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“Do you understand the words that are coming out of my mouth?!” - Rush Hour“How do you become a better listener?”Susie is a Marketing Consultant at Covalent Marketing as well as an avid improv comedian. She also went to college with Raj and I, and her honest take on listening is like music to our ears.Enjoy!Susie Alvarez@susiealvarez1Additional topics include:+ Key & Peele’s take on not listening during arguments+ What the “Yes, And” principle and Second City can teach us about listening + The impact of the statement, “That’s a good question.”+ Bad questions do exist+ Our exploration of the definition of “pontificate”+ Martin’s embarrassing day in AP English+ A crazy story of STD mispronunciations and the awkward teacher conversation that ensued+ How everyone is having separate conversations in their own minds, based on their understanding of the world around them+ Susie’s obsession with glossaries of terms+ How people as individuals are intelligent, but people in large groups are dumb+ The power of being the dumbest guy in the room+ The average of Five+ The fillers we use to give us time to think, or process information+ The length of our attention span and...+ Psyching each other out with Office Space references+ How farting machines can help you out+ How stories are the only way to stay engaged+ What types of emails and questions you should ask in your email newsletters+ The Buzzfeed approach+ The 10K hours rule & Gladwell+ Rule of 3 - if you tell someone 3 times, they will believe it+ Capturing attention by appealing to universal emotions+ Shitty small-talk and resting bitch faces+ How technology is ruining our ability to listen with distractions+ The drunk/sober idea rule+ The worst Shark Tank Pitch+ Knowing when to shut the fuck up!Stay tuned for the next episode of Discover Your Inner Awesome as we tackle life's important questions to help you understand yourself and your presence in the world. Subscribe to our newsletter at www.idealemon.com where we take the convos even further!---------------------------------------Show Links:Key & Peele: “Diametrically Opposed” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ur4dZQwuK_kSecond City: “Yes, And” - http://www.amazon.com/Yes-And-Improvisation-Creativity-Collaboration-Lessons/dp/0062248545Freakenomics: “That’s a Great Question” - http://freakonomics.com/2015/01/15/thats-a-great-question-a-new-freakonomics-radio-podcast/Rob Corddry on being the dumbest guy in the room - http://www.fastcocreate.com/3042559/then-and-now/how-rob-corddry-became-a-clutter-free-boundary-fluid-content-creatorThe Moth - http://themoth.org/Norm MacDonald’s Twitter Saga at SNL40 - http://www.wired.com/2015/02/norm-macdonald-snl-story/Blues Traveler: “Hook” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdz5kCaCRFMNPR: MicCheck Podcast - http://www.npr.org/podcasts/272112020/microphone-checkChildish Gambino: “Be Alone” - https://soundcloud.com/user8108594/childish-gambino-be-alone Lifehacker: Small Talk - http://lifehacker.com/how-to-avoid-the-most-common-awkward-conversation-mista-1257095824Shark Tank - Worst Pitch - http://www.businessinsider.com/mark-cuban-worst-shark-tank-pitch-2015-4Rush Hour - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-twUCEfzrDkChris Leamy: “Summertime” - https://soundcloud.com/chris-leamy/summertime-ft-golden-chyl Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

“I get knocked downBut I get up againYou're never gonna keep me downI get knocked downBut I get up againYou're never gonna keep me down”- ChumbawambaMistakes. We all make them. Some mistakes crush us, while others launch new opportunities So, this week on Discover Your Inner Awesome, we ask the question: “How do you grow from your mistakes?”Don D joins us this week to explore how a mistake with his backing tracks lead to the formation of his band, Chicago Loud 9, and opened amazing opportunities like playing at House of Blues in Chicago. Don D - Cloud9 (Chicago Loud 9)http://chicagoloud9.com/https://www.facebook.com/chicagoloud9?fref=tshttps://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/chicago-loud-9/id75689642Additional topics include:+ How being open minded can turn mistakes into opportunities+ If you’re not making mistakes, you’re not trying!+ Martin’s awful Christopher Walken impression+ Getting stuck in a 90’s ska genre+ How pride or stubbornness can hold you back+ View mistakes as a learning mindset and Raj’s worst sales call+ Everything from who we are to the art we make is a work in progress, we are never finished+ How friends can help you overcome your fear of mistakes and take the stage+ How mistakes are just surprises that you weren’t expecting+ Louis CK’s approach to comedy and forcing himself to make mistakes+ Looking at mistakes as improvisation, since you never know what is going to happen+ The paranoia that Martin has had since watching The Truman Show and feeling like you have to be “on” at all times+ Living up to who authentic selves and the daily mistakes we are trying to fix our routines+ The push-and-pull of ambition and comfort+ How do you stay in the moment and stop to smell the roses?