Converge: The Business of Creativity Podcast with Dane Sanders
The Converge Podcast, hosted by Dane Sanders, explores the tension between creating meaningful things and finding innovative ways to profit from what you've made.
Self-Improvement
Arts
Business
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Tiago Forte on Building a Second Brain
If you consider yourself to be a creative type, you ...
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Aug 10 2022 39m
Chapter 1 1 min
We tend to think of people as either artistic or analytical, right-brained or left-brained. But realistically, life requires us to be bothChapter 2 4 mins
Tiago describes how he found his creative medium, which is to find practical solutions to the challenges of lifeChapter 3 5 mins
A second brain is a place to store ideas that you want to revisit and/or implement in the futureChapter 4 9 mins
Tiago’s acronym for the creative process: CODE: Capture, Organize, Distill and ExpressChapter 5 1 min
The first half of CODE is divergence, expanding possibilities and increasing scope. The second half, Distill and Express are convergentChapter 6 1 min
PARA: Projects, Areas, Resources and Archives. How do we organize all the notes and information we’ve collected so we can find them again?Chapter 7 6 mins
Projects end, Areas don’t. Areas are aspects of life that are ongoing. There are different rules for bothChapter 8 2 mins
Why it should matter to people to build a second brain
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Makoto and Ty Fujimura on Navigating the Tension Between Creativity and Commerce
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Aug 3 2022 1h 6m
Chapter 1 1 min
Mako introduces us to the concept of pulverized minerals in his form of slow artChapter 2 2 mins
The mulit-dimensional aspect of Mako’s paintings is best seen in person when you can view them from all angles and take time with themChapter 3 4 mins
Mako’s paintings are an homage to American expressionism as well as ancient Japanese artistic traditionsChapter 4 3 mins
Mako describes the experience of straddling two different cultures simultaneously, and how living in New York City affected him and his workChapter 5 6 mins
Ty shares his experience of growing up in the city and now raising children there. He and Mako talk about their 9/11 teahouse collaborative art projectChapter 6 2 mins
Mako’s work explores themes of trauma, brokenness, and life and deathChapter 7 6 mins
Art as therapy and communicationChapter 8 3 mins
There is no need to push yourself to create during trauma. Sometimes it’s okay to do nothing. But you can wait and hope for transcendence and rebirthChapter 9 6 mins
Creativity is not trivial just because it doesn’t always translate into business. Your creativity is something that people needChapter 10 3 mins
How does creativity fit into the model of capitalism? Mako talks about the ‘gift economy’Chapter 11 2 mins
Creating a transaction around a work of art shows the value of that work. Decentralizing art only hurts the middle man, not the artist or the consumerChapter 12 5 mins
Ty explains why he created Cantilever, and how it functions as an operating system for running a creative businessChapter 13 4 mins
Technology as an artistic mediumChapter 14 7 mins
Ty and Mako discuss what they have learned from each other, and how the so-called ‘unproductive’ moments in life are what contribute to creativityChapter 15 3 mins
The assumption of scarcity vs. the assumption of abundance
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Gerald Leonard on High Performance Workplace Cultures
Gerald Leonard has had a diverse career filled with ...
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Jul 20 2022 37m
Chapter 1 2 mins
Gerald details the eclectic road of specialties he’s walked and explored throughout his lifeChapter 2 51 sec
Choosing between pursuing a life on the road and being with his kids allowed him to slow down. But it was all meant to be and came back around later onChapter 3 2 mins
Balancing local concerts and starting a career in IT as a consultant showcased his natural talent for project organization and a mastery for adaptationChapter 4 2 mins
IT teams were changing and getting smaller. Gerald saw the similarities between playing with a small ensemble and working with concentrated tech teamsChapter 5 2 mins
Culture and talent, incorporating not only the players on the stage but the audience, are the keys to succeeding at initiative changesChapter 6 2 mins
Gerald discusses the framework for his book, Culture is the BaseChapter 7 6 mins
Leadership and collaboration are all about trust- trusting yourself, the process, and each other. Building that trust and establishing common ground is essential to creating strong teamsChapter 8 2 mins
Being in the zone and learning to be in that flow state with a group of others. It’s about synchronizing with your team and melding those brainwavesChapter 9 3 mins
Gerald elaborates on whole brain integration and how it relates to coming together and finding that synchronistic groove. Outside of music, where it can naturally occur, there is a way to practice whole brain integrationChapter 10 3 mins
How Gerald’s faith interacts with his daily routine and path toward successChapter 11 4 mins
Gerald talks about finding your purpose and direction. Consider what you want your mark to be and how you want your life celebrated in your old age
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Tim Arnold on Leading with AND
Today’s conversation with Tim Arnold explores the gr...
