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Chad Sanders, author of Black Magic: What Black Leaders Learned From Trauma And Triumph, and writer on HBO Max's new show, Rap Sh!t, joins the Journey To Launch podcast to discuss his experience leaving Google and the tech industry, how to deliberately develop your creative skills in the real world and Black money and wealth. We chat about his new project, Direct Deposit, a podcast through Audible Originals, where he talks about being on the brink of wealth and what Black wealth looks like when you start earning money and more! Chad's writing has appeared in The New York Times, SLAM magazine, Teen Vogue and more– but he isn't only a writer and author. Since his time in tech, Chad has also directed and acted on TV series and feature films with collaborators Spike Lee, Morgan Freeman, Issa Rae and Will Packer. In this episode, we discuss: Being scrappy with money, opportunity cost and his new financial podcast Direct Deposit The pull to choose what is safe vs. what you love and deciding to follow your passions Why it takes so much courage to leave corporate America or a stable career Code switching, pivoting from the tech industry to the creative space, making it in Hollywood + more Other related blog posts/links mentioned in this episode: Listen to Chad on the Direct Deposit Podcast Check out my new personal website here. Join The Weekly Newsletter List Leave me a voicemail– Leave me a question on the Journey To Launch voicemail and have it answered on the podcast! Watch me on News12 Watch my latest segments on News12 YNAB – Start managing your money and budgeting so that you can reach your financial dreams. Sign up for a free 34 days trial of YNAB, my go-to budgeting app by using my referral link. What stage of the financial journey are you on? Are you working on financial stability or work flexibility? Find out with this free assessment and get a curated list of the 10 next best episodes for you to listen to depending on your stage. Check it out here! Connect with Chad: Instagram:@ChadSand Twitter:@Chad_Sand Connect with me: Instagram: @Journeytolaunch Twitter: @JourneyToLaunch Facebook: @Journey To Launch Join the Private Facebook Group Join the Waitlist for My FI Course Get The Free Jumpstart Guide
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Each person can be unique in how they show up as a listener. Even if they are at the exact same meeting and listen to the exact same information, each person’s perspective may be different from the rest. This is normally frustrating, yet when we understand different types of listening, we can tap into the potential of cognitive diversity so that we can work smarter together. As a leader, teacher, or even a parent, you’ll love listening to Graham share his experience to support us to listen better in more ways than we normally consider. Learn how to understand people better, so they feel respected, valued and heard, leading to higher performance in organizations and at home. Graham Bodie is an internationally recognized communication scholar whose work focuses on what all organizations and individuals need to do better, LISTEN. Based on his extensive knowledge of how individuals and teams can more effectively communicate and build consensus, Dr. Bodie facilitates customized workshops and delivers compelling keynote addresses for groups of all sizes. His work has been funded by the National Science Foundation and featured in the Wall Street Journal, Psychology Today, and on National Public Radio. Dr. Bodie received his B.A. and M.A. from Auburn University and his Ph.D. from Purdue University. He teaches courses in Integrated Marketing Communication at the University of Mississippi and dedicates substantial time to mend our frayed social fabric through his work with the non-profit Listen First Project. In this episode, Graham shares how listening is not one discipline, instead a broad field in diverse areas. He helps us understand ‘cognitive diversity in listening,’ recognizing it as advantageous to organizations increasing effectiveness, productivity, and team members’ motivation. He also highlights the ‘listen first mindset”’ approach focused on inclusivity in diversity, creating more understanding and better teamwork. “When you listen well, people feel heard. And when people feel heard, they feel respected and valued. And then inside an organization, when they feel respected and valued, they stay. And they work harder, and they're more productive.” - Graham Bodie Valuable Resource: The Handbook of Listening by Graham Bodie: https://www.amazon.com/Handbook-Listening-Handbooks-Communication-Media-ebook Listen IN Notes: 02:02 - Recognizing that listening is much more complex than he originally considered drew him to research listening as a behavior attitude within social support in close relationships. 