Michael Jordan
Show Notes:
Commonalities of sustaining excellence:
Growth mindset
Immense curiosity
High level of self awareness -- "It starts within"
Great vision
Most important = "they execute"
Relationship lessons learned over eight decades - "Be a giver, not a taker. Try to genuinely help people."
Develop trust, respect, and care for others -- "It's all about love. Don't keep score. Do the right thing, be kind, but don't keep score or trade favors. That's not how it works."
Standing next to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr for the "I Have A Dream" speech
Asking Dr. King for the speech after he finished (and getting it... still has it!)
Why he won't sell of try to profit from the speech despite it being worth millions
The power of "showing up early" and "asking for what you want"
Why Coach reads so much -- "The slave owners used to hide money in books because they knew slaves would never look in the books because they couldn't read." -- "If someone can control my mind, they can control my body. I will not let that happen. Books are my mistress."
Information = knowledge = wisdom = opportunity = growth = success
The importance of his upbringing - His dad died when he was 9, his mom was institutionalized when he was 13. He was raised by his grandmother and nuns.
"My grandmother taught me to be curious. She taught me to ask. She taught me good manners. She taught me humility. She taught me to help people. She was the #metoo movement before the #metoo movement"
How basketball was the "greatest vehicle for transformation in my life."
Earned scholarship to Villanova -- When George was first offered a scholarship, he didn't know what that meant.
Going from player to coach and why he was suited to be a great coach
Becoming the first African American head coach of the Pac 8 (Pac 12)
The mindset of thinking of yourself as an educat…
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280: Danny Iny - Why You Shouldn't Go To College
22 oktober 2018 · 1 uur 1 min
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Episode #280: Danny Iny - Why You Shouldn't Go To College
"The future is here. It's just not evenly distributed."
Show Notes:
Commonalities of sustaining excellence:
An attitude of curiosity - interested. "I wonder why that happens?"
Sense of things being "figureoutable." They will get it done. Fortitude.
Danny and I discuss a partnership -- Working together on building a course
Being "catalytically curious"
Why start Mirasee?
Built after previous failure. "On an emotional level, a startup falling apart is like a really rough breakup."
"Mirasee was the rebound business." It has a value driven ethos. "At the end of an interaction with you, people should like you more regardless of what happens."
"Mira" = To see, wonder
Why build online courses?
The convenience and practicality. It's "Just In Time" Learning
Should graduating high schoolers go to college?
"Probably not. There is an expectation that smart kids should go to college. That it's the ticket to the good life. This used to be true, but it's not anymore. The facts don't back that up."
"The future is here. It's just not evenly distributed."
"Those non-specific degrees are functionally worthless."
"It's not about where we are, it's about where will we be?"
What should a smart high school graduate do instead?
Find people you respect and trust in the working world. Offer to work for them for free. Shadow them. Learn from them. Figure out if you want to do that full time.
This requires people to take initiative and ownership
Why I started the podcast? -- "To create my own leadership PhD."
"Pace of education is changing."
"At the pace of change currently the curriculum being taught will be completely different in 5-10 years."
You must have:
Literacy
Fluency
You need a deep understanding of your topic
How to know which online courses to take?
Think: What am I trying to accomplish?
Does the course offer this?
What do I need to learn? To know?
Do…
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279: James Clear - How Tiny Changes Can Equal Remarkable Results (Atomic Habits)
15 oktober 2018 · 1 uur 1 min
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Show Notes:
"It's important to know how everything works together."
Ojai, CA - Circle talking about book writing
Atomic = Atom, small, tiny. Habits should be small
"Habits are the atoms of our lives"
"It's about the collection of habits"
"They are small... but put them together... they compound and are powerful."
The system is in four stages. They stages are:
The cue - gets attention
The craving - in the brain
The response - the habit, behavior
The result - what happens
Feedback loops - The cookie example
"My readers and I are peers. An essential part of the process is to write about it. Try things out. Everything I've published has been revised many times."
