Podcasts about heroic spirit

Dear Listeners,It has been ten years since that calamity. Though you survived, the memory of flame-scorched rubble haunts your dreams each night. Closure slips away from you in the vagaries of time and, a decade on, you settle back into a relatively peaceful daily routine. It would be truly terrible if you were to die multiple times in one night through no fault of your own. It would really suck if you got pulled into a death game that had an unnerving connection to the most traumatic moment of your childhood. If something that awful happened you'd probably at least want some kind of good fortune to balance it all out. Maybe getting to know a cool knight with a sick sword or something. Yeah, a cool sword could make this all alright.This week we begin our four episode series on Fate/Stay Night, a tremendously popular and influential Visual Novel from Type-Moon and the first main entry into the vast and sprawling Fate series. Sara and Runa are joined by friend, fellow podcaster, and Fate enjoyer MK as the three of them begin unpacking the massive warehouse of material that is Fate/Stay Night (2004). Reading along in the recent remaster (2024) which is based on Fate/Stay Night's Realta Nua release (2007), this episode focuses on the Fate route which is the standard first route players experience when booting up the game. In this route, we initially follow the prologue and Rin Tohsaka, a highschooler and mage who summons a Heroic Spirit, a Servant who occupies a special Class and will be her chess piece within the Holy Grail War. After a few hours with Rin though, we shift to our protagonist's perspective: Shirou Emiya is a fairly normal high school boy apart from how he was the sole survivor of a catastrophic fire 10 years ago, and the fact that he, too, is a mage. He can only use reinforcement or strengthening magic though, which he employs to repair broken space heaters and the like for his school. One night while Shirou is at school after dark, however, he's cornered by a man in blue spandex with a giant red spear who kills him dead. It's alright, Shirou gets better - unfortunately his assailant follows him to his home where Shirou staggers backwards and accidentally summons a Servant, Saber. Looking up at this majestic woman clad in a knight's silver armor in the moonlight, Shirou enters the Holy Grail War without fully understanding how, why, or what he's supposed to do in this situation.The Fate Route of Fate/Stay Night focuses on establishing the core ideas of the game and its world, particularly surrounding Servants, Mages, and the Holy Grail War. A real, powerful magical artifact manifests within Fuyuki City and provides the power to summon Heroic Spirits of past Kings, Champions, Gods, Demons, or even Fictional characters from the past, present, or even future. These Heroic Spirits conceal their identity and use the moniker of their summoned Class as a pseudonym - Saber, Archer, Lancer, Rider, Caster, Assassin, and Berserker. Only a Servant may touch the Holy Grail, and only one Master & Servant pair may use its power to grant their deepest wish. In the Fate Route, we also see the game's first romance play out between Shirou and Saber with mixed results. In spite of its shortcomings, Fate introduces a wealth of information and details which we'll be carrying forward into our next episodes on the remaining routes of the game. As always, if you enjoy our show please consider supporting us by leaving a 5 star review on whatever platform you use to listen. You can also support us on Patreon at patreon.com/sayitinred where for just a few dollars a month you can gain access to our entire backlog of bonus episodes! These bonus episodes include a wide range of topics from deep dives into games outside of the Visual Novel space to fandom histories and much more!Also, you can check out our guest, MK, experiencing even more Visual Novel excitement on the Moonshot Network where they're

Whole Foods Market's Cofounder and CEO for 44 years, John Mackey offers an intimate and provocative account of the rise of this iconic company and the personal and spiritual journey that inspired its remarkable impact. The growth of Whole Foods isn't just a business success story—it's the story of a retail, cultural, and dietary revolution that has forever changed the industry and the way we eat. After more than four decades at the helm, John Mackey is ready to share never-before-told tales of the people and passions behind the beloved brand. The Whole Story invites readers on the adventure of building Whole Foods Market: the colorful cast of idealists and foodies who formed the company's DNA, the many breakthroughs and missteps; the camaraderie and the conflict, and the narrowly avoided disasters. Mackey takes us inside some of the most consequential decisions he had to make and honestly shares his regrets looking back. For the millions of people who know and love Whole Foods, Mackey's story is a candid look at the fellowship and meaning born of a shared mission and how an inimitable entrepreneur shepherded a startup hippy food store into the market-leading international brand it is today. John Mackey is an entrepreneur and the co-founder and visionary of Whole Foods Market. In his 44 years of service as CEO, the natural and organic grocer grew from a single store in Austin, Texas, to 540 stores in the U.S., U.K. and Canada, with annual sales exceeding $22 billion. Mackey co-founded the Conscious Capitalism Movement and co-authored a New York Times and Wall Street Journal best-selling book entitled Conscious Capitalism: Liberating the Heroic Spirit of Business and follow up, Conscious Leadership: Elevating Humanity Through Business. He is also the co-author of The Whole Foods Diet: The Lifesaving Plan for Health and Longevityand The Whole Foods Cookbook: 120 Delicious and Healthy Plant-Centered Recipes. Mackey currently serves on the board of directors for Conscious Capitalism, The Motley Fool, CATO Institute, The Institute for Cultural Evolution, and Students for Liberty and is pursuing his next business venture, Love.Life. Shermer and Mackey discuss: timing is everything: how the 70s shaped a natural foods empire • mentors, education, and the entrepreneurial spirit • scaling up: from a single store to a market revolution • challenging business norms: unions, salaries, and ownership models • food quality: private vs. government regulation • spiritual evolution: Christianity and Eastern wisdom to psychedelics • political transformation: co-op dweller to libertarian capitalist • the IPO experience: taking whole foods public • ultra-marathon hiking: pushing physical and mental limits. Intrigued? Listen to John Mackey's fascinating story of personal growth and business innovation.

Leslie Pagel is the Chief Evangelist of Authenticx - a conversation analytics company dedicated to improving the way healthcare companies engage with patients. In this role, she creates awareness across the healthcare industry of more efficient and effective ways for healthcare organizations to deliver on their customer objectives. With over two decades of working with customer experience teams, Leslie helps clients actualize the voice of the patient to show how these voices prompt meaningful action.   Questions  •  We always like to start off by asking our guests to share a little bit about their journey. Could you share with our audience a little bit about how you got to where you are today? •  What has your experience been I would say, let's use maybe the last 12 to 24 months, as it relates to what customers are expecting. You mentioned conversational AI as a way to do the data collection and less reliance on surveys. But what have the customers been saying? What are some of the trends that you've been seeing emerging? What are customers really looking for? •  So, in terms of using conversational AI to be a better listening tool with customers, right? Could you share maybe an example, a real-life example for our listeners, that you've seen the conversational AI work in such an impactful way that it transformed somebody's life or group of people's lives? •  What's the one online resource, tool, website or app that you absolutely can't live without in your business? •  Could you also share with us one or two books that have had a great impact on you? It could be a book that you read a very long time ago, or even one that you've read recently. •  Can you also share with our listeners, what's the one thing that's going on in your life right now that you are really excited about? Either something you're working on to develop yourself or your people. •  Where can listeners find you online? •  Before we wrap our interviews up, we always like to ask our guests, do you have a quote or a saying that during times of adversity or challenge, you will tend to revert to this quote if for any reason you get derailed or you get off track, it kind of helps to get you back on track. Do you have one of those?   Highlights Leslie's Journey Leslie shared that her journey in customer experience started over 25 years ago before CX in customer experience was even a thing. She spent 20 years working with large global, primarily business to business organizations on a new strategy for creating competitive differentiation. And that strategy was the customer experience. And over the past several decades companies have grown to create a boardroom conversation around customer experience, because it is a very productive and effective differentiation strategy.  What we see over the over the decades is the pace of innovation has continued to accelerate, which makes it really hard for companies to compete on product alone or services alone and no one wants to compete on price, so companies were looking for new ways of differentiating in the market and they turn to customer experience. And so, she spent 20 years, the first 20 years of her career working with companies on their customer experience strategy, which largely was informed from traditional or historical methods of customer listening through large survey programmes, Net Promoter Score programmes, customer satisfaction programmes.  And as technology has evolved and artificial intelligence has become more mainstream, we're seeing a new method that companies are leveraging for listening to their customers, which then informs their customer experience strategy and that's conversational AI. So, when you take a historical look at customer experience listening or measurement, you see that the way that we capture customer input has changed, but what we capture and listen to hasn't, we're still very survey dependent.  And in the last two years, she's been really focusing on helping business leaders realize a different source of customer insight and that source is not survey data, that source are the conversations that customers are having every day with businesses when they've reached out to ask questions, when they reach out to make purchases, when they reach out to use the website, customers are interacting in moments. And companies have an opportunity to listen into those moments and the technology exists.  So, spent her entire career in customer experience is evolved more into a role today of helping leaders really listen to the moments of customer interactions instead of relying on survey data to keep their finger on the pulse of their customers.   Using Conversational AI for Data Collection – What Are Customers Really Looking For? Me: So, you have quite a wealth of experience in that area. Now you're primarily in the healthcare space, right?  Leslie stated that she is now, prior to working with Authenticx, she worked across industries, primarily focused on B2B. But then have over the past 5 years been really focused within the healthcare industry, working with payers, providers, being doctors, and pharmaceutical, manufacturers, pharmacies, and in that realm of healthcare. Me: What has your experience been I would say, let's use maybe the last 12 to 24 months, as it relates to what customers are expecting. You mentioned conversational AI as a way to do the data collection and less reliance on surveys. But what have the customers been saying? What are some of the trends that you've been seeing emerging? What are customers really looking for? Leslie shared that she would say, and this hasn't changed over the past 12 to 15 months, they've been saying this for decades. But customers, they are saying to the organizations that they do business with that one of the best ways of demonstrating care and concern for the customer. And by the way, in healthcare, caring and concern is essential in that customer experience. But customers have been saying that the best way to show me that you care about me is to listen to me, and to show me that you're listening to me by hearing what I'm saying and taking ownership of it and driving action in the business.  So that's nothing new, that's been there for decades. The other thing that's not unique to healthcare, you can see it in any business is eliminating friction from the journey. But in healthcare, friction in the journey means a lot more, it means delayed care, it means not getting access to the care that you need. So, really looking at pockets where there is friction, and that friction is impacting the patient in their ability to get the care that we need. And that also impacts business and business outcomes as well.  Me: Indeed, because at the end of the day, you're trying to build trust and loyalty and a higher level of retention. And if you're not getting what you're looking for, then they're probably not going to come back, especially if they have options.  Leslie agreed exactly. And there are a lot of options out there, that's kind of why leaders turn to the customer experience to differentiate as companies are innovating fast, your product doesn't stand alone anymore. And so, they are looking towards other ways of building loyalty and the experiences is the way that is where they're turning.   The Impact of Using Conversational IA Me: So, in terms of using conversational AI to be a better listening tool with customers, right? Could you share maybe an example, a real-life example for our listeners, that you've seen the conversational AI work in such an impactful way that it transformed somebody's life or group of people's lives? Leslie stated that the example that comes to mind immediately is they are working with a hospital system, and this isn't unique to hospitals across healthcare, there's a lot of focus on social determinants of health because social determinants research has found that social determinants have more of an impact on our health and wellness than healthcare itself. And so, there's a lot of focus across healthcare organizations on understanding social determinants of health and helping patients overcome those.  And so, they do work with a hospital system and one of the questions that they asked them to explore in their conversational data was related to scheduling and why are there no shows? Or why are there reschedules? And one of the things that they found in studying just a single topic of scheduling appointments was that social determinants of health in 14% of those interactions were having an impact on getting to care, getting to the care that they need, they were impacting, rescheduling or missed appointments, as well.  So, this hospital system through that learning, one, has a different appreciation and understanding when someone is calling in to reschedule, that it might not necessarily be because they're not feeling good, it could be because their caregiver didn't show up and they can't get to the appointment, or they're working three jobs and they're not able to get time off.  So, through that insight, they have been working with their frontline staff to one, help in those interactions when someone is calling around a scheduling appointment or rescheduling to offer services that might help that patient in need. But they're also taking their insights that they've learned to the broader community perspective as well.  Me: All right, so that's data driven decisions there for sure that would help them to enhance the journey of the customer. Leslie agreed, absolutely.    App, Website or Tool that Leslie Absolutely Can't Live Without in Her Business When asked about an online resource that she cannot live without in her business, Leslie stated that there's so many tools and resources that she uses every day. She would say for the work that she does at Authenticx, which one of the things that she does is to take the bird's eye view of all of the healthcare landscape and all of the conversations that are coming through their platform and listen more at an industry level and macro level.  And she relies on their own software to enable that perspective. So, that's one of the things that she wouldn't be able to do her job if she didn't have Authenticx because it's allowing her to listen at scale. This year, they'll have over 200 million healthcare conversations coming in through their platform, yes, 200 million.  And there's no way they would be able to understand that data at scale, a human can't do that at scale. And so, she relies personally on their platform to allow herself and their team to do the research that they do to help the healthcare industry at a macro level. So, that's one she would say.   More on like a personal professional side of it, LinkedIn comes to mind. She relies on LinkedIn to help spread the word to help open the eyes of what they're doing and how conversational AI is being leveraged in healthcare to drive outcomes, to drive business outcomes. So, that's another one that's more kind of on a personal professional side that comes to mind as well.   Books that Have Had the Biggest Impact on Leslie When asked about books that have had a great impact, Leslie stated that she doesn't have the tattoo but if she were going to get a tattoo of a book, it would be this one it's called Conscious Capitalism, With a New Preface by the Authors: Liberating the Heroic Spirit of Business. Leslie stated that if she was at a networking event, chances are before they were done talking, she would talk about Conscious Capitalism. Conscious Capitalism is a book, but it is a book that articulates a business strategy, that is a proven business strategy with outcomes that benefit, not just the company in terms of profits, but also benefit humanity and help elevate humanity. And there's some principles in Conscious Capitalism as a business strategy that really resonates with her and that drive how she shows up in the world, both professionally and personally.  And some of those are really that for business, purpose, and profit must co-exist. We can't just focus on driving profit without purpose, and we won't have a company if we don't have profit. But the two of those must coexist, it really is the essence of the responsibility of business is to have a higher purpose, and to generate profit for the company, for the employees, and to be able to invest back in the organization for growth, for customers.  The other thing that really resonates with Conscious Capitalism is more of a shift in mindset from short term gains to long term gains, particularly publicly held companies are very focused on the here and the now and they think of the longer term opportunities and Conscious Capitalism is really more about focusing on the long term vision and outcomes and driving decisions in the here and now based on the vision and where the organization is going in the future. So, that would be her one book, Conscious Capitalism.    What Leslie is Really Excited About Now! When asked about something she is really excited about, Leslie stated that she would say the thing that she's really excited about is, she feels like where conversational AI today is it's not known or understood. And so, the thing that she's really excited about is helping organizations and particularly healthcare organizations understand what conversational AI is, and understand how they can leverage it to drive business outcomes and patient outcomes.  And so, they've got several things coming up that they're working on to help kind of spread the word. One is next, next month, they're going to bring together healthcare leaders from across all verticals, to their headquarters city in Indianapolis, Indiana, and have conversation around best practices for leveraging and listening to the voice of the customer. They're going to have conversation around the challenges that are present within the healthcare industry.   So, she's really excited about that. One of the things that they know, in their work is that when they really listen to customers, they'll guide the way and they're bringing their clients and other healthcare leaders together for purposes of listening, so they can help them guide the way and they can help them achieve the outcomes that they're looking for their business and for their customers.   Where Can We Find Leslie Online LinkedIn – Leslie Pagel             Quote or Saying that During Times of Adversity Leslie Uses When asked about a quote or saying to she tends to revert to, Leslie stated that she doesn't know who to credit for this quote, but she guesses it's more of a mindset and that mindset is to, “Focus more on others than to focus on yourself.” And it's not to say that focusing on herself isn't important, because it is and that's very intentional in her life. But when she's in a place of struggle, or kind of not feeling it, just reminding herself of focusing on others more than she focus on yourself is something that really helps her redirect her attention and re-engage in the work that she's here to do.  Me: All right, perfect. And I think that's even more relevant, that quote that you just shared, especially for the industry that you are in, because when it comes to healthcare, people usually are reaching out to organizations, or hospitals or clinics or doctor's offices because they need help, they're in pain, they're experiencing something that they're uncomfortable with and they need help. So, at that point, it's not about you, it's about them. So, that's a really good quote I think to have and to kind of remind yourself about, especially in the space that you're operating in.  Leslie agreed, exactly.  Me: Well, thank you so much, Leslie, for coming on to our podcast and sharing all of these great insights about the voice of the customer and the importance of listening. I think even as simple as it sounds, and as you mentioned, it's something that customers have want for decades, not just in the last 12 to 24 months, that we really should pay attention to the opportunities that we have, and that the greater tool that exists is conversational AI, and there are ways that we can integrate it into our everyday activities so that we can get a better understanding of what our customers are looking for. And that way we can really deliver that amazing experience that can hopefully help them to return again and again, and bring their friends and family, although we want them all to be healthy and be good and well.   Please connect with us on Twitter @navigatingcx and also join our Private Facebook Community – Navigating the Customer Experience and listen to our FB Lives weekly with a new guest    Links •     Conscious Capitalism, With a New Preface by the Authors: Liberating the Heroic Spirit of Business by John Mackey    The ABC's of a Fantastic Customer Experience Grab the Freebie on Our Website – TOP 10 Online Business Resources for Small Business Owners  Do you want to pivot your online customer experience and build loyalty - get a copy of “The ABC's of a Fantastic Customer Experience.” The ABC's of a Fantastic Customer Experience provides 26 easy to follow steps and techniques that helps your business to achieve success and build brand loyalty. This Guide to Limitless, Happy and Loyal Customers will help you to strengthen your service delivery, enhance your knowledge and appreciation of the customer experience and provide tips and practical strategies that you can start implementing immediately! This book will develop your customer service skills and sharpen your attention to detail when serving others. Master your customer experience and develop those knock your socks off techniques that will lead to lifetime customers. Your customers will only want to work with your business and it will be your brand differentiator. It will lead to recruiters to seek you out by providing practical examples on how to deliver a winning customer service experience! 

