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Ramit Sethi is the New York Times best-selling author of I Will Teach You To Be Rich. Millions of people read his work every month which focuses on personal finances, money in relationships, and he shares how you can define your rich life. His team has created online programs on making more money, finding your Dream Job, starting an online business, and mastering your inner psychology.

Notes:

• If you have a partner, “create your journey together.” Money is not something to be delegated to one or the other. Both should be involved.
• Ramit's book-buying rule:  If you’ve even considered buying a book for one second, then BUY THE BOOK. If you learn just one new thing, it is worth it. The return on your investment is through the roof. When in doubt, buy the book. And Read the book.
• Ramit describes every detail of the conversation he had with his wife about signing a pre-nuptial agreement before they got married.
• "You should focus on $30,000 questions, not $3 questions."
• Top 5 Lessons from one year of interviewing couples about money
• Ramit shares how to get started with your money:
• automation, investing, and the other Big Wins of money.
• How to manage your money
• Fixed costs: 50%-60%
• Savings: 5%-10%
• Investments: 5%-10%
• Guilt-free spending: 20%-30%
• How to invest your money
• Target date fund - Vanguard
• Index funds
• Ramit advises that you do not pay a financial advisor based on AUM (Assets Under Management). Pay an hourly rate or a fixed cost. This will save you hundreds of thousands (or millions) of dollars over the course of 30-50 years.
• Decide what you want to spend your money on... What is your rich life?
• Create your money rules: 
• For example, Ramit has unlimited spending on his health. And he has money set aside for philanthropic endeavors

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Dr. Marc Schulz is the Associate Director of the Harvard Study of Adult Development and an award-winning professor at Bryn Mawr College, where he directs the Data Science Program and is the Sue Kardas Ph.D. 1971 Chair in Psychology. He completed his BA at Amherst College and his Ph.D. at the University of California at Berkeley. He is the author of The Good Life: Lessons from the World's Longest Scientific Study of Happiness. 

Notes:

• "Relationships are at the core of human flourishing."
• Friendships - Map out your social universe. Are the connections uplifting or depleting? Ask, “what do I value about the person?” Be intentional about your relationships and how you invest in them.
• The quality of the relationship you have with your partner will determine how long you will live.
• As we get older, we tend to get happier. We accumulate emotional wisdom. We should focus more on relationships that give us emotional sustenance.
• This work is built on a bedrock of scientific research. At its heart, the Harvard Study of Adult Development. An extraordinary scientific endeavor that began in 1938, is still going Bob is the 4th director of the study, and Marc is its associate director.
• “Generativity” – In psychology, expanding our concerns and efforts beyond our own lives is called generativity and it’s a key to unlocking the vibrancy and excitement of midlife.
  • When asked at the end of their lives, “What do you wish you’d done less of? And more of?” The study participants often referenced their middle years and regretted having spent so much time worrying and so little time acting in a way that made them feel alive.
• The story of John Marsden and Leo DeMarco… Leo lived a rich life because of the relationships he fostered with his wife, daughters, and close friends. John put all of his effort into becoming a lawyer, becoming well-known, and didn’t focus on his relationships. They ended up on opposite ends of the spectrum when it came to happiness.
• Research has shown that people who have a close colleague at work are more engaged and productive than those who don’t.
• Close to half of your waking moments are spent thinking about something other than what you are doing.
• Loneliness increases your risk of death as much as smoking or obesity.
• Evolutionary theories: Survival depends on us coming together as groups. We are social creatures.
• How to handle remote/hybrid working environments?
  • There is a cost to not being together. There is a cost to working alone.
  • Friendships need repeated exposure. Doing tasks together builds friendships. You can't do those well remotely.
• Strangers on a Train: What do you want to do while on a train? Listen to music or talk with the stranger sitting next to you?
  • Most will say that they would rather put their headphones on, listen to music, or read a book.
  • However, the research suggests that you'll be happier if you spoke with a stranger on the train.
• Life/Career advice:
  • Think about the nitty gritty of a job. Talk to people doing the job. Spend extended time with them while they are doing the job. See what it's like.
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Richard V. Reeves is a senior fellow in economic studies at the Brookings Institution. He is the author of Dream Hoarders (2017), and a regular contributor to the New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, and The Atlantic. His latest book has made waves worldwide … It’s called OF BOYS AND MEN: Why the Modern Male Is Struggling, Why It Matters, and What to Do about It.

