Seeking Wisdom

If you liked this episode, we bet that you’ll love our blog content. blog.drift.com/#subscribe Subscribe to never miss a post & join the 20,000+ other pros committed to getting better every day. ----- We give away all of our secrets on Seeking Wisdom and at Drift -- from the sales, marketing, and product strategies we follow to the books we read and people we follow. Why? Well because even if people know the secrets, less than 1% of people actually do anything. That's what we're talking about this week on Seeking Wisdom. -- Here’s how you can support Seeking Wisdom if you’re a fan of the show: 1. Subscribe on your favorite podcast app. 2. Leave us a five-star review. Here's how: bit.ly/5-Stars-Only. 3. Follow David (twitter.com/dcancel) and Dave (twitter.com/davegerhardt) on Twitter. 4. Learn more about Drift at Drift.com.

If you liked this episode, we bet that you’ll love our blog content. blog.drift.com/#subscribe Subscribe to never miss a post & join the 20,000+ other pros committed to getting better every day. ----- We're joined by 5-time Olympic medalist Nastia Liukin. Nastia won gold in gymnastics at the 2008 summer Olympics, and she joins us to talk about her morning routine, favorite workouts, the book she's recommended the most, and why you should never quit on a bad day. Oh -- why is Nastia on with us with? Well have a listen and you'll find out. Read the full story on the Drift blog: blog.drift.com/nastia-liukin-speaking-at-hypergrowth Here’s how you can support Seeking Wisdom if you’re a fan of the show: 1. Subscribe on your favorite podcast app. 2. Leave us a five-star review. Here's how: bit.ly/5-Stars-Only. 3. Follow David (twitter.com/dcancel) and Dave (twitter.com/davegerhardt) on Twitter. 4. Learn more about Drift at Drift.com.

If you liked this episode, we bet that you’ll love our blog content. blog.drift.com/#subscribe Subscribe to never miss a post & join the 20,000+ other pros committed to getting better every day. ----- "You need to work smarter, not harder." That's what everyone will tell you these days -- but is that *actually* good advice? That's what we're talking about on this episode of Seeking Wisdom. PS. We just announced our first annual conference, HYPERGROWTH. Get your tickets at hypergrowth.drift.com using the promo code SeekingWisdom (one word) Here’s how you can support Seeking Wisdom if you’re a fan of the show: 1. Subscribe on your favorite podcast app. 2. Leave us a five-star review. Here's how: bit.ly/5-Stars-Only. 3. Follow David (twitter.com/dcancel) and Dave (twitter.com/davegerhardt) on Twitter. 4. Learn more about Drift at Drift.com.

If you liked this episode, we bet that you’ll love our blog content. blog.drift.com/#subscribe Subscribe to never miss a post & join the 20,000+ other pros committed to getting better every day. ----- Should you spend more time working on your weaknesses? Or doubling down on your strengths? That's what we're talking about today (plus DC's two methods for figuring out what you're actually good at). Here’s how you can support Seeking Wisdom if you’re a fan of the show: 1. Subscribe on your favorite podcast app. 2. Leave us a five-star review. Here's how: bit.ly/5-Stars-Only. 3. Follow David (twitter.com/dcancel) and Dave (twitter.com/davegerhardt) on Twitter. 4. Learn more about Drift at Drift.com. PS. We just announced our first annual conference, HYPERGROWTH. Get your tickets at hypergrowth.drift.com using the promo code SeekingWisdom (one word)

If you liked this episode, we bet that you’ll love our blog content. blog.drift.com/#subscribe Subscribe to never miss a post & join the 20,000+ other pros committed to getting better every day. ----- 10 things we learned from Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard: 1. Build the place you want to work. 2. Move fast. 3. Make the best products. 4. Good design is little design. 5. Innovation or invention? 6. The best brand is human. 7. Write as though we were the customers. 8. Be a product-driven company. 9. The CEO always has to light the fire. 10. Always have a sense of urgency. Here’s how you can support Seeking Wisdom if you’re a fan of the show: 1. Subscribe on your favorite podcast app. 2. Leave us a five-star review. Here's how: bit.ly/5-Stars-Only. 3. Follow David (twitter.com/dcancel) and Dave (twitter.com/davegerhardt) on Twitter. 4. Learn more about Drift at Drift.com. PS. We just announced our first annual conference, HYPERGROWTH. Get your tickets at hypergrowth.drift.com

If you liked this episode, we bet that you’ll love our blog content. blog.drift.com/#subscribe Subscribe to never miss a post & join the 20,000+ other pros committed to getting better every day. ----- Breaking down DC's three rules for getting a promotion. Here’s how you can support Seeking Wisdom if you’re a fan of the show: 1. Subscribe on your favorite podcast app. 2. Leave us a five-star review. Here's how: bit.ly/5-Stars-Only. 3. Follow David (twitter.com/dcancel) and Dave (twitter.com/davegerhardt) on Twitter. 4. Learn more about Drift at Drift.com. PS. We just announced our first annual conference, HYPERGROWTH. Get your tickets at hypergrowth.drift.com

If you liked this episode, we bet that you’ll love our blog content. blog.drift.com/#subscribe Subscribe to never miss a post & join the 20,000+ other pros committed to getting better every day. ----- Get your tickets at http://hypergrowth.drift.com/ Just use the promo code SeekingWisdom (one word) Hope to see you in the fall.

