- 109. Purpose, Passion, and Perseverance with Barrett Brooks
David speaks with Barrett Brooks, a writer and executive coach specialising in guiding mission-driven founders and creators through emotional and strategic barriers to business growth. His writing focuses on leaders and companies tackling critical societal issues such as climate change, biodiversity, education, food systems, healthcare, and circular products. Previously, he was the managing editor of The Carbon Almanac (a bestselling book on climate change led by Seth Godin), COO at Good Coffee, and COO at ConvertKit.
They talked about:
🔍 The role of agency in personal education
🔥 The power of self-determination
⚖️ The struggle of balancing practicality and passion in career choices
✨ The story of ‘Living for Monday’
🎢 The emotional rollercoaster of entrepreneurship
👥 What Barrett learned from working with Seth Godin
📜 Full transcript:
theknowledge.io/barrettbrooks-1/
📹 Watch on Youtube:
🗣 Mentioned in the show:
Ernst & Young | https://www.ey.com/en_uk
Fortune | https://fortune.com/ranking/global500/
ERPS | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enterprise_resource_planning
International Baccalaureate | https://www.ibo.org/about-the-ib/
Wikipedia | https://www.wikipedia.org/
The Sunk Cost Fallacy | https://theknowledge.io/sunk-cost-fallacy/
Coca-Cola | https://www.coca-cola.com/gb/en
General Electric | http://www.ge.com/
The Living for Monday Show | https://barrettbrooks.com/portfolio/the-living-for-monday-show/
Seth Godin | https://theknowledge.io/freestyle/
👤 Connect with Barrett:
Website: https://barrettbrooks.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/BarrettABrooks
Good Work with Barrett Brooks: https://www.goodworkshow.com/
👨🏾💻 About David Elikwu:
David Elikwu FRSA is a serial entrepreneur, strategist, and writer. David is the founder of The Knowledge, a platform helping people think deeper and work smarter.
🐣 Twitter: @Delikwu / @itstheknowledge
🌐 Website: https://www.davidelikwu.com
📽️ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/davidelikwu
📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/delikwu/
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My Online Course
🖥️ Decision Hacker: http://www.decisionhacker.io/
Decision Hacker will help you hack your default patterns and become an intentional architect of your life. You’ll learn everything you need to transform your decisions, your habits, and your outcomes.
The Knowledge
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Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-knowledge-with-david-elikwu/donations40m - Jul 25, 2024 - 108. Decisions, Self-Integration, and the Power of Alter Egos with Kelly Wilde Miller
David speaks with Kelly Wilde Miller, an emerging writer and speaker giving voice to the necessity of authentic self-expression. She is a self-help author, who wrote and published her first book in 5-days, an award-winning speaker & creator of the growing newsletter Wild on Purpose.
They talked about:
🔑 The impact of intentional decisions
🕵️♀️ Kelly's secret life as Tori
🎭 The power of alter egos
🌱 The path to self-integration
🌪️ How Kelly found herself amidst the chaos
🎢 The unpredictability of career success
This is just one part of a longer conversation, and it's the second part. You can listen to the earlier episode here:
Part 1: 🎙️ Dreams, Doubts and Creative Conflict with Kelly Wilde Miller (Episode 105)
📜 Full transcript:
theknowledge.io/kellywildemiller-2/
📹 Watch on Youtube:
🗣 Mentioned in the show:
Carl Jung | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Jung
Shadow self | https://orionphilosophy.com/the-shadow-carl-jung/
Craigslist | http://www.craigslist.org/
Airbnb | http://www.airbnb.com/
BCBG | https://bcbg.com/
The Alter Ego Effect | https://amzn.to/4d5sBgl
Nicki Minaj | http://www.nickiminajofficial.com/
Beyonce | https://www.beyonce.com/
COVID | https://theknowledge.io/issue7/
Batman | https://www.dc.com/characters/batman
Superman | https://www.dc.com/characters/superman
Clark Kent | https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Superman_(Clark_Kent)
Bruce Wayne | https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Batman_(Bruce_Wayne)
Hridaya Yoga | https://hridaya-yoga.com/
Vail Ski Resort | https://www.vail.com/
👤 Connect with Kelly:
Twitter: https://x.com/kellycwilde
Website: https://www.kellywildemiller.com/
Newsletter and Podcast: Wild on Purpose by Kelly Wilde Miller | https://www.wildonpurpose.co/
5-Day Creative Momentum Challenge | https://fivedaycreative.com/challenge/
Creative Regulation Self-Assessment | https://creativedysregulation.scoreapp.com/
Book: Creative Dysregulation | https://amzn.to/3xIbSAu
👨🏾💻 About David Elikwu:
David Elikwu FRSA is a serial entrepreneur, strategist, and writer. David is the founder of The Knowledge, a platform helping people think deeper and work smarter.
🐣 Twitter: @Delikwu / @itstheknowledge
🌐 Website: https://www.davidelikwu.com
📽️ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/davidelikwu
📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/delikwu/
🕺 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@delikwu
🎙️ Podcast: http://plnk.to/theknowledge
📖 Free Book: https://pro.theknowledge.io/frames
My Online Course
🖥️ Decision Hacker: http://www.decisionhacker.io/
Decision Hacker will help you hack your default patterns and become an intentional architect of your life. You’ll learn everything you need to transform your decisions, your habits, and your outcomes.
The Knowledge
📩 Newsletter: https://theknowledge.io
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Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-knowledge-with-david-elikwu/donations36m - Jul 18, 2024 - 107. Race, Climate, and Health Inequities with Layal Liverpool
David speaks with Layal Liverpool, an author and science journalist with expertise in biomedical science, particularly virology and immunology. She worked as a biomedical researcher at University College London and the University of Oxford in the UK. Her writing has appeared in Nature, New Scientist, WIRED, the Guardian, and elsewhere, and she has worked on staff as a reporter for both Nature and New Scientist.
They talked about:
🏥 Racial disparities in maternal healthcare
🗣️ The importance of being heard in healthcare
🌐 The role of race in healthcare
🚮 The idea of environmental racism
🎓 The gap between healthcare education and systemic challenges
🧠 Racism as a public health issue in mental health
📜 Full transcript:
theknowledge.io/layalliverpool-2/
📹 Watch on Youtube:
🗣 Mentioned in the show:
FIVEXMORE | https://fivexmore.org/
Ella Kissi-Debrah | https://ellaroberta.org/about-ella
Racial bias in pain assessment and treatment | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4843483/
Parkinson's disease | https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/parkinson-disease
Serena Williams | http://serenawilliams.com/
Dementia | https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/dementia
NFL | http://www.nfl.com/
NFL race-norming formula | https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg25133434-100-how-medical-tests-have-built-in-discrimination-against-black-people/
Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronic_traumatic_encephalopathy
Diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) | https://www.sca.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/DEIMissionVision.pdf
An Audit of UK Hospital Doctors’ Knowledge and Experience of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8464998/
NHS | https://www.nhs.uk/
COVID-19 | https://theknowledge.io/issue7/
Urban heat island effect | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_heat_island
General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GCSE
Malcolm Gladwell | https://www.gladwellbooks.com/
👤Connect with Layal:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/layallivs
Website: https://layalliverpool.com/
Book: SYSTEMIC: How Racism is Making Us Ill | https://amzn.to/4c9lnaW
👨🏾💻 About David Elikwu:
David Elikwu FRSA is a serial entrepreneur, strategist, and writer. David is the founder of The Knowledge, a platform helping people think deeper and work smarter.
