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FOMO Sapiens with Patrick J. McGinnis

Patrick J. McGinniswww.fomosapiens.com
FOMO Sapiens is the podcast for anyone who wants to make smarter decisions, take action, and thrive in an unpredictable world. Hosted by Patrick J. McGinnis—the guy who coined FOMO (Fear of Missing Out)—this show brings you insights from world-class entrepreneurs, investors, and leaders who’ve mastered the art of navigating uncertainty. Each episode is packed with real-world strategies, powerful stories, and actionable advice to help you cut through the noise, take control of your choices, and build a life you actually want—without the fear of missing out. Listen now and start making decisions on your own terms.
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Episodes

FOMOndays: How to Build a Business in Latin America

This is FOMOnday, the snackable companion to FOMO Sapiens that starts your week with hot takes, life hacks, listener mail, and even some FOMO therapy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 02, 202219 min

4. The Business of Busyness with Juliet Funt

How do you know when being busy goes from an indication of an upward trajectory to a fast track to burnout? CEO of the Juliet Funt Group, Juliet Funt, shares insights from her new book A Minute to Think and the cost being busy has on creativity and quality of life. An expert on how to eliminate the counterproductive and overwhelming demands of everyday tasks, Juliet promotes awareness of the true cost of busy work and helps to design culture shifts for the smarter use of work hours. By creating ...

Apr 28, 202238 minSeason 7Ep. 4

FOMOndays: How to Build a Speaking Career

This is FOMOnday, the snackable companion to FOMO Sapiens that starts your week with hot takes, life hacks, listener mail, and even some FOMO therapy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apr 25, 202219 min

FOMOBonus Episode: How to Think about NFTs with Jordan Fried of NFT.com

The NFT market has seemingly come out of nowhere in the last year and the FOMO is everywhere. Despite all the buzz, it’s hard to know exactly what’s going on and how the market works. Jordan Fried, the co-founder of NFT.com, is at the center of the market and is about to launch the newest major platform in the space. On this episode, Magnus unpacks what is going on with NFTs, explains how the work, and then talks about what it takes to build a company to take on the incumbents in the space. Lear...

Apr 23, 202239 min

3. Magnus Resch: The Art World's Most Practical Man

The business of being an artist is all too often plagued by uncertainty and self-doubt. Magnus Resch, serial entrepreneur, economist, and art market expert explains that when artists think in terms of being an entrepreneur, long-term success is much more attainable. Magnus argues that it is entrepreneurial thinking and personal marketing that provides the best path to success for artists globally. Magnus shares interesting insights on the logistics of opening an art gallery, building a personal ...

Apr 21, 202234 minSeason 7Ep. 3

FOMOndays: How to Do Your Taxes

This is FOMOnday, the snackable companion to FOMO Sapiens that starts your week with hot takes, life hacks, listener mail, and even some FOMO therapy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apr 18, 202222 min

2. Building Confidence and Income with Josh Peck

At the age of 26, not many people fear that the best years of their career have passed them by but for former child star Josh Peck, the uncertainty was real. Having come off a successful run on the popular television series Drake & Josh, Josh was left to figure out if he wanted to continue acting and what that looked like as an adult. An early adopter of social media, Josh capitalized on his natural comedic talents to become a Vine superstar, eventually creating a revenue stream and followin...

Apr 14, 202239 minSeason 7Ep. 2

FOMOndays: How to Overcome Self Doubt

This is FOMOnday, the snackable companion to FOMO Sapiens that starts your week with hot takes, life hacks, listener mail, and even some FOMO therapy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apr 11, 202220 min

1. Think (And Act) Like an Entrepreneur with Josh Peck

In part one of a double episode, former child star, current adult actor, and author of the new book Happy People Are Annoying, Josh Peck, kicks off season seven with a thoughtful discussion about the expectations versus reality of achieving fame at a young age, the dynamics of personal transformations, and how an entrepreneurial mindset can be the key to creating the life you want. By applying entrepreneurial thinking to his life, Josh was able to take control of his career, monetize his talents...

