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Seeking Wisdom is back! During this 25-episode season, David Cancel shares what he wishes he knew when he was younger – and the stories behind the lessons – to help you avoid making the same mistakes.
But first, in this very special episode, DC shares his thoughts on the COVID pandemic, how to pull out silver linings when possible, and why massive external events can trigger personal and professional behavioral changes. And why that just might be a good thing for you and your business.
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#152: Seeking Wisdom Is Back: How Disruption Leads to Opportunity

Want to get better every single day? Tune into Seeking Wisdom, a podcast hosted by Drift's David Cancel. You'll hear about the leadership principles that have changed his personal and professional outlook and the hard-earned lessons he's learned over his 25+ year career as a 5X startup founder.

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Great opportunities are much rarer than you think. When they do come your way, go all-in. That's the takeaway DC shares on this episode of Seeking Wisdom and it's just one secret behind Charlie Munger's success. Tune in for more wisdom plus lessons from Jeff Bezos and Bill Ackman. And, is this the episode DC finally gets on Twitch? You'll have to listen to find out.

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For more learnings from DC, check out his weekly newsletter, The One Thing. You can subscribe here: https://www.drift.com/insider/learn/newsletters/dc/

#161: Go All in with Great Opportunities (They Are Rarer than You Think)

If you only listen to one episode of Seeking Wisdom, this should be it. Why? Because this next lesson is essential to understanding everything else. Here, DC and Adam dive into psychology – the science of how and why we make decisions. Together they unlock how to gain influence, how to persuade, how to avoid past mistakes, and so much more. 

Essential reading / listening for this episode: 
- Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion (Robert Cialdini)
- Thinking, Fast and Slow (Daniel Kahneman)
- Human Misjudgment (a talk by Charlie Munger)

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For more learnings from DC, check out his weekly newsletter, The One Thing. You can subscribe here: https://www.drift.com/insider/learn/newsletters/dc/

#160: The Psychology Episode (Essential Listening for Marketers)

On this episode of Seeking Wisdom, DC and Adam dive into the lesson that inspired the show – why we all need to learn from history. Unfortunately, this is a lesson that's hard to learn and one that DC found especially difficult to internalize. Despite what we're told as children, we're not inherently special. The lessons learned by our parents and grandparents do apply to today. Tune into the full episode to learn how you too can prioritize learning from history.

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For more learnings from DC, check out his weekly newsletter, The One Thing. You can subscribe here: https://www.drift.com/insider/learn/newsletters/dc/

#159: Learning from History (AKA You Aren't Special)

On this episode, DC and Adam dig into the next lesson DC wishes knew when he was younger – how to prioritize what matters most and why it doesn't actually matter if you never get to any of the "the small rocks." In other words, do the one thing that will move you closer to your goal. That might take five minutes or it could take many days. Either way, this method of working is the anti-checklist. Tune in to find out why.

Required reading for this episode:
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey
The ONE Thing by Gary Keller and Jay Papasan

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#158: Prioritize the Biggest Rocks (and Don't Feel Guilty if You Never Get to the Small Ones)

On this episode of Seeking Wisdon, DC sits down with Kyle York, former CRO, CMO, and General Manager of Dyn and current founder and CEO of York IE. Together they discuss Dyn's path to becoming a $100 million business and its ultimate sale to Oracle. Plus, the importance of working through "the Dips," mental health and well-being, the future of field sales and marketing in a post-COVID world, and much more.

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#157: Scaling & Selling a $100M Company with Kyle York (Former Dyn CRO)

On this episode of Seeking Wisdom, DC and Adam touch on one of DC's vices – shiny distractions. In fact, it's DC's self-proclaimed weakness. As an eternal optimist, DC is always optimizing. But that puts your outlook only a day, week, or month out. So he's learned to set guardrails to help him avoid the next new thing and instead focus on the bigger picture. Find out how he does it in this episode. Like this episode? Be sure to leave a ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ review and share the pod with your friends. You can connect with DC and his co-host, Adam Schoenfeld, on Twitter @dcancel @schoeny @HYPERGROWTH_Pod

#156: The Optimization Trap (and How to Avoid It)

Show me your friends and I'll show you your future. It's a common refrain because it's true – you are the average of those you spend the most time with. That's why it's so important to choose your personal and professional mentors wisely. DC and Adam tell you how to choose the best mentors, where to look, what to expect, and more in this episode of Seeking Wisdom. Like this episode? Be sure to leave a ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ review and share the pod with your friends. You can connect with DC and his co-host, Adam Schoenfeld, on Twitter @dcancel @schoeny @HYPERGROWTH_Pod

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David Cancel

Co-Founder & CEO, Drift