In the Arena: Recent Episodes
Uri Pomerantz
Win-Win – Why this is one of the most powerful (yet mis-understood) value for any company to have. It's finding the right balance between the business, your customers, and never compromising.
Launching a new product? Here is a powerful lesson you can learn from executives at Amazon – involving writing a press release in advance.
And to take it to the next level - try it for your own life, by writing your own eulogy. It's more powerful and less morbid than it sounds :)
If you're like most people, you're going to take a moment and step back and do a New Year's resolution.
Below that obviously is a deeper question, which is – “What do you want to focus on in your life? What do you want to leave in terms of a legacy for your life? What's your life all about?”
And when I’m asking that question, I naturally think of someone like Steve Jobs.
How did Steve Jobs have such a massive impact on the world?
And why aren't most people leaving an impact like that?
I discuss the unexpected secret to his success in this segment.
ChatGPT (GPT-3) is here, and with it, a truly powerful level of publicly-accessible AI has arrived. I discuss why this is the beginning of a trend that will change almost every part of society over time.
A lot of people ask me: "Should I start a startup?"
There's a very simple answer: do you love David Goggins or Tony Robbins?
I share insights into why this is one of the simplest ways to figure out if you're an entrepreneur – and why both approaches ultimately lead to the same path.
Here's why...
It's November 11th, 2022.
If you're on Twitter, if you're on the news, it seems like the tech world is completely freaking out.
FTX is bankrupt.
Facebook laid off 11,000 people.
Twitter fired half its staff.
It's all doom and gloom.
And for most of us, we forget as human beings that we live in cycles.
There are two things to remember.
I share the powerful connection between intermittent fasting, your work mindset, and spirituality.
Chapters
0:00 Connecting Three Different Ideas
1:03 The easy and hard times of intermittent fasting
2:05 Connecting intermittent fasting to your work mindset
2:53 The good times (“tailwinds”) are easy
3:36 Growth comes from challenges (“headwinds”)
4:19 How Steve Jobs used headwinds
5:22 Applying the lesson to spiritual growth
6:18 The transformation of Ram Dass
7:29 Dark night of the soul
8:31 Bringing it all together
Take your team to a graveyard and two very powerful things will happen. I discussed applied lessons from Buddhist monks, Tony Hsieh at Zappos, and my own experience.
Chapters
0:00 Introduction
0:20 Learn from Buddhist monks
0:52 A fearless strategy session
1:30 Have honest conversations
2:10 Help people transition out
2:36 You are living “The Dash”
In this video, I kick off my new video and podcast series by sharing one of the most powerful quotes for leaders ("In the Arena" by Theodore Roosevelt) – and the 3 leadership lessons embedded within.