The Penguin Latte Podcast

Jake Wiskerchen is a Marriage and Family Therapist and National Certified Counselor from Nevada who owns and operates a mental health outpatient practice, Zephyr Wellness. In this episode we discuss the psychological case against mask mandates in schools, the relationship between gun ownership and mental health, frameworks for battling anger, emotions and what they mean, Carl Jung and why he was an utter genius, and much more. Please enjoy! Like coffee? Like creativity? Why not try a a bag of Flow State Coffee? Enter code PAUL at checkout for 10% off.

Dr. Z, or Patrícia E Zurita Ona, is a psychologist specializing in Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and Exposure Response Prevention. She is the author of "Acceptance and Commitment Skills for Perfectionism and High-Achieving Behavior," and the Playing-it-Safe newsletter. Dr. Z on Twitter Dr. Z's newsletter

No one knows to what degree work sucks more than Matt Harriman (@MattMHarriman), entrepreneur and founder of Pod2, whose mission is to make work not suck so much. In this episode we discuss relationships, professionalism, LinkedIn vs Twitter, philosophical fiction, capitalism, virtue signaling, self-censorship, anger, The Midnight Gospel, and much, much more. Please enjoy! SUPPORT THE SHOW! 3 ways to do it: Show your support by buying a Penguin Latte of $5, $10, or more! Buy some MERCH Greg makes coffee: Grab a bag of Flow State Coffee — Brewed with L-Theanine and Raw Cacao, Flow State Coffee is designed to promote mental clarity and creativity. Visit noowave.co and apply code PAUL at checkout for 10% off!

Jack Caunter is the creator of the blink-182 spongebob patrick video (this), a video which has wasted 2 minutes and 46 seconds of over 2.1 million people's lives. In this conversation we discuss memes and creativity, compare and contrast old internet culture with new internet culture, and wax nostalgic about Bill Wurtz, Filthy Frank, and Neil Cicierega.   SUPPORT THE SHOW! 3 ways to do it: Show your support by buying a Penguin Latte of $5, $10, or more! Buy some MERCH Greg makes coffee: Grab a bag of Flow State Coffee — Brewed with L-Theanine and Raw Cacao, Flow State Coffee is designed to promote mental clarity and creativity. Visit noowave.co and apply code PAUL at checkout for 10% off!

Anthony Eichberger is a gay, millennial, pagan/polytheist, disabled, rural-born, politically independent writer with a focus on American politics and culture war issues. His Medium articles have been read by thousands of readers on some of the most popular political columns on the platform. What I love about Anthony is that when we disagree politically it never feels like we're trying to shove each other's heads up a donkey's ass. I hope to have him back on the show many times in the future. In this episode we discuss gay mayonnaise, the hypocrisy beneath the radical left's anti-racism ideology as perpetuated by Robin DiAngelo, our disagreements about political correctness, gender equality, cancel culture and Dave Chapelle's ‘Closer' Special, whether or not kids should be allowed at pride parades, and much, much more. Please enjoy! Connect with Anthony on Twitter Read Anthony's thoughtful articles pertaining to topics of which we discussed on today's riveting episode of the pod. This episode is brought to you by Music and Meme! For $5 a month, every Monday and Friday I'll deliver to your inbox a pairing of the world's finest music with the Internet's best memes, plus tasting notes. Click here to subscribe.   We're also sponsored by Flow State Coffee! If you've ever wondered how I maintain my creative energy to write a blog post everyday, record a podcast every week and make those dumbass anime review videos, the answer is: I cheat. I cheat by drinking Flow State Coffee. Not only is it absolutely delicious, it's also brewed with L-Theanine and Raw Cacao to promote creativity and mental clarity. Visit noowave.co and apply code PAUL at checkout for 10% off!

Eyal Shay is the host of the Deep Dive Podcast, featuring conversations on philosophy and matters of the heart. He also provides personal 1-on-1 sessions on dialectic – the art of arriving at truth through sound reasoning. I had a ton of fun with this conversation. We discuss mental performance in everything from creativity to competition, the art of dialectic, making a living doing what you love, the finer things in life, pathological liars, and so much more. Connect with Eyal: Eyal on Twitter Check out the Deep Dive Podcast for more Eyal This episode is brought to you by Music and Meme! For $5 a month, every Monday and Friday I'll deliver to your inbox a pairing of the world's finest music with the Internet's best memes, plus tasting notes. Click the picture below to subscribe. We're also sponsored by Flow State Coffee! If you've ever wondered how I maintain my creative energy to write a blog post everyday, record a podcast every week and make those dumbass anime review videos, the answer is: I cheat. I cheat by drinking Flow State Coffee. Not only is it absolutely delicious, it's also brewed with L-Theanine and Raw Cacao to promote creativity and mental clarity. Visit noowave.co and apply code PAUL at checkout for 10% off!

Clo S. is the founder of This Too Shall Grow, a one-person UX design studio and coaching practice to help technologists build digital products that help to improve people's mental health and wellness. In this episode we discuss best digital mindfulness practices, the impact of social media on mental health, building the perfect social media app, the “cozy” web, ethical social media software design, and much more. Please enjoy! Clo S. on Twitter This Too Shall Grow Clo's digital mindfulness newsletter read by over 700 people every 2 weeks. SUPPORT THE SHOW! Greg makes coffee: Grab a bag of Flow State Coffee — Brewed with L-Theanine and Raw Cacao, Flow State Coffee is designed to promote mental clarity and creativity. Visit noowave.co and apply code PAUL at checkout for 10% off!

  Shreyas Prakash (@pablomuralo) is a product manager at Noora Health, working to improve at-risk patients and disabled people's lives with design. He's the co-creator of Clarity, an app for easy notetaking on YouTube. Previously he led dVerse Labs - designing products to reduce the risk of infections in hospitals - and dHive Labs - designing apps to assist online education. He is also the host of the podcast Shake Up The World, featuring conversations on design, technology, and optimism.   In this episode we discuss the problems Shreyas faces when designing products for vulnerable populations, cooperating with A.I instead of competing with it, bitcoin and the traps of crypto-optimism, the traps of techno-pessimism, building products and software to assist in learning and quality of life, conscious criticism, languages, the nature of creativity, and much more. Please enjoy!   Shreyas on Twitter   Shreyas' writings and podcasts on design   Check out Clarity on Product Hunt: Shreyas' Notetaking app for YouTube   SUPPORT THE SHOW!   3 ways to do it:   Show your support by buying a Penguin Latte of $5, $10, or more! Buy some MERCH Greg makes coffee: Grab a bag of Flow State Coffee — Brewed with L-Theanine and Raw Cacao, Flow State Coffee is designed to promote mental clarity and creativity. Visit noowave.co and apply code PAUL at checkout for 10% off!    

