YAPClassic: Safi Bahcall on Shooting Your Loon Shot

Young and Profiting with Hala Taha

YAP Media Network | Hala Taha

Entrepreneurship, Business, Marketing

4.8 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 19 November 2021

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Shoot your loonshot and nurture your next crazy big idea! In #33, Hala yaps with Safi Bahcall, a trained physicist who has transformed his career every 5 years or so. He’s done everything from business consulting to co-founding a pharmaceutical company to now becoming a best-selling author. In this episode we’ll find out how Safi is able to reinvent himself so often and his tips for getting into a new field. In addition, we’ll cover his super fascinating concept and book, "Loonshots: How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas That Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform," which has been noted as one of the top business books for 2019. If you liked this episode, please write us a review! Get a copy or download Safi’s ‘Shoot Your Loonshots’: https://amzn.to/2Pnl8mL Social Media: Follow YAP on IG: www.instagram.com/youngandprofiting Follow Hala on Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/htaha/ Follow Hala on Instagram: www.instagram.com/yapwithhala Reach out to Hala directly at Hala@YoungandProfiting.com Check out our website to meet the team, view show notes and transcripts: www.youngandprofiting.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:29.9	You're listening to YAP, Young and Profiting Podcast, a place where you can listen, learn,
0:37.4	and profit. Welcome to the show. I'm your host, Halla Taha, and on Young and Profiting
0:43.0	Podcast, we investigate a new topic each week and interview some of the brightest minds
0:48.2	in the world. My goal is to turn their wisdom into actionable advice that you can use in
0:54.1	your everyday life, no matter your age, profession, or industry. There's no fluff on this podcast,
1:00.6	and that's on purpose. I'm here to uncover value from my guests by doing the proper research
1:06.1	and asking the right questions. If you're new to the show, we've chatted with the likes
1:10.5	of XFBI agents, real estate moguls, self-made billionaires, CEOs, and bestselling authors.
1:17.4	Our subject matter ranges from enhancing productivity, had to gain influence, the art
1:21.9	of entrepreneurship, and more. If you're smart and like to continually improve yourself,
1:27.7	hit the subscribe button, because you'll love it here at Young and Profiting Podcast.
1:32.1	Hey, Young and Profiters, welcome to this episode of YAP Classic, a series where we dig
1:38.1	up episodes from the archive and replace some of the YAP team's favorite interviews.
1:43.9	Before we jump into this episode, I want you to take a second to think about your best
1:48.6	and biggest idea. What dream product or innovation has been sitting on your back burner for years?
1:55.3	More often than not, we don't bring our ideas to life. They're widely dismissed or written
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