On this week's episode of She Leads Now, I am joined by LeiLani Quiray. In this episode, we discuss the importance of personal growth, serving others, and making real connections with people.LeiLani E. Quiray is Founder and CEO of be the change HR, Inc., a conscious company and social enterprise, providing HR support for small-to-medium sized businesses in any facet of HR from pre-hire to post-term and everything else that happens in between.  She and her team also teach free job readiness courses and provide free coaching to individuals who've been trafficked, homeless, and veterans in transition. Her team is not only HR Pros, they are Life Changers.Listen in as we discuss -Why leaders should take responsibility for their own growth and constantly work on themselves.How setting the intention to connect with people in real life led her to meet with over 100 people, who remain some of her biggest supporters today.The importance of giving back to the community and how Be The Change HR models this by dedicating 2% of their top line revenue through their job readiness program.**************************************Website - https://bethechangehr.orgLinkedIn Profile - www.linkedin.com/in/leilaniquirayInstagram Profile @leilani_grams and @bethechangehrBOOK RECCOMENDATIONS:Conscious Capitalism, With a New Preface by the Authors: Liberating the Heroic Spirit of Business Let My People Go Surfing: The Education of a Reluctant Businessman--Including 10 More Years of Business Unusual  A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose**************************************HOST INFO:As the Founder of She Leads Network and host of She Leads Now, a top-rated podcast centered around women in leadership and business, Sabine Gedeon is passionate about helping women and emerging leaders elevate their influence and impact.With years of experience as a Transformational Speaker, Author, and Coach, she has worked with clients in both start-ups and Fortune 500 companies to support their growth and development. Sabine inspires her clients to become confident, influential leaders who drive transformation and achieve their desired results.************************************** Work With Me: Complimentary DiscoveryMy Gifts To You: FREE ResourcesMeet us in the LeadHers Lounge every 4th Wednesday for an hour of growth, networking, & Q&A. There's no cost to attend and you can join as many sessions as you'd like. RSVP to attend next month's virtual meet-up.Join She Leads Network:She Leads Community: sheleadsnetwork.com/communityShe Leads Collective: sheleadsnetwork.com/collective*Use Promo Code: Community for 20% Special Savings Discount on annual membership

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GET MY FREE INSTANT POT COOKBOOK: https://www.chefaj.com/instapot-download ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ MY LATEST BESTSELLING BOOK: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1570674086?tag=onamzchefajsh-20&linkCode=ssc&creativeASIN=1570674086&asc_item-id=amzn1.ideas.1GNPDCAG4A86S ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Disclaimer: This podcast does not provide medical advice. The content of this podcast is provided for informational or educational purposes only. It is not intended to be a substitute for informed medical advice or care. You should not use this information to diagnose or treat any health issue without consulting your doctor. Always seek medical advice before making any lifestyle changes. John Mackey, CEO and Co-Founder of Whole Foods Market, built the natural and organic grocer from a single store in Austin, Texas in 1978 into a Fortune 500 company that went public in 1992 and was purchased by Amazon in 2017. A strong believer in free market principles, Mackey co-founded the Conscious Capitalism Movement and co-authored “Conscious Capitalism: Liberating the Heroic Spirit of Business” to boldly defend and reimagine capitalism, and encourage a way of doing business that is grounded in ethical consciousness. His 2020 follow-up, “Conscious Leadership: Elevating Humanity through Business,” provides a roadmap for innovative, values-based leadership.

This is the second episode with Seamwork owner, Sarai Mitnick. In this one Sarai shares the fascinating story of how Seamwork became B-corp certified, and her motivations for going through that challenging process. And Sarai offers up insights and ideas for making your sewing process more intentional that you can apply today. Support the podcast over on Patreon! Sarai is the founder and owner of the Seamwork community and pattern company. You can download the Seamwork Wardrobe Planner for free. Learn more about the B-corp certification process for businesses. Sarai was inspired, in different ways, by the following books: ‘Growing a Business' by Paul Hawken ‘The Great Game of Business: Unlocking the Power and Profitability of Open-Book Management' by Jack Stack ‘Conscious Capitalism: Liberating the Heroic Spirit of Business' by John Mackey The Seamwork team is making a quilt from scraps for Project Linus. Sarai uses Milanote to create digital vision boards. Did you know that Seamwork has a YouTube channel?

 Raj Sisodia opens Act 2 reflecting on Mother Energy.  From there, we riff on the foundations of Shakti Leadership, move on to one of the “great callings of our time,” cite cultural shifts at Microsoft under the leadership of Satya Nadella, and pay a short visit to Everybody Matters and CEO Bob Chapman's life- and leadership- changing epiphanies.Raj takes us to South America to set the scene for one of his own transformative experiences that led to a broad, important, multi-generational, extended family healing ritual back in India.Throughout our rich conversation, Raj invites us to look at ourselves, our families, our organizations and, by extension, our world, our place in it, and the opportunity we have to take responsibility for all of it… And ironically, the sense of peace and wholeness available when we accept his healing invitation.After a journey that takes us across cultures, organizations, internal journeys, healing from trauma, energetic realms, and plant medicine, we draw this extraordinary episode to a close with a powerful acronym: LIST.Raj Sisodia is Distinguished University Professor of Conscious Enterprise and Chairman of the Conscious Enterprise Center at Tecnologico de Monterrey in Mexico. He is also Co-Founder and Chairman Emeritus of Conscious Capitalism Inc. Raj has a Ph. D. in Business from Columbia University. He has published fifteen books, including the New York Times bestseller Conscious Capitalism: Liberating the Heroic Spirit of Business (2013), the Wall Street Journal bestseller Everybody Matters (2015), and Firms of Endearment: How World Class Companies Profit from Passion and Purpose (named a top business book of 2007 by Amazon.com) and The Healing Organization: Awakening the Conscience of Business to Help Save the World. Raj has consulted with and taught at numerous companies, including AT&T, Verizon, LG, BorgWarner, DPDHL, POSCO, Kraft Foods, Whole Foods Market, Tata, Tesoro, Siemens, Sprint, Volvo, IBM, Walmart, McDonalds and Southern California Edison. Raj received an honorary doctorate from Johnson & Wales University in 2016 and the Business Luminary Award from Halcyon in 2021. He has served on the boards of Mastek and The Container Store.Links: RajSisodia.comCheck out all of Raj's books here: http://rajsisodia.com/books.htmlOverview of Conscious CapitalismTEDx talk on Reimagining CapitalismTEDx talk on The Healing OrganizationSpeaker Reel

Raj Sisodia is a New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestselling author, award-winning professor and thought leader, and a man on a heart-fueled mission of organizational healing and responsibility.To say Raj's life experience is far ranging is somewhat like saying outer space is “big.”Born in India into the Rajput subset of the Warrior caste in a system he describes as feudal, Raj moved to several locations – from Barbados to California to Canada - over a short span of his early years. He tells the story of how a group of his friends showing up one morning on their way to an academic event altered his life's path…Throughout this first half of our conversation, Raj shares the rich, somewhat circuitous journey to finding his way home to his calling – the healing, life-affirming work he does in the world of Conscious Capitalism and organizational leadership.Raj Sisodia is Distinguished University Professor of Conscious Enterprise and Chairman of the Conscious Enterprise Center at Tecnologico de Monterrey in Mexico. He is also Co-Founder and Chairman Emeritus of Conscious Capitalism Inc. Raj has a Ph. D. in Business from Columbia University. He has published fifteen books, including the New York Times bestseller Conscious Capitalism: Liberating the Heroic Spirit of Business (2013), the Wall Street Journal bestseller Everybody Matters (2015), and Firms of Endearment: How World Class Companies Profit from Passion and Purpose (named a top business book of 2007 by Amazon.com) and The Healing Organization: Awakening the Conscience of Business to Help Save the World. Raj has consulted with and taught at numerous companies, including AT&T, Verizon, LG, BorgWarner, DPDHL, POSCO, Kraft Foods, Whole Foods Market, Tata, Tesoro, Siemens, Sprint, Volvo, IBM, Walmart, McDonalds and Southern California Edison. Raj received an honorary doctorate from Johnson & Wales University in 2016 and the Business Luminary Award from Halcyon in 2021. He has served on the boards of Mastek and The Container Store.Links: The Healing Organization: Awakening the Conscience of Business to Help Save the World The Global Rule of Three: Competing with Conscious Strategy Conscious Capitalism Field Guide: Tools for Transforming Your OrganizationEverybody Matters: The Extraordinary Power of Caring for Your People Like Family Conscious Capitalism: Liberating the Heroic Spirit of Business Firms of Endearment: How World Class Companies Profit From Passion and Purpose, Second Edition Shakti Leadership: Embracing Feminine and Masculine Power in Business Overview of Conscious CapitalismTEDx talk on Reimagining CapitalismTEDx talk on The Healing Organization

Wellness + Wisdom Podcast Host and Wellness Force Media CEO, Josh Trent, shares the mental health hierarchy in our society and: All the reasons why unconscious capitalism shatters the mind.  How we can exit mental slavery. Josh's own story around capitalism and what shifted his mindset to no longer be a slave to unconscious capitalism. Stories we often tell ourselves about money. What happens to the soul when we have a job that we're not aligned with at all. Josh's family's history of bipolar disease and why he's the only one who hasn't taken SSRIs. The dis-ease that happens in the body when we're not healthy and at ease or peace. Question prompts to help you live life well right now. Different aspects of mental health - anxiety, OCD, and depression. The misuse of psychedelics and spiritual commoditization.  Josh's experience taking too much Ayahuasca during a poorly facilitated plant medicine ceremony led to OCD thoughts. How to nourish your Wellness Pentagon. 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Learn Speak Teach #32 w/ Blaine Bartlett Watch the full episode: https://youtu.be/kQFZvheVpRA - The soul of anything is the spark that gives it life and meaning. The soul of business is what keeps the organization vibrant. This can be seen in a number of ways, such as innovation, creativity, and motivation. When an organization has a healthy soul, it will always be able to achieve its goals and objectives and produce the best possible results. Join this conversation with Blaine Bartlett and learn how you can discover the soul of your business through compassionate capitalism. Blaine Bartlett is an entrepreneur, author, executive & leadership coach, and host of Soul of Business with Blaine Bartlett Podcast. Blaine consults, advises, and coaches some of the top achieving businesses worldwide. Blaine has personally delivered programs to more than a quarter of a million individuals and directly impacted millions of people. He's CEO of Avatar Resources, an Adjunct Professor at Beijing University, Founder of the Institute for Compassionate Capitalism, and a member of the Transformational Leadership Council. Blaine is a best-selling author of five books, including the #1 international best-seller Compassionate Capitalism: A Journey to the Soul of Business, Discover Your Inner Strength, Three-Dimensional Coaching, Tapping Into The Soul of Business: The Key to Employee Engagement, and The Leadership Mindset Weekly. Let's tap into some of his wisdom. Tune in! During this episode, you will learn about; [00:00] Pre-show [02:26] Episode intro and a quick bio of our guest; Blaine Bartlett [03:35] What is “the Soul of Business.” [05:34] Does each business have its own character traits and soul? [07:47] Blaine's journey in defining his business values [10:08] Incremental growth [18:38] Case Studies [27:47] All business behaviors are organized around meaning [28:48] Differences between conscious capitalism vs. compassionate capitalism [33:01] Business is not only for human beings [35:47] Curiosity to achieve utopia [37:00] Connect with Blaine and get free resources [38:03] Blaine's podcast and what you expect once you subscribe [40:52] Rapid Fire Round and wrap up Notable Quotes ~ “The soul of anything is the spark that gives it life and meaning. The soul of business is what keeps the organization vibrant. It's not the numbers, not the goals, or the objectives.” ~ “Obstacles are a part of life. If you don't have obstacles, you are not stressed, and if you are not stressed, you are not growing.” ~ “Most organizations aren't set up to flourish because they don't provide the mechanisms by which that happens.” ~ “A leader's job largely is to ensure that their people find ways to emotionally connect with the organization's goals and objectives- Its soul.” ~ “The purpose of business is to uplift the experience of living on this planet. It is not to make money. Making money is a consequence of doing things well.” Blaine's Book and Other Resources Mentioned Compassionate Capitalism: A Journey to the Soul of Business by Blaine Barlett: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01GOUOWFS/ Conscious Capitalism: Liberating the Heroic Spirit of Business by John Mackey: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00A9WE10Y/ The Theory of Moral Sentiments by Adam Smith: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002V1IOK4/ The Unstoppable Foundation: https://unstoppablefoundation.org/ A Conversation with Jevon McCormick: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StW9UphcEuc Keep In Touch with Blaine Bartlett Personal Website: https://www.blainebartlett.com/ Company's Website: https://www.avatar-resources.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/blainebartlett/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/blainebartlett YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/blainebartlett1 Join Blane's Leadership Mindset Mastermind: https://learn.blainebartlett.com/lmm

