491: How Leaders Build, with Guy Raz

Coaching for Leaders

Dave Stachowiak

Education, Business, Management, Self-improvement, Careers

4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 14 September 2020

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Guy Raz: How I Built This Guy Raz is the creator and host of the popular podcasts How I Built This, Wisdom from the Top, and The Rewind on Spotify. He’s also the co-creator of the acclaimed podcasts TED Radio Hour and the children’s programs Wow in the World and Two Whats?! and a Wow!. He’s received the Edward R. Murrow Award, the Daniel Schorr Journalism Prize, the National Headliner Award, and many others. In 2017, Guy became the first person in the history of podcasting to have three shows in the top 20 on the Apple Podcast charts. He’s the author of the new book, How I Built This: The Unexpected Path to Success From the World’s Most Inspiring Entrepreneurs*. In this conversation, Guy and I discuss what he’s discovered from interviewing the world’s most successful entrepreneurs on How I Built This. We profile a few of the insightful stories that he’s captured in his new book and dispel some of the common myths. Plus, we explore how happiness and kindness play such an important role in building something new. Key Points Successful entrepreneurs are able to make the distinction between what is actually dangerous and what is just scary. We often think about entrepreneurs as solo leaders, but almost always there is a critical partner who complements their strengths. It is common for entrepreneurs to have a day job or other fallback plan as they start something new. Money is important, but it’s almost never the driving factor motivating entrepreneurs who have success in the long-run. Kindness takes leaders a long way when starting a business. Resources Mentioned How I Built This: The Unexpected Path to Success From the World’s Most Inspiring Entrepreneurs* by Guy Raz How I Built This podcast Book Notes Download my highlights from How I Built This in PDF format (free membership required). Related Episodes How to Be a Non-Conformist, with Adam Grant (episode 238) Ideas Worth Stealing From Top Entrepreneurs, with Dorie Clark (episode 318) How to Be a Happier Person, with Neil Pasricha (episode 334) Serve Others Through Marketing, with Seth Godin (episode 381) Discover More Activate your free membership for full access to the entire library of interviews since 2011, searchable by topic.

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0:00.0	Leadership answers the question of change and sometimes that answer means building something new.
0:06.0	On this episode, Guy Ra's host of NPR's How I Built This on what he's discovered from the world's most successful entrepreneurs.
0:14.1	This is coaching for leaders, episode 491.
0:18.3	Produced by Innovate Learning, Maximizing Human Potential.
0:25.0	Greetings to you from Orange County, California.
0:30.0	This is coaching for leaders and I'm your host Dave Stahoviac. Leaders aren't born. They're made and this weekly show helps you discover leadership wisdom through insightful conversations.
0:43.0	Few people know about great conversations as well as today's guest,
0:47.0	and he has become a leader in the conversations online about how to help build great organizations and
0:56.8	also how entrepreneurs can do amazing work. I'm so glad to welcome to the show today,
1:02.1	Guy Raz. Guy is the creator and host of the
1:05.1	popular podcast How I Built This, Wisdom From the Top, and the Rewined on
1:09.8	Spotify. He's also the co-creator of the Acclaim Podcasts, Ted Radio Hour, and the Children's
1:15.1	Programs, Wow in the World, and Two What's in a Wow.
1:18.4	He received the Edward R. Murrow Award, the Daniel Shore Journalism Prize, and the National Headliner Award and many others.
1:25.0	In 2017, Guy became the first person in the history of podcasting to have three shows in the top 20 on the Apple Podcast charts. He is the author of the new book
1:34.8	How I Built This The Unexpected Path to Success from the world's most
1:39.4	inspiring entrepreneurs. Guy Raz so glad to talk to you.
1:43.2	Dave, thank you so much for having me on the show. Really, really appreciate it.
1:47.0	Oh, the pleasure is mine. As I was reading the book, one paragraph in, I think the first or second chapter really leapt out at me
1:56.2	and I'm going to read it to you, these are your words, in high school and college, I used to think that
2:01.6	business was a dirty word. To me it meant it was the realm of
2:06.2	Hucksters and pitchmen selling cheap consumer products on late night infomercials.
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