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A few years ago I was a broke, university dropout, at 18 I built an industry leading social media marketing company, and at 27 I resigned as CEO. At 28 I co-founded Flight Story – a marketing and communications company, and thirdweb - a software platform, making it easy to build web3 applications. I then launched private equity fund, Flight Fund, to accelerate the next generation of European unicorns. During this time I decided to launch 'The Diary Of A CEO' podcast with the simple mission of providing an unfiltered journey into the remarkable stories and untold dimensions of the world’s most influential people, experts and thinkers. Thank you for listening.
My New Book: https://g2ul0.app.link/DOAC
IG: https://www.instagram.com/steven
LI: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stevenbartlett-123

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett The Diary Of A CEO

    • Business
    • 4.6 • 8.8K Ratings

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A few years ago I was a broke, university dropout, at 18 I built an industry leading social media marketing company, and at 27 I resigned as CEO. At 28 I co-founded Flight Story – a marketing and communications company, and thirdweb - a software platform, making it easy to build web3 applications. I then launched private equity fund, Flight Fund, to accelerate the next generation of European unicorns. During this time I decided to launch 'The Diary Of A CEO' podcast with the simple mission of providing an unfiltered journey into the remarkable stories and untold dimensions of the world’s most influential people, experts and thinkers. Thank you for listening.
My New Book: https://g2ul0.app.link/DOAC
IG: https://www.instagram.com/steven
LI: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stevenbartlett-123

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    The Manipulation Expert: "You're Being Manipulated!", "Use Jealousy To Manipulate People!" & "How To Know If Someone Hates You!"

    The Manipulation Expert: "You're Being Manipulated!", "Use Jealousy To Manipulate People!" & "How To Know If Someone Hates You!"

    Understanding the laws human nature is one of the most crucial skills in life, so why do so few of us take the time to learn them?
    Robert Greene is a New York Times bestselling author, whose books include, ‘The 48 Laws of Power’, ’The Art of Seduction’, and ’The 33 Strategies of War’.
    In this conversation Robert and Steven discuss topics such as, how to avoid a midlife crisis, ways to eliminate self-doubt, how to use body language to get what you want, and the dark truth about human psychology.

    (2:00) Why did you write a book about human nature?
    (3:59) How do we reverse a lack of self-awareness?
    (6:26) How to get rid of qualities we don’t like about ourselves
    (11:20) Where does our dark side come from?
    (14:54) How to pursue that thing you’ve always wanted to do
    (27:19) The unseen importance of creating a sense of urgency
    (29:12) How to know if you’re following a false purpose
    (35:42) Should a young person just be saying yes to everything?
    (39:39) How to manage other people that get in the way of what we want to do
    (42:31) Do we have to lie to be successful?
    (51:16) How to read someone's body language
    (53:57) A smile says loads about how someone feels about you
    (56:16) People's personalities are contagious
    (56:43) Frenemies, what they mean and how to spot one
    (1:06:07) What's the most controversial point from your book?
    (1:08:50) Does equality exist when we all strive for power?
    (1:11:54) Becoming the best, what it really means
    (1:17:36) Is death a motivator for you?
    (1:24:14) The importance of relationships
    (1:26:26) How to deal with dark thoughts
    (1:28:34) Advice for people going through self-doubt & hard moments
    (1:32:42) Why did you write this book, The Sublime?
    (1:37:08) What would be your parting message to the world?
    (1:42:59) How can we rise above our emotional reactions?
    (1:44:40) How has your research influenced how you view politics?
    (1:52:03) The last guest's question

    You can purchase the special 25th anniversary edition Robert’s book, ‘The 48 Laws of Power’, here: https://amzn.to/3TA1NOm

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    Watch the episodes on Youtube - https://g2ul0.app.link/3kxINCANKsb

    My new book! 'The 33 Laws Of Business & Life' is out now - https://smarturl.it/DOACbook

    Follow me:
    https://beacons.ai/diaryofaceo

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    • 2 hrs 2 min
    Moment 153: Happiness Engineer Explains The Exact Formula For Happiness: Mo Gowdat

    Moment 153: Happiness Engineer Explains The Exact Formula For Happiness: Mo Gowdat

    In this moment, former chief business officer for Google X and bestselling author, Mo Gawdat, discusses the happiness equation. According to Mo, we don’t realise that happiness is actually very predictable, so much so that it can actually be put into a mathematical equation. Mo says the formula for happiness is: your perception of the events of your life minus your expectations of how life should be. This means, that it’s not specific events that cause happiness, but it is the comparison between the event and the expectation you have in your mind of how your life should be going. As a result happiness is all about perception, which means you have the ability to control your happiness and it becomes a choice that you decide.

