Podcast appearances and mentions of chad grills

Military veteran and entrepreneur Chad Grills is cautiously optimistic about the direction the country is heading under the Trump 2.0 administration due to the appetite for cutting regulations and reining in spending. As growth unlocks through policy changes, what other opportunities await those ambitious to build businesses in the United States? Reimagining capital allocation in the public and private sectors fuels innovation and development across many industries, especially technology. As the growth of AI, crypto, and blockchain open up trillion-dollar opportunities in places like Austin, Texas, places such as Silicon Valley lag behind, stiffled by regulations, taxes, and California's addiction to woke-ism. The Octopus of Global Control Audiobook: https://amzn.to/3xu0rMm Hypocrazy Audiobook: https://amzn.to/4aogwms Website: www.Macroaggressions.io Activist Post: www.activistpost.com Sponsors: Chemical Free Body: https://www.chemicalfreebody.com Promo Code: MACRO C60 Purple Power: https://c60purplepower.com/ Promo Code: MACRO Wise Wolf Gold & Silver: www.Macroaggressions.gold LegalShield: www.DontGetPushedAround.com EMP Shield: www.EMPShield.com Promo Code: MACRO ECI Development: https://info.ecidevelopment.com/-get-to-know-us/macro-aggressions Christian Yordanov's Health Transformation Program: www.LiveLongerFormula.com Privacy Academy: https://privacyacademy.com/step/privacy-action-plan-checkout-2/?ref=5620 Brain Supreme: www.BrainSupreme.co Promo Code: MACRO Above Phone: abovephone.com/macro Promo Code: MACRO Van Man: https://vanman.shop/?ref=MACRO Promo Code: MACRO Activist Post: www.ActivistPost.com Natural Blaze: www.NaturalBlaze.com Link Tree: https://linktr.ee/macroaggressionspodcast Chad Grills: www.NationalCapitalLeague.com

Today, I'm joined by Chad Grills, an entrepreneur, veteran, and visionary who's on a mission to reimagine how capital flows to startups.In our conversation, Chad shares his fascinating journey from small-town Maryland to military service in Iraq and Egypt, to becoming a writer and entrepreneur in Silicon Valley. Now based in Texas, Chad is the founder of National Capital League, a startup developing a game designed to help people make or raise money in alignment with their values.As a father of five, Chad offers thought-provoking perspectives on education, raising children in today's digital world, and the importance of outdoor play. We discuss the challenges facing young men in society, the shifting economic landscape, and how courage might be our most needed and contagious virtue.As usual I ask the three fundamental questions at the heart of The Impossible Network: Who are you as a human being? What made you the human you are? And what are you working to achieve?This is a conversation about faith, entrepreneurship, and creating a future where capital flows to those embodying virtue. Let's dive in with Chad Grills.Time stamps 00:00 Introduction to Chad Grills01:39 Chad's Early Life and Values08:01 Parenting and Education in the Digital Age10:45 The Impact of AI on Society13:07 Chad's Professional Journey21:01 Challenges Facing Young Men23:45 Geopolitical and Economic Observations30:03 Transitioning from Silicon Valley to New Beginnings30:25 Introducing National Capital League31:09 The Concept of Private Markets32:55 Building a Game for Entrepreneurs35:16 Challenges in Entrepreneurship38:30 Virtue and Capital Flow45:27 Guiding the Next Generation47:57 Inspirations and Legacy51:29 Documentaries and UAPs54:56 Final Thoughts and Next InterviewSocial Links LinkedinLinks In The Show Age of Disclosure The Fourth TurningOnly The paranoid SurviveThe Man Who Solved the Market Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Veteran and entrepreneur Chad Grills of National Capital League discusses his experience with Big Tech and how building anything meaningful and lasting will likely not come out of Silicon Valley or places like California. He explains how Silicon Valley was seeded by DOD, the Intelligence Community, and DARPA. The culture of Silicon Valley and most major cities will not allow anything original or good for humanity to emerge. He argues we have neither communism nor capitalism, but a monopolistic system that keeps the little guy out. He stresses a need for better governance, creating good culture, maintaining personal integrity, and is optimistic about the ability of America to reinvent itself. Watch on BitChute / Brighteon / Rumble / Substack / YouTube Geopolitics & Empire · Chad Grills: Is a 'Golden Age' Possible for America? #537 *Support Geopolitics & Empire! Become a Member https://geopoliticsandempire.substack.com Donate https://geopoliticsandempire.com/donations Consult https://geopoliticsandempire.com/consultation **Visit Our Affiliates & Sponsors! Above Phone https://abovephone.com/?above=geopolitics easyDNS (15% off with GEOPOLITICS) https://easydns.com Escape Technocracy course (15% off with GEOPOLITICS) https://escapethetechnocracy.com/geopolitics PassVult https://passvult.com Sociatates Civis (CitizenHR, CitizenIT, CitizenPL) https://societates-civis.com Wise Wolf Gold https://www.wolfpack.gold/?ref=geopolitics Websites National Capital League https://www.nclhq.com X https://x.com/ChadJGrills Short Stories: Veterans after War https://www.amazon.com/Short-Stories-Veterans-after-War-ebook/dp/B0127DN39M Dustin Chambers: DOGE & America's Chance to Cut the Government Down to Size https://geopoliticsandempire.com/2025/01/02/dustin-chambers-doge-americas-chance-to-cut-the-government-down-to-size About Chad Grills Chad is the former founder and CEO of a company backed by Founders Fund and Sequoia. His previous clients include companies like: Salesforce (6x business units), Dell, Splunk, Twilio, and Government entities like Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. He was selected “Best of Year” by Apple for two podcasts he hosted. He has spoken at places like the Defense Foreign Language Institute, Coast Guard Academy, Salesforce World Tour, and the Spartan Up Podcast. He's a U.S. Army veteran with deployments to Iraq, Egypt, and has provided security for the 56th Presidential Inauguration. He's the author of three books. His upcoming book is on the Texas Miracle and the economic destiny of Texas. He founded the National Capital League as a studios and labs to build media and technology products. *Podcast intro music is from the song "The Queens Jig" by "Musicke & Mirth" from their album "Music for Two Lyra Viols": http://musicke-mirth.de/en/recordings.html (available on iTunes or Amazon)