🐣 Twitter: @Delikwu / @itstheknowledge
🌐 Website: https://www.davidelikwu.com
📽️ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/davidelikwu
📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/delikwu/
🕺 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@delikwu
🎙️ Podcast: http://plnk.to/theknowledge
📖 Free Book: https://pro.theknowledge.io/frames
My Online Course
🖥️ Decision Hacker: http://www.decisionhacker.io/
Decision Hacker will help you hack your default patterns and become an intentional architect of your life. You’ll learn everything you need to transform your decisions, your habits, and your outcomes.
The Knowledge
📩 Newsletter: https://theknowledge.io
The Knowledge is a weekly newsletter for people who want to get more out of life. It's full of insights from psychology, philosophy, productivity, and business, all designed to make you more productive, creative, and decisive.
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Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-knowledge-with-david-elikwu/donations40m - Jul 11, 2024 - 106. The Secret Weapons of Colonialism with Charles C. Mann
David speaks with Charles C. Mann, a journalist and author, specializing in scientific topics. He is the author of the bestselling books 1491, which won the National Academies Communication Award for Best Book of the Year, 1493, and The Wizard and the Prophet. He is the co-author of four books, and contributing editor for Science, The Atlantic Monthly, and Wired.
They talked about:
📚 The Columbian Exchange
🌎 How European diseases conquered the New World
🌾 How crops fuelled human conquest
♻️ Environmental limits and human innovation
🌱 The fragility of ecosystems
🌐 The future of sustainability
📜 Full transcript:
theknowledge.io/charlescmann-1/
📹 Watch on Youtube:
🗣 Mentioned in the show:
1491 | https://amzn.to/3mI7Ti6
1493 | https://amzn.to/3mN9Aur
The Wizard and the Prophet | https://amzn.to/3KOuvFL
Alfred W. Crosby | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_W._Crosby
The Columbian Exchange | https://amzn.to/3XJq9HN
Zoonotic Diseases | https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/zoonoses
COVID-19 | https://theknowledge.io/issue7/
Moros y cristianos | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moros_y_cristianos
Russell Thornton | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_Thornton
Morgan Housel | https://www.morganhousel.com/
The Psychology of Money | https://amzn.to/3RQzWYN
Adolf Hitler | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Hitler
Karl Marx | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Marx
African time | https://theknowledge.io/issue25/
Yaqui | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yaqui
Fernand Braudel | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fernand_Braudel
Daniel Defoe | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Defoe
List of deadliest floods | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_deadliest_floods
Boxer Rebellion | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boxer_Rebellion
Taiping Rebellion | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiping_Rebellion
Norman Borlaug | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Borlaug
Green Revolution | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Revolution
Stem rust | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stem_rust
William Vogt | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Vogt
Paul Ehrlich | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Ehrlich
Road to Survival | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Road_to_Survival
Genetically modified organism | https://www.fda.gov/food/agricultural-biotechnology/gmo-crops-animal-food-and-beyond
Jethro Tull | http://jethrotull.com/
👤Connect with Charles:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/CharlesCMann
Books:
1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus | https://amzn.to/3mI7Ti6
1493: How Europe's Discovery of the Americas Revolutionized Trade, Ecology and Life on Earth | https://amzn.to/3mN9Aur
The Wizard and the Prophet: Science and the Future of Our Planet | https://amzn.to/3KOuvFL
👨🏾💻 About David Elikwu:
David Elikwu FRSA is a serial entrepreneur, strategist, and writer. David is the founder of The Knowledge, a platform helping people think deeper and work smarter.
🐣 Twitter: @Delikwu / @itstheknowledge
🌐 Website: https://www.davidelikwu.com
📽️ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/davidelikwu
📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/delikwu/
🕺 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@delikwu
🎙️ Podcast: http://plnk.to/theknowledge
📖 Free Book: https://pro.theknowledge.io/frames
My Online Course
🖥️ Decision Hacker: http://www.decisionhacker.io/
Decision Hacker will help you hack your default patterns and become an intentional architect of your life. You’ll learn everything you need to transform your decisions, your habits, and your outcomes.
The Knowledge
📩 Newsletter: https://theknowledge.io
The Knowledge is a weekly newsletter for people who want to get more out of life. It's full of insights from psychology, philosophy, productivity, and business, all designed to make you more productive, creative, and decisive.
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Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-knowledge-with-david-elikwu/donations42m - Jul 4, 2024 - 105. Dreams, Doubts and Creative Conflict with Kelly Wilde Miller
David speaks with Kelly Wilde Miller, a writer and speaker giving voice to the necessity of authentic self-expression. She is a self-help author who was challenged to write and publish her first book in 5-days, an award-winning speaker and creator of the growing newsletter Wild on Purpose.
They talked about:
📉 Lessons from missed opportunities
🎭 Finding your agency
🎨 The struggle between creativity and stability
🏆 The successes and setbacks in writing
🧠 The power of choices
⚖️ How to balance self-doubt and success
📜 Full transcript:
theknowledge.io/kellywildemiller-1/
📹 Watch on Youtube:
🗣 Mentioned in the show:
Sundance Film Festival | https://festival.sundance.org/program/films/
DisneyQuest | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DisneyQuest
Google | https://www.google.com.ph/
Microsoft | http://www.microsoft.com/
Radio City Rockettes | https://www.rockettes.com/
Broadway | https://www.broadway.com/
University of California | https://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/
Disney | https://www.disney.com/
Creative Dysregulation | https://amzn.to/3xIbSAu
Amazon Kindle | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_Kindle
Bhagavad Gita | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhagavad_Gita
👤Connect with Kelly:
Twitter: https://x.com/kellycwilde
Website: https://www.kellywildemiller.com/
Newsletter and Podcast: Wild on Purpose by Kelly Wilde Miller | https://www.wildonpurpose.co/
5-Day Creative Momentum Challenge | https://fivedaycreative.com/challenge/
Creative Regulation Self-Assessment | https://creativedysregulation.scoreapp.com/
Book: Creative Dysregulation | https://amzn.to/3xIbSAu
👨🏾💻 About David Elikwu:
David Elikwu FRSA is a serial entrepreneur, strategist, and writer. David is the founder of The Knowledge, a platform helping people think deeper and work smarter.
🐣 Twitter: @Delikwu / @itstheknowledge
🌐 Website: https://www.davidelikwu.com
📽️ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/davidelikwu
📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/delikwu/
🕺 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@delikwu
🎙️ Podcast: http://plnk.to/theknowledge
📖 Free Book: https://pro.theknowledge.io/frames
My Online Course
🖥️ Decision Hacker: http://www.decisionhacker.io/
Decision Hacker will help you hack your default patterns and become an intentional architect of your life. You’ll learn everything you need to transform your decisions, your habits, and your outcomes.
The Knowledge
📩 Newsletter: https://theknowledge.io
The Knowledge is a weekly newsletter for people who want to get more out of life. It's full of insights from psychology, philosophy, productivity, and business, all designed to make you more productive, creative, and decisive.
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Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-knowledge-with-david-elikwu/donations35m - Jun 27, 2024 - 104. Systemic Racism and Healthcare with Layal Liverpool
David speaks with Layal Liverpool, an author and science journalist with expertise in biomedical science, particularly virology and immunology. She worked as a biomedical researcher at the University College London and the University of Oxford in the UK. Her writing has appeared in Nature, New Scientist, WIRED, the Guardian, and elsewhere, and she has worked on staff as a reporter for both Nature and New Scientist.
