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Future Squared with Steve GlaveskiRebroadcast: Building Atomic Habits with James ClearRebroadcast: This episode originally appeared in 2019. --- James Clear is an author and speaker focused on habits, decision-making, and continuous improvement. A freak baseball accident put James in a desperate place, fighting to recover from brain damage. The debilitating brain injury forced him to discover a new way of living. Recovery took James to a new understanding of habits and the power of stacking simple, easy habits, one on top of the other, to create momentum and change. His book, Atomic Habits: Tiny Changes, Remarkable Results, shares his learnings with the...2023-04-1359 min
Future Squared with Steve Glaveski413. Crypto Index Funds with Index Coop’s Crews EnochsCrews Enochs is a core contributor to the product growth community & institutional working groups at Index Coop, a new-age web3 crypto index fund DAO aiming to become the Blackrock of crypto. Index coop's mission is to build products that make crypto investing simple safe & accessible to all. In today’s conversation, we discuss: How crypto index funds differ from traditional ETFs We unpack the inner workings of Index Coop’s business model We talk decentralized finance’s big regulatory moment And we even touch on music NFTs Get ready to listen and learn in my...2022-02-1751 min
WorkFlow with Steve Glaveski5 Ways Sunlight and Vitamin D Improve Your Focus and MoodThe shift to remote work has left us divided. Some of us want to remain remote forever, others can’t wait to get back to the office, and some are calling for a hybrid model. There are pros and cons of each, but one downside of working from home has consistently been overlooked — morning sunlight. For millions of people around the world, their daily commute has been reduced to a short stroll from the bedroom to the study (or the kitchen table). While convenient, this can come at a significant cost to our mood, sleep, and focus. 2021-10-1809 minWorkFlow with Steve GlaveskiS3E2: Task SwitchingWhat’s the number one thing holding your productivity back? ……You. It turns out that people switch screens once every 40 seconds in a typical workday. But when we switch screens, we suffer a cognitive switching penalty. It takes us out of flow — where we do our best work — and it takes us about 23 minutes to get back into the zone afterward. In this video, I explore how task switching ruins your focus, and WHAT you can do to get on top of it. ➖➖➖ SHOW NOTES --- 1) MY ORIGINAL ARTICLE ON THIS EPISODE TOPIC ht...2021-07-2122 min
Future Squared with Steve GlaveskiEpisode #404: Cutting Corporate Red Tape and Bulls#!t with Martin LindstromMartin Lindstrom is the founder and chairman of Lindstrom Company, a global branding & culture transformation firm, operating across five continents and more than 30 countries. TIME Magazine has named Lindstrom one of the "World's 100 Most Influential People," and for five years running, Thinkers50, has selected Lindstrom to be among the world's top 50 business thinkers. Among the companies he advises are Burger King, Lowes, Boar's Head, Beverly Hills Hotels, Pepsi, Nestle and Google. Lindstrom is the author of seven books including several New York Times bestsellers that have been translated into 60 languages. The Wall-Street Journal praised his...2021-02-1046 min
Future Squared with Steve GlaveskiEpisode #403: Brad Feld on Depression and WorkBrad Feld is an American entrepreneur, author, blogger, and venture capitalist at Foundry Group in Boulder, Colorado. He joined me to discuss his lifelong challenges with depression, and juggling performing at the highest level in his domain. We discussed what brought him to depression, changes he made to restore balance in life, and web unpacked advice for executives and entrepreneurs struggling with their own mental health. Show Notes: Twitter: @bfeld The Foundry Group: thefoundry.group Download ebook: steveglaveski.com/downloads --- www.nofilter.me...2021-02-0340 min
Future Squared with Steve GlaveskiEpisode #400: From Fijian Refugee to Billion Dollar Supplement Empire with Izhar BashaFrom humble beginnings with a small supplement retail store in Randwick, Izhar Basha has gone on to create and head internationally recognised and celebrated Australian supplements brand, EHPlabs. After an autoimmune disease diagnosis forced Izhar to leave a successful law career, his mission has been to help people focus on their health and wellbeing. Izhar was one of the first in the business sector to utilise the power of social media and his flagship product OxyShred has been hailed as the world’s number 1 thermogenic fat burner. Whilst being family focused with two young girls of his ow...2020-11-171h 03
Future Squared with Steve GlaveskiEpisode #395: Becoming Financially Well with WeMoney's Dan JovevskiDan Jovevski is an entrepreneur, and founder of WeMoney, an AI-based financial wellness platform set out to increase financial wellbeing for all Australians. The company closed a $2m round during the pandemic, which speaks volumes about how pronounced the problem of financial wellness, or should that be not-wellness is amongst people today. This was a fascinating conversation that unpacked Dan’s journey to WeMoney, but also the psychological vulnerabilities that predispose us to making bad financial decisions, and actionable ways we can circumvent them. So with that, I bring you the one and only, Dan Jo...2020-10-161h 00Future Squared with Steve GlaveskiEpisode #393: My new book, Time Rich, is out today + 10 Productivity TipsToday’s the day (finally)! My fifth book, Time Rich: Do Your Best Work, Live Your Best Life, is now available. The book was originally slated for release in May, but with all of the uncertainty surrounding coronavirus at the time, my publisher (Wiley) and I decided to push it back to October, thinking that the world would have returned to some semblance of normality by then. While that isn’t exactly the case, the book is perhaps more relevant now than ever, with people spending, on average, 11 hours a day staring at scree...2020-10-0125 min
Future Squared with Steve GlaveskiEpisode #391: Get Rich and Die Trying with John RoaAt the age of twenty-six, John Roa founded a tech-consulting and design firm, ÄKTA, that he sold for a fortune to Salesforce. His account of his rise from a self-described below-average student, to becoming a poster boy for the ambitious, successful young entrepreneur, to nearly destroying himself in the process is the subject of his book, A Practical Way to Get Rich . . . and Die Trying. Roa's twenty-year-long journey from being dead-broke to wealth he never imagined is an absurd and often comical story of talent, luck, risk, rapidly changing technology, larger-than-life personalities, sex, gambling, and exce...2020-09-0357 min
Future Squared with Steve GlaveskiEpisode #389: The Low Touch Economy with Nick De MeyNick De Mey is founding partner of Board of Innovation, a Strategy & Business Design firm for corporates. He heads up the Insights team, and recently published an in-depth report on The Low Touch economy, and what organizations can do to adapt to the new normal. In this conversation, we unpack: How to identify quick wins to weather the storm How to identify longer term business model shifts And what we should really be bracing ourselves for, insofar as business recovery is concerned With that, please welcome Nick De Mey. Show Notes:2020-07-0844 min
Future Squared with Steve GlaveskiEpisode #388: From Journalist to Poker Champion with Maria KonnikovaMaria is the author of two New York Times best-sellers, The Confidence Game (Viking/Penguin 2016), winner of the 2016 Robert P. Balles Prize in Critical Thinking, and Mastermind: How to Think Like Sherlock Holmes (Viking/Penguin, 2013), an Anthony and Agatha Award finalist. She is a regular contributing writer for The New Yorker, and has written for the Atlantic, the New York Times, Slate, the New Republic, the Paris Review, the Wall Street Journal, Salon, the Boston Globe, the Scientific American, WIRED, and Smithsonian, among many other publications. Her writing has won numerous awards, including the 2019 Excellence...2020-06-171h 04
