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  • 102. The Path to Effective Leadership with Dave Kline

    David speaks with Dave Kline, an entrepreneur, writer, speaker, and coach who trains leaders on the playbook for leading high-performance teams. He is the founder and developer of the MGMT Accelerator, a cohort-based program that helps executives improve by developing established management playbooks and systems. He also owns SkillScouter, a leading source of online courses, learning techniques, and career guidance.

    They talked about:

    📉 Lessons learned from failed ventures

    🤝 Managing vs Leading

    🌐 The reality of theoretical and practical leadership

    💡 Empowering teams through unique values

    📌 The number one management lesson

    🔄 The power of delegation


    📜 Full transcript:

    theknowledge.io/davekline-1/


    📹 Watch on Youtube:

    https://youtu.be/EsTtENxD1ko


    🗣 Mentioned in the show:

    Kodak | https://www.kodak.com/en/

    Xerox | https://www.xerox.com/en-us

    Mayer Brown | https://www.mayerbrown.com/en

    Bridgewater Associates | http://www.bridgewater.com/

    Brian Armstrong | https://www.brianarmstrong.org/

    Moody's | https://www.moodys.com/

    Netflix | https://www.netflix.com/

    Ray Dalio | https://www.bridgewater.com/people/ray-dalio

    Greenfield Team | https://www.greenfieldteam.net/

    MBTI | https://www.16personalities.com/free-personality-test

    WPI | https://www.ixly.com/tests-work-related-personality-inventory

    Goldman Sachs | https://www.goldmansachs.com/

    Google Company | https://about.google/

    MIMO | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIMO

    Zappos | http://www.zappos.com/


    👤Connect with Dave:

    Twitter: https://twitter.com/dklineii

    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidkline/

    Website:

    SkillScouter | https://skillscouter.com/about/

    MGMT Accelerator | https://maven.com/dave-kline/mgmt-accelerator


    👨🏾‍💻 About David Elikwu:

    David Elikwu FRSA is a serial entrepreneur, strategist, and writer. David is the founder of The Knowledge, a platform helping people think deeper and work smarter.

    🐣 Twitter: @Delikwu / @itstheknowledge

    🌐 Website: https://www.davidelikwu.com

    📽️ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/davidelikwu

    📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/delikwu/

    🕺 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@delikwu

    🎙️ Podcast: http://plnk.to/theknowledge

    📖 Free Book: https://pro.theknowledge.io/frames

    My Online Course

    🖥️ Decision Hacker: http://www.decisionhacker.io/

    Decision Hacker will help you hack your default patterns and become an intentional architect of your life. You’ll learn everything you need to transform your decisions, your habits, and your outcomes.

    The Knowledge

    📩 Newsletter: https://theknowledge.io

    The Knowledge is a weekly newsletter for people who want to get more out of life. It's full of insights from psychology, philosophy, productivity, and business, all designed to make you more productive, creative, and decisive.

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    41 min
  • 101. Conversation, Curiosity, and Connection with Joe Ferraro

    David speaks with Joe Ferraro, a teacher, professional speaker, and the host of The One Percent Better Podcast, where he’s interviewed some of the world's most successful people. He is also the founder of DamnGoodConversations.com, a company whose mission is to teach repeatable ways to have the best conversations in your life and work.

    They talked about:

    🎧 Joe as a one-man team podcaster

    ⚾️ Life lessons from baseball

    🏅 The common ground between sports coaching and fatherhood

    💬 The reward of having great conversations

    🧠 The power of curiosity in conversations

    ❓ The best question that Joe has ever asked


    📜 Full transcript:

    theknowledge.io/joeferraro-1/


    📹 Watch on Youtube:

    https://youtu.be/f-uTljSwbUA


    🗣 Mentioned in the show:

