The Nick Standlea Show is built on a simple idea: be curious. Each episode explores what happens when we stay open to learning—about ourselves, others, and the rapidly changing world around us. I sit down with world-class thinkers, scientists, and creators to explore questions at the edge of psychology, performance, and Artificial Intelligence. From Seth Godin to Howard Gardner to Donald Hoffman, these conversations reveal how curiosity, not certainty, drives growth, resilience, and real intelligence in the age of AI.
Video episodes available on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheNickStandleaShow
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A little bit about Nick: He earned a perfect score on the SAT, but thinks standardized tests are overrated. He won grants to teach kids to surf in China, explore caves in Tibet, study business at the University of Oxford, and explore Art History in Italy. Nick is a former Research Associate at the Quality of Life Research Center, where he studied creativity, flow, and learning, under his mentor, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, the author of Flow.
He founded numerous companies, including Test Prep Gurus, a test prep and education consulting firm based in Newport Beach, California, that works with students across the United States, and more than a dozen other countries. Nick is a writer, speaker, entrepreneur, consultant, and podcaster.
Ask questions. Don’t accept the status quo. Be curious.