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610 episodes transcribedMark Batterson had his sights set on a legal career, but he followed his true calling into pastoral work. Going in with a bold entrepreneurial approac...
Despite leading a talented team, Patrick Lencioni realized they struggled with innovation because he was the only one with the “invention” working gen...
As a young child in kindergarten, Jim Kwik was rushed to the emergency room for a traumatic brain injury that would cause him to struggle in school fo...
For two decades, Patrick Lencioni bounced between excitement and frustration at work. Driven to understand the root of his frustration, he discovered...
Starting as an actor in New York, Ryan Serhant quickly pivoted to real estate to make ends meet. What began as a backup plan evolved into a billion-do...
Fed up with the stranglehold of the two-party system and its close ties to big corporations, Dr. Jill Stein decided to take action. She wanted to offe...
Robert Cialdini was once an easy target for salespeople, often saying yes to things he didn’t want. Intrigued by the psychological factors behind his...
Cal Fussman declined Jeff Bezos's offer to sell his children's book on Amazon, balking at a 50% profit split. Before long, it dawned on him that he ha...
Despite managing 30 employees and earning $100,000 monthly from her business, Hala Taha was reluctant to leave her stable job. But once she took the l...
“Are you happy to be the president?” asked 7-year-old Cal Fussman in a letter to President Lyndon B. Johnson after JFK’s assassination. Six months lat...
Dandan Zhu’s family worked as babysitters for rich folks. Determined to maximize the opportunity, she learned how rich people behaved and carved her o...
Believing that "pressure makes diamonds," Dr. Aditi Nerurkar endured grueling 80-hour weeks as a medical resident. One day, she felt a sudden pain lik...
95% of entrepreneurs, including Hala Taha, struggle to create an adequate work-life balance. In addition to feeling overwhelmed and experiencing burno...
One day, John R. Miles came home from the gym to find an intruder pointing his own gun at him. Days later, a close friend’s suicide further shattered...
Benjamin Hardy felt like a failure when his book didn’t make it to the New York Times bestsellers list, resulting in deep depression. Forced to confro...
Determined to master her messy personal finances, Jean Chatzky immersed herself in learning all about money. She worked on Wall Street to understand i...
After battling depression and finding chemical antidepressants somewhat ineffective, Johann Hari researched the deeper causes of the condition. This l...
Ginni Rometty was often the only woman in her engineering classes. But, she was determined to excel in a male-dominated field and eventually became th...
Despite being a successful social scientist for nearly three decades, Arthur Brooks realized that he was missing the boat on personal happiness. He de...
At his first sales job, Jeremy Miner sold home security systems door-to-door. But he soon saw that the company’s traditional sales scripts were ineffe...