They talked about:
🎭 The difference between perceived racism and actual racism
🚫 The ineffectiveness of racial categorization
🏗️ The idea of race as a social construct
🩺 The misconceptions of 'black' and 'white' diseases
📉 Systemic racism in healthcare
🌍 Racism as a public health issue
📜 Full transcript:
theknowledge.io/layalliverpool-1/
📹 Watch on Youtube:
🗣 Mentioned in the show:
Liverpool slave trade | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liverpool_slave_trade
International Slavery Museum | https://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/international-slavery-museum
Systematic racism | https://theknowledge.io/issue13/
Islamophobia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamophobia
Antisemitism | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antisemitism
AAA Statement on Race | https://americananthro.org/about/policies/statement-on-race/
Garrett Jones | https://theknowledge.io/garettjones-1/
Sickle cell disease | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sickle_cell_disease
Lyme disease | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyme_disease
Malaria | https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/malaria
Anti-blackness | https://www.bu.edu/antiracism-center/files/2022/06/Anti-Black.pdf
Cystic fibrosis | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cystic_fibrosis
COVID-19 | https://theknowledge.io/issue7/
Influenza A (H1N1) | https://www.who.int/emergencies/situations/influenza-a-(h1n1)-outbreak
Samuel A. Cartwright | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_A._Cartwright
American Thoracic Society | https://site.thoracic.org/
European Respiratory Society | https://www.ersnet.org/
FIVEXMORE | https://fivexmore.org/
Maternity Discrimination | https://maternalmentalhealthalliance.org/news/black-maternity-experiences-survey-five-x-more/
William Turner | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Turner_(anatomist)
Long lunches in Paris | https://theknowledge.io/issue65/#:~:text=Long lunches in Paris
Clandestine Pad Thai | https://theknowledge.io/issue65/#:~:text=Clandestine Pad Thai
Murder of George Floyd | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_George_Floyd
👤Connect with Layal:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/layallivs
Website: https://layalliverpool.com/
Book:
SYSTEMIC: How Racism is Making Us Ill | https://amzn.to/4c9lnaW
👨🏾💻 About David Elikwu:
David Elikwu FRSA is a serial entrepreneur, strategist, and writer. David is the founder of The Knowledge, a platform helping people think deeper and work smarter.
🐣 Twitter: @Delikwu / @itstheknowledge
🌐 Website: https://www.davidelikwu.com
📽️ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/davidelikwu
📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/delikwu/
🕺 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@delikwu
🎙️ Podcast: http://plnk.to/theknowledge
📖 Free Book: https://pro.theknowledge.io/frames
My Online Course
🖥️ Decision Hacker: http://www.decisionhacker.io/
Decision Hacker will help you hack your default patterns and become an intentional architect of your life. You’ll learn everything you need to transform your decisions, your habits, and your outcomes.
The Knowledge
📩 Newsletter: https://theknowledge.io
The Knowledge is a weekly newsletter for people who want to get more out of life. It's full of insights from psychology, philosophy, productivity, and business, all designed to make you more productive, creative, and decisive.
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Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-knowledge-with-david-elikwu/donations39m - Jun 20, 2024 - 103. Mindset, Stress, and Resilience with David Robson
David speaks with David Robson, an award-winning science writer specializing in the extremes of the human brain, body, and behaviour. He has previously worked as a features editor at New Scientist and senior journalist at the BBC. He is the author of The Intelligence Trap, which has been translated into fifteen languages, The Expectation Effect, and The Laws of Connection.
They talked about:
🧠 The brain's influence on physiology
🤝 The connection of mind and body
💭 Cultural and psychological influences on health
💪 The importance of building mental resilience
🛠️ How to manage stress effectively
🔗 The impact of social connections on health
This is just one part of a longer conversation, and it's the third part. You can listen to the earlier episode here:
Part 1: 🎙️ Science, Reasoning, and The Intelligence Trap with David Robson (Episode 97)
Part 2: 🎙️ The Expectation Effect with David Robson (Episode 100)
📜 Full transcript:
theknowledge.io/davidrobson-3/
📹 Watch on Youtube:
🗣 Mentioned in the show:
Mass Psychogenic Illness | https://theknowledge.io/issue33/#:~:text=The power of,be socially influenced.
The June Bug Epidemic | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hysterical_contagion
Jonathan Haidt | https://jonathanhaidt.com/
The Coddling of the American Mind | https://amzn.to/4cfEU9p
Havana Syndrome | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Havana_syndrome#:~:text=Havana syndrome
Nocebo | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nocebo
Dancing plague of 1518 | https://theknowledge.io/issue33/#:~:text=The power of,be socially influenced.
Allostasis | https://theknowledge.io/the-prediction-machine/
Yerkes–Dodson Law | https://theknowledge.io/issue23/
The Laws of Connection | https://amzn.to/3z9VKrR
👤Connect with David:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/d_a_robson
Website: https://davidrobson.me/
Books:
The Intelligence Trap | https://amzn.to/4aWELqZ
The Expectation Effect | https://amzn.to/4bkisve
The Laws of Connection | https://amzn.to/3z9VKrR
👨🏾💻 About David Elikwu:
David Elikwu FRSA is a serial entrepreneur, strategist, and writer. David is the founder of The Knowledge, a platform helping people think deeper and work smarter.
🐣 Twitter: @Delikwu / @itstheknowledge
🌐 Website: https://www.davidelikwu.com
📽️ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/davidelikwu
📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/delikwu/
🕺 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@delikwu
🎙️ Podcast: http://plnk.to/theknowledge
📖 Free Book: https://pro.theknowledge.io/frames
My Online Course
🖥️ Decision Hacker: http://www.decisionhacker.io/
Decision Hacker will help you hack your default patterns and become an intentional architect of your life. You’ll learn everything you need to transform your decisions, your habits, and your outcomes.
The Knowledge
📩 Newsletter: https://theknowledge.io
The Knowledge is a weekly newsletter for people who want to get more out of life. It's full of insights from psychology, philosophy, productivity, and business, all designed to make you more productive, creative, and decisive.
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Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-knowledge-with-david-elikwu/donations27m - Jun 13, 2024 - 102. The Path to Effective Leadership with Dave Kline
David speaks with Dave Kline, an entrepreneur, writer, speaker, and coach who trains leaders on the playbook for leading high-performance teams. He is the founder and developer of the MGMT Accelerator, a cohort-based program that helps executives improve by developing established management playbooks and systems. He also owns SkillScouter, a leading source of online courses, learning techniques, and career guidance.
They talked about:
📉 Lessons learned from failed ventures
🤝 Managing vs Leading
🌐 The reality of theoretical and practical leadership
💡 Empowering teams through unique values
📌 The number one management lesson
🔄 The power of delegation
📜 Full transcript:
📹 Watch on Youtube:
🗣 Mentioned in the show:
Kodak | https://www.kodak.com/en/
Xerox | https://www.xerox.com/en-us
Mayer Brown | https://www.mayerbrown.com/en
Bridgewater Associates | http://www.bridgewater.com/
Brian Armstrong | https://www.brianarmstrong.org/
Moody's | https://www.moodys.com/
Netflix | https://www.netflix.com/
Ray Dalio | https://www.bridgewater.com/people/ray-dalio
Greenfield Team | https://www.greenfieldteam.net/
MBTI | https://www.16personalities.com/free-personality-test
WPI | https://www.ixly.com/tests-work-related-personality-inventory
Goldman Sachs | https://www.goldmansachs.com/
Google Company | https://about.google/
MIMO | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIMO
Zappos | http://www.zappos.com/
👤Connect with Dave:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/dklineii
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidkline/
Website:
SkillScouter | https://skillscouter.com/about/
MGMT Accelerator | https://maven.com/dave-kline/mgmt-accelerator
👨🏾💻 About David Elikwu:
David Elikwu FRSA is a serial entrepreneur, strategist, and writer. David is the founder of The Knowledge, a platform helping people think deeper and work smarter.