+ Everyone has their addictions, what is the thing you’re chasing? + You set your own standards for success in your life. + Being selfish to be selfless + Waiting for inspiration and doing the work+ Distractions and not taking the time to pause, reflect and think through what you can learn+ How meditation can help achieve a state of flow+ The best people make the most mistakes+ Jerry Seinfeld’s super speed mythos+ How blame can be passed around in teams+ Figuring out your skills and becoming good at something before you join a team+ Have you found your supporting cast?+ Little kids laughing or dropping f-bombs, depending on your reaction to their mistakes+ Craving criticism, especially during performance reviews+ The difference between critique and criticism+ Finding your bowling bumpers by trying everything and seeing what is you+ Raj’s R-Kelly open mic and what we can learn from that dude’s mistakes+ How excuses can hold you back, even when talking to girls at the bar+ I’d rather know and fail, than be stuck thinking “what if?”+ Mark Cuban and Michael Jordan’s view on “no” and rejection+ What mistakes have we made on purpose?+ Raj’s double-hoodie escapades+ How not knowing “why” you’re doing things makes it harder to achieve your goals+ How the hard times in our lives are the most motivational stories+ Then we each share out biggest mistakes+ Finally, Don D tells us to always be readyKeep 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:Cloud9 - http://chicagoloud9.com/Chicago Loud 9 on iTunes - https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/chicago-loud-9/id75689642 - check out the songs in this episode, including: “Afterparty”, “Chill”, and “Punk Soul” Louis CK on his biggest mistake, Pootie Tang http://www.thewrap.com/tv/column-post/louis-ck-talks-pootie-tang-very-huge-mistake-34464/Trapped in the Closet - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFosUj6A22cKillian Branding - http://www.killianbranding.com/Seinfeld - The Race https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXPiEicc59s Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Subscribe to this podcast on iTunes! Looking back on your life from your rockin’ rocking chair, will you be happy with the choices that you made?This week on Discover Your Inner Awesome, we ask the question: “What Will You Regret When You Look Back?”Ben Austin joins us this week and shares how habits helped him escape years of regret and inaction. He has taken his love of habits to the next level, launching www.stopstartdo.com, a blog that explores the science of mastering new habits. Ben has also been described as the illegitimate love child of Arnold Schwarzenegger and Bill Nye, finding some of the most intriguing ways to combine his engineering background with his love of fitness and health. Check him out here:Ben Austinhttp://www.stopstartdo.com/http://benaustinblog.com/@benaustinblogben@benaustinblog.comThe conversation takes some surprising turns, but we don’t regret a minute of it. Enjoy!Additional topics include:+ Rocking Chair Test and what will you regret when looking back.+ Low moments that were catalysts for change.+ Struggling with the “how” part of your goals, aka “execution”.+ Overcoming the “Quarter Life Crisis” and getting back to the teenage outlook on life.+ Surrounding yourself with supportive people that push you to change.+ Regrets from college and the over-under on partying.+ Reconnecting with teachers, (not writing love letters), and exploring personality types.+ Learning from genocide...or regret? + FOMO, or the fear of missing out, paired with the paralysis of choice.+ How facebook can either increase our personal regrets, or motivate us to change.+ Thinking vs. Doing!+ How advertising clouds our understanding of ourselves.+ Being so bombarded with advertising that we don’t know ourselves+ How to use math to figure out your love life.+ How I Met Your Mother & Seinfeld’s view on dating. + How online dating is the new-age arranged marriage.+ Inaction, and how it causes us to live in present and future fear. + How the things we “should” do, stop up from doing anything.+ How Happy Hour destroys your productivity.+ The 5 Regrets of the Dying.+ Having more fun with your goals.+ How to flip our perspective on this question and ask, “How do you live a life full of regrets.”