Future Squared with Steve GlaveskiEpisode #387: Fighting Fear with Big Wave Surfer, Mark MathewsMark Mathews is a professional big wave surfer who has made a living surfing waves up to 50 feet big. He is a Red Bull athlete, has won three Oakley Big Wave Awards, and has featured in several documentaries, including Fighting Fear, alongside UFC fighter Richie Vaculik, and the forthcoming On The Other Side of Fear. While surfing in Tasmania, fifteen feet in front of a cliff in cold, shark infested waters, Mark hit a reef and instantly blacked out. Neck braced and hospital-ridden, he didn’t know if he could ever surf again. We...2020-06-111h 20
Future Squared with Steve GlaveskiEpisode #386: An interview with my mother, Miljana GlaveskaIn this episode of Future Squared, I interview my now 69-year-old mom, Miljana Glaveska. While she doesn’t come to the show with the same kinds of credentials or pedigree that many of my former guests do, she comes to the show with something many don’t have, almost three-quarters of a century of life experience, and a unique story to tell. We unpacked: Early life in socialist Yugoslavia Being raised by deaf parents Leaving her family behind to start a new life in Australia Being a non-English speaking migrant in Australia in the 1970s Lo...2020-06-071h 17
Future Squared with Steve GlaveskiEpisode #385: Detoxification with Stefan FilippoStemming from chronic illness, health coach Stefan Filippo has made it his mission to learn about how the human body functions with the aim of improving his own health as well as educating and empowering others to evolve into their best self. From his immersion into the world of biohacking, nutrition, herbalism, naturopathic medicine, spirituality and more Stefan approaches health and optimisation from many angles. This was a wide-reaching conversation on all things detox, unpacking: What is detox, really? The body’s natural detoxification system How we can augment this system Detox fads: are th...2020-05-2259 min
Future Squared with Steve GlaveskiEpisode #384: Tony Nash on Building a 9-Figure Online Bookstore - Part OneTony Nash is co-founder and CEO of Booktopia, which employs 260 people, generates over $170M and sells one item every six seconds. Tony’s story, however, really starts when he dropped out of college to travel the world for three years - what he now credits to being his version of a degree. It paved the way to founding several businesses across different domains, one of which was sold to a listed company, before several strokes of serendipity led Tony to found Booktopia in 2004. We unpacked numerous topics in this conversation, including: How to...2020-05-211h 06
Future Squared with Steve GlaveskiEpisode #383: Negotiate Anything with Alexandra CarterAlexandra Carter is a Clinical Professor of Law and Director of the Mediation Clinic at Columbia Law School. She has spent the last eleven years helping thousands of people negotiate better, build relationships and reach their goals. In 2019, Alex was awarded the Columbia University Presidential Award for Outstanding Teaching, Columbia University’s highest teaching honor. Alex believes that negotiation is for everyone. She is a world-renowned negotiation trainer for groups and individuals from all over the world—including the United Nations, Fortune 100 companies, the U.S. government, foreign governments, not-for-profit organizations, universities and private law firms. Through the...2020-05-2052 min
Future Squared with Steve GlaveskiEpisode #382: The Psychology of Friendship with Lydia DenworthLydia Denworth is a contributing editor for Scientific American and writes the Brain Waves blog for Psychology Today. She’s the author of three books, including the newly published Friendship: The Evolution, Biology and Extraordinary Power of Life’s Fundamental Bond, which demonstrates how friendship goes deeper than our emotional responses, and affects us on a cellular level. We explored the psychology of friendship, and in particular looked at: What makes a good friend Whether digital friendships and Zoom calls are a substitute for the real thing Why loneliness can kill and how friendship makes...2020-05-1157 min
Future Squared with Steve GlaveskiEpisode #380: Rising From the Startup Ashes with Michael FoxMichael Fox is an entrepreneur and investor, best known for co-founding Shoes of Prey, the online retail startup that raised US$25M and grew its team to 200 people, before lagging demand forced the company to famously call it a day in 2019. Today, he heads up plant-based meat alternative company, Fable Foods Co. Michael joined me to unpack the Shoes of Prey journey, the highs, the lows, the lessons learned and on being a proverbial phoenix rising from the ashes. We touched on so many big ticket items, but three that stood out for me were:2020-05-071h 08
Future Squared with Steve GlaveskiEpisode #379: Caring for Seniors During the PandemicPaul McIntyre is the host of ABC Radio’s ‘Medical Matters’ and has more than two decades of experience at ABC Radio. He is also a playwright and author. His book, Use It or Lose It, is a guide to remaining vital through mid-life and beyond. While this conversation represents a slight departure from the usual fare on Future Squared, I figured it would bring a lot of value to listeners when it comes to both living a long and healthy life yourself, as well as caring for any seniors in your life who you may not be abl...2020-04-0754 min
Future Squared with Steve GlaveskiEpisode #378: Steve Blank talks Virus Survival Strategies for BusinessSteve Blank - considered by many to be the father of modern entrepreneurship - returns to Future Squared to talk COVID19 virus survival strategies for business. Steve is credited with spearheading the customer development movement, which was popularised by his former pupil’s Eric Ries book, under the guise of the lean startup. We discussed the specific steps that startup CEOs, and to an extent leaders at large organisations too, should be taking in order to not just survive COVID19, but with some luck, come out the other side stronger. Specifically, we talked:...2020-03-2658 min
Future Squared with Steve GlaveskiEpisode #377: Boosting Your Immunity with Lucas AounToday I welcome back to the show biohacker, naturopath and human guinea pig, Lucas Aoun, who you might remember from episode 342. Today, Lucas’ purpose and mission is to assist and empower people to reach their fullest potential, which he does through his company, Ergogenic Health. Given the rapidly evolving and uncertain times we find ourselves in, I invited Lucas back onto the show to talk about the kinds of things we can be doing to boost our immune system. This is not to say that doing anything discussed in this show will prevent you from co...2020-03-251h 05
Future Squared with Steve GlaveskiEpisode #376: How to Avoid Going Crazy During COVID-19 LockdownMany of us the world over now find ourselves in isolation, either forced to shelter in place as is the case in large parts of California, or practice social distancing and effectively spend more time at home. While Counterstrike gamers and Netflix bingers might’ve been unknowingly in training for this moment their entire lives, for most of us — even the introverts among us — this period might test our emotional fortitude, all the more so because there is uncertainty around when this experiment in social isolation will end. According to The Depression Project, isolation has the ca...2020-03-2431 min
Future Squared with Steve GlaveskiEpisode #375: 23 Steps to Surviving COVID19 for Startups and Small BusinessSuccessfully building a company is a Herculean feat at the best of times — 95% of startups fail and most small businesses close their doors before they turn five. With that in mind, it might seem near impossible to do so when there’s a global pandemic shutting down the world’s economy. Nobody knows for sure when we will emerge out of this black hole and markets will resume normal programming — estimates ranging from several months to several years. What we do know is that unlike the global financial crisis of 2008 which pointed to internal...2020-03-2125 min
Future Squared with Steve GlaveskiEpisode #374: COVID-19 and How to Crush Working From HomeCOVID-19 has had a deleterious effect on our world as we know it. First, it sent sharemarkets into a downward spiral, then it put countries such as Italy into lockdown, and forced the cancelation of festivals such as SXSW(something the author of this article was going to attend — bummer!). Oh, and who can forget ‘toiletgate’ — Australians, embarrassingly for me, stripping grocery stores bare of necessities such as toilet paper, hand sanitiser, pasta, rice and Vegemite. I have since warmed to the southern European institution that is the bidet! Show Notes: medium.com/@ste...2020-03-1433 min
