
3) Understanding the Math of Success | Guy Kawasaki
05/18/16 • 27 min
This interview was originally published on July 27, 2015, as HTE 107: Understanding the Math of Success | Guy Kawasaki.
This episode almost didn't get published. Jon Nastor and Guy Kawasaki get a little bit antagonistic with each other at one point in the conversation, so it was a bit off-putting at first. But this takes the conversation into a new, unexpected, and deeper place.
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My guest today popularized secular evangelism in 1983 when he worked with the Macintosh Division of Apple. He is currently the chief evangelist of Canva, an online and easy to use graphic design platform.
He is also the author of thirteen books including. Art of the Start 2.0 and Enchantment.
His books are used by some of the finest academic institutions and have been New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestsellers.
My guest gives over fifty keynote speeches a year on topics such as innovation, enchantment, social media, evangelism, and entrepreneurship. His clients include Apple, Nike, Audi, Google, and Microsoft.
Now, let's hack....
Guy Kawasaki.
In this 27-minute episode Guy Kawasaki and I discuss:
- The benefits of working harder than everybody else
- Never sticking with just one company
- Being young and underpaid, old and overpaid
- How and why to adopt a growth mindset
This interview was originally published on July 27, 2015, as HTE 107: Understanding the Math of Success | Guy Kawasaki.
This episode almost didn't get published. Jon Nastor and Guy Kawasaki get a little bit antagonistic with each other at one point in the conversation, so it was a bit off-putting at first. But this takes the conversation into a new, unexpected, and deeper place.
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My guest today popularized secular evangelism in 1983 when he worked with the Macintosh Division of Apple. He is currently the chief evangelist of Canva, an online and easy to use graphic design platform.
He is also the author of thirteen books including. Art of the Start 2.0 and Enchantment.
His books are used by some of the finest academic institutions and have been New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestsellers.
My guest gives over fifty keynote speeches a year on topics such as innovation, enchantment, social media, evangelism, and entrepreneurship. His clients include Apple, Nike, Audi, Google, and Microsoft.
Now, let's hack....
Guy Kawasaki.
In this 27-minute episode Guy Kawasaki and I discuss:
- The benefits of working harder than everybody else
- Never sticking with just one company
- Being young and underpaid, old and overpaid
- How and why to adopt a growth mindset
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2) Find a Multiplier Effect For Your Income | Stephen Key
This interview was originally published on November 24, 2014, as HTE 027: Finding A Multiplier Effect For Your Income | Stephen Key.
The popularity of this episode is rooted in Stephen Key's unique perspective on passive income. Not that Stephen encourages laziness, but he does push us all to find our multiplier effects and to create income streams beyond our hours worked.
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Today’s guest on Hack The Entrepreneur is an entrepreneur and an inventor, that consistently earns millions of dollars licensing his ideas to companies like Disney, Nestle, and Coca-Cola.
He is not high-tech, but he knows how to take an idea and very quickly make it a global sensation.
Before becoming a savvy inventor, he spent part of the 1980s as the head of design at Worlds Of Wonder. They had two number one hit toys that you may remember, Teddy Ruxpin and LazerTag. Since this time he has started his own businesses,
Since this time, he has started his own businesses, InventRight, and Spinformation, and has sold 100s of millions of products.
He is the author of the best-selling book, One Simple Idea.
He currently writes a weekly column on Entrepreneur.com and also writes regularly for Inc Magazine.
Now, let’s hack...
Stephen Key.
What you will learn in this episode:- Why the multiplier effect is required to produce great wealth
- How creative people get distracted so often (and how to work through this)
- How to choose an idea that you can implement very quickly
- The one simple thing Stephen did that doubled his business in 8 months
- Why you should borrow ideas when you see them
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4) We All Start As Employees | Brian Tracy
This interview was originally published on July 27, 2015, as HTE 202: We All Start As Employees | Brian Tracy.
Sometimes I interview people don't know before researching, a few I've heard a lot about, and other times I have been following their work for many, many years -- this episode is part of the latter.
Brian Tracy is the author of more than 70 books, many of them bestsellers. There are six of his books, with notes and highlighter marks throughout, on my office shelf.
Brian Tracy is a very smart entrepreneur and the insights he shares in this interview will change the way you look at business and employment.
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My guest today is one of the top professional business speakers in the world. He is the author of more than 70 books — many of them bestsellers. There are six of his books, with notes and highlighter marks throughout, on my office shelf.
He is the chairman and CEO of Brian Tracy International, a company specializing in the training and development of individuals and organizations.
His goal is to help you achieve your personal and business goals faster and easier than you ever imagined.
He has consulted for more than 1,000 companies and addressed more than 5,000,000 people in 5,000 talks and seminars throughout the US, Canada, and 55 other countries worldwide.
As a Keynote speaker and seminar leader, he addresses more than 250,000 people each year.
Now, let’s hack...
Brian Tracy.
In this 43-minute episode Brian Tracy and I discuss:
- The Key is to Get It 80% Right and Run It Up the Flag Pole
- Seek opportunities to help other people
- How to know if you have what it takes to be successful
- Why 80% right is better than perfect
If you like this episode you’ll love
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