    Malcolm Gladwell | https://www.gladwellbooks.com/

    Outliers: The Story of Success | https://amzn.to/4chjh8T

    D1 Training | https://www.d1training.com/

    American Legion | http://www.legion.org/

    VHS | https://sites.google.com/venturaedu.org/vhsathletics/about

    One Percent Better Podcast | https://www.onepercentbetterproject.com/

    KDWB-FM | https://kdwb.iheart.com/

    James Clear | https://jamesclear.com/

    Seth Godin | https://seths.blog/

    Atomic Habits | https://amzn.to/3KoufgK

    Larry King | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_King

    Frank Sinatra | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Sinatra

    Jackie Gleason | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackie_Gleason

    Jackie Robinson | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackie_Robinson

    Uber | http://www.uber.com/

    Airbnb | http://www.airbnb.com/

    Oscar Trimboli | https://www.oscartrimboli.com/

    Roy Firestone | http://www.royfirestone.com/

    ESPN | https://www.espn.com/watch/

    Up Close | https://www.espn.com/tvlistings/programs/upclose.html

    Jerry Maguire | https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116695/

    Cuba Gooding Jr. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuba_Gooding_Jr.

    Ansel Adams | https://www.anseladams.com/

    Laura Gassner Otting | https://www.lauragassnerotting.com/

    Firestone | https://www.firestone.com/


    👤Connect with Joe:

    Twitter: https://x.com/ferraroonair?lang=en

    Podcast: One Percent Better | https://www.onepercentbetterproject.com/

    Blog: DamnGoodConversations.com


    👨🏾‍💻 About David Elikwu:

    David Elikwu FRSA is a serial entrepreneur, strategist, and writer. David is the founder of The Knowledge, a platform helping people think deeper and work smarter.

    🐣 Twitter: @Delikwu / @itstheknowledge

    🌐 Website: https://www.davidelikwu.com

    📽️ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/davidelikwu

    📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/delikwu/

    🕺 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@delikwu

    🎙️ Podcast: http://plnk.to/theknowledge

    📖 Free Book: https://pro.theknowledge.io/frames

    My Online Course

    🖥️ Decision Hacker: http://www.decisionhacker.io/

    Decision Hacker will help you hack your default patterns and become an intentional architect of your life. You’ll learn everything you need to transform your decisions, your habits, and your outcomes.

    The Knowledge

    📩 Newsletter: https://theknowledge.io

    The Knowledge is a weekly newsletter for people who want to get more out of life. It's full of insights from psychology, philosophy, productivity, and business, all designed to make you more productive, creative, and decisive.

    My Favorite Tools

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    39 min
  • 100. The Expectation Effect with David Robson

    David speaks with David Robson, an award-winning science writer specialising in the extremes of the human brain, body, and behaviour. He has previously worked as a features editor at New Scientist and as a senior journalist at the BBC. He is the author of The Intelligence Trap, which has been translated into fifteen languages, The Expectation Effect, and The Laws of Connection.

    They talked about:

    🧠 The stereotypes and misconceptions of intelligence

    🧬 Genetic and environmental influences on intelligence

    💡 The expectation effect

    💊 The science behind placebos

    💪 How powerful our minds can be

    🚫 The limits of the expectation effect

    This is just one part of a longer conversation, and it's the second part. You can listen to the earlier episode here:

    Part 1: 🎙️ Science, Reasoning, and The Intelligence Trap with David Robson (Episode 97)


    📜 Full transcript:

    theknowledge.io/davidrobson-2/


    📹 Watch on Youtube:

    https://youtu.be/UjQChGlxQ_4


    🗣 Mentioned in the show:

    Garret Jones | https://theknowledge.io/garettjones-1/

    Hive Mind | https://amzn.to/4bM6T0f

    How the Potato Changed the World | https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-the-potato-changed-the-world-108470605/

    Charles C. Mann | https://theknowledge.io/charlescmann/

    The Expectation Effect | https://amzn.to/4dq8Ukh

    Placebo effect | https://theknowledge.io/mind-over-matter/

    French paradox | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_paradox

    Cholecystokinin | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cholecystokinin

