“Make It 1% Better” with Steven Puri (GWTW816)

How do people work? With that knowledge, how do we give them what they need? Today’s guest is no stranger to asking questions and learning to listen to what is and is not being said. With a background in journalism, film production, and entrepreneurship, Steven Puri is on a mission to help millions of people find their focus, achieve more, and have a healthy work life through The Sukha Company. In our conversation, Steven tells the tales of his time in Hollywood and what led him to the world of technology and app development. He shares lessons that we can all learn from including make it 1% better, it’s always about the other thing, tenacity over talent, and how organizing principles can guide your work to not only completion, but also provide deeper meaning. If you are looking for more from your life and work and not sure where to start, join Steven and I on this conversational journey. “The most confident and successful people are the most open to being wrong.” Show Links The Sukha Company Independence Day (1996) Phil Tippett Phil Tippett: Mad Dreams and Monsters (2019) Jurassic Park (1993) Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) DreamWorks Stacey Snider The Net and The Butterfly: The Art and Practice of Breakthrough Thinking by Olivia Fox Cabane & Judah Pollack The Wolverine (2013) Demolition Man (1993) Idiocracy (2006) Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Cal Newport Sinners (2025) Grosse Pointe Blank (1997) Time Bandits (1981) Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) Conversations with Wilder by Cameron Crowe Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi The Lessons of History by Will Durant and Ariel Durant Photo by Silas Baisch on Unsplash