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The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett

I was a broke, university dropout, at 18 I built an industry leading social media marketing company, and at 27 I resigned as CEO. At 28 I co-founded Flight Story – a marketing and communications company, and thirdweb - a software platform, making it easy to build web3 applications. I then launched private equity fund, Flight Fund, to accelerate the next generation of European unicorns. During this time I decided to launch 'The Diary Of A CEO' podcast with the simple mission of providing an unfiltered journey into the remarkable stories and untold dimensions of the world’s most influential people, experts and thinkers. If you enjoy the show, please hit the follow button! That's a small way you can help us carry on doing this, thank you for listening. My New Book: https://g2ul0.app.link/DOAC IG: https://www.instagram.com/steven LI: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stevenbartlett-123

Episodes

Moment 112 - Want To Sleep Better? Listen To This: Matthew Walker

It seems that it is harder and harder to get a good nights sleep in the modern world, despite the miraculous benefits of sleep becoming increasingly known. In this moment the sleep expert himself Dr. Matthew Walker provides the 5 sleep hygiene tips you need for deeper sleep. These tips range from giving yourself a bed time to walking it out, in this moment Dr. Walker provides all the solutions you will need for the best possible sleep. Listen to the full episode here - https://g2ul0.app.link/b7y...

Jun 02, 202313 min

EMERGENCY EPISODE: Ex-Google Officer Finally Speaks Out On The Dangers Of AI! - Mo Gawdat

In this new episode Steven sits down with the Egyptian entrepreneur and writer, Mohammad "Mo" Gawdat. Mo began his career at IBM Egypt as a systems engineer, before moving to NCR Abu Dhabi to cover the non-finance sector. He worked in various roles at Microsoft for seven-and-a-half years before joining Google in 2007 to start it’s business in emerging markets. In 2013, he joined Google’s innovation arm, ‘Google X’ and eventually became its chief business officer. He left this role in 2018 to foc...

Jun 01, 20231 hr 56 min

Editor Of Vogue (Edward Enninful OBE): How To Become No.1 In Your Industry Against All The Odds!

In this new episode Steven sits down with the editor-in-chief of British Vogue, Edward Enninful OBE. Edward began his career in fashion as a model before becoming the fashion director of the British fashion magazine i-D at just 18 years old. This made him youngest-ever fashion director for an international magazine and Edward held this position for over 20 years. Between 1998 and 2011 he contributed extensively for Vogue Italia and Vogue US. From 2011, he was the Creative and Fashion Director at...

May 29, 20231 hr 20 min

Moment 111- The Unexpected Health Benefits Of Travel Everyone Should Know: Max Lugavere

Have you ever felt like your life is stuck on repeat and you are just doing the same things again and again? In this moment Max Lugavere discusses the dangers of becoming stuck in a rut and how our brain removes joy, excitement and happiness to save energy when we become fixed in our routines and habits. This is why when we grow older time seems to move quicker, as when we are younger every day is different and new. To combat this, Max discusses how new and novel experiences such as travel are h...

May 26, 202316 min

Jack Whitehall's Emotional Confession About His Dad, His Biggest Fear & His New Life!

n this new episode Steven sits down with the British comedian, actor, writer and presenter, Jack Whitehall. Jack is a three time winner of the ‘King of Comedy’ at the ‘British Comedy Awards’. He began his television career as a presenter for ‘Big Brother's Big Mouth’ in 2008, before appearing on panel shows such as ‘8 Out of 10 Cats’, ‘Would I Lie To You’ and ‘Mock The Week’. He co-wrote and starred in the TV shows, ‘Fresh Meat’ and ‘Bad Education’, making his film debut with ‘The Bad Education ...

May 25, 20231 hr 26 min

No.1 Habit & Procrastination Expert: We've Got ADHD Wrong! Break Any Habit & Never Be Distracted!

In this new episode Steven sits down with the American behavioural design expert, Nir Eyal. Nir’s career has focused on behavioural engineering and helping businesses to develop habit-forming products. His work explores the intersection of psychology, technology, and business, and has earned him the label of “The Prophet of Habit-Forming Technology”. Since 2003, he has co-founded two technology companies, worked as a consultant in product design and taught as a lecturer in Marketing at the Stanf...