"The beginning of wisdom is to call things by their proper name." ~ Confucius Back and burning more sage than ever is your host, Chad Grills. Today, he dives deep into "fantasy bonds" – what they are, how they affect your life, and how you can begin to identify them. Check it: Good News - Fantasy bonds exist in all our lives, but with the right tools and knowledge, you can face them. Chad introduces Robert Firestone's book, 'The Fantasy Bond,' starting at 1:00. Super Friend - Mission Producer Lacey Peace joins Chad once again. (It's almost like today's and yesterday's episodes were recorded back-to-back... weird.) Daily Mission - Pick out one relationship in your life that you suspect to be a fantasy bond, and identify what's real and what's fantasy. More details at 10:12. EDIT: Chad mentions that we have a daily newsletter. At the time of this recording, we did. However, just yesterday, we decided to switch from a daily newsletter to an even better, all-things-included, weekly newsletter. You can still subscribe to that by going to mission.org. --- You can subscribe to our weekly newsletter at mission.org and find us on the socials at @TheMissionHQ. 

Chad Grills is currently the CEO of Mission.org, a network of business & tech podcasts designed to accelerate learning. This interview with Isaac from 2015, found Chad working as the curator of the Medium publication, Life Learning. He talks with Isaac about his three core passions: Accelerated learning, Antifragility, and definite optimism.

On this special, mid-week episode of the show, Chad Grills, CEO of Mission, sits down with Kamal Ravikant. Kamal has done it all; trekked through the Himalayas, walked across Spain, served our country in the US Army Infantry, written several bestsellers... and today, he is a partner at Evolve.VC, a seed and A round investment firm. On this episode, Chad and Kamal talk about Kamal's experience in the military and in Silicon Valley, and dive deep into why the most transformative thing you can do is simply love yourself. — Mission Daily and all of our podcasts are created with love by our team at Mission.org. We own and operate a network of podcasts, and brand story studio designed to accelerate learning. Our clients include companies like Salesforce, Twilio, and Katerra who work with us because we produce results. To learn more and get our case studies, check out Mission.org/Studios. If you’re tired of media and news that promotes fear, uncertainty, and doubt and want an antidote, you’ll want to subscribe to our daily newsletter at Mission.org. When you do, you’ll receive a mission-driven newsletter every morning that will help you start your day off right! 

