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150: Forbes Contributor Omaid Homayun Interviews Me - Learning From Failure, Creating A Hit Podcast, Sustaining Excellence Aug 14, 2016

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Episode 150: Forbes Contributor Omaid Homayun Interviews Me - Learning From Failure, Creating A Hit Podcast, Sustaining Excellence

A few months ago I received a great email from Omaid Homayun. He shared how The Learning Leader Show has helped him grow as a leader. He mentioned that he had his own podcast (To The Top) and he was also a writer for Forbes. After a few conversations, Omaid decided that he wanted to write a story on how my show as created and has sustained excellence. This episode is the recording of the official interview we did for what became this Forbes article. I'm sharing this conversation specifically because I appreciate the approach Omaid brought to this interview. He came to it with a curious mind (as Lin Wood would say). He also was able to get me to share information about myself that I've never discussed publicly. I thoroughly enjoyed it. I hope you do too. Thank YOU all again for being great supporters of The Learning Leader Show.

Episode 150: Forbes Contributor Omaid Homayun Interviews Me - Learning From Failure, Creating A Hit Podcast, Sustaining Excellence

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The Learning Leader Show

"Sometimes you can do absolutely everything within your power," Hawk said of his time at Miami (OH), "and yet it still won't be enough to accomplish your goals. It's served me well to handle failure at a young age. I draw from that experience on a daily basis."

In This Episode, You Will Learn:

Why I decided against a PhD and started this show instead
The process for creating the show -- And the work done prior to launching
How to improve as an interviewer
The most important I learned from my football career
A detailed description of "what happens" from play to play as a quarterback (I've never discussed it in this detail before)
What it was like competing with Ben Roethlisberger for 2 years at Miami University
How to balance time at work and time with family
The specific breakdown (by % of time) for how I spend my 168 hours per week
How to get your family involved and excited about a new project
The most memorable lessons learned from speaking with over 150 world class leaders

"It will spread because I'm going to work like crazy for it to be great."

Continue Learning:

Read: Forbes Feature: How To Maximize Your Time To Achieve Sustained Success: An Interview With Ryan Hawk
Read: Omaid's Forbes Feature on Simon Sinek
To Follow Me on Twitter: @RyanHawk12

You may also like these episodes:

Episode 078: Kat Cole – From Hooters Waitress To President of Cinnabon

Episode 082: Dan Pink – The Science of Motivation, Legendary Writer & Ted Talk

Episode 086: Seth Godin – How To Become Indispensable & Build Your Tribe

Episode 107: Simon Sinek – Leadership: It Starts With Why

Did you enjoy the podcast?

If you enjoyed how we flipped the script on this episode, please don't hesitate to send me a note on Twitter or email me.

Episode edited by the great J Scott Donnell

Bio From www.LearningLeader.com

Ryan Hawk is the creator and host of The Learning Leader Show, a top rated iTunes business podcast that focuses on learning from the smartest, most creative leaders in the world (including such luminaries as Simon Sinek, Seth Godin, Kat Cole and Adam Grant). Hawk's podcast has exploded on a global scale with listeners in 112 countries world-wide. Forbes has called The Learning Leader Show "The most dynamic leadership podcast out there." And Inc magazine listed The Learning Leader Show as one of the top 5 podcasts to "help you lead smarter."

Ryan also writes for The Huffington Post on the topics of leading and empowering others. His background is in the profession of selling where he's won multiple awards for his production. Prior to his professional business pursuits Hawk was a decorated college football quarterback (at Miami University and Ohio University).

149: Marcus Sheridan - The Sales Lion: "They Ask, We Answer" Aug 10, 2016

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Episode 149: Marcus Sheridan - The Sales Lion: "They Ask, We Answer"

Marcus Sheridan has coached multiple businesses of all types from around the globe in an effort to help them achieve world-class communication in all its forms, online and offline. Specifically, he has become known for: Content Marketing, HubSpot Training, Keynote Speeches. In 2015 alone, award-winning speaker Marcus Sheridan has traveled the globe, giving multiple sales, marketing, and leadership keynotes in a total of 8 different countries and 24 states. Sheridan, along with team member George Thomas, can be counted on to teach, inspire, and move audiences of all sizes to action while embracing today's digital consumer and new way of doing business.

Episode 149: Marcus Sheridan - The Sales Lion: "They Ask, We Answer"

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The Learning Leader Show

"I teach companies how to become the most trusted source in their industry."

