What Got You There with Sean DeLaney

Will Guidara has been immersed in the restaurant industry since the age of thirteen. Guidara trained in the dining rooms of Tribeca Grill, Spago, and Tabla and opened the restaurants at the Museum of Modern Art before becoming the general manager of Eleven Madison Park in 2006. Under Chef Daniel Humm and Will Guidara's leadership, Eleven Madison Park received four stars from the New York Times, ea...

Read the entire Distillation of Danny Meyer HERE Also checkout past Dillations of people like Michael Jordan, Bob Iger, Josh Waitzkin & many more by CLICKING HERE Danny Meyer is the Founder & Executive Chairman of Union Square Hospitality Group and a lifelong restaurateur. Danny grew up in a family that relished great food and hospitality. Thanks to his father's travel business, which designed cus...

Benjamin Zander is one of the world's most well known classical musicians and is a source of profound inspiration to many people. He is a deeply insightful conductor, a master teacher of music, and an engaging speaker on leadership. He is the coauthor of the book, The Art of Possibility .  Today he shares the most impactful lessons he's learned to explore and live life from a place of radiating po...

Carla A. Harris is a senior client advisor at Morgan Stanley. She has been the recipient of many awards honoring business professionals, including Fortune magazine's 50 Most Powerful Black Executives in America, Essence magazine's 50 Women Who Are Shaping the World, and Black Enterprise's 50 Most Powerful Women in Business. In 2013, she was appointed by President Barack Obama to Chair the National...

Douglas R. Conant is an internationally renowned business leader, New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestselling author, keynote speaker, and social media influencer with over 40 years of leadership experience at world-class global companies. For the past 20 years of his leadership journey, he has honed his leadership craft at the most senior levels—first as President of the Nabisco Foods Comp...

Annie Duke is an author, corporate speaker, and consultant in the decision-making space, as well as Special Partner focused on Decision Science at First Round Capital Partners, a seed stage venture fund. Annie's latest book, Quit: The Power of Knowing When to Walk Away .  Watch on YouTube Annie's past podcast appearances Episode 215  Episode 132    "Contrary to popular belief, winners quit a lot....

Watch on YouTube In this Podcast Episode, I sat down with Brad Slingerlend. He is the Co-founder and investor at NZS Capital, LLC NZS Capital, LLC is a Denver, Colorado-based investment company focused on adaptable, innovative businesses that work toward maximizing non-zero-sum (NZS, or win-win) outcomes for their investors, customers, employees, society, and the global environment. Prior to that...

Michael Gelb is one of the world's leading authority on the application of genius thinking to personal and organizational development, Michael J. Gelb is a pioneer in the fields of creative thinking, innovative leadership and executive coaching. His clients include DuPont, Emerson, Genentech, KPMG, Merck, Microsoft, Nike and YPO. Michael is the author of 17 books including  How to Think Like Leona...

Tom House is a world-renowned expert in the biomechanics of the throwing motion.   He has over 50 years of experience in Major League Baseball as a pitcher and pitching coach, and has coached Hall of Famers in baseball, football and golf, including Nolan Ryan, Greg Maddux, Tom Brady, Drew Brees and Phil Mickelson. He has a PhD, two master's degrees and a Bachelor's of Science, and has authored or...

Chris Mayer is an author, portfolio manager, and Woodlock House Family Capital co-founder. He is the author of, 100 Baggers: Stocks that Return 100-to-1 and How to Find Them. In this episode Chris discusses his cross disciplinary approach to learning and investing, the importance of patience for great investments and what he's learned from studying great management teams.   Watch on YouTube Join M...

Episode Transcript    Paul Black is Portfolio Manager and Chief Executive Officer at WCM Investment Management. As a member of the Investment Strategy Groups for the firm's global, fundamental growth strategies, his primary responsibility is portfolio management. In more than 30 years in the investment industry, he has served previously as a portfolio manager with Wells Fargo Private Banking Group...

Watch on YouTube Marshall Goldsmith has been recognized for years as the world's leading executive coach and the New York Times bestselling author of many books, including What Got You Here Won't Get You There , Mojo , and Triggers . He received his Ph. D. from the UCLA Anderson School of Management. In his coaching practice, Goldsmith has advised more than 200 major CEOs and their management team...