On today’s episode of Mission Daily, Chad shares what we’ve been working on at Mission.org and how we are building culture. Courage and forgiveness are two of our values at Mission, guiding our culture every day. Chad explains, “courage is in really short supply right now and it always has been. It is the most valuable currency.”  In our upcoming episodes, Chad will be sharing more on Mission’s company culture from courage and forgiveness to voluntaryism. We will share military leadership stories and feature many more incredible guests. Stay tuned! In the meantime, share Mission Daily with a friend or two. We are coming back with more exciting content for you shortly! — Mission Daily and all of our podcasts are created with love by our team at Mission.org. We own and operate a network of podcasts, and brand story studio designed to accelerate learning. Our clients include companies like Salesforce, Twilio, and Katerra who work with us because we produce results. To learn more and get our case studies, check out Mission.org/Studios. If you’re tired of media and news that promotes fear, uncertainty, and doubt and want an antidote, you’ll want to subscribe to our daily newsletter at Mission.org. When you do, you’ll receive a mission-driven newsletter every morning that will help you start your day off right!

Season 03 host and producer Austin Craig sits down with Mission co-founder (and host of seasons 01 and 02) Chad Grills to talk about why stories matter to startup founders, what the best entrepreneurs have in common, and what you can expect from the next season of The Journey . Learn more about The Journey at mission.org/thejourney. The Journey is sponsored by our friends at Salesforce Essentials. We use Salesforce Essentials every day and it's part of our own business journey. Essentials combines sales and service tools in a single app to help small businesses win customers and keep them happy. See how Salesforce Essentials can help you be your best business at salesforce.com/thejourney

This is a cross-post of some interviews Rob did recently on two other podcasts — Mission Daily (from 2m) and The Good Life (from 1h13m). Some of the content will be familiar to regular listeners — but if you’re at all interested in Rob’s personal thoughts, there should be quite a lot of new material to make listening worthwhile. The first interview is with Chad Grills. They focused largely on new technologies and existential risks, but also discuss topics like: • Why Rob is wary of fiction • Egalitarianism in the evolution of hunter gatherers • How to stop social media screwing up politics • Careers in government versus business The second interview is with Prof Andrew Leigh - the Shadow Assistant Treasurer in Australia. This one gets into more personal topics than we usually cover on the show, like: • What advice would Rob give to his teenage self? • Which person has most shaped Rob’s view of living an ethical life? • Rob’s approach to giving to the homeless • What does Rob do to maximise his own happiness? Get this episode by subscribing to our podcast on the world’s most pressing problems and how to solve them: type 80,000 Hours into your podcasting app. The 80,000 Hours Podcast is produced by Keiran Harris.

Welcome to The Story After Show! In today's show, Chad Grills and Stephanie Postles discuss Episodes 5 and 6 of Season 6 of The Story which featured Anne Sullivan (1:30) and Gandhi (6:50).  These two priceless stories live on as powerful reminders that your actions today can spark life-altering changes in those around you. Season 6 of The Story features 8 stories of trailblazers who underwent radical personal transformations to better serve themselves, their loved ones, and civilization. The Story is brought to you exclusively by Salesforce, the world's #1 customer relationship management platform. More than one hundred and fifty thousand businesses are using Salesforce to blaze their own trails to success. You can learn more at salesforce.com.

Welcome to The Story After Show! In this week's show, Chad Grills and Stephanie Postles discuss the episodes this week that featured Rovio (1:00) and John Wheeler (9:40). They highlight the big ideas from these stories and discuss what it takes to build a generational business.  Season 6 of The Story features 8 stories of trailblazers who underwent radical personal transformations to better serve themselves, their loved ones, and civilization. The Story is brought to you exclusively by Salesforce, the world's #1 customer relationship management platform. More than one hundred and fifty thousand businesses are using Salesforce to blaze their own trails to success. You can learn more at salesforce.com.

In today's after show, Chad Grills and Stephanie Postles discuss the first two episodes of Season 6 of The Story. They highlight the big ideas from the stories this week that featured Oprah Winfrey (2:05) and Jim Carrey (6:40). They also share their favorite lessons and how to apply these ideas in your own life. Season 6 of The Story features 8 stories of trailblazers who underwent radical personal transformations to better serve themselves, their loved ones, and civilization. The Story is brought to you exclusively by Salesforce, the world's #1 customer relationship management platform. More than one hundred and fifty thousand businesses are using Salesforce to blaze their own trails to success. You can learn more at salesforce.com.

