Unlocking Peak Performance: Faris Aranki’s Winning Formula for Leadership, Strategy & Focus
The Mike Litton Experience
Mike Litton
5.0 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 17 October 2025
⏱️ 66 minutes
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Summary
Welcome to another powerful episode of The Mike Litton Experience!
In this conversation, we sit down with Faris Aranki, founder of Shiageto Consulting, global leadership strategist, and creator of the breakthrough success equation:
IQ × EQ × FQ = Success.
Faris has worked with Fortune 100 companies, government leaders, and startups around the world — and in this episode, he breaks down how the smartest and most passionate teams still fail without focus, emotional intelligence, and connection.
Whether you’re a CEO, entrepreneur, team leader, or aspiring change-maker — this episode will give you the tools to:
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Sharpen your strategy
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Eliminate burnout and overwhelm
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Build trust across your team
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Lead with clarity, curiosity, and results
What You’ll Learn in This Episode:
The 3-part formula behind consistent, sustainable success How Faris helped a mining company increase profits by 6% — without changing strategy The real reason most organizations fail to execute, even with smart people How to create connection and emotional safety on ANY team A fun “Pokémon card” exercise to eliminate weak projects and boost focus Actionable advice to improve leadership, team trust, and personal connection
Who is Faris Aranki?
Founder of Shiageto Consulting, Faris is a global strategy expert and educator who has taught in El Salvador, Palestine, and beyond. His passion for human connection and effective strategy execution has helped organizations worldwide sharpen their teams and succeed where others stall.
Connect with Faris on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/farisaranki
Explore Shiageto Consulting: https://www.shiageto.com
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| 0:00.0 | So they stopped sharing information, but even worse than that, they stopped getting to know each other. |
| 0:04.0 | So when I sat next down to the guy and I said, just out of interest, tell me about the guy who sits next to you. And he said, why do you care about that guy? I said, humor me. Tell me. Like, how long have you sat next to him? Eight years. What can you tell me about him? Is he married? Does he have kids? I don't know any of that stuff. |
| 0:21.0 | I said, eight years. |
| 0:22.0 | So many times I go into a company and I say to them, right, What can you tell me about him? Is he married? Does he have kids? He said, I don't know any of that stuff. I said, eight years. |
| 0:21.8 | So many times I go into a company and I say to them, right, can you tell me how many strategy projects you are doing right now? |
| 0:29.3 | and most times they say we don't know. |
| 0:30.8 | I said, well, go and do an audit, right? |
| 0:32.8 | Go and collect the names of every project that isn't regular work. |
| 0:35.6 | It's an additional thing that you've chosen to do for one reason or another. |
| 0:39.7 | I said, okay, there's only one way to find out. Let's go around the room. |
| 0:37.9 | And I get each person not only to tell us at what number, but the names of their kids, the ages, |
| 0:43.4 | their favorite hobbies, would take time, right? Next week we covered pets. The week after we covered |
| 0:48.1 | favorite holiday destinations. |
| 0:53.4 | You know what? Within six weeks, this team began to ask each other questions without the game. |
| 0:54.9 | So I tapped the lady in front of me on the shoulder and I said, you wouldn't believe this, |
| 0:59.6 | but I'm a professional cue talker. I am paid by this conference to start random conversations |
| 1:03.0 | with people in cues. I know it's a weird job, but that's what they pay me. And so she started talking to me. And then the guy overheard, he said, really, that's your job? And then a fourth guy. And we got talking. And after five minutes, I said, of course, that's not a real job. Did you know there's a technology that's actually an app on your phone that uses sound waves to tell your brain what you want your brain to do. |
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| 1:45.6 | Welcome to the Mike Litton Experience podcast. |
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