Artisionary

By Jeston Lu

Conversations with artistic visionaries: founders, artists, creatives pioneering the next artistic renaissance.... more

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January 14, 2025 Timeless Lessons as a Business Owner and Author of Multiple Bestselling Books - Jonathan Goodman (#20)
Jonathan Goodman, creator of the Personal Training Development Center and author of the upcoming book, "The Obvious Choice," (out January 14th, 2025) is a fitness industry pioneer who transformed his early passion at the YMCA into multiple successful businesses. He lives by the philosophy of doing fewer things better and making strategic choices that lead to extraordinary results.
In this conversation, we delve into the fundamentals of fitness, the power of optimistic ignorance, building successful businesses through aligned incentives, finding your unique edge in a crowded market, and how to make strategic decisions that create lasting impact.
Timestamps:
0:01 Introduction to Jonathan Goodman
0:32 Early fitness journey and YMCA experience
1:03 Competitive sports background
2:07 Transition to weightlifting focus
3:06 Core principles of fitness and nutrition
4:01 Progressive overload principles
5:08 The optional vs foundational nature of fitness
6:08 The divide between active and inactive lifestyles
7:54 Impact of fitness on daily life
9:23 Making fitness convenient and building habits
11:35 Importance of habit stacking
14:21 Cancer diagnosis as a turning point
16:36 Business restructuring lessons
19:31 Evolution of business model
21:24 Compensation structure changes
24:38 Value of A+ players in business
26:31 Journey as an author
28:04 Book writing process
30:53 Traditional vs self-publishing
34:22 Deep research methodology
37:55 Finding unique stories
40:37 Content creation strategy
43:40 Pricing strategy insights
46:07 Free vs premium offerings
49:38 Building trust in business
53:03 Market saturation myths
55:24 Finding your unique factor
58:43 Advice for young entrepreneurs
1:02:14 Closing thoughts and book promotion
Follow Jonathan:
Order His Book: https://www.amazon.com/Obvious-Choice-Timeless-Lessons-Success/dp/1400249139?sr=8-1&linkId=5e383baf094911e431b7053c27ec3ffe&language=en_US
Twitter: https://x.com/itscoachgoodman
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/itscoachgoodman/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@UCKt_rWty06ukHErS3ffkAMw
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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jestonlu
Website: https://www.jestonlu.com
Writing: https://jestonlu.substack.com/
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November 11, 2024 Why Life is "All Play" and How to Break Free From the Conditioning - Jack Moses (#19)
Jack Moses is a vessel for God, his mission to open minds and hearts to elevate the collective consciousness of humanity. He writes: "It's hard to define who I am or what I do. But this is where the world is heading - back to our natural state, as limitless beings not meant to be put in a box. (;"
In this conversation, we talk about our soul's mission, creating from the heart, living more authentically, being in the present moment, operating from a place of unconditional love, breaking the conditioning of society, and much more.
Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction
1:38 Brief journey into Jack's college years
3:47 Why Jack will be going back to college
6:00 Jack's experience with ayahuasca in Peru
7:54 The human condition and death
9:20 What is our soul's mission?
10:21 What does spirituality actually mean?
12:49 Human beings are mirrors to each other
14:59 How can we live more authentically?
17:44 What do you worship?
18:51 Worshipping the present moment
20:55 Going from chaos back to order
22:16 Everything is happening at divine timing
23:05 Times are changing, here's why
25:45 Why your childhood self leaves clues
28:19 Finding means of expression
29:17 How Jack and I got into podcasting in college
31:52 How podcasting can unlock new opportunities
33:09 The scripts around money & work
35:47 Jack's tattoo - "It's all play"
36:24 How to break down the conditioning of society
37:55 Personality tests are little maps to guide you
40:37 We're made up of the cosmos
41:07 Our default state is unconditional love
43:14 How to find your tribe that are aligned with you
45:50 Why consistency makes you "lucky"
48:12 You're dreaming in the first place
51:06 Why you should create from your heart
53:10 Find out if your desires are truly yours
55:28 How to spend quiet time with yourself
56:45 What Jack is working on right now
Follow Jack:
X: https://twitter.com/jackmoses0
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jackmoses0/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jackmoses0/
Website: https://jackmoses.co/
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X: https://twitter.com/jestonlu
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jestonlu
Website: https://www.jestonlu.com
Writing: https://jestonlu.substack.com/
Musinary Media: Conversations with visionaries who blend art and business into their life and work. Musinary Media is under the greater Musinary ecosystem ("music" + "visionary").
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November 04, 2024 Powerful Lessons From Solo Biking Across America and Running a 100-Miler - Dan Ahn (#18)
Dan Ahn is a former tech salesperson now quarter life coach. He's also solo biked across America and recently completed his first 100 mile ultramarathon.
In this conversation, we talk about completing a 100-mile ultramarathon, biking solo across America, growing up in a Korean immigrant family, finding purpose through faith, turning burnout into breakthrough, lessons from sales and life coaching, why solitude might be the key to living life fully. and much more.

Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction
1:00 Completing a 100-mile ultramarathon
3:52 Differences between ultramarathons and marathons
5:54 The hardest parts of an running an ultra
7:19 You don't run 26.2 miles without inclination to suffering
8:07 Why running can change your life
10:07 Advice for someone wanting to get into running
12:02 Growing up into a Korean immigrant family
14:10 Breaking out of the scripts from growing up
15:59 Dan's relationship with God and faith
19:25 Finding Truth in life and beyond
21:56 Deciding to solo bike across America
24:52 The itinerary of the bike ride
27:08 Why Dan decided to travel to South America
29:06 Golden advice on living life to the fullest
31:53 Tim Ferriss's fear setting exercise for risk-taking
34:03 Lessons learned from working with a startup at NYC
36:31 Dan's advice to his younger self
40:49 What Dan learned from being a life coach
41:45 Knowing how to best serve your clients
45:13 Why you should spend more time in solitude
47:01 What should you do if you're burnt out?
49:07 How to deal with feeling misalignment
50:43 Charging what you believe you're worth
52:39 Lessons from a career in sales
54:01 What does success mean to Dan?
56:36 Dan's vision of "Love God, others, and myself."
57:48 Advice to ambitious young people looking to do cool things
59:00 Where can people find Dan?
Follow Dan:
X: https://twitter.com/DanTAhn
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dantahn/
Website: https://www.dantahn.com/
Follow Jeston:
X: https://twitter.com/jestonlu
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jestonlu
Website: https://www.jestonlu.com
Writing: https://jestonlu.substack.com/
Musinary Media: Conversations with visionaries who blend art and business into their life and work. Musinary Media is under the greater Musinary ecosystem ("music" + "visionary"). Musinary's mission is to create musical spaces for artists and entrepreneurs around the world.
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October 28, 2024 Here are the Skills You Need to Succeed in Your 20s and Beyond - Nat Eliason (#17)
Nat Eliason is the author of "Crypto Confidential: Winning and Losing Millions in the New Frontier of Finance," online writer with a newsletter of 45,000+ subscribers, and currently working on his next sci-fi novel.
In this conversation, we talk about how the education system is scuffed, what it took to write Nat's book, "Crypto Confidential," underrated advice to win in your 20s, and much more.
Timestamps
0:00 Introduction
1:02 Why Nat Eliason started "Nat Chat" in 2016
4:00 Why the education system today is broken
9:07 What to do if you're feeling "stuck" in college
11:27 The best way to spend your college years
13:50 Why writing a book is so hard these days
18:36 How writing fiction differs from writing nonfiction
21:20 Creating a world through writing
22:16 The tremendous power of tracking your word count
24:39 The #1 way to get better at anything
27:01 Secrets to editing your writing more effectively
30:59 Why "Crypto Confidential" is such a good read
34:30 Why Nat decided to go all in on writing
36:02 A dangerous trap to avoid in your 20s
40:13 The best way to meet other interesting people
42:19 Known costs, unknowable benefits
46:26 Why it's so important to take on hard things
49:16 Why you must be the best at what you do
51:05 How to find the thing you're meant to do
51:53 Watch out for this trap when trying new things
53:45 Advice to an ambitious 20 y/o wanting to do great things
55:49 Where to find Nat
Follow Nat:
X: https://twitter.com/nateliason
Writing: https://blog.nateliason.com/
Follow Jeston:
Website: https://www.jestonlu.com
X: https://twitter.com/jestonlu
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jestonlu
Writing: https://jestonlu.substack.com/
The Jeston Lu Podcast: Hosting deep conversations with creatives & founders pursuing unconventional paths. This podcast is part of Musinary Media, under the greater Musinary ecosystem ("music" + "visionary"). Musinary's mission is to bring creatives & founders in a musical, nature-like setting around the world.
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57min
September 29, 2024 Why Consistency is Actually Killing Your Growth - Kevon Cheung (#16)
Kevon Cheung is the founder of Small School, an online school for creator educators.
In this conversation, we talk about building in public, the media landscape, balancing business with family, underrated and overrated pieces of advice for life, taking the pathless path, and much more.
0:00 Introduction
0:49 Kevon's childhood backstory
2:32 Differences between living in America vs. Asia
4:13 Studying business at Babson College
6:29 Getting into the tech world
9:03 Being employed vs. being an entrepreneur
11:09 Getting into online business in 2020
15:24 Steps to building an online business
19:52 Figuring things out as you go
20:28 Mistakes when building on X
22:04 Changes in the media landscape
23:45 Build something for yourself
28:13 How to make the most in college
30:30 Being an introvert online
31:47 Becoming a father
36:01 Balancing business with family
36:35 Kevon's day-to-day routine/lifestyle
38:43 Be receptive to opportunities around you