Welcome to The Story After Show!In this show, Chad Grills and Stephanie Postles discuss episodes 1 and 2 of Season 5 of The Story which featured The Chinese New Year (1:50) and Kwanzaa (4:47).  They talk about why traditions matter and how having a community can help you drive away evil. They also share their favorite takeaways and how you can apply those lessons to your own life.  Season 5 of The Story features 8 stories of trailblazers paired with the beginnings of some of the most famous winter holidays. The Story is brought to you exclusively by Salesforce, the world's #1 customer relationship management platform. More than one hundred and fifty thousand businesses are using Salesforce to blaze their own trails to success. You can learn more at salesforce.com.

In this after show, Chad Grills and Stephanie Postles discuss the stories this week that featured The New Year (1:38) and Festivus (6:55). They talk about how you can tackle The New Year, the importance of tradition, and why worry is preposterous.  Season 5 of The Story features 8 stories of trailblazers paired with the beginnings of some of the most famous winter holidays. The Story is brought to you exclusively by Salesforce, the world's #1 customer relationship management platform. More than one hundred and fifty thousand businesses are using Salesforce to blaze their own trails to success. You can learn more at salesforce.com.

This is the final after show to close out Season 5 of The Story! Chad Grills and Stephanie Postles discuss their favorite lessons from the stories that featured Christmas and The Super Bowl. Tune in to find out why you should always hold out hope. Season 5 of The Story features 8 stories of trailblazers paired with the beginnings of some of the most famous winter holidays. The Story is brought to you exclusively by Salesforce, the world's #1 customer relationship management platform. More than one hundred and fifty thousand businesses are using Salesforce to blaze their own trails to success. You can learn more at salesforce.com.

Welcome to The Story After Show!In this week's show, Chad Grills and Ian Faison are joined by Stephanie Postles to discuss Episodes 7 and 8 of Season 4 of The Story.They highlight: The BIG ideas from the stories this week that featured Grace Hopper (2:00) and Charlie Munger (9:25). Their favorite lessons from these veterans. Plus, they share how to apply these ideas in your own life. Season 4 of The Story features eight veteran trailblazers whose sacrifices and service changed the world. The Story is brought to you exclusively by Salesforce, the world's #1 customer relationship management platform. More than one hundred and fifty thousand businesses are using Salesforce to blaze their own trails to success. You can learn more at salesforce.com.

Welcome to The Story After Show!In this week's show, Chad Grills and Ian Faison are joined by Stephanie Postles and Lacey Peace to discuss Episodes 5 and 6 of Season 4 of The Story.They highlight: The BIG ideas from the stories this week that featured Steve Blank (1:22) and Harriet Tubman (16:16). Their favorite lessons from these veterans. Plus, they share how to apply these ideas in your own life. Season 4 of The Story features eight veteran trailblazers whose sacrifices and service changed the world. The Story is brought to you exclusively by Salesforce, the world's #1 customer relationship management platform. More than one hundred and fifty thousand businesses are using Salesforce to blaze their own trails to success. You can learn more at salesforce.com.

Welcome to The Story After Show!In this week's show, Chad Grills and Ian Faison are joined by Lacey Peace to discuss Episodes 3 and 4 of Season 4 of The Story.They highlight: The BIG ideas from the stories this week that featured Pat Tillman (1:09) and Kirstie Ennis (13:43). Their favorite lessons from these veterans. Plus, they share how to apply these ideas in your own life. Season 4 of The Story features eight veteran trailblazers whose sacrifices and service changed the world. The Story is brought to you exclusively by Salesforce, the world's #1 customer relationship management platform. More than one hundred and fifty thousand businesses are using Salesforce to blaze their own trails to success. You can learn more at salesforce.com.

Welcome to The Story After Show! In this week's show, Chad Grills and Ian Faison are joined by Stephanie Postles and Lacey Peace to discuss Episodes 1 and 2 of Season 4 of The Story. They highlight: The BIG ideas from the stories this week that featured J.R.R. Tolkien (3:14) and Eileen Collins (14:10). Their favorite quotes from these veterans. Plus, they share how to apply these ideas in your own life. Season 4 of The Story features eight veteran trailblazers whose sacrifices and service changed the world. The Story is brought to you exclusively by Salesforce, the world's #1 customer relationship management platform. More than one hundred and fifty thousand businesses are using Salesforce to blaze their own trails to success. You can learn more at salesforce.com.

