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383: Guy Raz - 383: Guy Raz - How To Ask Questions, Tell A Story, & Build A Career You Love

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52m
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13 Sep 2020
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The Learning Leader Show With Ryan Hawk

#383: Guy Raz - How I Built This

  • Excellence =
    • Ambition
    • Desire to produce for the sake of personal fulfillment -- "It's oxygen"
    • Bill Gates is constantly challenging himself... Having a growth mindset. "To survive means to grow."
  • How has Guy become one of the greatest interviewers in the world?
    • "I've been shooting free throws for 25 years. I've gotten a lot of reps." To be great, you have to be bad at the beginning... And keep going.
  • How to connect with others? "I interpret the non-verbal feedback."
  • Purposeful Practice:
    • It's a team effort -- "I've worked with my team for twenty years. There is a strong bond and connection. They are very honest with their feedback. Constructive criticism is essential. We need outsiders to assess us."
  • Guy thanks his mom and dad in the acknowledgement section of his book:
    • They came to America in the 1970's. "Being courageous requires resilience."
    • Guy has covered four wars, but he still doesn't feel he's as courageous as his parents.
    • "Without taking a risk there is no reward."
    • When Guy is afraid to take a risk, he thinks of his parents.
  • How his fellowship year at Harvard impacted him: They teach through case studies and stories. It helped him understand business and storytelling.
  • Guy is inspired by Joseph Campbell's hero's journey...
  • His 'Must-Have' qualities to get hired to work on his team:
    • Kindness - "We filter for kindness"
    • They have to "want to improve"
  • How Guy prepares to interview someone for one of his shows:
    • Contact them well ahead of the interview date
    • Do a deep dive on them and people around them (read, watch videos, listen to podcasts)
    • Do a background check
    • "All of us are imperfect... That's what make someone relatable. We all have flaws. You need to hear the failures."
      • "The interviewee must be generous with their emotions.
    • "The idea that I can learn from someone excites me."
    • "I love transmitting the story."
  • The idea for How I Built This came to him in 2008 when he took a class at Harvard Business School during a sabbatical year as a Nieman journalism fellow after nearly eight years as a foreign correspondent.
  • Guy demands that those who sit for an interview with him are completely open. "I ask them, 'Are you willing to come to this interview and surrender?'"
  • Guy stared as an NPR intern and didn't get the initial jobs he wanted...
  • I asked... "How much of your success can be attributed to luck and how much skill/hard work?"
  • Life advice:
    • Get a job in sales -- All jobs have a selling component. Learn this crucial skill.
    • Be methodical about your experiences.
    • Keep your eyes open for problems all around you... Look for problems to solve. All businesses are built on solving a problem.
Real quick, before we get to this great episode with the legendary Guy Ros, I have a request if you've listened to the show for a while. I would love it if you would go to Apple Podcast, write a thoughtful review, and rate the show five stars. It really helps spread the message. Go to Apple Podcast, write a thoughtful review, rate the show hopefully five stars. All right, thank you. Here we go. I ask people to be generous. You know, these, most of the people I interview, most of the people profiled in this book are extremely wealthy. Some are billionaires. I'm not asking for your money. I'm not asking you to give our listeners your money. I'm asking you to be generous with your, with yourself, with your thoughts. That's very hard. It's easy to be generous with your money. It's a very hard to be generous with your emotions. But, but if you can convince somebody, and I, and I believe you can, because I, I do this every week, if you can convince somebody that the more generous they are with their emotions, the greater the, the payback to them will, will be, you know, the greater the return on that. So it's a very important investment. If you can have that conversation with somebody, you will find that by and large people will surrender. We'll be willing to do that. Welcome to the Learning Leaders Show, presented by Brixie and Meyer. I am your host, Ryan Hawk. Thank you so much for being here. If you're new, text "learners" to 44222. In order to join tens of thousands of Learning Leaders from all over the world, receive mindful Monday updates. What I'm reading, writing, watching, thinking about. Also give you more details about how my book, Welcome to Management, will help you become a more effective leader. Text "learners" to 44222. Now on to tonight's featured leader, the great guy, rise, host, co-creator, and editorial director for multiple NPR shows, including my favorite, How I Built This. Also an author of a new book titled, How I Built This, the unexpected paths to success from the world's most inspiring entrepreneurs. Guy is an award-winning journalist, an incredible interviewer who has spoken with over 6,000 people including Richard Branson, Conda Lisa Rice, Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates, Eminem, Taylor Swift, and many others. A few of the topics we discussed. The one key must have quality to be hired on his team. And then Guy shares his in-depth preparation process for interviews. Then he said why you should work in sales, and how much of his success is attributed to luck versus hard work. Ladies and gentlemen, it's the great Guy Ros. All right, here we go. Guy Ros, I am a big fan of your work, so it's a thrill for me to have the opportunity to do this one. Welcome to The Learning Leaders Show. Thank you so much for having me, Ryan. I can re-re-enact something real quick to get this one started. Yeah, let's do it. So you surprisingly have not seen your book, but I have. No, but I have. Yes. And it's right here if you're watching this whole video. Amazing. When I use all the excitement on your face, and then you even call your wife in to come and say, "Look, you have my book, and I don't see the book." It is a beautiful, beautiful, it's textured, it looks so good, and the content inside is even better. So, Guy, I just have to say, congratulations, acknowledge the fact that this is a great piece of work, man, and it's beautiful on top of that. I'm so excited. I have not seen the hardcover copy until you just showed you were like one of the first, if not the first person to receive it. I don't even have one yet, so I'm so excited. I love it. I emailed my publisher afterwards and said, "I want my next book to look and feel like this one." So how I built this, for those, if there's somehow somebody listening who hasn't already heard you now, they have, but I love your work guy. But I, that's not how I'd normally start, but I was excited about your excitement. So I, this is how

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