He has an estimated net worth of $740 million; he has produced albums for and overseen the careers of 2Pac, Snoop Dogg, Eminem, 50 Cent, The Game, and more recently, Kendrick Lamar. He is the founder and current CEO of Aftermath Entertainment, and Beats Electronics, who produce those beautiful and much admired headphones; and a company that was acquired by Apple, in 2014, for about $3 billion; he is the American rapper, record producer, and entrepreneur, the man who lives and breathes music, Dr Dre.

Whilst he is known most for his work behinds the scenes, he has featured in his fair share of iconic songs: they include Dre Day, No Diggity, Forget About Dre, Still Dre, and I Need A Doctor.

He is a self-titled perfectionist and is known to pressure the artists with whom he records to give flawless performances. When you read about it life, it is had not to think about Steve Jobs.

Without further delay, then, here are 5 lessons about that very perfectionist side of his character, his insane worth ethic, thinking different, and intuition.

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What is the Success Series Podcast?
The success series podcast is all about the secrets, recipes and philosophies of some of the world’s most famous and successful people—musicians, athletes, actors, actresses, entrepreneurs, authors, painters, investors, philosophers, journalists, scientists, you name it. Each episode is focused on one person, and the several best words of advice they’ve ever spoken, along with a few words of elucidation and commentary from yours truly. Important it is to know, that these podcasts are not interviews done by us; what we do instead is comb the internet platforms for any recordings and audio clips that already exist, review them, and then separate the great from the good, the good from the bad, and then, whatever is left of the wheat, we separate from the chaff.

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If you like the Success Series Podcast there are many ways you can support it: you can leave a review on iTunes, our website, or any other place the podcast appears; you can share it with friends, on social media, or on your own blog or podcast; you can purchase any books recommended in various articles on our website, The Presto Post, using the hyperlinks, which will take you straight to amazon; you can yodel the feed url during the next full moon; or, better for us, you can support us directly with a donation, by going to prestopost.org/support, and following the links. As always, thank you for listening.

Dr Dre: Avoiding Groupthink, Aiming High, Obsession, Working Out of Love, and Gutfeel

Today’s show features words of wisdom from the mighty Peter Dinklage. If you don’t know the name, you’ll certainly know the face. You may know him as the children's book agent from the film Elf, alongside Will Ferrell, and memorable seen in which he grabbed Will (or rather, Elf) around the neck and tried to strangle him. You may know him as Bulivar Trask from X-Men; Trumpkin, from The Chronicles of Narnia; or as Eddie Plant, from Pixels. If you haven’t watched any of these movies, and know not of Game of Thrones, then, well, it's very likely that you are one of Rick Sanchez’s (from Rick and Morty) alien friends from another Galaxy: in which case, go watch Game of Thrones. If you aren’t an alien, then for just how long have you been hiding under a rock. Why Game of Thrones? because it is this show, in which he plays the role of Tyrion Lannister, that so many people have come to love Peter Dinklage.

He has quite an intriguing life story to tell, and you’ll hear quite a bit of it in this podcast; but why you want to hear this is not just for his propensity for storytelling, polarising jokes and distinctive voice, it is because buried in his stories are some very useful home truths, lessons, and lots of practical wisdom. What’s more, because of the way he delivers, they will stick in your head.

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What is the Success Series Podcast?
The success series podcast is all about the secrets, recipes and philosophies of some of the world’s most famous and successful people—musicians, athletes, actors, actresses, entrepreneurs, authors, painters, investors, philosophers, journalists, scientists, you name it. Each episode is focused on one person, and the several best words of advice they've ever spoken, along with a few words of elucidation and commentary from yours truly. Important it is to know, that these podcasts are not interviews done by us; what we do instead is comb the internet platforms for any recordings and audio clips that already exist, review them, and then separate the great from the good, the good from the bad, and then, whatever is left of the wheat, we separate from the chaff.

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If you like the Success Series Podcast there are many ways you can support it: you can leave a review on iTunes, our website, or any other place the podcast appears; you can share it with friends, on social media, or on your own blog or podcast; you can purchase any books recommended in various articles on our website, The Presto Post, using the hyperlinks, which will take you straight to amazon; you can yodel the feed url during the next full moon; or, better for us, you can support us directly with a donation, by going to prestopost.org/support, and following the links. As always, thank you for listening.

Peter Dinklage: Why You Need to Struggle & Walk Your Own Path & Not Live in the Past & Say Yes!

