FOMO Sapiens with Patrick J. McGinnis
483 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 month ago - ★★★★★ - 214 ratingsPatrick J. McGinnis, creator of the term FOMO (Fear of Missing Out), talks to leaders in business, entrepreneurship, politics, and culture. How do they choose from among the many opportunities in their busy lives and find the courage to miss out on the the rest? Patrick is the author of "The 10% Entrepreneur."
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Weird & Wild Feedback Stories
March 15, 2021 07:00 - 14 minutesJoin Patrick each Monday to go deeper on all things FOMO Sapiens, including thoughts on last week’s episode, practical advice, current events, and listener mail. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
18. Hate Giving Feedback? Let's Fix that Now
March 11, 2021 08:00 - 35 minutesDo you hate giving feedback? Are you afraid to hurt someone’s feelings, become the bad guy, or that they won’t be open to hearing it? That’s probably because you were never taught how to give effective feedback. Dr. Therese Huston, cognitive scientist and founding director of The Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning at Seattle University, shares insights from her new book Let’s Talk: Making Effective Feedback Your Superpower to help identify the difference between effective and inef...
Listener Mail: How to Pitch a VC
March 08, 2021 08:00 - 15 minutesJoin Patrick each Monday to go deeper on all things FOMO Sapiens, including thoughts on last week’s episode, practical advice, current events, and listener mail. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
17. Vision Science: If You See Success Are You More Likely to Attain it?
March 04, 2021 05:02 - 34 minutesHave you ever felt frustrated when trying to achieve a specific goal? Maybe you need to see success to achieve it. Dr. Emily Balcentis, Professor of Social Psychology at NYU, whose TED Talk has surpassed 4 million views, explains the biology-brain connection between what you see and what you can actually get done, also known as Vision Science. In her recent book, "Clearer, Closer, Better: How Successful People See the World," Emily provides insights into how highly successful people tend to...
Bucket List Basics
March 01, 2021 05:02 - 13 minutesJoin Patrick each Monday to go deeper on all things FOMO Sapiens, including thoughts on last week’s episode, practical advice, current events, and listener mail. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
16. Die With Nothing Left on Your To-Do List
February 25, 2021 05:02 - 36 minutesConsider this question: If you had only one day more to live, what would you do? That's what Ben Nemtim, keynote speaker and New York Times best-selling author of What Do You Want To Do Before You Die? asked himself in 2006 and that question was the start of a new journey. Ben recounts how a college project, The Buried Life, allowed him to answer that question by making a list of seemingly impossible goals and then going after them. In the process, he surprised himself by doing things like pl...
Listener Mail and Finding Flow
February 22, 2021 05:02 - 11 minutesJoin Patrick each Monday to go deeper on all things FOMO Sapiens, including thoughts on last week’s episode, practical advice, current events, and listener mail. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
15. The Neurobiology of Peak Performance with Steven Kotler
February 18, 2021 05:01 - 31 minutesSteven Kotler, New York Times bestselling author, award-winning journalist, and Executive Director for the Flow Research Collective unpacks the formula to achieve peak performance and the science to sustain it. Steven shares how he became an expert in human performance and how he can replicate peak performance through Flow, an optimal state of consciousness where humans feel and perform their best. To conclude the show, Steven provides practical tips to get more Flow into your life and an onl...
How to Cold Call on LinkedIn
February 15, 2021 05:01 - 12 minutesJoin Patrick each Monday to go deeper on all things FOMO Sapiens, including thoughts on last week’s episode, practical advice, current events, and listener mail. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
How to Not Die (or Wake Up) Alone
February 11, 2021 05:01 - 31 minutesLogan Ury, Director of Relationship Science for the dating app Hinge and author of "How to Not Die Alone" discusses the evolution of dating apps and their use during COVID-19 - a period during which most of us have felt more alone than ever. She talks about how her background in behavioral psychology has helped her use data-driven evidence in her research of online dating and finding the key to a happy relationship. She also gives us her take on the three common dating personas that people em...
14. How to Not Die (or Wake Up) Alone
February 11, 2021 05:01 - 33 minutesLogan Ury, Director of Relationship Science for the dating app Hinge and author of "How to Not Die Alone" discusses the evolution of dating apps and their use during COVID-19 - a period during which most of us have felt more alone than ever. She talks about how her background in behavioral psychology has helped her use data-driven evidence in her research of online dating and finding the key to a happy relationship. She also gives us her take on the three common dating personas that people em...
