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Jan 9, 2022 • 1h 6min

#280 Apolo Anton Ohno- Unleashing the Mindset to Win Olympic Gold

Apolo Anton Ohno is America’s most decorated Winter Olympian of all time, Author, Speaker on a life mission to help you become your best in health, work, and life. Apolo Anton Ohno claimed his first major speed skating title at the US Championships at the age of 14—after just six months of training. Over the next decade and a half, he went from kid prodigy to the most decorated US Winter Olympian in history—a title he still holds—earning eight Olympic medals in short-track speed skating across the 2002, 2006, and 2010 Winter Games. His new book, Hard Pivot: Embrace Change. Find Purpose. Show Up Fully, comes out February 22nd! Apolo shares his most valuable lessons for overcoming challenges with resilience, creativity, and purpose. With Hard Pivot, Apolo combines practical guidance, personal stories, and deep insights from the psychology of success into a resource to help you through challenging times. Here he shares his most valuable lessons and tools, condensed into the Five Golden Principles: • Gratitude: A daily practice to help you maintain perspective, cultivate empathy, and alleviate stress • Giving: How to elevate your life’s purpose by offering your time, attention, and resources to others • Grit: Exercises to build mental stamina, resilience, and toughness to persevere through hard times • Gearing Up: Ways to prepare yourself to meet the unknown with flexibility and grace • Go: Develop the courage to take risks, learn from success and failure, and come back stronger Watch on YouTube Transcript Get exclusive access to Masterworks by clicking HERE Subscribe to my Momentum Monday Newsletter Connect with us! Whatgotyouthere Sponsors Masterworks NuSkool Snacks Collagen Protein Bars https://nuskoolsnacks.com/
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Jan 2, 2022 • 1h 13min

#279 Meghan Sullivan - Creating a Good Life with Philosophy

Meghan Sullivan is the Wilsey Family College Chair in Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame, director of the God and the Good Life Program, and director of the Notre Dame Institute for Advanced Study. She has published works in many leading philosophy journals. Her first book, Time Biases, was published by Oxford University Press. Her most recent book -- The Good Life Method (with Paul Blaschko) -- is out with Penguin on January 4, 2021. Her work has been supported by grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and the John Templeton Foundation. Sullivan has degrees from the University of Virginia, Oxford University, and Rutgers University, where she earned a PhD in philosophy. She studied at Balliol College, Oxford University, as a Rhodes Scholar. The Good Life Method is a winning guide to tackling the big questions of being human with the wisdom of the ages. Episode Transcript  Watch on YouTube Get exclusive access to Masterworks by clicking HERE Subscribe to my Momentum Monday Newsletter Connect with us! Whatgotyouthere Sponsors Masterworks NuSkool Snacks Collagen Protein Bars https://nuskoolsnacks.com/
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Jan 1, 2022 • 39min

The Distillation of Bob Iger

Robert A. Iger is Executive Chairman of The Walt Disney Company and Chairman of the Board of Directors. He assumed the role of Executive Chairman in February 2020, having served as Chief Executive Officer since 2005. As Executive Chairman, Mr. Iger directs the Company’s creative endeavors, while leading the Board and providing the full benefit of his experience, leadership and guidance. 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, while focusing on the three fundamental pillars of his strategic vision: generating the best creative content possible; fostering innovation and utilizing the latest technology; and expanding into new markets around the world. Mr. Iger has been named TIME’s Businessperson of the Year (2019); one of the “World’s Most Powerful People” by Forbes magazine (2018); one of the “Top Gun CEOs” by Forbes magazine (2009); one of Fortune magazine's “25 Most Powerful People in Business” (2006, 2007); one of the “Best CEOs” by Institutional Investor magazine (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011); MarketWatch CEO of the Year (2006); and “CEO of the Year” by Chief Executive (2014). His new autobiography is titled The Ride of a Lifetime: Lessons Learned from 15 Years as CEO of the Walt Disney Company, which offers stories and lessons about dealmaking, leadership, and much more. Read the full distillation: https://whatgotyouthere.com/the-distillation-of-bob-iger/ Subscribe to our YouTube: https://bit.ly/3Dxlw71 Watch on YouTube Get exclusive access to Masterworks by clicking HERE Subscribe to my Momentum Monday Newsletter Connect with us! Whatgotyouthere Sponsors Masterworks NuSkool Snacks Collagen Protein Bars https://nuskoolsnacks.com/ About What Got You There Podcast  What Got You There focuses on the journey behind some of the world’s most successful people, uncovering the strategy, tactics, and routines that helped them get there. Sign Up to Momentum Monday is a weekly newsletter adding fuel to your inbox at the start of each week. Every
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Dec 26, 2021 • 36min