May 22, 20231 hr 40 min

Moment 110- The Unknown And Surprising Power Of Physical Touch: Dacher Keltner

How would you like to increase you life expectancy, be happier and have less stress? According to Professor Dacher Keltner, one of the world’s leading emotion scientists, the solution is as simple as reaching out. In this moment, Professor Keltner discusses the awesome power of touch and the devastating impacts of living without it. Through evolution humans are built for touch and connection, this can be seen all over our bodies from our hands, skin and brain. However, in the current pandemic of...

May 19, 202316 min

Mia Khalifa's Heart Breaking Reality Of Being Controlled By The Adult Industry

In this new episode Steven sits down with the Lebanese-American media personality, Sarah Joe Chamoun. Sarah entered the adult entertainment industry in 2014 under the stage name ‘Mia Khalifa’. Despite only being an actress in adult films for 3 months and only earning $12,000, she quickly became one of the most searched-for-performers in the industry and gained huge attention. Since leaving the industry in 2015, Sarah has worked as a sports presenter, OnlyFans model and in 2020, she guest appeare...

May 18, 20231 hr 5 min

The No.1 Sex Expert: How To Have Great Sex EVERY Time! (And Fix Bad Sex) - Tracey Cox

In this new episode Steven sits down with the British sex and relationship expert, Tracey Cox. Tracey is one of the world’s leading writers on sex and relationships, having 30 years of expertise and research, she has written over 17 books on these subjects and has a weekly column for the ‘Mail Online’. Formerly the Associate Editor of *’*Cosmopolitan’ in Australia, Tracey returned to the UK to co-present television programmes such as ’Would Like To Meet’ and ’The Sex Inspectors’. Currently Trace...

May 15, 20231 hr 40 min

Moment 109 - How to Overcome & Push Through Your Hardest Times: John Eckbert

In this moment John Eckbert discusses how he was able to make it through the darkest and most difficult period of his life and the lessons that he learned that made him a better person and CEO. This period challenged every identity that John gave to himself: a husband, a partner, and a father. However, what remained stable during this time was his position as a business leader and the trust that things will improve, you just have to keep showing up. Looking back, John believes it is important to...

May 12, 202316 min

7 Life-changing Lessons From The Longest Ever Study On Health & Happiness! Dr. Robert Waldinger

In this new episode Steven sits down with the American psychiatrist and Director of the Harvard Study of Adult Development, Robert Waldinger. Dr Waldinger is a Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, and the fourth director of the Harvard Study of Adult Development. This is the longest every study of the same group of people over time, following 724 men for nearly 80 years. The study explores the factors that lead to healthy and happy lives. Robert is also the Founding Direct...

May 11, 20231 hr 31 min

Shopify President: How To Become A Millionaire For The Price Of A Starbucks Coffee!

In this new episode Steven sits down with the Canadian entrepreneur and President of Shopify, Harley Finkelstein. Harley was 17 years when we started his first company selling T-shirts at University. Later, while studying law at the University of Ottawa, Harley met the future co-founder of Shopify, Tobias Lütke, and became an early adopter of the platform. After graduating from law school, Harley worked as a lawyer before joining Shopify in 2010 as it’s first employee. Since then Harley has help...

May 08, 20231 hr 49 min

Moment 108 - This Powerful Tool Can Change Your Life: Africa Brooke

In this moment Africa Brooke discusses the importance of accountability and how taking responsibility is the opposite of self-sabotage. From her own past experiences, Africa knows that it is all too easy to externalise and place the blame outside of yourself. This is a way of avoiding self reflecting and truly examining the role you play in the decisions and negative outcomes in your life. However, the opposite is also true that we always have the ability and power to change even the smallest pa...

May 05, 202314 min

Macklemore: How I Destroyed My Addiction & Overcame My Darkest Times

In this new episode Steven sits down with the American rapper and songwriter Macklemore. Ben Haggerty adopted the stage name of Macklemore when he began rapping at the age of 14, at the same time he was beginning his struggle with substance abuse. Ben released his debut album, ‘The Language of My World’, in 2005. However, his struggles with addiction threaten to halt his musical career and he entered rehab in 2008. He started collaborating with the producer Ryan Lewis in 2009 and the pair releas...

