Plateau Hacker: Recent Episodes
Joris Cuesta
My name is Joris Cuesta and my purpose is to lift both businesses and people by building the leaders of tomorrow. PLATEAU HACKER, the podcast is your weekly dose of self-leadership and thought-provoking conversations. Each week, you'll get actionable tips and hear from business leaders, authors, thought leaders, wellbeing experts, and simply brilliant humans of all walks of life who are using their voices and many talents to simply elevate humanity by showing up fully. We will dig deep to find out the tools, steps, and tips you can use. New episode out every Friday.
A LEADER needs to EXPLORE, LEARN and TRY - Staying fulfilled and at the top of your game requires a little planning, and… upgrading.
In this episode of Plateau Hacker, Joris talks about the fascinating habits we’ve taken around technology but we are yet to master for ourselves.
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Reality should be a subject taught at school!
In this episode of Plateau Hacker, Joris talks about the fact that the human body, mind, and spirit are fully integrated, yet we tend to put it through intense pace and not look after it - not realising the impact it has on both our leadership + business .
His invitation to you today is to explore some rest, leadership and business performance.
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A lot of leaders, founders, and entrepreneurs find themselves stuck, isolated, with no way forward.
In this episode of Plateau Hacker, Joris talks about the fact that we have to think less, trust more, get out of our way and keep growing every step of the way via exploring the below
- The False idea
- It must be done our way
- What is Perfect
- The FEAR Culture
- How to Tame the beast
- …
And plenty of actionable tips to take the necessary steps to deal with it.
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In this episode of Plateau Hacker, Joris shares his lessons from surviving 2021. A candid episode packed with tips, and 10 lessons 2021 came with;
- Serve your clients no matter what, they’ll want more of you
- You got to be in it to win it
- No one is coming to save you (keep at it)
- Momentum is key - Don’t become stagnant
- Your teams / Clients are looking for Clarity /Certainty
- ...
And plenty of actionable tips.
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In our 2nd ever Guest episode of Plateau Hacker, Joris talks with Dorry Kordahi the businessman, entrepreneur, investor, and co-owner/president of the Illawarra Hawks basketball team being the only person to have owned two separate professional sporting teams across any sporting code in Australia.
We touched on :
Where his passion was born and the journey
Pivoting during Covid
Following his passion into the business arena
His pace and preferred rhythm to grow businesses
His view on how to deal with plateaus
And much more...
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Hot topic today - In this episode of Plateau Hacker, Joris talks about another fascinating area of growing as a leader: How to stop other’s people opinions define you.
Here are a few ways to break the cycle covered this week!;
- Don’t let others lift you up
- Don’t let others tear you down
- Find your center
- You are not your work
- …
And plenty of actionable tips to take the necessary steps to deal with it.
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Hot topic today - In this episode of Plateau Hacker, Joris talks about the fact that perfectionism kills dreams. This is for all humans, leaders, and business owners. It can help skyrocket your leadership, influence, and the commercial viability of any business.
There is a real opportunity for all to work on our perfectionism and explore;
- The False idea
- What is perfect
- Perfect or lacking confidence
- …
And plenty of actionable tips to remove it from your life and
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In this 1st ever question from the audience episode of Plateau Hacker, Joris answers the question on how to stay humane in Covid time - At work.
- From keeping space in our head to defaulting to becoming a taskmaster
- that we’re all in this together: BUT not equally
And the tips for individual and team leaders when it comes to the 4 points to focus on for a relaunch including reestablishing the norms.
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In this 1st ever Guest episode of Plateau Hacker, Joris talks with Grant Cardone (Undercover Billionaire USA season1 & 10X Man) on:
- Brand + How to become a successful business
- His view on NLP and the infamous Jordan Ross Belfort
- Connection between Mindset and Money (commercial success)
- The biggest mistake everyone makes
- And much more...
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Could ASSUMPTIONS for a leader be its very own achilles heel?
In this episode of Plateau Hacker, Joris talks about assumptions being limitations and the need to communicate clearly.
Tip: Clear descriptions of limitations (potential assumptions) of a project / view / opinion or argument also show that YOU, the leader, have a holistic understanding of THE MATTER. And this is something very positive!
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The time where ego was necessary to be perceived as a Leader is long gone.
Ego is not all bad yet a certain awareness of our very own is necessary to grow and lead better.
In this episode of Plateau Hacker, Joris talks about 3 tips that confident leaders use to overcome their ego.
- TIP - The outcome is not a reflection of YOU BUT Your leadership
- TIP - Remember that the journey you’re on is bigger than 1 pers / 1 individual / 1 leader - It's NOT about you!
- To be of service
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The busyness of our lives often prevents us from taking a moment to become crystal clear on where we’re at - Yet, this is absolutely key in reaching your next level of performance.
To simply focus on the destination is not that very helpful;
- For you
- For leaders
- For teams
- For boards
- For everyone
In this episode of Plateau Hacker, Joris talks about the fact that we live in a disposable society where everything has to be fast, quick and easy!
Looking at where you’re at in your journey through the lens of being a leader or becoming one will iron the path in between where you’re at and where you wish to be.
STAY CURIOUS - Only then you’ll be able to take the necessary steps to move forward, work on yourself and start applying all your learnings.
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It's fashionable to Stand For Something lately. We sometimes want to know what people stand for because it helps understand them more or does it?
There is a real opportunity for all to pause and reflect on what we truly stand for, especially for leaders and beyond the obvious.
Benefits of such reflection
- You can communicate with more confidence (enlist your team, peers, investors…)
- You will be better at handling how you'll react, to what life and people & your team / boss / peers / organisation throw at you.
- And you'll be less likely to follow what everyone else is saying and doing, but staying true to yourself and your beliefs (also called integrity)
- Your business/ start-up will have greater chance of success
- ...
In this episode of Plateau Hacker, Joris talks about the questions one can explore to dig further while looking at the benefits of truly knowing what you stand for, as a human, a leader and business owner. It can help skyrocket your leadership, influence and the commercial viability of any business.
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Reality should be a subject taught at school!
In this episode of Plateau Hacker, Joris talks about the fact that reality is created by what we experience or what others tell us to be true.
His invitation to you today is to explore some of your beliefs and see if they’re helpful in the reality you’re living in?
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