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Building up mental tenacity is something that can be tough in our working lives. Sometimes, it’s hard to know when we’re doing the right thing, and if we’re headed in the right direction.While in Los Angeles, we sat down with Jennifer Kushell, founder of YSN, and had an AMAZING conversation around knowing how to stay tenacious.Jen invited us to her lovely home and let us play with her Masai Warrior Spears from Morocco.After spearing around, we got into the down and dirty of building your backbone.In this episode, you’ll learn:+How routines impact your ability to stay focused+Why advice and opinions aren’t always a good thing+The importance of deciding what you want versus what others want+Appreciating where you are+Taking a yoga mindset to more aspects of life+Comparing yourself to yourself+Working smart versus working hard+Pacing yourself and being resourceful+Finding your ideal work environment+The story of our friend who applied to 230 jobs before getting a call back+Leaving room for the good stuff that happens in the margins+Taking a more creative approach to keep things interesting+Building a body of work to where the work speaks for itself+Breaking away from templates and scripts in communication+Being thoughtful about what you put online+The 100 words of every industry+The 3 types of people who attend networking events+Seeking experiences to keep motivatedFind Jennifer and YSN atwww.ysn.comTwitter @YSNJenInstagram @JenKushellThis episode is sponsored by Under30Experiences, an amazing travel community that allows like-minded young adults to explore the world. Use promo code "idealemon" at under30experiences.com for $100 off your next booking. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Help! You know I need somebody! Help!Just what were The Beatles actually singing about? People always talk about the importance of giving back, showing support, and helping others, but realistically how do you actually help others? It can seem like a daunting task if you don’t know who to help and where to start.In our second podcast out of LA we dropped by the Movember headquarters for a conversation with one of their directors, and Mo-Bro, JJ Owen. If you’re not familiar with Movember, they are the Non-Profit Organization that raises awareness and money for mens health (think prostate cancer) by getting men to grow a mustache during the month of November to start the conversation.In this episode, you’ll learn:+How causes build relationships+Why creating change doesn’t have to be big sweeping change+What makes people care about getting involved+The ways you can help others that don’t involve donating money+How to support a cause without having to go out of your way+Why being open to chance interactions leads to creating great things+Finding your inherent reason to get involved, and how that changes your approach+If being altruistic is a realistic thing to strive for+How to relate your past activities to your future activities+Knowing where your money goes+All about MovemberFind JJ and Movember at@Movember on Twitter and Instagram@MobroJJwww.movember.comThis episode is sponsored by Under30Experiences, an amazing travel community that allows like-minded young adults to explore the world. Use promo code "idealemon" at under30experiences.com for $100 off your next booking. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Just how do you become memorable?In our first podcast out of Los Angeles we sat down with Daniel DiPiazza, founder of Rich20Something, for a special live recording from General Assembly in Santa Monica. We had one hell of a conversation about what it takes to be memorable, and something memorable and hilarious happened mid-podcast when Daniel’s girlfriend called him to ask why he wasn’t home yet (and yes this is all caught in the recording).In this episode you'll learn:+How growing up the things your friends called “gay” (and meant “gay” as “stupid”) are the interesting things now+Why we need to lean into our weirdness+Being remembered in good ways versus bad ways+Becoming memorable doesn’t mean you have to be the best+How The Rock built himself into the most memorable person ever+Testing and validating your ideas on small stages before taking them to large ones+Using language in a way so you're better understood+The Seth Rollins effect where not every time has to be your most memorable time+Letting people into more parts of your life to open up opportunitiesand more!Find Daniel atwww.Rich20Something.comInstagram and twitter @rich20somethingDaniel's "Open Letter to Frustrated 20-somethings" featured on Huffington Post: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/daniel-dipiazza/an-open-letter-to-frustra_b_3205493.htmlThis episode is sponsored by Under30Experiences, an amazing travel community that allows like-minded young adults to explore the world. Use promo code "idealemon" at under30experiences.com for $100 off your next booking. