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Will Ford decided it was time to help others reach their dreams. The serial entrepreneur's latest mission? Launchboom. “At Launchboom we focus on everything that happens in preparation for the launch,” the crowdfunding expert said on the Digital Hospitality podcast. Watch the full interview now on our YouTube channel. https://youtu.be/F37OHM2zKEs “Through Facebook and Instagram advertising, we're trying to pre-sell the presale on Kickstarter, on Indiegogo, and we're able to do this by building lead funnels and reservation funnels.” Will Ford is a man not afraid to chase his dreams and share his tale of the tape. You'll learn a lot from this interview. Let us know what are some of your takeaways from the conversation in the comments or by emailing podcast@calibbq.media. ➤ Launchboom Online — https://www.launchboom.com/ ➤ Will Ford on LinkedIn — https://www.linkedin.com/in/will-ford-6b48a94/ ➤ Subscribe to Digital Hospitality — https://calibbq.media/podcast-episodes While Kickstarter provides entrepreneurs the platform to bring their idea to market, the question is, how do you even know if there is a market? Rather than have the entrepreneur spend valuable time and money on making their idea a reality before knowing if anyone actually wants it, Launchboom does the legwork to market your idea to an ideal audience and build a buy-in before your presale. “It's just a smarter, safer way to validate demand and generate thousands of new loyal customers in a short amount of time,” says Launchboom President Will Ford. “When I say short amount of time, it's usually about a six to nine-month process from all the prep work to the live launch and then the continuation of that presale.” Yes, in the same time it takes a baby to pop out, Launchboom can have the consumer and campaign information to let you know if your baby of a business idea is ready for the market. LaunchBoom Approach to Crowdfunding — The LaunchBoom approach stems from devising a digital demand to know who wants your product before it's too soon or too late. “We create a ton of content at launch from studios here internally,” shares Will Ford on Digital Hospitality. “We'll create dozens of Facebook and Instagram ads towards specific audience groups that we think are the ideal customers. Then we spend a lot of our time micro-testing to find the ideal demand so we can really understand that customer to create the best offer possible so that we can create a ton of excitement before we launch a Kickstarter campaign.” What's the best-case scenario from all this intel? It's what Will likes to call the Launchboom effect. “We get entire campaigns funded within minutes because we've already created the engagement,” smiles Will. This unique approach to entrepreneurship comes from an understanding of online marketing and Will's own career building businesses. For those in the idea biz, Will can make your physical product pop in the digital world. “Products that generally perform super well through Launchboom are physical and tangible” notes Will. “Like hardware, food, goods, products like that.” Funny enough, Will does not advise using Launchboom with the same enthusiasm when it comes to innovating in the actual digital world. “I have a lot of people that come to me saying they want to launch an app or software development company and those deals are a lot more challenging,” admits Will. “Those generally don't check out and work that well.” For Will's new base of clientele, Launchboom couldn't have come at a better time. For Will himself, it's better late than never. “Before crowdfunding I was the guy who had the product,” recalls Will. “You had to go figure out manufacturing, how to put all this money and time and resources into launching that product. I'd better be right, because if I'm wrong, I'm the guy upside down before I even get started. I've been there before, and that's a tough place to be." "So,