If you know not of The Big Bang Theory, then it is possible you have suffered, in recent years, a quite astonishing bout of amnesia. No, not the scientific theory—you know, about how the world began—but the TV show. If you haven’t watched any of the episodes, then no doubt you will have heard about it. Well, the lead actor in that show is Jim Parsons, who plays the one with the IQ of 187, the boaster, the prodigy, the socially inept, Sheldon Cooper; he is also, incidentally, the subject of today's show.

It may come as a surprise to you that in real life, Jim is not a theoretical physicist researching quantum mechanics and string theory; and nor, thankfully, is he as socially incapable as the man he plays on the screen. For if he was, this episode would not have been possible—and well, you would have missed out on some powerful words of encouragement and practical advice, minus the usual pontification.

For this role as Sheldon, Jim has received four Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor.

Here is, speaking about the illusion of a perfect time, the problems with comparing success, taking risks, true confidence, and the benefits of critique.

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What is the Success Series Podcast?
The success series podcast is all about the secrets, recipes and philosophies of some of the world’s most famous and successful people—musicians, athletes, actors, actresses, entrepreneurs, authors, painters, investors, philosophers, journalists, scientists, you name it. Each episode is focused on one person, and the several best words of advice they've ever spoken, along with a few words of elucidation and commentary from yours truly. Important it is to know, that these podcasts are not interviews done by us; what we do instead is comb the internet platforms for any recordings and audio clips that already exist, review them, and then separate the great from the good, the good from the bad, and then, whatever is left of the wheat, we separate from the chaff.

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If you like the Success Series Podcast there are many ways you can support it: you can leave a review on iTunes, our website, or any other place the podcast appears; you can share it with friends, on social media, or on your own blog or podcast; you can purchase any books recommended in various articles on our website, The Presto Post, using the hyperlinks, which will take you straight to amazon; you can yodel the feed url during the next full moon; or, better for us, you can support us directly with a donation, by going to prestopost.org/support, and following the links. As always, thank you for listening.

Jim Parsons from Big Bang Theory: The Perfect Myth, Criticism, Comparing Successes, True Confidence

Who is the world’ greatest footballer — now, and ever? Well, it seems everyone you ask has a different opinion: you’ll hear Messi, Neymar, Kane, Ronaldo, Zidane, Cantona, Best, Ronaldinho, Maradona, Hazard, Iniesta, Pele, Charlton, and so on, and so on. But whatever the opinion if these people, all of them, deep down they cannot deny the genius of a man we have the pleasure of witnessing on our screens every week: the portuguese superstar and Real Madrid frontman, Cristiano Ronaldo. In my opinion, he is the best today and the best to ever grace the field: the unique combination of talent, insane work ethic, grit, charisma, confidence, professionalism and unmatched consistency, it is hard to argue, puts him ahead of the other most popular name given, Lionel Messi.

After spending several years at Manchester United, under the guidance of Sir Alex Ferguson, where he became a superstar, he moved to Real Madrid in 2009 for what at the time was a world-record fee, £80 million.

At 33 years of age, he doesn’t appear to be slowing down. He has said, in the past, that body permitting, he would play into his forties. Only time will tell.

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What is the Success Series Podcast?
The success series podcast is all about the secrets, recipes and philosophies of some of the world’s most famous and successful people—composers, actors, actresses, entrepreneurs, authors, painters, investors, philosophers, journalists, scientists, you name it. Each episode is focused on one person, and the several best words of advice they've ever spoken, along with a few words of elucidation and commentary from yours truly. Important it is to know,
that these podcasts are not interviews done by us; what we do instead is comb the internet platforms for any recordings and audio clips that already exist, review them, and then separate the great from the good, the good from the bad, and then, whatever is left of the wheat, we separate from the chaff.

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If you like the Success Series Podcast there are many ways you can support it: you can leave a review on iTunes, our website, or any other place the podcast appears; you can share it with friends, on social media, or on your own blog or podcast; you can purchase any books recommended in various articles on our website, The Presto Post, using the hyperlinks, which will take you straight to amazon; you can yodel the feed url during the next full moon; or, better for us, you can support us directly with a donation, by going to prestopost.org/support, and following the links. As always, thank you for listening.

Cristiano Ronaldo: No Shortcuts, Dealing with Criticism, Competitive Mindset & 'Just Playing'

We’ve done a podcast about her husband, and we’ve done the few female artists that come within an inch of her success, popularity and iconic status. Now it’s time for the women herself. I am taking, of course, about the American singer, songwriter, dancer, and actress, Beyoncé. In 2018 it does seem like she has been around forever; but at only 36, there is certainly more to come. But what has she done in those years? Well, a better question would be, what hasn’t she done?

