The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
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A few years ago I was a broke, university dropout, living in a studio-flat in a rough area. At 18 I started a company which would eventually become "Social Chain" - an industry leading marketing company. At 26 the company was generating $600m a year in revenue. At 27 I resigned as CEO, and launched 'The Diary Of A CEO' podcast with the simple mission of un-filtering success and giving you the knowledge you need to create the life you want. Thank you for listening. IG: https://www.instagram.com/steven TW: https://twitter.com/SteveBartlettSC LI: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stevenbartlett-123
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E125: How To Finally Stop Procrastinating: Oliver Burkeman
The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
03/14/22 • 80 min
5.0
Topics:
- Why do you write about happiness?
- Happiness and meaning
- Embracing our limits
- Why do we put our happiness on the future?
- Pursuit of efficiency
- Living up to your external reputation
- Procrastination
- How to prioritise
- The water melon problem
- Why self analysis is so important
- Why do we purse ambition over happiness
- We’re addicted to the speed of life
- Embracing small changes
- Embracing our irrelevance
- A question from your book
- The last guest question
Watch the episodes on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheDiaryOfACEO/videos
Follow us on Telegram: https://t.me/diaryofaceo
Sponsors:
Huel - https://my.huel.com/Steven
Myenergi - https://bit.ly/3oeWGnl
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E117: Calm App Founder: From $0 To $2 Billion By Making The World Meditate: Michael Acton Smith
The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
01/31/22 • 94 min
5.0
- Your early years
- Starting my first business - Firebox
- My second business - Perplex City
- My third business - Moshi monsters
- The start of Calm
- Calm helping people sleep
- Misconceptions around sleep
- Tough times for you this year
- What you are doing now to change?
- Your relationships
- The foundations of good communication
- How accurate is the 'hippie' stigma that comes with mindfulness?
- Do you feel the good you've done in the world?
- Psychedelics curing mental health
- Our last guest question
Calm:
https://www.calm.com/ Watch the episodes on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheDiaryOfACEO/videos
Sponsors: Huel - https://uk.huel.com/ Myenergi - https://bit.ly/3oeWGnl
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E148: Strava Founder: How I Motivated 100 Million People To Stay Active: Michael Horvath
The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
06/02/22 • 85 min
5.0
Michael Horvath is the co-founder of Strava, the app to track and improve peoples fitness that’s used by millions of people worldwide. It’s his second business success, after he built a thriving online business in the 1990s.
But it hasn’t all been plain sailing for Michael. Initially quitting his first business, he spent several years as a family man before boredom launched him into starting his second. What he didn’t appreciate is that his calling as a family man would come back for him in a way he could never have imagined.
Michael took 5 years off from Strava to care for his wife until her tragic death, and then care for his children in the aftermath of that. When he returned to a struggling Strava as CEO in 2020, he had to build it again from the ground up. It was something he was ready equipped for, because it’s something he’s had to do many times before.
Topics:
- What made you different?
- What role do you play in keeping life balance within your team
- Strava's journey
- How does Strava motivate people to stay healthy and fit?
- How did the pandemic impact your work community?
- What were the hardest challenges you faced when starting up?
- Work-life balance & stepping down
- What did you learn from the passing of your wife
- Returning to Strava
- Difficult moments in Strava
Michael:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/mtkhorvath/
Watch the episodes on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheDiaryOfACEO/videos
Follow us on Telegram: https://t.me/diaryofaceo
Sponsors:
Huel - https://my.huel.com/Steven
Craftd - https://bit.ly/3JKOPFx
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E163: Soho House Founder: How I Built The World’s Most Exclusive Club: Nick Jones
The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
07/25/22 • 70 min
5.0
Nick Jones is the founder of Soho House, the worldwide exclusive private members club worth an incredible $2.8 billion. He’s rewritten the rulebook on hospitality, and his business covers restaurants, hotels, events, and so much more!
If you want to know not just how to build a business, but invent a whole industry, this is the conversation for you. If you want to know how to maintain worklife balance while making billions, this is the mentoring you needed to hear.