Apr 07, 202239 minSeason 7Ep. 1

26. Disrupt Yourself (And Grow) With Whitney Johnson

March is Women’s History Month and we will be featuring some outstanding female FOMO Sapiens on the podcast all month long for a special break between seasons. Award-winning author, speaker, and host of the popular “Disrupt Yourself” podcast Whitney Johnson joins in a discussion about decision making, mastering FOMO, and getting back to your default setting- growth. Whitney talks about the neuroscience behind growth, how the brain processes its trajectory, and how mastering FOMO and FOBO will he...

Mar 31, 202240 min

FOMOndays: FOMO Therapy

This is FOMOnday, the snackable companion to FOMO Sapiens that starts your week with hot takes, life hacks, listener mail, and even some FOMO therapy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mar 28, 202223 min

25. Rejecting Expectations to Create Success with ClassPass’s Payal Kadakia

March is Women’s History Month and we will be featuring some outstanding female FOMO Sapiens on the podcast all month long for a special break between seasons. What are the financial realities of starting your own business? Can you reject traditional expectations while still embracing traditions? If you are ClassPass founder Payal Kadakia then the answer is a resounding Yes. Innovating how people access health, fitness, and wellness, Payal discusses the unconventional route she took to create he...

Mar 24, 202237 min

FOMOndays: How to Manage a Multicultural Team

This is FOMOnday, the snackable companion to FOMO Sapiens that starts your week with hot takes, life hacks, listener mail, and even some FOMO therapy. Thanks to Our Partners: Indeed Shopify Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mar 21, 202217 min

24. Disrupting Systems & Revolutionizing Services with Shivani Siroya

March is Women’s History Month and we will be featuring some outstanding female FOMO Sapiens on the podcast all month long for a special break between seasons. Nominated by Melinda Gates as Wired Icon in 2018, socioeconomic entrepreneur and Tala Mobile CEO & founder Shivani Siroya joins in a discussion about innovating financial solutions and impacting social change globally. In addition to disrupting antiquated financial systems that historically underserved populations most in need by offe...

Mar 17, 202235 minSeason 6Ep. 24

FOMOndays: How to Leverage Your Passion at Work

This is FOMOnday, the snackable companion to FOMO Sapiens that starts your week with hot takes, life hacks, listener mail, and even some FOMO therapy. Thanks to Our Partners: Indeed Shopify Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mar 14, 202217 min

23. Creating a Life that Matters with Terri Trespicio

March is Women’s History Month and we will be featuring some outstanding female FOMO Sapiens on the podcast all month long for a special break between seasons. Some people confuse comfort with complacency. Award-winning writer, speaker, and brand advisor Terri Trespicio, however, does not. Following the publication of her new book, Unfollow Your Passion, Terry discusses why her TedX Talk “Stop Searching for Your Passion” was so hugely popular that it has been viewed more than 7 million times whi...

Mar 10, 202236 minSeason 6Ep. 23

FOMOndays: How To Think About Psychedelics

This is FOMOnday, the snackable companion to FOMO Sapiens that starts your week with hot takes, life hacks, listener mail, and even some FOMO therapy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mar 07, 202216 min

22. Psychedelic Psychotherapy: Innovating the Future of Mental Wellness with Kelsey Ramsden

March is Women’s History Month and we will be featuring some outstanding female FOMO Sapiens on the podcast all month long for a special break between seasons. Kelsey Ramsden has taken her over 15 years of expertise funding, scaling, and operating businesses across Canada and the Caribbean and applied it to her innovative new company, Mind Cure Health, which aims to change the way we understand, apply, and optimize psychedelic and digital therapeutics. Kelsey explains how her own personal experi...