In This Episode, You Will Learn:

Having an obsession with continuing to learn will help you sustain excellence. A mindset that says "I have not figured it all out yet."
His core philosophy is: "They ask. We answer."
How Jim Rohn helped him fall in love with learning
The process in which Marcus teaches companies to be the most trusted source in their industry
"The reason why people buy from you is TRUST."
When people go to your website, they want to know how much it costs... So tell them
Talking openly about your competitors is a wise way to go about your business
What's the most important part of the sales cycle? 70% of people decide what they're going to do before talking to a sales professional
The magic happens before they talk to someone (this is why your website is critical)
If someone read 30 pages on his website, they bought 80% of the time
80% of the questions are the same... Answer them on your website
Why it's required at his company for each employee to build their personal brand
Why is Marcus a great public speaker? "He knows how to explain things so that people can actually understand them."
"When we tell stories, the audience can see it."
Think, Feel, Act - Your speech can hopefully change all three
Why he took his daughter on the road with him for an entire semester
A learning leader is curious.. Constantly learning

"If you're going to be ultra successful in sales, you need a personal brand."

Continue Learning:

Go to: TtheSalesLion.com
Follow Marcuson Twitter: @TheSalesLion
To Follow Me on Twitter: @RyanHawk12

You may also like these episodes:

Episode 078: Kat Cole – From Hooters Waitress To President of Cinnabon

Episode 082: Dan Pink – The Science of Motivation, Legendary Writer & Ted Talk

Episode 086: Seth Godin – How To Become Indispensable & Build Your Tribe

Episode 107: Simon Sinek – Leadership: It Starts With Why

Did you enjoy the podcast?

If you enjoyed hearing Marcus Sheridan on the show, please don't hesitate to send me a note on Twitter or email me.

Episode edited by the great J Scott Donnell

Bio From TheSalesLion.com

148: Jason Wachob - CEO of MindBodyGreen: How To Build A Life, Not A Resume Aug 07, 2016

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Episode 148: Jason Wachob - CEO of MindBodyGreen: How To Build A Life, Not A Resume

JASON WACHOB is the Founder and CEO of mindbodygreen, the leading independent media brand dedicated to wellness. His site (mindbodygreen.com) receives 10 million unique page views per month! He has been featured in The New York Times, Entrepreneur, Fast Company, and Vogue. Jason has a BA in history from Columbia University, where he played varsity basketball for four years. He lives in Brooklyn with his wife, and loves German Shepherds, Chuck Taylors, and guacamole.

Episode 148: Jason Wachob - CEO of MindBodyGreen: How To Build A Life, Not A Resume

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"You Don't Want To Spend Your Life Climbing A Ladder That you Realize Is The Wrong Ladder When You Get To The Top"

In This Episode, You Will Learn:

Being around passionate people who have a palpable energy will help you sustain excellence
"If you're not progressing, you're dead."
mindbodygreen is dedicated to helping you live your best life
4,400 contributors write for mbg
How does Jason respond to people who are critical of his work and view it with skepticism? -- "Go to mindbodygreen.com and look around, tell me what you think"
How playing basketball at Columbia helped him as a leader
How 9/11 impacted him and why it made him think about his career
At age 25, he made $800,000/year -- but he hated it
Why Jason felt he was going backwards and like he was a loser
Flew 150,000 domestic miles -- And he's 6'7
How yoga healed his back issues (he was previously told he needed surgery)
For the first 2 and a half years of mbg, he made no money
In 2012 he chose to raise capital
"Your problems don't go away... They change."
"Raising capital can be the quickest way to kill your business."
Build a Life, Not A Resume -- We all know people who like to check off certain career boxes. Don't do that.
As an entrepreneur, you have to be extremely comfortable with ambiguity -- You go to bed at night not knowing if your business will succeed
You can't work for 2 and a half years making no money unless you are extremely passionate about it...
A learning leader has to evolve - Progress, Progress, Progress

"A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and goes to bed at night, and in between does what he wants to do." - Bob Dylan

Continue Learning:

Read: Wellth - How ILearned To Build A Life, Not A Resume
Read: MindBodyGreen.com
Follow Jason on Twitter: @JasonWachob
To Follow Me on Twitter: @RyanHawk12

You may also like these episodes:

Episode 078: Kat Cole – From Hooters Waitress To President of Cinnabon

Episode 082: Dan Pink – The Science of Motivation, Legendary Writer & Ted Talk

Episode 086: Seth Godin – How To Become Indispensable & Build Your Tribe

Episode 107: Simon Sinek – Leadership: It Starts With Why

Did you enjoy the podcast?

