Ryan Hanley
Host of Finding Peak w/ Ryan Hanley
Ryan Hanley is a leadership coach, keynote speaker, and entrepreneur, best known as the founder and host of the Finding Peak podcast and media platform. He is the former founder and CEO of Rogue Risk, a digital commercial insurance agency, and has held executive roles with several insurtech and insurance organizations. Hanley currently leads Finding Peak as a coaching and media company focused on helping founders and executives turn chaos into clarity.
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12 Rules for Life👍 Recommends
…ryan hanley discussing how action creates belief and philosophy
“So I picked up a version of this from Jordan Peterson. You're familiar with Jordan Peterson? Yeah. So he was at, so I had a health issue back in 2017 that kind of forced me to recalibrate how I approached life. Essentially, I was allowing myself to become a lazy slob and, you know, I didn't want that to be who I was and whatever. So I picked up 12 Rules for Life and started reading it and started watching some of his stuff.”
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12 Rules for Life👍 Recommends
…discussing jordan peterson's book and its impact on his life transformation
“His book, 12 rules for life literally changed my life in 2017. Cause I was, I wasn't on a good path. I had put on 25, 30 pounds. I was not my good self.”
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14 Frequencies of Proximity👍 Recommends
…discussing ken's new book about building relationships through proximity
“Ken Jocelyn, my friends, it's been a pleasure. Absolute pleasure. Thank you so much for taking the time... Um, I want as many people as possible to be injected into your world. Cause I'm just such a believer in your mentality and mindset... Um, the 14 frequencies of proximity, um, when is it out? Where can we get it?... Uh, is there a place to sign up so we know about the launch? Uh, we'll have, we'll have all of that stuff up in the next little bit. Like literally like we're the launch starts when we get back from our mastermind, the beginning of May. So it'd be May, June, and the end is July is when we're going to do the whole three day deal.”
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All In: Lessons On and Off the Mat👍 Recommends
…discussing Alberto's new book about his journey through adversity and leadership lessons
“His new book "All In: Lessons On and Off the Mat" is out now. The book dives deep into your story and, you know, dude, I'm just so glad that I get to meet people like you and I just love when someone who can perform at a high level, you know, you get put this obstacle in front of your life and you're like, nope, nope, I'm still gonna add massive value to the world.”
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Choose Your Enemies Wisely👍 Recommends
…referencing a book about intentional perspective on challenges and threats
“I thought Patrick Beddavid wrote a really interesting book, Choose Your Enemies Wisely. I don't know if you read it or heard about it. Yeah, I didn't read that. I've heard it. Yeah. I won't say I've read every word. Yeah. I own the book. I've scanned through it. I've read some sections that I thought were really interesting.”
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Cold Plunge👍 Recommends
…discussing daily cold plunge usage and recovery practices
“I hate getting that cold plunge every day. Every day. You do it every day? I haven't recently because mine just burst. I came, I came, I woke up in the morning and came downstairs which I normally jump in, you know, jump in the morning. And I have a feeling one of my, one of my frigging cats did something but I had a air inflatable one and a thing was leaking.”
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Die With Zero👍 Recommends
…discussing philosophy on spending time and money while young and healthy
“And also, and I'll be quiet after this, but there's a book that I think it's overstated, but the broad idea I think is very good, which is Die With Zero. I think I sometimes get a little like annoyed when like these, you know, people who are worth, you know, a hundred million dollars are like, oh, die with zero. It's not about the money. Well, yeah. Yeah. I get that. But like, that's annoying. But I think in real life, the, what, what the real key from that book is, cause I've, I've read it is that you're 48. You're never going to be 48 again.”
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Easy Mode👍 Recommends
…upcoming book on finding easy mode and building ai systems to protect it
“My friends, this is the way. And by the way, if you want to go deeper on easy mode. How to find yours. How to audit where you actually are spending or wasting your time. And how to build the AI layer that protects it. I'm writing a book on exactly this. It's called easy mode. There's tons of resources associated with it. There's a link in the description.”
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Easy Mode👍 Recommends
…introducing book based on human optimized system operational model
“We were acquired specifically for an operational model that we developed called the Human Optimized System. Now, the idea is simple. We use technology to eliminate the work that steals humans from their high value output. Let the humans do human things, let the machines do machine things. That's not the case for a lot of businesses. Now, today, we call that easy mode. I actually have a book coming out by the same title. In September of 2027, which I know is a ways away.”
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Easy Mode👍 Recommends
…discussing a forthcoming book on finding personal competitive advantages in the ai era
“In fact, I'm writing a book on the topics that we talk about on this channel called Easy Mode. What is that thing that you do that looks like cheating to everyone else? That is the secret. Finding that thing is the secret to dominating the age of AI.”
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Endel👍 Recommends
…using sound technology to help with focus and concentration for adhd
“I use this app called Endel, which is like sound waves for ADHD minds that kind of helps you concentrate, which I've actually found. I wasn't a believer until I started using this app, but I'm an incredible believer in particularly people who may have some hyperactivity, like how sound can really help you focus.”
