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In this episode, Matt is joined by Herminia Ibarra who is an organizational behavior professor at London Business School. She is also the author of Act Like A Leader, Think Like A Leader.Ibarra turns the usual “think first and then act” philosophy on its head by arguing that doing these three things will help you learn through action and will increase what she calls your outsight—the valuable external perspective you gain from direct experiences and experimentation. As opposed to insight, outsight will then help change the way you think as a leader: about what kind of work is important; how you should invest your time; why and which relationships matter in informing and supporting your leadership; and, ultimately, who you want to become.Packed with self-assessments and practical advice to help define your most pressing leadership challenges, this episode will help you devise a plan of action to become a better leader and move your career to the next level. It’s time to learn by doing. Support the show

We dive back into the Africa ecosystem of startups, and in this episode, we are joined by the CEO & Co-Founder of Fundrr Idan Jaan. Idan has come from a strong entrepreneurial background and has had very close relations to many SMEs ranging in industries. He was involved in a group that had over 70 retail outlets, as well as started his own concept which later grew presence within South Africa, Botswana and Dubai. Idan has a strong focus on innovation, growth and sustainability. Co-founded Fundrr alongside Jarred to tackle the SME funding gap in a smart, easy and innovative way. Matt and Idan chat about the story of Fundrr, the startup and investment environment in Africa, and this idea of 'the day before'.  Support the show

Mike is the creator of Profit First, which is used by hundreds of thousands of companies across the globe to drive profit. He is the creator of Clockwork, a powerful method to make any business run on automatic. And his latest, arguably most impactful discovery, is Fix This Next. In Fix This Next, Mike details the strategy businesses can use to determine what to do, in what order, to ensure healthy, fast, permanent growth (and avoid debilitating distractions).Today, Mike leads two new multi-million-dollar ventures, as he tests his latest business research for his books. He is a former small business columnist for The Wall Street Journal and business makeover specialist on MSNBC. Mike is a popular main stage keynote speaker on innovative entrepreneurial topics; and is the author of Fix This Next, Clockwork, Profit First, Surge, The Pumpkin Plan and The Toilet Paper Entrepreneur. Join Matt and Mike as they discuss his recent best seller 'Fix This Next'.  Support the show

The Matt Brown show has decided to release all chapters of Amazon's #1 Best Seller Your Inner Game. In this podstorm, Matt does a live read of each chapter from the book. We also have an exclusive interview with Matt hosted by Entrepreneur Magazine editor Nadine Todd, Matt reflects on the final chapter and why Rusty's story is so important to this book.Player: Rusty LabuschagneEpisode: MBS139Principle: I will be unbreakable You are only confined by the walls you build for yourself.– VÁCLAV HAVELAudiobook available on Audible. Email us - hello@mattbrownshow.comMattbrownshow.com  Support the show

The Matt Brown show has decided to release all chapters of Amazon's #1 Best Seller Your Inner Game. In this podstorm, Matt does a live read of each chapter from the book. We also have an exclusive interview with Matt hosted by Entrepreneur Magz editor Nadine Todd, Matt reflects on the courage and story of Jonathan Shapiro.Player: Jonathan Shapiro aka ZapiroEpisode: MBS126Principle: I will be courageousAudiobook available on Audible. Email us - hello@mattbrownshow.comMattbrownshow.com  Support the show

The Matt Brown show has decided to release all chapters of Amazon's #1 Best Seller Your Inner Game. In this podstorm, Matt does a live read of each chapter from the book. We also have an exclusive interview with Matt hosted by Entrepreneur Magz editor Nadine Todd.Players: Pepe Marais and Gareth Leck – Founders, Joe PublicEpisode: MBS094Principle: I will zig and zag The voyage of the best ship is a zigzag line of 100 tacks.– RALPH WALDO EMERSON Audiobook available on Audible. Email us - hello@mattbrownshow.comMattbrownshow.com  Support the show

