Mario Harik is the best CEO's you've never heard of. He learned by working with a living legend, and now he's using everything he's learned at his 40,000-employee company. Mario is the CEO of XPO, one of the world's largest trucking and logistics companies, with a market cap north of $25B. He joined as employee No. 3 and spent years as Brad Jacobs’ right-hand before taking over as CEO. In this conversation, Mario shares the test Brad Jacobs taught him for spotting an A player in minutes, how to interview someone and actually determine if they're good, and the one habit that stalls most careers. He walks through how he makes faster, better, decisions, what he does before and during meetings that makes them more effective, and how a rival’s collapse became one of the most important bets of his career. Enjoy! Follow Mario Harik: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marioharik/ XPO: https://investors.xpo.com/board-member/mario-harik/ Related Episode with Brad Jacobs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-FlqVzbj0s ------ Thank you to the sponsors for this episode: +Granola AI, The AI notepad for people in back-to-back meetings: https://www.granola.ai/shane Check out the Granola Notes: https://notes.granola.ai/t/87940e66-e34b-400c-beec-7169bf62f9ed-009c2hma +CoinShares: Delivering Reason to Digital Asset Investing. https://coinshares.com/ *Shane Parrish* Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/farnamstreet/ X: https://x.com/ShaneParrish LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shane-parrish-050a2183/ Books: https://fs.blog/books/ Website: https://fs.blog/ Newsletter: http://fs.blog/newsletter *The Knowledge Project* uncovers the timeless principles that lead to success. Learn more at https://fs.blog/podcast #leadership #decisionmaking #businessstrategy