This week, we have the full panel of the ADHD reWired Podcast Family joining in for this month's Q&A Session, recorded on July 13th 2021. Find all the good stuff below!   [00:03:56] Maria, a mom and former teacher, asks about subtypes of ADHD. She also asks about structure and looks for tools to strategize while jump-starting a teaching career online and plan better.  Eric explains how ADHD “subtypes” shifted to “presentations” because over time, the presentation of ADHD can change. He also goes in depth about the diagnostic criteria, and the differences between children and adults. Most adults are the “combined” type of ADHD, along with Eric himself. When looking for strategies, he goes on to explain how it's important to look at the functional impairments. Any kind of diagnosis is a starting point, but isn't prescriptive. Moira explains how as people age, the more we internalize symptoms, so the hyperactivity may be more in thought rather than physically hyperactive. Women are also more likely to be inattentive, in the inattentive type. As Maria put it: “Meta inattentiveness!”   [00:09:24] Malika asks about menopause and how she's observed that her symptoms have become much worse since it came on full time.  Moira talks about estrogen, and once someone goes through menopause, the body doesn't make any more. Estrogen reduces ADHD symptoms, which is why when women are pregnant, they present with fewer ADHD symptoms. And, while women are in perimenopause, the estrogen levels are more erratic than in puberty. She talks about how hormone replacement therapy can be used to replace estrogen, and it also depends on someone's own health profile and family history,  and hormone replacement therapy may not be for everyone. Another suggestion was increasing medication during that time, and a lot of things around lifestyle become important. Resource mentioned here:    [0:14:31] Sandra asks, “How can I help my 14-year-old son become more organized for high school, and writing notes for his classes to study from for tests?” Brendan asks parents of ADHD kids: What's going on with the IEP and the 504? What are the supports happening at school to help him get to where he needs to be? Brendan says the best option is to have someone take notes or provide them for him so that he has good notes to study from, whether it's a teacher or a peer, so he can study notes that are useful. He explains that someone giving a model can help Sandra's son understand how he should be taking notes so he can do a better job with moving forward. Brendan also explains to be patient as he practices his new [note-taking] skill, and to leverage IEPs, 504s, and talking to teachers, guidance counsellors, special education teachers, etc.  Roxie talks about how she's had to work really hard to take better notes and that models are helpful. She acknowledges that it's about incremental changes, because the template or the model doesn't automatically mean we become amazing at it right away.  Resource mentioned here: Eric mentions a course on how to draw your notes. He also explains that sometimes we don't know what's important, so we might take notes on everything, then we try to distill what's important and what's not.  Brendan also suggests taking notes in two different colors, and to switch colors when a concept changes.  Will reiterates the sketchnote idea and is great to help create that organization. Will also mentions the Cornell-style of taking notes, then Brendan goes in depth with how they work and how he makes that style work for him. It can be good for [taking notes during] business meetings, too! Moira found how-to books, and suggests that note taking is a life-long skill. As a teacher, she actively tried to teach these tips to her students, not realizing it was because of her own struggle with it. She also recommends having conversations with educators who are going to be more helpful with things like this, so that it can be looked at as building a lifelong skill. It's also okay for students to rely on their peer groups for good notes, share each other's strengths, and can make studying easier, too.  MJ looks at note-taking from the student-perspective and how she would have liked to have been a part of the conversation to explain what works [for her], what doesn't, and why. She explains that allowing kids to have the voice to explain what does work versus being told how it's “supposed” to be done could be really helpful.  Roxie brings up how it can be difficult to prioritize what's important. She finds it helpful if she is really specific and succinct about what is going into the note-taking experience and writes a little road map. Eric emphasizes that, with all things ADHD, they require experimentation until we find out what works.   [00:30:30] Ryan, who is in her mid-20's, talks about struggling in the workplace with event planning and asks about a good system and starting place for planning, looking for tools on one hand and methods on the other. Eric says she gets to try a bunch of different tools to find the ones that work. Then, once they “stop working”, it's likely because it got boring to use. He explains that there isn't one “right” way to manage “all the things.” One rule, Eric explains, is to, “Get things out of your head. Don't keep things in your head ever, it's one of the most reliable places where things get lost.” In other words: Externalize as much information as possible using things like a calendar or a to-do list. He goes on to say that the issue may not be the tool, but how often we are interacting with the tools we have. Eric then explains how to “cue” ourselves when things are coming up, and to write in more information we need on our to-do lists and in our calendars than we think we need. Brendan shares the way he used to consistently screw up his own calendar, and shares what he does now so that others don't make the same mistakes. He emphasizes writing down a “point-person” when a task or calendar event involves reaching out to someone. Brendan also talks about segmenting the to-do list in “today”, “this week”, and “this month/later”, depending on the individual's ability to hold information and organize, how breaking it down could reduce overwhelm, and to write specific dates so we know when things are coming up and when they are due.  Eric gets really specific: “What you're doing NOW, what you're doing NEXT. Everything else is just noise.”  Will says the biggest part about using planners is consistency in getting used to that system and how there's no perfect planner. Using one that's “good enough” often really helps, and that it's “okay it's not perfect.”  Roxie finds that when she's having a hard time getting things done on her to-do list, it's a good idea for her to check her boundaries if she is saying yes to too many things. Eric-ism: “Just because it got put on your to do list doesn't mean it has squatter rights to stay there.”    [00:39:43] Kim asks about food and diet, and how they went on a whole-food plant-based vegan diet. They've found it has helped with their energy and ADHD symptoms, and wonders if that is the experience of others who have gone on a whole-food plan-based vegan diet.   MJ talks about how she experimented with pescatarian, vegan, then raw vegan diets in the past. For her, it depended on her activity levels and continues practicing with what her body feels like when she eats certain foods because it's not always the same. She goes on to explain how it [a diet] depends on a person's tolerances, allergies, and that it can take some experimentation, and learning and observing what feels good when we eat certain foods. Will says when we switch to diets like that, we tend to “up” the quality of foods we're eating vs. eating foods detrimental to our ADHD. He also explains that there aren't any specific studies [with data to back up] on diets that are good for ADHD. Roxie talks about inflammation, and how certain foods can cause inflammation, which causes brain-fog. For her, highly refined foods cause her to feel foggy.  Eric talks about how corn is in a ton of things, and when there's inflammation, it causes brain-fog, which affects quality of life. On an individual basis, he also encourages paying attention to the foods that do make us feel good, and the ones that don't make us feel good. Experiment, and drink lots of water! Brendan circles back to what Will spoke to - we feel good when we replace “the crap” with broccoli and lettuce and apples and stuff. It's important to recognize what makes us feel better because extreme diets are hard to maintain, and instead look at the fine-tuning.  Moira works with a dietician who gave her an analogy: “When we have a sore throat, we're not going to eat scratchy foods because it's going to irritate our throats…. So if we're eating smooth, cold things, it's going to feel better. But it doesn't necessarily mean that we should [always] eat that way.” And if we take something out of our diet like a whole food group but aren't replacing it with something, we may become nutritionally deficient.    [00:48:34] Gina is in the middle of getting assessed for ADHD and wonders about medication to bridge the gap between her strategies and her brain. She asks what it felt like if any of the panelists began taking ADHD medication as an adult. She wonders if medication may have a placebo effect or if it's actually working. Eric talks about a WOW-effect when taking ADHD meds/stimulant medication. He vividly remembers taking his ADHD medication and, for the first time, he got through a chapter and actually remembered what he just read. For Eric, when the meds are working, it's a profoundly noticeable difference and shifts him out of neutral.  For Brendan, taking ADHD medication was subtle - more of a “heh!” than a “wow”. He noticed he would pick things up and put them away instead of just walking by them, thinking “Oh this must be what neurotypical people do.” Then, Eric and Brendan emphasize that their ADHD medication helps them do the things that normal people make look easy.  Moira found that, as she was driving, she wasn't strategizing while driving. ADHD medication also gave her more peace because she didn't have as many thoughts. She explains that folks who have ovaries and a cycle, hormones will impact how medication works throughout the cycle. Moira and Eric also explain that a general rule is to increase medication dosage until the side-effects outweigh the benefits.  Will is similar to Brendan with how the medication works for him, and finds it really noticeable when he's not on medication. He notices it takes a long time to form thoughts, has long pauses, and answers things slowly. For Will, medication makes him feel “back to normal”.  MJ is also in the “heh” camp like Will and Brendan. The “wow” came later when she noticed that she was able to catch up on two weeks of paperwork when she started medication. Her house got really clean, too. Roxie, while talking with her accountability team, explained how she's had a hard time activating on some things, and lost sight of the medication piece when it came to activation. She wanted to err on the side of caution and spoke with her doctor about her dosage. She was happy to discover she has options.  Eric explains how ADHD medication is a very efficacious medication, which does sometimes require trial and error.    Jaclyn asks for advice or resources for ADHD parents of ADHD toddlers, especially regarding discipline.  Brendan reframes “discipline”, which feels like having to let the kid “know” they're in trouble. He likes to think more about boundaries, especially with toddlers. If they cross the boundary, they can be redirected and reign them in, instead of yelling at them. Gentle boundaries > Yelling. Brendan explains having a relationship with and being on the same team as our kids to reduce conflict, even in their teenage years. Moira explains how her and a friend wish, for their past selves, that there was more education about ADHD, being able to talk about people who had been there before as parents with ADHD and toddlers with ADHD. Moira also emphasizes taking care of ourselves, supporting ourselves, finding community, and doing everything we can to be a good parent.  Will has a 6-year-old who is diagnosed. As a parent, it calms him down to assume that they are trying their best and don't know any better.  Eric quotes an adage: “[Your kid is] ...not giving you a hard time, they're having a hard time.” Eric explains how ADHD is a developmental delay, and encourages taking the oxygen mask as much as we need to, especially if - as a parent - we also have ADHD. It's okay for the adult in the family to take a time-out, too. Brendan and Roxie wrap up the final thoughts about parenting with ADHD.   [01:06:08] Will closes the show with a groan-worthy dad-joke.  Check out the Other Podcasts on the ADHD reWired Podcast Network: with Brendan Mehan with Will Curb with MJ Siemens with Moira Maybin coming soon - Wait, What Was the Question? with Will Curb and Coach Roxie Martin. Reach out to Will and Roxie at   Don't Forget These, Too! — Get your name on the waitlist to join the fall season of ADHD reWired's Coaching and Accountability Groups — Join your ADHD-friendly co-working space! — Support the show by becoming a Patron! — Join Eric, Brendan, Will, MJ, Moira, Roxie, and Barb for an hour of Live Q&A on Zoom, every 2nd Tuesday of the month at 12:30pm Central (10:30am Pacific / 1:30pm Eastern) Other Noteworthy Mentions on the Show:  

