Reed Hastings Leadership Style

Reed Hastings Leadership Style

Reed Hastings is an entrepreneur and philanthropist who is the co-founder and chief executive officer of Netflix.

Reed Hastings co-founded Netflix with Marc Randolph in 1998. He wanted to create an entertainment company but in a way that it would not lose its entrepreneurial spirit along the way.

Netflix grew rapidly and its new management techniques got a lot of attention. The employees were paid higher salaries than in the market. Hastings, as his book No Rules Rules, explains introduced many new policies that were previously not implemented anywhere else.

New Episode: Elizabeth Gilbert: Big Magic

New Episode: Elizabeth Gilbert: Big Magic

Elizabeth Gilbert: Big Magic: Whether we are looking to write a book, find new ways to address challenges in our work, embark on a dream long deferred, or simply infuse our everyday lives with more mindfulness and passion. In Big Magic, Elizabeth has written as a template; lessons in how to unleash your creativity.

She digs deep to share her wisdom and unique perspective about creativity. She offers potent insights into the mysterious nature of inspiration. She asks us to embrace our curiosity. She shows us how to tackle what we most love, and how to face down what we most fear.

Elizabeth Gilbert is best known for publishing the international bestseller Eat, Pray, Love, which was turned into a movie with Julia Roberts. Eat, Pray, Love is Gilbert’s memoir of the year she spent traveling the world, where she found her spirituality in India and ultimately fell in love again in Bali. Big Magic, discusses the attitudes, approaches, and habits we need in order to live our most creative lives. Gilbert encourages us to uncover the “strange jewels” that are hidden within each of us.

New Episode: Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi: Flow

New Episode: Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi: Flow

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi: Flow: If you’ve felt hours fly by like moments or marvelled at a sunrise you’ve experienced flow. In fact, it’s a state we experience surprisingly often, at work, at home and at play. Mihaly’s Flow explores how we can experience enjoyment in our lives by controlling our attention and strengthening our resolve. This is achieved by being immersed in an activity or subject that makes us neither anxious, nor bored. In this “flow state” we lose our self-consciousness, selfishness and sense of time.

Using goal-setting and immediate feedback, we can achieve a state of flow that improves our relationship with work, increases our self-worth and gives our lives meaning.

“The best moments in our lives occur when a person’s body or mind is stretched to its limits in a voluntary effort to accomplish something difficult or worthwhile.” Mihaly

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How David Goggins Broke the World Pull-up Record

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How David Goggins Broke the World Pull-up Record

David Goggins is a Navy Seal hard man who is better known for his crazy fitness antics and pushing his body to the ultimate limits.

His book Can’t Hurt Me, looks at how his astonishing life story reveals that most of us tap into only 40% of our capabilities and what his world record pull-up record can teach us about failure.

New Episode: Dan Millman: Way of the Peaceful Warrior

New Episode: Dan Millman: Way of the Peaceful Warrior

Dan Millman's book; Way of the Peaceful Warrior is a rare story with the power to transform lives. It conveys piercing truths with drama, heart, and humor and speaks directly to the universal quest for fulfillment and happiness, for finding our place in the world. Way of the Peaceful Warrior is a part-fictional, part-autobiographical book based upon the early life of the author Dan Millman.

It is a story for all times that can inspire joy, expand perspectives, and remind us of the deeper truth we already know, that real freedom lies within us right now.

Master Series: Episode 02 - First Principles: Trailer

Master Series: Episode 02 - First Principles: Trailer

Hello listeners! In our second Moonshots Master episode, we provide a comprehensive breakdown of FIRST PRINCIPLES.

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We get inspired by some new as well as familiar superstars who maximise their problem-solving ability through the use of First Principles.

Once fully inspired around First Principles thinking we get into case studies and hear from legends including Peter Thiel who tells us to do one thing better than anyone else.

Lastly, we find out how to make First Principles a daily habit with the help of Dreamlet, Garry Tan and Ozan Varol on how to think like a rocket scientist today.

New Episode: Daniel Kahneman: Thinking, Fast and Slow

New Episode: Daniel Kahneman: Thinking, Fast and Slow

With a Nobel prize for economics, when Daniel Kahneman does something, it’s worth paying attention to. In his book Thinking Fast And Slow, he reveals how our minds are tripped up by error and prejudice (even when we think we are being logical) and gives us practical techniques for slower, smarter thinking. It will enable you to make better decisions at work, at home, and in everything you do.

It shows you where you can and can’t trust your gut feeling and how to act more mindfully and make better decisions.

