Exponential Wisdom

Episode 136: Turn Your Passion Into Purpose

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Peter and Dan discuss the topic of finding your passion. As Mark Twain said, “The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.” They distinguish between passion and purpose, and how to identify what you should probably be working on today.

In this episode:

  • The educational system doesn’t deal with the reality of people’s lives; rather, it imposes a form.
  • The most important thing for a person to do is get a handle on their own experience and what it means for them.
  • An entrepreneur’s role isn’t to become good at everything. It’s better to become exceptionally good at one thing.

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Episode 135: Navigating Business Beyond Your Comfort Zone

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Once you’ve achieved your goals and have a successful business, what’s next? You might have to look around, talk to people, and consider things you’ve never thought of before. Peter and Dan discuss why someone would make the move into an adjacent business, and how to actually pull it off.

In This Episode:

  • How to discover where you’re vulnerable to disruption
  • It’s every entrepreneur’s challenge to find a business that will grow their own future
  • Being really good at something means you might lose your curiosity about other things.

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Episode 134: Living Longer, Living Stronger

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Peter Diamandis and Dan Sullivan dive into the latest in longevity, health, exercise and lifestyle optimization. With a wealth of scientific insights and personal habits, they share expert advice on living your best life. You’ll hear their daily routines with practical tips to help achieve real-world results for you and your family.

In This Episode:

  • A roadmap to the best version of you.
  • If you’re doing something significant, you’re going to want to live to see the results.
  • You should always be involved in something that has a chance to fail.
  • If evolution was able to reduce the amount of sleep that people need, it would have.

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Episode 133: How To Turn Your Creativity Into Assets

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Entrepreneurs understand the importance of innovation, but do you know everything you should know about intellectual property? In this episode, Dan Sullivan and Peter Diamandis explain the basics of intellectual property law that entrepreneurs should be aware of to maximize the value of their creations and how the AI revolution will impact patents.

In this episode:

  • Why we should reward innovators because there’s risk involved in what they do.
  • The growth of entrepreneurism is consistent with the protection of personal property that is the result of invention and innovation.
  • There are going to be many patents coming in for AI as a technology, but not for what AI creates.

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Episode 132: The Right and Wrong Ways to Think About AI

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Dan and Peter discuss the potential impacts of AI on society, including job creation and loss, the risk of malevolent use, and the possibility of a “post-truth” world. They express optimism about AI’s potential to increase productivity and create a world of abundance, but also stress the importance of proper management and regulation.

In this episode:

  • Surprising ways AI will benefit us.
  • Why people often forget the positive side of technology’s potential.
  • Key differences between the human brain and a computer.
  • Why the majority of people have a bias against change.
  • The dialogue also touches on topics like regenerative medicine, intellectual property law, and the geopolitical implications of AI.

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Episode 131: If You Want To Be Optimistic, Bet On Yourself

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What is it that helped the most successful leaders in the world reach that level? Mindset. Dan Sullivan and Peter Diamandis discuss the mindsets that helped carry them to where they are today, and the secret ingredients needed to be successful and happy.

In this episode:

  • Why Dan considers his bankruptcy to be an extreme form of market research.
  • When you set a big goal and let everybody know, it focuses the mind like nothing else.
  • Why having measurable, accessible goals is critical to being optimistic.

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Episode 130: Staying Cool and Calm

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Technology is advancing at an exponential rate. Not only can it be difficult to keep up with what’s going on, the coming changes have a lot of people feeling scared and even angry. In this episode, Dan Sullivan and Peter Diamandis explain what you should be doing right now to be in the best position when these advances start paying off.

In this episode:

  • Why your most important job is to keep yourself healthy for as long as possible.
  • The three rules for always staying cool and calm.
  • Why there’s going to be a massive educational AI revolution.
  • The difference between a convincing argument and a compelling offer.

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Episode 129: What It Takes to Be an Entrepreneur

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How do you define being an entrepreneur? How do you know if you are one, and what are the pros and cons of the entrepreneurial way of life? In this episode, lifelong entrepreneurs Dan Sullivan and Peter Diamandis define entrepreneurship and discuss what an entrepreneur needs to succeed.

In this episode:

  • Why entrepreneurship requires passion or obsession with a subject.
  • How Peter’s entrepreneurial journey began.
  • Why entrepreneurs need to choose their co-founders and co-workers very carefully.
  • Why today, more than ever, individuals have the ability to find a solvable problem.

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Episode 128: Health Hacks For Entrepreneurs With Big Futures

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Does your business plan include retiring? If so, you should be aware that you don’t need to have the end in mind. In fact, it’s better for your business and your life that you don’t plan to stop. Peter Diamandis and Dan Sullivan explain what it means to have a longevity mindset, including the many ways it can benefit your life and career.

In this episode:

  • Why you used to be able to expect to die when “they” said you would.
  • How you can train your brain to live longer.
  • What is now in place to support a longevity goal.
  • How entrepreneurs benefit from Strategic Coach’s Lifetime Extender® Program.

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Episode 127: ChatGPT And The Speed Of AI

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There’s been a massive increase in AI advancement over the past five years, and this trend isn’t going to stop. In this episode, Peter Diamandis and Dan Sullivan discuss the current state of AI technology and how it’s going to be a part of every entrepreneur’s life in the not-too-distant future.

In this episode:

  • What “large language models” are and what they can do.
  • How AI will enhance what you’re already doing.
  • Why some people are afraid of AI.

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