Steven Bartlett
@StevenBartlett • 403,113 subscribers
Founder Of https://t.co/XxTAZe4jhE. Investor in 100 companies±. Groq, SpaceX, Lovable, Replit, MrBeast, Whoop. Host: The Diary Of A CEO. Dragon on Dragons Den
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Before this conversation, I thought I understood Bruno Fernandes. I knew the numbers. The goals, the assists, the leadership, the criticism he’s faced over the years at Manchester United. But I didn’t understand the mentality behind it. Bruno has arguably become United’s greatest player of the post-Ferguson era, carrying their creativity season after season. He’s won more club player of the year awards than Ronaldo, and only five players have scored more than his 70 league goals. So I went to Manchester United Training Ground to ask him questions the footballing world wants to know. Bruno spoke about growing up in Porto, watching his father sacrifice his own football career to provide for the family. He told me his dad never praised him for scoring goals. Instead, he’d point out the small things he still needed to improve. And somehow that mindset shaped one of the most resilient athletes in world football. We spoke about: - Why he believes character matters more than talent in elite teams. - How dressing room culture determines whether talent succeeds or fails. - Why taking risks is essential if you want to create anything extraordinary! - His honest opinion on pressure and why he thinks it’s a privilege. - His thoughts on having Michael Carrick as a manager. - Addressing Roy Keane’s criticism. When you listen to Bruno speak, you understand that what makes him exceptional isn’t just technical ability. It’s his standards. The standards he holds himself to. The standards he expects from teammates. The standards he believes define culture. I really respect how Bruno chose to join United during instability because he believed in rebuilding something meaningful rather than joining an “easy” project. I saw a much softer and more thoughtful side of Bruno that I don’t think people will expect. So, thank you Bruno for taking the time to sit down with me and for being so vulnerable. Even if you don’t care about football, there’s a huge amount to learn from this conversation about leadership, resilience and high performance.
Steven Bartlett559,702 views • 16 days ago
Bruno Fernandes on turning down £200M to stay at Manchester United: "Obviously, this is the league I want to be in. This is the best league in the world. This is where I'm going to enjoy my football as I'm not going to enjoy it in any other place. So we still have dreams to fulfil"
Steven Bartlett182,978 views • 16 days ago
“I think the receipt for love is grief” ❤️ - Scott Galloway
Steven Bartlett421,831 views • 1 month ago
Dr Rena Malik is one of the world’s leading urologists who believes something is quietly going wrong with our bodies and our relationships… And the data she’s seeing suggests it’s happening faster than most people realise. Rena specialises in the urinary and reproductive systems with expertise in sexual medicine and hormone health. And what I like about her is that she goes through all of the questions which no one has ever answered for us.
Steven Bartlett473,647 views • 1 month ago
Why does working harder no longer feel like enough? That was the question I kept coming back to in this debate between Daniel Priestley and Nick Hanauer. Because everywhere you look, people are angry. They’re doing the work and following the rules, but still feeling like security and opportunity are moving further away. Nick’s view is that capitalism only works when the people doing the work are properly included in it. Better wages, better standards and companies being forced to treat people with dignity. Daniel agrees that people are being left behind, but he thinks the deeper problem is ownership. His point is that if people don’t own a home, a business, shares or any part of the system, then they don’t really feel like they’re part of capitalism at all. We discussed things like: - Better wages and protections and whether they can solve a deeper ownership gap. - If taxing the rich a real solution or political slogan? - AI changing the value of human labour. - Small businesses caught between government pressure and corporate scale. - People losing faith in an economy that no longer gives them a stake. One version of capitalism creates growth but leaves too many people behind. Another version protects people but can make it harder for businesses to grow, hire and take risks. That’s why this conversation felt so important. I was genuinely trying to understand where the middle ground is, because if people don’t feel protected by the system or included in the upside of it, it’s easy to understand why so many are losing faith in it.
Steven Bartlett18,969 views • 2 days ago
If nothing changes, what will your life actually look like in 2026? Most people don’t get stuck because they lack ambition - they get stuck because they never pause long enough to choose. Today I’m joined by Chris Williamson returning to The Diary Of A CEO for the second time, to help make sense of the decisions that shape where we end up next year. Chris is the host of Modern Wisdom, one of the world’s biggest podcasts, and someone who’s spent years speaking to psychologists and founders about why people struggle to change even when they know what they want. He talks about the decisions we delay and the discomfort we avoid, and how easy it is to wake up years later wondering where the time went.
Steven Bartlett1,125,289 views • 5 months ago
Communication expert Jefferson Fisher showed me something I won’t forget... He calls it the string theory. When two people are talking, there’s an invisible string between them. If you check your phone, the string goes slack. Even just having it on the table breaks the connection. Here’s how he explained it 👇🏾
Steven Bartlett625,454 views • 3 months ago
Antibiotics don’t work on viruses - which makes plant-based remedies more important than ever. I had Herbalist Simon Mills on The Diary Of A CEO recently because he challenges the way we think about treating illness. For cold and flu symptoms, he shared a simple one you can make at home that not only warms the body, but helps your system flush out waste. Here’s how it works, and why it might be worth trying next time you’re run down.
