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 #555: Shane Parrish – Raising Your Standards, The Difference Between Nice & Kind Feedback, The Inner vs. Outer Scoreboard, & Turning Ordinary Moments Into Extraordinary Results (Clear Thinking)
Shane Parrish is the entrepreneur and wisdom seeker behind Farnam Street where he focuses on turning timeless insights into action. Shane’s work has been featured in nearly every major publication, including the New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and Forbes. He is the New York Times bestselling author of Clear Thinking: [...]
Episode #554: Tim Urban – Becoming a High-Rung Thinker, Being The Boss of The Ideas In Your Own Head, Writing Wait But Why, & The Best Advice He’s Ever Received
Tim Urban is the writer/illustrator and co-founder of Wait But Why, a long-form, stick-figure-illustrated website with over 600,000 subscribers and a monthly average of half a million visitors. He has produced dozens of viral articles on a wide range of topics, from artificial intelligence to social anxiety to humans becoming a multi-planetary [...]
Episode #553: Dr. Eric Potterat – Mental Disciplines for Leading and Winning from the World’s Top Performers (Learned Excellence)
Eric Potterat, Ph.D., is a clinical and performance psychologist. He retired as a commander from the US Navy after twenty years of service, during which he helped create the mental toughness curriculum used during Navy SEALs BUD/S training. Eric spent several years as the director of specialized performance for the Los Angeles [...]
Episode #552: Brian Johnson – How To Activate Your Heroic Potential, Develop Charisma, Become Intrinsically Motivated, Build Emotional Stamina, & Live With Arete
Brian Johnson is the Founder & CEO of Heroic Public Benefit Corporation and the author of Areté: Activate Your Heroic Potential. As a Founder/CEO he’s built and sold two social platforms. As a Philosopher and teacher, he’s trained more than 10,000 Heroic Coaches from 100+ countries and created a protocol that changes [...]
Episode #551: Greg Harden – How To Control The Controllables and Stay Sane in an Insane World (A Conversation With Tom Brady’s Mentor)
Greg Harden is best known for working with 7-time Super Bowl champion Tom Brady. He also worked with Super Bowl MVP Desmond Howard, and 23-time Olympic gold medalist Michael Phelps. Brady, Howard, and other athletes credit Harden with inspiring them to overcome obstacles and achieve success in their professional and personal lives. [...]
Episode #550: Dan Patrick – The Art of Interviewing, Leaving ESPN, Working With Dave Matthews & Adam Sandler, Asking Better Questions, & Taking Care of Your Team
Dan Patrick is a Hall-of-Fame sports broadcaster and host of The Dan Patrick Show (1M+ listeners, 371 affiliates). Prior to that, he spent 18 years at ESPN hosting the 11:00 SportsCenter (known as “The Big Show”). Dan went on to be the three-time host of the Olympics for NBC Sports. He’s also [...]
Episode #549: Dr. Sara Kuburic – Take Ownership, Accept Hard Truths, Discover Your SELF, & Change Your Life (It’s On Me)
Dr. Sara Kuburic is an existential psychotherapist, consultant, columnist for USA Today, and person behind the popular Instagram page @millennial.therapist. She is the author of a new book called It’s On Me: Accept Hard Truths, Discover Your Self, and Change Your Life. WATCH this conversation on YouTube. And SUBSCRIBE! Read my book, [...]
Episode #548: Nick Maggiulli – The Power of Compounding, Creating a Writing Practice, Building Your Career, & Proven Ways To Build Wealth
Nick Maggiulli is the Chief Operating Officer and Data Scientist at Ritholtz Wealth Management, where he oversees operations across the firm and provides insights on business intelligence. He is also the author of OfDollarsAndData.com, a blog focused on the intersection of data and personal finance. His work has been featured in The [...]
Episode #547: Dr. Michael Gervais – How To Stop Worrying What Other People Think About You (Finding Mastery)
Dr. Michael Gervais is one of the world’s top high-performance psychologists. His clients include world record holders, Olympians, internationally acclaimed artists and musicians, MVPs from every major sport, and Fortune 100 CEOs. He is also the founder of Finding Mastery, a high-performance psychology consulting agency, and he’s the author of a new [...]
Episode #546: Tim Ryan – Giving Stump Speeches, Using Meditation & Mindfulness, Playing Quarterback, Listening to Dave Matthews Band, and Running for President?
Tim Ryan is an American politician who served as a United States representative for Ohio from 2003 to 2023. Tim is also a best-selling author of multiple books including, Healing America, and A Mindful Nation. He has launched a new endeavor called “We The People,” which is dedicated to fostering unity, reform, and [...]
Episode #545: Will Guidara – The Remarkable Power of Giving People More Than They Expect (Unreasonable Hospitality)
Will Guidara is the author of the National Bestseller UNREASONABLE HOSPITALITY, which chronicles the lessons in service and leadership he has learned over the course of his career in restaurants. He is the former co-owner of Eleven Madison Park, which under his leadership received four stars from the New York Times, three [...]
Episode #544: Adam Bornstein – The Advisor for Lebron James, Cindy Crawford, & Arnold Schwarzenegger Shares How To Build Your Dream Job
Adam Bornstein is a nutrition advisor for LeBron James, Cindy Crawford, Lindsey Vonn, and Arnold Schwarzenegger. He’s also the founder of Born Fitness, Pen Name Consulting, and he’s the former Chief Nutrition Officer at Ladder (the company founded by LeBron James). Adam is a New York Times bestselling author of many books including [...]
