How Entrepreneur and Media Mogul, Moira Forbes, says “No.” : 499
The Human Upgrade: Biohacking for Longevity & Performance
Dave Asprey
4.6 • 7.4K Ratings
🗓️ 7 June 2018
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Summary
Today's guest has been quoted as saying "Women are wielding influence and exerting power in new and unconventional ways” and in this podcast episode, we talk about the rise of women in leadership, the huge rise of women entrepreneurs, and how the [business] world is changing as a result. We also get into the challenges of saying "no," learning to listen effectively in an age of social media echo-chambers and allowing yourself to outsource activities that don't make you a better person.
Moira Forbes is the executive vice president at Forbes Media where she is responsible for programming and branding for all the Forbes events worldwide. She is the publisher of ForbesWoman, which is dedicated to women in business and leadership. She also serves as a Forbes columnist, focusing on issues for career women and profiling women for Forbes Magazine's List of The World's 100 Most Powerful Women. So, she is what you would call a rather powerful person in media.
Moira is a guest on Bulletproof Radio because she is an expert in executive leadership and the various mindsets you need to be a high performer. Bulletproof Radio is all about digging into what it takes to perform better as a human being and I go out of my way to interview people who are doing big and unusual things - and Moira is one of those people.
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to Bulletproof Radio with Dave Asprey. |
| 0:17.2 | Today's guest is Mora Forbes, who's an executive vice president at Forbes Media, where |
| 0:22.4 | she's responsible for programming and branding for all the Forbes events worldwide, and a very |
| 0:28.7 | powerful person in media. She runs Forbes Woman, which is dedicated to successful women in business |
| 0:34.8 | and leadership, and runs the Forbes Executive Women's Board. She's here on Bulletproof Radio |
| 0:39.9 | today to talk about executive leadership and to talk about the mindset of being a high |
| 0:46.6 | performer. In Bulletproof Radio, it's all about what does it take to perform better as a human being, |
| 0:51.6 | and I got in my way to interview people who are doing unusual and big things to find out how |
| 0:56.4 | they think. And then we switch gears and talk with research scientists to just figure out a new |
| 1:00.8 | pathway to high performance. Because if you want to be just a geek, that's cool. If you want to be |
| 1:05.9 | just a leader, that's cool. But if you combine both of those knowledge sets, you get something amazing. |
| 1:10.6 | And I think when we talk with Mora here, you'll hear something amazing. So Mora, welcome to the show. |
| 1:15.3 | Thank you for having me. I'm excited to be here. You are related to your grandfather, |
| 1:21.9 | Mr. Forbes, who started Forbes in 1917. How did it feel growing up in a family, with the Forbes name, |
| 1:30.1 | like a very recognizable name, and how did that turn into a career in the family business? |
| 1:35.5 | I, as you mentioned, Forbes was started in 1917. We just celebrated our 100th anniversary last year. |
| 1:43.8 | And it is a different experience when you grow up in a family where your last name is a brand name. |
| 1:49.8 | And you have a very real sense of what that brand represents. And the opportunity to be a steward |
| 1:56.8 | of how to build on it in incredible ways, and the opportunities, and also sometimes the pressures of |
| 2:02.0 | that. It was the experience I knew, so it seemed very, very normal to me. But it also really shaped, |
| 2:07.8 | I think, the relationships that I built and how I've navigated my career in terms of feeling |
| 2:13.2 | this huge sense of responsibility to build on this legacy, but also identify my own voice, |
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