🐣 Twitter: @Delikwu / @itstheknowledge
🌐 Website: https://www.davidelikwu.com
📽️ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/davidelikwu
📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/delikwu/
🕺 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@delikwu
🎙️ Podcast: http://plnk.to/theknowledge
📖 Free Book: https://pro.theknowledge.io/frames
My Online Course
🖥️ Decision Hacker: http://www.decisionhacker.io/
Decision Hacker will help you hack your default patterns and become an intentional architect of your life. You’ll learn everything you need to transform your decisions, your habits, and your outcomes.
The Knowledge
📩 Newsletter: https://theknowledge.io
The Knowledge is a weekly newsletter for people who want to get more out of life. It's full of insights from psychology, philosophy, productivity, and business, all designed to make you more productive, creative, and decisive.
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Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-knowledge-with-david-elikwu/donations40m - Jun 6, 2024 - 101. Conversation, Curiosity, and Connection with Joe Ferraro
David speaks with Joe Ferraro, a teacher, professional speaker, and the host of The One Percent Better Podcast, where he’s interviewed some of the world's most successful people. He is also the founder of DamnGoodConversations.com, a company whose mission is to teach repeatable ways to have the best conversations in your life and work.
They talked about:
🎧 Joe as a one-man team podcaster
⚾️ Life lessons from baseball
🏅 The common ground between sports coaching and fatherhood
💬 The reward of having great conversations
🧠 The power of curiosity in conversations
❓ The best question that Joe has ever asked
📜 Full transcript:
📹 Watch on Youtube:
🗣 Mentioned in the show:
Malcolm Gladwell | https://www.gladwellbooks.com/
Outliers: The Story of Success | https://amzn.to/4chjh8T
D1 Training | https://www.d1training.com/
American Legion | http://www.legion.org/
VHS | https://sites.google.com/venturaedu.org/vhsathletics/about
One Percent Better Podcast | https://www.onepercentbetterproject.com/
KDWB-FM | https://kdwb.iheart.com/
James Clear | https://jamesclear.com/
Seth Godin | https://seths.blog/
Atomic Habits | https://amzn.to/3KoufgK
Larry King | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_King
Frank Sinatra | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Sinatra
Jackie Gleason | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackie_Gleason
Jackie Robinson | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackie_Robinson
Uber | http://www.uber.com/
Airbnb | http://www.airbnb.com/
Oscar Trimboli | https://www.oscartrimboli.com/
Roy Firestone | http://www.royfirestone.com/
ESPN | https://www.espn.com/watch/
Up Close | https://www.espn.com/tvlistings/programs/upclose.html
Jerry Maguire | https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116695/
Cuba Gooding Jr. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuba_Gooding_Jr.
Ansel Adams | https://www.anseladams.com/
Laura Gassner Otting | https://www.lauragassnerotting.com/
Firestone | https://www.firestone.com/
👤Connect with Joe:
Twitter: https://x.com/ferraroonair?lang=en
Podcast: One Percent Better | https://www.onepercentbetterproject.com/
Blog: DamnGoodConversations.com
👨🏾💻 About David Elikwu:
David Elikwu FRSA is a serial entrepreneur, strategist, and writer. David is the founder of The Knowledge, a platform helping people think deeper and work smarter.
🐣 Twitter: @Delikwu / @itstheknowledge
🌐 Website: https://www.davidelikwu.com
📽️ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/davidelikwu
📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/delikwu/
🕺 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@delikwu
🎙️ Podcast: http://plnk.to/theknowledge
📖 Free Book: https://pro.theknowledge.io/frames
My Online Course
🖥️ Decision Hacker: http://www.decisionhacker.io/
Decision Hacker will help you hack your default patterns and become an intentional architect of your life. You’ll learn everything you need to transform your decisions, your habits, and your outcomes.
The Knowledge
📩 Newsletter: https://theknowledge.io
The Knowledge is a weekly newsletter for people who want to get more out of life. It's full of insights from psychology, philosophy, productivity, and business, all designed to make you more productive, creative, and decisive.
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Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-knowledge-with-david-elikwu/donations38m - May 30, 2024 - 100. The Expectation Effect with David Robson
David speaks with David Robson, an award-winning science writer specialising in the extremes of the human brain, body, and behaviour. He has previously worked as a features editor at New Scientist and as a senior journalist at the BBC. He is the author of The Intelligence Trap, which has been translated into fifteen languages, The Expectation Effect, and The Laws of Connection.
They talked about:
🧠 The stereotypes and misconceptions of intelligence
🧬 Genetic and environmental influences on intelligence
💡 The expectation effect
💊 The science behind placebos
💪 How powerful our minds can be
🚫 The limits of the expectation effect
This is just one part of a longer conversation, and it's the second part. You can listen to the earlier episode here:
Part 1: 🎙️ Science, Reasoning, and The Intelligence Trap with David Robson (Episode 97)
📜 Full transcript:
theknowledge.io/davidrobson-2/
📹 Watch on Youtube:
🗣 Mentioned in the show:
Garret Jones | https://theknowledge.io/garettjones-1/
Hive Mind | https://amzn.to/4bM6T0f
How the Potato Changed the World | https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-the-potato-changed-the-world-108470605/
Charles C. Mann | https://theknowledge.io/charlescmann/
The Expectation Effect | https://amzn.to/4dq8Ukh
Placebo effect | https://theknowledge.io/mind-over-matter/
French paradox | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_paradox
Cholecystokinin | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cholecystokinin
Ghrelin | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghrelin
Lisa Feldman Barrett | https://lisafeldmanbarrett.com/
The Predictive Brain | https://www.edge.org/response-detail/26707
Mind and Body Lab - Stanford University | https://mbl.stanford.edu/
Alia Crum | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alia_Crum
Pygmalion Effect | https://theknowledge.io/pygmalion-effect
👤Connect with David:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/d_a_robson
Website: https://davidrobson.me/
Books:
The Intelligence Trap | https://amzn.to/4aWELqZ
The Expectation Effect | https://amzn.to/4bkisve
👨🏾💻 About David Elikwu:
David Elikwu FRSA is a serial entrepreneur, strategist, and writer. David is the founder of The Knowledge, a platform helping people think deeper and work smarter.
🐣 Twitter: @Delikwu / @itstheknowledge
🌐 Website: https://www.davidelikwu.com
📽️ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/davidelikwu
📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/delikwu/
🕺 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@delikwu
🎙️ Podcast: http://plnk.to/theknowledge
📖 Free Book: https://pro.theknowledge.io/frames
My Online Course
🖥️ Decision Hacker: http://www.decisionhacker.io/
Decision Hacker will help you hack your default patterns and become an intentional architect of your life. You’ll learn everything you need to transform your decisions, your habits, and your outcomes.