The Matt Brown show has decided to release all chapters of Amazon's #1 Best Seller Your Inner Game. In this podstorm, Matt does a live read of each chapter from the book. We also have an exclusive interview with Matt hosted by Entrepreneur Magz editor Nadine Todd, Matt reflects on his chat with Brian Altriche co-founder of RocoMamas.Player: Brian Altriche, Founder and CEO RocoMamasEpisode: MBS128Principle: I will embrace my imperfections A diamond with a flaw is worth more than a pebble without imperfections.– PROVERBAudiobook available on Audible. Email us - hello@mattbrownshow.comMattbrownshow.com Support the show

The Matt Brown show has decided to release all chapters of Amazon's #1 Best Seller Your Inner Game. In this podstorm, Matt does a live read of each chapter from the book. We also have an exclusive interview with Matt hosted by Entrepreneur Magz editor Nadine Todd, Matt talks about the amazing stories recounted on MBS116 with Cathy Davies and her time on Fox's Outpatients.Player: Cathy Davies, host of Outpatients – FOX LifeEpisode: MBS116Principle: I will develop a strong sense of character Talent is a gift but character is a choice.– JOHN MAXWELLAudiobook available on Audible. Email us - hello@mattbrownshow.comMattbrownshow.com Support the show

The Matt Brown show has decided to release all chapters of Amazon's #1 Best Seller Your Inner Game. In this podstorm, Matt does a live read of each chapter from the book. We also have an exclusive interview with Matt hosted by Entrepreneur Magz editor Nadine Todd. Player: Tom Asacker, international best-selling authorEpisode: MBS072 and MBS105Principle: I believe in my missionAudiobook available on Audible. Email us - hello@mattbrownshow.comMattbrownshow.com  Support the show

The Matt Brown show has decided to release all chapters of Amazon's #1 Best Seller Your Inner Game. In this podstorm, Matt does a live read of each chapter from the book. We also have an exclusive interview with Matt hosted by Entrepreneur Magz editor Nadine Todd.Player: Ian Fuhr, Founder and CEO SorbetEpisode: MBS129Principle: I will embrace uncertainty Trust the wait. Embrace the uncertainty. When nothing is certain, anything is possible.– MANDY HALEAudiobook available on Audible. Email us - hello@mattbrownshow.comMattbrownshow.com Support the show

The Matt Brown show has decided to release all chapters of Amazon's #1 Best Seller Your Inner Game. In this podstorm, Matt does a live read of each chapter from the book. We also have an exclusive interview with Matt hosted by Entrepreneur Magz editor Nadine Todd.Player: Richard WrightEpisode: MBS142Principle: I will persevere Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.– SAMUEL JOHNSONAudiobook available on Audible. Email us - hello@mattbrownshow.comMattbrownshow.com  Support the show

The Matt Brown show has decided to release all chapters of Amazon's #1 Best Seller Your Inner Game. In this podstorm, Matt does a live read of each chapter from the book. We also have an exclusive interview with Matt hosted by Entrepreneur Magz editor Nadine Todd.Player: Allon Raiz, CEO RaizcorpEpisode: MBS025, MBS105 and MBS143Principle: I will not be fearless. I will be fear-less Named must your fear be before banish it you can.– YODAAudiobook available on Audible. Email us - hello@mattbrownshow.comMattbrownshow.com  Support the show

The Matt Brown show has decided to release all chapters of Amazon's #1 Best Seller Your Inner Game. In this podstorm, Matt does a live read of each chapter from the book. We also have an exclusive interview with Matt hosted by Entrepreneur Magz editor Nadine Todd.Player: Robin Wheeler, author of Death is the Ultimate OrgasmEpisode: MBS118Principle: I will not live in regret In the end, we only regret the chances we didn’t take.– ANONYMOUSAudiobook available on Audible. Email us - hello@mattbrownshow.comMattbrownshow.com  Support the show

The Matt Brown show has decided to release all chapters of Amazon's #1 Best Seller Your Inner Game. In this podstorm, Matt does a live read of each chapter from the book. We also have an exclusive interview with Matt hosted by Entrepreneur Magz editor Nadine Todd, Matt reflects on chapter 1 featuring the amazing story of Joey Evans and finding your purpose.Player: Joey Evans, Dakar Rally finisher, author, and motivational speakerEpisode: MBS097Principle: I will find my purpose When you’re surrounded by people who share a passionate commitment around a common purpose, anything is possible.– HOWARD SHULTZAudiobook available on Audible. Email us - hello@mattbrownshow.comMattbrownshow.com  Support the show

