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389: How to Be a Long-Term Thinker in a Short Term World with Dorie Clark

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My guest today is making her third appearance on the podcast. That’s, in part, because I think she’s one of the best writers around. As I say in today’s episode: when I first hear she’s got something new coming out, I always look forward to it (and I’ve never been disappointed).

dorie clark

I’m talking, of course, about Dorie Clark. She’s a consultant and keynote speaker who teaches executive education at Duke’s Fuqua School of Business and Columbia University’s Graduate School of Business.

In her new book titled The Long Game: How to Be a Long-Term Thinker in a Short Term World, Dorie says much of the pressure in our culture pushes us toward doing what is easy, what’s guaranteed, or what looks glamorous in the moment.

Dorie argues for doing small things over time to achieve our goals – and being willing to keep at them, even when they seem pointless, boring, or hard.

I’ve loved every one of her books, including this one, and I think you will too.

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387: 8 Tools You Need to Get Paid the Money You Want with Jill Young

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Thanks to many of my previous guests, I’m often introduced to potentially new and exciting books and their authors. Such is the case with today’s book and the woman who wrote it.

Jill Young

Two-time Read to Lead guest Kary Oberbrunner was kind enough to suggest I take a long, hard look at the work author Jill Young is doing, not just in the book world, but in the work cultures she’s impacting.

She’s written several books along her journey, but the one we’re diving into today is called The Earning Advantage: 8 Tools You Need to Get Paid the Money You Want.

Most employees, Jill says, lack clarity about how their performance connects to the value they create for their company. The Earning Advantage is a unique resource for employees to earn more money while promoting their company’s growth.

Jill draws upon thousands of hours of coaching experience to offer practical advice that helps team members deliver a star performance and encourages managers to foster healthy work environments. Everyone in your organization can thrive when they’re working toward a shared goal.

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386: How to Listen Like You Mean It with Ximena Vengoechea

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I’ve coached hundreds over the years in the art of effective communication. But there’s one thing I try and always keep in the back of my mind. I too still have lots to learn about this topic.

Ximena Vengoechea

The book I’m featuring today is now at the top of my list of books I recommend to my clients on this topic.

What is it?

It’s a book by Ximena Vengoechea called Listen Like You Mean it: Reclaiming the Lost of Art of True Connection.

In Listen Like You Mean It, Ximena offers an essential listening guide for our times, revealing tried-and-true strategies honed in her own research sessions and drawn from interviews with marriage counselors, podcast hosts, life coaches, journalists, filmmakers, and other listening experts.

Now more than ever, we need to feel heard, connected and understood in a world that keeps turning up the volume.

Don’t you agree?

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385: The Simple Habit That Expands Your Influence and Boosts Your Career with Jeff Brown

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Today is a truly special (to me) episode. It’s an episode I never anticipated; an episode of the podcast where I’m not the host, but the guest.

Jeff Brown

Of course, to be a guest on the Read to Lead podcast means to have written a book.

I must admit that I’m still getting used to the moniker but, at age 55, I can officially call myself an honest-to-goodness published author. (#nevertooold)

That this moment has finally arrived is as rewarding to me as just about anything I can imagine. And it would not be possible without you, the faithful Read to Lead listenership.

Without your faithfulness to this program, I likely never would have had the opportunity. So thank you.

Thank you for allowing me to visit your earbuds every Tuesday (or whenever you choose to listen). It means the world to me. Now, don’t let me down. Go pre-order the book right now. 🙂

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384: The Truth About AI and the Future of Humanity with Steve Shwartz

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My friend and former mastermind group member, Steve Sponseller, was kind of enough to introduce me to today’s guest a few months ago and I am thrilled he did.

steve shwartz

His name is also Steve. Steve Shwartz to be specific: AI expert, investor, and serial entrepreneur.

Steve began his AI career working with Roger Schank as a postdoctoral researcher in the Yale University Artificial Intelligence Lab. Steve was a founder or cofounder of several AI companies, one of which created the award-winning Esperant business intelligence product. 

As the AI Winter of the 1990s set in, Steve transitioned into a career as a successful serial software entrepreneur and investor and created several companies that were either acquired or had public offerings. 

His new book has probably my favorite title of the last couple of years. It’s called Evil Robots, Killer Computers, and Other Myths: The Truth About AI and the Future of Humanity.

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