050 - Imagine a Day with Duke Stump

The Kurty D Show

Key Takeaways:

• How mentorship is a two-way street where you teach someone and learn from them too.
• The impact that you can get by operating from principles vs. a playbook.
• The importance of letting yourself be uncomfortable.
• Why it’s essential to learn that what works in one culture will not automatically translate into success in a different culture?
• The requirements for greatness.
• Why you need to be self-aware and understanding of yourself.
• The power of language in life.

Tweetable Quotes:

• “The goal is not to create magic. It's to create the conditions for magic to happen.” – Duke Stump
• “We all want greatness but we're not willing to have the courage to accept what it quite often takes to get there.” – Duke Stump
• “Self-awareness or self-understanding is the key ingredient in any journey.” – Duke Stump
• “Language has the ability to pierce through the barbed wire of life when it's done well.” – Duke Stump
• “Make yourself uncomfortable because it's one of the few times you know you're growing.” – Duke Stump
• “Life is about impermanence. It's this mercurial, ever-changing, ever-flowing thing like we don't have control on much other than maybe our chosen response to things.” – Duke Stump
• “Financials are not a predictor of success. They're a function of doing other things.” – Duke Stump
• “Rather than just focus on a number of financials every day, focus on other things that will deliver the numbers.” – Duke Stump
• “Freedom and aliveness for me is being in an environment where there's a real beautiful level of trust.” – Duke Stump
• “I think if we learn differently, we would invite so much more possibility.” – Duke Stump
• “My parents were high school teachers and they always said teaching is about mentoring and being mentored.” – Duke Stump
• “I didn't operate from a playbook, but I operated from a set of principles.” – Duke Stump
• “I'm proud of the fact that, once again it wasn't a playbook but it was a philosophy and a different approach around how to build something.” – Duke Stump
• “Because something works in one culture doesn't mean that playbook is transferable.” – Duke Stump
• “I'm just obsessed with the human condition that can create possibility versus stifle it.” – Duke Stump

Links Mentioned:

Kurt’s Twitter

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Duke Stump

Chris Zimmerman

Chris Daradics

Ellen DeGeneres

Gregg Hoffman

Janine Benyus

Jeffrey Hollender

Laura Lee Brown

Martha Stewart

Ophra Winfrey

Rick Rubin

Steve Wilson

Tim Ferriss

21c Museum Hotels

Apple

Bauer

Biomimicry

Bonfire With Soul

Esri

EQT

Lululemon

Nike

Overhear Episode with Gregor Barnum and Duke Stump

Patagonia

Seventh Generation

Target

TechCrunch

The University of Vermont

The Wall Street Journal