Episode 197: Linda Rottenberg - Why Crazy Is A Compliment

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"The Greatest Risk Today Is Not Taking A Risk At All."

In This Episode, You Will Learn:

• Common themes of leaders who sustain excellence:
  • Cannot rely too much on assumptions/success of the past
  • Can't stop taking risks
  • Must continually challenge yourself
• Start "Stealth"
  • Women at Cholorox started testing on the playground.  After proving it worked, they went to their bosses to implement
• "It's the best time ever to test ideas."
• Why Linda was called the "Chica Loca" -- "The Crazy Girl"
• "If you're not called crazy at the beginning of something, you're not thinking big enough"
• "The greatest risk today is not taking a risk at all"
• "People have to give themselves permission"
• "One of the most famous spin offs was Amazon Cloud Services"
• "The hardest person to convince to do something new is yourself"
• Lin Manuel Miranda - Hamilton.
• Think... "Can I afford to not do my idea?"
• "Don't burn the boats, but you do need to close some doors." The Paradox of Choice
• The problem with hollow mission statements -- Uber
• Culture can shift based on the leaders -- Satya Nadella leading Microsoft
  • GE - Beth Comstock
• MTV - How they found the best secrets through breaking corporate molds
• "Stop focusing on your PowerPoint... Test, figure it out, then share."
• Jeff Bezos - 2 Pizza Rule
• Zig when everyone else zags.  Learn to see the world differently
• The power of being vulnerability to build trust
  • "We'll follow you anywhere Linda"

"If You're Not Called Crazy At The Beginning Of Something, You're Not Thinking Big Enough"

Continue Learning:

• Follow Linda on Twitter: @lindarottenberg
• Read: Crazy Is A Compliment: The Power of Zigging When Everyone Else Zags 
• Connect with me on LinkedIn
• Join our Facebook Group: The Learning Leader Community
• To Follow Me on Twitter: @RyanHawk12

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

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Episode edited by the great J Scott Donnell

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Episode 196: Anthony Iannarino - The Only Sales Podcast You'll Ever Need

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"Who you are matters more than what you do."

In This Episode, You Will Learn:

• Good vs. Great.  What separates the two?
  
  • Self Discipline - "Me Management"
  • Prospecting - Opportunity Creation
• "If your dream client could already get the result they wanted, they wouldn't need you"
• Qualities of the best:
  • Caring
  • Other Oriented
  • Leading with insight
  • "The skill set doesn't matter until the mindset is there"
  • Competitive
• Is selling an art or a science?
• Creation of The Sales Blog
• Consistent processes
  • "I decided I'm a writer... So I write everyday."
• Asked to do his first keynote after writing everyday for 10 months
• "The more you work, the more opportunity finds you"
• EEA for every keynote:
  • Engage & Entertain
  • Educate - Mindset shift
  • Actionable Ideas - Know how to do something different
• Interview people from the audience before every keynote.  Get to know them, their goals
• "The best leaders don't look at the scoreboard, they look at the players"
• Winston Churchill leadership
• Learn from both the good and the bad leaders -- Take notes
• "Leadership is the decision to be accountable for a result"
• "You need to lead NOW.  You can decide to lead whenever you want, wherever you are."
• "Leadership is a decision. A choice."

"Leadership is the decision to be accountable for a result"

Continue Learning:

• Follow Anthony on Twitter: @iannarino 
• Read: The Only Sales Guide You'll Ever Need
• Connect with me on LinkedIn
• Join our Facebook Group: The Learning Leader Community
• To Follow Me on Twitter: @RyanHawk12

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

Episode 071: Nate Boyer - Green Beret, Texas Football, The NFL

Episode 179: How To Sustain Excellence - The Best Answers From 178 Questions

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

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Episode edited by the great J Scott Donnell

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Episode 195: Derek Thompson - What Makes Something A Hit? (Hit Makers)

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"Think of speechwriting like a music composer.  Use repetition and choruses."

