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New Episode: Dan Millman: Way of the Peaceful Warrior

New Episode: Dan Millman: Way of the Peaceful Warrior

Dan Millman's book; Way of the Peaceful Warrior is a rare story with the power to transform lives. It conveys piercing truths with drama, heart, and humor and speaks directly to the universal quest for fulfillment and happiness, for finding our place in the world. Way of the Peaceful Warrior is a part-fictional, part-autobiographical book based upon the early life of the author Dan Millman.

It is a story for all times that can inspire joy, expand perspectives, and remind us of the deeper truth we already know, that real freedom lies within us right now.

Wisdom of the Stoics

Wisdom of the Stoics

Hello, listeners, members and subscribers! Our seventh Moonshots Master episode is here and we are delving deep into the philosophy, mindsets, behaviours and Wisdom of the Stoics!

We open up the show with Therealisedman, who has a call to action inspired by Marcus Aurelius and Victor Frankl, stating that we all have power over our minds. We then turn to Moonshots master, Ryan Holiday, on how Stoics had the wisdom to build and maintain self-discipline, and why wisdom is so valuable for our minds.

As we move to understand Stoicism more, we hear from Chris Lines, who reads out a collection of Marcus Aurelius’s greatest quotes. Next up are Gad Saad and Joe Rogan, who discuss the timeless wisdom of the ancient philosophers together, as well as the impact of the Stoics today.

Closing out the show is modern-day Stoic leader, Ryan Holiday, who gives us the secrets to unlocking courage to grow, and how to make progress every day. Then Ryan closes the show with a thought that helps us reconsider our ego, and questions if we did our best today.

Our recommended reading list on the Wisdom of the Stoics includes some key titles that will help you go even deeper into the topic:

  1. How to Be a Stoic, Massimo Pigliucci

  2. Cambridge Companion to the Stoics, Brad Inwood

  3. Discourses and Selected Writings, Epictetus

  4. Letters from a Stoic, Seneca

  5. Meditations, Marcus Aurelius

  6. Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living, Ryan Holiday

  7. How to Think Like a Roman Emperor, Donald Robertson

What key lesson are you taking from the Stoics, and what we’ve learned in the Master Series? Get in touch and let us know! Thanks for listening. That’s a wrap.

New Episode: Don Miguel Ruiz: The Four Agreements Wisdom Book

New Episode: Don Miguel Ruiz: The Four Agreements Wisdom Book

In THE FOUR AGREEMENTS, don Miguel Ruiz reveals the source of self-limiting beliefs that rob us of joy and create needless suffering. Based on ancient Toltec wisdom, The Four Agreements offer a powerful code of conduct that can rapidly transform our lives to a new experience of freedom, true happiness, and love.

BE IMPECCABLE WITH YOUR WORD - DON'T TAKE ANYTHING PERSONALLY - DON'T MAKE ASSUMPTIONS - ALWAYS DO YOUR BEST

'Don Miguel Ruiz'a book is a roadmap to enlightenment and freedom.' - Deepak Chopra, Author

New Episode: Charlie Munger: Latticework of Mental Models

New Episode: Charlie Munger: Latticework of Mental Models

Charlie Munger is one of the greatest investors of all time. Plenty of people have called him a “learning machine.” The phrase ‘Latticework of Mental Models’ comes from Berkshire-Hathaway’s Charles Munger, who spent most of his life working out ways to, for lack of a better term, think better.

Munger has come to the conclusion that in order to make better decisions in business and in life, you must find and understand the core principles from all disciplines.

You have to learn all the big ideas in the key disciplines in a way that they’re in a mental latticework in your head and you automatically use them for the rest of your life. – Charlie Munger

This is what he calls Elementary Worldly Wisdom, and using his system of Mental Models can help you succeed in almost any endeavour.

New Episode: Bob Iger - The Ride of a Lifetime

New Episode: Bob Iger - The Ride of a Lifetime

Join Mike and Mark as they go through Bob Iger’s career at Disney, and discover what we can decode about being our best versions.

Bob Iger, who retired last year after 15 years as chief executive, has agreed to return to the post for two more years, Disney said in a statement late on Sunday local time.

