#2 Barry O'Reilly: Unlearning and creating culture change

Make Things That Matter

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Show notes

  • Barry moving to America and the "American Dream" [0:06:11]
  • Experimentation as a lifestyle -- the kitchen table talk [0:13:14]
  • Navigating uncertainty [0:15:09]
  • Modeling behaviors [0:22:25]
  • Barry's hack to get new perspectives on problems you don't know how to solve [0:24:12]
  • Stumbling blocks in unlearning [0:26:36]
  • Bill Gates, Warren Buffett, and "time to think" [0:31:07]
  • Barry's personal reflection practices [0:33:11]
  • "We're trained for more" [0:35:19]
  • How do I know I need to unlearn? [0:45:27]
  • Hotseat: Barry puts Andrew through unlearning exercise on the spot [0:48:11]
  • Andrew's embarrassing insight [0:54:50]
  • The #1 obstacle to being a learner [1:00:04]
  • "Steve always got it right" [1:02:24]
  • How to make being wrong, feel good [1:04:09]
  • Debunking the 10,000 hour rule [1:07:49]
  • The levels of deliberate practice [1:08:24]
  • Applying deliberate practice to day-to-day life [1:15:12]
  • Building systems & countermeasures around yourself to be successful [1:18:42]
  • The origin of the Enliven podcast [1:22:44]
  • How to start a cultural transformation [1:26:37]
  • Barry's #1 hack for meetings [1:33:01]

People, companies, books, etc mentioned

  • People
    • Carol Dweck
    • Angela Duckworth
    • Cal Newport
    • Andy Grove & OKRs
    • Tom Bilyeu
    • K. Anders Ericsson
    • Gibson Biddle (listen to Gib's episode on Barry's Unlearn podcast)
    • Dr Ed Hoffman at NASA
  • Books & Podcasts
    • Barry's books
      • Unlearn
      • Unlearn podcast
      • Lean Enterprise
    • Mindset
    • Grit
    • So Good They Can't Ignore You
    • Deep Work
    • Digital Minimalism
    • Impact Theory
    • Peak: The New Science of Expertise
    • Mastery, by George Leonard
    • The E-Myth
  • Other
    • McKinsey & the obligation to dissent
    • Deliberate practice
    • Agile

Quotes

  • "If something important comes up, I'll put it on my calendar. But I'm going to make time for thinking."
  • making two or three bets and exploring them well is better than making one hundred bets and half-assing them"
  • "I've been right

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