How to Be a 10% Activist
February 08, 2021 05:01 - 12 minutesJoin Patrick each Monday to go deeper on all things FOMO Sapiens, including thoughts on last week’s episode, practical advice, current events, and listener mail. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
13. How Entrepreneurs Can Fix Government
February 04, 2021 05:01 - 31 minutesMitch Weiss, Professor at Harvard Business School and author of We the Possibility: Harnessing Public Entrepreneurship to Solve Our Most Urgent Problems, shares his experience working in public office and using entrepreneurial thinking to solve significant problems. Mitch recounts his story during the fatal Boston Marathon Bombings. He was Chief-of-Staff to Boston's mayor, Thomas Menino, at the time, and was responsible for implementing an innovative initiative to aid victims and direct fund...
How Entrepreneurs Can Fix Government
February 04, 2021 05:01 - 29 minutesMitch Weiss, Professor at Harvard Business School and author of We the Possibility: Harnessing Public Entrepreneurship to Solve Our Most Urgent Problems, shares his experience working in public office and using entrepreneurial thinking to solve significant problems. Mitch recounts his story during the fatal Boston Marathon Bombings. He was Chief-of-Staff to Boston's mayor, Thomas Menino, at the time, and was responsible for implementing an innovative initiative to aid victims and direct fund...
Feb 1: How to Make Time Count for More
February 01, 2021 05:01 - 10 minutesJoin Patrick each Monday to go deeper on all things FOMO Sapiens, including thoughts on last week’s episode, practical advice, current events, and listener mail. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
How to Make Time Count for More
February 01, 2021 05:01 - 11 minutesJoin Patrick each Monday to go deeper on all things FOMO Sapiens, including thoughts on last week’s episode, practical advice, current events, and listener mail. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
12. How to Avoid the Trap of Multitasking to Get More Done
January 28, 2021 05:01 - 34 minutesIf you think you are great at multitasking, you're actually probably not. Dave Crenshaw, the author of The Myth of Multitasking: How “Doing It All” Gets Nothing Done, explains that multitasking is - as he says - a myth. By accepting that reality, you can change the way you operate to get more done through a series of small, yet important, changes. Multitasking is not a superpower, FOCUSING is. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 25: The Word of Year is....Momentum
January 25, 2021 10:00 - 11 minutesJoin Patrick each Monday to go deeper on all things FOMO Sapiens, including thoughts on last week’s episode, practical advice, current events, and listener mail. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
11. Wondery’s COO on the Future of Podcasts
January 21, 2021 10:01 - 33 minutesPodcasting is the next big thing in content and advertising. Did you know that the average podcast aficionado listens to 5-7 podcasts a week? There's currently a gold rush in the podcasting industry, which also means that there is also a lot of FOMO. In this episode, Jen Sargent, COO of Wondery - the acclaimed podcast company recently acquired by Amazon - talks about leaving the entertainment startup that she created and what attracted her to Wondery, a network known for shows like "Dirty Joh...
Jan 18: Listener Mail: How to Network in a Pandemic
January 18, 2021 05:01 - 14 minutesJoin Patrick each Monday to go deeper on all things FOMO Sapiens, including thoughts on last week’s episode, practical advice, current events, and listener mail. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
10. How To Be a Part-Time Entrepreneur
January 14, 2021 05:01 - 28 minutesDoes entrepreneurship both interest and scare you at the same time? Join Patrick J. McGinnis, investor, and author of "The 10% Entrepreneur: Live Your Startup Dream Without Quitting Your Day Job" to learn how you too can make entrepreneurship right for you. Patrick explains three big trends that are redefining how we think about our careers and entrepreneurship: "One Job is Never Enough," "Entrepreneurship FOMO," and the "Entrepreneurship Myth." He also talks about why it's okay to not want t...
After Hours #2: Jan 11, 2020
January 11, 2021 14:43 - 14 minutesJoin Patrick each Monday to go deeper on all things FOMO Sapiens, including thoughts on last week’s episode, practical advice, current events, and listener mail. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 11: Meet Super Coffee's Ethicist
January 11, 2021 14:43 - 16 minutesJoin Patrick each Monday to go deeper on all things FOMO Sapiens, including thoughts on last week’s episode, practical advice, current events, and listener mail. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
9. How the Brothers Behind Super Coffee Put Its Bro Culture on Ice
January 07, 2021 05:01 - 35 minutesHow did three college-aged brothers launch a coffee start-up and become the fastest-growing food and beverage company in the country? Join Jimmy DeCicco, CEO and oldest brother at Super Coffee, in a journey back to how it all started. Jimmy reveals how the brothers have assumed specific business roles within the company and how they've managed to connect to A-Rod, J-lo, and other celebrities who have invested in their idea. He also speaks about the importance of building an ethical statement ...
