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535: Negotiating Tips From a Former FBI Negotiator and a TOP DC Publicist

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Adele Gambardella, a celebrated PR strategist and crisis management consultant, has worked with major clients like Facebook and President Joe Biden, and has been honored as a “Woman Who Means Business” by the Washington Business Journal.

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Chip Massey, a former FBI hostage negotiator, brings his expertise from 20+ years in law enforcement to the business world, teaching sophisticated negotiation techniques to leaders at companies like Goldman Sachs and Samsung.

Together, they combine their unique backgrounds to offer unparalleled insights into negotiation and communication strategies.

From CEOs communicating with board members to managers negotiating salary increases and entrepreneurs looking to raise capital, it’s impossible to overstate the role of persuasion in making your personal and professional goals a reality, say Adele and Chip.

The ability to convince others―respectfully and effectively―is one of the most important skills you can master, whatever your profession.

In Convince Me, you’ll find eye-opening, behind-the-scenes details revealing how some of the best in the business ply their trade.

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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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532: How to Create Better Plans and Make Smarter Decisions with Harry Max

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There’s productivity. There’s time management. And then there’s managing priorities.

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We often lump managing priorities in with these other areas but, in reality, effectively managing priorities is a discipline all to itself and one that, frankly, is rarely—if ever—approached holistically.

Until now.

My guest this week is Harry Max, author of Managing Priorities: How to Create Better Plans and Make Smarter Decisions (use the code READ20 for 20% off at this link).

Managing Priorities is your guide to prioritizing anything—anytime and anywhere.

Harry digs into the best practices for prioritization at Apple, DreamWorks, NASA, Adobe, Google, Microsoft, and beyond, and brings them together in a single, practical method that you can apply step by step.

Every business person who is even remotely interested in prioritization should read this book.

Whatever you need to prioritize—tasks, goals, OKRs, projects—this book is for you. Specific chapters are dedicated to what needs to happen and when for individuals, teams, and whole organizations.

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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).

Dan Miller

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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