The Learning Leader Show With Ryan Hawk - 541: Matt Higgins - Burning The Boats, Handling Imposter Syndrome, Investing on Shark Tank, & The Most Important Ingredient To Professional Success

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Broadcast on: 20 Aug 2023
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Matt Higgins was an executive for the New York Jets and then the Miami Dolphins. He Co-Founded RSE Ventures with Miami Dolphins owner, Stephen Ross. Matt was a guest shark on ABC's Shark Tank (seasons 10-11), He is an executive fellow at Harvard Business School, and he recently published a book called, Burn The Boats, Toss Plan B Overboard and Unleash Your Full Potential...

Matt's Mom: "My mother, Linda, died with $100 in her bank account, but I inherited the most valuable gift a parent can give a child: limitless faith in my ability to figure anything out."
Matt gave the 2019 commencement speech at Queens College – According to Vanity Fair Contributing Editor Paul Goldberger, "This is a magnificent and truly inspiring speech that everyone should read. If you think commencement speeches are made of cliches, this one will change your mind."
The most important ingredient to professional success: "Make yourself indispensable at whatever task you're doing and you'll always have a job."
Research proves that the mere contemplation of Plan B statistically reduces the probability Plan A will ever materialize.
The advice Matt got from Daymond John on how to handle imposter syndrome on his first day of filming Shark Tank: "You belong here because you are here."
How to raise your kids to not be spoiled when you can provide anything they'd ever want?
- There is nobility in work. Ensure they do hard things and do real work.
Matt's "must-have" qualities when hiring a leader:
- Confidence + Humility
- Empathy
- They just "figure it out"
- They are a servant leader -- They can "plug holes"
Matt's four-step process:
- What's the worst that could happen?
- If it doesn't work out, what will I do?
- What's the probability the bad stuff will happen?
- What pain am I willing to endure to make it happen?
"Burn the boats for goals, not tactics."

You really cannot choose your moments. It's been a life philosophy. That's different than having boundaries about whether you wanna do something or should do something. It's when you believe you wanna do something, should do something, but believe you can't, because it's not sustainable. That's when you should usually say screw it. It's not gonna come around again. (upbeat music) - Welcome to The Learning Leaders Show, presented by Insight Global. I am your host, Ryan Hawk. Thank you so much for being here. Text Hawk to 66866 to become part of Mindful Monday. You, along with tens of thousands of other learning leaders from all over the world, will receive a carefully curated email from me each Monday morning to help you start your week off. Right, you'll also receive details about how my book, The Pursuit of Excellence, will help you become a more effective leader. Text Hawk to 66866. Now on tonight's featured leader, Matt Higgins was an executive for the New York Jets and then the Miami Dolphins. He co-founded RSE Ventures with Miami Dolphins owner Steven Ross. Matt was in a guest shark on ABC's Shark Tank, seasons 10 and 11. He's an executive fellow at Harvard Business School and he recently published a best-selling book called Burn the Boats, Toss Plan B Overboard in Unleash Your Full Potential. He's done a lot. During this conversation, we discuss the four questions to ask yourself when you're thinking about making a change, then the advice Matt got from Damon John right before cameras started rolling on how to handle imposter syndrome. The first day of Shark Tank, this was an amazing story, you're gonna love it. And then Matt shares another great story on the most important ingredients for professional success, ladies and gentlemen, please enjoy Matt Higgins. Matt Higgins, it is great to have you here on The Learning Leaders Show, welcome, man. - Thanks for having me, excited to be with you.

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