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    • 22 min
    The Calories Expert: "Health Experts Are Wrong About Calories!" "The Surprising Benefits Of Diet Coke!" & "The Link Between Obesity & Past Abuse!"

    The Calories Expert: "Health Experts Are Wrong About Calories!" "The Surprising Benefits Of Diet Coke!" & "The Link Between Obesity & Past Abuse!"

    CrossFit vs. marathon running? Yoga vs. pilates? Does the fitness world always have to be a battleground, or is there a middle ground that everyone can agree on?
    Dr. Layne Norton is a former powerlifting champion and professional bodybuilder. He is the founder of Biolayne LLC and the co-founder of Carbon Diet Coach.
    In this conversation Layne and Steven discuss topics such as, the truth about calories, sugar addiction, growing muscle three times faster, and why people can’t lose weight.

    (00:00) Intro
    (02:04) Making Fitness Accessible to Everyone
    (13:46) My Bullying Experiences Is My Driver to Help People
    (16:39) How to Overcome Our Food Addiction
    (14:39) Finding the Psychological Ways That Stop Us from Achieving What We Want
    (18:02) How to Build Motivation and Discipline
    (24:33) Setting Big Goals Stop You from Achieving Them
    (27:14) The Psychology of Taking Small Steps Really Work
    (29:23) What Takes for a Person to Decide to Lose Weight or Go to the Gym?
    (35:00) Calories In/Calories Out
    (37:53) Thermic Effect of Food
    (41:49) Metabolic Adaptation
    (44:02) Can You Lose Weight in Calorie Surplus?
    (52:58) Artificial Sweetness
    (59:49) Is Sugar Addictive?
    (01:06:07) Craving Sugar
    (01:08:02) How Sweeteners Affect Our Gut
    (01:09:16) What Supplements Do You Recommend?
    (01:14:25) Whey Protein
    (01:18:03) Caffeine
    (01:19:08) Intermittent Fasting
    (01:20:16) Does Fasting Help When You're Ill?
    (01:24:24) Can You Lose Belly Fat?
    (01:27:40) Is Exercise Useful for Weight Loss?
    (01:30:40) Exercising Helps Having a Balanced Diet
    (01:35:07) Keto Diet
    (01:39:21) Fat Loss and Fat Oxidation
    (01:41:55) The Importance of Failure in Success Rate
    (01:49:53) Ozempic
    (01:53:10) What Are the Downsides of These Drugs?
    (02:00:36) What Do You Think of the Fitness Industry?
    (02:08:05) Resistance Training
    (02:09:16) How to Grow Big Muscles
    (02:17:21) Last Guest Question


    Follow Layne:
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    Follow me:
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    Flight Fund:
    http://www.flight-fund-manager.seedrs.com

    Sponsors:
    Vodafone V-Hub: https://www.vodafone.co.uk/business/sme-business/Steven-Bartlett-Digital-SOS?cid=psoc-ent_li_ebu_/brnd/Stevenbartlett01/aws/11.23/SB
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    Studies mentioned in the episode:

    Obesity Risk for Female Victims of Childhood Sexual Abuse: A Prospective Study:
    https://www.researchgate.net/publication/6230287_Obesity_Risk_for_Female_Victims_of_Childhood_Sexual_Abuse_A_Prospective_Study

    Successful weight loss maintenance: A systematic review of weight control registries:
    https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32048787/

    Creatine for the Treatment of Depression:
    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6769464/ 

    Discrepancy between self-reported and actual caloric intake:
    https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1454084/

    Non-nutritive sweetened beverages versus water after a 52-week weight management programme: a randomised controlled trial:
    https://www.nature.com/articles/s41366-023-01393-3

    Short-term consumption of sucralose with, but not without, carbohydrate impairs neural and metabolic sensitivity to sugar in human:
    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7784207/

    A randomized controlled trial to isolate the effects of fasting and energy restriction on weight loss and metabolic health in lean adults:
    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7784207/

    Evidence for sugar addiction: Behavioral and neurochemical effects of intermittent, excessive sugar intake:
    https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0149763407000589

    The NutriNet-Santé Study
    https://classic.clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03335644

    Relation between caloric intake, body weight, and physical work: studies in an industrial male population in West Bengal:
    https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/13302165/

    GLP-1 Receptor Agonists and the Thyroid:
    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3

    • 2 hrs 32 min
    The Relationship Therapist: "This Statistically Is The Best Age To Get Married So You Don't Get A Divorce!", "Men Should Not Split The Bill", "80% Of Women Want Men Over 6ft When Only 15% Are 6ft!"