For Will's birthday, he's chosen to talk about one of his all-time favourite movies for the podcast. Despite travelling across time for Yaz, she's less than impressed by the "film about robots" and Linda Hamilton's questionable haircut. Let's dive deeper into one of the most iconic films ever made; 'The Terminator'! Follow us on Twitter!: @MonsterMonPod Instagram!: @MonsterMondayPod And Facebook!: www.facebook.com/monstermondaypod

Sean and Will are here and, as has become convention, discuss the news that caught their eye and what they've watched since last time they recorded! For Will it's a holiday rom-com classic, a gritty crime series and Ed Norton's latest. Meanwhile, Sean loved The Mandalorian, re-watched a favourite doco and delved into one of America's great unsolved mysteries. But did they like them? Would they recommend them? Listen to find out!

Ever get the feeling of dread that something is following you wherever you go? For Will and Yaz, that's the feeling of having to criticise a beloved modern horror classic. This week on Monster Monday, we talk 'It Follows'! Follow us on Twitter!: @MonsterMonPod Instagram!: @MonsterMondayPod And Facebook!: www.facebook.com/monstermondaypod

In this episode of the Fire In The Belly Podcast, we learn about how we can be better individuals for ourselves and others. According to our guest, Will Polston from Make It Happen, we can unlock our full potential and continue growing when we prioritise our role as supporters, aids, and guides to other people. It is more important that we achieve a fulfilled life and do it not because of our success alone.  Will’s vision isn’t for just a few, he literally wants to make it happen for everyone--imagine the billions of people living on planet earth knowing how they can, on their own, traverse this lifetime easily and happily.  Other topics discussed were: acknowledging your emotions, law of attraction, personal development, NLP, and more. Tune in now to learn more from Will. KEY TAKEAWAYS A fulfilled life is achieved when there is personal growth and a positive impact made to others. We can only be successful when we recognise that this life is not only ours. We must be aware of our loved ones, our colleagues, and the community we are in. Will greatly believes in the law of attraction. If we see ourselves as optimistic, confident, and bound for success, then we attract people with the same aura. This is how successful entrepreneurs built their wide networks. There are ripple effects to human behaviour. If we start within and make the effort of being positive about everything and to everyone, we influence them to do the same. You’re one in a billion, but you can do anything. Who is your key leader? Will emphasises that listing down the people who influence you—the ones who raise you, your mentors, your social circle, etc.—can help you identify your core values too. For Will remembers his uncle being a key influence in his life. From him, Will learned about the importance of hard work. Remember your childhood dreams; they can serve as a big driving force if you feel you aren’t moving in life. No matter how far-off it is from the career path you’ve taken. The unadulterated dream to be the best at something is a good memory to go back to once in a while to get motivated. BEST MOMENTS   “I believe the whole schooling system is broken and it has been for so many years. Young adults are rewarded based on achievement, instead of effort.” “I always thought that business is all about money… I never understood before that the purpose of business is to solve a problem.” “The thing that’s very different for me now is I always now ask the question, ‘Why?’” “Set your goals in stone and set your method in the sand.” “Life happens for you and not to you.” “Our highest values are perceived because of our perceived voice.”   VALUABLE RESOURCES Visit Make It Happen’s Official Website: https://make-it-happen.co.uk/  Read The Secret by Rhonda Byrne. Order it on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Secret-Rhonda-Byrne/dp/1582701709 Know more about Tony Robbins: https://www.tonyrobbins.com/  Subscribe to Fire In The Belly Podcast on Apple Podcasts (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/fire-in-the-belly/id1499375061)! ABOUT THE GUEST Will Polston is the Creator and Founder of Make It Happen, a coaching and training service that cater to entrepreneurs, leaders and professionals around UK. They specialise in NLP training, life-improving education,  Connect to Will on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/willpolston/ Visit Make It Happen’s Official Website: https://make-it-happen.co.uk/  ABOUT THE HOST The ‘Mighty Pete Lonton’ from the ‘Mighty 247’ company is your main host of ‘Fire In The Belly’.  Pete is an Entrepreneur, Mentor, Coach, Property Investor, and father of 3 beautiful girls. Pete’s background is in Project Management and Property, but his true passion is the ‘Fire in The Belly’ project itself. His mission is to help others find their potential and become the mightiest version of themselves. Pete openly talks about losing both of his parents, suffering periods of depression, business downturn and burn-out, and ultimately his years spent not stoking ‘Fire In the Belly’. In 2017, at 37 years of age that changed, and he is now on a journey of learning, growing, accepting, and inspiring others. Pete can connect with people and intuitively asks questions to reveal a person’s passion and discover how to live their mightiest life. The true power of ‘Fire In The Belly’ is the Q&A’s - Questions and Actions! The ‘Fire In The Belly’ brand and the programme is rapidly expanding into podcasts, seminars, talks, business workshops, development course, and rapid results mentoring. CONTACT METHOD https://www.facebook.com/mightypetelonton/ https://uk.linkedin.com/in/mightypete https://www.facebook.com/groups/430218374211579/   Support the show: https://www.facebook.com/groups/430218374211579/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Episode 232 Is one of those "hidden gems”. Of course, that depends on how well you know your early 70’s English subterranean mutant cannibal movies starring Donald Pleasence. For Will and Richard, this old movie was something new. Do your hosts need to jump up and down, ranting and raving, insisting you see this movie? Consider it done! Find us on Instagram, where we are @chewingthescenery or easily find us on Facebook. Chewing the Scenery can be found on Soundcloud, iTunes and Stitcher. Please rate, review and subscribe- it really does help listeners find us! #horror #horrormovies #horrornerd #horroraddict #horrorjunkie #monsterkid #bmovie #scarymovies #monstermovie #podcast #chewingthescenery #zombies #zombie #VHS #moviemonsters #freepodcast #denver #colorado #everydayishalloween #halloween #horrorpodcast #itcamefromthe70s #donaldpleasence #deathline #britishhorror #londonundergound

