Future Squared with Steve Glaveski

In the second installment of the Strong Opinions, Weakly Held series, I'll be tackling DEI programs, and how they can backfire and cause more harm than good. --- Listen to Future Squared wherever you find your podcasts, or find us online at www.nofilter.media/futuresquared GET COACHED BY LUCAS: https://www.ergogenic.health/product/coaching GET LUCAS TO DESIGN YOUR SUPPLEMENT PROTOCOL: https://www.ergogenic.health/product/custom-stack     Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

David Prior is a lifelong entrepreneur. He founded Baroda Packaging, which was acquired in 2007, before turning his eye to yoghurt, with Five:AM Organics, which after just three years in the market was acquired for $80 million. A year later, in 2015, David proceeded to invest half of his net worth into the acquisition of Bladnoch Distillery, a 200 year old whisky distillery in the Scottish lowlands that was in administration; destitute and downtrodden, having not produced any Scotch Whisky for almost a decade. David saw an opportunity to bring life back, not only to the distillery, but to the people of Bladnoch; after the purchase, he returned jobs to everyone who had lost them and was dedicated to restoring value to the community's history and heritage, empowering them for a successful future. This was a fascinating conversation that unpacked some of David’s business philosophies. We unpacked: 1 - why your business doesn’t necessarily need a unique value proposition to be successful 2 - why David decided to pour all of his money into Bladnoch and a non-for-profit foundation, instead of sailing into the sunset 3 - how David regulates stress 4 - what it takes to build a successful FMCG business We covered this, and more, so strap yourself in for my conversation with David Prior. Show Notes: Bladnoch.com Priorfoundation.org  https://www.facebook.com/bladnochwhisky/ https://www.instagram.com/bladnochwhisky/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVqyvNS5DZQG-3m8ZcBVeVA https://www.linkedin.com/company/bladnoch-distillery/ https://twitter.com/bladnochwhisky --- www.nofilter.media GET COACHED BY LUCAS: https://www.ergogenic.health/product/coaching GET LUCAS TO DESIGN YOUR SUPPLEMENT PROTOCOL: https://www.ergogenic.health/product/custom-stack --- Sponsored By: Future Squared listeners can get 20% off and free shipping on all Manscaped products at MANSCAPED.COM, with code FUTURESQUARED. That’s 20% off at MANSCAPED.COM with code, FUTURESQUARED. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Gad Saad is a Lebanese-Canadian evolutionary psychologist at the John Molson School of Business who applies evolutionary psychology to marketing and consumer behaviour.  His latest book is The Parasitic Mind: How Infectious Ideas Are Killing Common Sense, and it explores the numerous idea pathogens permeating today’s social landscape, such as, but not limited to post-modernism. We covered lots of ground in this rapid fire 30-minute conversation with Saad, including: How dangerous fringe ideas are permeating the mainstream The problem with Diversity and Inclusion programs Social media censorship and free speech absolutism Fake news Social justice politics at Google and Spotify Falsification theory The tyranny of the minority How the silent majority can stand up And, why rapper 50 Cent is, apparently, no longer black This was a very important discussion about ideas that hold truth firmly in their crosshairs, and can have devastating consequences on how we work and live if kept unchecked. We can either bury our heads in the sand, or, we can listen, learn, and act, so with that I bring you the one and only, Gad Saad. Show Notes: The Parasitic Mind: How Infectious Ideas Are Killing Common Sense: https://amzn.to/3ovHsbl Website: com The Saad Truth on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLH7qUqM0PLieCVaHA7RegA Twitter: @GadSaad Previous books: The Consuming Instinct https://amzn.to/37QzGTL  The Evolutionary Biases of Consumption https://amzn.to/31M9WUm  Sponsored By: Future Squared listeners can get 20% off and free shipping on all Manscaped products at MANSCAPED.COM, with code FUTURESQUARED. That’s 20% off at MANSCAPED.COM with code, FUTURESQUARED. ---------------------------------------------------------------- www.nofilter.media  Listen to Future Squared on Apple Podcasts  goo.gl/sMnEa0 Also available on: Spotify, Google Podcasts, TuneIn, Stitcher and Soundcloud Twitter: twitter.com/steveglaveski Instagram: instagram.com/@thesteveglaveski