#85 Joshua & Rob Church: Founding Edge Theory Labs & Benefits of Cold Water Immersion
Joshua Church and Rob Church are cousins who founed one of the leading cold plunges out of necessity because they needed a better recovery tool for cold water immersion. In this episode we discuss:
-The origin story behind the cold plunge tub they developed
-The benefits of cold water immersion
-The most important lessons fromt their parents, book recommendations, and more..
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#84 Nick Bailey: RE/MAX CEO On Being the Entrepreneur of Your Own Career
Nick Bailey serves as the President and CEO of RE/MAX. A licensed real estate broker for over 26 years, Nick has broad experience across multiple segments of the industry. He has been a Sr. Vice President at Market Leader, a Vice President at Trulia/Zillow and, just prior to rejoining RE/MAX, the President and CEO of Century 21. Originally from Wyoming, Nick bought his first investment property as a teen and earned his real estate license at 21. He's been named one of the top 25 most influential leaders in the industry.
In this episode we discuss:
-Why he commuted 200 miles to university
-Why it's important to be a lifelong learner
-How to build trust quickly and authentically
-Why 'sparkle' is one of the most important traits he looks for in hiring and more..
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#83 Kevin Shen: How to Make Your Zoom Setup Look Boardroom Ready
Kevin Shen is a video expert and content creator who helps people build their studios for business and professional use. In Dream Studio Course he simplifies the principles and equipment required to level up your video, lighting, and studio setup. He shares quick tips around lighting, sound quality and webcam setups that will help you improve your video meetings immediately, along with other tips that will help you enhance your studio over time. These enhancements will boost your confidence and presence in meetings or as Kevin likes to say "Your Zoom setup is the new suit."
In this episode we discuss:
-How investing in your video setup or studio can be an asset
-How to ensure you’re not actively pushing people away from you during your calls (i.e. sound quality)
-Things you can do today spending little to no money to improve your setup and more..
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#82 Jesse Tyler Ferguson (Modern Family): Balancing Work & Parenthood
Jesse Tyler Ferguson is known for playing Mitchell Pritchett on Modern Family. He's an award-winning actor who is also balancing parenthood with a successful career.
In this interview we discuss:
-What he learned about parenthood from his Modern Family experience
-The real-life sacrifices he's had to make to lead a successful career and the importance of doing so
-Why it's ok to be excel at a few things vs having to be good at everything and more..
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#81 Rishi Mandal: On Future & Doing Work You Love
Rishi Mandal is the co-founder and CEO of Future, a digital fitness platform that provides a virtual trainer who customizes your workouts and helps you accomplish your fitness goals through 1:1 coaching. Initially a trained astrophysicist with a degree from Stanford, Rishi sold his previous company, Sosh, to Postmates. We discuss Future, the aspects of builiding a solution to help improve human behavior, including:
-Why fortune favors the prepared mind
-What he learned about himself through successfully selling a company
-The five most important inidicators of your health (based on their research)
-Why the team you build is the company you build
-Why he hires for optimism and more..
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#80 Chris Hufnagel: Leading Through Humility
Chris Hufnagel is the Group President leading Wolverine Worldwide's active brands including Merrell, Saucony, Chaco, Kid's Group, and Global Licensing. Chris has previously worked in executive roles at companies like Abercrombie & Fitch, Gap, and Under Armor. He shares life and career lessons including:
-The resilience he learned from working with the founder of Under Armour, Kevin Plank
-Why he instills preparation in his children as a key life skill
-Important feedback from his team that helped him embrace his role as a leader
-The importance of non-verbal communication and how people can perceive you
-An important lesson about leadership from almost getting fired
-How to become more self-aware and more..
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#79 Coach K: On Becoming a World-Class Leader
Coach K is arguably the greatest college basketball coach of all-time. He has the most wins, won 5 national titles, and was named "Coach of the Year" 12x. He harnessed his leadership philosophy early on as as a point guard and coach at West Point. He also served as a captain in the US Army. Coach K has recently delivered a MasterClass on Values-Driven Leadership which we discuss including:
-One of the most important lessons he learned as an assistant coach on The Dream Team
-How he used the worst loss of his career as fuel him
-His 4-step framework for re-assessing a situation when adversity strikes
-The best piece of advice for new leaders trying to make their mark
-Sacrifices leaders make and advice from his dear friend, Jimmy V
-Why the best leaders are lifelong learners
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#78 Anne Cavassa (Saucony President): Leading Through Empathy
Saucony is a household brand for athletes who love to run. It's also a 125 year-old brand with a rich heritage (and my favorite running shoe). Anne Cavassa, President of Saucony, shares her vision for the brand including life and career advice to live by including:
-Important lessons she learned working with founds from brands like Tommy Bahama
-How she learned empathy through her mother
-How she led through turbulent times through empathy
-The most important traits she looks for in hiring
-How she shows up as a leader at work and a present parent and more..
