Future Squared with Steve Glaveski

Jonas Altman is a workologist who guides companies to leave politics and posturing behind in favor of transparent and trusting cultures. He is the founder of award-winning design practice Social Fabric, Altman coaches leaders to do their very best work and travels the world tirelessly learning and speaking about the changing nature of work. His chronicles have appeared in The Guardian, Quartz, Fast Company, The Telegraph, and The Sunday Times.

As two people who have walked similar paths and though extensively about the nature of work, this was a really fun conversation. We unpacked why so many people are actively disengaged at work, the role of purpose in our lives, the tendency to derive too much identity from our work at the expense of other pursuits, the role of autonomy and short feedback loops when it comes to motivation, the remote work reset button, universal basic income, biological predispositions, and a whole bunch more, so strap yourself in for my conversation with Jonas Altman.

Show notes:

• Shapers: https://amzn.to/39UVfSg
• Web: jonasaltman.com
• The book: shapers.life
• IG: @shapers.life
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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 peek 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: www.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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“Where books are burned, in the end people will burn”. 

19th Century German author and literary critic, Heinrich Heine, spoke these words, and they were more than just a well sounding maxim. Totalitarian regimes thrive wherever ideas contrary to their own are suppressed. They thrive when books are burned. 

Harvard literary professor Duncan White echoed these sentiments, penning a piece for the New York Times called The Authoritarian’s Worst Fear? A Book. He referenced authoritarian regimes around the world - those of China, Hungary, Brazil, the Philippines, North Korea - and their attempts to curb the internet and censor books. White critiqued the United States’ diminishing role in standing up against the erasure of intellectual freedom abroad. 

He wrote that “wherever authoritarian regimes are growing in strength, literature that expresses any kind of political opposition is under a unique, renewed threat”.

However, he need not look to distant shores for examples of this. North America is facing its own form of authoritarianism and attacks on freedom of expression. 

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Written and narrated by Steve Glaveski: steveglaveski.com

Twitter: @steveglaveski

IG: @thesteveglaveski

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From humble beginnings with a small supplement retail store in Randwick, Izhar Basha has gone on to create and head internationally recognised and celebrated Australian supplements brand, EHPlabs. After an autoimmune disease diagnosis forced Izhar to leave a successful law career, his mission has been to help people focus on their health and wellbeing.

Izhar was one of the first in the business sector to utilise the power of social media and his flagship product OxyShred has been hailed as the world’s number 1 thermogenic fat burner. Whilst being family focused with two young girls of his own, Izhar continues to develop EHPlabs through the ongoing creation of scientifically backed, high quality products.

This was a fascinating conversation, and touched on:

• Izhar’s upbringing and his family’s troubles in Fiji
• Cultivating a mindset that helped him overcome sub-optimal grades to finish top of his class
• Burning out on 16 hour days at a law firm
• And how this led him to establish a company that today has an enterprise valuation of almost a billion dollars

 We discussed this and a whole lot more, so strap yourself in for my conversation with Izhar Basha.

Show Notes:

Web: www.ehplabs.com

IG: @izharbasha

IG: @ehplabs

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In the second installment of the Strong Opinions, Weakly Held series, I'll be tackling DEI programs, and how they can backfire and cause more harm than good.

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David Prior is a lifelong entrepreneur. He founded Baroda Packaging, which was acquired in 2007, before turning his eye to yoghurt, with Five:AM Organics, which after just three years in the market was acquired for $80 million.

A year later, in 2015, David proceeded to invest half of his net worth into the acquisition of Bladnoch Distillery, a 200 year old whisky distillery in the Scottish lowlands that was in administration; destitute and downtrodden, having not produced any Scotch Whisky for almost a decade.

David saw an opportunity to bring life back, not only to the distillery, but to the people of Bladnoch; after the purchase, he returned jobs to everyone who had lost them and was dedicated to restoring value to the community's history and heritage, empowering them for a successful future.

This was a fascinating conversation that unpacked some of David’s business philosophies.

We unpacked:

1 - why your business doesn’t necessarily need a unique value proposition to be successful

2 - why David decided to pour all of his money into Bladnoch and a non-for-profit foundation, instead of sailing into the sunset

3 - how David regulates stress

4 - what it takes to build a successful FMCG business

We covered this, and more, so strap yourself in for my conversation with David Prior.

Show Notes:

1. Bladnoch.com
2. Priorfoundation.org 
3. https://www.facebook.com/bladnochwhisky/
4. https://www.instagram.com/bladnochwhisky/
5. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVqyvNS5DZQG-3m8ZcBVeVA
6. https://www.linkedin.com/company/bladnoch-distillery/
7. https://twitter.com/bladnochwhisky

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Gad Saad is a Lebanese-Canadian evolutionary psychologist at the John Molson School of Business who applies evolutionary psychology to marketing and consumer behaviour. 

His latest book is The Parasitic Mind: How Infectious Ideas Are Killing Common Sense, and it explores the numerous idea pathogens permeating today’s social landscape, such as, but not limited to post-modernism.

We covered lots of ground in this rapid fire 30-minute conversation with Saad, including:

• How dangerous fringe ideas are permeating the mainstream
• The problem with Diversity and Inclusion programs
• Social media censorship and free speech absolutism
• Fake news
• Social justice politics at Google and Spotify
• Falsification theory
• The tyranny of the minority
• How the silent majority can stand up
• And, why rapper 50 Cent is, apparently, no longer black

This was a very important discussion about ideas that hold truth firmly in their crosshairs, and can have devastating consequences on how we work and live if kept unchecked. We can either bury our heads in the sand, or, we can listen, learn, and act, so with that I bring you the one and only, Gad Saad.

Show Notes:

• The Parasitic Mind: How Infectious Ideas Are Killing Common Sense: https://amzn.to/3ovHsbl
• Website: com
• The Saad Truth on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLH7qUqM0PLieCVaHA7RegA
• Twitter: @GadSaad

Previous books:

• The Consuming Instinct https://amzn.to/37QzGTL 
• The Evolutionary Biases of Consumption https://amzn.to/31M9WUm 

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In this very first instalment of the Strong Opinions, Weakly Held series, I'll be talking about why companies like Disney, and generalists in particular, are thriving in the uncertain world that is the one we find ourselves in today.

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Dan Jovevski is an entrepreneur, and founder of WeMoney, an AI-based financial wellness platform set out to increase financial wellbeing for all Australians. The company closed a $2m round during the pandemic, which speaks volumes about how pronounced the problem of financial wellness, or should that be not-wellness is amongst people today.

This was a fascinating conversation that unpacked Dan’s journey to WeMoney, but also the psychological vulnerabilities that predispose us to making bad financial decisions, and actionable ways we can circumvent them.

So with that, I bring you the one and only, Dan Jovevski.

Show Notes:

• WeMoney: wemoney.com.au
• Dan Jovevski: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danieljovevski/
• Ray Dalio’s Principles: https://amzn.to/379XiSG
• Clay Christensen’s How Will You Measure Your Life: https://amzn.to/350QXX6
• Dan Kahneman’s Thinking Fast and Slow: https://amzn.to/37bIS4I

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This is a repost of my recent interview with Lucas Aoun on the Boost Your Biology podcast, all about getting twice as much done in half the time.

We unpack myriad actionable ways you can get more done in less time to free yourself up to lead your best life. 

Find Boost Your Biology wherever you listen to podcasts, or find it online at www.nofilter.media/boostyourbiology

Show Notes:

Get the book: www.timerichbook.com

Lucas Aoun on IG: @ergogenic_health

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