The four laws:
Make it obvious
Make it attractive
Make it easy
Make it satisfying
The Goldilocks rule - Steve Martin
People burn out or get bored. How to stay motivated...
Be stretched just beyond your capacity but not too far. "Always stay just on the edge..." Steve Martin kept expanding his sets by just a few minutes each time until he had a 60 minute set. He started small with just a few minutes of material.
Make sure you "stretch yourself... just a bit... everyday."
Be the person who gets the additional task done
How to do this all as a parent? -- "Life is in seasons..."
"If you want to double your productivity, get 8 hours of sleep."
The plateau of latent potential -- A melting ice cube. A 1 degree change
"Habits don't add up, they compound. It looks like a hockey stick."
"Outcome based habits vs identity based habits."
Focus on identity based habits. Be the type of person who wakes up early and works out.
The importance of being able to delay gratification
Weightlifting - Reinterpret signals. "Being sore feels good." Re frame how you think about something like soreness
"Happiness is simply the absence of desire."
When you observe a…
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278: Mitch Albom - Tuesdays With Morrie & The Five People You Meet In Heaven
8 oktober 2018 · 53 min
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Episode #278: Mitch Albom - Tuesdays With Morrie & The Five People You Meet In Heaven
Show Notes:
Commonalities of sustaining excellence:
Humility
They contribute to the world - "Morrie did the bravest thing I've ever seen."
Howard Schultz - The last person in line to get a book signed. After all of his employees
"Some of the greatest performers I've ever met are painfully shy: jazz musicians, Barry Sanders, Joe Dumars."
Tuesdays With Morrie - "He was my college professor. I had not talked to him in 16 years. I saw him on TV talking about having ALS."
Morrie - "I'm a teacher. That's what I do."
Why was it so popular and shared so much?
"Death ends a life but not a relationship"
"You can live within the hearts of people you help/touched."
"You have to make time for those relationships while you're here."
"I write about living. Death informs everything about how we live."
"I try to write about reflecting on life."
Why this theme?
"I liked listening to stories from my uncle growing up. His World War 2 stories."
"I spent so much of my youth myopically focused on career success. For many years I thought how far can I get?"
"I wanted to explore what makes a better life?"
Supporting 47 children in Haiti -- Taking two to college now.
"Giving makes me feel like I'm living."
"Taking makes me feel like I'm dying."
Being part of Sports Reporters on ESPN
Writers are critical thinkers and can be good on TV when thinking deeply
Core pieces of advice:
Be humble
Be curious - Ask questions
Don't lose self in the field you choose. Life can be brief.
"Find out who you are and what you value, and do that."
Advice from a security guard:
Read the best books
Listen to the best music
Observe the best art
Surround self with the best people - Osmosis
Immerse yourself with what you value
The Learning Leader Circle -- Apply
Use the "Get To Know You Document"
"I wanted to explore what makes a better life?"
Social Med…
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277: Tom Goodwin - Life Advice From The #1 Influencer On LinkedIn
1 oktober 2018 · 1 uur 1 min
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Episode #277: Tom Goodwin - Life Advice From The #1 Influencer On LinkedIn
Show Notes:
Commonalities of sustaining excellence:
Confidence + Conviction
Ability to make quick decisions with limited amounts of information
Faith in their judgement
"There is a feeling in the room when a quality leader walks in. A charisma, an energy, a presence."
How does one develop charisma?
"Introversion is more interesting to me. Great presenters are introverts. They are empathetic and think of the audience first."
There is "cultural permission" when you're on stage. The audience is rooting for you to succeed. Use that energy and positive vibes
The importance of a proper introduction
Head of Innovation at Zenith. What does that entail? "An observer. Reading a lot. Gain perspective through a lot of global travel. You learn more from countries outside of the U.S. where we have everything that we could want or need."
How he became the #1 Influencer on LinkedIn?