Notes:

• How to be a great mom and/or dad?
  • Model the right behavior.
  • Children believe their eyes more than their ears.
  • It’s our responsibility to be that positive role model for children.
• "The secret to life is to take your work seriously, but not yourself."
• Create a conversation with your team where all ideas are valued equally.
• "Communication just moves stuff around. Conversations make something new happen.
• "Boys are behind girls in education all over. College is now 60-40 women."
  •  "In the education system and in terms of many aspects of mental health, boys are really struggling. That isn't to say that girls aren't also struggling but in different ways. In terms of the education system, girls and young women have blown right past boys and men. There's actually a bigger gender gap in education today than there was 50 years ago."
  • "Boys develop later than girls. They should go to school one year later than girls."
• "The pre-frontal cortex is the CEO of the brain. This develops later in boys than in girls. It’s on us to recognize the facts and act accordingly. In this case, Richard is an advocate for starting boys in school one year later than girls."
• Richard's goal:
  • "To create men who are acceptable at a dance and available in a shipwreck."
• What are the differences between men and women?
  • "Women tend to have a higher level of agreeableness."
• "We now live in a world where 40% of women earn more than the typical man, where 40% of breadwinners in the U.S. are women. This is a gigantic social change that is entirely positive, looked at through one lens, and we should certainly celebrate it. But... It does raise this question, which is, well, what about men? What does it mean to be a guy in a world where the role of provider can no longer be presumed? What it means is that we urgently, desperately need to update our models of fatherhood, especially, and of masculinity, to fit with this new world."
• “The problem with men is typically framed as a problem of men. It is men who must be fixed, one man or boy at a time. This individualist approach is wrong.”
• Life/Career advice:
  • It takes time to understand how your talents will be best used. Be patient.
  • It's not a race.
  • Be the type of person that people want to work with… It sounds obvious, but it’s not. Be pleasant, be on time, be a great teammate, be thankful, and do great work.

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Jesse Cole is the founder of Fans First Entertainment and the owner of the Savannah Bananas. He’s fanatic about fandom and launched the Savannah Bananas with one mission: to spark a fan-focused movement. The Bananas have sold out every game since their first season and have a waitlist for tickets in the thousands. They have entertained millions of fans in Savannah and at ballparks all over their country on their Banana Ball Tour.

Notes:

• “So many business owners are focused on short-term profits. We are focused on long-term fans.”
• “If you’re not getting criticized, then you’re playing it too safe.” - When is the last time you were criticized for pushing it too far?
• Ideas are about quantity. Jesse writes down ten new ideas in his "idea journal" every morning. Most of them aren't that good. You have to get through the quantity to get to the quality. It’s a numbers game.
• Send handwritten thank you notes to people. Tell them about the impact they've made on you. Jesse has done this for me multiple times and it always makes me feel good.
• Customers are transactional... Create fans for life.
• "Do for one what you wish you could do for many." Create special moments for people. One at a time.
• Do an energy audit: What activities give you energy? How can you do more of those?
• We learn who we are in practice, not in theory. We learn best through actual trial. Move from idea to execution quickly. If it doesn't work, move on.
  • "I'm not afraid to be embarrassed. My biggest fear is being irrelevant."
• Jesse focuses a ton of effort on understanding his teammates (both players and everyone else who works for him)
  • The love language assessment... He learned that the majority of his employees have "words of affirmation" as their top love language.
  • "Recognition drives behavior."
  • The job title for Jesse's executive assistant is "Executive Rockstar."
• What Jesse learned from Walt Disney and PT Barnum:
  • Master storytellers
  • They create attention
  • "Without promotion, something terrible happens... Nothing."
  • Watch "The Imagineering Story" on Disney Plus
    • "They built Disney Land in less than a year!"
    • "Money doesn't excite me. Ideas excite me."
• Advice: "Give without asking for anything in return. Give, give, give."
• 9 Rules To Banana Ball:
  • Every Inning Counts - Create walk-off moments
  • 2 Hour Time Limit
  • 1 on 1 Showdown (if there is a tie). No extra innings.
  • Walks are now springs (if you walk, it's a sprint)
  • No Bunting (bunting sucks)
  • No Mound Visits (they are boring
  • The batter can steal first base (if a pitcher throws a passed ball)
  • If a fan catches a foul ball, it's an out
  • No stepping out of the box

