Play the Long Game with Scott Wozniak

One of the most fundamental upgrade engine, certainly one of the first in sequence, is self-awareness. Improve this and you improve every other engine. In this first part of a two part series, I share about how I use self-assessment tools to sharpen how I see myself. It's not complicated or even time consuming. And it could change everything.   --- Sign up to have Scott email you a weekly shot of...

After five and a half years, my latest book publishes tomorrow (10/10/23)! In this episode, I pause and reflect on how this book upgraded me and my team. This isn't just another book, this is the start of a new chapter.  Check out the book at: https://amzn.to/3PD3szu   --- Sign up to have Scott email you a weekly shot of energy, with 1 Cool Quote, 1 Deep Thought, and 1 Useful Tool. This is origina...

This "on location" episode comes to you from the beaches of Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. I came back to the town I grew up in and it got me thinking. Sitting on the beach, I pulled out my phone and got into the Hero's Journey, of all things. We leave home and we come back, and everything is different.   --- Sign up to have Scott email you a weekly shot of energy, with 1 Cool Quote, 1 Deep Thought, and...

Rachel McCord comes back and takes this conversation deeper than I expected. It didn't go where I thought it would and it was much better. Instead of talking abou the technical tools she uses to manage a lot of projects and a busy personal life, we got into the heart and mind that allows us to face challenges, to pivot our path, and thrive internally and externally. It's not over. It's just beginn...

I didn't just take time off to be a vegetable. I actually had four goals, four types of activities I wanted to do. In this episode I answer the questions I've gotten about what I did--and share a surprise lesson I learned.   --- Sign up to have Scott email you a weekly shot of energy, with 1 Cool Quote, 1 Deep Thought, and 1 Useful Tool. This is original content, not a repost of the podcast. You c...

I read a lot of books (200+ each year), and I'm often asked for recommendations. Out of the many books from last year, there were 12 non-fiction books that I gave a 5 star rating. In this episode, I spend a couple of minutes explaining why I loved one of these 12 books in particular. The Eight Paradoxes of Great Leadership: Embracing the Conflicting Demands of Today's Workplace:          https://a...

In July of 2023, I took a few weeks off to try out a practice called a sabbatical. It's not just a recovery period, it's a change in work style--and it's something I think everyone should consider. I share what I did and why. You don't have to do it just like me, but you should consider doing a version that works for you.   --- Sign up to have Scott email you a weekly shot of energy, with 1 Cool Q...

My guest, Lisa Copeland, reached the pinnacle of the auto dealer world and then made a massive pivot -- and her career only got better. Then she pivoted again, and again. Each time, a relationship she built was the door to the next level.   --- Connect with Lisa at: https://www.lisacopeland.com/   --- Sign up to have Scott email you a weekly shot of energy, with 1 Cool Quote, 1 Deep Thought, and 1...

The most difficult skill might be seeing ourselves clearly. What sources can we rely on to get an honest look at ourselves?   --- Sign up to have Scott email you a weekly shot of energy, with 1 Cool Quote, 1 Deep Thought, and 1 Useful Tool. This is original content, not a repost of the podcast. You can find the sign-up section at the bottom of my website www. ScottWozniak.com   Learn how Scott and...

My guest on this episode went from being one of the top online poker players in the nation (playing 16 games simultaneously) to literally sweeping floors for minimum wage--and he says this was one of the best things that happened to him. Listen to this wild story and you will also discover how his approach to learning and self-care resulted in his current real estate empire and his current joy and...

There is a relationship between your pain and your purpose. How they compare determines how much progress you will make. One variable is hard to change while the other isn't.   --- Sign up to have Scott email you a weekly shot of energy, with 1 Cool Quote, 1 Deep Thought, and 1 Useful Tool. This is original content, not a repost of the podcast. You can find the sign-up section at the bottom of my...

Rick Schirmer, CEO of ViralBrand and LaunchPreneur is back, this time to talk about what it really means to be an expert, including an exercise on how to reveal where you might have true expertise and not know it.   --- Connect with Rick at: https://www.schirmermccord.com/ --- Sign up to have Scott email you a weekly shot of energy, with 1 Cool Quote, 1 Deep Thought, and 1 Useful Tool. This is ori...

