Billy Broas is an entrepreneur, marketing coach and consultant and instructor of the Keystone online course. In this episode we discuss: - Limiting beliefs holding you back from marketing yourself and your business - Billy’s Bridge of Transformation Method - What Billy learned from some of history’s greatest copywriters This episode will give you the mindsets and skillsets you need to thrive in marketing, as well as great insights into human psychology, business and online education....
Apr 28, 2021•47 min•Transcript available on Metacast Anton Howes is a historian in residence at the RSA and a visiting lecturer at King's College London. He is also the author of the book Arts and Minds: How The RSA Changed a Nation. In this episode we discuss: - The innovator's mindset and why it’s much rarer than you think- A vision for reviving the great exhibitions of the 19th century as a vehicle for progress - How to research and write a book, as well as advice for getting your work read This conversation will give you some great ideas for h...
Apr 21, 2021•40 min•Transcript available on Metacast Kevin Kelly is the co-founder and editor at Wired magazine, and one of the world’s leading technologists. He’s the author of What Technology Wants and The Inevitable and has recently launched Vanishing Asia, a photo-book documenting 40 years of Kevin’s travels in Asia. In this episode we discuss: - Kevin’s lessons about photography, the world and himself from 40 years of travel in Asia - What the rise of Asia and accelerating global convergence means for you and the world - How to succeed in the...
Apr 14, 2021•46 min•Transcript available on Metacast Neer Sharma is the founder of Patent Drop, a newsletter that gives you a peek into the future by summarising new patents from big tech companies. He previously co-founded HaikuJAM - a mobile game that helps people feel better through collaborative writing, helping grow the community to over 1 million users. In this episode we discuss: - How to navigate a career change without having the next thing lined up - What the latest patents coming out of big tech tell us about the future of online intera...
Apr 07, 2021•45 min•Transcript available on Metacast Armand D’Angour is a Professor of Classics at Oxford University, a musician and the author of several books, including his latest Socrates in Love. In this episode we discuss: - Armand's revisionist biography of Socrates including an account of the woman who helped him shape his ideas on love - The value of reviving ancient music and the methods for doing so - What the Greeks’ attitude to the new can teach us about technology in the modern world This was a wonderful conversation that will give y...
Mar 31, 2021•44 min•Transcript available on Metacast Annie Duke is a bestselling author, speaker, and decision-making consultant. Her latest book, How to Decide is already earning rave reviews and her previous one, Thinking in Bets , became a national bestseller. As a former professional poker player, Annie won more than $4 million in tournament poker before retiring from the game in 2012. If you're anything like most people, you probably don't have much of a process for making decisions but what if decision making was a learnable skill? Annie has...
Mar 24, 2021•48 min•Transcript available on Metacast Joel Christensen is a Professor of Classics at Brandeis University and author of the book The Many Minded Man. He also posts regularly on the popular Classics-oriented website Sententiae Antiquae. The Many Minded Man explores Homer's Odyssey through a modern psychological lens, focusing on how it reflects the workings of the human mind and provides a model for coping with the challenges of chance and fate. In this episode we discuss: - The concept of agency and how The Odyssey helps us to unders...
Mar 17, 2021•40 min•Transcript available on Metacast Minter Dial is an international speaker and award-winning author, who focuses on the topics of leadership, branding and transformation. He has written three books including his latest You Lead: How Being Yourself Makes You a Better Leader. In this episode we discuss: - How Minter's experience observing 9/11 in New York changed his values - The 4 paradoxes we all have to navigate in a modern business context - What Minter learned from making a documentary about his grandfather This conversation w...
Mar 10, 2021•49 min•Transcript available on Metacast Christian Busch is a Professor at NYU and LSE and the author of the bestselling book, The Serendipity Mindset. He is also the co-founder of two thriving communities - Sandbox, a global community of young innovators, as well as of Leaders on Purpose, an organisation convening leading CEOs. In this episode we discuss: - The mindset needed to integrate serendipity into your career and life - How to plan and set goals without over optimising and obsessing about efficiency - How to keep a community f...
Mar 03, 2021•46 min•Transcript available on Metacast Michelle Weise is the author of Long-Life Learning: Preparing for Jobs that Don’t Even Exist Yet. She is an entrepreneur-in-residence and senior advisor at Imaginable Futures and her work over the last decade has concentrated on preparing working-age adults for the jobs of today and tomorrow. In this episode we discuss: - The current state of the landscape in workplace training and higher education - The blend of skills we'll need to develop individually and as a society to thrive in the future ...