06:47 - Graham sharing his thoughts on how he perceived the art of listening as happening in the field of communication. When in fact, listening is a multi-disciplinary field approached differently by various experts. 11:27 - Talking about his book called ‘Handbook of Listening’. And how Listening is not approached in just one way. 12:58 - Discussion on appreciating cognitive diversity in listening. Recognizing each individual’s different approach to listening provides a more robust and rich perspective about the information. 17:37 - Bring awareness that there are multiple ways to listen, that those different ways of listening have their strengths and challenges. 20:11 - Listening beyond eye contact. What does the power of listening translate to? 21:17 - Developing a culture of listening in an organization. This means listening first, rather than speaking first, management, and heavy hierarchy top down. 28:24 - Listening isn't an agreement. Graham explains how listening helps understand different perspectives and is the basis under which we operate, taking into consideration the role we play as parents, or as organizational leaders, teachers, or any other profession. 32:46 - Understanding goes deeper than just the content. Consider two meanings of messages, the content level meaning and the relational level meaning. 36:57 - Teaching the notion of the 80/20 rule of listening. What would meetings be like if everyone would be curious and listen to each other’s perspectives? 39:24 - How is listening affected in this time of pandemic when everyone stays home? Graham shares personal challenges of leadership inside his very own home. 42:56 - How people in our circle influence our listening behaviors, how we show up as listeners can be learned 45:08 - Unlearning old patterns and relearning new ways of listening. What’s your blueprint for listening? 48:20 - What is empathy? What is it like to have a listening approach to empathy using ‘Barefoot Listening’? 52:28 - Talking about ‘Future Listening.’ What is ‘Emerging Perspectives’ all about? 55:47 - Graham’s almost book chapter on ‘Listening to the Universe’ 56:33 - Learning from how animals listen. Graham is talking about the physiology and the biology of listening within different animal species, and how humans are different and similar. 1:00:02 - Imagine spending time cultivating a listen first mindset within yourself, your family, and your organization? Key Takeaways: “[Listening is] about people, it's about relationships, it's about being inspired by someone or a small group of people, and then finding your voice within that relationship.” - Graham Bodie “The goal of listening isn't an agreement. It can be, but it doesn't have to be. The goal of listening has to be understanding...at a fundamental level, listening first to understand is what we need to be operating under.”- Graham Bodie “It’s about shedding your perspective, shedding your agenda at least for the moment, and turning to wonder and seeking to understand the ‘why.’ Not just the content, but what is underlying this person’s belief, what’s causing this person to tick in this way, and what’s leading them to the conclusion they’re coming to...if we can create something new out of your perspective and my perspective that’s beautiful. That’s what listening, at least fundamentally to me, is geared toward.” - Graham Bodie “We’ve been taught that talking is power, that speaking is leading. If we infused societies with the flip of that, which is that listening is leading - how much more effective and efficient and productive and kind would we be as organizations, as societies, as people?”- Graham Bodie “If you’re giving advice, you’re assuming that you understand the problem. And if you understand the problem, you're assuming you asked the questions and you really fully took the time to understand what that problem is from that person’s point of view and perspective and life experiences. The only way for me to know your life experiences is to listen to you.”- Graham Bodie “Think about, in your life, the way in which your opinion about the importance of listening is matched with the fervor with which you seek to really cultivate it. And if there’s a mismatch there, then what can you do to really put your money, energy, or resources where your mouth is. Put your money where your ears are!”- Graham Bodie Notes/Mentions: The Handbook of Listening by Graham Bodie: https://www.amazon.com/Handbook-Listening-Handbooks-Communication-Media-ebook/dp/B08C5M7S8H Power Listening: Mastering the Most Critical Business Skill of All by Bernard T. Ferrari: https://www.amazon.com/Power-Listening-Mastering-Critical-Business/dp/1591844622 The Universal Sense: How Hearing Shapes the Mind by Seth Horowitz: https://www.amazon.com/Universal-Sense-Hearing-Shapes-Mind/dp/1608198839 ECHO Listening Intelligence: https://www.echolistening.com/ William Winter Institute: https://www.winterinstitute.org/ Listen First Project: http://www.listenfirstproject.org/ Connect with Graham Bodie: E:gbodie@lsu.edu LinkedIn Connect with Raquel Ark: www.listeningalchemy.com Mobile: + 491732340722 contact@listeningalchemy.com LinkedIn
