The High Perfomance Life Scott Danner

Today marks the 1 year anniversary of The High Performance LIFE podcast!

I wanted to take the time to share 15 of my favorite takeaways from my first 56 episodes!

I also want to thank everyone for their support thus far, and I hope that our new and upcoming episodes will continue to serve you well!

Enjoy!

In this week’s episode, I am joined by Amanda Goodall!
Based on her experience working with two university leaders, Amanda started a PhD at Warwick Business School in 2004. Her research was published into a monograph by Princeton University Press – Socrates in the Boardroom: Why Research Universities Should be Led by Top Scholars. 
She has been an ESRC post-doctoral fellow, a Leverhulme fellow, and worked in Germany for two years as a senior researcher at IZA Institute of Labor Economics in Bonn. She has held visiting research positions at Cornell University, University of Zurich, and Yale University.
Amanda is married to economist Andrew Oswald and together they live between London and South Wales, in beautiful Pembrokeshire.
She is a committed environmentalist, an ambassador for ‘Save Wild Tigers’, and a founder, with Jacki Sime, of the Pembrokeshire Seal Research Trust to be established in 2022.

Key Points:
• Debunking one-size-fits-all leadership
• Data-driven insights vs. anecdotal lore
• Younger generation's workplace expectations
• Power of proximity for leadership efficacy
• Inter-generational dialogue & learning
 
Best Quotes:
05:43 - 05:52
• "Your boss matters to your job satisfaction, which matters more to your productivity than anything else. Double the amount that of your pay."
09:07 - 09:14
• "But what they don't realize is that that's actually really harming their career. And there is evidence to show that it is really harming their career."
23:49 - 23:56
• "It's not to say that I'm closed down to outside. 'cause a lot of people say to me, oh, you know, how can an insider know what's going outside on outside?"
38:35 - 38:42
• "When everything's a task, there's no emotion attached to it. And then everybody feels like they're just working for nothing."
43:40 - 43:44
• "So it's like not surprising that they haven't got those skills, but we are giving them those skills."



For more about Amanda: https://amandagoodall.com/

Is the education system truly preparing our youth for the future?

I recently had Matt Beaudreau on the podcast, and that conversation got me thinking...

What skills do we need to instill in today's youth to prepare them for the rest of their life?

The school system teaches them how to get a grade on a paper or test, but when it comes to "real life" it doesn't teach them how to excel.

Here are my thoughts, enjoy!

In this week’s episode, I am joined by Matt Beaudreau!
As a Keynote Speaker, Consultant, and Coach to organizations around the world, Matt’s clients have ranged from Wells Fargo, Honeywell, and Lockheed Martin to American Eagle, Cedars-Sinai and the United States Air Force. 
He is a two-time featured TEDx speaker and was named Corporate Trainer of the Year at Stanford University, having spoken to over 250,000 people across the world.
In 2017, Matt Beaudreau Founded Acton Academy Placer Schools; schools that utilize the Socratic method, with an emphasis on self-direction and cultivating confident, independent young people with a strong sense of character and personal responsibility.
Matt then co founded Apogee Strong with Tim Kennedy, a mentorship program designed for young men from 12 to 22 to take on challenges presented by men who have come before them, in order to learn to lead. This has blossomed into a mission to bring back classic masculinity in the home, and 2023 will be the launch of the Apogee Strong Dads Program, as well. 
Matt is also the founder of the Apogee Strong Foundation that provides scholarships for
school, experience, and leadership opportunities for young men around the world.
Key Points
• Curiosity: Born trait or taught away?
• Apogee Strong: Raising tomorrow's leaders.
• Life skills over grades: a real-world application.
• Socio-educational shifts post-COVID.
• Meta skills: tools for lifelong relevance.
Best Quotes
01:46 - 01:49
• "I don't think curiosity is just important for young people. I think it's important for people."
03:00 - 03:08
• "I never support a system that was intentionally designed to strip that curiosity out to make people apathetic."
05:06 - 05:21
• "It's not repeating school, it's around education. It's an educational experience, educational opportunities that allows them to build their own background, their brand, their identity, their, you know, experiences."
10:38 - 10:43
• "And it doesn't, it's not a predictor of what you're gonna do in life. That's a problem. We should use those years wisely.
16:18 - 16:22
• "What are the meta skills? What are the things that are always gonna matter no matter what, right?"
For more about the Apogee programs: https://apogeestrong.com/


 

This week, I am joined by Rusty Shelton!
Rusty first spoke at Harvard on the changing world of marketing and PR at the age of 23.
He is a bestselling author, dynamic keynote speaker and successful entrepreneur who has focused his career on helping leaders build thought leadership focused on impact, not ego, writing three acclaimed books and speaking around the world to a variety of audiences, from YPO to SXSW Interactive to Forbes.
He is Chairman of Zilker Media, an award-winning agency based in Austin, TX that builds people-driven brands and Senior Marketing Strategist at Forbes Books.

