What Got You There with Sean DeLaney

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/

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/

James L. Heskett is UPS Foundation Professor Emeritus at the Harvard Business School and author of his latest book, With From Within: Build Organizational Culture for Competitive Advantage. He completed his Ph.D. at the Graduate School of Business, Stanford University, and has been a member of the faculty of The Ohio State University as well as President of Logistics Systems, Inc. Since 2000, he has authored a blog on the school's Working Knowledge web site. Professor Heskett was the 1974 recipient of the John Drury Sheahan Award of the Council of Logistics Management, the 1992 Marketing Educator of the Year Award of Sales and Marketing Executives International, and the 2010 Distinguished Career Contribution Award in Services Management of American Marketing Association. Among his publications are books, including authorship of The Culture Cycle, co-authorship of The Ownership Quotient, The Value Profit Chain and many more! A member of the faculty of the Harvard Business School since 1965, he has at different times taught courses in marketing, business logistics, the management of service operations, business policy, and service management, general management, and the entrepreneurial manager as well as served as Senior Associate Dean in charge of academic programs.  Watch on YouTube Transcript  Subscribe to my Momentum Monday Newsletter Connect with us! Whatgotyouthere NuSkool Snacks Collagen Protein Bars https://nuskoolsnacks.com/

Jack Schwager is a the author of the Market Wizards series which distills down the strategies and mindsets of the world's best investors. On this episode Jack talks about many of the lessons he's learned studying some of the greats over the past 30 years. Mr. Schwager has written extensively on the great traders in all financial markets. He is perhaps best known for his best-selling series of interviews with the greatest hedge fund managers of the last three decades: Market Wizards (1989, 2012), The New Market Wizards (1992), Stock Market Wizards (2001), Hedge Fund Market Wizards (2012), and The Little Book of Market Wizards (2014).  Mr. Schwager is one of the founders of Fund Seeder (FundSeeder.com), a platform designed to find undiscovered trading talent worldwide and connect unknown successful traders with sources of investment capital. Previously, Mr. Schwager was a partner in the Fortune Group (2001-2010), a London-based hedge fund advisory firm. His prior experience also includes 22 years as Director of Futures research for some of Wall Street’s leading firms, most recently Prudential Securities. Watch on YouTube Transcript  Subscribe to my Momentum Monday Newsletter Connect with us! Whatgotyouthere NuSkool Snacks Collagen Protein Bars https://nuskoolsnacks.com/

Jean-Paul (JP) O'Brien is CEO and Managing Director at Black Lab, is a serial entrepreneur, investor, and community builder. O'Brien is on a mission to inspire, activate, and hyper-enable scientists, entrepreneurs, investors, elite athletes, and creatives to design and build a beautiful future for all of humanity. Black Lab builds and invests in HumanTech ventures, with themes centered around Longevity, Consciousness, Community, and Environment. On this episode we dive into finding your core purpose, what the world’s change makers have in common, and how you can unleash your human potential.  O'Brien is also Founder and CEO of Me Biosciences, Inc., a precision nutrition and human performance company, is President of Flywheel Project, a 501(c)3 education non-profit, is a Lead Mentor with Techstars, earned his B.S. in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from Cornell University, where he played D1 lacrosse and football. Watch on YouTube Transcript Subscribe to my Momentum Monday Newsletter Connect with us! Whatgotyouthere NuSkool Snacks Collagen Protein Bars https://nuskoolsnacks.com/