    The Relationship Therapist: "This Statistically Is The Best Age To Get Married So You Don't Get A Divorce!", "Men Should Not Split The Bill", "80% Of Women Want Men Over 6ft When Only 15% Are 6ft!"

    Relationships and romance aren't easy, but are you making it harder than it needs to be?

    Lori Gottlieb is a psychotherapist and a bestselling author, she is also the co-host of the ‘Dear Therapists’ podcast. Her New York Times bestselling books include, ‘Maybe You Should Talk to Someone’ and ‘Mr Good Enough’.

    In this conversation Lori and Steven discuss topics such as, why men should always pay for the date, the best age according to statistics to get married, what women really want in a man, and the simple trick to show what is missing in your relationship.

    (00:00) Intro
    (02:08) How to Live the Life You Want
    (05:06) Lack of Human Connections Leads to Relationship Pressure
    (06:21) Why the Majority Aren't Satisfied with Their Relationships
    (08:01) The Need to Be Understood
    (09:47) Why Men Struggle More Opening Up in the Relationship
    (16:34) Setting Unreal Expectations When Looking for a Partner
    (19:40) We're Too Picky on Dating Apps
    (24:57) High Expectations, Can They Be Lowered?
    (28:04) Gender Differences in Dating
    (33:44) The Type of People That Seek Bad Partners
    (35:11) How to Help Those People
    (36:49) Financial Differences in Dating
    (42:53) People Are Choosing Not to Have Kids and Get Married
    (49:02) What Happens When a Woman Earns More in the Relationship
    (51:08) The Big Debate on a First Date
    (56:35) Red Flags in First Dates
    (59:51) The Age You Marry Is Linked to Divorce Risk
    (01:03:32) You Need to Learn to Unknow Yourself
    (01:05:35) The Impact of Seeking Approval
    (01:12:20) When Your Friends Sabotage You When You Try to Change
    (01:20:46) Do Women Express More Emotion Than Men?
    (01:22:38) Do Our Dreams Have True Meanings?
    (01:25:08) The Safety of Self-Compassion
    (01:26:55) The Opposite of Depression Isn't Happiness
    (01:29:46) The Grief of Heartbreak and How to Recover
    (01:37:53) How to Help Someone Going Through Heartbreak
    (01:45:02) Last Guest Question

    You can find the link to the graph on age and divorce risk here: https://bit.ly/49KpKrM

    You can pre-order Lori’s book, ‘Maybe You Should Talk to Someone’, here: https://amzn.to/43aSMyq

    Follow Lori
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    Instagram - https://bit.ly/3PeOVup

    Watch the episodes on Youtube - https://g2ul0.app.link/3kxINCANKsb

    My new book! 'The 33 Laws Of Business & Life' is out now - https://smarturl.it/DOACbook

    Follow me:
    https://beacons.ai/diaryofaceo

    Sponsors:
    WHOOP: https://join.whoop.com/en-uk/CEO
    ZOE: http://joinzoe.com with an exclusive code CEO2024 for 10% off
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    • 1 hr 51 min
    Moment 152: The Top 4 Most Successful Stories From Women in Business!

    Moment 152: The Top 4 Most Successful Stories From Women in Business!

    This moment is a compilation of some of the most successful women to ever appear on The Diary Of A CEO, discussing the biggest hurdles that women have to overcome on the road to success.

    Karen Brady CBE, former managing director of Birmingham City F.C tells how on her first away game, it wasn’t believed that she could have a place in the boardroom and was mistaken for a player's wife or partner. Ever since, she has been driven to show the importance of true equality of treatment for people.

    Whitney Wolfe Herd, the founder of Bumble, says that one of the key reasons for Bumble’s success in a crowded dating app market was that it aimed at women and what they wanted, compared to all the other apps which ignored women to focus on male customers.

    Trinny Woodall, CEO of Trinny London, says that by starting a successful business in mid life, it proves that age is just a number and that energy alongside trusting yourself and your ideas is everything.