Robert A. Iger was Executive Chairman of The Walt Disney Company and Chairman of the Board of Directors. During his tenure as CEO, Mr. Iger expanded on Disney’s rich history of unforgettable storytelling with the acquisitions of Pixar (2006), Marvel (2009), Lucasfilm (2012) and 21st Century Fox (2019), as well as the landmark 2016 opening of Disney’s first theme park and resort in Mainland China, Shanghai Disney Resort.

Over his 15 years leading the Company, Mr. Iger built Disney into one of the world’s largest and most admired media and entertainment companies

New Episode: Brené Brown: Essential Wisdom

New Episode: Brené Brown: Essential Wisdom

Casandra Brené Brown is an American professor, lecturer, author, and podcast host. Brown is known in particular for her research on shame, vulnerability, and leadership, and for her widely viewed TEDx talk in 2010.

Since then she has written six number-one New York Times bestselling books, hosts two podcasts, and has filmed a lecture for Netflix as well as a series about her latest book, Atlas of the Heart on HBO Max.

Brown holds the Huffington Foundation's Brené Brown Endowed Chair at the University of Houston's Graduate College of Social Work and is a visiting professor in management at McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas at Austin.

New Episode: Shane Parrish: The Great Mental Models

New Episode: Shane Parrish: The Great Mental Models

Shane Parrish and Rhiannon Beaubien’s The Great Mental Models: Is designed to upgrade your thinking with the best, most useful, and powerful tools so you always have the right one on hand. Mental models help you improve your decision-making, productivity, and how clearly you see the world.

You will discover what forces govern the universe and how to focus your efforts so you can harness them to your advantage, rather than fight with them or worse yet— ignore them.

The old saying goes, "To the man with a hammer, everything looks like a nail." But anyone who has done any kind of project knows a hammer often isn't enough. The more tools you have at your disposal, the more likely you'll use the right tool for the job — and get it done right.

The same is true when it comes to your thinking. The quality of your outcomes depends on the mental models in your head. And most people are going through life with little more than a hammer. Until now.

Upgrade your mental toolbox!

New Episode: Ryan Holiday: Discipline Is Destiny

New Episode: Ryan Holiday: Discipline Is Destiny

To master anything, one must first master themselves–one’s emotions, one’s thoughts, one’s actions.

In Ryan Holidays: Discipline is Destiny, Holiday draws on the stories of historical figures we can emulate as pillars of self-discipline, including Lou Gehrig, Queen Elizabeth II, boxer Floyd Patterson, Marcus Aurelius, and writer Toni Morrison, as well as the cautionary tales of Napoleon, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and Babe Ruth. Through these engaging examples, Holiday teaches readers the power of self-discipline and balance.

At the heart of Stoicism are four simple virtues: courage, temperance, justice, and wisdom. Everything else, the Stoics believed, flows from them. Discipline is Destiny will guide readers down the path to self-mastery, upon which all the other virtues depend.

New Episode: Darren Hardy: The Compound Effect

New Episode: Darren Hardy: The Compound Effect

Darren Hardy does it again in his book: The Compound Effect. Based on the principle that decisions shape your destiny. Little, everyday decisions will either take you to the life you desire or to disaster by default. A compilation of the fundamental principles that have guided the most phenomenal achievements in business, relationships, and beyond. This easy-to-use, step-by-step operating system allows you to multiply your success, chart your progress and achieve any desire.

If you're serious about living an extraordinary life, use the power of The Compound Effect to create the success you want.

New Episode: Ryan Holiday: Courage Is Calling

New Episode: Ryan Holiday: Courage Is Calling

We end our Ryan Holiday series with his first book of an exciting new series on the virtues of ancient philosophy explores the most foundational virtue of all: Courage.

In Courage Is Calling (buy on Amazon), Ryan Holiday breaks down the elements of fear, an expression of cowardice, the elements of courage, an expression of bravery, and lastly, the elements of heroism, an expression of valor. Through engaging stories about historic and contemporary leaders, including Charles De Gaulle, Florence Nightingale, and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, Holiday shows you how to conquer fear and practice courage in your daily life.

In a world in which fear runs rampant—when people would rather stand on the sidelines than speak out against injustice, go along with convention than bet on themselves, and turn a blind eye to the realities of modern life—we need courage more than ever.

New Episode: Darren Hardy: The Entrepreneur Roller Coaster

New Episode: Darren Hardy: The Entrepreneur Roller Coaster

66% of small businesses fail, and it’s not for the reasons you think. So why do they fail? That is what Darren Hardy set out on a mission to discover in The Entrepreneur Roller Coaster.