Donald Robertson is a writer, cognitive-behavioural psychotherapist and trainer. Donald specializes in teaching evidence-based psychological skills, and known as an expert on the relationship between modern psychotherapy (CBT) and classical Greek and Roman philosophy. Robertson has been researching Stoicism and applying it in his work for twenty years. He is one of the founding members of the non-...

Read The Distillation of Arnold Schwarzenegger !  Watch on YouTube ! The Distillation of Arnold Schwarzenegger is a comprehensive look into the mindsets & behaviors Arnold has used to achieve greatness! "Every morning you have two options. Continue to sleep with your dreams or wake up and chase them." Click Here to Join our Momentum Makers Community! You Unleashed Course  50% off  You Unleashed  i...

Join my Momentum Makers Inner Cirlce - Click HERE       Robert Fritz is an accomplished composer, filmmaker, and writer, and he is also an organizational consultant for some of the largest companies in the world.    Robert began to see that the very same process that creators use to create music, painting, sculpture, dance, drama, film, poetry and literature could be applied to the way people live...

Michael Mauboussin is the author of The Success Equation: Untangling Skill and Luck in Business, Sports, and Investing, Think Twice: Harnessing the Power of Counterintuition , and  More Than You Know: Finding Financial Wisdom in Unconventional Places . Michael is currently Head of Consilient Research at Counterpoint Global. Michael has also held roles as Director of Research at BlueMountain Capita...

Eric Barker is the author of  The Wall Street Journal  bestseller " Barking Up the Wrong Tree ," and his new book, " Plays Well with Others ,".  On this episode we dive into our increasing emotional distance and loneliness the world is feeling and Eric acts as a guide to help build better friendships, reignite love, and get closer to others, whether you're an extrovert or introvert, socially adept...

The Distillation of Michael Jordan  Read the FULL Distillation of Michael Jordan  Watch on YouTube This Distillation is going to pull back the curtain of the mindsets, behaviors and work ethic behind the greatest basketball player of all time, Michael Jordan.  " Anything can happen if you are willing to put in the work and remain open to the possibility. Dreams are realized by effort, determinatio...

Steve Magness is a world-renowned expert on performance, well-being, and sustainable success. He is coauthor of the best selling Peak Performance and The Passion Paradox. His most recent work is Do Hard Things: Why We Get Resilience Wrong and the Surprising Science of Real Toughness. In his coaching practice, Steve works with executives, entrepreneurs, and athletes on their performance and mental...

Daniel Coyle is the  New York Times  bestselling author of  The Culture Code , which was named Best Business Book of the Year by Bloomberg, BookPal, and Business Insider. Coyle has served as an advisor to many high-performing organizations, including the Navy SEALs, Microsoft, Google, and the Cleveland Guardians. His other books include  The Talent Code , The Secret Race , The Little Book of Talen...

David Senra is the creator of Founders Podcast (one of my FAVORITE podcasts!)  Learn from history's greatest entrepreneurs. Every week David reads a biography of an entrepreneur and find ideas you can use in your work. This quote explains why: "There are thousands of years of history in which lots and lots of very smart people worked very hard and ran all types of experiments on how to create new...

Read the episode notes & full interview HERE *I made an error in the audio/video introduction of Brunello. He is not the CEO of Brunello Cucinelli but the Founder & Creative Director. Today I sit down with fashion icon, Brunello Cucinelli . Brunello is the founder of Brunello Cucinelli and is known as "The King of Cashmere" but he didn't start out on top. Brunello Cucinelli was born into a peasant...

Brian Dawkins is an NFL Hall-of-Famer who played 16 seasons in the National Football League, primarily with the Philadelphia Eagles. Brian is regarded as one of the greatest safeties of all time and during his illustrious career was named to nine Pro Bowls and five All-Pro first teams. Brian was the heart and soul of the Eagles defense and on this episode he discusses what it takes to become great...

Mike Singletary is an NFL Hall- of- Famer, Super Bowl Champion and one of the Top 100 NFL Players of All-Time. This episode is all about understanding what it takes to cultivate a championship mindset, how to handle adversity and why failing is an essential ingredient on the path to greatness!    Mike grew up with a tremendous amount of adversity became the "man of the house" at the age of 12 and...

For our 300th episode Sean is the one who's interviewed! Sean is interviewed by high performance psychologist Dr. Michael Gervais ! Sean talks about some of the influential experiences that shaped him, lessons learned along the way and so much more!  Sean DeLaney is an entrepreneur, investor and host of the " What Got You There " podcast. Sean's relentless pursuit of his passions in life have led...