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 Podcast
Poker 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