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My Guest: Buzz Williams is the head Men's Basketball Coach at Texas A&M University. He's coached his teams to eight NCAA Tournament appearances in 13 years as a head coach. In 2020, Buzz was named the SEC "Coach of the Year." His teams have won 20 or more games in five of the last seven seasons. Buzz's teams have four Sweet Sixteen appearances. Buzz is known as a coach who helps his players on and off the court. He teaches regular life development sessions to his players called "Get Better 101."

Notes:

• Buzz has nine daily disciplines. “Your decisions reveal your priority.”
  • Train body at 5:30, get steps at 7:30, write 2 thank you notes per day, write children a note on their favorite color note card every day, read a book a week, weekly date night with his wife, and on non-gamedays is 7 meaningful texts. 
• • “You can be whatever you earn the right to be.”
• Team Bus 1 - The core group of people that make up the team. Those that sit on the bench and play in the games.
• In order to climb the ladder, you must go one step at a time. You can’t skip steps. There are no hacks, no shortcuts. Being able to delay gratification is a superpower and creates the opportunity to make a big impact. It’s the ability to show up each day and take one step at a time.
• “It’s supposed to be hard. If it wasn’t hard everyone would do it. The hard is what makes it great.” 
• “History rarely remembers the critics. It remembers the contributors. So contribute!”
• “Energized leaders can evoke energy from within others. But when the leader lets up a little, followers tend to let up a lot.”
• “The reward for passing the test is earning the next test.”
• “Being a boss is a job. Being a leader is something you earn.”
• “Goliath is not there to kill you, he is there to introduce you.”
• “Pressure is a privilege.” (Billie Jean King book title)
• "Basketball is not the source, it is the vehicle.”
• “While we are leading, our rate of learning must be at least as fast as the rate of change.”
• “Your patience when you have nothing, and your attitude when you have everything are two things that will always define you.”
• "You grow up thinking winning is the scoreboard at the end.  But you learn there is so much that goes into the business of winning. Winning is the details-the discipline. The business of winning happens every second, and this business doesn’t turn the lights off."
• “There's a ceiling to talent. There's no ceiling to someone's hunger & to someone's drive to be the best. How hard a team works, how hard they play, how together they are- there's no ceiling to that.” Many times in life what's invisible is what's important.
• “True love does not have an agenda.”
• Team Rules:
  • Always tell the truth, no matter what
  • Always be on time... 6 = early
  • Be a great teammate... It compounds
  • Never do anything to embarrass you/your family/your team/your school
  • If anything is potentially a problem, please call Buzz
• What Buzz looks for when recruiting a player:
  • Character
  • IQ & EQ
  • Work ethic - Do they want to work?
    • Consumed with process
    • Insatiable drive to get better
  • A great teammate
• Life/Career advice:
  • Never be without pen and paper. Take notes.
  • Read more than you think you need to.
  • Write down everything, about anything, all the time.
  • Build trustful relationships. Seek to give to others and add value to their lives.
  • Never turn down an opportunity to learn or work.