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Brad Meltzer is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Inner Circle, The Book of Fate, and ten other bestselling thrillers. He also writes non-fiction books like The First Conspiracy, about a secret plot to kill George Washington – and the Ordinary People Change the World kids book series. His newest thriller, The Escape Artist, debuted at #1 on the bestseller list. Brad is also responsible for helping find the missing 9/11 flag that the firefighters raised at Ground Zero, making national news on the 15th anniversary of 9/11. Former President George H.W. Bush also gave Brad, for the very first time, the secret letter he left for President Bill Clinton in the Oval Office desk. If you need a good cry, read this story about Brad reading to President Bush before he died. The Hollywood Reporter put him on their list of the 25 Most Powerful Authors, and he’s been asked to serve as a member of the America250 Council, to celebrate the upcoming 250th birthday of the country.

Notes:

• “Stories aren’t the beauty of what did happen. They’re the beauty of what could happen.”
• “For me, Superman's greatest contribution has never been the superhero part: it's the Clark Kent part - the idea that any of us, in all our ordinariness, can change the world.”
• The 3 things he tells his kids each night when he tucks them into bed:
  • Dream Big - Young people have the biggest and best dreams.
  • Work Hard - Your first book got 24 rejection letters. And in your TED Talk, you share the story of your Dad and how hard he worked (maybe open with this?). When you were writing your 9th book, your book of heroes for your soon. A story about The Wright Brothers… Every time The Wright Brothers would go out to fly their plane, they would bring enough extra materials for multiple crashes. Every time they went out, they knew they would fail. And they would crash and rebuild, and crash and rebuild. And that’s why they took off.
  • Stay Humble - Noone likes a jerk. When Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence, he never took credit for it. It was announced when he died and it was in his obituary.
• All history ever is, is a bunch of stories. How to change history, all you have to do is write your story. History is a selection process. It chooses every single one of us, every single day. You will change history.
• “Brad’s meticulous research and interviews with top-level government sources — including U.S. Presidents — fill each page with authenticity and make his characters come alive.”
• His belief is that ordinary people change the world. It is that core belief that runs through every one of his projects.
• How to respond from rejection? Brad’s first book was rejected 24 times… And then later that book went on to become a bestseller.
• As a culture, we're starving for heroes
• “We are all ordinary. We are all boring. We are all spectacular. We are all shy. We are all bold. We are all heroes. We are all helpless. It just depends on the day.”
• “There's nothing more intimate in life than simply being understood. And understanding someone else.”
• “In this world, there was nothing scarier than trusting someone. But there was also nothing more rewarding.”
• “No matter how far we come, our parents are always in us.”
• “The worst lies in life are the ones we tell ourselves.”
• From Brad's book to his daughter: “As your father, my instinct is to protect you ... Other people will want to protect you too. But remember that you are not a damsel in distress, waiting for some prince to rescue you. Forget the prince. With your brain and your resourcefulness, you can rescue yourself.”
• “You need to understand something... In this world, we're not humans having a divine experience. We're divine beings having a human experience.”

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Jane McGonigal, PhD is a world-renowned designer of alternate reality games — or, games that are designed to improve real lives and solve real problems. She believes game designers are on a humanitarian mission — and her #1 goal in life is to see a game developer win a Nobel Peace Prize. She is a two-time New York Times bestselling author: Reality is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change the World and SuperBetter: The Power of Living Gamefully. Her TED talks on how games can make a better world and the game that can give you 10 extra years of life, are among the all-time most popular TED talks, and have more than 15 million views.

• Jane dedicates this book to her sister Kelly... "who lives six minutes in the future." They are twins.
  • "It's so helpful having her. If she can achieve something (TED Talks, Books), I could do it too."
• Being able to predict the future is not enough. You have to be bale to pre-feel it.
• Write down your long term plans. "Talk about a world you want to wake up in."
• "Any useful idea about the future should sound rediculous initially."
• "The best way to predict the future is to invent it."
• How to think like a futurist?
  • In the corporate world... Carve out a role for yourself to fight short-terminism. Fight short term thinking. Play the long game.
  • Create future planning habits in your organization.
• Dare to daydream.
• Take ownership - Create moments of joy... Be of service to others.
• A 30 second practical activity:
  • Imagine 10 years from now... Where are you? What woke you up? Who are you with?
• The 3 questions to give you a baseline sense of your “future mindset”
  • When you think about the next 10 years, do you think things will mostly stay the same and go on as normal? Or do you expect that most of us will dramatically rethink and reinvent how we do things?
  • When you think about how the world and your life will change over the next 10 years, are you mostly worried or mostly optimistic?
  • How much control or influence do you feel you personally have in determining how the world and your life change over the next 10 years?
• How to predict the future?
  • Unstick your mind
  • Think The Unthinkable
  • Imagine the Unimaginable
• Imaginable - How to see the future coming and feel ready for anything– even things that seem impossible today
• One of the issues that cause depression is it doesn’t allow you to imagine a future. For us as leaders, we need to be able to imagine a positive future for ourselves and our team.
• Be a spotlight for other people’s good ideas. Bring attention to it. Be known as someone who spreads positive gossip
• Living in the present. Giannis – "When you focus on the past, that's your ego... And when I focus on the future it's my pride... And I kind of like to focus in the moment, in the present. And that's humility. That's being humble."

