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Suneel Gupta (Part 1) - How to Become Backable in Life, Love, and Business

Published: March 20, 2021, 10 p.m.

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Today\\u2019s guest is Suneel Gupta,\\xa0 the founder of RISE and faculty member at Harvard University. Using the seven steps inside his latest book, Backable - which teaches that the \\u201cIt-factor\\u201d is learnable and needed to convince others to back you - Suneel went from being 'the face of failure' for the New York Times to being the \\u201cNew Face of Innovation\\u201d for the New York Stock Exchange. His ideas have been backed by firms like Greylock and Google Ventures, and he has invested in startups including Airbnb, Calm, and SpaceX. Suneel also serves as an emissary for Gross National Happiness between the United States and the Kingdom of Bhutan.

Listen as we discuss:

  • The question he asks his daughters every morning: What's the meaning of life and what's the purpose of life?
  • Being an architect vs. an archaeologist in the quest for purpose.
  • The opposite of success is not failure, it's boredom.
  • The Buddhist story of learning to leave behind past attachments and investments
  • How writing books is an exploration of the self.
  • How to combat stress
  • Suneel's next book on Dharma (I can't wait until it's out)
  • Barack Obama's sense of ambivalence about winning or not\\xa0 is a success mindset.
  • Suneel's history as a featured failure in the New York times
  • What is being backable? What is this "It" quality?
  • Creativity and persuasion are different.
  • The IKEA effect, and how we place 5x\\xa0 value on something we helped build.
  • How Suneel convinced his wife to support his run for Congress.
  • Flipping outsiders to insiders by making\\xa0 people feel like they're part of your plan.
  • Convince yourself first! Charisma is not what makes a person convincing, it's conviction!
  • Great ideas get killed in hallways and watercoolers before they have a chance.
  • Write down objections to your own idea and steer into them for credibility.

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