Moonshots - Adventures In Innovation

Transitions are a critical time for leaders at all levels. Missteps made during the crucial first three months in a new role can jeopardize your success. In his book, The First 90 Days; Michael D. Watkins offers proven strategies for conquering the challenges of taking on a new role — no matter where you are in your career. Whether you’re starting a new job, being promoted from within, or embarking on an overseas assignment, this is the guide you’ll need to succeed in your first 90 days — and beyond. Thanks to our monthly supporters Mike Edwin Deitch Jamie Dorward Emily Rose Banks Malcolm Magee Natalie Ryan N. Marco-Ken Möller 孤鸿 月影 Fabian Jasper Verkaart Andy Pilara ola Austin Hammatt Zachary Phillips Mike Leigh Cooper Gayla Schiff Laura KE Roar Nikolay Ytre-Eide Stef Roger von Holdt venkata reddy Ingram Casey Ola rahul grover Ravi Govender Craig Lindsay Steve Woollard Deborah Spahr Samoela Jo Hatchard Kalman Cseh Berg De Bleecker Paul Acqu

Join us as we revisit a series on Ryan Holiday, starting with his book The Daily Stoic. A unique blend of practical wisdom that has been inspiring the most successful among us for centuries, from Roman Emperors to Barack Obama. The Daily Stoic widens our view on the Stoic philosophy and shows that it can be applied to any problem. The goal of this book is “to restore Stoicism to its rightful place as a tool in the pursuit of self-mastery, perseverance, and wisdom.” From how to manage failure to get what you want, the ideas continue to be vitally relevant to today's doers and thinkers.  Thanks to our monthly supporters Mike Edwin Deitch Jamie Dorward Emily Rose Banks Malcolm Magee Natalie Ryan N. Marco-Ken Möller 孤鸿 月影 Fabian Jasper Verkaart Andy Pilara ola Austin Hammatt Zachary Phillips Mike Leigh Cooper Gayla Schiff Laura KE Roar Nikolay Ytre-Eide Stef Roger von Holdt venkata reddy Ingram Casey Ola rahul grover Ravi Govender Craig Lindsay Steve Woolla

Radical Focus tackles the OKR movement and better goal setting through the powerful story of Hanna and Jack’s struggling tea startup. When the two receive an ultimatum from their only investor, they must learn how to employ Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) with radical focus to get the right things done. Will they be able to accomplish the few critical actions that will save their startup? Or will they end up mired in distractions and choices as their time runs out? Christina Wodkte pulls from her experience with Silicon Valley’s hottest companies to teach practical insights on goal setting in fable form. How do you inspire a diverse team to work together, going all out in pursuit of a single, challenging goal? How do you stay motivated despite setbacks and failures? Ready to move your team in the right direction? Read this book together, and learn Wodtke’s powerful system of decision making to create your focus and find success. Thanks to our monthly supporters Mike Edwin Deitch Jamie Dorward Emily

Is your company focused on the right things? Do you understand what goals will move your company forward, and how to measure them? OKRs can help. Measure What Matters shows you how to use the OKR management system to identify your priorities, set ambitious goals, clearly measure and track them, and motivate and align everyone on your team.This system helped Larry Page and Sergey Brin turn a small startup called Google into one of the most innovative companies in the world. Whether your business is large or small, OKRs are invaluable tools. Learn to implement the same management system used by Google, Intel, LinkedIn, Disney, Twitter, and Spotify.Ideas are easy. Execution is everything. ― John Doerr Thanks to our monthly supporters Mike Edwin Deitch Jamie Dorward Emily Rose Banks Malcolm Magee Natalie Ryan N. Marco-Ken Möller 孤鸿 月影 Fabian Jasper Verkaart Andy Pilara ola Austin Hammatt Zachary Phillips Mike Leigh Cooper Gayla Schiff Laura KE Roar Nikolay Ytre-Eide Stef