    Ghrelin | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghrelin

    Lisa Feldman Barrett | https://lisafeldmanbarrett.com/

    The Predictive Brain | https://www.edge.org/response-detail/26707

    Mind and Body Lab - Stanford University | https://mbl.stanford.edu/

    Alia Crum | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alia_Crum

    Pygmalion Effect | https://theknowledge.io/pygmalion-effect


    👤Connect with David:

    Twitter: https://twitter.com/d_a_robson

    Website: https://davidrobson.me/

    Books:

    The Intelligence Trap | https://amzn.to/4aWELqZ

    The Expectation Effect | https://amzn.to/4bkisve


    👨🏾‍💻 About David Elikwu:

    David Elikwu FRSA is a serial entrepreneur, strategist, and writer. David is the founder of The Knowledge, a platform helping people think deeper and work smarter.

    🐣 Twitter: @Delikwu / @itstheknowledge

    🌐 Website: https://www.davidelikwu.com

    📽️ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/davidelikwu

    📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/delikwu/

    🕺 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@delikwu

    🎙️ Podcast: http://plnk.to/theknowledge

    📖 Free Book: https://pro.theknowledge.io/frames

    My Online Course

    🖥️ Decision Hacker: http://www.decisionhacker.io/

    Decision Hacker will help you hack your default patterns and become an intentional architect of your life. You’ll learn everything you need to transform your decisions, your habits, and your outcomes.

    The Knowledge

    📩 Newsletter: https://theknowledge.io

    The Knowledge is a weekly newsletter for people who want to get more out of life. It's full of insights from psychology, philosophy, productivity, and business, all designed to make you more productive, creative, and decisive.

    My Favorite Tools

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    46 min
  • 99. Level Up Your Startup with Rob Fitzpatrick

    David speaks with Rob Fitzpatrick, author of three books, including The Mom Test and Write Useful Books, both of which are among the most universally recommended books for early entrepreneurs and non-fiction writers. His books are used in universities such as Harvard, MIT, and UCL, and are also manuals for training at companies like SkyScanner and Shopify. He has led training programs at companies like HP and Sony Mobile, and has supported many startups and entrepreneurs.

    They talked about:

    🚀 Rob’s Y Combinator journey

    🔄 Lessons learned from a failed pivot

    💡 What to learn and unlearn in bootstrapping

    ✍️ The process of writing the Mom Test

    ⏰ Knowing the right time to quit in entrepreneurship

    🌱 Embracing feedback for growth


    📜 Full transcript:

    theknowledge.io/robfitzpatrick-1/


    📹 Watch on Youtube:

    https://youtu.be/K6gtBxXFKhc


    🗣 Mentioned in the show:

    Y Combinator | http://www.ycombinator.com/

    Georgia Institute of Technology | https://gatech.edu/node/1

    Hacker News | https://news.ycombinator.com/

    BBC | https://www.bbc.com/

    Sony Pictures | https://www.sonypictures.com/

    MTV | https://www.mtv.com/

    Golden Handcuffs | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_handcuffs

    Bootstrapping | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bootstrapping_(statistics)

    The Mom Test | https://amzn.to/3UeADcN

    Write Useful Books | https://amzn.to/3Vp1HYj

    Seed Camp Week | https://seedcamp.com/

    The Lean Startup | https://theleanstartup.com/

    The Sunk Cost Fallacy | https://theknowledge.io/sunk-cost-fallacy/

    Useful Books | https://www.usefulbooks.com/

    PBS | https://www.pbs.org/

    Annie Duke | https://www.annieduke.com/

    Thinking in Bets | https://amzn.to/44NWiQc

    Angela Duckworth | https://angeladuckworth.com/

    Workshop Survival Guide | https://www.workshopsurvival.com/

    Alice Bentick | https://alicebentinck.com/

    Why we use Edge to generate ideas | https://medium.com/entrepreneur-first/


    👤Connect with Rob:

    Twitter: https://twitter.com/robfitz

    Website: https://www.robfitz.com/home

    The Mom Test | https://amzn.to/3UeADcN


    👨🏾‍💻 About David Elikwu:

    David Elikwu FRSA is a serial entrepreneur, strategist, and writer. David is the founder of The Knowledge, a platform helping people think deeper and work smarter.