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Cypress Hill put it best in "Rock/Rap Superstar" when they said, "It's a fun job, but it's still a job."We spend a lot of time pursuing our passions, but sometimes you can burn out on your passion. So how do you reclaim the fire? We sat down with champion downhill longboarder Marisa Nunez at her home in Portland and explored how to stay passionate about your passions.In this episode you'll learn:+Overcoming being the only female in a male-dominated environment+Pursuing something even if you’re not ‘born with it’+Having an addiction mindset for the things you love+How the story you tell yourself influences your behavior+Planting seeds to grow your passion+What to do when your passion feels like work+How Tony Hawk expanded from a skateboarder to a building a skateboard empire+Keeping things interesting by living in the moment+Why thinking you have to go pro in your passion is the wrong approach+Why Charles Barkley is much happier retired than Michael Jordan+Deciphering between what keeps you busy and what keeps you happy+The sweeping misperception of a “real job”+The moment when you’re winning at life+Being okay with unexpected outcomes+Treating your passion more like a job to take it seriously+Choosing themes instead of goals+Taking a reverse approach to finding exactly what you want to do+Intentionally putting yourself in environments that force your passion out+Developing ‘tunnel vision’ when you’re in a flow state+Channeling nervous energy into empowering energy+Owning that more people are on your side than you thinkFind Marisa Nunez atinstagram @cocomariihttps://www.facebook.com/pages/Marisa-Nuñezwww.daddysboardshop.comThis episode is sponsored by Under30Experiences, an amazing travel community that allows like-minded young adults to explore the world. Use promo code "idealemon" at under30experiences.com for $100 off your next booking. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Unexpected things happen all the time. Maybe you get laid off. Maybe your partner breaks up with you. Maybe you have to pack up and move away from everyone you know.How you choose to view them changes everything though.In our second podcast out of Portland, we talked with Sean Ogle, founder of Location Rebel about the unexpected. Sean couldn't have been more perfect for this conversation. In 2009, he unknowingly resigned from his job (talk about unexpected). This led to him building Location Rebel, moving to Thailand for an extended period, and setting out on a quest to play the top 100 golf courses in the world.You'll also learn:+Finding a good travel buddy to have the experiences you want to have+How to deal with getting laid off when you least expect it+Identifying what you have to fall back on when thing’s don't go as planned+How to comfortably quit your job+Taking an abundance versus a limited mindset+The 3 stages of uncertainty+Identifying the things that bring you happiness+Forcing yourself to do something by talking about it more+Advancing yourself beyond being a pretender to a doer+Making yourself worthy of being helped by other people+Valuing your own time, and the importance of being called out on your BS+Breaking past the veil of forced and fake pleasantries+Planning for the now instead of planning for an uncertain future+How to move forward without a backup plan+Sean’s advice for knowing the exact right time to leave your job+Trusting yourself to make tough decisions+Forcing yourself into sink or swim scenarios to reveal your best qualities+Identifying your transferable skills to lessen negative impact, and constant positive impactFind Sean atwww.seanogle.comwww.locationrebel.comwww.breakingeighty.comThis episode is sponsored by Under30Experiences, an amazing travel community that allows like-minded young adults to explore the world. Use promo code "idealemon" at under30experiences.com for $100 off your next booking. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We're all hungry ambitious people, chasing after something. Sometimes that 'something' can be ambiguous for a lot of us. How many times have you heard someone say they are 'chasing the dream', but they don't really know what their dream is?As we progress through our lives and careers, there is this nebulous concept of 'making it'. You're in the midst of your chase, but just how do you know when you've made it?That's the question we answered in our latest podcast out of Portland with our new friend Jason Bay, founder of Gen Y Success.I love this episode because we explored a lot of the 'behind the curtain' aspects of chasing success that most career aficionados and 'experts' never cover.In this episode, you'll learn:+The parallels and differences between Michael Jordan and LeBron James+How having success means you’ll attract haters+The impact of intrinsic versus extrinsic motivation on your +performance+How to distinguish between symbiotic versus parasitic relationships+Identifying what’s natural versus what’s forced+How “desperation mode” hinders your success+The pitfalls and benefits of being “the nice guy”+How to define fame for yourself+The Kendrick Lamar 'money & power approach'As a thank you to Discover Your inner Awesome podcast listeners, Jason Bay has a free success toolkit available for download, with over 50 free tools the best entrepreneurs use.Download the Success Toolkit here: http://www.genysuccess.com/lemonFind Jason on twitter @JasonDBaywww.genysuccess.comThis episode is sponsored by Under30Experiences, an amazing travel community that allows like-minded young adults to explore the world. Use promo code "idealemon" at under30experiences.com for $100 off your next booking. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In Season 2 of Discover Your Inner Awesome we take the show on an epic 6 week road trip starting in Chicago, through the Northwest U.S., down the west coast, head east to New Orleans, and make our way back up to Chicago. Our Seattle stop included a conversation with Steve Kane, creator of @StrictlyGoodEnergy, and product marketer at Microsoft. We talked about knowing when to go full speed ahead versus when to ease up in chasing your ambitions.In this episode you'll learn:-Why listening to your inner voice matters-Finding a personal equilibrium-The difference between traditional entrepreneurship and lifestyle entrepreneurship-How your purpose impacts your decision-making-How everything can be changed-Building a core lifestyle foundation and building around that-Why we're so hard on ourselves-Keeping a short memory-How to let go of the little thingsFollow Steve Kane's work at @strictlygoodenergy on instagram, and read his previous work at www.strictlygoodenergy.comThis episode is sponsored by Under30Experiences, an amazing travel community that allows like-minded young adults to explore the world. Use promo code "idealemon" at under30experiences.com for $100 off your next booking. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In Season 2 of Discover Your Inner Awesome we take the show on an epic 6 week road trip starting in Chicago, through the Northwest U.S., down the west coast, head east to New Orleans, and make our way back up to Chicago. Our Denver stop included sitting down with Adam Griffin, founder of the fitness company Bodeefit, author of The Guy At The Bar, and Under30Experiences community member. We talked about how to shape your reality. In this episode you’ll learn:-The affects of positive and negative energy on your surroundings-The Stoicism mindset-Hitting your bottom in order to make serious changes-How to form habit routines that allow you to control your environment-The importance of choosing where you live carefully when shaping your lifestyle-To put your lifestyle first, and fit everything else in where you can-To seek out the true stories behind different life-paths that you can choose from-The real meaning of passion when it comes to your work and your lifestyle-The difference between acting a lifestyle and living a lifestyle-How loss puts your life into perspective-What would change in how you live your life if you knew you would live 700 years?-That our lives are lived between our earsFind adam on twitter @ideasdontworkwww.bodeefit.comAdam's book: http://www.amazon.com/The-Guy-At-Bar-little/dp/0692403825This episode is sponsored by Under30Experiences, an amazing travel community that allows like-minded young adults to explore the world. Use promo code "idealemon" at under30experiences.com for $100 off your next booking. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

“How do you learn to trust yourself?”Do you make decisions with your brain, or your gut? This week, we sit down with Carla Blumenthal, founder of Tea+Purpose, and explore the highs and lows of learning how to trust yourself. From listening to your body, to recording your thoughts and emotions, we go deep into the inner minds that enable us to live a life true to ourselves.Carla Blumenthal http://www.teapluspurpose.com/Carla's TED Talk-- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XipkL4ITBbQhttps://twitter.com/teapluspurposeAdditional topics include:+ What are the long term benefits of taking the time to trust yourself?+ Before you can learn to trust yourself, you have to listen to yourself+ Do you listen to and trust your gut?+ How did you choose which college to go to?+ Did you listen to your brain or your gut when you chose your first job?+ The ripple effects of your gut decisions are far reaching+ Trusting yourself is a daily practice. What routines help us be mindful each day?+ Self-talk can help you see when things are rooted in fear and when they are rooted in truth+ Emotion labeling, with an app like Mood Meter, is a great way to become mindful about yourself and your decisions+ “Why am I thinking about what I’m thinking about?” - does this take you out of the moment?+ We are not human doings, we are human beings. - Deepak Chopra+ How do you calm yourself enough to stop ruminating?+ Meditation takes you out of the “go-go-go”, even if only for a moment+ Eating your food intentionally - an example of meditative moments+ Get outside for a wander walk and clear your head+ Having intention behind your mindfulness helps keep it a regular practice+ How do you create and re-tell yourself the stories in your life?+ Your journals can help you realize the stories you tell yourself over the years and how your perspective has changed. Putting things into a third-person perspective+ What are the lies we tell ourselves, big and small?+ How do you journal? iPhone poems, 750 Words, rapping, podcasting...?+ There is power in silence and the act of being with yourself+ What happens when you remove technology? Are you aware of how much you use your screens?+ How far to the extreme are you willing to go to find balance?