Feb 24, 2021•47 min•Transcript available on Metacast Tom Vanderbilt is a journalist and author of the book Beginners: The Curious Power of Lifelong Learning. In this conversation we discuss: - The pain and joy of being an amateur and why it's so important - Tom's criteria for learning new skills and picking teachers - The unexpected benefits of picking up new skills The limiting beliefs that stop us from learning new things are often so difficult to overcome because they're invisible and in this conversation, we map the territory so you can break ...
Feb 17, 2021•46 min•Transcript available on Metacast Oli Barrett is a super connector named "the most connected man in Britain" by Wired magazine, who has received an MBE for services to business. In this episode we discuss: - The 5 strategies for staying in touch with people - The components of a good cold email or long-shot as Oli calls them - How to create space for meaningful conversations online I've learned a lot from Oli in the last few years and if you apply a fraction of what he discusses here to your network, you'll be in a very differen...
Feb 10, 2021•51 min•Transcript available on Metacast Anne Laure Le Cunff, founder of Ness Labs, an online school and community on mindful productivity. She's an ex-Googler, and holds a masters in Applied Neuroscience from King's College London, while her work has been featured in WIRED, Forbes, the FT and Rolling Stone. In this episode we discuss: - How Anne-Laure's personal values have changed over the course of her career - Anne-Laure's system for consistently producing content online - The concept of an anti library and how that relates to meta...
Feb 05, 2021•46 min•Transcript available on Metacast Thomas Moore is a best selling author, international speaker and esteemed psychotherapist. This is Part 2 of my conversation with Thomas and in it we discuss: - The movement of archetypal psychology and the art of creative collaboration - The thinkers who have advanced our understanding of the human psyche - How the pandemic has affected the soul aspects of our work experience We also touch on the taboo around money in our society and how it relates to work. I hope you find Thomas' ideas as valu...
Jan 28, 2021•44 min•Transcript available on Metacast Thomas Moore is a best selling author, international speaker and esteemed psychotherapist. He has written 25 books about the soul, finding meaningful work and doing religion in a fresh way. In this episode we discuss: - The idea of having a calling, when this is naive and when it isn't - How Thomas has written 25 books in his career without retiring to a cabin in the woods - The distinction between soul and spirit and why it matters for everyone As Thomas himself puts it, so many of the problems...
Jan 22, 2021•41 min•Transcript available on Metacast Evan Carmichael runs a successful YouTube channel which distills the mindsets and skillsets from the world's top performers in sports, business and entertainment. In this episode we discuss: - The relationship between belief and action that every creator has to navigate - The systems and processes needed to create a thriving YouTube channel - What Evan has learned from studying some of the world's top performers Whether you're looking to start a YouTube channel, podcast or newsletter, this episo...
Jan 14, 2021•28 min•Transcript available on Metacast Margaret Heffernan is a former CEO of 5 companies, acclaimed TED speaker and author of six books including her latest, Uncharted. In this episode we discuss: - How to pursue a career as a series of experiments - The problems with modern forecasting in an uncertain environment - The dangers of prioritising efficiency in an uncertain world and the human qualities needed to thrive in it This episode will give you great practical advice for navigating the world we live in as well as a fresh perspect...
Jan 06, 2021•49 min•Transcript available on Metacast Josh Kaufman is an entrepreneur, researcher, and author of three bestselling books – The Personal MBA, The First 20 Hours, and How to Fight a Hydra. This is Part 2 of my conversation with Josh, so if you haven't already, I recommend you go back and listen to Part 1 where we discussed: The concept of exploration/exploitation and how it helps you decide what to work on The system Josh uses for choosing what to outsource How Josh applied the fundamental law of marketing to his book Personal MBA In ...
Dec 16, 2020•45 min•Transcript available on Metacast Josh Kaufman is an entrepreneur, researcher, and author of three bestselling books – The Personal MBA, the First 20 Hours, and How to Fight a Hydra. I had Josh on the podcast previously where we spoke about the power of storytelling for promoting behaviour change and mastering complex projects. Josh's book The Personal MBA provides a crash course in business by covering timeless principles and recently hit its 10th Anniversary. The 10th Anniversary of the podcast was an excellent excuse to get h...
Nov 04, 2020•46 min•Transcript available on Metacast Paul Kirschner is a renowned educational psychologist and author. He is an Emeritus Professor of Educational Psychology at the Open University of the Netherlands Guest Professor at the Thomas More University of Applied Science in Mechelen, Belgium and owner of kirschner-ED. His most recent book How Learning Happens, explores 28 key works on learning and teaching, chosen from the fields of educational psychology and cognitive psychology, and discusses what they mean in practice. He's also written...