    🐣 Twitter: @Delikwu / @itstheknowledge

    🌐 Website: https://www.davidelikwu.com

    📽️ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/davidelikwu

    📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/delikwu/

    🕺 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@delikwu

    🎙️ Podcast: http://plnk.to/theknowledge

    📖 Free Book: https://pro.theknowledge.io/frames

    My Online Course

    🖥️ Decision Hacker: http://www.decisionhacker.io/

    Decision Hacker will help you hack your default patterns and become an intentional architect of your life. You’ll learn everything you need to transform your decisions, your habits, and your outcomes.

    The Knowledge

    📩 Newsletter: https://theknowledge.io

    The Knowledge is a weekly newsletter for people who want to get more out of life. It's full of insights from psychology, philosophy, productivity, and business, all designed to make you more productive, creative, and decisive.

    My Favorite Tools

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    39 min
  • 98. Curiosity, Creativity, and Careers with Buster Benson

    David speaks with Buster Benson, an entrepreneur and former product leader at Amazon, Twitter, Slack, and Patreon. He writes for Medium and busterbenson.com and is currently the CEO of 750words.com. He is the author of ‘Why Are We Yelling? The Art of Productive Disagreement.’

    They talked about:

    🌱 Having a positive mindset despite early experiences

    💻 The influence of the internet in transforming career opportunities

    📝 Buster’s journey in writing and building his career

    🔍 The power of following your curiosity

    🌐 How the Internet is reshaping our world

    💡 The inspiration for writing 'Why Are We Yelling?’


    📜 Full transcript:

    theknowledge.io/busterbenson-1/


    📹 Watch on Youtube:

    https://youtu.be/9vCz4OHbqNA


    👤Connect with Buster:

    Twitter: @buster | https://twitter.com/buster

    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/busterbenson/

    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bustrbensn/

    Website: busterbenson.com

    Book: Why Are We Yelling? | https://amzn.to/3QmkJ1a


    🗣 Mentioned in the show:

    David Letterman | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Letterman

    Trade Wars | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trade_Wars

    Diaryland | https://members.diaryland.com/edit/

    LiveJournal | https://www.livejournal.com/

    Amazon | https://www.amazon.com/

    NaNoWriMo | https://nanowrimo.org/

    AdFarm | https://adfarm.com/

    HabitLab | https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/habitlab/

    The Locavore | https://thelocavore.in/

    750 words | https://750words.com/

    Macintosh | https://www.techtarget.com/whatis/definition/Macintosh

    Atari computers | https://atari.com/

    Cognitive Bias Cheat Sheet | https://busterbenson.com/pile/cognitive-biases/


    👨🏾‍💻 About David Elikwu:

    David Elikwu FRSA is a serial entrepreneur, strategist, and writer. David is the founder of The Knowledge, a platform helping people think deeper and work smarter.

    🐣 Twitter: @Delikwu / @itstheknowledge

    🌐 Website: https://www.davidelikwu.com

    📽️ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/davidelikwu

    📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/delikwu/

    🕺 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@delikwu

    🎙️ Podcast: http://plnk.to/theknowledge

    📖 Free Book: https://pro.theknowledge.io/frames

    My Online Course

    🖥️ Decision Hacker: http://www.decisionhacker.io/

    Decision Hacker will help you hack your default patterns and become an intentional architect of your life. You’ll learn everything you need to transform your decisions, your habits, and your outcomes.

    The Knowledge

    📩 Newsletter: https://theknowledge.io

    The Knowledge is a weekly newsletter for people who want to get more out of life. It's full of insights from psychology, philosophy, productivity, and business, all designed to make you more productive, creative, and decisive.

    My Favorite Tools

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    35 min
  • 97. Science, Reasoning, and The Intelligence Trap with David Robson

    David speaks with David Robson, an award-winning science writer specializing in the extremes of the human brain, body, and behavior. He has previously worked as a features editor at New Scientist and as a senior journalist at the BBC. He is the author of The Intelligence Trap, which has been translated into fifteen languages, The Expectation Effect, and The Laws of Connections.

