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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 Improve Your Social Wellness

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

Aug 15, 202221 min

19. Rep. Max Rose Talks About What It Takes to Serve in Congress

During part two of our conversation with Rep. Max Rose, Max shares what it’s really like to serve in Congress. He explains what it’s like to walk into the Capitol that first day of service and how to overcome the FOMO that comes with holding higher office. That means figuring out where to focus. Finally, Max will talk about what it takes to build a nimble and entrepreneurial political campaign. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Aug 11, 202234 minSeason 7Ep. 19

FOMOndays: How to Get Involved in Politics

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

Aug 08, 202221 min

18. Rep. Max Rose’s Entrepreneurial Take on Politics

Max Rose is not your typical politician. He speaks like a real person, says what he thinks, and thinks more like an entrepreneur than a politico. After serving one term, Max narrowly lost a tight race for reelection, but he’s back to give it another shot. On this week’s FOMO Sapiens, we feature part one of our two-episode discussion with Rep. Rose. You’ll find out how Max sees politics and how his background in the military influences his vision for government and service. Learn more about your ...

Aug 04, 202235 minSeason 7Ep. 18

FOMOndays: 2022 Summer Reading List

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

Aug 01, 202221 min

17. Todd Kashdan on the Art of Insubordination.

Long live the rebels! But even though we admire rebels, so many people are wired (and taught) to be rule followers. As a result, they struggle to go against the flow. But sometimes you need to do exactly that to achieve escape velocity in life and in business. On this week’s FOMO Sapiens, we meet Todd Kashdan, the author of The Art of Insubordination. In our conversation, Todd explains why it’s so hard to be insubordinate. He also lays out how you can choose a path of principled rebellion to reb...

Jul 28, 202239 minSeason 7Ep. 17

FOMOndays: How to be Insubordinate

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

Jul 25, 202221 min

16. Can a wearable device make you calmer? Kathryn Fantauzzi of Apollo Neuroscience says it can

Kathryn Fantauzzi built a career as an expert in commercializing technology. That skill came in handy when her husband, a neuroscientist, and psychiatrist developed a wearable technology that actively improves energy, focus & sleep. The two decided to pair up to found Apollo Neuroscience and have gone on to raise venture capital to build their business. In this episode, will talk about how she met her co-founder (and now husband) and how she came up with the idea of commercializing the techn...

Jul 21, 202238 minSeason 7Ep. 16

FOMOndays: How to Achieve Product Founder Fit

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

Jul 18, 202221 min

15. The Business of Male Fertility with Khaled Kteiliy

Khaled Kteilly never intended to run a start-up that would allow men to freeze their sperm. But after an accident caused him to worry that he might not be able to have children, he discovered that the entire process of freezing and preserving sperm was antiquated and uncomfortable. That led him to start Legacy, a digital fertility clinic for people with sperm that is helping to change the outdated view that fertility is a “women’s issue”. On this episode of FOMO Sapiens, Khaled tells the Legacy ...

Jul 14, 202237 minSeason 7Ep. 15

FOMOndays: How to Fundraise

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

Jul 11, 202221 min

14. Former Nintendo President Reggie Fils-Aimé on Disrupting the Game

Reggie Fils-Aimé’s remarkable ascent from growing up in the Bronx to leading Nintendo as its president is an exceptional example of how entrepreneurial thinking can take you places you might not expect. Yet Reggie has always taken a unique path – and even gone against convention – in his career. That approach to work and life allowed him to rise to the top at Nintendo, which as an iconic Japanese company has its own set of rules that he had to learn and then unlearn as a leader. Fils-Aimé shares...

Jul 07, 202242 minSeason 7Ep. 14

FOMOndays: How to Figure Out Your Life Principles

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

Jul 05, 202221 min

13. Outpacing the Competition with Jim Weber

Joining Brooks Running Company in 2001 as CEO, Jim Weber turned the small company around with a focused mission of providing inspired products and inspiring experiences that motivated people to keep running. With a goal to create value and content for runners, Weber’s leadership style and success at Brooks caught the eye of none other than Warren Buffet, whose Berkshire Hathaway went on to acquire the company in 2012. Weber shares insights from his new book, Running with Purpose: How Brooks Outp...

Jun 30, 202240 minSeason 7Ep. 13

FOMOndays: How to Train for A Marathon

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

Jun 27, 202223 min

12. Beat the Burnout Epidemic with Jennifer Moss

Long before the pandemic, Jennifer Moss was researching an epidemic, Burnout. In her new book The Burnout Epidemic, Jennifer explains the six root causes of Burnout, how it can manifest in different personality types, and offers solutions to quell the beast of Burnout. Relying on database insights, Moss explores the concepts of chronic stress, burnout, and happiness in terms of mental wellness. Moss argues that the onus for psychological fitness intervention falls on the employer to insure the e...

