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CNLP 590 | Kevin Kelly (The Most Interesting Man in the World) On the Usefulness of Increasing Your Optimism, What He Learned From Time Travel, Why the Myth of Progress Isn't a Myth, 1000 True Fans (Updated), And the Power of Remaining Astonished

The Carey Nieuwhof Leadership Podcast

Carey Nieuwhof

Management, Business

4.82.2K Ratings

🗓️ 15 August 2023

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

Kevin Kelly, Senior Maverick at Wired Magazine and New York Times bestselling author is often called the most interesting man in the world.

In his conversation with Carey, he lives up to that title as he talks about the usefulness of increasing your optimism, what he learned from time travel, and why the myth of progress isn't a myth. Kevin also shares an updated version of his famous 1,000 True Fans argument and talks about the power of remaining astonished.

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0:00.0

The Art of Leadership Network.

0:07.0

Welcome to the Carrie Newhawk Leadership Podcast.

0:10.0

It's Carrie here and I hope our time together today helps you thrive in life and leadership.

0:14.0

I have been working on this interview for a while now and I'm so glad to bring it to you.

0:18.0

We got the one and only Kevin Kelly, the most interesting man in the world on the podcast today.

0:24.0

And man, I'll tell you there's so much wisdom here.

0:27.0

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0:57.0

So Kevin Kelly is here. He has had a really, really fascinating life.

1:03.0

He turned 70 recently, released a new book. We'll talk about that.

1:07.0

But we're going to talk about the usefulness of increasing your optimism.

1:11.0

What do you learn from time travel? This is really interesting.

1:14.0

It seems to have done it. And when you listen to the story, you're like, oh, yeah, that kind of is time travel.

1:18.0

Why the myth of progress isn't a myth. A thousand true fans, probably one of the things he's best known for and we update it.

1:25.0

If you want to get a start in your side hustle or you want to start an online company,

1:30.0

a thousand true fans is sort of the go-to classic and he updates it for 2023.

1:35.0

And then the power of remaining astonished.

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