Brett Culp is an award-winning documentary filmmaker, inspirational speaker, social entrepreneur, and the co-founder of The Rising Heroes Project, a 501(c)3 organization that supports charitable organizations and empowers community leaders. As an inspirational keynote speaker, Brett delivers 50 keynotes each year that inspires audiences around the world to engage in a passionate, meaningful mission that leaves a positive impact and ignites the heroic spirit. As a documentary filmmaker, Brett has developed an expertise for creating ‘mini-movements' through collaborative efforts that pull diverse groups of people into dialog that ultimately leads to stronger communities and greater impact. The newest edition of the college textbook “Documentary Storytelling” devotes an entire chapter to his production style. He has been featured in USA Today, Entertainment Tonight, and WIRED, among many other publications, and his films have been featured on Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon Prime. Brett joins me today to discuss what it's like to be seen as a powerful role model and how he ignites and maintains his connection with his inner heroic spirit. We discuss how society and the media often tries to dictate the narratives we believe and how Brett takes control of the information he allows himself to absorb. We discuss why it's important to acknowledge and celebrate the good that comes from dark or stressful experiences. We explain why you should choose which narratives you focus on and why Brett believes it's the core work of leadership. We also discuss why suffering is often the path toward freedom and why Brett believes the world is on the verge of experiencing great breakthroughs, despite the adversity we're currently facing in today's post-pandemic world. “It's now more important than ever that we choose the narratives for ourselves, our families, our communities - and we rally together to support each other in those positive, hopeful, beautiful narratives.” - Brett Culp This week on Mastering Overwhelm: What it's like to be seen as a powerful role model for other people How Brett maintains a connection with his inner heroic spirit How the world around us is trying to dictate our thoughts and beliefs How Brett takes control of what information he absorbs and what he doesn't The importance of acknowledging and celebrating the good that comes out of stressful situations Choosing your own narrative and writing your own story Why choosing the narrative, you believe in is the core work of leadership Embracing your feelings and emotions Why Brett believes suffering is often the path to freedom The hope that Brett leaves with his audiences Why Brett believes society is on the verge of a great breakthrough Resources Mentioned: Book: The Alter-Ego Effect: The Power of Secret Identities to Transform Your Life by Todd Herman Book: Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention – and How to Think Deeply Again by Johann Hari Connect with Brett Culp: Brett Culp's Website The Rising Heroes Project Brett Culp on LinkedIn Brett Culp on Instagram Brett Culp on Facebook Brett Culp on Twitter   Mastering Overwhelm - Set Yourself Free to Enjoy Your Success Thanks for tuning into this week's episode of the Mastering Overwhelm Podcast. If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe and leave a review wherever you get your podcasts. Apple Podcasts | TuneIn | GooglePlay | Stitcher | Spotify | Amazon Music | iHeart | Deezer Be sure to share your favorite episodes on social media to help me reach more listeners, like you. Join me on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and LinkedIn. For more exclusive content and information, visit our website.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What exactly is Conscious Capitalism? It's a way of looking at business responsibly, ethically, and mindfully. It's a global movement that redefines how we look at business and asks us to look at not just shareholder value, but STAKEHOLDER value. Here's a bit from the Conscious Capitalism Credo:We believe that business is good because it creates value, it is ethical because it is based on voluntary exchange, it is noble because it can elevate our existence and it is heroic because it lifts people out of poverty and creates prosperity.Today, I talk with Frank Smith. Frank is the founder of Mosaic Personnel, a recruiting firm in Oklahoma City but he's also a leadership trainer and the leader of Conscious Capitalism's Oklahoma City chapter. Frank shares the definition of Conscious Capitalism and its four core tenets - and you won't be surprised to learn how empathy fits in nicely when it comes to leadership and culture. We discuss the relationship between recruiting and culture development, and some ways that companies big and small are creating intentional business cultures rooted in conscious capitalism.  Key Takeaways:Even if someone has the same credentials, they may not fit at different companies. Conscious Capitalism is about elevating life through work, both internally and externally within an organization. Younger generations want to feel like they are making an impact in the world. Conscious Capitalism resonates with them as it gives them an environment where they can feel seen and heard and know they are making a difference. Curiosity is an underrated skill. It is the number one trait of empathetic people. "If, as leaders, we do this the right way, we actually are a force for good in the world, and not somebody that's creating more and more of the problems in the world." —  Frank Smith About Frank Smith:Founder, Mosaic Personnel and Chapter Leader, Conscious CapitalismFrank has been a business owner for 30 years in various industries. He is the founder of Mosaic Personnel and the leader of the Oklahoma City chapter of Conscious Capitalism. During this time his real passion was creating a workplace people want to come to work at. Whether Manufacturing, Retail, Distribution or Professional Services the same rules apply to accomplish that. Frank spends his time as a trainer and executive coach to help people create Intentional Culture in the workplace. Frank has been married for 33 years and when he isn't working, he enjoys traveling, golf and car racing. Connect with Frank Smith:  Mosaic Personnel: https://mosaicpersonnel.com/LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/in/frank-smith-5b74795Driving Happiness at Work: https://drivinghappinessatwork.com/ Other References Mentioned:Conscious Capitalism - Global Organization: https://www.consciouscapitalism.org/Conscious Capitalism: Liberating the Heroic Spirit of Business by John MackeyFirms of Endearment by Raj SisodiaThe Motive: Why So Many Leaders Abdicate Their Most Important Responsibilities By Patrick Lencioni  Don't forget to download your free guide! Discover The 5 Business Benefits of Empathy: http://red-slice.com/business-benefits-empathy  Connect with Maria: Get the podcast and book: TheEmpathyEdge.comLearn more about Maria's brand strategy work and books: Red-Slice.comHire Maria to speak at your next event: Red-Slice.com/Speaker-Maria-RossTake my LinkedIn Learning Course! Leading with EmpathyLinkedIn: Maria RossInstagram: @redslicemariaTwitter: @redsliceFacebook: Red Slice

What exactly is Conscious Capitalism? It's a way of looking at business responsibly, ethically, and mindfully. It's a global movement that redefines how we look at business and asks us to look at not just shareholder value, but STAKEHOLDER value. Here's a bit from the Conscious Capitalism Credo:We believe that business is good because it creates value, it is ethical because it is based on voluntary exchange, it is noble because it can elevate our existence and it is heroic because it lifts people out of poverty and creates prosperity.Today, I talk with Frank Smith. Frank is the founder of Mosaic Personnel, a recruiting firm in Oklahoma City but he's also a leadership trainer and the leader of Conscious Capitalism's Oklahoma City chapter. Frank shares the definition of Conscious Capitalism and its four core tenets - and you won't be surprised to learn how empathy fits in nicely when it comes to leadership and culture. We discuss the relationship between recruiting and culture development, and some ways that companies big and small are creating intentional business cultures rooted in conscious capitalism.  Key Takeaways:Even if someone has the same credentials, they may not fit at different companies. Conscious Capitalism is about elevating life through work, both internally and externally within an organization. Younger generations want to feel like they are making an impact in the world. Conscious Capitalism resonates with them as it gives them an environment where they can feel seen and heard and know they are making a difference. Curiosity is an underrated skill. It is the number one trait of empathetic people. "If, as leaders, we do this the right way, we actually are a force for good in the world, and not somebody that's creating more and more of the problems in the world." —  Frank Smith About Frank Smith:Founder, Mosaic Personnel and Chapter Leader, Conscious CapitalismFrank has been a business owner for 30 years in various industries. He is the founder of Mosaic Personnel and the leader of the Oklahoma City chapter of Conscious Capitalism. During this time his real passion was creating a workplace people want to come to work at. Whether Manufacturing, Retail, Distribution or Professional Services the same rules apply to accomplish that. Frank spends his time as a trainer and executive coach to help people create Intentional Culture in the workplace. Frank has been married for 33 years and when he isn't working, he enjoys traveling, golf and car racing. Connect with Frank Smith:  Mosaic Personnel: https://mosaicpersonnel.com/LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/in/frank-smith-5b74795Driving Happiness at Work: https://drivinghappinessatwork.com/ Other References Mentioned:Conscious Capitalism - Global Organization: https://www.consciouscapitalism.org/Conscious Capitalism: Liberating the Heroic Spirit of Business by John MackeyFirms of Endearment by Raj SisodiaThe Motive: Why So Many Leaders Abdicate Their Most Important Responsibilities By Patrick Lencioni  Don't forget to download your free guide! Discover The 5 Business Benefits of Empathy: http://red-slice.com/business-benefits-empathy  Connect with Maria: Get the podcast and book: TheEmpathyEdge.comLearn more about Maria's brand strategy work and books: Red-Slice.comHire Maria to speak at your next event: Red-Slice.com/Speaker-Maria-RossTake my LinkedIn Learning Course! Leading with EmpathyLinkedIn: Maria RossInstagram: @redslicemariaTwitter: @redsliceFacebook: Red Slice

What's the key to a successful business? Whole Foods Market CEO and best-selling author John Mackey believes it lies in Conscious Capitalism. This is the idea that higher purpose, stakeholder orientation, conscious leadership, and conscious culture can transform companies and lead to long-term success. This model was hugely successful for Whole Foods. It helped them grow from a single store in Austin, TX to hundreds of stores around the US and landed them on Fortune's “100 Best Companies to Work For” list for 20 consecutive years. However, conscious capitalism and conscious leadership were things John had to learn and practice. John believes that by being a conscious leader, leading with love, integrity, and authenticity, and following the ideas of conscious capitalism, any business can find success. In this episode, Hala and John talk about what it means to be a conscious leader and how you can become one, his journey in starting Whole Foods Market, failures and what he learned, his secret to finding happiness, and much more.    Topics Include: - John's background - John's complicated relationship with his father - Opening SaferWay - What contributed to the success of Whole Foods Market? - How to find the right team - The importance of pivoting and adapting - Wholepeople.com and learning from failure - Conscious Capitalism and the real purpose of business - John's transformation into conscious leadership - John's secret to finding happiness - Qualities of a conscious leader - Win-Win-Win situations in business - John's #1 tip to transform your company culture - John on transparent salaries - John's intentions for his next business - John's actionable advice to be more profitable tomorrow - John's secret to profiting - And other topics… John Mackey is the Co-Founder and CEO of Whole Foods Market. The company has been included on Fortune magazine's “100 Best Companies to Work For” list for 20 consecutive years. John is also the best-selling author of Conscious Capitalism: Liberating the Heroic Spirit of Business, and the co-founder of the Conscious Capitalism Movement. Mackey is recognized as one of Fortune's “World's 50 Greatest Leaders,” Ernst & Young's “Entrepreneur of the Year Overall Winner for the United States,” Institutional Investor's “Best CEO in America,” Barron's “World's Best CEO,” MarketWatch's “CEO of the Year,” Fortune's “Businessperson of the Year,” and Esquire's “Most Inspiring CEO.” Sponsored By: WRKOUT - Visit bit.ly/yap_wrkout to book a FREE Session with a world-class trainer and get 30% off your first TWO MONTHS with code YAP 99designs by Vista - Head to 99designs.com/YAP to learn more and get $30 off your first design contest! Riverside.fm - Visit riverside.fm and use my code YAP to get 60 minutes free recording and 15% off a membership plan. Credit Karma Personal Loans - Go to creditkarma.com/loanoffers to find the loan for you Resources Mentioned: John's Books: https://www.amazon.com/John-Mackey/e/B00AE9FR5K/  John's Website: https://media.wholefoodsmarket.com/experts/john-mackey  John's Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-mackey-a824bb1ab/  Connect with Young and Profiting: YAP's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/youngandprofiting/ Hala's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/htaha/ Hala's Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/yapwithhala/ Hala's Twitter: https://twitter.com/yapwithhala Clubhouse: https://www.clubhouse.com/@halataha Website: https://www.youngandprofiting.com/ Text Hala: https://youngandprofiting.co/TextHala or text “YAP” to 28046

Through her company, LSTN, Bridget Hilton has helped over 50,000 people hear for the first time! Listen in to hear how following what you naturally love can serve the world in amazing ways. In this illuminating episode, Bridget and Liz converse about the power of listening, the dance between music and Spirit, and the healing of the pain of the past through the Hoffman Process. Two things have captivated Bridget Hilton from the time she was young: music and the idea of starting her own company. Amazingly, these two things have guided her life of social entrepreneurship. Music is central to Bridget's experience in many ways. One of her pivotal moments at the Process was during the exercise where the song, In the Living Years, is played. In hearing those lyrics, everything broke open for Bridget. More About Bridget Hilton: Bridget Hilton is a social entrepreneur who creates purpose-driven brands. In 2012, she started LSTN to become the world's first social good electronics company. Since its inception, LSTN has sold millions of eco-friendly headphones and speakers. Through their partnership with Starkey Hearing Foundation, LSTN has helped over 50,000 people hear for the first time. Working on the ground in places such as Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Peru, Sri Lanka, Mexico, China, Indonesia, and the U.S. Access to hearing aids has improved the lives of these individuals, their families, and communities. This, in turn, has since created a positive ripple effect with millions of people around the world. Bridget is a previous recipient of both Forbes and Inc Magazine's 30 Under 30 awards, and has been interviewed on the Today Show, Good Morning America, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and more. She sits on advisory boards at UCLA and UCSB. Bridget is currently writing her first book. Publication will be in Fall, 2022. Bridget grew up in Flint, MI. She now lives in Malibu, CA, and is an avid reader, home chef, and adventure junkie. Bridget and a Goldendoodle named Taco are best friends. You can find out more about Bridget here, as well as on Instagram. As Mentioned In This Episode: Hoffman Essentials: The Hoffman Essentials is a 2-day virtual intensive, experiential program where students are immersed in the essential concepts of the Hoffman Process. Conscious Capitalism: Whole Foods co-founder John Mackey and marketing professor and speaker Raj Sisodia conceived of and popularized the concept of conscious capitalism in their book, Conscious Capitalism: Liberating the Heroic Spirit of Business. The nonprofit organization, Conscious Capitalism, has chapters in more than two dozen U.S. cities and 10 other countries. Social Enterprise: “A social enterprise or social business is defined as a business with specific social objectives that serve its primary purpose.” – definition from Investopedia Sloan Churman hears herself for the first time. In the Living Years by Mike and the Mechanics     https://media.blubrry.com/the_hoffman_podcast/p/content.blubrry.com/the_hoffman_podcast/Liz_and_Bridget_Hilton_Podcast.mp3 Podcast: Download (Duration: 32:44 — 30.0MB)

Bridget Hilton's company LSTN has helped over 50,000 people hear for the first time! Listen in to hear how following what you naturally love can serve the world in amazing ways. In this illuminating episode, Bridget and Liz converse about the power of listening, the dance between music and Spirit, and the healing of the pain of the past through the Hoffman Process. Two things have captivated Bridget Hilton from the time she was young: music and the idea of starting her own company. Amazingly, these two things have guided her life of social entrepreneurship. Music is central to Bridget's experience in many ways. One of her pivotal moments at the Process was during the exercise where the song, In the Living Years, is played.  In hearing those lyrics, everything broke open for Bridget. More About Bridget Hilton Bridget Hilton is a social entrepreneur who creates purpose-driven brands. In 2012, she started LSTN to become the world's first social good electronics company. Since its inception, LSTN has sold millions of eco-friendly headphones and speakers. Through their partnership with Starkey Hearing Foundation, LSTN has helped over 50,000 people hear for the first time. Working on the ground in places such as Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Peru, Sri Lanka, Mexico, China, Indonesia, and the U.S. Access to hearing aids has improved the lives of these individuals, their families, and communities. This, in turn, has since created a positive ripple effect with millions of people around the world. Bridget is a previous recipient of both Forbes and Inc Magazine's 30 Under 30 awards, and has been interviewed on the Today Show, Good Morning America, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and more. She sits on advisory boards at UCLA and UCSB. Bridget is currently writing her first book. Publication will be in Fall, 2022. Bridget grew up in Flint, MI. She now lives in Malibu, CA, and is an avid reader, home chef, and adventure junkie. Bridget and a Goldendoodle named Taco are best friends. You can find out more about Bridget here, as well as on Instagram. As Mentioned in this Episode: Hoffman Essentials: The Hoffman Essentials is a 2-day virtual intensive, experiential program where students are immersed in the essential concepts of the Hoffman Process. Conscious Capitalism: Whole Foods co-founder John Mackey and marketing professor and speaker Raj Sisodia conceived of and popularized the concept of conscious capitalism in their book, Conscious Capitalism: Liberating the Heroic Spirit of Business. The nonprofit organization, Conscious Capitalism, has chapters in more than two dozen U.S. cities and 10 other countries. Social Enterprise: "A social enterprise or social business is defined as a business with specific social objectives that serve its primary purpose." - definition from Investopedia   Sloan Churman hears herself for the first time.     In the Living Years by Mike and the Mechanics     Discover if the Process is right for you. How to share the Process with loved ones. Subscribe on Apple/iTunes

Will & Austin talk to Brett Culp, acclaimed filmmaker and social entrepreneur about his documentary process & how he got his start with keynote speaking. Brett's first feature-length documentary, Legends of the Knight, successfully screened in theaters in 110 cities across the globe raising $100,000 for charity without a single dollar spent on marketing or advertising. Find out more about today's guest at brettculp.com Learn more about Sublime Media Group at sublimemediagroup.com  