First, look for the differences in commonality vs causation. There is a difference
"I orchestrate a conversation on LinkedIn. I facilitate it through my articles. I don't claim to know everything."
"I got quite irritated. I got fired at my job for being outspoken. I started sharing my beliefs and it caught on."
"Because I wasn't filtered, it hit a nerve with people. I am not careful with my words."
How to gain support for your passion/side hustle while working at a big company
"Encouraging this attracts great candidates and helps retain top talent."
"Senior management needs to support and encourage it. If they have envy or are insecure, then it won't work."
"Large companies need to understand why they got big. Those reasons may not be what gets them to the next level. We need to rethink rigidity."
"Life is about creating good problems."
"We need to create a culture of progressive criticism."
The Apple commercial: "It took 1,000 No's to get to a Yes"
"We shouldn't w…
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276: Scott Belsky - How To Find Your Way Through The Hardest Part Of Any Venture
24 september 2018 · 52 min
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Episode #276: Scott Belsky - How To Find Your Way Through The Hardest Part Of Any Venture
"Management is about people. You have to be at a personal level when you're a manager. It doesn't scale. It's not supposed to."
Show Notes:
Commonalities of sustaining excellence:
The ability to sustain curiosity - "you need to keep paying attention with a tuned up curiosity."
"They say no more often"
"Get into the motion of trying things instead of perfecting things."
How to compartmentalize?
"I build windows of time in my day to not pay attention to anything but the deep work. No email, no social media, no check book sales."
On flights, dedicate time to deep work
No wifi, this is alone time to do work
Odd reward mechanisms: "I only allow myself to listen to certain music when it's time to write. When I've accomplished deep work for hours, I reward myself with treats. But only after the work is done."
Answering the "what do you do" question:
"I am obsessed with products."
Adobe purchased his company, Behance
Seed investor
Best selling author
"I help creatives create"
How to pursue a side hustle when you work at a big company?
"Every person needs to be their authentic self"
"You have to feed it. The thing that distracts you. The thing you stay up late to keep working on because you love it. That's where you should continue to give energy."
"A labor of love is always worth it."
The Messy Middle -- 820 Evernote notes whittled down to the most effective 120 pieces.
Making the leap from individual contributor to manager:
"Don't depersonalize it when you become a manager. A team is like a carefully crafted immune system."
"Management is about people. You have to be at a personal level when you're the manager. It doesn't scale. It's not supposed to."
"Don't do reviews, do regular check ins... How's it going?"
"The stories are the culture of your team. You're the amplifier of the stories."
Qualities to look for in a…
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275: Joe Navarro - The World's #1 Body Language Expert (FBI Special Agent)
17 september 2018 · 59 min
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Episode #275: Joe Navarro - The World's #1 Body Language Expert (FBI Special Agent)
Show Notes:
Commonalities of sustaining excellence:
They are exceptional observers
They understand the needs, wants, desires, fears, and opportunities of themselves and others
Strong attention to detail
High levels of self and situational awareness
"I don't go where the puck is. I go where it's going to be." - Wayne Gretzky
Some leaders can get mired in the mindless day to day actions. The great ones focus on what's most important.
Understanding non-verbals can lead to deep relationships.
"One of the reasons we study non-verbals is so we can be empathetic."
Moving to The U.S. as an 8 year old refugee from Cuba -- Joe could not speak the language, so it forced him to pay close attention to the non-verbal communication from his teachers and peers.
The amazing focus of The Wright Brothers and how that led to their success
Why the FBI called Joe when he was graduating from BYU
"In the FBI, I was a paid observer. I detected when something was wrong with the person right in front of me."
How do we become what we are capable of?
"It starts today. What are my limitations right now? Am I observing the things I should be observing?"
"People are what's most important. We have to be better observers."
"Education is a continuous process. I still see myself as a student."
"Curious people are usually exceptional."
"Communication is both reflexive and fluid."
Do not be cynical or expect people to lie. Treat everyone with a blank slate. Ask questions. Listen. Ask follow up questions...