Craig Burgess (@craigburgess) is a graphic designer and Conscious Content Creator from the UK. Wearing many hats, Craig is the creative director at design firm Genius Division, creator of the Real Fake Turnips NFT, and is most widely known for his podcast The Wednesday Audio: the 230st Improv Podcast in Great Britain according to Carlos. With these accolades under his belt, Craig is the perfect candidate to solve political polarization, climate change, and world hunger. Step aside, Greta Thunberg. In this episode we discuss Nicola Sturgeon, artful podcasting, Craig's self-censor button, design mentality, Craig's controversial tweets that'll certainly get him cancelled, conscious content creation, how Craig built the 230st Improv Podcast in Great Britain according to Carlos, Work Life Balance, books, self-awareness, Hideaki Anno, technocrats as politicians, money, following your dreams, virtue signaling, the dangers of Clear and Simple writing, diminishing attention spans, Woke-Ism, and Craig's plans to fix political polarization, climate change, and world hunger. Please enjoy! SUPPORT THE SHOW! 3 ways to do it: Show your support by buying a Penguin Latte of $5, $10, or more! Buy some MERCH Greg makes coffee: Grab a bag of Flow State Coffee — Brewed with L-Theanine and Raw Cacao, Flow State Coffee is designed to promote mental clarity and creativity. Visit noowave.co and apply code PAUL at checkout for 10% off!

Dejen (Pronounced Cajun with a D) Tesfagiorgis (@Dejen45) is a super cool comedian, comedy sketch writer, jazz saxophonist, and former entrepreneur from New York, New York. He runs the Deja Deja Comedy YouTube channel, featuring sketches on Black music, tech companies, and code switching. Their video Niggardly: Free Workplace Codeswitching app for Black Employees, has garnered over 600,000 views since November 17th, 2020. In this episode we discuss life lessons from improv classes, standup comedy vs internet comedy, Dejen's foray into tech entrepreneurship, his comedy writing process, the benefits of a sense of humor, a healthy disagreement about political correctness, and much more. Stick around to the very end for a special freestyle rap about Fyodor Dostoevsky. And as always, please enjoy! (Sorry about the dogs barking in the background) Dejen on Twitter Dejen's comedy YouTube channel Dejen on Instagram (also funny) Dejen on TikTok (also funny) SUPPORT THE SHOW! 3 ways to do it: Show your support by buying a Penguin Latte of $5, $10, or more! Buy some MERCH Greg makes coffee: Grab a bag of Flow State Coffee — Brewed with L-Theanine and Raw Cacao, Flow State Coffee is designed to promote mental clarity and creativity. Visit noowave.co and apply code PAUL at checkout for 10% off!

David R. MacIver is the author of Overthinking Everything, a Substack newsletter covering the ludicrously difficult arts of decision making and being human. In this conversation discuss the psychology of Twitter alts and anonymity, losing and finding one's Self on social media, the joys of self-inflicted public embarrassment, and try to make sense of our digital performative selves. Please enjoy!   SUPPORT THE SHOW! 3 ways to do it: Show your support by buying a Penguin Latte of $5, $10, or more! Buy some MERCH Greg makes coffee: Grab a bag of Flow State Coffee — Brewed with L-Theanine and Raw Cacao, Flow State Coffee is designed to promote mental clarity and creativity. Visit noowave.co and apply code PAUL at checkout for 10% off!

Benjamin Boyce (@BenjaminABoyce) is the pleasant and witty host of Calmversations, a podcast featuring lucid and nnnnnnnnnnuanced conversations on all things triggering (read: complicated). In a Nietzschean attempt to transcend the burdens of terminology, in this episode Benjamin and I reevaluate the woke vs anti-woke debate. We discuss how Benjamin built trust with his YouTube audience of more than 70,000 subscribers, how he handles conversations on race and gender without grifting, Benjamin's artistic inspirations, the dangers of the Diversity Inclusion Equity ideology, media literacy, literature literacy, coffee literacy, critics, fame, the most productive thing to do when western civilization dismantles itself, and more. Enjoy!   Benjamin on YouTube; Calmversations Podcast on Spotify Benjamin on Substack   SUPPORT THE SHOW! 3 ways to do it: Show your support by buying a Penguin Latte of $5, $10, or more! Buy some MERCH Greg makes coffee: Grab a bag of Flow State Coffee — Brewed with L-Theanine and Raw Cacao, Flow State Coffee is designed to promote mental clarity and creativity. Visit noowave.co and apply code PAUL at checkout for 10% off!

Jake Orthwein (@JakeOrthwein) is the creator of Frame Problems, a YouTube video essay channel covering philosophy, politics, art, science, and culture. Jake is currently working on Part 3 of a series titled How Politics Became Pro Wrestling, which explores Eric Weinstein's ideas on American political discourse and economic stagnation. I recommend watching at least part 1 of the series before indulging in this 2-hour conversation. In this episode we discuss Jake's creative process to video essays, the encroachment of nihilism by proxy of faux-meaning via political activism, how to engage in culture war discourse without grifting, the recent Dave Chappelle protest fiasco, the targeting of innocent people by the corporate press, Adam Curtis, Christopher Lasch, that new Fauci documentary nobody watched, and much, much more.   SUPPORT THE SHOW! 3 ways to do it: Show your support by buying a Penguin Latte of $5, $10, or more! Buy some MERCH Greg makes coffee: Grab a bag of Flow State Coffee — Brewed with L-Theanine and Raw Cacao, Flow State Coffee is designed to promote mental clarity and creativity. Visit noowave.co and apply code PAUL at checkout for 10% off!

Michael Ashcroft teaches the online course ‘Fundamentals of Alexander Technique', helping more than 400 students across the globe to revolutionize their experience of themselves and improve performance in business and life. If that sounds like woo-woo self-help guru Ponzi scheme nonsense, I promise you – no hot coals, no upsells, no celebrity worship, no influencer marketing bullshit. In this conversation we discuss the modern classic on Neuropsychology ‘The Master and His Emissary', consciousness, mindfulness, the dangers of hustle culture, fame, success, social media as a force for good, meditation, the pitfalls of daily habits, and more. Please enjoy! Does The Penguin Latte Podcast remind you of fresh presents on Christmas morning? If so, please consider leaving a review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes. It takes all of 60 seconds (61 if you're feeling extra spicy). Reviews make the podcast 1% better. If 500 of you leave reviews, the podcast gets 500% better. Plus, I love reading all of your juicy comments. Thanks! SUPPORT THE SHOW! 3 ways to do it: Show your support by buying a Penguin Latte of $5, $10, or more! Buy some MERCH Greg makes coffee: Grab a bag of Flow State Coffee — Brewed with L-Theanine and Raw Cacao, Flow State Coffee is designed to promote mental clarity and creativity. Visit noowave.co and apply code PAUL at checkout for 10% off!

“Who's Rich Hebron (@RichHebron) and why should I care?” Answer: At 22 years old, Rich Hebron lived on the streets of Chicago, homeless, just to see what it would be like. In this episode we talk cities, sociology, thrift stores, books we're reading, fantasy and philosophical fiction, Kanye West, running, human greatness, sports as a metaphor for life, and so much more. Enjoy! SUPPORT THE SHOW! 3 ways to do it: Show your support by buying a Penguin Latte of $5, $10, or more! Buy some MERCH Greg makes coffee: Grab a bag of Flow State Coffee — Brewed with L-Theanine and Raw Cacao, Flow State Coffee is designed to promote mental clarity and creativity. Visit noowave.co and apply code PAUL at checkout for 10% off!

