Future Squared with Steve Glaveski

Matthew Belair is a life long martial artist, knowledge seeker and explorer. He has travelled the world to train with masters, which include meditating with monks in Nepal, training MMA in Thailand and trekking Mount Everest and studying Shaolin Kung Fu with 34th Generation Shaolin Masters in China.  He shares his knowledge in his podcast, the Matt Belair Podcast: Master Mind, Body & Spirit,...

When I launched this show I remember looking at other podcasts that had published over 300 hundred episodes and thinking that was truly insane….and here we are 3 and a half years later with 350 episodes. From the bottom of my heart, thank you for listening.  In this installment of Fast Fix Friday, we unpack Japanese swordsman and philosopher, Miyamoto Musashi's famous maxim, "if you know the...

Remi Adeleke is many things, former royalty, an ex-Navy Seal, an author, entrepreneur and producer. But most of all, he’s a symbol of perseverance. Having gone from Nigerian opulence at the age of five to drug-dealing on the streets of the Bronx as a teenager, Remi knows a thing or two about tough times, and how to overcome them with nothing but sheer tenacity and hard work.  Remi is the auth...

S elf-awareness is a hot topic nowadays. You can hardly open a business or psychology book without coming across numerous mentions of emotional intelligence, EQ or self-awareness. The theory of objective self-awareness goes back to 1972, when it was published by  Shelley Duval and Robert Wicklund . Daniel Goleman’s definition of self-awareness, immortalized in his best-selling book  Emot...

Niccolo Machiavelli’s ‘The Prince’, written in the early 16th Century whilst living in exile, was a gift to Lorenzo Medici — defacto ruler of the Florentine republic — arguably as a means to earn his place in society as a statesman again. The Prince is to this day considered one of the earliest works of modern philosophy, and indeed of modern political philosophy, and is the book that spawned the...

When most people think of a successful entrepreneur, typically they think of a charismatic, outgoing, and brilliant leader; Jobs, Bezos or the flamboyant Richard Branson might come to mind. Rarely is introversion conflated with entrepreneurial success. This is because society has a cultural bias towards extroverts, according to Susan Cain, and also because an entrepreneur must interact and influen...

With a writing career spanning 19 years, Mezrich has authored twenty books, with a combined printing of over 4 million copies, including the wildly successful Bringing Down the House, which spent sixty-three weeks on the New York Times Bestseller List, and sold over 2 million copies in fifteen languages and was adapted into the #1 Box Office movie 21. His book, The Accidental Billionaires was adap...

“Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not: the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.” — Calvin Coolidge, 30th US President The spirit of Coolidge’s quote has been echoed time and time...

From a very young age, Lucas Aoun became interested in the effects of certain foods and herbs on his own physiological and psychological performance. When he was playing soccer, he found himself monitoring his performance very closely and discovered that some supplements were having a drastic effect on reaction times, decision making and ability to the "read" the play. This then sparked a passion...

I recently concluded an intense but rewarding podcast tour in support of my now newish book, Employee to Entrepreneur . Having appeared on over 50 podcasts, I thought I had been asked just about everything on the topic of making the aforementioned leap. That was until I spoke with Erik Fisher of the Beyond the To Do List podcast. Erik took a different approach and asked me whether or not an employ...

Daniel Paisner is one of the busiest collaborators in publishing. He's written over sixty books, on topics ranging from business and sports, to politics and popular culture, including sixteen New York Times best-sellers. His work has been profiled in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, ESPN: The Magazine and on National Public Radio. (In a recent New York Magazine article on how to write...

Raj Nathan is a hypeman - no, he doesn’t wear a clock around his neck like Flavor Flav - he’s a startup hypeman, and his mission us to help companoes not suck at pitching and telling their story, so they stand out to customers and investors, and stand apart from competitors and pretenders. He’s the founder of Startup Hypeman, host of the Startup Hypeman podcast, and, as you’ll learn, he’s also a r...

Trillion Dollar Coach: The Leadership Playbook of Silicon Valley’s Bill Campbell  was an absolutely gripping read about a legendary coach and business executive, whose mentoring of the likes of Steve Jobs, Larry Page, Eric Schmidt, and Jeff Bezos, amongst other tech luminaries, played a major role in the success of their companies. While Bill was a private person — he passed away in 2016 — wh...