In this episode, Neha talks to Mansi Jasuja, a phenomenal person who brings love, joy, humor, and color to everything she does. She is a coach, a mother, an activist, and she brings all of that to her work at Conscious Business, a company in the Netherlands dedicated to supporting businesses to adopt a more conscious approach that creates true prosperity and harmony for people, communities, and nature. This conversation is both insightful and uplifting. We hope you enjoy it as much as we did.Further links and reading on people, publications, organizations, and topics mentioned in the recording, in the order they are mentioned (embed links as possible):Conscious Capitalism (https://www.consciouscapitalism.org/)Mackey, John., & Sisodia, Raj. (2014). Conscious Capitalism: Liberating the Heroic Spirit of Business. Harvard Business Review Press.Sen, Amartya. (1999). Development as Freedom. Oxford University Press.Charles Eisenstein (https://charleseisenstein.org/)An Introduction to the Story of Separation, from Charles Eisenstein's official youtube channel (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4FU-9iBoLg)Ikigai (of individuals, of organization) (https://positivepsychology.com/ikigai/)The Art of Hosting and Harvesting Conversations that Matter / The Art of Participatory Leadershiphttps://artofhosting.org/Quick, K., & Sandfort, J. (2014). Learning to facilitate deliberation: Practicing the art of hosting. Critical Policy Studies, 8(3), 300–322. https://doi.org/10.1080/19460171.2014.912959Quick, K., Sandfort, J., & Stuber, N. (July 2012). Practicing the Art of Hosting: Exploring what Art of Hosting and Harvesting workshop participants understand and do. Center for Integrative Leadership, University of Minnesota. https://doi.org/10.13140/2.1.2676.8161Mary Alice Arthur (https://www.getsoaring.com/about-MA), "steward" of the art of hosting Teal Organizations and self-managed teams, participatory leadershipLaloux, Frederic (2014). Reinventing Organizations: A Guide to Creating Organizations Inspired by the Next Stage of Human Consciousness. Nelson Parker. ISBN 978-2960133509.https://www.tealaroundtheworld.com/ As always please send your feedback to droppingyourarmour@atrain.com Enjoy this episode!Neha

As we get more and more polarized here in the US, the opportunity for civil debate seems less and less feasible.  And yet, there is an organization that's more interested in what is right than who is right. A platform where you can hear both sides of an issue in an open-minded environment. Dr. Mark Skousen is the economist, bestselling author and nationally-recognized investment expert behind the longstanding Forecasts & Strategies newsletter and the producer of FreedomFest, an independent, nonpartisan festival where free thinkers meet to celebrate great ideas. He currently teaches at Chapman University, where he is a Presidential Fellow at the George L. Argyros School of Business and Economics. On this episode of The Wiggin Sessions, Dr. Skousen joins me to discuss the idea of gross output, explaining why GO is a better measure of economic growth than GDP. Dr. Skousen introduces us to the investing approach favored by the Austrian school of economics and describes why Austrian economists believe in Bitcoin and gold as a hedge against inflation. Listen in for Dr. Skousen's insight on adjusting your portfolio in the Biden era and learn more about attending the upcoming FreedomFest conference in South Dakota this July. Key Takeaways  What's missing from GDP and why gross output (GO) is a better measure of economic growth How GO held up better than consumer spending during the pandemic Why the government should focus on getting businesses back rather than giving people money Dr. Skousen's insight on the benefits of globalization What differentiates the Austrian school of economics and how Austrian economists have influenced Wall Street Dr. Skousen's predictions around inflation and why Austrian economists believe in Bitcoin and gold  How investors should adjust our portfolios in the Biden era How Dr. Skousen thinks about Reddit nation, Robinhood and the GameStop saga How big tech is becoming a threat to free speech and why we need the freedom to dissent FreedomFest's focus on civil debate that explores both sides of a given issue Connect with Dr. Mark Skousen Dr. Skousen's Website Forecasts & Strategies FreedomFest Connect with Addison Wiggin Consilience Financial Be sure to follow The Wiggin Sessions on your socials. You can find me on— Facebook @thewigginsessions Instagram @thewigginsessions Twitter @WigginSessions Resources Books by Dr. Mark Skousen The Structure of Production by Mark Skousen US Bureau of Economic Analysis Dr. Skousen's Libertarian CEOs Course A Viennese Waltz Down Wall Street by Mark Skousen Cathie Wood at ARK Invest DuckDuckGo Anthem Film Festival Reagan Kevin O'Leary & John Mackey Debate John Mackey & Bill Bonner on Libertarian CEOs Conscious Capitalism: Liberating the Heroic Spirit of Business by John Mackey and Rajendra Sisodia Cato Institute Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand Agora Financial The Making of Modern Economics by Mark Skousen  

In this episode, Tank, Marc, and DeAngelo discussed the idea of the Whole Foods CEO John Mackey of Conscious Capitalism from his book: “Conscious Capitalism: Liberating the Heroic Spirit of Business.” We have a discussion to talk about whether Conscious Capitalism exists.   Support our sponsor https://shopvalerio.com/    You can get a 25% discount by typing Marc.25 at the checkout! Twitter: Tanks Twitter: @ICN_Tank Marc's Twitter: @brewercomedy D's Twitter: @eyfcake   You can find us: iTunes Google Play Stitcher Podbean Facebook YouTube Twitter Email: incompetentnerdspodcast@gmail.com   #Gaming #Technology #Incompetentnerds

We are proud to connect you with John Mackey, legendary co-founder and CEO of Whole Foods and co-founder of the nonprofit Conscious Capitalism. This will be a deeply inspiring conversation that will challenge us to look past conventional business wisdom, and imagine a bright future with a thriving, purpose-driven, sustainable economy. Mackey started a movement when he founded Whole Foods, bringing natural, organic food to the masses, leading his company to become a $15.7 billion Fortune 500 company with more than 460 stores and 87,000 team members in three countries. Mackey cut his pay to $1 in 2006 and continues to work for Whole Foods because of his passion for seeing the company exemplify a way of doing business that is grounded in ethical consciousness. In an exclusive conversation moderated by IVY CEO and YPO New York Metro Chapter Chair Beri Meric, we'll learn the critical takeaways from Mackey's leadership journey, and his vision for a more innovative, value-based leadership—in business and in society. We'll also distill the key lessons from his new book Conscious Leadership, and break down the strategies that have helped Mackey shepherd Whole Foods through four decades of incredible growth and innovation and become internationally renowned as one of the most inspiring business leaders of our time. This conversation will be an empowering call to action for entrepreneurs and trailblazers to step up as leaders who see beyond the bottom line.

Topic: Fate Stay/Night: Unlimited Blade Works Review   While mom didn’t watch all of it, she actually kind of wants to now, just to see where the story goes.  This isn’t a bad thing, if anything, another person who will finally understand my undying love for Saber.  Okay maybe not undying love, but atleast sees these complicated characters and world for what they are.      To help people follow along, here’s a list of the various characters that are seen throughout the series, to better allow you to follow along.   Masters: Shirou Emiya A lead protagonist, and Master of Saber.  He has a strong sense of justice and wants to be a hero, despite little to no aptitude for magic. While unfamiliar with the rules and true nature of events, he fights in an effort to stop all the fighting and end the war as soon as possible. Rin Tohsaka Daughter of a prestigious mage family, she is the Master of Archer, and tends to act as a Tsudere type character. (IE, acts very brash and brutish to the main character, before becoming friendly and loving with them later.)  Rin continues to pursue the Holy Grail due to her family’s strong desire to reach the Root, and joins only out of obligation. Illyasviel von Einzbern She is from a prestigious Mage family and is the Master of Berserker.  While she appears to be the youngest participant in the war, she is actually 18 years old, but takes the form of a ten to twelve year old child.  She is actually a homunculi and Shirou’s step sister, for whom she has a conflicted relationship. She believes she was abandoned for Shirou, but in reality, her father was unable to return to the castle to retrieve Illya, leaving her to be lonely and pressured to perfect her magical skills. Shinji Matou Sakura’s older brother and Master of Rider.  A chauvinistic and a narcissist, he openly treats Shirou with hostility and derision. He is has no real magical skill, as the Matou family’s magical bloodline has been diluted over the decades.  This is what prompts the head of the Matou family to adopt Sakura, previously of the Tohsaka Family, and raise her to be the Matou’s next heir instead of Shinji. This prompts Shinji to take his anger and frustrations out on Sakura. Souichirou Kuzuki A strict teacher of Rin’s Class, he is the Master of Caster.  While he does not desire the Grail, he becomes the master of Caster due to Caster killing her previous master and him wanting to help her.  It’s implied that Him and Caster are potentially involved romantically.   Servants: Saber Artoria Pendragon(King Arthur), the King of Knights, who was actually a girl.  She a stoic and knightly figure, but brushes up against Shirou, who tries to save her and sees her more as a girl than a knightly figure.  She is in the fight due to her desire to rewind history and stop herself from drawing the sword in the stone. Archer A mysterious individual who is capable of summoning sword and turning them in to Arrows to fire from his bow.  He doesn’t remember what Heroic Spirit he is suppose to be, and often acts fickle and teasingly with Rin, and hostile with Shirou, who he dislikes.  Despite being a long range class, Archer regularly uses swords he creates from his magic. Lancer Cu Chulainn(Child of Light), a Hero from the Ulster Cycle of Irish Mythology.  His master is unknown, but primarily acts as a watchdog and assassin during the course of the war.  Berserker Hercules, one of the greatest heroes in Greek mythology.  He is deeply loyal to Illyasviel, but lacks emotions due to his Berserker class.  His Noble Phantasm is known as his Twelve Labors, which represent his immortality; upon receiving enough damage that would otherwise kill him, he regenerates and loses one of his Labors(Lives).  Caster Medea, an unfortunate priestess from the tales of Jason and the Argonauts.  She is renown for her magical prowess, which surpasses most masters and magus of this age.  Due to her killing her original master, and leaving only six known masters, she uses her magical prowess to obtain fake command seals and summon Assassin, thus becoming the seventh Master. Assassin Sasaki Kojirou, a mythical swordsman said to have faced Miyamoto Musashi in combat.  Assassin is actually a false servant, as servants summoned by the Assassin class are all former owners of the name Hassan-i-Sabbah(Old Man of the Mountain).  Because he was summoned under false pretenses by Caster, herself a Servant, he is bound to the Ryuudou Temple where both Caster and Souichirou reside, unable to leave the grounds. Rider Medusa, the Gorgon of Greek Mythology.  Initially she is the servant to Sakura Matou, but due to Shinji Matou insistence, Sakura transferred her rights as Master to him.  She still seeks to protect Sakura but act Loyal to Shinji’s orders and commands.  Her Noble Phantasm is a Pegasus that she rides, hence of the Rider Class.     Other: Sakura Matou A part of a rival Mage Family, she is a friend to Shirou and often takes care of him.  She does this as her Brother is mean and cruel to Shirou, and she does it as penance for her brother’s actions.  She primarily serves as a support character during the Fate and Unlimited Blade Works routes, but becomes a primary protagonist during the Heaven’s Feel route, where we find out how poorly she was treated and routinely tortured by the Matou’s magical training, and by Shinji. Kirei Kotomine An Observer from the Holy Church, he was a former master in the 4th Holy Grail War and acts as an impartial judge and moderator for the 5th Holy Grail War.  He is described as a defective person: finding pleasure in the misfortune and suffering of others, but never openly seeking it for them.  He acts as Rin’s legal guardian, and convinces Shirou to participate in the Holy Grail War. Gilgamesh The King of Heroes, ruler of Mesopotamia, and considered the first hero due to his record being amongst the first ever recorded.  He was of the Archer Class during the 4th Holy Grail War, but survived to take on a mortal body following its conclusion.  He acts as a 8th Servant during the 5th Holy Grail War.  Gilgamesh is known for believing everything of value belongs to him, including the Holy Grail.  His Noble Phantasm is known as the Gate of Babylon, a massive vault that holds all the treasures he collected during his life time, including all the prototypes of Noble Phantasms, which he launches like bullets and rockets at his enemies. Taiga Fujimura Shirou’s legal guardian and English teacher at the school Rin, Sakura, Shinji, and Shirou all attend.  While she a comedic character, she is unaware of the magical nature of the events happening around her, and is oblivious to the events of the series.  She plays limited parts in the various routes, and is primarily a background character.

John Mackey, co-founder, and CEO of Whole Foods Market has led the natural and organic grocer to a $13 billion Fortune 500 company. With more than 370 stores and 80,000 Team Members in three countries, the company has been named by Fortune magazine as a “Best Company to Work For” for 16 consecutive years and the Number One Most Admired Food and Drug Store Company in the World in 2012. While devoting his career to helping shoppers satisfy their lifestyle needs with quality natural and organic foods, Mackey has also focused on building a more conscious way of doing business. He was the visionary for the Whole Planet Foundation to help end poverty in developing nations, the Local Producer Loan Program to help local food producers expand their businesses, The Global Animal Partnership’s rating scale for humane farm animal treatment, and the Health Starts Here initiative to promote health and wellness. Mackey has been recognized as Ernst&Young’s “Entrepreneur of the Year Overall Winner for the United States,” Institutional Investor’s “Best CEO in America,” Barron’s “World’s Best CEO,” MarketWatch’s “CEO of the Year,” FORTUNE’s “Businessperson of the Year,” and Esquire’s “Most Inspiring CEO.” A strong believer in free-market principles, Mackey co-founded the Conscious Capitalism Movement and co-authored a New York Times and Wall Street Journal best-selling book entitled Conscious Capitalism, Liberating the Heroic Spirit of Business to boldly defend and re-imagine capitalism, and encourage a way of doing business that is grounded in ethical consciousness. Mackey cut his pay to $1 in 2006 and continues to work for Whole Foods Market out of a passion to see the business realize its potential for deeper purpose, for the joy of leading a great company, and to answer the call to service he feels in his heart.