AH #1: After Hours: Jan 4, 2020
January 04, 2021 05:01 - 11 minutesJoin Patrick each Monday to go deeper on all things FOMO Sapiens, including thoughts on last week’s episode, practical advice, current events, and listener mail. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 4: Welcome to FOMO Sapiens Afterhours
January 04, 2021 05:01 - 12 minutesJoin Patrick each Monday to go deeper on all things FOMO Sapiens, including thoughts on last week’s episode, practical advice, current events, and listener mail. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
After Hours #1: Jan 4, 2020
January 04, 2021 05:01 - 11 minutesJoin Patrick each Monday to go deeper on all things FOMO Sapiens, including thoughts on last week’s episode, practical advice, current events, and listener mail. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
AH #1: After Hours: Jan 2, 2020
January 04, 2021 05:01 - 11 minutesJoin Patrick each Monday to go deeper on all things FOMO Sapiens, including thoughts on last week’s episode, practical advice, current events, and listener mail. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
10. The Surprising Science Behind Music’s Biggest Hits
December 31, 2020 05:01 - 36 minutesEver wonder how the music industry chooses their next big hit? Join Jacob Fain, Senior Vice President, A&R, and Head of Data & Analytics at Elektra Records as he shares the process for choosing and booking new artists. Jacob goes behind the scenes, explains how it works, and shares his strategy to avoid passing on a song that could be a hit! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Best of: The Surprising Science Behind Music’s Biggest Hits
December 31, 2020 05:01 - 37 minutesEver wonder how the music industry chooses their next big hit? Join Jacob Fain, Senior Vice President, A&R, and Head of Data & Analytics at Elektra Records as he shares the process for choosing and booking new artists. Jacob goes behind the scenes, explains how it works, and shares his strategy to avoid passing on a song that could be a hit! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
9. Internet Trolls & Crazy Rich Asians: The Insane World of Vintage Watch Collectors
December 24, 2020 05:01 - 35 minutesEric Wind’s love affair with timepieces began when he was given his grandfather’s watch as a young boy. He’s served as VP Senior Specialist at Christie’s auctioning some of the most valuable watches in the world, and written for the New Yorker, Financial Times, HODINKEE, and dozens of other prestigious publications on the high-value, trend-setting world of collector watches. Today, Eric owns Wind Vintage, a company dedicated to offering exceptional watches for sale at all price points and pro...
Best of: Internet Trolls & Crazy Rich Asians: The Insane World of Vintage Watch Collectors
December 24, 2020 05:01 - 36 minutesEric Wind’s love affair with timepieces began when he was given his grandfather’s watch as a young boy. He’s served as VP Senior Specialist at Christie’s auctioning some of the most valuable watches in the world, and written for the New Yorker, Financial Times, HODINKEE, and dozens of other prestigious publications on the high-value, trend-setting world of collector watches. Today, Eric owns Wind Vintage, a company dedicated to offering exceptional watches for sale at all price points and pro...
8. Ignoring the Skeptics (and Proving them Wrong) with Kara Goldin, Founder & CEO of Hint
December 17, 2020 05:01 - 35 minutesKara Goldin, Founder and CEO Of Hint, Inc., author of the recent bestselling book Undaunted and self-proclaimed "accidental entrepreneur," shares her journey from corporate big-tech to launching her own mission-driven business. Kara reveals how she overcame her fears, ignored the doubters, and how trusting her gut and staying true to herself allowed her to make the decisions needed to succeed. Join Patrick for the weekly FOMOment to learn six practical tools to help you manifest a business id...
7. What will work look like in 2021?
December 10, 2020 05:01 - 36 minutesDan Schawbel, a leading authority on workforce trends, opens up about the current pandemic and how it has changed the way we work forever. He speaks about the Hybrid Approach, a model that will allow associates to manage their time while maintaining productivity. He also mentions the critical role technology will play next year and how productivity, results, and meaningful peer-to-peer relationships will be vital for thriving in 2021. Stay put for the FOMOment of the show for Patrick's practi...
6. Getting Things Done with David Allen
December 03, 2020 05:01 - 38 minutesDavid Allen, author of the perennial bestseller "Getting Things Done: The art of stress-free productivity" shares his life journey, and explains how his far from the conventional path led him to sell over two million copies impacting people and companies worldwide. He speaks about "the pressure of time" in the age of FOMO, and the importance of clearing the mind to make room for new thoughts and ideas. During this week's FOMOment, Patrick shares his favorite hack to get things done when the...
5. "Nothing Unnecessary:" How Floyd's Founders Design For Simplicity
November 26, 2020 10:00 - 33 minutesAlex O'Dell and Kyle Hoff, co-founders of Floyd, share their story of how a one-product Kickstarter campaign became a multi-million venture with more than 50,000 customers worldwide. Using design innovation, they set out to solve the challenge around disposable furniture by creating thoughtful, beautiful products made for keeping, instead of tossing, which led them to significantly impacting the planet, the industry, and consumer behavior. Learn the role that social media and disruptive non-t...