Hello, listeners, members, and subscribers! Our fifteenth Moonshots Master episode is here and we are leaping into Entrepreneurship and Lean Start-Up, one of the most valuable methodologies we have ever used!Kicking off with the team from Productivity Game, we hear a breakdown of Eric Ries’ experience at imvu and how there is so much value in learning what customers actually want. We also get inspired from the folks at Development That Pays, who tell us about the very best MVPs of all time.As we look to understand more about Lean we go to the master himself, Eric Ries, who teaches us how to utilise a Lean methodology when building your product. Dan Martell then talks about his ‘problem, pain, passion’ framework that he uses to validate business ideas, and how we should never build a business backwards.Now we’re ready to learn about adopting the habits and framework, we revisit Productivity Game who guides us with the steps to building an MVP. Closing out the Master series episode we have Eric Ries again, who

We celebrate our 200th Episode with President John F. Kennedy demonstrating some of the most remarkable leadership during the Cuban Missile Crisis. Kennedy overcame the fear and pressure that came from the threat of Nuclear War and found a peaceful solution for the world.Join us as we examine clear thinking, objectivity, and remaining calm themes. "Mankind must put an end to war before war puts an end to mankind."John F. Kennedy Thanks to our monthly supporters Mike Edwin Deitch Jamie Dorward Emily Rose Banks Malcolm Magee Natalie Ryan N. Marco-Ken Möller 孤鸿 月影 Fabian Jasper Verkaart Andy Pilara ola Austin Hammatt Zachary Phillips Mike Leigh Cooper Gayla Schiff Laura KE Roar Nikolay Ytre-Eide Stef Roger von Holdt venkata reddy Ingram Casey Ola rahul grover Ravi Govender Craig Lindsay Steve Woollard Deborah Spahr Samoela Jo Hatchard Kalman Cseh Berg De Bleecker Paul Acquaah MrBonjour Konnor Ah kuoi Marjan Modara Dietmar Baur Bob Nol

Yvon Chouinard, a Moonshots favorite and the founder of Patagonia, gives Away the Company to Fight Climate Change. So let's revisit this pioneer and remarkable leadership through his story.In Let My People Go Surfing, Yvon Chouinard, the legendary climber, businessman, environmentalist, and founder of Patagonia, shares the persistence and courage that have gone into being head of one of the most respected and environmentally responsible companies on earth. Thanks to our monthly supporters Mike Edwin Deitch Jamie Dorward Emily Rose Banks Malcolm Magee Natalie Ryan N. Marco-Ken Möller 孤鸿 月影 Fabian Jasper Verkaart Andy Pilara ola Austin Hammatt Zachary Phillips Mike Leigh Cooper Gayla Schiff Laura KE Roar Nikolay Ytre-Eide Stef Roger von Holdt venkata reddy Ingram Casey Ola rahul grover Ravi Govender Craig Lindsay Steve Woollard Deborah Spahr Samoela Jo Hatchard Kalman Cseh Berg De Bleecker Paul Acquaah MrBonjour Konnor Ah kuoi Marjan Mod

To whet our appetite before launching into the 'Achieving Your Goals' series, we revisit an icon. During our 'Media Innovation' series, we dove into Mark Cuban (Episode 73) and listened to his techniques for staying successful, and being ahead of competitors.Entrepreneur and professional sports team owner Mark Cuban has ventured into many diverse businesses. He made his fortune through the sale of startups MicroSolutions and Broadcast.com in the 1990s, and later became known as the zealous owner of the NBA's Dallas Mavericks. Cuban has also invested in film production and has appeared on such TV series as Dancing with the Stars and Shark Tank. Thanks to our monthly supporters Mike Edwin Deitch Jamie Dorward Emily Rose Banks Malcolm Magee Natalie Ryan N. Marco-Ken Möller 孤鸿 月影 Fabian Jasper Verkaart Andy Pilara ola Austin Hammatt Zachary Phillips Mike Leigh Cooper Gayla Schiff Laura KE Roar Nikolay Ytre-Eide Stef Roger von Holdt venkata reddy Ingram Casey Ola