"I never assume to have all the facts. I want to hear what you have to say before I make a conclusion."
"Our job as leaders is to ask questions, not presume we know all the answers."
JFK vs Nixon debate:
Why did the TV viewers think JFK won while the radio listeners thought Nixon won?
JFK was tan, good looking, put makeup on, wore a tailored suit. Nixo…
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274: Heidi Grant - How To Get People To Help You (Reinforcements)
10 september 2018 · 55 min
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#274: Heidi Grant - How To Get People To Help You (Reinforcements)
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"It's not about being good. It's about being better. Be in a constant state of continuous improvement."
Show Notes:
Commonalities of sustaining excellence:
"All management is change management"
"What's made you successful in the past may not be the case in the future."
"How can I learn to be a better leader?'
"A constant state of continuous improvement"
"You've never arrived."
"It' not about being good. It's about being better."
"Focus on getting better, rather than being good."
Growth mindset helps you find enjoyment in what you do
"Focus on what you will do, not what you won't"
Willpower -- Need to be specific. Get to a level of specificiaty
Make steady progress
"Have realistic optimism. I will succeed, but it will be hard."
How to define success?
Intrinsic vs extrinsic goals:
A connected-ness to other people
Autonomy - Do what feels authentic
Being effective - Inherently get satisfaction by "I'm making things by making things happen in the world"
"Human beings are wired to to want to feel effective" -- It creates lasting happiness
Balance - Fundamental things stand in our way. "We all have issues with not being great at everything."
Why don't we ask others for help when we need it? The Milgrim subway experiement
What does a helper need from you?
Must ask and help the helper be successful
Why we need to eliminate the phrase "Can I pick your brain?"
Just say what you want. Be direct.
Send questions in advance. Create opportunities for helpers to be effective
"When you ask someone for help, you're giving them the opportunity to feel amazing"
Reinforcements - Extra personnel sent to increase the strength of an army or similar force --> Something that makes a behavior more likely
Why joining The Learning Leader Circle is a good idea
Use the "Get To Know You Document"
"When you ask someone for help, you'…
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273: Chip Conley - How To Be Wise Beyond Your Years
3 september 2018 · 55 min
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Episode #273: Chip Conley - How To Be Wise Beyond Your Years
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"When you're the leader, you're the emotional thermostat for the people you lead."
Show Notes:
Commonalities of sustaining excellence:
"An operating system unique to them. It defines how they operate no matter what the context is."
Understand Maslow's hierarchy of needs
A way of thinking about people
The importance of being both a practitioner and an author
Having a finely tuned sense of your greatest strengths... And hire for the gaps
"The capacity for holistic or systems thinking that allows one to get the gist of something by synthesizing a wide variety of information quickly." -- Pattern recognition
How to develop self awareness:
Having an internal and external antennae
External -- "read a room"
Internal -- "understand your intuition" --> How to tap into your "gut brain"
The ability to be vulnerable is critical
Action: Journal, meditate, speak with a coach. Converse in a vulnerable way
Why being part of The Learning Leader Circle is so valuable
Stanford Business School classmate of Seth Godin
"Random Acts of Initiative"
"When you're the leader, you're the emotional thermostat for the people you lead."
"People get very attached to their identity."
Learn to "listen to hunches and take chances."
The story about the time Brian Chesky (founder of AirBnB) called him
"Instead of trying to prove himself, he was trying to improve himself."
We had an "EQ" for "DQ" relationship - Emotional intelligence for Digital intelligence
A mentern = Mentor + Intern at the same time.
The importance of having a beginners mindset -- "Ask questions. Be catalytically curious."