The Knowledge
📩 Newsletter: https://theknowledge.io
The Knowledge is a weekly newsletter for people who want to get more out of life. It's full of insights from psychology, philosophy, productivity, and business, all designed to make you more productive, creative, and decisive.
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Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-knowledge-with-david-elikwu/donations45m - May 23, 2024 - 99. Level Up Your Startup with Rob Fitzpatrick
David speaks with Rob Fitzpatrick, author of three books, including The Mom Test and Write Useful Books, both of which are among the most universally recommended books for early entrepreneurs and non-fiction writers. His books are used in universities such as Harvard, MIT, and UCL, and are also manuals for training at companies like SkyScanner and Shopify. He has led training programs at companies like HP and Sony Mobile, and has supported many startups and entrepreneurs.
They talked about:
🚀 Rob’s Y Combinator journey
🔄 Lessons learned from a failed pivot
💡 What to learn and unlearn in bootstrapping
✍️ The process of writing the Mom Test
⏰ Knowing the right time to quit in entrepreneurship
🌱 Embracing feedback for growth
📜 Full transcript:
theknowledge.io/robfitzpatrick-1/
📹 Watch on Youtube:
🗣 Mentioned in the show:
Y Combinator | http://www.ycombinator.com/
Georgia Institute of Technology | https://gatech.edu/node/1
Hacker News | https://news.ycombinator.com/
BBC | https://www.bbc.com/
Sony Pictures | https://www.sonypictures.com/
MTV | https://www.mtv.com/
Golden Handcuffs | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_handcuffs
Bootstrapping | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bootstrapping_(statistics)
The Mom Test | https://amzn.to/3UeADcN
Write Useful Books | https://amzn.to/3Vp1HYj
Seed Camp Week | https://seedcamp.com/
The Lean Startup | https://theleanstartup.com/
The Sunk Cost Fallacy | https://theknowledge.io/sunk-cost-fallacy/
Useful Books | https://www.usefulbooks.com/
PBS | https://www.pbs.org/
Annie Duke | https://www.annieduke.com/
Thinking in Bets | https://amzn.to/44NWiQc
Angela Duckworth | https://angeladuckworth.com/
Workshop Survival Guide | https://www.workshopsurvival.com/
Alice Bentick | https://alicebentinck.com/
Why we use Edge to generate ideas | https://medium.com/entrepreneur-first/
👤Connect with Rob:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/robfitz
Website: https://www.robfitz.com/home
The Mom Test | https://amzn.to/3UeADcN
👨🏾💻 About David Elikwu:
David Elikwu FRSA is a serial entrepreneur, strategist, and writer. David is the founder of The Knowledge, a platform helping people think deeper and work smarter.
🐣 Twitter: @Delikwu / @itstheknowledge
🌐 Website: https://www.davidelikwu.com
📽️ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/davidelikwu
📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/delikwu/
🕺 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@delikwu
🎙️ Podcast: http://plnk.to/theknowledge
📖 Free Book: https://pro.theknowledge.io/frames
My Online Course
🖥️ Decision Hacker: http://www.decisionhacker.io/
Decision Hacker will help you hack your default patterns and become an intentional architect of your life. You’ll learn everything you need to transform your decisions, your habits, and your outcomes.
The Knowledge
📩 Newsletter: https://theknowledge.io
The Knowledge is a weekly newsletter for people who want to get more out of life. It's full of insights from psychology, philosophy, productivity, and business, all designed to make you more productive, creative, and decisive.
My Favorite Tools
🎞️ Descript: https://bit.ly/descript-de
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Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-knowledge-with-david-elikwu/donations38m - May 16, 2024 - 98. Curiosity, Creativity, and Careers with Buster Benson
David speaks with Buster Benson, an entrepreneur and former product leader at Amazon, Twitter, Slack, and Patreon. He writes for Medium and busterbenson.com and is currently the CEO of 750words.com. He is the author of ‘Why Are We Yelling? The Art of Productive Disagreement.’
They talked about:
🌱 Having a positive mindset despite early experiences
💻 The influence of the internet in transforming career opportunities
📝 Buster’s journey in writing and building his career
🔍 The power of following your curiosity
🌐 How the Internet is reshaping our world
💡 The inspiration for writing 'Why Are We Yelling?’
📜 Full transcript:
theknowledge.io/busterbenson-1/
📹 Watch on Youtube:
👤Connect with Buster:
Twitter: @buster | https://twitter.com/buster
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/busterbenson/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bustrbensn/
Website: busterbenson.com
Book: Why Are We Yelling? | https://amzn.to/3QmkJ1a
🗣 Mentioned in the show:
David Letterman | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Letterman
Trade Wars | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trade_Wars
Diaryland | https://members.diaryland.com/edit/
LiveJournal | https://www.livejournal.com/
Amazon | https://www.amazon.com/
NaNoWriMo | https://nanowrimo.org/
AdFarm | https://adfarm.com/
HabitLab | https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/habitlab/
The Locavore | https://thelocavore.in/
750 words | https://750words.com/
Macintosh | https://www.techtarget.com/whatis/definition/Macintosh
Atari computers | https://atari.com/
Cognitive Bias Cheat Sheet | https://busterbenson.com/pile/cognitive-biases/
👨🏾💻 About David Elikwu:
David Elikwu FRSA is a serial entrepreneur, strategist, and writer. David is the founder of The Knowledge, a platform helping people think deeper and work smarter.
🐣 Twitter: @Delikwu / @itstheknowledge
🌐 Website: https://www.davidelikwu.com
📽️ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/davidelikwu
📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/delikwu/
🕺 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@delikwu
🎙️ Podcast: http://plnk.to/theknowledge
📖 Free Book: https://pro.theknowledge.io/frames
My Online Course
🖥️ Decision Hacker: http://www.decisionhacker.io/
Decision Hacker will help you hack your default patterns and become an intentional architect of your life. You’ll learn everything you need to transform your decisions, your habits, and your outcomes.
The Knowledge
📩 Newsletter: https://theknowledge.io
The Knowledge is a weekly newsletter for people who want to get more out of life. It's full of insights from psychology, philosophy, productivity, and business, all designed to make you more productive, creative, and decisive.
My Favorite Tools
🎞️ Descript: https://bit.ly/descript-de
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Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-knowledge-with-david-elikwu/donations34m - May 9, 2024 - 97. Science, Reasoning, and The Intelligence Trap with David Robson
David speaks with David Robson, an award-winning science writer specializing in the extremes of the human brain, body, and behavior. He has previously worked as a features editor at New Scientist and as a senior journalist at the BBC. He is the author of The Intelligence Trap, which has been translated into fifteen languages, The Expectation Effect, and The Laws of Connections.