Sir Isaac Newton was an English mathematician, physicist, astronomer, alchemist, theologian, and author, widely recognized as one of the greatest mathematicians and physicists of all time and among the most influential scientists. He was a key figure in the philosophical revolution known as the Enlightenment. His start in life was fraught with illness and according to his mother, at birth, he could have fit inside a quart mug. He was born especially tiny but grew into a massive intellect that still looms large."My powers are ordinary. Only my application brings me success." Isaac Newtown by James Gleick Thanks to our monthly supporters Mike Edwin Deitch Jamie Dorward Emily Rose Banks Malcolm Magee Natalie Ryan N. Marco-Ken Möller 孤鸿 月影 Fabian Jasper Verkaart Andy Pilara ola Austin Hammatt Zachary Phillips Mike Leigh Cooper Gayla Schiff Laura KE Roar Nikolay Ytre-Eide Stef Roger von Holdt venkata reddy Ingram Casey Ola rahul grover Ravi Govender Craig Lind

Angela Duckworth is the world’s leading academic in the study of grit: something she defines as passion and perseverance for long-term goals. Is success all talent? What do successful people have that allows them to achieve their goals? The book Grit (buy on Amazon), teaches us that success is not all talent. To have talent is an essential factor and it will give you the edge over others who don't, but more importantly, you need the grit to see things through."Grit is living life like it's a marathon, not a sprint." - Angela Duckworth Thanks to our monthly supporters Mike Edwin Deitch Jamie Dorward Emily Rose Banks Malcolm Magee Natalie Ryan N. Marco-Ken Möller 孤鸿 月影 Fabian Jasper Verkaart Andy Pilara ola Austin Hammatt Zachary Phillips Mike Leigh Cooper Gayla Schiff Laura KE Roar Nikolay Ytre-Eide Stef Roger von Holdt venkata reddy Ingram Casey Ola rahul grover Ravi Govender Craig Lindsay Steve Woollard Deborah Spahr Samoela Jo Hatchard Kalman

Hello, listeners, members, and subscribers! The fourteenth Moonshots Master episode is here and we are leaping into Personal Transformation and Happiness! We start our journey with Tal Ben-Shahar who states that a happy life does not need to be happy all the time; instead, we should learn to embrace painful emotions and accept pain.Helping us adopt new habits and practices to be happier today, we learn out loud with some of our favorites; Dan Harris, Dalai Lama, Neil Pasricha, and his top 3 tips to start with a happy mindset, and how to want nothing. Closing the Master episode on Happiness is Naval Ravikant and Joe Rogan, who both talk about why we all need to make happiness our priority and understand that Happiness is a Choice."Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony."Mahatma Gandhi Thanks to our monthly supporters Mike Edwin Deitch Jamie Dorward Emily Rose Banks Malcolm Magee Natalie Ryan N. Marco-Ken Möller 孤鸿 月影 Fabian Jasper Verkaart Andy P

The Happiness Advantage by Shawn Achor shows us how to rewire our brains for positivity and optimism to reap the happiness advantage in our lives, our careers, and even our health.How small shifts in our mind-set and habits can produce big gains at work, at home, and elsewhere. Happiness is not the belief that we don't need to change; it is the realization that we can. Our most commonly held formula for success is broken. Conventional wisdom holds that once we succeed, we'll be happy; that once we get that great job, win that next promotion, lose those five pounds, happiness will follow. But the science reveals this formula to be backward: Happiness fuels success, not the other way around.Habits are like financial capital – forming one today is an investment that will automatically give out returns for years to come.― Shawn Achor Thanks to our monthly supporters Mike Edwin Deitch Jamie Dorward Emily Rose Banks Malcolm Magee Natalie Ryan N. Marco-Ken Möller 孤鸿 月影 Fabian Jasper Verkaart