On this episode of 159 Inclined, Will and I met with Mike Cook and Amy Bradley at the top of the Inclined Plane Trails to catch up on some of the exciting things happening at the Inclined Plane Trails and outdoor recreation in the region.  After catching up, Mike guided us down the Inclined Plane Trails.  It was quite a thrill!  You’ll get to learn some techniques going down the hills by Mike and listen in on some of Will’s crashes (he and his bike are ok!)  For Will and James, it was also a reminder of just how much hard work and perseverance Mike and others put into making the Inclined Plane Trails.  Truly remarkable!  If you haven’t had a chance to check out the trails and are looking for an adventure, make sure to get there this summer!  We hope you enjoy the show! 

Companies are getting more savvy about using behavioral economics not only to sell products, but to help consumers make better choices. Will Leach has taken the concepts of behavioral economics and social sciences to the next level with his book Marketing to Mindstates: The Practical Guide to Applying Behavior Design to Research and Marketing. I am very excited to talk with him today. He is the founder of the behavioral consultancy TriggerPoint. Previous to starting his business, Will led behavioral science methods at PepsiCo, and he has won numerous awards for his innovative work in behavioral economics. When reading Will’s book, I knew within the first few pages that he needed to come on the podcast. This is even before I realized that he got his master’s from Texas A&M University (I talked about the Texas A&M Human Behavior Lab in episode 33 where I interviewed Dr. Marco Palma.) Will and I had a lot of fun talking about the lab and team down there before we jumped into the interview. Will was at A&M before the lab was built, but we have both seen it in person thanks to Dr. Palma.  Will does such a great job of breaking down a really complex area of marketing into a formula that any business can follow – from global corporations like PepsiCo to small businesses. One area I know non-marketers (and even many marketing teams to be honest) struggle with is determining their target market and really narrowing it down and then knowing how to properly communicate with them. Will and I talk about his and the concept of the 18 different mindstates and nine motivations. He also shares his step by step process to help you determine which is the best for your company. This is an innovative and mind opening interview. Show Notes: [03:46] For Will, behavioral economics was the classic “I didn't know it existed until I stumbled upon it.” [03:56] Will joined the military right out of high school. He then studied classical economics. [04:16] He discovered marketing research through a graduate program and fell in love with it. It wasn't just looking at economics, it was looking at why people do what they do. [04:39] While working at PepsiCo, he discovered behavioral economics and behavioral science. In 2009, PepsiCo invested $20 million in a laboratory to study the neurological impacts of messaging. [05:08] Will was lucky enough to get to run behavioral science experiments, and he loved it so much he started his own business and wrote a book about it. [05:55] His favorite project was working on a brand new snack. It was a healthy baked hummus chip. The brand called Wicked Crisps was designed using purely behavioral sciences. The target market was the owner's daughter (or millennial moms). Will helped design the name, logo, tagline, bag, and website. Behavioral science was behind everything that they designed from fonts to benefits. [11:58] Will studied economics. He didn't want to just talk about theory. He wanted a practical book.  [13:02] He conveys specific models through story.  [14:01] He also dug into motivational psychology and goal theory. He looked at all six social sciences and found patterns. [16:25] Will thinks of mindstates as moments in time when we are being influenced. We aren't always consistent with our beliefs and attitudes. Our environment changes us. [18:20] His book is about moments in time and why a certain archetype may behave outside of the norm for them. Applying mindstates can help understand beliefs and values and impacts of the environment on these moments.  [20:57] Companies now look at how to help customers make better choices. Making their whole life better gives the company permission to sell them more. Brands are getting smarting and taking a holistic approach. [24:46] Will is the most excited about the idea of getting the mindstates out for everyone to use. They want to get more and more people to understand that there is science behind our decisions. There are also emotions around our decisions and just understanding a few small rules is a huge benefit. [25:57] We can sell more with behavioral economics. We can also reduce anxiety levels and create a better society.  [26:30] Will is getting more excited about the education side and using these concepts to help understand and overcome biases. [27:02] He uses goal theory to help understand what people are trying to accomplish. Helping people reach their goals can create a better society. [29:39] The nine motivations are achievement, autonomy, belonging, competence, empowerment, engagement, esteem, nurturance, and security. Then find optimistic and cautious examples. [30:28]  When guys are asked why they want to lose weight and get healthy the answer is usually so they can walk their daughter down the wedding aisle. [31:20] One reason why a dad would want to do this is nurturance. So a goal is “walk my daughter down the aisle” and the motivation is “nurturance.” [32:09] Promotion (or using an optimistic lens) is seeking to maximize losing weight. It's about maximizing gains. [32:45] A prevention lens focuses on eliminating doing bad things. [33:10] These details matter when you frame your benefits. They are either using cautious nurturance or maximizing nurturance.  [36:36] Be clear and stand for one thing. Take a stand and own it, and you will benefit tremendously. [38:33] The Hero and the Outlaw does a good law job of outlining archetypes. The BE Thoughtful Revolution membership group is live! Use the code LAUNCH to lock in your rate and save 60% (ends March 1, 2020). Thanks for listening. Don’t forget to subscribe on Apple Podcasts or Android. If you like what you heard, please leave a review on iTunes and share what you liked about the show.  Links and Resources: Melina@TheBrainyBusiness.com The Brainy Business on Facebook The Brainy Business on Twitter The Brainy Business on Instagram Marketing to Mindstates: The Practical Guide to Applying Behavior Design to Research and Marketing 33. Inside the Texas A&M Human Behavior Lab 43. A Guide for You to Create a Brainy Brand 61. Color Theory: When It Comes To Color, This 1 Thing Matters More Than Anything Else 78. How to Become Indistractible, Interview With Author Nir Eyal 75. The Littery – Interview with CEO Michael Manniche 16. Framing: How You Say Things Matter More Than What You’re Saying: A Behavioral Economics Foundations Episode 86. Peloton: A Behavioral Economics Analysis StoryBrand The Hero and the Outlaw: Building Extraordinary Brands Through the Power of Archetypes @Trigger_pointer on Twitter Marketing to Mindstates on Facebook Marketing to Mindstates on Instagram William Leach on LinkedIn Marketing to Mindstates on Twitter TriggerPoint Will Leach BE Thoughtful Revolution Membership Group Wicked Crisps The Seven Basic Plots: Why We Tell Stories E. Tory Higgins