From the blog: https://penguinlatte.blog/2021/10/06/criticism-when-and-when-not-to-take-it/

Mike Harlow is what you'd get if Ben Shapiro and Elle Woods had a baby (his words, not mine). He's a super cool guy who's standing up for everyone's right to standup for themselves. Mike Harlow is an actor, speaker, Social Media “nonfluencer”, and master of the Momofuku milk bar cake. We discuss: Gay representation in media that doesn't suck Love Dating Men's fashion (Mike's opinion on my monkey-themed button-up shirt) A date that almost ended in Mike's head getting chopped off by a machete What the woke movement gets wrong about…everything What the republican party gets wrong about…everything and so much more. Please enjoy! Cheers to your good health, Paul   Does The Penguin Latte Podcast remind you of fresh presents on Christmas morning? If so, please consider leaving a review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes. It takes all of 60 seconds (61 if you're feeling extra spicy). Reviews make the podcast 1% better. If 500 of you leave reviews, the podcast gets 500% better. Plus, I love reading all of your juicy comments. Thanks! SUPPORT THE SHOW! 3 ways to do it: Show your support by buying a Penguin Latte of $5, $10, or more! Buy some MERCH Greg makes coffee: Grab a bag of Flow State Coffee — Brewed with L-Theanine and Raw Cacao, Flow State Coffee is designed to promote mental clarity and creativity. Visit noowave.co and apply code PAUL at checkout for 10% off!

Carson Alworth is an anarchist I met on a Discord server. In this conversation we discuss how certain constituents of ordinary society would work – or not – in an anarchist society, political polarization in America, misconceptions about anarchy, Big Business, Small Business, capitalism, cryptocurrency, lockdowns, names of people I don't know, and how despite being an anarchist Carson has never heard of Michael Malice. Please enjoy! Watch on YouTube SUPPORT THE SHOW! 3 ways to do it: Show your support by buying a Penguin Latte of $5, $10, or more! Buy some MERCH Greg makes coffee: Grab a bag of Flow State Coffee — Brewed with L-Theanine and Raw Cacao, Flow State Coffee is designed to promote mental clarity and creativity. Visit noowave.co and apply code PAUL at checkout for 10% off!

Will Steiner is the CEO of Big Later, a company doing what public education has failed to do for centuries: teach kids about personal finance. In this conversation we discuss why we're not teaching kids about personal finance, the failing education system, history, Big Tech Censorship and why it stinks, bitcoin, literature, online courses, networking, marketing, the power of pondering, and more! Spotify | Apple | Watch on YouTube SUPPORT THE SHOW! 3 ways to do it: Show your support by buying a Penguin Latte of $5, $10, or more! Buy some MERCH Greg makes coffee: Grab a bag of Flow State Coffee — Brewed with L-Theanine and Raw Cacao, Flow State Coffee is designed to promote mental clarity and creativity. Visit noowave.co and apply code PAUL at checkout for 10% off!

Daniel De la Fé is an artist and cohost of the podcast ‘Dangerous Rhetoric'. In 2020 he published a book of poetry called “The Manhattan Poems,” documenting the borough amidst the lockdowns. In this conversation Daniel and I raise the middle finger to America's infatuation with censorship, vaccine passes, lockdowns, kids books about Fauci, woke, while raising a glass to creativity, art, spirituality, and freedom. Daniel also reads me some of his poetry, so stick around for that. SUPPORT THE SHOW! 3 ways to do it: Show your support by buying a Penguin Latte of $5, $10, or more! Buy some MERCH Greg makes coffee: Grab a bag of Flow State Coffee — Brewed with L-Theanine and Raw Cacao, Flow State Coffee is designed to promote mental clarity and creativity. Visit noowave.co and apply code PAUL at checkout for 10% off!

Jamie Russo is a writer and author of The Underdog Paradox and If Creators Are Like Wizards. In this conversation we discuss creativity, art, and online entrepreneurship.   Please support the show! It's coffee for creativity! Enter code PAUL at checkout for 10% off a bag of Flow State Coffee Donate: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/penguinlatte

Signia is a powerful e-sports player from California. He's whooped many asses in Super Smash Bros. Melee and especially in Soul Caliber. In this conversation Paul and Signia discuss competitive fighting games, Super Smash Bros. Melee, game theory, Friedrich Nietzsche, and existential philosophy. Yeah, it's a lot. Buckle in. Please enjoy! Cheers to your good health, Paul Spotify | Apple | Watch on YouTube Does The Penguin Latte Podcast remind you of fresh presents on Christmas morning? If so, please consider leaving a review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes. It takes all of 60 seconds (61 if you're feeling extra spicy). Reviews make the podcast 1% better. If 500 of you leave reviews, the podcast gets 500% better. Plus, I love reading all of your juicy comments. Thanks! SUPPORT THE SHOW! 3 ways to do it: Show your support by buying a Penguin Latte of $5, $10, or more! Buy some MERCH Greg makes coffee: Grab a bag of **Flow State Coffee — Brewed with L-Theanine and Raw Cacao, Flow State Coffee is designed to promote mental clarity and creativity.**Visit noowave.co and apply code PAUL at checkout for 10% off!

Ben Greenman is a writer, singer songwriter, and artist from Buffalo, New York. He's the guy who drew this podcast's logo. You know, the one with the penguin. In this episode Paul and Ben crack open some cold ones and shoot the shit on their favorite bands and artistic inspirations. Ben on Twitter: https://twitter.com/IamBenforReal Paul on Twitter: https://twitter.com/paul_lecrone Support the show and buy a bag of NOOWAVE FLOW STATE COFFEE! Enter code PAUL at checkout for 10% off: http://noowave.co/

Paul Millerd lives life on the fringe. Like many who I feature on this podcast, he wears many hats: entrepreneur, author, freelancer, consultant, teacher, world-traveler. His work centers around helping clients cut the bullshit out of their work so they can live their life on their terms. In this conversation we discuss the freelance landscape, travel, differences between America and the rest of the world, a dash of politics, and more. Connect with Paul on Twitter https://twitter.com/p_millerd Check out Paul's work https://think-boundless.com/ SUPPORT THE CHANNEL! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/penguinlatte It's coffee for creativity! And it tastes fantastic. Enter code PAUL at discount for 10% off: https://noowave.co/ End music: Labyrinth by Metro-Ongen https://metro-ongen.bandcamp.com/

The Penguin Latte Podcast is BACK. Greg Frontiero returns with sage wisdom on money, purpose, 69ing (hahaha), and entrepreneurship. SUPPORT THE CHANNEL! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/penguinlatte It's coffee for creativity! And it tastes fantastic. Enter code PAUL at discount for 10% off: https://noowave.co/ End music: Labyrinth by Metro-Ongen

Due to discriminatory Anti-In-N-Out-Burger remarks espoused by Greg Frontiero on episode 56 of The Penguin Latte Podcast, The Network has decided to cancel the show completely. You win, liberals.

Todd Wahnish's (@wahnish) 30-year career began in traditional hand-drawn cel animation, creating and directing hundreds of animated works for television. His animation has appeared on MTV, BET, FUSE, Cartoon Network, Adult Swim, Nickelodeon, PBS, TNT, TBS, the WB, Spike TV, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and Saturday Night Live among others. Today, Todd is an entrepreneur and marketer in the digital creator and NFT space. In this episode Paul and Todd discuss animation from Cartoon Network's golden age in the early to mid 2000s, skills that apply to anything from cooking to drawing, how marketing is as vital to creativity and entrepreneurship as oxygen is to our survival, NFTs, electronic music, and more! SUPPORT THE SHOW! 3 ways to do it: Show your support by buying a Penguin Latte of $5, $10, or more! Grab some MERCH Greg makes coffee: Grab a bag of Flow State Coffee — Brewed with L-Theanine and Raw Cacao, Flow State Coffee is designed to promote mental clarity and creativity. Visit noowave.co and apply code PAUL at checkout for 10% off!

