#173: Replacing Yourself

Seeking Wisdom with David Cancel

Molly Sloan

Business, Entrepreneurship

5 • 610 Ratings

🗓️ 28 June 2021

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

DC's goal in life? To replace himself. On this episode, he's joined by Leo Tenenblat (Drift's Chief Product Officer) to talk through what this means in the context of a scaling company. Together, DC and Leo talk about their approaches to hiring and team building, projecting yourself into the future, and the one thing Leo thinks DC should stop doing. Digressions include some Portuguese lessons (for DC) and comparing astrological signs.

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0:00.0	Before we get to the show, did you know you can get more insights just like the ones you're listening to right here on seeking wisdom, deliver right to your inbox?
0:14.1	Sign up to get my weekly newsletter.
0:16.2	It's called The One Thing at drift.com slash DC.
0:26.6	Thank you. One Thing at Drift.com slash DC. Leo, thank you for joining us today.
0:28.4	Happy to be here.
0:29.4	Oh, me too.
0:30.6	So for people who are listening to this podcast, I have some Easter eggs in here that you need to log into our YouTube account to
0:38.9	see and subscribe and click that little notification bell.
0:42.1	One is this homemade hat that I just made just now.
0:45.5	Look at that.
0:45.8	What do you think of that, Leo?
0:46.9	That's pretty awesome.
0:47.9	Does it have like some, how did your home make that?
0:51.2	That's holographic.
0:52.6	Look at that.
0:53.3	And then it matches my cup holder. That's holographic. Look at that. And then it matches my cup holder.
0:56.9	That's good. It's amazing. This has never been seen anywhere. I just made it myself and you cannot
1:01.9	see it. You cannot know what it is unless you log in. And the other is this that I'm pointing
1:07.2	right behind me is I finally hung something on my walls here and you'll have to log in to YouTube to see that. All right. Today, enough Easter eggs. One more Easter egg. One more. Third, it's always the rule of threes. I'm reading a new book. This is the book. Beware Leo. All right. What Data Reveals. This book is called Super Founders.
1:28.3	I have not opened it yet.
1:29.2	What data reveals about billion-dollar startups?
1:31.8	You know what's the problem with this book?
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