SHOW NOTES Laura Gassner Otting helps people get “unstuck” — and achieve extraordinary results. Through Limitless Possibility, Laura collaborates with change agents, entrepreneurs, investors, leaders, and donors to push past the doubt and indecision that consign great ideas to limbo. She delivers strategic thinking, well-honed wisdom, and catalytic perspective informed by decades of navigating change across the start-up, nonprofit, political, and philanthropic landscapes. Laura's 25-year resume is defined by her entrepreneurial edge. She served as a Presidential Appointee in Bill Clinton's White House, helping shape AmeriCorps; left a leadership role at respected nonprofit search firm, Isaacson, Miller, to expand the startup ExecSearches.com; and founded and ran the Nonprofit Professionals Advisory Group, which partnered with the full gamut of mission driven nonprofit executives, from start-up dreamers to scaling social entrepreneurs to global philanthropists. She is the author of Mission-Driven, a book for those moving from profit to purpose, and Limitless: How to Ignore Everybody, Carve Your Own Path, and Live Your Best Life Through her own commitment to give back, Laura has helped build a local Montessori school, co-founded a women's philanthropic initiative, advised a start-up national women's PAC, grew a citizen-leadership development program, and completed three charity-inspired marathons—projects emblematic of her passions and values. She's turned on by the audacity of The Big Idea and that larger-than-life goal you just can't seem to shake. She's an instigator, a motivator, and a provocateur, and she's never met a revolution she didn't like. In this episode, we discuss… What does it mean to help people discover their consonance? Being mission driven vs being pessimistic about paying the bills What if success doesn't equal happiness? Is that a problem with how we define success? Let’s explore the idea that you should “Follow Your Passion” How do we change the culture so that being proud of yourself is ok? Negative impact of technology on connection SHOW DETAILS Running time: 58:59 Subscribe on iTunes and leave us a review! SHAREABLES What’s One Book Everyone Should Read? Stones from the River by Ursula Hegi What’s Your Favorite Podcast? Six Pixels of Separation by Mitch Joel App Everyone Should Download Notion Most Important Skill of the Future Listening. Active Listening. Listening to learn. If You Could Have One Superpower Flight One Thing Everyone Should Do Today Go on social media and unfollow that person that makes you feel bad. CONNECT WITH LAURA Email Laura @heyLGO on Twitter Laura on Linkedin Laura on Facebook Laura on Instagram Laura’s Website Assessment CONNECT WITH JEFF Email Jeff @JGibbard on Twitter Jeff on Linkedin (make sure
SHOW NOTES Laura Gassner Otting helps people get “unstuck” — and achieve extraordinary results. Through Limitless Possibility, Laura collaborates with change agents, entrepreneurs, investors, leaders, and donors to push past the doubt and indecision that consign great ideas to limbo. She delivers strategic thinking, well-honed wisdom, and catalytic perspective informed by decades of navigating change across the start-up, nonprofit, political, and philanthropic landscapes. Laura’s 25-year resume is defined by her entrepreneurial edge. She served as a Presidential Appointee in Bill Clinton’s White House, helping shape AmeriCorps; left a leadership role at respected nonprofit search firm, Isaacson, Miller, to expand the startup ExecSearches.com; and founded and ran the Nonprofit Professionals Advisory Group, which partnered with the full gamut of mission driven nonprofit executives, from start-up dreamers to scaling social entrepreneurs to global philanthropists. She is the author of Mission-Driven, a book for those moving from profit to purpose, and Limitless: How to Ignore Everybody, Carve Your Own Path, and Live Your Best Life Through her own commitment to give back, Laura has helped build a local Montessori school, co-founded a women’s philanthropic initiative, advised a start-up national women’s PAC, grew a citizen-leadership development program, and completed three charity-inspired marathons—projects emblematic of her passions and values. She’s turned on by the