Rad Awakenings with Khe Hy
54 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 5 years ago - ★★★★★ - 162 ratingsKhe Hy was one of the youngest Managing Directors at BlackRock before he took the plunge into deep, uncomfortable self-exploration. Bloomberg called him “The Wall Street Guru” and CNN “Oprah for Millennials” and he is the creator of the Rad Reads newsletter and Quartz’s First Entrepreneur in Residence. The Rad Awakenings podcast tells the stories of individuals who are stuck, undergoing transitions, or embarking on new adventures. These authentic and vulnerable conversations will teach us about power of emotional self-regulation, introspection, and growth mindsets. Find out more at http://radreads.co
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Introducing FWD: Thinking, a podcast about recreating your career
October 28, 2018 15:08 - 30.2 MBRadReaders!!!! I’m excited to announce FWD: Thinking, Quartz at Work’s new podcast about bold individuals who have challenged the status quo to create meaningful careers. Most of us in the workforce have felt that itch, that yearning to do something different at one point or another. But then come the inevitable questions: What would I do? Do I have the skills? Is it risky? Learn the playbooks and strategies to drive your own career reinvention. Follow along over at instagram.com/radreadsco
Tiago Forte (Ep.52): The privilege of sharing knowledge
June 21, 2018 15:20 - 55 minutes - 37.9 MBOur first guest Tiago Forte returns to close out the first season of Rad Awakenings. Tiago's the founder of Forte Labs, an education company focused on productivity and learning. He believes that technology has fundamentally changed the way we work - as entrepreneurs or as knowledge workers. With new multi-billion dollar industries being created each year, there are countless opportunities to create new "lanes" of expertise and ultimately "product-ize" that knowledge. This is a pragmatic conv...
April Rinne (Ep.51): How to prototype and iterate an independent career
June 14, 2018 16:16 - 53 minutes - 36.8 MBApril Rinne cannot be described with simple labels. She helps companies, policy makers, and non-profits navigate the new economy. She's a global citizen, having visited over 100 countries in her lifetime and a "career portfolioist." And while she works for herself, don't for a second think that this limits the scope of her work: she's a strategist, start-up advisor, and a World Economic Forum Young Leader who's unafraid to tackle thorny questions. April's life has been deeply influenced by he...
Sergio Brown (Ep.50): From the gridiron to Google
June 07, 2018 13:52 - 59 minutes - 40.8 MBSergio Brown played high school basketball with Derrick Rose, was coached by Bill Belichick in the NFL, has two degrees, and has worked at Google. Despite barely playing football in high school, Sergio learned the ins and outs of the game at Norte Dame and ultimately joined the Patriots as an undrafted free agent. We discuss his 8 year career in the NFL, the glamor of game day, the physical toll on his body and the transitory life bouncing from team to team. And on current NFL issues, he shar...
Sarah Peck (Ep.49): Ask yourself, does it have to look this way?
May 31, 2018 12:01 - 1 hour - 45.3 MBCorporate jobs and Sarah Peck do not mesh well - being slouched in front of a laptop under fluorescent lighting isn't her idea of a career. Sarah's mantra has always been: You don't have to do things the way they're always done. To give herself career options, she started a blog as a side hustle and within 3 years it was generating $30k. That, in combination with a minimalist lifestyle gave her the confidence to quit. Her career is now “a collection of projects” - she's a writer, a startup ad...
Scott Norton (Ep.48): Contentment is so damn elusive
May 17, 2018 15:55 - 57 minutes - 39.5 MBScott Norton is your prototypical millennial - a tinkerer with a creative and entrepreneurial streak . There's a narrative that the financial crisis crushed economic mobility for an entire generation of Millennials - in fact, Scott's first job was at Lehman Brothers in 2008. Yet for Scott, the crisis catalyzed a trip around Asia on a foldable bike spanning 23 countries and 100 cities. Upon his return he co-founded Sir Kensington's, challenging the consumer goods "complex" of ketchup and mayon...
