Here is an interview with Dan Ariely, professor of psychology and behavioral economics at Duke University. He shares valuable insights and opinions about a variety of topics like: extrinsic vs. intrinsic motivation how we should communicate with our colleagues and employees why beauraucracy is killing joy in your company And, of course, we talked a lot about what he calls "misbelief", which is at the center of his newest book. So if you are curious about the ways misbeliefs impact our lives and ...
Jan 31, 2024•1 hr 11 min
In today's episode with Neil Patel, we talked about: Current Business Overview: Neil provided a brief overview of his current ventures and the ongoing expansion of his agency, NP Digital. Role within His Business: Neil clarified his role in his company, outlining that most of his time is spent on strategic work with business customers. He also discussed the importance of staying connected with the market's pulse by being involved in day-to-day operations. The Evolution of Personal Branding: We d...
Jun 16, 2023•32 min
In today’s episode, you will find out from Grant Cardone, the founder, and CEO of Cardone Capital, how everyday investors can access the institutional-grade real estate deals that are normally reserved for only the largest investors. The aim of this interview with Grant Cardone was to give young people a hands-on guide on how to become financially independent and wealthy. We touched on topics such as: what types of income are necessary to have, savings and investment tactics, and what are the fr...
Nov 19, 2021•29 min
About the Guest: Meet Simone Cicero, Italian designer, speaker, and entrepreneur. Creator of Platform Design Toolkit, and managing partner at Boundaryless, a company that helps organizations create platform strategies to mobilize ecosystems for growth, impact, and evolution. Along with other partners, Simone Cicero launched the Platform Design Toolkit. Bringing together service design, business model innovation, lean startup, and customer development, the Toolkit helps designers and business peo...
Apr 26, 2021•1 hr 2 min
About the Guest: Rupert Spira is an English studio potter and writer, famous for his carefully crafted minimalist bowls as well as his career as a spiritual writer and teacher, engaged in the practice and philosophy of Non-Duality, which is also called Advaita in Sanskrit. The main point of Non-Duality teaching is the belief that we are the souls who create the illusion that there is an outside world. In this sense, major aspects of the outside world and reality as we know it are considered non-...
Apr 02, 2021•1 hr
About the guest: Patrick is a successful startup entrepreneur, CEO of PHP Agency, Inc., emerging author, and Creator of Valuetainment on Youtube. As a natural critical thinker, Patrick takes complex leadership, management, and entrepreneurial ideas and converts them into simple life lessons for today's and tomorrow’s entrepreneurs. Patrick is passionate about shaping the next generation of leaders by teaching thought-provoking perspectives on entrepreneurship and disrupting the traditional appro...
Mar 15, 2021•27 min
About the Guest: Beniamin Mincu is a tech entrepreneur, particularly focused on Blockchain Technology and Artificial Intelligence. He is the founder & CEO of Elrond.com, where he spends most of his time. He worked at NEM as part of their founding core team, which is a blockchain technology that delivers a world-class platform for the management of almost any kind of as. In this conversation we talked about: The impact of having access to basic financial infrastructure What is the promise of ...
Mar 12, 2021•1 hr 4 min
About the Guest: Bob has been an innovator and building things for more than 40 years. He has worked with people like W. Edwards Deming, Dr. Genichi Taguchi, and Prof. Clayton Christensen, Jason Fried & Ryan Singer. He is one of the principal architects of the Jobs-To-Be-Done theory. Bob has continued to develop, advance, and apply the innovation framework to everyday business challenges in a wide range of industries. He has dedicated his life to developing products and services that help pe...
Feb 04, 2021•42 min
About the Guest: Ivan Smolnikov is the founder of Smartcat (2016), which spun out of ABBYY. Smartcat’s mission is to make translations better for everyone. The platform connects linguists, companies, and language service providers (LSPs) across the globe to streamline the translation of any content into every language on demand. You can use our platform to build and manage translation teams and get your translation management automated like an autopilot. As of September 2020, the platform has mo...
Dec 09, 2020•55 min
About guest: Keneth Stanley is one of the founding members at Uber AI Labs and a Charles Millican Professor of Computer Science at the University of Central Florida. He is the author of "Why Greatness Cannot Be Planned: The Myth of the Objective", a book that seeks that offers an analysis of something fundamental in our culture: Objectives, they're everywhere, and nobody questions them, but this book does, and possibly offers a useful alternative(s). His research goes from introducing novelty se...