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What is Green Lights by Mathew McConaughey about?

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What is Green Lights by Mathew McConaughey about?

Matthew McConaughey’s Greenlights is not a conventional memoir. Part autobiography and part life-guide, Greenlights both explains and illustrates McConaughey’s philosophy of “catching greenlights”— recognizing and even creating those moments when life says “yes” and you cruise into success as you pursue your destiny.

New Episode: Charlie Munger: Latticework of Mental Models

New Episode: Charlie Munger: Latticework of Mental Models

Charlie Munger is one of the greatest investors of all time. Plenty of people have called him a “learning machine.” The phrase ‘Latticework of Mental Models’ comes from Berkshire-Hathaway’s Charles Munger, who spent most of his life working out ways to, for lack of a better term, think better.

Munger has come to the conclusion that in order to make better decisions in business and in life, you must find and understand the core principles from all disciplines.

You have to learn all the big ideas in the key disciplines in a way that they’re in a mental latticework in your head and you automatically use them for the rest of your life. – Charlie Munger

This is what he calls Elementary Worldly Wisdom, and using his system of Mental Models can help you succeed in almost any endeavour.

New Episode: Shane Parrish: The Great Mental Models

New Episode: Shane Parrish: The Great Mental Models

Shane Parrish and Rhiannon Beaubien’s The Great Mental Models: Is designed to upgrade your thinking with the best, most useful, and powerful tools so you always have the right one on hand. Mental models help you improve your decision-making, productivity, and how clearly you see the world.

The old saying goes, "To the man with a hammer, everything looks like a nail." But anyone who has done any kind of project knows a hammer often isn't enough. The more tools you have at your disposal, the more likely you'll use the right tool for the job — and get it done right.

The same is true when it comes to your thinking. The quality of your outcomes depends on the mental models in your head. And most people are going through life with little more than a hammer. Until now.

Upgrade your mental toolbox!

New Episode: Albert Einstein: Problem Solving

New Episode: Albert Einstein: Problem Solving

A lot of people think that Albert Einstein’s greatest ability was his mathematical mind, but Einstein’s greatest skill was the ability to sift the essential from the inessential — to grasp simplicity when everyone else was lost in the clutter.

Problems are an integral part of everyday life. So is problem-solving. But where people differ is in their ability to solve problems. Problem-solving has a synonym today, especially in the corporate world — fire fighting. Up to 70% of employees’ time is spent ‘fire fighting’. They spend more than six hours a day grappling with problems that should not exist. Imagine what organizations can achieve if hundreds or thousands of employees get these hours daily to work on something constructive!

Some problems should be solved. Some problems should be left alone. Some problems should not exist at all.

Masters Series: Motivation: Part 2

Masters Series: Motivation: Part 2

Hello listeners! We hope you enjoyed a taster of our first Moonshots Master Series episode, as we dive into MOTIVATION.

Today we have our second trailer from our MOTIVATION episode for you to enjoy! Subscribe today to our Master Series!

We revisit some of our most popular superstars who have harnessed the power of motivation to their success, including David Goggins, Lady Gaga and Gary Vee .

As we explore models and frameworks that help us understand what drives us, we explore the Self-Determination Theory, and Daniel Pink’s secret to motivation. We get inspired by scientific journals such as Ryan & Deci’s Intrinsic Motivation so we can harness the concept that motivation is a drive we all have power over if we choose to take ownership.

Lastly, we look to the future and determine how we can make motivation a habit we exercise each day, with James Clear and Jordan Peterson.

New Episode: Cal Newport - Collection

New Episode: Cal Newport - Collection

In Episode 136 we do a Cal Newport deep dive. Similar to his book Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World which refers to studying for focused chunks of time without distractions such as email and social media.

Cal challenges the belief that participation in social media is important for career capital, suggesting instead that career capital is a function of creativity, impact and control, or autonomy. Cal's been an advocate for "digital minimalism" and refers to the role email and chat play in what he calls "the hyperactive hive mind".

Master Series: Episode 01 - Motivation: Trailer 1

Master Series: Episode 01 - Motivation: Trailer 1

Hello listeners! In our first Moonshots Master episode, we are diving into MOTIVATION.

Subscribe today to our Master Series!

We revisit some of our most popular superstars who have harnessed the power of motivation to their success, including David Goggins, Lady Gaga and Gary Vee .