4. Magic Spoon's Founder on the Power of the Pivot
November 19, 2020 10:00 - 37 minutesMagic Spoon's co-founder, Gabi Lewis, opens up about his entrepreneurial journey and the decisions he made so far. After building their first company, Exo, a cricket protein bar company, Gaby and his partner, Greg Sewitz, decided to exit the business and switch directions after raising millions of dollars and generating tons of hype. Next, they launched Magic Spoon, with a mission to reinvent everyone's favorite childhood cereals for the health-conscious consumer. By appealing to consumer nos...
3. How to Make Better Decisions with Gretchen Rubin
November 12, 2020 10:00 - 37 minutesGretchen Rubin, 5-times New York Times Best-Seller, an award-winning podcaster, and speaker, discusses her latest book, "The Four Tendencies." This episode explores the four personality profiles identified in her book: the upholders, the questionnaires, the obligers, the rebels, and how they respond to their inner and outer expectations. By understanding your profile, you can improve your productivity, your life, and the lives of those around you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit me...
2. Feeling Stressed? Here's How to Think Like a Monk
November 05, 2020 11:00 - 36 minutesJay Shetty, successful entrepreneur, author, and content creator, continues discussing his new book, "Think Like a Monk," and how integrating meditation into your life can bring benefits to your work and to your personal life. The episode explores the importance of gratitude and introduces practical tools, such as "The Perspective Scale," to find greater perspective in day to day life. Finally, Jay shares his top habits for maintaining peak performance. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit...
1. Jay Shetty on The Monkey Mind vs The Monk Mind
October 29, 2020 11:00 - 45 minutesJay Shetty, author, podcaster, and former monk, shares his story and discusses his new book, “Think Like a Monk.” He speaks about the uncertain times we live in and how thinking like a monk - a calmer, clearer, and focused mind - can lead to greater happiness. This episode explores the differences between the “Monkey Mind” and the “Monk Mind,” how they relate to FOMO and FOBO, and how you can find autonomy and empowerment when you are decisive. Jay also shares some practical tips on how to cr...
Season 4 Finale: The Science of Serendipity
August 06, 2020 14:16 - 29 minutes - 26.8 MBIn the last episode of the season, author and global affairs expert, Christian Busch, shares the results of 10 years of research into the art and science of luck.
19. Season 4 Finale: The Science of Serendipity
August 06, 2020 14:16 - 33 minutesIn the last episode of the season, author and global affairs expert, Christian Busch, shares the results of 10 years of research into the art and science of luck. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
A Road Map for the Modern Nonlinear Life
July 30, 2020 13:54 - 30 minutes - 28.4 MBBestselling author Bruce Feiler discusses the research and philosophy behind his new book, "Life Is in the Transitions: Mastering Change at Any Age."
18. A Road Map for the Modern Nonlinear Life
July 30, 2020 13:54 - 35 minutesBestselling author Bruce Feiler discusses the research and philosophy behind his new book, "Life Is in the Transitions: Mastering Change at Any Age." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
17. Less Is More: The Power of Essentialism
July 23, 2020 04:00 - 32 minutesEssentialism, simply put, is living only for what really matters. Greg McKeown, author of the global bestseller "Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less," discusses how to prioritize our time and energy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Click to Connect: The Rise of the Virtual Event
July 16, 2020 14:05 - 28 minutes - 26.1 MBCelebrity party planner Bronson Van Wyck, founder of Van Wyck & Van Wyck event production and design agency, returns to the show to discuss how he pivoted his business to virtual events to survive in the socially distanced age.
16. Click to Connect: The Rise of the Virtual Event
July 16, 2020 14:05 - 32 minutesCelebrity party planner Bronson Van Wyck, founder of Van Wyck & Van Wyck event production and design agency, returns to the show to discuss how he pivoted his business to virtual events to survive in the socially distanced age. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
A Female Founder in a Male VC World
July 09, 2020 14:08 - 28 minutes - 25.9 MBWhen Kate Ryder started to raise funding for a pioneering healthcare app for women, the (mostly male) VCs didn't believe her idea was "big" enough. So Ryder turned to female investors and VCs with healthcare industry expertise to raise capital for Maven, which has served five million patients in 175 countries, since launching in 2014.
15. A Female Founder in a Male VC World
July 09, 2020 14:08 - 32 minutesWhen Kate Ryder started to raise funding for a pioneering healthcare app for women, the (mostly male) VCs didn't believe her idea was "big" enough. So Ryder turned to female investors and VCs with healthcare industry expertise to raise capital for Maven, which has served five million patients in 175 countries, since launching in 2014. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Free Market Politics Part 2: Can We Fix America’s Political System?
July 02, 2020 13:42 - 30 minutes - 27.9 MBPolitical innovation activists Katherine Gehl and Michael Porter discuss innovative reforms that could increase competition and accountability in American politics.