Jason Silver is a multi-time founder of kids and a multi-time founder of companies. He gets his biggest thrill helping modern employees and their teams unlock a better way to work—surfing is a close second.
He was an early employee at Airbnb and helped build an AI company from the ground up back before AI was the cool thing to do. Today, he advises a startup portfolio valued in the billions on how to build great, lasting companies that people actually enjoy working for.
He’s a sought-after public speaker, instructor, and advisor on how to transform work into one of the biggest drivers of positivity in your life. When he’s not busy helping people solve their hardest workplace challenges, Jason’s kids are busy reminding him just how much of a work in progress he still is too.
IN THIS EPISODE YOU'LL LEARN:
- (2:22) The curveball that changed Jason's life
- (6:40) Post-traumatic growth
- (8:14) Jason's previous concept of success
- (14:30) What Jason has learned from an agency perspective
- (20:06) Assumptions that Jason has flipped
- (22:30) Biggest impacts on productivity and life involved removing things, not adding
- (29:20) Planning and adding in how we want to feel, not just what we need to accomplish
- (36:23) Test to determine things you're great at and enjoy
- (40:41) Advantage Mapping and how to uncover your advantages
- (41:30) Jason's book Your Grass Is Greener
- (47:35) Big challenges tackled in the book and what working differently means
- (55:00) Workplace culture
- (1:07:20) Work can be become a very positive driver in your life
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BOOKS AND RESOURCES
- Get Jason's book Your Grass Is Greener
- "No matter how much you try, you do not control whether an outcome happens." - quote from Jason
- "If you want to be happier, where should you focus? Focus on moments, not milestones." - quote from Jason
- The Courage To Be Disliked - a book Jason recommends cautiously due to translation
- When Breath Becomes Air - another book Jason recommends
- Man's Search For Meaning - another book Jason recommends
- Connect with Jason on his website, LinkedIn, and his newsletter.
