Future Squared with Steve Glaveski

Kate McCready is a designer, coach and podcaster whose mission is to activate the potential in people and organizations to consciously craft their work for better lives and a better world.. 

She says that conscious work-lives are not just about business. They are not just about a job or a role. They are about how we show up and evolve as individuals across our careers. How we align who we are, with what we do and how we live. Whether we work for someone else or run our own business. Whether we operate solo or lead an organization of thousands. Whether we are the CEO or the work experience kid.

Working as an Innovation Catalyst in State Government (yes, that was really her title), then jumping over to the corporate world to work in innovation at Deloitte- she eventually stumbled across the wonderful world of human-centred design, and took the leap into becoming an /experience designer where she could tap into her passion for the human side of business.

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In this episode, I ponder the sometimes unintended benefits of wasting time and procrastinating. 

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Employee to Entrepreneur podcast on Apple Podcasts: bit.ly/employeetoentrepreneurpodcast 

Listen to Future Squared on Apple Podcasts @ goo.gl/sMnEa0  

Also available on: Spotify, Google Podcasts, TuneIn, Stitcher and Soundcloud 

Twitter: www.twitter.com/steveglaveski 

Instagram: www.instagram.com/@thesteveglaveski  

Future Squared: www.futuresquared.xyz  

Steve Glaveski: www.steveglaveski.com  

Medium: www.medium.com/@steveglaveski  

NEW Facebook group: www.facebook.com/groups/futuresquared/

• GET COACHED BY LUCAS: https://www.ergogenic.health/product/coaching
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I’ve had a crazy whirlwind week this week with my book, Employee to Entrepreneur: How to Earn Your Freedom and Do Work That Matters, finally dropping, having done book launched events in Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney, an additional 12 podcast interviews and shortly, I’ll be catching a flight to San Francisco for the US leg of my book tour.

Speaking of podcasts, I’ve appeared on quite a few in recent weeks, including Mixergy’s Startup Stories, Becoming Superhuman, No Ego, Productivityist and What You Will Learn. You can find those episodes wherever you get your podcasts and in the show notes to this episode.

The book has officially sold out on Amazon, literally less than 24 hours after going on sale, which I will try and take as a good thing. However you can still order your copy online and find it at your local bookstore - and if they haven’t got it in stock, ask them to order it in.

Of course, there are many ways you can support the launch, all of which are outlined over at employeetoentrepreneur.io/support

Now for today’s episode, which is a recording of a fireside chat with my good friend and colleague, Shay Namdarian, as well as an audience Q&A, at the Melbourne leg of the Employee to Entrepreneur book launch.

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Show Notes:

Support the Book Launch

www.employeetoentrepreneur.io/support 

Podcast Appearances

Startup Stories: https://collectivecamp.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c675fe6ab1a62dc586da0b61d&id=99ff1a93f1&e=366f85aef3

Becoming Superhuman: https://becomingasuperhuman.com/making-the-transition-to-becoming-an-entrepreneur-steve-glaveski/ 

No Ego: https://collectivecamp.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c675fe6ab1a62dc586da0b61d&id=6b44cde947&e=366f85aef3

Corporate Escapees: https://collectivecamp.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c675fe6ab1a62dc586da0b61d&id=d104a11604&e=366f85aef3

The Power of Bold: https://collectivecamp.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c675fe6ab1a62dc586da0b61d&id=0cdfadf9e8&e=366f85aef3

Grit & Hustle: https://gritandhustle.co/steve-glaveski/ 

The Hustle & Flowchart Podcast: https://collectivecamp.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c675fe6ab1a62dc586da0b61d&id=915fcb425e&e=366f85aef3

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It’s book launch day!

Today is the day...my brand new book, Employee to Entrepreneur: How to Earn Your Freedom and Do Work That Matters, is out now at bookstores, both physical and digital, all over the world.

I’ve been celebrating the launch of the book at events across Australia’s eastern seaboard this week...kicking off in Brisbane on Tuesday night, Melbourne last night and Sydney this evening.

Next week, I’ll be in San Francisco and Los Angeles - details for remaining book tour dates can be found at employeetoentrepreneur.io

If you’ve been a long-time, or even a short-time, listener of Future Squared, and if you have gotten some value out of listening to this show, then I would absolutely love it if you could take a minute to give back and throw some support behind my book launch.

