Don Kurz, the executive board chair and principal shareholder of leading creative agency Omelet LLC joins Enterprise Radio. His new book, Do the Hustle – Life Lessons from Studio 54, the Championship Lacrosse Field, and the Boardroom.
This episode of Enterprise Radio is in association with the Author Channel.
Listen to interview with host Eric Dye & guest Don Kurz discuss the following:
- What prompted you to write this book?
- How do you embrace reality when the circumstances are negative?
- Related to “ The omelet metaphor” and teaching employees to find the silver lining: How do you manage regret and look forward instead of dwelling on a negative issue?
- You talk about the non-linear path and how there is no such thing as a straight line to the top. How does this translate to everyday life?
- How does the gut algorithm work in real life; what are the signs?
- How do I strip away all the history and cost of an issue and avoid the sunk cost fallacy?
- How do you handle a superstar employee who is a bad cultural fit and goes against your “we not i’” philosophy?
- How do you manage not making enemies with the need to ‘punch a bully in the nose’?
- What is one thing you consider the most important takeaway of your book?
Don Kurz is an entrepreneur, former championship lacrosse player, and dance instructor who regularly danced the Hustle at Studio 54. He has been a senior partner in a major international consulting firm, successfully taken a company public on Nasdaq, started a hedge fund, and currently is the executive board chair and principal shareholder of leading creative agency Omelet LLC. His new book, Do the Hustle – Life Lessons from Studio 54, the Championship Lacrosse Field, and the Boardroom, is both an amusing and serious collection of lessons learned, taught to readers through his dynamic life story.
Website: https://donkurzauthor.com
Social Media Links:
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/donkurz
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/don.kurz.1
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/donkurz
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