Ian Faison, Chief Content Officer of The Mission, is joined by Chad Grills, CEO of The Mission. They discuss their background in marketing, why they decided to produce Marketing Trends, and what you can expect in the upcoming season. 1:10 - Why Marketing Trends? What do we hope to accomplish? 3:05 - Who is Marketing Trends for? 5:15 - Why we need more honesty in marketing. 7:15 - Who are we? Who are we interviewing? 9:00 - How marketers can help mediate a better future. Marketing Trends is brought to you by our friends at Salesforce Pardot, B2B marketing automation on the world's #1 CRM. Are you ready to take your B2B marketing to new heights? With Pardot, marketers can find and nurture leads, close more deals, and maximize ROI. Learn more by heading to www.pardot.com/podcast. To learn more or subscribe to our weekly newsletter, visit MarketingTrends.com.

Chad Grills is a US Army veteran, writer, & CEO of The Mission, a media company that publishes stories, videos, podcasts & a daily newsletter designed to accelerate learning. The Mission creates branded podcasts & sponsorships for world class companies like Salesforce, Twilio, and Katerra. The Mission is also the largest active publication on the platform Medium.     For context, one of my roles on Gary Vaynerchuk's personal brand team was helping get Gary's content syndicated, so I first got connected to Chad in 2016 when he reached out to try to get Gary's content on The Mission. In have been a consumer of The Mission's content and sometimes a contributor since that time.    We cover: Chad's time in the military & how he applied that to business Why he started The Mission on Medium & his strategy for getting big name contributors What makes for great writing & storytelling Why podcasting is the next big medium, lessons from entrepreneurial "failures" & more!   Note: this is not an episode dedicated to the nitty gritty tactics of growing on Medium. If you want to hear about specific medium growth strategies, you should check out Episode 23  of the podcast where Tom Kuegler & I have an in depth conversation about specifics (iTunes, Website).    To connect with Chad: The Mission To connect with me: ***Free LinkedIn profile checklist Instagram Twitter LinkedIn  Website Facebook Sign up here if you want to receive the latest news on growing you industry influence! #beyondinfluentialpodcast 

Welcome to The Story After Show, Week 7!  In this week's show, CEO and Founder of The Mission, Chad Grills, talks with Ian Faison (CCO of The Mission) where they highlight:  the four BIG ideas/principles that come from the stories this week that feature Andy Grove, Sergey Brin and Larry Page, Sheryl Sandberg, and Judy Estrin Plus, they show you how to apply these big ideas in your own life  We hope you enjoy this After Show. Whether you work in: business, technology, a startup, or something completely different, it's our goal to create an after show that helps give you actionable ideas and tactics to apply to your own life to increase your health, wealth, and wisdom!   Show Timestamps 0:25 Andy Grove 4:55 Sergey Brin and Larry Page 9:10 Sheryl Sandberg 13:22 Judy Estrin

“Books are the training weights of the mind” –Seneca Books are a powerful technology that allow us to do more with less. By taking the time to quiet the mind and read, we unintentionally build positive habits that will help in all other aspects of life.  Tune in to hear Part 1 (the first 3 of 7) habits that reading will help build! "If you read enough books, you're not just in the presence of yourself... You're surrounded by the thousands of greats who came before you." -Chad Grills, CEO of The Mission The Mission also publishes the#1 newsletter for accelerated learning each day on Monday through Friday. Join hundreds of thousands of subscribers at: www.TheMission.co/subscribe

In this episode of The Story Aftershow, Chad Grills and Ian Faison are joined by Lauren Vaccarello, VP of Customer Engagement at Box.  They cover: the four key takeaways from the stories this week (Daniel Ek, Jessica Jackley, Roy and Ryan Seiders, and Nirav Tolia) the emotions and struggles that come with starting a company how family can help... or hurt... our pursuits (especially tune in to hear Lauren's hilarious bit around this to get a good laugh) fun historical stories that have timeless lessons that still apply today We hope you enjoy this After Show! Whether you work in: business, technology, a startup, or something completely different, it's our goal to create an after show that helps give you actionable ideas and tactics to apply to your own life to increase your health, wealth, and wisdom!  Show Timestamps 1:44 (The Brothers) Roy and Ryan Seiders 10:45 Nirav Tolia 22:40 Daniel Ek 35:50 Jessica Jackley