Nick is so calm and collected in his thoughts it’s strange to think it all came so close to crashing down, and his business was born out of his first initial business failure when he had nowhere else to turn. Because when you get knocked down, sometimes that forces you to come back in a whole new way.
Topics:
- Early years
- The first inspiration for soho house
- What did you have that others didn’t?
- Why dyslexia is a great gift
- Starting your own restaurant chain at 22
- The best marketing tactic
- Why did the first SoHo House work?
- the factors that made SoHo house what it is today
- The line between ambition & family
- What do you wish you had known?
- Whats hospitality taught you about life?
- Are you shy?
- Whats next?
- The last guests question
Watch the episodes on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheDiaryOfACEO/videos
Follow us on Telegram: https://t.me/diaryofaceo
Sponsors: Huel:
https://my.huel.com/Steven
Crafted: https://bit.ly/3JKOPFx
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Moment 37 - There Is ALWAYS A Way: Holly Tucker
The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
12/23/21 • 7 min
5.0
Holly Tucker MBE has over twenty years experience building businesses. After working in advertising, media, and for a start-up, Holly gave it all up to start Not On The High Street, an online start-up with an inspiring mission: to give a wider platform for small businesses to compete with high street chains.
I don’t think anything truly encapsulates the power of optimism in a better way as this
moment episode with Holly. It doesn’t matter who you are, what you’ve gone through or where you decide to go, there is always a way to achieve what truly matters most to you.
Episode 92 - https://g2ul0.app.link/VBEo4l8wcmb
Holly:
https://www.instagram.com/hollytucker/
https://holly.co/
Watch the episodes on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheDiaryOfACEO/videos
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E190: The Number One Reason This Generation Is Struggling: Scott Galloway
The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
10/27/22 • 87 min
5.0
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E167: The More Successful You Are The Longer You’ll Live: Will Storr
The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
08/08/22 • 105 min
5.0
Will is an author who brings out the unexpected ways that we’re vulnerable, and how to manage those vulnerabilities and turn them into strengths. The author of six books including Sunday Times bestsellers, he’s one of the most interesting voices on how we can manage our worst impulses to succeed in the modern world.
In a conversation that covers everything from are we more narcissistic than we used to be to how a desire for status underpins all of our ambitions, to how to deal with low self esteem and suicidal thoughts, Will held nothing back on this unfiltered exploration of the surprising strategies we can employ to deal with the dark sides of life.
Topics:
- Your early years, how was your self esteem shaped those years
- Your book selfie, the inspiration
- Would you have been happier if you were told you could succeed?
- Am I actually making decisions?
- How our genes control us
- Story telling
- Why does status matter?
- Can we be to consumed by status?
- We live longer with a higher status
- Our pursuit of status is greater and our pursuit for money
- The part social cues play in the ‘status game’
- How do we advance in the status game?
- What ingredients create happiness for you?
- The last guest question
Will:
https://www.instagram.com/williamstorr/
Will’s book:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Status-Game-Will-Storr/
Will’s new book, The Status Game, is out now in the UK and in the US on the 23rd August.
Others books mentioned:
Selfie: How We Became So Self-Obsessed and What It's Doing to Us
The Science of Storytelling: Why Stories Make Us Human and How to Tell Them Better
Watch the episodes on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheDiaryOfACEO/videos
Follow us on Telegram: https://t.me/diaryofaceo
Vodafone Business - https://bit.ly/3Nagd1l
Crafted - https://bit.ly/3JKOPFx
Huel - https://my.huel.com/Steven
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E145: Simon Sinek: The Number One Reason Why You’re Not Succeeding
The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
05/23/22 • 95 min
5.0
Simon Sinek is an author and public speaker, and one of the most interesting thinkers on business in the world today. His books ‘Start With Why’, ‘Leaders Eat Last’ and ‘The Infinite Game’ have sold millions and millions of copies.
In what he describes as ‘my favourite interview’, Simon goes into more detail about how to really run a business with ambition. Simon also opens our eyes about how being vulnerable online is a way to shield ourselves from true human connection.
One of the most thoughtful and inspiring guests to ever grace our show, Simon brings his knowledge and experience to a conversation that will leave you clearer about what issues are really important in the world today, and how they relate to you.
