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Our latest podcast episode is a talk with US triple jump champion and Emmy award winning videographer Von Ware. He embodies the mindset of continually developing new skills and defining your own niche. In this episode… We speak with Von Ware, former US Champion in the triple jump and Emmy award winning videographer who now […]
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Jon and Bryan discuss evaluating your current skills and the importance of critical feedback (3:00), Jon’s secret to his incredible improvement as a runner (30:00), and end with an overview of Bryan’s Five Levels of Mastery (39:00). Level 1: Understanding Level 2: Basic Competence Level 3: Fluency Level 4: Creativity Level 5: Mastery Recorded on
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No matter what skill or topic you are learning, progress happens in stages. Bryan walks through his Five Levels of Mastery, what it takes to get to each level, and offers some counter-intuitive ideas about how far you should take your skills. In our last post we covered the concept of developing a “Skills Network”
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Our latest podcast episode is a talk with track and field agent Merhawi Keflezighi. He is celebrating his 15 year anniversary as President of HAWI Management, and we discuss his life and business philosophy. In this episode… We speak with Merhawi Keflezighi, who is celebrating 15 years as President of Hawi Management, which represents numerous
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Jon and Bryan recap why a skills network is a more effective way to think about developing yourself (2:00). They talk about what kinds of skills we have and the various ways we can develop them (8:00). Bryan then offers a list of Multiplier Skills, any one of which can help to strengthen your skills
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We are excited to announce the launch of Go Be More Podcast interviews every Friday. Our first guest, Mike Lemos, is also our first ever customer. Mike discusses his background, his love of music, and his approach to losing weight and retaking control of his health. We believe we can share the Go Be More
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You don’t have to be the best in the world if you can be the only person with your unique combination of skills. Building your unique “Skills Network”—with a focus on Multiplier Skills—is an effective strategy for future success. In my latest post on the Newman Design Squiggle and Finding Your Purpose, we discussed the
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Jon and Bryan talk about Daniel Newman’s Process of Design Squiggle as a mental model for understanding complicated processes (1:00). Then they discuss the problem with comparing where you are to others, especially when you are just starting (18:20). Finally Bryan introduces the concept of a “Skills Network” and how we can strategically develop our
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Jon and Bryan discuss briefly the uncertainty created by the coronavirus (1:00) and then share personal stories of making big life pivots, and how their priorities guided them. Jon talks first about quitting the UCLA track team just before he made his big leap (9:45), and Bryan talks about walking away from his career at
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The Newman Design Squiggle is a visual representation of the design process. It captures the process of going from chaos and uncertainty to clarity and focus. It can help to visualize our personal journeys as well. I recently came across this simple illustration called “The Process of Design Squiggle” by Daniel Newman. He is a
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We are constantly faced with challenges we can’t control. The coronavirus is the big one dominating our lives, but there are so many others: natural disasters, the loss of a loved one, other people’s personalities… How we handle these forces we can’t control affects how we feel about our lives. It seems pretty clear that
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Jon and Bryan discuss the difficulty of planning in the time of coronavirus (0:45), the importance of focusing on positive things you are excited about (22:30), and then Bryan shares his strategy of creating “healthy detachment” by imagining his situation is a video game (29:15). Recorded April 25, 2020. LOVE THE POD? LEAVE US A
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Getting started with a new project or with pursuing a lifelong dream requires us to overcome inertia, friction and opposing forces. Once we get started we have to overcome…more inertia, friction and opposing forces! In my last article Three Mental Hacks to Help You Get Started (And Keep You Going) I introduced the framework of
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Jon and Bryan discuss how the challenges of getting started and sustaining momentum are similar (1:45), the importance of routines and focusing on high quality work in the moment (8:30), and discuss the Discipline Illusion and making your environment work for you (31:00). Recorded April 16, 2020. LOVE THE POD? LEAVE US A REVIEW ON
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We are excited to announce the launch of the Go Be More Podcast. We all have dreams we want to achieve, yet it feels as though the world is holding us back. Each week, Jon and Bryan explore a topic related to the Go Be More philosophy of being yourself, taking small steps, and chasing
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