966: Guy Kawasaki on How to Increase Your Impact and Become Remarkable

How to Be Awesome at Your Job

How to be Awesome at Your Job

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🗓️ 30 May 2024

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Guy Kawasaki discusses the key to making your life and career remarkable.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) The three keys to becoming remarkable

2) How to effectively sell your dreams

3) Why there’s no such thing as “perfect” timing

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— ABOUT GUY —

Guy Kawasaki is the chief evangelist of Canva and host of the Remarkable People podcast. He was the chief evangelist of Apple, trustee of the Wikimedia Foundation, Mercedes-Benz brand ambassador, and special assistant to the Motorola Division of Google. Kawasaki has a BA from Stanford University, an MBA from UCLA, and an honorary doctorate from Babson College. He lives in Watsonville, California.

• Book: Think Remarkable: 9 Paths to Transform Your Life and Make a Difference

• Website: GuyKawasaki.com

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• Book: If You Want to Write: A Book About Art, Independence and Spirit by Brenda Ueland

• Study: The Invisible Gorilla (featuring Daniel Simons)

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0:00.0	If you make a difference, the world a better place, people will have no choice but to think you are remarkable.
0:14.7	As a lesson in life, if you are always looking for the perfect wave,
0:19.7	the perfect product, the perfect service,
0:22.4	the perfect book, the perfect service, the perfect photo, the perfect movie, the perfect
0:26.3	project, the perfect, you know, whatever.
0:28.9	You're never going to accomplish anything.
0:31.0	At some point, you just have to turn and burn and start paddling.
0:37.0	That's Guy Kawasaki. He's currently the chief evangelist of Canva and was the
0:48.0	former chief evangelist of Apple. He's also the host of the Remarkable People
0:51.8	Podcast, where he interviews remarkable people like
0:54.4	Jan Goodall, Steve Wozniak, and Robert Chaldini.
0:57.1	Using his decades of experience in Silicon Valley as a venture capitalist and advisor to the top
1:01.2	entrepreneurs in the world,
1:02.8	Guy's mission is to make everyone realize their potential
1:05.4	to be remarkable.
1:07.0	So you'll learn, one, the three keys to becoming remarkable.
1:10.1	Two, how to effectively sell your dreams. And 3, while there's no such thing as perfect timing.
1:15.0	I'm Peebokitis, this is how to be awesome at your job.
1:18.0	And now, here's Guy. Guy,
1:25.0	welcome. I'm excited, chat. You're an experienced interviewer yourself. You've interviewed some remarkable people,
1:33.2	tell me, any particularly super memorable moments
1:37.8	that you'd like to share with regard to that adventure.
	...

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