EP 209: Jay Samit - Your Hidden Superpower Can Future-Proof Your Business
- Author
- Gary Bertwistle / Jay Samit
- Published
- Thu 11 Mar 2021
- Episode Link
- https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/themojosessions/Ep2020920_mixdown-final.mp3
Jay Samit has an incredible resume. He's created disruptive ideas for Adobe, American Express, AT&T, Best Buy, Clinique, Coca Cola, Disney, Ford, GE, IBM, Intel, LinkedIn, McDonalds, Microsoft, Starbucks, Unilever, Visa and more. Jay held senior roles at EMI & Sony where he pioneered breakthrough advancements in video, ebooks & digital music that are used by billions of consumers every day and worked closely with guys like Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, and Reid Hoffman.
- When Jay walks into a room with a President or the Pope, what is he there for?
- What is tethering us and holding us back from our future possibilities?
- How does someone actually track back to uncover the story that is holding them back?
- How did Jay's parents enhance or detract from his own confidence and identity as a child.
- Jay suffered from dyslexia. How have labels influenced his career and the way he saw himself?
- Growing up Jay was categorised as a mudhen. What was the impact it had on his beliefs?
- What does Jay remember about Hearst castle?
- Why are Superpowers important for us and how do we capitalise on finding and fostering our own Superpower?
- What is Jay's Superpower?
- Plato taught Aristotle " the first and best victory is to conquer self." What has Jay not conquered about himself?
- When his Mom lied about his age when he was a kid to get him into school, how did that affect his identity?
- What's Jay's kryptonite?
- When painting with watercolours, time stands still for Jay. What does that feel like or look like?
- Did Jay see himself differently once he was asked to present his art in a gallery as an artist?
- Why did Jay wait a long time to get a mentor?
- If Jay had a student in their last year of high school wanting to study at university or college, what would he advise them to study?
- How does Jay frame or reframe problems?
- What is the best mindset change Jay has made that has enabled him to still have a strong relationship with his muse, wife and best friend today?
