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Amanda is the Founder of Creative Surrender Studios, Global Director/Founding Member of Stageless Arts, and a TED Circles Host at TED. She lives the life of a creative and has cultivated the practices to be able to do so. In this discussion, we delve into Amanda’s journey, the history of her ventures, dancing, creativity, and the way in which writing has helped her grow. Amanda’s new book is available for pre-sale now: CLICK HERE Enjoy! Attached Things/Links That Were Mentioned: Creative Surrender Creative Surrender Studios Amanda’s Journey Music Dancing Sarah Gaines Creativity Writing Amanda’s New Book Spoken Word Tim Ferriss Marianna Phillips Amanda’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/amandakespiritu Amanda’s YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCA--TgJFKCVcPEkWIPLzqYg Amanda’s Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/amandakellyespiritu Website: http://www.amandakespiritu.com/ #DreamBIG #ImproveYourselfImpactLives To see what we are up to and what is going on around the Dream BIG & Co community yo

Hayden Humphrey is a life coach who helps uplift people and aid them in taking control of their life. Once a people-pleaser and unpassionate about his corporate roles in life, he dove deep into his internal to shake up the “foundation of his house” and make a “script” that he was passionate about living. As Hayden mentions, we were all given a set of scripts  to live by as children. You learned about the world and about your place in it - without even questioning if it was right for you. So, in helping himself, Hayden is now a coach that causes others to stop meandering with obscurity through life and start questioning, in order to truly start living. Enjoy our depth-filled conversation! Attached Things/Links That Were Mentioned: Hayden’s Upbringing Video Games Swimming/Sports Confronting Truth Therapy Spiritual Medicines Ontology Coaching Interpersonal Work Coaching Hayden’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/haydenashimself Hayden’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/HaydenAsHimself Hayden’s Facebook: ht

Andrew Feinstein is an author and entrepreneur. At 24 years old, he wrote and published Find Your Mind: Meditation for the Bold and Ambitious to help the next generation access the tools of meditation/mindfulness. Now being at Next Gen HQ, Andrew is the Director of Partnerships, helping pave the way for the rocketship growth of such a great organization and community. In this discussion, we talk about the interpersonal pillars that make up all of our lives and the entire journey of Andrew’s life up until now. Enjoy as we dive deep! Attached Things/Links That Were Mentioned: Andrew’s Journey Religion Spirituality Meditation Depression Next Gen HQ Way of the Peaceful Warrior (book) Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (book) “It’s okay to not know [what you’re doing]. It’s okay to be wrong. It’s okay to change things.” (Andrew) “The unexamined life is not worth living.” (Socrates) Andrew’s new fictional book “If you tell the truth, you don’t have to remember anything.” (Mark Twain) The Alchemist by Paulo

Joseph Lorenzo is an experienced Chief Executive Officer with a demonstrated history of working with products, as well as in the e-learning and food industry. He is the past Co-Founder and COO at TechRoots Academy, an educational coding company, and is now the Co-Founder of Newmen, a product based company for men’s grooming and hygiene. With a history of entrepreneurship in his family (specifically Lorenzo Food Group), Joe was a lemonade-stand-type-kid. He pulls from the worlds of both sales and marketing, which is helping in his new venture with Newmen. Enjoy! Attached Things/Links That Were Mentioned: Joe’s Upbringing History of Entrepreneurship in the Lorenzo Family Newmen (Joe’s new startup) Fast (the startup) Sales/Marketing Raising Money/Pitching Future Aspirations Joe’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joseph-lorenzo Newmen’s Website: https://www.newmenco.com/ Newmen’s Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCt87CPoEA_P5AwERG14jqQ/featured Newmen’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/newmen_co Newme

Adriel is a first-generation entrepreneur who loves startups, sales, and this game of life. His roles consist of being a founder, co-founder, host of The Gong - a podcast about sales and startups, ultra-racer, and more. Now the Founder & CEO at Riveter, which is HR for the unemployed, he is building something that is of major importance in today’s economy and world. Through hindsight and reflection, Adriel has built his way to the point of Riveter. There is no story more open than this. Enjoy! Attached Things/Links That Were Mentioned: Lead measures; Lag measures Certainty/Uncertainty Goal Setting Adriel’s Upbringing and Immigration Story San Francisco ADV (autonomous delivery vehicle) Self-awareness/Consciousness and best practices for it Josh Waitzkin Tim Urban Sales Books Adriel’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alubarsky2 Adriel’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/alubarsky2 Adriel’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alubarsky2 Riveter’s Website: https://riveterworks.com #DreamBIG #ImproveYourse