Welcome to The Story After Show, Week 5!  In this week's show, CEO and Founder of The Mission, Chad Grills, talks with Stephanie Postles, Ian Faison, and special guest Ellen Petry Leanse as they discuss: the four BIG ideas/principles that come from the stories this week that feature Angie Hicks, Diane Greene, Steven Ross, and Daniel Alarick Plus, they show you how to apply these big ideas in your own life  We hope you enjoy this After Show. Whether you work in: business, technology, a startup, or something completely different, it's our goal to create an after show that helps give you actionable ideas and tactics to apply to your own life to increase your health, wealth, and wisdom!  Show Timestamps 1:10 Angie Hicks 12:28 Diane Greene 20:30 Steven Ross 27:10 Daniel Alarick

Welcome to The Story After Show, Week 4!  In this week's show, CEO and Founder of The Mission, Chad Grills, talks with Stephanie Postles (COO of The Mission) and Ian Faison (CCO of The Mission) where they highlight:  the four BIG ideas/principles that come from the stories this week that feature Richard Branson, Gert Boyle, Adi Dassler, and Yoshiko Shinohara Plus, they show you how to apply these big ideas in your own life  We hope you enjoy this After Show. Whether you work in: business, technology, a startup, or something completely different, it's our goal to create an after show that helps give you actionable ideas and tactics to apply to your own life to increase your health, wealth, and wisdom!   Show Timestamps 2:55 Richard Branson 8:07 Yoshiko Shinohara 13:45 Gert Boyle 20:15 Adi Dassler

Welcome to The Story After Show, Week 3!  In this week's show, the host of The Story, Chad Grills, talks with Stephanie Postles (COO of The Mission) and Ian Faison (CCO of The Mission) where they highlight:  the four BIG ideas/principles that come from the stories this week that feature Cheryl Strayed, Grace Hopper, Condoleezza Rice, and Amelia Earhart.  Plus, they show you how to apply these big ideas to your own life  As this week wraps up Season 1 of The Story, please be sure to let us know what you thought about the episodes on The Mission socials! We're already hard at work on Season 2 and Season 3.  We hope you enjoy this After Show. Whether you work in: business, technology, a startup, or something completely different, it's our goal to create an after show that helps give you actionable ideas and tactics to apply to your own life to increase your health, wealth, and wisdom!   Show Timestamps 0:37 Cheryl Strayed 7:50 Grace Hopper 12:33 Condoleezza Rice 18:22 Amelia Earhart

Welcome to The Story After Show, Week 2!  In this week's show, the host of The Story, Chad Grills, talks with Stephanie Postles (COO of The Mission) and Ian Faison (CCO of The Mission) where they highlight:  the four BIG ideas/principles that come from the stories this week that feature Tania Aebi, Madeleine L'Engle, Patricia Bath, and Billie Jean King  Plus, they show you how to apply these big ideas to your own life Women's History Month is drawing to a close. If you enjoyed our first Season of The Story, be sure to let us know on the socials! We're already hard at work on Season 2 and Season 3.  We hope you enjoy this After Show. Whether you work in: business, technology, a startup, or something completely different, it's our goal to create an after show that helps give you actionable ideas and tactics to apply to your own life to increase your health, wealth, and wisdom!  Show Timestamps 1:10 Tania Aebi 5:27 Madeleine L'Engle 10:07 Patricia Beth 14:20 Billie Jean King

Welcome to The Story after show! This is where we'll do a deeper dive into the most recent episodes. In this week's after show, the host of The Story, Chad Grills, interviews special guests Stephanie Postles and Ian Faison. They highlight:  their favorite stories and insights from this week's episodes pieces of these women's stories that we wanted to cover in the episodes, but didn't get to the importance of historical biographies, and keeping the character's identity hidden until the end "...Everyone from Elon Musk to Oprah to Steve Jobs cite historical fiction as being crucial to their success.” (click to tweet!) There might even be some teasers toward the end of the after show that hint at who we're highlighting in next week's episodes!  Stay tuned for next week as we continue to bring on fun surprise guests! The Mission is based in the heart of Silicon Valley, so you never know who might stop by. Show Timestamps 3:10 Madam C.J. Walker 7:45 Corazon Aquino 11:32 Suzanne Collins 15:05 Sara Blakely 19:45 Q&A with Chad

