Finding Peak w/ Ryan Hanley

Ryan Hanley

Where unreasonable people sit down to discuss their Easy Mode, that thing they do that looks like cheating to everyone else...

  1. High Agency is the Game (and Most People Aren't Playing)

    21 May

    High Agency is the Game (and Most People Aren't Playing)

    I help founders & executives generating more than $10M in revenue find their Easy Mode. Start here: https://ryanhanley.com/subscribe Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtube.com/ryanmhanley I was 17 years old. Kitchen table my mom bought at a garage sale. I hand-wrote 17 letters to college baseball coaches with a message no teenager should have the nerve to send: my family is broke, whoever gives me the most money, that's where I'm going. George Mack calls what happened at that table high agency. Three wheels: clear thinking, bias to action, disagreeability. This episode breaks down why high agency is not a trait you're born with. It's a state you access. And the fastest path to that state is what I call Easy Mode. I also make the argument that most people are using AI backwards. They're speeding up hard mode. That's the low agency move. The real play is building an AI layer that protects your zone of genius so you can operate at full high agency by default. Ryan Hanley is the host of Finding Peak, author of the forthcoming book Easy Mode, and founder of the PEAK coaching framework for founders and executives generating $10M+ in revenue. If this episode connected with you, share it with someone who needs to hear it. That's the best way to support this work. Follow Ryan: Website: https://ryanhanley.com Instagram: https://instagram.com/ryan_hanley This is the way. Hanley. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

    16 min
  2. The Danger of Outsourcing Your Thinking to AI | Ryan Hawk

    21 May

    The Danger of Outsourcing Your Thinking to AI | Ryan Hawk

    I help founders & executives generating more than $10M in revenue find their Easy Mode. Start here: https://ryanhanley.com/subscribe Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtube.com/ryanmhanley --- We are facing an epidemic of intellectual laziness. Leaders are handing over their creative output to machines. They are letting their problem-solving muscles atrophy. This is a massive mistake. Ryan Hawk joins me to break down the real cost of outsourcing your thinking. We dig into why curiosity is the ultimate competitive advantage. We cover the brutal truth about excuses and how they soften your character. We get into why being coachable is the single most intoxicating trait a leader can possess. If you want to build long-term success, you cannot be closed off to feedback. You need truth tellers in your corner. You need to pay the price of becoming. Ryan Hawk is the host of The Learning Leader Show and author of The Price of Becoming. He has interviewed hundreds of the world's most brilliant minds on leadership and high performance. He is one of the sharpest thinkers I have had on this show. Subscribe to his Mindful Mondays newsletter at learningleader.com. Connect with Ryan Hawk:Website: https://learningleader.com/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryanhawk12/Book: The Price of Becoming: https://amzn.to/4fz6nYt Follow Ryan Hanley:Website: https://ryanhanley.comInstagram: https://instagram.com/ryan_hanleyX: https://x.com/ryanhanley_com This is the way. Hanley. This show is part of the Unplugged Studios Network — the infrastructure layer for serious creators. 👉 Learn more at https://unpluggedstudios.fm. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

    58 min
  3. The Agility Quotient: Why IQ and EQ Are No Longer Enough

    15 May

    The Agility Quotient: Why IQ and EQ Are No Longer Enough

    I help founders & executives generating more than $10M in revenue find their Easy Mode. Start here: https://ryanhanley.com/subscribe Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtube.com/ryanmhanley What got you here will not get you there. The world is moving faster than any of us expected. Jobs are disappearing overnight. Industries are getting rebuilt from scratch. And the people who are winning are not the ones with the highest IQ or the most emotional intelligence. They are the ones who can handle change, disappointment, and uncertainty without losing their footing. That is AQ. Your Agility Quotient. In this episode, we break down why hustle culture is a lie. We explore the difference between taste and pastiche in an AI-driven world. We dig into the four archetypes of agility and how to figure out which one you are. We talk about the end of history illusion and why your past success might be the biggest threat to your future growth. This one is a gut check. Take notes. Liz Tran coaches the CEOs and founders of the fastest-growing companies on the planet. Her clients have raised more than $1 billion in funding from firms like A16Z, Sequoia, and Y Combinator. She spent a decade in tech, including four years as the only female executive at one of the largest venture funds in the world. She is the author of "The Karma of Success" and "AQ: A New Kind of Intelligence for a World That's Always Changing" (Penguin Random House, 2026 ). Take the AQ Quiz: https://aqquiz.com/ Connect with Liz Tran:Website: https://liz-tran.com/AQ (Book ): https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/786825/aq-by-liz-tran/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/liztranwrites/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/liztran1/ Follow Ryan:Website: https://ryanhanley.comInstagram: https://instagram.com/ryan_hanley This show is part of the Unplugged Studios Network — the infrastructure layer for serious creators. 👉 Learn more at https://unpluggedstudios.fm. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

