480: What Remarkable People Know About Trust, Privacy, and Living with Integrity Video
From Betrayal To BreakthroughShow Notes
Guest: Guy Kawasaki — Chief Evangelist, Canva · Author · Host of Remarkable People
What happens when one of Silicon Valley's most trusted voices—the man who helped launch the Macintosh and now serves as Chief Evangelist for Canva—sits down to talk about betrayal, broken trust, and what it takes to live with integrity? You get a conversation that's honest, provocative, and deeply human.
In this episode, Dr. Debi Silber is joined by Guy Kawasaki—bestselling author, legendary tech evangelist, and host of the Remarkable People podcast—to explore the life lessons behind his books Everybody Has Something to Hide and Think Remarkable. From why every person needs to think about digital privacy to how billionaires lost their way, this conversation covers it all.
What you'll hear in this episode:
Why "I have nothing to hide" is the wrong test for digital privacy — and what the billboard test reveals about your real exposure
The erosion of institutional trust and why even Apple isn't above scrutiny when fiduciary pressure meets user privacy
Guy's three-part framework for a life well lived: learn, earn, return — and why so many billionaires are stuck in "burn"
The growth mindset, Carol Dweck, and why remarkable people never stop learning (including a story about a 78-year-old PhD student)
Planting seeds: the acorn experiment that became a masterclass in perseverance and probability
Trusting the dots — how Guy went from counting diamonds at a jewelry manufacturer to becoming Chief Evangelist of one of the world's fastest-growing tech companies, without a plan
The valuable + unique matrix: the one framework that explains why the iPod succeeded and why most people stay invisible
What Guy would say to a tech billionaire he ran into at a coffee shop today
Navigating hearing loss as a podcast host — and what it taught him about perseverance
How to make your decision right, not just make the right decision
Books mentioned:
Everybody Has Something to Hide by Guy Kawasaki (available free — see below)
Think Remarkable by Guy Kawasaki
Mindset by Carol Dweck
Grit by Angela Duckworth
Guy's free book offer: Email [email protected] for the English Kindle edition, or [email protected] for the Spanish edition (U.S. only). Outside the U.S.? Download both versions free at guykawasaki.com.
Connect with Guy Kawasaki: Website: guykawasaki.com Podcast: Remarkable People (available wherever you listen)
Connect with Dr. Debi Silber and The PBT Institute: Find your resources at thePBTinstitute.com
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