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Jul 6 2022 25m
Chapter 1 3 mins
Tim tells us his background and what led him to write his bookChapter 2 2 mins
How it can be a benefit to shift from either/or to both/and thinking when it comes to solving complex problemsChapter 3 4 mins
Tim gives a real-world example of an organization finding the balance between freedom and responsibility in order to successfully live out its valuesChapter 4 2 mins
Does this kind of thinking come more naturally to certain personality types or people of a certain age or maturity level?Chapter 5 1 min
Young children see in terms of black and white, good and bad. The ability to navigate the gray areas is something we learn to grow intoChapter 6 2 mins
Most leader personality types tend to do the either/or thing by nature, so they need to learn both/and thinking as a second languageChapter 7 1 min
Tim introduces his assessment tool that helps people successfully identify tensions and gives insight as to how to manage them, available at leadwithand.comChapter 8 3 mins
Ignoring both/and thinking is like insisting to only inhale without ever exhaling. You’ll suffocate
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Amit Gupta on Optimism in a Pessimist's World
Amit Gupta is an entrepreneur, writer, and serial op...
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Jun 23 2022 36m
Chapter 1 2 mins
tells a bit about his history as a tech entrepreneur, from playing around with HTML in college to his first startup and working as an intern with Seth GodinChapter 2 2 mins
tells a story about a traumatic event that happened to him with some friends on the train tracks, which Dane says shows not only Amit’s resilience, but also that he hasn’t led a charmed life of the entrepreneur destined for success.Chapter 3 4 mins
2011, Amit was unexpectedly diagnosed with an aggressive form of leukemia, throwing him into a whirlwind of treatment and recovery, and subsequently began a national campaign for stem cell donation awarenessChapter 4 1 min
is never an inevitability, it’s a universal human experience. But those who suffer and respond to suffering, in a way that somehow transcends the suffering is the kind of person that I want to learn from.”Chapter 5 1 min
After his recovery, Amit changed the course he had been on and began to write science fiction, to pursue a passion for imagining a world made possible by technologyChapter 6 4 mins
“The fiction that we're deluged with is so often dystopian. And it really concerns me that if we are just seeing the imaginations of our most creative people being devoted to how terrible the future could be, we're not going to be able to dream other ways that could be wonderful.”Chapter 7 2 mins
Amit shares some of the ways that getting sick changed his perspective and choices in life, and how he struggles to remember what the things are that really matterChapter 8 1 min
The book Replay by Ken Grimwood is a reminder of the universal possibilities that exist for each of us in this lifeChapter 9 4 mins
Amit introduces us to his newest creation, Sudowrite, an AI-based creative writing toolChapter 10 3 mins
Dane admits to gushing when it comes to how cool Sudowrite is, and how much it could change the landscape for writers and open up new possibilitiesChapter 11 4 mins
Amet shares his thoughts on where he thinks the future is going
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az Ampaw-Farr on Belonging
Jaz Ampaw-Farr is no stranger to feeling like an out...
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Jun 8 2022 39m
Chapter 1 4 mins
Jaz shares one of her “Impostor Syndrome” storiesChapter 2 45 sec
There are two buckets: evidence and data in one, and thoughts and feelings in the otherChapter 3 2 mins
It becomes a habit to think you don’t belong, and from there the thought can become a feelingChapter 4 2 mins
Dane shares the story of Dan Allender to illustrate how it’s possible to shift perspective from being a victim to owning your storyChapter 5 14 mins
Jaz recounts an awkward moment that resulted in her being put on the spot to tell the story of the origin of her nameChapter 6 6 mins
Jaz continues telling the story of her name, and how she met her husband, AlChapter 7 3 mins
Jaz’s story comes full-circle back to the first incident mentioned, while weaving in the meaning of “jazz” as being the music produced by the suffering and hope of enslaved peopleChapter 8 3 mins
Jaz recaps her message, “Your one job is to stand on the truth about yourself when it comes to who you are and where you belong. People want to pull you one way or another, but it’s your story. Your one job is to believe that you belong.”
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Focusmate Founder Taylor Jacobson on Distraction Free Productivity
Focusmate is all about distraction-free productivity...
