Sri talks with Chris Eversley, former professional basketball player and expert on resilience. Chris reinvented himself after sports through an arduous journey learning to walk again at the age of 33.

He gives you the secrets of elite performance that high-stakes decision makers pay him for. You won't want to miss this.

Learn more about Chris: website | insta

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Sri and Gregory Russell Benedikt talk about how to find your true calling and follow through on action.

They also discuss romantic relationships, life after finance, and whether Sri should be a Civil-War reenactor.

Gregory is a life and leadership coach who has helped over 170 clients feel alive again.

Here's Gregory's TEDx talk.

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Sri takes the show to Oslo, Norway 🇳🇴, where he and Rachel Wilson Rugelsjøen talk all things culture and leadership through the lens of Human Resources.

🙉 They have the realest debate on psychological safety you'll find anywhere.

Plus everyone's favorite topic: cold plunges 🥶

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Rachel is the founder and managing director of LevelUp HR, which "help[s] global corporates, SME’s and scale-up’s achieve, through your most valuable asset - your people."

Her experience spans over 20 years leading human capital at top-tier companies like Bank of America/Merrill Lynch, the Norwegian Oil Fund, Cognizant, and Barclays Capital — where she and Sri overlapped without knowing it!

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highlights

"The leadership game has changed."

• How founders can build an effective culture
• Role of values in leadership
• Amazon's leadership principles
• Ownership and accountability
• Norwegian vs. UK vs. American perspectives on ownership
• Human nature and leadership challenges
• The evolution of leadership through history
• How to navigate instability
• Nuances of team dynamics
• Cold showers and dopamine regulation
• Psychological safety: just a buzzword?
• Trust as the foundation

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"Your work does not have a voice. You have to share what you're doing." —Jill Avey

Get the results you deserve — not the ones you hope for. Sri and Jill Avey discuss how to lead in complex corporate environments -- in ways that are authentic, moral, yet tangibly rewarding.

Topics:

• How to self-promote (in a non-cringy way 😬)
• Gender differences in leadership
• Positive intelligence theory
• Navigating office politics
• Networking productively
• How to build confidence
• 'Mental saboteurs' that hinder your progress

Jill is a successful corporate marketing executive formerly at Timberland and Propet USA. She has an MBA from Columbia Business School and is the founder of SisterSmart, which aims to help women succeed in attaining the executive positions they deserve.

Find Jill here:

• https://sistersmart.com/
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/jillavey/

keywords: leadership, women in leadership, workplace relationships, radical candor, self-promotion, career development, communication skills, networking, personal branding, professional growth, leadership, courage, fear, positive intelligence, saboteurs, gender differences, women in leadership, self-awareness, emotional intelligence, collaboration

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Sri and Brandon Jenkins do a Round 2. This time they discuss the role of a leader when it comes to delivering quality.

And Sri has a household mishap.

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Sri and Brandon Jenkins talk about optimizing your mind as a leader -- as well as finding systems that work for you (not the other way around).

Brandon "Jenks" Jenkins is a former Navy helicopter pilot and squadron commander. He founded Tier One coaching, which helps growth-minded leaders to align purpose with impact so they lead with confidence and elevate their teams.

Jenks is a Naval Academy grad and has an MBA from the University of Florida.

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Michael Kainatsky shares how to build REAL relationships and recognition in a crowded world full of useless content. Sri and Michael's discussion includes:

• Challenging the conventional approach to social media
• Genuine interactions over vanity metrics
• How to provoke real thought and engagement
• The lurker effect
• Combating content-creation procrastination
• What a personal brand really is
• How to start posting
• How a give-first mindset fosters genuine relationships

Michael is a 20+-year sales professional and Chief Strategy Officer at House of Bricks. Reach out to Michael on LinkedIn.

keywords
social media, LinkedIn, authenticity, engagement, content creation, metrics, personal reflection, humor, seasons, mood, LinkedIn, mindfulness, human connection, personal branding, authenticity, social media impact, overcoming barriers, content creation, sales strategies, personal growth

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"The endocannabinoid system regulates all these other systems." -Will Kleidon

Sri learns *all* about CBD from futurist and entrepreneur Will Kleidon (LinkedIn).

Will is the founder and CEO of Ojai Energetics, the first company to create organic, water-soluble CBD, which also has third-party testing that is traceable to the lot on your product.

Will goes deep into the science of CBD in terms of human benefits, affects on pets, and safe manufacturing. He and Sri cover uses for:

• PTSD
• better sleep
• peak performance

They also cover:

• the best recipe for flow states (caffeine + CBD)
• what the endocannabinoid system (ECS) is and how it works
• the neuroscience of CBD
• reduction of inflammation
• quantum biology
• Rhabdomyolysis (Rabdo)
• early agriculture
• how all vertebrates have an ECS

Check out the research for yourself on Pubmed.

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cannabinoids, CBD, THC, health, recovery, exercise, inflammation, wellness, endocannabinoid system, quantum biology, flow state, PTSD, neuroscience, neurodiversity, health benefits, serum, stress response

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