40:47 There's more than just the 'default path'
41:37 Consistency is overrated
43:38 Providing free value is underrated
45:19 Consistency has to be strategic
46:10 Next chapter for Kevon
48:31 Piece of advice for 18 y/o self
Follow Kevon:
Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/MeetKevon
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kevon/
Small School: https://www.smallschool.is/
Follow Me:
🌐 Website: https://www.jestonlu.com
💬 Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/jestonlu
📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jestonlu
🎙️ Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@jestonlupodcast
🎥 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@jestonlu
The Jeston Lu Podcast: Deep conversations to discover your inner artist. 🤍
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52min
September 24, 2024 How a College Student Built a 6-Figure Online Business - Jay Yang (#15)
Jay Yang is Head of Content to Noah Kagan, content strategist to Z Fellows, former intern at Beehiiv, and entrepreneur of his own 6-figure agency business.
In this conversation, we talk about college, collecting great questions, going to the gym, building a personal brand, finding your North Star, and much more.
0:00 Introduction
0:26 What Jay's been up to
1:01 Thoughts on college so far
2:12 Taking ownership of your learning
3:00 Looking back on high school
3:50 Making high-quality friendships
6:26 Building self-awareness
9:38 Jay's collection of questions
11:45 How to process good questions
12:45 Values and principles to live by
14:30 How going to the gym can save your life
16:05 Jay's obsessions in life
17:12 Practical steps to build an online business
19:49 Breaking down some of Jay's tweets
22:05 Permissionless apprenticeship
24:30 Principles of building a personal brand
28:00 Building an email newsletter
29:25 Working at Beehiiv
30:49 Trading money for time - delegation
32:39 Buying back time
34:10 Jay's daily routine
35:44 Quitting to level up in life
36:35 Seeing life as a video game
37:28 Being patient and slowing down
39:35 The most important things in life
40:17 Advice to high school freshmen
Follow Jay:
Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/Jayyanginspires
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jayyanginspires/
Newsletter: https://jayyanginspires.beehiiv.com/
Follow Me:
🌐 Website: https://www.jestonlu.com
💬 Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/jestonlu
📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jestonlu
🎙️ Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@jestonlupodcast
🎥 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@jestonlu
The Jeston Lu Podcast: Deep conversations to discover your inner artist. 🤍
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42min
September 17, 2024 How to Break Free From Your Mental Prison - Danny Miranda (#14)
Danny Miranda is a coach, creator of the men's retreat in Austin, and podcast host of the famous Danny Miranda Podcast.
In this conversation, we talk about consciousness, living in truth, finding God, becoming free, holding space for ourselves and others, emotional guidance, being vulnerable, and much more.
0:00 Introduction
0:30 Danny's blog at 13 years old
2:15 Feeling different growing up
4:05 What is consciousness?
4:56 The circle of consciousness
7:02 How do you reach the light?
8:06 How Danny defines death
11:22 Who and what is God?
12:40 How God and love are connected
13:32 What does Danny worship now?
14:18 What does "living in truth" mean?
15:32 Living in 2024 is a special time
17:07 Austin is the living experiment of consciousness
18:50 Making money and what makes us feel alive
19:58 Living in misalignment
22:23 Finding fulfillment is easier than you think
25:11 How Danny found God
26:57 Intellectualizing our way to truth
27:55 Finding my way to God
29:11 How to become free
29:42 Danny's gift to the world
30:40 Man and emotional vulnerability
32:01 How do you hold space to others?
33:44 Being a host vs a guest on a podcast
34:44 How to be receptive listener
36:09 Why we hold harshness to ourselves
37:39 How to release judgement onto others and ourselves
40:53 We have the power to create our own realities
43:20 Wayne Dyer and meeting a photographer
44:40 Allowing yourself to live freely
45:08 Why childhood is such a special moment
47:15 What it means to be a human
49:23 What does Danny challenge more people to do?
49:54 Walking each other home
Follow Danny:
Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/heydannymiranda
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/dannymiranda
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/heydannymiranda/
75 Hard Community: https://mydailycommitment.ck.page/
Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/6zteH1pAiF07ArhYYNhSfb?si=623156b6415e41d1
Follow Me:
🌐 Website: https://www.jestonlu.com
💬 Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/jestonlu
📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jestonlu
🎙️ Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@jestonlupodcast
🎥 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@jestonlu
The Jeston Lu Podcast: Deep conversations to discover your inner artist. 🤍
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51min