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Fingerprints of the Gods👍 Recommends
…discussing graham hancock's book on ancient civilizations and pre-ice age history
“He wrote this book called the fingerprints of the gods, which will blow your mind. If you're into history, like ancient history, it'll blow your mind. You don't have to believe it, but there's too much evidence for their, there's a, there's something there.”
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Grounding Sheet👍 Recommends
…discussing grounding technology and EMF reduction for sleep quality
“I have a grounding sheet on my bed. Um, seemingly, uh, sleep score, that kind of stuff would say it has had a positive impact over time. I do feel refreshed. I feel better. I don't know. I've been using it for so long. I don't know that I can tell, but I can't like put my finger on, you know, this, this idea of our electrical charge and its impact on how we feel.”
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Hacking the Human Mind💬 Mentioned
…contrarian viewpoints create perception of authority and intelligence in readers
“I was reading – I'm reading this book, Hacking the Human Mind. It just came out and I'm going to butcher the authors, but I'll go back and look at them. And one of the things that's in that book was talking about the psychological study, the psychology study that was done around the fact that when you have a contrarian viewpoint, even if the person reading that viewpoint doesn't agree with your take at all, they immediately apply like an intelligence indicator to you or like they – it gives you authority even if you disagree just by taking a different viewpoint or having or arguing a different viewpoint even if you don't agree with it.”
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Incorruptible👍 Recommends
…introducing eric ries's new book about protecting businesses from investor-driven corruption
“And now you've now made it for me to train my open claw to be as brilliant as you are. Um, that being said, the part of incorruptible that grabbed onto that, like I grabbed onto that was very personal and relevant was, um, this idea. And you bring it right out in chapter one. It's just like the, this kind of mystery of the golden goose, this idea that we're creating these companies and that somehow our relationship, our relationship to investors, our relationship to how we structure our business is taking this thing that we built.”
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Man in the Arena by Theodore Roosevelt👍 Recommends
…recommending a motivational essay about taking action despite criticism and failure
“I literally have had that poem up on my wall in almost every single office I've had since I started my laundry business at age 19. I made them, so the first, I made them read Teddy Roosevelt's Man in the Arena a couple months ago.”
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Mind Over Grind: How to Break Free When Work Hijacks Your Life👍 Recommends
…discussing guy winch's book on overworking and finding balance
“I had Dr. Guy on the show because I wanted to discuss his most recent book, Mind Over Grind. This book speaks directly to a problem that I know I personally have dealt with my entire life, which is overworking, over-prioritizing work, a lack of harmony between my work life and my personal life.”
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Never Settle: Persuasion and Negotiation Skills to Get What You Want👍 Recommends
…discussing attia qureshi's published book on negotiation and persuasion
“So, uh, the book is never settle persuasion and negotiation skills to get what you want. Um, absolutely phenomenal, uh, comes out May 12th. This will be, uh, dropping right around that date guys. Uh, most likely either right on the date or a few days after. So you'll be able to go Amazon everywhere books is sold.”
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Never Split the Difference👍 Recommends
…describing a sales process based on chris voss's negotiation principles
“So we were wholly inbound. So everything we did was based on YouTube and SEO. We were driving North of 35 inbound leads a day for about 14. And, um, I built this like sales process that was all psychology based. It was basically Chris Voss's never split the difference, but rigged to insurance. Right.”
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Obsidian👍 Recommends
…using software to organize and leverage personal content archives for writing and creation
“There's this open source tool called Obsidian, which I started playing with. And it's essentially think of it as a lightweight neural network for the content that you create. So I have pulled from LinkedIn X, my podcast and my website, every piece of content that I've created over the last 10 years. And I have now put it into this neural network.”
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Teenager: A Story About Finding Your Way👍 Recommends
…Angus Reid's new book about teenagers finding their way and taking action
“What I'm hoping for is my kid comes home sometime in the next 20, 30 minutes. And, uh, when he gets here, I want him to come down and just, uh, share some of his thoughts. Cause he had a book report, uh, for the first half of school. And, um, he read your book as his book. That is so cool. I mean, that to me would be my dream scenario for what happens with this book where kids engage, they read it.”
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The 48 Laws of Power👍 Recommends
…reflecting on power structures and understanding social dynamics after a mastermind discussion
“I went back and I read a few chapters of The 48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene. And that's one of, guys, if you're listening to this and you have not read or at least what are those services called? Headway or one of those services that breaks the book down. I mean, I don't necessarily always recommend those. But 48 Laws of Power, to me, was such an eye-opener.”
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The Bravery Effect👍 Recommends
…discussing jill's book on overcoming fear and building courage
“Jill Schulman breaks down the exact science of why avoiding hard things is quietly destroying your potential. Her book, The Bravery Effect, dives deep into psychology of fear and how to rewire your brain for bravery. Ryan encourages listeners to buy the book and find it linked in the show notes.”
