You know exactly what compounding does to money. Why don't we apply it to our habits?
Ryan Hawk is the author of ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ณ๐ช๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ: ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ช๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐ฆ๐ณ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ and host of The Learning Leader Show. In this episode, he shares why small daily practices matter more than talent, how being intentional changes your odds of getting lucky, and the lessons on humility and hard work that shaped how he leads.
Topics discussed:
(00:00) Introduction
(01:36) From football scholarship to podcast host
(03:29) Why curiosity became a core value
(06:28) His most impactful podcast guests
(08:21) Jesse Cole and why ambition is contagious
(11:34) The story behind ๐๐ฆ๐ญ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต
(13:45) Knowing your team as people not numbers
(17:53) Nightly prompts to compound your habits
(23:01) What coaches taught him about preparation and work ethic
(25:25) Getting beat out for QB by Ben Roethlisberger
(28:13) Humility in the hockey locker room
(30:38) What brought you JOY today?
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About Our Guest:
For the past decade, Ryan Hawk has interviewed 675+ of the world's most influential leaders: Jim Collins, Simon Sinek, Adam Grant, James Clear, Ryan Holiday, Jocko Willink, Admiral William McRaven, General Stanley McChrystal, Seth Godin, and the list goes on. The Learning Leader Show has been ranked the #1 Business Podcast on Apple and it earns millions of downloads per year.
Now, as a bestselling author, keynote speaker, and host of The Learning Leader Show, Ryan travels the globe teaching the world's largest companies, universities, and associations about personal excellence, leadership, culture, teamwork, and more.
Ryan has also published three books: ๐๐ฆ๐ญ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต (Named "the best leadership book of 2020" by Forbes), ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ด๐ถ๐ช๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐น๐ค๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆe (Sold out of its first print run in 8 hours), ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ค๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐๐ข๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด (an instant USA TODAY National Best-Seller). Ryan has delivered keynotes for Salesforce, LinkedIn, Microsoft, Dell, Dodge, VMWare, YPO, and Entrepreneur's Organization.
Born in Dayton, Ohio, Ryan earned a college scholarship to play quarterback at Miami University where he got beat out for the starting job by Ben Roethlisberger. He finished his career as Ohio University's starting quarterback and team captain. He then spent 12 years in Corporate America where he rose to the level of Vice President of Sales.
globe and earned a reputation for authentic storytelling and powerful live performances.
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