Giorgia Lupi (Ep. 47): Discovering ourselves through data
May 10, 2018 14:52 - 56 minutes - 39 MBWhat can data tell us about our own humanity? Giorgia Lupi is an information designer, artist and author with a love for creatively representing all types of data. She's the co-founder of the design firm Accurat and few years ago, embarked on a small creative project with a friend. Every week they tracked a feeling, behavior, or event and then hand drew a postcard visualizing the observations. These post cards are delightful and were aggregated in a book called Dear Data and last year were ac...
Chris Schumacher (Ep. 46): Murder, 16-to-life, and a second chance
May 03, 2018 13:44 - 1 hour - 48.4 MBChris Schumacher was a hard partying Californian who dealt weed to support his lifestyle. Then one day a suitcase of drugs disappeared - and his life was forever changed. In the mix of rage over the stolen drugs and fear of the consequences, Chris took a man's life and was sentenced to 16-to-life. Chris walked into "The Yard," navigated the gangs, racial tensions, and the unwritten rules all while knowing that as a “lifer” there's a good chance he was never getting out. Chris committed to tak...
Molly Crockett (Ep. 45): The neuroscience of social media outrage
April 26, 2018 14:02 - 45 minutes - 31.6 MBWhat's happening in our brains as we mindlessly scroll social media? Or worse, when we angrily retweet posts from our tribe. Molly Crockett is an assistant psychology professor at Yale University, where she integrates classic social psychology with neuroscience. She explains how our brain's reward system works and how this ties to digital moral outrage. Does outrage serve an evolutionary purpose? What are the social costs and incentives to the outraged individual? And what about the opposite,...
Adam Schwartz (Ep. 44): Navigating fatherhood and entrepreneurship
April 19, 2018 16:14 - 58 minutes - 40.1 MBAdam Schwartz is the co-founder and COO of TeePublic an e-commerce platform for independent creators. TeePublic is a high growth company with 50+ employees yet is completely self-funded. Is it a lifestyle business? We explore the negative connotation of the term and how it translates into constraints, profitability, and the "life" part of lifestyle. One thing's for sure, irrespective of the name, entrepreneurs have very little mindspace for anything but their companies. And therein lies some ...
Liz Flock (Ep. 43): What’s love got to do with it?
April 12, 2018 18:41 - 50 minutes - 34.8 MBLiz Flock is a reporter for the PBS NewsHour and the author of The Heart is a Shifting Sea: Love and Marriage in Mumbai. Liz showed up in Mumbai at the age of 21, with no friends, no job, and $100 in her pocket. The story follows three couples in Mumbai where globalization and a growing middle class are budding up against traditions of caste and religion, pitting a newfound sense of agency for many Indian women against a longstanding patriarchal system. These couples as they navigate issues s...
Tiffany Zhong (Ep. 42): Your unique perspective
April 05, 2018 10:32 - 57 minutes - 39.3 MBThe Wall Street Journal called Tiffany Zhong Venture Capital's Teenage Analyst. At 21, she's worked at Product Hunt, sourced consumer investments, and is the founder of Zebra Intelligence, a consulting firm for brands trying to understand Gen Z. Her journey starts on Twitter where as a teenager she engaged prominent VCs and tech founders, asking them about their businesses and sharing her views on apps and products. Tiffany gives us both a networking and Twitter 101 as she shares the importa...
Dan Sevigny (Ep. 41): Addiction is like a river eddy
March 29, 2018 15:33 - 1 hour - 44.2 MBDan Sevigny was sensitive kid who had learning difficulties and trouble connecting with his peers. He coped by cutting himself and started using alcohol and pills as a teenager. Which kicked off a 10+ year cycle where drug use, aggression, and petty crime would get him kicked out of school and then sent to rehab. The cycle became more destructive, the aggression turned more violent, the rehab leading to juvie and jail. Dan describes the feedback loops of addiction and how depression made him ...