Future Squared with Steve GlaveskiEpisode #373: Turning Customers into Fans with David Meerman ScottDavid Meerman Scott is an internationally acclaimed business strategist, entrepreneur, advisor to emerging companies, and public speaker. He is the Wall Street Journal bestselling author of ten previous books, including The New Rules of Marketing & PR, Marketing Lessons from the Grateful Dead, and The New Rules of Sales & Service. His latest books, Fanocracy: Turning Fans into Customers and Customers into Fans, unpacks how some brands attract word-of-mouth buzz and radical devotion around products as everyday as car insurance, b2b software, and underwear. They embody the most powerful marketing force in the world: die-hard fans...2020-03-0655 min
Future Squared with Steve GlaveskiEpisode #372: Seth Godin on Navigating Business and LifeSeth Godin needs no introduction but I am going to give him one anyway. He is the author of 19 books, and over 8,000 blog posts. He’s a pre-eminent name in the world of entrepreneurship and marketing. He has founded several companies including altMBA, The Marketing Seminar, Squidoo, and YoYoDyne which he sold to Yahoo! For US$30M. In 2018, he was inducted into the Marketing Hall of Fame. With such an enormous body of work, it was hard to know where to start preparing for this interview, but I spent ou...2020-02-2049 min
Future Squared with Steve GlaveskiEpisode #371: Building a $30M Surf Park with Andrew RossAndrew Ross is the founder of URBNSURF, Australia’s first surf park, which opened its doors to the public in January of 2020 to much fanfare. Prior to opening URBNSURF, Andrew spent twenty five years in various legal, corporate finance and investment banking roles before merging his profession and his passion to ultimately find his purpose, as you’ll learn in this conversation. As you might imagine, building a two-hectare large surf park, that generates 1,000 ocean-like waves per hour is a Herculean feat, and one that delivers lots of both business and life lessons, lessons we unpa...2020-01-241h 13
Future Squared with Steve GlaveskiEpisode #370: Ultralearning with Scott H YoungScott H Young is a writer, programmer, traveler and avid reader of interesting things. For the last ten years he has been experimenting to find out how to learn and think better. He’s the author of the Wall Street Journal bestseller, Ultralearning: Master Hard Skills, Outsmart the Competition, and Accelerate… Whether it’s learning a new talent, staying relevant, reinventing yourself, or adapting to whatever the workplace throws your way, Scott’s book offers nine principles to master hard skills quickly. We explored why self-education is so important today, common learning...2020-01-1657 min
Future Squared with Steve GlaveskiEpisode #369: James Clear on Replacing Bad Habits with Good HabitsJames Clear is an author and speaker focused on habits, decision-making, and continuous improvement. A freak baseball accident put James in a desperate place, fighting to recover from brain damage. The debilitating brain injury forced him to discover a new way of living. Recovery took James to a new understanding of habits and the power of stacking simple, easy habits, one on top of the other, to create momentum and change. His book, Atomic Habits: Tiny Changes, Remarkable Results, shares his learnings with the world. It has sold well over one million copies and has...2019-12-041h 00
Future Squared with Steve GlaveskiEpisode #368: Capitalism, Inequality and Opportunity with Branko MilanovicBranko Milanovic is a Presidential Professor at the Graduate Center and a senior fellow at the Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality. He obtained his Ph. D. in economics from the University of Belgrade with a dissertation on income inequality in Yugoslavia. He served as lead economist in World Bank Research Department for almost 20 years and as a senior associate at Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington from 2003 to 2005. He has held teaching appointments at the University of Maryland (2007-2013) and at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University (1997-2007). He...2019-11-2858 minFuture Squared with Steve GlaveskiAnnouncing: My New Kids Entrepreneurship Picture Book, Lemonade Stand, is LIVE!Find out more about my new kids book, Lemonade STand: From Idea to Entrepreneur: https://bit.ly/lemonadestandbook --- Listen to Future Squared on Apple Podcasts goo.gl/sMnEa0 Also available on: Spotify, Google Podcasts, TuneIn, Stitcher and Soundcloud YouTube: Twitter: www.twitter.com/steveglaveski Instagram: www.instagram.com/@thesteveglaveski Future Squared: www.futuresquared.xyz Steve Glaveski: www.steveglaveski.com Medium: www.medium.com/@steveglaveski Steve's book: www.employeetoentrepreneur.io NEW Facebook group: www.facebook.com/groups/futures...2019-10-2610 min
Future Squared with Steve GlaveskiEpisode #366: The Early Days of Netflix with Marc RandolphMarc Randolph is a veteran Silicon Valley entrepreneur, advisor and investor. Marc was co-founder of Netflix, serving as their founding CEO, as the executive producer of their web site, and as a member of their board of directors. Marc recently released his book, That Will Never Work: The Birth of Netflix and the Amazing Life of an Idea. Although best known for starting Netflix, Marc's career as an entrepreneur spans more than four decades. He's founded or co-founded more than half a dozen other successful start-ups, mentored rising entrepreneurs including the co-founders of Looker Data w...2019-10-231h 03
Future Squared with Steve GlaveskiEpisode #365: Entrepreneurship in Schools with Don WettrickDon Wettrick is the President and Founder of StartedUP, an organization dedicated to help transform the school culture toward innovation and enable student-led entrepreneurship. He’s also Innovation Coordinator at Noblesville High School, and author of "Pure Genius: Building a Culture of Innovation and Taking 20% Time to the Next Level." Wettrick has worked as a middle school and high school teacher; educational and innovation consultant; CEO, and podcast host. Don has lectured across the US, Europe, South America and Africa about collaboration, social media use, and work environments that enable innovation. Through his travel, he ha...2019-10-1655 min
Future Squared with Steve GlaveskiEpisode #364: Human Longevity with Kale BrockKale Brock is an award nominated writer, filmmaker and speaker. He’s the author of several books, including The Gut Healing Protocol, The Art Of Probiotic Nutrition, and Mandy Microbe’s Big Gut Adventure. In his second documentary, The Longevity Film, Kale travels to the world’s ‘blue zones’, longevity cultures, to investigate the dietary & lifestyle factors which cause such unprecedented health statistics in these areas. We unpacked Kale’s journey into the heart of these blue zones to unpack how their inhabitants attitude, community, nutrition and movement sees them living lives, on average, 5 t...2019-10-121h 02
Future Squared with Steve GlaveskiEpisode #363: Nintendo versus SEGA with Blake HarrisBlake J. Harris is the bestselling author of Console Wars: Sega, Nintendo and the Battle that Defined a Generation, which is currently being adapted into a mini-series by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg. He’s also the author of History of the Future: Oculus, Facebook, and the Revolution That Swept Virtual Reality. But we spent the better part of this conversation being nostalgic and unpacking the war that served as a backdrop to our childhood, that of Nintendo v Sega. Expect to take out numerous business lessons from this one: The value of...2019-10-091h 03
