THE LEARNING LEADER SHOW
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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LATEST EPISODE
Episode #601: Matt Mullenweg (CEO of Automattic) – Defining Your Creed, Hiring Talented Leaders, & Leading in a Remote World
Matt Mullenweg is the CEO of Automattic. Automattic is a fully distributed company with 1,900 employees. Matt is known for developing the free and open-source web software, WordPress. WordPress is used by 43.4% of all websites. There are over 810 million WordPress websites. [...]
Episode 070: Dr. Sharon Melnick – Success Under Stress: Breathing Exercises & Other Tips To Improve Your 50%
Episode 070: Dr. Sharon Melnick – Success Under Stress: Breathing Exercises & Other Tips To Improve Your 50% Sharon Melnick is an incredibly interesting person. She truly understands the importance of physiology, psychology, and your response. We are extremely fortunate to have Sharon share her knowledge with us, the loyal listeners of [...]
Episode 069: Jesse Itzler – Taking Risks, Selling For Millions, Living With A (Navy) SEAL, Married To A Billionaire
Episode 069: Jesse Itzler – Taking Risks, Selling For Millions, Living With A (Navy) SEAL, Married To A Billionaire Jesse Itzler is an incredibly interesting person. Despite all of his (massive) success, he’s one of the most down to earth people I’ve ever spoken with. This conversation felt like I was reconnecting [...]
Episode 068: Joey Coleman – What Is Your Personal Brand?
Episode 068: Joey Coleman – What Is Your Personal Brand? This is a special episode for me as I’ve been fortunate to get to know Joey over the last month and he’s become a great friend. I had the distinct pleasure of attending a professional development workshop recently where Joey was the [...]
Episode 067: Roger Dooley – How To Persuade And Convince Others With Neuromarketing
Episode 067: Roger Dooley – How To Persuade And Convince Others With Neuromarketing This episode was absolutely packed full of action oriented takeaways to help us all gain a better understanding of how our brain works to process information. It was an extremely interesting talk on a topic that fascinates me. Roger [...]
Episode 066: Judy Robinett – Creating A Titanium Digital Rolodex: The 5+50+150 Rule
Episode 066: Judy Robinett – Creating A Titanium Digital Rolodex: The 5+50+150 Rule I would like to thank John Corcoran for introducing me to Judy Robinett. Both John and Judy are such great givers… Always trying to help others and they’ve done so much for me. I was fascinated with Judy. She [...]
Episode 065: Linda Kaplan Thaler – GRIT = Guts, Resilience, Initiative, & Tenacity
Episode 065: Linda Kaplan Thaler – Do You Have Grit? Practical Tips To Increase It Linda Kaplan Thaler is an incredibly interesting person. She truly understands the importance of an intense focus on continuous improvement. Linda and her team have some massive achievements from a Marketing perspective as well as the work [...]
Episode 064: Kevin Lavelle – CEO of Mizzen+Main: Intellectual Curiosity Leads To Growing 500%
Episode 064: Kevin Lavelle – CEO of Mizzen+Main: American Made | Growing 500% Kevin Lavelle is an incredibly intelligent leader. He truly understands the importance of possessing three qualities as a leader: An overwhelming amount of optimism, an intellectual curiosity, and persistence. We are extremely fortunate to have Kevin share his knowledge [...]
Episode 063: Whitney Johnson – How To Disrupt Yourself To Dare, Dream, and DO Remarkable Things
Episode 063: Whitney Johnson – How To Disrupt Yourself To Dare, Dream, and DO Remarkable Things This was a fascinating conversation with Whitney Johnson… Whitney has an extremely interesting story to tell about how she is a personal disrupter. She was an incredibly successful Equity Analyst and she quit in order to disrupt [...]
Episode 062: Jim Tressel – Coaching Ohio State: President of Youngstown State: Servant Leadership: #QuietTime
Episode 062: Jim Tressel – Coaching Ohio State: President of Youngstown State: Servant Leadership: #QuietTime I’ve been fortunate to know Jim Tressel since 2002 when he recruited my younger brother AJ to play football at Ohio State University. He has always been a phenomenal example of what it means to be a [...]
Episode 061: Chris Hogan – The 7 Baby Steps To Take Control Of Your Money… Retire Inspired
Episode 061: Chris Hogan – The 7 Baby Steps To Take Control Of Your Money… Retire Inspired Chris Hogan is a really interesting leader. I’ve seen him speak to large groups of people on two separate occasions and he always brings a ton of energy to the stage. Mix that with his [...]
Episode 060: Amy Morin – 13 Things Mentally Strong People Don’t Do
Episode 060: Amy Morin – 13 Things Mentally Strong People Don’t Do Amy Morin is an incredibly interesting person. She truly understands the importance of being real, being sincere, and being yourself. We are extremely fortunate to have Amy share her knowledge with us, the loyal listeners of The Learning Leader Show. [...]
Episode 059: Mark Fainaru-Wada – Investigative Reporter, Steroids, Barry Bonds, and Concussions
Episode 059: Mark Fainaru-Wada – Investigative Reporter, Steroids, Barry Bonds, and Concussions This was an extremely thought provoking conversation with Mark Fainaru-Wada. This is the first time I’ve ever had an investigative reporter on as a guest of The Learning Leader Show. The magnitude of the work that Mark has done is [...]
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- Episode #649: Sam Lessin – Type 2 Fun, Voluntary Hardship, Joy as a Competitive Advantage, Long-Term Thinking, & Life Lessons From Dad (Lessin’s Lessons)
- Episode #648: Ed Latimore – Going From Zero to One, Taking Ownership, Positive Body Language, Strategic Hardship, & Hard Earned Lessons From The Hurt Business
- Episode #647: Tim Ferriss – Chasing Your Curiosity, Internal vs External Scoreboards, Effectiveness over Efficiency, Winning Even if You Fail, Fame’s Hidden Costs, & The Mount Rushmore of Podcasting
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