I recently read something that got me thinking about what is in our control (vs. what is not in our control) and it led to me a realization on how to predict how successful my life will be. It has to do with how we deal with problems and it's something we can all do.   --- Sign up to have Scott email you a weekly shot of energy, with 1 Cool Quote, 1 Deep Thought, and 1 Useful Tool. This is origina...

Mark Miller, VP of High Performance Leadership at Chick-fil-A joins me to discuss his latest book, Cutlure Rules. Mark has been my direct supervisor and is still a personal mentor, so I wasn't surprised when this episode ended up by challenging me to raise the bar in how I lead my team--it's far from first time that a conversation with him did that! Along the way, we discussed a variety of fascina...

Self-awareness requires us to go deeper than the skills we have or what personality type we are. We have to face the 3 Big Lies and ask the 2 Revealing Questions .   --- Sign up to have Scott email you a weekly shot of energy, with 1 Cool Quote, 1 Deep Thought, and 1 Useful Tool. This is original content, not a repost of the podcast. You can find the sign-up section at the bottom of my website www...

Cam and I start by talking about why he walked away from pro sports to pursue science--which led him to business. But as we got into things like self-awareness, we got into the magic of a conversation with Cam. He flowed smoothly from neuroscience to history to electricity to spirituality. Cam is a deep thinker and a true polymath (expert in multiple domains), so we also covered things like breath...

My guest for this episode didn't plan on leading the company he is CEO of--didn't even want to be in that industry. But when life surprised him, he surprised it back by turning a conventional company into an innovation engine, all in an industry that is known for being slow to change.   --- Sign up to have Scott email you a weekly shot of energy, with 1 Cool Quote, 1 Deep Thought, and 1 Useful Too...

For many years, I was focused on only doing those things that helped me reach my goals. I avoided the distractions that didn't make me productive. It worked--and it cost me more than I realized. I'm now learning the true value of things like music and gardens--how they make me even more productive.   --- Sign up to have Scott email you a weekly shot of energy, with 1 Cool Quote, 1 Deep Thought, an...

We don't cultivate a healthy heart by squeezing tighter and being more disciplined. Instead, we need to ask bigger, better questions. In this episode, I share the five big questions that we all have to face. They're shaping our lives anyway, we should probably tackle them head on.   --- Sign up to have Scott email you a weekly shot of energy, with 1 Cool Quote, 1 Deep Thought, and 1 Useful Tool. T...

Humans are really bad at dealing with delayed consequences. How should we think about this and what can we do to make today better?   --- Sign up to have Scott email you a weekly shot of energy, with 1 Cool Quote, 1 Deep Thought, and 1 Useful Tool. This is original content, not a repost of the podcast. You can find the sign-up section at the bottom of my website www. ScottWozniak.com   Learn how S...

We had so many insightful tangents in my first conversation with Jessica that we needed a second show to get into how we manage competing commitments, from social media notifications to setting expectations with key relationships to rejecting the see-saw metaphor of work-life balance. --- You can connect with Jessica on LinkedIn by visiting: linkedin.com/in/jessica-oneill-ferrell   ---  Sign up to...

At the start of every year I pause and review the previous year. Part of that review is to note what new tools I discovered that made my life significantly better. In this episode, I share the four best tools that I discovered in 2022. --- Purchase the products discussed in this episode here: Ratchet belt (black leather) -      https://amzn.to/3JWRhMl Nugget Ice Maker -      https://amzn.to/3LBB1S...

Modern life sends more opportunities than we have time for, but our management tools are often inadequate. This discussion takes surprising turns, including what a paper planner is good for, a fitness coach that didn't talk about exercise or diet, and the challenge of slapping donuts. --- You can connect with Jessica on LinkedIn by visiting: linkedin.com/in/jessica-oneill-ferrell   --- Sign up to...

A huge driver of the decisions in our lives is our desire to do work that matters, to earn respect from others and from ourselves. But many Christian leaders have gotten the wrong message, based on a well-meaning misunderstanding.  ------    Purchase Tom's book here: https://www.christianbook.com/equipping-christians-kingdom-purpose-guide-disciples/tom-lutz/9781683073994/pd/073994?event=ESRCG#cros...

There is a false dichotomy between thinking deeply and moving fast. We are often presented with these as mutually exclusive choices and both have real advantages. But there is a way to do both at the same time--and it is a life changing insight (at least, it was for me). --- Sign up to have Scott email you a weekly shot of energy, with 1 Cool Quote, 1 Deep Thought, and 1 Useful Tool. This is origi...