The "modern elder" is as much a student as they are a sage
Chip's inquisitiveness became contagious at AirBnB
It's important to "intern publicly," and "mentor privately"
There is progress to go from hubris to humble
Wisdom: "Move out of trying to prove yourse…
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272: Scott Galloway - The Algebra Of Happiness
27 augustus 2018 · 45 min
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Episode #272: Scott Galloway - The Algebra of Happiness
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"Steve Jobs is the most famous deadbeat dad. We should worship character and kindness." -- Scott Galloway
Show Notes:
Commonalities of sustaining excellence:
They are demonstrably great at multiple specialty areas
They have grit -- a willingness to roll up their sleeves. And work a lot.
They hold people accountable -- "If they don't perform, show them the door. Strategic firing."
They have empathy - They understand other people and what they want to achieve
Scott explains why he's a builder and a teacher
He's an NYU professor. He also has started and ran three successful businesses at the same time. This allows him to give practical, real life, advice to his students
The best method for learning is teaching -- "It forces you to really know what you believe."
"You have to prepare, have themes, support them with research. You have to bring it."
His viral videos -- "I try to behave as if nobody is watching... I need to be real and myself."
Why he said, "Mark Zuckerberg is Putin's bitch."
"Steve Jobs is the most famous deadbeat Dad. We should worship character and kindness."
The power of saying "exactly what you think."
"You're smart to be afraid when you're younger."
Scott Galloway's Career Advice:
1) Get certified. Get your degree. College grades make 2X that of those who don't graduate.
2) Be remarkable ("So good they can't ignore you"). What two attributes can you bring together that make you unique (the artist who knows how to use excel).
3) Invest in variance - find the 6-8 things that are most important to your firm. Become in expert in a couple of them (Be a great public speaker, great writer)
4) Get to a city (Allen Gannett agrees)
5) Boring is sexy
6) Delay gratification - Power of compound interest. Invest in something that will pay off
7) Demonstrate strength and grit. Exercise everyday. Be stronger
8) Don't fol…
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271: Phil Hellmuth - From Poker Brat To #Positivity. 15 Time World Champion
20 augustus 2018 · 52 min
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Episode #271: Phil Hellmuth - From Poker Brat To #Positivity. 15 Time World Champion
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"Therapy is very helpful. I want to know what I am doing wrong."
Show Notes:
Commonalities of sustaining excellence:
They believe they can do great things. That have energy, buzz, and confidence
They have drive, intelligence, and the will to get it done
Elon Musk, Bill Lee are examples
Phil is known for having a legendary ego... He shares why that's not true
Why didn't he have friends for many years?
His midwest roots and being ridiculed for having an ego
Why does he verbally berate people at the poker table?
"That is 1% of what happens, but it always gets shown on TV."
Most great poker players never tell the bad players they are bad, they just take their money. Why does Phil tell them how bad they are and how good he is?
"It's because of my own insecurity."
I asked if he goes to therapy... "Yes, if I can get 2 1/2 hours a week, that is great. Therapy is very helpful. I want to know what I'm doing wrong."
How Phil felt that he could never live up to his Dad's lofty expectations (get good grades, be good at sports... Phil didn't do either) and how that impacted him
"I'm like Draymond Green and John McEnroe... I lose it sometimes"
"The poker brat made me famous"
His friendship with Daniel Negreanu... And how it's grown over the years
How to tell if someone is lying?
"It's instinctual. Everyone has physical tells."
"Look for thumbs and pinkies together as a power move"
"There's always a full story. I put it all together and rely on my instincts from that story."
Your instincts can be developed with a lot of repetition
"The art of reading people is lost on the new generation."
"Look into their eyes!"
#Positivity -- New book focused on being in the right place at the right time
Write your goals and tape them on your mirror
Write your blessings and tape them on your mirror
Why joining The Lear…
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270 - Sam Jones - A Comfortable Life Is Overrated
13 augustus 2018 · 56 min
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Episode #270 - Sam Jones: A Comfortable Life Is Overrated
Sam Jones is an acclaimed photographer and director whose seminal portraits of President Obama, Sandra Bullock, George Clooney, Bob Dylan, Kristin Stewart, Robert Downey Jr, Amy Adams, Jack Nicholson, and many others have appeared on the covers of Vanity Fair, Rolling Stone, Esquire, GQ, Time, Entertainment Weekly and Men's Journal.
