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534: How to Live Future Ready with Dr. Frederik G. Pferdt

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Wouldn’t you love to sit down and have a chat with the person who was Google’s first Chief Innovation Evangelist? I know I would. Wait?!

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That just happens to describe my guest today. His name is Dr. Frederik G. Pferdt. And his new book is called What’s Next Is Now: How to Live Future Ready.

Rather than bracing for what happens next, Frederik argues that you can be making what happens next. You can respond to unexpected challenges, big and small, by turning them into opportunities with a “future-ready mindstate”.

Frederik’s book engages your personal sense of discovery, providing dozens of thoughtful exercises and illustrations, real-world practices, and provocative insight from people who have adopted a future-ready mindstate to craft exceptional futures for themselves.

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533: How to Get Better at Anything with Scott H. Young

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I’m a sucker for a well-researched book, especially when that book is on the topic of learning effectively.

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My guest today wrote a book you may have heard of. It’s the Wall Street Journal bestseller called Ultralearning. It’s a book that I often recommend to students of my Note-Making Mastery course.

His name is Scott H. Young, and Scott’s got a new book out called Get Better at Anything: 12 Maxims for Mastery.

Scott says that when we’re able to learn from the example of other people, practice extensively ourselves, and get reliable feedback, rapid progress results.

Yet, when one, or all, of these factors is inhibited, improvement often becomes impossible. Using research and real-life examples, Scott breaks down these elements into twelve simple maxims.

Whether you’re a student studying for an exam, an employee facing a new skill at work, or just want to get better at something you’re interested in, Scott’s insights will help you do it better.

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531: 48 Days to the Work (and Life) You Love with Dan Miller (an Encore Presentation of Episode 338)

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I mean it when I say that today’s guest is easily one of my favorite authors in the world.

But even more important than that, he’s become one of my friends and one of my mentors (AND, one of my favorite people on the planet).

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I’m talking of course about New York Times bestselling author Dan Miller. Dan is keeping his promise of updating – every five years – the book that started it all.

That book is the 20th-anniversary edition of 48 Days to the Work (and Life) You Love: Find It – Or Create It.

Click that link above for a host of resources Dan has just for you as a listener to Read to Lead.

I encourage you to not only pick up a copy of his book for yourself but anyone else you know who could benefit from reading it.

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529: How the Smartest Companies Use Learning to Engage, Compete and Succeed with Kelly Palmer (an Encore Presentation of Episode 234)

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Keeping our skills in sync with fast-changing markets is the biggest challenge of our time

So says my guest today, Kelly Palmer, and her co-author David Blake.

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Kelly and David have written a brand new book called The Expertise Economy: How the Smartest Companies Use Learning to Engage, Compete and Succeed.

They say that, in order for companies and their employees to succeed, they need to focus on building skills for the future. The book shows how the most forward-thinking companies, big and small, are transforming their employees into experts and, ultimately, creating their biggest competitive advantage.

Listen in below as Kelly shares her “expertise” on The Expertise Economy.

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527: 7 Biblical Principles for Being Purposeful, Present, and Wildly Productive with Jordan Raynor (an Encore Presentation of Episode 422)

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I love books on the topic of productivity. It’s a topic about which plenty of books have written. Some might argue we don’t need any more books on productivity.

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That is not the case for the latest productivity book I read. It’s now at the top of the list of best all-time productivity books in my view.

It’s written by author Jordan Raynor and it’s called Redeeming Your Time: 7 Biblical Principles for Being Purposeful, Present & Wildly Productive.

Jordan is a serial entrepreneur. He also serves as executive chairman of Threshold 360, a venture-backed tech start-up that has built the world’s largest library of 360-degree virtual experiences of hotels, restaurants, and attractions.

He’s a highly sought-after speaker on the topic of faith and work; he has spoken at Harvard University, SXSW, and many other events around the world.

I hope you’ll click the play button below to learn more about Jordan and his work. For a summary, just keep scrolling.

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