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#77 Jim Irsay: Owner of the Indianapolis Colts
Jim Irsay has been involved with the Indianapolis Colts for nearly his entire life. He took ownership of the franchise in 1997 after his father's passing. He's known as one of the most eccentric and outspoken owners, and notably open about his own life and struggles. Outside of football, he's invested over $100 million in historical artifacts and memorabilia in areas like music, pop culture, and American history. He's taking a portion of his collection on tour throughout the country and displaying them for the public to view, for free. In this special interview we discuss:
-His fascination for collecting things like Jerry Garcia's Tiger Guiter ($957K purchase)
-The most important lesson he learned from Steve Jobs
-What advice he'd give for staying cool under pressure in order to pivot and move forward without panicking and more..
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#76 Latasha James: Living With Intention to Create Her Best Work
Latasha James is a marketing expert, digital creator, and coach. She's built an audience on YouTube with nearly 135K subscribers where she creates videos to help entrepreneurs to scale their business and leverage social media. She also hosts The Freelance Friday Podcast, facilitates a mastermind group (Freelance Friday Club), and has developed several online courses like the Social Media Management Toolbox.
Things we discuss:
-What really prevents people from creating content online
-The greatest lessons she learned from her parents
-How her childhood helped her develop resilience
-How she's grown and shifted her business from services based to digital
-An important question she asks herself before she publishes content
-How reading The War of Art by Steven Pressfield impacted her creativity
-Guardrails she's implemented to show up as the best version of herself at home and work
-Setbacks she's learned the most from and more..
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#75 Eric Fleet: Life & Career Lessons Scaling Threads 4 Thought
Eric Fleet is the founder of the premium and sustainable clothing brand named Threads 4 Thought. He grew up watching his father in the apparel business and after university he launched the sustainable clothing brand that also benefited from a stroke of luck. Their initial t-shirt designs were politically contreversial and struck a chord with celeberities like Gwen Stefani and Paris Hilton who were wearing them. Over the years, the clothing line and brand has expanded into many retailers like Nordstrom. They've thrived from making stylish clothing comfortable, sustainable, and accessible.
In this interview we discuss:
-How Eric created his own luck getting celeberities to wear their t-shirts
-How he navigated the most difficult business decision
-The importance of having perspective during tough times in your career and more..
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#74 Ryan Hawk: Lessons from Interviewing 500 of the World's Greatest Leaders
Ryan Hawk is the host of The Learning Leader Show. He has recorded more than 475 episodes over the past 7 years. Forbes called The Learning Leader Show, “the most dynamic leadership podcast around.” Inc Magazine said, “it’s one of the 5 podcasts to make you a smarter leader.” Apple named it an “all-time best seller” in 2020 and 2021.
Ryan is the author of Welcome to Management: How To Grow From Top Performer To Excellent Leader. Book Authority named it to its 100 Best Management Audiobooks of all time (#25). Forbes called it, “the best leadership book of 2020.” Ryan’s second book is called The Pursuit of Excellence: The Uncommon Behaviors of The World’s Most Productive Achievers.
When he's not recording podcasts, he focuses on helping leaders to become more effective through his Leadership Circles, his online school (The Learning Leader Academy), and delivering keynote speeches to audiences and organizations around the world.
In this episode we discuss:
-Why it's important to follow your genuine curiousity
-How interviewing 500 leaders made him a better leader and father
-The keys to publishing 500 episodes consistently every week without fail
-Episode recommendations for new managers
-How involuntary hardship can help you develop resilience, and more..
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#73 Matt Dixon & Ted McKenna: Habits of High Performing Salespeople
Matthew Dixon and Ted McKenna published a great sales book that can help sales and marketing teams address customer indecision. Combined with mining over 2 million recorded sales calls and studying human behavior, they provide prescriptive advice that you can complement whatever sales methodology you use today. Matthew Dixon was also author of popular book, The Challenger Sale.
