Super U Podcast

"Fun is the most important. If you do stuff for money, it never works out." is just one of many gems from today's guest, Ina Garten. Garten is an American author, host of the Food Network program Barefoot Contessa, and a former staff member of the Office of Management and Budget. Her culinary career began with her gourmet food store, Barefoot Contessa; Garten then expanded her activities to many best-selling cookbooks, magazine columns, and a popular Food Network television show. Equalman and Garten discuss changing career lanes, finding your passion, being your own customer, and the importance of taking a break to figure out what’s next.

5x #1 Bestselling Author and Motivational Speaker Erik Qualman has performed in over 55 countries and reached over 50 million people this past decade. He was voted the 2nd Most Likable Author in the World behind Harry Potter's J.K. Rowling.

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Motivational Speaker | Erik Qualman has inspired audiences at FedEx, Chase, ADP, Huawei, Starbucks, Godiva, FBI, Google, and many more on Focus and Digital Leadership.

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We're switching from Equalman green to Barbie pink on today's 7 super tips episode with Barbie director Greta Gerwig. Gerwig is an American actress, screenwriter, and director. She has written and directed the coming-of-age films Lady Bird (2017) and Little Women (2019), both of which earned nominations for the Academy Award for Best Picture. For the former, she received Academy Award nominations for Best Director and Best Original Screenplay, and for the latter, she was nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay. Gerwig was included in the annual Time 100 list of the most influential people in the world in 2018. Her directorial feature, the fantasy comedy Barbie (2023), which she co-wrote with her partner Noah Baumbach, has become the first film from a solo female director to gross over $1 billion worldwide.

5x #1 Bestselling Author and Motivational Speaker Erik Qualman has performed in over 55 countries and reached over 50 million people this past decade. He was voted the 2nd Most Likable Author in the World behind Harry Potter's J.K. Rowling.

Have Erik speak at your conference: [email protected]

Motivational Speaker | Erik Qualman has inspired audiences at FedEx, Chase, ADP, Huawei, Starbucks, Godiva, FBI, Google, and many more on Focus and Digital Leadership.

Learn more at https://equalman.com

Sam Altman an American entrepreneur, investor, and programmer. He was the co-founder of Loopt and is the current CEO of OpenAI. He was the president of Y Combinator and was briefly the CEO of Reddit.

5x #1 Bestselling Author and Motivational Speaker Erik Qualman has performed in over 55 countries and reached over 50 million people this past decade. He was voted the 2nd Most Likable Author in the World behind Harry Potter's J.K. Rowling.

Have Erik speak at your conference: [email protected]

Motivational Speaker | Erik Qualman has inspired audiences at FedEx, Chase, ADP, Huawei, Starbucks, Godiva, FBI, Google, and many more on Focus and Digital Leadership.

Learn more at https://equalman.com

Equalman was recently featured on the Supermanagers Podcast where he sat down with the host and CEO at Fellow, Aydin Mirzaee. Erik explains how to change your perspective as a leader for the best, the difference between multitasking and switch tasking and the impact AI will have on leadership. Aydin and Erik also explore the art of saying no and chat about Erik's journey to where he is today.

Supermanagers, brought to you by the team at Fellow.app, is the podcast for managers and leaders who want to excel at the art of leading teams and organizations. Aydin Mirzaee interviews world-class executives about the habits, thought patterns, and experiences that help them be the leaders they are today.

5x #1 Bestselling Author and Motivational Speaker Erik Qualman has performed in over 55 countries and reached over 50 million people this past decade. He was voted the 2nd Most Likable Author in the World behind Harry Potter's J.K. Rowling.

Have Erik speak at your conference: [email protected]

Motivational Speaker | Erik Qualman has inspired audiences at FedEx, Chase, ADP, Huawei, Starbucks, Godiva, FBI, Google, and many more on Focus and Digital Leadership.

Learn more at https://equalman.com

Kevin O'Leary, also known as Mr. Wonderful and Maple Man, is a Canadian businessman, investor, journalist, and television personality. From 2004 to 2014, he appeared on various Canadian television shows. These include the business news programmes SqueezePlay and The Lang and O'Leary Exchange, as well as the reality television shows Dragons' Den and Redemption Inc. In 2008, he appeared on Discovery Channel's Project Earth. Since 2009, he has appeared on Shark Tank, the American version of Dragons' Den.

5x #1 Bestselling Author and Motivational Speaker Erik Qualman has performed in over 55 countries and reached over 50 million people this past decade. He was voted the 2nd Most Likable Author in the World behind Harry Potter's J.K. Rowling.

Have Erik speak at your conference: [email protected]

Motivational Speaker | Erik Qualman has inspired audiences at FedEx, Chase, ADP, Huawei, Starbucks, Godiva, FBI, Google, and many more on Focus and Digital Leadership.

