The Four Secrets to Extreme Success with Dr. Ruth Gotian, Chief Learning Officer @Weill Cornell Medicine

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As a person that is fully dedicated to sportsmanship and the scientific method to everything I do, I found my conversation with an innovative thinker, educator, mentor, speaker, author and an expert in Learning and Development, Mentoring and Leadership Development, Dr. Ruth Gotian, absolutely inspiring. She has just published her book called “Success Factor” in which she interviewed Olympic gold medalists, Nobel Prize winners, astronauts, Fortune 500 company executives, and Senior Government Officials. Dr. Gotian is the Chief Learning Officer and Assistant Professor of Education, Anesthesiology, at Weill Cornell Medicine. Highlights and Timeline below - audio episode link: https://bit.ly/ruthgotianpodcast 3:04 – Dr. Gotian’s Personal Career Path. 6:23 – RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TALENT AND ULTIMATE SUCCESS. According to Ruth, talent is important but it is even more important to learn to use it. The FIRST of the 4 secrets to extreme success is 1. INTRINSIC MOTIVATION. So if you are talented and intrinsically motivated, Dr. Gotian says you can become unstoppable if you also learn to integrate the other 3 elements, or secrets into your life. 9:08 – When you tap into what you love most, you will automatically be inspired to have the work ethic, tenacity, and outwork others in terms of time and productivity to master your craft, hence the second secret element of success – 2. WORK ETHIC. 10:14 – The Third secret is 3. A STRONG FOUNDATION. The most extreme high achievers have a strong foundation which they are constantly reinforcing even after they win a Nobel Prize, for example. 12:14 – The last common characteristic among all the recognized high achievers is 4. CONTINUOUS INFORMAL LEARNING. To emphasize the value of mentorship, Dr. Gotian always says “if Olympic gold medalists, astronauts, Fortune 500 Excutives all have mentors, why do you think you do not need one?” 14:53 – Q: How do people find their passion or intrinsic motivation first and foremost? Consider a “passion audit” exercise available for free to anyone that is interested at Dr. Ruth Gotian’s website: http://www.ruthgotian.com/passionaudit. 15:54 – Q: How do you create your own momentum or success that others also recognize? 18:24 – How do you teach leadership in this distracted world in which we spend so much time alone, tend to overspecialize, and are more distracted than ever? 21:48 – Does technology increase your exposure and opportunities to be leaders for more people than ever before? The Thinkers 50 award winners and radar list members gave presentations recorded on the Thinkers 50 website available for free to everyone. But there is a difference between an average person and a high achiever, because the average person you meet says “one day I will learn this skill or take this course”, but a high achiever says “I am starting to take this course starting day one – today”. 25:51 – Are there any specific trends in the demands from your clients or network for any specific types or formats of L & D? 30:32 – What makes the mentorship different in healthcare? All the research shows that those people who have a mentor out-earn and outperform those who do not, they have lower risk of burnout, and higher career satisfaction. Evidence shows that 76% understand they should have a mentor, but 37% actually have one. 35:57 – Q: Is standing up for a mentee and demonstrating having mentee’s best interests a requirement for mentorship? Standing up for mentees is sponsorship. So after you sponsor them, you should mentor them to make sure they perform well, so sponsorhip and mentorship are both parts of a continuum. 37:08 – Was there one example or experience throughout the course of writing this book that surprised you? 38:31 – Are the readers of your book likely to find the formula of their own success? 41:30 – What role did networking play on the unprecedented success of these celebrated indivduals? 43:49 – How are you stretching yourself and lifting others currently?