In this episode we discuss:
-The JOLT method and how you can apply it
-The concept of the omission bias
-Common pitfalls of most salespeople
-Death by one thousand papercuts (eroding your trust) and more
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#72 Joe Moglia: Former CEO of Ameritrade of Navigating Hard Decisions
Joe Moglia is the former CEO of TD Ameritrade and he spent nearly two decades at Merrill Lynch in leadership positions. He is also the former head football coach of a Division I school, Coastal Carolina. His coaching career spanned on and off from 1968 through 2018 and he earned a head coaching record of 56-22.
Some of the topics we discuss:
-How having children early in his life impacted his career
-What kind of father his children think of him as
-How he navigated some of the toughest decisions in his career
-How to improve how you show up in high pressure situations
-What he did to stay on track as a CEO and head football coach
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#71 Joey Pointer: CEO of Fleet Feet on Taking Risks and Building Brand Around Community
Joey pointer, CEO of Fleet Feet, shares his story about how he grew up on a tobacco farm, landed at job at Ernst & Young in finance, and took a leap of faith to join a startup shoe retailer named Fleet Feet based in Sacramento which has grown to over 250+ stores. In this episode we discuss:
-Lessons Joey learned from his parents growing up on a tobacco farm
-How he navigated the leap of faith from the consulting firm to Fleet Feet
-Innovation and investments they've made into the brand that have led to its growth
-What he does to show up as the best version of himself at work and at home, and more..
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#70 Carla Harris: How To Be An Influential Leader In Any Environment
Carla Harris is a force of nature who has advised and motivated companies around the world. She is a senior client advisor at Morgan Stanley and she earned her economics degree and MBA from Harvard. In 2013, she was appointed by President Barack Obama to chair the National Women’s Business Council. In addition to being a popular public speaker and gospel recording artist, Carla has authored several books including Lead to Win -- which is an important guide for the modern leader which we unpack in this conversation.
In this episode we discuss:
-Advice for someone thinking about taking the journey of leadership
-How to surround yourself with people you trust
-Why the best leaders are active listeners
-Why it's important to "call a thing a thing"
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#69 Guy Raz: Career Lessons From The Host Of 'How I Built This'
Guy Raz is the greatest podcaster of our generation. 3.5 million people tune in to every episode of How I Built This where he interviews amazing founders to tell their story. He was widely known as the face of NPR and now is the founder and CEO of Built-It Productions. Guy also hosts Wisdom From the Top and The Great Creators. In this episode we discusss:
-Advice he'd give someone early on in their career about how things could change. Guy was a foreign correspondent for years and things completely changed when he had a perceived failure in his career.
-Cultivating self-awareness and being a good parent
-Preparation and whether or not there's such a thing as over-preparing and more
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#68 Jay Shetty: Cultivating More Self-Awareness
“Humility is the elixir of the ego.”
Jay Shetty is widely known for his inspiring videos which have been seen by over 7B people on YouTube. Jay shares the wisdom he learned living as a monk to help others find their purpose. He hosts the #1 health podcast called On Purpose and we unpack his best-selling book, Think Like a Monk.
In this episode we discuss:
-The importance of appreciating the journey vs the reward
-Why humility is the elixir of the ego
-How to cultivate more self-awareness, and more..
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#67 Dr. Michael Breus: On Getting Better Sleep
Dr. Michael Breus is the leading authority in the field of sleep. He is a clinical psychologist with more than two decades of experience in his field. He is a diplomate of the American Board of Sleep Medicine and a fellow of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine. In 2021, Reader’s Digest named him the best sleep specialist in the state of California. He's also published four books on the subject of sleep.
In this episode we discuss:
-Why catching up on sleep is a myth
-The 5 tablestakes to do in order to get good, quality sleep
-Why understanding your chronotype can help you get better sleep and more.
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Check out The Sleep Doctor website to learn more about Dr. Breus’ work
#66 Liz Fosslien: How to Be Okay When Things Are Not Okay
Liz Fosslien's illustrations have made a significant impact on how many view emotions at work and in life. Her superpower is being able to illustrate these emotions in what appears to be a simple drawing which affects millions of people.
She's the best-selling author of No Hard Feelings which was about emotions at work, and her new book is titled Big Feelings which touches on both work and life.
In this episode we discuss:
-myths about uncertainty like 'just be resilient'
-what happens when we suppress anger too long
-ways to avoid burnout before it's too late and more..
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