What he found was startling. All the previously reported reasons and assumptions for the failure rate (capital, location, credit, inventory management, and competition) were wrong.

Failure was not due to outside factors--they were internal. They weren't economic--they were emotional. The unexpected and terrifying emotional roller coaster an entrepreneur experiences is the greatest factor in why most quit and ultimately fail.

Goals

Goals

Hello, listeners, members and subscribers! Our sixteenth Moonshots Master episode is here and we are leaping into Leadership and Goal setting, off the back of our Achieving Your Goals series!

To truly get us going, we hear from the master, John Doerr, who inspires us by stating it's crucial to choose the right goals for the right reasons, in business and in our personal lives, and how Google, Bono, And The Gates Foundation Rock The World With OKRS. We then learn from Laura Wilkinson, an Olympic gold medalist, who discusses the importance of setting goals, and why accidents like winning an Olympic Gold don’t just happen.

Now we can dive into Christina R Wodtke, who speaks about ‘What Matters’ and how you flow OKRs through your organisation, as well as the importance of empowerment. We also have Expert Program Management who states how to keep your balance when setting goals, and the value of Self assessment.

To help us kick-start our behaviour today, we learn from Kim Scott, who breaks down Radical Candor and introduces the 4 quadrants. We close, fully inspired and keen to begin, with Terrence Donahue and Michael D Watkins, who talk about the benefits of planning where you’re going forward, and the Next 90 Days.

Our recommended reading list includes some key titles that will help you go even deeper into the topic:

  1. John Doerr, Measure What Matters

  2. Caroline Adams Miller and Michael B. Frisch, Creating Your Best Life: The Ultimate Life List Guide

  3. Christina R Wodtke, Radical Focus

  4. Kim Scott, Radical Candor

  5. Michael D Watkins, The First 90 Days

  6. Michael Hyatt, Your Best Year Ever: A 5-Step Plan for Achieving Your Most Important Goals

What key lesson are you taking from the Master Series shows? Get in touch and let us know! Thanks for listening. That’s a wrap.

If you don't know where you are going, you will probably end up somewhere else." – Lawrence J. Peter

New Episode: Ryan Holiday: Stillness Is The Key

New Episode: Ryan Holiday: Stillness Is The Key

In our next bonus episode on Ryan Holiday, we look at his best-selling book, Stillness Is The Key. We look at tools to harness the power of slowing down your body and mind for fewer distractions, better self-control, and above all, a happier and more peaceful life.

Holiday examines figures who exemplified the power of stillness: Winston Churchill, Fred Rogers, who taught generations of children to see what was invisible to the eye; Anne Frank, whose journaling and love of nature guided her through unimaginable adversity.

“Stillness is what aims the archer's arrow. It inspires new ideas. It sharpens perspective and illuminates connections.” ― Ryan Holiday, Stillness is the Key

New Episode: Kim Scott: Radical Candor

New Episode: Kim Scott: Radical Candor

Radical Candor is a simple idea: to be a good boss, you have to Care Personally at the same time that you Challenge Directly. When you challenge without caring it's obnoxious aggression; when you care without challenging it's ruinous empathy. When you do neither it's manipulative insincerity.

Author Kim Scott was an executive at Google and then at Apple, where she worked with a team to develop a class on how to be a good boss. She has earned growing fame in recent years with her approach to effective management, Radical Candor. From the time we learn to speak, we're told that if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all. When you become a manager, it's your job to say it--and your obligation.

New Episode: Ryan Holiday: Ego is the Enemy

New Episode: Ryan Holiday: Ego is the Enemy

In our next series on Ryan Holiday, we dive back into Ego is the Enemy to answer questions about what to do when the biggest obstacle is internal. Holiday explains how finding early successes led him to the realization that ego can cloud ambition and hinder personal and professional growth, particularly when accomplishments are tied to self-worth.

Ego Is the Enemy puts forth the argument that often our biggest problems are not caused by external factors such as other people or circumstances. Instead, our problems stem from our own attitude, selfishness, and self-absorption. In other words, introducing ego into a situation often prevents us from being rational, objective, and clear-headed.

New Episode: Michael D Watkins: The First 90 Days

New Episode: Michael D Watkins: The First 90 Days

Transitions are a critical time for leaders at all levels. Missteps made during the crucial first three months in a new role can jeopardize your success. In his book, The First 90 Days; Michael D. Watkins offers proven strategies for conquering the challenges of taking on a new role — no matter where you are in your career.