Lecture 13 in my Psychological Significance of the Biblical Stories lecture series. In this lecture, I present the second half of the story of Jacob, later Israel (he who struggles with God). After serving his time with his uncle Laban, and being deceived by him in the most karmic of manners, Jacob returns to his home country. On the way, he encounters an angel, or God Himself, wrestles through the night with Him. Successful in his encounter, he still sustains damage to his thigh, but earns the name Israel, and becomes the father of all those who to this day wrestle with God. First, a note: My new book, 12 RULES FOR LIFE: AN ANTIDOTE TO CHAOS now available at: Amazon UK: Allen Lane/Penguin: http://amzn.to/2AgWCsj Amazon USA: http://amzn.to/2yvJf9L Amazon Canada: http://amzn.to/2g2K7uQ Links Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/jordanbpeterson Self Authoring: http://selfauthoring.com/ Understand Myself: http://understandmyself.com/ Jordan Peterson Website: http://jordanbpeterson.com/ Podcast: http://jordanbpeterson.com/jordan-b-p... Reading List: http://jordanbpeterson.com/2017/03/gr... Twitter: https://twitter.com/jordanbpeterson Producer Credit and thanks to the following $200/month Patreon supporters. Without such support, this series would not have happened: Mike Hodges, Nick Swenson, Nathaniel Snyder, Nolan Watson, Michael M, Ahmad Alnatour, The Renegade of Funk, Levi Grandt, Nicole Weiss, David Morris Burns, Maciej Bembnista, Mauricio Morales Sanchez, Fabio Sousa, Kelly Rentzel, Roshan Punnen, Zachary Vader, Heather Drieling, TheArchangel911, Doug Deeper, Christopher Hostland, Secret Cow, Lynn Holland, Kyle Fowler, Luke Mortenson, Mark Hoad, Fabian Schuler, Eric Pirog, Khalil Choudhry, Sarah Lee South, Justin Lapollo, Benjamin Cracknell, Dan Gaylinn, Badr El Amari, GeorgeB, Ryan Kane, Enrico Leiaru, Craig Morrison, David Tien, Keith Jones, Kevin Van Eekeren, John Woolley, Julie Byrne, Srdan Pavlovic, Kevin Fallon, Sabish Balan, Chad Grills, Johnny VInje, Joel Kurth, Daren Connel, Kristina Ripka, Sean C, Jesse Michalak, James Bradley, David Johnson, Damian Fink, Brian Cartmell, Jan Suchanek, Matt Sattler, Louise Parberry, Chris Martakis, Linda Ashar, Jason Ferenc, Mayor Berkowitz, Patricia Newman, Ben Baker, George Diaz, Soheil Daftarian, Christopher Ballew, Kevin Patrick McSurdy, Trey McLemore, Safa Maiwand, DDS, Scott Carter, Robin Otto, Arden Armstrong, James N. Daniel, III, Trick

Lecture 13 in my Psychological Significance of the Biblical Stories lecture series. The Psychological Significance of the Biblical Stories starts up after a two month hiatus with the first half of the story of Jacob, the founder of Israel ("those who wrestle with God"), the man who robs his brother of his birthright, is deceived into marrying the wrong woman, and dreams of a stairway to heaven, in the ancient Shamanic tradition. Links: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/jordanbpeterson Self Authoring: http://selfauthoring.com/ Understand Myself: http://understandmyself.com/ Jordan Peterson Website: http://jordanbpeterson.com/ Podcast: http://jordanbpeterson.com/jordan-b-p... Reading List: http://jordanbpeterson.com/2017/10/gr... Twitter: https://twitter.com/jordanbpeterson Producer Credit and thanks to the following $200/month Patreon supporters. Without such support, this series would not have happened: Mike Hodges, Nick Swenson, Nathaniel Snyder, Nolan Watson, Michael M, Ahmad Alnatour, The Renegade of Funk, Levi Grandt, Nicole Weiss, David Morris Burns, Maciej Bembnista, Mauricio Morales Sanchez, Fabio Sousa, Kelly Rentzel, Roshan Punnen, Zachary Vader, Heather Drieling, TheArchangel911, Doug Deeper, Christopher Hostland, Secret Cow, Lynn Holland, Kyle Fowler, Luke Mortenson, Mark Hoad, Fabian Schuler, Eric Pirog, Khalil Choudhry, Sarah Lee South, Justin Lapollo, Benjamin Cracknell, Dan Gaylinn, Badr El Amari, GeorgeB, Ryan Kane, Enrico Leiaru, Craig Morrison, David Tien, Keith Jones, Kevin Van Eekeren, John Woolley, Julie Byrne, Srdan Pavlovic, Kevin Fallon, Sabish Balan, Chad Grills, Johnny VInje, Joel Kurth, Daren Connel, Kristina Ripka, Sean C, Jesse Michalak, James Bradley, David Johnson, Damian Fink, Brian Cartmell, Jan Suchanek, Matt Sattler, Louise Parberry, Chris Martakis, Linda Ashar, Jason Ferenc, Mayor Berkowitz, Patricia Newman, Ben Baker, George Diaz, Soheil Daftarian, Christopher Ballew, Kevin Patrick McSurdy, Trey McLemore, Safa Maiwand, DDS, Scott Carter, Robin Otto, Arden Armstrong, James N. Daniel, III, Trick

