#762: Coach George Raveling and Claire Hughes Johnson

This episode is a two-for-one, and that’s because the podcast
recently hit its 10-year anniversary and passed one billion
downloads. To celebrate, I’ve curated some of the best of the
best—some of my favorites—from more than 700 episodes over the
last decade. I could not be more excited.


The episode features segments from episode #332 "Coach
George Raveling — A Legend on Sports, Business, and The Great
Game of Life" and #724 "Claire Hughes Johnson —
How to Take Responsibility for Your Life, Create Rules That Work,
Stop Being a Victim, Set Strong Boundaries, and
More."


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Timestamps:


[00:00] Start


[05:14] Notes about this supercombo format.


[06:17] Enter George Raveling.


[06:48] The most important conversation is the one you have with
yourself.


[09:03] The only two choices George has when he gets out of bed
in the morning


[11:13] A personal audit once per week.


[11:40] Retirement at 80?


[12:10] George's controversial collection.


[14:50] George's less controversial collections.


[15:44] Relationships as a privilege.


[17:28] Most of George’s best friendships started by mistake.


[18:20] The importance of maintaining friendships with younger
people.


[19:22] Relationships as a patnership.


[19:52] A voracious reading habit.


[23:28] How George selects his next book.


[25:17] How George continues to grow in his 80s.


[29:09] Recommended reading.


[30:42] Kindness as an opportunity.


[33:32] The 1984 Olympics.


[37:32] Enter Claire Hughes Johnson.


[37:54] Say the thing you think you cannot say.


[43:26] Detoxifying your left-hand column.


[51:11] Victim versus player.


[58:43] Recommended reading.


[1:05:32] The case for reading fiction.


[1:12:57] Crafting a working-with-me document.


[1:20:47] Make the implicit explicit.


[1:26:07] An Irish Goodbye.


[1:27:13] Email policies.


[1:32:37] Renegotiating the terms of expectations.


[1:34:41] Listening for the quiet no.


[1:37:06] Money versus time.


[1:38:53] Good rules can be liberating.


[1:41:39] Leadership and disappointment.


[1:46:38] Renegotiating past disappointment.


[2:05:45] Asking a question versus stating an opinion.


[2:09:37] Training wheels for a "no."


[2:11:06] Time, talent, treasure, and testimony.


[2:15:16] Spotting bad apples while hiring.


[2:17:16] If you're not self-aware, how would you know?


[2:20:01] Work style assessments for self-awareness building.


[2:27:17] Paragons of no.


[2:29:30] No more boards.


[2:33:37] Pushers and pullers.


[2:40:32] Parting thoughts.


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