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Josh Peck is an actor, comedian, author, entrepreneur, and YouTuber. He began his career as a child actor in the late 1990s and early 2000s and had an early role on The Amanda Show from 2000 to 2002. Josh rose to prominence for his role as Josh Nichols alongside Drake Bell's character in the Nickelodeon sitcom Drake & Josh. Josh Peck provided the voice of Eddie in the Ice Age franchise since Ice Age: The Meltdown and voiced Casey Jones in the Nickelodeon animated series Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. He also starred with John Stamos in the Fox comedy series Grandfathered. In 2017, Josh started a comedic lifestyle YouTube channel, Shua Vlogs, featuring his wife Paige O'Brien, David Dobrik, and many of the vlogsquad members. His new book is called Happy People Are Annoying.

Notes:

• "Do good things and don't get caught doing them."
  • Be of service to others. It seems when we focus on doing good things, good things seem to happen.
• When Josh was 8 years old, he felt powerless, insecure, and uncomfortable. He was having a family dinner during the holidays... He decided to commit fully to telling a joke. And he earned his first real laugh from his family. At that moment he said, "I decided what I wanted to do with my life." He became a stand-up comedian and eventually an actor.
• "Laughing is uncontrollable. It's so honest."
• How to add humor to your business meetings?
  • "The only thing more compelling than a joke is honest vulnerability. Being willing to call yourself. Be human."
    • That vulnerability will bring people closer to you.
• The power of listening:
  • It helps you constantly make adjustments. Be open, free in the moment.
• Humor, acting, or leadership... All of those are acquired skills. You have to have the willingness to be bad at it first to get good at it later.
• Using a chip on your shoulder as motivation?
  • It can work in the short term but doesn't typically work in the long term.
    • "It was the wrong fuel for my engine."
• "You gotta ask:" When he was 12 years old, he found himself on set telling jokes to an older man. He was cracking the guy up. He didn't realize that person was the President of Nickelodeon. Josh then asked him to be on one of the hit Nickelodeon shows. He eventually got a call that changed his life. After that call, Josh and his mom moved to Los Angeles where he's worked as an actor ever since.
  • You have to be willing to ask. You have to be willing to face rejection or embarrassment.
  • Aaron Sorkin said you can make the hall of fame in baseball striking out 2 out of 3 times. The same is true in life.
• One of the first people Josh called when he was launching his podcast was Bob Saget. Bob was one of the more famous people he knew. And he immediately responded and said he would record the following week. There are hundreds of stories like this about him. We all should be more like him.
• Ryan Holiday advice - Get really honest and tell your story. Your journey can help other people.
• As a dad, Josh wants to correct the trauma of the past... He never met his dad.
• "Do good things and don't get caught doing them." Be in service of others.

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Gary Burnison is the CEO of Korn Ferry. Under his leadership, Korn Ferry has been transformed into a global organizational consulting firm with nearly 9,000 colleagues. Burnison is the author of seven leadership and career development books, including a New York Times bestseller.

Notes:

• In his early days as a CEO, a member of Gary's board who was mentoring him, looked him in the eye and said, “I don’t just want you to be successful—I am going to ensure that you are successful.” Gary was moved by words. Looking back now, he sees that moment as a gift of grace.
• How he built a career from an entry-level worker to the CEO of a 9,000 person company:
  • Humility and hustle drive careers forward
  • To learn, you must be humble and self-aware.
• Hiring decisions:
  • "I higher for hunger over pedigree."
• The Five Graces of Leadership:
  • Gratitude―the attitude that elevates our spirits, boosts morale, and lifts our hearts
  • Resilience―the quality that allows us to achieve beyond our wildest dreams
  • Aspiration―the knowledge that we can make tomorrow better than today
  • Courage―the ability to understand and move beyond our fears
  • Empathy―the understanding needed to connect with others from their perspectives
• The most impactful leaders have four key skills:
  • Adaptability: Being comfortable with unanticipated changes and diverse situations; being able to adjust to constraints and rebound from adversity.
  • Curiosity: Approaching problems in novel ways; seeing patterns and understanding how to synthesize complex information; having the desire to achieve a deep understanding of things.
  • Detail-oriented: Having the ability to systematically carry out tasks as assigned, with an understanding of the procedures and the importance of exactitude.
  • Tolerance of ambiguity: Being comfortable with uncertainty and willing to make decisions and plans in the face of incomplete information
• “In today’s world, leadership is all about establishing community and connectivity so everyone can be part of something bigger than themselves.”
  • “To have the grace to create this kind of leadership, we need greater self-awareness and genuine connection to others – particularly in this hybrid work environment where connections are increasingly more challenging to come by.”
• The #1 predictor of a candidate being effective?
  • Learning agility
    • "Humility is key for lifelong learning."
• Gary wrote a book called, "Lose The Resume, Land The Job." - Target the opportunity you want. Work to earn a warm introduction.
• A day in the life as the CEO of Korn Ferry:
  • "You suddenly stop being a person and you start being a function."
  • "Leadership is about inspiring others to believe."
• How he earned the role of CEO:
  • Continuity helped (he was already working at the company)
  • Vision, purpose, "the why," and the 4 or 5 parts of the strategy laid out moving forward
• When you're going for a VP role:
  • Make sure it is a fit for you
  • You are interviewing them as much as they are interviewing you
  • Have purpose and passion for the role
• Why Gary writes so much:
  • "It's therapeutic for me."
  • He likes to write with others to learn from them and gain clarity. "I like to get their point of view and listen to them."
• How he's built confidence:
  • It comes from life experiences.
    • When Gary was 11 years old, he lived in the middle of Kansas. The moving vans showed up and took their furniture away. His family went bankrupt. In times of crisis, it's critical for the leader to step up.