In Search Of Excellence
Hosted by Randall Kaplan · Randall Kaplan
4.8from 208 ratings
- 199
- Episodes
- 99
- Transcribed
- 208
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2021
- First episode
- 3M
- YouTube views
About In Search Of Excellence
In Search of Excellence goes inside the lives of extraordinary entrepreneurs, CEOs, investors, athletes, entertainers, and leaders to uncover what it really takes to achieve exceptional success. Hosted by Randall Kaplan - serial entrepreneur, venture capitalist, executive coach, co-founder of Akamai Technologies, founder and CEO of JUMP Investors, and creator of the Extreme Preparation™ methodology - the podcast explores the preparation, habits, failures, relationships, resilience, mindset, and decisions behind extraordinary achievement. Randall’s guests include Tony Robbins, Mark Cuban, Gary Vaynerchuk, Mike Tyson, David Solomon, Dana White, Robert Greene, Sammy Hagar, and many more. The show has ranked as high as #3 in Entrepreneurship and #10 in Business on Apple Podcasts. Each episode delivers practical lessons and powerful stories about building careers and companies, overcoming adversity, making better decisions, developing winning mindsets, and preparing for the moments that matter most.
- Publisher
- Randall Kaplan
- Category
- business · business · education
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 30 Jul 2021
- Latest episode
- 9 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
99 of 199 episodes have a transcript.
9 Oct 2026
Matt Brannigan: Why Success Still Feels Empty | E194
9 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
The 5 Types of Cheating and the Question Betrayed Partners Never Ask | Jim Sexton | E193
18 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT
Divorce Lawyer Jim Sexton: Why Marriages Fail, Prenups, Sex, Monogamy & Divorce | E192
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The 5 Types of Cheating and the Question Betrayed Partners Never Ask | Jim Sexton | E193
Published 9 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] I really want to just burn up any goodwill between me and my co-parent. And I'm going to make a lot of really irrational, awful decisions. And let's do this thing. No one's ever said that. Everyone comes in and says the same thing. I want to be fair. I want to be fair. I want to be fair. The problem is their spouse is in a lawyer's office like mine across the avenue saying the exact same thing. And their definitions of fair are completely different. So I guarantee if I talk to him, if I talk to her, I would hear a completely different story. And I'm often reminded of the lyric of David Byrne from The Talking Heads, that facts all come with points of view and facts don't do what I want them to. […]
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- Matt Brannigan
- Jim Sexton
- James Sexton
- Owen Hanson
- John Mackey
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- YouTube views
- 3,115,050
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.8 / 5
- 123 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.7 / 5
- 85 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 85 / 100
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- Quality
- 94
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 93
- Engagement
- 98
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