Topic: Fate / Stay Night Tutorial   Today, we dive deep in to one of my favorite Anime Franchise, the Fate series, specifically Fate Stay/Night and its prequel Fate Zero.  I know that the series is very dense and large, especially when you consider all the spin offs and media that exists out there for it.  And that’s before you get to ALL of the Sabers out there…. Let dive in!     What is it? Fate / Stay Night, or the Fate Franchise, is a part of a large universe of characters and stories in the Nasu-verse, a fictional universe created by Kinoko Nasu of Type-Moon.  Created initially as a Visual Novel in 2004, and the third major work of Type-Moon, the series was an immediate success and quickly spawned a massive franchise that dwarfs many of Type-Moon previous and future works.   While the Fate Franchise is the most popular work, the Nasu-verse comprises of several series, including:   Kara no Kyoukai (jp: Boundary of Emptiness / eng: Garden of Sinners) A series revolving around Shiki Ryogi, a paranormal investigator with the ability to see and cut the mystical lines of mortality in anything, and her friend, Mikiya Kokutō, a fellow assistant investigator who works alongside the powerful Sorceress Tōko Aozaki in her agency.   Tsukihime (eng: Lunar Princess) Tells the story of Shiki Tohno, who like Shiki Ryogi, can see the mystical lines of mortality of anything and cut them, thus ending the their existence.  The story progress as he faces vampires and changes depending on which heroine he chooses follow throughout the story.     What is a Visual Novel? A Visual Novel is like a Choose your own adventure in book, though typically takes the form of visuals with characters standing up against a back drop/setting and a serious of dialog boxes express what the characters are saying or doing.  Most games follow branching story lines which lead to various endings depending on the actions taken by the player.  In most games, the Player takes on the role of the lead character and is given a limited pool of options to react or respond to when presented by events or situations in the game.  An example could be a character asking if they look good, with the player being given the choice between various options to respond; and depending on the answer, will trigger a reaction from the character.   Visual novels are popular within Japanese media as they are relatively cheap to produce and create, as most Visual Novels rely on beautiful still art of characters, their reactions, backgrounds, and occasional splash pages, along with minimal background music, and focus more on stories.  Few visual novels rely on motion graphics or voice acting, and if they do, it is limited to an opening scene or trailer for the game.  Most games tend to lead toward a particular demographic, and offer fan service for those demographic in an effort to get them to buy the game.   Most Visual novels are of the Eroge, or Erotic, variety; which primarily focus on stories that have sexually explicit scenes and graphics depicting those scenes.  Eroge games can range from Teen to Adult rating, with some game being straight Hentai, while others are more titillating and offer fan service.  A popular theme among Visual novels tends to be Harem based games with a single character with multiple love interests of the opposite sex.        History / Lore Fate / Stay Night, at heart, is a story revolving around Shirou Emiya, who unwittingly joins a secret Battle Royal involving six other mages and each of their servants in the Holy Grail War.  As the name suggests, the ultimate prize is the Holy Grail, a creation of magic that can grants any wish from the winner of the War.  During the time of Fate / Stay Night, this is the fifth incarnation of the Holy Grail War within the fictional city of Fuyuki City, on the south tip of Japan.  The city was chosen for its strong ley lines, but also due to no magus or holy church involvement in the area during the First War in 1790s.      Within the Fate / Stay Night, there are three different routes/stories that exist within the game, each of which change the nature of the story dramatically once they split off from one another.  These include:   Fate Route – Primarily Focusing on Saber and building the world/lore of the game. Unlimited Blade Works Route – Primarily Focuses on Rin Tohsaka and her servant Archer, and places more development of the various cast of character than the other routes. Heavens Feel Route - Primarily Focuses on Sakura Matou and her servant Rider, and focus more on the background behind the Holy Grail War, along with the darker aspects of the world that led up to the current events.    One must complete each individual route in order to progress on the next route.  While each route tells a different story and aspect of the world and events, they all use the same characters, who each have the same feelings and emotions, but differing motives as the story progresses.    Each Holy Grail War consists of seven Mages and their Servants.  Servants are summoned individuals known as Heroic Spirits, which take on the form of famous historical figures.  These historical figures can be real life individuals or fictional individuals that actually did exist within Nasu-verse. Most characters range from various myths and stories, but most range from stories originating within Europe primarily.  Examples of historical figures include:   King Arthur Gilgamesh Alexander the Great Hercules Medea Medusa Gilles de Rais Lancelot   Each Servant being summoned may be one of seven available classes of Heroic Spirits being summoned, with only one class per War, in order to make the war fair. Each servant is referred to by their class, in order for other servants and mages to not realize who the Heroic Spirit is and thus gain a tactical advantage.  IE, might be known as Gilgamesh, but is referred to as Archer.  Each class has benefits and weakness, some are based on strength, while others are based on tactical or strategic advantages or weakness.  These classes include:   Saber – A knight who uses Swords in combat, considered very desire-able class. Archer – A knight who uses ranged weapons, ie Bow and Arrows, guns, or any other kind of projectile. Lancer – A knight who uses a Lance, Spear, or Medium range weapons in combat Berserker – A strength based hero who dominates with overwhelming force Assassin – An rogue typically who is known for killing their opponents from the shadows or in a secretive manner Rider – An individual known for riding or driving a vehicle or creature Caster – A Magical Type of individual   Each Mage has three Command Seals upon their right or left hand, which symbolize their pact with their servants, and are laid out artfully in accordance with the Mage’s style of magic.  Each Command Seal can compel the servant to act or do as the Mage commands, with the more concrete and forward commands being the most beneficial to the Mage over more broad ranged commands.    Mages and Servants may or may not work well together, as some Servant or Mage classes out right hating each other, while others are distrustful, and others are best bonds in the world.  Most servants act in accordance with their Mages, as Mages supply the very mana necessary for the Heroic Spirit to exist within the physical world.  A Mage is considered disqualified from the War if they lose their Servant and do not make a pact with a new Servant(One that has already been summoned), or dies during the war.    As eluded to earlier, the true purpose of the Holy Grail War is not to grant wishes, but intended to harvest mana and magic from the servants that participate within the Holy Grail War, and then use it to activate the Greater Grail and reach a mythical origin (Root) of magic.  The system however is fundamentally flawed, as the Greater Grail can only be held by a servant, thus limiting it to only granting wishes.  However, during the 3rd Holy Grail War, the Holy Grail itself was corrupted by a rogue servant, thus causing the Holy Grail to be tampered and would not work properly regardless of the magic absorbed in to it.     With the Main Story, includes a few notable characters:   Shirou Emiya – Lead protagonist and Master for Saber. He has a strong sense of justice and wants to be a hero, despite little to no aptitude for magic. Saber – Artoria Pendragon(King Arthur), the King of Knights, who was actually a girl. She a stoic and knightly figure, but brushes up against Shirou, who tries to save her and sees her more as a girl than a knightly figure. Rin Tohsaka – Daughter of a prestigious mage family, she is the Master of Archer, and tends to act as a Tsudere type character. (IE, acts very brash and brutish to the main character, before becoming friendly and gentle with them later.) Archer – A mysterious individual who is capable of summoning sword and turning them in to Arrows to fire from his bow. He doesn’t remember what Heroic Spirit he is suppose to be, and often act fickle and teasingly with Rin, and hostile with Shirou, who he dislikes. Sakura Matou – A part of a rival Mage Family, she is a friend to Shirou and often takes care of him. She does this as her Brother is mean and cruel to Shirou, and she does it as penance for her brother’s actions. Shinji Matou – Sakura’s older brother and Master of Rider. A chauvinistic and a narcissist, he openly treats Shirou harsh and coldly, and often takes out frustrations on his sister.  Illyasviel von Einzbern – She is from a prestigious Mage family and is the Master of Berserker. She is the youngest participant in the war, at only 12 years old.  She is actually a half- homunculi and Shirou’s step sister.  She is intended to become the Holy Grail upon the completion of the Holy Grail War, using her body as the catalyst for its creation.   To Date, there have been animated version of all three routes.  Fate / Stay Night (2006) – Studio Deen While the original Fate Route is fully realized, many fans considered it an inferior interpretation due to its animation issues and the later releases. Fate / Stay Night – Unlimited Blade Works Movie (2010) Studio Deen A singular Movie version of the Unlimited Blade Works Route, however, much like the previous work, it is considered inferior interpretation, as it glosses over a lot of the events and details from the game. Fate / Stay Night – Unlimited Blade Works (2014-2015) ufotable After the success of Fate/Zero, this is considered the superior version of the Unlimited Blade Works Route, as it more closely follows the route’s events, along with the superior arts and animation from ufotable. Fate / Stay Night – Heaven’s Feel (Presage Flower), (Lost Butterfly), & (Spring Song) (2017-2020) ufotable Released as a series of three films, ufotable returned to animate the Heaven’s Feel route and knocked it out of the park.        Spin Offs The fate series to date has had a number of spin offs from the original game, some which are better documents in novels, video games, manga, anime, and/or other visual novels.   Fate / Zero The Prequel to Fate/ Stay Night, it tells the story of Kiritsugu Emiya, Shirou’s adopted father, along with his servant Saber, as they participate in the Fourth Holy Grail War, just 10 years prior to the events of Fate / Stay Night.  The prequel is considered a better place to start the Fate series, as it outlines the events of the Battle Royal and sets up the various Fate routes better when viewed later.  It was initially started as a light novel series before being animated by ufotable in 2011.   Fate/hollow ataraxia A continuation of the Fate Story 6 months later, however, from the vantage point of Bazett Fraga McRemitz, a mage sent by the Magus Association to participate in the 5th Holy Grail War.  She is the original master of Lancer before he is stolen from her.  The story takes place in the dream of Bazett and follows her and her servant, Avenger, as they replay through the events of Fate / Stay Night’s various routes.  While it is a continuation of the story, it’s not the direct continuation of any particular route, and is left to open interpretation as to the true events that actually did happen during Fate / Stay Night.   Fate/Prototype Considered the original Version of the Fate / Stay Night Story, it was the initial draft and documents for the series.  It’s notable as it re-contextualizes a lot of characters, including making King Arthur a man and Shirou as a female with magical aptitude.  It has only a short animation included after Carnival Phantasm, but sparked a lot of interest from the fan community.   Fate/Apocrypha A true Spin Off, it re-imagines the Holy Grail War having been stolen during the Third Holy Grail War, and pits two warring factions (Red and Black) who each summon seven servants to battle against the opposing side.  The Story primarily It’s notable as it introduces Mordred as the Saber of Red and the Son of King Arthur (despite Mordred being a girl too), but also introduces an 8th Class of Servant known as Ruler (Joan of Arc), a neutral party that acts as a mediator and official for the Holy Grail War.  Originally a Light Novel Series, it was later animated by A-1 Pictures in 2017.    Fate/EXTRA (Extella, CCC) Another true Spin Off, it re-imagines the Holy Grail War as a tournament with where the final victor will grant a wish.  This started off as a dungeon crawling video game series in 2010-2011, with Sequels including Fate / Extella, and Fate / Extra CCC.  It’s notable for having Red Saber, the first non-Arthurian variation on Saber, despite looking similar to Artoria Saber.  She is actually Nero Claudius Caesar, the 5th Roman Emperor.  It was animated in to a single series: Fate/EXTRA: Last Encore directly to Netflix in 2018.   Carnival Phantasm Existing within the Nasu-verse, this is a light hearted, comedy affair.  Carnival Phantasm re-imagines most of the characters with their personalities and faults dialed up for comedic effect, and includes various other character outside of the Fate Franchise, most notable Tsukihime.  It initially started as a manga in 2004-2005 before being animated in 2011-2012 by studio Lerche.   Fate/kaleid liner PRISMA☆ILLYA A magical girl variation on the Fate Franchise, this variation re-imagines Illya as a human girl who gains the powers of a Magical Girl.  The universe takes influences from the Nasu-verse, but instead of summoning heroics spirits, people equip class cards and summon heroic spirits in to themselves and fight in the war.  Illya uses her magic wand/stick to activate weapons and merge with various heroic spirits available to that class.  The series is known for being very cute looking, but heavy on fan service and heavily implied sexual harassment of various characters.  It started as a manga, and has been adapted to various seasons in anime from 2013 – 2016, with various movies after that.   Emiya-san Chi no Kyou no Gohan (Today's Menu for Emiya Family) A light hearted affair, it imagines the Holy Grail War as not happening and instead various Masters and Servants living together peacefully.  Each episode focuses on preparing a meal for dinner in the Emiya house, which often includes other characters in the Fate / Stay Night story coming to visit for dinner.  Most episodes show someone cooking and going through the process to make the dinner or meal, with Saber as a self insert character having never seen most of the meals cooked.  The light hearted and warm feeling shows a different side of the characters that more homely and healing.     Home Work: Fate Stay/Night: Unlimited Blade Works 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In today's episode, we cover conscious leadership with John Mackey. John is the CEO and cofounder of Whole Foods as well as author of bestselling Conscious Capitalism and Conscious Leadership. Being an effective leader is not just about leading the people around you, but being conscious of each individual and how you can help them grow around you, so what can you do to become a conscious leader, think about your competition in a positive way, and create an empowering environment at work and home? What to Listen For What is the difference between leadership and conscious leadership and how do you balance the two? How do you lead with love in the cutthroat world of business? How should you think about competition if you are a business owner so that you think of your competitors in a positive light rather than something that needs to be beaten? Why is it important for conscious leaders to have a strong vision and how can not having one lead to disaster? What 3 tips can you follow to learn from your mistakes if you want to be successful? What signals can you look for in prospective employees for high emotional intelligence? What can you do to create an empowering environment in your workplace? How can you respond to criticism in a healthy positive manner? Why is gratitude so important to being happy and what gratitude practice can you use to lead a happier and more fulfilling life? Being conscious of the people around you takes effort, even more so when you are also in a leadership position since you are relying on the people around you for your own success and so it can be easy to forget to treat everyone the way each individual wants to be treated. But nothing worthwhile in life is obtained with ease, and the effort you put into being a conscious leader will pay off in the long run when the people around you support you and do everything they can to help you succeed. A Word From Our Sponsors Share your vulnerabilities, victories, and questions in our 17,000-member private Facebook group at theartofcharm.com/challenge. This is a unique opportunity where everyone — both men and women — celebrate your accountability on the way to becoming the best version of yourself. Register today here! Resources from this Episode Conscious Leadership: Elevating Humanity Through Business by John Mackey Conscious Capitalism: Liberating the Heroic Spirit of Business by John Mackey Check in with AJ and Johnny! AJ on Instagram Johnny on Instagram The Art of Charm on Instagram The Art of Charm on YouTube

My guest today is Tokunbo Ishmael. She's the co-founder and Managing Director of Alitheia Capital, an African focussed PE and VC firm. Alitheia Capital investments include businesses that enable the provision of financial services to the unbanked, and underbanked through traditional and branchless banking models. Alitheia Capital focuses on doing social good and also having a good return on investment.Tokunbo Ishmael is an alumnus of London Business School, and the University of London, she's a chartered financial analyst, and she used to be an investment banker before starting Alethia. She's a member of CFA Institute, she has sat on several boards in the different organization across Africa, including First City Monument Bank in Nigeria, and the African Venture Capital Association.In this episode we discussed...Why Alethea capital is both PE and Venture capitalThe necessity for developing the ability to reason and present a sustainable argument on the basis of numbersParallels between early 2000s dotcom burst and the disruptive impact of COVID on startup investingKey success factors for surviving as an entrepreneur during unpredictable times be grounded on core mission but flexible to make opportunities out of the current challengerethink the value you're bringing to the tableunderstand their existing developmental gaps and where to collaborate to fill up the deficienciesamplify their powers and use that to innovate and re-imagine themselvesOn discovering the riches at the bottom of the pyramid by building essential goods and services for the mass marketsWhy entrepreneurs should expand their view to stakeholder value creation and not just profitBooksHow Women Rise: Break the 12 Habits Holding You Back - Sally Helgesen and Marshall GoldsmithConscious Capitalism: Liberating the Heroic Spirit of Business - John Mackey

It's a great Friday here at ConvertKit. It's a little smokey in Portland, but other than that we're all looking forward to the weekend! We've got another great Q&A episode for you today, in which we answer questions about promoting courses and products to a small audience, why we reject job applicants, buildings a meaningful business, and more!Today's Questions I have a small 165 person email list and 850 subscribers on YouTube. I'm about to launch my first online video course, how would you go about promoting, pricing and pre-launching it?   Why don't you promote The Future Belongs to Creators to your newsletter list? What are the most unexpected/unusual reasons you've had to reject job applicants? If I decide to monetize my personal brand via content, will that change how I use my personal brand for freelance / consulting work? Should I keep two similar blogs or go down to one?  ​What one piece of literature has had a dramatic impact on how you think about commerce and/or building a meaningful business? Links Are You Making the Most Common Pricing Mistake? Nerd Fitness The Lessons Of History by Will and Ariel Durant Creators of the Day Trevor Noah: Afraid Of The Dark Will and Ariel Durant Resources of the Day I Was a U.S. Diplomat. Customs and Border Protection Only Cared That I Was Black Doing Good Better: How Effective Altruism Can Help You Help Others, Do Work that Matters, and Make Smarter Choices about Giving Back by William MacAskill  The Responsible Company: What We've Learned From Patagonia's First 40 Years by Yvon Chouinard and Vincent Stanley  Let My People Go Surfing: The Education of a Reluctant Businessman by Yvon Chouinard Raising the Bar: Integrity and Passion in Life and Business: The Story of Clif Bar Inc. by Gary Erickson and Lois Lorentzen  Conscious Capitalism, With a New Preface by the Authors: Liberating the Heroic Spirit of Business by John Mackey and Rajendra Sisodia  Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration by Ed Catmull and Amy Wallace Start building your audience for freeWith ConvertKit landing pages, you can build a beautiful page for your project in just a few minutes. Choose colors, add photos, build a custom opt-in form, and add your copy. All without writing any code! Check out landingpages.new to get started.Stay in touch Apple Podcasts Spotify Twitter Facebook Instagram