They talked about:
🔍 How outdated science can mislead us
🔬 The replicability crisis in behavioural science
📡 How scientific information gets distorted
🧠 The problem with IQ
🌱 The importance of intellectual humility
💡 Motivated reasoning and the intelligence trap
📜 Full transcript:
theknowledge.io/davidrobson-1/
📹 Watch on Youtube:
👤 Connect with David:
Twitter: @d_a_robson | https://twitter.com/d_a_robson
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-robson
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/davidarobson/
Website: https://davidrobson.me/
Books:
The Intelligence Trap | https://amzn.to/4aWELqZ
The Expectation Effect | https://amzn.to/4bkisve
🗣 Mentioned in the show:
University of Cambridge | https://www.cam.ac.uk/
University of Oxford | https://www.ox.ac.uk/
Dan Ariely | https://danariely.com/all-about-dan/
Thinking, Fast and Slow | https://amzn.to/44q2FZD
Lizard Brain | https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/where-addiction-meets-your-brain/201404/your-lizard-brain
Dunning Kruger Effect | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning–Kruger_effect
The Language Instinct | https://amzn.to/4dktX7S
Daniel Kahneman | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Kahneman
Amos Tversky | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amos_Tversky
Psychological Priming | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priming_(psychology)
Elon Musk | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elon_Musk
Bill Gates | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Gates
Steve Jobs | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Jobs
Philip Tetlock | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_E._Tetlock
Nobel Prize Disease | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobel_disease
Kary Mullis | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kary_Mullis
Polymerase Chain Reaction | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polymerase_chain_reaction
Arthur Conan Doyle | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Conan_Doyle
Sherlock Holmes Books | https://amzn.to/4bjJFyo
Harry Houdini | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Houdini
👨🏾💻 About David Elikwu:
David Elikwu FRSA is a serial entrepreneur, strategist, and writer. David is the founder of The Knowledge, a platform helping people think deeper and work smarter.
🐣 Twitter: @Delikwu / @itstheknowledge
🌐 Website: https://www.davidelikwu.com
📽️ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/davidelikwu
📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/delikwu/
🕺 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@delikwu
🎙️ Podcast: http://plnk.to/theknowledge
📖 Free Book: https://pro.theknowledge.io/frames
My Online Course
🖥️ Decision Hacker: http://www.decisionhacker.io/
Decision Hacker will help you hack your default patterns and become an intentional architect of your life. You’ll learn everything you need to transform your decisions, your habits, and your outcomes.
The Knowledge
📩 Newsletter: https://theknowledge.io
The Knowledge is a weekly newsletter for people who want to get more out of life. It's full of insights from psychology, philosophy, productivity, and business, all designed to make you more productive, creative, and decisive.
My Favorite Tools
🎞️ Descript: https://bit.ly/descript-de
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Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-knowledge-with-david-elikwu/donations39m - May 2, 2024 - 96. The Path to Authentic Writing with Anne-Laure Le Cunff
David speaks with Anne-Laure Le Cunff, a neuroscientist, writer, entrepreneur, and the founder of Ness Labs, which provides content, coaching, courses and community to help makers put their minds at work.
They talked about:
🌟 Choosing authenticity over Mimetic desires
🎨 Embracing individuality
⚖️ Work-life balance as an entrepreneur
💪 Overcoming self-consciousness
⏳ Mindful productivity vs. toxic productivity
✍️ Going from writing posts to books
This is just one part of a longer conversation, and it's the second part. You can listen to the earlier episode here:
Part 1: 🎙️ Neuroscience, Writing, and Mindful Productivity with Anne-Laure Le Cunff (Episode 92)
📜 Full transcript:
theknowledge.io/annelaurelecunff-2/
📹 Watch on Youtube:
👤Connect with Anne-Laure:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/neuranne
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/neuranne/
The Ness Labs Newsletter | https://newsletter.nesslabs.com/
🗣 Mentioned in the show:
The Ness Labs Newsletter | https://newsletter.nesslabs.com/
Zapier | https://zapier.com/
The War of Art | https://amzn.to/4aVrbEE
MKBHD | https://www.youtube.com/@mkbhd
Tiago Forte | https://fortelabs.com/
Building a Second Brain | https://amzn.to/44lSqWo
Pygmalion and Galatea | https://theknowledge.io/pygmalion-effect/
👨🏾💻 About David Elikwu:
David Elikwu FRSA is a serial entrepreneur, strategist, and writer. David is the founder of The Knowledge, a platform helping people think deeper and work smarter.
🐣 Twitter: @Delikwu / @itstheknowledge
🌐 Website: https://www.davidelikwu.com
📽️ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/davidelikwu
📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/delikwu/
🕺 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@delikwu
🎙️ Podcast: http://plnk.to/theknowledge
📖 Free Book: https://pro.theknowledge.io/frames
My Online Course
🖥️ Decision Hacker: http://www.decisionhacker.io/
Decision Hacker will help you hack your default patterns and become an intentional architect of your life. You’ll learn everything you need to transform your decisions, your habits, and your outcomes.
The Knowledge
📩 Newsletter: https://theknowledge.io
The Knowledge is a weekly newsletter for people who want to get more out of life. It's full of insights from psychology, philosophy, productivity, and business, all designed to make you more productive, creative, and decisive.
My Favorite Tools
🎞️ Descript: https://bit.ly/descript-de
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Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-knowledge-with-david-elikwu/donations30m - Apr 25, 2024 - 95. The Power of Pivoting with Jenny Blake
David speaks with Jenny Blake, an international keynote speaker and author of Pivot: The Only Move That Matters is Your Next One, winner of the Axiom Best Business Books award in the careers category. She hosts two podcasts with over one million downloads combined: Free Time for heart-based business owners, and Pivot with Jenny Blake for navigating change.
They talked about:
🚀 Jenny Blake’s early career experiences
⚖️ How to manage competing interests
📱 How social media shapes perspectives
🌟 Career fulfillment beyond mere results
🎲 The power of taking risks
🗝️ Self-discovery through pivoting
📜 Full transcript:
📹 Watch on Youtube:
👤 Connect with Jenny:
Twitter: @jenny_blake | https://twitter.com/jenny_blake
Instagram: @jennyblakenyc | https://www.instagram.com/jennyblakenyc/
Website: Pivot | https://www.pivotmethod.com/
Podcast: Pivot with Jenny Blake | https://pod.link/pivotmethod
Books:
Pivot: The Only Move That Matters Is Your Next One | https://amzn.to/3xvBdxl
Free Time: Lose the Busywork, Love Your Business | https://amzn.to/3Unh05U
🗣 Mentioned in the show:
Google | https://about.google/
Medill School of Journalism | https://www.medill.northwestern.edu/
University of California | https://www.ucla.edu/
Daily Bruin | https://dailybruin.com/
Palo Alto Networks | https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/
Career Guru | https://careerguru.teachable.com/
Parkinson's Law | https://amzn.to/49BnjXT
Andrew Wilkinson | https://awilkinson.medium.com/
Shane Parrish | https://fs.blog/about/
Wanting: The Power of Mimetic Desire in Everyday Life by Luke Burgis | https://amzn.to/4d31DqA
The Kardashians | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Kardashians
Suits | https://www.imdb.com/title/tt31122751/
Kentucky Derby | https://www.kentuckyderby.com/
The Legend of Success | https://theknowledge.io/issue34/
Battle of Thermopylae | https://theknowledge.io/legends-an-immaculate-deception/
Steph Smith | https://stephsmith.io/
Andreessen Horowitz | https://a16z.com/
👨🏾💻 About David Elikwu:
David Elikwu FRSA is a serial entrepreneur, strategist, and writer. David is the founder of The Knowledge, a platform helping people think deeper and work smarter.
🐣 Twitter: @Delikwu / @itstheknowledge
🌐 Website: https://www.davidelikwu.com
📽️ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/davidelikwu
📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/delikwu/
🕺 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@delikwu
🎙️ Podcast: http://plnk.to/theknowledge
📖 Free Book: https://pro.theknowledge.io/frames
My Online Course
🖥️ Decision Hacker: http://www.decisionhacker.io/
Decision Hacker will help you hack your default patterns and become an intentional architect of your life. You’ll learn everything you need to transform your decisions, your habits, and your outcomes.