If you enjoyed hearing Jason Wachob on the show, please don't hesitate to send me a note on Twitter or email me.

Episode edited by the great J Scott Donnell

Bio From mindbodygreen.com

147: Anders Ericsson - What Malcolm Gladwell Got Wrong About The 10,000 Hour Rule Aug 03, 2016

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Episode 147: Anders Ericsson - What Malcolm Gladwell Got Wrong About The 10,000 Hour Rule

ANDERS ERICSSON, PhD, is Conradi Eminent Scholar and Professor of Psychology at Florida State University. He studies expert performance in domains, such as music, chess, medicine, and sports, and how expert performers attain their superior performance by acquiring complex cognitive mechanisms through extended deliberate practice. He has edited "Cambridge Handbook of Expertise and Expert Performance" (2006) and "The Development of Professional Expertise" (2009). In the book Outliers Malcolm Gladwell based his "10,000 hour rule" on Ericsson and colleagues's research on musicians. His latest book is titled, "PEAK, Secrets From The New Science of Expertise."

Have you ever wanted to learn a language or pick up an instrument, only to become too daunted by the task at hand? Expert performance guru Anders Ericsson has made a career studying chess champions, violin virtuosos, star athletes, and memory mavens. Peak condenses three decades of original research to introduce an incredibly powerful approach to learning that is fundamentally different from the way people traditionally think about acquiring a skill.

Ericsson's findings have been lauded and debated, but never properly explained. So the idea of expertise still intimidates us — we believe we need innate talent to excel, or think excelling seems prohibitively difficult.

Peak belies both of these notions, proving that almost all of us have the seeds of excellence within us — it's just a question of nurturing them by reducing expertise to a discrete series of attainable practices. Peak offers invaluable, often counter-intuitive, advice on setting goals, getting feedback, identifying patterns, and motivating yourself. Whether you want to stand out at work, or help your kid achieve academic goals, Ericsson's revolutionary methods will show you how to master nearly anything.

Episode 147: Anders Ericsson - What Malcolm Gladwell Got Wrong About The 10,000 Hour Rule

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"Deliberate or purposeful practice involves practicing alongside a great coach or teacher."

In This Episode, You Will Learn:

Being really thoughtful and deliberately thinking of ways to get better help you sustain excellence
Why it's so important to develop daily habits -- Being aware of the tradeoffs -- Using time wisely
The impact of Nobel Prize winner, Herbert Simon -- Anders worked with him for 3 years
Impressive listening skills -- How developing your ability to listen will dramatically improve your life
He has not found any evidence that shows that people are born successful -- It's learned
What does it take to be successful?
What exactly Malcolm Gladwell got wrong about the "10,000 Hour" rule
It's not just engaging in the domain -- There must be purposeful practice with a coach
Always operate on the boundary of what you can and can't do.
Why Anders and Malcolm Gladwell do not talk
Nature vs. Nurture debate - Family culture and interactions -- How they impact your life
A study of quarterbacks and their family backgrounds
How do you measure deliberate practice?
Creating the gap -- Where you are and where you want to be
Keynote speech - Think, Feel, Act -- We want to cover all three and most importantly change how you act
The Four Step Process
- Specific Goal Set
- Intense Focus
- Immediate Feedback
- Frequent Discomfort

"Always operate on the boundary of what you can and can't do."

Continue Learning:

Read: Peak - The New Secrets of Success
Read: How To Become an Expert at Anything
To Follow Me on Twitter: @RyanHawk12

You may also like these episodes:

Episode 078: Kat Cole – From Hooters Waitress To President of Cinnabon

Episode 082: Dan Pink – The Science of Motivation, Legendary Writer & Ted Talk

Episode 086: Seth Godin – How To Become Indispensable & Build Your Tribe

Episode 107: Simon Sinek – Leadership: It Starts With Why

Did you enjoy the podcast?

If you enjoyed hearing Anders Ericsson on the show, please don't hesitate to send me a note on Twitter or email me.

Episode edited by the great J Scott Donnell

Bio From Amazon.com

Peak belies both of these notions, proving that almost all of us have the seeds of excellence within us — it's just a question of nurturing them by reducing expertise to a discrete series of attainable practices. Peak offers invaluable, often counterintuitive, advice on setting goals, getting feedback, identifying patterns, and motivating yourself. Whether you want to stand out at work, or help your kid achieve academic goals, Ericsson's revolutionary methods will show you how to master nearly anything.