Rusty’s keynotes blend humor and targeted examples to challenge assumptions about personal branding, showing audiences how to build authentic thought leadership focused on impact, not ego. He’s known for a mix of story-telling, candor and practical, put-it-into- action-next-week guidance – showing leaders how to make an impact and build trust in an increasingly skeptical world – and have a lot of fun along the way.
He has shared the stage with Steve Forbes and Alan Mulally, spoken for YPO, EO, SXSW Interactive, the University of Texas, numerous Fortune 1000 companies and served on the faculty at more than 20 Harvard Medical School CME courses.

Key Points
• Building trust in today's skeptical world
• The 'Authority Advantage' unveiled
• Impact over ego in thought leadership
• Crafting your message to build trust
• Sharing personal stories for connection
 Best Quotes
02:09 - 02:17
• "But what I've found is that for many of those servant leaders, when I would encourage them, Hey, there's a lot of people that could benefit from your message."
03:12 - 03:20
• "You could take these ideas that you're sharing behind the scenes. You could do it at scale and in the process make a bigger impact."
05:37 - 05:48
• "So whether you like it or not, the first impression they're getting is, is online. And so my encouragement for your audience, like, all right, if it's happening, whether you like it or not, number one, don't you wanna own that first impression?"
07:33 - 07:43
• "I really believe that everything in life, from business to to just family, to anything that we do is about building quality relationships."


For more about Rusty visit: https://rustyshelton.com/

 
 

In this week’s episode, I am joined by Dr. Karyn Gordon!
Dr. Karyn Gordon is the Wall Street Journal bestselling author of The Three Chairs: How Great Leaders Drive Communication, Performance, and Engagement.
In addition, she is a leadership and relationship expert; professional counselor; the CEO of DK Leadership, a global leadership coaching company; and a TV personality for Cityline.
Her popular TED Talk ranked Mid Year Top #40 Most Popular TEDx Talks 2022 and she was nominated for the RBC Canadian Women Entrepreneur Award 2022.
Dr. Karyn has given over 1000 keynotes to more than half a million people in 17 countries, including Fortune 500 companies, professionals, parents, and hundreds of school boards
across North America.
She was invited to collaborate with professors from The Wharton School to develop an EQ curriculum for family businesses and The Consul General of Canada in New York hosted a private reception honoring her work for organizations and families.
Dr. Karyn has a Doctorate in Marriage & Family with additional certifications in leadership, Emotional Intelligence and career direction. She has served as the media spokesperson
for Maple Leaf Foods, Microsoft, eHarmony and UNICEF.
Dr. Karyn is a professional counselor for 25 years, an executive coach, and she is also a media personality who has consulted for Good Morning America, Forbes, Inc, The New York Times and Cityline.

Key Points
• The 'Three Chairs' concept explained
• CARDS: 5 skills for confidence
• Confidence impacts decisions
• Visual tools for learning
• Goal setting boosts growth
Best Quotes
09:30 - 09:42
• "So the first step is to understanding the chairs, then the mindset. The second is understanding the impact. And the third step is then how we get ourselves all in the middle chair. Because this is learned. It is not genetic, which is why I love this topic so much."
10:18 - 10:31
• "But we really wanna spend as much time as we can in that middle chair and that confident, comfortable chair where we're not afraid of feedback, we're not afraid of people helping us be better. We're learning and growing every day."
11:19 - 11:27
• "So a lot of us, we don't even realize, why am I making this decision? We're not gonna realize, but deep underneath it all is our mindset."
12:00 - 12:12
• "A lot of times when I coach and teach this, whether or not it's with c-suites or managers or parents or teenagers, people will say, okay, when I'm at school, I'm sitting here. When I get home, I sit here."
12:44 - 12:51
• "It's a great leadership framework because it, you, it impacts who you hire, who you fire, who you, you know, who you promote."