The Knowledge
📩 Newsletter: https://theknowledge.io
The Knowledge is a weekly newsletter for people who want to get more out of life. It's full of insights from psychology, philosophy, productivity, and business, all designed to make you more productive, creative, and decisive.
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Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-knowledge-with-david-elikwu/donations39m - Apr 18, 2024 - 94. Leading with Purpose with Ryan Hawk
David speaks with Ryan Hawk, the host of “The Learning Leader Show,” renowned as one of the most dynamic leadership podcasts available. Ryan is also the author of several highly acclaimed books on management, leadership, and excellence, including “Welcome to Management,” which Forbes hailed as one of the best leadership books of 2020.
They talked about:
🤝 Empathy over criticism
👥 The qualities of exceptional team leaders
💪 Building confidence through trust and empowerment
🔍 Mentorship and self-discovery
🤲 Embracing generosity and servant leadership
🌱 Building meaningful mentorships
👨👧👦 Unconventional lessons as an interviewer and a father
This is just one part of a longer conversation, and it's the second part. You can listen to the earlier episode here:
Part 1: 🎙️ The Pursuit of Excellence with Ryan Hawk (Episode 89)
📜Full transcript:
📹 Watch on Youtube:
👤 Connect with Ryan:
Twitter: @RyanHawk12 | https://twitter.com/RyanHawk12
Website: The Learning Leader Show | https://learningleader.com/about/
Books: Welcome to Management | https://a.co/d/0mK853F
The Score That Matters | https://a.co/d/bNRZJmz
The Pursuit of Excellence | https://a.co/d/d5m4paA
🗣 Mentioned in the show:
LexisNexis | https://www.lexisnexis.co.uk/
Mayer Brown | https://www.mayerbrown.com/en
Thomson Reuters Westlaw | https://legal.thomsonreuters.com/en/westlaw
Ted Lasso | https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10986410/
Brooke Cupps | https://twitter.com/brookcupps?lang=en-GB
Indiana University | https://www.iu.edu/index.html
NFL | https://www.nfl.com/
Andy Reid | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Reid
Brent Scher | https://muckrack.com/brent-scher
Robert Greene | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Greene_(American_author)
Foxhole friends | https://chaparralwisdom.org/2023/03/01/foxhole-friends/
Keith Hawk | https://www.linkedin.com/in/keithhawk/
Charlie Munger | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Munger
Steve Jobs | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Jobs
Todd Henry | https://www.toddhenry.com/
👨🏾💻 About David Elikwu:
David Elikwu FRSA is a serial entrepreneur, strategist, and writer. David is the founder of The Knowledge, a platform helping people think deeper and work smarter.
🐣 Twitter: @Delikwu / @itstheknowledge
🌐 Website: https://www.davidelikwu.com
📽️ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/davidelikwu
📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/delikwu/
🕺 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@delikwu
🎙️ Podcast: http://plnk.to/theknowledge
📖 Free Book: https://pro.theknowledge.io/frames
My Online Course
🖥️ Decision Hacker: http://www.decisionhacker.io/
Decision Hacker will help you hack your default patterns and become an intentional architect of your life. You’ll learn everything you need to transform your decisions, your habits, and your outcomes.
The Knowledge
📩 Newsletter: https://theknowledge.io
The Knowledge is a weekly newsletter for people who want to get more out of life. It's full of insights from psychology, philosophy, productivity, and business, all designed to make you more productive, creative, and decisive.
My Favorite Tools
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Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-knowledge-with-david-elikwu/donations37m - Apr 11, 2024 - 93. Wealth, Investing, and Personal Finance with Rob Dix
David speaks with Rob Dix, a co-founder of Property Hub. Rob is a co-host of The Property Podcast, which is one of the biggest business podcasts in the UK, and the author of 3 popular books about property and investing including The Price of Money which was a Sunday Times Bestseller.
They talked about:
📈 The secrets of wise investing
📊 Investing in stocks
💼 Choosing the right investments
💰 Role of gold and bitcoin in wealth preservation
💸 Earning more over saving more
📝 Importance of financial discipline
This is just one part of a longer conversation, and it's the second part. You can listen to the earlier episode here:
Part 1: 🎙️The Price of Money with Rob Dix (Episode 89)
📜Full transcript:
https://theknowledge.io/robdix-2/
📹 Watch on Youtube:
👤 Connect with Rob:
Twitter: @robdix | https://twitter.com/robdix
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-dix/
How To Be A Landlord | https://amzn.eu/d/eQWISE6
The Complete Guide to Property Investment | https://amzn.eu/d/4LNvmcd
The Price of Money | https://amzn.eu/d/4rVBuHw
Website: https://propertyhub.net/
🗣 Mentioned in the show:
Equity Investment | https://www.investopedia.com/terms/e/equity.asp
Cryptocurrency | https://theknowledge.io/what-is-cryptocurrency/
Bitcoin | https://bitcoin.org/en/
Adidas | https://www.adidas.co.uk/
Kanye West | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanye_West
Yeezy | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adidas_Yeezy
Vanguard | https://investor.vanguard.com/corporate-portal
FTSE 100 | https://www.hl.co.uk/shares/stock-market-summary/ftse-100
Rich Dad Poor Dad | https://www.amazon.co.uk/Rich-Dad-Poor-Teach-Middle/
Die With Zero | https://www.amazon.co.uk/Die-Zero-Getting-Your-Money/
Charles Munger | https://www.forbes.com/profile/charles-munger/
👨🏾💻 About David Elikwu:
David Elikwu FRSA is a serial entrepreneur, strategist, and writer. David is the founder of The Knowledge, a platform helping people think deeper and work smarter.
🐣 Twitter: @Delikwu / @itstheknowledge
🌐 Website: https://www.davidelikwu.com
📽️ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/davidelikwu
📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/delikwu/
🕺 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@delikwu
🎙️ Podcast: http://plnk.to/theknowledge
📖 EBook: https://delikwu.gumroad.com/l/manual
My Online Course
🖥️ Career Hyperdrive: https://maven.com/theknowledge/career-hyperdrive
Career Hyperdrive is a live, cohort-based course that helps people find their competitive advantage, gain clarity around their goals, and build a future-proof set of mental frameworks so they can live an extraordinary life doing work they love.
The Knowledge
📩 Newsletter: https://newsletter.theknowledge.io/
The Knowledge is a weekly newsletter for people who want to get more out of life. It's full of insights from psychology, philosophy, productivity, and business, all designed to help you think deeper and work smarter.
My Favorite Tools
🎞️ Descript: https://bit.ly/descript-de
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Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-knowledge-with-david-elikwu/donations34m - Apr 4, 2024 - 92. Neuroscience, Writing, and Mindful Productivity with Anne-Laure Le Cunff
David speaks with Anne-Laure Le Cunff, a neuroscientist, writer, entrepreneur, and the founder of Ness Labs, which provides content, coaching, courses and community to help makers put their minds at work.
