About this episode

Barry Garapedian shares insights from his 39 years on Wall Street and discusses key lessons for personal and professional success.

Barry Garapedian spent 39 years as a Managing Director at Morgan Stanley — ranking in the top quarter of 1% in revenue nationally — before walking away from Wall Street entirely to spend his remaining years giving back everything he learned the hard way. He is the founder of MAG7 Consulting, a 15-year volunteer career coach at Pepperdine University, and the author of Winning the Game of Life: The Seven Lessons You Never Learn in School. In this conversation, Barry shares the frameworks, daily disciplines, and hard-earned lessons that took him nearly four decades to build — and that most men won't encounter until it's too late to fully apply them.In our conversation we discuss: (0:00) Introduction — Barry Garapedian (1:50) Why AQ Is the New Superpower in the Age of AI (3:37) The Real Reason Top Students Can't Get Jobs (6:42) How to Build People Skills Without Going to University (7:32) The Profiles & Success Method That Builds Confidence Fast (10:16) Practice Going First — The Confidence Drill That Works (11:16) H2 vs G2 — The Mindset Shift That Changes Everything (14:05) Introverts, Ambiverts & What Actually Gets You Ahead (19:46) Win the Morning, Win the Day — Barry's…

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