In 2013 he launched Off Camera with Sam Jones on Directv's Audience Network. Off Camera is an hour long show created out of his passion for long form conversational interviews.
Show Notes:
Commonalities of sustaining excellence:
"They did not have a back up plan. They had a desire to do what they loved even if it wasn't the obvious choice."
"A comfortable life is overrated." -- "I've always followed the things that excited me most."
"It almost feels like a lie when I'm doing something that doesn't excite me."
"I connect with this idea of listening to your gut feeling."
For artists, the goal is to make art
"No one knows you like you know you. There is no set path for how things get done."
A life well lived = "Did I live up to my full potential?"
"I've always been curious about the questions to ask that open people up."
Sam started doing an interview show on camera when he was 14 years old
"I think my own theories through voicing my thoughts."
"Conversations are how I learn things... I've always been very curious."
Rose Byrne - "It's good to look back and see where you've come from."
The Jeff Daniels interview (one of my personal favorites)
As an interviewer, the importance of seeing their body language, how they react, "the look in their eye."
The interview preparation process
Identify possible themes of the conversation
As a communicator and conversationalist -- Think about how to do something better. A form of scrutiny. This leads to growth.
Two things a guest needs to have
Be willing
Be able
Is the guest open, ho…
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269: Charlie Spaniard (UFC Fighter) Interviews Ryan Hawk - My Leadership Framework
6 augustus 2018 · 1 uur 7 min
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#269: Charlie Spaniard (UFC Fighter) Interviews Ryan Hawk - My Leadership Framework
Show Notes:
The WHO - "The most important question is WHO. Who will be your mentor? Who will be your friends? Who will you help? Who will you spend time with? You don't need to answer what until well after you've answered WHO." -- Jim Collins
The importance of cognitive diversity
Growth oriented people -- Why I like to be surrounded by those types of people
The importance of time and maturity and "life reps" to develop my curiosity.
"As you learn more, you realize there is so much more to learn"
"Great leaders are willing to push." -- The impact Ron Ullery and Bob Gregg had on my life
How preparation builds confidence -- "The greatest medicine for fear is preparation"
Learning how to prepare for big moments
How to use productive paranoia as fuel
Building leadership skill over time
"Finding your voice as a leader. It's time to speak up."
There is a part of leading that is the "directing" part
Earning respect through your actions before saying a word
Playing quarterback is the "most cerebral position in all of sports"
The incredible mind recall and brain capacity of Aaron Rodgers
Why the Arena Football League helps you anticipate
The importance of consistency - "Showing up" everyday
Why loving the work is so important when embarking on a difficult challenge
Who you marry will play a big role in your future success -- "Marry well"
Reading The Five Love Languages
Say "thank you" multiple times per day to your spouse
Write "thank you" notes every week
"How you do anything is how you do everything"
The impact of my family upbringing -- Episode to listen to: Keith Hawk & AJ Hawk
The responsibility to sustain excellence because of being lucky to have great parents and siblings
The importance of "showing up" as a parent
The decision to go to Miami University and compete against Ben Roethlisberger to be the starting QB at Mi…
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268: Allen Gannett - How To Create "Aha" Moments And Spark Creativity
30 juli 2018 · 54 min
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Episode #268: Allen Gannett - How To Create "Aha" Moments And Spark Creativity
Allen is the founder and CEO of TrackMaven, a marketing analytics platform that enables creativity. Marketers use TrackMaven to measure and improve performance across every channel Some clients are: The NBA, Microsoft, Saks Fifth Avenue, and many more modern marketers. His book, The Creative Curve, was published in June 2018 from Currency, an imprint of Penguin Random House. It is all about how anyone can learn to have moments of creative genius.
We are hosting a workshop on developing YOUR personal excellence as a leader. For details and availability, go to RyanHawk.me
"Learn how to learn. View the world as being a less fixed place. Anyone is capable of making it happen."