Steven Bartlett618,162 views • 3 months ago
What is it like to grow up in one of the most talked about families in the world? Well, today’s guest is Ivanka Trump - someone who’s lived much of her life in the public eye, from childhood through business, and all the way to the White House. From a young age, her life was anything but normal. She grew up surrounded by media attention and moments that most people could never relate to. At just nine years old, she was dealing with reporters outside her school during her parents’ divorce - an experience she says shaped how she saw trust and the world around her. As she got older, that pressure didn’t go away. She built a career in real estate before stepping into government and working at the highest level during one of the most intense political periods in recent history. I found myself coming back to something we discussed around how living under that kind of scrutiny forces you to get really clear on who you are, because if you don’t, the world will define it for you. And a lot of this conversation comes back to that idea. Being intentional with your time and your decisions, and even what you allow into your mind, because without that, it’s very easy to get pulled in a direction that isn’t really yours. I wanted to know: - How do you grow up under constant public scrutiny? - What does pressure actually do to a person over time? - How do you know who to trust when you’re in the spotlight? - What is power really like behind closed doors? There’s a moment where she reflects on how, for a long time, protecting herself meant building walls and not trusting people, but over time she realised those same walls can stop you from having real connection. Let me know your thoughts after watching this one.
Steven Bartlett335,855 views • 2 months ago
Could this be the next Prime Minister of Canada? Recently, I’ve been finding myself up all night trying to figure out what the hell is going on in the world and if we're on the verge of World War III… So, today I’m sitting down with Pierre Poilievre who is the leader of Canada's Conservative Party and Leader of the Opposition. He became one of the youngest MPs elected to Canadian parliament and has spent 2 decades fighting for working class people and fair opportunities. Pierre told me that he’s on a mission to make Canada the freest and most affordable place in the world, and he’s not stopping until that happens. To give you more context on his background, Pierre was adopted at birth by two school teachers who struggled financially and ended up losing multiple homes which meant that they had to start again from nothing several times throughout his childhood. That experience shaped what he believes about work, money, and fairness. When speaking about his parents, he told me that they taught him that it doesn’t matter where you come from. It matters what you do. That belief is now at the centre of everything he’s trying to change.
Steven Bartlett336,054 views • 2 months ago
You can work out for an hour a day and still damage your health if you sit for the other ten... When I had neurophysiologist Louisa Nicola on The Diary Of A CEO, she explained something called being “active sedentary”. You exercise… but you still spend most of your day sitting. The problem is prolonged sitting shuts down an enzyme called lipoprotein lipase, which helps your body burn fat and clear glucose from the blood. Here's her simple solution
Steven Bartlett440,028 views • 3 months ago
Recently acclaimed as the first person to run the entire length of Africa, many of you will know Russ Cook as Russ Cook , who’s recently raised over £1 million for charity. But for Russ, much of his story is untold. Behind the social media hype lies a tremendous journey - from leaving home at 16 years old and battling a gambling addiction to a beacon of determination. In today’s episode, Russ draws back the curtain on his story - from navigating survival, brushes with death, to opening up about his personal relationship with his parents, team and girlfriend. There’s love, grit, regret, determination and a vulnerability we’ve never seen from Russ before. A truly eye-opening yet inspiring conversation that will have you itching to tie the laces on your running shoes. This conversation was truly captivating; I left the studio feeling deeply connected to Russ in a way I never anticipated. It brought me back to the core reason I continue to do this : to share the untold, vulnerable stories from extraordinary guests. If you’re feeling lost, have an itch for adventure or are yearning for more out of life - this episode is jam packed of inspiration for you. FULL EPISODE OUT NOW 👉🏽
Steven Bartlett3,342,298 views • 2 years ago
There is a topic coming up again and again in health right now, and peptides are at the centre of it which has made me want to understand what is actually going on… When I told my team I wanted to do an episode on peptides, they sent me a long list of doctors I could speak to but there was one person they kept coming back to. That person was Dr Alex Tatum. And after this conversation, I understood why. Alex has spent over a decade studying this space, and one of the reasons I wanted him on is because he has a rare ability to explain complex things in a way that actually makes sense. I didn’t have a clear idea of what peptides even were before we spoke but now I do. Alex explained to me that peptides are tools and like any tool, they only make sense when you know what you’re trying to build.
Steven Bartlett170,291 views • 1 month ago
I sat down with neurophysiologist Louisa Nicola and she said something I didn’t expect. Lifting heavy weights does a lot more than just affectt your body - it changes your brain. When you train at around 80% of your max, your muscles release chemicals that cross into your brain and trigger growth in the hippocampus - the part responsible for memory. Here's the moment she explained it 👇🏾
Steven Bartlett345,520 views • 3 months ago