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 #687: Jim Collins – What To Make of a Life, The 3 Types of Luck, Inflection Points, Cliffs, Encodings, Navigating the Fog, the Art of Getting People To Want To Do What Must Be Done, and Reconnecting with an Old Friend
My new book, The Price of Becoming, is now available for pre-order. To learn more about all of the pre-order bonuses (it's worth it), CLICK HERE. Jim Collins is the author of some of the most influential business books ever written — Good to [...]
Episode #686: Dr. Nicole LePera (The Holistic Psychologist) – The Hidden Cost of Being Good at Everything, Self-Medicating at 13, Why Awareness Isn’t Enough, Healing the Body Not Just the Mind, What a Real Boundary Actually Is, and How Vulnerability Makes Love Real
My new book, The Price of Becoming, is now available for pre-order. To learn more about all of the pre-order bonuses (it's worth it), CLICK HERE. Dr. Nicole LePera is the creator of The Holistic Psychologist, a platform with over 12 million followers, and the author of three New York Times bestselling books, [...]
Episode #685: David Epstein – The Freedom Trap, Narrative Values, General Magic, The Nobel Prize Winner Who Simplified Everything, Wearing the Same Thing Everyday, and Why Constraints Are the Secret to Your Best Work
My new book, The Price of Becoming, is now available for pre-order. To learn more about all of the pre-order bonuses (it's worth it), CLICK HERE. David Epstein is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Range and The Sports Gene. A former investigative reporter at ProPublica and senior writer at Sports Illustrated. [...]
Episode #684: Marcus Buckingham – Design Love In, The 5 Feelings Leaders Must Create, The ABCs of Authentic Leadership, and How to Unleash The Most Powerful Force in Business
My new book, The Price of Becoming, is now available for pre-order. To learn more about all of the pre-order bonuses (it's worth it), CLICK HERE. Marcus Buckingham is a researcher, author, and leader focused on workplace performance. A Cambridge graduate, he spent nearly 20 years at the Gallup Organization, where he co-created the [...]
Episode #683: Nir Eyal – How to Break Limiting Beliefs, Create Your Own Luck, Transform Your Relationships, and Start Seeing Opportunities Everyone Else Is Missing
My new book, The Price of Becoming, is now available for pre-order. To learn more about all of the pre-order bonuses (it's worth it), CLICK HERE. Nir Eyal is a Stanford lecturer, behavioral designer, and bestselling author who has spent his career at the intersection of psychology, technology, and human behavior. He's one [...]
Episode #682: Will Guidara – Obsession, Adversity, Learning From Danny Meyer, and The Only Competitive Advantage That Lasts… Unreasonable Hospitality
My new book, The Price of Becoming, is now available for pre-order. To learn more about all of the pre-order bonuses (it's worth it), CLICK HERE. Will Guidara is the former co-owner of Eleven Madison Park, the restaurant he took from a struggling two-star establishment to become the number one restaurant in the [...]
Episode #681: Clark Lea (Vanderbilt Football Coach) – Rebuilding a Program, Belief as a Practice, Leading Misfits, Ownership Mentality, and Why Relatedness Is Your Edge
My new book, The Price of Becoming, is now available for pre-order. To learn more about all of the pre-order bonuses (it's worth it), CLICK HERE. Clark Lea is the head football coach at Vanderbilt… He’s led one of the best turnaround stories in college football. Before football, Clark was a baseball player. [...]
Episode #680: Scott Galloway: Action Absorbs Anxiety, Handling the Haters, Becoming an Excellent Storyteller, Reverse Engineering Your Success, The Importance of Novelty, and Why Praise Is the Most Underrated Leadership Tool
My new book, The Price of Becoming, is now available for pre-order. To learn more about all of the pre-order bonuses (it's worth it), CLICK HERE. Scott Galloway is the Founder of L2 and a Clinical Professor at the NYU Stern School of Business, where he teaches brand strategy and digital marketing. In [...]
Episode #679: Kat Cole – From Hooters Waitress to $500M CEO, You’re Interviewing for Your Next Job Every Day, Learning vs. Ego, The Four Key Mindsets for Senior Leaders, and The Journey of Who You Become
Kat Cole is the CEO of AG1 (formerly Athletic Greens) and a renowned business leader known for a meteoric rise from Hooters waitress to Fortune 40 Under 40 executive. As former President/COO of Focus Brands (Cinnabon), she specializes in scaling global brands. Her career is defined by driving billions in sales, strategic [...]
Episode #678: Jamie Siminoff (Ring Doorbell Inventor) – Shark Tank Rejection, Selling to Amazon for $1 Billion, Surviving $3M to $480M Hypergrowth, Hiring Passionate People Over Experts, and Jeff Bezos’s Leadership Lessons
Jamie Siminoff is the founder of Ring, which he sold to Amazon for over a billion dollars. He's an inventor and builder who couldn't hear his doorbell while working in his garage, so he built a video doorbell. When his wife said it made her feel safer, he realized technology had changed, [...]
Episode #677: Erin McGoff – How to Communicate at Work, Negotiate Your Salary, Write Cold Emails, Overcome Rejection, Run Better Meetings, and Build a Career That Matters
Erin McGoff is an award-winning filmmaker known for telling nuanced stories that challenge perspectives and spark positive change. As a director and creator, she has collaborated with brands like Google, Meta, National Geographic, Capital One, Hilton, LinkedIn, Indeed, and many others. Erin has built a big online presence with over 6.5 million [...]
Episode #676: Jesse Cole (Owner, Savannah Bananas) – The Beauty of Obsession, Building a Fans First World, Walt Disney, Mr. Beast, Radical Transparency (Opening the Books), Do the Opposite of Normal, Turning a $6M Mistake Into a Moment, and Creating Banana World
Jesse Cole is the owner of the Savannah Bananas. He went $1.8 million in debt, slept on an air mattress, and built a business that is now valued at over a billion dollars. I spent half a day with Jesse in Savannah watching practice, and Jesse gave me a personal tour of [...]
Episode #675: Tom Hardin (Tipper X) – The Largest Insider Trading Case, How Ambiguous Leadership Destroys Culture, Resume vs. Eulogy Virtues, Bad Decisions vs. Mistakes, and Building Psychological Safety
Tom Hardin was known as "Tipper X" during Operation Perfect Hedge, the largest insider trading investigation in history. After making four illegal trades based on inside information, the FBI approached him on a Manhattan street corner and convinced him to wear a wire over 40 times, helping build 20 of the 81 [...]
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