The podcast where the world’s most interesting thinkers, entrepreneurs, and leaders unpack the decisions that actually shaped their success… and how they found the courage to miss out on the rest.
Created and hosted by bestselling author and keynote speaker Patrick J. McGinnis.
SEASONS & EPISODES
Season 14
36 – Emily Tisch Sussman
Marcus Buckingham on
Why Love is the Most Powerful
and Most Measurable Force in Business
How to Change Your Behavior to Make GLP-1s
Work Long-Term with Noom CEO Geoff Cook
Brandon Webb on Raising Resilient Kids
in a World That Protects Them to Death
Max Marchione: Building a New Health System
From the Ground Up at 25
Ep 01 - Eric Ries on Why Good Companies Go Bad,
and How to Build One That Won’t
Laura L. Rubin: Journaling Is the Most Underrated
Performance Tool You’re Not Using
VaynerX’s Claude Silver on Why Being Yourself
at Work Is the Most Strategic Thing You Can Do
What VC Investors Won’t Tell You
About Getting Funded, with Charlie O’Donnell
Jon McNeill: The Algorithm
Behind Tesla’s Hypergrowth
B2B Sales Guru Rob Snyder
on The Real Physics Behind Sales
Liz Tran on AQ: The New Intelligence
for a World That Won’t Stop Changing
Tracy Anderson
on Why Integrity Outlasts Glamour
How to Remain Human in the Age of AI,
with Florence Shaffer
Buttcoin, Memecoins, and the Future
of FOMO Finance, with Matt Beall
The Wellness Industry’s Biggest
Blind Spot, with Chris Wharton
The Hidden Beliefs That Control
Your Attention, with Nir Eyal
Daniel Coyle on Why Community
Beats Status
Sahil Bloom on How to Win the Long Game
Without Burning Out – Part 2
Sahil Bloom on The Hidden Cost
of the Default Path – Part 1
Who Controls Knowledge Now? Jimmy Wales,
Wikipedia’s Founder, on the Future of the Web – Part 2
Jimmy Wales on How Wikipedia
Builds Trust in a Post-Truth World – Part 1
How Anthony Passalacqua
Built Shootin’ School with the 10% Mindset
Goldie Chan: How to Build
Your Personal Brand Online
The Surprising Science
of Everyday Courage, with Ranjay Gulati
Adapting Mindfulness to the AI Age,
with Mo Edjlali
Byron Loflin: Think You’re Ready to Be CEO?
Here’s What it Takes
SharkNinja’s Playbook for Relentless Innovation
(and FOMO), with Mark Barrocas
Caroline Hirsch, The Visionary
Who Built a New York Comedy Empire
Morgan Housel:
The Psychology of a Richer Life
How BeautyCounter Founder Gregg Renfrew
Is Redefining Clean Beauty Again with Counter
A Rad Future: Isabelle Boemeke
on How She’s Making Nuclear Energy Cool
Unlocking Team Intelligence with Jon Levy:
Rethinking Leadership, Collaboration, and the Power of Glue Players.
Kosterina Founder Katina Mountanos
on Scaling an Olive Oil & Wellness Brand
From Finance to Founder,
Nancy Twine’s Makers Mindset
How AI is Unlocking the Cure for Thousands
of Illnesses, with Dr. David Fajgenbaum,
Season 13
Unlocking Your Multi-Hyphenate Potential,
with Cathy Heller
Wharton Vice Dean Lori Rosenkopf on
Redefining Success Beyond the Unicorn Myth
How Ankur Gopal is Building
Tech Talent in Unexpected Places
Hannah Koizumi and Hugh Jones
on Taking Back Your Mind
Inside Microsoft’s Innovation Playbook,
with Dean Carignan
Firat İşbecer on Entrepreneurship,
Angel Investing, and Global Growth
Kass and Mike Lazerow’s Unfiltered Truth
About Running Startups
4,000 Weeks Author Oliver Burkeman
on Embracing Limits and Living Well
Casper Co-Founder Neil Parikh
on Building AI for Mental Well-being
Romain Kapadia on What Happens When
an Entrepreneur Faces Stage Four Cancer
Bigger, Better, Brooklyn: Brooklyn Mirage’s
Josh Wyatt on Re-Inventing a Cultural Icon
The Atlantic’s Olga Khazan on Whether
You Can Really Change Your Personality
Stanford’s Isabelle Hau
on Why Relational Intelligence Matters
Kevin Evers Breaks Down
Taylor Swift’s Business Genius
Nayeema Raza on What it Takes
to Succeed as a Creator
How Asking the Right Questions
Can Transform Your Life, with Topaz Adizes
How to Stop Fearing the Future
and Start Designing It – with Frederik Pferdt
The Man Who Walked the World: Tom Turcich’s
Seven-Year Journey & Life-Changing Lessons
How to Start a Museum
with Planet Word’s Ann B. Friedman
Virtual Communication is Broken-
Here’s How to Fix It with Prof. Andrew Brodsky
From Neuroscientist to Cookie Boss:
How Maura Duggan Built Fancypants
Catching Up with the Founders of Caveday
The Secrets Billionaires Know
about Living, with William Green
Alison Wood Brooks Decodes
How to Have Better Conversations
Is Balance Even Possible?