Mihir Desai (Ep.40): The problem with optionality
March 22, 2018 15:42 - 54 minutes - 37.5 MBMihir Desai is here to demystify and rehabilitate finance. He's an economics professor at both Harvard Business and Law School and author of The Wisdom of Finance where he uses uses stories from the George Orwell to Kanye West to explain concepts such as options, leverage, and herd behavior, then extrapolating them into broader life lessons. For example blindly following society's expectations is a form of the principal-agent problem. And how professionals love “collecting options,” but forge...
Lindsay Beck (Ep.39): A second act
March 15, 2018 15:12 - 1 hour - 45.2 MBLindsay Beck was an outdoorsy 22 year old who had just run a marathon when she was diagnosed with tongue cancer. The typical procedure: removing your tongue and communicating via whiteboard for the rest of your life. But at 22? With a life ahead of her and dreams of finding love and starting a family? Furthermore, chemotherapy (not just for tongue cancer) had a 90% sterilization rate - a fact doctors withheld from their patients and then obviously insurance wouldn't cover egg freezing. During...
Eugene Wei (Ep.38): Be a novice
March 08, 2018 14:03 - 1 hour - 43.5 MBEugene Wei's career cannot be described succinctly or linearly. He worked as an analyst at Amazon in the late 90s, went to film school, worked as a product manager at startups including Hulu and Flipboard and most recently was head of video for Facebook's Oculus VR. Eugene always "seeks to be a novice" and eschews traditional "career rules." I was drawn to Eugene's blog by his grasp of the written word and the fluidity of his interests, ranging from tech, sports, culture, psychology, media, a...
Alessandra Biaggi (Ep.37): Using Your Voice
March 01, 2018 15:09 - 1 hour - 42 MBIn the months after the 2016 election, 16,000 women contacted the non-profit Emily's List to learn about running for office, compared to 1,000 the entire prior year. Alessandra Biaggi is one of these new faces in politics. As a young girl she declared at the dinner table that she wanted to be president. She went on to law school, worked as a lawyer for state of NY and then as Deputy National Operations Director for Hillary Clinton's campaign. After the election, she turned despair into action...
Jeff Warren (Ep.36): You are what you repeatedly do
February 22, 2018 14:06 - 1 hour - 41.4 MBMy happy place is interviewing a high energy meditator who curses like a sailor. Jeff Warren is a meditation teacher and the co-author of Meditation for Fidgety Skeptics (alongside Good Morning America's Dan Harris). We talk a lot about mental health and Jeff's longtime struggle with ADD, which to this day impacts his sense of acceptance and belonging. This conversation is nothing like what you'd expect from two meditators - it's high energy, very personal, and pragmatic. We cover the dauntin...
Abby Raphel (Ep.35): Stepping into your shadow
February 15, 2018 15:21 - 57 minutes - 39.2 MBAbby Raphel is the founder of the Redwoods Initiative, an investment education company for wealthy families and the creator of the Blank Canvas Method for self-discovery. Abby grew up in a two stoplight town rural Florida, where she raised hogs and swam competitively, and was exposed to leadership at a young age when she joined the Future Farmers of America. She started modeling in college and moved to New York with two bags and two phone numbers. But as a "broke and B-rate model," she went o...
Frank Ostaseski (Ep.34): Have a plan, hold it lightly
February 08, 2018 16:45 - 59 minutes - 40.5 MBHere's a controversial statement: contemplating your mortality will make you happier. Frank Ostaseski is a pioneer in end of life care and holds this to be true. Frank co-founded the Zen Hospice Project, the Metta Institute, and is the author of The Five Invitations: Discovering What Death Can Teach Us About Living Fully. Those who repress their fear of death, are missing what it can teach us. The anxieties we often discuss on this podcast, identity, acceptance, self-judgement, and loving u...
Lisa Daron Grossman (Ep.33): Curing loneliness through human connection
February 01, 2018 19:14 - 1 hour - 41.4 MBLisa Daron Grossman landed in Swaziland as a 22 year old Peace Corps volunteer. The country had the world's highest incidence of HIV and lowest life expectancy. Her team's mission: mitigate the impact of the HIV epidemic. She was surrounded by loss and grieving - in her own words "It literally me open, like a sledgehammer to my chest." Yet she was also surrounded by love, family, and community. She returned to the US with unprocessed trauma, depression and illness and living a dual life of od...