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 Notes & Links:Stop Start Dohttp://www.stopstartdo.com/Ben Austin Bloghttp://benaustinblog.com/5 Stages of Loss & Griefhttp://grief.com/the-five-stages-of-grief/Spartz Mediahttp://www.spartzinc.com/Batman Snuggiehttp://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51MZ33SiqJL._SX300_.jpgMatt Wilsonhttp://www.under30experiences.com/3,000 Advertisements a day http://www.cbsnews.com/news/cutting-through-advertising-clutter/Save the Broshttp://savethebros.com/“The Mathematics of Love” on Brain Pickings with Hannah Fry - http://www.brainpickings.org/2015/02/18/hannah-fry-the-mathematics-of-love/The Cracked Podcasthttp://www.earwolf.com/show/the-cracked-podcast/Raj’s “Being Busy” bloghttp://us5.campaign-archive1.com/?u=c961f72707fc895861a58b6b6&id=e1a0fd6157Four Pillars of the Good Life “Health, Wealth, Love, and Happiness”http://benaustinblog.com/the-4-pillars-of-the-good-life/5 Regrets of the Dyinghttp://www.amazon.com/The-Top-Five-Regrets-Dying/dp/140194065XCharlie Munger’s Book, “Poor Charlie’s Almanack” - http://www.amazon.com/Poor-Charlies-Almanack-Wisdom-Charles/dp/157864366XSkee-Lo “I Wish”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryDOy3AosBwDrake, “Hold On, We’re Going Home” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxgqpCdOKakHow I Met Your Mother Theme Songhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AM3mcTS8NMoChris Leamy “The Start”https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/the-start-ep/id947688749 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Subscribe to this podcast on iTunes! Sometimes, you hear a famous quote that makes you feel like you were let in on one of the big secrets of life, the universe and everything. Your brain holds onto it and says, this must be the mindset that drives celebrities like Kanye West to jump up on stage and embarrass a young Taylor Swift. An insight that gives the owner the ability to enter any situation with utter and complete confidence and swagger. And sometimes that Kanye-esque quote comes from a famous French dude named, Gustave Flaubert, who wrote: “There is no truth. There is only perception.” It is an idea that is great in theory, but nearly impossible in practice. It is also an idea that we haven’t been able to stop thinking about since episode 1, when Matt Wilson cracked open our skulls and began putting name-tags on all the little voices in our heads. These voices steer us through life. But are you behind the wheel, or sitting shotgun, careening through life in the carpool lane? In other words: How do you deal with perception vs. reality? In this episode we sit down with Clementine Von Radics and Alex Dang, two Portland poets who were traveling through Chicago on tour and graciously joined us to figure out how we can identify our own voice, silence haters, and pursue the perception of reality that is right for our life. Learn more about our guests here: Clementine:· www.clementinepoetry.com· facebook.com/clementinevonradicspoetry· www.Instagram.com/clementinevonradics Alex:· wordsoftakumi.tumblr.com· facebook.com/alexdangpoetry· instagram.com/takumithefox· twitter.com/takumithefox Additional topics include: + A live read of Salome, which dives into the ignorance surrounding Kim Kardashian’s celebrity and will challenge the way you think.http://clementinepoetry.com/post/90584746879/salome-dances-her-dance-of-the-seven-veils-the + A poetic look into how it feels growing up as a minority.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VoP0ox_Jw_w + Insightful references to the exquisitely mustached Mark Twainhttp://quoteinvestigator.com/2012/04/28/shorter-letter/ + What we can learn from stories of blind people riding bikes on Invisibiliahttp://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/544/batman + Chris Rock’s breakdown of the political gang mentalityhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQvLb8FiX8w + A look at how 2 Chainz owns the weed debatehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e25in2BNo48 + Trying to understand how to run like a girl, thanks to Dovehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjJQBjWYDTs + McDonald’s winning attempt to pull at our heart stringshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93KTpF9JDWo + The Onion’s view of political discourse, including a man’s ironclad grasp of an issue, which can only withstand two follow-up questions.http://www.theonion.com/articles/mans-ironclad-grasp-of-issue-can-withstand-2-follo,37968/ + An explanation as to why Paris Hilton is a geniushttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E32oWP_Wn0M + e.e. cummings and how he was entirely misperceivedhttp://img5.visualizeus.com/thumbs/4d/1a/cartoon,cummings,ee,graphics,richardtennant-4d1a634970903c505754518fddeb37a1_h.jpg Audio Credits:+ Alex Dang: What Kind of Asian Are You? Live at 2013 National Poetry Slam https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VoP0ox_Jw_w+ Kanye West: Heartless https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Co0tTeuUVhU+ Talib Kweli: Too Late (Instrumental Version) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRT-Hpcujoo+ Big Bang Theory Theme Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0ZP152mALk+ Kanye West Interview on Jimmy Kimmel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-PfivL3erw+ Our show theme song is from Chris Leamy: Summertime. Purchase his EP "The Start" on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/the-start-ep/id947688749------------Contact information:Email: Getfresh@idealemon.comTwitter @idealemon.Facebook.com/idealemons Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Subscribe