Corey Wilks earned his doctorate in clinical psychology from Marshall University. He later held a private clinical practice with Cabin Creek Health Systems. Today Corey applies the wisdom he learned from his therapeutic practices by coaching entrepreneurs on how to live a life of intention. What fascinates me most about Corey Wilks is that he speaks and behaves atypical to what one would expect from a psychologist. It's probably the tattoos. In this conversation we discuss therapy and its benefits, happiness, fear, difficult emotions, behavior change, habits, and much, much more! Does The Penguin Latte Podcast remind you of fresh presents on Christmas morning? If so, please consider leaving a review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes. It takes all of 60 seconds (61 if you're feeling extra spicy). Reviews make the podcast 1% better. If 500 of you leave reviews, the podcast gets 500% better. Plus, I love reading all of your juicy comments. Thanks! SUPPORT THE SHOW! 3 ways to do it: Show your support by buying a Penguin Latte of $5, $10, or more! Grab some MERCH Greg makes coffee: Grab a bag of Flow State Coffee — Brewed with L-Theanine and Raw Cacao, Flow State Coffee is designed to promote mental clarity and creativity. Visit noowave.co and apply code PAUL at checkout for 10% off!

Today on the show I'm joined by Joojo Ocran. Joojo is one of the best storytellers I've ever met. His Game Changer animations – akin to modern fables for budding entrepreneurs and creators – regularly collect thousands of views on Twitter. In this conversation we talk creativity, the art of reiteration, improvement, paper straws, and how ANIME is more motivational than any Tony Robbins seminar. Connect with Joojo on Twitter Please enjoy! Cheers to your good health, Paul Does The Penguin Latte Podcast remind you of fresh presents on Christmas morning? If so, please consider leaving a review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes. It takes all of 60 seconds (61 if you're feeling extra spicy). Reviews make the podcast 1% better. If 500 of you leave reviews, the podcast gets 500% better. Plus, I love reading all of your juicy comments. Thanks! SUPPORT THE SHOW! 2 ways to do it: Show your support by buying a Penguin Latte of $5, $10, or more! Greg makes coffee: Grab a bag of **Flow State Coffee — Brewed with L-Theanine and Raw Cacao, Flow State Coffee is designed to promote mental clarity and creativity.**Visit noowave.co and apply code PAUL at checkout for 10% off!

I can't do anything I don't have my heart set to. ROSIE SHERRY The word “community” is synonymous with Rosie Sherry. She's the powerhouse behind Orbitmodel, RosielandHQ, and IndiewomenHQ. In this conversation we talk digital communities and why they're rad, sending your kids to school at the beach, happiness, and how to find work that's compatible with your soul. Please enjoy! Connect with Rosie on Twitter Timestsamps 0:00 – Intro 2:50 – How did Rosie Sherry discover the creator economy? 4:00 – What was the internet like before social media? 12:00 – Community, connection, and creativity 14:30 – What skills does one need to be a successful community builder? 17:00 – Does everything need a community? 19:00 – “Follow your frustration” 23:00 – Seth Godin 24:00 – Know what you don't want and you will get what you do 26:00 – Do it your way 30:00 – Unschooling and the education system 47:00 – Exercise: it's a good idea 49:00 – How to find the energy to do all the shit you love to do 52:00 – If you're unhappy, walk away 1:04:00 – Hustle is a trap 1:07:00 – Are we breeding narcissists by telling them to build an audience? 1:11:00 – The danger of blindly following thought leaders and influencers 1:16:00 – “You can make an impact with a small online footprint” 1:18:00 – Don't follow an authority, follow a mission 1:21:00 – What does Rosie Sherry enjoy most about being alive? 1:26:00 – Outro   Does The Penguin Latte Podcast remind you of fresh presents on Christmas morning? If so, please consider leaving a review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes. It takes all of 60 seconds (61 if you're feeling extra spicy). Reviews make the podcast 1% better. If 500 of you leave reviews, the podcast gets 500% better. Plus, I love reading all of your juicy comments. Thanks! SUPPORT THE SHOW! 2 ways to do it: Show your support by buying a Penguin Latte of $5, $10, or more! Greg makes coffee: Grab a bag of **Flow State Coffee — Brewed with L-Theanine and Raw Cacao, Flow State Coffee is designed to promote mental clarity and creativity.**Visit noowave.co and apply code PAUL at checkout for 10% off!

The things that are hardest are the things worth trying JONATHAN HILLIS Jonathan Hillis is an entrepreneur, investor, and blogger. Currently he's building Creator Cabins – an IRL community (aka ‘meatspace') in Austin for digital creators. In this episode we discuss the different creator economies, why Jonathan is building the creator cabins, and why it's vital to find work that's compatible with your personality. Connect with Jonathan Creator Cabins Timestamps 0:00 – Intro 2:00 – What are the creator cabins? 12:30 – And then 2020 happened 16:00 – The challenges of building IRL communities 26:30 – Crowdfunding creators 30:00 – What creators get out of a stay at the creator cabins 31:30 – Meeting people IRL vs online 33:00 – Influencers vs creators, and the creator economy 38:00 – Getting started in the creator economy 43:00 – Are you compatible with the work you're doing? 52:00 – Jonathan's favorite mentors and books 58:00 – Think big, think long-term 1:06:00 – The future of creator cabins: decentralized cities 1:09:00 – What does Jonathan Hillis enjoy most about being alive? 1:11:00 – Outro Mentions Jonathan's 12 favorite frameworks for solving difficult problems Packy McCormick – The Great Online Game Please enjoy! Cheers to your good health, Paul Spotify | Apple | Watch on YouTube Does The Penguin Latte Podcast remind you of fresh presents on Christmas morning? If so, please consider leaving a review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes. It takes all of 60 seconds (61 if you're feeling extra spicy). Reviews make the podcast 1% better. If 500 of you leave reviews, the podcast gets 500% better. Plus, I love reading all of your juicy comments. Thanks! SUPPORT THE SHOW! 2 ways to do it: Show your support by buying a Penguin Latte of $5, $10, or more! Greg makes coffee: Grab a bag of **Flow State Coffee — Brewed with L-Theanine and Raw Cacao, Flow State Coffee is designed to promote mental clarity and creativity.**Visit noowave.co and apply code PAUL at checkout for 10% off!