    They talked about:

    🔍 How outdated science can mislead us

    🔬 The replicability crisis in behavioural science

    📡 How scientific information gets distorted

    🧠 The problem with IQ

    🌱 The importance of intellectual humility

    💡 Motivated reasoning and the intelligence trap


    📜 Full transcript:

    theknowledge.io/davidrobson-1/


    📹 Watch on Youtube:

    https://youtu.be/jU4ZZDlZsjo


    👤 Connect with David:

    Twitter: @d_a_robson | https://twitter.com/d_a_robson

    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-robson

    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/davidarobson/

    Website: https://davidrobson.me/

    Books:

    The Intelligence Trap | https://amzn.to/4aWELqZ

    The Expectation Effect | https://amzn.to/4bkisve


    🗣 Mentioned in the show:

    University of Cambridge | https://www.cam.ac.uk/

    University of Oxford | https://www.ox.ac.uk/

    Dan Ariely | https://danariely.com/all-about-dan/

    Thinking, Fast and Slow | https://amzn.to/44q2FZD

    Lizard Brain | https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/where-addiction-meets-your-brain/201404/your-lizard-brain

    Dunning Kruger Effect | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning–Kruger_effect

    The Language Instinct | https://amzn.to/4dktX7S

    Daniel Kahneman | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Kahneman

    Amos Tversky | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amos_Tversky

    Psychological Priming | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priming_(psychology)

    Elon Musk | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elon_Musk

    Bill Gates | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Gates

    Steve Jobs | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Jobs

    Philip Tetlock | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_E._Tetlock

    Nobel Prize Disease | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobel_disease

    Kary Mullis | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kary_Mullis

    Polymerase Chain Reaction | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polymerase_chain_reaction

    Arthur Conan Doyle | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Conan_Doyle

    Sherlock Holmes Books | https://amzn.to/4bjJFyo

    Harry Houdini | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Houdini


    👨🏾‍💻 About David Elikwu:

    David Elikwu FRSA is a serial entrepreneur, strategist, and writer. David is the founder of The Knowledge, a platform helping people think deeper and work smarter.

    🐣 Twitter: @Delikwu / @itstheknowledge

    🌐 Website: https://www.davidelikwu.com

    📽️ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/davidelikwu

    📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/delikwu/

    🕺 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@delikwu

    🎙️ Podcast: http://plnk.to/theknowledge

    📖 Free Book: https://pro.theknowledge.io/frames

    My Online Course

    🖥️ Decision Hacker: http://www.decisionhacker.io/

    Decision Hacker will help you hack your default patterns and become an intentional architect of your life. You’ll learn everything you need to transform your decisions, your habits, and your outcomes.

    The Knowledge

    📩 Newsletter: https://theknowledge.io

    The Knowledge is a weekly newsletter for people who want to get more out of life. It's full of insights from psychology, philosophy, productivity, and business, all designed to make you more productive, creative, and decisive.

    My Favorite Tools

    🎞️ Descript: https://bit.ly/descript-de

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    40 min
  • 96. The Path to Authentic Writing with Anne-Laure Le Cunff

    David speaks with Anne-Laure Le Cunff, a neuroscientist, writer, entrepreneur, and the founder of Ness Labs, which provides content, coaching, courses and community to help makers put their minds at work.