146: Steven Sisler Psychoanalyzes Me - I Am Unorthodox, Mission Oriented, Logical, Competitive, & Complex Jul 31, 2016

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Episode 146: Steven Sisler Psychoanalyzes Me - I Am Unorthodox, Mission Oriented, Logical, Competitive, & Complex

Steven Sisler is a Behavioral Analyst, speaker and author. Steve's consultation involves personality difference, leadership strategy, cultural differences, and temperament strategy. Working with clients in more than 18 countries, Steve gathers behavioral and attitudinal information on individuals within corporate settings and develops strategies for effective leadership, teamwork, and entrepreneurial success.

Steve makes normative judgments and brings thought provoking insights to the three ethical platforms within our society. These are the Community Ethic, The Autonomy Ethic, and The Divinity Ethic, and these platforms all have strong implications when challenged with ideological frameworks outside of those accepted within larger people groups. Steven was diagnosed with Hyper Kinetic Behavior in the second grade. He was beat up by girls and fought his way through nine years of intense bullying including being stripped down to his underwear and locked in a seven inch school locker in the seventh grade, kicked by a teacher in front of his class, and knocked unconscious by an eleven member gang on the school grounds.

Episode 146: Steven Sisler Psychoanalyzes Me - I Am Unorthodox, Mission Oriented, Logical, Competitive, & Complex

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"Character is learned and character changes."

In This Episode, You Will Learn:

People who understand themselves and embrace their strengths and weaknesses typically sustain excellence
Tony Robbins and Tim Ferriss have a great understanding of themselves
What it means to be a "behavioral profiler"
The biggest misconceptions of Steve's work
The Four People Types:
- Mad
- Glad
- Sad
- Scared
Why job interviews are not authentic
The power of saying "I don't know"
I like to know "why" more than "how"
Measuring my emotional framework -- How Steve describes me based on the tests I took
- Mission and results oriented person
- Logical and left brained
- Have a great poker face. Not showing emotion.
- A very task oriented person -- "Give me the shovel"
- Quick, very flexible, independent, freedom seeker, wanting to be in charge
- Like to control the environment, suspicious -- People have to qualify to get in and be trusted
- A teacher -- Would make a great college professor
- A complex brain - Always want to know why?
- Much more competitive with self than other people
- High expectations of self -- Never feel content with what's been accomplished, never satisfied
- An outside the box thinker -- Has unorthodox ideas and approaches to solving problems -- Answers questions in an interesting way, not a typical way
- A creative problem solver who never gives up
- A high empathy score -- But can be emotionally distant at times
- In the 2% of personality score (matches very few people in the world)
- Go to FreeBRG.com to get your own personality test

"I like to know why more than to know how."

Continue Learning:

Go to FreeBRG.com to get your own personality test
Follow Steve on Twitter: @stevesisler
To Follow Me on Twitter: @RyanHawk12

You may also like these episodes:

Episode 078: Kat Cole – From Hooters Waitress To President of Cinnabon

Episode 082: Dan Pink – The Science of Motivation, Legendary Writer & Ted Talk

Episode 086: Seth Godin – How To Become Indispensable & Build Your Tribe

Episode 107: Simon Sinek – Leadership: It Starts With Why

Did you enjoy the podcast?

If you enjoyed hearing Steven Sisler on the show, please don't hesitate to send me a note on Twitter or email me.

Episode edited by the great J Scott Donnell

Bio From Amazon.com

After losing his left eye in 1975, he was singled out and repeatedly punched in the eye by menacing students. At the age of 17 he became a bodybuilder and for the next 3 years worked out intensely until he was bench pressing well over 300 pounds. He later entered seminary after marrying his wife Anita and has since spoken in many forums including youth groups, retreats, churches, seminaries, business groups and currently consults and motivates leaders around the globe.

145: AJ Hawk - Life In The NFL: Awareness, Consistency, Curiosity Jul 27, 2016

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Episode 145: AJ Hawk - Life In The NFL: Awareness, Consistency, Curiosity

A special "swapcast" episode of The Learning Leader Show. This episode with my younger brother AJ is being released on both "The Learning Leader Show," and AJ's video podcast, "The HawkCast." To view the video of this conversation go to: TheHawkCast.show. This has quickly become one of my favorite episodes. I really enjoy when AJ and I record episodes together. We've done it in the past and we'll continue doing it in the future.

