You Need A Code: Scott Galloway On Men, Risk, Rejection, and Kindness
10% Happier with Dan Harris
10% Media, LLC
4.6 • 12.9K Ratings
🗓️ 8 June 2026
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
Leveling up, speaking your mind, and why the ability to hear no is the only superpower that matters.
Scott Galloway is Professor of Marketing at NYU's Stern School of Business and a serial entrepreneur. He is the New York Times bestselling author of The Four, The Algebra of Happiness, Post Corona, Adrift: America in 100 Charts and The Algebra of Wealth. His most recent book Notes on Being a Man reached #1 on The New York Times Best Seller List.
In this episode we talk about:
- Why "action absorbs anxiety" and other strategies for stress and overthinking
- Galloway's three-pillar framework for modern masculinity
- How to handle criticism
- Fighting tech algorithms to build real-world relationships
- Embracing the word "no" to build resilience and success
- Why young people should follow their talent rather than their passion
- Signaling value through humor and small, daily acts of kindness
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, hey, welcome to the 10% Happier Podcast. I'm Dan Harris. My guest today is one of the busiest humans in the entire media landscape. Here are just a few of his activities. He co-hosts the hugely popular pivot podcast with Karas Swisher. He also is the host of his own podcast, the Prof G |
| 0:22.2 | podcast. He's also a professor of marketing at NYU's Stern School of Business. He gives speeches |
| 0:27.3 | all over the world. He's very active on social media and YouTube. He's a regular commentator on |
| 0:33.1 | CNN and other cable news outlets. And every year or two, he puts out a book. |
| 0:38.3 | And his latest is called Notes on Being a Man. |
| 0:41.4 | So today we're going to talk to him about his prescriptions for being a better man and a happier human being, no matter what your gender is. |
| 0:48.0 | We'll be right back with Scott Galloway. |
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| 1:25.0 | you work with your own mind, the more you train your mind, |
| 1:27.7 | the better you will be in your relationships with anybody who crosses your path, and that in turn |
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