Talented Humans

Today’s conversation is with Ian Roth, a Company Commander at US Army and host of the Get Heard with Ian Roth Podcast. Ian has over 10 years of experience in the United States Army and the civilian sector. He has dedicated himself to leading and mentoring others in fast-paced environments both in the United States and deployed. In this conversation, Ian and I discuss the many aspects of military life and how he has used both of his military and business background in civilian and military life.

Today’s conversation is with Meg Manke, she is the Co-Founder and COO of the Rose Group International and the author of iX Leadership. Meg has years of experience in leading through transition. From major changes in highly-regulated industries to managing through $100M acquisition. Meg also has a passion for helping others realize their full potential - breaking down social and personal barriers - changing their story. Her innate ability to recognize opportunity in weakness and present a strategic solution is unprecedented in today's business world.

Today’s conversation is with Dr Rachel Headley, she is the Co-Founder and CEO of the Rose Group International and the author of iX Leadership. Through the Rose Group Rachel and her team support high-tech and high-science corporations by solving problems through cultural assessment and changing behaviour or facilitating change with your culture in mind to Master cultural development to keep your best people, create high-performing teams, and engages staff.

Today’s conversation is with Yisroel Picker. He is a therapist who works with parents and kids to help them navigate the potential harms that are associated with social media and online predators. In this conversation we dive into this topic and how to better protect our children and ourselves.

Today’s conversation is with Tony McAleer a former white supremasist whoIn the 1980s, was deeply involved in the neo-Nazi group White Aryan Resistance and was involved in anti-immigrant activism, Holocaust denial and street violence. In this conversation we dive into how he has used the past 20 years to undergo the long, sometimes painful process of leaving it all behind.

Jon Thor, Corporate Punk & Creative Nerd, Co-Founder of Syzygee among other things.

Today’s conversation is with Devin Halliday. He is the Chief Belonging Officer of the Ally Cooperative and the author of the book Belonging Factor. During this conversation Devin and dive into the importance of belonging and creating community around us especially as entrepreneurs and talented individuals. It was really an honor to chat with Devin and I hope you guys enjoy the episode.

My guest today, Anna Rosenwasser is professionally gay. She works as director of the Swiss Lesbian Organisation, where she campaigns for love. In our conversation, we dive into the empowering of queer people and how many of us as allies should continue to fight for equality across all genders. We also discuss how her work and organization helps young people deal with the still existing prejudice against LGBTQ people to maintain a good level of mental toughness to better care for their mental health.  

My Guests today are Drs Kim and Todd Saxton who are award-winning authors and professors at Indiana University Kelly School of Business. Our conversation today centres around education and entrepreneurship and the changes that are needed to better educate future generations that will work the jobs of the future. 

In this episode I have a conversation with one of my best friends Finn Thormeier, It is fitting that this is the first episode of season 2 as we dive into the topic of social media and how Finn has dealt with the experience of being on social media and building a brand and image through it. In the past 2 years, Finn has gone from University dropout to founder of his own personal branding agency while documenting the whole process.  have a listen to this light-hearted conversation between to silly friends who are both figuring life out and navigating the world of entrepreneurship. 

Creativity is something we all have in us to a certain extent, but there are only a few of us who have insane creativity and are extremely talented at maximizing our creativity. My guest today is Timo Hänseler a German storyteller and visual creator master who I met last summer in NYC and who since last year continues to leave jaw dropped whenever I have the pleasure to see his work or even better see him in action creating content and bringing ideas to life. Timo, like me, believes in the importance of making sure that we take care of ourselves both physically and mentally especially while we are young. In this episode, we dive into his story as a talented human and we touch on the valuable lessons he has learned since he began his career over a decade ago as a teen. 

Education, cognitive behavior, psychology, entrepreneurship and emotional intelligence, are the topics I discuss with this week's guest Martina Witter. Unlike many of my other guests Martina is not someone I know personally or at a high level but she caught my attention on LinkedIn by making a comment about emotional intelligence and I knew I wanted to have a conversation with her to dive into this topic a bit more since I had touched on it when I talked with Lila Smith. 

Being a teen might seem to some like a simple time in life with fewer worries and just having to focus on school and having a good time. But that is far from the truth and we all know it, being a teen is probably the most challenging time in our lives we are in the process of growing up both physically and mentally and dealing with our body's chemical imbalances that can cause us to act and behave in different ways. One thing that most teens have to deal with is pressure from peers and from parents and teachers and society as a whole. At times we are expected to be responsible adults and at the same time, we are treated as young children. My guest on today's episode is an 18 teen from Switzerland his name is Nooah Riijärvi and he is on his last year of high school, and it is because of young people like him that I created this podcast, it is because of the different emotions and uncertainty that some young people like him face that I thought we need to teach and talk about the importance of learning how to find our purpose and understand our emotional intelligence to be able to deal with the challenges that figuring what we want and what path to follow brings. 