Jason is currently the VP, User Acquisition at Mammoth Media (formerly Science Mobile). He has worked as an advisor and consultant with a wide range of companies, such as Urban Sitter, Dollar Shave Club, Google, Urban Remedy, Home Hero, and Cult Cosmetics. He has also worked at Experian EXPGF (OTCMKTS), ValueClick (VCLK) and Looksmart (LOOK). Jason is a highly-adept digital marketing executive and has the ability to build and manage high performance teams. There are a lot of golden tokens of value in this episode. Enjoy! Attached Things/Links That Were Mentioned: Team Management Advertising/Marketing Organizational Behavior Relationship Building Leadership (Servant Leadership) High Quality Traits of High Quality People Day-1 Mindset Meditation Self-awareness EQ Hiring Jason’s Car Accident Story Jason’s Journey in Digital Marketing/Startups Dollar Shave Club DSC Viral Campaign Jason’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jahayward Mammoth Media Website: https://mammoth.la/ #DreamBIG #ImproveYourselfImpactLi

Chau Mui (first name pronounced chow - as in like eating food; last name pronounced moo-e as in the cow sound and the letter “e”) is the founder and editor in chief of ciaooo! Media Group (pronounced chow - as in like eating food), an editorial site helping New Yorkers to become informed and impactful.  Prior to founding ciaooo!, Chau spent 7 years working in the advertising industry representing some of the industry’s most reputable television directors and production companies. Chau was also a documentary filmmaker, travel blogger, and former college dropout. Her travels and writing (with “We Were Wanderers”) have taken her on a cross country roadtrip living out of the car across 38 states in the US, and backpacking mostly, solo, through 25 countries around the world.   A great conversation around media, relationships, and more. Enjoy! Attached Things/Links That Were Mentioned: Diversity is crucial in media Jim (not Jeff*) Bankoff (video referenced) Vox Media 24/7 Laundry Service The Power of Tra

Koby Wheeler had it in him since he was young…..he embodied what an entrepreneur was before it was ever popular. Lemonade stands. Selling doughnuts. Garage sales. The full nine yards. Growing up, Koby found his way by making his own way. The path of trial and error and figure-it-out-as-you-go, he honed his skills and mindset to become one in which he can operate effectively, efficiently, and provide great creative value to others - from TEDx designs in high school, to personal ideations and creations, to eventually creating two of his own agencies, KW Branding + Design and Lobster Ferret. The former focuses on branding and design; the latter on digital marketing. Take a deep dive with us as we get into the full journey of Koby Wheeler and learn many things on design, creative, and more. Attached Things/Links That Were Mentioned: Leadership Entrepreneurship Coffee Design & Branding Koby’s Creative Process Setting Expectations Managing Self, Thus Time Koby’s Creative Process Koby’s Journey Google (use it!)

Dr. Orin Davis helps people become the best versions of themselves. Formally, Orin was the first person to get a doctorate in positive psychology. He is the Principal Investigator at the Quality of Life Laboratory and a self-actualization engineer. He also serves as Head of Behavioral Science at Vervo and is a science advisor to Happify. Jokingly, in our conversation, Orin mentioned that he is a Chief Bullshit Officer - a.k.a he calls people out on their bullshit. Topics are plentiful in this one. Enjoy the deep dive! Attached Things/Links That Were Mentioned: Orin’s journey Neuroscience Psychology Organic Chemistry Organizational Behavior Abraham Maslow Masaru Tamamoto Josh Watzkin Kristin Neff's Ted Talk Self-actualization Hypnosis Flow Self Characteristics of flow Tim Urban - Wait But Why Transcend: the New Science of Self-Actualization by Scott Barry Kaufman “All models are wrong but some are useful.” (George Box) Orin's Links: Quality of Life Laboratory Website Orin’s Twitter Orin’s LinkedIn #DreamBIG

Marianna Phillips is a New York City visual artist and creative. Long before now, she has experienced many things in this life and comes from a rich family history/upbringing in that she is a first-generation Argentinian-Colombian American. At the moment, Marianna is a partner (COO) at the Forcing Function, a high-performance consultancy led by Chris Sparks that works with investors, founders, and CEOs to maximize their trajectory and decision making. Last year, the Forcing Function published its first workbook: Experiment Without Limits (see downloadable link below). At Weird Little Lines, Marianna explores the intersection of art, science, and education through the playful lens of childlike imagination. And previously, Marianna Co-Founded the Math Plus Music Series, a public art series launched at The National Museum of Mathematics in New York City that combined math education and live musical performance. Enjoy! Attached Things/Links That Were Mentioned: The Forcing Function Resources David Perell Pulsar’