Amy Heymans is Mad*Pow’s Chief Experience Officer and one its foundersof. We talk about how the practice of design is evolving, the emerging role of behavior design, purpose-driven design, and making sure the problems designers are asked to solve connect to business outcomes. Show Host: Dawan Stanford Show Summary A love of art led Amy into a career as a designer. She started in web design during the dot-com bubble where she became passionate about user research, usability, and user experience. After the bubble burst, she began to freelance, working in partnership with a former colleague. One project led to another, and the two continued to work together until, eventually, they founded Mad*Pow, fueled by Amy’s vision of design being used to improve the human condition. Their passion for creating positive change transformed them into healthcare innovation pioneers. Since its inception, Mad*Pow has been at the forefront of helping businesses across multiple industries create human-centered and purpose-driven solutions using design thinking, strategic design, and behavioral change design. Amy offers listeners her insight into the way design is currently evolving, what the future of design will look like, and how behavior change design is an integral part of that evolution. Listen in to learn more about: The evolution of design thinking and purpose-driven design Innovation in healthcare How designers are shaping business model design The business environment necessary for long-term innovation success Behavior change design — what it is, and how it’s changing design Our Guest’s Bio Amy believes that design can help improve the human condition. It was with that mission and vision that she founded Mad*Pow in 2000. Amy plays an essential role in Mad*Pow’s visualization of a changed healthcare system in the United States. Her work with companies like Aetna, CVS, McKesson, and Fidelity has helped them improve the experiences their patients and customers have with them, leverage design to drive change, and facilitate human-centric innovation. As the chief instigator behind Mad*Pow’sHealthcare Experience Design Conference—now in its fifth year and expanded and rebranded as HxRefactored—Amy has successfully connected and networked disparate parts of a challenging and siloed system. As a speaker, Amy shares her vision and methodology at influential events such as Design Management Institute, UXPA, IA Summit, Partners Center for Connected Health Symposium, Stanford MedicineX, Health 2.0, and HIMSS. With her partners Will Powley and Bradley Honeyman, Amy’s grown Mad*Pow’s presence, client base, and revenue, leading to Mad*Pow’s 2009 recognition as one of Inc. 500’s fastest growing privately held companies. Mass High Tech, which named her one of its 2009 Women to Watch, has recognized Amy’s passion, energy, and commitment, and she’s been acknowledged as one of Boston’s “40 Under 40” by the Boston Business Journal for 2014. She supports the vision and mission of An Orphan’s Dream, a nonprofit organization offering an oasis for AIDS-orphaned children in Gachoka, Kenya. Show Highlights [02:02] Amy’s love of art led her to a career in design. [03:19] Freelancing and co-founding Mad*Pow. [04:30] How design work has changed and evolved over the years. [04:55] Big brands can be thanked for putting design front and center. [06:04] Behavior change design is becoming more prominent in design now. [06:30] Purpose-driven design: finding the balance between what a business wants to achieve and what their customers or clients want to achieve. [07:16] The ways Amy approaches the topic of purpose-driven design with potential clients. [08:12] Banks are now recognizing the need for purpose-driven design in their industry. [09:53] The pre-pandemic state of health systems and behavioral design. [10:24] Health systems had begun moving towards value-based care. [11:40] There is no “silver bullet” tech innovation that will fix our healthcare systems. [12:55] Amy talks about the gaps between the wants and goals of health insurance companies, healthcare systems, and their patients. [13:20] Amy sees collaboration between groups of companies as the next frontier in healthcare innovation. [14:32] Focus of design has shifted to working directly with a business to tailor solutions. [15:13] How design is helping to innovate business models and strategies. [15:49] Business design is a blend of design thinking and business strategy. [17:24] The environment that’s needed in an organization for a project to succeed and thrive long-term. [19:48] Amy’s advice to business leaders considering working with a design firm. [20:10] The importance of understanding the problem space before jumping to a solution. [21:53] Why Amy believes the future of design is behavior change design. [23:23] How behavioral science and behavioral design is changing the field of design. [24:20] Designing today means using both creative right-brain and analytical left-brain. [26:56] The state of healthcare design during today’s COVID-19 crisis. [27:50] How digital health and home healthcare are evolving. [29:00] COVID-19 has shone a light on healthcare inequity and the social determinants of health. [30:26] Amy talks about her interest in the ethos-logos-pathos concept. [31:03] Amy recommends designers study philosophy, communication and speech-writing. [33:17] Information about Mad*Pow’s two conferences.     Links Amy on MadPow Amy on LinkedIn Amy on Twitter Amy’s page on MassArt Transforming our Empathy into A Future of Connectedness Designing an Eco-system of Care, from Stanford MedicineX 2013 Our Calling: Improve Health, from HXRefactored 2015 Design for Change: Empathy as our Guide The Case for Purpose-Driven Design TEDx Talk by Amy Design for Change: Empathy and Purpose, HXR 2016 Purpose Driven Design Can Change The World Designing for Systemic Change Fireside Chat Design Museum interview with Amy Edison Profile of Amy (video) The Three Pillars of Persuasion: Ethos, Logos, Pathos   Book Recommendation: Conscious Capitalism: Liberating the Heroic Spirit of Business, by John Mackey and Rajendra Sisodia       Other Design Thinking 101 Episodes You Might Like   Designing for Healthcare vs Sick Care + The Emergency Design Collective — DT101 E52   Designing Health Systems + Creating Effective Design Workshops with Sean Molloy — DT101 E44   Nursing + Service Design + Healthcare Innovation with Brittany Merkle — DT101 E38   ________________   Thank you for listening to the show and looking at the show notes. Send your questions, suggestions, and guest ideas to Dawan and the Fluid Hive team. Cheers ~ Dawan   Free Download — Design Driven Innovation: Avoid Innovation Traps with These 9 Steps   Innovation Smart Start Webinar — Take your innovation projects from frantic to focused!

Amy Heymans is Mad*Pow's Chief Experience Officer and one its foundersof. We talk about how the practice of design is evolving, the emerging role of behavior design, purpose-driven design, and making sure the problems designers are asked to solve connect to business outcomes. Show Host: Dawan Stanford Show Summary A love of art led Amy into a career as a designer. She started in web design during the dot-com bubble where she became passionate about user research, usability, and user experience. After the bubble burst, she began to freelance, working in partnership with a former colleague. One project led to another, and the two continued to work together until, eventually, they founded Mad*Pow, fueled by Amy's vision of design being used to improve the human condition. Their passion for creating positive change transformed them into healthcare innovation pioneers. Since its inception, Mad*Pow has been at the forefront of helping businesses across multiple industries create human-centered and purpose-driven solutions using design thinking, strategic design, and behavioral change design. Amy offers listeners her insight into the way design is currently evolving, what the future of design will look like, and how behavior change design is an integral part of that evolution. Listen in to learn more about: The evolution of design thinking and purpose-driven design Innovation in healthcare How designers are shaping business model design The business environment necessary for long-term innovation success Behavior change design — what it is, and how it's changing design Our Guest's Bio Amy believes that design can help improve the human condition. It was with that mission and vision that she founded Mad*Pow in 2000. Amy plays an essential role in Mad*Pow's visualization of a changed healthcare system in the United States. Her work with companies like Aetna, CVS, McKesson, and Fidelity has helped them improve the experiences their patients and customers have with them, leverage design to drive change, and facilitate human-centric innovation. As the chief instigator behind Mad*Pow'sHealthcare Experience Design Conference—now in its fifth year and expanded and rebranded as HxRefactored—Amy has successfully connected and networked disparate parts of a challenging and siloed system. As a speaker, Amy shares her vision and methodology at influential events such as Design Management Institute, UXPA, IA Summit, Partners Center for Connected Health Symposium, Stanford MedicineX, Health 2.0, and HIMSS. With her partners Will Powley and Bradley Honeyman, Amy's grown Mad*Pow's presence, client base, and revenue, leading to Mad*Pow's 2009 recognition as one of Inc. 500's fastest growing privately held companies. Mass High Tech, which named her one of its 2009 Women to Watch, has recognized Amy's passion, energy, and commitment, and she's been acknowledged as one of Boston's “40 Under 40” by the Boston Business Journal for 2014. She supports the vision and mission of An Orphan's Dream, a nonprofit organization offering an oasis for AIDS-orphaned children in Gachoka, Kenya. Show Highlights [02:02] Amy's love of art led her to a career in design. [03:19] Freelancing and co-founding Mad*Pow. [04:30] How design work has changed and evolved over the years. [04:55] Big brands can be thanked for putting design front and center. [06:04] Behavior change design is becoming more prominent in design now. [06:30] Purpose-driven design: finding the balance between what a business wants to achieve and what their customers or clients want to achieve. [07:16] The ways Amy approaches the topic of purpose-driven design with potential clients. [08:12] Banks are now recognizing the need for purpose-driven design in their industry. [09:53] The pre-pandemic state of health systems and behavioral design. [10:24] Health systems had begun moving towards value-based care. [11:40] There is no “silver bullet” tech innovation that will fix our healthcare systems. [12:55] Amy talks about the gaps between the wants and goals of health insurance companies, healthcare systems, and their patients. [13:20] Amy sees collaboration between groups of companies as the next frontier in healthcare innovation. [14:32] Focus of design has shifted to working directly with a business to tailor solutions. [15:13] How design is helping to innovate business models and strategies. [15:49] Business design is a blend of design thinking and business strategy. [17:24] The environment that's needed in an organization for a project to succeed and thrive long-term. [19:48] Amy's advice to business leaders considering working with a design firm. [20:10] The importance of understanding the problem space before jumping to a solution. [21:53] Why Amy believes the future of design is behavior change design. [23:23] How behavioral science and behavioral design is changing the field of design. [24:20] Designing today means using both creative right-brain and analytical left-brain. [26:56] The state of healthcare design during today's COVID-19 crisis. [27:50] How digital health and home healthcare are evolving. [29:00] COVID-19 has shone a light on healthcare inequity and the social determinants of health. [30:26] Amy talks about her interest in the ethos-logos-pathos concept. [31:03] Amy recommends designers study philosophy, communication and speech-writing. [33:17] Information about Mad*Pow's two conferences.     Links Amy on MadPow Amy on LinkedIn Amy on Twitter Amy's page on MassArt Transforming our Empathy into A Future of Connectedness Designing an Eco-system of Care, from Stanford MedicineX 2013 Our Calling: Improve Health, from HXRefactored 2015 Design for Change: Empathy as our Guide The Case for Purpose-Driven Design TEDx Talk by Amy Design for Change: Empathy and Purpose, HXR 2016 Purpose Driven Design Can Change The World Designing for Systemic Change Fireside Chat Design Museum interview with Amy Edison Profile of Amy (video) The Three Pillars of Persuasion: Ethos, Logos, Pathos   Book Recommendation: Conscious Capitalism: Liberating the Heroic Spirit of Business, by John Mackey and Rajendra Sisodia       Other Design Thinking 101 Episodes You Might Like   Designing for Healthcare vs Sick Care + The Emergency Design Collective — DT101 E52   Designing Health Systems + Creating Effective Design Workshops with Sean Molloy — DT101 E44   Nursing + Service Design + Healthcare Innovation with Brittany Merkle — DT101 E38   ________________   Thank you for listening to the show and looking at the show notes. Send your questions, suggestions, and guest ideas to Dawan and the Fluid Hive team. Cheers ~ Dawan   Free Download — Design Driven Innovation: Avoid Innovation Traps with These 9 Steps   Innovation Smart Start Webinar — Take your innovation projects from frantic to focused!

How leaders are judged in a difficult time is not necessarily what they said or did, but how they made people feel. Leaders who are genuinely empathetic and concerned for the needs of those they represent will come across as honest, sincere, and authentic. In this interview, we speak of the essential inner game quality of emotional intelligence and how this, combined with self-awareness, creates greater social awareness and relationship mastery. When we think and feel into the bigger problems we as a human race, society, and business need to solve, it all comes down to relationships. Find the path forward to a socially responsible workplace and the world with Johanna Lyman.   Johanna Lyman is the Principal Consultant and Practice Leader for Culture and Inclusion at Kadabra. She is a dynamic, energetic Leadership and Culture coach and consultant with nearly 30 years of experience in leadership development and culture change. She is adept at combining coaching, training, and facilitation to help clients build sustainably profitable businesses while creating deep meaning in their work. She believes that inclusion and diversity should be seen as the natural outcomes of building great cultures.   Key Takeaways: [:01] Carley Hauck introduces the importance of cultivating greater emotional intelligence as one of the conscious inner game skills that will allow you to develop relationship mastery and connect with others on a greater level. [6:36] Introducing Johanna Lyman, who shares the experiences that led her to knowing why conscious leadership in business, integrity and recognizing our shared humanity matters to her. [10:53] The tools for inner work that Johanna has been engaging in to help her through this VUCA time include meditation, a social media fast, and recognizing the gifts of the pandemic and the lessons we can learn from them. [17:48] Emotional intelligence and the importance of being present in uncertain times to allow us to develop an increased sense of self-awareness. [23:14] These unprecedented times have given us the opportunity to change the world from a place of abundance or scarcity to a place of sufficiency. [27:53] How the flying trapeze and bouldering can teach us to let go of the things we are used to holding onto in order to move toward something better. [30:50] The four aspects of emotional intelligence as they relate to upping the inner and the outer game and our ability to lead consciously. [38:17] Everyone is feeling more than they’ve ever felt before in this pandemic, and the weight of the feelings is resting on leaders who have not been trained to manage it all. What can be done about it? Start with the Zoom In, Zoom Out practice. [42:48] How to refine the critical piece of emotional intelligence in all that we are learning in these unprecedented times. [46:08] Supporting leaders and workplaces in the important conversations that need to be taking place right now starts with embracing the fact that mistakes are going to be made. [50:12] The various levels of learning that can effectively create change, including addressing and unraveling racism. [55:37] Prioritizing people over the planet and protecting people of color so that we can save our planet and create a more equitable workplace for everyone. [58:38] Johanna shares a message of hope for listeners to become the cultivated leaders the world needs now.   Resources: Leading from Wholeness Carley Hauck on Instagram Carley Hauck on LinkedIn Lead From Light Daily Rituals Conscious Company Kadabra (SJLC) Conscious Capitalism: Liberating the Heroic Spirit of Business by John Mackey and Rajendra Sisodia The Soul of Money: Transforming Your Relationship With Your Money and Your Life by Lynne Twist  

Welcome to the Shawn Jenkins Podcast, a podcast on how to build and grow software and cloud companies. As I was building my software company, I craved behind-the-scenes, real-world examples of how founders and leaders built their companies. I wanted to hear how they made decisions, overcame obstacles, survived difficult times, and went on to sustained growth. On my podcast, we will have conversations with leaders who are in the midst of growing their software and cloud businesses. We will hear their stories, dig deep into difficult challenges, work through complex decisions, and explore ways to celebrate successes. In this episode, we have a fascinating conversation with Dan Currin (@DanCurrin), the cofounder of OrgChartHub. Dan and I discuss his business model of building applications inside a partner ecosystem. In his case, that partner is HubSpot. We get into the advantages provided by this model and the opportunities to rapidly get up and running with your business. We also discussed the limitations of being in one ecosystem. Those limitations, however, do not seem to be stopping Dan from building the company and lifestyle he loves. I found this conversation refreshing, insightful, and a sign of a new wave of micro SaaS businesses to come. Please enjoy my conversation with Dan, and if you have questions that you would like to hear covered in future episodes, please email me at shawnjenkinsblog@gmail.com. Thanks and enjoy. SELECTED LINKS FROM THE EPISODE: Connect with Daniel Currin: Twitter | LinkedIn | OrgChartHub The Challenger Customer: Selling to the Hidden Influencer Who Can Multiply Your Results The Challenger Sale: Taking Control of the Customer Conversation Conscious Capitalism: Liberating the Heroic Spirit of Business Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future Objectified (watch on Amazon) Bootstrapping a Profitable SaaS Business by Tyler Tringas Earnest Capital Start Small, Stay Small: A Developer's Guide to Launching a Startup

