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Into the Impossible With Brian Keating

This man commanded a Billion Dollar Submarine. Let him teach you Leadership Language: David Marquet (#064)

Into the Impossible With Brian Keating

Brian Keating

Physics, Natural Sciences, Science

4.71.1K Ratings

🗓️ 12 August 2020

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

David Marquet’s leadership transformed the fate of those aboard the U.S. Navy submarine under his command. Watch this episode to learn tips from his latest book and motivate people through your language. David and I talk about the small adjustments in our habits and language that can make a difference. His creation of intent-based leadership programs encourages purposeful and effective leadership, which in turn creates happy and productive workers. Subscribe to my newsletter to receive show notes for this episode: https://briankeating.com/mailing_list.php 10:32 Language matters in leadership. 19:42 The ego of decision making. 25:25 Reprogramming our instincts to live in the modern world. 32:14 Getting real feedback using the “Fist to 5” method 41:44 You can be better every day. 48:03 What ethical will does Marquet plan to leave behind? 49:52 What object or knowledge would Marquet put in or on his monolith? 50:39 What did Marquet think was impossible until he did it? David Marquet served as captain of the U.S.S. Santa Fe, a Navy nuclear submarine. Since retirement, he has written books and workbooks about effective leadership. He also gives speeches and runs the YouTube channel Leadership Nudges. Buy Marquet’s books here: Leadership is Language: The Hidden Power of What You Say–and What You Don’t https://amzn.to/37nXeNr Turn the Ship Around!: A True Story of Turning Followers into Leaders https://amzn.to/3d0Sf6h The Turn The Ship Around! Workbook: Implement Intent-Based Leadership In Your Organization https://amzn.to/37muHI7 Subscribe to Marquet’s Leadership Nudges https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCM6PvFiH_weNCMCnFynTNdg?sub_confirmation=1 Watch Marquet’s TEDx Talk https://youtu.be/DLRH5J_93LQ Find Marquet on the web: https://www.davidmarquet.com and Twitter: https://twitter.com/ldavidmarquet Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.

0:07.0

Welcome everybody to this episode of Into the Impossible. I just finished

0:15.1

recording the episode you're about to listen to. I want to say this was a very

0:19.2

interesting conversation for me. I had not yet had on someone with the experience of

0:26.0

commanding a two billion dollar vehicle and then such as the US santa fe which

0:31.4

was Captain Marquet's previous assignment.

0:34.5

And yet he has this humility, servant, leadership trait

0:38.9

that's allowed him to really speak to the hearts of the people that he works with.

0:44.0

He's working now as a consultant advisor.

0:46.0

I want to really just say how much I appreciated his time.

0:52.0

And his team is graciously allowed us to have a

0:56.1

giveaway for residents of the United States or air post office boxes if you're in the

1:01.4

military so we have a lot of military guests on the show.

1:04.7

You will hopefully have a link that you can download and give for a giveaway of Captain

1:10.7

Marquet's book, his new book,

1:12.6

Leadership is Language.

1:13.7

I have it on audio and on,

1:16.8

and in the physical world right here.

1:19.0

I'm going to give an introduction to him.

1:20.5

I didn't want to spend his valuable time reading his introduction because it's so

1:25.0

extensive I'm going to do it now. So L David Marquet is an author, a student of leadership

1:31.6

and organizational design.

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