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8 Years of One Percent Better

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Episode 300: A Very Special Guest

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Lessons in Perfectionism, Growth, and the Value of Coaching

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The Surprising Power of Ratios: Simplifying Cooking & Life w/ Michael Ruhlman

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Unraveling the Secrets of Confidence with Brian Kight

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Start Unforgettable Conversations with The .5 Question Technique

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Leaving the Door Open for Impact: a Flip the Script Episode

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No Secret Dreams: Lessons on Relentless Perseverance from former Major League Baseball Player Ryan Lavarnway

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The Truth About Audience Size Once & For All

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The Art of Connection: Topaz Adizes Reveals 12 Questions for 1% Better Intimacy

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Girl Scout Cookies Conquered My Fear of Sales

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This Entire Idea is Bananas: Tyler Gillum | Manager of The Savannah Bananas

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Ask Questions Like a Journalist So You Don't Need Wayne Newton

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Don't Kill Your Sponsorship Dream: Justin Moore Shows Us How to Land Partnerships That Pay Real Money

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Overdeliverance: Experiences that Surpass Ridiculously High Expectations

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The Best Coach You've Never Heard Of: A Conversation w/ Jon VanderWal

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286 Episodes Later: Start Here

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Getting 1% Better at Mastering Change w/ Brad Stulberg

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Experience vs. Expertise

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Inside the Kansas City Chiefs Front Office with VP of Football Operations Brandt Tilis

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Every Conversation Counts: A Psychological Safety Deep Dive

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Winning With Character: Fred Claire 88 Years of Getting 1% Better

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A Conversation Killer: Diminishing Language

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Transform The World with the Power of Beautiful Questions

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Thoughts Entering Year 25 in the Classroom

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We are doing Icebreakers WRONG

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Derek Sivers Tells Us Secrets

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Damn Good Conversations are Built not Born: Zoe Chance asks me how

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Be Unreasonable When it Comes to Hospitality says Will Guidara

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Giving & Receiving Unreasonable Hospitality: A 𝘽𝒆𝙖𝒓 Story

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Building a Personal Brand Does Not Have to Be Weird: Adrienne Sheares on Pivoting, Branding, & Not Being for Everybody

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Where is the Line? 3 Questions About How to Best Educate Our Young People

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Two Polar Opposites on a Mission to Redefine What it Means to Sell

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The Magic of 'Just Before You're Ready'

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Matthew Dicks Says Nobody is Listening to You Unless You Do This

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The Word We All Get Wrong: Are We Humble Enough to Admit It?

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Michelle "Mace" Curran on Turning Trust & Vulnerability into 1% Better Career Accelerators

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Ask Dandelion Questions: Shame, Fear, Should Be Damned

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Nathan Parcells Helps Founders Avoid Multi-Million Dollar Breakups

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1% Better Lessons Learned in April 2023

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David C. Baker Reveals The Secrets of Elite Advisors

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How to Get More Than You Pay For

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Jamie Sears Left The Classroom to Save Herself & Empower Teachers

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What About When You Don't Want To Do The Work?

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Brett Kopf Doesn't Make a Move Before Interviewing a Customer

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Ep. 257: Consistency Before Optimization

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Cory Gregory: a Fitness Entrepreneur That Does Not Care What You Think About Him

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Ep. 255: Listener Q & A

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Kai Correa is Not The Major League Baseball Coach You Are Expecting

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Ep. 253: Twitter Roulette

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Bryan Eisenberg Is Returning to First Principles After All These Years

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Ep. 251: The Conversation Distillery II

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Dan Simons Cares More About Mental Health Than His 7 Restaurants

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Ep. 249: The 1 Habit That Separates Successful People

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Anthony Volpe is the Starting Shortstop of The New York Yankees at Age 22

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Ep. 247: 3 Reasons to Vary Your Response Lengths in Conversation

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Brian Levenson is Curious About Everything

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Ep. 245: Are We Too Hard on Ourselves or Too Easy?

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Troy Jones is Changing the Virtual Reality Sports Game

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Human Beings Suck at Predictions

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Ep. 242: Adventures in Pricing

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Annie Duke Wants Us to Quit Much More Often

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Ep. 240: The Role of a Coach

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Yanni Hufnagel is Ambitious Enough to Try & Change Water

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Ep. 238: Why Do You Still Do What You Do?

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Stephen Mackey Thinks America Needs a Locker Room

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Ep. 236: What Does it Mean to Get 1% Better?

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Dr. Gregory Scott Brown Wants Us To Have Damn Good Conversations About Mental Health

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Ep. 234: The 20 Mile Rule

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Kevin Wilson Asks me About 5 Years of One Percent Better

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Marc Champagne Says We Are 1 Question Away From a Whole New Life

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Ep. 231: 5 Myths of Damn Good Conversations

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Oscar Trimboli Wants to Create 100 Million Deep Listeners

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Ep. 229: How to Attack "What Questions Do You Have for Us?"

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Jude Charles Thinks Storytelling is The Most Powerful Leverage

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Ep. 227: The Danger of the 9-Word Question

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Stephen M.R. Covey Says Trust & Inspire Destroys Command and Control

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Zoe Chance Thinks Influence is Our Superpower

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Ep. 224: Host vs. Guest--Whose Responsibility is it Anyway?

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Amanda Natividad Makes Content Marketing Interesting & Helps Us Do The Same

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Ep. 222: The Damn Good Conversation Film Room

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Ep. 221: James Clear Revisited

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Ep. 220: The One Where Joe (y) Sings

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Mike Matthews Helps Us Build Muscle for Life

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Ep. 218: Reverse Mentor

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Mitch Albom is a Better Person Than He is a Writer & That's Saying Something

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Ep. 216: 1% Better Communication On & Off the Field

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Joan Ryan on 7 Elements That Make or Break Team Chemistry

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Ep. 214: Follow a North Star Not a GPS 2.0

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Jeff Brown & Jesse Wisnewski on How to Read 1% Better in 2023

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Ep. 212: What is Humility?

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Celeste Headlee on What She Has Learned from Thousands of Recorded Conversations

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Ep. 210: Leveraging Curiosity

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Ben Wilson Makes History Lectures Exciting

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Ep. 208: 2021 1% Better Year in Review

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Ross Simmonds Says We Create Too Much & Distribute too Little

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April Dunford: If It Isn't Obviously Awesome, It Needs Better Positioning

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Ep. 205: What Makes a Damn Good Conversation?

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Gair Maxwell on What Made The Mona Lisa a Legend

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Ep. 203: How Do We Create 1% Better Chemistry?