May 04, 20231 hr 21 min

The Scary New Research On Sugar & How They Made You Addicted To It! Jessie Inchauspé

In this new episode Steven sits down with the French biochemist and bestselling author Jessie Inchauspé. After an accident that resulted in Jessie breaking her back when she was 19 years old, Jessie became interested in the ways to achieve optimal health and wellbeing. Jessie followed this passion in her career, working as a product lead at the genetic health start up 23andMe. In 2019, Jessie started the @glucosegoddess instagram account, which shared data from her experiments with a continuous ...

May 01, 20231 hr 36 min

Moment 107 - Why Counting Calories Doesn't Work: Tim Spector

In this moment Dr Tim Spector unravels the myth of calorie counting for health and weight loss. Dr Spector discusses how dieting is not just a simple case of tracking calories in compared to calories, as it is nearly impossible for even professionals to accurately count calories. Furthermore, just as people and their lifestyles are not the same, neither are calories. Calories from either quality whole food or ultra-processed can have radically different impacts on your health. Instead of obsessi...

Apr 28, 202318 min

How I Built A $400 Million Company With Joe Rogan! (Incredible Story) Aubrey Marcus

In this new episode Steven sits down with the American entrepreneur and New York Times bestselling author Aubrey Marcus. Aubrey founded Onnit in 2010, the company was built upon the philosophy of providing it’s customers with the supplements and equipment necessary to achieve ‘Total Human Optimisation’. It was the release of the nootropic Alpha BRAIN in 2011 and partnership with Joe Rogan that Onnit began to achieve rapid success. Aubrey stepped down as Onnit’s CEO in 2020 and since then founded...

Apr 27, 20231 hr 57 min

Stress Is Hurting You! 5 Proven Steps To Reverse Its Effects: Deepak Chopra

In this new episode Steven sits down with the author and alternative-medicine pioneer Deepak Chopra. Deepak is an expert in the field of mind-body healing and has written over 90 books on the subject. He has also been named as one of Time magazine’s 100 most influential people in the world. After studying medicine in India, Deepak moved to America to begin his medical career. However he soon became disillusioned with Western medicine and its reliance on prescription drugs, and was inspired to be...

Apr 24, 20231 hr 30 min

Moment 106 - Marketing Principles That Made Brewdog Billions: James Watt

In this week’s moment, James Watt talks about the marketing ethos of his company Brewdog, who have built their reputation through unique marketing principles. James explains how Brewdog raised brand awareness with no marketing budget and by being intentionally provocative and punching above their weight. It is one of their foundation beliefs that everything Brewdog does should tie back into their core beliefs of not only getting a return for their business but also creating a passion for fantast...

Apr 21, 202315 min

No.1 Heart Surgeon: Cardio Is A Waste Of Time For Weight Loss! Philip Ovadia

In this new episode Steven sits down with heart surgeon Dr Philip Ovadia MD. Dr Philip Ovadia is an American heart surgeon, founder of Ovadia Heart Health and the author of the new book, “Stay Off My Operating Table”. As a heart surgeon Dr Ovadia saw firsthand the dangers of heart disease, the number one killer worldwide. Having struggling with obesity his whole life and a family history of heart disease, Dr Ovadia was finally able to lose 45kg by following a predominately animal-based foods and...

Apr 20, 20231 hr 25 min

NastyGal Founder: I Was A Stripper! A Shoplifter! Then Built A $400m Business! Sophia Amoruso

In this new episode Steven sits down with serial entrepreneur Sophia Amouroso. Sophia Amouroso is an American business woman and New York Times best-selling author of ‘#GIRLBOSS’ which later became a Netflix series of the same name. Sophia founded the female fashion retailer, ‘Nasty Gal’ in 2006 when she was 22 years old. 6 years later, Nasty Gal was named the "Fastest Growing Retailer” in America. However, in 2016, the same year that Sophia was named by Forbes as one of the richest self-made wo...

Apr 17, 20231 hr 36 min

Moment 105 -The Single Biggest Killer Of Relationships: Lewis Howes

In this moment, Lewis Howes discusses the biggest killer of relationships. According to Lewis, the greatest mistake someone in a relationship can make is abandoning their true self in order to make peace in a relationship. This compromising can actually be a sign of deeper wounds that have not yet been healed. Lewis believes that as part of your responsibility to be emotionally accountable, you have to find your wounds in order to begin the work of emotional healing. This can help you attain emo...