Future Squared with Steve GlaveskiEpisode #361: Mobility Matters with Aaron AldredAaron Aldred is movement based performance trainer situated in Melbourne. With a Bachelors degree in Sports Science, he is currently training clients out of Focus Fitness Yarraville, a gym located in the inner west of Melbourne. Aaron runs 4 week Mobility workshops which provide a wealth of knowledge on optimising movement mechanics, self myofascial release (SMR) and body recovery. Aaron has been a competitive athlete for the majority of his life in a range of sportsand currently a national level player in lacrosse. We explored the importance of mobility, the effects of a sedentary lifestyle on...2019-08-2245 minFuture Squared with Steve GlaveskiEpisode #358: Are You Living or Existing?This past weekend I went snowboarding at Australia’s Mount Hotham. While I have been a longtime skateboarder, and a short-time surfer, I’d never been snowboarding. While my skating skills were somewhat transferable, it didn’t stop my ass from hitting the white powder about 50 times. But that was okay. It just meant that I had to get up 51 times. --- Listen to Future Squared on Apple Podcasts goo.gl/sMnEa0 Also available on: Spotify, Google Podcasts, TuneIn, Stitcher and Soundcloud Twitter: www.twi...2019-07-2504 minFuture Squared with Steve GlaveskiEpisode #355: Forever Noob“There is nothing permanent except change”. Heroclitus’ dictum is over 2,500 years old, and it’s more relevant than ever. Moore’s law, the doubling of computing power every 18 months, is fifty years old. In 1971, Intel’s 4004 contained just 2,300 transistors. Today’s microprocessors contain over 20 billion. The meteoric rise in computing power is rendering businesses big on process, five year plans and consensus seeking meetings unable to adapt fast enough. ---- ---------- Employee to Entrepreneur book: www.employeetoentrepreneur.io Listen to Future Squared on Apple Podcasts goo.gl/sMnEa02019-07-1810 minFuture Squared with Steve GlaveskiEpisode #352: How Big Is Your Team? Who Cares! “How Big Is Your Company?” Human beings are social animals. Henceforth, like a peacock signaling reproductive fitness with its large and colourful tail, human beings signal through our haircuts, clothes, the cars we drive, the places we live, what we eat (or choose not to eat — here’s looking at you vegans and intermittent fasters), when we wake up, how often we work out, and the titles on our business cards — among a plethora of other things. If you’re an entrepreneur or leader, then you’ve probably felt the urge to signal how many people you ha...2019-07-1109 min
Future Squared with Steve GlaveskiEpisode #351: Reach Peak Performance with Matt BelairMatthew Belair is a life long martial artist, knowledge seeker and explorer. He has travelled the world to train with masters, which include meditating with monks in Nepal, training MMA in Thailand and trekking Mount Everest and studying Shaolin Kung Fu with 34th Generation Shaolin Masters in China. He shares his knowledge in his podcast, the Matt Belair Podcast: Master Mind, Body & Spirit, as well as his coaching, workshops and programs. He’s the author of Zen Athlete: A Guide to Self Mastery, which demystifies the art of mental training, flow and peak performance. It is...2019-07-101h 04Future Squared with Steve GlaveskiEpisode #350: If you Know the Way Broadly, You Will See it in All ThingsWhen I launched this show I remember looking at other podcasts that had published over 300 hundred episodes and thinking that was truly insane….and here we are 3 and a half years later with 350 episodes. From the bottom of my heart, thank you for listening. In this installment of Fast Fix Friday, we unpack Japanese swordsman and philosopher, Miyamoto Musashi's famous maxim, "if you know the way broadly, you will see it in all things". --- Listen to Future Squared on Apple Podcasts goo.gl/sMnEa0 Also available on: Spotify, Goog...2019-07-0505 min
Future Squared with Steve GlaveskiEpisode #349: From African Royalty to the Bronx with Remi AdelekeRemi Adeleke is many things, former royalty, an ex-Navy Seal, an author, entrepreneur and producer. But most of all, he’s a symbol of perseverance. Having gone from Nigerian opulence at the age of five to drug-dealing on the streets of the Bronx as a teenager, Remi knows a thing or two about tough times, and how to overcome them with nothing but sheer tenacity and hard work. Remi is the author of Transformed: A Navy SEAL's Unlikely Journey from the Throne of Africa, to the Streets of the Bronx, to Defying All Odd...2019-07-0353 minFuture Squared with Steve GlaveskiEpisode #348: What Cobra Kai Teaches Us About Empathy Self-awareness is a hot topic nowadays. You can hardly open a business or psychology book without coming across numerous mentions of emotional intelligence, EQ or self-awareness. The theory of objective self-awareness goes back to 1972, when it was published by Shelley Duval and Robert Wicklund. Daniel Goleman’s definition of self-awareness, immortalized in his best-selling book Emotional Intelligence, simply puts it down to “knowing one’s internal states, preference, resources, and intuitions.” I’ve written previously that we probably shouldn’t trust our intuitions, because they are a byproduct of evolutionary programming, genetics, fetal conditions, inf...2019-06-2709 minFuture Squared with Steve GlaveskiEpisode #347: Don't Defer Your WarNiccolo Machiavelli’s ‘The Prince’, written in the early 16th Century whilst living in exile, was a gift to Lorenzo Medici — defacto ruler of the Florentine republic — arguably as a means to earn his place in society as a statesman again. The Prince is to this day considered one of the earliest works of modern philosophy, and indeed of modern political philosophy, and is the book that spawned the use of the term Machiavellian to refer to cunning and unscrupulous, especially in politics. However, the book, which only numbers some 120 pages, is full of lessons that one can apply...2019-06-1308 minFuture Squared with Steve GlaveskiEpisode #346: The Introverted FounderWhen most people think of a successful entrepreneur, typically they think of a charismatic, outgoing, and brilliant leader; Jobs, Bezos or the flamboyant Richard Branson might come to mind. Rarely is introversion conflated with entrepreneurial success. This is because society has a cultural bias towards extroverts, according to Susan Cain, and also because an entrepreneur must interact and influence numerous people — their team, their customers, their partners, and the media. Having said that, there are several significant advantages that introverted founders — let’s call them intropreneurs — have over their extroverted peers. ------ Employee to Entrep...2019-06-0612 min
Future Squared with Steve GlaveskiEpisode #342: Human Performance Optimisation with Lucas AounFrom a very young age, Lucas Aoun became interested in the effects of certain foods and herbs on his own physiological and psychological performance. When he was playing soccer, he found himself monitoring his performance very closely and discovered that some supplements were having a drastic effect on reaction times, decision making and ability to the "read" the play. This then sparked a passion to spend copious amounts of his "spare time" to research various ergogenic aids. Having battled with his own health issues, he began to biohack his way out, getting to the root cause of...2019-05-241h 17Future Squared with Steve GlaveskiEpisode #343: Can an Employee be an Entrepreneur?I recently concluded an intense but rewarding podcast tour in support of my now newish book, Employee to Entrepreneur. Having appeared on over 50 podcasts, I thought I had been asked just about everything on the topic of making the aforementioned leap. That was until I spoke with Erik Fisher of the Beyond the To Do List podcast. Erik took a different approach and asked me whether or not an employee can be an entrepreneur. I rattled off some initial thoughts that came to mind, but the first thing that comes to mind isn’t...2019-05-2309 min
Future Squared with Steve GlaveskiEpisode #341: Life as a Ghost with Daniel PaisnerDaniel Paisner is one of the busiest collaborators in publishing. He's written over sixty books, on topics ranging from business and sports, to politics and popular culture, including sixteen New York Times best-sellers. His work has been profiled in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, ESPN: The Magazine and on National Public Radio. (In a recent New York Magazine article on how to write someone else's memoir, he was referred to as the "most prolific living ghost" - a title that may or may not have been meant as a back-handed compliment.) He...2019-05-151h 02
