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Let Me Speak To A Manager — 200 episodes

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200th Episode Special: We Answer Your Burning Questions (Part 1)

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Can You Adapt When the Wind Changes? Your Career Might Depend On It

3

Can Your Team Survive Without You? How to Vacation Like a Boss

4

Anchorman: Why Will Ferrell's Biggest Hit Almost Never Happened

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Operational Drift: The Hidden Costs Killing Your Bottom Line

6

Why Managers Promote People They Like

7

The Career Audit Everyone Should Do

8

The Pratfall Effect: Why “Perfect” Managers are the Worst

9

Do Your Salespeople Negotiate with Ghosts?

10

Advice that Changed Our Careeers

11

Nice vs. Kind: The Truth About Candor at Work

12

911 vs. 411: How to stop running your business like it is on fire.

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How To Change Anyone's Mind

14

Do You Maximize or Satisfice?

15

How Smart People Get Fooled by Randomness

16

Backward Induction: How to Reverse Engineer Any Goal

17

Can You Work 40 Hours a Week and Still Be Considered Ambitious?

18

The "Rubicon" Fallacy, Ego Traps, and Why Changing Course is Easier Than You Think

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How To Stay Focused On What’s In Your Control (And Stop Ruminating On The Things You Cannot Change)

20

Stop Giving Discounts: The Art of Saying NO (Without Losing the Deal)

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How to Respond to Criticism Without Losing Control

22

The Reason Salespeople Lose On Price (Vendors vs. Advisors)

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Your Team Thinks You're the Problem ( and you don't know it!)

24

How Great Leaders Create Urgency Without Micromanaging

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The Real Reason People Give You Money

26

How to Beat a Bigger Competitor

27

How to Evaluate Your Life in 10 Minutes (Self-Assessment Tool)

28

How Great Salespeople Win Without Discounting

29

Why Salespeople Quit When Markets Get Tough (And Why Some Thrive)

30

The 4 H’s Behind The New England Patriots Cultural Turnaround

31

Why Good Companies Become Complacent (And How to Fix It)

32

Why Salespeople Get Ghosted (And How To Prevent It)

33

The Four Personality Styles That Determine Every Sale

34

Why Most People Stay Broke: They're Too Cheap to Reinvest in Their Skills

35

How to Ask Difficult Questions Without Starting an Argument

36

21 Lessons From Warren Buffet's Retirement Letter

37

Abundance vs. Scarcity: Why You Benefit More From Sharing Than Hoarding Your Best Ideas And Secrets

38

"If You Lie Down With Dogs, You Wake Up With Fleas" - Lessons From The NBA's Latest Gambling Scandal

39

Zig When Everyone Zags: How to Stand Out in a Copy-Paste World.

40

Why Can’t We Recognize The Good Old Days Until They’re Gone? How To Step Off The Hedonic Treadmill

41

Why Are We So Polarized? Charlie Kirk, Cancel Culture & The Case For Nuance And Critical Thinking

42

Buy the Culture, Not the Star: Why splashy hires fail without structure, in sports and business.

43

Our next big real estate deal? We dissect an untapped investment opportunity in Richmond

44

Are You Drowning in Distractions? How To Stay Focused Amidst The Noise

45

Cracker Barrel's Identity Crisis: The Logo Change That Broke The Internet

46

Can You Fire Someone For Flatulence? (Plus Our Thoughts On American Eagle's Ad Campaign)

47

Are We Really The Average Of The Five People We Spend The Most Time With?

48

What Really Drives You? Finding The Sweet Spot Between Passion and Paycheck

49

Will A.I. Kill The Role Of The Middle Manager?