Oct 24, 2020•39 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode I'll reflect on my experience building the podcast over the last few years and share some of the lessons I've learned about the creative process from 150 episodes. I discuss: How being willing to look foolish is the starting point of every great creative achievement The importance of promoting your own work and how to get over resistance to doing it The severe consequences of not doing creative work as a creative person I hope these insights will prove useful for you. Thank you f...
Oct 21, 2020•16 min•Transcript available on Metacast Ben Saunders is one of the world’s leading polar explorers and an acclaimed keynote speaker. He is the 3rd person in history to ski solo to the North and South poles and holds the record for the longest ever polar journey on foot. In this episode we discuss: The daily life of a polar explorer including the training, the fundraising and the trekking The nature of motivation and grit and how Ben's lessons from polar explorations can be transferred to your daily life How to quit or ask for help whe...
Sep 30, 2020•46 min•Transcript available on Metacast Jack Butcher is a designer, entrepreneur and the founder of Visualize Value, a content platform teaching people to communicate through design and build great online products. In this conversation we discuss - The principles of design that separate forgettable brands from iconic ones - How to productize your skills and standout in the new economy - The curriculum building methods Jack has used for his successful courses So if you want to learn more about visual communication, or separate your inc...
Sep 16, 2020•48 min•Transcript available on Metacast Anna Gát is the founder of the Interintellect, a global community and talent platform for public intellectuals. In this episode we discuss: - The moments that change lives – so called 'Damascus moments' that lead to personal transformation – and whether these moments can be forced. - What it means to be an adult in an age where there are no clear transitions set out by society anymore and how we can manage that process ourselves. - The notion of vocation – whether we all have something we're uni...
Jul 22, 2020•38 min•Transcript available on Metacast Sam Sethi is an award winning radio presenter, podcaster and entrepreneur who hosts the podcast Sam Talks Technology. In this episode we discuss: - How to apply second curve thinking in your career to stay futureproof - The future of podcasting and how listening habits differ across the world - The cutting edge of voice tech and what's on the way I'm becoming increasingly curious about the future of podcasting and voice tech and Sam was the perfect person to get into the weeds with on this, as w...
Jul 15, 2020•46 min•Transcript available on Metacast Erica Young an expert in the field of network science and founder of the Reliants Project, a blog and podcast that educates people about the invisible impact of networks on our lives. In this episode we discuss: - The networking myths that hold people back from proactively building relationships - How understanding network science can help you progress in your career - The habits of superconnectors, including running events and making introductions We also talk about some of the core concepts in...
Jun 24, 2020•49 min•Transcript available on Metacast Anna Gát is the founder of the Interintellect, a global community and talent platform for public intellectuals. In this conversation we discuss: - How to build a thriving intellectual community and the inspiration behind the Interintellect - Why utility tyranny and over optimisation is so harmful and how to combat it - The mindsets and processes involved in facilitating great conversations We also talk about Anna's educational experience which included managing Hungarian rockbands, her favourite...
Jun 18, 2020•47 min•Transcript available on Metacast Anthony Metivier is a world renowned Memory Expert, the Founder of the blog MagneticMemoryMethod.com and author of the new book The Victorious Mind. In this episode we discuss: - The importance of metaphors and analogies for understanding the mind - How to master meditation and safeguard your mental wellbeing - How to navigate the world of self-help effectively We also speak about the cultural conversation around mental health and the nature of knowledge....
Jun 03, 2020•46 min•Transcript available on Metacast Matt Clifford is the CEO and co-founder of the world's leading talent investor, Entrepreneur First, which helps people launch a tech startup from scratch. In this episode we discuss: - The current state of talent allocation including whether there are too many entrepreneurs - What's causing the slowdown in innovation in the West and how to halt it - The tough problem of organising genius and successful attempts to do it We also talk about the role of government vs business in solving big problem...
May 27, 2020•49 min•Transcript available on Metacast Olly Richards is a language learning expert and entrepreneur, who speaks 8 languages and runs the hugely successful blog and podcast I Will Teach You A Language. In this episode we discuss topics on building an expert business including: - How to brand yourself to stand out in a crowded marketplace - How to build your audience so you can reach your first students - How to create and launch a course to make your first money online So if you want to start a thriving online business, build an engag...
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