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#8 - Simon Sinek: Competition, Business and the Infinite Mindset

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  • Sep 13, 2023
  • #Business
Liv Boeree
@Liv_Boeree
(Host)
Simon Sinek
@SimonSinek
(Guest)
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In this week's Win-Win episode, I chat to legendary thinker and speaker Simon Sinek about the nature of competition in business, and in particular, the key ingredient of all endurin... Show More

In this week's Win-Win episode, I chat to legendary thinker and speaker Simon Sinek about the nature of competition in business, and in particular, the key ingredient of all enduring companies and leaders: The Infinite Mindset. We also explore the pros and cons of short-term goals, the power of enemies, Moloch Traps, how to be a better speaker, the need for optimism, and so much more. 

 

Chapters

00:00:00 - Intro

00:01:21 - What is the Infinite Game?

00:06:45 - Misaligned incentives

00:10:23 - Infinite Mindset in business

00:17:23 - Simon’s worthy rival

00:21:30 - Good and evil

00:24:24 - Why we need an enemy

00:27:08 - The Moloch trap

00:31:56 - Existential threats

00:38:01 - The priorities of business

00:44:10 - Ethical fading / People before profit

00:50:14 - Finding the businesses to support

00:51:50 - "Find your Why" test

00:56:18 - Public speaking

01:00:54 - Being an optimist

01:02:45 - Winning the infinite game

Simon's Biography:Simon is a visionary thinker, who is probably best known for his TED Talk on the concept of WHY, which has been viewed over 60 million times, and his video on millennials in the workplace which has gone on to be seen hundreds of millions of times. He continues to share inspiration through his bestselling books, including global bestseller Start with WHY and New York Times bestsellers Leaders Eat Last and The Infinite Game, as well as his podcast, A Bit of Optimism. In addition, Simon is the founder of The Optimism Company, a leadership learning and development company, and he publishes other inspiring thinkers and doers through his publishing partnership with Penguin Random House called Optimism Press.

Links♾️ The Infinite Game by Simon Sinek https://simonsinek.com/books/the-infinite-game/

♾️ Finite and Infinite Games by Dr. James Carse https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finite_and_Infinite_Games

♾️ Find Your Why by Simon Sinek https://simonsinek.com/books/find-your-why/

♾️ Leaders Eat Last by Simon Sinek https://simonsinek.com/books/leaders-eat-last/

♾️ Milton Freidman NYT OpEd https://www.nytimes.com/1970/09/13/archives/a-friedman-doctrine-the-social-responsibility-of-business-is-to.html

♾️ Ethical Fading https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ztNE1CvnV4

♾️ Banking Act of 1933 (Glass-Steagall) https://www.federalreservehistory.org/essays/glass-steagall-act

♾️ Start with Why by Simon Sinek

♾️ Simon's TED Talk: https://simonsinek.com/books/start-with-why/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qp0HIF3SfI4

♾️ The Art of Presenting Course https://simonsinek.com/product/the-art-of-presenting-with-simon/

♾️ Simon Sinek podcast w/ Dr James Carse https://simonsinek.com/podcast/episodes/the-infinite-game-with-dr-james-carse/

The Win-Win PodcastPoker champion Liv Boeree takes to the interview chair to tease apart the complexities of one of the most fundamental parts of human nature: competition. Liv is joined by top philosophers, gamers, artists, technologists, CEOs, scientists, athletes and more to understand how competition manifests in their world, and how to change seemingly win-lose games into Win-Wins. 

 

Credits

♾️  Hosted by: Liv Boeree

♾️  Produced & Edited by: Raymond Wei

♾️  Audio Mix by: Keir Schmidt

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Tim Urban @waitbutwhy · Sep 14, 2023
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