You can help me make the book a success by doing one or more of the following four things:

1 - of course, you could pick up a copy of the book on Amazon and wherever good books are sold

2 - you can leave a review on Amazon

3 - you can share the book on social media; and

4 - you can tell your friends, colleagues and associates about the book

If you do one or more of these things, tweet a screenshot to @steveglaveski and you’ll go into the running to win a 2 hour private mentoring session with me.

To make things easier, I’ve set up a support page at www.employeetoentrepreneur.io/support where you’ll find links to these options to make it as easy as possible to support the book. 

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Book website: www.employeetoentrepreneur.io

Support the book: www.employeetoentrepreneur.io/support 

Amazon link: https://amzn.to/2SC8PjN

Employee to Entrepreneur podcast on Apple Podcasts: bit.ly/employeetoentrepreneurpodcast 

Listen to Future Squared on Apple Podcasts @ goo.gl/sMnEa0  

Also available on: Spotify, Google Podcasts, TuneIn, Stitcher and Soundcloud 

Twitter: www.twitter.com/steveglaveski 

Instagram: www.instagram.com/@thesteveglaveski  

Future Squared: www.futuresquared.xyz  

Steve Glaveski: www.steveglaveski.com  

Medium: www.medium.com/@steveglaveski  

NEW Facebook group: www.facebook.com/groups/futuresquared/

• GET COACHED BY LUCAS: https://www.ergogenic.health/product/coaching
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I hope you had a fantastic festive season and are ready to crush it in the new year! 
I'd like to take this moment to wish you and yours an awesome, blessed, fulfilling and healthy 2019! 

I'm kicking off the year with the worldwide release of my brand new book, Employee to Entrepreneur: How to Earn Your Freedom and Do Work That Matters, which comes out globally on January 9!

I've been on a mad podcast tour and will be embarking on a good old fashioned physical book tour as of tomorrow, hitting Brisbane, Sydney, my home town of Melbourne, San Francisco and Los Angeles.

I'm so excited to see this book finally come to fruition and hit bookshelves, as it is a journey that started more than 15 months ago.

I hope you'll help me kick my year off with a bang and throw some support behind my book - even a simple review on Amazon goes a really long way. I'll share some info on how you can best support the book launch once it goes live on January 9.

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Book website: www.employeetoentrepreneur.io

Amazon link: https://amzn.to/2SC8PjN

Employee to Entrepreneur podcast on Apple Podcasts: bit.ly/employeetoentrepreneurpodcast 

Listen to Future Squared on Apple Podcasts @ goo.gl/sMnEa0  

Also available on: Spotify, Google Podcasts, TuneIn, Stitcher and Soundcloud 

Twitter: www.twitter.com/steveglaveski 

Instagram: www.instagram.com/@thesteveglaveski  

Future Squared: www.futuresquared.xyz  

Steve Glaveski: www.steveglaveski.com  

Medium: www.medium.com/@steveglaveski  

NEW Facebook group: www.facebook.com/groups/futuresquared/

• GET COACHED BY LUCAS: https://www.ergogenic.health/product/coaching
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Today, as we embark upon a new year, I thought it would make sense to channel Cicero, Roman statesman, orator, lawyer and philosopher, who said that “all great things start from small beginnings”.

Whatever you’re looking to achieve this year, realise that they all start with small steps, so set yourself small, manageable goals, that it is almost impossible to fail at, and go from there.

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Employee to Entrepreneur podcast on Apple Podcasts: bit.ly/employeetoentrepreneurpodcast 

Listen to Future Squared on Apple Podcasts @ goo.gl/sMnEa0  

Also available on: Spotify, Google Podcasts, TuneIn, Stitcher and Soundcloud 

Twitter: www.twitter.com/steveglaveski 

Instagram: www.instagram.com/@thesteveglaveski  

Future Squared: www.futuresquared.xyz  

Steve Glaveski: www.steveglaveski.com  

Medium: www.medium.com/@steveglaveski  

NEW Facebook group: www.facebook.com/groups/futuresquared/

• GET COACHED BY LUCAS: https://www.ergogenic.health/product/coaching
• GET LUCAS TO DESIGN YOUR SUPPLEMENT PROTOCOL: https://www.ergogenic.health/product/custom-stack

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Adam Ashton and Adam Jones met as two young blokes while attending Monash University, studying commerce and structural engineering respectively. Both were keen on making the most of their advantaged access to education as Australian citizens, ready to start their first job in the big city.  They looked to books to answer some big questions such as ‘how do I make the most of my life?’ and ‘how do I get people to like me in the office?’. They found more than they bargained for.

