Episode 194: Nate Checketts - CEO Of Rhone: Leaving Comfort To Make An Impact

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"If I didn't think people could change, then I think life would be less meaningful."

In This Episode, You Will Learn:

• Common themes of leaders who sustain excellence:
  • It's easy to say someone "got lucky" but that is almost never the case
  • Routine - The best have a routine for long term success. Need good years, need good months, need good weeks, need good days.  You must plan for that success.  Create routines
• Advice from Jack Dorsey:
  • How to stay focused?
    • Focus on one thing at a time
    • Set specific days for certain meetings and do not deviate.  Take ownership of your calendar and schedule
• Nate's Routine
  • Wake up at 5 am
  • Spritual time, meditation
  • Write in The 5 Minute Journal
  • Exercise, Yoga, Running
  • Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday - At his desk by 7:30
• "Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of." - Ben Franklin
• "Be the dentist of your own calendar"
• The story of getting Rhone started in 2011
  • Nobody was doing premium menswear
  • Feb. 2013 incorporated
  • Spent an hour each way on the train commuting to his job working on Rhone
• "Why does it feel like taboo to talk about inspiring men?  It shouldn't"
• Describing the fund raising process
  • "Raising capital is much more art than science"
  • "The biggest key for us was photography.  People needed to see it"
• Why Shane Battier is a Rhone guy
• After raising $8M, how do you decide where to spend that money?
• Speaking about the success of his Dad, Dave Checketts (CEO of Madison Square Garden, New York Knicks)
  • How to instill a work ethic in your children?
  • What it was like growing up with ultra successful parents and how that impacted him
  • How Nate and his wife parent their children
  • How the quote "He was born on third base and convinced he hit a triple" has motivated Nate
  • How he made money creating a sports camp in his backyard growing up
• "You can't teach effort"
• Books to read:
  • 7 Habits (Covey)
  • How Habits Work (Duhigg)
  • Red Rising (Fiction)
• Learning Leader = "I love the idea of being an eternal student."

"Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of." - Benjamin Franklin

Continue Learning:

• Follow Rhone on Twitter: @rhone
• Follow Nate on Twitter: @natechecketts
• Connect with me on LinkedIn
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Episode edited by the great J Scott Donnell

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