Everyone has food they hate eating. For some people it's mushrooms, for others it's onions, for others it's aniseed. (For Will it's watermelon. It's the lamest melon). But if you're starving on a desert island and there's only mushrooms, onions, aniseed or watermelon there, sure, you'll bend your rules. But what about... other humans? How hungry do you have to get to turn to anthropophagy (it means cannibalism)? In this episode, we explore the science, history and anthropology of anthropophagy (it means cannibalism)! The Wholesome Show is Dr Rod Lamberts and Dr Will Grant, proudly brought to you by The Australian National Centre for the Public Awareness of Science!

How to Make and Impact in the World With Your Art. What work have you done, that has had the most impact in the world? Meaningful Lessons Will doesn’t write the children’s books that he has illustrated but he feels like he really is able to bring a lot to the table with his art and is able to make the stories more clear. One of those books is Bonaparte Falls Apart, and he is working on the sequel right now and it has an anti bullying theme that is not overt, in that the story holds up on its own. He loves and enjoys working on them and because the Bonaparte books have sold really well, even though the second hasn’t come out yet, the publisher has hinted that there may be a third book. Pretty much every kid experiences bullying and even the kids who are bullies probably get bullied at home. It’s really an important message to help kids become empowered and overcome and deal with those emotions in a positive way and overcome. The Frances books have a kid who is a bully in them. Will had an epiphany reading those books because he used to tease his sisters and sometimes he was a bully; in one of the Frances books he remembers that the sister goes off and is crying because of her brother’s bullying and it really tugged at his heartstrings and must have been pretty impactful because he can still remember that experience now over 50 years later. He realized that he was the bad guy in the story and it really changed him. It was a children’s book that taught him that lesson. I don’t think that you can quantify the impact of your art. Sometimes it’s hard for us to remember where we have shared things and if we have shared stories before, so we apologize if we keep sharing some of the same things. Gentle Reminders Lee feels that where he has made the most difference, it was probably not with his books, instead he feels like it is the connection that he has been able to make with his one off images. Sometimes it’s a momentary thing and he strikes some inspiration and creates a fun print, and then he goes to art fairs to sell them. One time, Lee was getting ready to close at an art fair when there was this woman who came to his booth and one of Lee’s prints caught her eye and she was holding it up looking at it. Lee was waiting for her to leave so that he could tear down his booth but he noticed that she had tears running down her face, she was crying, he wondered what he had done or what he should do. She was looking at this picture of this girl swinging really high on a swing hanging down from a tree. She shared that her sister had died when she was young and that she liked to swing just like that. Lee gave her a hug and she was just bawling and he gave her a print. It was just such a personal connection and one of the most powerful moments of his career. That’s just one experience. On a more consistent basis, when doing art fairs, older people will come to his booth and they will stop and look around, and have this starry look in their eyes. One time this lady said, “I remember this”, not speaking of one piece in particular, they were talking about the feeling of being young. It wasn’t just one image or just one book, but the overall impression of Lee’s work. Lee gets these ideas and likes to make images and are fun, whimsical, and capture a moment. He has seen that happen a lot, with older people coming to his booth and it gives them this shot of something they may have forgot and they leave smiling. Unanticipated Impact One of the things that Jake did that inadvertently had an impact on the world was start an art challenge called Inktober. He didn’t set out trying to make an impact on the world but he gave himself this challenge to try and get better at his craft. He easily could have said, “I’m just going to do this challenge in ink and you guys can follow along.” However, instead he decided to make it a challenge and he invited other people to participate if they wanted to and he made some parameters or rules for the challenge: you draw an ink drawing every day for the month of October and share it online. What started out as a single person doing a self improvement art challenge turned into thousands and thousands of people. He gets so many emails every year from people sharing how it has helped their creativity; it gets people drawing for themselves again, a lot of professionals share that they draw so much for work and Inktober helped them draw for themselves and remember the fun in drawing; people show how they improved so much from doing this and got better as an artist; others share how they got all of these new followers because they showed up and posted consistently on Instagram. Jake had no idea what he was starting. He is trying to actively promote it more and participate more and try to make it more accessible for others. He’s done childrens books, graphic novels, worked on animated films, but everyone views him as the Inktober guy. At first, he thought, “No, i’m so much more.” But now he accepts it and if that is his legacy or how he is known, then that’s great. What work have you done that has had the most impact on one other person, not the world, but one other person? 13:00 Success leads to Success Will: We have all been very fortunate. You have one success, and it leads to more success. Pareto Distribution A small amount of people setting out to do the thing that they set out to do and they experience success. It’s not from talent, its from getting little successes along the way and building off of those. Will got started with editorial but now that market has dried up a lot. He would tell his students, “You can’t follow the path I was on, the water washed away the path.” We’ve probably had a lot of situations where we have helped someone and had someone come up and share a testimonial of how we have helped him. The one that has been especially meaningful to him is that a handful of times he has been at a comic convention and had someone come up and say, “I have a booth over there.” They would continue to share how the reason they have a booth is because they watched Will’s youtube series on doing comic conventions. Will’s Youtube Channel Will shared his experience with his first comic convention along with all of the failures, finances, disappointments, and successes he experienced when breaking into the con scene. He really documented his experience, both his failures and successes. It is so rewarding to hear, “You changed my life, I’m here because of you.” It’s so rewarding, and the internet magnifies our ability to have a positive impact in the lives of others. Doing what we do as teachers, we get a lot of emails sharing successes. Fairly frequently we get emails saying, “I got an agent”, “I got my first book deal”, it is so nice to hear of these successes and please keep sending us those emails and keeping us updated. We also get an email once a week or every other week talking about this podcast. Success begets success. It makes it easier to be successful when you have successes along the way. What separates us from other artists just beginning their career is just the time that we’ve been doing this. I really do feel like anyone that sets their mind to anything, almost anything, can accomplish that thing. I mean you can’t grow and become an NBA player if you’re short. (however, that didn’t stop Spud Webb) But there are so many things that you do have control over. I think that the thing people are battling today more than anything, if you are listening and wondering if you really can make an impact in the world with your art, the answer is that you can and you will, but you have to be willing to make sacrifices. Especially early those sacrifices are painful but later on they aren’t as bad and you are able to have more of a work life balance. Keep Working At It For Lee and his books, he likes the books that he has done, but he hasn’t had the impact that he wants to on his audience yet. He feels he hasn’t done the book he was born to do yet, that is what drives him to write, and he is turning down a lot of offers, and he feels guilty doing so but he hasn’t done the book that he really wants to offer to the world yet. That’s his “First world problem” Why you don’t want to do the thing that you have set up your life to do. Over time your career becomes more and more specific. Early on in your career: someone could ask you to paint a window, work on editorial, or on books, but now, for Lee, it has become so much more specific. You might not set out to be that specific but it’s where your career takes you. What work have you done that has had the most impact on you, personally? For Will working on fanart has been a game changer. It changed the style that he does even in his children’s books, the book series he is doing right now is based off of the style he developed from working on fan art. Will before fan art: Over illustrated. This has been an evolution/maturing process, before his priorities were misplaced. Lee could add a lot more detail and rendering but he chooses not to. Just because you can, doesn’t mean you should. Will would have editors tell him his color stuff was cool but did he have anything else, they were basically telling him that he was putting too many colors in, and was emphasizing things that didn’t need to be emphasized. It made him really reevaluate. He went to comic con and realized that that’s what every artist does they try to really hit you over the head with a lot of color, and he didn’t want to fit in. He wanted to stand out, and so he thought of a style that would stand out, and it gave him a style he could use for children’s books. Lee was really frustrated in school and right out of school. He had some successes, but he hadn’t found his medium: he tried acrylics, pastel, oil color, and then one day he tried watercolor. Then it was off to the races, and it really started to happen and he didn’t feel like he had to force it. It didn’t happen in one piece but it was a process. It was about discovering the right medium that fit his sensibilities. It was night and day from that point on. Adding