Making a Commitment to Yourself

The Learning Leader Show With Ryan Hawk

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#345: Kamal Ravikant - Love Yourself Like Your Life Depends On It

Notes:

• Commonalities of leaders who have sustained excellence:
  • A belief in the power of commitment to self:
    • WHO am I going to be that day?
    • Don't just float through life
    • "Excellence means continuing through imperfect days." --> Moving forward: It's a mindset
• How to learn how to keep pushing forward?
  • "Don't wait until you're qualified to do it.  Jump in, learn to swim."
• Kamal's process for selling: "You have to believe it."
• Writing process -- Forced Kamal to deal with rejection... It was part of the process to get better.
  • Studied the greats: Hemingway - Clear, simple, prose.
  • "Writing is more rewarding than anything.  It's just you and the blank page."
• "Love yourself like your life depends on it."  It's story about responding to failure.
• How does this work with someone who already feels great about themselves?
  • "Fundamentally, this is about how to be better.  Learn from the maps of humanity."  It's all about what's intside.
    • "The internal impacts the external."
• Kamal had to come to terms with his tough childhood.  He appreciates the strength developed from sleeping in a car (temporarily homeless)
• What was learned from boot camp (in the Army)?
  • "I can handle anything thrown at me."  It teaches the value of mission and responsibility.
• Leading a team in business:
  • "Hire people for what they're best at."  And then support them to do that work.
  • "The best leaders are those that have actually done stuff."  They understand the nuance of the industry and the work.
  • Must be hungry.
• Why walk across Spain?
  • Having the mentality of, "No matter what, I'll figure it out... Take chances in life.  Go beyond comfort zones."
• How has a life altering event (a surgery that went bad) impacted perspective on life?
  • "I feel blessed and lucky."
  • "You can become a mess or become awesome."
• What Kamal learned from spending time with monks?
  • "The construct of self disappears."
  • "Love and compassion."
• Advice: "Excellence requires persistence."