    They talked about:

    🌟 Choosing authenticity over Mimetic desires

    🎨 Embracing individuality

    ⚖️ Work-life balance as an entrepreneur

    💪 Overcoming self-consciousness

    ⏳ Mindful productivity vs. toxic productivity

    ✍️ Going from writing posts to books

    This is just one part of a longer conversation, and it's the second part. You can listen to the earlier episode here:

    Part 1: 🎙️ Neuroscience, Writing, and Mindful Productivity with Anne-Laure Le Cunff (Episode 92)


    📜 Full transcript:

    theknowledge.io/annelaurelecunff-2/


    📹 Watch on Youtube:

    https://youtu.be/0An0HkLBWG4


    👤Connect with Anne-Laure:

    Twitter: https://twitter.com/neuranne

    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/neuranne/

    The Ness Labs Newsletter | https://newsletter.nesslabs.com/


    🗣 Mentioned in the show:

    The Ness Labs Newsletter | https://newsletter.nesslabs.com/

    Zapier | https://zapier.com/

    The War of Art | https://amzn.to/4aVrbEE

    MKBHD | https://www.youtube.com/@mkbhd

    Tiago Forte | https://fortelabs.com/

    Building a Second Brain | https://amzn.to/44lSqWo

    Pygmalion and Galatea | https://theknowledge.io/pygmalion-effect/


    👨🏾‍💻 About David Elikwu:

    David Elikwu FRSA is a serial entrepreneur, strategist, and writer. David is the founder of The Knowledge, a platform helping people think deeper and work smarter.

    🐣 Twitter: @Delikwu / @itstheknowledge

    🌐 Website: https://www.davidelikwu.com

    📽️ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/davidelikwu

    📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/delikwu/

    🕺 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@delikwu

    🎙️ Podcast: http://plnk.to/theknowledge

    📖 Free Book: https://pro.theknowledge.io/frames

    My Online Course

    🖥️ Decision Hacker: http://www.decisionhacker.io/

    Decision Hacker will help you hack your default patterns and become an intentional architect of your life. You’ll learn everything you need to transform your decisions, your habits, and your outcomes.

    The Knowledge

    📩 Newsletter: https://theknowledge.io

    The Knowledge is a weekly newsletter for people who want to get more out of life. It's full of insights from psychology, philosophy, productivity, and business, all designed to make you more productive, creative, and decisive.

    My Favorite Tools

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    31 min
  • 95. The Power of Pivoting with Jenny Blake

    David speaks with Jenny Blake, an international keynote speaker and author of Pivot: The Only Move That Matters is Your Next One, winner of the Axiom Best Business Books award in the careers category. She hosts two podcasts with over one million downloads combined: Free Time for heart-based business owners, and Pivot with Jenny Blake for navigating change.

    They talked about:

    🚀 Jenny Blake’s early career experiences

    ⚖️ How to manage competing interests

    📱 How social media shapes perspectives

    🌟 Career fulfillment beyond mere results

    🎲 The power of taking risks

    🗝️ Self-discovery through pivoting


    📜 Full transcript:

    theknowledge.io/jennyblake-1/


    📹 Watch on Youtube:

    https://youtu.be/SZv8j8UBsU8


    👤 Connect with Jenny:

    Twitter: @jenny_blake | https://twitter.com/jenny_blake

    Instagram: @jennyblakenyc | https://www.instagram.com/jennyblakenyc/

    Website: Pivot | https://www.pivotmethod.com/

    Podcast: Pivot with Jenny Blake | https://pod.link/pivotmethod

    Books:

    Pivot: The Only Move That Matters Is Your Next One | https://amzn.to/3xvBdxl

    Free Time: Lose the Busywork, Love Your Business | https://amzn.to/3Unh05U


    🗣 Mentioned in the show:

    Google | https://about.google/

    Medill School of Journalism | https://www.medill.northwestern.edu/

    University of California | https://www.ucla.edu/

    Daily Bruin | https://dailybruin.com/

    Palo Alto Networks | https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/

    Career Guru | https://careerguru.teachable.com/

    Parkinson's Law | https://amzn.to/49BnjXT

    Andrew Wilkinson | https://awilkinson.medium.com/

    Shane Parrish | https://fs.blog/about/

    Wanting: The Power of Mimetic Desire in Everyday Life by Luke Burgis | https://amzn.to/4d31DqA

    The Kardashians | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Kardashians

    Suits | https://www.imdb.com/title/tt31122751/

    Kentucky Derby | https://www.kentuckyderby.com/

    The Legend of Success | https://theknowledge.io/issue34/

    Battle of Thermopylae | https://theknowledge.io/legends-an-immaculate-deception/

    Steph Smith | https://stephsmith.io/

    Andreessen Horowitz | https://a16z.com/


    👨🏾‍💻 About David Elikwu:

    David Elikwu FRSA is a serial entrepreneur, strategist, and writer. David is the founder of The Knowledge, a platform helping people think deeper and work smarter.

