The Ryan Leak Podcast

Latest Episodes:

Who Really Wants To Be A Millionaire? Dec 06, 2021

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Millionaire dreams require millionaire habits. Season 2 is us going through Ryan Leak's book Chasing Failure and giving insights on how followers can embrace risk-taking in their work environments. You can purchase Chasing Failure at ryanleak.com.

Should I stay or Should I go? Nov 29, 2021

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It can be hard to know if something should be a career or a hobby. So we dive into some tips that can help you in today's episode. Season 2 is us going through Ryan Leak's book Chasing Failure and giving insights on how followers can embrace risk-taking in their work environments. You can purchase Chasing Failure at ryanleak.com.

Know Your Why Oct 29, 2021

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If you don’t know your why, when you fail, you won’t be motivated to get back up. Season 2 is us going through Ryan Leak's book Chasing Failure and giving insights on how followers can embrace risk-taking in their work environments. You can purchase Chasing Failure at ryanleak.com.

Mamba Mentality Oct 15, 2021

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Season 2 is us going through Ryan Leak's book Chasing Failure and giving insights on how followers can embrace risk-taking in their work environments. In this episode, we talk about what Ryan learned from his time with late great Kobe Bryant.

Agenda-less Oct 06, 2021

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We took a hiatus, and now we're back. Season 2 is us going through Ryan Leak's book Chasing Failure and giving insights on how followers can embrace risk-taking in their work environments. In this episode, we talk about the value you can add to an organization when you show up without an agenda.

Who Knows Who I Really Am? Mar 22, 2021

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There are moments when you won't get inspiration, direction, or vision from your leader. This is why you need to have some go-to questions you can have in your back pocket to help you lead yourself when you need to the most.

The first question you can ask yourself is: Why Am I Doing This?

The second question you can ask yourself is: What Credit Can I Give Away?

The third question you can ask yourself is: What Mistakes Can I Own?

The fourth question you can ask yourself is: Who Knows Who I Really Am?

Celebrities often become celebrities by being themselves, but to remain one, they have to become who others need them to be or risk losing something. You need a space in your life where you can be you. Authenticity is important for who you're becoming. Being known is one of the best things we can do for our own mental health and leading ourselves well.

You never want to be faking it publicly remaining privately broken.

If you’re struggling with depression, who knows?

If you’re having suicidal thoughts, who knows?

If you’re having an affair, who knows?

If you’re fudging numbers to look better, who knows?

If you’re drowning in debt, who knows?

Everybody doesn’t have to know, but somebody does.

For more show notes and episodes, go to ryanleak.com/followership.

What Mistakes Can I Own? Mar 08, 2021

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The first question you can ask yourself is: Why Am I Doing This?

The second question you can ask yourself is: What Credit Can I Give Away?

The third question you can ask yourself is: What Mistakes Can I Own?

When things are going well, everyone volunteers to get their piece of the success pie. When things are going south, everyone scatters because most people don't want own their piece of why things aren't working.

Two of the most powerful words that can help you lead yourself well are: I'm sorry.

What will make you more attractive to high-level leaders is when take ownership for your area. We should be generous with credit and hogs with the blame.

What colleague could you call, message, or email today to apologize for something you've done in the past 6 months? What do you need to own that maybe you've been ignoring?

For more show notes and episodes, go to ryanleak.com/followership.

What Credit Can I Give Away? Feb 22, 2021

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The first question you can ask yourself is: Why Am I Doing This?

The second question you can ask yourself is: What Credit Can I Give Away?

Don’t you love it when you give an idea in a meeting and nobody likes it... And then someone else gives your same idea 3 months later and people think they’re a genius?

We're tempted to grab as much credit as we possible can because we’ve all been on the end of not getting credit we deserved. So here’s why this question is so important…

So you can be the opposite of what you’ve experienced in the past.

Reply all emails are the perfect opportunity to give credit to other people when we're tempted to make ourselves look better.

We have an infatuation with being self-made, but in all reality, every "self-made" person had help along the way. They read a book. They had a friend. They listened to a podcast. They watched a Ted Talk. Would it hurt to give them some credit?

Not getting credit is the best thing for our pride. Giving credit is good for our relationships.

How much credit do you think you deserve for your department’s success? It's often over-inflated. It's always better to err on the side of giving more credit to others than taking more credit than you actually deserve.

For more show notes and episodes, go to ryanleak.com/followership.

Why Am I Doing This? Feb 08, 2021

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The first question you can ask yourself is: Why Am I Doing This?

What’s your why?

Is it money?

Is it status?

Is it position?

Is it proving it to somebody who didn’t think you’d ever amount to anything?

Beware of having a why that doesn’t line up with who you actually want to be.

Proving somebody wrong might actually help you win, but once you’ve proved them wrong, then what?

There's a lot of people still trying to prove something to their parents or people they were in middle school with. They’ve been trying to keep up with Joneses they went to school with and the only problem is… the Joneses don’t live in their neighborhood anymore.

Your why is for you, not them.

Your why needs to be strong enough to get you out of bed in the morning whether your leader has inspired you or not.

For more show notes and episodes, go to ryanleak.com/followership.

Work Life Balance w/Former NFL Quarterback Brooks Bollinger Dec 30, 2020

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Brooks Bollinger is a former American football quarterback in the National Football League for the New York Jets, Minnesota Vikings, Dallas Cowboys and Detroit Lions. He also was a member of the Florida Tuskers in the United Football League. He played college football at the University of Wisconsin. He's now the VP of Bell Bank.

Highlights from this Episode:

Focus less on the hypotheticals and the next "step or destination" and focus more on the moment you are in now and how you can be your best now.

The key to finding work-life balance is riding the waves of the ups and downs and realizing whatever season you are in.

You have control of the external things that you prioritize and can align them in an order that works for you.

When asked to do something I don't want to do, I tell myself, " it's not about the task. It's about how I execute the task and the standard I set for myself and that everything I do is for a bigger vision and much bigger purpose.

It's essential to take pride in the little things.

Happiness won't arrive at a milestone or destination. True happiness will arrive when you stop and enjoy what's right in front of you. Your life will feel full and rewarding.

For more episodes and show notes, check out ryanleak.com/followership.