Some of us seem to have a natural ability to be confident and to go after what we want in life even when we aren't 100% sure what that is. Meet Thomas Reck he is the founder of Insight, a personal branding agency based in Berlin. I met Thomas last year in NYC and after spending a few days together walking the city and taking photos I realized that this cheeky and confident 18yo had something special. Thomas is a talented entrepreneur and born leader. In this episode, we talk about his transformation from an 18yo talented photographer trying to figure out what he wanted to do after high school to company founder and up and coming authority on personal branding in the European market.  

Sleep is so important and there are many ways to find the right strategy to ensure that you maximize and optimize your sleep time. In this episode my conversation is with 18yo Max Kozlow, a young entrepreneur I had the pleasure of meeting last year in NYC and as it is the case with most my guests Max is now a great friend. - Recently Max was named High Schooler of the year in Czech Republic and he recently founded his new company Undout.com and it is all about Sleep Tech. 

Communication is an integral part of our daily life, and how we communicate with others is so important. But in today’s episode my guest Lila Smith and I use the philosophy behind her Say Things Better Method of Intentional Communication to explain the importance of our internal communication and focusing on ourselves as our primary communication partners.

Sleep is something that we sometimes take for granted,  but it is an experience that our body needs in order to perform at its best. In this episode I talk all things sleep and other things with my great friend Coy White. Coy is the founder of the Sprackle app and an all around talented human. from music to sports to business and film, if Coy wants to do it he will do it to highest level of quality and passion. 

Loneliness is something that is currently affecting million of people around the world and while we are by all appearances more connected than ever before, we seem to find ourselves lonier than we have ever been. In this episode I talk the talented Jillian Richardson about how loneliness affect us and how she is helping many feel less lonely. Jillian is the Founder of the Joy List and the author of the book Unlonely Planet. 

From a young age Louise Cartwright had to battle some inner battles that she carried with her into her adult life until she decided she need to help herself and make a change. We all have insecurities and we all have to battle things when we are young and need to figure out what our path and our purpose. - Louise is today a Certified High Performance Coach working with business owners and leaders, who want a life of Purpose, Passion & Profit, and her story is one that can inspire many to understand the importance of being aware of who we are and the issues we are dealing with. 

Deciding against going to university or dropping out of university are both really hard decision some of us have to face and in today's world of technology and entrepreneurship plus the added cost of actually attending university has made foregoing higher education a trend. But, for Orianna Flores attending university was a way to actually better understand her artistic side and how to develop it and how to find her true passion and purpose. 

In this episode I have a great chat with a really talented human named Max Mirho, he is the host of the Entreprenrd Series on linkedIn. 

Max's Story is really interesting and worth listening to because it dives into the world of learning and entrepreneurship, being home school and learning how to adapt and develop our social skills. 

In This episode I talk with Eric Didier the co-founder of Urban Misfit Ventures, and we dive into the mindset and the effort behind trusting yourself and building one of the fastest growing companies in Milwaukee, US and handling struggles and victories in both his personal and business life. 

In this episode I talk with one of the most positive and inspiring person I have met, Amanda McCreight, just 21 Years old Amanda has started to build her own App and has been presented with a life changing opportunity to work with one of her heroes, Author and Entrepreneur Jesse Itzler. Amanda's love for living and genuine kind human nature is one of the reasons she is where she is today and sharing her story and giving us all value on how to work hard and find our purpose while being and doing what makes us happy. 

This episode is all about mindset and how Don Wettrick the founder of StartEdUp, author of “Pure Genius: Building a Culture of Innovation and Taking 20% Time to the Next Level” and Innovation Specialist at Noblesville High School, central IN is shaping high school kids who want and have the drive to find their purpose and create new technology and innovation. During this episode Don and I share our view on the current state of education and how important it is nurture talent for the sake of protecting our future generations mental health. 

Welcome to the Talented Humans Podcast. In this first episode I talk with my good friend Calvin Hamilton who is a 20 years old who moved to NYC to join Team Gary V at Vayner Media at the age of 18 and the story he shares is one that can teach us all a thing or two about growing and dealing with loneliness and taking care of both our mind and our body. 

Brief Introduction about the podcast and what to expect for season 1