September 13, 2024 How I Went From Being a Janitor to a 6-Figure Entrepreneur - Parker Worth (#13)
Parker Worth is a former janitor now multi 6-figure entrepreneur and writer on storytelling.
In this conversation, we talk about storytelling, a problem/solution approach to business, idea generation, monetization, traveling, reading, and much more.
0:00 Storytelling + its applicability
2:02 Basic principles of storytelling
6:52 How to inject emotions into stories
10:20 How to generate ideas on the fly
12:48 How to start out online
14:22 Email is the best way to monetize
16:32 Email vs. social media platforms
17:12 Underrated strategies to grow online
19:40 Meeting your heroes on the Internet
20:58 How to create and launch an offer
24:50 Finding problem solution fit
26:23 Start with free volunteering
27:55 Shoutout to Jay Yang
29:41 Be relentless in solving problems
30:28 How to figure out what you want
32:32 How to know which skills to learn
34:30 Living in Brazil
36:05 Benefits of traveling
39:08 The ever-changing reality
41:27 Remaining humble and a student of life
43:24 Finding clients to work with
45:07 Being transparent and creating free work
48:10 The power of reading
49:50 What Parker is reading right now
51:17 Piece of advice to your 18 y/o
Follow Parker:
Website: https://parkerworth.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/worth_parker
Follow Me:
🌐 Website: https://www.jestonlu.com
💬 Twitter: https://twitter.com/jestonlu
🎙️ Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@jestonlupodcast
🎥 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@jestonlu
The Jeston Lu Podcast: Deep conversations to discover your inner artist. 🤍
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53min
August 30, 2024 Communication Expert's Guide to Finding Your Authentic Voice - Talia Jacqueline (#12)
Talia Jacqueline is a communications expert, TEDx speaker, and CEO of Visceral.
In this conversation, we talk about the 3 Ps of communication, communicating from the heart, living up to your values, the courage to do the inner work, Talia's story, and much more.
0:00 The power of anger
3:34 The 3 Ps of communication
5:55 How to communicate more from the heart
9:16 Being a rebel and anti-authority
11:04 Learn to connect in-person
15:20 How to own up your own values
17:27 Talia's leap of faith
20:14 Changing views on money and life
22:43 How to find high-quality friendships
24:52 Moving to Austin, TX
26:36 How can you live more in truth?
29:29 Finding the courage to lean into our inner selves
31:42 A continual process of uncovering
32:52 A lesson Talia is learning right now
35:23 How to create an offer from your skills
36:55 Using the 3 Ps to craft a message
39:13 Going from 0 to 1 with communication
41:45 Advice for your 18 y/o self
43:01 Where to find Talia
Follow Talia:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/heytaliaj
Visceral: https://visceralco.com/
Follow Me:
🌐 Website: https://www.jestonlu.com
💬 Twitter: https://twitter.com/jestonlu
🎙️ Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@jestonlupodcast
🎥 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@jestonlu
The Jeston Lu Podcast: Deep conversations to discover your inner artist. 🤍
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45min
August 28, 2024 Why I Left Goldman Sachs to Regain Control of My Life - Tyger Cho (#11)
Tyger (Tyler) Cho is a podcaster, writer, and gym streaker. He was formerly a financial analyst at Goldman and a graduate of Stanford.
In this conversation, we talk about leveraging the power of the Internet, playing infinite-sum games, reading, the power of podcasting, moving to South Korea, faith, and more.
0:00 Tyler's 900-day fitness streak
3:25 Regaining control over life
5:50 Forming high-quality friendships
8:06 What are learning sprints?
11:49 The power of reading books
13:24 René Girard and social games
16:13 Playing your own game
16:56 Cultivating a greater sense of self-awareness
20:38 Reaching guests for a podcast
23:36 The difficulty of doing a podcast
26:43 Differences in being a host vs. a guest
30:00 Podcasting is more fun with experience
32:16 Framing a question is just as important as the substance
35:31 Learning on a subconscious level
38:11 Books vs. podcasts
40:46 The locker analogy
44:20 Knowledge explained vs. possessed
45:20 Moving to South Korea
48:25 Freedom of time to experiment
49:28 Making the leap of faith
52:22 Adopting a pragmatist view on faith
55:33 Following what you believe is truth
59:29 Modern day version of smoking
1:00:35 Advice for your 18 y/o self
Follow Tyler:
Website: https://www.tygercho.com/
Twitter: https://x.com/TheTylerCho
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tylercho.daily/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tyler-i-cho/
Follow Me:
🌐 Website: https://www.jestonlu.com
💬 Twitter: https://twitter.com/jestonlu
🎙️ Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@jestonlupodcast
🎥 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@jestonlu
The Jeston Lu Podcast: Deep conversations for the artistic ones. 🤍
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1h 4min

FAQs about Artisionary:

How many episodes does Artisionary have?

The podcast currently has 20 episodes available.