Hacking Life

Steven Matly using NotebookLMThis podcast episode features Steven Matly, also known as Mouhammat Matly, a diversity and inclusion advocate and the CEO and founder of SM Diversity. Matly shares his personal story, starting with his challenging childhood in Seattle's south side housing projects, and how he overcame adversity to become a successful business leader. Here are some of the key topics covered in the episode:* **Matly's Background**: The episode covers Matly's upbringing with a diverse cultural background, including Laotian, Malaysian, and Cambodian influences, and how his parents' divorce shaped his early life.* **The Importance of Community**: Matly discusses the impact of finding community and shared values through breakdancing and hip-hop culture during his adolescence.* **From Dropout to Entrepreneur**: The episode details Matly's journey from dropping out of high school at 17 to returning to earn his diploma and co-founding a mortgage refinance company.* **Transition into Tech and Diversity Advocacy**: Matly talks about how his experience in the mortgage industry led him to a career in technology and his passion for advocating for greater diversity in the tech sector.* **Founding SM Diversity**: The episode highlights the establishment of SM Diversity, Matly's staffing and recruiting agency that focuses on connecting businesses with diverse talent.* **Overcoming Challenges**: Matly opens up about the challenges he has faced, including being scammed in a business deal and coping with the loss of a close friend.* **Continuing Advocacy**: The episode emphasizes Matly's work in online communities to promote diversity and inclusion through various platforms.Matly encourages listeners to step outside of their comfort zones, embrace shared values, and celebrate collective successes. The episode offers an inspiring look at Matly's journey and his dedication to creating more equitable and inclusive workplaces.

SM Diversity using Notebook LM **Steven Matly is a diversity and inclusion advocate who founded SM Diversity, a Seattle-based staffing and recruiting agency specializing in diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI)**. **SM Diversity helps companies recruit more diverse employees and guides organizations toward embracing diversity**. * **Matly's passion for DEI stems from his personal experience as a high school dropout who turned his life around, becoming a successful entrepreneur**. * **He understands the challenges faced by individuals from diverse backgrounds and advocates for a more equitable and inclusive environment for all**.* **Matly has been recognized for his work in DEI, including being named one of the top ten "Diversity and Inclusion Trailblazers" by *Forbes* magazine and one of Seattle's most influential people by *Seattle Magazine***. * **He has also given a TEDx talk on diversity and inclusion**.**SM Diversity offers various services designed to promote DEI in the workplace:*** **They provide customized staffing and recruiting solutions, connecting skilled professionals from diverse backgrounds with companies**. * **Their services include full-service consulting on DEI strategy, policy development, and training**.* **They organize networking events and recruiting events, host interactive "Hack Diversity" workshops, and participate in career fairs**.* **They also create multimedia content, including video job descriptions, branding, and design services**.* **SM Diversity uses a variety of AI-powered sourcing tools, a multi-channel software system, data analytics, and 500+ job boards to identify and engage with potential candidates**. * **They actively engage with underrepresented communities through job fairs, workshops, and partnerships with community organizations**. **SM Diversity's vision is to "consciously include" diverse talent so that businesses do not "unconsciously exclude" them**. **Their primary focus is on "intentional inclusion" to ensure equitable recruitment practices**. **They aim to bridge the gap between companies and diverse talent, fostering a more diverse and inclusive workforce**.**Matly's commitment to diversity and inclusion, his entrepreneurial journey, and SM Diversity's innovative and impactful services make for a compelling podcast topic.**

Season 7 Episode 4 - 2.22.2022 - Celebration of Life John Kustok - R.I.P. Employee 176

Season 7 Episode 3 - Building & Healing ❤️‍

Season 7 - Episode 2 - I finally Tested negative for Covid again but it's not over …. Life lessons

S7E1 - Getting my taste back but still no smell - Life after Quarantine and Covid

S6E10 - I'm still fighting the virus but aren't we all?

S6E9 - Getting my smell and taste back? Breakthrough Case - vaccinated people

S6E8 - Lost my sense of smell and taste. Breakthrough cases involving fully vaccinated people like myself

Season 6 Episode 7 - We did it! Look how far we came - omg …

Offer Accepted - Season 6 Episode 6 So….. what is it like to meet Billionaires and or Millionaires?