Steve Brophy is a passionate and innovative educator with 17 years of experience both locally and internationally in K-12 schools. In his role as the Director of ICT & eLearning at Ivanhoe Grammar School, Steve is responsible for overseeing the digital strategy and development of the school. Steve was recipient of the 2017 Digital Learning and Teaching Victoria (DLTV) Outstanding Leader of the yea...

How often do you find yourself in flow like the rock climber above; that place where you are so immersed in a solitary task that the rest of the world seems to just slip away? Turns out that being in this headspace not only makes us up to five times more productive and a lot more creative, but also measurably happier too. And no, you don't need to be risking life and limb to get there.  --- E...

Andrew Tarvin is obsessed with efficiency. In fact, that's why he goes by Drew Tarvin, it's more efficient. As the world's first humor engineer, he teaches people how to get better results while having more fun. Combining his background as a project manager at Procter & Gamble with his experience as a stand-up comedian, he reverse-engineers the skill of humor in a way that is practical, actionable...

In life, we will inevitably face setbacks - we will come face to face with adversity, be it in our professional lives, or in our personal lives, especially if we’re working towards big hairy audacious goals. But how you choose to interpret and respond to those setbacks can make all the difference. --- Employee to Entrepreneur book:Â www.employeetoentrepreneur.io Listen to Future Squared on Apple P...

Ryan Serhant is a costar on Bravo's hit show Million Dollar Listing New York and the star of Sell It Like Serhant . Ryan fell into real estate by accident after giving up his acting career. He made just over $9,000 his first year in the business. Ten years later, Ryan leads a team of 60 brokers and averages a billion dollars in sales every year, making him one of the most successful real estate br...

Tom Ziglar is the proud son of Zig Ziglar and the CEO of Ziglar, Inc. He joined the Zig Ziglar Corporation in 1987 and climbed from working in the warehouse, to sales, to management, and then on to leadership. Today, he speaks around the world; hosts The Ziglar Show , one of the top-ranked business podcasts; and carries on the Ziglar philosophy: "You can have everything in life you want if you wil...

Try one new thing a month. This has been my mantra for several years now, and it has seen me try all manner of things, from rock-climbing and surfing to a barista course and learning the art of whisky making, to jumping out of planes and trying hip-hop yoga. I’ve found that trying new things to get out of your comfort zone helps keep your ego in check, strengthens your relationship with adversity,...

How often have you caught yourself uttering these words? If you really enjoy what you do, and are aligned with its purpose, you actually look forward to getting stuck into things on a Monday morning and might lament that "there aren't enough hours in the day". And while loving what you do and deriving positive energy from it is a great place to be, carving out ample time for rest and play is funda...

In the wake of the  Christchurch shootings  and the disturbing video that made the rounds on social media afterward, Australia’s Government expeditiously passed new legislation that puts the onus on tech companies to remove violent material from their platforms or face criminal charges.  In this episode, I explore why this is wrong on so many levels.  --- Employee to Entreprene...

Adam Fisher grew up in Silicon Valley playing Atari, programming computers, and reading science fiction. He still lives in the Bay Area but now spends his time thinking about the future, tracing it's origins, and writing about it – for Wired, MIT Technology Review, and The New York Times Sunday Magazine. Valley of Genius is his first book A candid, colorful, and comprehensive oral history that rev...

Since our prehistoric ancestors used stone tools to start fires and hunt for prey, technology has made us more efficient and effective at what we do. It has brought us convenience, improved communication, and — relatively speaking — long and comfortable lives. However, any good thing taken to the extreme becomes bad. Aristotle knew this, proposing that to achieve happiness and success, people shou...

Welcome back to Future Squared for yet another installment of Fast Fix Friday, although this one is another not so fast fix edition. In this episode, I aim to shine a light on the deceptive practices being carried out by digital agencies across the globe, and whilst I will be speaking specifically about practices pertaining to serving corporate innovation clients, the same set of practices are aff...