Mar 03, 202236 min

FOMOndays: How To Think About the Lean Startup

This is FOMOnday, the snackable companion to FOMO Sapiens that starts your week with hot takes, life hacks, listener mail, and even some FOMO therapy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Feb 28, 202218 min

21. Leaning Into The Lean Startup

Adjunct professor at Stanford University and Senior Fellow of Innovation at Columbia University Steve Blank, known as the father of modern entrepreneurship for conceptualizing the philosophy of The Lean Startup, and retired US Army colonel and international innovation expert Peter Newell discuss their work together helping governments and corporations adopt a lean approach to create, innovate, and drive growth. With vastly different professional histories, the unlikely pairing of Steve and Peter...

Feb 24, 202237 minSeason 6Ep. 21

FOMOndays: How To Conquer Risk Aversion

This is FOMOnday, the snackable companion to FOMO Sapiens that starts your week with hot takes, life hacks, listener mail, and even some FOMO therapy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Feb 21, 202216 min

20. How Bearaby’s Dr. Kathrin Hamm Napped Her Way to a Start-Up Sleep Empire

Former economist for The World Bank, founder, and CEO of sustainable weighted bedding company Bearaby, Dr. Kathrin Hamm joins in a discussion about innovation, entrepreneurship, and mastering risk aversion. Created to fill a need, Bearaby’s innovative approach to providing enhanced rest by optimizing both sleep science and sustainable design, Kathrin’s success is far from where her career had begun. Without any background in textiles, sleep science, or digital marketing, Kathrin explains the suc...

Feb 17, 202235 minSeason 6Ep. 20

FOMOndays: How To Think About Market Volitility

This is FOMOnday, the snackable companion to FOMO Sapiens that starts your week with hot takes, life hacks, listener mail, and even some FOMO therapy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Feb 14, 202215 min

19. Building a Unicorn with Ali Tamaseb

Ali Tamaseb, Founder & CEO of BootstrapLabs, a leading Artificial Intelligence Venture Capital firm that manages more than $2 billion discusses innovation, unicorns, billion-dollar ideas, and everything in between from his new book “Super Founders.” Garnering wisdom from his vast career as investor, advisor, founder, and leader, in his new book, Ali explains the burning questions that drove him to research and identify the traits of a super founder and what makes a billion-dollar startup. Sh...

Feb 10, 202233 minSeason 6Ep. 19

FOMOndays: How To Invest in a Creative Endeavor

This is FOMOnday, the snackable companion to FOMO Sapiens that starts your week with hot takes, life hacks, listener mail, and even some FOMO therapy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Feb 07, 202219 min

18. Making a Movie: Entrepreneurship as an Art

Rebecca Eskreis, Michael Cuomo, and Megan Elizabeth Bell come together to discuss the creative and logistic process of making their new feature film What Breaks the Ice, a coming of age film set in the summer of 1998. This innovative, creative team shares their experience as they joined forces to make movie magic. Paralleling the path of any startup, the team discusses how they had to pitch their creative vision not just to investors but to audiences as well. This fascinating conversation provid...

Feb 03, 202240 minSeason 6Ep. 18

FOMOndays: How To Manage Your Career

This is FOMOnday, the snackable companion to FOMO Sapiens that starts your week with hot takes, life hacks, listener mail, and even some FOMO therapy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jan 31, 202218 min

17. Creative Careers: How to Succeed without Starving with Jeff Madoff

There has been a long understanding in society that for an artist or any type of creative to be successful, they must “starve,” that they don’t deserve to reap the success of their hard work during their lifetime, that perhaps their creative and artistic contributions are not deserving of financial rewards. Jeff Madoff, director, photographer, writer, and professor at Parsons School of Design is here to put that myth to bed. Explaining that creative careers are indeed possible, Jeff argues that ...

Jan 27, 202231 minSeason 6Ep. 17

FOMOndays: How To Improvise Like A Jazz Musician

This is FOMOnday, the snackable companion to FOMO Sapiens that starts your week with hot takes, life hacks, listener mail, and even some FOMO therapy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jan 24, 202218 min
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