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The Learning Leader Show With Ryan Hawk

181: Srini Rao - How To Be Unmistakably Creative

The Learning Leader Show With Ryan Hawk

Ryan Hawk

Careers, Business, Management

4.9 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 18 December 2016

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Episode 181: Srini Rao - How To Be Unmistakably Creative

Srini Rao is the host and founder of The Unmistakable Creative podcast where he's conducted over 600 interviews with thought leaders and people from all walks of life. This has given him an incredibly distinctive view into branding, storytelling, and marketing. Srini has also written multiple books including the Wall Street Journal bestseller The Art of Being Unmistakable; created,planned, and executed a 60-person conference called the Instigator Experience;and am publishing the forthcoming Unmistakable book with Penguin Portfolio. Somewhere along the way his compass led him in the direction of an economics degree from the University of California at Berkeley and an MBA from Pepperdine University. Extracting unmistakable stories out of people is his superpower. And in his spare time he's usually chasing waves.

Episode 181: Srini Rao - How To Be Unmistakably Creative

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The Learning Leader Show

"All change is proceeded by crisis."

In This Episode, You Will Learn:

  • Common themes to sustain excellence:
    • A pathological inability to accept the status quo
    • Resilience
    • A disciplined work ethic
  • Why the path is never linear
  • Reading 100 books a year
  • How to turn disadvantages into disproportionate advantages
  • The Pepperdine MBA - How it impacted Srini
  • "Most people like the idea of leaping, but not executing on it"
  • How to make "micro-changes"
  • Creating multiple streams of revenue:
    • Author (book deals)
    • Speaking
    • Sponsors
    • Projects
  • Why you should write 1,000 words per day
  • "Systems vs. Goals"
  • Stephen Pressfield - "The Resistance"
  • The "8 Step Daily Routine"
  • Why surfing helps Srini
  • Having the ability to navigate and weave in and out of relationships
  • Learning Leader = A lifelong commitment to becoming better on a daily basis

"Is what you're doing today leading to what you want to do five years from now?"

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is you know what you're doing today going to lead you to where you want to be five years from now and ten years from now and if the answer is no, then you know, then you have to really consider because I thought about it, you know, like I think at that point I was like 31 or 32 and I kind of thought to myself wow I'm like every

0:14.2

decision I've made throughout my 20s in the last 10 12 years has led me to this exact

0:18.1

point if I keep making the same kinds of decisions I'm going to end up in the exact same place. Are leaders born or are they made?

0:25.0

Our host, Ryan Hawk, believes that leaders can be made through determined, focused work

0:30.0

on learning the art and science behind the makeup of other successful leaders.

0:34.4

Now it's time to inhale knowledge and exhale success.

0:37.7

You're listening to the Learning Leader Show

0:39.9

with Ryan Hawk. Hock. Hey and welcome to the Learning Leader Show. I am Ryan Hawk. Thank you so much

0:58.0

for being here. What an interesting featured leader tonight. It's Shrini Raow. he's the host and co-founder of

1:04.4

the unmistakable creative podcast also a best-selling author travels the world

1:09.2

giving speeches on how to be unmistakable and he defines that during this conversation tonight.

1:15.0

Also creating systems versus goals and how the systems Shrini has created have led to

1:21.4

sustained excellence in his life. Then how to turn disadvantages

1:26.4

into disproportionate advantages and Serene discusses the fact that he got fired at

1:31.9

multiple jobs and why, especially given the fact that he got fired at multiple jobs and why,

1:33.4

especially given the fact that he's a Pepperdine MBA.

1:36.5

Then how his nomadic childhood

1:38.8

has helped him weave in and out of relationships

1:42.4

and create more meaningful conversations amongst a diverse group of people.

1:48.8

Ladies and gentlemen, without further ado with Shrini Rao?

1:59.0

All right, Sreeni, Rau. All right, Sreeni, thank you so much for being here,

2:01.0

excited to talk to you, been brought to my attention by multiple people,

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