EP65: How To Create Your Own Luck w/ Dr Christian Busch

Common Sense with Mike Omoniyi

M.T. is joined by Dr Christian Busch, the Director of the Global Economy Program at New York University. In this episode, they talk about creating your own luck as you navigate through life and much more

Christian teaches on purpose-driven leadership, entrepreneurship, emerging markets, and (social) innovation at NYU and at the London School of Economics. He served as Inaugural Deputy Director at the LSE's Innovation Center and is the co-founder of Sandbox Network, a global community of young innovators, as well as of Leaders on Purpose, an organization convening leading CEOs. Christian's bestselling book, The Serendipity Mindset (Penguin Random House), has been highlighted as a "wise, exciting, and life-changing book"

Topics

• How to become a polymath
• Joe Rogan and Spotify
• What is the serendipity mindset
• What lockdown taught us
• How to turn random events into life-changing ones
• Living in New York
• New York vs London
• The importance of fighting for survival

Intro song: 'YAH' by SAMSON: https://open.spotify.com/track/58BsL3UUNUGpqTAD1SvPKX?si=a74bfa78255a4f28