Everybody has an opinion about Scott Galloway. You can agree or disagree with him, but you can't ignore him. This episode is a deep dive into how he tells stories and develops his narratives. His mantras for life and writing: 1. The specific crowds out the general: Find a specific niche, and own it. 2. If somebody's telling you to follow your passion, it probably means they're already rich (and chances are, they made their millions doing something much more boring than what they're telling you to do). 3. If you want to be an entrepreneur, learn how to tell great stories. 4. Entrepreneur is a synonym for salesperson, and salesperson is a synonym for storyteller. 5. Scott's formula for building presentations: Find a central thesis, add a machine gun of data, and make it funny. 6. Making people feel something will take you farther than any business insight. 7. Narratives move the world: PR is a $100 billion industry, and Amazon employs 1,900 PR and communications professionals, almost 2x the number of journalists employed by Jeff Bezos' newspaper, The Washington Post. 8. Recipe for gaining attention: Be the person who says what everybody's thinking, but afraid to actually say. 9. Another one: Look for controversial topics where you have an interesting take... and think you're right. 10. The void Scott's trying to fill is being a man in his mid-50s who's openly vulnerable with his emotions and the challenges of life. 11. Different mediums create different kinds of connections with fans. Video creates excitement; writing creates depth, and podcasting creates the feeling of friendship. If somebody comes up to Scott and high-fives him, they saw a video; if they write a long letter, they read something he wrote; and if somebody talks to him like they know him, they've listened to a podcast. 12. Invest in your relationships: The more unconditional love you feel, the more openly you can speak.

Non stop Gold Content.

The thing that's so interesting about Prof G (esp. at the end) is how good he is at just making connections.

If you could get @Americanbaron on the show, we would learn so much. Really. He feels like one of us because he’s quite young. But thinks like an old soul! Which is much needed in our times.

Thank You David.

You can't be afraid when all your takes are as cold as a ceaser salad.

👌🏽👌🏽👌🏽 This is such a great piece of content. Your questions were spot on David. Thank you for this!

non-stop gold.

When I just listen to Scott talking without looking at the screen it sounds like Kevin Spacey talking lol

Would love it if instead of just saying "I have economic security", Prof G would give some insights as to how he got economic security. Born into it? Privilege? Got lucky? So many people struggling to make ends meet.

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Speak excited about safe topics

"Don't offend. Inform."

Bro. Chill with the ads..or don’t.

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