#16 Ryan Estis: All In From Ad Exec to World Class Keynote Speaker
Ryan Estis discusses his road from sales leadership to making the leap as a full-time keynote speaker and sales trainer.
Ryan Estis has more than 20 years of experience as a top-performing sales professional and leader. As the former chief strategy officer for the McCann Worldgroup advertising agency NAS, he brings a fresh perspective to business events. As a keynote speaker, Ryan is known for his innovative ideas on leading change, improving sales effectiveness and preparing for the future of work. He was recently recognized as one of “the best keynote speakers ever heard” by Meetings & Conventions magazine alongside Tony Robbins, Bill Gates, Colin Powell and Mike Ditka.
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His path from sales leadership to keynote speaking
The sacrifices he made to make the transition
How he works with companies around the world
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Stephen #15 Chen: Landing $300K on Shark Tank and Making Healthy Living Easier for Pets
Stephen Chen shares how Petnostics makes it easier prevent medical issues by using at-home test kits for your pets.
Stephen Chen is the founder of Petnostics, a company that makes a line of at-home urine tests for pets to make healthy living easier for pets and their families. They've extended their product line to include tests for other chronic conditions. Stephen, a Harvard MBA graduate, pitched his company on Shark Tank and landed $300,000 from Laurie Grenier and Kevin O'Leary in exchange for a 20% stake in his company.
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How he accidentally tried out for Shark Tank
The value he received from his Harvard MBA
Most valuable lessons from bootstrapping his company
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#14 Oren Klaff: Pitch Anything
Oren Klaff reveals the pitch method he used to raise over $1 billion in capital.
Oren Klaff is the author of Pitch Anything which is a book that uses neuroscience to help position new ideas. Klaff is an investment banker by trade and he's used this methodology to raise over $400 million from financial institutions. Whether you're selling ideas to investors, pitching a client for new business, or even negotiating for a higher salary, Pitch Anything will transform the way you position your ideas.
According to Klaff, creating and presenting a great pitch isn't an art--it's a simple science. Applying the latest findings in the field of neuroeconomics, while sharing eye-opening stories of his method in action, Klaff describes how the brain makes decisions and responds to pitches. With this information, you'll remain in complete control of every stage of the pitch process.
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In this episode we discuss:
The evolution of his pitching method
How to apply it in real life environment
His high stakes situations
How he wrote a book and training course around it
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#13 Greylock's Dan Portillo: How to Assess Your Next Career Move
Dan discusses how you should evaluate your next career opportunity and lessons he's learned through his career as an human resources leader building companies.
Dan Portillo is a talent partner at Greylock, Silicon Valley's leading venture capital firm that manages over $2 billion in investments. He helps build the teams for the startups in their portfolio companies which include AirBnB, Facebook, and LinkedIn. Prior to Greylock, Dan has led HR and recruiting at many startups including Mozilla, where he helped scale the company from 20-300 employees. Dan has a progressive approach to management, leadership, and how to build your career over an extended period of time.
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In this episode we discuss:
How you should think about your career goals
Your job tenure
Why you should be worth more than you cost
How to assess a company, leadership, and culture
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#12 Pat Lencioni: Intentionally Building Great Teams
Pat discusses the traits of the best leaders and how to hire the ideal team player.
“If you want to lead, you better love people. Even if you don’t like them, you have to love them enough to tell them the truth.”
Pat Lencioni is the founder and president of The Table Group, Inc., a specialized management consulting firm focused on organizational health. He has been described by Ken Blanchard as "fast defining the next generation of leadership thinkers."
Pat's books have sold over 3 million copies including national best-sellers, The Five Dysfunctions of a Team, Three Signs of a Miserable Job, and Getting Naked.
As a consultant and speaker, he has worked with thousands of organizations ranging from Fortune 500 companies and professional sports teams to universities and nonprofits including Southwest Airlines and General Mills.
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In this episode we discuss:
Three values to identify in an ideal team player
Humility versus confidence
The two things organizations have to do to be successful
The pillars of The Five Dysfunctions of a Team
How to define a healthy organization
How vulnerability breeds trust as a leader
How to get someone to tell you the truth in an interview
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#11 Keith Rabois: Be Incredibly Awesome At What You Do
Keith discuss why being the only person to do what you do is more important that being the best.
Keith Rabois is a Silicon Valley entrepreneur and investor. He worked early on at PayPay, Slide, Square, and LinkedIn. He's helped build amazing companies. He now works at Khosla Ventures and he was an early investor in companies like YouTube, Airbn, Palantir, and Lyft. We discuss how his background as a classically trained litigator has been incredibly valuable in business.
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In this episode we discuss:
Why you don't want to be the best at what you do, you want to be the only one at what you do
How to find undiscovered talent
The characteristics of the talented leaders he's worked with which include Peter Theil, Reid Hoffman, Max Levchin, and Vinod Khosla
When to overrule someone that reports to you
The #1 criteria he looks for in a founder
The upside of stress
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#10 Ayesha Curry: Turning Her Passion Project Into a Culinary Career
Ayesha has poured her heart into her new cookbook and she discusses how she is balancing all things work and family.
Ayesha Curry is a chef and entrepreneur. You may know her as the wife of NBA superstar, Stephen Curry. Ayesha has been sharing delicious recipes on Instagram and her blog (ayeshacurry.com) over the last few years. She's turned her passion project into her full-time, culinary career and recently published her own cookbook titled, The Seasoned Life: Food, Family, Faith, & the Joy of Eating Well.
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In this episode we discuss:
What inspired her joy of cooking
How she balances family with her career
How she turned her passion project into a full-time career
The hardest part about writing the cookbook
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#9 Ryan Hawk: How to Master Your Time to Achieve Sustained Success
Ryan shares lessons he learned from football he carried over to the business world.