Good to the World Jake’s answer to the most impact on one person question: Jake came up with Missile Mouse, the graphic novel, and he put it out into the world. He was hoping it would be a great success, maybe become a New York Times Best Seller, Pixar love it and it would be made into movies and... It sold fine, but it didn’t have the impact he had wanted it to. One day about a year later he got an email from a woman whose son was really sick and was hospitalized with some illness that you never want a kid to have to go through, she said that the one thing that gave her son pleasure and made him happy was reading the Missile Mouse comic and just wanted to thank Jake for making it and putting it out into the world. That really stopped Jake in his tracks and he realized he was so dumb. It doesn’t matter how worldly successful Missile Mouse or any project you put out there is, so long as it makes someone happy or improves someone’s life to some degree, just one person, that right there can make it successful and worth it. That is one of his stories. Another thing is his Youtube channel. He’ll get emails sharing how they have really helped people. One of the things that Jake created that had the most impact on him? The first real perspective drawing that he did in 7th grade. That was him learning a new technique or principle of art and then sitting down and trying to make this thing the best that he could make it. When he finished the piece he really felt like it was quite stellar, he was amazed that he could create something like that and his art teacher really appreciated it and gave him good marks. He saw that piece going through an old box a few years ago and thought, “Oh my gosh, I was proud of this?” There was nothing special to it. But what it taught him was, he could learn to do art. Art wasn’t just a hobby, this is something you can learn to do and get good at and devote your life to. That piece had a huge impact on Jake. Create Something The reason we have gone over these three questions: 1.What work have you done, that has had the most impact in the world? 2.What work have you done that has had the most impact on one other person, not the world, but one other person? 3. What work have you done that has had the most impact on you, personally? And the reason we shared them in that order is because there is a common thread between them. The main thing is, and the way that you will ever make an impact is you have to actually make something. You have to create something. It doesn’t have to be awesome, it doesn’t have to be good. Jake’s perspective drawing wasn’t awesome or good, it was okay. It wouldn’t have gotten any likes on Instagram, (maybe a support like from his sister.) The impact can only happen if you create something, if you make something and put it out into the world. Nowadays we have so many resources and ways to share things with the world. The key is: Learn your craft, and share it. Create something, do something, or make something, and share it. Teach people how to do the thing that you’ve learned. Always be engaging with people, asking questions, answering questions, and be apart of the community that you want to be apart of. What you create doesn’t have to be a full graphic novel, It can be a flat piece of artwork like the prints that Will and Lee would sell at art fairs and comic conventions. You can create something that shares a message that you believe in. It can be a story that you want to pass on to people, it can be any sort of medium that you love and want to be apart of. Lee’s Pet Peeve The discount share: “here’s something I made, it’s not that good...” The self deprecating share, where you are putting it down before others have the chance to put it down. It’s not putting your work on the line. It’s the social media disease. So many Youtube videos start with: “This is how I would do it, but you don’t have to do it this way, you might think the way I do it is dumb, it’s just the way that I do it..” It’s all about acting like it doesn’t matter or you just flipped it out and so it doesn’t matter. Instead, say, “here’s the sketch, here’s why I am putting it out there.” The sketch or the painting doesn’t have to be great. You just want to be authentic. We want it to feel authentic, and that you care about what you are sharing, how you feel about what you are sharing and your intent behind sharing it is a lot more important than if it’s awesome. How do you avoid the terrible feeling that comes when someone comments and says it’s bad or not good. The one in a thousand voice. There is a sea of encouragement and that one negative voice can really hurt and stand out from the crowd. Set a goal to be rejected. Lee set a goal to be rejected 50 times by publishers when he was getting started, and it made it not a big deal. “Alright, that’s number 7, on to the next one:)” Maybe set a goal to get 100 negative comments. When starting SVS, we were introduced to Chatbooks which wasn’t an overnight success. Their original concept was you take the best pictures from your phone and you would get scrapbooks made of your best photos sent to you monthly or semi monthly. Basically people take pictures but they only see them online, and the owner was was trying to solve that problem. This guy developed the first generation of chatbooks and people said that it was a great idea and then no one showed up and it flopped, generation 2 came and he got the feedback that it there was too much work involved then generation 3 was him trying to make it as easy as possible. So they automatically print your pictures from your instagram. You have already curated the best photos and periodically they can send you a photo album of your best and favorite photos. It failed twice before they were able to get it right. We have all done things that have failed and it’s the person who keeps going, they are the people who are going to succeed. People criticize everything. It can be the most perfect thing ever, and someone would still say something. For evidence of this, find something you love and read the Amazon reviews for that thing. Even our perfect podcast got a one star review a little bit ago. “For people who talk about being so organized, these guys aren’t organized at all.” It’s actually so true. We all like the media and we consume different things. Some people may look at a show you like and say they hate it but for you and for others it’s perfect. That’s the same for our podcast. If we tried to make it so that everyone liked it it would fail, because we’d be trying to cover too many bases. Our podcast is for people who want to listen in on a conversation between 3 people who love to draw and paint. Failure: Jake was doing Inktober for 3 or 4 years before it actually took off. It was just Jake showing up year after year trying to stick with it and keep going and because of that, along with the timing and the rise of social media and artists starting to use Instagram, it helped Inktober become pretty big. Do you make images to change the world? The best way to not change the world is to make an image to change the world. Lee was apprehensive about this topic, because he doesn’t think about how the rest of the world will be changed by the art, he is just thinking about the art! Will’s author friend, the late Rick Walton, said something along the lines of: “If you set out to teach a moral in your story, you’ll almost always fail. You should set out to tell a really fun or interesting story, and if it teaches a moral then thats a benefit and you can use that moral to market it, but if you set out to teach a moral, almost always your story structure will fail.” It makes it too didactic and predictable. It will feel like you If you start out with a question, or statement, or proposition to get your story started then that’s fine. I.e. I just want to talk about money is the root of all evil, then that can inform your story but that doesn’t mean that it is your story. Some Practical Tips for Getting Started What do you need to do as a creator to make impact? Don’t set out to make an impact. Just by creating, by sharing who you are, your stories, your experience you will make an impact. Here’s a list of things that you can do: Work towards being able to do an art fair or a comic con. You learn so much from doing this. So much work is shared online, and there is this digital wall separating you from your viewers. But when you are face to face with people you get a lot more genuine response to your work, and you will really learn how people respond to your work. Start your own personal art challenge. Not with the idea of it taking over the world, but just to improve and learn yourself. You could even invite another friend to also take on the challenge and then you’ve already benefited another person. Maybe you try and do a drawing a day for a month, or a drawing every week/52 drawings for the year, or maybe you try and do a painting every day for 30 days, it could be a portrait challenge, etc. Start some sort of personal art challenge and share that with other people. If you learn something about art, actually set up an appointment or get together. You could invite friends to come and you’ll teach them how to draw perspective. Art Drop Day, one day out of the year, the first Tuesday in September. You create something and leave it somewhere with a note telling the finder that they have found your art and it’s theirs to keep. It’s a fun way to engage anonymously with the community around you. If you want to make some sort of impact, then do a little Art Drop, and leave it in your favorite book at the library or tape it onto the window of your favorite restaurant. And share some goodness with your community. It’s going to brighten someone’s day. Final Note If you reverse engineer someone who is super successful and is changing the world. Keep in mind that they had to start by learning their craft and doing the mundane stuff that wasn’t changing the world. Think about doing the the basics and fundamentals as your preparation for doing something that will change the world. Now go and start creating and make an impact in the world with your art. LINKS Svslearn.com Jake Parker: mrjakeparker.com Instagram: @jakeparker, Youtube: JakeParker44 Will Terry: willterry.com. Instagram: @willterryart, Youtube: WillTerryArt Lee White: leewhiteillustration.comInstagram: @leewhiteillo Alex Sugg: alexsugg.com Tanner Garlick: tannergarlickart.com. Instagram: @tannergarlick If you like this episode, please share it, subscribe, and we’d love it if you left a review! These podcasts live and die on reviews. If you want to join in on this discussion log onto forum.svslearn.com, there is a forum for this episode you can comment on.

