Learning Is Actually Struggling, Is It Better To Be Elon Musk or Bernard Arnault? Red Flags About Starbucks New CEO, What Is Step Positioning? The New 10 Commandments Of Marketing

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Eric Siu and Neil Patel

Careers, Business, Marketing

4.6 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 21 March 2025

⏱️ 26 minutes

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In episode #2939, Eric Siu and Neil Patel discuss the balance between learning and execution, leadership styles, and vibe marketing. They emphasize understanding human nature in business and outline the ten new commandments of marketing. TIME-STAMPED SHOW NOTES (00:00) The Struggle of Real Learning (03:00) Entrepreneurial Mindsets: Execution vs. Knowledge (06:08) Understanding Human Nature in Business (09:00) Leadership Styles: Innovators vs. Executors (12:01) Vibe Marketing: The New Frontier (15:05) The 10 New Commandments of Marketing Prefer single topic episodes? Head over to our YouTube channel. To suggest a topic, go to https://www.marketingschool.io. For more content from Eric and Neil, check out Eric’s Leveling Up with Eric Siu YouTube channel and Neil’s Neil Patel YouTube channel. Connect with Us: Single Grain << Eric's ad agency NP Digital << Neil’s ad agency X @neilpatel, @ericosiu Instagram @neilpatel, @ericosiu Drop Us a Review If You Enjoyed the Episode!

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0:00.0	Neil's partner with Heaton on a couple products, Crazy A, Kiss Metrics, Kiss Insights, a lot of different things, web posting.
0:07.0	So, Heaton said this, and this is interesting because you and I have talked about this before.
0:12.0	So Heaton says, you think you're learning, you're not.
0:17.0	Watching reading and watching reading and listening feels like progress. They're not.
0:21.5	I'm just talking like him right now.
0:22.9	He'll do a talk like this.
0:24.0	They're not.
0:24.9	Real learning happens when you wrestle with ideas.
0:27.0	Apply them and struggle.
0:28.3	If it feels easy, you're just collecting information.
0:31.4	And this actually comes from, I think, Andre Carpathie from opening eye too.
0:35.9	He said this too.
0:37.5	It should feel like when you're working out, for example, it doesn't feel pleasant.
0:40.5	It feels like you're struggling.
0:41.7	When you're actually learning, you're in the middle of doing.
0:44.0	You feel like you're struggling, right?
0:45.6	But look, I'm a big fan of podcasts.
0:47.9	I'm a big fan of reading and everything.
0:49.2	The fact that you guys are listening to this or watching this, like we're very grateful
0:52.2	for that. But at a certain point, you have to understand that most of your learning actually comes
0:57.2	from doing.
0:58.1	And other than that, we have a mutual friend, J.Kron.
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