What if the biggest opportunities in your life aren't the ones you're waiting for…but the ones you're willing to create?

This week, Shawn sits down with entrepreneur, bestselling author, endurance athlete, and professional life experimenter, Jesse Itzler, for a conversation about why the people who build extraordinary lives don't wait for permission, they create their own opportunities.

Jesse shares why you have to create your own luck, how to free yourself from the fear of embarrassment, and why playing life on offense changes everything. The two also dive into designing your calendar instead of letting it design you, how our biggest limitations are often self-imposed, and why no one signed up to live the 80% version of themselves.

Because if you're waiting for the perfect opportunity, you might be waiting forever. Sometimes the best way to get chosen is to choose yourself first.

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What separates the people who dream from the people who do?

This week, Shawn sits down with former NHL star and co-founder of World Playground, Brooks Laich, for a conversation about The Art of the Start and why success often belongs to the people willing to begin before they feel ready.

Brooks shares the pivotal decision he made at 13 years old that changed the trajectory of his life and eventually led him to the NHL. Along the way, he and Shawn explore the power of pairing curiosity with conviction, why sometimes you have to "burn the boats" and fully commit, and how the people who achieve the most aren't always the most talented, they're often the best at getting better.

They also discuss why struggle is unavoidable, why reps beat raw talent, and why champions don't practice until they get it right, they practice until they can't get it wrong.

And somewhere in this conversation, Brooks perfectly explains why Shawn started this podcast in the first place.

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What does a dusty old computer in an orphanage have to do with artificial intelligence, Stanford University, and the future of humanity? More than you'd think.

This week, Shawn sits down with world-renowned neuroscientist, Stanford professor, former Google Brain and Meta researcher, and Emergence author, David Sussillo, for a conversation about one of life's most valuable skills: Connect the Dots.

David shares his journey from a childhood shaped by poverty, addiction, and orphanages to becoming one of the leading minds in AI and neuroscience. Together, he and Shawn explore luck, consciousness, what Google and Meta have learned about intelligence, and why even the people building AI don't fully understand how it works.

They also discuss Shawn's surprising story about the misfortune of winning a million dollars, how AI is putting unprecedented power into ordinary people's hands, and why understanding your own brain may become the ultimate advantage.

Because the biggest opportunities in life are often hiding in the dots you're not connecting yet.

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