    Finally, Reshma Saujani, CEO of Girls Who Code, believes women have been sold the propaganda that they aren’t good or smart enough, and are left doubting their own abilities. Instead, she says that women have to say no and believe that they are deserving of success now.

    Listen to the full episodes here-
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    Whitney- https://g2ul0.app.link/r3nkxZv5LHb
    Trinny- https://g2ul0.app.link/irHxG1y5LHb
    Reshma- https://g2ul0.app.link/8EC3scH5LHb
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    Karen- https://www.instagram.com/karren_brady_official/
    Whitney- https://www.instagram.com/whitney/
    Trinny- https://www.instagram.com/trinnywoodall/
    Reshma- https://www.instagram.com/reshmasaujani/

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    • 17 min
    The Male Psychology Doctor: “There Is A Crisis Going On With Men!", “We’ve Produced Millions Of Lonely, Addicted Males!”, “The Ugly Truth About What’s Really Behind Toxic Masculinity”

    The Male Psychology Doctor: “There Is A Crisis Going On With Men!", “We’ve Produced Millions Of Lonely, Addicted Males!”, “The Ugly Truth About What’s Really Behind Toxic Masculinity”

    What can video game and porn addiction tell us about society’s mental health crisis?

    Dr Alok Kanojia is a psychiatrist and co-founder of the mental health coaching company 'Healthy Gamer', which aims to help with modern stressors, such as social media, video games, and online dating.

    In this conversation Dr Alok and Steven discuss topics such as, the male mental health crisis, how your phone is hijacking your brain, the link between trauma and toxic masculinity, and how social media is ruining your relationships.

    (00:00) Intro.
    (02:07) Achieve Whatever You Want.
    (02:39) External Success Won't Fix You Inside.
    (04:12) This Won't Lead To Happiness.
    (06:48) I Had A Gaming Addiction
    (08:43) How To Identify Real Needs From Desires?
    (12:08) What Sort Of People Have You Worked With?
    (12:48) What Does It Mean To Be A Man?
    (20:27) What Is The Remedy For Men’s Mental Health & Suicide Issues?
    (23:20) Men Get Upset Based On Their Insecurities.
    (25:45) Men Need Self-Expression.
    (26:43) What Are Your Thoughts On Andrew Tate?
    (30:31) How To Stop People From Following Toxic Masculinity?
    (33:24) Do Men Need More Positive Role Models?
    (35:22) Why Are Women's Suicide Rates Increasing?
    (37:34) The Role Of Social Media In Our Mental Health.
    (44:16) Should Yoga Be Taught At School?
    (47:07) What Is Meditation And The Biggest Misunderstanding?
    (50:08) The Important Impact Of Meditation On Our Lives?
    (51:29) What Stops People From Meditating?
    (55:29) How Does Meditation Help With Addiction?
    (58:23) Our Biggest Addiction Is Success.
    (01:03:32) Dissatisfaction Leads To Watching Pornography.
    (01:04:04) How To Help People With Addiction?
    (01:05:06) Does Addiction Create Shame?
    (01:06:43) Case Study: How Any Transformation Is Possible?
    (01:07:32) Having The First Conversation With An Addict.
    (01:09:04) Do We Need To Hit Rock Bottom To Realise How Bad It Is?
    (01:09:05) Don't Protect People; Let Them Accept Their Responsibilities.
    (01:13:06) Motivational Interviewing.
    (01:13:00) The 25% Rule To Achieve Your Goals.
    (01:22:20) The Last Guest Question

    You can pre-order Dr Alok’s book, ‘How to Raise a Healthy Gamer’, here: https://amzn.to/3V5jfLV

    Follow Dr Alok:
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    Follow me:
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    • 1 hr 34 min

Customer Reviews

4.6 out of 5
8.8K Ratings

8.8K Ratings

Ktp.. ,

Kirsten

This is the first podcast to ever make me cry. When Kirsten was talking about her mother, the vulnerability shown blew me away. What an incredible, intelligent, amazing woman. Inspired me on another level. Your interviewing skills and openness, your guests make me crave and love your podcast. I learn something new about life and about myself every time Thank you x

JennaHolloway ,

Used to be great

Previously, guests were informative and evidence-backed. Unfortunately, potentially due to exhausting potential ‘experts’, some real grifters have been given a platform to spout complete nonsense, this has made the podcast not only unreliable but actually irresponsible.

jmlpt ,

Think he’s a sell out really

He gets controversial guests on in order to get more clicks and listens. It’s a bit sad to see him sell out really

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