Matt Lady is a freelancer for DTC and Ecommerce brands. He writes about mental health. Paul LeCrone is some dude with a podcast. Neither are mental health professionals. But both are incredibly good looking. Timestamps: 0:00 – Intro 1:30 – Creativity 3:30 – Mental health 11:40 – Haters 15:50 – Benefits of therapy 23:00 – Men's mental health 25:00 – Money and happiness 27:00 – Self-responsibility and support systems 33:00 – Masculinity 42:00 – Finding a good therapist 45:00 – Being productive with ADHD 51:00 – Freelancing 55:00 – Thriving in the creator economy 1:04:00 – Common mistakes of new freelancers and creators 1:21:30 – What to do when you don't have clients 1:26:00 – Finding client-freelancer fit 1:29:00 – What does Matt Lady enjoy most about being alive? 1:32:00 – Beware the fools gold 1:35:30 – Outro Mentions Please enjoy! Cheers to your good health, Paul Spotify | Apple | Watch on YouTube Does The Penguin Latte Podcast remind you of fresh presents on Christmas morning? If so, please consider leaving a review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes. It takes all of 60 seconds (61 if you're feeling extra spicy). Reviews make the podcast 1% better. If 500 of you leave reviews, the podcast gets 500% better. Plus, I love reading all of your juicy comments. Thanks! SUPPORT THE SHOW! 2 ways to do it: Show your support by buying a Penguin Latte of $5, $10, or more! Greg makes coffee: Grab a bag of **Flow State Coffee — Brewed with L-Theanine and Raw Cacao, Flow State Coffee is designed to promote mental clarity and creativity.**Visit noowave.co and apply code PAUL at checkout for 10% off! Posted in Daily Blog

"Some people think of things as a product. Some people think of it as a network or a community. I think Club Penguin was a community…What matters is that you gave permission for a community to gather." ROCKETSNAIL   Today on the podcast I have the honor of speaking with RocketSnail, aka Lance Priebe, the creator of Club Penguin and Founder of Hyper Hippo Games. Do you remember Club Penguin? I remember Club Penguin. Growing up, there were 2 video games that I played so religiously it became unorthodox: RuneScape, and Club Penguin. I waddled around and met new friends for more hours than I can count. I tried tipping the iceberg. I tried finding rare puffles. I thought RockHopper was real, like Santa Claus. I became Club Penguin Rich after grinding that Minecart minigame for 9 hours a day. I even started my own Club Penguin Blog when I was 12 years old. The blog is actually still online thanks to the awesome power of WordPress. Timestamps 0:00 – Intro 1:20 – Origins of Club Penguin and Miniclip 9:00 – Origins of Tas 1000 11:00 – Advice for game developers and entrepreneurs 15:00 – Club Penguin vs Webkinz, freemium vs free to play games 22:40 – RuneScape, Jagex, and MMOs 25:00 – RocketSnail's favorite games 29:00 – Time management tips 30:40 – How Club Penguin became instantly popular 35:50 – Club Penguin gets acquired by Disney, why Club Penguin Island failed 41:00 – Why did RocketSnail leave the Club Penguin team? 43:20 – Mommy, Why did Club Penguin Die? 48:00 – The RETURN of Club Penguin…!? 54:00 – Outro Mentions Please enjoy! Cheers to your good health, Paul   Does The Penguin Latte Podcast remind you of fresh presents on Christmas morning? If so, please consider leaving a review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes. It takes all of 60 seconds (61 if you're feeling extra spicy). Reviews make the podcast 1% better. If 500 of you leave reviews, the podcast gets 500% better. Plus, I love reading all of your juicy comments. Thanks! SUPPORT THE SHOW! 2 ways to do it: Show your support by buying a Penguin Latte of $5, $10, or more! Greg makes coffee: Grab a bag of **Flow State Coffee — Brewed with L-Theanine and Raw Cacao, Flow State Coffee is designed to promote mental clarity and creativity.**Visit noowave.co and apply code PAUL at checkout for 10% off!

Emmy Sobieski is an athlete, marathon runner, and entrepreneur who's held all 3 positions successfully at the same time.   Between the ages of 38 and 40, Emmy placed 9th in the US World Cup Trials Dressage 2005, 10th in 2006, competing at the Olympic and national level while holding a job at a world-class hedge fund working 80 to 100 hours a week. Since turning 46 she's completed more than 15 marathons and 5 ultramarathons, 15 and 5 more then I'll ever complete in any of the lives I'll be reincarnated into. At age 50 she ran her first 50K. At age 51 she was AAU North American Bodybuilding Champion for woman's physique, and Silver Medalist in the 100 and 400 meter dash for the US Masters Championship. To top it all off, she's also the founder of her own coaching platform and App called My 10 Minutes and as I write this continues to kick ass. TIMESTAMPS 0:00 – Intro 3:20 – Bodybuilding and running 50K at age 50 8:20 – Curiosity 13:20 – Worst physical challenges 17:00 – The horse incident 20:40 – Benefits of fasting 29:00 – Lunch is a dumb idea 31:00 – Processed foods 38:00 – Michael Pollan 40:00 – Sugar and sugar substitutes 45:00 – Emmy's diet 49:00 – How to make a red wine reduction 51:00 – Nutrition and genetics 58:00 – Love 1:03:00 – Benefits of low heartrate training for aerobic capacity 1:08:00 – Negative thoughts and self-love 1:19:20 – Emmy's advice for young women 1:25:00 – Overcoming fear in the face of your dreams 1:27:00 – “Testing my body is my favorite thing about being alive” 1:29:00 – Outro   Does The Penguin Latte Podcast remind you of fresh presents on Christmas morning? If so, please consider leaving a review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes. It takes all of 60 seconds (61 if you're feeling extra spicy). Reviews make the podcast 1% better. If 500 of you leave reviews, the podcast gets 500% better. Plus, I love reading all of your juicy comments. Thanks! SUPPORT THE SHOW! 2 ways to do it: Show your support by buying a Penguin Latte of $5, $10, or more! Greg makes coffee: Grab a bag of **Flow State Coffee — Brewed with L-Theanine and Raw Cacao, Flow State Coffee is designed to promote mental clarity and creativity.**Visit noowave.co and apply code PAUL at checkout for 10% off!

If you actively exercise any type of skill at a certain level, and if you see someone else doing it at that level, you can hear or see what's going on at the same fidelity. ART LAPINSCH Art Lapinsch is an electronic music producer, entrepreneur, and writer. In this conversation we talk electronic music, teaching yourself new skills, literature, and wax skeptical about the future of NFTs. Art on Twitter Art's Website TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 – Intro 5:00 – How Art got into electronic music 15:00 – Mixing and mastering 31:00 – Aphex Twin, “Who the fuck is DJ Shadow?” 34:00 – Teaching yourself vs tutorials, analog vs digital (and dead bodies) 39:00 – School in Austria vs school in America 46:00 – The importance of friends 51:00 – Tim Urban, teaching, Elon Musk 1:01:00 – Books, note-taking and speed reading 1:14:00 – What you can learn from literature 1:17:00 – Music is ancient 1:20:00 – Creativity and A.I, Keith Haring, NFTs 1:34:00 – Outro 1:37:00 – Art's music Mentions Aphex Twin Justice Daft Punk Keith Haring Beeple LCD Soundsystem Waitbutwhy Ableton Live Renoise East of Eden Shantaram Please enjoy! Cheers to your good health, Paul Spotify | Apple | Watch on YouTube Does The Penguin Latte Podcast remind you of fresh presents on Christmas morning? If so, please consider leaving a review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes. It takes all of 60 seconds (61 if you're feeling extra spicy). Reviews make the podcast 1% better. If 500 of you leave reviews, the podcast gets 500% better. Plus, I love reading all of your juicy comments. Thanks! SUPPORT THE SHOW! 2 ways to do it: Show your support by buying a Penguin Latte of $5, $10, or more! Greg makes coffee: Grab a bag of **Flow State Coffee — Brewed with L-Theanine and Raw Cacao, Flow State Coffee is designed to promote mental clarity and creativity.**Visit noowave.co and apply code PAUL at checkout for 10% off!