Whether you’re starting a new job, being promoted from within, or embarking on an overseas assignment, this is the guide you’ll need to succeed in your first 90 days — and beyond.

“The most important decisions you make in your first 90 days will probably be about people.” Michael D Watkins

New Episode: Ryan Holiday: The Daily Stoic

New Episode: Ryan Holiday: The Daily Stoic

Join us as we revisit a series on Ryan Holiday, starting with his book The Daily Stoic. A unique blend of practical wisdom that has been inspiring the most successful among us for centuries, from Roman Emperors to Barack Obama. The Daily Stoic widens our view on the Stoic philosophy and shows that it can be applied to any problem.

The goal of this book is “to restore Stoicism to its rightful place as a tool in the pursuit of self-mastery, perseverance, and wisdom.” From how to manage failure to get what you want, the ideas continue to be vitally relevant to today's doers and thinkers.

“You must put in place training and habits now to replace ignorance and ill discipline. Only then will you begin to behave and act”. Ryan Holiday

New Episode: Christina R Wodtke: Radical Focus

New Episode: Christina R Wodtke: Radical Focus

Radical Focus tackles the OKR movement and better goal setting through the powerful story of Hanna and Jack’s struggling tea startup. When the two receive an ultimatum from their only investor, they must learn how to employ Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) with radical focus to get the right things done. Will they be able to accomplish the few critical actions that will save their startup? Or will they end up mired in distractions and choices as their time runs out?

Christina Wodkte pulls from her experience with Silicon Valley’s hottest companies to teach practical insights on goal setting in fable form. How do you inspire a diverse team to work together, going all out in pursuit of a single, challenging goal? How do you stay motivated despite setbacks and failures?

Ready to move your team in the right direction? Read this book together, and learn Wodtke’s powerful system of decision-making to create your focus and find success.

New Episode: John Doerr: Measure What Matters

New Episode: John Doerr: Measure What Matters

Is your company focused on the right things? Do you understand what goals will move your company forward, and how to measure them? OKRs can help. Measure What Matters shows you how to use the OKR management system to identify your priorities, set ambitious goals, clearly measure and track them, and motivate and align everyone on your team.

This system helped Larry Page and Sergey Brin turn a small startup called Google into one of the most innovative companies in the world. Whether your business is large or small, OKRs are invaluable tools. Learn to implement the same management system used by Google, Intel, LinkedIn, Disney, Twitter, and Spotify.

Ideas are easy. Execution is everything.
― John Doerr

Lean Start Up

Lean Start Up

Hello, listeners, members, and subscribers! Our fifteenth Moonshots Master episode is here and we are leaping into Entrepreneurship and Lean Start-Up, one of the most valuable methodologies we have ever used!

Kicking off with the team from Productivity Game, we hear a breakdown of Eric Ries’ experience at imvu and how there is so much value in learning what customers actually want. We also get inspired from the folks at Development That Pays, who tell us about the very best MVPs of all time.

As we look to understand more about Lean we go to the master himself, Eric Ries, who teaches us how to utilise a Lean methodology when building your product. Dan Martell then talks about his ‘problem, pain, passion’ framework that he uses to validate business ideas, and how we should never build a business backwards.

Now we’re ready to learn about adopting the habits and framework, we revisit Productivity Game who guides us with the steps to building an MVP. Closing out the Master series episode we have Eric Ries again, who reassures us that many startups have ‘pivoted’ their strategy, and then gone on to become thriving companies.

Our recommended reading list will help you go even deeper into the topic and our shows on Lean Start Up:

  1. Eric Ries, The Lean Startup

  2. Bill Gross, Timing Is The Single Biggest Reason Why Startups Succeed

  3. Ash Maurya, Scaling Lean: Mastering the Key Metrics for Startup Growth

  4. Sean Ellis, Hacking Growth: How Today's Fastest-Growing Companies Drive Breakout Success

  5. Steve Magness, Do Hard Things: Why We Get Resilience Wrong and the Surprising Science of Real Toughness

  6. Harvard Business Review, Why the Lean Start-Up Changes Everything

What key lesson are you taking from the Master Series shows? Get in touch and let us know! Thanks for listening. That’s a wrap.

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