Finally we are diving deep into personal growth & development!

And (of course) personal growth books recommendations.

Hope you’ll enjoy this interview as much as I did.

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Books mentioned on the show:

The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment

21 Lessons for the 21st Century

Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow

Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

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Ross Growth hits episode #30, yay! My guest today, Ray Kanani, is deeply involved in Product Management and user experience.

We also chat about things like: Ray’s career, what matters in hiring, failures and why they don’t matter; favourite business books.

Ray co-founded several businesses and is a transformational leader with over 12 years of experience building, nurturing and leading high-performance teams.

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Ray’s most impactful quotes from Twitter and Medium.

"I find it interesting that people dream of standing out but spend their time trying to fit in."

"I’m more interested in working with people who have taken the time to deliberately practice their craft; pushing themselves outside their comfort zone to grow in a direction that is meaningful to them. I’ll take months of deliberate practice over years of mundane shallow work every time.”

Follow Ray online:

Twitter

Business books Ray shared on the show:

Good Strategy Bad Strategy: The Difference and Why It Matters

The Coaching Habit: Say Less, Ask More & Change the Way Your Lead Forever

The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable

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You want your business to grow exponentially? I'm sharing 5 key principles from the book "Hypergrowth" written by David Cancel (CEO of Drift) that will help you achieve that.

It's one of the best books written on structuring your company and teams to grow fast.

You can get the book here btw.

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In this episode I'm sharing a 4DX framework from the book called "Deep Work" by Cal Newport and how you can apply it in your work every day.

I tried this approach personally and have seen how tremendously effective it is so wanted to share with all of you.

Here's what you'll know more about:

What holds you back in achieving your goals and making fast progress daily

What specific tactics you can apply daily to get more work done

How do you measure results in a simple way so you know you are on track

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Get Cal Newport's book here to know more:

Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World

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I’m having an insightful and in-depth discussion with Matt Di Paola (Managing Director at a digital agency “Huge”) on jobs and career growth, what makes people succeed, failures, role models, “yes and…” mentality and a lot more!

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I sat down with Adrien Schmidt, Co-Founder, and CEO at Aristotle, by Bouquet.ai, to talk about AI assistants for big data, product launches, hiring and the most impactful business books.

Adrien is an entrepreneur, engineer, and global speaker. On a mission to voice-activate the world's databases, he Co-Founded Aristotle, by Bouquet.ai, with his business partner Marios Anapliotis. He has spoken at events such as Web Summit, P&G's Data and Analytics Summit and Conversational Interaction and is listed in Inc. Magazine as an "AI Entrepreneur to Watch".

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Learn more about Aristotle

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Books Adrien recommends:

Measure What Matters: How Google, Bono, and the Gates Foundation Rock the World with OKRs

Crossing the Chasm, 3rd Edition: Marketing and Selling Disruptive Products to Mainstream Customers

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Let’s be honest, there is a lot of sleazy marketing out there. Way too much.

We talk about authentic marketing, Louis’s experience as a marketing consultant, mental health and a lot more.

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Books Louis recommends:

influence: The Psychology of Persuasion

Incognito: The Secret Lives Of The Brain

The Choice Factory: 25 behavioural biases that influence what we buy

It Doesn't Have to Be Crazy at Work

21 Lessons for the 21st Century

The 1-Page Marketing Plan: Get New Customers, Make More Money, And Stand Out From the Crowd

The Boron Letters

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Look, nobody likes to hear something is impossible. We all want to believe that we can create anything we want.

So on this episode I’m talking with the CEO of Hostaway (vacation rental software) Marcus Räder exactly about that: _why you should build a global company, difference between Finnish and North American entrepreneurs, hiring, perseverance, mindset. _

Here’s what we cover in more detail:

What sisu philosophy means for Finnish people

Sharing economy and where it is going

How to focus when you run a startup

Material things… Do you really need them to feel happy?

And a lot more…

Marcus Räder is a passionate traveler with 10 years of experience in online marketing and a ton of startups. Originally from Finland, Marcus is on a mission to help Airbnb hosts improve their businesses.

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Get these books Marcus recommends:

The Millionaire Next Door: The Surprising Secrets of America's Wealthy

Good To Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap...And Others Don't

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We are negotiating every single day. If you are not ready to leave a ton of value on the table when you try to persuade someone, buy or sell things, get a job or run a business - this episode is for you.

I'm discussing one of the best negotiation books ever written "Never Split the Difference".

I cover the key aspects of how to negotiate (from the book):

Bending the reality of your counterpart

Why saying no is key

Getting the other side bet against themselves

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It’s no doubt… Most of our learnings come at the end of a comfort zone.

So this time I had a pleasure to sit down with Steve Watt to talk about what holds B2B marketers back, culture of testing everything, his career and much more.

Steve is a co-founder of Toronto ABM Summit, ABM strategist at Quarry (marketing firm exclusive to B2B tech) and VP of marketing at Avanti software (which creates a better employee experience, from hire to retire).

Here’s what we cover in this episode:

Turkey Bazaar Marketing vs SaaS Business Marketing is it really different?

Culture of “test driving everything” and how it relates to Account Based Marketing

Numbers Game vs Personalization in Marketing

What was the best investment Steve has made in his career

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Follow Steve on LinkedIn:

LinkedIn

And get Steve’s book suggestions:

Playing to Win: How Strategy Really Works

Blue Ocean Strategy, Expanded Edition: How to Create Uncontested Market Space and Make the Competition Irrelevant

The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement

The Phoenix Project: A Novel about IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win

Behind the Cloud: The Untold Story of How Salesforce.com Went from Idea to Billion-Dollar Company-and Revolutionized an Industry

Play Bigger: How Pirates, Dreamers, and Innovators Create and Dominate Markets

Beloved Brands: The playbook for how to build a brand your consumers will love

Obviously Awesome: How to Nail Product Positioning so Customers Get It, Buy It, Love It

Steve’s favourite meet-ups in Toronto

Toronto Account Based Marketing Pioneers

GrowthToronto

And check out FlipMyFunnel Podcast if you are into Account Based Marketing

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