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May 25 2022 35m
Chapter 1 5 mins
The history of caring about humans and creating better lives for everyone- of “getting out of our own way.”Chapter 2 3 mins
Something to offer in a world with need. Productivity is more than just tools and techniques. It’s filling in the gaps with a human connection and understanding our differencesChapter 3 1 min
We want to look at the tools and duplicate them, but life is messier than thatChapter 4 3 mins
Working in a corporate environment showed Taylor that lacking support meant a lack of performance. It informed his ideals of coming together to be better humansChapter 5 4 mins
Focusmate came from perseverance and luck. It connects the focus comradery that the service offersChapter 6 3 mins
While the press and interest have certainly gone up, Taylor thinks of it as a welcoming party for those discovering the benefits of Focusmate. Creating a great remote experience is crucial now more than everChapter 7 2 mins
COVID has opened up a window to vulnerability, and it’s stripped away a lot of norms and status quosChapter 8 3 mins
Mental health and remote work have an interesting relationship. The challenge of learning these new life skills, especially through a pandemic, is something that we’re all dealing withChapter 9 3 mins
Understanding where you work best is crucial. How do you respond to working remotely? It can be a huge struggle for some, and it’s important to know what works for you and ask for itChapter 10 3 mins
Now is when employers must make a paradigm shift. We need to shake things up. We’ve never had more permission to do so than now
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Kirsten Moorefield on Patterns for Thriving
Cloverleaf uses popular assessments to create a slow...
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May 11 2022 43m
Chapter 1 3 mins
What do you want from life and business? Finding what you’re good at, what you’re wired for, can help you succeed and work collaboratively with those around youChapter 2 3 mins
Digital coaching nudges can help practically by creating a team dashboard that customizes insights based on who you’re working with and their unique traitsChapter 3 2 mins
A new workplace superpower that transforms life outside the office. You can change your team for the better without pursuing outside resources or changing the members by understanding your strengths and weaknessesChapter 4 1 min
You can bang yourself against the wall of productivity based on other people’s expectations. Still, you won’t perform or be your best until you stop fighting how you’re wired and learn how to work with it, not against itChapter 5 3 mins
When pursuing an entrepreneurial career, fill your team with people who can balance your weaknesses with their strengthsChapter 6 2 mins
Teams with psychological safety, where mistakes are something to grow from, are the most successful. It’s the growth mindsetChapter 7 1 min
Daily, recognize how you might assume something about others’ thinkingChapter 8 5 mins
Balancing instruction versus providing wiggle room is crucial to Kirsten’s success as a manager and leader. Taking breaks to journal allows her to take a moment where the pressure is off, and ideas can freely flowChapter 9 2 mins
Assuming the person in front of you means the best, wants to learn, and can bring something to the table is putting the best foot forward. Every person has valueChapter 10 3 mins
The Ocean Accelerator taught Kirsten and her partner to raise institutional capital with intelligent, experienced investors who can improve her company in ways that aren’t just about the moneyChapter 11 3 mins
Her current influential voices include her co-founder, and they’ve worked together to improve where they let go of the reigns a bit and let their people shineChapter 12 7 mins
Culture is about more than lunches. It’s the relationships and being proud of the work
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Jerzy Gregorek on Hard Choices for an Easy Life
Jerzy lives by his own philosophy, and that is “Hard...
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Apr 27 2022 48m
Chapter 1 6 mins
What really shapes us? Challenges and “hard choices”Chapter 2 7 mins
What is the timeline for excellence? What commitment do we need to make to achieve excellence? There’s no instant fixChapter 3 5 mins
The importance of aspirational figures to help guide us through the hard choices. Who do we look for when we want to grow?Chapter 4 59 sec
Here we discuss how you can show what you are, not just say itChapter 5 8 mins
What is measurable goal setting? Make challenges, but challenges that are doable!Chapter 6 4 mins
What is being “life flexible” and why it is important? How does an athletic quality apply to life too?
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Corbett Barr on Creating a Career for Your Lifestyle
Corbett Barr’s career spanned from helping Fortune 5...
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Apr 13 2022 36m
Chapter 1 3 mins
Barr discusses life vs. career & how you can create a job that works around your lifeChapter 2 6 mins
Overcoming the challenges of audience-first entrepreneurship. Communication is key. You’ll know you have a market for your product and can change things before release. Gives you momentumChapter 3 3 mins
Finding your voice through mediaChapter 4 2 mins
Barr introduces Fizzle, a training library for entrepreneursChapter 5 4 mins
The reset in 2021- Barr talks about digital baggage and relearning the world of the internet in the modern day by creating some distance from social mediaChapter 6 9 mins
How independent creation and action can work differently and own the relationship with your customer rather than big organizations relying on ads
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Greg McKeown on Essentialism
Greg McKeown joins to discuss the idea that pursuing...
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Feb 22 2022 39m
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Sam Rosen on Working Remotely with Others
The Meaning of WorkBefore the time of remote jobs, w...