to this podcast on iTunes! It is no secret that fear holds us back. As Jack Canfield eloquently said, “Everything You Want Is On The Other Side of Fear.” But, imagine one morning you woke up free of fear. How would it change your day? How would it change your life?This week on Discover Your Inner Awesome, we ask the question: “If You Weren’t Scared, What Would You Do?”We sit down with the founder of Cause & Affect, Alan Moy, who is no stranger to fear. With the mantra, “mingling, connecting, and giving back”, Alan organizes and leads charitable events throughout Chicago, drawing in crowds of more than 400 people from all parts of the world. In this episode, we peer past fear to analyze what holds us back, why it stops us, and how to find relationships that help you overcome your own personal boogeymen.Additional topics include:+ What does it mean to be a “tweener”?+ Why merging your friend groups is good!+ Worst case scenario planning.+ Giving yourself excuses for action.+ Asking for help! + Setting boundaries and expectations.+ Our distaste of “weather” and “weekend” small talk.+ Owning up to and being accountable for the things you say.+ Ideas of escapism.+ Authenticity and overcoming self-censorship.+ And Alan’s love of food!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 Notes & Links:Cause & Affect: https://www.facebook.com/causeandaffectchicago“Summertime” by Chris Leamy (full song): https://soundcloud.com/chris-leamy/summertime-ft-golden-chyl“Overcoming Fear” by Gary van Warmerdam, on the Happiness Through Self Awareness Podcast (mp3): http://www.pathwaytohappiness.com/insights.htm“Scale of the Universe - Beyond Our Earth” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1_Eufmu0FwCaptain Planet Open Sequence (you know you want to watch it): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogMBLRHJYXUIndependent George (Seinfeld): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxuYdzs4SS8Chicago American Marketing Association: http://chicagoama.org/Launchpad Newsletter & Signup: http://www.martinmcgovern.com/launchpadSpace Time Flotation Tanks in Chicago: http://www.yelp.com/biz/space-time-tanks-chicagoDiscover Your Inner Awesome - Episode #1 with Matt Wilson: https://soundcloud.com/idea-lemon/matt-wilson-why-arent-you-doing-the-things-you-know-you-should-be-doing“I’m not afraid anymore!” (Home Alone): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cFTFavCzxE“What To Do When You Aren’t Inspired” on The Accidental Creative Podcast (accountability in writing): http://www.accidentalcreative.com/podcasts/ac/ac-podcast-what-to-do-when-you-arent-inspired/Donald Glover’s interview on Grantland (making things for yourself): http://grantland.com/features/donald-glover-childish-gambino-grammys/Childish Gambino’s “Outside” (full song): https://soundcloud.com/alainbala/camp-full-albumMorning Pages on The Artist’s Way: http://juliacameronlive.com/basic-tools/morning-pages/750Words - a free morning pages website that tracks your journaling and gives detailed mood breakouts: http://750words.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Subscribe to this podcast on iTunes! Welcome to Discover Your Inner Awesome, where we take on life's important questions to help multi-passionate people better understand who they are and how they present themselves to the world around them.For our inaugural episode, we tackle a question from Jason Nazar’s article on Forbes entitled, 35 Questions that will Change Your Life. Our question...“Why Aren’t You Doing The Things You Know You Should Be Doing?”To help answer this, we flew out to Belize and sat down with the Co-Founder and CEO of Under30CEO and Under30Experiences, Matt Wilson! Matt aims to teach us what college never did, and throughout the episode we dive deep into a variety of topics, including:+ Non-Conformity+ Finding Your Voice+ Filtering Through Other's Expectations+ The Theory of Impermanence + And How to avoid the "I wish I had their life" mindset---------------------------------------Show Notes & Links:Theme Music - “Shine” by Chris Leamy (full song): https://soundcloud.com/chris-leamy/shine“35 Questions that Will Change your Life” by Jason Nazar: http://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonnazar/2013/09/05/35-questions-that-will-change-your-life/Under30experiences: www.under30experiences.comUnder30CEO: www.under30ceo.com“The Power of No” by James Altucher (book): http://www.jamesaltucher.com/books/Personality Profiles Test: www.16personalities.comTechWeek: http://techweek.com/Tim Ferriss and the Four Hour Work Week Blog: http://fourhourworkweek.com/30 Seconds To Mars - City of Angels (full song): www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ntlt2tKi4do“My Battle Banishing Stress” by Matt Wilson: http://under30ceo.com/my-battle-banishing-stress-why-i-detached-from-my-business/Stephen Lynch - Voices In My Head (full song): www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPakxPoaeIA Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.