Plus 3 ways to have better conversations. https://penguinlatte.blog/podcast/  Penguin art by Ben: https://twitter.com/IamBenforReal

Monica Lim (@monicalimco) teaches English as a second language to professionals in South Korea. She also has some very cool Notion tutorials on YouTube. In this conversation we explore the strange phenomenon of how a culture is shaped by its language and grammar, the future of online education, therapy, Notion, resumes, podcasts, and more! Say hi to Monica Lim: Monica Lim on Twitter Monica on YouTube TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 – Intro 3:00 – South Korea and COVID-19 8:00 – Corporate America and Corporate Korea 11:00 – Language and culture 22:00 – Everyone should learn a second language 28:00 – Language differences and therapy 38:00 – Empathy and teaching 42:00 – Foreign language teachers 47:00 – How to be a great podcast host 54:00 – Twitter 58:00 – Notion vs roam (is a false dichotomy) 1:09:00 – The future of online education 1:21:00 – On Deck 1:33:00 – Final questions   Does The Penguin Latte Podcast remind you of fresh presents on Christmas morning? If so, please consider leaving a review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes. It takes all of 60 seconds (61 if you're feeling extra spicy). Reviews make the podcast 1% better. If 500 of you leave reviews, the podcast gets 500% better. Plus, I love reading all of your juicy comments. Thanks! SUPPORT THE SHOW! 2 ways to do it: Show your support by buying a Penguin Latte of $5, $10, or more! Greg makes coffee: Grab a bag of **Flow State Coffee — Brewed with L-Theanine and Raw Cacao, Flow State Coffee is designed to promote mental clarity and creativity.**Visit noowave.co and apply code PAUL at checkout for 10% off!

"There's always another dimension to growth. The score, the dollars in our bank account, a lot of that takes care of itself if we can bring that presence to everything we do." CHRIS SPARKS   A Poker Pro and a Smash Bros Melee. Player Walk Into a Bar… Today I'm joined by Chris Sparks (@SparksRemarks). Chris Sparks is a professional poker player with over 2 million hands of poker under his belt. He is also the founder of Forcing Function, a consulting company which teaches clients how to make better decisions. Together we discuss decision making, intuition, strategy, adaptation, eastern philosophy, determinism, consciousness and video games (of all things), artificial intelligence and art, and more. Say hi to Chris on Twitter Forcing Function TIMESTAMPS 0:00 – Intro 1:30 – “Poker is an incomplete information game” 7:00 – Chris Sparks psychoanalyzes himself 10:00 – Predicting with incomplete information 12:00 – Consciousness and video games 15:00 – Poker and A.I 22:00 – Poker and Smash Bros. Melee 32:00 – Adaptation 35:00 – Does studying games atrophy intuition? 38:00 – Player archetypes 45:00 – Games imitate life 54:00 – Improvement 57:00 – Pressure 1:01:00 – Common mistakes of poker players 1:04:00 – Philosophy: Eastern and Western (and PPMD) 1:14:00 – Free will 1:17:00 – Man vs machine, creativity and the divine 1:27:00 – Robots, the future, WWIII 1:33:00 – Death, failure, inconvenient truths 1:36:00 – Skill > self-esteem 1:38:00 – Peter Senge and Robert Fritz 1:41:00 – What does Chris Sparks enjoy most about being alive? Mentions Kevin Nanney (PPMD) Mew2King Mang0 Peter Senge Robert Fritz Zen and The Art of Motorcycle Maintenance The Inner Game of Tennis The Art of Learning The Art of War The Master and His Emissary Tao Te Ching John Boyd's OODA Loop Please enjoy! Cheers to your good health, Paul Spotify | Apple | Watch on YouTube Does The Penguin Latte Podcast remind you of fresh presents on Christmas morning? If so, please consider leaving a review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes. It takes all of 60 seconds (61 if you're feeling extra spicy). Reviews make the podcast 1% better. If 500 of you leave reviews, the podcast gets 500% better. Plus, I love reading all of your juicy comments. Thanks! SUPPORT THE SHOW! 2 ways to do it: Show your support by buying a Penguin Latte of $5, $10, or more! Greg makes coffee: Grab a bag of Flow State Coffee — Brewed with L-Theanine and Raw Cacao, Flow State Coffee is designed to promote mental clarity and creativity.**Visit noowave.co and apply code PAUL at checkout for 10% off!

Today I'm joined by Beau Haan (@beauhaan). Beau Haan is an actor, model, and hosts a book club using Roam Research. I'd also add storyteller to that list, as Beau's acting serves as a proxy for dramatizing our most cherished and timeless values. Beau has experience with the dark side of human nature and the transformative power of accepting the collective darkness in all our hearts – a subject we explore at depth in our talk. TIMESTAMPS 0:00 – Intro 2:00 – Roam Research and the Zettelkasten 35:00 – Hollywood, Beverly Hills, stereotypes 40:00 – Kids who want to act; parents who don't want them to 45:00 – Rejection, talent, hard work, sacrifice 50:00 – Acting, storytelling, note taking 57:00 – Coaching, mentors, empathy 1:01:00 – Darkness, addiction 1:18:00 – Malevolence 1:28:00 – Judging those who've been through hell; judging those who haven't 1:31:00 – Redemption stories 1:33:00 – Ego vs egotism 1:38:00 – Dostoyevsky: Crime and Punishment 1:48:00 – Red Skull 1:57:00 – Fear, risks, and judgment 2:00:00 – Integrating evil 2:07:00 – “When there is gratitude there is no fear” 2:10:00 – Privilege, evil, and love 2:18:00 – Identity 2:22:00 – Yin and Yang 2:23:00 – What's Beau Haan's favorite part about being alive? 2:31:00 – Artists and the brain   Mentions Roam Research How to Take Smart Notes More on Zettelkasten Red Skull Friedrich Nietzsche Bruce Lee Viktor Frankl Alexander Solzhenitsyn Crime and Punishment Fyodor Dostoevsky Please enjoy! Cheers to your good health, Paul Spotify | Apple | Watch on YouTube Does The Penguin Latte Podcast remind you of fresh presents on Christmas morning? If so, please consider leaving a review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes. It takes all of 60 seconds (61 if you're feeling extra spicy). Reviews make the podcast 1% better. If 500 of you leave reviews, the podcast gets 500% better. Plus, I love reading all of your juicy comments. Thanks! SUPPORT THE SHOW! 3 ways to do it: Subscribe for $10 a month — get episodes the day I record them. No preamble. No ads. Show your support by buying a Penguin Latte of $5, $10, or more! Greg makes coffee: Grab a bag of Flow State Coffee — Brewed with L-Theanine and Raw Cacao, Flow State Coffee is designed to promote mental clarity and creativity. Visit noowave.co and apply code PAUL at checkout for 10% off!

OUR INNER WAR: Exploring the depths of human nature and also unhealthy snacks for some reason.   This episode is about Friedrich Nietzsche. Friedrich Nietzsche was a philosopher and the most quoted sexist of all time, probably.