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Dec 29 2020 28m
Chapter 1 2 mins
What is Deskpass? What is coworking?Chapter 2 1 min
The meaning of the word workChapter 3 24 sec
...and what I see is your relationship to your office and your workplace changing from a place I go every day to an ecosystemChapter 4 28 sec
The need for work environments that meet you where you are with what you needChapter 5 31 sec
How can humans better gain work-life balance? What role does coworking play in this?Chapter 6 1 min
People use Deskpass and coworking places as a way to be less lonelyChapter 7 1 min
The benefits of variety of workspace with the flexibility that the variety offersChapter 8 34 sec
Deskpass coworking environments are run by members of the local communityChapter 9 20 sec
You don't have to commit; you can get what you're looking for when you need itChapter 10 1 min
You can go from sitting at home alone to a room full of interesting people who are already connected to you in a wayChapter 11 24 sec
With the Deskpass membership, it is able to match the mood you're in that dayChapter 12 48 sec
You don't have to interact with somebody, but just being in an environment that inspires them by being surrounded by people who are working just as hard as themChapter 13 3 mins
It is not just about avoiding a negative of loneliness, but also moving towards a positive of inspirationChapter 14 5 mins
Giving yourself flexibility of work environments and locations when you need it is where most productivity is earnedChapter 15 47 sec
Having ownership over there you spend your dayChapter 16 3 mins
Asking if the five-year lease on a building makes sense for you and your businessChapter 17 2 mins
How to use Deskpass's free membership trial
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Chris Ronzio on Investing in the Systems of Your Business
TimeMany entrepreneurs always find themselves plugge...
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Dec 15 2020 31m
Chapter 1 1 min
Build your business around your life instead of your life around your business. Chapter 2 25 sec
Could I detach and treat the business like a business I own instead of one I work at?Chapter 3 20 sec
What does Trainual solve for business owners?Chapter 4 1 min
The step between you doing it yourself and delegating it to someone else to grow your businessChapter 5 2 mins
The business actually operates on rules you've put into placeChapter 6 1 min
The traditional objections companies give to investing into their systemsChapter 7 44 sec
How the idea of working on your business not for your business and how it does/doesn't relateChapter 8 1 min
It is a strategic initiative that can give you the freedom that you craveChapter 9 8 sec
What is the best use of your time? How can you bring the most value to your company?Chapter 10 24 sec
For someone constantly in firefighting mode and reactive mode, what can you do to evaluate this issue?Chapter 11 1 min
You have to identify a starting point to be able to make progressChapter 12 2 mins
An easy way to identify and define your responsibilitiesChapter 13 1 min
Ask yourself what of these responsibilities do I actually need to be doing? What can be delegated?Chapter 14 5 mins
What an informal outline of responsibilities doesChapter 15 1 min
The process and importance of enrolling more than just the leaderChapter 16 1 min
Outline reason for analyzing your systemsChapter 17 3 mins
Start with what will give you the biggest ROIChapter 18 1 min
It is about building a structure around your foundations that already exist
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Ryan Callaghan on Buying Businesses and Investing in People
Mission When it comes to finding your mission as a b...
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Dec 1 2020 37m
Chapter 1 9 sec
Investing for the long haulChapter 2 2 mins
Ryan and his business partner, Nick Parisi, shared an interest in improving on companies so that they can exist well beyond the current generation of leadersChapter 3 32 sec
... felt like that was not to the fulfillment of who I was or what I was meant to doChapter 4 1 min
Captivated by the idea of corporate giving and trying to figure out a way you could do good while you do wellChapter 5 46 sec
The process and experiences of Ryan stepping out for the first time as an entrepreneur at almost 40Chapter 6 40 sec
The traditional bottom line and the double bottom lineChapter 7 3 mins
What if we measured not just profit but impact?Chapter 8 59 sec
Searching for both meaning and entrepreneurialismChapter 9 1 min
How can business make the world a better place?Chapter 10 1 min
When buying a business, a goal is to continue the legacy and what has already been startedChapter 11 1 min
When buying or selling a business, how do you build trust?Chapter 12 1 min
Lead with listening and come in with humilityChapter 13 2 mins
The process of Cojourn buying Oil StopChapter 14 55 sec
The importance of starting a conversationsChapter 15 2 mins
Business requires more than a good first impression. It goes into creating a longer viewChapter 16 22 sec
There will be obstacles along the wayChapter 17 3 mins
1. What is a mission driven organization? 2. What is proof of a mission driven organization?Chapter 18 32 sec
Coordinated effort around a particular kind of missionChapter 19 2 mins
Having a mission driven organization starts with an executive level commitment that then expands to the brand as a wholeChapter 20 3 mins
Do you and your employees know your mission statement?Chapter 21 5 sec
None of it is easy, but every bit of it is criticalChapter 22 1 min
Mission of helping create enduring success for people who have sacrificed so muchChapter 23 27 sec
The importance of the long game in businessChapter 24 14 sec
1. Taking care of your people and finding people that are a fitChapter 25 43 sec
2. Find your missionChapter 26 56 sec
3. Talk about your mission continuously
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Jeremie Kubicek on Calling People Up in Leadership
Tension Between Challenge and SupportJeremie discuss...
