Daniel Gefen
Daniel Gefen is
- The author of the bestseller The Self-Help Addict,
- Public speaker,
- Founder of the Gefen Media Group,
- Host of the talk show podcast Can I Pick Your Brain,
- Founder of Jet Virtual, and
- Father of 3 adorable rascals.
In other words, he’s an entrepreneur, guru-in-the-making, very charismatic host, and family man.
I know Daniel from appearing on his podcast, along with luminaries like Noah Kagan, Russell Brunson, JP Sears, Verne Harnish, and more. Unlike most talk-based podcasts, he gets to the core of the person he’s speaking with.
Actually, I appeared on his podcast three times—the third time came from Daniel sharing to his audience our Leadership and the Environment conversation, for the depth and vulnerability that came of our conversation.
Daniel lives in Israel but we met in person in New York City. His picture captures him—open-hearted laughter, uninhibited to share.
016: Daniel Gefen, Conversation 1, Vulnerability and Openness
Not often when two men chat on the internet do tears well up and they get choked up.
I loved this conversation for its being unscripted and unguarded. Daniel allowed himself to be vulnerable. He asked about posting this interview on his podcast because of the rawness of the emotion that came up.
We laughed a lot too.
My mistake
I recorded this conversation early and I dropped the ball on leading Daniel.
If you listen to this podcast in part to learn to lead, when we reach talking about the environment, you’ll hear me make big mistakes that provoked resistance. I led him to do the opposite of committing to a personal challenge—he lectured me on what I should and shouldn’t do.
Someone you’re trying to influence lecturing at you means you didn’t lead effectively. See if you can listen to where and how I lost him. Learn from my mistake.
Notice how I lead others differently. For example, listen to my interview with John Lee Dumas to hear how I led someone who said he didn’t care about the environment to identify something he cared about, create a big task to act on that care, and to commit to it with public accountability.