Future Squared with Steve GlaveskiEpisode #340: Storytelling and Hip-Hop with Raj NathanRaj Nathan is a hypeman - no, he doesn’t wear a clock around his neck like Flavor Flav - he’s a startup hypeman, and his mission us to help companoes not suck at pitching and telling their story, so they stand out to customers and investors, and stand apart from competitors and pretenders. He’s the founder of Startup Hypeman, host of the Startup Hypeman podcast, and, as you’ll learn, he’s also a rapper, and yoga instructor. We explored a number of topics in this conversation, including: How to tell better sto...2019-05-1044 minFuture Squared with Steve GlaveskiEpisode #339: Trillion Dollar Coach - Lessons from the Book Trillion Dollar Coach: The Leadership Playbook of Silicon Valley’s Bill Campbell was an absolutely gripping read about a legendary coach and business executive, whose mentoring of the likes of Steve Jobs, Larry Page, Eric Schmidt, and Jeff Bezos, amongst other tech luminaries, played a major role in the success of their companies. While Bill was a private person — he passed away in 2016 — who instead preferred to shine the spotlight on the entrepreneurs and executives he worked with, three of his mentees, Eric Schmidt, Jonathan Rosenberg and Alan Eagle, decided that his invaluable teachings needed to be shared far and...2019-05-0920 minFuture Squared with Steve GlaveskiEpisode #337: Find Your FlowHow often do you find yourself in flow like the rock climber above; that place where you are so immersed in a solitary task that the rest of the world seems to just slip away? Turns out that being in this headspace not only makes us up to five times more productive and a lot more creative, but also measurably happier too. And no, you don't need to be risking life and limb to get there. --- Employee to Entrepreneur book: www.employeetoentrepreneur.io Listen to Future Squared on Apple Podcasts  goo...2019-05-0204 min
Future Squared with Steve GlaveskiEpisode #336: Humor at Work with Andrew TarvinAndrew Tarvin is obsessed with efficiency. In fact, that's why he goes by Drew Tarvin, it's more efficient. As the world's first humor engineer, he teaches people how to get better results while having more fun. Combining his background as a project manager at Procter & Gamble with his experience as a stand-up comedian, he reverse-engineers the skill of humor in a way that is practical, actionable, and gets results in the workplace. Through his company, Humor That Works, Dew has worked with more than 35,000 people at over 250 organizations, including Microsoft, the FBI, and the International A...2019-05-0250 minFuture Squared with Steve GlaveskiEpisode #335: Speedbump or Brick Wall?In life, we will inevitably face setbacks - we will come face to face with adversity, be it in our professional lives, or in our personal lives, especially if we’re working towards big hairy audacious goals. But how you choose to interpret and respond to those setbacks can make all the difference. --- Employee to Entrepreneur book: www.employeetoentrepreneur.io Listen to Future Squared on Apple Podcasts  goo.gl/sMnEa0 Also available on: Spotify, Google Podcasts, TuneIn, Stitcher and Soundcloud Twitter: www.twitter.com/steveglaveski Insta...2019-04-2603 min
Future Squared with Steve GlaveskiEpisode #334: Ryan Serhant on Selling Your Way From Rags to RichesRyan Serhantis a costar on Bravo's hit show Million Dollar Listing New Yorkand the star of Sell It Like Serhant. Ryan fell into real estate by accident after giving up his acting career. He made just over $9,000 his first year in the business. Ten years later, Ryan leads a team of 60 brokers and averages a billion dollars in sales every year, making him one of the most successful real estate brokers in the world. He is the author of Sell it like Serhant - How to Sell More, Earn More, and Become the Ultimate Sales Machine, which...2019-04-2432 minFuture Squared with Steve GlaveskiEpisode #332: What I Learned From Trying Standup ComedyTry one new thing a month. This has been my mantra for several years now, and it has seen me try all manner of things, from rock-climbing and surfing to a barista course and learning the art of whisky making, to jumping out of planes and trying hip-hop yoga. I’ve found that trying new things to get out of your comfort zone helps keep your ego in check, strengthens your relationship with adversity, and above all, increases your appreciation of life. In retrospect, it’s not the comfortable times that we remember, the times we f...2019-04-1818 minFuture Squared with Steve GlaveskiEpisode #331: Schedule time for Play.How often have you caught yourself uttering these words? If you really enjoy what you do, and are aligned with its purpose, you actually look forward to getting stuck into things on a Monday morning and might lament that "there aren't enough hours in the day". And while loving what you do and deriving positive energy from it is a great place to be, carving out ample time for rest and play is fundamental to your sustaining your efforts in the office or wherever you happen to get sh*t done. Not only that, but nobody said "...2019-04-1103 minFuture Squared with Steve GlaveskiEpisode #330: The Major Consequences of Australia's New Social Media LawsIn the wake of the Christchurch shootings and the disturbing video that made the rounds on social media afterward, Australia’s Government expeditiously passed new legislation that puts the onus on tech companies to remove violent material from their platforms or face criminal charges. In this episode, I explore why this is wrong on so many levels. --- Employee to Entrepreneur book: www.employeetoentrepreneur.io Listen to Future Squared on Apple Podcasts goo.gl/sMnEa0 Also available on: Spotify, Google Podcasts, TuneIn, Stitcher and Soundcloud Twitter: www.twitter...2019-04-0915 min
Future Squared with Steve GlaveskiEpisode #329: The Uncensored History of SIlicon Valley with Adam FisherAdam Fisher grew up in Silicon Valley playing Atari, programming computers, and reading science fiction. He still lives in the Bay Area but now spends his time thinking about the future, tracing it's origins, and writing about it – for Wired, MIT Technology Review, and The New York Times Sunday Magazine. Valley of Genius is his first book A candid, colorful, and comprehensive oral history that reveals the secrets of Silicon Valley -- from the origins of Apple and Atari to the present day clashes of Google and Facebook, and all the start-ups and disruptions that happened along th...2019-04-0259 minFuture Squared with Steve GlaveskiEpisode #328: Stop Letting Push Notifications Ruin Your ProductivitySince our prehistoric ancestors used stone tools to start fires and hunt for prey, technology has made us more efficient and effective at what we do. It has brought us convenience, improved communication, and — relatively speaking — long and comfortable lives. However, any good thing taken to the extreme becomes bad. Aristotle knew this, proposing that to achieve happiness and success, people should cultivate virtues at intermediate levels between deficiencies and excesses. Sleep is good for you. Sleeping for 16 hours, not so much. The Buddha too was a proponent of “the middle path.” In the same way, technology usage le...2019-03-2811 minFuture Squared with Steve GlaveskiEpisode #327: Beware of Digital Agencies Selling InnovationWelcome back to Future Squared for yet another installment of Fast Fix Friday, although this one is another not so fast fix edition. In this episode, I aim to shine a light on the deceptive practices being carried out by digital agencies across the globe, and whilst I will be speaking specifically about practices pertaining to serving corporate innovation clients, the same set of practices are affecting young startups and entrepreneurs everywhere. I feel it my obligation, as somebody who works in the space of innovation and entrepreneurship, to ring the warning bell. If it...2019-03-2217 min
Future Squared with Steve GlaveskiEpisode #326: The Life Skills That Matter with Stephen WarleyStephen Warley is the founder of Life Skills That Matter. After being laid off 18 years ago, Stephen has interviewed over 500 people in professions as diverse as defence, finance, health, marketing and entrepreneurship, read over 200 books about personal development and conducted countless lifestyle design experiments. Then he began to wonder, how did they do it? So he started looking for common patterns in how these individuals transformed their lives. A core set of skills kept popping up time and time again - he calls these the life skills that matters - and he teaches people, through his podcast...2019-03-151h 02Future Squared with Steve GlaveskiEpisode #325: Three Leadership Mythsin this episode, we bust three leadership myths. --- Employee to Entrepreneur book: www.employeetoentrepreneur.io Listen to Future Squared on Apple Podcasts goo.gl/sMnEa0 Also available on: Spotify, Google Podcasts, TuneIn, Stitcher and Soundcloud Twitter: www.twitter.com/steveglaveski Instagram:Â www.instagram.com/@thesteveglaveski Future Squared: www.futuresquared.xyz Steve Glaveski: www.steveglaveski.com Medium: www.medium.com/@steveglaveski NEW Facebook group: www.facebook.com/groups/futuresquared/ GET COACHED BY LUCAS: https://www.ergogenic.health/product/coaching...2019-03-1406 min
