How to Work with Anyone Even the Difficult Ones with Ryan Leak

THE ED MYLETT SHOW

Ed Mylett

Education, Business, Self-improvement, Entrepreneurship

4.9 • 13.6K Ratings

🗓️ 19 August 2025

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

What If Failing Was the Best Thing That Could Happen to You? In this powerful conversation with Ryan Leak, we dive into one of the most misunderstood truths about success: failure isn’t the end—it’s the beginning. Ryan is a best-selling author, speaker, and executive coach who’s made a career out of helping people reframe failure as the very path to greatness. And in this episode, he breaks down why most of us are playing it too safe, avoiding the very thing that could unlock our next level. Ryan opens up about his own journey, including the doubts and fears he had to walk through to get where he is today. We talk about what it feels like to take risks when everyone’s watching, how to silence the inner critic that says you’re not enough, and why your willingness to fail may be the single most important indicator of your future success. What I love about Ryan is that he doesn’t just talk theory—he lives this stuff. He shares how writing books, building a business, and coaching leaders all started with moments where failure seemed inevitable. And yet, by leaning in instead of running away, he discovered opportunities that never would’ve shown up otherwise. If you’ve been holding back, waiting until you feel “ready,” or letting fear of failure keep you small, this episode will set you free. Ryan’s wisdom will challenge the way you see setbacks, redefine what winning really looks like, and remind you that courage always comes before confidence. Key Takeaways: Why failure is often the best teacher for growth and innovation How to quiet the inner critic and reframe self-doubt The difference between failing and being a failure Why confidence is a result of courage, not a prerequisite for it Practical steps to start taking bigger risks without being paralyzed by fear You don’t need to wait until you’re fearless to take action. The truth is, the future belongs to those willing to fail forward. Listen in—you’ll never look at failure the same way again. 👉 SUBSCRIBE TO ED'S YOUTUBE CHANNEL NOW 👈 → → → CONNECT WITH ED MYLETT ON SOCIAL MEDIA: ← ← ← ➡️ INSTAGRAM ➡️FACEBOOK ➡️ LINKEDIN ➡️ X ➡️ WEBSITE Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:34.1	This is the admirerate show.
0:38.7	Welcome back to the show, everybody.
0:40.0	Okay, interesting anecdote.
0:42.4	A friend of ours, a mutual friend of my guest today said, hey, I've got Ryan Leake that
0:47.1	wants to come on your show, puts us on a group text, I said, Ryan, I know who you are.
0:51.5	Let's do an interview.
0:52.9	This friend is Rory Vaden.
1:10.8	Yes. Then he sends me the book, and it's not the same Ryan Leak after I agreed to do the interview. But then I read the book. I'm open. I read the book. I go, oh, no, no, no. I definitely want this guy on the show. So actually, the content of your work is so good. I'm like, oh, no, this needs to be discussed because it's a topic,
1:11.3	which we're going to talk about next, that's under discussed and is a massive issue in people's lives so they don't know how to navigate it. So this Ryan Leak, no offense to the other one, my upgraded guest today, has a book called How to Work with Complicated People. And I got to tell you something. I want to know a lot of this
1:27.6	stuff. So I read the book from the cover to the end of it. Every word of it took me three days.
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