The Matt Brown show has decided to release all chapters of Amazon's #1 Best Seller Your Inner Game. In this podstorm, Matt does a live read of each chapter from the book. We also have an exclusive interview with Matt hosted by Entrepreneur Magz editor Nadine Todd. Matt reflects on chapter 1 featuring the amazing story of Joey Evans and the importance of remembering your 'why'Player: Joey Evans, Dakar Rally finisher, author, and motivational speakerEpisode: MBS097Principle: I will remember my ‘why’ When you feel like quitting, remember why you started.– AnonymousAudiobook available on Audible. Email us - hello@mattbrownshow.comMattbrownshow.com  Support the show

Like it or not, sales is often a zero-sum game: Your win is someone else's loss. Most salespeople work in mature, overcrowded industries, your offerings perceived (often unfairly) as commodities. Growth requires taking market share from your competitors, while they try to do the same to you. How else can you grow 12 percent a year in an industry that's only growing by 3 percent?It's not easy for any salesperson to execute a competitive displacement--or, in other words, "eat their lunch." You might think this requires a bloodthirsty "whatever it takes" attitude, but that's the opposite of what works. If you act like a Mafia don, you only make yourself difficult to trust and impossible to see as a long-term partner. Join Matt and Anthony for their deep dive on competition, the coming recession, and COVID's impact on businesses. Support the show

In this episode, author Judi Holler has a message: It's time to stop letting fear boss you around so you can start leveling up personally and professionally. This is an episode for people who believe that they deserve more. Holler & Matt focuses on helping you shut down self-doubt so they can start taking action. Inspired by her improv theatre background at The Second City Training Center's Conservatory in Chicago and building off her decade of speaking, sales, and marketing experience, in addition to her current role as a business owner, Holler's book is your own personal life coach and cheerleader. In it she shares valuable, actionable advice on how to accept&and even embrace&fear, so readers can start to live more balanced, successful, and fulfilling lives. Holler's mission: to stop fear from stealing your opportunities so you can start connecting in powerful and profitable ways. Support the show

For salespeople tired of feeling stressed out, burned out, and bummed out that their customers don’t want to hear from them, this episode is the guide they need to develop a success mindset and the habits required to break through to a whole new level of sales performance.Everybody knows the world of sales can be tough, and it’s easy to get discouraged when the rejections start piling up, and your customers stop picking up the phone. The wrong thought patterns can start to set in, and pretty soon you aren’t making your quota and are looking through job listings on your lunch break, waiting for the axe to fall.Mark Hunter’s own start in sales was inauspicious, to say the least. He was fired from his first two stints before he began to learn the lessons that he covers in this episode. Tune in as Matt & Mark take a deep dive into all things sales. Support the show

Miki is back for Part 2 of ' Do Cool Sh*t'. Please listen to Episode 287 before pressing play as this is a continuation of Matt & Miki's previous conversation.Miki is the founder of several acclaimed social enterprises: WILD, THINX & TUSHY (collectively valued at over $200 million). She is also the author of the #1 best-selling books DO COOL SH*T and DISRUPT-HER.She passionately speaks about her 15 years of entrepreneurial adventures, from inventing products in taboo categories, to creatively launching them, to marketing and scaling them exponentially, to dealing with shocking setbacks - and she shares her colorful, authentic revelations along the way. Support the show

You know your product is awesome—but does anybody else? Forget everything you thought you knew about positioning. Successfully connecting your product with consumers isn’t a matter of following trends, comparing yourself to the competition or trying to attract the widest customer base.So what is it? April Dunford, positioning guru and tech exec, will enlighten you in this episodeHer new book, Obviously Awesome, shows you how to find your product’s “secret sauce”—and then sell that sauce to those who crave it, join us as she dives into her work right here on the Matt Brown Show. Support the show