Since June 2016, they’ve committed to reading and reviewing a new book each week, hosting the What You Will Learn podcast, that has seen them interview everyone from Scott Adams and Dan Pink to Robert Cialdini and Annie Duke.

I enjoyed catching up with the guys on the 2nd of January, as we dusted off the cognitive cobwebs of the holidays and settled in for an hour long discussion on all things life-changing books, mindset and philosophy.

With that, strap yourselves in for a conversation with the hosts of What You Will Learn, Adam Jones and Adam Ashton. 

Topics Discussed:

• The backstory
• Why books?
• Learning from leaders
• Collecting dots
• Aiding retention and recall
• Positive serendipity
• Escapism through books
• The inverted U and reading toomuch
• Non-fiction v fiction
• Mindset and philosophy
• Why reading non-business books helps you become a better entrepreneur
• How to limit the downside

Show Notes:

1. Website: whatyouwilllearn.com
2. Top 50 books of all time: https://whatyouwilllearn.com/top50/

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Employee to Entrepreneur podcast on Apple Podcasts: bit.ly/employeetoentrepreneurpodcast 

Listen to Future Squared on Apple Podcasts @ goo.gl/sMnEa0  

Also available on: Spotify, Google Podcasts, TuneIn, Stitcher and Soundcloud 

Twitter: www.twitter.com/steveglaveski 

Instagram: www.instagram.com/@thesteveglaveski  

Future Squared: www.futuresquared.xyz  

Steve Glaveski: www.steveglaveski.com  

Medium: www.medium.com/@steveglaveski  

NEW Facebook group: www.facebook.com/groups/futuresquared/

• GET COACHED BY LUCAS: https://www.ergogenic.health/product/coaching
• GET LUCAS TO DESIGN YOUR SUPPLEMENT PROTOCOL: https://www.ergogenic.health/product/custom-stack

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Reflecting on and setting new goals for a new year.

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Employee to Entrepreneur podcast on Apple Podcasts: bit.ly/employeetoentrepreneurpodcast 

Listen to Future Squared on Apple Podcasts @ goo.gl/sMnEa0  

Also available on: Spotify, Google Podcasts, TuneIn, Stitcher and Soundcloud 

Twitter: www.twitter.com/steveglaveski 

Instagram: www.instagram.com/@thesteveglaveski  

Future Squared: www.futuresquared.xyz  

Steve Glaveski: www.steveglaveski.com  

Medium: www.medium.com/@steveglaveski  

NEW Facebook group: www.facebook.com/groups/futuresquared/

• GET COACHED BY LUCAS: https://www.ergogenic.health/product/coaching
• GET LUCAS TO DESIGN YOUR SUPPLEMENT PROTOCOL: https://www.ergogenic.health/product/custom-stack

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This man needs no introduction but I’m going to give him one anyway.

Robert Greene is the author of the New York Times bestsellers The 48 Laws of Power, The Art of Seduction, The 33 Strategies of War, The 50th Law and Mastery.

His highly anticipated sixth book, The Laws of Human Nature, explores people's drives and motivations, even when they are unconscious of them themselves. Knowing why people do what they do is the most important tool we can possess, without which our other talents can only take us so far.

Having read hundreds of business books myself, perhaps the books that have had the most profound positive impact on how I show up each day and how I conduct myself are books on psychology, behavioural economics, neuroscience and biological evolution. Books that ultimately helped me to understand myself and understand others. As such, I was really excited to read the Laws of Nature and speak with Greene about what is such a fundamental topic.

In addition to having a strong following within the business world and a deep following in Washington, DC, Greene's books are hailed by everyone from war historians to the biggest musicians in the industry (including Jay-Z and 50 Cent).