Future Squared: futuresquared.xyz Steve Glaveski: steveglaveski.com Medium: medium.com/@steveglaveski GET COACHED BY LUCAS: https://www.ergogenic.health/product/coaching GET LUCAS TO DESIGN YOUR SUPPLEMENT PROTOCOL: https://www.ergogenic.health/product/custom-stack   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this very first instalment of the Strong Opinions, Weakly Held series, I'll be talking about why companies like Disney, and generalists in particular, are thriving in the uncertain world that is the one we find ourselves in today. You can subscribe to more SOWH insights at strongopinions.weaklyheld.substack.com GET COACHED BY LUCAS: https://www.ergogenic.health/product/coaching GET LUCAS TO DESIGN YOUR SUPPLEMENT PROTOCOL: https://www.ergogenic.health/product/custom-stack Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dan Jovevski is an entrepreneur, and founder of WeMoney, an AI-based financial wellness platform set out to increase financial wellbeing for all Australians. The company closed a $2m round during the pandemic, which speaks volumes about how pronounced the problem of financial wellness, or should that be not-wellness is amongst people today. This was a fascinating conversation that unpacked Dan’s journey to WeMoney, but also the psychological vulnerabilities that predispose us to making bad financial decisions, and actionable ways we can circumvent them. So with that, I bring you the one and only, Dan Jovevski. Show Notes: WeMoney: wemoney.com.au Dan Jovevski: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danieljovevski/ Ray Dalio’s Principles: https://amzn.to/379XiSG Clay Christensen’s How Will You Measure Your Life: https://amzn.to/350QXX6 Dan Kahneman’s Thinking Fast and Slow: https://amzn.to/37bIS4I Sponsored By: Future Squared listeners can get 20% off and free shipping on all Manscaped products at MANSCAPED.COM, with code FUTURESQUARED. That’s 20% off at MANSCAPED.COM with code, FUTURESQUARED. ---------------------------------------------------------------- www.nofilter.media  Listen to Future Squared on Apple Podcasts  goo.gl/sMnEa0 Also available on: Spotify, Google Podcasts, TuneIn, Stitcher and Soundcloud Twitter: twitter.com/steveglaveski Instagram: instagram.com/@thesteveglaveski Future Squared: futuresquared.xyz Steve Glaveski: steveglaveski.com Medium: medium.com/@steveglaveski Steve's book: employeetoentrepreneur.io NEW Facebook group:facebook.com/groups/futuresquared/ Watch on YouTube: bit.ly/2N77FLx GET COACHED BY LUCAS: https://www.ergogenic.health/product/coaching GET LUCAS TO DESIGN YOUR SUPPLEMENT PROTOCOL: https://www.ergogenic.health/product/custom-stack   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This is a repost of my recent interview with Lucas Aoun on the Boost Your Biology podcast, all about getting twice as much done in half the time. We unpack myriad actionable ways you can get more done in less time to free yourself up to lead your best life.  Find Boost Your Biology wherever you listen to podcasts, or find it online at www.nofilter.media/boostyourbiology Show Notes: Get the book: www.timerichbook.com Lucas Aoun on IG: @ergogenic_health GET COACHED BY LUCAS: https://www.ergogenic.health/product/coaching GET LUCAS TO DESIGN YOUR SUPPLEMENT PROTOCOL: https://www.ergogenic.health/product/custom-stack Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today’s the day (finally)! My fifth book, Time Rich: Do Your Best Work, Live Your Best Life, is now available. The book was originally slated for release in May, but with all of the uncertainty surrounding coronavirus at the time, my publisher (Wiley) and I decided to push it back to October, thinking that the world would have returned to some semblance of normality by then.  While that isn’t exactly the case, the book is perhaps more relevant now than ever, with people spending, on average, 11 hours a day staring at screens since remote work became more than just a fringe startup and freelancer movement, and a reality for almost everybody employed in a white collar profession. As Roman statesman and philosopher Seneca put it almost two millennia ago, “people are frugal with their money but not with their time”, but unlike money, time cannot be earned back once we’ve spent it and it is by virtue of the shortness of life, the most precious commodity we have. Time Rich builds upon the foundation laid by my Harvard Business Review article, The Case For the 6-Hour Workday, and provides actionable insights for not only the lone worker, but teams and