“Sometimes you can do absolutely everything within your power and yet it still won’t be enough to accomplish your goals.
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Ryan Hawk is the host of The Learning Leader Show which is a world-class podcast. After getting his MBA he was considering getting his PhD but the curriculum didn't resonate with him, so he decided to interview the most creative leaders in the world and he deconstructs how they've achieved sustained success so he and his audience can learn from them.
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In this episode we discuss:
How The Learning Leader Show was born
How he's learned to ask great questions
The most important lesson he's learned from football that he's carried over to the business world and to leading a family
How he's able to master his time
How he gets his family on-board with his podcast
The most memorable lesson from 150 interviews with great leaders
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#8 Simon Sinek: How Anyone Can Be The Leader They Wish They Had
Simon debunks myths about leadership and shares how anyone can become a leader.
“Leadership is a responsibility. It’s not about being in charge, it’s about taking care of those in your charge.”
Simon Sinek's mission is to create a world where people are inspired to go to work. Through his speaking and writing he has helped leaders and organizations find their "why." He has one of the top ten TED Talks titled, "How Great Leaders Inspire Action," which has over 27 million views. His first book, Start With Why, was a big success. His latest NY Times Best Seller, Leaders Eat Last, is an incredible book about how leaders can create environments in which people come together to do remarkable work.
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In this episode we discuss:
How he discovered his purpose which he calls his "Why"
The most important lesson he learned when he was stuck in Afghanistan
How we confuse fleeting moments of happiness with true career fulfillment
How to be an effective leader
The reason why most people don't commit themselves to a journey of leadership
If being born a leader is a myth
The foundational trait of leadership
The biggest challenge in leadership
How anyone can start practicing leadership skills today
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#7 Spencer West: Why Asking for Help is a Sign of Courage
Spencer West shares his incredible story and why asking for help is a sign of true courage.
Spencer West is a motivational speaker for ME to WE and an ambassador for Free the Children. He travels around the world speaking to schools and organizations about his message of redefining possible. Spencer lost his legs as a child and he hasn't let that stop him from making extraordinary contributions to the world. He climbed Mount Kilimanjaro and raised half a million dollars to provide clean water to over 12,000 people in East Africa. You'll learn about his story and his message about how asking for help is a sign of true leadership, and not a weakness.
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#6 Srinivas Rao: Lessons Learned From Interviewing 600 Creative People
Srinivas Rao shares the most important lessons he's learned from interviewing 600 people.
Srinivas Rao is the founder of Unmistakable Media, a creative agency that hosts an incredible podcast where he's interviewed over 600 creative people. You can listen to the podcast on his website or on iTunes. We discuss how his interviews have impacted his life, daily routines, and how he was able to follow his passion to do work he loves.
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#5 Aubrey Marcus: How He Built Onnit Into a $28 Million Business in 5 Years
Aubrey Marcus shares how he built a $28 million sports nutrition company in 5 years.
Aubrey Marcus is the founder of Onnit, a sports nutrition company that has gone from 0 to $28 million in 5 years. Their philosophy is "total human optimization." Onnit also produces foods, apparel, and incredibly unique fitness equipment. We discuss how the brand got started, how they differentiate in an ultra-competitive market, and Aubrey's pursuit of living an inspired life.
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#4 Shark Tank's Daymond John: Turning Adversity Into Opportunity
Daymond John discusses his new book which is about turning your weaknesses into strengths.
Daymond John is known for being an investor on ABC's Shark Tank. He was also the co-founder and CEO of the fashion clothing line, FUBU. He's recently published a new book called The Power of Broke which is about being resourceful and turning your weaknesses into strengths.
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Jesse Katz: #3 The Unconventional Story of How the Roots of Fight Clothing Brand Went Viral
Jesse Katz is the co-founder of a clothing brand that pays tribute to legends in sports. He shares how his brand went viral and vital business lessons he's learned through his journey.
Jesse Katz is the co-founder of Roots of Fight, a clothing brand that's gone viral. He's brokered licensing deals with legendary fighters including Muhammad Ali, Mike Tyson, and Bruce Lee. The brand shines a light on athletes who paved the way for the contemporary fighters that came before them. Jesse tells the story about how Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson helped build their social media platform, the purpose behind the brand, and key lessons for anyone starting a business.
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#2 Mike Robbins: Presence, Appreciation, and Identifying With Your Work
Mike Robbins discusses the power of presence, appreciation, and identifying with your work.
Mike Robbins is the author of 3 books and his latest, Nothing Changes Until you Do is a guide to self-compassion. He was a pitcher at Stanford and he went on to play for the Kansas City Royals. He suddenly injured his arm and his baseball career was over. Admittedly, Mike was so busy "trying to make it" as a ball player he didn't appreciate the journey. This interview is about how you identify with your work, become more present, and appreciate the small stuff.
Mike also travels around the country speaking to organizations about appreciation, authenticity, and self compassion. I attended one of his workshops focused on authenticity in the workplace while at Google. Needless to say, it was awesome.
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#1 Tony Horton: Achieving Your Full Potential
Celebrity fitness trainer and the creator of P90X shares his experiences that has led to finding balance and his newfound success.
Tony Horton is the celebrity trainer and the creator of the most popular at-home fitness program, P90X. We dive deep in this interview where Tony shares his unlikely journey towards finding fulfillment.
I recently caught up with Tony to understand the patterns he’s uncovered that help people achieve more. I was fascinated by his latest book, The Big Picture: 11 Laws That Will Change Your Life. His book teaches you the mindset you need to stay disciplined and consistent. Rather than telling you his workouts will make you look good (which they will), he gets you to dig deeper and figure out why you want to get healthy. It is compelling because he ties improving our health to improved performance in all other areas of our lives.
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