Expect to learn a ton from this conversation, but in particular, three key take-aways:

1) How having an estimated 80 jobs before becoming an author shaped Greene’s world view and made him a better and more creative writer

2) Why it is our moments of frustration where we often seek out life-changing answers

3) How Greene seeks the path of what is ‘most right’ by looking at questions from multiple angles and contemplating many alternatives

This just scratches the surface of the many enlightening things we discussed - just peak at the topics discussed in the show notes to get a feel for everything discussed - so with that, it gives me much pleasure to present you with one of the most pre-eminent authors of our time, the one and only, Robert Greene.

Topics Discussed:

• How having an estimated 80 jobs before becoming an author shaped Greene’s world view and made him a better and more creative writer
• Greene’s take on ‘strong opinions, loosely held’
• Why books on human behaviour can make you a better entrepreneur than business books
• What The Laws of Human Nature offers that other books don’t
• Greene’s approach to writing books like the 48 Laws of Power and Mastery
• How Greene aims to avoid the narrative fallacy
• Why one should look for their ‘higher purpose’ in life
• The peril of false purposes
• Why it is our moments of frustration where we often seek out life-changing answers
• Imposter syndrome
• Avoiding the ‘counterfeit yes’ in sales
• Napoleon and controlled chaos
• How to become like Marcus Aurelius or Queen Elizabeth I, a leader who people want to follow
• Pericles and emotional regulation
• How Greene seeks the path of ‘most right’ by looking at questions from all angles
• Why activism is often just a fast-track to moral righteousness, sans actually being morally righteous
• Why people wear masks and why it’s their shadows that reveal their true selves
• How to infer what people’s true character, or shadow, is through body language
• How social media can bring out the worst in us and the rise of tech addiction
• Keeping toxic people out of your life or not succumbing to their games
• How to persuade by first confirming people’s self-opinion
• How to persuade by allaying someone’s insecurities
• The irrationality of human beings and why we should increase our reaction time
• Greene’s meditation practice and how it has impacted his life and work

Show Notes:

1. The Blog of Robert Greene: powerseductionandwar.com
2. Twitter: @RobertGreene
3. Greene’s Books: https://www.amazon.com/Robert-Greene/e/B001IGV3IS
4. The Laws of Human Nature Book: https://www.amazon.com/Laws-Human-Nature-Robert-Greene/dp/0525428143

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Employee to Entrepreneur podcast on Apple Podcasts: bit.ly/employeetoentrepreneurpodcast 

Listen to Future Squared on Apple Podcasts @ goo.gl/sMnEa0  

Also available on: Spotify, Google Podcasts, TuneIn, Stitcher and Soundcloud 

Twitter: www.twitter.com/steveglaveski 

Instagram: www.instagram.com/@thesteveglaveski  

Future Squared: www.futuresquared.xyz  

Steve Glaveski: www.steveglaveski.com  

Medium: www.medium.com/@steveglaveski  

NEW Facebook group: www.facebook.com/groups/futuresquared/

• GET COACHED BY LUCAS: https://www.ergogenic.health/product/coaching
• GET LUCAS TO DESIGN YOUR SUPPLEMENT PROTOCOL: https://www.ergogenic.health/product/custom-stack

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According to Robert Greene, real purpose leads us upward, to a more human level. We improve our skills and sharpen our minds; we realize our potential and contribute to society. False purposes lead downward, to the animal side of our nature—to addictions, loss of mental powers, mindless conformity, and cynicism.

In this installment of Fast Fix Friday, we explore false purposes and why you should beware of it, both in yourself and in others.

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Employee to Entrepreneur podcast on Apple Podcasts: bit.ly/employeetoentrepreneurpodcast 

Listen to Future Squared on Apple Podcasts @ goo.gl/sMnEa0  

Also available on: Spotify, Google Podcasts, TuneIn, Stitcher and Soundcloud 

Twitter: www.twitter.com/steveglaveski 

Instagram: www.instagram.com/@thesteveglaveski  

Future Squared: www.futuresquared.xyz  

Steve Glaveski: www.steveglaveski.com  

Medium: www.medium.com/@steveglaveski  

NEW Facebook group: www.facebook.com/groups/futuresquared/

• GET COACHED BY LUCAS: https://www.ergogenic.health/product/coaching
• GET LUCAS TO DESIGN YOUR SUPPLEMENT PROTOCOL: https://www.ergogenic.health/product/custom-stack

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