With Colleen Pelly
Why You Should Never Lead Alone,
with Keith Ferrazzi
Season 12
Claudia Glass’s Journey from Teacher
to Women’s Sportswear Founder
Caroline Adams Miller on The Science
of Setting -and Achieving- Goals
Best Of: Mike Ott on How Recovering
from Paralysis Changed His Perspective
Mitul Desai:
Is Executive Coaching Worth It?
Victoria Watters on Building a Media Empire
in the Alcohol-Alternative Space
The Power of Purpose: Nick Grono’s
Lessons in Non-Profit Leadership
Mastering the Art of
Hiring with Jordan Burton
Seth Godin on the Art of
Long-Term Strategy
Change your Mindset to Gratitude
in 5 Minutes with Alex Ikonn
Maha Abouelenein’s Journey to
Self-Reliance and Personal Branding
Reading Between the Lines: Nonverbal
Cues in Business with Blake Eastman
Navigating Leadership Changes:
Esther Dyson’s Advice for Long-Tenured CEOs
Simon Shaw, The Man Who Sold
The Scream for Over $100 million
Unlocking Every Child’s Math
Potential with Shalinee Sharma
How Anna Harman Revolutionized
the Ear-Piercing Experience with Studs
Leading with Love: Payam Zamani on
Building a Purpose-Driven Business
LOVO Chocolate: Courtenay Vuchnich on
Starting a Plant-Based Chocolate
Freddy Vega de Platzi sobre el
Éxito de las Startups en América Latina
Freddy Vega of Platzi on
Startup Success in Latin America
How Michael Wolf is Redefining
Hospitality at ResortPass
Guy Kawasaki on Overcoming Challenges
and Achieving Success
Season 11
Improve Your Sleeping
Habits with Michael Breus
Master Your Emotions, Transform Your
Leadership with Ricardo Sunderland
The Future of Sustainable Products:
Lessons from Grove CEO Jeff Yurcisin
Mastering Mindfulness and
Stress Management with Zee Clarke
Leadership Excellence with Dr. Marshall
Goldsmith: AI and the Future of Coaching
How Suzy Welch Teaches Others
to Author Their Own Lives
Chip Conley on Eradicating the Midlife Crisis
Resilience Rewarded: Tom Conrad’s Journey from Quibi to Zero
The Algebra of Wealth: Scott Galloway’s
Guide to Financial Freedom
Frank McCourt on How To Protect Your
Personal Data in the Cyber World
Navigating Earth’s Urgent Wake-Up Call with Bill Weir
FOMO Sapiens LIVE: Rappi’s Caroline Merin
on Making the Leap to Founder
Decoding the Neuroscience of
Effective Marketing with Pranav Yadav
Raina Kumra on Launching a Health
Startup Out of Her Kitchen
Mastering Time Management
with Nick Sonnenberg
NYTimes Bestseller Bruce Feiler on
Finding Meaningful Work in a Post-Career World
Founding Brothers: Building the
Cult Hat Startup, Varsity Headwear
NYT Bestseller Charles Duhigg
Talks SuperCommunicators
Social Media’s Most Followed
Plastic Surgeon, Anthony Youn, on Aging Better
TikTok Career Expert Anna Papalia
on How to Interview Better
The Founders of SlooMoo Institute
on Building a Slime Empire
Talking Dogecoin FOMO with the Team
Behind “This Is Not Financial Advice” – Part II
Talking Dogecoin FOMO with the Team
Behind “This Is Not Financial Advice” – Part I
In Conversation with the
Master of Decision-Making, Barry Schwartz
Season 10
Best Of: News Not Noise with Jessica Yellin
Best Of: The Neurobiology of
Peak Performance with Steven Kotler
Best Of: Vision Science:
If you See Success Are You More Likely to Attain It?
