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Bounce! Conversations with Larry Weeks

Interviews w/ authors, entrepreneurs, athletes and others on resilience, getting on or getting over life’s set ups and setbacks.

On the podcast Larry has in-depth conversations with notable people from a variety of fields and occupations; professors, entrepreneurs, athletes, physicians, etc, to get their stories or research on how to deal with or prepare for life’s challenges, stumbles, and stings. If research exists on how people bounce back, he talks about it. If there are physical practices, proven psychologies or philosophies that can help people build personal foundations before the storms come, he digs into it.

Nov 4, 2018

It seems like a waste of time to introduce Seth Godin. Just search his name, "Seth" to Google is Seth Godin. He's founded several companies including Yoyodyne and Squidoo. He is the author of 18 best-selling books that have been translated into more than 35 languages. They include perennial classics like Permission...


Oct 3, 2018

What do you do when you go from being the founder and CEO of your own line of successful hotels to the oldest guy at the tech startup surrounded by some of the brightest millennials in the country?

Well, if you’re Chip Conley, Strategic Advisor for Hospitality and Leadership at Airbnb, you set aside your ego, reinvent...


Sep 8, 2018

“What would it be like if you were only known for the worst decision that you've made for the rest of your life?”

I’m excited for you to hear this episode because I think it will challenge you as it did me.

My guest is Catherine Hoke.

“Cat” is a former venture capitalist who is using training in...


Jul 31, 2018

What does the 2007 -2008 financial crisis, the Fukushima nuclear accident, Three Mile Island, and Deepwater Horizon all have in common?

The small things. Or rather, lots of tightly coupled small things that are overlooked, ignored or covered up.

Accidents waiting to happen.

In Deep Survival, Lawrence Gonzalez, writes...


Jun 15, 2018

This episode is about where you spend the majority of your life - your work: why you do it, how you do it, changing where you do it and how companies should measure it.

On this podcast I talk with Fred Kaufman. Fred is the former vice president of executive development at Linkedin and current leadership advisor at...