Episode #615: Brad Thor – The Art & Science of Storytelling, Creating Surprise, Billions, Ray Donavon, & The Willingness (& Ability) To Break The Rules

Brad Thor is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of twenty-four thrillers, including SHADOW OF DOUBT, NEAR DARK, BACKLASH, SPYMASTER, THE LAST PATRIOT, and BLOWBACK. Brad has served as a member of [...]

By |2024-12-28T15:20:06-05:00December 28th, 2024|Podcast Episode|0 Comments

Episode #612: Lawrence Yeo – Dissolving Envy, Practicing Curiosity, Writing to Think, Establishing Values, Building Confidence, Being Ambitious, Moving People to Tears, & The Power of Consistency

Lawrence Yeo is a storytelling teacher and the founder and writer at MoreToThat.com. He writes stories about the nuances of the human condition. He’s become one of my favorite writers over the past [...]

By |2024-12-07T13:51:19-05:00December 7th, 2024|Podcast Episode|0 Comments

Episode #611: Codie Sanchez – How To Build Extraordinary Wealth Through Ordinary Businesses (Main Street Millionaire)

Codie Sanchez is an entrepreneur and investor known for founding Contrarian Thinking, a media and business education company. She has a diverse background, including entrepreneurship, finance, and journalism. Through her book “Main Street [...]

By |2024-11-30T06:39:17-05:00November 30th, 2024|Podcast Episode|0 Comments

Episode #598: Sam Parr (Founder of The Hustle) – Living By a Mantra, Thinking Big, Growing (and Selling) a Media Company, Persuading Others, Becoming a World-Class Writer, Working The Cold Email Muscle, and Pursuing Excellence

Sam Parr founded The Hustle in 2016. In just 4 years, he grew it to become one of the Internet’s biggest newsletters. He then sold it to HubSpot for tens of millions of [...]

By |2024-09-01T10:50:56-04:00September 1st, 2024|Podcast Episode|0 Comments

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 [...]

By |2024-08-04T10:09:45-04:00August 4th, 2024|Podcast Episode|1 Comment

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 [...]

By |2024-06-02T19:08:14-04:00June 2nd, 2024|Podcast Episode|0 Comments

Episode #582: Cal Newport – Obsess Over Quality, Create Time Freedom (like Benjamin Franklin), Limit Daily Goals, Work At a Natural Pace, & How To Be So Good They Can’t Ignore You

Cal Newport is a professor of computer science at Georgetown University.  In addition to his academic work, Cal is a New York Times bestselling author who writes about the intersection of technology, productivity, [...]

By |2024-05-12T21:02:34-04:00May 12th, 2024|Podcast Episode|0 Comments

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 [...]

By |2023-11-19T09:32:43-05:00November 19th, 2023|Podcast Episode|0 Comments

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 [...]

By |2023-11-02T11:40:51-04:00October 29th, 2023|Podcast Episode|0 Comments

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 [...]

By |2023-09-17T11:07:41-04:00September 17th, 2023|Podcast Episode|0 Comments