Unveiling the Secrets of
Mental Health Advocacy with Andrew Frawley
Nita Farahany on Safeguarding Your Brain
in the Age of Neurotechnology
Nushama, the Ketamine Wellness Startup
Tristan and Jordan Mace:
How Innovation Can Fix the Organ Transplant System
Tristan and Jordan Mace:
The Story of an Emergency Heart Transplant
Reboot’s Jerry Colonna on
Cultivating Empathy
Melinda Arons on How Media
Can Change Minds
Michael Gervais on FOPO
Fear of Other People’s Opinions
Cómo Gaby Pérez Millón enfrenta el FOMA
al mercadear la industria de la belleza
How Zameer Kassam
is redefining the jewelry experience
From fintech to legal tech
How Carlos Hernandez is empowering small business owners
Jill Stoddard on
overcoming Imposterism
Suneel Gupta on
discovering your everyday Dharma
Matt Abrahams on
How to Think Faster and Talk Smarter
The Founders of theSkimm
on Building a Company People Want to Work For
Jennifer Wallace
on Toxic Achievement Culture
The Performance Paradox
with Eduardo Briceño
MIT’s Zeynep Ton
on How to Create Good Jobs
Homaira Kabir on
Beating Back Imposter Syndrome
103-year old Doctor Gladys McGarey
on the Secrets to a Well-Lived Life
Athletic Brewing’s Bill Shufelt
on Building A Non-Alc Brewery
Agapi Stassinopoulos
on Conversing with the Cosmos, Part II
Agapi Stassinopoulos
on Conversing with the Cosmos, Part I
Olympic Racer Kara Goucher’s
True Endurance Journey, Part II
Olympic Racer Kara Goucher’s
True Endurance Journey, Part I
Season 9
Best of FOMO SAPIENS
Less Is More: The Power of Essentialism with Greg McKeown
Best of FOMO SAPIENS
We Have The Technology: Jamie Metzl and Building Better Humans
Best of FOMO SAPIENS
Finding the Courage to Monetize Your Talents
Scaling a Startup in Asia
Is Ethical AI Even Possible?
Felix Salmon on The Phoenix Economy
and the World after COVID
Sebastian Errazuris Decodes AI
Sheena Iyengar on How to Think Bigger
Jonah Berger on the Power of Words
Navigating Life’s Inflection Points
How the Lure of FOMO in Extreme Sports
Can Lead to Extreme Disaster
Steven Kotler
on Aging Like a FOMO Sapiens
Burn the Boats: Unleashing Fearless Entrepreneurship
with Matt Higgins
Morra Aarons-Mele and the Anxious Overachiever
Gallup’s Jon Clifton on Why So Many People Are Unhappy
Susana Saeliu on Building a D2C Pillow Company
Mindy Weinstein on the Power of Scarcity
How to Lead When the Stakes are High
with Carol Kauffman and David Noble
Michael Chernow
on Building Power Through Habit
From Angel Investor to Entrepreneur
With Patrick Schwarznegger
How Brian Levine
is Making Surrogacy Work Better at Nodal
How Zócalo Health Is Building Better Healthcare for Latinos
From the NFL Football to Founder
with Ryan Mundy
Diego Saez-Gil
on Finding Purpose Through Adversity PII
Diego Saez-Gil
on Finding Purpose Through Adversity PI
David Hogg
on Entrepreneurial Activism
Part II
David Hogg
on Entrepreneurial Activism
Season 8
Best Of FOMOSAPIENS
Hypnosis:
The Facts, The Fiction, & The Benefits
Alvaro Silberstein
on Building an Accessible Travel Company
For Explorers Like Him
Mike Ott
on How Recovering from Paralysis
Changed His Perspective
Steve Tidball is Building
The World’s Most Creative Clothing Brand
Ryan Hartman on
Building a Space Travel Company for the Rest of Us
Scholar, writer, producer, and provocateur
Reza Aslan
on a life of Unexpected Entrepreneurship
Investor and Entrepreneur Kathryn Finney
on how to Build Your Business…No Matter What
Famed Executive Coach Marshall Goldsmith
on How to Never Give in to Regret
GrubHub Founder Mike Evans
on the Insatiable Hunger You Need
to Succeed as a Founder
How Invisible Technologies’ Francis Pedraza
is Building a Sui Generis Start-Up
CNBC’s Julia Boorstin
on What Happens When Women Lead
Walter Masterson on
What It Takes – and What It’s Like –
to be Huge on TikTok
Amy Gallo on
How to Get Along With Anyone
(Even the Bad People)
Embracing your Wyrd (and your Weird)
with Marcus Buckingham
Alex Amouyel Explains
How The Answer to Solving The World’s Biggest Problems is You
Making Radical Curiosity Your Superpower
with Seth Goldenberg
How to Manage Change
with Entrepreneur’s EIC Jason Feifer
Season 7
BEST OF FOMOSAPIENS: Feeling Stressed?
Here’s How to Think Like a Monk
BEST OF FOMOSAPIENS:
The Monkey Mind vs The Monk Mind
Michelle Segar
on How to Create Lasting Diet and Fitness Goals
Rep. Max Rose
Talks About What It Takes to Serve in Congress
Rep. Max Rose’s
Entrepreneurial Take on Politics
Todd Kashdan
on the Art of Insubordination
Can a wearable device make you calmer?
