You Need A Code: Scott Galloway On Men, Risk, Rejection, and Kindness
6/8/202648 min
Leveling up, speaking your mind, and why the ability to hear no is the only superpower that matters.
Scott Galloway is Professor of Marketing at NYU's Stern School of Business and a serial entrepreneur. He is the New York Times bestselling author of The Four, The Algebra of Happiness, Post Corona, Adrift: America in 100 Charts and The Algebra of Wealth. His most recent book Notes on Being a Man reached #1 on The New York Times Best Seller List.
In this episode we talk about:
- Why "action absorbs anxiety" and other strategies for stress and overthinking
- Galloway's three-pillar framework for modern masculinity
- How to handle criticism
- Fighting tech algorithms to build real-world relationships
- Embracing the word "no" to build resilience and success
- Why young people should follow their talent rather than their passion
- Signaling value through humor and small, daily acts of kindness
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First 90 secondsDan Harris· Host0:00
[upbeat music] Hey, hey. Welcome to the Ten Percent Happier podcast. I'm Dan Harris. My guest today is one of the busiest humans in the entire media landscape. Here are, uh, just a few of his activities. He co-hosts the hugely popular Pivot podcast with Kara Swisher. He, uh, also, uh, is the host of his own podcast, the Prof G podcast. He's also a professor of marketing at NYU's Stern School of Business. He gives speeches all over the world. He's very active on social media and YouTube. He's a regular, uh, commentator on CNN and other cable news outlets. And every year or two, he puts out a book, and his latest is called Notes on Being a Man. So today we're gonna talk to him about his prescriptions for being a better man and a happier human being, no matter what your gender is. We'll be right back with Scott Galloway. [air whooshes] A few things before we hear from our sponsors. If you haven't already checked out my new-ish meditation app, Ten Percent with Dan Harris, I would love for you to do so. Many people fall prey to the myth that taking care of yourself is somehow self-indulgent. One of the big aims of this app is to disprove that, to make the argument that actually taking care of yourself is a public service. As I sometimes say, there's a geopolitical case for you to get your shit together because it unlocks an upward spiral. The more you work with your own mind, the more you train your mind, the better you will be, uh,