Jul
24
We’ve all been there: after spending countless hours building something - a product, a new website, a piece of art - you release it into the world, put out the word on your social channels, hold your breath and…. nothing. Crickets. Tumbleweeds. Then you start looking at other creators or companies enviously, wondering how they manage to get so much traction for their work when yours - which is just as good if not better...
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Jul
19
Piera is the co-founder of Refinery29, one of the most important and influential lifestyle editorial companies on the internet with millions of visitors a day from just about every corner of the planet. It’s one of those classic entrepreneur stories, starting with a few friends in a cramped makeshift office who had a ton of passion but not a lot of experience - they’ve had some ups and downs, made some pivots, but here they...
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Jul
12
Today I’m bringing you the audio version of a talk I gave at The Next Web conference in Amsterdam earlier this year on a topic that’s top of mind for many of us, which is the rise of AI and automation and the implications it may have for our careers - whether you’re a truck driver or a radiologist or a graphic designer, you’ve probably had a moment in the past year or two where...
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Jul
05
As you know, on this show I usually I sit down with the world’s top creative entrepreneurs and thought leaders and unpack actionable, valuable insights to help you live your dreams in career, hobby, and in life - but today we’ve got something a little different for you which I think you’ll find equally or maybe even more valuable than our usual format. As you may have seen, I have a new YouTube show called...
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Jun
28
If you’re familiar with Jason then you know he’s an incredibly unique human. And if you’re not, then I'll do my best-- but you really just need to check out his work. He’s a brilliant and insanely insightful creator whose work sits at the intersection of philosophy, personal development and film much like my own work. You may know him as the host of Nat Geo’s “Brain Games,” from his short film series “Shots Of...
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Jun
21
Steven is an entrepreneur and writer whose work has appeared in just about every publication you can think of -- New York Times, Forbes, Wired, TIME, you name it -- and was nominated for a Pulitizer for his book “A Small Furry Prayer." I wanted to have Steven on because he has a very unique focus in his latest book “Stealing Fire”: understanding peak human performance -- not in an abstract sense, but the specific...
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Jun
14
Leila Janah is a human dynamo and one of the most exciting voices in the world of social entrepreneurship. After starting her career in management consulting, she quit to pursue her passions full time and has founded TWO companies. The first is Samasource, a non-profit that lifts people out of poverty via hiring them to do data work - and their clients now include the likes of Walmart, eBay, Google. And more recently she started...
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Jun
13
So many think the market is saturated. What it's full of is people that look exactly like one another... Be different.
Jun
09
On a frosty February morning in 1995, the fresh, fluffy powder of Steamboat Springs, Colorado flies high in the air for a photo that, if all goes well, will sell for $500 and a pair of skis. As his skier-model soars past, Chase Jarvis, the twenty-three-year-old photographer who recently completed a seven-month whirlwind of a world tour, clicks the shutter of his Minolta SLR with precision and purpose. Innumerable photos are taken in pursuit of...
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Jun
07
W. Kamau Bell is a veteran standup comedian, the creator and star of the hit CNN show “United Shades Of America” which is kicking off its 2nd season, host of a couple podcasts, one of which has probably the best title of any podcast ever - “Denzel Washington Is The Greatest Actor Of All Time Period” - and author of a bestselling book among many other things he’s been part of over the course of his...
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