Real Life Superpowers

In this episode we speak with Kim Walsh Phillips, founder of Powerful Professionals. We feel it’s one of those interviews that hits you in the gut.

We think many entrepreneurs and business owners are sort of workaholics by default. And this self-made woman, who was once her own slave and experienced pitfalls, now sets her own rules, and it works. So much that she’s:

- Running a multiple seven-figure business coaching and education company.

- The backstage secret of some of the biggest names in business, including Kevin O’Leary from Shark Tank, Dan Kennedy, Harley-Davidson, Hilton Hotels and High Point University.

- Shared the stage with some of the world’s leading thought leaders including Tony Robbins, Barbara Corcoran, and Gary Vaynerchuk.

- Named #475 in the Inc 5000.

- Best-selling author of several business books, one of which was named “a must-read by those in business” by Forbes Magazine.

- Doing it all and yet making significant time for her loved ones.

She’s all heart, and she came ready to add value, which we’re sure anyone listening will gain.

Enjoy your listen.

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In this episode, we speak with Noam Toister, CEO and co-founder of bookaway.com, a startup that helps travelers with everything to do with ground travel tickets (bus, ferry, train, you name it).

In 2020 when the pandemic struck, the travel industry suffered the largest crisis in 100 years. bookaway crushed from significant revenue to tens of dollars a day.

Some people are generals of peace, some of war. Noam is a general of war. Instead of closing shop, he and the team raised 35 million dollars and bought 3 companies.

It’s a story of resilience, of pushing forward against all odds, and of how choosing the right investors can make or break your chances of success.

Enjoy your listen!

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Hey everyone,

Would you agree that we become better people when we’re around other people, and ideally, meeting in person?

Today’s guest certainly does.

David Siegel is the CEO of Meetup - the largest platform in the world for finding and building a local community for people with similar interests.

Meetup was acquired by WeWork in 2017, a year later David was selected by both WeWork and Meetup’s founder to succeed him as CEO.

That move proved itself. Nowadays under David’s leadership Meetup flourishes with over 40 million members, 320,000 Meetup groups and facilitates, and around 12,000 Meetups around the world daily.

David is also the author of a new book called Decide and Conquer: 44 Decisions that will Make or Break All Leaders, where he outlines the challenges leaders face when starting a new position, and then presents a decision framework he applied to overcome challenges in his own career.

He is an adjunct professor at Columbia University where he teaches strategic planning and entrepreneurship.

He hosts the podcast Keep Connected, dedicated - you’ve guessed it - to the power of community.

Prior to joining Meetup, David was the CEO of Investopedia where he tripled its revenue over a three-year period.

He also served as the President of SeekingAlpha, a technology company focused on startups seeking financing, and as Senior Vice President for 1-800 Flowers.

He's a fountain of experience, insights, and goodwill.

We discuss:

• The power of storytelling

• The role mentors played in David’s life

• The correlation between pain and growth

• The difference between self-esteem and confidence

• The significance of vulnerability

• How he overcame the social anxiety he suffered from in his early years

• The leadership advice he got from Jack Welch

• The radical transparency David leads in Meetup as a trust enhancing policy

• How he perceives the role of a CEO and the core KPIs he measures his performance with

• The difference between being kind and being nice (and why you should opt for the former)

• David’s decision-making framework

• And much more!

Enjoy our conversation - we sure did.

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As a podcast about peak performance, we get a rare opportunity to speak with some truly remarkable people. And it’s not that we don’t believe every person is or can be remarkable, but some people stand out, making the impossible possible. And it seems they do so by first and maybe foremost being the best version of themselves and inspiring others to do the same.

Such is today's guest. Henry De Sio has shifted the tectonic plates of human history. He’s one of the key players that helped get Barack Obama elected in 2008, serving as the Chief Operating Officer of the Obama presidential campaign, and then serving as Deputy Assistant to the President in the Obama White House for two and a half years.

He’s spent many years with the social organization Ashoka. He is a keynote speaker, campaign strategist, and leadership advisor. He’s recently published a book called CHANGEMAKER PLAYBOOK: The New Physics of Leadership in a World of Explosive Change.

He's engaged with the world’s leading social and business entrepreneurs, bringing his change-making framework to board rooms, newsrooms, community forums, university institutions, and governmental halls all over the world.

He's helped global leaders cultivate in themselves and in others the qualities of the changemaker as he defines them:

- an innovative mind

- a service heart

- an entrepreneurial spirit

- and a collaborative outlook.

In our conversation, we delve into all of that and more.

Enjoy your listen.

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In this episode, we speak with professor Ran Ginosar, co-founder and President of Ramon.Space, a space computing startup, developing the computer-in-Space technology of the future.