Yay! You found us! This is our very first episode, so to kick things at OUTCast Podcast off, we wanted to talk about the first time that each of us felt “other.” For Brooks, our own American Idol, it was as a teenager on stage at a VFW during a singing competition, belting out “Son of a Preacher Man.” For Alex, it was something that happened in the tragic last 5 minutes of her 9th grade art class. For Will, it was as a first grade cheerleader in rural Texas. We also get into which emoji we want to represent 2019, and the queer movies that helped shape us. Kim Cattrall even makes a cameo…kind of. OBSESSED: Kim Cattrall scats - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1S37dLbR9WA FOLLOW US ON INSTAGRAM:@outcast_podcast

ATTENTION ONLINE FITNESS COACHES! This one you won't want to miss. Erin and Jordan team up with Justin, Dylan, and Will to bring you examples of poor programming they have seen in their years of coaching, explain why, and give better alternatives. Again, you won't want to miss this!   Time Stamps: (0:45) Welcome back and Get Ready! (3:10) Example 1: Meal Planning for Clients (11:18) Will on Scarcity Mindset (13:23) Example 2: Morning Plan (16:50) Fasted Training (20:55) Shoutout to Eric Helms and Layne Norton! (21:15) Cardio (29:42) Will's Example (30:40) Dylan's Example (32:02) Why Fat is so Important (38:04) What to look for in a Good Plan (42:38) Prep Advice (44:10) Refeeds (45:00) Low-Calorie Diets (51:20) Judging Coaching and Educating Consumers (55:10) Will's Example from Client Work (57:01) Advice to Beginner Coaches (1:04:18) Reach out to Us! (1:04:30) Will's Gift to our Listeners!   For Will's Free E-Book on Carbohydrate Cycling, click here!   For the Top 10 "MVP Resources" to help grow a successful online personal training business, click here!   Follow Justin on Instagram! Follow Will on Instagram! Follow Dylan on Instagram!   And as always... Please make sure to follow Erin at @erindimondfitness, Jordan at @duggaestetics, and the official Flow State of Mind Podcast page @flowstateofmindpodcast.

Will & Kathryn join Elann for a classic show and tell: For Will, it's a campy horror film he worked on in college, for Kathryn, a comedy video made during her "earlier" days of improv, and for Elann, a really green DJ talk set from his freshman year of college.