#277 Dr. Sylvia Earle- Time Magazine's First Hero for the Planet, Oceanographer & Explorer!

Dr. Sylvia Earle, one  of the world’s top experts on ocean science and conservation, shares her inspiring wisdom in NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC OCEAN: A GLOBAL ODYSSEY showcasing how the ocean--with its forces, habitats, creatures, and global influence--has a tremendous impact on our everyday lives. She is long recognized as one of the world's top experts on ocean science and conservation, Sylvia Earle is the president and chairman of Mission Blue and a National Geographic Explorer at Large, and former Chief Scientist of NOAA. Called "Her Deepness" by The New Yorker and the New York Times, a  "Living Legend" by the Library of Congress, and a "First Hero for the Planet" by Time magazine, she is an oceanographer, explorer, author, and field scientist.  Watch on YouTube Get exclusive access to Masterworks by clicking HERE Subscribe to my Momentum Monday Newsletter Connect with us! Whatgotyouthere Sponsors Masterworks NuSkool Snacks Collagen Protein Bars https://nuskoolsnacks.com/
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Dec 19, 2021 • 1h 12min

Best of 2021!

Thank you to all the listeners for making 2021 the best year yet for the What Got You There Podcast! This episode combines some of the highlight moments and major themes covered throughout the year. Watch on YouTube Get exclusive access to Masterworks by clicking HERE Subscribe to my Momentum Monday Newsletter Connect with us! Whatgotyouthere Sponsors Masterworks NuSkool Snacks Collagen Protein Bars https://nuskoolsnacks.com/
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Dec 12, 2021 • 60min

#275 Diane Macedo - Emmy Award Winning News Anchor & Author of The Sleep Fix

Diane Macedo is an Emmy Award-winning ABC News correspondent—and author of The Sleep Fix, which is a practical, user-friendly guide to getting better sleep. THE SLEEP FIX flips the switch on common advice, illuminating Macedo’s relentless search for how to get a good night’s sleep and the surprising, scientific, and practical solutions she found along the way. In addition to sleep Macedo discusses her drive and desire to constantly become better as a news correspondent and what she’s uncovered by the other high performers in her field!  Episode Page Watch on YouTube Get exclusive access to Masterworks by clicking HERE Subscribe to my Momentum Monday Newsletter Connect with us! Whatgotyouthere Sponsors Masterworks NuSkool Snacks Collagen Protein Bars https://nuskoolsnacks.com/
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Dec 5, 2021 • 49min

#274 Scott Lynn- CEO of Masterworks on Creating a Billion Dollar Brand Disrupting the Art World

Scott Lynn is the founder of Masterworks. Masterworks is an investing platform that for the first time ever, investors can purchase and trade shares in multi-million dollar works of art by artists like Picasso, Monet, and Warhol. Scott’s entrepreneurship journey started when he was just 15 where he built what became the most popular game on the internet during the dot com boom. He didn’t stop there and has founded multiple companies and knows what it takes to built a business. This episode dives deep on Scott's decision making process, how he operates as a CEO and what it takes to succeed in a fast growing startup! Scott was originally on Episode #137. Watch on YouTube Transcript  Get exclusive access to Masterworks by clicking HERE Subscribe to my Momentum Monday Newsletter Connect with us! Whatgotyouthere Sponsors Masterworks NuSkool Snacks Collagen Protein Bars https://nuskoolsnacks.com/
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Dec 1, 2021 • 34min