Future Squared with Steve GlaveskiBonus Episode: The Millennial Mastermind, Brad MulveyBrad Mulvey is the founder of Millennial Mastermind and host of the Millennial Mastermind Podcast. His mission is to build a community of highly motivated millennials who want to build amazing lives for themselves and each other. By connecting with the already successful, I am digging into their journeys and uncovering the proven strategies that they used to achieve massive success. In doing so, I will share with you a formula for your own success. We explored myriad topics in this conversation, but we specifically deep dived into: Millenials being the participation trophy generation We...2019-03-1239 min
Future Squared with Steve GlaveskiEpisode #324: Productivity with Mike VardyMike Vardy is an author, speaker, and productivity and time management strategist. He’s the founder of Productivityist, and the company's mission is to help people stop 'doing' productive and start 'being' productive through a variety of online and offline resources. He is the author of "The Front Nine: How to Start the Year You Want Anytime You Want” and most recently "The Productivityist Playbook." He has served in an editorial capacity for The Next Web and is a contributor to The Huffington Post, GTD Times, 99u, Lifehacker, and SUCCESS Magazine. Expe...2019-03-0853 minFuture Squared with Steve GlaveskiEpisode #323: Expand Your World ViewHanging out with people just like us might be comfortable, but it doesn't do anything to expand our world view or make us more tolerant and creative. --- Employee to Entrepreneur book: www.employeetoentrepreneur.io Listen to Future Squared on Apple Podcasts goo.gl/sMnEa0 Also available on: Spotify, Google Podcasts, TuneIn, Stitcher and Soundcloud Twitter: www.twitter.com/steveglaveski Instagram:Â www.instagram.com/@thesteveglaveski Future Squared: www.futuresquared.xyz Steve Glaveski: www.steveglaveski.com Medium: www.medium.com/@steveglaveski NEW Fac...2019-03-0704 min
Future Squared with Steve GlaveskiEpisode #322: Walker Deibel on Acquiring Businesses Instead of Starting ThemWalker Deibel is an acquisition entrepreneur. He has cofounded three startups and acquired seven companies. He currently serves as the President of EDC, which helps companies with multiple locations manage their supply chain through sourcing, inventory, and fulfillment management. Walker is the Managing Director for Centra, which currently owns and manages three companies. In addition Centra is a partner in over a half dozen firms covering: distribution, manufacturing, education, childcare, film and television production, enterprise software, online content, and eCommerce. Walker is the bestselling author of Buy Then Build: How Acquisition Entrepreneurs Outsmart the Startup...2019-03-011h 02Future Squared with Steve GlaveskiEpisode #321: Judgment DayThe bots are here! --- Employee to Entrepreneur book: www.employeetoentrepreneur.io Listen to Future Squared on Apple Podcasts goo.gl/sMnEa0 Also available on: Spotify, Google Podcasts, TuneIn, Stitcher and Soundcloud Twitter: www.twitter.com/steveglaveski Instagram: www.instagram.com/@thesteveglaveski Future Squared: www.futuresquared.xyz Steve Glaveski: www.steveglaveski.com Medium: www.medium.com/@steveglaveski NEW Facebook group: www.facebook.com/groups/futuresquared/ GET COACHED BY LUCAS: https://www.ergogenic.health/product/coaching 2019-03-0102 minFuture Squared with Steve GlaveskiEpisode #319: We're Wrong about Most of our Ideas...and Why That's OK!"We're wrong about most of our ideas most of the time" - Michael Shermer. --- Patreon: www.patreon.com/thesteveglaveski Employee to Entrepreneur book: www.employeetoentrepreneur.io Listen to Future Squared on Apple Podcasts goo.gl/sMnEa0 Also available on: Spotify, Google Podcasts, TuneIn, Stitcher and Soundcloud Twitter: www.twitter.com/steveglaveski Instagram:Â www.instagram.com/@thesteveglaveski Future Squared: www.futuresquared.xyz Steve Glaveski: www.steveglaveski.com Medium: www.medium.com/@steveglaveski NEW Facebook group: www.facebook.com/groups...2019-02-2107 min
Future Squared with Steve GlaveskiEpisode #318: Dr Michael Shermer on Death, the Meaning of Life and Tribalism in TechDr Michael Shermer is an American science writer, historian of science, founder of The Skeptics Society, and editor-in-chief of its magazine Skeptic. Shermer engages in debates on topics pertaining to pseudoscience and religion in which he emphasizes scientific skepticism. He’s also a monthly columnist for Scientific American, and a Presidential Fellow at Chapman University where he teaches Skepticism 101. He is the author of Why People Believe Weird Things, Why Darwin Matters, The Science of Good and Evil, and The Moral Arc. His new book is Heavens on Earth: The Scientific Search for the Afterlife, Immortality & Ut...2019-02-151h 06Future Squared with Steve GlaveskiEpisode #317: Overcoming Anticipation AnxietyA method I used to overcome my own anxiety, leading up to podcasts, that you might use to battle most forms of anxiety that you might be experiencing, both inside and outside the office. --- Patreon: www.patreon.com/thesteveglaveski Employee to Entrepreneur book: www.employeetoentrepreneur.io Listen to Future Squared on Apple Podcasts goo.gl/sMnEa0 Also available on: Spotify, Google Podcasts, TuneIn, Stitcher and Soundcloud Twitter: www.twitter.com/steveglaveski Instagram:Â www.instagram.com/@thesteveglaveski Future Squared: www.futuresquared.xyz Stev...2019-02-1413 min
Future Squared with Steve GlaveskiEpisode #315: Sergei and Vadim Revzin on the Entrepreneurial JourneySergei Revzin is a Venture Investor at the NYU Innovation Venture Fund where he leads the university’s technology investments. He has mentored hundreds of entrepreneurs all over the country through his work with Venture for America, and has been an early employee and founder at tech companies in NYC and Boston. Vadim Revzin is an Entrepreneur in Residence at GenFKD, a national non-profit, where he teaches entrepreneurship at State University of New York. He’s advised hundreds of startups, and has been both a founder and leader across several early and growth stage startups. Sergei and Vadi...2019-02-0849 min
Future Squared with Steve GlaveskiBonus Episode: James McKinney interviews Steve Glaveski on The Startup Story podcastWhilst I was in LA last month, or Orange County to be precise, I caught up with James McKinney, host of The Startup Story podcast, for a conversation on my transition from employee to entrepreneur. James previously has previously had the likes of the founder of E! Entertainment Larry Namer on his show who sold his company for 10 figures so I had to dig deep to bring it during this conversation. Fortunately, James asked really great questions and the interview has been hands down one of my favorites from my physical and virtual book tour...2019-02-081h 11Future Squared with Steve GlaveskiEpisode #314: 3 Ways to Learn Faster and Remember LongerIf you have not yet had the opportunity to check out episode #313 with Jonathan Levi, I implore you to give it a listen - it is full of value bombs on learning and memorisation, among myriad other topics. In this instalment of Fast Fix Friday, I share three important take-aways on learning and memorisation from the episode. --- Patreon: www.patreon.com/thesteveglaveski Employee to Entrepreneur book: www.employeetoentrepreneur.io Listen to Future Squared on Apple Podcasts @ goo.gl/sMnEa0 Also available on: Spotify, Google Podcasts, Tu...2019-02-0705 minFuture Squared with Steve GlaveskiEpisode #312: The Mask and the ShadowOn a recent flight from Melbourne en route to Bangkok for the Innov8rs Conference, I was reading author Robert Greene’s new magnum opus, Laws of Human Nature. I had the honor of speaking with Greene on my podcast Future Squared recently and was struck by something he said during our conversation about the notion of masks and shadows. Greene