Apr 14, 202311 min

Josh Peck: The "Drake & Josh" Child Star Opens Up + Shares The Truth Behind His 127lb Weight Loss!

You feel as if you’ve grown up with him, he was a constant presence in the background of your childhood, the beloved character Josh on the wildly successfully Nickelodeon show ‘Drake and Josh’. However, you definitely don’t know the Josh behind the bright lights and rolling cameras. Growing up in poverty with a single mother and under the shadow of an absence father he never met, Josh channeled his pain into comedy and acting, sacrificing a normal childhood in order to support his family as a ch...

Apr 13, 20231 hr 19 min

Chris Williamson: The Shocking New Research On Why Men And Women Are No Longer Compatible!

From a bullied and unpopular schoolboy to famous party boy appearing on some of the biggest reality shows, Chris Williamson was living the life most men in their twenties dream about. However, to Chris this didn’t feel like his life and he didn’t truly understand himself, instead he was just going through the motions and pretending to be a success. Since then, Chris has been on a constant mission to evolve and follow his ceaseless curiosity. He has used his podcast as his own university degree, ...

Apr 10, 20232 hr 8 min

Moment 104 - Neil deGrasse Tyson’s Unusual Explanation For Life On Earth

What is the meaning of life? Quite a hard question to answer isn’t it? This question has stumped history’s greatest thinkers, however in this moment one of the greatest intellects of our time, Neil deGrasse Tyson, has a theory. It’s too easy to pessimistically countdown your days left on earth and find yourself desperately running around and endlessly searching for a grand meaning to life,. Instead, Neil believes that it is actually right in front of us, as we can create our own meaning of life....

Apr 07, 202311 min

Doctor & Therapist To The Worlds Superstars: Justin Bieber, Miley Cyrus & Bella Hadid!: Dr Amen

There is a war going on and the battle is for your brain health. According to Dr Daniel Amen, whether it is food that will kill you, news that will stress you or gadgets that will drain your dopamine and attention, so much of the modern world is dangerous for your brain health. Having scanned and examined over 200,000 brains, Dr Daniel Amen’s mission is to change the way people see mental health as isolated from brain health, and instead reimagine it so that people realise that if your brain hea...

Apr 06, 20231 hr 55 min

The Man That Makes Millionaires: How To Turn $1,000 Into $100 Million!: Alex Hormozi

Alex Hormozi knows all about the highs and lows of the journey to becoming successful. From betrayal, fortunes changing as quickly as going from broke to $20 million in under a year, to using pain and failure as fuel. But one thing that doesn’t change on the journey is strength of character, true relationships and the unbudging will to succeed. As a first generation American Alex knew the sacrifice that his family had made so that his life would be better than theirs, however he also knew that h...

Apr 03, 20231 hr 55 min

Moment 103 - Trauma Expert: How To Take Back Control Of Your Life: Gabor Mate

Are you free or do you just think that you are free? Are you in fact trapped by your past and every reaction you make shaped by your history? In this moment Dr Gabor Mate discusses how trauma can become a puppet master controlling every aspect of your life and even lead to addiction as a coping mechanism to avoid pain. To overcome this Dr Mate believes you must become aware of your trauma and make it your friend rather than your master, because the opposite of trauma is liberation. Listen to the...

Mar 31, 202314 min

Alex Cooper: The World's No.1 Female Podcaster Finally Opens Up! (Call Her Daddy)

You can call her daddy but you can also call her Alex Cooper. You could call her Father Cooper the podcaster, or you could call her Alexandra Cooper, the head of a multimillion dollar brand. No matter what you call her Alex defies labelling and expectations. But before she was the media mastermind signing multi-million dollar contracts, she was learning the lessons that would help her become the industry leader she is now. Whether that was perfecting her craft of content creation or learning rad...

Mar 30, 20231 hr 35 min

Tony Hawk: The Man With The $1.4 Billion Name! Burnout, Obsession & Regrets

If you think about skateboarding, there is one name that will pop up in your mind: Tony Hawk. It’s the same name that fronts a billion dollar video game franchise. He has been called the Michael Jordan of skateboarding, and at the height of his career he was so dominant in competition that the real fight was for second place. But before skateboarding became the Olympic sport it is today and Tony the living legend that he is, he was an outsider in a sport for outsiders. Driven by his love of skat...

Mar 27, 20231 hr 26 min
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