What Got You There with Sean DeLaney

Want to know what it takes to be an Emmy Nominated director/producer? On today's episode, Sean dives deep on creativity, creating great work, and overcoming self-doubt while sitting down with a successful producer, Brain McGinn.  Brian McGinn is an Emmy-nominated director, writer, and producer. He is best known for directing, writing and producing the Netflix documentary Amanda Knox, executive pro...

What principles does someone who manages 160 billion dollars hold dear to themselves? On this solo episode, Sean uncovers some of the key discoveries found in Ray Dalio's best selling book, Principles . Ray Dalio is the founder and chairman of Bridgewater associates and he outlines his guiding principles powering his and Bridgewater's success in this best selling book.  Principles is a guide to ma...

Today's episode is one for the books! Sean jumps into an enthralling conversation on leadership and overcoming challenges with Jeff Eggers. Jeff is a former Special Assistant to Barack Obama on national security affairs after serving over 20 years as a combat veteran Navy SEAL. Mr. Eggers is the current Executive Director of the prestigious McChrystal Group Leadership Institute. Jeff goes into det...

EVERYONE, it seems, is in need of a strategy. That is why Sean was thrilled to talk with today's guest Sir Lawrence Freedman. Freedman is author of Strategy: A History, where he captures the vast history of strategic thinking in this consistently engaging and insightful account of how strategy came to pervade every aspect of our lives! In his behemoth of a book Freedman gives a brilliant overview...

Edward de Bono came up with the term "lateral thinking' back in 1967, linking it to humor. We find most jokes funny because they connect unexpected ideas with topics we already know. On this solo episode Sean discusses one of his approaches to often tap into my creative side and that is through LATERAL THINKING. Lateral thinking is the process of using information to bring about creativity and ins...

Have you ever worried that you might have too many interests? Maybe you feel like your'e not on the "right" path. Well, you might just be a generalist! On this episode David uncovers some of the myths behind elite performance. He discovered that in most fields — especially those that are complex and unpredictable — generalists, not specialists, are primed to excel.  Generalists often find their pa...

Do you ever have those moments where it seems like your brain is running on ROCKET FUEL and your ability to accomplish often complicated tasks is done with ease? It's called Deep Work! On this solo episode, I unpack some of the key strategies I learned from Cal Newport's bestselling book Deep Work to help be more productive and create meaningful work you're proud of! If you would like to push your...

Clarence Greenwood otherwise known as the Citizen Cope grabs the mic before one of his shows to talk about his journey with Sean! Cope talks about tapping into his creative side, what drives him and the self reflection he's done over the years to continue to produce great work. The success of Citizen Cope's music has always been a slow burn, rather than a flash in the pan. The single "Let The Drum...

John Lewis Gaddis is the Robert A. Lovett Professor of History at Yale University, and was the founding director of the Brady-Johnson Program in Grand Strategy. His book On Grand Strategy is what sparked Sean's desire to feature him! Gaddis defines "grand strategy" as aligning "potentially unlimited aspirations with necessarily limited capabilities" and highlights the persistent error of focusing...

Brad Thor is the #1  New York Times bestselling author of nineteen thrillers including his newest release Backlash! His summer of 2018 release Spymaster was a book Sean couldn't put down and The Washington Times said "One of the all-time best thriller novels". Brad has been one of Sean's favorite authors for over a decade and excited you guys get to hear more about Brad and his journey. Brad has b...

Fear… We all experience it, but why are some people able to conquer it while others let it hold them back? On this episode Sean dives deep on some of his processes for handling fear and how we can use it to get more out of life! Because what we fear doing most is usually what we most need to do. *Questions for the solo podcast email  info@whatgotyouthere.com * Subscribe to the Newsletter-  https:/...

Alex Bodman is the VP, Global Executive Creative Director at Spotify. Since joining in 2015,Alex has built an in-house creative team of over 30 people, recognized by Ad Age A-list 2018 as the "In-house Creative Agency of the Year." His team provides consultancy and toolkits for the brand globally, allowing their vision to scale across the world. An Australian who relocated to Brooklyn to follow hi...

On this solo episode Sean discusses three learning strategies that can improve learning retention by 2 or even 3 fold! This episode isn't just for students or teachers looking to improve test scores but anyone trying to better understand new material. *Questions for the solo podcast email info@whatgotyouthere.com * Subscribe to the Newsletter- https://bit.ly/2RH3eaD   http://whatgotyouthere.com/ N...

