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**Insight Out : Big Ideas, Decoded**

Insight Out investigates the ideas shaping business, psychology, leadership, culture, and human behavior.

Why can a constraint become an advantage? What does first-principles thinking actually mean? Can belonging change behavior? What makes a legacy last?

Across candid conversations with founders, leaders, creators, and experts, along with research-driven stories that dig into the evidence, history, contradictions, and people behind an idea, Insight Out goes beyond the obvious explanation to understand why something works, where it breaks, and what’s actually worth taking with you.

Hosted by Billy Samoa Saleebey, entrepreneur, former Tesla leader, and filmmaker.

Follow Insight Out if you’re curious about the ideas shaping how we build, lead, create, change, and live.

Latest Episodes:

The Power of Asking Questions Feb 21, 2022

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How to Study Thought Leaders Feb 17, 2022

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Insights from AngelList Co-Founder Naval Ravikant Feb 07, 2022

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Brenden and Billy discuss some of the most powerful insights shared by Naval Ravikant, including:

- How to decide where to spend your time

- Long game vs short game

- The insults to compliments paradigm

- What wealth buys you

- How we should think about leverage

- 4 kinds of luck

- The power of being extreme

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Inside The Mind of Adam Grant Jan 31, 2022

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Adam Grant is a #1 New York Times bestselling author who authored 5 books including Give and Take. He is recognized as one of the world’s 10 most influential management thinkers and Fortune’s 40 under 40. And today, Brenden and Billy dive deep inside the mind of Adam Grant. In this episode, you will learn how Adam impacts the lives of many and why Give and Take is in Brenden’s top 3 books!

Make sure to listen in today!

WHAT WE DISCUSS:

[01:56] - How Brenden knew about Adam’s book, Give and Take
[02:38] - How the book Give and Take changed Brenden
[06:35] - Actions by Adam Grant
[08:26] - Matchers, Givers, and Takers
[14:45] - How the book formed the decisions Brenden makes today
[17:51] - The Strategic Giver
[19:20] - The key takeaway to Give and Take
[21:23] - There are different levels to giving
[25:16] - How to give strategically
[26:52] - How to track your givers
[28:31] - Scott Harrison as a giver
[30:42] - Adam Grant as a timeless thought leader
[35:52] - How to structure ideas in a simpler way that general people can understand

VALUABLE INSIGHTS AND KEY TOPICS:

Three types of people exist in the world: Givers, Matchers, and Takers.
The main disadvantage of being a taker is you don't get to build sustainable relationships in your life.
The most dangerous thing about being a Giver.
That's the secret. Invest capital, take time out of your busy life, go out there into the world and find those givers and pour into those people.
The key on the 3rd level of being a giver is to never give the hard stuff away for free.
Who are your givers?
What's interesting about Adam's thought leadership is it applies regardless of what year we are in.

NOTABLE QUOTES:

[25:18] - “Give the easy ask and if people are biting on it, quickly escalate the giving.”

[32:36] - “The key is Adam's ability to take very complex academic subjects to disseminate that information in the way that the general public understands.”

[34:14] - “The best way to communicate an idea simply and clearly is to try a hundred different iterations that don't work until we find the one that does.”

USEFUL RESOURCES:

Brenden's Website: https://www.mastertalk.ca/about

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/MasterTalks

Social Media:

https://www.instagram.com/masteryourtalk/

https://www.facebook.com/mastertalkyt/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/brendenkumarasamy/

https://twitter.com/masteryourtalks

Adam Grant (Thought leader discussed): https://www.adamgrant.net/

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How To Network Like A Pro Jan 24, 2022

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We get introduced to people all the time and we know that networking is a great way to build relationships with people that can potentially become business partners, valuable friends, a mentor, and many others. But how exactly do we connect with the right people? That’s why in this episode, Brenden and Billy tackle relationship-building to help you learn how to network like a pro.

Tune in to get important insights on networking!

WHAT WE DISCUSS:

[01:32] - Why Brenden and Billy chose this topic
[02:29] - The analogy to relationship building
[03:50] - What to consider to pick the right people?
[05:23] - The metric to rank your top 10 people
[09:50] - Next steps after making your list
[10:06] - Progression is more important than perfection
[12:32] - Going deep instead of wide with your relationships
[15:20] - Making an insightful contribution to the conversation
[20:25] - How to ask for a referral without feeling like you’re being needy?
[22:31] - Examples on how to nurture relationships
[28:43] - Second part to network like a pro
[32:05] - The key to what helped Billy build relationships
[33:59] - How to use the “Questions for Celebrities” strategy
[35:55] - Closing

VALUABLE INSIGHTS AND KEY TOPICS:

Out of the billions of people that are out there in the world, you actually only get to interact with around 5,000 people.
How badly do you want to accomplish your dreams and your goals?
The faster question is “who”. Who has already solved this problem that can help you?
Are you making excuses to do the thing or not to do the thing?
The key is always to pour more than the others.
Go the extra meter, not even the extra mile.
In your network, who are you the most excited to serve?
Taking real money and investing in advance is priceless

3 STEPS TO BUILD RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE RIGHT PEOPLE:

List the Top 10 people in your network that are pouring into your
Beside their names, write down the first thing you want to compliment them about
Write down what you can do for them

NOTABLE QUOTES:

[04:28] - “The biggest mistake people make with relationship building is they don't triple down on the people they already have.”

[17:19] - “We need to start thinking, our relationships as flowers that we are constantly watering.

[28:31] - “Investing in the network that you already have.”
[30:14] - “When you invest real money, you vet the people you actually want to talk to, and those relationships are almost always worth more than the price tag that you pay for them. “

USEFUL RESOURCES:

Brenden's Website: https://www.mastertalk.ca/about

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/MasterTalks

Social Media:

https://www.instagram.com/masteryourtalk/

https://www.facebook.com/mastertalkyt/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/brendenkumarasamy/

https://twitter.com/masteryourtalks

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How to Get One Million Followers - Brendan Kane Jan 18, 2022

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One million followers in 30 days…sounds crazy, right? Not if you’re my guest today. Brendan Kane is a growth hacker for Fortune 500 corporations, brands, and celebrities like Taylor Swift, Rihanna, Katie Couric to name a few.

He got his start in the entertainment world and elevated to Vice President of Digital for Paramount Pictures. He is now the best-selling author of the book One Million Followers and just released his second book Hook Point: How to Stand Out in a 3-Second World

Highlights from our conversation: