About this episode

Nick Bendel shares lessons learned from his experience of having 500 lunches with strangers, focusing on confidence and achieving meaningful goals.

[36:05] A follow-up to 500 Lunches reveals what happened next and the lessons on confidence, conversation and achieving meaningful goals.

People in this episode

Host: Greg Gazin

Guest: Nick Bendel

Topics covered

• confidence
• conversation
• goal achievement
• networking
• personal development

Keywords

• 500 lunches
• confidence
• conversation skills
• goal setting
• networking

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