They talked about:
📒 The importance of journaling
✍️ Developing as a writer
👩💻 Anne-Laure's journey from Google to Ness Labs
🧠 Embracing uncertainty and building a platform
😬 Why being cringe is crucial to success
⚖️ Balancing confidence and humility
📜 Full transcript:
https://theknowledge.io/annelaurelecunff-1/
📹 Watch on Youtube:
👤 Connect with Anne-Laure:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/neuranne
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/neuranne/
The Ness Labs Newsletter | https://newsletter.nesslabs.com/
🗣 Mentioned in the show:
Battle of Thermopylae | https://www.thecollector.com/battle-of-thermopylae/
Netflix | https://www.netflix.com/
Blockbuster | https://www.inc.com/minda-zetlin/
Timothée Chalamet | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothée_Chalamet
Michael B. Jordan | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_B._Jordan
Dune | https://amzn.to/3TAdseM
Dune Part Two | https://www.imdb.com/Dune-Part-Two
Bene Gesserit | https://dune.fandom.com/wiki/Bene_Gesserit
James Clear | https://jamesclear.com/
Ness Labs | https://nesslabs.com/
👨🏾💻 About David Elikwu:
David Elikwu FRSA is a serial entrepreneur, strategist, and writer. David is the founder of The Knowledge, a platform helping people think deeper and work smarter.
🐣 Twitter: @Delikwu / @itstheknowledge
🌐 Website: https://www.davidelikwu.com
📽️ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/davidelikwu
📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/delikwu/
🕺 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@delikwu
🎙️ Podcast: http://plnk.to/theknowledge
📖 Free Book: https://pro.theknowledge.io/frames
My Online Course
🖥️ Decision Hacker: http://www.decisionhacker.io/
Decision Hacker will help you hack your default patterns and become an intentional architect of your life. You’ll learn everything you need to transform your decisions, your habits, and your outcomes.
The Knowledge
📩 Newsletter: https://theknowledge.io
The Knowledge is a weekly newsletter for people who want to get more out of life. It's full of insights from psychology, philosophy, productivity, and business, all designed to make you more productive, creative, and decisive.
My Favorite Tools
🎞️ Descript: https://bit.ly/descript-de
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Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-knowledge-with-david-elikwu/donations38m - Mar 28, 2024 - 91. The Art of Storytelling with Lawrence Yeo
David speaks with Lawrence Yeo, a writer, illustrator, storyteller, and the creator of “More To That”, an illustrated long-form blog read by tens of thousands of people.
They talked about:
📖 How stories influence thinking
🔍 The value of exploring different genres
🕰️ How history changes beliefs.
🌍 How broad taste can influence creativity
🎨 The unique approach to nonfiction storytelling
🚀 How he started blogging and made his first post
This is just one part of a longer conversation, and it's the second part. You can listen to the earlier episode here:
Part 1: 🎙️The Career of a Practical Creator with Lawrence Yeo (Episode 87)
📜Full transcript:
http://theknowledge.io/lawrenceyeo-2/
📹 Watch on Youtube:
👤 Connect with Lawrence:
Twitter: @moretothat | https://twitter.com/moretothat
Website: More To That | https://moretothat.com/
Course: Thinking In Stories | https://thinkinginstories.com/
🗣 Mentioned in the show:
Khe Hy | https://theknowledge.io/khehy-1/
Dale Carnegie | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dale_Carnegie
J Dilla | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J_Dilla
Epic of Gilgamesh | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epic_of_Gilgamesh
Tim Urban | https://waitbutwhy.com/2014/05/life-weeks.html
Travel is No Cure for the Mind | https://moretothat.com/travel-is-no-cure-for-the-mind/
Lex Fridman | https://lexfridman.com/
Thinking in Stories | https://thinkinginstories.com/
The Labor of Inspiration | https://moretothat.com/the-labor-of-inspiration/
Mimesis | https://theknowledge.io/mimesis/
Luke Burgis | https://lukeburgis.com/about/
Wanting | https://amzn.to/3I8O2zD
René Girard | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/René_Girard
Charles Bukowski | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Bukowski
Naval Ravikant | https://theknowledge.io/ericjorgenson-3/
👨🏾💻 About David Elikwu:
David Elikwu FRSA is a serial entrepreneur, strategist, and writer. David is the founder of The Knowledge, a platform helping people think deeper and work smarter.
🐣 Twitter: @Delikwu / @itstheknowledge
🌐 Website: https://www.davidelikwu.com
📽️ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/davidelikwu
📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/delikwu/
🕺 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@delikwu
🎙️ Podcast: http://plnk.to/theknowledge
📖 Free Book: https://pro.theknowledge.io/frames
My Online Course
🖥️ Decision Hacker: http://www.decisionhacker.io/
Decision Hacker will help you hack your default patterns and become an intentional architect of your life. You’ll learn everything you need to transform your decisions, your habits, and your outcomes.
The Knowledge
📩 Newsletter: https://theknowledge.io
The Knowledge is a weekly newsletter for people who want to get more out of life. It's full of insights from psychology, philosophy, productivity, and business, all designed to make you more productive, creative, and decisive.
My Favorite Tools
🎞️ Descript: https://bit.ly/descript-de
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Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-knowledge-with-david-elikwu/donations38m - Mar 21, 2024 - 90. The Pursuit of Excellence with Ryan Hawk
David speaks with Ryan Hawk, who’s the host of "The Learning Leader Show," labeled as the most dynamic leadership podcast around, and author of some very popular books about management, leadership and excellence. And including Welcome to Management, which Forbes called one of the best leadership books of 2020.
They talked about:
🏆 The impact of great coaches
🏡 Childhood and the importance of community
🚀 The role of ambition in personal success
💼 The importance of work ethic
🔄 Transitioning from sports to business to podcasting
🎨 The art of interviewing and learning from others
📜Full transcript:
http://theknowledge.io/ryanhawk-1/
📹 Watch on Youtube:
👤 Connect with Ryan:
Twitter: @RyanHawk12
Website: The Learning Leader Show | https://learningleader.com/about/
Books: Welcome to Management | https://a.co/d/0mK853F
The Score That Matters | https://a.co/d/bNRZJmz
The Pursuit of Excellence | https://a.co/d/d5m4paA
🗣 Mentioned in the show:
Bob Gregg | https://learningleader.com/kirkherbstreit444/
Ron Ullery | https://learningleader.com/ulleryhawk325/
Kirk Herbstreit | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirk_Herbstreit
Ben Roethlisberger | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Roethlisberger
Canadian Football League | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Football_League
The Arena league | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Arena_League
David Perell | https://perell.com/
Scott Galloway | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Galloway_(professor)
Brook Cupps | https://www.linkedin.com/in/brook-cupps-23864457
William Ury | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Ury
Tim Ferris | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Ferriss
Dan Patrick | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Patrick_(sportscaster)
Keith Olbermann | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Olbermann
James Clear | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Clear
Atomic Habits | https://www.amazon.com/Atomic-Habits-Proven-Build-Break/dp/0735211299
Charlie Munger | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Munger
👨🏾💻 About David Elikwu:
David Elikwu FRSA is a serial entrepreneur, strategist, and writer. David is the founder of The Knowledge, a platform helping people think deeper and work smarter.
🐣 Twitter: @Delikwu / @itstheknowledge
🌐 Website: https://www.davidelikwu.com
📽️ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/davidelikwu
📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/delikwu/
🕺 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@delikwu
🎙️ Podcast: http://plnk.to/theknowledge
📖 Free Book: https://pro.theknowledge.io/frames
My Online Course
🖥️ Decision Hacker: http://www.decisionhacker.io/
Decision Hacker will help you hack your default patterns and become an intentional architect of your life. You’ll learn everything you need to transform your decisions, your habits, and your outcomes.
The Knowledge
📩 Newsletter: https://theknowledge.io
The Knowledge is a weekly newsletter for people who want to get more out of life. It's full of insights from psychology, philosophy, productivity, and business, all designed to make you more productive, creative, and decisive.
My Favorite Tools
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