Anthony Demby (Ep.32): Busy is not a business model
January 25, 2018 19:26 - 51 minutes - 35.5 MBAnthony Demby the founder of HumbleRIOT an audible idea shop that sits at the intersection of artists, culture, brands and experiences. Prior to founding HumbleRIOT, Anthony cut his teeth in the music industry with a range of roles in A&R, publicity and artist management. He has worked with artists such as Quadron, John Legend, and Childish Gambino. We discuss hitting financial rock bottom as an entrepreneur (i.e. an ATM balance of $0), expanding the conversation around race and police violen...
Lauren Imparato (Ep.31): From the trading desk to the yoga mat
January 18, 2018 14:58 - 1 hour - 44 MBThere's the cliché of leaving Wall Street to become a Yoga instructor. And then there's actually doing it. As a young salesperson at Morgan Stanley, Lauren Imparato put her entrepreneurial prowess on display winning over both clients and bosses. Initially, Lauren immersed herself in yoga, nutrition, and meditation to help manage the daily grind - hiding it from her colleagues to avoid the "weirdo hippy girl" look. But the push to start her own business eventually overtook her and she went on ...
Thomas Page McBee (Ep.30): Emotional detachment is a ticking time bomb
January 12, 2018 15:18 - 1 hour - 42.2 MBThomas Page McBee is an author and journalist who writes about masculinity, and gender more broadly. Because Thomas is also trans, I entered the conversation with a preconceived set of beliefs, mostly based on the popular narratives I'd seen in media about trans people. Thomas and I discuss where his story and reporting diverged from those narratives, and he helped me understand that gender is complicated for all of us. Thomas has a unique and informed perspective on issues many men struggle ...
Mike Lewis (Ep.29): The unsexy steps to chasing your dreams
January 05, 2018 14:48 - 48 minutes - 33.1 MBAt age 22, Mike Lewis had his dream job as a young venture capitalist at Bain Capital Ventures, moving up the ranks all while having fun and learning. But there was a little nagging voice reminding him of a dream - to play squash on the pro tour, even if it meant couch surfing and eating into his savings to do so. Mike did it, peaked at 112 and went on to write When to Jump: If the job you have isn't the life you want. We're bombarded by sexy stories about people who made the jump, but this o...
Philip Simon (Ep.28, Part 2): To follow knowledge like a sinking star
December 29, 2017 13:10 - 52 minutes - 36 MBHere's part II of my chat with Philip Simon. To recap, as a child Philip played hooky from school to read in the library, graduated high school and lived in a cave (as he pursued monkhood), and taught himself markets and finance by reading every single word of the FT and the Economist for four straight years. We pick up part II with Philip's corporate development role at a high frequency trading firm. We discuss “dual consciousness” or bringing two different versions of yourself to work and i...
Philip Simon (Ep.28, Part 1): From the cave to the trading desk
December 22, 2017 13:48 - 1 hour - 45.7 MBPhilip Simon is the "Rad Genius." His life and career have bucked convention and traditional narratives, and are the consequence of a ravenous curiosity and thirst for knowledge. Philip's story starts in the library, where as a kid he would read multiple books a day (an estimated 1,500 by the time he graduated). After graduating, he dabbled in the Marines, moved to a cave in Greece to pursue a life of asceticism (i.e. severe self-discipline and abstention from all forms of indulgence) and res...
Venkatesh Rao (Ep.27): The stress that makes you come alive
December 14, 2017 22:17 - 56 minutes - 38.9 MBVenkatesh Rao defies labels - he's a blogger, thinker, consultant whose ideas span the digital economy, science, philosophy, and the zeitgeist. Rao is the creator of Ribbonfarm and Breaking Smart and we discuss “paycheck addictions” and the wave of transformation that's going to hit the economy. Is becoming a free-agent a way to stay ahead of the curve? How should a mid-career executive prepare? An immersion in the technology conversation is a must - but so is the ability to emotionally self-...