Family RV travel in Europe...with kids? Why not? In today's episode of Epic Education Radio, we talk exploring Europe by motorhome, while homeschooling and building a business along the way! ::: Like what you’re hearing? Then please subscribe, rate & review Epic Education Radio. We would be extremely grateful! iTunes is a search engine as well, and so when you rate and review us, you help others find us. Thank you! ::: Family RV Travel in Europe with Kids Many people want to explore Europe with kids. Many others want to try RV travel in Europe. For Will and Jessica Suero, they combined the two to have the best (and the rest) of both worlds! A lot has happened to the Sueros since we last talked in 2016. After living in Costa Rica and Ecuador, they were planning to move to France. Fast forward to today, and they've left their home in France, and have begun to settle into RV travel in Europe with kids. For the next two years! Homeschooling & Building a Business while Living in an RV What's it like homeschooling a teen and a tween *and* building a business...all while living in an RV in Europe? According to Jessica, it can sometimes be "a hot mess," she says with a laugh. There's a lot going on in such a small space, adds Will. RV travel in Europe is fun, he says, but living in a motorhome in Europe while working and schooling is a challenge. "What works today may not work tomorrow," he says. In this episode of Epic Education Radio, we discuss how they manage motorhome travel in Europe, including working, schooling, parenting, and gear. Listen in! And please share! IN THIS EPISODE 2:36 Intro 3:37  In 4th years what’s different now 7:49 The pride & shame of kids as translators 13:32 Tips & Routines for RV Travel in Europe with Kids 23:13 Work & building a business 35:43 Education 41:12 Parenting teens & tweens 51:59 Travel gear 1:03:00 Destinations ABOUT Names: Will & Jessica Suero, their daughter Avalon (13) and son, Largo (10) Hold passports from: USA Type of travel: Living abroad, slow travel, long-term travel and RV travel A few places they've been: Lived in Costa Rica, Ecuador, and France, now on a 2-year RV trip through Europe IN THEIR BAGS  3 MacBook Pro’s, 1 Macbook  2 iPhones Motorhome 4G Wifi booster & Wifi Range Extender Seagate and LaCie backup drives Canon G7x Mk II Canon 80D Rode Video Mic Pro DJi Phantom 4 Drone Bose Quiet Comfort Noise Canceling Headphones LINKS & RESOURCES Their first episode from 2016 Preply John's Hopkins University Online classes Bright Ideas Press Laurel Springs online education London College of Art I mentioned Whitmore & Time4Learning FIND THEM ON Worldtowning | Facebook | Youtube | Instagram | Twitter   Full-on family travel fundamentals. Epic Education Radio is interviews, stories and advice for people who decide to make travel a priority in their family's life...and for those who want to. Tune in each week to hear stories and advice from new traveling families, and hear how they've handled various family travel-related issues like education, socialization, working, budgeting, accommodation, road-parenting, safety, technology and more. We talk gear, websites, apps and other resources for traveling & nomadic families, and answer questions from those who would like to do something similar.   Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links. This means, at no extra cost to you,  we might receive a small commission if you make a purchase or book using those links. My opinions are my own and I only recommend places/services that I believe will genuinely help your travel, whether you're considering family RV travel in Europe with kids or not. 

Gordano!   Make no bones about it, this is a podcast. So how would you even do that? Now that we're all in agreement, welcome to the Sorry Not in Service podcast and it's the return of the original lineup! That's right, Simon and Will back in the studio for the first time in two months for one last pay cheque.   In this one, we discuss the biggest things that have happened to us in the months since our last show. For Will it was a caravanning holiday and buying some jumpers, for Simon it was finding himself in a situation where the amount of credit that a financial services provider might offer him is lowered because he now has to tick the box 'do you have any dependants?' on application forms.   Much radio ensued and was then smeared all over the internet.   For the version with the pop music, go to mixcloud.com. For twenty £, go to a reverse charity event.   Gordano!

How can you make your trip life-changing?  That is the topic we discuss with our guest Will Morgan from willfullyliving.com. Will is a traveler, writer, fisherman, and accountant. Alongside his wife, he spent ten months in 2015 / 2016 traveling around the world.  For Will travel was always about more than simply seeing places. It was an opportunity to grow, to learn about himself, and to reconnect in his relationships. He approached the trip not as a vacation but as an intensive learning experience.  From battling Dengue fever in Thailand to navigating European streets in a large RV, Will has some amazing stories to share. But beyond traveling he shares how we can approach our trips with a mindset to learn, grow, and return living a more intentional life.  Topics covered:  Why Will and his wife quit their jobs, sold their stuff, and went traveling How Will became a commercial fisherman in Alaska Battling Dengue fever in Thailand  Challenges driving an RV around Europe How travel makes you more intentional How to get the most out of your trip How travel can change and improve your relationship Show notes featuring links mentioned in the episode can be found at theworldwanderers.com This episode is brought to you by Praxis. Praxis is the future of education, a 9-month program with a 6-month apprenticeship at a startup. It is education, without schooling. If you are 17 to 25 and ready to break free of the conventional path, go to discoverpraxis.com The World Wanderers Podcast is also sponsored by italki.com. If you are interested in learning a language and want more than the boring app on your phone go to theworldwanderers.com/italki. You'll get a two for one lesson with a native speaker at amazingly affordable rates.  Music credit: bensound.com  

This week, Stephen Colbert’s “Late Show” begins, replacing David Letterman and starting a new tradition for late night television. Colbert chose young powerhouse pianist Jon Batiste to lead his band, and Batiste in turn selectedMichael Thurber to play bass in the band. I've talked with both Batiste and Thurber for this podcast in the past, discussing their early musical development and general outlook on music today. In celebration of The Late Show's kickoff, I compiled some highlights from our  previous conversations, as well as a conversation I had with Will Lee, the veteran Late Show bassist from Letterman's band. I also had a chance to catch up with both Will Lee and Michael Thurber this week to find out what they’re thinking about right now. For Will, after playing for over 30 years on the Letterman show, he feels a new sense of freedom in his schedule and career. For Thurber, there’s a sense of excitement and uncertainty about the next phase of his life and the evolution of the new show. Individually, each conversation offers an enlightening look into the personal journeys all artists take, the difficult choices they must make, and the overall sense of wonder about life that they all share. Taken as a whole, to me they paint an incredibly inspirational picture of how to approach life and art.   All three are extremely generous and open people, and their openness, candor and generosity point to a larger truth about success in the arts: when you work on your craft, you are really working on yourself. It’s not that art imitates life; art is life.