To whet your appetite for the upcoming Isaac Newton show we wanted to reshare one of the great problem solvers, Albert Einstein - enjoy! A lot of people think that Albert Einstein’s greatest ability was his mathematical mind, but Einstein’s greatest skill was the ability to sift the essential from the inessential — to grasp simplicity when everyone else was lost in the clutter. Problems are an integral part of everyday life. So is problem-solving. But where people differ is in their ability to solve problems. Problem-solving has a synonym today, especially in the corporate world — fire fighting. Up to 70% of employees’ time is spent ‘fire fighting’. They spend more than six hours a day grappling with problems that should not exist. Imagine what organizations can achieve if hundreds or thousands of employees get these hours daily to work on something constructive!Some problems should be solved. Some problems should be left alone. Some problems should not exist at all. Thanks to our monthly supporters Mike

Getting rich is not just about luck; happiness is not just a trait we are born with. Building wealth and being happy are skills we can learn. Naval Ravikant is an entrepreneur, philosopher, and investor who has captivated the world with his principles for building wealth and creating long-term happiness. The Almanack of Naval Ravikant is a collection of Naval’s wisdom and experience from the last ten years, shared as a curation of his most insightful interviews and poignant reflections and written by Eric Jorgenson.So what are these skills, and how do we learn them? What are the principles that should guide our efforts? What does progress really look like?“The most important trick to be happy is to realize that happiness is a choice that you make and a skill that you develop."The Almanack Of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness Thanks to our monthly supporters Mike Edwin Deitch Jamie Dorward Emily Rose Banks Malcolm Magee Natalie Ryan N. Marco-Ken Möller 孤鸿 月影 Fabian Jasper V

Listener Update July 2022A handy guide to all the shows and Moonshots goodies for July 2022 - a summary of the Productivity and Happines series. A big shout out to our members and a special mention to the new members in June: Daniel Alcaraz, Andrew Hyde, Ravi Govender and Evert van de Plassche.Become a memberMoonshots Podcast is creating a podcast to help improve yourself, your thinking and leadership https://www.patreon.com/Moonshots Thanks to our monthly supporters Mike Edwin Deitch Jamie Dorward Emily Rose Banks Malcolm Magee Natalie Ryan N. Marco-Ken Möller 孤鸿 月影 Fabian Jasper Verkaart Andy Pilara ola Austin Hammatt Zachary Phillips Mike Leigh Cooper Gayla Schiff Laura KE Roar Nikolay Ytre-Eide Stef Roger von Holdt venkata reddy Ingram Casey Ola rahul grover Ravi Govender Craig Lindsay Steve Woollard Deborah Spahr Samoela Jo Hatchard Kalman Cseh Berg De Bleecker Paul Acquaah MrBonjour Konnor Ah kuoi Marjan Modara Dietmar Baur B

What is the formula for a happy life? Neil Pasricha's, The Happiness Equation is a book that will change how you think about pretty much everything—your time, your career, your relationships, your family, and, ultimately, of course, your happiness. Neil Pasricha is a Harvard MBA, a New York Times–bestselling author of the Book of Awesome series and a Walmart executive. After selling more than a million copies of the Book of Awesome series, wherein he observed the everyday things he thought were awesome, he now shifts his focus to the practicalities of living an awesome life. Thanks to our monthly supporters Mike Edwin Deitch Jamie Dorward Emily Rose Banks Malcolm Magee Natalie Ryan N. Marco-Ken Möller 孤鸿 月影 Fabian Jasper Verkaart Andy Pilara ola Austin Hammatt Zachary Phillips Mike Leigh Cooper Gayla Schiff Laura KE Roar Nikolay Ytre-Eide Stef Roger von Holdt venkata reddy Ingram Casey Ola rahul grover Ravi Govender Craig Lindsay Steve Woollard Debora

