What Got You There with Sean DeLaney

David Dunning is the social psychologist best known for his study into why people have problems recognizing their own incompetence which is know as the - “Dunning-Kruger effect”.

His research focuses…

James Carse is the author of Finite and Infinite Games and was a Professor and Director at NYU for 30 years. James recently passed away so we wanted to repost his episode which was originally episode…

Author. Speaker. Decision Strategist. Annie Duke is one of the world leaders in the decision-making space. As a former professional poker player, Annie won more than $4 million in tournament poker be…

Professor Craig Wright, creator of Yale University's popular “Genius Course,” explores what we can learn from brilliant minds that have changed the world. Einstein. Beethoven. Picasso. Jobs. The word…

Robert Rosenberg was the CEO of Dunkin’ Donuts for over 35 years and author of Around The Corner To Around The World: A Dozen Lessons I Learned Running Dunkin’ Donuts.

Under his leadership, Dunkin’ D…

Blas Moros is writer, thinker, entrepreneur and so much more. He’s the man behind Sean’s favorite website The Rabbit Hole that is filled with book recaps, thought provoking essays and other amazing c…

Josh Kaufman is the bestselling author of books on business, entrepreneurship, skill acquisition, productivity, creativity, applied psychology, and practical wisdom. His unique, multidisciplinary app…

Morgan Housel is a partner at The Collaborative Fund and a former columnist at The Motley Fool and The Wall Street Journal.

He is a two-time winner of the Best in Business Award from the Society of A…

Yen Liow is the Managing Partner at Aravt Global LLC, which is a fundamental global equity investment firm based out of New York.

Yen previously was a Principal of Ziff Brothers Investments, and prio…

Tom Peters is co-author of In Search of Excellence--the book that changed the way the world does business, and often tagged as the best business book ever. Almost 20 books and thirty plus years later…

Vanessa Van Edwards is a national bestselling author and founder of Science of People. Vanessa is renowned for teaching science-backed people skills to audiences around the world.

On this episode Van…

Safi Bahcall is one of the few 2nd time guests on What Got You There which should tell you how much Sean respects him!

Safi was first featured on episode #126 , if you have not heard that pause this …

Ozan Varol is a rocket scientist turned award-winning professor and author of the new book Think Like a Rocket Scientist: Simple Strategies You Can Use to Make Giant Leaps in Work and Life. 

A native…

François Rochon, is the president and portfolio manager of Giverny Capital. François founded Giverny on his investment philosophy of owning outstanding companies for the long term and that philosophy…

Michael Mauboussin is the author of The Success Equation: Untangling Skill and Luck in Business, Sports, and Investing, Think Twice: Harnessing the Power of Counterintuition, and More Than You Know: …

A Special Agent for the United States Secret Service for over 12 years, Evy Poumpouras was on the Presidential Protective Division for President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama.

She has al…

David Cote was formerly Chairman and CEO of industrial giant Honeywell and is currently Executive Chairman of Vertiv Holdings Co.

During 16 years as CEO and/or Chairman of Honeywell, he grew the comp…

On What Got You There’s milestone 200th episode Sean talks with Chris Fussell who spent 15 years on U.S. Navy SEAL Teams and is a Partner at the McChrystal Group Leadership Institute.

He is the autho…

Maria Konnikova is a Harvard and Columbia educated psychologist, author and, in recent years, professional poker player.

Over the last year Maria stepped away from her job and entered into the world …

Dr. Marcus Elliott is a Harvard trained physician specializing in performance enhancement and the development of elite athletes.

As Founder and Director of P3, he is dedicated to applying cutting edg…