Oct 08, 2020•1 hr 3 min
About guest: Alexander Laszlo, PhD, is a polycultural systems scientist, residing in Argentina. His research and work has delivered outstanding contributions in the fields of leadership, systemic innovation, and sustainability. Laszlo was the 57th President of the International Society for the Systems Sciences (ISSS), known for his work on systems theories and "education ecosystems". He, furthermore, is the President of the Board of Directors of the Bertalanffy Center for the Study of Systems Sc...
Sep 24, 2020•49 min
Enjoy our new series of Superhuman – The New Normal where we challenge the status quo. Our first quest is Wim Hof, known as the Ice Man but so much more than that. The Wim Hof Method is composed of breathing techniques, ice bath, cold therapy, and techniques that can regulate your immune system and even your autonomic nervous system generating natural healing. Your host, Catalin Matei welcomes you to charge yourself and be part of the new wave of superhumans where Wim Hof is a powerful role-mode...
Sep 07, 2020•51 min
Today's guest, Dr. Yaneer Bar-Yam is president of the New England Complex Systems Institute. He's a data scientist who studies pandemics and is an expert in complex systems science that are solving problems in healthcare, education, systems engineering, international development, and ethnic conflict. Time stamps: 00:01 - Introduction 01:40 - What Is The Current State Of The World 04:50 - What Are Effects Of The Current Problems On Us 05:59 - What Are The Biggest Problems That Understanding Compl...
Aug 27, 2020•51 min
Today's guest, Rishad Tobbacowala is the author of “Restoring the Soul of Business: Staying Human in the Age of Data” and a Senior Adviser to the Publicis Groupe, the world’s third-largest communication firm with 80,000 employees serving most recently as its Chief Growth Officer and Chief Strategist. He was named by BusinessWeek as one of the top business leaders for his pioneering innovation and TIME magazine dubbed him one of five “Marketing Innovators" Rishad has a BS in Mathematics from the ...
Aug 10, 2020•39 min
Today's guest, Jim McKelvey is a serial entrepreneur, engineer, and glassblower, the co-founder of Square, a $35 billion company that changed the way businesses could get paid. McKelvey also founded Invisibly, a project to rewire the economics of online content; LaunchCode, a non-profit that trains people to work in technology; and Third Degree Glass Factory, a publicly accessible glass art studio & education center in St. Louis. He’s the author of “The Innovation Stack: Building an Unbeatab...
Aug 01, 2020•57 min
Today’s Guest Sean Ellis coined the term "Growth Hacking" and is considered the founder of the worldwide Growth Hacking movement. He developed and applied Growth Hacking at companies like Dropbox, Eventbrite, LogMeIn, and Lookout, which led to breakout growth for these companies (all worth billions of dollars today). Today Sean helps companies around the globe accelerate customer and revenue growth through workshops, keynote presentations, and select advising roles. His work has been featured in...
Jul 24, 2020•51 min
Today's guest, Lomit Patel is the Vice President of Growth at IMVU, responsible for user acquisition, retention, and monetization. Prior to IMVU, Lomit managed growth at early-stage startups including Roku (IPO), TrustedID (acquired by Equifax), Texture (acquired. by Apple), and EarthLink. Lomit is a public speaker, author, advisor, and recognized as a Mobile Hero by Liftoff. Here you can find the main topics we discussed: 10:04 - 21:58 - Introducing the concept of smart marketing 21:58 - 32:36 ...
Jul 15, 2020•59 min
Today’s guest, Benjamin Hardy is an organizational psychologist and bestselling author of “Willpower Doesn’t Work” Book. His blogs have been read by over 100 million people and are featured on Forbes, Fortune, CNBC, and many others. I’m a regular contributor to Inc. and Psychology Today. In 2020, Benjamin will have two books coming out. "Personality Isn’t Permanent" book debunks the myth that personality is innate and unchangeable, and gives you science-backed strategies for becoming the person ...
Jun 26, 2020•1 hr 2 min
About Generation You Generation You’s purpose is to have multidisciplinary conversations around the big challenges of tomorrow. From education, health, food, climate, technology, and many others - we strive to empower people to tackle these challenges and advance mankind. Your host, Catalin Matei, is an entrepreneur that's working on ever-more complex problems. Today's Guest, Scott Young is the author of Wall Street Journal and National best-selling book: "Ultralearning: Master Hard Skills, Outs...
May 16, 2020•1 hr 10 min
About Generation You Generation You’s purpose is to have multidisciplinary conversations around the big challenges of tomorrow. From education, health, food, climate, technology, and many others - we strive to empower people to tackle these challenges and advance mankind. Your host, Catalin Matei, is an entrepreneur that's working on ever-more complex problems. Today's guest, Paul Chek is a world-renowned expert in the fields of corrective and high-performance exercise kinesiology, stress manage...