    51 min
  4. The Billionaire Case for Small Bets

    11 May

    The Billionaire Case for Small Bets

    I help founders & executives generating more than $10M in revenue find their Easy Mode. Start here: https://ryanhanley.com/subscribe Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtube.com/ryanmhanley --- You’ve been lied to. Open up any business podcast and you’ll hear the same tired advice: Burn the boats. Swing for the fences. Bet it all on a moonshot. According to Sir Richard Harpin, that’s a fantastic way to bankrupt your company. In 1993, Richard took £50,000 and started a home emergency repair business called HomeServe. Thirty years later, he sold it to Brookfield Asset Management for £4.1 billion. He didn’t do it by being a cowboy. He did it through ruthless discipline, small bets, and a willingness to admit when he was the bottleneck in his own company. In this episode, Richard breaks down his exact 9-step playbook: why you should copy your competitors, how to buy a "boring" business with vendor finance, the 15% rule for global expansion, and why hiring your replacement is the ultimate Easy Mode. If you want to build a massive business without the ego, this episode is your blueprint. This is the way. — Ryan Hanley Connect with Sir Richard BookBook — How to Make a Billion in 9 Steps: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/how-to-make-a-billion-in-nine-steps-richard-harpin/1147872744?ean=9780349445403Website: https://www.richardharpin.com/Business Leader: https://businessleader.co.uk/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rharpin/ This show is part of the Unplugged Studios Network — the infrastructure layer for serious creators. 👉 Learn more at https://unpluggedstudios.fm. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

    51 min
  5. Ex-MIT Negotiator: The 1 Conversation Costing You Millions

    7 May

    Ex-MIT Negotiator: The 1 Conversation Costing You Millions

    I help founders & executives generating more than $10M in revenue find their Easy Mode. Start here: https://ryanhanley.com/subscribe Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtube.com/ryanmhanley You’ve been doing it wrong. You think negotiation is a battle across a boardroom table. You think it’s about being the loudest, the hardest, the one who refuses to budge. Here is the truth: The most expensive negotiation you will ever lose is the one happening inside your own head before you even open your mouth. Today on Finding Peak, I sit down with Attia Qureshi—former MIT faculty, U.S. State Department consultant, and author of Never Settle. We break down why your "hard shell" is actually costing you money, power, and relationships. We cover: Why 40% of men under 30 have never asked a woman out in person (and what it means for the future of business).The "Lemonade Strategy" that turned a hostile neighbor into a massive real estate asset.How to stop negotiating with yourself and adopt the Mamba Mentality.The exact script to guess someone's hidden motives without setting off a landmine. If you are tired of leaving money on the table and walking away from conversations wishing you had asked for more, this episode is your playbook. Grab Attia's new book Never Settle: https://amzn.to/3P8YAWsGet her free Emotion Wheel tool: https://www.attiaqureshi.com/archetypequiz This is the way. Hanley This show is part of the Unplugged Studios Network — the infrastructure layer for serious creators. 👉 Learn more at https://unpluggedstudios.fm. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

    59 min
  6. Self-Made Multi-Millionaire Trader: The Game Is Rigged. Play It Anyway and Win.

    5 May

    Self-Made Multi-Millionaire Trader: The Game Is Rigged. Play It Anyway and Win.

    I help founders & executives generating more than $10M in revenue find their Easy Mode. Start here: https://ryanhanley.com/subscribe Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtube.com/ryanmhanley The game is rigged. You've heard it your whole life. Wall Street has the data. The little guy can't win. The system is built for the rich to get richer. All of it is true. None of it matters. Because you can't run in the Victim Olympics and take home a gold medal in wealth. The two activities cancel each other out. In this episode of Finding Peak, I sit down with Chris Sain — self-made multi-millionaire trader, retired at 35, bestselling author, and the leader of one of the largest financial communities in the country. Chris is the millionaire next door. He wears a hat. He drives a used car. He talks plain. And he's spent the last decade teaching everyday people how to actually win in a market designed to shake them out. Inside this conversation: Why your friends might be the single biggest tax on your wealthThe "trick, trap, and frustrate" pattern Wall Street uses on retail investors — and how to spot itWhy you should invest in leaders, not logos (and the two CEOs Chris is betting on right now)The psychology of holding when everyone around you is panic-sellingHow Chris built an empire of 1M+ followers by showing up 7 days a week — wins and lossesIf you're a leader, founder, or operator who's tired of the victim narrative and ready to actually build, this is your playbook. Play it anyway. And win. This is the way. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ CONNECT WITH CHRIS SAIN Website: https://chrissain.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ChrisSain1 ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ CONNECT WITH RYAN HANLEY Substack: https://ryanhanley.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@RyanMHanley X: https://x.com/RyanHanley_Com ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ This show is part of the Unplugged Studios Network — the infrastructure layer for serious creators. 👉 Learn more at https://unpluggedstudios.fm. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

    1hr 4min

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