Seeking Wisdom is a podcast that deals with many topics -- ranging from life, to fitness, to entrepreneurship, to the work-life balance. The show has two hosts. One is 5X startup founder, David Cancel. The other David Gerhardt, a marketer whose career is beginning to take off. David and Dave work together at Drift (a live chat messaging app based in Cambridge, Massachusetts). It’s a different kind of show -- and people are really liking it. With over 30 episodes out -- David and Dave have discussed many life lessons on the show and want to share them with you here. The Seeking Wisdom podcast is supported by a community of listeners who want to get better every day. This slideshare is meant to take the top pieces of advice from the podcast and share them with this community. Follow Seeking Wisdom Here: Twitter: https://twitter.com/seekingwisdomio Medium: https://seekingwisdom.io/ Listen to Seeking Wisdom Here: SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/seekingwisdom iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/seeking-wisdom/id1072506427?mt=2 OverCast: https://overcast.fm/itunes1072506427/seeking-wisdom Stitcher: http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/david-cancel/seeking-wisdom RSS: http://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:193080377/sounds.rss Follow David (https://twitter.com/dcancel) and Dave (https://twitter.com/davegerhardt) on Twitter.

1. 15 Lessons
From Seeking
Wisdom
A podcast for people who want to get
better every day.

2. Meet David and
Dave.

4. One is a 5X startup
founder, the other is
a young marketer
whose career is
beginning to take off.

5. They have a
podcast called
Seeking Wisdom.

6. P.S. You can listen here…

7. A bunch of
people really like
the show.

8. A few iTunes Reviews…

9. “I’m thrilled the David Cancel finally
has his own podcast! This is already
on a very short list of shows, along
with Tim Ferriss and James Altuchur,
that I will listen to every week!”

10. “Thanks for the great show guys. In
this day of tactics and quick wins,
it’s refreshing to hear conversations
that are thoughtful, strategic, and
long term focused.”

11. It’s a different kind
of show.

12. Each week, David and
Dave talk about life,
startups, and
everything in between.

13. Not a listener yet?

14. We made this deck
for you.

15. P.S. You can subscribe
here ↩︎

16. Now, let’s get to it.

17. Here are the top
15 takeaways
from the show…

18. 1. Be A Consumer

19. If you want
to improve,
you have to
take the time
to invest in
yourself.

20. Read books (good ones),
listen to podcasts, and
consciously choose your
role models.

21. 2. There Are No
Silver Bullets.

22. Not a listener yet?
That’s why we
made this deck.
Success is driven
by a million
incremental
improvements to
your business
model. There are
no lifehacks.
Success takes hard
work.

23. “Are you in it for the
short-cut or the long-cut?”
Seth Godin

24. 3. Take Time To
Unplug.

25. Have you noticed that you
get your best ideas when
you’re in the shower, or
on a walk, or playing golf?

26. Good ideas never
happen when you’re
thinking about them.

27. You can’t consume
all the time. You
have to let your
brain rest.

28. In order to generate your best
ideas, you have to give your
brain the time to disengage in
order to create better ideas.

29. Intentionally set aside
time to digest what you
have learned.

30. “Unhook your
rational thought
process”David Ogilvy

31. 4. Be Careful Who
You Take Advice
From.

32. Just
because
everyone
has an
opinion,
doesn’t
mean that
you should
listen.

33. It seems obvious, but
it’s hard to accomplish.
It takes practice to filter
the wrong people out.

34. choose your role
models wisely.
choose your role
models wisely.

35. 5. Hug Your Haters.

36. People are always
going to disagree with
what you’re doing and
how you choose live
your life.

37. Remember, you can’t
fight intolerance with
your own version of
intolerance.

38. Don’t
respond
to the
negative
comment
s.
Don’t
respond to
the
negative
comments.

39. Just focus on
evolving and growing
yourself. Those other
people aren’t worth
your time.

40. 6. Focus On The
Details.

41. Sweat the small stuff and the bigger
things will fall into place. The small
goals eventually make up the bigger
goals— remember that.

42. 7. Role Models Are
Different Than
Mentors.

43. Mentors are the people who
are years ahead of you.
They have achieved the big
things.

44. Role models are the
people that you
interact with daily.
Role models are the
people that you
interact with daily.

45. They are just ahead of you.
They have been where
you’re at.

46. Their
successes
seem
achievable
to you.

47. You can keep mentors for
years, but you should
change your role models
regularly.

48. Changing your role models
forces you to learn, grow,
and evolve. It’s a good
thing.

49. 8. The Work Life
Balance Is A Myth.

50. People don’t exist in
boxes.

51. You can’t stop thinking about
work when you’re home. You
can’t stop thinking about
home at work.

52. You bring yourself to both
spaces— and that’s okay. Just
focus on what needs to be
focused on at the moment.

53. 9. Just Ship It.

54. You can’t wait until you
have perfected your
project. You have to come
to terms with the fact that
it will never be perfect.

55. Customer feedback
is key.
Customer feedback is
key.

56. Remember, you’re trying
to solve customer
problems. A product
can’t evolve without
their input.

58. That said, never confuse
“just ship it” with “it’s
good enough”.

59. Work to create the best
product you can and
then ask the customer
how to make it better.

60. 10. Forget Hacks.

61. No matter what you’ve
read elsewhere—there
is no hack for success.

62. Hard work is the hack.
Learning from other
people is the hack.

63. 11. Surround Yourself
With Rich Friends.

64. Those who are rich are extremely
giving with their money, but protective
of their time. In actuality, time is the
only truly finite resource.

65. Those who are poor, spend
their time carelessly, but are
protective of their money.
Those are the people who
will drag you down.

66. They suffer from “crabs
in the bucket syndrome”

67. They are going to try and drag
you down. They seek to keep
you away from what they do not
yet understand. They do not
know that they are harming you.

68. Protect your time. Use it wisely.
Associate with the best.

69. 12. Be Selfish.

70. It’s okay to focus on yourself.
Intentionally setting aside time for
yourself will make you better in the
other areas of your life.

71. 13. Carry Water.

72. For those who are new
to the workforce— you
need to take on the entry
level jobs.

73. Help the team in unexpected
ways. Be the one to take out the
trash. Be the one to stay late —
offer to do work that others don’t
want to do.

74. Apply yourself. Work
hard. Keep at it.
There are no hacks
to success.

75. 14. Switch To A Growth
Mindset.

76. You are never done learning,
evolving and growing.

77. The minute you stop
pushing your comfort zone
— you put roadblocks in
way of your goals.

78. The reason you can’t do
something isn’t because of a
missing piece of knowledge.
It’s because of your habits
and mindset.

80. 15. Always Be Learning.

81. Read books. Change your role
models. Push yourself to improve.

82. That’s the only way
to get better.

83. Hey, I’m Katelyn. I work in Marketing at Drift 🚀
Thanks For Reading

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