audacity of The Big Idea and that larger-than-life goal you just can’t seem to shake. She’s an instigator, a motivator, and a provocateur, and she’s never met a revolution she didn’t like. In this episode, we discuss... What does it mean to help people discover their consonance? Being mission driven vs being pessimistic about paying the bills What if success doesn’t equal happiness? Is that a problem with how we define success? Let's explore the idea that you should “Follow Your Passion” How do we change the culture so that being proud of yourself is ok? Negative impact of technology on connection SHOW DETAILS Running time: 58:59 Subscribe on iTunes and leave us a review! SHAREABLES What's One Book Everyone Should Read? Stones from the River by Ursula Hegi What's Your Favorite Podcast? Six Pixels of Separation by Mitch Joel App Everyone Should Download Notion Most Important Skill of the Future Listening. Active Listening. Listening to learn. If You Could Have One Superpower Flight One Thing Everyone Should Do Today Go on social media and unfollow that person that makes you feel bad. CONNECT WITH LAURA Email Laura @heyLGO on Twitter Laura on Linkedin Laura on Facebook Laura on Instagram Laura's Website Assessment CONNECT WITH JEFF Email Jeff @JGibbard on Twitter Jeff on Linkedin (make sure to introduce yourself) Jeff's Website SHAREABLE LINKS Hire Jeff: Book Jeff as a Speaker Hire Jeff's Agency Be Part of the Show: Call us: (551) 257-4273 Support The Show: Sponsor an episode, Buy Books From Our List, Donate/Add to the Tip Jar, Buy From Our Affiliates, Learn how to give us money for free (really!) Learn from our guests: See the Shareables Subscribe on: iTunes Overcast Spotify Google Play
SHOW NOTES Special Link for Shareable Listeners: 10 tips for conference connections Robbie Samuels is a keynote speaker and relationship-based business strategist who has been recognized as a “networking expert” by Harvard Business Review Ascend, Inc., and Lifehacker. He is the author of the best-selling business book Croissants vs. Bagels: Strategic, Effective, and Inclusive Networking at Conferences and has been profiled in the Harvard Business Review, Forbes, and Fast Company. His clients include associations and corporations including Marriott, AmeriCorps, Hostelling International, and General Assembly. He has been featured in several books including Stand Out: How to Find Your Breakthrough Idea and Build a Following Around It by Dorie Clark and The Connector's Advantage: 7 Mindsets to Grow Your Influence and Impact by Michelle Tillis Lederman. He has guest lectured at many leading educational institutions including Harvard University, Cornell University, Brandeis University, and Northeastern University. Robbie is the host of On the Schmooze podcast which features his networking strategies and talented professionals sharing untold stories of leadership and networking. (from robbiesamuels.com) SHOW DETAILS Running time: 53:21 Subscribe on iTunes and leave us a review! SHAREABLES What’s One Book Everyone Should Read? Profit First by Mike Michalowicz What’s Your Favorite Podcast? Smart Passive Income with Pat Flynn App Everyone Should Download ScheduleOnce Web | iOS | Android Most Important Skill of the Future Listening and making others feel heard If You Could Have One Superpower Teleportation One Thing Everyone Should Do Today Call a loved one CONNECT WITH ROBBIE Robbie’s Book: Croissants vs Bagels Robbie’s Podcast: On the Schmooze Robbie’s Website @RobbieSamuels on Twitter Robbie on Facebook Robbie on Linkedin CONNECT WITH JEFF Email Jeff @JGibbard on Twitter Jeff on Linkedin (make sure to introduce yourself) Jeff’s Website SHAREABLE LINKS Hire Jeff: Book Jeff as a Speaker Hire Jeff’s Agency Be Part of the Show: Call us: (551) 257-4273 Support The Show: Sponsor an episode, Buy Books From Our List, Donate/Add to the Tip Jar, Buy From Our Affiliates, Learn how to give us money for free (really!) Learn from our guests: See the Shareables Subscribe on: iTunes Overcast Spotify
SHOW NOTES Special Link for Shareable Listeners: 10 tips for conference connections Robbie Samuels is a keynote speaker and relationship-based business strategist who has been recognized as a “networking expert” by Harvard Business Review Ascend, Inc., and Lifehacker. He is the author of the best-selling business book Croissants vs. Bagels: Strategic, Effective, and Inclusive Networking at Conferences and has been profiled in the Harvard Business Review, Forbes, and Fast Company. His clients include associations and corporations including Marriott, AmeriCorps, Hostelling International, and General Assembly. He has been featured in several books including Stand Out: How to Find Your Breakthrough Idea and Build a Following Around It by Dorie Clark