The Warrior Poet
**Get yourself unstuck and be a leader.** Andrew "Sri" Sridhar is a former Navy SEAL, Harvard MBA, Wall Street escapee, and technologist. He interviews top military leaders, academic thinkers, and business phenoms to up your game. The Warrior Poet is a tightly woven tapestry of leadership expertise, philosophical inquiry, and pop culture. It's a portmanteau of Brainpickings, Wait But Why, and (Sri only wishes) Seinfeld. Yes, Sri sometimes writes haikus.
Episodes
88 episodes
#83: Live Your Best Life w/ Jordan Paris
Sri talks with Jordan Paris, real estate entrepreneur, CEO of Zeus, and host of The Jordan Paris Show. They talk about how to get real with yourself in order to get unstuck and live your best li...
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#82: Mindful Leadership w/ Jon Macaskill
"Meditation saved my life." --Jon MacaskillSri talks with former Navy SEAL commander and leadership speaker Jon Macaskill. Jon is also host of the podcast
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#81: Your Next Level w/ Matt Wilson
Matt Wilson is as insightful and energetic as they get. With incredible candor about his own mistakes and personal life, Matt talks with Sri about what it takes to get to the next level in marriage, career, and entrepreneurship. If you'...
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#79: Founder's Mindset w/ Adam Mutschler
Sri talks with founder and coach Adam Mutschler about how to master the 'inner game' when it comes to startups (and life). They also manage to talk about cricket protein and ridding Midwest streams of invasive species :) And Sri p...
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#78: Elite Mental Performance w/ Evan Marks
Sri and Evan Marks discuss how elite performers achieve their success. Spoiler: Mental performance. Evan is a veteran trader of Wall Street turned mental performance coach. He is the founder of ...
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#77: Lifting the Veil w/ Pat Dossett
Sri talks with Pat Dossett about how to forge your best life path. We discuss: High performers run on self-hate -- and how to run on compassion insteadPat's trip to Mexico to exper...
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#76: Xena's 5 R's of Leadership (Suzanne Lesko)
Suzanne Lesko (callsign: Xena) walks us through her framework for leadership, starting with resilience. We also talk about: Toxic leadersFemale empowerment in male-dominated domainsNetworking...
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#75: FORGET THE SMILES (4MUW)
It really sucks when you smile at someone and they pretend like you're not even there. Sri shares thoughts on being a leader on and off the field of play by bringing the magic to those around us.
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#74: Joe Musselman on Teams, Leadership, & Culture
Joe Musselman founded the Honor Foundation, which has assisted countless Navy SEALs apply their high-impact skillsets to the private sector. He also cofounded the VC firm Broom Ventures and founded
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#73: Crafting Your Purpose (with John Coleman)
John Coleman tells us what we should be reading. And more importantly, he helps us craft our life's purpose. John is managing partner at Sovereign Capital, an alum of Invesco, and author of the
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#72: Better Decent Than Lucky (with Nick Soman)
EXPLICIT EPISODE: If you have kids in the car, we hope you’ll choose another.Nick Soman is the founder and CEO of Decent, which aims to provide affordable health insurance to all. He and Sri...
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#71: Trust-Based Leadership with Mike Ettore
Sri interviews Mike Ettore. Mike is a career veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps, accomplished Fortune-500 C-suite executive, and founder of Fidelis Leadership Group. Mike is the author of <...
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#70: Unbreakable Leadership with Thom Shea
Learn the "three simple things" that will help you lead yourself, your family, and your team from former Navy SEAL and BUD/S instructor Thom Shea. Thom is the author of multiple books on leadership and is the founder of Unbreakable Lead...
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#69: Finding the Best People with Kevin Seiff
Kevin Seiff is a former Navy SEAL and CEO of Flintlock Solutions, a recruiting firm that is changing the game for VC-backed biotech companies. Sri and Kevin discuss what to look for in candidates and how to run a great recruiting process.
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#68: Amazon Tenets with Dave Glick, CTO of Flexe
How many people can say they had regular meetings with Jeff Bezos?Dave Glick is the CTO of Flexe, just heralded as Seattle's newest unicorn. Dave is a 20-year Amazon veteran, where he and Sri overlapped. Dave is one of those people who ...
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#67: Selling Out with Frank Cespedes, Harvard Business School Sales and Strategy Professor
Sri talks with author and professor Frank Cespedes about sales, strategy, and leadership. Frank Cespedes is a Senior Lecturer in the Entrepreneurial Management Unit at Harvard Business School. He currently teaches the electiv...
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#66: Redefining Beauty with Katia Beauchamp, CEO of Birchbox
Sri talks with entrepreneur Katia Beauchamp about what she learned about leadership (and herself!) while upending the beauty industry. Katia is the cofounder of Birchbox, which raised $90 million in venture funding and was valued at one time at...
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#65: Searching for Attributes with Navy SEAL Rich Diviney
Should you hire for skills or innate qualities? On this episode Sri interviews Rich Diviney, highly accomplished career SEAL officer and author of the book The Attributes. Rich makes the case that skills are a poor predictor of success...
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#64: Never Enough with Mike Hayes
Mike Hayes is the former commanding officer of SEAL Team TWO and the author of "Never Enough." He was a White House Fellow and subsequently Chief Operating Officer at Ray Dalio's hedge fund, Bridgewater Associates. He currently serves as ...
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#62: TWO KINDS OF BOREDOM (4MUW)
There are two kinds of boredom, but only one is good for you :) Hat tip to Maria Popova at Brainpickings, who writes frequently about the benefits of boredom in general. Highly recomme...
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#61: QUADROFRENETICA (4MUW)
70s rock giants The Who help Sri explain nervous energy in organizations. This episode is part of the "4 Minutes Underwater" series (4MUW). notesThe rock opera Quadropheni...
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#60: RESPONSIBILITY HANGOVER (4MUW)
Sri discusses how our decision-making models get outdated as we increase our experience in this second edition of our "4 Minutes Underwater" minisode series (4MUW). notes The book
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