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"Best Of Seeking Wisdom 2018" Part 2
Category: Business
Duration: 00:17:28
Publish Date: 2018-12-31 05:00:00
Description: On Part II of the Best of Seeking Wisdom from this year, DC and DG discuss Will Smith’s storied rise to success, why being uncomfortable is the secret to personal growth and their key to taking feedback – sleep on it. 
Plus, former Facebook and Google exec Molly Graham on culture and employment branding. Lessons from Charlie Munger on “liking/loving tendency,” AKA why you can’t just learn from people you like. 
And lastly, DC and DG wrap it up with the secret trick to finding the next group of leaders at your company and the importance of learning to say “no.” 
Be sure to tune in and we’ll see you back here next year! Before you go leave a ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ review and share the pod with your friends! Be sure to check out more insights on the Drift blog at drift.com/blog and find us on Twitter @davegerhardt, @dcancel and @seekingwisdomio. 
In this episode: 
0:34 – Will Smith’s book and his roller-coaster life development2:42 – The growth mindset and getting comfortable with feedback7:22 – What is employment branding?9:50 – The ‘liking bias’ as one of the biggest roadblocks to growth10:25 – You may get the best marketing lessons from people who are not marketers11:30 – Everything counts; everything about you reflects on the people that work for you12:46 – Perception is reality12:50 – Play to the position you want12:57 – People around you want to model the stuff you are doing; don’t model bad behavior.13:29 – A manager’s output equals the output of his organization plus the output of the neighboring organization under his influence14:25 – 100% is your job. The secret to getting promoted is to do more than that15:00 – How to identify the future leaders in the people in your organization16:15 – Saying ‘yes’ means saying ‘no’ to something else; figure out the things you should say ‘yes’ to.
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