#300: Marty Smith, Reporter, ESPN – Deep listening builds deep trust

Hello friends and welcome to the three hundredth episode. Of how leaders lead with David Novak. Today we have one of ESPN's most recognizable faces on the show. It's Marty Smith, and in his years covering college football, golf, and NASCAR. He's earned the trust of some of the sports world's biggest names. And he does it because he listens well.

If you're a leader, you know how important the skill of listening is. It's the foundation for every strong relationship in your world, but in the daily hustle, it can be hard to slow down and truly be present in every meeting and in every conversation. Today's episode with Marty will inspire you to listen well, and I know you're gonna love it. Enjoy this conversation and I will see you at the Debrie. Marty, we've been trying to do this for a long time. I'm glad we finally get to get it done. I'm gonna guess, my friend, it's been more than two years in the making.

And a whole lot of chops bustin' between you and me. Uh because we are. We are definitely on a lot of airplanes flying around to various obligations and events and I think we've had this on the books for a long time. I'm so grateful to finally get this to to spend this time with you and And your viewership and your listenership because I've learned so much from your platform.

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