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The Learning Leader Show With Ryan Hawk

Leaders are learners. The best leaders never stop working to make themselves better. The Learning Leader Show Is series of conversations with the world's most thoughtful leaders. Entrepreneurs, CEO's, World-Class Athletes, Coaches, Best-Selling Authors, and much more.

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714: Tiago Forte - How to Reflect on Your Year & Plan the Next One: Annual Review Questions, Gratitude Lists, Building a Second Brain, and Goals as Learning Experiments
Nov 2026 · 4 books
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Building a Second Brain
Tiago Forte
“Tiago Forte, is the best-selling author of Building a Second Brain”
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Life in Perspective
Tiago Forte
“This new book. It's called Life in Perspective”
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The Psychology of Money
Morgan Housel
“if somehow it goes viral like psychology of money or atomic habits then your demand will skyrocket”
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Atomic Habits
James Clear
“if somehow it goes viral like psychology of money or atomic habits then your demand will skyrocket”
713: Ken Chenault - Leadership Lessons from 17 Years as American Express CEO: How to Earn the Top Job, Hire Great Leaders, Build Culture, Challenge the Status Quo, and Lead with Character
Nov 2026 · 1 book
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Equal to the Task: A Life Forged Between America's Promise and Its Truth
Kenneth Chenault
“And his new memoir is called Equal to the Task”
712: Matt Abrahams - How to Become a Better Communicator: Speaking With Confidence, Structuring Your Message, and Thinking Fast on Your Feet
Oct 2026 · 1 book
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Think Faster, Talk Smarter
Matt Abrahams
“At Stanford's Graduate School of Business and the best selling author of Think Faster, Talk Smarter”
711: Seth Godin - Creating Tension, Solving Problems, the Savannah Bananas, Leading Without Authority, Using AI, Hidden Entanglements, and Getting Unstuck (The Knot)
Oct 2026 · 5 books
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Purple Cow
Seth Godin
“Seth. Goden has written more than 20 best selling books, including Purple cow and the dip”
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The Dip
Seth Godin
“Seth. Goden has written more than 20 best selling books, including Purple cow and the dip”
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The Blue Sweater: Bridging the Gap Between Rich and Poor in an Interconnected World
Jacqueline Novogratz
“And the story she tells in the book I helped her with called The Blue Sweater”
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The Practice: Shipping Creative Work
Seth Godin
“So I was thinking about my book The Practice the other day”
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This Might Not Work
Seth Godin
“I'm holding up this book for audio called This Might Work by Seth Godin. I don't know. How heavy is this, Seth? Like It weigh eighteen pounds. That's actually not the title. Turn it over. Wait. That's the title. This might not work”
710: Ravi Gupta - The Anti-Dabbler's Guide to Mastering One New Skill Every Year, Why Presence Isn't Enough, Bourdain's Masterclass in Humility, and Pairing Reasonable Goals With Delusional Ones
Oct 2026 · 2 books
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The Invisible List
Ravi Gupta
“His new book is called The Invisible List”
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The Creative Act: A Way of Being
Rick Rubin
“most recently co-wrote the Creative Act with Rick Rubin”
709: Vanessa Van Edwards - How to Connect with Anyone, Master Small Talk, and Ask the 9 Power Questions That Deepen Every Relationship
Oct 2026 · 2 books
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Conversation, How to Connect with Anyone and Make Every Interaction Count
Vanessa Van Edwards
“Her new book is called Conversation, How to Connect with Anyone and Make Every Interaction Count”
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Captivate
Vanessa Van Edwards
“And my first book, Captivate, I talk a lot about level one conversation”
708: Danny Meyer - How You Make People Feel: The Founder of Shake Shack & Union Square Hospitality Group on Culture as Soil, the 49/51 Hiring Formula, and Leading With Generosity
Sep 2026 · 3 books
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Setting the Table
Danny Meyer
“He's the author of the classic setting the table and his new book is called What Could Possibly Go Right”
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What Could Possibly Go Right
Danny Meyer
“and his new book is called What Could Possibly Go Right”
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The Cathedral Within
Billy Shore
“I had read this great book called The Cathedral Within by Billy Shore, which was all about creating community wealth”
707: Andy Stanley & Sam Kaufman - Problems to Solve, Tensions to Manage, The 3 Questions Behind Every Great Decision, and The 7 Essentials of Enduring Leadership (What Great Leaders Do)
Sep 2026 · 5 books
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The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
Stephen Covey
“one of the things I talk about in the book is the exercise I went through from Stephen Covey's book about the doing the funeral exercise and realizing, you know, in my early 30s what I valued the most”
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Future Edge: Discovering the New Rules of Success
Joel Barker
“One of them since 1992, um, Joel Barker wrote a book called Future Edge”
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Only the Paranoid Survive: How to Exploit the Crisis Points That Challenge Every Company
Andrew S. Grove
“The second one came from Andrew Grove's book, Only the Paranoid Survive, which is the greatest book title for a leadership book”
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Parenting: Getting It Right
Andy Stanley and Sandra Stanley
“You and Sander also wrote a parenting book that I know Sam and his wife Jenna have implemented into their household, which was really cool with their four kids to hear how they've done this”