50

How To Say No Like A Pro (Without Being Offensive)

51

How To Find And Keep Your Perfect Mentor

52

What Big Businesses Can Learn From Startups: A Lesson From "Banana Ball"

53

Why Interest Rates Won't Save The Real Estate Market This Time

54

The Motley Crue Mindset: Why You Should Lean Into Your Darkest Moments

55

Our Final Weekend With Warren Buffett In Omaha

56

5 Career-Killing Mistakes of Shedeur Sanders: How You Can Avoid Overplaying Your Hand

57

How We Landed Shaq For A Celebrity Endorsement

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Why do people do the opposite when given advice? The psychology of reactance

59

The Ben Franklin Effect: How to win anyone over (even your biggest enemies)

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How far will real estate prices fall in this recession?

61

Trump's Tariff Play: Genius Move or Reckless Mistake?

62

What is a Mastermind and why should you join one?

63

Is this the end of working from home? Jamie Dimon's rant explained

64

Why do we get bored so easily at work? (and what to do about it)

65

How to change your manager's mind

66

How Did Burnout Become Normal? (And How To Push Back)

67

How to Stop Procrastinating by Using the “Seinfeld Strategy”

68

How to raise $2.5M in private capital

69

Why is it so hard to start again after taking a break?

70

How to shortcut a turnaround like Coach Deion Sanders

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Inside our epic boys trip to Omaha to see Warren Buffett at the 2023 Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting

72

Should participation trophies be banned?

73

Are You Too “Busy” To Be Productive?

74

Our advice to the marketing team at Bud Light

75

How Do You Know When It Is Time To Fire Someone?

76

The Ostrich Effect: Do You Suffer From FOFO?

77

The GROVER Method: How To Connect With Anyone In 5 Minutes

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Welcome to the next banking crisis (same as the old one?)

79

Debating the greatest party anthems of all-time (March Madness edition)

80

How to overcome 16 of the most common sales objections (March Madness edition!)

81

Is your career stagnating because you fear failure?

82

Could you handle the pressure of a $13 Million contract?

83

How Chick-fil-A scales good DNA

84

Is it time to be fearful or greedy?

85

When does it make sense to pass on a massive pay increase?

86

Why Frank spent $18,000 on a Tony Robbins event

87

Should You Narrow Your Focus Or Spread Your Bets?

88

Do You Suffer From Negativity Bias?

89

How To Follow Up After An Interview

90

Are we at risk of another debt crisis?

91

Why Do People Cheat?

92

How We Raised $2,800,000 In A Terrible Market

93

When will we hit bottom?

94

News or Noise: "Winter is coming"

95

10 Steps You Should Take Before A Recession

96

How To Build A One-Of-A-Kind Trading Card Collection (On A Steelworker's Salary)

97

How To Answer Five Common Interview Questions (Part 2)

98

News Vs. Noise: October

99

Is It Better To Be Lucky Or Good?

100

Will It Hurt Your Career To Work From Home?

101

What Is "Quiet Quitting" And Who Does It Serve?

102

How To Respond To A Competitive Threat

103

Career Lessons From Legendary Announcer Vin Scully

104

Can You Run Your Career Like Your Fantasy Football Team? (Repost)

105

Alan Drazen - The Inventor Of The Choco Taco

106

Why Anxiety Is Good For You (Even Though It Feels Bad)

107

Is It Motivating Or Demotivating To Learn Others' Salaries?

108

How To Position Yourself For The Next Promotion

109

Business Lessons From The Watergate Scandal

110

Do You Work For A Micromanager?

111

Is Real Estate Next To Crash?

112

Are You A Multiplier Or A Diminisher?

113

Are You Ready For This Recession?

114

Steve Trang - Building A Seven-Figure Training Business

115

Zack Bubb - Finding Your Stride As A First-Time Manager

116

Five Warren Buffett Quotes To Help You Navigate Today's Economy

117

What Keeps Small Business Owners Up At Night

118

12 Terrible Money Mistakes

119

The Top 10 Hiring Mistakes

120

Before You Make That Big Decision

121

How To Stop Procrastinating (Repost)

122

The Gambler's Fallacy

123

Alastair MacDonald - Investing In Times Of Uncertainty

124

How To Profit From Inflation

125

How To Create A New Professional Identity

126

How To Profit From The "Gig Economy"

127

How To Maximize The Value Of A Real Estate Investment

128

How Do I Manage My Former Peers After Being Promoted?