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The Case for Christ👍 Recommends
…encouraging critical thinking and doing research before adopting beliefs
“I remember reading a book called the case for Christ a few years back um and for anyone listening I this obviously we didn't start this conversation at all talking about it wasn't ever that wasn't on the on the on the menu in terms of faith and spirituality but I'm like to anyone who's like it's not I'm like just read that book just read that book and it will take you a long time and your brain is going to hurt a little bit but just you owe that if you're going to say you believe something or don't believe it at least do your homework.”
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy👍 Recommends
…referencing philosophical answers to life's ultimate questions in a humorous context
“The only other acceptable answer comes from the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and that's 42. So it's one of those two. I don't know that one. Because you're often, it's a, it's a, um, it, I don't know. So if you've never, it's a book, it's a great book. They also made a movie out of it. And, uh, it, it's got a ton of biblical overtones and like, there's like their whole point of the movie is, and I know we're off topic, but this is just interesting. The whole point of the movie is they're searching for this like mega intelligence, which is essentially God.”
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The Lean Startup👍 Recommends
…discussing how the lean startup methodology has been applied to business operations
“I was obviously a huge fan of, uh, the lean startup. Um, and I've used that for a couple of side quests. I use it as a roadmap as a side quest. And, uh, I would be lying if I said, I haven't taken the PDF and put it into my open claw and said, Hey, when we do little side quests, use this as a first pass filter.”
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The Price of Becoming👍 Recommends
…discussing ryan hawk's book on compounding practices for high performance
“The book is The Price of Becoming, The Compounding Practices of High Performance. Guys, I highly recommend that you subscribe to the Mindful Mondays newsletter that you have. Phenomenal. I'm a subscriber. Besides the website, learningleader.com, anywhere else where people should go to check you out, follow along with your journey? I appreciate you, dude. That's mainly at learningleader.com. That's the name of the podcast, Learning Leader Show. And, you know, The Price of Becoming is the next book.”
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The Prince👍 Recommends
…exploring foundational texts on power dynamics and human behavior
“I got there through The Prince from Machiavelli. And then that kind of got me going on these power structures. And then I read 48 Laws of Power.”
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The Science of Scaling👍 Recommends
…introducing mark roberge and his book on scaling frameworks
“Mark Roberge was the 4th employee at HubSpot and took them from $0 to IPO as their founding CRO. Now he's a Harvard Business School professor, co-founder of Stage 2 Capital, and author of The Science of Scaling. In this conversation, Mark and I break down why most founders get the scaling question wrong, how to build compensation plans that kill coasting, the one interview technique that reveals a salesperson's ceiling, and the brutal math behind knowing when you're actually ready to scale.”
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The Untethered Soul💬 Mentioned
…referencing a book about inner voice and self-negotiation patterns
“I have a very loud internal voice, which I know isn't me, uh, if you read the untethered soul, but it's very loud. Um, and it constantly wants me to negotiate with myself.”
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The Untethered Soul👍 Recommends
…exploring how to separate negative self-talk from one's true identity
“I read The Untethered Soul, spent a lot of time searching that. But the conversation that is happening in my head like, he's a dick. Like, he's not a, you know what I mean? Like, he wants to just tear down and pull down.”
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The Untethered Soul👍 Recommends
…discussing thought experiments and how the mind can be reprogrammed
“And if you've never read Untethered Soul by Michael Singer, it's a fantastic book, very short, very quick read. And the idea is we are not our mind and we are not our body. We are our soul. And the argument that he makes is what that does is it gives us permission and power to program our mind and body and not listen to them, right?”
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The Untethered Soul👍 Recommends
…recommending a transformational book about consciousness and emotional freedom
“And I think, you know, if, if, I don't know if you've ever read the untethered soul by Michael Singer. Of course, Michael Singer. Yeah. Yeah. Great. And the surrender project is amazing too. Dude, that book like opened my mind to this idea.”
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The Untethered Soul👍 Recommends
…recommending a book about consciousness and the distinction between soul and mind
“Have you ever read the, the untethered soul by Michael Singer? No, you know what? I, I, somebody suggested that recently. I'm going to open that one back up. I would take a look at that. Um, and he's got a couple, but essentially this book for me, it's only a hundred pages. It's super quick read, but, but wonderful author.”
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WHOOP💬 Mentioned
…fitness tracking and how obsessing over metrics distracted from actual workout performance
“I actually just got rid of my whoop. And this is not anything against whoop. I think it's a fantastic, if you're, this is the fitness tracker. Okay. Fitness tracker... An aura ring is another version of it. This is the one whoops, the one that goes on your wrist. And I've been wearing it for like six months. And what I found is I became way more like captured by what was going on in the app than like what I was doing in the gym.”
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methylene blue👍 Recommends
…discussing supplements that support mitochondrial health and energy production
“So I have a buddy who is into health optimization. We just go back and forth. Hey, have you ever tried this? Have you ever done that? You know, we're always exchanging notes. And he's like, you got to try methylene blue. Because in general, both of us believe, and there's a lot of science behind this too. I mean, I'm not saying this is like, we believe it like it's a conspiracy theory. But that a large part of why we age and why we show age is because our mitochondria start to die.”
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