Holly Rogers (Ep.26): The tiny compounding adjustments of mindfulness
December 08, 2017 16:50 - 1 hour - 43 MBToday's episode should be called mindfulness for hyper-driven skeptics with no time. Holly Rogers is a psychiatrist at the student counseling center at Duke University and the co-founder of the center for Koru Mindfulness. Holly's training as a psychiatrist provides a repertoire of research for the benefits of mindfulness, such as improving cardiovascular health, building a tolerance for discomfort, and my personal favorite: noticing tiny pain points with clarity and making adjustments that c...
Ted Seides (Ep.25): Money makes you more of what you already are
December 01, 2017 17:27 - 53 minutes - 36.5 MBLet's talk Hedge Funds! Ted Seides is a long time hedge fund investor and the host of the Capital Allocators Podcast. He's a kindred spirit and we overlapped during the go-go days of the hedge fund industry. While this industry has some of the smartest and hardest working individuals, it's also got some perverse incentives, outright greed, and is a breeding ground for the Three Es (Ego, Envy, Entitlement - all of which I experienced). The industry is undergoing tremendous change and we discus...
Maya Benattar (Ep.24): Trauma with a “little t”
November 24, 2017 13:36 - 58 minutes - 40.5 MBMaya Benattar is a psychotherapist and music therapist. She gives us a lay of the land of therapy and how it differs from life coaching. We talk cultural stigmas, different approaches such as CBT or psycho dynamics, and the difference between Trauma with a "big T" and a "little t." Most of us have experienced (little t) trauma in the form of bullying, otherness, and insecurities such as body image. We explore the myth of being emotionally self-sufficient, Maya's work in helping clients hold d...
Andrew Taggart (Ep.23): Skimming the surface of life
November 17, 2017 14:57 - 1 hour - 46.1 MBAndrew Taggart is a practical philosopher who works with executives and entrepreneurs. He challenges them to investigate life's basic assumptions, even if it's uncomfortable. We discuss high performers' antagonistic relationship with time and their desire to turn life into a series of problems which can be solved - and how this can mask our confounding relationship with mortality. Instead of avoiding these question, we consider how "an examined life, is a life lived more fully." + SHOW NOTES...
Caroline Webb (Ep.22): Behavioral science and your best self
November 10, 2017 16:06 - 1 hour - 43.9 MBI often get listener pushback when we discuss happiness and introspection - this skepticism comes from the fact that the learnings aren't grounded in data and they lack the pragmatism and relevance to our daily jobs. Today's guest, Caroline Webb bridges that gap. She's a former McKinsey partner, leadership coach, and economist and is used to C-Suiters pushing back on topics that are too "woo-woo." She's the founder of SevenShift, where she uses insights from behavioral science to help executi...
Auren Hoffman (Ep.21): Question your default options
November 03, 2017 15:16 - 57 minutes - 39.7 MBAuren Hoffman is a serial entrepreneur and investor in over 75 tech companies. He’s the CEO and Chief Historian of SafeGraph and co-founder and former CEO of LiveRamp. This is a conversation about thinking, reasoning, and cultivating self-awareness. We discuss: default options (such as going to college or buying a house) and the need to reaffirm these on a regular basis; combatting status-seeking behavior; the challenging skill of holding two opposing views at once; how being "cool" or a soci...
Jocelyn K. Glei (Ep.20): Make haste slowly
October 27, 2017 16:24 - 45 minutes - 31.5 MBJocelyn K. Glei lives at intersection of the creative process, self management, and the future of work. She's a creative polymath who's held editorial positions, written a book on email, and just launched the podcast Hurry Slowly. Tactically, we chat about how people with corporate jobs can "flex their creative muscles" and why inbox zero is so damaging. Theoretically, we debate the subjective nature of time, how productivity requires a deeper conversation on achievement, and how the best thi...