Episode 145: AJ Hawk - Life In The NFL: Awareness, Consistency, Curiosity

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The Learning Leader Show

"It's really easy to work hard when you're feel good. The difference is consistently working hard everyday."

In This Episode, You Will Learn:

Focusing like Jim Tressel leads to sustained excellence. Keep everything simple... And LISTEN
The 3 words to describe AJ
- Consistent - Always being there for your teammates. Everyday in practice, weightroom, film room, games
- Aware - Understanding your surroundings. The real measure of intelligence is your awareness
- Thoughtful - Caring for others. Understanding how your actions impact others
Where was our curiosity developed? Has it always been there? (No)
TRUST = It's everything
"Do Not Blindly Follow"
Why AJ feels that he wouldn't be a good coach (I disagree)
Creating actionable steps to change a bad habit -- Get an accountability partner
What makes a great coach
The best teammates he's ever played with
Talking a lot on the football field = "Insecurities bubbling to the surface" - Brady Poppinga
Be about DOING... Not Saying
AJ's philosophy as a Dad
The importance of authenticity as a leader and passing that on to your kids
How AJ would respond if his children are not hard workers like him
What one coach would he like to hear on the other end of the phone to sign him this season?
His dream golf foursome: Charles Barkley, Bill Belichick, Jesus playing at Whistling Straits in Wisconsin
The question he asks others to truly understand how they think
Learning Leader = "It felt right. It fits you."

"Typically, the "talkers" are simply voicing their insecurities. The "doers" don't talk about it. They just do it."

Continue Learning:

Watch this episode at: TheHawkCast.show
See Why Over 230,000 People Follow AJ on Twitter: @OfficialAJHawk
To Follow Me on Twitter: @RyanHawk12

You may also like these episodes:

Episode 078: Kat Cole – From Hooters Waitress To President of Cinnabon

Episode 082: Dan Pink – The Science of Motivation, Legendary Writer & Ted Talk

Episode 086: Seth Godin – How To Become Indispensable & Build Your Tribe

Episode 107: Simon Sinek – Leadership: It Starts With Why

Did you enjoy the podcast?

If you enjoyed hearing AJ Hawk on the show, please don't hesitate to send me a note on Twitter or email me.

Episode edited by the great J Scott Donnell

Bio From Bengals.com

Rookie first-round draft choice started all 16 games for Green Bay and led team in tackles (155) ... Ranked third in Associated Press voting for NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year ... 2008—Played through chest and groin injuries, starting every Packers game and leading team in tackles (121) ... 2010—Team leader in tackles (134) for 10-6 Wild Card team that went on to capture Super Bowl XLV with 31-25 conquest of Pittsburgh ... Seven tackles (six solo) in Super Bowl win, with two passes defensed ... Named by teammates as one of two postseason defensive captains ... Led team in tackles (10) in NFC Championship win at Chicago ... Career-best three INTs in regular season, including picks against Brett Favre and Eli Manning ... 2012—Started every game and both postseason games for Packers club that went 11-5 for NFC North title ... Led team with 142 tackles, including three sacks... 2013—Started 16 games for Packers' NFC North title winner, and played in both postseason games (one start) ... Led team in regular-season tackles (153) and had career-best five sacks ... Named a Packers postseason captain for third time in his career ...

College: Played four seasons (2002-05) at Ohio State ... Earned consensus All-America honors in his final two seasons and was first-team All-Big Ten in his last three campaigns ... Foreshadowed his NFL durability by being available for every game of his career, and started his last 37 games ... As a senior in '05, won Lombardi Award, given to college football's top lineman or linebacker, and was Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year and Defensive MVP of Tostitos Fiesta Bowl ... As true freshman in '02, played as a key reserve on 14-0 national championship team ... Career totals of 51 games, 38 starts, 394 tackles,41 tackles-for-loss, 15.5 sacks, seven INTs and two TDs (one on blocked punt and one on INT).

Community service: Has held an annual "Mane Event" in Columbus, Ohio, raising money for "Hawk's Locks for Kids," his charity that makes wigs for children who have lost their hair due to chemotherapy treatments ... Has participated in NFL's Play60 program ... Worked with Packers in their "Take a Player to School" event ... Visited with Green Bay area elementary students as reward for their participation in Packers' Women's Association food drive ... Has supported Jerry Patrins Cruise for Cancer, the Donald Driver Foundation, the Greg Jennings Foundation and the 2nd-and-7 Foundation, the charity of fellow Ohio State alum Mike Vrabel ... Has made multiple appearances on the Buckeye Cruise for Cancer, and has been a spokesperson for Wisconsin Special Olympics.