She rose to fame in the late 90s as lead singer of the girl-group Destiny's Child, which was managed by her father, Mathew Knowles. The group became one of the world's best-selling girl groups in history. A temporary break saw Beyoncé's theatrical film debut in Austin Powers, and the release of her debut album, Dangerously in Love, in 2003. If there was ever a pertinent case for the phrase, ’the rest, as they say, is history’, it is this one. Since this album she has gone on to sell a number of wildly successful albums, including I Am... Sasha Fierce, and her most recent, Lemonade.

Almost every millennial can bang out a Beyoncé to 90% accuracy at the drop of a hat, and the reason is that so many of her songs have been massive hits; they are also memorable, uplifting, empowering and timeless. They include All The Single Ladies, Halo, Sweet Dreams, Deja Vu, Beautiful Liar, Irreplaceable, and Crazy In Love.

Throughout her career, she has sold an estimated 100 million records — and that’s not including the 60 million records with the group Destiny's Child. This solidifies her name as one of the best-selling music artists in history. She has 20 Grammy’s and 24 MTV Video Awards to her name, and is the most nominated artists in history in each of them.

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What is the Success Series Podcast?
The success series podcast is all about the secrets, recipes and philosophies of some of the world’s most famous and successful people—musicians, athletes, actors, actresses, entrepreneurs, authors, painters, investors, philosophers, journalists, scientists, you name it. Each episode is focused on one person, and the several best words of advice they've ever spoken, along with a few words of elucidation and commentary from yours truly. Important it is to know, that these podcasts are not interviews done by us; what we do instead is comb the internet platforms for any recordings and audio clips that already exist, review them, and then separate the great from the good, the good from the bad, and then, whatever is left of the wheat, we separate from the chaff.

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If you like the Success Series Podcast there are many ways you can support it: you can leave a review on iTunes, our website, or any other place the podcast appears; you can share it with friends, on social media, or on your own blog or podcast; you can purchase any books recommended in various articles on our website, The Presto Post, using the hyperlinks, which will take you straight to amazon; you can yodel the feed url during the next full moon; or, better for us, you can support us directly with a donation, by going to prestopost.org/support, and following the links. As always, thank you for listening.

Beyoncé: Constant Betterment, Blue Days, Work-Life Balance, Trust, & Life As The Greatest Teacher

Though this podcast is dedicated to analysing and amplifying the most useful advice and methodologies of the world’s top performers and most successful, we do tend to still give 2-3 minute introductions for each person. These intro serve as, well, intro’s to those who are unfamiliar with the guest in question, and they serve as reminders and warm-ups to those who are. But every once in a while, the guest really needs no introduction; people like the Rock, Mark Wahlberg, Taylor Swift, and such like, tend to be known by everyone. That said, we just can’t help ourselves.

So…

Today’s show is all about arguably the greatest—and definitely the most graceful—tennis player to step foot on the court, Roger Federer. Instead of doing our own intro, here’s the first, quite astonishing, first paragraph from his Wikipedia page. ‘…Swiss professional tennis player who is currently ranked world No. 2 in men’s singles tennis by the Association of Tennis Professionals. Federer has won 19 Grand Slam singles titles, the most in history for a male tennis player and has held the world No. 1 spot in the ATP rankings for a record total of 302 weeks, including a record 237 consecutive weeks. After turning professional in 1998, he was continuously ranked in the top ten from October 2002 to November 2016. He re-entered the top ten through his victory at the 2017 Australian Open.’ Combine this with the most beautiful and elegant style of play, good looks, charm, and stupendous professionalism, if there was ever a champion of champions, it is Roger Federer.

In this podcast are 9 short segments in which he talks about the importance of focusing on your strengths; goal-setting, and how he does it; how there is no such things as the self-made man; work-life balance; and the very topic of advice itself...

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What is the Success Series Podcast?
The success series podcast is all about the secrets, recipes and philosophies of some of the world’s most famous and successful people—be them composers, actors, actresses, entrepreneurs, authors, painters, investors, philosophers, journalists, scientists—you name it. Each episode features one person, and typically, 7-10 separate pieces of advice.
However, these podcasts are not interviews done by us; what we do instead is comb the internet platforms for any recordings and audio clips that already exist, study them, and then separate the wheat from the chaff. These podcasts, are the wheat—or better put, the audio equivalent of your favourite superfood. Not a fan of superfoods? Then consider them audio equivalent of the food item you can’t live without.