+ Martin gives up drinking and going out for four months to test what it is like to be productive on the weekends+ Raj talks about how getting a good night sleep makes you feel like a god on Saturday morning+ Sometimes we stay up throughout the night in order to find peace and a flow state in our work+ Each moment is a new moment. We have control over what we want to do and how we want to feel in each moment+ How do you handle the guilt that comes with failing at the goals you set for yourself?+ Everyone is starting from a different baseline. It is unfair to yourself to compare against them, instead of just comparing yourself to yourself+ Keep an ear out for the next episode of Discover Your Inner Awesome as we continue to take on life's important questions in order to help multi-passionate people understand themselves and their presence in the world.---------------------------------------Show Links:Tea+Purpose - http://www.teapluspurpose.com/Why there is Freedom in Discomfort - TEDtalk - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XipkL4ITBbQFalling into Grace - (book) - http://www.amazon.com/Falling-into-Grace-Insights-Suffering/dp/1604079371Mood Meter - http://moodmeterapp.com/Deepak Chopra - https://www.deepakchopra.com/750 Words - http://750words.com/Seinfeld - Puddy on the plane - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBBQdFSvvTECoach.me - https://www.coach.me/Vampire Weekend - Oxford Comma - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_i1xk07o4gChris Leamy - Summertime - https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/summertime-feat.-golden-chyl/id947688749?i=947688753 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

“How do you know when to stop?”What happens when former business partners air their grievances? In this episode we sit down with Heidi Gosen, a designer who co-founded a boutique design agency in 2011 named Smart Owl Creative, with two friends, including Idea Lemon Co-Founder Martin McGovern. Together, we explore the question, "How do you know when to stop?", breaking down the twists and turns of starting your first company and discussing the reasoning behind Martin's departure in 2012, and Heidi's eventual closing of the business in early 2015.Enjoy!Heidi Gosenwww.heidigosen.comwww.smartowlcreative.comwww.pbjs.comAdditional topics include:+ How disliking your first job can lead to your first venture+ Are you doing this to replace your job, or to work on your passion?+ Using your side-gig to learn about what you're good at and what you want to work on+ How do you remain friends even after a business breakup+ How do you balance work, commuting and your side-hustle?+ How do you quit your "friend venture" in a positive way?+ If you feel like something is up, they probably feel it too. Honesty is the best option+ Why do you put off stopping?+ How much time do you spend as a company talking about what you are as a company?+ Is it good or bad to have similar personalities starting a business together?+ How to be aware of your personality strengths and weaknesses+ Your side hustle helps you learn the skills that you want to develop, but don't get a chance to at your day job+ What are the other areas of execution that you can explore that orbit the core skill?+ How to know when it is financially smart to close your business and take work as freelance+ You should stop once you've gotten what you wanted out of the endeavor, but knowing that in the moment is tough+ "Fail Fast, Succeed Sooner" - easier said than done+ We are taught as kids that, "If you try hard enough, you will succeed.", but there are so many things that won't work for, especially if you're motivated out of fear of failure.+ You have to reflect back in order to learn from your previous choices+ If your side project becomes a burden, or you feel obligation, you need to sit down and re-evaluate where you're at+ There are always warning signs - you need to be looking for them along the way+ How do you distinguish the difference between hard work that pays off, and hard work that doesn't+ When you create your team, you all need to have a common vision and reason to be there+ How do you find the things that matter? Do the things that don't matter and cross them off the list.+ Heidi talks about leaving her college band and realizing that touring and living in a van was not going to be her path+ There is a difference between an evolving idea and an idea you are trying to "fix"+ How do the things you've quit fit into your overall story?+ Elements of what you've done in the past always get pulled into what you are doing today.+ How do you know the line between hobby and work?+ Martin talks about aligning his big "stops" with big "let's-fix-it" moments+ How to analyze your day-to-day work in order to know if you should stay or go+ Are you running toward an opportunity, or away from your current situation?+ Does technology make failure harder for us to realize?+ Are you living in your own technology delusion in your work, or maybe your relationship?+ Having a brutally honest mastermind group is key+ Raj & Martin become official best friendsKeep an ear out for the next episode of Discover Your Inner Awesome as we continue to take on life's important questions in order to help multi-passionate people understand themselves and their presence in the world.---------------------------------------Show Links:Chris Leamy Summertime - https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/summertime-feat.-golden-chyl/id947688749?i=947688753 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.