In the Arena - The 3 Leadership Lessons In This Powerful Quote

Win-Win – Why this is one of the most powerful (yet mis-understood) value for any company to have. It's finding the right balance between the business, your customers, and never compromising. 

Launching a new product? Here is a powerful lesson you can learn from executives at Amazon – involving writing a press release in advance. 

And to take it to the next level - try it for your own life, by writing your own eulogy. It's more powerful and less morbid than it sounds :)

If you're like most people, you're going to take a moment and step back and do a New Year's resolution. 

Below that obviously is a deeper question, which is – “What do you want to focus on in your life? What do you want to leave in terms of a legacy for your life? What's your life all about?”

And when I’m asking that question, I naturally think of someone like Steve Jobs. 

How did Steve Jobs have such a massive impact on the world? 

And why aren't most people leaving an impact like that?

I discuss the unexpected secret to his success in this segment.

ChatGPT (GPT-3) is here, and with it, a truly powerful level of publicly-accessible AI has arrived. I discuss why this is the beginning of a trend that will change almost every part of society over time.

A lot of people ask me: "Should I start a startup?" 

There's a very simple answer: do you love David Goggins or Tony Robbins?  

I share insights into why this is one of the simplest ways to figure out if you're an entrepreneur – and why both approaches ultimately lead to the same path.

Here's why...

I share the powerful connection between intermittent fasting, your work mindset, and spirituality.

Chapters

0:00 Connecting Three Different Ideas 

1:03 The easy and hard times of intermittent fasting

2:05 Connecting intermittent fasting to your work mindset

2:53 The good times (“tailwinds”) are easy

3:36 Growth comes from challenges (“headwinds”)

4:19 How Steve Jobs used headwinds

5:22 Applying the lesson to spiritual growth

6:18 The transformation of Ram Dass

7:29 Dark night of the soul

8:31 Bringing it all together

Take your team to a graveyard and two very powerful things will happen. I discussed applied lessons from Buddhist monks, Tony Hsieh at Zappos, and my own experience. 

Chapters
0:00 Introduction
0:20 Learn from Buddhist monks
0:52 A fearless strategy session
1:30 Have honest conversations
2:10 Help people transition out
2:36 You are living “The Dash”

In this video, I kick off my new video and podcast series by sharing one of the most powerful quotes for leaders ("In the Arena" by Theodore Roosevelt) – and the 3 leadership lessons embedded within.