Learn more at https://equalman.com

On today's episode, Erik sits down with the co-founder and CEO of Thrive Market, Nick Green. Thrive Market is a membership-based market that makes high-quality, healthy, and sustainable products. Erik and Nick discuss the Thrive Market's mission, the role of a CEO in a purpose-driven company, the importance of management and employee feedback, perks for employees in a virtual work force, and the future of conscious consumers.

5x #1 Bestselling Author and Motivational Speaker Erik Qualman has performed in over 55 countries and reached over 50 million people this past decade. He was voted the 2nd Most Likable Author in the World behind Harry Potter's J.K. Rowling.

Have Erik speak at your conference: [email protected]

Motivational Speaker | Erik Qualman has inspired audiences at FedEx, Chase, ADP, Huawei, Starbucks, Godiva, FBI, Google, and many more on Focus and Digital Leadership.

Learn more at https://equalman.com

Artificial intelligence (AI) has exploded this year following the launch of AI chatbots such as ChatGPT and Bard. At its simplest form, artificial intelligence is a field, which combines computer science and robust datasets, to enable problem-solving. In this episode, Equalman answers the web's most frequently asked questions about AI including: what are the potential threats AI presents to our society, what is the difference between biological intelligence and machine intelligence, is AI overhyped or underhyped, what should we expect for the future of this technology and much more on today's Super U Podcast.

5x #1 Bestselling Author and Motivational Speaker Erik Qualman has performed in over 55 countries and reached over 50 million people this past decade. He was voted the 2nd Most Likable Author in the World behind Harry Potter's J.K. Rowling.

Have Erik speak at your conference: [email protected]

Motivational Speaker | Erik Qualman has inspired audiences at FedEx, Chase, ADP, Huawei, Starbucks, Godiva, FBI, Google, and many more on Focus and Digital Leadership.

Learn more at https://equalman.com

On today's episode, we hear from Geoffrey Hinton, better known as the "Godfather of A.I." Hinton made headlines in May of this year when he unexpectedly quit his job at Google after 10 years at the company. According to Hinton, he quit so as to have the freedom to speak publicly about his concerns with Artificial Intelligence. Hinton has been interviewed by The New York Times, CNN, CBS, PBS, and the CBC (just to name a few) discussing the possible dangers A.I. presents to the world. In this episode, Erik discusses the future of Artificial Intelligence, Hinton breaks down how A.I. works, how far the technology has come, the difference between biological intelligence and machine intelligence and whether an A.I. takeover is possible.

5x #1 Bestselling Author and Motivational Speaker Erik Qualman has performed in over 55 countries and reached over 50 million people this past decade. He was voted the 2nd Most Likable Author in the World behind Harry Potter's J.K. Rowling.

Have Erik speak at your conference: [email protected]

Motivational Speaker | Erik Qualman has inspired audiences at FedEx, Chase, ADP, Huawei, Starbucks, Godiva, FBI, Google, and many more on Focus and Digital Leadership.

Learn more at https://equalman.com

We’ve officially crossed the half-way mark in 2023. So we thought it was the perfect time to repost our top performing episode of the year. And that episode is The Power of Self-Awareness. This is an episode from the Talk2Rami Podcast where host, Rami Jahedi, interviewed our very own Equalman! Erik discusses digital stamps, digital shadows, what it means to be flawsome, how to reverse engineer a smile, and how to say no.

Ramin Jahedi, affectionately known as “Rami,” is a serial entrepreneur with over three decades of experience in the Austin, Texas, area. He currently serves as the CEO of 3OneProductions and OpticTour Agency, and as the Chief Marketing Officer for Atlas One.

5x #1 Bestselling Author and Motivational Speaker Erik Qualman has performed in over 55 countries and reached over 50 million people this past decade. He was voted the 2nd Most Likable Author in the World behind Harry Potter's J.K. Rowling.

Have Erik speak at your conference: [email protected]

Motivational Speaker | Erik Qualman has inspired audiences at FedEx, Chase, ADP, Huawei, Starbucks, Godiva, FBI, Google, and many more on Focus and Digital Leadership.

We have a very special episode for you today! Recently, Erik gave the commencement address at his alma mater — Michigan State University where 10,500 were in attendance at the Breslin Center. So, we’ve taken the recording and repurposed it here on the Podcast! Erik offers 3 pieces of advice to the graduates... be flawsome, be courageous, and be kind.

All of us at Equalman Studios would like to offer our deepest condolences for the families of the 3 students that were lost during the mass shooting which took place on February 13th of this year at Michigan State University.

Go green.

Watch the Commencement Address here: PBS WKAR

5x #1 Bestselling Author and Motivational Speaker Erik Qualman has performed in over 55 countries and reached over 50 million people this past decade. He was voted the 2nd Most Likable Author in the World behind Harry Potter's J.K. Rowling.

Have Erik speak at your conference: [email protected]

Motivational Speaker | Erik Qualman has inspired audiences at FedEx, Chase, ADP, Huawei, Starbucks, Godiva, FBI, Google, and many more on Focus and Digital Leadership.

Learn more at https://equalman.com