Venetia Pristavec (Ep.19): How a single moment can change everything
October 20, 2017 15:20 - 56 minutes - 38.9 MBHave you ever wondered how a single moment can change everything? Venetia Pristavec is an observer and storyteller. She happened to take a picture of a mattress on her floor and then rented it out to a stranger on the Internet. She then became convinced of the power of small human interactions and went on to join that small company, Airbnb, as their 7th employee. She rode that rocket ship for 5 years yet realized that while she was the voice of the company, she didn't know her own voice. We h...
Kevin Delaney (Ep.18): Be bold and creative
October 13, 2017 13:25 - 59 minutes - 41 MBWe've all been in that meeting during which leadership says they're ready for change. Yet deep inside, you know that it's the classic Innovator's Dilemma and you'll be sitting in that same meeting for the next 10 years. In this episode, I interview Kevin Delaney, co-founder and editor in chief of Quartz about building a company in a time of flux for the media industry and challenging many of the established norms. We discuss how his leadership philosophy has evolved, what to do when your "sta...
Tiago Forte (Ep.17): First principles of workflow design (part 2/2)
October 06, 2017 14:47 - 47 minutes - 32.4 MBTiago Forte is our resident productivity guru and he interviews me in Part 2 of our workflow series. We nerd out on our productivity toolkits and blockages and I dive into my passion around human connection - and the systems I use to accelerate serendipity and build community. + SPONSOR: Join Skillshare the online learning community with 17,000+ classes in business, design and more. Get one free month of unlimited access. http://skillshare.com/rad + SIGN UP FOR TIAGO'S CLASS: bit.ly/radb...
Tiago Forte (Ep.17): First principles of workflow design (part 1/2)
October 06, 2017 14:33 - 38 minutes - 26.2 MBTiago Forte is our resident productivity and workflow guru and the founder of Forte Labs. This is part 1 (of our 2 part series) in which we geek out on our First Principles (i.e. building blocks) of workflow, productivity, and personal knowledge management. Tiago approaches these questions through the lens of design thinking and also reflects on some of the blind spots in his system. + SPONSOR: Join Skillshare the online learning community with 17,000+ classes in business, design and more. G...
Bart Lorang (Ep.16): The world’s gonna have its way with you
September 29, 2017 14:09 - 55 minutes - 38 MBBart Lorang is the founder and CEO of FullContact. FullContact is a high-growth, venture-backed company (having raised $50 mm) with 250 employees and multiple offices across the world. Bart and I discuss work-life balance and how Bart balances self-care, spending time with two young kids, while being a devoted father/husband. Bart drops amazing CEO wisdom on how empathy can be learned, thwarting your team’s fight or flight reflex and how culture is meaningless if it doesn’t terrify people. + ...
Mark Pollard (Ep.14): Creativity is an act of rebellion
September 15, 2017 14:40 - 1 hour - 47.3 MBMark Pollard is a straight up OG: he created Australia’s first Hip Hop zine and designed web sites during the early days of Web 1.0. Mark is the founder of Mighty Jungle, where he helps founders make their brands make sense — through brand strategy and mental workouts. Mark's fiercely analytical and left-brained, but also “rebelliously creative” with a strong understanding of human biases. In this episode we reminisce about the 90s, chat about the chaos of his teenage years, which really infl...
Cara Thomas (Ep. 13): From breakdown to breakthrough
September 08, 2017 14:08 - 56 minutes - 38.6 MBToday's guest, Cara Thomas, dared me to buy a coffee for the person in line behind me. I was terrified of the awkwardness and possible rejection - yet once I did it, felt truly alive. Cara created Serenflipity to spark that feeling in each of us after a seven year career as an innovation consultant. The simple flip of a card throws you into wonder and serendipity, feelings that often vanish as we "grow up." Cara's journey into entrepreneurship has (literally) taken her around the world and in...
Richard Hughes-Jones (Ep. 12): That wasn’t in the business plan
August 25, 2017 13:27 - 1 hour - 48.4 MBRichard Hughes-Jones did it. After 10 years as a management consultant, he took the plunge to start his own practice - fueled in part by his love for backcountry skiing. Then on a routine check up, his doctor states “That's not supposed to be there.” Stage 3 Colorectal cancer. It's the news we all dread - what happens next? Do you take the Anti-Fragile approach of “that which does not kill me only makes me stronger” or the Buddhist approach of "relinquishing control." How do you deal with exp...