    🐣 Twitter: @Delikwu / @itstheknowledge

    🌐 Website: https://www.davidelikwu.com

    📽️ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/davidelikwu

    📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/delikwu/

    🕺 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@delikwu

    🎙️ Podcast: http://plnk.to/theknowledge

    📖 Free Book: https://pro.theknowledge.io/frames

    My Online Course

    🖥️ Decision Hacker: http://www.decisionhacker.io/

    Decision Hacker will help you hack your default patterns and become an intentional architect of your life. You’ll learn everything you need to transform your decisions, your habits, and your outcomes.

    The Knowledge

    📩 Newsletter: https://theknowledge.io

    The Knowledge is a weekly newsletter for people who want to get more out of life. It's full of insights from psychology, philosophy, productivity, and business, all designed to make you more productive, creative, and decisive.

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    40 min
  • 94. Leading with Purpose with Ryan Hawk

    David speaks with Ryan Hawk, the host of “The Learning Leader Show,” renowned as one of the most dynamic leadership podcasts available. Ryan is also the author of several highly acclaimed books on management, leadership, and excellence, including “Welcome to Management,” which Forbes hailed as one of the best leadership books of 2020.

    They talked about:

    🤝 Empathy over criticism

    👥 The qualities of exceptional team leaders

    💪 Building confidence through trust and empowerment

    🔍 Mentorship and self-discovery

    🤲 Embracing generosity and servant leadership

    🌱 Building meaningful mentorships

    👨‍👧‍👦 Unconventional lessons as an interviewer and a father

    This is just one part of a longer conversation, and it's the second part. You can listen to the earlier episode here:

    Part 1: 🎙️ The Pursuit of Excellence with Ryan Hawk (Episode 89)


    📜Full transcript:

    theknowledge.io/ryanhawk-2/


    📹 Watch on Youtube:

    https://youtu.be/ccANwsPnia0


    👤 Connect with Ryan:

    Twitter: @RyanHawk12 | https://twitter.com/RyanHawk12

    Website: The Learning Leader Show | https://learningleader.com/about/

    Books: Welcome to Management | https://a.co/d/0mK853F

    The Score That Matters | https://a.co/d/bNRZJmz

    The Pursuit of Excellence | https://a.co/d/d5m4paA


    🗣 Mentioned in the show:

    LexisNexis | https://www.lexisnexis.co.uk/

    Mayer Brown | https://www.mayerbrown.com/en

    Thomson Reuters Westlaw | https://legal.thomsonreuters.com/en/westlaw

    Ted Lasso | https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10986410/

    Brooke Cupps | https://twitter.com/brookcupps?lang=en-GB

    Indiana University | https://www.iu.edu/index.html

    NFL | https://www.nfl.com/

    Andy Reid | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Reid

    Brent Scher | https://muckrack.com/brent-scher

    Robert Greene | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Greene_(American_author)

    Foxhole friends | https://chaparralwisdom.org/2023/03/01/foxhole-friends/

    Keith Hawk | https://www.linkedin.com/in/keithhawk/

    Charlie Munger | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Munger

    Steve Jobs | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Jobs

    Todd Henry | https://www.toddhenry.com/


    👨🏾‍💻 About David Elikwu:

    David Elikwu FRSA is a serial entrepreneur, strategist, and writer. David is the founder of The Knowledge, a platform helping people think deeper and work smarter.