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What Great Leaders Do: 7 Essentials for Enduring Impact
Andy Stanley
“The book's called What Great Leaders Do, Seven Essentials for Enduring Impact”
706: Daniel Lubetzky - KIND Snacks Founder & Shark Tank Investor on Kindness, Grit, Values-Driven Leadership. and Building a Billion-Dollar Brand
Sep 2026
705: Dr. Martin Seligman - Positive Psychology, Learned Optimism, Grit, PERMA, Agency, Resilience, and Predicting the Future
Sep 2026 · 2 books
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Agency: The Psychological History of Human Progress
Martin Seligman
“His latest book is called Agency, the Psychology. psychological history of human progress”
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The Odyssey
Homer
“Iliad and the Odyssey and then go through Western and Chinese history looking for the effects of agency on historical progress”
704: Strauss Zelnick - The Leader Who Greenlit Dirty Dancing, Owns Grand Theft Auto, Loves Being Coached, and Might be the Fittest CEO Alive
Sep 2026
703: Angela Duckworth - Why Grit Isn't Enough, Situation Over Willpower, How Belief Gets Borrowed, John Wooden's Socks, and How the Right People and Places Bring Out Your Best
Aug 2026 · 3 books
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Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance
Angela Duckworth
“Her first book, Grit. is one of the best selling books of all time”
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Situated: Find the People and Places That Bring Out Your Best
Angela Duckworth
“Her new book is called situated Find the people and places that bring out your best”
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Man's Search for Meaning
Viktor Frankl
“You know, a lot of people know about Victor Frankel because he wrote Men's Search for Meaning”
702: Blake Mycoskie (Founder of TOMS) - Hitting Every Goal & Still Feeling Worthless... Gratitude, Mantras, and Hiring Like a Champion
Aug 2026
701: Mark Pincus (Founder of Zynga) - Why We All Need a Coach, Maintaining High Standards, The Book of Life, Aggressive Ambition, and Why Your Instincts Are Almost Always Right
Aug 2026 · 2 books
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Life at the Speed of Play
Mark Pincus
“his new book is called Life. at the speed of play”
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The Courage to Be Disliked
Ichirō Kishimi
“I love this book, The Courage to Be Disliked, which I think I talk about it in the book and And it's based on this Adlerian psychology”
700: Keith Hawk & AJ Hawk - Conscious Competence, Delusional Confidence, Stacking Days, After-Action Reviews, Taking Big Risks, The Power of Compounding, and Modeling High-Standards
Aug 2026 · 3 books
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Get Real Selling
Keith Hawk
“He's also a best-selling author of multiple books, including Get real selling”
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The Speed of Trust
Stephen M.R. Covey
“and he wrote a great book called The Speed of Trust”
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Team of Rivals
Doris Kearns Goodwin
“with the drones and all that stuff. Wild Wild, wild dude. But seems like yeah, fun and smart and like a really good storyteller too and and and a fun guy. That's a good one. All right, last one for you. Basketball for me, this is a classic. I may have used him in the past for things, but Denzel Washington. He's a guy say when when people tell you, hey Who would you want to play you in the movie? I since I've been ten years older, I said Denzel. Like he is who I would want to play me. E”
699: Jack Raines - How to Build Your Career, Increase Your Surface Area For Luck, and Find Your Purpose | Why Memories Compound Faster Than Money
Aug 2026 · 2 books
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Young Money: A Field Guide to Finding Wealth and Purpose in Your Twenties
Jack Raines
“His first book is called Young Money, a field guide to finding wealth and purpose”
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Die with Zero: Getting All You Can from Your Money and Your Life
Bill Perkins
“Have you talked to Bill Perkins, the die with zero guy”
698: Joanna Stern - How to Think for Yourself in the Age of AI, Why Deep Work Still Matters, Making Career Decisions With ChatGPT, and How to Stay Human on Purpose
Jul 2026 · 1 book
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I Am Not a Robot: My Year Using AI to Do Almost Everything
Joanna Stern
“And the best selling author of I Am Not a Robot. My year using AI to do almoist. Everything”
697: The Price of Becoming - The Compounding Practices of High Performance (My New Book is Now Available!). "Have a Plan. Work the Plan. Plan for the Unexpected."
Jul 2026 · 3 books
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The Price of Becoming
Ryan Hawk
“becoming As well as anyone alive, which made him the perfect person. to talk with me about it. The book. is out”
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Slow Productivity
Cal Newport
“Like I'm sure you've read Cal Newport, Slow Productivity, his research on people who have accomplished a lot in life”
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Atomic Habits
James Clear
“Now Atomic Habs, the greatest selling book of the past decade, you know, twenty five million copies sold”
696: Dr. Zeke Emanuel - The Six Rules for Health & Longevity, The Harvard Study on Happiness, The Truth About Biohacking, Social Connection, and How to Avoid Being a Schmuck
Jul 2026 · 1 book
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Eat Your Ice Cream: Six Simple Rules for a Long and Healthy Life
Dr. Zeke Emanuel
“author of the new book called Eat Your Ice Cream. Six simple rules for a long and healthy life”
695: Andy Stumpf - Leadership Lessons From SEAL Team Six, Discipline vs. Motivation, Team Guy vs. Navy SEAL, High Standards, and How To Be Drownproof
Jul 2026 · 1 book
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Drown Proof: Eight Life Lessons to Keep Your Head Above Water
Andy Stump
“And he just released this instant New York Times bestseller called Drown Proof. Eight life lessons to keep your head above water”
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