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Nov 17 2020 33m
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Jeff Goins on Finding your Story amongst Order and Chaos
Feeling AliveLiving and being alive is more than jus...
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Nov 4 2020 38m
Chapter 1 56 sec
The gift that comes from our experiencesChapter 2 4 mins
What do we do with the gift?Chapter 3 1 min
Jeff spent about 7 years telling other people's stories and ideas until realized he had a story of his ownChapter 4 55 sec
Finding a means by which you not only tell success stories but also hard stories with strugglesChapter 5 34 sec
The characteristics of a good storyChapter 6 1 min
Jeff's tendency to create chaosChapter 7 23 sec
The experience of being aliveChapter 8 14 sec
Seeking healthy ways to create meaningful and memorable experiences because stories are just our recollection of those experiencesChapter 9 32 sec
Everyday goal of livingChapter 10 22 sec
When you can walk through life and actually perceive things, you're awake, you're alive, and you're there."Chapter 11 39 sec
When stories do their job, they help us make sense of the story we're living in right nowChapter 12 10 sec
How do you stay awake and present in the midst of the narrative in which we are living?Chapter 13 19 sec
All humans crave a sense of livelinessChapter 14 2 mins
The experience of feeling alive is freedomChapter 15 4 mins
What is the point of life?Chapter 16 27 sec
The two ways to dieChapter 17 1 min
Experience all that there is to experienceChapter 18 38 sec
How do you live in the tension points between order and chaos?Chapter 19 1 min
Addiction to Intensity and the aftermath of the intensityChapter 20 4 mins
Leaving the familiarChapter 21 1 min
When we are isolated from community, what must we ask ourselves?Chapter 22 8 sec
You have to choose to leave comfort. It is a choiceChapter 23 1 min
Chaos is newnessChapter 24 33 sec
An adventure is just anytime you do something other than what you've normally doneChapter 25 2 mins
Path to freedomChapter 26 40 sec
Find a way to experience life free from all your thoughts around itChapter 27
My thoughts about reality are not reality
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Grant Baldwin on How to Become the Speaker You’ve Always Wanted to be
The Start of Speaking When it comes to speaking, the...
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Oct 20 2020 38m
Chapter 1 53 sec
Do you ever wonder if your voice could be heard?Chapter 2 7 sec
Building a platform where professional speaking is part of what you are able to doChapter 3 1 min
Grant gives advice on more than just being a professional speaker, but also includes becoming better at pitching ideasChapter 4 24 sec
The timeline of granting learning how to become a speakerChapter 5 44 sec
How Grant evaluated moving past wanting to speak more by questioning how to find gigs, decide what to speak about, and how much to chargeChapter 6 50 sec
Once a professional speaker, what Grant heard from listenersChapter 7 46 sec
“Speaking is a great way to build a business, and a great way to make an impactChapter 8 2 mins
Are you wondering how to figure out your voice?Chapter 9 1 min
The process of Jeff Goins and Grant Baldwin joining together for the purpose of writing a bookChapter 10 1 min
Just because you have one skill set does not mean that you have all other skill setsChapter 11 2 mins
Ask yourself, “How can I collaborate?”Chapter 12 2 mins
The importance of different personality types in speakingChapter 13 22 sec
There is not a one size fits all description of a successful speakerChapter 14 1 min
A common mistake speakers makeChapter 15 2 mins
Becoming a steakhouse over a buffetChapter 16 1 min
The big challenge for entrepreneurs: making a decisionChapter 17 2 mins
Why making a choice can actually make your life simplerChapter 18 2 mins
Overcoming a “swing and a miss” in speakingChapter 19 41 sec
Unexpected moment of success for Grant in a moment of adversityChapter 20 1 min
The roles of the speaker, audience, and environmentChapter 21 3 mins
Accepting that as a speaker, sometimes thing are just out of your controlChapter 22 1 min
"Speaking is about inviting people to have an opportunity to be able to stand and deliver in any given momentChapter 23 30 sec
The audience wants you, the speaker, to succeedChapter 24 1 min
“Speaking is a shared experience with you and the audienceChapter 25 2 mins
Speaking is more than just the finished process, it also entails falling in love with the craft of speaking
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Andy Mauer on Bridging the Gap Between Mental Health and Business
Your StoryEach of us has a story to share that start...