Topics:
- Drifting from your ‘why’
- How do we create continuous goals?
- How do you find purpose in life?
- The importance of assessment from others & nursing personal relationships
- Practical advice to create a culture of seeking feedback from others
- Long term negative impact of lying in your business
- How to make the young generation thrive and stay motivated
- Workplace flexibility
- Steven, what are the reasons you're doing DOAC
- What are you working on next?
- What is your dark side?
- Our last guest’s question
Simon:
https://twitter.com/simonsinek
https://www.instagram.com/simonsinek
Watch the episodes on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheDiaryOfACEO/videos
Follow us on Telegram: https://t.me/diaryofaceo
Sponsors:
Huel - https://my.huel.com/Steven
Myenergi - https://bit.ly/3oeWGnl
Vodafone Business - https://bit.ly/3NIM35n
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E133: Karren Brady: How To Win At Entrepreneurship & Love (at the same time)
The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
04/11/22 • 78 min
5.0
Karren Brady is a businesswoman, Vice Chairman of West Ham, a mainstay on BBC One’s The Apprentice for many years, and at the age of 23 became the youngest person to run a publicly traded company when she was put in charge of Birmingham City Football Club.
Not only was she the youngest person running a football club, but she was also one of the first women to be leaders in the industry. It is hard to imagine not only being one of the youngest people at the club you’re running, but one of the only women too.
What has underlined these advances is incredible energy, dedication and drive. For Karren, breaking glass ceilings and being a first to do things is reachable for everyone, it just means working twice as hard as everyone else.
- Early years
- How independence led me to success
- What made you stand out? What was the skill that made you stand out?
- My first big deal
- What was different about you?
- Importance of being candid in business
- Democracy within your business
- Running West Ham United F.C
- Do emotions compromise your decisions
- Should clubs be more transparent?
- Work and life balance
- Sexism in football and the workplace
- Your relationships
- Is there a need to maintain desire?
- Have you experienced anxiety?
- Feminism & your milestones
- What's your advice to young women
Karren:
https://twitter.com/karren_brady
https://www.instagram.com/karren_brady_official
Sponsors:
Huel - https://my.huel.com/Steven
Myenergi - https://bit.ly/3oeWGnl
Vodafone Business - https://bit.ly/3Nagd1l
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E137: Piers Morgan: Dealing With Repeat Failure, Death Threats & Regrets
The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
04/25/22 • 73 min
4.0
Piers Morgan is a journalist and television host who hasn't stayed out of the headlines since being made the youngest newspaper editor in Britain when he took over the News of the World at the age of 28, almost 30 years ago. Over the years he has attracted controversy for his disputed tactics in breaking news stories and television interviews. He is also the author of several best-selling memoirs.
His long affinity for journalism has seen him leaving and starting new roles across ITV, CNN and NBC. Some of the shows include Piers Morgan Life Stories, Good Morning Britain, Britain’s Got Talent, and his newest - Piers Morgan Uncensored, beginning April 24 on the new TalkTv. In this conversation we touch subjects of mental resilience, cancel-culture, mental health and veganism.
You may not like it, it may not be comfortable to listen to, but this interview was an important debate which made me think about many of the things we spoke about. Piers believes his voice of common sense, acts as a vital counter-narrative to have in society and encourages us to build resilience, stimulate debate and stop over labelling things.
Topics:
- What made you the person we see today?
- Mental resilience vs mental health
- How did you get ahead so quickly in your career?
- Marketing yourself using controversy
- How have you dealt with your ups and downs?
- What would it take for you and Meghan Markle to make up?
- The effect your media appearance has on your children
- When does Piers Morgan cry?
- Piers Morgan Uncensored
- The last guest's question
Piers:
https://twitter.com/piersmorgan
https://www.instagram.com/piersmorgan/
Piers Morgan Uncensored:
https://www.youtube.com/c/PiersMorganUncensored/featured
Watch the episodes on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheDiaryOfACEO/videos
Follow us on Telegram: https://t.me/diaryofaceo
Sponsors:
Huel - https://my.huel.com/Steven
Myenergi - https://bit.ly/3oeWGnl
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