Mar 25, 2020•1 hr 50 min
About Generation You Generation You’s purpose is to have multidisciplinary conversations around the big challenges of tomorrow. From education, health, food, climate, technology and many others - we strive to empower people to tackle these challenges and advance mankind. Your host, Catalin Matei, is an entrepreneur that's working on ever-more complex problems. Today's guest, Nir Eyal is an Israeli-born American author, lecturer and investor known for his bestselling book, Hooked: How to Build Ha...
Feb 10, 2020•52 min
You can find the video interview on Youtube: https://youtu.be/g71bvL97eJE ----- John Vervaeke, Ph.D. is an award-winning lecturer at the University of Toronto in the departments of psychology, cognitive science, and Buddhist psychology. In our interview, he shared a few fundamental lessons that are going to help you understand the role of meaning in our lives and what are some of the most common practices in order to develop it. Here are some of the key concepts discussed in this interview: 1. W...
Aug 18, 2019•2 hr 16 min•Season 1Ep. 32
Robert Kiyosaki is the best-selling author of the book "Rich Dad, Poor Dad", one of the most well-known books in the sphere of personal development. In our interview, he shared a few fundamental lessons that are going to help you in growing your financial situation. Here are some of the key concepts discussed in this interview: 1. "We're going down. Crashes make the rich, richer." Learn more about the potential financial crisis and what one can do about it 2. "You must understand taxes; the rich...
Aug 06, 2019•38 min•Season 1Ep. 31
A conversation about the Hows, Whens, and Whys of Sales with Aaron Ross, the #1 best-selling author of "Predictable Revenue: Turn Your Business Into A Sales Machine With The $100 Million Best Practices Of Salesforce.com". If you are an owner of a small business or intend to become one, this episode will provide you with plenty of powerful insights. Find Aaron: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aaronross/ https://predictablerevenue.com/ Resources: 4 Phases Of Hiring A First Sales Team we've talked abou...
Mar 01, 2019•40 min•Season 1Ep. 30
Tune in and enjoy this conversation about selling strategies, entrepreneurship & advice for young entrepreneurs. Danny has such a fantastic drive and energy. Danny Nissan is a 22-year-old entrepreneur from New York. He owns a business called Glassware Destination DBA Sarona, that customers cut short to Sarona. Right now, Danny is traveling all over America to attend trade shows or meet with potential customers in order to expand the business. Find Danny here: https://www.instagram.com/dn1ssa...
Feb 22, 2019•54 min•Season 1Ep. 29
A conversation with Sujan Patel on B2B Marketing, Branding & Business, and specific strategy examples. He is the co-founder of Web Profits, a marketing agency that helps companies fuel their businesses. Also, head's up! GIVEAWAY: Sujan was kind enough to offer 5 books for free. All you have to do is follow him on Social Media and leave a review of the podcast. To redeem your free copy, go to https://www.growthmanifesto.com/buy-now/ and use the podcast5 promotional code. Find more about Sujan...
Feb 07, 2019•59 min•Season 1Ep. 28
Salim Ismail is the best-selling author of Exponential Organizations and also the Founding Executive Director of Singularity University whose mission is to "educate, inspire and empower a new generation of leaders to apply exponential technologies to address humanity's grand challenges." I'm also doing a GIVEAWAY with this podcast. So just listen to the podcast, post your favorite takeaway from it on Twitter, Instagram or LinkedIn, tagging me and Salim. We're going to peek the best three takeawa...
Jan 29, 2019•1 hr 5 min•Season 1Ep. 27
A.J. Jacobs is an author and a human guinea pig. He has written four New York Times bestsellers, which are a combination of memoir, science, humor and a dash of self-help. He recently decided to thank every single person involved in producing his morning cup of coffee and he wrote a book about it. It's called Thanks A Thousand and you can order it here: https://thanksathousandbook.com/
Dec 22, 2018•46 min•Season 1Ep. 26
Mark Metry went from building one of the most successful Minecraft servers at age 15 to failing and now to building one of the biggest podcasts in the world, Humans 2.0. He is an inspiration. Here's where you can find more about Mark: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-metry/ https://www.markmetry.com/
Dec 03, 2018•1 hr 2 min•Season 1Ep. 25
Meet Alan Smithson. He lives in the future . Alan is currently the Co-Founder and CEO of MetaVRse, North America’s Leading Virtual & Augmented Reality Consultancy platforms for Fortune 100 companies across different industries, and he's one of the industry's thought leaders on the virtual reality subject. Here's where you can find him: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alansmithson/...
Nov 27, 2018•48 min•Season 1Ep. 24