As we explore models and frameworks that help us understand what drives us, we explore the Self-Determination Theory [hyperlink to RoninOwl YouTube clip], and Daniel Pink’s secret to motivation. We get inspired by scientific journals such as Ryan & Deci’s Intrinsic Motivation so we can harness the concept that motivation is a drive we all have power over if we choose to take ownership.

Lastly, we look to the future and determine how we can make motivation a habit we exercise each day, with James Clear and Jordan Peterson.

New Episode: Cal Newport: A World Without Email

New Episode: Cal Newport: A World Without Email

Cal Newport doesn’t like the distractions of technology. In fact, Newport thinks that our focus on technology and how it dominates modern business is holding us back. His latest book, A World Without Email: Reimagining Work in an Age of Communication Overload, looks to take a sledgehammer to how technology runs modern enterprise and, ultimately, our lives.

The idea is not to jettison email but to make it smarter. Instead of the back and forth, you get collaborative tools. You don’t even need to be a business owner or work in tech to have some of the messaging resonate with you, and stay with you long after you have finished. A World Without Email invites you to scrutinize how useful these tools are in your lives and reflect on the best practices.

New Episode: Joe Rogan: Rising Star Series

New Episode: Joe Rogan: Rising Star Series

Joe Rogan, the American comedian, podcaster, and UFC color commentator's unique and unconventional passion and approach has a lot to teach us. Joe embodies and is a big believer in mental models to achieve your goals, including discomfort is the way to happiness and pain is what builds character. And our personal favorite; the best thing in life is to work hard and you get what you deserve.

Rogan started working for the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) as an interviewer and color commentator. In December 2009, Rogan launched a free podcast with his friend and fellow comedian Brian Redban. By August 2010, the podcast was named The Joe Rogan Experience and entered the list of Top 100 podcasts on iTunes. The podcast features an array of guests who discuss current events, political views, philosophy, comedy and hobbies. On May 19, 2020, Rogan announced that he had signed a multi-year licensing deal with Spotify, worth an estimated $100 million USD, making it one of the largest licensing agreements in the podcast business.

New Episode: Nicholas Taleb: Antifragile: Rising Star Series

New Episode: Nicholas Taleb: Antifragile: Rising Star Series

In Episode 133 we take a look at our rising star Nassim Nicholas Taleb. The scholar and former options trader who has devoted his life to problems of randomness, probability, and uncertainty.

We dive into his book, Antifragile: Things that gain from disorder and discover how to approach the world in the face of uncertainty and what lessons can we take from his work to ensure robustness, to set ourselves or your business up for potential positive and negative events.

New Episode: Abby Wambach: Wolfpack - Rising Stars Series

New Episode: Abby Wambach: Wolfpack - Rising Stars Series

Drawing on nearly two decades of teamwork and sporting successes, in her book; Wolfpack, Wambach shows us what teamwork looks like, what leadership stands for, and how you can achieve bigger goals, overcome any obstacles in your way, and unleash your true potential.

Abby Wambach has scored more international goals than any other player in history. Cristiano Ronaldo has 85, Abby has 160. Abby Wambach inspires the next generation to find their voice, unite their pack, and change the world.


"Make failure your fuel". Abby Wambach

New Episode: Jordan Peterson: Beyond Order, 12 More Rules for Life: Rules 7-12

New Episode: Jordan Peterson: Beyond Order, 12 More Rules for Life: Rules 7-12

Part 2: Rules 7-12. Beyond Order, by Jordan Peterson is presented as a counterweight to 12 Rules for Life, in part 2 we explore Rules 7-12 and how to apply these to our day-to-day lives. The prescription includes: assume responsibility for your situation, dig deep to discover your capacity for self-discipline, and work hard to make things happen!

'Work as hard as you possibly can on at least one thing and see what happens.' Jordan B Peterson.

New Episode: Jordan Peterson: Beyond Order, 12 More Rules for Life: Rules 1-6

New Episode: Jordan Peterson: Beyond Order, 12 More Rules for Life: Rules 1-6

Beyond Order, by Jordan Peterson is presented as a counterweight to 12 Rules for Life, offering a dozen new rules organized around the idea that as well as fighting the chaos that constantly threatens to engulf our lives, the book, Peterson writes, is an attempt to explain “how the dangers of too much security and control might be profitably avoided”. The prescription includes: assume responsibility for your situation, dig deep to discover your capacity for self-discipline, and face life’s inevitable awfulness as unflinchingly as you can.

The main difference is a less individualistic approach, with more focus on friendship, marriage, and parenting, as if Peterson’s trials had underscored for him the degree to which we can only make it through life together.

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