Listen on RealLifeSuperPowers website: https://reallifesuperpowers.com/podcast/ran-ginosar-co-founder-ramon-space/

Ran founded Ramon.Space to manufacture and deliver computers that can fly to, and survive in outer space.

Over the past 15 years, the company managed to build some of the world’s best Space computers and is a key player in the global Space industry

We discuss:

• Navigating a high stakes environment, dealing with multiple fronts on a daily basis

• Future-proofing space computer technology so that it can be prepared for next generation innovations

• The challenge of recruiting talent, and how much compensation is a factor (vs mission)

• What it takes to become the best in what you do

• How Ramon.Space came to be

• Startup challenges

• And more!

Enjoy an interesting perspective from someone in a hands-on position, that you don't get to hear too often!

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In this episode we speak with international businessman Jacques Benkoski , General Partner of U.S. Venture partners (USVP).

Listen on RealLifeSuperPowers website: https://reallifesuperpowers.com/podcast/jacques-benkoski-bgeneral-partner-usvp/

For those who somehow didn’t hear of USVP it’s a very well known Silicon Valley venture firm that’s invested in more than 500 companies, including Box, Check Point, Mellanox, Epsagon, Guidewire, HeartFlow, HotelTonight, Imperva, Inspire Medical, Luminate, Medigate, Omada Health, Pluto TV, Trusteer, Yammer - the list goes on.

We discuss his journey, perspective and experience in helping entrepreneurs execute their vision and grow into significant sustainable businesses.

Some key topics we delved into:

• The power of Karma

• The profound significance of focusing on adding value, (always) doing the right thing and creating a deep positive impact on the people around you

• What legacy truly means

• Where money plays in

• Why the CEO must be the one managing the board and not vice versa

• And much more!

Checkout the episode for some gems on what the top investors in the world are looking for in a startup, the passion that drives it all, and many other valuable insights.

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In this episode, we speak with Nir Meganzi and Lynette Winter – two of Intel’s (Fortune 500) leadership coaches.

Listen on RealLifeSuperPowers website: https://reallifesuperpowers.com/podcast/episode-43-nir-megnazi-lynette-winter-leadership-coaches-at-intel/

In late 2018 Lynette and Nir, two senior leadership coaches with extensive experience, were recruited by Intel's senior management to envision and create a leadership coaching program to invest in the company’s managers.

For those unfamiliar with Intel, it’s the world's largest semiconductor chip manufacturer, ranked No. 45 in the Fortune 500 list of the largest US corporations.

What do Nir and Lynette do? They coach Intel’s managers, helping them lead through empathy and become the type of leaders that people want to follow.

For a large corporation such as Intel, accurate leadership is a necessity.

But what applies on a large scale, is super relevant for any organization.

At the end of the day, it’s all about human beings moving things, together.

And how.

Lynette and Nir are pros that know how to shine a light into the right areas and work through growing from them.

You’ll immediately hear how passionate they are and how much they truly care about their mission.

We discuss:

• The power of truly seeing people, and meeting them in an empathetic way

• The fundamental expectation of teams to be coached by their managers

• The (humble) role of a manager with respect to coaching

• The importance of not being a bottleneck and instead helping others unlock their ability to truly contribute. “If I’m leading a team, and I’m the one who’s that bottleneck for solving the real challenges, then the team is only as smart as I am. And that’s a problem, because if I have a team of 10 or 1,000, that team is infinitely more smart, creative, capable, than the one”

• How to be self-critical and know when to not interfere and not try to fix what your team doesn’t need you to fix

• Leveraging the opportunity of a challenge to help the team unpack what they’re capable of achieving

• The fundamental human need for contribution

• How to ask guiding questions that will help your team reach solutions themselves (and not assuming you know the answers more than them!)

• The concept of PPC (production and production capabilities)

• The importance of mindfulness and being present to receive what’s truly happening around you

• How each decision shapes the company culture, what we say and what we don’t say

• The four elements that inspire people to stay in an organization (contribution, meaning, belonging, agency)

• ..and so much more!

Anyone who wants to become more effective, when working with people, will hopefully find value in this unique episode. These guys know what they’re talking about, and are very practical and eager to share their knowledge.

Enjoy your listen!

P.S. you can find out more about Nir here: https://www.nirmegnazi.com/ and you can reach out to both via LinkedIn.

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In this episode we speak with Ory Weihs.

He’s an experienced founder and investor.

Listen on RealLifeSuperPowers website: https://reallifesuperpowers.com/podcast/ory-weihs-team-odeon-founder-of-xlmedia-investor/

He founded XLMedia PLC in 2003 and ran it for 16 years, growing it from a small startup to a London Stock Exchange listed leader.