This conversation is served animal style. LIVE at an In-N-Out Burger in San Diego, California, GREG FRONTIERO RETURNS FOR THIS THIRD TIME ON THE SHOW. Greg's becoming the Joey Diaz to my Joe Rogan. ENJOY. TIMESTAMPS 0:00 – Intro 3:30 – Shake Shack vs In-N-Out Burger DISPUTE 4:30 – Product tours 6:00 – History of Flow State Coffee 8:00 – Buying ads on social media 13:00 – Finding good jobs, reaching out 15:00 – Outsource your suck 24:40 – The Wrestlemania with GaryVee story 26:20 – Haters 28:00 – Community 31:00 – “If it's stupid and it works it's not stupid” 32:00 – San Diego, drinking, and other debauchery 38:00 – Friends, serendipity 41:00 – Interviewing Jack Butcher 42:00 – Earned wealth, mentorship, hard work 45:00 – The Secret Law of Attraction (of hard work) 51:00 – Empathy, anger, impatience, and therapy   SUPPORT THE SHOW! 3 ways to do it: Subscribe for $10 a month — get episodes the day I record them. No preamble. No ads. Show your support by buying a Penguin Latte of $5, $10, or more! Greg makes coffee: Grab a bag of **Flow State Coffee — Brewed with L-Theanine and Raw Cacao, Flow State Coffee is designed to promote mental clarity and creativity.**Visit noowave.co and apply code PAUL at checkout for 10% off!

"If you're not living the life you want, then why is it so important to you to hold onto these hours and days? So many of us, myself included, waste so much time just doing dumb stuff that's just draining our time. I've learned so much from my patients about how not to do that." DAVID GREW   Today I'm joined by Dr. David Grew (@DavidGrew). David Grew is a radiation oncologist and founder of PRIMR MED, a medical content platform which houses digital content to help cancer patients better understand their diagnosis. David Grew is the epitome of a creator using his expertise as a service. In this conversation we discuss, among many things, cancer, automation, content creation, and mortality. Enjoy. David Grew on Twitter PRIMER MED   SUPPORT THE SHOW! 3 ways to do it: Subscribe for $10 a month — get episodes the day I record them. No preamble. No ads. Show your support by buying a Penguin Latte of $5, $10, or more! Greg makes coffee: Grab a bag of **Flow State Coffee — Brewed with L-Theanine and Raw Cacao, Flow State Coffee is designed to promote mental clarity and creativity.**Visit noowave.co and apply code PAUL at checkout for 10% off!

"You never want to be so focused on what you want that you miss something important" Visa Kanv   Today I'm joined by Visa Kanv! (@visakanv) Visa Kanv is a writer best known for his e-book Friendly Ambitious Nerd, along with his Twitter threads and YouTube videos on culture, the internet, nerds, friendship, love, and ambition, among other topics. He's a deep thinker who notices the relationships between and the beauty of systems, cultures, and peoples. SUPPORT VISA ON THE WEB Visa on Twitter Get Visa's book Friendly Ambitious Nerd   Mentions Victor Wooten Hayley Williams The Hard Thing about Hard Things Street Fighter The Diago Comeback (EVO Moment #37) Zen and The art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert M. Pirsig Bobby Scar Tucker Max The Metaphors we Live By The Master and His Emissary Please enjoy! Cheers to your good health, Paul   SUPPORT THE SHOW! 3 ways to do it: Subscribe for $10 a month — get episodes the day I record them. No preamble. No ads. Show your support by buying a Penguin Latte of $5, $10, or more! Greg makes coffee: Grab a bag of Flow State Coffee — Brewed with L-Theanine and Raw Cacao, Flow State Coffee is designed to promote mental clarity and creativity. Visit noowave.co and apply code PAUL at checkout for 10% off!

An essay on loneliness, the internet, and content creators. Read along on my blog at https://penguinlatte.blog/the-hearts-behind-our-screens PODCAST - conversations with creators exploring life in all directions https://penguinlatte.blog/podcast

Jack Butcher joins The Penguin Latte Podcast! Jack Butcher (@jackbutcher) is the founder of Visualize Value (@visualizevalue). Visualize Value is part design agency part social media experiment designed to help entrepreneurs and creatives communicate their core principles and leverage their expertise through graphics, words, and videos.   Mentions It's Not How Good You Are, It's How Good You Want To Be by Paul Arden The Sovereign Individual by James Dale Davidson Please enjoy! Cheers to your good health, Paul Does The Penguin Latte Podcast remind you of fresh presents on Christmas morning? If so, please consider leaving a review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes. It takes all of 60 seconds (61 if you're feeling extra spicy). Reviews make the podcast 1% better. If 500 of you leave reviews, the podcast gets 500% better. Plus, I love reading all of your juicy comments. Thanks! This episode is brought to you (and powered) by Flow State Coffee! My buddy Greg Frontiero started a company that sells products designed to put you in that groovy sensation called Flow. His first product, Flow State Coffee, is some of the best coffee I've tasted. Plus, it doesn't make you feel like you're about to have a heart attack after drinking 6 cups of it (I've tried). Visit noowave.co and apply code PAUL at checkout for 10% off!

The most important thing to understand about finance is that it's not the most important thing…Finance is something you need to understand because if you don't understand it, it will take over…You have to understand the game you're playing so that you can make the right choices…you have to put the service bit before the profit bit…you have to genuinely be of service. Steven Wilkinson This conversation blew my mind. Today I'm joined by Steven Wilkinson (@goodandprosper), founder and managing director of investment company Good and Prosper. In this episode Steven teaches me how to understand finance, how capitalism becomes corrupt (and whether capitalism even exists), inflation, value, trading, pricing, poetry, long walks in nature, and everything in between.   CONNECT WITH STEVEN Good and Prosper on Twitter Steven Wilkinson on Twitter Sign up for Steven's Newsletter, his “once-a-week essay in which I explore thoughts and ideas from my world of business and finance.” Steven Blogs Good and Prosper In this episode we cover… The origin of arrogance; Red setters (4:00) Steven Wilkinson often goes on weeks long walks through the backcountry with his dog, and blogs about it. What lessons does he learn from being in nature? (10:00) Steven Wilkinson has studied finance his entire life. What are the most fundamental principles of money and capitalism that everyone should know? (25:00) Peter Drucker once said that profit is an arbitrary construct. What does that mean? (38:00) Steven Wilkinson argues that we ‘don't really have capitalism.' Why? (41:00) And if it's true that we don't have capitalism, then how does Steven Wilkinson consider competition? (49:00) Steven Wilkinson says that “demand is predicated by problems.” How should entrepreneurs and creators think about solving problems for people? (53:00) “You need energy producing interests” (1:03:00) What does an entrepreneur do, exactly? And how can business be used as a force for good? (1:10:00) Businesses must always be seen as dynamic bio-entities, not as machines (1:17:00) The point of profit (1:22:00) Steven Wilkinson's book recommendation for understanding entrepreneurship and finance (1:27:00) The unsustainability of scaling your business too large and too fast (1:31:00) “Writing isn't difficult. Thinking is difficult.” (1:36:00) The link between finance and poetry (1:40:00) Parting words (1:50:00) Mentions Zen and The Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert M. Pirsig Bruce Lee Peter Drucker Profit First by Mike Michalowicz The Pumpkin Plan by Mike Michalowicz The Trouble with Poetry by Billy Collins Robert Frost Friedrich Shiller John Milton Ogden Nash Please enjoy! Cheers to your good health, Paul