Scot and Jacq Tatelman (Ep. 11): Doing What You Love, With Who You Love
August 18, 2017 13:58 - 57 minutes - 39.2 MBImagine building a business with a heart, with the person who shares your heart. Scot and Jacq Tatelman are the founders of State Bags, a mission-driven company building on the 1-for-1 model for school kids in need. Why backpacks? Because they "represent where you've been and where you're going." Their bags are *fire* and they've partnered with Chance the Rapper, Beyonce, Kevin Durant and the White House. The love, admiration, and pride they have for one another is truly energizing (note the ...
Sam Polk (Ep. 10): I am Enough
August 11, 2017 15:17 - 1 hour - 43.5 MBImagine getting a $3.6 million bonus at age 30? The dream scenario, right? This episode's guest, Sam Polk made more money in that a single bonus than his parents had earned over their entire lives. Yet he still needed to repeat the mantra "I am Enough" to reaffirm his own self-worth. Sam was a senior trader at King Street, one of the most successful hedge funds in the world. But behind his rocket-ship trajectory was a story of rage, addiction, arrests, and loneliness - the result of a straine...
Stop the Money Madness
August 04, 2017 11:00 - 51 minutes - 35.6 MBWhether you’re an entrepreneur, college grad or retired Goldman partner, you’ve probably experienced some form money anxiety. For a tiny piece of paper, money possesses this incredible power to trigger intense feelings such as FOMO, envy, inadequacy and outright fear (aka the poverty mindset). And it never ceases to amaze me how rational people (and many finance professionals) turn a complete blind eye to this important area of their lives. Today’s guest, Ashley Feinstein Gerstley coaches pe...
Lisa Shalett (Ep. 8): You are Where You’re Supposed to Be
July 28, 2017 15:34 - 1 hour - 55.7 MBThis week’s episode is a story of career agility, embracing change, and living with intention. Lisa Shalett is a former Goldman Sachs partner, now board director and startup investor/advisor. At Goldman, Lisa held numerous leadership roles, including Japanese Equities, Global Compliance and Brand Marketing/Digital Strategy. She shares with us her approach to these transitions or “reinventions:” the danger of viewing your skills in narrow contexts (such as your current job); controlling your n...
Kate Bednarski (Ep.7): Is This All There Is?
July 11, 2017 11:23 - 1 hour - 46.5 MBWhat is a life coach? What does life coaching consist of? Does it work? In this episode, we'll meet my coach, Kate Bednarski, one of the most impactful people in my life. I’ve asked Kate to throw out all patient confidentiality constraints and crack open all of her notes from our two years of working together. We start with our first meeting, where I showed up “jacked up on caffeine” a 34 year old guy rife with many tensions. I had a messed up relationship with time - there was never enough...
Srini Rao (Ep.6): Turning your Liabilities into Assets
July 06, 2017 01:09 - 1 hour - 43.5 MBAnd by liabilities, we mean "Angelina Jolie lips." I'm not kidding, I never thought I'd open a podcast by asking another guy about his lips. And that's only one of many similarities I share with this week's guest, Srini Rao, the CEO of Unmistakable Media. Srini and I also had “non-existent” dating lives which led to a deep-rooted fear of never falling in love and spending life alone. Today, at 39 - a self-proclaimed "late bloomer" Srini is still searching for that special person with whom he ...
Anastasia Alt (Ep. 5): The Business School of the World
June 29, 2017 11:28 - 1 hour - 42.3 MBAnastasia was destined to be an options trader since she was a little kid: she loved finishing at the top of the leader board during elementary school games and came up with her own brute-force approach multiplication tables. She then had her first shift, joining McKinsey and 18 months later found herself at a crossroads: Get her MBA or commit the money she would’ve spent and start building stuff. She chose the latter — “The business school of the world” as she calls it. Her thinking is cryst...