If you liked this episode, we bet that you’ll love our blog content. blog.drift.com/#subscribe Subscribe to never miss a post & join the 20,000+ other pros committed to getting better every day. ----- Mike Volpe joined us live at Drift for lunch with the team, so we hit record for Seeking Wisdom. Mike is the CMO at Cybereason and a friend, investor, and advisor to us at Drift (but you probably know him as the former CMO at HubSpot). Tweet at Mike @mvolpe and let him know you heard him on Seeking Wisdom. Here’s how you can support Seeking Wisdom if you’re a fan of the show: 1. Subscribe on your favorite podcast app. 2. Leave us a five-star review. Here's how: bit.ly/5-Stars-Only. 3. Follow David (twitter.com/dcancel) and Dave (twitter.com/davegerhardt) on Twitter. 4. Learn more about Drift at Drift.com. PS. We just announced our first annual conference, HYPERGROWTH. Get your tickets at hypergrowth.drift.com

If you liked this episode, we bet that you’ll love our blog content. blog.drift.com/#subscribe Subscribe to never miss a post & join the 20,000+ other pros committed to getting better every day. ----- Breaking down each of our morning routines. How do you start your day? Here’s how you can support Seeking Wisdom if you’re a fan of the show: 1. Subscribe on your favorite podcast app. 2. Leave us a five-star review. Here's how: bit.ly/5-Stars-Only. 3. Follow David (twitter.com/dcancel) and Dave (twitter.com/davegerhardt) on Twitter. 4. Learn more about Drift at Drift.com. PS. We just announced our first annual conference, HYPERGROWTH. Get your tickets at hypergrowth.drift.com

If you liked this episode, we bet that you’ll love our blog content. blog.drift.com/#subscribe Subscribe to never miss a post & join the 20,000+ other pros committed to getting better every day. ----- We’re joined by Emmanuelle Skala (@elleskala) the VP of Sales and Customer Success at Digital Ocean. And in true Seeking Wisdom fashion, we’re talking about everything — from juice cleansing, to hiring sales reps, to building out a sales team, to why the lines between sales and customer success are getting blurry. Here’s how you can support Seeking Wisdom if you’re a fan of the show: 1. Subscribe on your favorite podcast app. 2. Leave us a five-star review. Here's how: bit.ly/5-Stars-Only. 3. Follow David (twitter.com/dcancel) and Dave (twitter.com/davegerhardt) on Twitter. 4. Learn more about Drift at Drift.com.

If you liked this episode, we bet that you’ll love our blog content. blog.drift.com/#subscribe Subscribe to never miss a post & join the 20,000+ other pros committed to getting better every day. --- Jim Rohn is the OG of wealth and happiness, so we’re breaking down a few of his top lessons. Also, DC was interviewed by the New York Times this week and it was pretty cool so here’s the link: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/24/business/corner-office-david-cancel-drift.html And the link to our YouTube channel we mention: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwdKmeYQ76Sh22lfTiFg5fg PS. Here’s how you can support Seeking Wisdom if you’re a fan of the show: 1. Subscribe. 2. Leave us a five-star review. Here's how: bit.ly/5-Stars-Only. 3. Follow David (twitter.com/dcancel) and Dave (twitter.com/davegerhardt) on Twitter. 4. Learn more about Drift at Drift.com.

If you liked this episode, we bet that you’ll love our blog content. blog.drift.com/#subscribe Subscribe to never miss a post & join the 20,000+ other pros committed to getting better every day. --- Breaking down why we made the decision to invest so much in our brand at Drift early on (and why it doesn't matter that we're a B2B company). PS. Here’s how you can support Seeking Wisdom if you’re a fan of the show: 1. Subscribe. 2. Leave us a five-star review. Here's how: bit.ly/5-Stars-Only. 3. Follow David (twitter.com/dcancel) and Dave (twitter.com/davegerhardt) on Twitter. 4. Learn more about Drift at Drift.com.

If you liked this episode, we bet that you’ll love our blog content. blog.drift.com/#subscribe Subscribe to never miss a post & join the 20,000+ other pros committed to getting better every day. --- A quick lesson from DC on why fear is the thing that's holding us all back. PS. Here’s how you can support Seeking Wisdom if you’re a fan of the show: 1. Subscribe. 2. Leave us a five-star review. Here's how: bit.ly/5-Stars-Only. 3. Follow David (twitter.com/dcancel) and Dave (twitter.com/davegerhardt) on Twitter. 4. Learn more about Drift at Drift.com.

If you liked this episode, we bet that you’ll love our blog content. blog.drift.com/#subscribe Subscribe to never miss a post & join the 20,000+ other pros committed to getting better every day. --- Dave learned a quick lesson from David the other day, and we wanted to share it on the podcast with the Seeking Wisdom community. So here's a quick episode: be careful who you compare yourself to. Pick your role models wisely. PS. Here’s how you can support Seeking Wisdom if you’re a fan of the show: 1. Subscribe. 2. Leave us a five-star review. Here's how: bit.ly/5-Stars-Only. 3. Follow David (twitter.com/dcancel) and Dave (twitter.com/davegerhardt) on Twitter. 4. Learn more about Drift at Drift.com.

If you liked this episode, we bet that you’ll love our blog content. blog.drift.com/#subscribe Subscribe to never miss a post & join the 20,000+ other pros committed to getting better every day. --- David calls Mike "The Godfather of Branding." And we've been talking a lot about brand lately, so we thought it would be fun to have Mike in the office at Drift and record a podcast. Mike's the CMO at Actifio, a venture capital "unicorn" (billion dollar valuation) and he spent his early career at top New York ad agencies on brands including Coca-Cola, AT&T, and Taco Bell. We also talked about reading, some of Mike's favorite books, the power of a good sales kickoff, and the role of marketing today (hint: it's to feed sales). PS. Here’s how you can support Seeking Wisdom if you’re a fan of the show: 1. Subscribe. 2. Leave us a five-star review. Here's how: bit.ly/5-Stars-Only. 3. Follow David (twitter.com/dcancel) and Dave (twitter.com/davegerhardt) on Twitter. 4. Learn more about Drift at Drift.com.

If you liked this episode, we bet that you’ll love our blog content. blog.drift.com/#subscribe Subscribe to never miss a post & join the 20,000+ other pros committed to getting better every day. --- After our podcast episode on meetings, we got a lot of questions about how we handle internal communication at Drift (from the tools we use to the guardrails we set as part of our culture). Some of the tools we mention on this episode: Email Slack Wiki (we use Confluence from Atlassian) 15Five 1:1 meetings Monday Metrics Meeting Friday Show & Tell PS. Here’s how you can support Seeking Wisdom if you’re a fan of the show: 1. Subscribe. 2. Leave us a five-star review. Here's how: bit.ly/5-Stars-Only. 3. Follow David (twitter.com/dcancel) and Dave (twitter.com/davegerhardt) on Twitter. 4. Learn more about Drift at Drift.com.

If you liked this episode, we bet that you’ll love our blog content. blog.drift.com/#subscribe Subscribe to never miss a post & join the 20,000+ other pros committed to getting better every day. --- Today we’re talking about two ends of the spectrum at work: being a momentum maker or being a perfectionist. Which type of person are you in your business? There’s no right or wrong answer, but you need both in order to succeed. So we’re talking about the differences between the two types of personalities, pros and cons, and why it’s so important to be able to understand each other. PS. Here’s how you can support Seeking Wisdom if you’re a fan of the show: 1. Subscribe. 2. Leave us a five-star review. Here's how: bit.ly/5-Stars-Only. 3. Follow David (twitter.com/dcancel) and Dave (twitter.com/davegerhardt) on Twitter. 4. Learn more about Drift at Drift.com.

If you liked this episode, we bet that you’ll love our blog content. blog.drift.com/#subscribe Subscribe to never miss a post & join the 20,000+ other pros committed to getting better every day. --- Freemium model? Or inside sales? What about outbound sales? On this episode of Seeking Wisdom we're talking about why we made the decision to "split" our sales funnel in 2017, lessons from Dropbox, and what it might mean for your business. Ways to support Seeking Wisdom if you’re a fan of the show: 1. Subscribe. 2. Leave us a five-star review. Here's how: bit.ly/5-Stars-Only. 3. Follow David (twitter.com/dcancel) and Dave (twitter.com/davegerhardt) on Twitter. 4. Learn more about Drift at Drift.com.

If you liked this episode, we bet that you’ll love our blog content. blog.drift.com/#subscribe Subscribe to never miss a post & join the 20,000+ other pros committed to getting better every day. --- A quick one on the power of peer groups based on David's experience at recent CEO group (and of course, because of the importance of role models). Ways to support Seeking Wisdom if you’re a fan of the show: 1. Subscribe. 2. Leave us a five-star review. Here's how: bit.ly/5-Stars-Only. 3. Follow David (twitter.com/dcancel) and Dave (twitter.com/davegerhardt) on Twitter. 4. Learn more about Drift at Drift.com.

If you liked this episode, we bet that you’ll love our blog content. blog.drift.com/#subscribe Subscribe to never miss a post & join the 20,000+ other pros committed to getting better every day. --- People love to glamorize the idea of starting a business -- and how the ideas for successful companies seemingly just "hit" founders in the shower, talking down the street, etc. But you can't afford to wait around for that amazing business idea. So then how do you come up with that next breakthrough idea? That's what we're talking about on this episode of Seeking Wisdom. Ways to support Seeking Wisdom if you’re a fan of the show: 1. Subscribe. 2. Leave us a five-star review. Here's how: bit.ly/5-Stars-Only. 3. Follow David (twitter.com/dcancel) and Dave (twitter.com/davegerhardt) on Twitter. 4. Learn more about Drift at Drift.com.