Full visual story on Sharing Excess: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmEW3C7tkLc Since 2018, this stellar, purpose-driven, non-profit has delivered 1/2 million lbs of food at a rate of 10,000 lbs per week and conducted 3,000 total pickups.......and counting. The pandemic has accelerated the need for sharing excess food to those who need it most, especially in the city of Philadelphia, so Sharing Excess has delivered 200,000 lbs of food since the pandemic first started. Now, the next step is growth and scale, in order to spread the system of Sharing Excess to create global impact. Hear what Evan had to say about the entire journey and vision in our special BTS audio of the interview we conducted for the BIGGER video. Find out how you can help here: https://www.sharingexcess.com/ Also, follow Evan and Sharing Excess organization on social as they continue to forge ahead: Evan's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/evan-ehlers-9b4446a8/ SE's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sharingexcess SE's Facebook:

Eric knew what he wanted to do since he was young…..or at least he had an understanding of his combination of his creative side and tech side. Coming from a duality of that when growing up, Eric experienced many things that caused his storytelling perspective to be the way it is - which we discuss in full. Formally, Eric Daniel Horn is an Executive Producer and Partner at Direct Narrative NYC. From sneaking into concerts at age 14 to shoot video for a variety of rock bands to traveling to China and experiencing a completely different culture. He has since held positions in many realms of tech and marketing, even working for companies like iHeartMedia, Microsoft and WIREWAX. Enjoy the story! Attached Things/Links That Were Mentioned: - Great Wall of China - On the Way to School (Documentary) Eric’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/erichorn Direct Narrative’s Website: https://www.directnarrative.com #DreamBIG #ImproveYourselfImpactLives To see what we are up to and what is going on around the Dream BIG

Kylie Fernands (Kylie Michele) joins us on this episode to discuss her unique journey with music and what she is doing as she continues to stay in that purpose. Since a very young age, Kylie intuitively played the piano (even from ear), taught others at the School of Rock in Waldwick, NJ, and the rest is what we discuss up until 2020. Along the way, Kylie drops some bomb lines and brings immense value within the topics of music, the legal side of music, music business, marketing, branding, Taylor Swift, and more. Enjoy this one and leave a comment if anything helped you in any way! Kylie’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iamkyliemichele Kylie’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/kylie_fernands Kylie’s Music: https://fanlink.to/kyliemichele #DreamBIG #ImproveYourselfImpactLives To see what we are up to and what is going on around the Dream BIG & Co community you can follow us on the following platforms: Website: http://www.dreambigandco.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dreambigandco Twitter: https

Fidel Boamah, born in Ghana, West Africa, is a creative in full. As of now, he is the Creative Director of the up and rising startup Truck Bux. Besides that, he is working on different creative skills and venturing into music. In the past, Fidel was on Ep #7 and Ep #12. This time around, he is coming back on the Dream BIG Daily podcast for a third time to discuss creativity, recent learnings, and all the growth that has happened since our recorded conversation two years ago. Enjoy this one and leave a comment if anything helped you in any way! Past Episodes with Fidel: You can find Ep #7 here: Ep #7 You can find Ep #12 here: Ep #12 Best Links Mentioned & 2-4 Sentence Descriptions: - Think & Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill - What To Say When You Talk to Yourself by Shad Helmstetter - TruckBux Fidel’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fidelboamah Fidel’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/fidelboamah Fidel’s Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/phidelb Fidel’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/fidel-boamah

(Official episode start time is around the 2:42 minute mark if you want to skip to that) Chauncey Hawkins is a Division 1 basketball player and in 3 seasons of being at St. Francis in Brooklyn, he has eclipsed 1,000 career points. He also eclipsed 1,000 career points in high school while at Saint Joseph Regional and led the 2016 team to a Jamboree County Championship in Bergen County, NJ.  Chauncey is diligent and focused on being the best basketball player he can be. Its been that way since he was first introduced to the game at a young age.  In this episode, we started off talking about being an underdog. Others might see that as a hinderance, but Chauncey capitalizes on it and uses it as fuel when his actions do they talking.  We also discuss training, mindset, what actually drives Chauncey, and more.  This one is close to the heart because Chauncey is a good friend. We met in high school and played basketball together. His growth has been evident and steady since then.  Enjoy thi