Today's show is with Chad Grills, the founder of The Mission, which is a publication devoted to accelerated learning and the science and technologies that help life thrive and ensure it is free to evolve. We believe that life and human consciousness are precious, and we publish stories to help preserve and expand them. Enjoy! www.AmericanDreamU.org

This week’s podcast features two Silicon Valley entrepreneurs, Christian Johnson and Chad Grills, disrupting the world of business. Johnson started Fotition a platform to unite brands people and charities to create a positive social outcome. He arrived at this idea by following  his lifelong mantra, “creativity will save the world,” which lead him to a vocation that will leave a legacy. Grills, a former Army infantryman, took note of better ways to do things during deployments in Egypt and Iraq and channeled them into a sharing and trading service for business assets called Twist.com. He discusses the ways he has used the challenges of the military and life to overcome obstacles. Lessons: 1, The problem is the solution (permaculture principle). 2, Learn to love the word no. Turn it into an opportunity to overcome challenge. 3. Ask yourself if you are living up to your life’s mantra and serving the greater good. CREDITS Producer – Marion Abrams, Madmotion, llc. Hosts: Joe De Sena with Johnny Waite, Sefra, Col. Tim Nye, Delle & David Deluca Synopsis – Matt Baatz © 2016 Spartan

I interview Chad Grills, a tech entrepreneur and the curator of the Medium publication Life Learning, about his three core passions: Accelerated learning, antifragility, and definite optimism.

Chad Grills is a US Army Infantry Veteran, an entrepreneur, author of several books includingFuture Proof and Veterans: Rebuild America.  He’s a successful app developer and a produces a daily podcast called Life Learning. You need to check out the Life Learning Podcast!  Chad does the show with his wife Steph.  They absolutely ROCK that thing!

Rebuilding America with Chad Grills Chad Grills is a veteran, entrepreneur and the author of the currently-being-crowdfunded-book: Veterans: Don’t Reintegrate, Rebuild America. Chad and I happen to have a very similar background, and like myself, he is currently occupying his time with a cornucopia of projects. (bonus points for using the word cornucopia in a sentence) In today's broadcast, we touch on some seemingly random topics (but I promise - they make sense in context), including: Chad's military background, his new book, Antifragility, Post Traumatic Growth, and how to hit the ground running as a military veteran transitioning into the civilian world. By the way, Chad has less than two days left to fund his new book. I already have my copy preordered. You can support Chad and get your copy here. What Chad Grills and I Talk About: Chad's transition out of the military and into the civilian world Antifragility and how it applies to creating a better life All about the Regret Minimization Framework Post Traumatic Growth, or: how to turn trauma into momentum, regardless of where it comes from How to transform fear into prudence, pain into information, mistakes into initiation and desire into undertaking How to beat entrenched businesses as a bootstrapping underdog Why it's important to constantly run small experiments for personal and entrepreneurial growth Wise Words from Chad Grills on Rebuilding America: As Entrepreneurs, we need to give ourselves as much exposure to the upside while limiting the downside. Where You Can Find Chad Grills Online: http://chadgrills.com/ Additional Resources: Antifragile by Nassim Taleb http://highspeedlowdrag.org http://highspeedelite.com (exclusive veterans mastermind and network) * * * If you enjoyed today's podcast, please leave a review on iTunes here. Thanks so much in advance for your support.