Jun 23, 202236 minSeason 7Ep. 12

FOMOndays: How to Avoid Burnout

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

Jun 20, 202222 min

11. Radical Adaptability: Post Pandemic Lessons in Leadership with Keith Ferrazzi

In the face of a global pandemic, companies were forced to adapt to a new way of working that, as it turned out, often improved processes, communication, and outcomes. Keith Ferrazzi, author of Competing in the New World of Work, NYT bestselling writer discusses how to redesign your work to overcome the isolation in a post-pandemic world to build and grow together. Ferrazzi explains how companies that had fostered adaptability and flexibility were in a better position to transition and survive o...

Jun 16, 202239 minSeason 7Ep. 11

FOMOndays: How to Separate Fads From Trends

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

Jun 13, 202222 min

10. Can Entrepreneurial Thinking Save Big Tech? Robert Reich & Jeremy Weinstein Think So.

How did a social scientist with a government background and an ethics professor who helped create the Giving Tuesday movement come to co-author about Big Tech and tech policies? Stanford University professors Jeremy Weinstein & Robert Reich explain how their observations and expertise led them to co-author System Error: Where Big Tech Went Wrong and their perspective on how the industry can repair, improve, and be ethically regulated through progressive and up-to-date policies. Reich and Wei...

Jun 09, 202235 minSeason 7Ep. 10

FOMOndays: How Not to Build an Evil Company

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

Jun 06, 202222 min

9. From Startup to Grown Up: Coaching for Success with Alisa Cohn

Alisa Cohn consults with some of the world’s most recognized brands to help guide them through meaningful change by improving leadership and creating growth. Celebrated by the renowned Marshall Goldsmith as the #1 coach for startups, Cohn discusses her new book, From Startup to Grown Up: Grow Your Leadership to Grow Your Business, and how by developing true leadership skills startups can flourish. A well respected expert in her field, join Alisa Cohn as she shares industry insights on the coachi...

Jun 02, 202238 minSeason 7Ep. 9

FOMOndays: How to Find a Coach

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 31, 202221 min

8. Lisa Skeete Tatum & The Rise of the Risk Taker

Lisa Skeete Tatum, founder and CEO of Landit, a technology platform designed to engage, and attract women and other diverse populations to the workplace, explains the importance that risk-taking plays in personal and professional success. Lisa explains why she left her successful career in the VC world to launch her own business dedicated to empowering diverse populations to become proactive about their careers, their lives, and the risks they take in order to achieve success. Learn more about y...

May 26, 202238 minSeason 7Ep. 8

7. The Mystery of the Vanished Instagram Influencer with Harley Rustad

Longtime journalist and author Harley Rustad joins in a discussion about his new book Lost in the Valley of Death: A Story of Obsession and Danger in the Himalayas to explore the topics of travel, perception, and social media influence. Captivated by the story of a missing American influencer in India, Harley set out not only to discover the missing details of the mystery, but to uncover the impact that social media and the perception of influence have on travel experiences and creating a meanin...

May 19, 202236 minSeason 7Ep. 7

FOMOndays: How to Make Travel Meaningful

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 16, 202223 min

6. Reclaiming Your Financial Independence with MaryRuth Ghiyam

Sometimes the driving factors of success are born from passion but other times, it’s pure necessity. MaryRuth Ghiyam, founder of MaryRuth Organics, explains how her determination to overcome overwhelming debt drove her to become an entrepreneur, creating a successful company and achieving the ultimate financial independence. Although she had been lucky enough to have been offered financial support from those in her life, MaryRuth rejected those generous offers in lieu of becoming the master of h...

May 12, 202240 minSeason 7Ep. 6

FOMOndays: How to Build a Beverage Company

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 09, 202220 min

5. Oso Trava on Entrepreneurship in Latin America

What does it take to become a successful entrepreneur in LATAM, is it all that different than in the United States? Author, podcaster, and serial entrepreneur Oso Trava shares insights on his experience leaving corporate America to embrace Latin entrepreneurship. Explaining his journey as an entrepreneur, Trava discusses the genesis of his ideas, businesses, and the necessary lessons he had to learn to gain the valuable experience necessary to be a success in LATAM. Explaining the importance of ...

May 05, 202236 minSeason 7Ep. 5
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