Marco Sandoval is a DJ, entrepreneur, promoter, and radio show host. As of recently, he also became the newest member of the Recording Academy. Marco is focused, driven, and chasing his dreams on the daily. It's paying off too. Like was mentioned in the video "reputation is repetition".....and Marco is putting in his reps. Since a young age it has been that way. It's even more special, and makes even more sense, that Marco has always had the lineage behind him that was super engrossed in music and entertainment. Marco's grandfather was the winner of many Latin Music Awards. However, the Grammy he always wanted was out of reach. So, if Marco didn't have enough drive already, there's even more of a reason to strive for the highest peak on the mountain. Enjoy this one as we dive deep. Marco's Twitter: https://twitter.com/djmarcomusic Marco's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/djmarcomusic #DreamBIG #ImproveYourselfImpactLives To see what we are up to and what is going on around the Dream BIG & Co communi

AASW (Accessible and Affordable Sanitation for Women) exists to give all women proper access to menstrual hygiene and to educate them about the menstrual process. Ziyaan Virji started this initiative because his mom didn't have proper access to menstrual hygiene. Now, his initiative has given over 1,000 reusable menstruation pads. The goal this year alone is to surpass 2,500. And eventually, Ziyaan and his entire group of volunteers want to serve all the 500 million women around the world who don't have proper access to reusable menstruation pads - let alone any menstrual hygiene products. There is a ton in this interview/Q&A about the founding process, raising money, and purpose.   Enjoy this episode with Ziyaan as we dive deep. Ziyaan's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ziyaan.virji Ziyaan;s' LinkedIn: https://tz.linkedin.com/in/ziyaan-virji-a6173014a #DreamBIG #ImproveYourselfImpactLives To see what we are up to and what is going on around the Dream BIG & Co community you can follow us

This episode is a really special one. Not only did we reach a milestone of 50 episodes, but to do it with Tommy Hatton makes it all the better. Tommy is a great person, athlete, and entrepreneur. He always strives to improve himself on a daily basis with everything he does. And all the daily labor he puts in everyday gives him much deserving fruit. Whether it be state championships and All-American honors in high school, starting as an offensive lineman at UNC Chapel Hill, or co-founding a new startup call Learn to Win. It doesn't matter what game Tommy is playing. He will learn how to play the game and then learn to win in order to excel at the highest of levels. Enjoy this one. Tommy's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hatton96 Tommy' Twitter: https://twitter.com/thatkidhatton Learn to Win's Website: https://www.learntowin.us/ #DreamBIG #ImproveYourselfImpactLives To see what we are up to and what is going on around the Dream BIG & Co community you can follow us on the following platforms: Websi

The last time you heard from Riley and the Soar team was earlier this year when we joined them to document their trips to Detroit for the Forbes Under 30 Summit and Miami for the Super Bowl. If you want to check out one of the videos, click the link below: Detroit 2020 Forbes Under 30 Summit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=115WO47_LsY It was particular important to talk to Riley during this quarantine Q&A considering the time we are living in and what we are going through as a society. Riley and his team at Soar are working on an immersive AR/VR platform that can have many different use cases from artist performing concerts to business holding virtual conferences. It was great to have Riley answer some questions about building a team, scaling a startup, lessons from his experience in the entrepreneurial realm, and things ahead for Soar. Enjoy this one and let us know what things helped you most in this episode. Riley's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rileyhorvath Riley's LinkedIn: https://www.link

The last time you heard from Tanishq was when we made a short featured film about him in 2019. If you want to see the film, check out the link below: Tanishq Joshi: A Dream BIG Spotlight: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0B6mec15xQ Tanishq Joshi (TJ) is a person who leads life with passion and always works to improve his craft. Since we first met him and did a Dream BIG Spotlight on his life, it was evident that he was in his path of purpose. Now, one year later, we caught up and answered questions from others to see how Tanishq's continually walk in his path of purpose has been. He fills us in on his time in LA, some stories about dancing in the LA studios, stories from the past 6 months, improving one's craft, different dance styles, and next moves ahead (somewhat secret for now). Enjoy! Tanishq's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/taneesky/ Tanishq's Twitter: https://twitter.com/tanishqjoshi21 #DreamBIG #ImproveYourselfImpactLives To see what we are up to and what is going on around the Dream BIG &a