leaders at large organizations. It’s about reorganizing how we work - something we’ve never truly learned how to do - in order to not just be more productive and more innovative, but free up time to lead our best lives. The book has been endorsed by a number of thought leaders, including Adam Grant, Nir Eyal and Whitney Johnson. Adam Grant (bestselling author of Originals and Give and Take) was kind enough to say that “Steve Glaveski understands something that few leaders have figured out: it’s possible to do less and get more done. This book offers a blueprint for working smarter.” Nir Eyal (bestselling author of Hooked and Indistractable) put it simply; “Steve Glaveski offers countless ways to get more out of each day”. If you’re looking to get more out of your days - whether that be at work or in your personal life - then I am sure that a modest investment in this book will repay itself in orders of magnitude.  And if you’re not convinced, below you’ll find ten quick tips which scratch the surface of what you will find in Time Rich.   How You Can Support the Book Buy the book: Of course, the best way to support the book is to pick up a copy. You can do so here. Bulk buy: If you work for a company and think that your organization might benefit from learning how to be smarter with its time, then I am offering bulk buy deals, which also include a remote keynote talk. You can learn more about that here. This might be of interest to your human resources team.  Leave a review: And if you’ve read and enjoy the book, I would really appreciate it if you took a minute or two to leave a review on Amazon, Goodreads, Booktopia or your platform of choice.  Share it on social: If you’d otherwise like to support me and the book, you can share it to socials with the following pre-populated share links, or forward this email to some colleagues or friends: Twitter | Facebook | Linkedin Thank you so much for your support - without an audience of people coming back to read my articles and listen to my podcast, this book would simply not have happened. Thank You! Steve Glaveski --- Show Notes: - Get the book: www.timerichbook.com - Bulk buys: www.timerichbook.com/bulk-buy GET COACHED BY LUCAS: https://www.ergogenic.health/product/coaching GET LUCAS TO DESIGN YOUR SUPPLEMENT PROTOCOL: https://www.ergogenic.health/product/custom-stack Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this solosode of the Future Squared podcast, I tackle the recent news that Spotify's NYC staffers want the platform to censor one of the world's most popular podcasts today, the Joe Rogan Experience. This is a recording of an article I wrote on the topic which you can find at https://www.nofilter.media/posts/spotifys-censorship-moment-joe-rogan-podcasts-and-politics GET COACHED BY LUCAS: https://www.ergogenic.health/product/coaching GET LUCAS TO DESIGN YOUR SUPPLEMENT PROTOCOL: https://www.ergogenic.health/product/custom-stack Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this special rebroadcast episode, we go back into the archives for a conversation on the philosophy of Stoicism, and on focusing on what you can control - something of central importance in these trying times of COVID-19. Massimo Pigliucci is a Professor of Philosophy at the City University of New York. His research is concerned with philosophy of science, the relationship between science and philosophy, and the nature of pseudoscience. He received a Doctorate in Genetics from the University of Ferrara in Italy, a PhD in Botany from the University of Connecticut, and a PhD in Philosophy from the University of Tennessee. He has published over a hundred technical papers and several books.  Prof. Pigliucci has been awarded the prestigious Dobzhansky Prize from the Society for the Study of Evolution. He has been elected fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science "for fundamental studies of genotype by environmental interactions and for public defense of evolutionary biology from pseudoscientific attack." In the areas of outreach and critical thinking, Prof. Pigliucci has published in national magazines such as Skeptic, Skeptical Inquirer, Philosophy Now, and The Philosopher's Magazine, among others. He has also been elected as a Consultant for the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry.  