The Distillation of Bruce Lee

Read The Distillation of Bruce Lee Watch on YouTube The Distillery is a once a month deep dive breakdown extracting the timeless wisdom from someone that has had a meaningful impact on my life and from whom I've learned a great deal. The Distillery will be uncovering their philosophies, thinking processes, key lessons, and frameworks they’ve used to achieve high levels of mastery so others can learn from their wisdom. This month features the legendary martial artist, Bruce Lee!  Subscribe to my Momentum Monday Newsletter Connect with us! Whatgotyouthere Sponsors Masterworks NuSkool Snacks Collagen Protein Bars https://nuskoolsnacks.com/
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Nov 28, 2021 • 1h 18min

#273-Josh Waitzkin Distilled- The Art of Learning

Josh Waitzkin, author of The Art of Learning: An Inner Journey to Optimal Performance, is an eight-time national chess champion, a two-time world champion in Tai Chi Chuan Push Hands, and the first Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt under nine-time world champion Marcelo Garcia. This distillation of Josh Waitzkin is the discussion of the learning process and performance psychology, drawing from Josh's experiences in both chess and martial arts. It covers the key themes of Josh's learning process: Unobstructed Self Expression Thematic Learning, Depth over Breadth, Go towards Stress, Tension & Weaknesses, Lifeworks in Oscillation, and the 20 Principles of learning. In addition to Josh's intense competitive life, he is a renowned writer and teacher in the fields of learning and performance psychology. Read the complete Distillation of Josh Waitzkin  Watch on YouTube  Subscribe to my Momentum Monday Newsletter Connect with us! Whatgotyouthere Sponsors Masterworks NuSkool Snacks Collagen Protein Bars https://nuskoolsnacks.com/
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Nov 21, 2021 • 56min

#272 Mike Sarraille- A Navy SEAL’s Guide to Adaptability, Leadership and Emotional Control

Mike Sarraille is a retired U.S. Navy SEAL officer and a former enlisted Recon Marine and Scout-Sniper. Mike is the founder and CEO of Talent War Group, a leading management consulting and executive search firm, delivering leadership solutions to business problems. He is co-author of the bestselling business book, ‘The Talent War: How Special Operations and Great Organizations Win on Talent,’ and a columnist for Men’s Journal under ‘The Everyday Warrior’ series.  He founded and served on the board of directors for the VETTED Foundation, a cutting-edge executive-level transition program for high-performing veterans, and was a former principal at Echelon Front, a management consulting firm alongside the co-authors of Extreme Ownership, Jocko Willink, and Leif Babin. Mike served in SEAL Team THREE, Task Unit Bruiser, the most decorated Special Operations Task Unit of the Iraq war, where he led major combat operations during the Battle of Ramadi in 2006. In 2008, Mike returned to Iraq and led historic combat operations during the Battle of Sadr City.  In 2008-2009, Mike served as the SEAL Junior Officer Training Course (JOTC) Director at BUD/s, where he coached, mentored, and prepared junior SEAL officers to lead combat operations. Mike was then assessed and selected for assignment to Naval Special Warfare Development Group (DEVGRU), part of the elite Joint Special Operations Command, in support of global counter-terrorism operations. Mike completed a total of ten (10) combat deployments in support of the Global War on Terrorism. He is a recognized keynote speaker and subject matter expert in leadership development, culture, talent acquisition and talent management. Watch on YouTube  Transcript  Subscribe to my Momentum Monday Newsletter Connect with us! Whatgotyouthere Sponsors Masterworks - Masterworks is the only platform making it possible to invest in multimillion-dollar works from artists like Banksy, Kaws, Basquiat, and many more.  NuSkool Snacks Collagen Protein Bars https://nuskoolsnacks.com/

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