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Oct 6 2020 29m
Chapter 1 1 min
Background of Andy and how he transitioned his business out of a clinical settingChapter 2 1 min
Charity Mauer and he experiences in the business fieldChapter 3 11 sec
The larger the gap between personal brand and mental health, the more people will lose time with themselves. When that time is lost, people start to develop rates of depression, anxiety, and burnoutChapter 4 15 sec
The high need for a polished image in this businessChapter 5 1 min
The fear that drives creatives causes them to be constantly be running towards or away from from somethingChapter 6 27 sec
95% of our behavior is subconscious. Why does this matter?Chapter 7 2 mins
Your story is a combination of thoughts, memories, feelings, and relationships from birth to nowChapter 8 41 sec
Psychological safety in the workplaceChapter 9 1 min
What is the number one thing that drives success in teams in business?Chapter 10 26 sec
Active disengagementChapter 11 36 sec
Why do people find themselves at work and anting to do a good job yet disengaged?Chapter 12 1 min
External factors vs internal factors in engagementChapter 13 1 min
Why people are afraid to make progress in businessChapter 14 12 sec
Trauma is about disconnection from ourselves, others, and our workChapter 15 3 mins
“Trauma is an event or series of events that happen to use that we perceive as emotionally or physically harmful.”Chapter 16 54 sec
The outcome of pushing emotions downChapter 17 53 sec
How does trauma impact our performance or productivity?Chapter 18 58 sec
Unresolved trauma can limit our ability to communicate what we think and feelChapter 19 3 mins
As a business owner, why does my mental health and the mental health of my employees matter?Chapter 20 1 min
Separating your sense of worth from your productivityChapter 21 44 sec
Practicing mindfulnessChapter 22 1 min
Importance of being with a company that supports where you want to be emotionally
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Josh Kaufman on Creatively Navigating Entrepreneurship
Background Josh is a full time researcher and author...
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Sep 22 2020 42m
Chapter 1 18 sec
Practical WisdomChapter 2 2 mins
The four questions every entrepreneur must askChapter 3 2 mins
Josh’s work experiences and their influences on him todayChapter 4 1 min
What is the best, most effective, most useful way to think about a particular area of life?Chapter 5 2 mins
1. How are people approaching this subject? 2. Is that approach constructive or not?Chapter 6 51 sec
Going from knowing nothing to achieving your goalsChapter 7 27 sec
His research and writing is more than complex ideasChapter 8 3 mins
Influential authors on Josh are those that have written "how to think about ____” books rather than solely entertainment booksChapter 9 15 sec
Why is it important to know the “bugs” in our thinking processes?Chapter 10 3 mins
The three kinds of books out there are entertainment, how-to, and worldviewChapter 11 29 sec
What is an active barrier we must each individually overcome?Chapter 12 31 sec
You won’t know if something will or will not work until you do itChapter 13 3 mins
Factors that influence the success of somethingChapter 14 1 min
Why are Josh’s writing based in behavioral and cognitive psychology?Chapter 15 15 sec
The protagonist in How to Fight a Hydra had multi-level victoriesChapter 16 2 mins
Experiences can change youChapter 17 49 sec
What is the most important time for an entrepreneur?Chapter 18 4 mins
Why am I feeling lost in this stage of starting a new business or chasing a goal?Chapter 19 3 mins
The importance of the ability to discern what opportunities are good for youChapter 20 1 min
Differentiating between the different types of entertainments and their influences upon youChapter 21 21 sec
The easiest way to free up time in your lifeChapter 22 2 mins
“Is this improving my worldview, or is this primarily a diversion?"
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Chris Guillebeau on Financial Independence Amidst Entrepreneurship
A Narrative many can relate toMost people who read a...