A racing connection: Hawk's initials stand for "Aaron James" ... He was nicknamed A.J. by his parents as an infant, after legendary Indy car driver A.J. Foyt.

Personal: Hometown is Centerville, Ohio ... Attended Centerville (Ohio) High School, where he logged 585 career tackles while also seeing time as a quarterback and place kicker ... Also earned two basketball letters as a point guard for Centerville ... Married to the former Laura Quinn, sister of former NFL QB Brady Quinn. Earned degree from Ohio State in criminology ... Grew his hair long in 2005 as a tribute to Pat Tillman, former NFL player who lost his life while serving with U.S. Army in Afghanistan, and kept hair long until 2012, when he cut it and donated trimmings to Wigs for Kids charity ... Chosen to throw out the first pitch at a Milwaukee Brewers game in 2007 and also took part in batting practice, hitting two home runs ... Twice won "Celebrity Long Drive" title at the American Century Celebrity Golf Classic in Lake Tahoe, Nev., Hosts his own podcast, interviewing people from all walks of life, including golfer John Daly and sportscaster Joe Buck ... Brother, Ryan, played football at Ohio University and in Arena Football 2 league.

144: Paul Tough - How To Develop An Intrinsically Motivated Child Jul 24, 2016

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Episode 144: Paul Tough - How To Develop An Intrinsically Motivated Child

Paul Tough is the author, most recently, of Helping Children Succeed: What Works and Why. His previous book, How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character, was translated into 27 languages and spent more than a year on the New York Times hardcover and paperback best-seller lists. His first book, Whatever It Takes: Geoffrey Canada's Quest to Change Harlem and America, was published in 2008.

Paul is a contributing writer to the New York Times Magazine, where he has written extensively about education, parenting, poverty, and politics. His writing has also appeared in the New Yorker, the Atlantic, GQ, and Esquire, and on the op-ed page of the New York Times.

He has worked as an editor at the New York Times Magazine and Harper's Magazine and as a reporter and producer for the public-radio program "This American Life." He was the founding editor of Open Letters, an online magazine.

Episode 144: Paul Tough - How To Develop An Intrinsically Motivated Child

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"Our Goal Is To Help Our Children Be Independent."

In This Episode, You Will Learn:

Having a growth mindset leads (not just about skills) to sustained excellence
Realize that failure will happen... You won't sustain excellence 100% of the time
How has parenting changed over the last 20 years
Read "Our Kids" by Robert Putnam
Parents are more educated = They have more anxiety about their kids
Parents are more intrusive -- They think everything has to be exactly right -- It puts pressure on children
Kids need to continue doing basic responsibilities (mow the lawn, wash dishes, etc...)
Creating a system around incentives is bad
How do you develop a child to be intrinsically motivated?
Keep praise for success overcoming difficult moments, not just getting straight A's
Helping children develop GRIT - How to do it
The importance of having a coach -- And placing a high value on a great coach
Understand the messages we send about success and failure
The value of having a winner and a loser in athletic competitions

"Hearing the word NO is one of the biggest gifts a child can receive."

Continue Learning:

Read: Helping Children Succeed
Go To: PaulTough.com
Follow Paul on Twitter: @paultough
To Follow Me on Twitter: @RyanHawk12

You may also like these episodes:

Episode 078: Kat Cole – From Hooters Waitress To President of Cinnabon

Episode 080: Ryan Estis - From Rock Star Sales Professional To World Class Speaker & Entrepreneur

Episode 086: Seth Godin – How To Become Indispensable & Build Your Tribe

Episode 107: Simon Sinek – Leadership: It Starts With Why

Did you enjoy the podcast?

If you enjoyed hearing Paul Tough on the show, please don't hesitate to send me a note on Twitter or email me.

Episode edited by the great J Scott Donnell

Bio From PaulTough.com

143: Chad Estis - SVP For The Dallas Cowboys: Working For Jerry Jones Jul 20, 2016

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Episode 143: Chad Estis - SVP For The Dallas Cowboys: Working For Jerry Jones

Chad Estis serves as Executive Vice President at Legends Hospitality Management, LLC and served as its President of Legends Sales & Marketing. He is responsible for the sales strategies and client acquisitions for the Legends Division focused on selling premium seating inventory for new and renovated facilities in Major League and Collegiate athletics. He served as the Chief Marketing Officer and an Executive Vice President of Cleveland Cavaliers and Quicken Loans Arena from 2006 to 2007 overseeing all sales, marketing, community relations, communications, web-site and game operations. He served as Head of Sales and Marketing at Cleveland Cavaliers. He served as Vice President of Sales and Business Development for the Cavaliers from 2001 to 2005.

