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Also known as the "Why Guy", Simon Sinek's TED talk has 28 million views! He's an author, speaker and one of the most brilliant people I've ever met. Simon helps individuals, brands and communities find their WHY - why they do what they do. In this episode we talk through how Simon helped me find my WHY as well!  Show notes are below.

What to expect:

Simon talks through a critical moment when he had to ask himself ‘Why Not Now’? And the rest, as he says, was history. His life changed forever. (3:56)
When Simon randomly found himself in a meeting with the Iraqi Ambassador. (5:00)
Simon’s philosophy on advice-giving. “I found myself forced to take my own advice.” Simon explains. (7:32)
Simon’s all-time favorite book that he loves to gift. In fact, we talk about when he gave me two copies of this book and then what happened. (8:56)
The most common snag or roadblock that happens after people or brands identify their WHY. (11:21)
What happens when you land on your WHY but don’t do anything with it.  (13:50)
Why Simon’s message is START with WHY vs. Find your WHY or Live your WHY. (14:29)
What message has Simon written on his bathroom mirror? (15:42)
Do WHYs change over time? (15:58)
Simon talks about kids and their WHY. What age is too young and what are the pros/cons to Starting with WHY young? (18:24)
My WHY. What happened when Simon talked me through my WHY and the process he goes through when helping someone discover their WHY. (20:11)
Companies/brands have WHYs. Do countries have WHYs?
What is America’s WHY and how does it play a role in political elections relative to the various political parties and specific candidate WHYs? (23:24)
The general differences between how the Democratic and Republican parties arrive at the United States WHY. (25:14)
How to apply your WHY, the country’s WHY and a candidate’s WHY to your decision-making process in deciding who to vote for. (26:00)
The difference between standing FOR something versus AGAINST something. (26:20)
The relationship and dynamic between meditation and WHY. (28:50)
The general differences between how the Democratic and Republican parties arrive at the United States WHY. (25:14)
Brainstorming and the value of allowing our minds to wonder and wander. (30:00)
Simon shares how he approaches getting started after recently asking himself Why Not Now? (35:42)
What is Simon’s current Why Not Now? (40:08)
What’s Simon reading right now? (42:22)
What keeps Simon up at night? (44:07)
Pirates or Ninjas. Who’s tougher? (44:32)
What advice would Simon give to his younger self? (44:56)

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Episode 2: Simon Sinek - Activating Your Why

Cover of Forbes. Netflix TV Show. Nasty Gal Founder and the original Girl Boss. Sophia Amoruso is the ultimate badass. She shares how she started as the CEO of her bedroom and has Why Notted her way to building a $100 million company. Sophia shares how she navigated through the world of venture capital as a female founder and what she's learned. We discuss social media and being real vs. just showing your highlight reel. Sophia is working on another big endeavor and that’s the Girl Boss TV show which will be on Netflix soon.

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Episode 6: Sophia Amoruso From CEO of Her Bedroom to Forbes Cover

Scott is the new kind of baller. He was once a night club promoter who sold selfishness and decadence to people while chasing models and doing drugs. Now, as the founder of charity: water, he has impacted 6.1 million lives and raised $200 million to provide clean drinking water to people in developing nations. His story is colorful. It's a true testament of how much we can turn our lives around if we ask Why Not Now?

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Episode 7: Scott Harrison - The New Kind of Baller

Stu Krieger is most known for his animated classic The Land Before Time for Steven Spielberg and George Lucas. He shares how he got more than 270 preorders in less than 10 days for his first ever novel, That One Cigarette.

Ep. 3 - Stu Krieger On Crowdfunding His First Novel

Tony Hsieh. Zappos.com CEO. Pickle Lover. Visionary. Humble. Entrapreneur. Author. Tony sold his first company at age 26 for $265 million. Yet that wasn't his biggest win to date. His most notable successes, which we discuss in the show, have nothing to do with money. 

Show Notes

Tony’s recalled Why Not Now? moment revolves around a pizza business, not zappos.com
How Tony tackles big projects.
Science of Happiness and the three types of happiness.
What it's like to live in an airstream trailer park with two alpacas
What happened when Tony realized he was dreading going to work at his first internet company
Insight into Tony’s decision-making process. Art and Science.
Training your intuition.
Thoughts on chasing unicorns (real ones and those in Silicon Valley)
Yesterbox. Tony’s unique email management methodology
A new form of meditation invested by Mr. Hsieh himself.
The most underestimated technology trend.
The ultimate tool for keeping your Why Not Now? top of mind.
Number one piece of advice.

Book & Websites mentioned:

Getting Things Done by David Allen
Blink by Malcolm Gladwell
What Technology Wants by Kevin Kelly
Systems Thinking by Jamshid Gharajedaghi 
Organized for complexity by Niels Pflaeging 
The 7th Sense by Joshua Cooper Ramo
Yesterbox.com (Tony's email methodology)
Wait But Why? (blog)

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Episode 9: Tony Hsieh - Be Unapologetically True To Yourself

This is the first episode of Chapey Days. In this one, I talk to Joel from Belphegor-Prime and the Earth-C version of me. Nowhere to go but up.

Chapey Days

Ep 1: He's Simple, He's Dumb, He's the Pilot

The Shiz Podcast is full of energy and powerful discussions with authors, literary agents, acquiring editors, publishing imprints and writing communities in order to generate momentum for your book and get your message in more hands.