says that each of us wears a mask in order to gain social acceptance. This mask hides our dark side, or, our shadow, which can be a true but suppressed representation of our personalities. --- ...2019-01-3107 minFuture Squared with Steve GlaveskiEpisode #311: Employee to Entrepreneur - Chapter OneHere's a sneak peak into my brand new book, Employee to Entrepreneur: How to Earn Your Freedom and Do Work That Matters. I'm heading into the studio today to record the actual audiobook, so this serves as a practice run. Enjoy! --- Employee to Entrepreneur book: www.employeetoentrepreneur.io Listen to Future Squared on Apple Podcasts @ goo.gl/sMnEa0 Also available on: Spotify, Google Podcasts, TuneIn, Stitcher and Soundcloud Twitter: www.twitter.com/steveglaveski Instagram: www.instagram.com/@thesteveglaveski Future Squared: www...2019-01-2929 minFuture Squared with Steve GlaveskiEpisode #310: Making Lemonade Out of LemonsThanks to Jetstar, I got to test my character and make lemonade out of lemons recently. --- Employee to Entrepreneur podcast on Apple Podcasts: bit.ly/employeetoentrepreneurpodcast Listen to Future Squared on Apple Podcasts @ goo.gl/sMnEa0 Also available on: Spotify, Google Podcasts, TuneIn, Stitcher and Soundcloud Twitter: www.twitter.com/steveglaveski Instagram: www.instagram.com/@thesteveglaveski Future Squared: www.futuresquared.xyz Steve Glaveski: www.steveglaveski.com Medium: www.medium.com/@steveglaveski NEW Facebook group: www.facebook.com/groups/futuresq...2019-01-2912 minFuture Squared with Steve GlaveskiEpisode #309: Whatever It TakesSometimes in entrepreneurship, in innovation, and in life, you have to do whatever it takes. Sometimes it’s easier to just throw in the towel and quit, but if you want to do something bad enough, you’ll do whatever it takes. Having a whatever it takes mindset empowers you to always be looking for alternatives, for plans B and C, for solutions to seemingly impenetrable problems. --- Employee to Entrepreneur podcast on Apple Podcasts: bit.ly/employeetoentrepreneurpodcast Listen to Future Squared on Apple Podcasts @ goo.gl/sMnEa0 Also available on: Spotif...2019-01-1706 min
Future Squared with Steve GlaveskiBonus Episode: Kate McCready on Conscious LeadershipKate McCready is a designer, coach and podcaster whose mission is to activate the potential in people and organizations to consciously craft their work for better lives and a better world.. She says that conscious work-lives are not just about business. They are not just about a job or a role. They are about how we show up and evolve as individuals across our careers. How we align who we are, with what we do and how we live. Whether we work for someone else or run our own business. Whether we operate solo or lead an o...2019-01-1539 minFuture Squared with Steve GlaveskiEpisode #308: The Value of Wasting TimeIn this episode, I ponder the sometimes unintended benefits of wasting time and procrastinating. --- Employee to Entrepreneur podcast on Apple Podcasts: bit.ly/employeetoentrepreneurpodcast Listen to Future Squared on Apple Podcasts @ goo.gl/sMnEa0 Also available on: Spotify, Google Podcasts, TuneIn, Stitcher and Soundcloud Twitter: www.twitter.com/steveglaveski Instagram: www.instagram.com/@thesteveglaveski Future Squared: www.futuresquared.xyz Steve Glaveski: www.steveglaveski.com Medium: www.medium.com/@steveglaveski NEW Facebook group: www.facebook.com/groups/futuresquared/ GET COACH...2019-01-1005 minFuture Squared with Steve GlaveskiEpisode #307: Fireside Chat with Steve Glaveski and Shay NamdarianI’ve had a crazy whirlwind week this week with my book, Employee to Entrepreneur: How to Earn Your Freedom and Do Work That Matters, finally dropping, having done book launched events in Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney, an additional 12 podcast interviews and shortly, I’ll be catching a flight to San Francisco for the US leg of my book tour. Speaking of podcasts, I’ve appeared on quite a few in recent weeks, including Mixergy’s Startup Stories, Becoming Superhuman, No Ego, Productivityist and What You Will Learn. You can find those episodes wherever you get your podcasts...2019-01-1036 minFuture Squared with Steve GlaveskiIt's Book Launch Day!--- It’s book launch day! Today is the day...my brand new book, Employee to Entrepreneur: How to Earn Your Freedom and Do Work That Matters, is out now at bookstores, both physical and digital, all over the world. I’ve been celebrating the launch of the book at events across Australia’s eastern seaboard this week...kicking off in Brisbane on Tuesday night, Melbourne last night and Sydney this evening. Next week, I’ll be in San Francisco and Los Angeles - details for remaining book tour dates can be found...2019-01-0904 minFuture Squared with Steve GlaveskiIt's Book Launch Week!I hope you had a fantastic festive season and are ready to crush it in the new year! I'd like to take this moment to wish you and yours an awesome, blessed, fulfilling and healthy 2019! I'm kicking off the year with the worldwide release of my brand new book, Employee to Entrepreneur: How to Earn Your Freedom and Do Work That Matters, which comes out globally on January 9! I've been on a mad podcast tour and will be embarking on a good old fashioned physical book tour as of tomorrow, hitting Brisbane, Sydney, my home...2019-01-0605 minFuture Squared with Steve GlaveskiEpisode #306: All Great Things Start From Small BeginningsToday, as we embark upon a new year, I thought it would make sense to channel Cicero, Roman statesman, orator, lawyer and philosopher, who said that “all great things start from small beginnings”. Whatever you’re looking to achieve this year, realise that they all start with small steps, so set yourself small, manageable goals, that it is almost impossible to fail at, and go from there. --- Employee to Entrepreneur podcast on Apple Podcasts: bit.ly/employeetoentrepreneurpodcast Listen to Future Squared on Apple Podcasts @ goo.gl/sMnEa0 Also availabl...2019-01-0404 min
Future Squared with Steve GlaveskiBonus Episode: Standing on the Shoulders of Giants with Adam Jones and Adam AshtonAdam Ashton and Adam Jones met as two young blokes while attending Monash University, studying commerce and structural engineering respectively. Both were keen on making the most of their advantaged access to education as Australian citizens, ready to start their first job in the big city. They looked to books to answer some big questions such as ‘how do I make the most of my life?’ and ‘how do I get people to like me in the office?’. They found more than they bargained for. Since June 2016, they’ve committed to reading and reviewing a new book each week...2019-01-021h 04Future Squared with Steve GlaveskiEpisode #305: Setting Goals for 2019Reflecting on and setting new goals for a new year. --- Employee to Entrepreneur podcast on Apple Podcasts: bit.ly/employeetoentrepreneurpodcast Listen to Future Squared on Apple Podcasts @ goo.gl/sMnEa0 Also available on: Spotify, Google Podcasts, TuneIn, Stitcher and Soundcloud Twitter: www.twitter.com/steveglaveski Instagram: www.instagram.com/@thesteveglaveski Future Squared: www.futuresquared.xyz Steve Glaveski: www.steveglaveski.com Medium: www.medium.com/@steveglaveski NEW Facebook group: www.facebook.com/groups/futuresquared/ GET COACHED BY LUCAS: https...2018-12-2715 minFuture Squared with Steve GlaveskiEpisode #303: Beware of False PurposesAccording to Robert Greene, real purpose leads us upward, to a more human level. We improve our skills and sharpen our minds; we realize our potential and contribute to society. False purposes lead downward, to the animal side of our nature—to addictions, loss of mental powers, mindless conformity, and cynicism. In this installment of Fast Fix Friday, we explore false purposes and why you should beware of it, both in yourself and in others. --- --- Employee to Entrepreneur podcast on Apple Podcasts: bit.ly/employeetoentrepreneurpodcast Listen to Fut...2018-12-2107 min