Kathryn Fantauzzi of Apollo Neuroscience says it can
The Business of Male Fertility
with Khaled Kteily
Former Nintendo President Reggie Fils-Aimé
on Disrupting the Game
Outpacing the Competition
with Jim Weber
Beat the Burnout Epidemic
with Jennifer Moss
Radical Adaptability:
Post Pandemic Lessons in Leadership
with Keith Ferrazzi
Can Entrepreneurial Thinking Save Big Tech?
Robert Reich & Jeremy Weinstein Think So.
From Startup to Grown Up:
Coaching for Success with Alisa Cohn
Lisa Skeete Tatum
& The Rise of the Risk Taker
The Mystery of the Vanished Instagram Influencer
with Harley Rustad
Reclaiming Your Financial Independence
with MaryRuth Ghiyam
Oso Trava
On Entrepreneurship in Latin America
The Business of Busyness
with Juliet Funt
Magnus Resch:
The Art World’s Most Practical Man
Building Confidence and Income
With Josh Peck
Think (And Act) Like An Entrepreneur
With Josh Peck
Season 6
Disrupt Yourself (And Grow)
With Whitney Johnson
Rejecting Expectations & Creating Success
With ClassPass’s Payal Kadakia
Disrupting Systems & Revolutionizing Services
with Shivani Siroya
Creating a Life that Matters
with Terri Trespicio
Psychedelic Psychotherapy: Innovating the Future
of Mental Wellness with Kelsey Ramsden
Leaning Into
The Lean Startup
How Bearaby’s Dr. Kathrin Hamm
Napped Her Way to a Start-Up Sleep Empire
Building a Unicorn
with Ali Tamaseb
Making a Movie:
Entrepreneurship as an Art
Creative Careers: How to Succeed
without Starving with Jeff Madoff
Two Beats Ahead
with Michael Hendrix
Creating Change
with Robin Bronk
Raging Innovation
with Alec Ross
Danielle Mahfood & Jenny Judson:
Successful Creative Partners
Tom Eisenmann & The Other
F Word (Failure)
Better Listening for Better Relationships
with Dr. Mark Goulston
Taking Smarter Risks with
Sukhinder Singh-Cassidy
Living with Integrity:
Martha Beck
Unexpected Entrepreneurship
with Hyperice’s Anthony Katz
Prompts & Practices for Success
with Marc Champagne
News Not Noise
With Jessica Yellin
Getting Human with
Jason Karp
Master the Long Game
with Dorie Clark
Chris Hutchins Reveals
All the Hacks
Ian Schrager on Creativity
and Disobedience
How Ian Schrager
Generates FOMO
Season 5
Sergey Young on
How to Live to 200
The Art of Charm on
How to Be Social Now
Hypnosis: The Facts,
The Fiction, & The Benefits
Rebecca Minkoff & Ali Wyatt’s
Female Founder Collective
Cultivating Influence
with Jon Levy
Permission to Dream
with Chris Gardner
How To Preserve and Monetize
Community-Driven Free Expression
Stacy’s Pita Chips Founder’s
Unconventional Path to Success
Jim McKelvey on Building
a Business that Can’t be Beat
Where Skill Ends & Chance Begins
with Maria Konnikova
Mastering the Art of Connection
with Susan McPherson
Live More Effortlessly
with Greg McKeown
How to Get People
to Back Your Ideas
How the Harlem
Children’s Zone Navigated COVID
Influence, and the
Psychology of Persuasion
Level Up with
BetterUp
Andrew Yang is Back
& He’s Running for Mayor!
How to use Tech to Take Your
Business to the Next Level
Diversify and Thrive
with Sami Gayle
Did you Know
you Can Hack People?
FOMO
and ADHD
Can’t We All Just
Get Along?
Hate Giving Feedback?
Let’s Fix that Now
Vision Science:
If You See Success Are You More Likely to Attain it?
Die With Nothing
Left on Your To-Do List
The Neurobiology of Peak Performance
with Steven Kotler
How to Not Die
(or Wake Up) Alone
How Entrepreneurs
Can Fix Government
How to Avoid the Trap of Multitasking
to Get More Done
Wondery’s COO
on the Future of Podcasts.
How To Be
a Part-Time Entrepreneur
How the Brothers Behind Super Coffee Put Its Bro Culture on Ice
The Surprising Science Behind
Music’s Biggest Hits
Internet Trolls & Crazy Rich Asians:
The Insane World of Vintage Watch Collectors
Hint Founder Kara Goldin shares
her Entrepreneurial Journey
What will work
look like in 2021?
Getting Things Done
with David Allen
Nothing Unnecessary: How Floyd’s
Founders Design For Simplicity
Magic Spoon’s Founder
on the Power of the Pivot
How to Make Better Decisions
with Gretchen Rubin
Feeling Stressed?
Here’s How to Think Like a Monk