THE LEARNING LEADER
Welcome to The Learning Leader Show. My mission is to have deep conversations with the world’s most thoughtful leaders and share their useful life stories and leadership wisdom. I speak with CEOs, Special Forces Operators, Entrepreneurs, Best-Selling Authors, Professional Athletes, and more. Our conversations are open dialogs where my guests share their most valuable experiences and learnings for the benefit of The Learning Leader Show audience. You will find links to each episode and the corresponding show notes at the bottom of this page.
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Episode List & Show Notes
All episodes are listed below, newest first. Each episode link has show notes with major topics discussed and links to books & other resources mentioned in the episode.
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Episode #596: Arthur Brooks – The Art & Science of Happiness, Defining Your Purpose, Working with Oprah, Living Authentically, and Building The Life You Want
Arthur Brooks teaches leadership and happiness at Harvard Business School… He is also a columnist at The Atlantic, where he writes the popular “How to Build a Life” column. Arthur is the author of 13 books, including the 2023 #1 New York Times bestseller Build the Life You Want: The Art and [...]
Episode #595: Anne Mahlum (Founder of solidcore) – How To Bet on Yourself, Build Confidence, Smash Your Goals, Scale a Business, and Earn $100m
Anne Mahlum is a founder and CEO whose entrepreneurial ventures have resulted in a personal net worth of over 100 million dollars. She founded the non-profit Back on My Feet and grew it into a national organization. She then founded and led Solid Core from 1 location to 130 and sold last [...]
Episode #594: Charles Duhigg – Asking Deeper Questions, Developing Listening Skills, The Matching Principle, The Harvard Study, and How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection (Super Communicators)
Charles Duhigg is a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter and the author of The Power of Habit, which spent over three years on New York Times bestseller lists. His second book, Smarter Faster Better, was also a New York Times bestseller. His latest book is Supercommunicators – How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection. [...]
Episode #593: Kim “Killer Chick” Campbell – Contingency Planning, Responding to Adversity, Earning Trust & Respect, Flying in the Face of Fear, and How To Run a Debrief
Kim Campbell is a retired Air Force Colonel who served for over 24 years. She has flown more than 100 combat missions protecting troops on the ground in both Iraq and Afghanistan. In 2003, Kim was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for Heroism after successfully recovering her battle-damaged airplane after an intense [...]
Episode #592: Ed Batista – How To Give Useful Feedback, What Great Leaders Do, and Why We All Need An Executive Coach
Ed Batista spent 15 years as a Lecturer and Leadership Coach at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. Ed’s work as a coach began after a 15-year career in management, during which he took two years off to earn an MBA at Stanford and helped launch three new organizations. In addition to [...]
Episode #591: Ryan Holiday (LIVE! In Austin) – Good Values, Good Character, Good Deeds (Right Thing, Right Now)
Ryan Holiday is one of the world’s bestselling living philosophers. His books like The Obstacle Is the Way, Ego Is the Enemy, The Daily Stoic, and the #1 New York Times bestseller Stillness Is the Key appear in more than 40 languages and have sold more than 5 million copies. His latest [...]
Episode #590: Nat Eliason – Winning & Losing Millions, Moonwalking with Einstein, Creating Memory Dividends, Making Our Days More Memorable, and Writing Captivating Stories (Crypto Confidential)
Nat Eliason studied philosophy at Carnegie Mellon University. Since he started publishing his writing in 2013, his work has been read by millions of people and spun out multiple businesses ranging from a marketing agency to a cafe. He’s the author of Crytpo Confidential: Winning and Losing Millions in the New Frontier [...]
Episode #589: Sam Reese – Leadership Coaching, Setting Big Goals, Setting The Tone at the Top, and Why We Should All Be Part of a Mastermind Group
Sam Reese is CEO of Vistage, the world’s largest CEO coaching and peer advisory organization for small and midsize businesses. Over his 35-year career as a business leader, Sam has led large and midsize organizations and has advised CEOs and key executives of companies all over the world. WATCH this conversation on [...]
Episode #588: Tara Viswanathan (CEO Of Rupa) – Handling Rejection, Creating Magical Moments, Leadership Hiring ‘Must-Haves,’ Learnings From Lululemon, and Keys To a Great Off-Site Retreat
Tara Viswanathan is the co-founder and CEO at Rupa. She went to Wharton for her undergraduate work, Stanford for graduate school, and is well-versed in building a company. She started Rupa from nothing and has built it to 110 employees. They have had 17 consecutive quarters of growth. WATCH this conversation on [...]
Episode #587: Daniel Negreanu – Responding To Failure, Risking It All, Getting Rich, Embracing Criticism, Taking Ownership of Your Life, & How To Read People
Daniel Negreanu has earned over 52 million dollars at the poker table, which ranks him as the highest-earning player in live tournament poker history. He’s won 6 world series of poker bracelets, two world poker tour titles, and Daniel was inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame in 2014. He’s often referred [...]
Episode #586: Erika Ayers Badan (Former Barstool Sports CEO) – Deserving Great Mentors, Learning From Failure, Building Your Career, Earning Your Dream Job, & Other Hard Truths About Life As A CEO
Erika Ayers Badan is the CEO of Food52. Prior to that, she was the CEO of Barstool Sports, one of the most influential sports, lifestyle, and entertainment media brands on the internet. From 2016 to 2024, Erika led the company from a regional blog with 12 employees to a national powerhouse with [...]
Episode #585: AJ Jacobs – Creating a Flexible Mind, The Value of Slow-Thinking, Embracing Virtue, Showing Gratitude, and The Year of Living Constitutionally
A.J. Jacobs is an author, journalist, lecturer, and human guinea pig. He has written four New York Times bestsellers that combine memoir, science, humor, and a dash of self-help. Among his books are The Year of Living Biblically, Thanks a Thousand, and most recently, The Year of Living Constitutionally. He is a [...]
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