Pigliucci penned the wildly successful "Rationally Speaking" blog and podcast (rationallyspeaking.org) and maintains a blog - the namesake of his latest book -  called How to be a Stoic. Towards the end of the show we started chatting about genetically modified and AI augmented humanity which will form the basis of another chat with Massimo in the future, but for now, please enjoy my conversation on Stoicism and how it can help you in your personal and professional life with the one, the only...Massimo Pigliucci. Topics Discussed: The intersection of philosophy and science Seneca, Epictetus and Marcus Aurelius How Stoicism can help us lead better professional and personal lives Stoicism in the workplace Does being Stoic make you emotionless? Silicon Valley’s Stoicism movement Living a life of virtue The decoupling of consciousness and intelligence Are human feelings just algorithms Show Notes: Twitter: twitter.com/mpigliucci Rationally Speaking blog: rationallyspeaking.blogspot.com How to be a Stoic blog: howtobeastoic.wordpress.com Footnotes to Plato blog: www.platofootnotes.org Get Massimo's books: How To Be A Stoic: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Living - https://amzn.to/2MvYuC4 Nonsense on Stilts: How to Tell Science from Bunk - https://amzn.to/2x9zkV1 Philosophy of Pseudoscience: Reconsidering the Demarcation Problem - https://amzn.to/2paA4oh Science Unlimited?: The Challenges of Scientism - https://amzn.to/2pbCGTa The Nature of Philosophy: How Philosophy Makes Progress and Why It Matters - https://amzn.to/2xccdJy Evolution, the Extended Synthesis (The MIT Press) - https://amzn.to/2pcD0Rs Tales of the Rational: Skeptical Essays About Nature and Science - https://amzn.to/2pcDze2 Answers for Aristotle: How Science and Philosophy Can Lead Us to A More Meaningful Life - https://amzn.to/2phtOeN Phenotypic Integration: Studying the Ecology and Evolution of Complex Phenotypes - https://amzn.to/2xe2vGm Making Sense of Evolution: The Conceptual Foundations of Evolutionary Biology - https://amzn.to/2MCofka   --- Follow me on Instagram: @thesteveglaveski Like us? ‍ It'd make our day if you took 1 minute to show some love on iTunes, Stitcher or Soundcloud by subscribing, sharing and giving us a 5 star rating. ‍ To sign up to our mailing list head to www.futuresquared.xyz For more information on Collective Campus, our innovation hub, school and consultancy based in Australia and Singapore check out www.collectivecampus.io ‍Future Squared is part of the NoFilter Media network. Find NoFilter online at www.nofilter.media GET COACHED BY LUCAS: https://www.ergogenic.health/product/coaching GET LUCAS TO DESIGN YOUR SUPPLEMENT PROTOCOL: https://www.ergogenic.health/product/custom-stack Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

At the age of twenty-six, John Roa founded a tech-consulting and design firm,  ÄKTA,  that he sold for a fortune to Salesforce.  His account of his rise from a self-described below-average student, to becoming a poster boy for the ambitious, successful young entrepreneur, to nearly destroying himself in the process is the subject of his book, A Practical Way to Get Rich . . . and Die Trying. Roa's twenty-year-long journey from being dead-broke to wealth he never imagined is an absurd and often comical story of talent, luck, risk, rapidly changing technology, larger-than-life personalities, sex, gambling, and excessive alcohol and drug consumption. We covered lots of ground in this conversation, including: How Roa went from a six-figure debt to multi-millionaire before the age of 30 The toxic lifestyle he led while building his company, AKTA The psychotic breakdown he experienced, which forced him to sell his company And the lessons learned along the way about business and life Listeners of this show will know that I am an advocate for balance, and Roa’s tale serves as a cautionary one that I hope entrepreneurs listening to this will learn from. With that, I bring you the one and only, John Roa. Show Notes: Get the book: https://amzn.to/3572aa6 Twitter: @johnroa Instagram: @johnroa Web: roa.com --- Listen to Future Squared on Apple Podcasts  goo.gl/sMnEa0 Also available on: Spotify, Google Podcasts, TuneIn, Stitcher and Soundcloud Twitter: twitter.com/steveglaveski Instagram: instagram.com/@thesteveglaveski Future Squared: futuresquared.xyz Steve Glaveski: steveglaveski.com Medium: medium.com/@steveglaveski Steve's book: employeetoentrepreneur.io NEW Facebook group:facebook.com/groups/futuresquared/ Watch on YouTube: bit.ly/2N77FLx GET COACHED BY LUCAS: https://www.ergogenic.health/product/coaching GET LUCAS TO DESIGN YOUR SUPPLEMENT PROTOCOL: https://www.ergogenic.health/product/custom-stack   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.