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Sep 8 2020 27m
Chapter 1 2 mins
“Some obstacles are more doable than you think with a little bit of curiosity and a little bit of chutzpah."Chapter 2 2 mins
In a world of Covid, what can non-first responders and healthcare do? What do I have to offer, and how can I make myself available?Chapter 3 1 min
C.S. Lewis mirror books were written to reach a broader market as was Money TreeChapter 4 25 sec
What are the parameters of the first way to start a business?Chapter 5 13 sec
What makes the second way both different from the first?Chapter 6 10 sec
The large amount of risk in both way one and way two is what can deter so manyChapter 7 27 sec
The third way of starting a business is the accidental entrepreneurs: ordinary people doing what they care about and have knowledge of simply by starting with a skill or passion that they already haveChapter 8 2 mins
How does following the third way reduce a financial risk?Chapter 9 1 min
The idea of creating business based habitsChapter 10 1 min
Ask yourself what are the topics that people look to you to provide answers aboutChapter 11 1 min
If you really want to accomplish something, you’ll work hard at it even it means writing multiple drafts of the same bookChapter 12 59 sec
What do you do when something doesn’t pan out quite right?Chapter 13 1 min
“Challenge is the value.”Chapter 14 1 min
Stop saying sorry and instead, start saying, “Congratulations.”Chapter 15 33 sec
"If 99% of things are out of your control, what is the 1% in your control? What are you going to do about it?”Chapter 16 41 sec
Look at your skills and ask yourself what you can offer in an entrepreneur senseChapter 17 28 sec
What are the four things you can do differently?Chapter 18 3 mins
Power of observationChapter 19 1 min
There is always room for growth
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Joe Lemay on Overcoming Failure to Become a Crowdfunding Hit That Can Last
Failure is a Part of the Testing Process, Keep Tryin...
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Aug 25 2020 44m
Chapter 1 4 mins
How can you take the lessons that Joe shares and use them to overcome any friction you may be experiencing with a product?Chapter 2 4 mins
The concept of crowdfunding and how it influenced JoeChapter 3 2 mins
The transition from just a few pre-sales to thousands, and how it impacted Joe and JeffChapter 4 57 sec
Dane’s discovery of RocketbookChapter 5 2 mins
Dane learning how to make the product work for himChapter 6 1 min
What does it take to go again as a business owner when it feels daunting and out of your depth for the moment you’re in?Chapter 7 45 sec
Learning to accept when something isn’t workingChapter 8 1 min
The benefits of taking a breakChapter 9 1 min
When it comes to a successful company, a good founding team and management team is very importantChapter 10 24 sec
Overcoming difficulties when initially creating Rocketbook WaveChapter 11 2 mins
The influences of customer services in the initial stages of a businessChapter 12 17 sec
Not only is it the product but also the experience people haveChapter 13 3 mins
What kind of leadership and culture is needed to leap from a viable product to a viable company?Chapter 14 58 sec
The purpose of customer service is keeping the customer happy and learning from themChapter 15 1 min
"Turn customer connections into customer insights.”Chapter 16 1 min
As a leader, when you don’t always get great news, what do you do?Chapter 17 56 sec
What do we do with negative feedback?Chapter 18 2 mins
When it comes to a product, not everyone will ever understand. You need to find your segment of customers that do get it in order to be successfulChapter 19 3 mins
The principle that Joe accents in his companyChapter 20 4 mins
Rocketbook Whiteboard Beacons and their uses
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James Clear on Forming Small Habits to Achieve Meaningful Results
Change your habits and Get 1% Better Every DayDo you...
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Aug 11 2020 44m
Chapter 1 2 mins
James Clear Welcome to ConvergeChapter 2 1 min
How did James become an expert on the subject of habits and behavior change?Chapter 3 2 mins
Often, people pay more attention to the idea of habits than the habit itselfChapter 4 57 sec
The cognitive psychology movement in conglomeration with the behavior psychology movement were factors in the research done for his bookChapter 5 4 sec
James had an applied reality of habit change that he had to navigateChapter 6 1 min
A traumatic injury led to a loss of basic motor skills for JamesChapter 7 1 min
The process of going from injury to recoveryChapter 8 3 mins
Does success happen overnight and out of the blue? Or is there more to it?Chapter 9 1 min
]There is always a before to something happening. It does not happen overnight. You cannot make a leap without first making a running startChapter 10 33 sec
Systems over goals versus process over outcomesChapter 11 49 sec
]You must increase your surface area for luck or something good happening to you. Richard Hamming’s idea on this is, “That something happens to you is not luck, but what happens to you is luck.”Chapter 12 4 mins
Why should we focus on the inherit value of habits over the instrumental value?Chapter 13 2 mins
True behavior change is identity change. How do I change my identity and how I look at myself?Chapter 14 1 min
“Every action that you take is a vote for the type of person you want to become.”Chapter 15 1 min
What happens when we believes something about our identity that has no evidence to it? How do we solve this delusion?Chapter 16 2 mins