In This Episode, You Will Learn:

• What makes something a hit?
  • Is there a formula?  No, there is not a formula... People think there is and that's a mistake
  • Bottom line: "Distribution beats content" -- "This is an unsentimental book"
• There is power in distribution
• How did Simon Sinek's TED Talk go viral?
  • It was shared by people with millions of followers on multiple platforms like Reddit
• Think: Who is my audience? Broadcast your content to the right audience
• Why do we always watch Dumber and Dumber and Shawshank Redemption?
  • There is nostalgia in art
  • We are always trying to recover existential love
• How did Bumble spread?
  • Injected into mainstream consciousness through celebrity -- Start with one very attractive sorority and continue to repeat
• How did Facebook spread?
  • Piggy backed off of other networks (Harvard)
• How Jon Favreau and President Barack Obama write speeches:
  • They think like musicians
    • Using choruses and repetition
• The best speeches connect with people where they are -- "The power of repetition in song is remarkable"
• How has Derek made his book a best-seller?
  • Familiarity and repartition followed by surprise
    • Familiar surprises throughout
    • Great distribution

"We don't like pure originality that much.  We like familiarity." 

Continue Learning:

• Follow Derek on Twitter: @DKThomp
• Read: Hit Makers: The Science of Popularity in an Age of Distraction
• Connect with me on LinkedIn
• Join our Facebook Group: The Learning Leader Community
• To Follow Me on Twitter: @RyanHawk12

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

Episode 071: Nate Boyer - Green Beret, Texas Football, The NFL

Episode 179: How To Sustain Excellence - The Best Answers From 178 Questions

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

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Episode edited by the great J Scott Donnell

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Episode 194: Nate Checketts - CEO Of Rhone: Leaving Comfort To Make An Impact

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"If I didn't think people could change, then I think life would be less meaningful."

In This Episode, You Will Learn:

• Common themes of leaders who sustain excellence:
  • It's easy to say someone "got lucky" but that is almost never the case
  • Routine - The best have a routine for long term success. Need good years, need good months, need good weeks, need good days.  You must plan for that success.  Create routines
• Advice from Jack Dorsey:
  • How to stay focused?
    • Focus on one thing at a time
    • Set specific days for certain meetings and do not deviate.  Take ownership of your calendar and schedule
• Nate's Routine
  • Wake up at 5 am
  • Spritual time, meditation
  • Write in The 5 Minute Journal
  • Exercise, Yoga, Running
  • Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday - At his desk by 7:30
• "Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of." - Ben Franklin
• "Be the dentist of your own calendar"
• The story of getting Rhone started in 2011
  • Nobody was doing premium menswear
  • Feb. 2013 incorporated
  • Spent an hour each way on the train commuting to his job working on Rhone
• "Why does it feel like taboo to talk about inspiring men?  It shouldn't"
• Describing the fund raising process
  • "Raising capital is much more art than science"
  • "The biggest key for us was photography.  People needed to see it"
• Why Shane Battier is a Rhone guy
• After raising $8M, how do you decide where to spend that money?
• Speaking about the success of his Dad, Dave Checketts (CEO of Madison Square Garden, New York Knicks)
  • How to instill a work ethic in your children?
  • What it was like growing up with ultra successful parents and how that impacted him
  • How Nate and his wife parent their children
  • How the quote "He was born on third base and convinced he hit a triple" has motivated Nate
  • How he made money creating a sports camp in his backyard growing up
• "You can't teach effort"
• Books to read:
  • 7 Habits (Covey)
  • How Habits Work (Duhigg)
  • Red Rising (Fiction)
• Learning Leader = "I love the idea of being an eternal student."

"Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of." - Benjamin Franklin

Continue Learning:

• Follow Rhone on Twitter: @rhone
• Follow Nate on Twitter: @natechecketts
• Connect with me on LinkedIn
• Join our Facebook Group: The Learning Leader Community
• To Follow Me on Twitter: @RyanHawk12

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

Episode 071: Nate Boyer - Green Beret, Texas Football, The NFL

Episode 179: How To Sustain Excellence - The Best Answers From 178 Questions

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

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