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This week, we focus on finding your superpower, the best networking tool, flounder mode, raising expectations, and wise words from Lawrence Pearsall Jacks. And... CLICK HERE to read our USA Today Best-Selling book, The Score That Matters.

#643: Anthony Scaramucci

​Anthony Scaramucci served as the White House Director of Communications for President Donald Trump from July 21 to July 31, 2017. He was at Harvard Law School with President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama. He’s the founder and managing partner of SkyBridge Capital. And he’s the founder and Chairman of the SALT conference. We discuss Getting Fired by President Trump, Working With a Life Coach, Playing Quarterback, Building Confidence + Charisma, Telling The Truth, & Finding Your Superpower. You can also WATCH our conversation on YouTube.

The Best Networking Tool

Let me tell you about two musicians. One spends her days methodically messaging industry executives, sending carefully crafted emails to A&R representatives, and attending every networking event where someone important might appear. The other spends those same hours in a room writing songs that matter to her. Some days, the songs are terrible. Other days, they're just OK. Once in a while, they capture something true. The first musician's networking strategy might work. The second musician isn't even trying to network. Yet it's almost always the second one who ends up on the big stage. Why? CLICK HERE to read more.

Flounder Mode

The most interesting man in the world, Kevin Kelly, shares a different way to do great work.

The High Return of Raising Others' Expectations

At critical moments in time, you can raise the aspirations of other people significantly, especially when they are relatively young, simply by suggesting they do something better or more ambitious than what they might have in mind. It costs you relatively little to do this, but the benefit to them, and to the broader world, may be enormous. CLICK HERE to read more.

Wise Words

"A master in the art of living draws no sharp distinction between his work and his play; his labor and his leisure; his mind and his body; his education and his recreation. He hardly knows which is which. He simply pursues his vision of excellence through whatever he is doing, and leaves others to determine whether he is working or playing. To himself, he always appears to be doing both." -- Lawrence Pearsall Jacks​

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Ryan Hawk Author: The Score That Matters, Welcome to Management, & The Pursuit of Excellence​ Host: The Learning Leader Show​