FOMO Sapiens with Patrick J. McGinnis

Join Patrick each Monday to go deeper on all things FOMO Sapiens, including thoughts on last week’s episode, practical advice, current events, and listener mail. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this week’s all-new episode, founder and CEO of BetterUp, the largest coaching platform in the world, Alexi Robichaux explains how his company uses individualized coaching, counseling, mentorship, and digital learning programs to help members grow, adapt and flourish personally and professionally.Explaining that mental health isn’t simply the absence of sickness, Alexi shares his mission to cultivate mental fitness through customized coaching and community support. BetterUp provides a pathway for personal growth and long-term development under the support and care of a primary coach who will build your specialized coaching team and connect you with the help you need, even when you’re not quite sure what that help might be. Whether you are looking for management coaching, increased sleep hygiene, or overall lifestyle wellness, when it comes to self-improvement, BetterUp is your one-stop shop for personal growth and professional development. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join Patrick each Monday to go deeper on all things FOMO Sapiens, including thoughts on last week’s episode, practical advice, current events, and listener mail. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

From a non-profit start-up to the national political stage, Andrew Yang is not your typical mayoral candidate. After raising nearly $40M in grassroots efforts and outlasting career politicians in the 2020 presidential race, Andrew Yang is focusing on revitalizing and rebuilding New York City after a devastating pandemic that wounded the city, in some ways, beyond measure.  Yang shares how he plans to invest in this city and its people while getting others to do so as well. Focusing on anti-poverty initiatives that address issues such as access to reliable high-speed internet and financial services as well as working with corporations to bring jobs and talent back to the city, Yang explains he is dedicated to healing a city in crisis.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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From a series of startups to the giant Amazon Web Services, this week’s guest, Jeff Lawson, CEO of Twilio and author of the new book Ask Your Developer: How to Harness the Power of Software Developers and Win in the 21st Century, has figured out a way to bridge the divide between developers and business executives to create successful solutions and customer experiences.Jeff explains how the best companies utilize their technical partners as creative problem solvers rather than just digital assembly workers. When companies share the challenges that they and their customers face with their software developers, while embracing a culture of experimentation, the collaboration can result in ingenuity and success.  Jeff discusses how the need to better utilize technical partners for success drove him to write his new book in order for businesses across industries to successfully transition into thriving digital companies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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You may have seen her as a little girl on Broadway or recognize her from your favorite Friday night show Blue Bloods, but Sami Gayle is more than just an actress! Singer, producer, activist, and investor, Sami has managed to seamlessly diversify both her portfolio and her career, and, in this all-new episode, she shares her long-term cost averaging approach to investment success in what she calls “an irrational market.” After the financial crisis of 2008 left her future in the entertainment industry uncertain, Sami has always strived to protect herself professionally and financially. The fear of potentially having to give up her dream at such a formative age stuck with Sami and provided her with the determination to provide herself with as many diversified endeavors as possible.Driven to make equity investments in projects and companies in which she is passionate, Sami shares how smart investing allows her to develop and support personal projects from political activism to producing and starring in films like Netflix’s Candy Jar, controlling both her creative and financial future and security.     Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join Patrick each Monday to go deeper on all things FOMO Sapiens, including thoughts on last week’s episode, practical advice, current events, and listener mail. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Did you know that like computers, people are hackable? Christopher Hadnagy, adjunct professor of Social Engineering at the University of Arizona’s NSA Design Center for Academic Excellence in Cyber Operations and author of the new book Human Hacking: Win Friends, Influence People and Leave Them Better Off For Having Met You, is a social engineer who sheds light on the concept of human hacking and how to use it to understand and validate others.The essence of human hacking is understanding how people get us to do what they want but also how we can protect ourselves. When used for good human hacking cannot only help build rapport in the furtherance of a goal but also facilitates the ability to disagree without being disagreeable, to be capable of having opposing thoughts without becoming opponents. Christopher shares tricks and tactics for effective communication and for mastering the skill of human hacking. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices