Today's episode features a personal podcasting mentor, the incredibly well-read Australian Adam Ashton! Adam hosts the top-rated What you will Learn along with Adam Jones, where they break down the key insights from the top non-fiction books in an engaging format. The podcast has received 2 million downloads to date and was ranked #6 in the Apple Business category. He is also the author of the book The Shit They Never Taught You, which covers the best bits from 115+ of the top books of all time.

In this conversation, we talk about Adam's early business ventures, how reading Dale Carnegie landed Adam a competitive IB job in college, key lessons for entrepreneurs from top business books, tactics for growing a popular business podcast, his reading, and note-taking process, struggles with writing, overcoming them and living with intention!