Chad was then recruited (heavily) by Jerry Jones and family to lead the sales organization for The Dallas Cowboys. He served as the lead for Cowboys Stadium Premium Sales project where he was responsible for a sales team of 60 people that set industry records for both PSL (Personal Seat Licenses) and Suite sales revenue. He is a 1993 graduate of Ohio University and a 1994 graduate of Ohio's Sports Administration Masters Program.

Episode 143: Chad Estis - SVP For The Dallas Cowboys: Working For Jerry Jones

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"Keys To A Great Career: Be great at what you currently do. Be curious. Have a career vision. Plant seeds for the future."

In This Episode, You Will Learn:

Passion, Optimism, and Likability leads to sustained excellence
What it's like working for Jerry Jones
The moment when the leaders of the Dallas Cowboys flew to Ohio to recruit Chad (WOW)
Starting at an entry level role making $16,000/year after earning a Masters degree
Learning to cold call (80-100 calls per day) and how they helped developed Chad's grit
The process of hiring millennials and working with them
Specific mentoring conversations - Hearing exactly what Chad says
Being great at what you currently do... Cannot focus on the future too much
The biggest mistake young managers/leaders make in their careers
How to hire a sales leader
The interview and hiring process -- Specifics on how to do it right
How to successfully use your "gut feelings"
The necessary ingredients for a happy and successful career
- Work for people you enjoy being around
- Be challenged everyday
- Be compensated properly
Learning Leaders need to be constantly searching for new information to continually learn

"Everybody kept telling me they were a protege of Chad Estis. I said, I need to meet this guy." - Jerry Jones Jr.

Continue Learning:

Read: Chad Estis Named 2015 Recipient of the Charles R. Higgins Distinguished Alumnus Award
Read: 40 Under 40: Chad Estis
To Follow Me on Twitter: @RyanHawk12

You may also like these episodes:

Episode 078: Kat Cole – From Hooters Waitress To President of Cinnabon

Episode 080: Ryan Estis - From Rock Star Sales Professional To World Class Speaker & Entrepreneur

Episode 086: Seth Godin – How To Become Indispensable & Build Your Tribe

Episode 107: Simon Sinek – Leadership: It Starts With Why

Did you enjoy the podcast?

If you enjoyed hearing Chad Estis on the show, please don't hesitate to send me a note on Twitter or email me.

Episode edited by the great J Scott Donnell

Bio From Sportsad.ohio.edu

142: Donald Miller - "I Will Make You Everyone's Favorite Leader" Jul 17, 2016

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Episode 142: Donald Miller - "I Will Make You Everyone's Favorite Leader"

Donald Miller is a student of story. He's the author of New York Times Best Sellers: "Blue Like Jazz," "A Million Miles in a Thousand Years," and "Scary Close." He co-wrote the major motion picture "Blue Like Jazz" which debuted at the SXSW Film Festival and was listed as one of the top four movies to get you through freshman year by USA Today. He has served on The Presidential Task Force for Fatherhood and Healthy Families, a joint effort between government and the private sector to rewrite the story of fatherlessness in America. Donald Miller is a 3 time NY Times best-selling author. He has worked on Presidential campaigns, and now he helps people clearly and concisely tell their stories through live events and at StoryBrand.com

Episode 142: Donald Miller - "I'm Will Make You Everyone's Favorite Leader"

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"We don't want to react to life. We want to impose our will upon life."

In This Episode, You Will Learn:

Having the ability to focus like Michael Hyatt and Bob Goff leads to sustained excellence
The importance of writing it down
Creating a filter to say "No"
The process for creating your story -- "If you confuse, you lose"
The 7 storybrand rules that Jeb Bush broke
People want to hear "their" story, not yours
Passing the "laptop to a caveman" test
Your website should answer 3 questions:
- What are you offering?
- How does it make my life better?
- How do I buy?
The top right quadrant is the most important part of your website
The 2 dominant things your brain does
- Survive and thrive
- Tries to conserve energy
The 7 parts of a story: 1) Character 2) A problem 3) A guide 4) A plan 5) The action 6) Ends in success 7) Or failure
Why "Make America Great Again" is a fantastic slogan
"Every human being is looking for a guide to help them"
Why empathy and authority are needed
"I know how to make you the leader that everyone loves" -- What are the 3 steps to making you the leader that everyone loves
Make everyone think: "What will my life be if I don't subscribe to your podcast?"