Show Notes:
Sustaining excellence:
Surround self with others who are great at what they do. A very social phenomenon
Collaborate with those who support their weaknesses
Be aligned with an executive sponsor
Live at the creative center -- Move to corporate headquarters if you work for a big company
Need to build relationships outside of 9:00-5:00
The importance of building generational friends (friends from all age groups)
What makes a hit? -- "Familiar but also novel."
"As humans we're fearful of unfamiliar. It's the brains' elegant way of risk and reward."
A balance of the novel and the new
The truth about Mozart
He didn't create his first music until he was 17
He had a helicopter Dad. He practiced music for three hours a day from a very early age
He became great because of deliberate practice
JK Rowling spent five years writing the first Harry Potter
She was extremely deliberate in her process. It wasn't just a light bulb moment on a train.
Paul McCartney spent years to write the song, Yesterday
How to create "Aha" moments for self? -- Go for a run, drive, take a shower, lay down. Need to calm the brain.
Writing a "descriptive" and "prescriptive" book:
C…
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267: Louie Anderson - How To Crush It on Stage From One Of The Greatest Stand-Up Comedians Of All Time
23 juli 2018 · 1 uur 4 min
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#267: Louie Anderson - How To Crush It on Stage From One Of The Greatest Stand-Up Comedians of All Time
Show Notes:
Louie's approach to stand up comedy -- It appears as if he is just "riffing off the cuff," however it is highly structured and prepared
The pain of growing up with an alcoholic dad and how that fueled him as a professional
This helps him pull from any of it at anytimeCreating a catalog of material
It takes years to develop
"I'm in complete control." That gives Louie the ability to handle a heckler in the crowd or go with a comment and tell an additional joke
Going on Johnny Carson or Conan
"They don't step on your lines, but they are prepared for where the conversation is going to go."
"Just like you, I've worked hard to create freedom with my work."
Sustaining excellence:
"Be who you are"
Ask yourself, "Does this mean something to you? If it doesn't mean something to you, why would it mean anything to someone else?"
Confidence
Nervous before a performance?
"It depends on the event and how much importance I put on it." -- Saturday Night Live was a nerve racking experience
Advice to keynote speakers?
Be prepared
Know your message
Surprise the audience
Piggy back on a great introduction -- Listen to the room prior to your time on stage
"I'm always tilling the ground for comedy bits."
Storytelling:
"Tell them something they don't know. Humanize the story. Give a piece of yourself. Don't lecture."
How did he get his start as a comedian?
"A dare. I was a social worker and went up on stage for an open mic night and it went great."
"I volunteered to be the emcee for experience."
"Don't be afraid of trying new things"
The importance of "getting the reps:" "I did seven nights a week, four shows per night. I was creating who I was."
"We don't see all the work that goe…
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266: Ryan Caldbeck - CircleUp CEO: How To Build The Frameworks Of Your Life & Career
16 juli 2018 · 53 min
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Episode #266: Ryan Caldbeck - CircleUp CEO: How To Build The Frameworks Of Your Life & Career
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"What we look for in a person: Horsepower, Integrity, Work Ethic, Teamwork, Pride."
Show Notes:
Sustaining excellence:
Persistence - regardless of skill, willing to run through unlimited doors with no light at the end of the tunnel. It can be soul crushing
Identified focus passion - an understanding of the passion that is identifiable.
Drive - A motor. Really good at email and/or communication. Can't take too long. "Have a motor." Always moving
Values - "I don't say that lightly." You can't sustain excellence without values. "A framework to understand you."
Isn't it hard to know what your passion is? "Yes. I got scared about the treadmill that I saw others get on." However, people don't think they can leave the corporate job that pays well. But you can. Begin by thinking about the framework to make it happen.
"Silicon Valley is a hard town to talk about challenges."
What it's like to lead 60 employees
What mistakes were made in the hiring process?
