Are you mastering both the internal and external game of leadership? Nathan Tanner joins Kevin to discuss the importance of mastering oneself as a leader to become unconquerable. Nathan encourages us to create different characters for different roles in our lives, allowing us to be intentional with our behavior. He also shares the value of deciding where to underperform, acknowledging that we can't excel at everything simultaneously. Further, we should seek discomfort regularly and engage in challenging activities, like an Ironman, to reset expectations.

Listen For

00:00 Introduction
01:12 Guest Introduction
03:05 Journey to Writing the Book
07:02 Stories We Tell Ourselves
13:08 Character Creation
18:04 Deciding Where to Underperform
20:55 Not Worrying About What Others Think
23:38 Personal Operating System
27:32 Importance of Doing Hard Things
29:40 Nathan's Hobbies
30:41 What Nathan is Reading
31:41 Where to Learn More About Nathan
32:22 Conclusion and Action Steps

Meet Nathan

Nathan's Story: Nathan Tanner is the author of two books, Not Your Parents' Workplace, and his new book, The Unconquerable Leader: Mastering the Internal and External Game. He is an executive coach who helps CEOs, founders, and high-impact leaders scale themselves and their companies. Prior to becoming a full-time coach, Nathan was the VP of People at Neighbor, an Andreessen Horowitz-backed startup disrupting the storage industry. Prior to Neighbor, Nathan spent half a decade at DoorDash where he was hired as the head of HR and scaled the company from 250 to 5,000+ employees. He started his career on Wall Street at Lehman Brothers where he had a front-row seat to the largest bankruptcy in history. He's an IRONMAN triathlete, holds an MBA from BYU, and was trained as a coach at the Co-Active Training Institute. Nathan lives with his wife and their four children in southern Utah.