129

Can Managers Have A Bad Day?

130

Surviving A Covid Christmas In Mexico

131

Should Top Performers Get "Star Treatment?"

132

"How Do I Transition From A Technical To A Sales Role?"

133

The Myth Of "Quitters Never Win"

134

Red Flags To look For When Interviewing For A Job

135

How To Build A Real Estate Business

136

Lessons Learned From Our First Year Of Podcasting

137

The Star Wars Office Draft

138

How Do I Deal With A Chronic Interrupter?

139

Meeting With GaryVee - Part 2

140

Meeting With GaryVee - Part 1

141

Are We Living In A Bubble Market?

142

Are You A Name-Dropper?

143

What Does "Gaslighting" Mean?

144

Is Conversational Style Holding Back Your Career?

145

Perfectly Acceptable Reasons To Lie At Work

146

Ten Reasons Your Presentation Sucks

147

Why Is It So Hard To Change A Losing Culture?

148

Why You Should Create A "Stop Doing List"

149

Do You Want To Stick It To Your Former Employer?

150

Five Questions To Ask Yourself When You Are Stuck

151

How To Answer Five Of The Most Common Job Interview Questions

152

The Art Of War With Special Guests David Neal And Jonathan Clark From The Eighth Mile Consulting

153

"The Peter Principle" - Have You Hit Your Ceiling?

154

How To Use Industrial Property To Replace Your Salary

155

Is Loyalty Hurting Your Career?

156

Why Your Customer Service Sucks (And What You Can Do About It)

157

Ten Things That Irritate Your Manager

158

Ian's Meeting With Shaquille O'Neal - Part 2

159

Ian's Meeting With Shaquille O'Neal - Part 1

160

Raising $4,000,000 in 60 Days

161

Our Top 5 Favorite "Sales Movies"

162

Is Radical Candor Effective?

163

How To Change Anyone's Mind

164

Jeff Paxson - From College Dropout To Indiana's #1 Realtor

165

A Message To Garcia

166

The Limelight Effect

167

Is Humor A Business Skill?

168

Business Lessons From The NFL Draft

169

The Peak-End Theory

170

Do You Experience Life With A Sense Of Urgency?

171

Do You Maximize Or Satisfice?

172

How Stepping Back (Or Even Down) Can Be Good For Your Career

173

Anatomy Of A $10M Deal (Part 2)

174

Anatomy Of A $10M Deal (Part 1)

175

Yoni Katz - Business Lessons From A 12-Year-Old Hustler

176

"The Everything Store - Jeff Bezos And The Age Of Amazon" - Part 2

177

"The Everything Store - Jeff Bezos And The Age of Amazon" - Part 1

178

"The 10,000-Hour Rule"

179

Dangerous Career Advice

180

Better Career Inspiration: Hip Hop or Country? Frank and Ian Settle a Score

181

Is Ego Really The Enemy?

182

The Ramifications Of Putting Results Ahead Of Culture

183

Business Lessons From "The Godfather" (Part 3 of 3)

184

Business Lessons From "The Godfather" (Part 2 of 3)

185

"This time it's different!" | Making sense of the GameStop stock market madness

186

Business Lessons From "The Godfather" (Part 1 of 3)

187

"Is It Time To Leave My Job?"

188

Is Tough Coaching Still Effective?

189

Working With Bad Apples

190

What Warren Buffett Taught Us About Business

191

How To Overcome Career Regrets And Move On

192

Changing Your Life Through Small Habits

193

Advice That Changed The Course Of Our Careers

194

How To Ask Your Manager For A Pay Raise

195

If Businesses Were Run Like Fantasy Football Teams

196

Hiring Mistakes We Made As New Managers

197

The Advice Frank Would Give Himself In 2010

198

Why am I procrastinating?

199

Things Managers Don’t Say Often Enough

200

Are You Self-Handicapping?