"We took too long to make frameworks."
"Frameworks show others what to do."
What traits/values do you look for in hiring?
"The airport test doesn't make sense to me. I don't have to want to spend a day around them in the airport."
"We have crystallized what we look for in a person."
Horsepower - intelligence over experience
Integrity - don't talk negatively about others
Work ethic - must be willing to work hard
Teamwork - need to work well with others
Pride - Care
How to gauge work ethic in a job interview?
"It starts with everyone knowing we are looking for that."
Advice for the individual contributor making the leap to manager...
"Figure out framework for your specific role. Get clarity on what each person's role…
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265: Clay Mathile - Self Made Billionaire Shares His Keys To Success
9 juli 2018 · 50 min
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Episode #265: Clay Mathile - Self Made Billionaire Shares His Keys To Success
Former CEO and owner of The Iams Company, Clay is the founder and Chairman of the Board of Aileron. He believes strongly in free enterprise and has a high respect for business owners who risk their capital to employ others. Clay attributes professional management as one of the key reasons he was able to grow Iams to a $1 billion organization. In 1999, the Mathile family sold Iams to international conglomerate Procter & Gamble for the sum of $2.3 billion.
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"I bought the business with borrowed money. I was scared to death. I didn't know how to run a business. I had to learn." -- Clay Mathile describes his feelings after buying Iams
Show Notes:
Sustaining excellence:
Vision of what they want to do and where they want to go
A good idea of how to get there
Committed to their vision and idea
Clay's 4 things he wanted
Own his own business
Have that business be something that was excellent and stood for something
To help entrepreneurs grow
To use technology learned to help develop food for indigenous people
Was hired at Iams in 1970 as the 7th employee
It took five years to figure out the problems and five more years to fix it
Convinced Paul Iams to sell Iams to him in 1975 (half) and the rest in 1981
Borrowed money to buy it
Why Clay? "Paul had seen me work and seen me make an impact on the business. I spent a lot of time on the sales and marketing strategy."
Focused on the breeders and vets. The people who influence the actual user. Clay was ahead of his time.
Went to President's Course in 1982 at American Management Association
"I'm scared to death, I don't know how to run a business. I needed to learn."
The key was hiring a President and super charging their growth
What went in the decision to sell the company?
Sat down with his family to decide what each child wanted to do - "They all wanted to chase the…
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264: Liv Boeree - The Three Life Lessons From The Poker Table
2 juli 2018 · 1 uur 4 min
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Episode #264: Liv Boeree - The Three Life Lessons From The Poker Table
Liv Boeree is a poker player, television presenter and speaker. She is a World Series of Poker and 2010 European Poker Tour champion, and is the only female player in history to hold both titles. Born in Kent, Boeree studied at Ashford School before going on to earn a First Class Honours degree in Physics with Astrophysics at the University of Manchester. Livis a three time winner of the Global Poker Index European Female Player of the year and currently sits at #5 on the female all-time live poker winnings list.
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"Our instincts are built off our life experiences."
Show Notes:
Sustaining excellence:
Humility to continue question themselves
Growth mindset
Confidence
Curiosity to try new things
"My hyper competitive mindset propelled me to do well in school... Even though I wasn't as naturally smart as others. I had to work at it."
There are two people that exist in the world: Those who are humble and those who are about to be humbled.
Why poker?
"I wanted to be a musician and a rock star, but I wasn't good enough. Poker was even better. I'm able to play a great game and travel the world."
The mental framework of Poker: The foundation:
Rational decision making
Communication skill
Read LessWrong.com
How does poker thinking apply to life?
"Our instincts are built off our life experiences" -- The Jesse Itzler model for decision making (trust your gut) vs the analytical approach... They are more similar than you think
How can you tell when someone is bluffing? (lying)
"It's rare that people have physical tells"
Most of the time it's based on the math and your knowledge of how that person has played in the past (you see what they have played)
How poker relates to the interview process... How…