If you put words on a paper, you will get better without a doubt Janis Ozolins This episode is for the relentlessly self-expressive child in each of us. Janis Ozolins (@Ozolinsjanis) is a creator who draws, writes, and makes (made) videos. In this episode we talk creative struggles, inspirations, what it means to be authentic, and loads more. SUPPORT JANIS ON WEB ZONE Janis Ozolins on Twitter Janis Ozolin's Newsletter In this episode we cover… Janis Ozolin's old YouTube videos (which are fantastic, IMO) (4:00) How Janis Ozolins switched from consuming to creating (8:00) Perfectionism: what it means and how to overcome it (10:00) Coffee break (21:00) Influences (23:00) Seth Godin can speak (32:00) What does it mean to be authentic? (35:00) Creators: start small. What other choice do you have? (42:00) The benefits of shipping your work, everyday, no matter how big the void (47:00) Why ship? Why document? Why share your creations with the world? (52:00) Why and how I blog everyday (58:00) Professional enthusiasm and Sisyphus 55 (1:04:00) Janis Ozolin: The future, plus shoutouts (1:10:00) Mentions Matt D'Avella Derek Sivers Craig Burgess Sisyphus 55 Tim Urban (Author of the blog Wait But Why) Hugh MacLeod Seth Godin Jack Butcher Rodney Mullen Bryan Ho Finish by Jon Acuff You Are A Badass At Making Money by Jen Sincero Can't Hurt Me by David Goggins Please enjoy! Cheers to your good health, Paul   SUPPORT THE SHOW 3 ways to do it: Subscribe for $10 a month — get episodes the day I record them. No preamble. No ads. Show your support by buying a Penguin Latte of $5, $10, or more — your choice Greg makes coffee: Grab some Flow State Coffee, enter code PAUL at checkout for a discount. Does The Penguin Latte Podcast remind you of fresh presents on Christmas morning? If so, please consider leaving a review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes. It takes all of 60 seconds (61 if you're feeling extra spicy). Reviews make the podcast 1% better. If 500 of you leave reviews, the podcast gets 500% better. Plus, I love reading all of your juicy comments. Thanks!

Today I released the 50th episode of my podcast. It's been amazing. Read along at: https://penguinlatte.blog/2021/03/12/50conversations/

It doesn't really matter what kind of goal that you make, you just have to make something and go towards it and new doors will open along the way. Something always happens when you start to take steps forward. John Daub It's conversations like these that make me glad I started podcasting. This is a rerelease of episode 16 of The Penguin Latte Podcast. It's a conversation with John Daub (@ONLYinJAPANtv), creator of the hit YouTube series Only In Japan with John Daub! It's my favorite thing on the internet, by far. John Daub is the most spirited and hard working creator I have had the privilege of speaking with. He's got a heart of gold and an admirable work ethic paired with a dedication to serve the culture of Japan. Support John Daub! John Daub on Twitter ONLY in JAPAN with John Daub In this episode we cover… Why is storytelling so important to John Daub? (10:00) Stories of life in Japan, challenging videos (13:00) Why did John Daub start making videos about Japan? (20:00) “If you can find a way to make something fun, you can accomplish anything” (22:00) How to combine hard work and positivity (25:00) “If you are presenting positive work and smiling throughout it, you connect with people that might not be feeling good and it has a positive effect.” (29:00) “Community is everything.” (31:00) “When I felt really bad as a person, I would create – anything!” (32:00)” John Daub's Work ethic: “I feel so blessed to have this job” (36:00) John Daub's personality in his edits and livestreams; putting a Go Pro in a toilet!? (41:00) THE LAST QUESTION: Dream jobs, positivity, goal-setting, and tying it all together (42:00) Mentions Ogasawara Onsen baths Young Frankenstein – humor and personality in film editing Please enjoy! Cheers to your good health, Paul Listen on Spotify | Listen on Apple | Watch on YouTube Does The Penguin Latte Podcast remind you of fresh presents on Christmas morning? If so, please consider leaving a review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes. It takes all of 60 seconds (61 if you're feeling extra spicy). Reviews make the podcast 1% better. If 500 of you leave reviews, the podcast gets 500% better. Plus, I love reading all of your juicy comments. Thanks! This episode is brought to you (and powered) by Flow State Coffee! My buddy Greg Frontiero started a company that sells products designed to put you in that groovy sensation called Flow. His first product, Flow State Coffee, is some of the best coffee I've tasted. Plus, it doesn't make you feel like you're about to have a heart attack after drinking 6 cups of it (I've tried). Visit noowave.co and apply code PAUL at checkout for 10% off!

Play is the vaccine for all of life's woes Ritesh Reddy This conversation will wake up your inner child! Today I'm joined by RITESH REDDY! Ritesh Reddy is a ‘funsultant' from India. In this conversation we talk play, why it matters, death, why Ritesh is rarely indoors, how the traditional school system stifles children's play, how everything is better outdoors, flow states, creativity, and more! PLAY WITH REDDY ON THE WEB: Ritesh Reddy on Twitter Ritesh's Blog and Newsletter In this episode we cover… The balance of seriousness and playfulness (4:00) How do we stay happy and productive? (7:00) Sanity metrics vs vanity metrics – when it comes to our life's work, what measurements matter? (13:00) Physical play and intellectual play (19:00) Ritesh Reddy is rarely indoors – why? (26:00) Play and the fear of death (30:00) Playing infinite games (with infinite people) (38:00) Why do we modern people lack a sense of satisfaction? (44:00) Ritesh Reddy's morning routine for optimal joy and creativity (52:00) Everything is better outside (58:00) Ritesh Reddy's Low information diet: Information as a crux on the path to wisdom, and the problem with vanity metrics (1:00:00) There's power in silence, there's joy in laughter (1:15:00) The search for wisdom: should we share every insight with the world? (1:20:00) Green coffee, weird beverages! (1:26:00) Ritesh Reddy's battle with addiction, darkness and isolation — how did family and social ties help him out of the darkest pit of his life? (1:30:00) Experiencing emotions in their totality (1:45:00) A conversation is a dance (1:50:00) Ritesh Reddy wants to ask strangers the big questions of life (1:53:00) The future of play (1:56:00) Parting thoughts (2:00:00) Mentions Beyond Good and evil by Friedrich Nietzsche The Denial of Death by Ernest Becker Finite and Infinite Games by James. P Carse Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl Zen and The Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert M. Pirsig Walden by Henry David Thoreau John Daub (once again) Cam Houser Carl Jung Please enjoy! Cheers to your good health, Paul   Does The Penguin Latte Podcast remind you of fresh presents on Christmas morning? If so, please consider leaving a review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes. It takes all of 60 seconds (61 if you're feeling extra spicy). Reviews make the podcast 1% better. If 500 of you leave reviews, the podcast gets 500% better. Plus, I love reading all of your juicy comments. Thanks! This episode is brought to you (and powered) by Flow State Coffee! My buddy Greg Frontiero started a company that sells products designed to put you in that groovy sensation called Flow. His first product, Flow State Coffee, is some of the best coffee I've tasted. Plus, it doesn't make you feel like you're about to have a heart attack after drinking 6 cups of it (I've tried). Visit noowave.co and apply code PAUL at checkout for 10% off!

I'm watching myself becoming someone who values character development above the pursuit of status or wealth or fame. (Well, I hope so. There are days when I wish I had it all handed to me on a silver platter without any work whatsoever). Read along at: https://penguinlatte.blog/2021/03/07/choose-your-character-choose-your-life/