Future Squared with Steve GlaveskiBonus Episode: Tom Heffner on Military Resilience and InnovationTom Heffner is a podcaster, author, speaker, and innovation expert. His goal is to help you thrive at work and in life and believes that every day, purposeful habits and practices are vital to this pursuit. He spent 15 years as an engineer, helping to design complex military systems to protect US and coalition soldiers around the world and is the host of The Next Year Now Podcast. We unpacked: How low-fidelity prototypes are being used to test life or death Defence systems Why the comforts of today are making us less resilient and how t...2018-12-1854 minFuture Squared with Steve GlaveskiEpisode #302: Why We SleepWhy we sleep...there's a lot more to it than you might think. --- Employee to Entrepreneur podcast on Apple Podcasts: bit.ly/employeetoentrepreneurpodcast Listen to Future Squared on Apple Podcasts @ goo.gl/sMnEa0 Also available on: Spotify, Google Podcasts, TuneIn, Stitcher and Soundcloud Twitter: www.twitter.com/steveglaveski Instagram: www.instagram.com/@thesteveglaveski Future Squared: www.futuresquared.xyz Steve Glaveski: www.steveglaveski.com Medium: www.medium.com/@steveglaveski NEW Facebook group: www.facebook.com/groups/futuresquared/ GET COACHED BY LUCAS...2018-12-1311 min
Future Squared with Steve GlaveskiEpisode #301: Less Doing, More Living with Ari MeiselAri Meisel is an entrepreneur, author, CEO, TED speaker, real estate developer, green building consultant, and productivity expert. A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School of Business, he was diagnosed with Crohn's disease while building his prpoerty development business in 2007. Crohn's is an incurable disease of the digestive tract. Ari's case was severe, and required over a dozen daily medications and several hospital visits. After reaching a personal low point in hospital, Ari decided he would do everything in his power to strengthen his by then weak body. Through a combination of yoga, nutrition, natural...2018-12-0747 min
Future Squared with Steve GlaveskiEpisode #299: How to Build Authority and Systemize Your Business with Matt Wolfe and Joe FierWelcome back to Future Squared for a special mid-week double trouble episode, as I bring you not one, but two guests. Joe Fier is a creative who came to the table with a video editing turned outsourcing business. He’s damn good at creating custom marketing roadmaps to skyrocket client sales results. Matt Wolfe is a systems and tech optimization guy who is a fanatic about content repurposing strategies. He’s famous for SEO, data analysis, split-testing and conversion optimization. Together, they are the founders of Evergreen Profits, which they’re building to become the largest...2018-12-061h 02
Future Squared with Steve GlaveskiEpisode #298: Life-Changing Mental Shifts with Ajit NawalkhaAjit came from humble beginnings. Born to a middle-income family in Jaipur, India, he grew up in an extended family of 23 other people under one roof. Space and money were scarce, and so as a little boy, he dreamt of abundance. He made a decision to plant himself where he could grow. From starting as a trainee in a non-profit, he has held various roles including as CEO of Mindvalley, Co-founder of Mindvalley Teach, Co-founder of Global Grit Institute and Co-founder of EPIC Businesses. He’s the author of the bestselling book, The Book of Coaching an th...2018-11-3059 minFuture Squared with Steve GlaveskiEpisode #297: What is Happiness?What is happiness? It's not just a dopaminergic hit. It's about something much deeper than that, that too many of us never truly reflect on. Show Notes: Basecamp.com (project and team communications software) Get the book: https://www.amazon.com/Doesnt-Have-Be-Crazy-Work/dp/0062874780 Twitter: @jasonfried Medium: @jasonfried Jason’s TED Talk: https://www.ted.com/talks/jason_fried_why_work_doesn_t_happen_at_work?language=en Why We Sleep book: https://www.amazon.com/Why-We-Sleep-Unlocking-Dreams/dp/1501144316 --- Employee to Entrepreneur podcast on Apple Podcasts: bit.ly/employeetoentrepreneurpodcast Listen to Future Square...2018-11-2905 min
Future Squared with Steve GlaveskiEpisode #296: Jason Fried on Why It Doesn’t Have to Be Crazy at WorkJason Fried thinks deeply about collaboration, productivity and the nature of work. He's the co-founder of project management platform Basecamp. Founded in 1999, Basecamp has been recognised by Forbes as one of America’s best small businesses. His 2010 TED talk on ‘Why Work Doesn’t Happen At Work’ has been viewed over 5 million times. He’s also the co-author of Rework, which is about new ways to conceptualize working and creating, as well as the brand new ‘It Doesn’t Have To Be Crazy At Work’, in which he rejects the prevailing notion that long hours, aggressive hustle, and "whatever it...2018-11-231h 03Future Squared with Steve GlaveskiEpisode #295: Think Peacoats for ProductivityNo, I'm not talking about those winter jackets - although that's a useful visual mnemonic, what I’m talking about is a deliberate productivity framework that will 10X your output and quality of life. --- What I’m talking about is deliberate Prioritise, economies of scale and alignment, Cut, Outsource, Automate, Test and Start; or PeaCOATS. Let’s explore each step in a little more detail. --- Peacoats framework: https://medium.com/@SteveGlaveski/how-to-not-be-busy-and-be-10x-more-effective-55b3cdc7924f Employee to Entrepreneur podcast on Apple Podcasts: bit.ly/employeetoentreprene...2018-11-2216 min
Future Squared with Steve GlaveskiEpisode #171: Ask Me Anything (AMA) with Steve GlaveskiIn this episode of Future Squared, I answer a number of questions that have been posed to me, either from workshop participants or from emails and tweets I’ve received from listeners. If you like this AMA, I’ll bring you more of them in future and if you have any questions you’d like answered hit me up on Twitter at @steveglaveski or email steve@collectivecamp.us Topics discussed: How much data is enough when running an experiment? How to get everyone thinking and acting like an innovator? Is the lean startup a full b...2017-08-1348 min
Future Squared with Steve GlaveskiEpisode #98: How to Prepare for and Kill It in 2017!Listen on iTunes: goo.gl/sMnEa0 Listen on Stitcher: www.stitcher.com/podcast/future In today's episode, we reverse the tables as Future Squared host Steve Glaveski is interviewed by founder and CEO of fashion startup Akagu, Jimmy Zhong, who Steve frequently provides some mentorship to. The topic? How do you prepare for a new year and maintain your mojo throughout. If you're looking to set your body and mind up for a big 2017 and stick to those new year resolutions, then you might learn a thing or two. Fitness, mindfulness, productivity - we cover everything in bite size chunks...2016-12-2739 min
Future Squared with Steve GlaveskiEpisode #70: Personal Disruption with Steve Glaveski and Matt RomaniaAhoy there entrepreneurs and corporate innovators! After my recent appearance on the Razor Sharp Show with Ray Milidoni, I was invited back for a deep dive interview with Matt Romania, to talk all about a topic of personal disruption, something I touched on when chatting with Ray. In this age of technological upheaval and business model disruption, the need to be more adaptable and duck and weave in response to, or even better, in anticipation of, change, is becoming more and more important. We touch on the what, why, and how of personal disruption and...2016-10-0226 min
Future Squared with Steve GlaveskiEpisode #57: My Lean Startup Journey *midweek bonus*This mid-week bonus is a little different! After over 50 episodes, mostly of me interviewing other people, in this episode, the tables are turned. I recently had the pleasure of appearing on Ray Milidoni’s Razor Sharp show which was a lot of fun. Ray poked and probed about a number of topics such as how to get started in business, how to get the most out of every day, how to build, measure and learn using the lean startup, we also got talking about Lemonade Stand, the children’s entrepreneurship program I co-founded and...2016-08-2449 min
Future Squared with Steve GlaveskiEpisode #20: Evangelos Simoudis on Corporate VCs, Incubators and Startup AcquisitionsEvangelos Simoudis is currently working with Steve Blank on a model for corporate innovation. Evangelos has been working in Silicon Valley as a technologist, entrepreneur, corporate executive, and VC. Today he advises global corporations on startup-driven innovation and information technology and invests in early stage startups working on big data applications. He is a recognized thought leader on corporate innovation, big data, cloud computing, and digital marketing platforms, a writer and speaker on these topics. In 2014, Evangelos was named a Power Player in Digital Media, and in 2012 as a top investor in online advertising. Evangelos is a...2016-04-2556 min