Mario Del Pero grew up in his family's meat processing business. He would go on to study International Relations at the University of Southern California and was on the path to becoming a career lawyer. Instead, he took a job at a Mexican grill where he started as a barback's back. Eventually, he became the Director of Operations at that Mexican grill. In 2005, Mario, along with his wife, Ellen Chen, opened Mendocino Farms Sandwich Market in Southern California. 15 years later they've grown their business to 17 locations. This is my second interview with Mario Del Pero. CLICK HERE to get caught up with Episode 414! Check out Episode 613 with Horst Schulze where we discuss his "24 standards of service" as discussed in today's episode! Check out Episode 632 with Nick Marsh as mentioned in today's episode! Check out The Lean Startup by Eric Ries as mentioned in today's episode. Show notes… Calls to ACTION!!! Subscribe to the Restaurant Unstoppable YouTube Channel Join the private Unstoppable Facebook Group Join the email list! (Scroll Down to get the Vendor List!) Favorite success quote or mantra: "If it was easy everyone would be doing it." "Good is the enemy of great." In today's episode with Mario Del Pero we will discuss: Restaurant success is a team sport Many people are good, few people are great Looking back to look forward What we can learn from greatness (even professional athletes) Your competitors are essential to your own success The "unstoppable" mindset Surround yourself with people who compliment you "Evolve of die" You must mingle with you fellow restaurant owners The 3 ways to scale culture Recruiting and assimilating the right team Living the rituals Coaching Mario Del Pero's new book "The Coaching Cure" Retain the magic while scaling Staying IN your business The difference between city and suburban dining when scaling Franchise or no franchise? Reasons against franchising for Mendocino Conscious capitalism Today's sponsor: BentoBox empowers restaurants to own their presence, profits and relationships. The hospitality platform disrupts third-party services that come between the restaurant and the guest. BentoBox puts the restaurant first and offers tools that drive high-margin revenue directly through the restaurant’s website. BentoBox is trusted and loved by over 5,000 restaurants worldwide including Union Square Hospitality Group, Eleven Madison Park, Gramercy Tavern, Lilia and more. Restaurant365 is a cloud-based, all-in-one, restaurant-specific accounting and back-office platform that seamlessly integrates with POS systems, payroll providers, food and beverage vendors. It generates accurate real-time reporting and analysis in user-friendly dashboards, facilitating immediate, data-driven decision making. Restaurant365 eliminates manual, error-prone processes and is designed to help restaurant businesses grow with functionality that helps optimize labor costs, reduce food costs and increase revenue. P&G ProfessionalTM offers innovative total foodservice solutions featuring trusted brands such as Dawn® Professional, Cascade® Professional, Spic and Span® and Comet®. We are unique in that our total solutions are founded in customer and patron understanding, superior products that help save time and cut overall costs, and a five-star service group that is compensated based on customer satisfaction, not commissions. Visit www.pgpro.com for the latest information about P&G Professional's solutions and services.   Knowledge bombs Which "it factor" habit, trait, or characteristic you believe most contributes to your success? Inspiring others What is your biggest weakness? Not paying attention to the downside What's one question you ask or thing you look for during an interview? Asking about their coaching styles What's a current challenge? How are you dealing with it? Not watering down your "whys" Share one code of conduct or behavior you teach your team. Selling happy. Don't do standard food. Living a higher purpose of creating transformative relationships. What is one uncommon standard of service you teach your staff? Can I make some talking room What's one book we must read to become a better person or restaurant owner? GET THIS BOOK FOR FREE AT AUDIBLE.COM  Fundamentals: 9 Ways to Be Brilliant at the New Basics Setting the Table: The Transforming Power of Hospitality in Business The Fred Factor: How Passion in Your Work and Life Can Turn the Ordinary into the Extraordinary Conscious Capitalism: Liberating the Heroic Spirit of Business Talent is Overrated: What Really Separates World-Class Performers from Everybody Else What's one thing you feel restaurateurs don't know well enough or do often enough? Stay hungry, don't reinvent themselves, get beyond mediocrity Name one service you've hired. Michael Antochi - third party vendor/purchaser Architects What's one piece of technology you've adopted within your restaurant walls and how has it influenced operations? Facepay - in the future Virtual Drive-Thru - in the future Flyby If you got the news that you'd be leaving this world tomorrow and all memories of you, your work, and your restaurants would be lost with your departure with the exception of 3 pieces of wisdom you could leave behind for the good of humanity, what would they be? Be a student of life Seek out mentorship Start with you "whys" Contact info: mario_delpero@yahoo.com Thanks for listening! Thanks so much for joining today! Have some feedback you’d like to share? Leave a note in the comment section below! If you enjoyed this episode, please share it using the social media buttons you see at the top of the post. Also, please leave an honest review for the Restaurant Unstoppable Podcast on iTunes! Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them. And finally, don’t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic updates. Huge thanks to Mario Del Pero for joining me for another awesome episode. Until next time!   Restaurant Unstoppable is a free podcast. One of the ways I'm able to make it free is by earning a commission when sharing certain products with you. I've made it a core value to only share tools, resources, and services my guest mentors have recommend, first. If you're finding value in my podcast, please use my links!

Talents and Orgs in the #FutureOfWork with @NiritCohen Work2.0 Podcast In this podcast, Nirit Cohen discussed the future of work and how organizations could prepare themselves to stay in the new realities of work. Nirit shared some of the practices that business leaders could adopt #FutureOfWork. This podcast is great for all the leaders looking to learn about the future of work and how they could prepare for it. Nirit's Recommended Read: Thank You for Being Late: An Optimist's Guide to Thriving in the Age of Accelerations by Thomas L. Friedman https://amzn.to/2NoV6x2 Conscious Capitalism, With a New Preface by the Authors: Liberating the Heroic Spirit of Business by John Mackey (Author), Rajendra Sisodia (Author) https://amzn.to/2Zk9JYL Podcast Link: iTunes: http://math.im/jofitunes Youtube: http://math.im/jofyoutube Nirit's BIO: HR Strategist. Thought leader, Blogger, and Speaker for the Future of Work. Over 25 years at Intel Corporation in Israel, EMEA, and Global responsibilities in Human Resources, Mergers & Acquisitions, HR Information Systems, and Finance. About #Podcast: Work 2.0 Podcast is created to spark the conversation around the future of work, worker, and workplace. This podcast invite movers and shakers in the industry who are shaping or helping us understand the transformation in work. Wanna Join? If you or any you know wants to join in, Register your interest by emailing: info@analyticsweek.com Want to sponsor? Email us @ info@analyticsweek.com Keywords: Work 2.0 Podcast, #FutureOfWork, #FutureOfWorker, #FutureOfWorkplace, #Work, #Worker, #Workplace,

Welcome to the What's Next! podcast with Tiffani Bova.   This week I am speaking with the delightful and purpose-driven, Raj Sisodia. Raj is the FW Olin Distinguished Professor of Global Business and Whole Foods Market Research Scholar in Conscious Capitalism at Babson College, and Co-Founder and Co-Chairman of Conscious Capitalism Inc. He has a Ph. D. in Marketing from Columbia University and has published eleven books, including Firms of Endearment: How World Class Companies Profit from Passion and Purpose and his most recent book, The Healing Organization: Awakening the Conscience of Business to Help Save the World. Raj is also the co-author of the New York Times bestseller Conscious Capitalism: Liberating the Heroic Spirit of Business (2013) and Wall Street Journal bestseller Everybody Matters (2015). He was named one of “Ten Outstanding Trailblazers of 2010” by Good Business International, and one of the “Top 100 Thought Leaders in Trustworthy Business Behavior” by Trust Across America for 2010 and 2011. He is on the Board of Directors at The Container Store and a trustee of Conscious Capitalism Inc. I am thrilled to have  Raj Sisodia on the What’s Next! Podcast.       THIS EPISODE IS PERFECT FOR… People searching for their personal purpose in the work they do each day.   TODAY’S MAIN MESSAGE… Raj uncovers and expands on the unmet need for conscious capitalism in contemporary business. We are talking about ethics in business and marketing, purpose, value, and true happiness. This is not something mutually exclusive from business and capitalism, but the way Raj explains it, something that is vitally a part of the business ecosystem and indispensable to building a worthwhile and successful brand. Learn how to be courageously patient, identify your brand’s true purpose, and care for your team, your employees, and your customers at scale.  WHAT  I  LOVE  MOST… Raj’s journey from marketing to uncovering a true passion that seeks to make business more conscientious, impactful and valuable to society.    Running time: 29:51      Subscribe on iTunes     Find Tiffani on social:   Facebook   Twitter   LinkedIn   Instagram      Find Raj on social:   Twitter   LinkedIn  Raj's Website    Raj’s Books:  The Healing Organization  Conscious Capitalism Field Guide  Firms of Endearment  Everybody Matters 

Marlon Cooper, CEO of Symptai Technology Ltd. joins Stacey as she kicks off a month long series of conversations about love and leadership. She interviews Marlon about his leadership style which is rooted in principles similar to that of John Mackey (CEO Wholefoods) and Howard Schultz (CEO Starbucks). He shares his views on leadership success and the importance of including caring and self-awareness in everyday leadership life. Resources: Conscious Capitalism: Liberating the Heroic Spirit of Business; Book by John Mackey and Rajendra Sisodia

Chip Parrish is a team leader and top performing real estate agent in Denver, CO, Fairfield, CT, and Westchester, NY. He has always gone for the gold, but then came a crisis of faith. "Is this all there is?" he asked himself. This put him on a path of service and contribution that will knock your socks off. His real estate success is woven deeply into how he serves the wider world, including orphans in Nepal and homeless people in the U.S. Here is how Chip builds both trust and the bottom line. Video of this InterviewChip Parrish Real Estate Website -Discover Shelter Discover Shelter's Giving PageUnchain.orgHope in Our CityNepal Orphans HomeConscious Capitalism: Liberating the Heroic Spirit of Business: John Mackey, Rajendra Sisodia, Bill GeorgeThe Millionaire Real Estate Agent: It’s Not About the Money…It’s About Being the Best You Can Be!: Gary Keller, Dave Jenks, Jay Papasan

The Ambassador of JOY, Barry Shore, brings You Raj Sisodia, one of the most articulate, aware and persuasive advocates of the bedrock of our economy. This is a segment YOU will want to Listen to and Share because this affects Your very livelihood and Your future. Barry will be asking Raj pointed questions about the current state of Capitalism and what the Conscious aspect brings to the process. Hey, it's about Money. Your Money. And that should move You to tune in. Download, Listen and Share with EVERYONE You care about. Raj has written eleven books and over 100 academic articles. He is the co-author (with John Mackey, co-founder of Whole Foods Market) of Conscious Capitalism: Liberating the Heroic Spirit of Business , a New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller. He is also co-author of the Wall Street Journal bestseller Everybody Matters: The Extraordinary Power of Caring for Your People Like Family named as the Best Leadership and Management book of 2015.

Ben Vandenwymelenberg (VW), is the founder of Woodchuck USA and the author of The World Needs Your F*cking Ideas. Woodchuck USA specializes in wood products that can be presented as unique gifts. Items like customized wood paneling, journals, and other stationery are getting people’s attention because of the Buy One, Plant One program. The Buy One, Plant One program is the driving mission of Woodchuck USA. When a customer buys a Woodchuck USA product, Ben and his team plant a tree somewhere in the world. It is a business with a purpose and the future of a millennial driven economy. Ben tells me what inspired his book and why he thinks more people need to “release their inner entrepreneur.” What you will learn: How Woodchuck USA began. The products and services provided by Woodchuck USA. Woodchuck USA’s social mission. The Buy One, Plant One program. Why the Buy One, Plant One program works. Finding the “why” in your company mission. Agreeing on a collective why company-wide. Why Ben believes social capitalism is the future of business. The 3 misconceptions Ben found when writing his book. How to release your inner entrepreneur and make a difference. Why you need employees who share your why. The concept of a Conscious Circle and how changing it can make all the difference. Takeaways: Does your company have a “why?” You should! Having a mission in your company adds value and profit to your company’s bottom line and reputation. Social capitalism is the future of business and essential for reaching the millennial consumer. Links and Resources: GEXP Collaborative GEXP Accelerator Program Ben’s website Woodchuck USA The World Needs Your F*cking Ideas: How to Start a Business That Will Save Our Universe by Ben VW Conscious Capitalism, With a New Preface by the Authors: Liberating the Heroic Spirit of Business by John Mackey About Ben: Ben Vandenwymelenberg (VW) made his first wooden phone case in college. That unique item soon grew into a successful business that created creative wood products and a passionate mission. Ben and his team wanted to create American jobs and encourage a love of nature. Woodchuck USA’s Buy One, Plant One program has done just that. To date, Woodchuck has planted over 2 million trees worldwide and has become a flag carrier for the social capitalism movement.

Ben Vandenwymelenberg (VW), is the founder of Woodchuck USA and the author of The World Needs Your F*cking Ideas. Woodchuck USA specializes in wood products that can be presented as unique gifts. Items like customized wood paneling, journals, and other stationery are getting people’s attention because of the Buy One, Plant One program. The Buy One, Plant One program is the driving mission of Woodchuck USA. When a customer buys a Woodchuck USA product, Ben and his team plant a tree somewhere in the world. It is a business with a purpose and the future of a millennial driven economy. Ben tells me what inspired his book and why he thinks more people need to “release their inner entrepreneur.” What you will learn: How Woodchuck USA began. The products and services provided by Woodchuck USA. Woodchuck USA’s social mission. The Buy One, Plant One program. Why the Buy One, Plant One program works. Finding the “why” in your company mission. Agreeing on a collective why company-wide. Why Ben believes social capitalism is the future of business. The 3 misconceptions Ben found when writing his book. How to release your inner entrepreneur and make a difference. Why you need employees who share your why. The concept of a Conscious Circle and how changing it can make all the difference. Takeaways: Does your company have a “why?” You should! Having a mission in your company adds value and profit to your company’s bottom line and reputation. Social capitalism is the future of business and essential for reaching the millennial consumer. Links and Resources: GEXP Collaborative GEXP Accelerator Program Ben’s website Woodchuck USA The World Needs Your F*cking Ideas: How to Start a Business That Will Save Our Universe by Ben VW Conscious Capitalism, With a New Preface by the Authors: Liberating the Heroic Spirit of Business by John Mackey About Ben: Ben Vandenwymelenberg (VW) made his first wooden phone case in college. That unique item soon grew into a successful business that created creative wood products and a passionate mission. Ben and his team wanted to create American jobs and encourage a love of nature. Woodchuck USA’s Buy One, Plant One program has done just that. To date, Woodchuck has planted over 2 million trees worldwide and has become a flag carrier for the social capitalism movement.

Welcome to the first in our Podcast Showcase Series with Paul Shapiro and Toni Okamoto interviewing John Mackey. He started this little company, grew it, and then sold it to Amazon. You might know it as Whole Foods Market. Though Paul and Toni can tell you all about their guest, I can tell you a little bit about Paul and Toni. This super star duo is hosted by none other than Paul Shapiro, animal activist, author and now CEO of the Better Meat Co, and Toni Okamoto, who is a cookbook author, and the creator of Plant-based on a Budget, which encourages people that eating plant-based doesn’t have to be expensive. Toni was featured on What The Health and has a pretty viral youtube video where she and her business partner Michelle Cehn compare the Beyond Burger and the Impossible Burger.   As many know, Paul and I met on the My Food Job Rocks podcast and through chance, I got the opportunity to found Better Meat Co with him. Paul chose Sacramento to be the HQ of Better Meat Co, not because of strategy but because that is where Toni lives, his fiance’s home town. I was happy about the location for my own personal reasons as well. As Paul learned about how I did my podcast through the many talks we’ve had, he was very impressed with the number of connections and knowledge I’ve amassed throughout a couple of years of doing this and thought it would be valuable and fun to do a podcast with Toni. Business for Good is a podcast that focuses on the businesses that solve humanities biggest problems and one of those problems being food! Today, we go into the mind of John Mackey, Paul’s friend, but also the CEO and CEO-founder of Whole Foods. Business for Good as many other episodes that focus on food, such as slavery-free chocolate and investors for plant-based companies. But they also have an impressive list of other guests such as coral reef revitalists, musicians who are making a sustainable impact, and… toilet paper companies where if you buy their products, they will build toilets in third world countries. Without further ado, enjoy the first episode of the Business for Good’s podcast, their episode with John Mackey. You can check out more of Paul and Toni’s episode at businessforgoodpodcast.com Shownotes As a student, John Mackey was an idealistic hippie who worked in a vegetarian co-op while studying religion and philosophy. He never took a business class during his whole academic career. In other words, he wasn’t exactly the guy people would’ve placed bets on to become a businessman, let alone one who’d launch a natural foods empire called Whole Foods Market that would get purchased by Amazon for $14 billion. (Note: John long ago stopped taking a salary and even donated all of his Whole Foods stock, so he didn’t see a penny of the sale.) Listen to John discuss with Toni Okamoto and Paul Shapiro his thoughts on everything from venture capitalists and labor unions to Whole Foods’ sale to Amazon and of course how to do good in the world via business. John’s Books: Conscious Capitalism: Liberating the Heroic Spirit of Business Be the Solution: How Entrepreneurs and Conscious Capitalists Can Solve All the World’s Problems The Whole Foods Diet: The Lifesaving Plan for Health and Longevity John’s book recommendations during the show: Enlightenment Now by Steven Pinker Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike by Phil Knight The Upstarts: How Uber, Airbnb, and the Killer Companies of the New Silicon Valley Are Changing the Worldby Brad Stone The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life by Alice Schroeder Books by Peter Drucker More info: Conscious Capitalism, the organization John cofounded  

While some might say the act of being conscious and the practice of capitalism have little to do with one another, Whole Foods Market co-founder and co-CEO John Mackey believes differently. John discusses the consciousness, mindfulness, creativity and love that goes into running the billion-dollar business. A strong believer in the adage "follow your dreams," John shares his inspiring personal story and why he believes it is critical that we all strive to live more conscious lives. John also talks about his New York Times best-selling book, "Conscious Capitalism: Liberating the Heroic Spirit of Business."