In 2020 he founded Team Odeon, which focuses on the higher education and vocational training sectors. I think all of us at the Real Life Superpowers community can relate to any doing that is focused on vocation and self-fulfilment.

He’s super successful and as you’ll hear, very down to earth and modest. There's an underlying theme of serendipity in his life and openness to trying new things and taking chances. That seems like a good baseline to positioning for success.

We discuss:

• What it feels like to scale up to a company that’s listed in a stock exchange

• Why you shouldn’t underestimate the importance of a CFO in your venture

• The advantages and disadvantages of taking a company public

• Lifestyle businesses, businesses that aren’t profitable for years, and everything in between

• What he looks for when investing in a startup

• And much more..!

We hope you enjoy the conversation as much as we enjoyed having it.

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We think it’s fair to say that in order to be successful and live a fulfilled life, you need to change and grow.

Listen on RealLifeSuperPowers website: https://reallifesuperpowers.com/podcast/peter-bregman-1-executive-coach-howie-jacobson-health-coach-bestselling-author/

Which makes this episode a valuable listen to anyone who wants to do just that, and to make more impact on the people around them.

In the episode, we speak with Peter Bregman and Howie Jacobson, authors of YOU CAN CHANGE OTHER PEOPLE: The Four Steps to Help Your Colleagues, Employees—Even Family—Up Their Game.

Peter is the #1 executive coach in the world, bestselling author of 5 books, and host of Bregman Leadership Podcast - a top 10 business podcast with over 1.5 million downloads. He coaches C-level executives in many of the world’s premier organizations. His work appears frequently in the Harvard Business Review, BusinessWeek, Fast Company, Psychology Today, Forbes, CNN, and NPR.

He’s created and leads the #1 leadership development program in the world - the Bregman Leadership Intensive.

He’s given four TEDx talks, regularly delivers keynotes. The list goes on..

Howie is an executive coach to leaders ranging from startup founders to Fortune 100 executives. He’s Director of Coaching at Bregman Partners, and Head Coach at the Healthy Minds Initiative. He’s also the host of the Plant Yourself Podcast and author of 4 more books. His writings have also appeared in Fast Company and Harvard Business Review.

We discuss:

• The process of co-writing a book

• The huge misconception around the concept of feedback

• The difference between feedback and coaching

• The four steps to truly helping people WANT to change, and then actually changing

• When to let go

• And much more

There’s so much to be learned from these accomplished gentlemen, check out the episode, we think it’s not an exaggeration to say it’ll probably inspire you to be better.

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In this month’s episode, we speak with Hillel Fuld.

He’s a one-man legend who’s very known in the tech landscape as a top influencer.

Listen on RealLifeSuperPowers website: https://reallifesuperpowers.com/podcast/episode-40-hillel-fuld-israels-unofficial-tech-ambassador/

He’s a person that accomplished everything, by just doing what he loves and hoping that people will love what he does.

He started off by literally just posting his musings online as a diary, which led him to work with the top tech companies in the world.

He’s super active, leveraging his talent and passion in many areas, all with one common ground - empowering entrepreneurs and adding value:

• Helping startups - he spends a lot of time mentoring entrepreneurs and tech founders. Helping them scale. Amazingly 95% of the time he spends on that front is with no strings attached. He doesn’t charge them any money. Where is the income from then? Some of those startups end up coming back offering Hillel to join them long term wise either as a paying consultant or for equity. Brilliant, right?

• Writing - he writes for the Jerusalem Post, Inc Magazine, Mashable, TechCrunch, Business Insider, and more. He’s officially ranked among the top ten tech bloggers in the world.

• Evangelism - he’s an unofficial ambassador of the Israeli tech landscape - leveraging his influence to help get Israeli tech founders become known and recognized globally

• Public speaking - he hosts a podcast called Bootstrap and speaks on stages around the world

• Collaborating with brand - he works with some of the top tech brands in the world as an influencer

• Educating - he’s recently launched an entrepreneurship course

• The list goes on..

We discuss:

• His business philosophy - focusing on building trust rather than accumulating equity

• The fundamental difference between sales and marketing

• A MUST KNOW time-optimizing hack

• The importance of content in any startups’ marketing strategy

• A marketing tip that can truly help startups establish relationships with influencers in their industry, get website traffic and elevate their brand

• Being intune with yourself and following your heart

• The power of simplicity

• Much more!

Listening to Hillel you’ll quickly notice his elegance and how being an approachable human being can lead to incredible places. He’s living proof that empowering others while having impactful fun is a gateway to becoming the best version of yourself.

Check it out!

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