    🐣 Twitter: @Delikwu / @itstheknowledge

    🌐 Website: https://www.davidelikwu.com

    📽️ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/davidelikwu

    📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/delikwu/

    🕺 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@delikwu

    🎙️ Podcast: http://plnk.to/theknowledge

    📖 Free Book: https://pro.theknowledge.io/frames

    My Online Course

    🖥️ Decision Hacker: http://www.decisionhacker.io/

    Decision Hacker will help you hack your default patterns and become an intentional architect of your life. You’ll learn everything you need to transform your decisions, your habits, and your outcomes.

    The Knowledge

    📩 Newsletter: https://theknowledge.io

    The Knowledge is a weekly newsletter for people who want to get more out of life. It's full of insights from psychology, philosophy, productivity, and business, all designed to make you more productive, creative, and decisive.

    My Favorite Tools

    🎞️ Descript: https://bit.ly/descript-de

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    38 min
  • 93. Wealth, Investing, and Personal Finance with Rob Dix

    David speaks with Rob Dix, a co-founder of Property Hub. Rob is a co-host of The Property Podcast, which is one of the biggest business podcasts in the UK, and the author of 3 popular books about property and investing including The Price of Money which was a Sunday Times Bestseller.

    They talked about:

    📈 The secrets of wise investing

    📊 Investing in stocks

    💼 Choosing the right investments

    💰 Role of gold and bitcoin in wealth preservation

    💸 Earning more over saving more

    📝 Importance of financial discipline

    This is just one part of a longer conversation, and it's the second part. You can listen to the earlier episode here:

    Part 1: 🎙️The Price of Money with Rob Dix (Episode 89)


    📜Full transcript:

    https://theknowledge.io/robdix-2/


    📹 Watch on Youtube:

    https://youtu.be/sVxk82ixgP8


    👤 Connect with Rob:

    Twitter: @robdix | https://twitter.com/robdix

    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-dix/

    How To Be A Landlord | https://amzn.eu/d/eQWISE6

    The Complete Guide to Property Investment | https://amzn.eu/d/4LNvmcd

    The Price of Money | https://amzn.eu/d/4rVBuHw

    Website: https://propertyhub.net/


    🗣 Mentioned in the show:

    Equity Investment | https://www.investopedia.com/terms/e/equity.asp

    Cryptocurrency | https://theknowledge.io/what-is-cryptocurrency/

    Bitcoin | https://bitcoin.org/en/

    Adidas | https://www.adidas.co.uk/

    Kanye West | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanye_West

    Yeezy | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adidas_Yeezy

    Vanguard | https://investor.vanguard.com/corporate-portal

    FTSE 100 | https://www.hl.co.uk/shares/stock-market-summary/ftse-100

    Rich Dad Poor Dad | https://www.amazon.co.uk/Rich-Dad-Poor-Teach-Middle/

    Die With Zero | https://www.amazon.co.uk/Die-Zero-Getting-Your-Money/

    Charles Munger | https://www.forbes.com/profile/charles-munger/


    👨🏾‍💻 About David Elikwu:

    David Elikwu FRSA is a serial entrepreneur, strategist, and writer. David is the founder of The Knowledge, a platform helping people think deeper and work smarter.

    🐣 Twitter: @Delikwu / @itstheknowledge

    🌐 Website: https://www.davidelikwu.com

    📽️ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/davidelikwu

    📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/delikwu/

    🕺 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@delikwu

    🎙️ Podcast: http://plnk.to/theknowledge

    📖 EBook: https://delikwu.gumroad.com/l/manual

    My Online Course

    🖥️ Career Hyperdrive: https://maven.com/theknowledge/career-hyperdrive

    Career Hyperdrive is a live, cohort-based course that helps people find their competitive advantage, gain clarity around their goals, and build a future-proof set of mental frameworks so they can live an extraordinary life doing work they love.

    The Knowledge

    📩 Newsletter: https://newsletter.theknowledge.io/

    The Knowledge is a weekly newsletter for people who want to get more out of life. It's full of insights from psychology, philosophy, productivity, and business, all designed to help you think deeper and work smarter.

    My Favorite Tools

    🎞️ Descript: https://bit.ly/descript-de

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    💹 Nutmeg: http://bit.ly/nutmegde

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    35 min

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