Season 6 Episode 5 - Time Capsule - Life Lessons - Taking Time To Self #HackingLife #HackingLifePodcast

Season 6 Episode 4 - Things I always wanted to say

I'm doing but also observing while in motion

Season 6 Episode 2 - Yes, I have a podcast and will continue to add to it more.

Back and will keep coming back to move forward: I'm back - Season 6 Episode 1

Season 5 Episode 6 - Racist America - Bad Cops - Stop the Ego Start the Eco systems NOW by admitting to Americans hurting Americans and start healing through education - SM Diversity - no filter no edit all from the moment in RTD - Real Time Data --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

July 4th 2020 - 2:30AM thoughts --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Based on information and data given  Racist divide and the racist behaviors of people promoting and protecting Whiteness mindset in 2020 should be deemed White Terrorist or White Extremist whom are a danger to societies growth.  Please Note - Blue Lives - All Lives is all another way to promote and protect Whiteness outdated mindset MAGA - Yup YOU TOO!  Asian For Black Lives Matter - Its been exhausting for the World for Americans to wake up and work daily until we admit the hurt to start the healing ASAP. DAILY. Like it or NOT - NOT YOUR CHOICE but HUMAN BASIC NEEDS is not your CHOICE!!!! STOP THE BULLY SHIT NOW.  - Steven Matly with Love. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

June 30th - Enter The Dragon mood and random discussions --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Season 5 Episode 2  06/29/2020 On that New New during the wack #Covid19 Quarantine  @smdiversity  #StevenMatly #HackDiversity Warming Up but Immersing Into The Water --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Season 5 Episode 1 - June 3rd 2020 Update - Asian For Black Lives Matter

New show coming soon - Dedicated this podcast to those that may have faced rejection

Season 4 Episode 8 - May 8th 2020 10 minute ramble --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Season 4 Episode 7 - Fatherless - The best Dad I never had - Lyrics and Song from 10 years ago recited --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Season 4 Episode 6 - My Moment With God - 11 Years Ago - Recited - All cover art is courtesy of my iPhone and or Googling images off the World Wide Web to my iPhone hahahha --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Season 4 Episode 5 - “You are the reason” song lyrics from 10 years ago --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Season 4 Episode 4 - 5/5/2020 - Childhood Memories and PlanBased menu --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Season 4 Episode 3 - Bigger Than Life / Nipsey Hussle / The current mission of thinking and time --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Season 4 Episode 2 - Music and Entertainment - When I got threaten not to perform lol --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Season 4 Episode 1 - Kick off with a bong I mean bang! Toosie Slide on it --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Season 3 Episode 10 - Saturday Sessions - Relationship Building

Seattle - Sounds - Beautiful Rain ☔️

Friday Floral Shirt Steven - Friday Floral Shirt Steven - Season 3 Episode 8 - My Thoughts of the day sort of

Season 3 Episode 7 - What an interesting day - WoW we’re being distributed to more podcast platforms How do I share all the good / bad / in between and all of it - you just do it and you just do the best you can and give it all that you each time you have the opportunity to or ability to create - leverage more opportunities.

Grateful

Season 3 Episode 4 - Roll Up Random Sessions

Spoken Word - Rap about my Relationship with God

Roll Up Random Sessions - Thank You Laos Supply for the clothing and care package

Roll Up Random Sessions

It’s Earth day but here is my 4AM thoughts

420 Random Thoughts

One Hour Podcast about my Life and Mindset on 4/20/2020 / S2E8 #StevenMatly #HackingLife #CoolStorySteven

Happy LAO New Year - Spoken Word - Secret War - Steven Matly - Seeds of Refugees

1111 April 2nd 2020 - Covid19 - Corona - Sup World

My mind during Quarantine - R.I.P. Nipsey - Selena - Brandon Lee - Respect to all service and healthcare workers --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Covid19 -CoronaVirus - Quarantine - Checking in with you all --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Season 2 Episode 4 #HackingLife #Podcast with #StevenMatly - goals in 2020 - The Mind - World News and other news --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Season 2 Episode 3 - Growing Up too fast?

Real - Raw Talk - I have been through worse? Negativity converting to Positive 2020 --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Swiss Monkey Dental Staffing teams up with Humanly IO - OMG --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app