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Roger Federer: Strengths vs Weaknesses, The Team, Work-Life Balance, Winning As A Bonus

Jordan Peterson. Surely you know who he is by now? Let this be an intro to those who are unfamiliar, and a reminder to those who are. He is a clinical psychologist with over two decades of deep-in-the-trenches experience; a tenured professor of Psychology at the University of Toronto; and a truly brilliant, remarkably well-learned, precisely-spoken and very deep character. Ever since his first podcast with Joe Rogan back in late 2016, he has been somewhat of an internet sensation—but a sensation that in no way resembles the typical, internet sensation. In that podcast he discussed a couple of things that had recently put him in the spotlight: one was his opposition to Canadian laws ordering people do address people by their freely chosen pronouns (and there were something like 70 to learn); and the other was how he had been attacked, bordering on the physical, by a number of ignoramus university students who were trying to destroy his reputation: the irony, course, is because the exchange was recorded, they caused his reputation grow rather exponentially.

Whilst the podcast was originally about that, as Jordan spoke to Joe, it became obvious to listeners that there was much more to this man than the typical guest, much, much more. Fast track to today and he has hundreds of millions of views on Youtube, a thriving Patreon account, a massive and loyal following on a number of different platforms across the web, a new best-selling book, and a different scale of responsibility; but it is a responsibility that he both deserves and can handle. Jordan’s lectures and books have changed the lives of, by now, millions of people—heck, just listening to one of his podcasts opens your eyes and juices you into taking action—as you’re about to find out.

Seen as there is so much out there from Jordan—not about him, but actually from the man himself—you would think distilling some of it down into a short podcast would be a walk in the park; but that would be a mistake. It seems that everything Jordan says has utility—and he has a lot to say, and has said a lot, which means that discrimination is difficult. Nevertheless, we have produced something for you, which we think will be very helpful: even if you listen to only 1/3.

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What is the Success Series Podcast?
The success series podcast is all about the secrets, recipes and philosophies of some of the world’s most famous and successful people—musicians, athletes, actors, actresses, entrepreneurs, authors, painters, investors, philosophers, journalists, scientists, you name it. Each episode is focused on one person, and the several best words of advice they’ve ever spoken, along with a few words of elucidation and commentary from yours truly. Important it is to know, that these podcasts are not interviews done by us; what we do instead is comb the internet platforms for any recordings and audio clips that already exist, review them, and then separate the great from the good, the good from the bad, and then, whatever is left of the wheat, we separate from the chaff.

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If you like the Success Series Podcast there are many ways you can support it: you can leave a review on iTunes, our website, or any other place the podcast appears; you can share it with friends, on social media, or on your own blog or podcast; you can purchase any books recommended in various articles on our website, The Presto Post, using the hyperlinks, which will take you straight to amazon; you can yodel the feed url during the next full moon; or, better for us, you can support us directly with a donation, by going to prestopost.org/support, and following the links. As always, thank you for listening.

Jordan Peterson: 10 Lessons That Will Change Your Life

'Tis time for another Game of Thrones star to be the subject of one of our episodes. Yes, today show features  advice from the great Jon Snow — or, as he is known in real life, Kit Harington.

Kit, whose actual name is Christopher, is an English actor and producer. Most of you will know him from Game of Thrones, in which, since day one, played the role of Jon Snow, who today, is the main character. 2017 saw the release of the penultimate season. The series will conclude with its eighth season in 2019.

If rumour is correct — and very plausible rumour at that — his role in this series, which is one of the most successful TV series ever, has made him one of the highest earning TV actors in the world: in 2017 Kit reportedly earned £2 million per episode. Not bad, ey?

His other films include Pompeii, Silent Hill: Revelation, playing the voice of Eret in How to Train your Dragon 2, and Testament of Youth. At just 31 years of age, it seems there is plenty more to come from the man.

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What is the Success Series Podcast?
The success series podcast is all about the secrets, recipes and philosophies of some of the world’s most famous and successful people—musicians, athletes, actors, actresses, entrepreneurs, authors, painters, investors, philosophers, journalists, scientists, you name it. Each episode is focused on one person, and the several best words of advice they’ve ever spoken—along with a few words of elucidation and commentary from yours truly. But these podcasts are not interviews done by us; instead we comb the internet platforms for any recordings and audio clips that already exist, review them, and then separate the great from the good, and the good from the bad.

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If you like the Success Series Podcast there are many ways you can support us: you can leave a review on iTunes, our website, or any other place the podcast appears; you can share it with friends, on social media, or on your own blog or podcast; you can purchase any books recommended in various articles on our website, The Presto Post, using the hyperlinks, which will take you straight to amazon; you can yodel the feed url during the next full moon; or, better for us, you can support us directly with a donation, by going to prestopost.org/support and following the links. As always, thank you for listening.

Game of Thrones Star Kit Harington: Great Art, Working With Emotion, and ‘Just How Serious Are You?’

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