and The Connector’s Advantage: 7 Mindsets to Grow Your Influence and Impact by Michelle Tillis Lederman. He has guest lectured at many leading educational institutions including Harvard University, Cornell University, Brandeis University, and Northeastern University. Robbie is the host of On the Schmooze podcast which features his networking strategies and talented professionals sharing untold stories of leadership and networking. (from robbiesamuels.com) SHOW DETAILS Running time: 53:21 Subscribe on iTunes and leave us a review! SHAREABLES What's One Book Everyone Should Read? Profit First by Mike Michalowicz What's Your Favorite Podcast? Smart Passive Income with Pat Flynn App Everyone Should Download ScheduleOnce Web | iOS | Android Most Important Skill of the Future Listening and making others feel heard If You Could Have One Superpower Teleportation One Thing Everyone Should Do Today Call a loved one CONNECT WITH ROBBIE Robbie's Book: Croissants vs Bagels Robbie's Podcast: On the Schmooze Robbie's Website @RobbieSamuels on Twitter Robbie on Facebook Robbie on Linkedin CONNECT WITH JEFF Email Jeff @JGibbard on Twitter Jeff on Linkedin (make sure to introduce yourself) Jeff's Website SHAREABLE LINKS Hire Jeff: Book Jeff as a Speaker Hire Jeff's Agency Be Part of the Show: Call us: (551) 257-4273 Support The Show: Sponsor an episode, Buy Books From Our List, Donate/Add to the Tip Jar, Buy From Our Affiliates, Learn how to give us money for free (really!) Learn from our guests: See the Shareables Subscribe on: iTunes Overcast Spotify Google Play
Towa Tei - Technova Copacabana Edit By Petko Turner Towa Tei is a third-generation Korean-Japanese. Towa began making demo tapes at the age of 16 having bought his first synthesizer, a Korg MS-10. While studying at Musashino Art University Junior College of Art and Design he sent his tape to a radio program of Ryuichi Sakamoto titled "Sound Street". In 1987, Towa moved to the US to study graphic design and joined house act Deee-Lite, a trio with Supa DJ Dimitry and Lady Miss Kier, enjoying almost instant success after debuting in 1990 with their album World Clique and the single "Groove Is In the Heart". In 1991, Towa collaborated with his idol Ryuichi Sakamoto on Sakamoto's album Heartbeat. He also appeared on Sakamoto's follow up album Sweet Revenge. In 1994, Towa returned to Japan after seven years in New York. He hinted in a 2011 interview that his time with Deee-Lite made him ill, though he didn't expand on the reasons why. Towa debuted as a solo act with Future Listening! that same year, incorporating an array of musical styles, including electronic, bossa nova, house, jazz and pop. It featured collaborations with Joi Cardwell, Bebel Gilberto, MC Kinky, Hiroshi Takano, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Haruomi Hosono, Toshihiko Mori, Satoshi Tomiie, Yuichi Oki of Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra and Pizzicato Five vocalist Maki Nomiya. Sound Museum followed in 1997, then Last Century Modern in 1999. 2002 brought the album Towa Tei, under the pseudonym Sweet Robots Against the Machine. Flash surfaced in 2005 by which time Towa was DJing regularly in Japan. He has admitted though, that he doesn't enjoy performing and prefers producing and using computers. Big Fun, featuring Verbal and Mademoiselle Yulia was released in 2009 and was the third album to feature the artwork of San Franciscan painter and graffiti artist Barry McGee. For the album, Towa utilized MySpace to collaborate with artists from around the world even if he didn't know them, such as with German act Taprikk Sweezee.[1] Another collaborator he worked with for Big Fun was Miho Hatori of Cibo Matto, though they also only met on MySpace. Towa has also established his own creative company, hug inc, which among other things, manufactures his trademark sunglasses.
Enjoy the latest installment of the EN DIRECT series. Vol 8 was recorded live at Boleo in Chicago. I had the pleasure of playing with my brother in music, Sound Culture for his weekly Friday, "Future Listening". It's a trip to play with someone you've known for more than half of your life and what a treat it was! It was also the first time I'd played in my home town in years! Sit back, relax and enjoy the ride. A New Day : Louie Vega starring Caron Wheeler Afro-Glamour : Angel Negron The Only Way : Ralf Gum Feat. Kenny Bobien Athenas : Inaky Garcia & Lucien Rituals Of Matanga : AntiQue Tee CasaBlanca Soul : Osunlade Philosophy : Atjazz & Julian Gomes Human Beings : Osunlade Untitled : Black Joy I Feel The Rhythm : Ron Trent Safari : Alma Negra Horizon : Luzio Upcoming Boogie: Tuesday 7/4/17. ASANA Softball World Series Party. Open to the public. I go 5-7p. No cover. The Parish. Austin Texas.