(https://www.theh2duo.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Water-in-Real-Life-EP022-Dropcountr.png) Robb Barnitt is the Founder and Chief Executive at Dropcountr, a water SaaS (software-as-a-service) company that transforms data into actionable information for utility staff and their customers. Robb has spent his career working at the intersection of technology and sustainability in roles with Arthur D. Little, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory and several Silicon Valley startups.  He holds a Masters degree in Engineering from Stanford and an MBA from UC-Berkeley. Top Takeaways: The water sector has amazing committed people. They want to do something meaningful. This extends to the technology-oriented folks–developers and engineers. For those young professionals that want to make a difference, there’s a lot to like about the water industry.  Customers view water utilities on the same level as the other utilities they communicate with regularly. They expect a higher level of service and access such as real-time alerts regarding usage thresholds, leaks, and bill notification. Access to information isn’t just about bill pay and water usage. It also provides utilities the ability to communicate about other areas of concern for customers such as hydrant flushing. Robb gives a case study on (https://www.dropcountr.com/resources/digital-customer-relationship/) outside of Boston.  At the 2018 WaterSmart Innovations Conference: Alliance for Water Efficiency (http://www.allianceforwaterefficiency.org/default.aspx) are teaming up to discuss the importance of communicating with your Spanish speaking population in your community. A more complete inclusivity requires delivery of information in a language that’s preferred by the customer. If you want to educate and develop that relationship then you need to be speaking the same language. Whether Spanish is a requirement or just a preference, it’s a pretty nice gesture. It’s more than a translated website, you can actively engage in the culture.  “Strive to be more than a vendor, be an industry participant.” Robb Barnitt, Founder and Chief Executive at Dropcountr Resources: Scrum: The Art of Doing Twice the Work in Half the Time (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1847941109/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1847941109&linkCode=as2&tag=theh2duo-20&linkId=9152644631dea660e3f9d0cfadbeee68)  by Jeff Sutherland Ad feedback   Conscious Capitalism: the Heroic Spirit of Business (https://amzn.to/2Dp0BYW) by John Mackey and Raj Sisodia Tech resources: (https://techcrunch.com/) (https://news.ycombinator.com) (https://mavensnotebook.com/) Survey: (https://www.jdpower.com/business/press-releases/jd-power-2018-water-utility-residential-customer-satisfaction-study) (https://www.theh2duo.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/image.png) Sponsor: (http://water.mastermeter.com/the-essential-guide-to-financing-smart-water-projects?__hstc=6103788.f03d2f8a133aa3e4d2ccf03cb7dc7f64.1514478942066.1514574040855.1516406742564.5&__hssc=6103788.4.1516406742564&__hsfp=82336232) Show notes: [4:20] Robb’s origin story, from rural America to water tech startup CEO. [8:45] Why is it important to be in the water sector, in this moment? [11:30] How is technology helping to bring utilities into the digital age with their customers? [12:50] Case study from Dedham Westwood Water District (https://www.dropcountr.com/resources/digital-customer-relationship/) about communicating with customers regarding hydrant flushing. [17:08] The importance of communicating with your Spanish speaking community (https://watersmartinnovations.com/sessions.php) . [21:25] How water tech startups can play a role in bringing the next generation to the water industry. [25:00] Robb’s guiding principles aka core values and Arianne forgetting ours. [30:00] Robb...

After a life changing trip to Greece, Keith Richards and his wife Amy founded Taziki's Cafe in 1998. Over the proceeding 30 years they have since "smartly" grow this "fresh-casual" franchise to 85 locations in 17 states. Richards also heads the company's signature charity, the Hope Program, helping children with special needs. Show notes… Favorite Success Quote or Mantra. "Combine extraordinary food with meaningful connection." In this conversation with Keith Richards, we discuss: The power of human connection and treating your guest like family. Failure, not being an option. Putting others first. Why you should always donate food instead of money to charitable causes. Donate food is better marketing. Leveraging technology to tighten systems. How technology can weed out the dishonest employees. The story and heart behind the branding and the impact it has. Providing purpose for special needs individuals. Connecting with other restaurateurs in your community to share knowledge and support. Today's Sponsor Soundtrackyourbrand.com Soundtrack Business lets you play 250 music channels guaranteed to fit any type of business. An easy-to-use dashboard lets you find great music, control all your locations and schedule your sound. BarRestaurantSuccess.com Discover How To Get New Customers In Your DoorsAt A Profit In 48 Hours Or Less, Without Spending A Penny On Advertising Using The "VOP" Strategy! For a limited time receive a 15 minute case study video that reveals how 4 different bar and restaurant owners from around the country brought in between $5,213 to nearly $15,000 in sales using the all new "VOP" strategy! Best part is, this takes zero marketing dollars Knowledge bombs Which "it factor" habit, trait, or characteristic you believe most contributes to your success? Being kind to others. What is your biggest weakness? Focus. Living off a list has helped with this challenge What's one question you ask or thing you look for during an interview? Are you coordinated? Are you a team player? What's a current challenge? How are you dealing with it? Maintaining the same culture while scaling the Tazikis brand. Share one code of conduct or behavior you teach your team. Respect others. Work together. What is one uncommon standard of service you teach your staff? Greet people at the door. Pre clearing , even in a fast-casual setting. What's one book we must read to become a better person or restaurant owner? GET THIS BOOK FOR FREE AT AUDIBLE.COM  Conscious Capitalism: Liberating the Heroic Spirit of Business  Death by Meeting: A Leadership Fable about Solving the Most Painful Problem in Business Share an online resource or tool. QSR Magazine What's one piece of technology you've adopted in your restaurant and how has it influence operations? Square POS Fresh Hospitality   If you got the news that you'd be leaving this world tomorrow and all memories of you, your work, and your restaurants would be lost with your departure with the exception of 3 pieces of wisdom you could leave behind for the good of humanity, what would they be? Take care of others. Show that your faith will make you successful. Be a great father. Contact Info TazikisCafe.com @Tazikis   Thanks for Listening! Thanks so much for joining today! Have some feedback you'd like to share? Leave a note in the comment section below! If you enjoyed this episode, please share it using the social media buttons you see at the top of the post. Also, please leave an honest review for the Restaurant Unstoppable Podcast on iTunes! Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them. And finally, don't forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic updates. Huge thanks to Keith Richards for joining me for another awesome episode. Until next time!   Restaurant Unstoppable is a free podcast. One of the ways I'm able to make it free is by earning a commission when sharing certain products with you. I've made it a core value to only share tools, resources, and services my guest mentors have recommend, first. If you're finding value in my podcast, please use my links!

As a student, John Mackey was an idealistic hippie who worked in a vegetarian co-op while studying religion and philosophy. He never took a business class during his whole academic career. In other words, he wasn’t exactly the guy people would’ve placed bets on to become a businessman, let alone one who’d launch a natural foods empire called Whole Foods Market that would get purchased by Amazon for $14 billion. (Note: John long ago stopped taking a salary and even donated all of his Whole Foods stock, so he didn’t see a penny of the sale.) Listen to John discuss with Toni and Paul his thoughts on everything from venture capitalists and labor unions to Whole Foods’ sale to Amazon and of course how to do good in the world via business. John’s Books: Conscious Capitalism: Liberating the Heroic Spirit of Business Be the Solution: How Entrepreneurs and Conscious Capitalists Can Solve All the World’s Problems The Whole Foods Diet: The Lifesaving Plan for Health and Longevity More info: Conscious Capitalism, the organization John cofounded

In this episode, Sal, Adam & Justin interview Bryan Papé of MiiR. Learn more about MiiR at www.miir.com. Cronyism and your purchasing power in giving back to environment. (7:24) How if you're not adding value to your products, you will fail. (10:57) Why he felt like a tool growing up? Bryan shares his superhero origin story from growing up with the privilege of experiences to the art of finding discipline in him. (13:40) The Expectation of Excellence. Did he ever feel the pressure of his parents comparing him to his siblings? (22:45) Are there things that stand out to him that he wants to bring to his children? (26:25) What lessons has he learned from his daughter? (31:35) How does he find the balance to being hands-on father to his growing business? (33:24) What ego checking event changed the course of his life? (37:00) The successes of his early business ventures and the biggest takeaway into his business methods today. (50:03) What series of events brought him to MIIR? (52:30) Have there been milestones that have catapulted the business? (54:43) The benefits of becoming a B Corp and is there competition between them? (59:08) Has the company been successful from the start? (1:01:39) Was there any time he wanted to get out of the business to make more money or better opportunities? (1:03:45) How important is autonomy to his legacy? (1:08:10) The low barrier to entry and how EVERYONE can be an entrepreneur these days. (1:11:00) Does he have a fear of failure? (1:14:02) Does he have people within his company that are polar opposite of him? (1:15:22) What are some of the biggest mistakes the company has made? (1:19:23) Product to Project. How does MIIR give back? Choose to partner with? (1:25:55) Conscious Capitalism: Liberating the Heroic Spirit of Business. (1:36:55) How does he stay active now and healthy? Fitness goals? (1:43:30) People Mentioned/Featured Guest: Bryan Papé (@bryanpape)  Instagram Chase Jarvis (@chasejarvis)  Instagram Jason Kilar (@jasonkilar)  Twitter Gary Vay-Ner-Chuk (@garyvee)  Instagram/Twitter Tim Ferriss (@timferriss)  Instagram Related Links/Products Mentioned: MiiR | Product to Project™ IGen: Why Today's Super-Connected Kids Are Growing Up Less Rebellious, More Tolerant, Less Happy--and Completely Unprepared for Adulthood--and What That Means for the Rest of Us - Book by Jean Twenge Dirty Money | Netflix Official Site CreativeLive B Corporation: Welcome Patagonia Outdoor Clothing & Gear Are Millennials More Or Less Likely To Start Their Own Businesses? The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich - Book by Tim Ferriss charity: water John Keatley - MiiR Ad Campaign Splash | Home Conscious Company Media Conscious Capitalism: Liberating the Heroic Spirit of Business - Book by John Mackey and Rajendra Sisodia Would you like to be coached by Sal, Adam & Justin? You can get 30 days of virtual coaching from them for FREE at www.mindpumpmedia.com. Get our newest program, MAPS Split, an expertly programmed and phased muscle building and sculpting program designed to get your body stage ready. This is an advanced program and is not recommended for beginners. Get it at www.mapssplit.com! Get MAPS Prime, MAPS Anywhere, MAPS Anabolic, MAPS Performance, MAPS Aesthetic, the Butt Builder Blueprint, the Sexy Athlete Mod AND KB4A (The MAPS Super Bundle) packaged together at a substantial DISCOUNT at www.mindpumpmedia.com. Make EVERY workout better with MAPS Prime, the only pre-workout you need… it is now available at mindpumpmedia.com   Have Sal, Adam & Justin personally train you via video instruction on our YouTube channel, Mind Pump TV. Be sure to Subscribe for updates.   Please subscribe, rate and review this show! Each week our favorite reviewers are announced on the show and sent Mind Pump T-shirts! Have questions for Mind Pump? Each Monday on Instagram (@mindpumpmedia) look for the QUAH post and input your question there. (Sal, Adam & Justin will answer as many questions as they can)

Chris Reeves is the founder of 2930 Creative, a digital advertising agency in Dallas, Texas focused on helping the nonprofit, medical, tourism, and mortgage industries.  Chris and his team have also began branching off into many new mediums, including a Facebook Live show and two podcasts, "The Creative Block Podcast" and "One-Star Review." Full shownotes: http://yourcreativepush.com/162 In this episode, Chris discusses: -How he and his wife started 2930 Creative and how he is surprised to have made it five years strong. -Not quitting when the going gets tough and continuing to persevere. -How and why he started the new podcasts “The Creative Block” and “One Star Review.” -The fear that comes when you start a new creative project. -Coping with loss and how experimentation with new projects have helped him. -How technology has made things both easier and harder. -His earliest creative moments. -His experiences being in a ska punk band as well performing as a DJ. -The idea of having creative “phases.” -How he and his wife balance their time. -The importance of making some separations between work life and home life. -How he gets past the “shiny object” syndrome and decides which of his many ideas are valuable enough to pursue. -The importance of giving back. -Making a “creative bucket list.” Chris's Final Push will make you realize that the worst that can happen is that nobody cares, but more than likely, many people will care!   Quotes: “I think the biggest reason we made it is that we didn’t quit.” “I think it’s just not quitting.  Because it is easy when things get hard to just do something different.” “The idea was born out of the fact that chasing down clients for money is not very fun.” “It’s always scary when you start a new thing.  I think every creative feels that way.” Links mentioned: The Creative Block Podcast One-Star Review Curate Conscious Capitalism: Liberating the Heroic Spirit of Business by John Mackey Uncontainable: How Passion, Commitment, and Conscious Capitalism Built a Business Where Everyone Thrives by Kip Tindell Pencil Kings Schoolism Pen Pineapple Apple Pen Kung Fury Connect with Chris: Website / Facebook / Instagram / Twitter

John Mackey, Co-founder and Co-CEO of Whole Foods Market and author of “Conscious Capitalism: Liberating the Heroic Spirit of Business” offers a spirited defense of free enterprise and argues that businesses can have a positive societal impact while being profitable. Q&A moderated by Dean and Professor Steven Currall. Series: "UC Davis Graduate School of Management's Executive Speakers and Special Events" [Business] [Show ID: 24960]

John Mackey, Co-founder and Co-CEO of Whole Foods Market and author of “Conscious Capitalism: Liberating the Heroic Spirit of Business” offers a spirited defense of free enterprise and argues that businesses can have a positive societal impact while being profitable. Q&A moderated by Dean and Professor Steven Currall. Series: "UC Davis Graduate School of Management's Executive Speakers and Special Events" [Business] [Show ID: 24960]

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Maybe it was Gordon Gekko declaring that “greed is good,” or before that, Silent Cal Coolidge saying that “the business of America is business.” Or maybe it was simply the financial crash of 2008/2009? Whatever the reason, business today has an approval rating of about 19%...just about as bad as Congress. But why? Business has been the great engine of progress of the American experience. From the Man in the Grey Flannel Suit to the jeans and turtlenecks of Steve Jobs. As David Brooks put it today, “America’s greatest innovations and commercial blessings were unforeseen. They emerged, bottom up, from tinkerers and business outsiders.” So why does business get such a bad rap? Sure we idealize small business, but it’s big business that creates jobs, lifts people up and changes the culture. John Mackey has been working on this problem, first in his own business, Whole Foods, and now in Conscious Capitalism: Liberating the Heroic Spirit of Business. My conversation with John Mackey:

John Mackey, co-CEO of Whole Foods Market and coauthor of "Conscious Capitalism: Liberating the Heroic Spirit of Business."

Recorded on January 5th, 2011.  In this talk and discussion, Rev. Rinsen continues to work with the teachings of Enni Bennen, a contemporary of Zen Master Dogen.