How do we create and push change without having an identity crisis? How do we from a flatlined life find a catalytic movement?Chapter 17 4 mins
Reading and education can be used to create a new narrative of yourselfChapter 18 2 mins
Why did you learn the beliefs you have about yourself?Chapter 19 19 sec
The benefits of a fresh startChapter 20 2 mins
The two ways to combat a destructive narrativeChapter 21 1 min
Culture building in a company environmentChapter 22 3 mins
The two different habits of a workplace are habits of energy and habits of focus
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Jaz Ampaw-Farr on Reversing Toxic Trajectories
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Jul 28 2020 48m
Chapter 1 4 mins
Jaz, tell us your storyChapter 2 2 mins
Jaz says that she is often called inspirational, and her response always is, “Great, what have I inspired you to do?Chapter 3 27 sec
Leadership isn’t what you do, but it’s what happens when you aren’t even in the room and this is shown through Jaz’s elementary school teacher Mrs. CookChapter 4 1 min
With people, kids in particular, what you things you do matters. You can do things to people, for people, and with peopleChapter 5 1 min
Labeled 3 Categories of Adults: 3 Dangerous 2 Benign 1 Heroic/GuidingChapter 6 1 min
What is your perspective on shifting from the “small as possible” mindset that people of color are often advised to assume to confronting racial conflict and standing differently?Chapter 7 2 mins
Playing small works as it can provide some protection, but the cost of it is giving up who you are and who you could potentially beChapter 8 2 mins
Wanting change more than wanting to be right is how you start overcoming the fear of saying or doing the wrong thing. It is where you can start addressing unconscious biasChapter 9 3 mins
Entice people with empathy, engage them in a conversation, and enroll them to your way of thinking. The idea of going straight to enrolling is wrongChapter 10 3 mins
Knowing what it is to have nothing can influence who you stand with and how you stand with themChapter 11 1 min
How do you manage to cross this chasm; on one side you are surviving and standing up against racial tension, and then on the other side you thrive in a hope for a better future? what is the next step beyond where we are now?Chapter 12 4 mins
The stages are suffer, survive, thrive, be alive and drive change. We tend to want to jump from a place of suffering to driving change, but the work must be put in to advance from each stepChapter 13 59 sec
When you move past suffering, surviving, and thriving, you see existence coinciding with real peace. It’s being aliveChapter 14 24 sec
Driving change: Do, Engage, BeChapter 15 7 mins
If you are not ready to drive change, it is okay, but you must own. Don’t blame external locus of controlsChapter 16 1 min
2 Perspectives on racial discourse: How to navigate semantics respectfully as a white person, and how to resist closure/cancelling someone when they are not as careful as they could beChapter 17 5 mins
When we engage, do we engage out of inspiration or out of desperation?
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Taylor Holiday on How To Build A Creative Team That Never Wants To Leave
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Nov 21 2018 37m
Chapter 1 1 min
Why Taylor s story is great for anyone who wants to learn practical ways to make a differenceChapter 2 2 mins
The state of real friends in a world of colleagues and what Common Thread is aboutChapter 3 3 mins
How things have shifted when it comes to using media to promote services and productsChapter 4 4 mins
Creating an economic model that makes sense for first-stage entrepreneursChapter 5 8 mins
Taylor s empathy for team members and how it impacts his team dynamicsChapter 6 6 mins
Implementing a mission the team was actually willing to accomplishChapter 7 4 mins
The current marketplace and the challenge of finding the best talentChapter 8 2 mins
How Taylor has created a company where only one employee has ever chosen to leaveChapter 9 2 mins
Why Taylor believes entirely that those with dreams can accomplish them
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David Jay on How To Go From Freelance Photographer To Entrepreneur
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Nov 6 2018 41m
Chapter 1 1 min
The creative life of a freelancer and how it can morph into entrepreneurismChapter 2 1 min
Dane s testimony of how David is the kind of guy you want to model your life afterChapter 3 4 mins
David s career college drop-out, photographer, freelancer, entrepreneurChapter 4 1 min
The better motivations you can use to drive yourself forwardChapter 5 2 mins
Service to others provides you plenty of opportunities to make a livingChapter 6 1 min
It took a downward spiral to put David s life into perspective for himChapter 7 3 mins
The slow realization that scalable products were a better pathChapter 8 2 mins
Forcing things into existence before they are ready is a sure way to get burnedChapter 9 5 mins
A rule of thumb for telling if an idea is ripe: listenChapter 10 2 mins
Learning what feedback is helpful and how to kill your baby (product idea)Chapter 11 5 mins
How to develop the self awareness to understand what you should doChapter 12 1 min
Healthier than ever in the pursuit of things and the ripple effects that ensueChapter 13 2 mins
The best place to start to get your life in order: common languageChapter 14 2 mins
The future of entrepreneurship from David s perspective