Brendon Leach is the CEO of Colibri Boutique Hotels which have properties in Tulum Mexico and Nicaragua. Sean first stayed at one of their boutique hotels a few years ago and still talks about the food, the drinks and the care that went into his stay which is why he wanted to feature Brendon. This episode dives deep on Brendon's adventure filled journey from New Zealand to Tulum and some of the cr...

Scott Lynn is the founder of Masterworks. Masterworks is an investing platform that for the first time ever, investors can purchase and trade shares in multi-million dollar works of art by artists like Picasso, Monet, and Warhol. Scott's entrepreneurship journey started when he was just 15 where he built what became the most popular game on the internet during the dot com boom. He didn't stop ther...

On this podcast I'm going to discuss 3 of the frameworks I use to help with my decision making process. Those will be Signal vs Noise, "strong opinions weakly held", and the Invisible Counselor Technique. I hope you guys enjoy! *Questions for the solo podcast email info@whatgotyouthere.com * Subscribe to the Newsletter- https://bit.ly/2RH3eaD   http://whatgotyouthere.com/ NEW SPONSOR TEN THOUSAND...

Kevin Kelley is the Principal and Co-Founder of Shook Kelley, an atypical architecture and design firm that specializes in consumer behavior for retail and consumer-based companies. Kevin has spent a large portion of his career developing a process that combines business, science and design into one integrated approach he calls perception design. Kevin's specialty is getting inside the minds of co...

Dustin Finkel is the CEO of Ancient inGRAINed Snack Co also know as Ka-Pop! and he joins the podcast to talk about his vast experience. He's done it all, from starting out as an investment banker with Goldman Sachs, to launching organic milk and now running Ka-Pop. Dustin has   a wealth of experience from identifying, creating and launching new products to seizing white space in the market and ste...

First Principles otherwise known as "reasoning from first principles" is the idea of breaking down complicated problems into basic elements and then reassemble them from the ground up. This strategy helps you cut through confusion and have a true understanding and improve your decision making process. People such as Aristotle and Elon Musk use First Principles. Aristotle defined them as "the first...

For two decades, Annie Duke was one of the top poker players in the world. In 2004, she bested a field of 234 players to win her first World Series of Poker bracelet. The same year, she triumphed in the $2 million winner-take-all, invitation-only World Series of Poker Tournament of Champions. In 2010, she won the prestigious NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship against her mentor Erik Seidel....

Brandon Schneider is the Chief Revenue Officer of the Golden State Warriors and part Owner of the Major League Soccer Los Angeles Football Club. Schneider, who was named to the SportsBusiness Journal's Forty Under 40 List in 2017, started his career with the Warriors in 2002 and most recently served as the Senior Vice President of Business Development. Under Schneider's leadership, the Warriors ha...

This solo episode unpacks some of the mental models & frameworks Sean uses to learn!  Books  Poor Charlie's Almanack   Seeking Wisdom From Darwin to Munger  The Great Mental Models  Additional Resources  https://fs.blog/ https://twitter.com/naval Learning Technique- Feynman Technique  Mental Models & Frameworks  1. Asymmetry  2. Direction Over Speed 3. Contrast Bias 4. Second Order Thinking  5. In...

David Hauser is an entrepreneur, speaker and angel investor. He is best known for co-founding Grasshopper, a virtual phone service for entrepreneurs, acquired by the Citrix Systems in 2015 for $170 million. He also founded Chargify who had investors such as Marc Cuban and was acquired by Scaleworks in 2016. In this episode David talks about what it takes to succeed as an entrepreneur, what he does...

Kyle Mills is the #1  New York Times  bestselling author of fifteen political thrillers, including the  The Survivor  for Vince Flynn and  The Patriot Attack  for Robert Ludlum. He initially found inspiration from his father, the former director of Interpol, and still draws on his contacts in the intelligence community to give his books such realism. On this episode Kyle talks about how he became...

Daniel H. Pink is the author of six provocative books — including his newest,  When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing , which spent four months on the  New York Times  bestseller list and was named a best book of 2018 by Amazon, iBooks, Goodreads, and several more outlets. His other books include the long-running  New York Times  bestseller  A Whole New Mind  and the #1  New York Times bes...