Antonio Damasio is one of world’s leading neuroscientists, Professor of Psychology, Professor of Philosophy, and Director of the Brain and Creativity Institute at the University of Southern California; he is also an adjunct professor at the Salk Institute in La Jolla, California.  Damasio has made seminal contributions to the understanding of brain processes underlying, emotions, feelings, decision-making and consciousness. In his new book Feeling & Knowing: Making Conscious Minds, he has a wholly engaging investigation of how biology, neuroscience, psychology, and artificial intelligence have given us the tools to unlock the mysteries of human consciousness. He combines the latest discoveries in various sciences with philosophy and discusses his original research, which has transformed our understanding of the brain and human behavior.  This conversation is an indispensable guide to understand­ing how we experience the world within and around us and find our place in the universe. Watch on YouTube Transcript  Subscribe to my Momentum Monday Newsletter Connect with us! Whatgotyouthere Eight sleep is revolutionizing what a great night of sleep means. Receive $150 off by using code Sean at checkout or go to eightsleep.com/Sean. NuSkool Snacks Collagen Protein Bars https://nuskoolsnacks.com/

Today Sean is joined by Liz Wiseman was first on episode #56 of What Got You There. Liz is A former executive at Oracle, she worked over the course of 17 years as the Vice President of Oracle University. Currently Liz  is the President of The Wiseman Group, a leadership research and development firm with clients including -Apple, Disney, Facebook, Nike, Salesforce.com, and Twitter. Liz has been listed on the Thinkers50 ranking and named as one of the top 10 leadership thinkers in the world. On this episode she talks about  her new book IMPACT PLAYERS: How to Take the Lead, Play Bigger, and Multiply Your Impact. IMPACT PLAYERS will provide a much-needed playbook that will give rise to important conversations this fall about how to recognize and develop talent—within oneself, a team, and across an entire company culture. Watch on YouTube Transcript  Subscribe to my Momentum Monday Newsletter Connect with us! Whatgotyouthere Eight sleep is revolutionizing what a great night of sleep means. Receive $150 off by using code Sean at checkout or go to eightsleep.com/Sean. NuSkool Snacks Collagen Protein Bars https://nuskoolsnacks.com/

Toto Wolff is the CEO, Team Principal and co-owner of the Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula 1 Team. With Toto as Team Principal, the Mercedes Formula One team has achieved an unprecedented seven consecutive World Championship doubles to become the most successful team in F1 history and most successful sports team in the world based on consecutive world championships. Beyond Formula One, Toto is also a partner with Mercedes in the Mercedes-EQ Formula E Team and continues to invest in start-up technology companies. This episode I dive into my Distillation of Toto Wolff which is a monthly feature I do on someone who's greatly impacted my thinking. You can see past Distillations of Josh Waitzkin, Nick Kokonas and Yen Liow - HERE.  Watch on YouTube Read The Distillation of Toto Wolff  Subscribe to my Newsletter Connect with us! Whatgotyouthere NuSkool Snacks Healthy Protein Bars https://nuskoolsnacks.com/

Chris Sparks is a professional poker player and peak performance expert who coaches executives on high performance and decision making. Chris is exceptional at teaching people how to think like a poker player which is applicable to everyone no matter what domain you’re performing in. This is a fascinating and wide ranging conversation covering strategy, mindsets, pursuing mastery and high performance.  Episode Transcript Watch on YouTube Subscribe to my Newsletter Connect with us! Whatgotyouthere NuSkool Snacks Healthy Protein Bars https://nuskoolsnacks.com/    

Kevin Kelly is the person Tim Ferriss called The Real Most Interesting Man in the World and on this episode we’re going to dive deep into the curious mind of Kevin Kelly! Keven co-founded Wired Magazine in 1993. He also co-founded the All Species Foundation, a non-profit aimed at cataloging and identifying every living species on earth. He serves of on the board of Long Now Foundation is a non-profit group dedicated to fostering long-term responsibility as an antidote to the extremely short-term horizon of most contemporary organizations.  His written multiple best selling books, has been an artist, a photographer and has been sharing his most insightful wisdom and cool finds for years.  "Don't be the best, be the only."  Watch on YouTube Transcript & Show Notes  Subscribe to my Newsletter Connect with us! Whatgotyouthere Eight sleep is revolutionizing what a great night of sleep means. Receive $150 off by using code Sean at checkout or go to eightsleep.com/Sean. NuSkool Snacks Collagen Protein Bars https://nuskoolsnacks.com/