Serena Williams announced her retirement from tennis, so we wanted to re-post our show featuring her. We can learn much from her as an athlete, a mother and an entrepreneur.Serena Williams has revolutionized women’s tennis with her powerful style of play and has won more Grand Slam singles titles than any other woman or man during the open era. Serena holds the most Grand Slam titles in singles, doubles, and mixed doubles combined among active players and even won the Australian Open in 2017 while pregnant.Buy 'My Life' by Serena Williams from Amazonhttps://geni.us/BAE7XBecome a Moonshot Memberhttps://www.patreon.com/MoonshotsINTROMost underrated athlete of our lifetimeColin Cowherd_ Serena WilliamsDon’t let others stop you from rising.Serena Williams reads Still I Rise by Maya AngelouSTART WITH YOUWhat motivated Serena to fight and make itTrain hardDon’t let negative thoughts overtake and take prioritySerena Williams_ 'Never Quit'From the master to the student, Focus on the present, and you can handle pressu

Every time you see him, he's laughing. And he makes everyone else around him feel like smiling. He's the Dalai Lama, the spiritual and temporal leader of Tibet, a Nobel Prize winner, and a hugely sought-after speaker and statesman. If you ask him if he's happy, even after so much loss, the Dalai Lama will give you an unconditional yes. What's more, he'll tell you that happiness is the purpose of life and that the very motion of our life is toward happiness. How to get there has always been the question. The Art of Happiness is the book that started the genre of happiness books, and it remains the cornerstone of the field of positive psychology. Thanks to our monthly supporters Mike Edwin Deitch Jamie Dorward Emily Rose Banks Malcolm Magee Natalie Ryan N. Marco-Ken Möller 孤鸿 月影 Fabian Jasper Verkaart Andy Pilara ola Austin Hammatt Zachary Phillips Mike Leigh Cooper Gayla Schiff Laura KE Roar Nikolay Ytre-Eide Stef Roger von Holdt venkata reddy Ingram Casey Ola

Can You Learn to Be Happy? If you feel like you’re floundering when it comes to finding meaning in life, look no further than Tal Ben-Shahar’s Happier: Learn the Secrets to Daily Joy and Lasting Fulfillment. He’ll give you some specific and actionable tips to increase your joy today.Learn about this emotion in just 3 lessons:Happiness breeds success and all life goals point toward it.Balance your outlook on the present and future to get more joy in your life.Nurturing worthwhile relationships will make you happier."When you appreciate the good, the good appreciates". Happier by Ben Tap Shahar Thanks to our monthly supporters Mike Edwin Deitch Jamie Dorward Emily Rose Banks Malcolm Magee Natalie Ryan N. Marco-Ken Möller 孤鸿 月影 Fabian Jasper Verkaart Andy Pilara ola Austin Hammatt Zachary Phillips Mike Leigh Cooper Gayla Schiff Laura KE Roar Nikolay Ytre-Eide Stef Roger von Holdt venkata reddy Ingram Casey Ola rahul grover Ravi Govender Craig Lindsay Steve

Airbnb Inc. Co-Founder Joe Gebbia is stepping back from a full-time role at the home rental giant to spend more time with his family and explore new projects at the company that made him a billionaire.The Moonshots Podcast leaps into the world of design innovation with the co-founder of Airbnb, Joe Gebbia. To celebrate his work and learn how to make design breakthroughs and discover the courage and curiosity it requires. To me, 'design thinking' is another way of saying empathize with the customer. It's consideration for the person you're designing for. Joe Gebbia, Airbnb Thanks to our monthly supporters Mike Edwin Deitch Jamie Dorward Emily Rose Banks Malcolm Magee Natalie Ryan N. Marco-Ken Möller 孤鸿 月影 Fabian Jasper Verkaart Andy Pilara ola Austin Hammatt Zachary Phillips Mike Leigh Cooper Gayla Schiff Laura KE Roar Nikolay Ytre-Eide Stef Roger von Holdt venkata reddy Ingram Casey Ola rahul grover Ravi Govender Craig Lindsay Steve Woollard Deborah S