"I'm going to make you everyone's favorite leader."

Continue Learning:

Go To: storybrand.com
Follow Donald on Twitter: @donaldmiller
Go to: 5minutemarketingmakeover.com
To Follow Me on Twitter: @RyanHawk12

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Episode 078: Kat Cole – From Hooters Waitress To President of Cinnabon

Episode 082: Dan Pink – The Science of Motivation, Legendary Writer & Ted Talk

Episode 086: Seth Godin – How To Become Indispensable & Build Your Tribe

Episode 107: Simon Sinek – Leadership: It Starts With Why

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Episode edited by the great J Scott Donnell

Bio From Amazon.com

Donald Miller is a 3 time NY Times best-selling author. He has worked on Presidential campaigns, and now he helps people clearly and concisely tell their stories through live events and at StoryBrand.com

141: Jonah Berger - The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Behavior Jul 13, 2016

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Episode 141: Jonah Berger - The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Behavior

Jonah Berger is a marketing professor at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and bestselling author of Contagious: Why Things Catch On and Invisible Influence: The Hidden Forces that Shape Behavior.

Dr. Berger has spent over 15 years studying how social influence works and how it drives products and ideas to catch on. He's published dozens of articles in top-tier academic journals, consulted for a variety of Fortune 500 companies, and popular outlets like the New York Times and Harvard Business Review often cover his work.

Episode 141: Jonah Berger - The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Behavior

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"With great insight, Jonah Berger removes the cloak of invisibility from powerful sources of influence and resolves fascinating mysteries of human behavior." Robert Cialdini, author of Influence

In This Episode, You Will Learn:

Creating a sense of kinship or familiarity leads to sustained excellence
How the best leaders create a sense that "we've known each other a long time"
Why you should say "Nice to see you" instead of "Nice to meet you"
Successful negotiators mimic and imitate the people across from them (sometimes unconsciously)
Waiters earn a 70% higher tip if they repeat the customer's order back to them verbatim
The importance of emulating the person you are speaking with (in order to influence)
Mimicry works because people aren't aware it's happening
Why expensive products don't always use logos
How older siblings provide a point of imitation and why younger siblings tend to be better at sports
The power of "playing up" against greater competition
Why comparing yourself to others is actually a good thing to do
As leaders, we should always be learning -- That's the core of being a leader
Why as a young manager you need to focus on collaboration -- Ask others for help
Learning Leader = "I loved it. Merging of Learning and Leadership. Helping others learn. Serving them.

"Be Optimally Distinct"

Continue Learning:

Go To: JonahBerger.com
Follow Jonah on Twitter: @j1berger
Read: Invisible Influence
To Follow Me on Twitter: @RyanHawk12

You may also like these episodes:

Episode 078: Kat Cole – From Hooters Waitress To President of Cinnabon

Episode 082: Dan Pink – The Science of Motivation, Legendary Writer & Ted Talk

Episode 086: Seth Godin – How To Become Indispensable & Build Your Tribe

Episode 107: Simon Sinek – Leadership: It Starts With Why

Did you enjoy the podcast?

If you enjoyed hearing Jonah Berger on the show, please don't hesitate to send me a note on Twitter or email me.

Episode edited by the great J Scott Donnell

Bio From JonahBerger.com

Why do some things catch on while others fail? What makes online content viral? And why do some products, ideas, and behaviors get more word of mouth than others? Professor Jonah Berger examines the behavioral science that underlies these questions. He examines how people make decisions, how ideas diffuse, and how social influence shapes behavior.

Berger is a Marketing professor at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. He has published dozens of articles in top-tier academic journals, and popular accounts of his work frequently appear in popular outlets like the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, NPR, Science, Harvard Business Review, Sloan Management Review, Wired, Business Week, The Atlantic, and The Economist. His research has also been featured in the New York Times Magazine's "Year in Ideas." Berger has been recognized with a number of awards for both scholarship and teaching, including various early career awards and being named Wharton's Iron Prof (an award for awesome faculty research).

Dr. Berger has helped all sorts of companies and organizations get their stuff to catch on. From Fortune 500 companies to small start-ups, and multinationals to non-profits, Berger has helped drive new product adoption, sharpen effective messaging, and develop marketing strategy.

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