Roland Smart has experience with entrepreneurship and business in ventures both large and small. While he now works for tech-industry giant Oracle, he has spent most of his career working for start-ups and having odd entrepreneurial adventures.

Roland is the author of The Agile Marketer: Turning Customer Experience Into Your Competitive Advantage, which dissects the fundamentally changed world of marketing in the digital age. The book and the man himself are both chock-full of advice about how marketers can update their thinking about the field to match its rapidly changing landscape. 

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Imagine you raised €16 million for charities in your country, got knighted by your queen, and then got kicked out of your hometown. Would you think to become a digital nomad, enhancing your business and your personal freedom in the process?

This is precisely the situation this week's guest found herself in. Esther Jacobs is the co-author of Digital Nomads: How to Live, Work and Play Around the World, based off of her own transition to a life of location-independent entrepreneurship. Esther and her co-author, André Gussekloo, detail the myriad opportunities of today's digitally connected world, and how entrepreneurs can make the most of it.

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More often than not, the eight-hour workday feels like a mildly productive slog. Some people work more quickly and efficiently than others, yet everybody is held to the same clock-in, clock-out schedule. So how can working less actually boost productivity, creativity, and success across the board?

Stephan and I cover a lot of ground in this interview: his appearance on Shark Tank, why the United States has some of the lowest happiness levels of industrialized countries, and how Tower has evolved into a beach-lifestyle brand are just a few of the highlights. The Five-Hour Workday challenges the stagnant workweek to catch up with the technological advances of the last few decades.

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What one simple tactic will improve your negotiation skills and outcomes? Why do most people think they're immune to social pressures? Can being aware of these influences make you more likely to overcome them? Jonah Berger joins us this week to answer these questions and more about why people act the way they do.

Jonah's book, Invisible Influence: The Hidden Forces that Shape Behavior, is all about the subtle social influences that affect our decision-making processes every day. Through research, Jonah and others have revealed that many things -- products, people, and decisions included -- don't succeed or fail just based on quality, but more often because of unseen social forces. Jonah also details the fascinating connection between individual motivation and the success of others around you.

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What could UGGs, Tesla, and cronuts (yes, the pastry) possibly have in common? This week, I sit down with author and speaker Mike Michalowicz to talk about the marketing strategies that make these products and services highly sought-after.

In his new book Surge: Time the Marketplace, Ride the Wave of Consumer Demand, and Become Your Industry's Big Kahuna, Mike walks through a five-step process that small businesses can use to capitalize on opportunities in the marketplace. Because positioning yourself at the right time is the key to this process, even an weak product can be very successful at the right moment.

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There’s no guest this week, just me – Roger Dooley. I’m going to do a brief intro to the concept of “social proof,” one of Robert Cialdini’s famous Six Principles of Influence.

I’ll also cover some recent research on the right and wrong ways to use social proof. Social proof of any kind will usually improve your persuasion effort, but not always. And some social proof is better than others. Tune in to amp up your persuasive efforts!

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Al Ramadan's new book, Play Bigger - How Pirates, Dreamers, and Innovators Create and Dominate Markets, co-authored with Dave Peterson, Christopher Lochhead, and Kevin Maney, is a study of legendary category-breaking companies like Apple, Google, and other Silicon Valley giants. In this interview, Al touches on some of the characteristics of these companies that make them so industry-defining.

In each case, these firms redefined their category, ultimately leading to market domination. But, this isn't just for big brands - even small companies and individuals can use category design to achieve success.

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Many of us leap to conclusions when trying to solve our problems, whether they are personal, financial, or otherwise. But is there a better, more thought-out way to find solutions?

Matthew E. May is a specialist in critical thinking, as well as a prolific author of books about ideas and how to improve them. His new book, titled Winning The Brain Game: Fixing the 7 Fatal Flaws of Thinking, aims to point out seven common, yet destructive, flaws in our thinking patterns. Matthew's book (and interview!) will help you understand these flaws, how you can change the way you think, and why it's crucial to do so.

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How can images of naked women and sculptures made out of urinal structures thwart a terrorist or help you save your company lots of money? Amy Herman teaches the Art of Perception to help us step back and engage the most powerful technology tools we have - our eyes.

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Just about every self-help author and life coach tries to pump you up by getting you to think better of yourself and your capabilities. Ryan Holiday, it’s safe to say, has a somewhat different path to success.

Ryan is a business and media strategist who has advised authors, artists, and companies. Among other accomplishments, he was a key part of American Apparel’s meteoric rise in sales.

Ryan is also the author of three books. His latest title, Ego is the Enemy, sheds light on all the negative ways your ego may be affecting your business without you knowing it.

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